Bequest of $500 Helps Iowa Libraries
Clement V Ritter a former Chicago bookseller left a 500 bequest to Iowa public libraries with annual income of 2500 or less. The Iowa Library Association will advise and award shares. Cedar Rapids librarian Miss Alice Story announced. Applications go to the association's executive board. funds available September 1.
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Clement V. Ritter
Chicago
Iowa Library Association
Alice Story
Cedar Rapids
State Association
Iowa
Citations Reach Grady Widow for War Death Honors
Sgt. William C. Grady, killed in action over Germany April 22, receives several citations via his wife Dixie Mae Layer Grady, who lives with their two children at 423 G Avenue NW. The awards include the Air Medal Purple Heart a Gen Arnold citation and a memorial certificate signed by President Roosevelt. Grady served as radio operator and top turret gunner in the Army Air Forces.
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William C. Grady
Germany
G Avenue NW
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Roosevelt
Grady
Army Air Force
Dixie Mae
Polish woman sniper captured by Allies
A Polish woman sniper who fired on American troops was captured and brought to England. She reported she is 29 and from Poland, and she was taken to Ste. Mere Eglise on the Normandy peninsula for custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Hd.q
London
England
Ste. Mereise
Norman Peninsula
Prisoner Guarded by American Corporal in German Camp
A prisoner held by German authorities was guarded by a U.S. corporal with an automatic rifle tasked to stay vigilant. The guard was instructed to be very wary of the prisoner.
Billie Rogers Returns With 13 Man Orchestra At Danceland
Billie Rogers the horn playing star reunites her 13 member orchestra for a Sunday Danceland engagement. The trumpeter formerly with Woody Herman leads vocalists from a past film career and will head east after the show for a Meadowbrook stint with Frank Daley in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Rogers
Danceland
Miss Rogers
Woody Herman
Andrews Sisters
Sonja Henie
Frank Daley
Meadowbrook
New York
Allen's Advice Prisoners Need Food Principally
Iowans with relatives in German POW camps are urged to send only food to prisoners, not clothing, by families of two air corps officers held in Nazi camps. AP correspondent Larry Allen reported food rations are very poor, open cans discarded, and Red Cross boxes weekly but insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
International Red Cross
Schoonmaker
Larry Allen
Camp 21
New York
Gripsholm
Oflag 64
Army
Larry
Pope Lauds Fifth Army Triumph At Anzio Rome Visit
In Rome Pope Pius XII praised the Fifth Army for holding the Anzio beachhead against German offensives and for aiding the liberation of Rome. He met Major General Lucien K. Truscott and staff, recalled time in the United States, distributed rosaries, and hailed American soldiers as capable of the impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
INS
Pius XII
Fifth Army
Anzio
Lucien K. Truscott
Sixth Corps
United States
Pius
America
Pope grants benediction as audience ends prayerful moment
The passage describes the Pope giving a benediction while the audience ends their prayerful gathering. Attendees reflect on calls for peace as the address closes with a solemn blessing.
Town Episcopal Bishop To Be at Grace Church
The Rt. Rev. Elwood L. Haines bishop of Iowa will visit Grace Episcopal church and administer the sacrament of confirmation at 8 p m Thursday. A reception will be held in the Guild room immediately after the service for parish members and friends to meet the bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood L. Haines
Iowa
Grace Episcopal Church
Pfc Lowell Arnold Killed in South Pacific
Pvt Lowell Edward Arnold from Carthage has been killed in action in the South Pacific, per word received by his aunt Mrs Earle Manholtz and uncle Roy Arnold. The notice lists addresses for family in detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Lowell
Arnold
South Pacific
Edward ‘Arnold
Carthage
Earle Manholtz
First Street
Roy Arnold
E Avenue
Notice of Administratrix Appointment in Linn County Iowa
On June 14 1944 Minnie M Lacock was appointed and qualified as Administratrix of the estate of W E Perkins late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Debts should be paid to the Administratrix or to the undersigned attorney Fred W Hann. Creditors must file claims authenticated with the Clerk of the District Court, Linn County Iowa.
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Iowsa
Linn County
W. E.perkins
Iowa
Eminet
Uinn County
District Court
Minnie M
Lacock
Fred W
Hann
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Lyle Talbot
Charlie Chan
Sidney Toler
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Staley
Heebbox Bouillon van Cavere
Florida
Boston
Sultana
Dar
Cleanser Brite-Ize
Norther
Clapp
Jane . Parker
Ffee Socket Ag Ceawes
California
Palmolive
Lee
Allen
Pope
Town Episcopal
Grace Church
3Rd St. SE
Bert.h. Rice
D. O
Adirondack” Chair
MR Ha
Wlekofe’s
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