Ensign Petrik Assigned Navy Duty From Iowa
George L. Petrik of 234 Eleventh Street NW has been commissioned ensign in the naval reserve and reported for active duty March 28 at Fort Schuyler New York City. He is a University of Iowa mechanical engineering graduate and former design engineer with Link Belt Speeders. Mrs. Petrik remains in Cedar Rapids.
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George L. Petrik
Eleventh Street
Naval Reserve
Fort Schuyler
New York City
Ensign Petrik
University of Iowa, College of Mechanical Engineering
Pi Tau Sigma
Link Belt Speeders Corporation
Assault on Palau Heralds Caroline Invasion
The Palau attack by American warships is seen as a prelude to a larger push toward the Caroline islands and eventual operations toward the Philippines. Observers doubt an immediate landing, noting risks of exposed supply lines through strong Japanese positions. The campaign targets Truk and other bases as U.S. forces seek a corridor to China via the Philippines, with air power from carriers and the Marshalls intensifying strikes.
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Washington
Palau Islands
Carolines
Ealau
Caroline
Central Pacific
China
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Corregidor
Palau
Truk
Gilbert and Marshall Islands
Caroline Island
United States
Marshalls
Southwest Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific Area
Douglas MacAr
Admiralty Islands Capture Enables Dual Pacific Assaults
In the Southwest Pacific, advances from the Admiralty Islands enable coordinated attacks on the Carolines. One thrust comes from Nimitz's Central Pacific forces by sea and air, and another from Hal Sey and MacArthur’s airmen in the South and Southwest Pacific. The article notes over 675,000 workers are employed in U.S. maritime shipyards.
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Thut
Southwest Pacific
Admiralty Islands
Carolines
Central Pacific
Nimitz
South
Halsey
MacArthur
U. S
Sightless Gun Bearings Inspector Proves Fingertip Vision
Miss Gladys Lehmann, 25, a blind gun bearings inspector at Webster Electric in Racine Wisconsin, demonstrates that fingertips can substitute for sight. She notes confidence in tactile sense, and supervisors report her error rate matches sighted coworkers.
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Racine
Wis
Gladys Lehmann
Webster Electric Company
Miss Lehmann
Partisans Repel German Attacks in Yugoslavia
London dispatch reports Marshal Josip Tito Brozovich announcing that Yugoslav Partisans repelled fresh German assaults in eastern Bosnia. Snowstorms paused operations for days, suspending movements on both sides before renewed offensive actions.
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London
Josip Tito Brozovich
Bosnia
Harvard Gets Unkindest Cut In Record Bath Note
Chicago dispatch reports Velma Sobolewski seeking divorce from Lucian Sobolewski, a Harvard alumnus, who has not bathed since October 15, 1940, in a history filled with founding dates and long tradition.
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Chicago
INS
Harvard University
Velma Sobolewski
Lucient
Harvard
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Ensign Petri
Henry W. Floyd
Camp Blanding, Fla
Mrs
Clark Floyd
Troy Mills
Cedar Rapids
Russell Paul Myers
Army
Fort Des Moines
L Street
Charles F. Rhoda
Fifth Street
Fort Sheridan
Rhoda
Ireland
Scotland
England
Candace A. Carman
Mm1
Cogre Carman
Philadelphia
Ned C. White
Army Air Corps
Italy
C. B. White
Fifth Avenue
Richard J. Fosdick
South Pacific
Robert ©. Mitchell
D. C. Robb
C Avenue
New Hebrides
Cpl
A. R. Smith
Tenth Street
R. A. Smith
First Street
Cpl. Smith
Coast Artillery
Aliens Falls
Jack D'Arcy
University of California At Berkeley
Camp Cooke
Calif
Eleventh Armored Division
D'Arcy
Coe
Camp Roberts
Virgil D. Greenwood
Nashville, Tenn
Camp Pickett
Inez Donegan
D Avenue NE
Pvt
Edward Kiracofe
Fort Ord
Elmer Kiracofe
Near North Liberty
William J. Elwood
Navy
A. W. Curry
Seventh Avenue
Paul Dale
S. E. Dale
Sixth Street
Dale
Brooklyn
Marvin T. Happel
Helena
Happel
Nineteenth Avenue
Pic
James H. Black
Mrs. O. C. Black
William P. Engel
W. Engel
Linden Drive
Engel
South America
Naval Air Corps
Norfolk
Wilbur L. Cornthwaite
Ralph L. Cornthwaite
K Avenue
Bere
Linn County
Bectricht and Power Company
Cedar Rap& Iowa
Teowa State Commerce Commission
Alon
Verwate
Peorthwest
Ange
Minowey
Sherine
Ara Hanes
Said
Herald of Caroline
Vrormosa
Luzon
Marianas IS
Guam
Pacific Ocean
Eniwetok
Wielang
Islands
Ponape
Kwajalein
Marshall
Jaluits
MILS
Gilbert Tarawas
Armstrong’s
Styre
Rathless
Armstrong
Armstrong's
Kaynee
Donmoor
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