Camp Dodge to close July 1 shifts indocs to Fort Snelling
Camp Dodge in Iowa will be deactivated and returned to the state on July 1 as the Seventh Service command realigns induction duties. Inductions will move to Fort Snelling Minnesota Jefferson Barracks Missouri and Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Civilian staff may transfer and officers and enlisted personnel will be reassigned or sent overseas. The move follows war department economic policy to consolidate surplus installations and continues efforts to expand Fort Des Moines as a training and WAC induction center.
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Omaha
Camp Dodge
Army
Seventh Service Command
Iowa
Fort Snelling
Jefferson Barracks
Fort Leavenworth
War Department
Gen. Danielson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Charles H. Grahl
State
Gov. Hickenlooper
Gen. Grahl
State Selective Service Organization
Grahl
Fort Des Moines
WAC
Coggon Bonds Drive Falls Short Yet Hits $35000
Two days before the fifth war loan drive opened Coggon reported $35000 raised toward a $65000 quota. Nine volunteers did house to house solicitations and 18 canvassed the rural district. A street program featured Dempsey Jones of Cedar Rapids as MC and the Moose drum corps. Prizes from merchants were awarded by a drawing.
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Coggon
Jackquota
Hungerford
Dempsy Jones
Cedar Rapids
Benes Forecasts New Soviet Offensive and Allied Action
London AP report says exiled Czechoslovak leader Eduard Benes warned in a broadcast that a powerful final Soviet offensive was imminent and that Allied action from northern Italy against the Balkans and Germany would not be long delayed.
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London
Eduard Benes
Italy
Balkans
Germany
Life for Critelli Is One Darn Thing After Another
Police seized about eight cases of liquor with Illinois Minnesota and Missouri seals from Johnnie Critelli’s Des Moines restaurant stock room after reports a shipment had just been unloaded. Critelli, not present during the raid, was ordered to appear at the station to face possible liquor violation charges. He had earlier denied purchasing gas ration coupons.
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DES Moines
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Johnnie Itelli
Crielli
Critelli
Polk County Rationing Board No. 3
Burlington
Criteili
17 Year Olds to Start Their Training Monday
A crowded scene at Camp Dodge trains a new batch of 17 year old cadets entering the Army Student Training Reservists program. Captain Hoffman explains the aims of ASTRP, blending college study at Coe with five hours of military instruction weekly as these teens await 18th birthdays and potential service in the air corps or infantry.
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Army
ASTRP
Coe College
Leland Sheley
Paullina
George Willis
Cedar Rapids
Camp Dodge
Coetellege
First Avenue
L. A. Hoffman
Capt. Hoffman
Air Corps
Coe
Six Eastern Iowans Wounded in Action in the Med
The War Department lists 36 Iowa soldiers wounded, 29 in the Mediterranean theater. Names include Private Samuel Belkin of Toledo, Private Lloyd Eckhart of Vinton, Lt. John W. Keneeny of Barnes City, Private Paul Noll of Webster, Jasper Pennington of Solon, and Second Lt. Gerald Pieres of Hudson.
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Washington
War Department
Mediterranean Area
Samuel Belkin
Toledo
Lloyd A. Eckhart
Vinton
John W. Keneeny
Barnes City
Paul J. Noll
Webster
Tech
Jasper R. Pennington
Solon
Gerald A. Pieres
Hudson
Soldier Show Monday To Spark Bond Drive
A two hour all soldier show from Camp Dodge featuring 45 G I s from Iowa opens Linn county participation in the nation fifth war loan drive Monday. The event includes a marching band and free admission at the Coliseum with bond sales booths and rides in armored car or jeep for certain bond levels.
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Camp Dodge
G.I
Iowa
Linn County
Orville Rennie
Linn County War Finance Committee
Iity
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Coliseum
American Legion Auxiliary
Rennie
Evans Captures 58 Iowa Counties in Lt Governor Bid
DES MOINES Iowa Senator K A Evans of Emerson swept western and north central Iowa winning the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. Unofficial returns show Evans with 63836 votes to Hugh Evans 48946 W Lundy 38547 and G W Hunt 0.
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Des Moines
K. A. Evans
Emerson
Iowa
Evans
Hugh Evans
W. Lundy
Albia
G. W. Hunt
Guttenberg
Woodbury
Emmet
Palo Alto
Hardin
Lundy
Clay
Floyd
Butler
Howard
Chickasaw
Winneshiek
Hunt
Fremont
Allamakee
Mills County
Worth
Mitchell
Clinton
Scott
Muscatine
Louisa
Mississippi River
Lee
Linn Quota Just Over 10 Million In War Bond Drive
Frank Nye reports Linn county must invest over 10 million dollars in the fifth war loan campaign with a county quota of 10 025 000. Co chairs Perrine and Hearn of Cedar Rapids lead the drive as Linn county aims to exceed the quota before July 8.
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Linn
Frank Nye
Linn County
B. T. Perrine
George Hearn
Cedar Rapids
Gazette Phoon
Cedar Rapid
E Heart
Robert T. Lubbock
T. Perrine
Tom Walpole
Edwin H. Wadsworth
Ed Moorman
Perrine
Hearn
Linn County War Finance Committee
Lubbock
Wadsworth
Moorman
Auto Stamps Now on Sale in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids post office began selling the federal automobile use tax stamps required on windshields. The $5 stamp, valid for one year, bears a liberty bell design in light purple and must be displayed by July 1. Deputy collectors will check vehicles mid July to ensure compliance.
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Cedar Rapids
Inter
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Dodge Induction Center
Leo Borak
New York City
Dick Myers
Davenport
BENES
Louise Lux
Joe
Greene Hall
Hoffman
Infantry
Robert M. Horsky
Hamilton Street
Douglas H. McDowell
Midway Drive
Robert E. Opsahl
D Avenue
Charles H. Shafer
Twenty-fourth Street
George Dewey Willis, Jr
Paul Brace
Richard W. Dvorak
Ward W. Hemenway
Mt. Vernon
Don D. Hengan
Manchester
Stanley F. Hladik
Traer
Charles E. Myers
Mediterranean
J. J. Lynch
U. S. Navy
Iowa City
Lote’ Macbrode
Pru
Rotary
G. I
Sgt
Vaughn Oo Fortee
Pream Preston
Richard Head
Trae
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Rennice
Musicians Union
John H. Chapman
John M. Grimes
C. B. Akers
John M. Rankin
France
South Pacific
Isles
W. £. Paslor
W. E. Fallor
Marion
N Coggan
Roy Chilmore
J. B. Hungerford
Internal Revenue Office
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