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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1946
Page
14
A veteran with amnesia in the Vosges fights alone unseen by unit records. He earns Silver Star honors though no official lineage exists, and his fate remains hidden as a grim telegram travels to unknown family. The tale hints at many forgotten heroes and broken postwar recognition.
The Gazette lists opera and film showings by theater with times for Paramount Iowa State Palace and others. Notable titles include The Stork Club The Bells of St Marys Abbott and Costello in Hollywood The Corn is Green The Falcon in San Francisco Show Business Brewsters Millions Confidential Agent The Tiger Woman and more with multiple daily screenings and short subjects.
In Linn County 821 marriage licenses were issued in 1945 while 815 petitions for divorce were filed and 516 divorces granted. The year shows national trends with many petitions dismissed at the plaintiff's request and notes a prior rise from 1944. A newly issued license followed by an unused one is cited as a regional anecdote.
More than 25 000 servicemen on 33 transports were scheduled to arrive Tuesday at two east coast and five west coast ports. Ships and units arriving include New York Vulcania from Marselles with 4 164 troops, Santa Marta from Le Havre with 199, John Morehead from Antwerp with 608, and follow on convoys with hundreds more at Newport News James Fannin, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle, detailing ships and unit counts across the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
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