Iowans Active On Okinawa Front Lines With Marines
Associated Press reports Iowans aided near Itoman on Okinawa as Seventh Regiment Marines pushed to the seashore. Lt Col Harvey C. Tschirgi of Grundy Center coordinated amphibious supply runs with officers, naming Monona and other Iowa servicemen in the convoy. Captain Laur K. Soth of Ames described intense combat while Pvt Norance A. Regerson of Arwood recounted drawing rocks from a ditch beside a damaged tank. Lut. Harley Meyer of Waterloo noted heavy flak over Kagamigahara airfield during a mustang raid.
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Okinawa
Itoman Beach
Seventh Regiment
Itoman
Harvey C. Tschirgi
Grundy Center
Harley Meyer
Aterloo
Satrday
Kagamigahar
Nagoya
Overseas Veterans Back Home at Decorah
Two veterans return to Decorah from overseas addresses. Lt James Beard, a member pilot, was captured by Germans in August 1944 and is on a 30 day leave to visit his parents Mr and Mrs William Beard after completing 45 missions before capture. Rigert Gilman of the 14th Air Corps in China arrived home with his discharge papers after a ceremony at Fort Sheridan.
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The
Decorah
James Beard
William Beard
Set
Rigert Gilman
14Th Air Corps
China
Fort Sherian IIi
Robert Hilsabeck Commissioned Ensign at Annapolis
Robert B Hilsabeck son of Lt and Mrs Lawrence Hilsabeck was commissioned an ensign at Annapolis last Wednesday He joined the largest graduating class in the academy history Ensign Hilsabecks bride elect Jeannette Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Rodney D Miller and the couple were married Friday evening at the First Presbyterian church The bride is a Coe College graduate and the new couple will move to Jacksonville Florida where he is stationed
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Oelwein
Robert B. Hilsabeck
Lawrence Hilsabeck
Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Hilsabeck
Jeannette Miller
Rodney D. Miller
First Presbyterian Church
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Jacksonville
Fla
Kin of Marengo Woman Will Go to West Point
Kay Huber, son of Capt and Mrs Russell Huber of Fairbanks Alaska and grandson of Mrs Evelyn Huber of Marengo, has been appointed to West Point. He will report July 2 after graduating salutatorian and playing for the Malemute basketball team. His father is a former Iowa resident and his mother hails from Glidden Iowa.
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Marengo
Kay Huber
Russell Huber
Fairbanks
Alaska
Evelyn Huber
West Point Military Academy
Young Huber
Iowa County
Glidden
Lutherans at Postville Burn Church Mortgage
Postville celebrates paying off a church debt of 777,645 dollars with a ceremony. Dr John R Mott a famed church leader and former resident spoke. Mrs John Ehde oldest member started the project May 25 1941 and lit the mortgage papers.
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Postville
St. Paul’s
French Award Presented Col Damon Gunn on Leave
Col Damon Gunn head of First Army troops received the French Legion of Honor from Gen Koeltz before a 30 day home leave. He earlier earned the Croix de Guerre and the Bronze Star. Gunn is the son of Geneseo township farmer R M Gunn.
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Traer
Damon M. Gunn
First Army
Koeltz
Col. Gunn
R. M. Gunn
Geneseo Township
Brake Test Report Reveals Defective Brakes in Iowa Cars
Des Moines report by Harold Wolfe shows 5 536 of 42 170 passenger cars tested had defective brakes. The program found an average failure rate of one in eight vehicles.
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Des Moines
Harold Wolfe
Mason City
Miles Finds London Has Free Speech
Iowa reporter Frank Miles describes Hyde Park speakers in London with a diverse mix of advocates including a flamboyant East Indian, a Polish freedom proponent, a Communist, a Socialist, a tax reformer, and others. He notes police patrols, hecklers risking arrest, and a crowd of Americans observing a lively scene of public discourse.
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AIR Power
Germany
London
Hyde Park
Lloyd George
Church of England
ATS
Joe
Arizona
Racecar plunge avoids tragedy as bridge washes out
Mr and Mrs Pat Nace and his parents escaped a fatal accident when a bridge on highway 21 between Belle Plaine and Victor washed out Saturday night. The car went over the edge hung on the embankment then fell into the stream but all occupants escaped unharmed.
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Marengo
Pat Nace
Highway 21
Belle Plaine
Victor
Sgt LeRoy Gass Reported Safe in France
Postville residents Mr and Mrs Ed M Gass announce their son Sgt LeRoy Gass captured in North Africa in February 1943 has reached France and awaits transport home He has served since May 1941 and trained early at Camp Claiborne Louisiana He went overseas in February
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Postville
Ed M. Gass
Sgt
LeRoy Gass
North Africa
France
Sgt. Gass
Camp Claiborne
Posthumous Silver Star for Lt Edward R. O'Brien
President Truman awarded the Silver Star posthumously to First Lt. Edward R. O'Brien for his service as a volunteer forward observer. He was killed in Belgium on January 3 at his observer post, after practicing law in Oelwein with his father before enlisting.
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Oelwein
Edward R. O’brien
Truman
O’brien
E. R. O’brien
Belgium
Notice of Redemption of Honey Mead Mortgage Bonds
The Honeymead Products Company redeems all outstanding First Mortgage Serial Sinking Fund Bonds on July 13 1945. The Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids as Trustee holds funds for payment of principal accrued interest to July 13 1945 and the prepayment premium. Bondholders must present bonds and coupons at the bank in Cedar Rapids Iowa before July 13 1945 to receive payment.
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Honeymead Products Company
As Morgage
Honeymead Products Coepeey
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Merchants National Bank of
Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids
G. A. Andreas
Service members honor Bronze Star and overseas service
Pfc. Bob Knowles receives the Bronze Star for heroic achievement in the Holland jump. He is among pathfinders who jumped 10 mules to guide paratroops, with action in Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Holland, France, Belgium and Germany. Also noted: Sgt. Amos Kent assigned to Truaxfield Wis. Pfe. Thomas K. Rebec at Camp Carson general hospital. Capt. Robert C. Floyd earns Oak Leaf cluster and Distinguished Flying Cross. Major Herbert C. Ritze awarded Bronze Star. Marine Cpl. Robert L. Hanson arrives in the South Pacific. five Cedar Rapids radio technicians complete Great Lakes boat training.
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Bob Knowles
Parachute Infantry
Holland
Arthur L. Knowles
Oakland Avenue
Graves
Franklin
Knowles
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
France
Belgium
Germany
Amos Kent
Myrtle May Kent
Eighth Street
Truaxfield
Wis
Kent
Switzerland
Cedar Rapids Airways
Pfe
Thomas K. Rebec
R. F. Rebec
Hamilton Street
Camp Carson
Colo., General Hospital
Pfc. Rebec
England
Luxembourg
Robert C. Floyd
Center Point
Eighth Air Force
Herbert C. Ritze
Pfc Harley Schuety Killed In Mindanao Action
Fayett e relatives report from the war department that Pfc Harley Schuety was killed in action on Mindanao in the Philippines on May 8. He served 34 months with the 24th division, after earlier being wounded in the invasion of the Philippines and hospitalized a month. He was born in 1919 in Clayton county and farmed before joining the service.
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Australia
New Guinea
Bougainville
Philippines
Pfc. Schuety
Clayton County
Motion pictures of Iowa Masonic history shown in Tipton
Technicolor motion pictures detailing the history of the Masonic grand lodge of Iowa will be shown to Tipton Masons and their families Tuesday night at the high school auditorium.
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Tipton
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Tipton and Vicinity
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