Service Members and Families Welcomed Home and Promoted
Local notices list Orville Louvar visiting his parents after naval hospital release with wife and daughter. John Sixta promoted to first lieutenant at Camp Claiborne after 15 months Army service. Lt. Moran, a Kirtland Field graduate, commissioned as second lieutenant and awarded aerial bombarder wings. George Turner returns from Southwest Pacific for 30 days leave before Pacific reassignment. Various soldiers, airmen, and sailors noted for furloughs, transfers, and promotions across Cedar Rapids and bases in California, Texas, Africa, Hawaii, and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville L. Louvar
Boyis Louvar
E Avenue NE
Naval Hospital
Robert E. Moran
William J. Moran
Cascade
Army Air Force
Kirtland Field
Albuquerque
N. M
Moran
St. Mary's High School
Loras College
Dubuque
Las Vegas
Nev
Flexible
George C. Turner
George W. Turner
First Avenue
Turner
Navy
Cedar Rapids
Southwest Pacific
Pacific Coast
Cpl
Virgil D. Greenwood
Camp Fickett
D Avenue
George E. Greenwood
Vinton
Pfc
Willis F. Richardson
Robert Duane
Nellie Richardson
Marion
Camp San Luis Obispo
Calif
Pfe
Chester A. Powell
England
J. L. Powell
Walker
Louis LaVerne King
Jefferson Barracks
Laredo
Texas
Clarence J. Paulsen
Ninth Street
Anna King
Shellsburg
George Siamis
Army Air Corps
Africa
Nick Siamis
Marine Air Corps
Hawaii
Dan Siamis
Coast Guard
Seattle
Wash
T. A. Siamis
Third Avenue SE
B. D. Silliman
Fort Lewis
Silliman
Charles H. Orton
Camp Blanding
Fla
Sixth Street
Dayton N.mcmillan
G. B. McMillan
Johnson Avenue
Goodfellow
Kofron
Columbia
S. C
C. T. Drummey
New Guinea
Third Street
Joe McGillicuddy Wounded in Action in WWII
Cpl. Joe McGillicuddy radioman wounded and convalescing in an overseas hospital after 18 months abroad under Gen. Patton. In a letter to his parents he says he’s had barbed wire injuries and a tank explosion, with hopes to walk the right leg again in a couple weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Joe McGillicuddy
F. J. McGillicuddy
Third Street
Cpl. McGillicuddy
George Patton, Jr
Youth Hatchet Attacks Slot Machines At Moose Club
A 17 year old boy, not named by police, entered the Moose Club in Michigan City Indiana and smashed four slot machines with a hatchet as members left. A club member struck him with a chair, ending the spree. He was held for juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Moose Club
ACS Authors and Publishers Admits Two New Members
The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers admitted two new members on Tuesday. Renowned conductor and composer Leopold Stokowski joined, along with bandleader Al Trace famous for introducing Mairzy Doats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Leopold Stokowski
al Trace
Mairzy Doats
Chinese War Weariness Reflects Strength in Spirit
Miss Pearl Pollock who spent 14 years as rural Y W C A secretary in China spoke about growing weariness among Chinese people yet no sign of weakness. She described living conditions under war, government limits on amusements, inflation, and the shift from rural to urban life while Y W C A activities aid women through cooperatives literacy health programs and relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pearl Pollock
Y.W.C.A
India
Bombay
San Francisco
Miss Pollock
Iowa
Indiscreet Answer Sparks Dust Up in Cedar Rapids
Soldier Lawrence Refosko from Fort McDonald interfered in a dispute with Softly deaf Shorty Fessler at a Fourth Street SE laundry. A mistaken yes reply sparked a brawl call to police. Refosko was lodged for the night. Fessler and the girls had left by the time officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Refosko
Fort McDonald
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Pennsylvania
Fourth Street
Shorty Fessler
Fessler
Howard Walsh
Refosko
Bricker cites Ward seizure as bureaucratic danger
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker denounces federal executive overreach after the Montgomery Ward seizure. He urges liquidation of unneeded agencies to end government chaos and warns the troop removal of a businessman signals drift toward absolutism and contempt for courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
INS
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Dukeesteey
Algona Man Fined For Disturbing the Peace
William Geering of Algona was fined 15 dollars and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson in police court after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Ten dollars of the fine was suspended. Geering boarded a train at 1:15 am without a ticket, caused a disturbance, was removed, then bought a ticket, and was refused entry by the conductor and taken to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Geering
Algona
Harry S. Johnson
Geering
Juvenile Court Seeks Flynn Accuser's Dad
In Santa Monica California juvenile authorities sought William C Satterlee identified as Peggy Satterlee's father on a charge of molesting three young girls. Peggy Satterlee testified that actor Errol Flynn attacked her aboard his yacht when she was a minor and testified against Flynn who was acquitted last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
William C. Satterlee
Peggy Satterlee
Miss Satterlee
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Also Mentioned on This Page
John A. Sixta
Joseph Sixta
Ant
Camp Claiborne
St. Sixta
University of Iowa
Maj, Silliman
Sixta
McGillicuddy
Carrie Nation
Owls Club
Williams
U & Pat
United States Army
Europe
Ploesti
Burma-India
Burma
Mawlu
Bhamo
Moraung
Myitkyina
Manpin
Imphal
Velma Oliver
Denver
Colo
Hero
Charles E
Kelly
Pittsburgh
Anzio
Dan
Associated Press
Edmundson
Ray Edmundson
Illinois
United Mine Workers Union
Peabody No. 57
Springfield
Ill
Charles Riley
East Carondelet
Mississippi
South St. Louis
St. Louis
International Navy
May
Sue Dearinger
Lexington
Naval Radio School
Miami University
Oxford
Frank Filan
Tarawa
Ripley
Earth
Hone
Transylania
Sladener
Tom Grissom
Binley
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