Civic Service Awards to Grant Anderson and Buresh
Cedar Rapids honors two young men for civic service at Bosses Night in the Chamber of Commerce audience of 250. Rev. Grant Anderson of First Baptist Church and R. H. Buresh, manager of Kenwood Transfer, received the Young Men's Bureau Civic Service Awards from Chamber President William B. Quarton. Capt. Jack L. Rosenfield described the Schick General Army Hospital reconditioning program for returning casualties and civilian-life placement, detailing four classes and a four point program of information education athletics and recreation.
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Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
First Baptist Church
R. H. Buresh
Kenwood Transfer and Storage Company
Y.M.B
William B. Quarton
Cemera
Y.M.B. Memos
Jack L. Rosenfield
Schick General Army Hospital
Clinton
Massachusetts
Rosenfield
Schick
Capt. Rosenfield
Red Cross
United States Employment Service
Veterans Bureau
Five Airfields at Rabaul Shattered
South Pacific Air Force officials announced the destruction of 891 Japanese aircraft in 16 weeks from Nov 20 to Mar 10 and the complete wrecking of five airfields around Rabaul, a key base on New Britain. Allied forces also damaged Kavieng airfields on New Ireland with 98 probables, under 200 Allied losses.
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South Pacific Air Force
Rabaul
New Britain
Aubrey W. Fitch
Army
Navy
Marine
New Zealand
Kavieng
New Ireland
Solomons
Bougainville
Pacific
Cedar Rapids Gazette Summary Notice Fragment
Fragmentary reader notice from Cedar Rapids Gazette related to metropolitan news wires. Includes postal and publication details with references to Associated Press and United Press International services.
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Associated Press
United Press International News Service
OWI Denies It Sent Praise of F R to Troops
Washington news service reports OWI deputy director George Barnes denying spreading a pro Roosevelt history to troops overseas. The 1942 Pocket Books edition by Alan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager is cited, with 27 copies for libraries and 37,000 lapel clips distributed in Arab lands. Barnes notes authors published before OWI work and describes clip purpose for paratroopers and friendly Arabs.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Wilson
OWI
George Barnes
Allan Nivens
Henry Steele Commager
Nivens
Columbia University
New York
England
Barnes
Air Force
Pocket Books, Inc
Penguin Books
Commager
Australia
AWOL Defined in Army Vernacular AYWALL Explained
The piece explains AWOL or absent without leave, noting soldiers pronounce it AYWALL. It emphasizes the term means a soldier is away without authorization and is a common term among MPs. It also dispels harmful misinterpretations about feeble-mindedness or loss of temper.
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Aywall
G. I
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Armstrong
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Roberta Bernay
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Fenwick
Jonquil
America
Armstrong’s Millinery
Dickey
Gazette
the Gazette Company
Iowa
Baer Poopice
Mallight
P.m
Allen-Klapp Mpany
Michican Ore Co
Fifth Avenue
Newark
New Center
Detroit
Media Records
A.N.P.A. Bureau of Advertising
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Issement
F. R
Old Mill
Third Avenue
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