Cedar Rapids Sergeant Draws for AEF Cartoon Work
Sergt. Richard T. Wingert of Cedar Rapids, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Wingert, 1232 Third Avenue SE, contributes cartoons to The Stars and Stripes in Ireland while serving with the Iowa National Guard unit now in Camp Claiborne and Ireland. His art training includes Elmer Porter and a scholarship at John Herron Art Institute. His parents value his cartoons as letters, and they receive The Stars and Stripes from him. The article notes Utah’s Salt Lake level rising seven inches over last year.
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McKinley High School
Sergt
Richard T. Wingert
F. R. Wingert
Third Avenue SE
Stars and Stripes
AEF
Ireland
Wingert
Sergt. Wingert
Doighboy
Elmer Porter
John Herron Art Institute
Indianapolis
Ind
Iowa National Guard
Camp Claiborne
Cedar Rapids
Northern Ireland
Doughboy
Corp
Rubin Berman
Chicago
Hilton B. Waters
Pitman
N. J
George McKay
Detroit
Final Session Wraps Free Swimming School for Girls
Seventy two girls attended the last session of the yearly Y M Y W free swim program joining four 45 minute instruction blocks. In total 142 girls participated this season with sixteen clearing the deep water test and twenty two the safety test.
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Y.M.Y.W. Free Swimming
Marilyce Anderson
Darlene Cheney
Doris Clifford
Althea Collin
Helen Eden
Beverly Highan
Mary Marshall
Mary Powers
Nancy Roose
Marorie Stahle
Dorothy Waline
la Vonne Vanourney
Ruth Lazenby
June Littleton
Mary Wilcox
Mary Katherine Zeman
Foot Safety Swim Promotes Y Membership Classes
A list of girls including Kay Herbert Donna St Claire Dixinnne Berry and others is invited to continue in Y membership classes each Saturday afternoon as part of a foot safety swim program.
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Kay Herbert
Donna St. Claire
Dixinnne Berry
Joan Vinton
Landall Davis
Nancy Clendening
Betty Bevens
Barbara Logus
Donna Atkinson
Lois Ann Yuva
Joan Powers
Kathleen Crowley
Ju Amn Steen
Joyce Heral
Phyllis Marguerite Harmon
Lillian Collins
Marjorie Stahle
Mary Beckman
Mary Alice McCabe
Betty Jane McCabe
Darlene Cheney
Ruth Lozemy
Neon Sign Lights Way For Traffic Violators
A neon sign with six inch letters has been mounted above the traffic division door at the police station. Captain Gordon Hughes, head of traffic, created a no-nonsense entry point for officers and the public.
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Gordon Hughes
Police Department
Captain Hughes
150 Boys Sign Up for Ys Free Swim School
About 150 boys aged 9 to 11 have registered for the twenty ninth annual Y ALCA Free Swim School. Those still wanting to enroll may sign up Monday for the 9:45 10:30 11:15 or 2 o clock classes. Classes begin at 9 am Monday morning and boys are asked to...
Instructional Guidelines for Arrival and Attire
The notice requires students to arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled class to shower and prepare for instruction. Boys must not wear suits and should provide their own towels. Spectators are not allowed except on the final day of instruction.
WAAC Officer Training Opens at Fort Des Moines
Des Moines AP reports WAAC officer candidates will receive noncombat training from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. six days weekly, including drill, hygiene, mess management, and air raid defense. Col. Don C. Faith says 440 applicants will train under regular officers before earning insignia.
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WAAC
Des Moines
Grocers Pledge $21 Million War Bond Drive Monthly
Chicago hosts the National Association of Retail Grocers 45th annual convention. The pledge targets $21 million in war bonds and stamps monthly with 200,000 independent grocers and 5,000 wholesalers participating starting July 1. Boots will be staffed by grocers wives and daughters totaling about 2 million as a nationwide drive unfolds with standard container sizes foreseen amid food control.
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Grocers
Oaklind
Calif
National Food Control Board
Sack
Champion Typist Turned Bomber Ace in WWII Action
Private John Foley, a champion typist before enlistment, piloted a B-26 in the Pacific and shot down two Japanese Zero fighters on his first mission. Teammates and commander note his skill and caution, while he fears clerical work and difficulties finding proper uniforms for his small stature.
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Australia
John Foley
Foley
Walter Krell
Four Soldiers Honored for Saving Tank at Fort Knox
Four soldiers from Crump Polk tank company received commendation recommendations from the armored force for unwavering courage. Sergt Sylvester Villa of St Louis, Sergt Melvin Bauston of Overton Nebraska, Teehmenin Donald of Mushton Michigan, and Private Floyd Bo Walton of Jackson Mississippi risked themselves around a blazing tank to save it from destruction. Captain John K Boles stated the soldiers endangered themselves to rescue the vehicle.
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Fort Knox, Ky
Crump Polk
Thea
Sylvester Villa
St Louis
Melvin A Bauston
Overton
Neb
Teehmenin
Donald
Musxton
Virlette
Michane
Floyd Bo Walton
Jackson
John K Boles
Innes
Bravery Noted During Camp Polk Vehicle Incident
During routine training at Camp Polk a vehicle came under threat but the crew's presence of mind and bravery prevented total destruction. No further details available.
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Camp Polk
Jimmy Doolittle Remembered as a Boy of Big Deeds
In Kirkland Washington AP recalls James Jimmy Doolittle as a fearless youth who dreamed big and helped shape early news delivery. Galvin recounts how the future Tokyo raid hero, then a tousled boy, urged papers for street vendors in Noine Alaska after steamship brought U S newspapers in 1907.
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Kirkland
Wash
Jammy Doolittle
JM Galvin
Tokin
Noine
Alaska
Galvin
Last Man to Leave Bataan Before Fall Is MacArthur Aide
Lieut Col. Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines army, inducted into the US Army and named aide de camp to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, was the last to depart Bataan. He endured bombardment while crossing from Corregidor to Bataan and later escaped toward Australia, with a perilous flight past Japanese forces ending near Holo after a fueling stop. Pilot Rotund J Barnick received the Silver Star.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bataan Peninsula
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines Army
United States Army
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Corregidor
MacArthur
Romulo
Roemulu
Bitaan
Luzon
Cebu
Holo
Rotund
J Barnick
Four Flyers Killed When Training Planes Collide
Two army training planes collided near a base, killing four pilots. The dead include Second Lieutenant Eric Nordeen, Lieutenant Marvin Taylor, Cadet Charles Rieder, and Cadet Charles A Rigsby. Public relations officer provided names and locations: Ann Arbor Michigan, Louisville Kentucky, and Cadet Booster City La.
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Greenville “Miss
Army
Wartime Ambulance Training Moves to Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids assistant Hofer travels to Ames for a five day wartime ambulance driving and motor corps course at Iowa State College. Training includes transportation and vehicle conservation with a national defense emphasis and a civilian emergency ambulance attendants program. The course supports Cedar Rapids business women and aims to prepare responders for disaster events. The text also mentions a note about sturgeon as the oval fish in England.
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Keneath Hofer
Enet
Wall
Andulance Service
Start and
Wall Ake
Shan Defense Ta
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Krall’s
Krall Shoe CO
First Street
Y’s
Burnett
Africa
Robert D. Dennis
Pan-American Airways Navigation Section
Miami
Ferry Command
Middle East
India
William van Dresser
Morrison Field
Dennis
L. D. Dennis
Avenue NW
Jimmy
Cobra Sheerness
Newman’s
Vanity Fairs
England
Kenneth Hofer
Cherub
Newman's
Satan
Sean
ThAnEt
Newman
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