Geiger Dies Led Marines In Jap Fights
Lt. Gen. Roy S. Geiger 61 a top Marine leader of World War II died after hospital admission with vein inflammation and pulmonary complications. Surviving wife in Pensacola Fla a son at Fort Sill and a daughter in Pensacola. Geiger helped pioneer Marine aviation and commanded troops in Guadalcanal Bougainville Guam and Peleliu and led Third Amphibious Corps on Okinawa. Born 1885 in Middleburg Fla he joined the Marines 1909 after college and served in WWI directing aviation. He later directed Marine Aviation and held key commands in the Pacific theater.
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Roy S. Geiger
Marine Corps
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Mid
10Th Army
Okinawa
Fleet Marine Force
Pacific
Pensacola
Fla
Roy
Fort Sill
Okla
Robert J. Jackson
Geiger
Guadalcanal
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Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Joseph W. Stilwell
Middleburg
Stetson University
Deland, Fla
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Michigan Man Fined for Reckless Driving Reported
Donald Fe. Bleakley of Grosse Pointe Michigan was fined 25 dollars and costs in police court Thursday for reckless driving. Patrolman Jerry Navratil arrested Bleakley around 10 35 p m.
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Donald FE. Bleakley
Grosse Pointe, Mich
Jerry Navratil
Bleakley
Council Approves 57192 Payment On City Bonds
Cedar Rapids city council approved a 57192.23 bond payment reducing total bonded debt to 1 396600. Sewage disposal plant bonds were retired for 28000 with 9600 from Wilson and Company. Airport indebtedness shaved 8000, plus 1020 interest. Fire equipment bonds 4000 retired with 22.48 interest. Additional principal payments included 1000 on grading bonds, 300 interest on park bonds, 326.25 on police bonds, 262.50 on swimming pool bonds, and 400 on second issue sewage disposal bonds. Auditor Norman said the second issue covered construction of the
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Cedar Rapids
Walter Miller
Wilson and Company
Ray Norman
Boy 6 Hurt When Struck by Car on Fifth Street
Claude Stillwell six son of Mr and Mrs Marcus Stillwell of 423 Fifth Avenue SE suffered facial bruises after running into a car on Fifth Street near Fifth Avenue SE at about 415 pm Wednesday. Driver identified as Arp of 230 Fifteenth Street NW. no charges filed. He was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in fair condition Thursday.
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Marcus Stillwell
Fifth Avenue SE
Fifth Street
Fifteenth Street
Claude
Mercy Hospital
White Marble Lodge awards 50 year pins to two members
A. S. Bane and A. W. Mehaffey received 50 year membership certificates at a White Marble Masonic lodge special meeting this week in North Liberty.
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North Liberty
A. S. Bane
A. W. Mehaffey
White Marble Masonic Lodge
Reduced Fee Announced for Labor Management Course
Coe College and The Gazette cut registration in half for high school students attending the five lecture series on labor management. Fees: students 1.25 dollars, adults 2.50. Registration by mail or at the Morris Sanford store, or at the door Jan 28. Series features Ordway Tead and later speakers from AFL CIO and government.
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Coe College
Gazette
Morris Sanford
Third Avenue SE
Ordway Tead of
New York
Harper and Brothers
Coe Chapel
Girl Clears Suspect in Kidnap Case
In Lodi California on a pre-dawn rendezvous Alice Devine identified ex con Earl Shelton as her kidnapper, but later said the face did not match the eight year old police photo. Shelton voluntarily went to San Francisco police for full clearing after facing Alice and her parents.
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Calif
Alice Devine
Earl Shelton
San Francisco
Charm School
Shelton
Alice
Five Alarm Blaze Strikes Center Philadelphia District
A five alarm fire in downtown Philadelphia badly damaged a fur shop and a jewelry store. The flames routed about 1,200 theatergoers from the nearby Keith Theater and threatened an entire business block before firefighters brought the blaze under control.
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Keith Theater
Navy names new chiefs for personnel and Pacific fleet
The Navy assigns Vice Admiral William M Fechteler as deputy chief of naval operations for personnel and Rear Admiral Louis E Denfeld remains commander in chief of the Pacific fleet. Denfeld’s shift was postponed to March 1, and Admiral Towers will retire with Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher succeeding him.
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Navy
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Lre
Louis E. Denfeld
Pacific Fleet
John T. Towers
Admiral Towers
Frank Jack Fletcher
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