Brave Greece Day Of Dedication Highlighted By Greek Community
Speros Cosmos of Tipton praised American fortunes and Greek endurance at St John the Baptist church during Greek Independence Day and Greek Red Cross Day observances. He cited Greece’s small tillable land versus Iowa, a larger population, and the commitment to liberty and democracy amid Axis subjugation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Speros Cosmos of
Tipton
Order of Ahepa
St. John the Baptist Church
Turkey
Axis
Iowa
Cosmos
Immigrant Greeks Celebrate United States Commitment
Cosmos cites 72000 Greeks joined World War I for America and remain citizens to defend the flag. Linn County Red Cross chair Dawson Grim outlines activities with 400 dollars raised. Cedar Rapids groups Pan-Cretan union Philopitchos and St Johns church back the celebration with John Costas John Thomas and others leading the committee.
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United States
Cosmos
America
Freedom
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Dawson Grim
Linn County
The
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Notice of Alton Stent Executor Probate 16912
Notice is hereby given that on this day of March 1943 Frank G. Kanak was appointed executor of the estate of John W. Seddenka of Linn County Iowa. All indebted to the estate must pay promptly. Claims should be filed in the Linn County District Court office. Barnes Chamberlain Hanzlik & Wadsworth act as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Stent
State of
Iowa
Linn County
John W Sedenka
Iowan
Men and Women in Service Of Their Country
A list of service members with local addresses and duties. Marines Private Gerald Benish returns on furlough after 18 months in the South Pacific. Army air corps Private Weston D. Ralston serves at Keesler Field Mississippi. Staff Sergeant Gerald Malloy on furlough from Hawaii then Camp Cooke California. Seaman First Class Leo Wilson heads to Gulfport after leave. Numerous other soldiers sailors and air corps members from Cedar Rapids area are noted with postings transfers furloughs and promotions including drivers at Bangor and Norfolk and cadet training in Utah and Wisconsin.
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Serge
Gerald Benish
Frank Benish
Center Point
South Pacific
Weston D. Ralston
W. D. Ralston
Bever Avenue
Gant Air Corps
Keesler Field
Iss
Gerald Joseph Malloy
Signal Corps
Hawaii
James Malloy
L Street
Malloy
Camp Cooke
Calif
Leo W. Wilson
Gulfport
Miss
Fourteenth Street
Grant X. Wale
Army Air Corps
Clearwater
Fla
Dowsfield
Bangor
Maine
Fifth Street
Harry S. Mentzer
Navy
Pacific
Charles K. Mentzer
Third Avenue
Emerson H. Hovey
United States Coast Guard
Rodanthe
N. C
E. R. Hovey
Twenty-sixth Street
Yale
S. C
Hovey
Leo Wilson
Camp Halliday
J. W. Wilson
First Avenue
Camp Bradford
Norfolk
Seabees
E. F. Proeseholt
Pawling
F Be Simmert
Warren Eichorn
Roy Hanover
Palo
Army Air Forces Technical School
Kearnsfield
Utah
Robert C. Turdik
Jefferson Barracks
State Teachers College
Milwaukee
Wis
John F. McEachron
the Gazette
Armament School
Lowryfield
Colo
F Avenue
John A. McEachron
A. C. Topinka
Fort Belvoir
Cedar Rapids
Topinka
David
Helen Kacena Stark
Fourth Avenue SE
Camp Rucker
Ala
Edward H. Snell
Snell
Florida
Columbia Army Air Base
South Carolina
C. E. Snell
Fairfax
Methodist Bishop Sets World Tour To Boost Troops
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard of the Methodist church will tour world battlefronts with approval from the War Department and at the suggestion of President Roosevelt. He plans visits to Iceland Ireland Scotland England North Africa and possibly India and China with stops in Liberia and South America if feasible. The trip aims to support army and navy chaplains and service men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Adna Wright Leonard
Methodist Church
Leonard
Iceland
Ireland
Scotland
England
North Africa
India
China
Liberia
South America
General Commission On Army and Navy
Casablanca
Brayton Urges Civilian Fight For Victory In War
Arthur H. Brayton, secretary of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce bureau, urged Cedar Rapids civilians to intensify war effort with ten steps from conserving materials to buying war bonds. Speaking at Coe College’s Sinclair Memorial chapel, he warned against armchair attitudes and emphasized voluntary home defense work and spreading civilian defense.
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Arthur H. Brayton
Convention Bureau
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Brayton
Cedar Rapids
Victory Speakers Bureau
Sinclair Memorial
Coe College
Dell G. Hitchner
Coe
Victory
Henry Haege
Linn County Ocd
Ater
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brave
Ahepa
Frank G. Kanak
Barnes, Chamberlain
Hanzlik & Wadsworth
Richard L. Jedlicka
Alois Jedlicka
Ely Avenue
Jedlicka
Great Lakes
James W. Clark
Chanutefield
Aviation Machinists
Center Point Road
Clark
Charles Simms
Twelfth Avenue
Daniel R. Decker
Clearwater, Fla
Westoverfield
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Roy W. Decker
Eleventh Street
Don L. Freeman
Navy Radio School
University of Chicago
L. B. Freeman
B Avenue NW
Ellis Boulevard
Tm Hun
Phillips
POLY
U.S. War Savings
Newman
Ual Hue
Newman’s Street
Wei
Newman's
Yorktown
Arrow
Esquire
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