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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1945

Page

3

Service members receive promotions and assignments overseas

Robert W. Cizek 31 in the ir transport command Miami advanced to captain. He helps fly 50 000 veterans monthly under deployment. Lyle Thelvin Hanse 24 earns ensign wings at Pensacola after training. brother Cadet Harvey Hanse moves to Minnesota. sister Lucille Hanse works for Curtiss Wright. Seaman Robert Hanson visits family in California. Wilbur C. Suhr advances to staff sergeant in Germany. Bernard M. Schallan transfers to Chanute Field for training. Cpl. Howard C. Elliott receives a presidential unit citation for Saipan Tinian duty. Harley H. Stone promoted to sergeant with bronze stars. Mildred Bexson 26 promoted to captain after overseas service. Sgt. B. Roscoe Paulson on furlough from Italy. to report at Kelly Field.

Robert W. Cizek e@ir transport command Miami Fla Army John Gipe Eighth Street Cizek Army Air Forces Iowa News Hampshire Fire Insurance Company Columbia University Commerce Lyle Thelvin Hanse Albert Benard Hanse Twenty-first Street Naval Reserve Pensacola Naval Air Training Base Atlanta University of Minnesota Hanse Harvey Hanse Navy Valley City N. D Lucille Hanse Curtiss-Wright Columbus Ohio Bernard M. Schallan Con Schallan van Horne Tucson Ariz Chanutefield Ill Cpl Howard C. Elliott Jim Elliott Center Point Saipan Tinian Fourth Marine Division Okinawa Harley H. Stone Arthur A. Stone Twelfth Avenue Sgt. Stone Seventh Army Germany Mildred Bexson Liege Belgium J. C. Benson Thirteenth Street Benson Urbana High School Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo Pfc Jack Benson National Guard Lois Benson South Pacific B. Roscoe Paulson Leon M. Paulson Italy Army Air Forces’ Technical Service Command Kelly Field San Antonio Texas

Japanese Spokesman Rejects Unconditional Surrender

A Tokyo spokesman in a reply to President Truman pledged that Japan would never accede to unconditional surrender. He warned the war would end only through American invasion of the Japanese homeland and predicted an allied assault on the Japanese mainland within a few months.

Washington Truman Japan Tokyo

Broadcast Claims Tamura Victim Of Sudden Illness

A radio broadcast said Dr. Kosaku Tamura, noted Japanese authority on international relations, died of sudden illness. The announcer claimed to deliver Tamura's prepared talk noting millions of Japanese soldiers in the homeland ready to fight.

Kosaku Tamura Tamura

Denmark Butter and Eggs Import Reaches Hull

London reports that importation of Danish food will resume Thursday with 660 tons of butter and 230 tons of eggs to be unloaded at Hull amid official announcements on Tuesday.

London Denmark Hull

Pacific Command Created for Western Pacific

General MacArthur established the Armed Forces of the Western Pacific to coordinate non combat support to the coming assault on Japan. Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D. Styer will lead with headquarters in Manila and Maj. Gen. Chester W. Nimitz as deputy commander and chief of staff.

Manila Douglas MacArthur Pacific Wilhelm D. Styer Japan Armed Forces of the Western Pacific MacArthur Styer Brehon Somervell Casablanca Quebec Roosevelt Siver Picardy Chateau Thierry Panama Canal

Eisenhower Outlines Postwar US Army in Europe

General Eisenhower maps postwar European forces with the Third Army led by Patton and the Seventh Army under Haislip as occupation. The First Army under Hodges shifts to the Pacific while the Ninth and Fifteenth armies depart Europe. Devers to be replaced temporarily by Bradley, who will later head the Veterans Administration.

Washington Estenhower United States Army Europe Germany George S. Patton Seventh Army Wade H. Haislip First Courtney H. Hodges Pacific Ninth Army William H. Simpson 15Th Army Leonard T. Gerow Eisenhower Jacob L. Devers Sixth 12Th Army United States Omar N. Bradley Bradley Veterans Administration

Dubuque Mayhem on River Towboat Fatality

St Louis AP reports Alfred F. Seig 35 of Dubuque, second mate aboard the tow boat Patrick J. Hurley, was killed Monday night when a cable tying the vessel to a dock broke and struck him in the chest.

ST. Louis Alfred F. Seig Dubuque Patrick J. Hurley

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