Air Medal Awarded for Meritorious Service in Ninth Air Force
Second Lt. John K. Bonnell of the Ninth Air Force in France has earned the Air Medal and an Oak Leaf cluster for meritorious achievement while piloting an Invader attack bomber on 29 missions. He is stationed overseas since May, wif e Phyllis and daughter Cynara at 1806 Grande Ave SE, Iowa, with parents Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bonnell in Eldridge. He and wife attended the University of Iowa. Additional service notes list Lt. Don Quass, aviation machinist’s mate 2/c, on 30‑day leave in Cedar Rapids. Lt. Curtis Schnell hospitalized for a broken ankle. Pfc. Edward M. Puckhaber in France with his wife in Iowa. Carl R. Meskimen on leave from Norfolk. Cpl. Ralph R. Repstien back at Tinkerfield after furlough. and Pvt. Lloyd W. Whiting arriving in the Philippines with his wife and parents in Palo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Bonnell
Ninth Air Force
France
Phyllis
Cynara
Grande Avenue SE
Ben ‘Bonnell
Eldridge
Bonnell
University of Iowa
Don Quass
South Pacific
Cedar Rapids
Ab J. W. Quass
Avenue
Marvin J. Bowdish
Clifford Bowdish
Waubeek
Columbia, S. C
Curtis Schnell
Rachel Schnell
Alburnett
Eepone
Engand
Pfc Booze Wounded on Leyte in World War II
PFC Raymond E Booze 22 of a tank battalion suffered wounds to his right leg arm and shoulder on Leyte December 21 and is hospitalized on New Guinea. He entered service February 1943 trained at Fort Knox and Camp Bowie overseas in March 1944. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Everett H Booze and wife Kathryn Ann and daughter age 1 are listed with in law family at 1325 B Avenue NE and his wife’s parents at that same address.
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Raymond E, Booze
Leyte
Raymond E. Booze
Witha
New Guinea
Kathryn Ann
Booze
Fort Knox
Camp Bowie
Texas
Everett H. Booze
Avenue NE
Navy official urges retaining Marianas after war
Arm temus L. Gates, assistant secretary of navy for air, stated at a press conference that the United States should keep the Marianas after the war for what they are and what they stand for, arguing they represent another Pearl Harbor 3,500 miles west of Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
Artemus L. Gates
Secretary of Navy
Air
United States
Marianas
Leonard W. Santon Wounded in Action
Leonard W. Santon 28 of the infantry was wounded in action January 14 in Luxembourg. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Claude F. Santon of 524 Fourth Street, Isw, have been notified by the War Department. overseas since March 23, 1944, he had previous Normandy wounds July 3 and returned to duty in December. awarded the Purple Heart. A brother Lt Harold L. Santon serves in the medical corps in Patton's Third Army.
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Pfe
Leonard W. Santon
Infantry
Luxembourg
Claude F. Santon
Fourth Street
War Department
Normandy
Harold L. Santon
Patton
Third Army
Police Records Show Wide Variety of Thefts
Police records list items stolen such as grease guns faucets an Indian blanket and a watch. The watch was taken from Frank Nunemaker at 3012 E avenue NE Monday night. An Indian blanket came from Sam J Nassif at 1822 Blake Boulevard SE. At Clarence Oiere 701 First Street SW a total of $12 in goods including grease guns faucets and tires were stolen Friday. Earl Rivers Haegg Coal reported a break in Tuesday night with a skeleton key left in the door but nothing was missing.
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Frank Nunemaker
E Avenue NE
Sam J. Nassif
Blake Boulevard
Clarence Oiere
First Street
Friay
Earl Rivers
Haegg Coal Company
Sixth Avenue
Haegg
On Broadway stars and society bursts in wartime era
Hollywood whispers chronicle a sprawling cast of figures including Walter Winchell's on Broadway plans with Bergen and Frances Westermann, Arline Judge wedding rumors, the Dwights rehearsing in London, a revived Betty Grable kidnap plot suspect Williams, and other showbiz intrigue. Public notices touch dining car removals, union drives, and editorials on press and treasury prompts.
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Eee Bergen
Frances Westermann
H’wood
Arline Judge
Dwight Deere Wimans
London Red Cross
Betty Grable
Williams
Tote
O.dt
Newspaper Guild
John Garrows
Maureen O'Sullivan
Libby Holman
Clifton Webb
Woolworth Donahue
Carole Landis
Equity
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Paul E. Usher
Yeoman
Hawaiian Islands
Admiral Nimitz
Harold D. Usher
Shipfitter
Admiralty Islands
Cpl
Delbert D. Usher
Assam
India
Otto C. Usher
Zika Avenue
Pfc
Edward M. Puckhaber
the Engineers
Dean Hamed
Second Street
M. Puckhaber
Carl R. Meskimen
Norfolk
B. C. Meskimen
A Avenue NW
Ralph R. Repstien
Tinkerfield
Okla
J. M. Repstien
Elm Avenue SE
Kenneth Armstrong
Springville
Lloyd W. Whiting
Philippines
Eighth Street
W. O. Whiting
Palo
Silver Leaf
Therm
Stary Uere
Silent Sioux
Little Sioux
Little Sioux i
Checker Electric Supply, Inc
First ST
Pfc. Santon
Red Cross
Copriyatts Gady Ores, Mtg Corlaw, Me
Red
Elaare
Candy Bros. Mfg. Co
St. Louis
California
Parfumeur
Lichty
Walter Winchell
Man About Town
Rincess Anastasia
Greece
Peter
Mussolini
Italy
State Department
Santa Ana
Gracie Allen
Lola Montez
Bob Douglas
Coluunists
Donald C. Peattie
U. S. Supreme Court
Nandy Carroll
Robert Douty
Supreme Court
Warners
MGM
Willie de Rhan
Colyum
U. S. Treasury
U. S
Congress
D. W. Bell
Treasury Department
Washington
Dean Landises
Life
Danielle Darrieux
Landon Laird
Kansas City Star
K. C. Lovely
M. Pendergasts
Boston
Cocoanut Grove
J. A. Brunner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Set
Leonard Lyons
B. Geis
Esquire
Grosset-Dunlap
Saturday Review of Literature
Bennett Cerf
Harold Ross
Quentin Reynolds
Langwidge
Penn Station
Florida
Craemer
Thayer
Stork
Esmond
Esmonds
Kroll Cribs
Dorothy Hubbs
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