Nine Inducted Into McKinley Honor Society
The Socrathecan chapter of the National Honor Society inducted nine new members at a semiannual ceremony in McKinley high school auditorium. New members include Leora Zahonik Frances Marshall Harriet Daeuchy Ortha Berger Darlene Owen Charles Briggs Jim Wescot Bill Trunecek Norma Soren-Tean Nemecek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socratecan
National Honor Society
McKinley High School
Leora Zahorik
Frances Marshall
Harriet Daeuchy
Ortha Berger
Darlene Owen
Charles Briggs
Jim Wescot
Bill Trunecek
Norma Soren
Tean Nemecek
Pate
Bregos
Arda Mae Cox
Pauline Halverson
Emil Christie
Barbara Carruthers
Leona Sprynel
W. L. Paxson
McKinley
Gale
Maurine Hamblin
Ray Scholl
Charles A. Anderson
Coe College
Caroline Soutter
Frances Kacerovsky
Roberta Owens
Margaret Hawkins
Harriet Dauchy
Norma Sorensen
Dutch patriots executed by German authorities
London dispatch notes Aneta says German occupation forces executed 26 more Dutch patriots for fomenting strikes and sabotage. The report adds to ongoing wartime repression and resistance actions in the Netherlands.
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London
Aneta
Netherlands
Lutherans Report Christian Faith Alive in Japan
Delegates to the United Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Synodical Missionary Society heard that Christianity endures in Japan with about 2000 Christians forming a Church of Christ. Miss Selma Bergner, who taught in a Tokio college, spoke at First Lutheran, Cedar Rapids, noting her Japan work and return in 1941.
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Japan
Church of Christ
Selma Bergner
Tokio College
United Lutheran Synod of Iowa
Synodical Missionary Society
First Lutheran Church of
Cedar Rapids
Miss Bergner
Women's Missionary Society
United Lutheran Church In America
Lutheran Church In
M. E. Redeen
Newton
Navy dinner speaks by Bow at Schick General Hospital
Mrs. Ralph Livers of Council Bluffs hosts a ship dinner at Schick General Hospital where Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. Bow, chaplain, Clinton, will deliver the speaking program at 6:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Livers
Council Bluffs
Toni Gi
Andrew J. Bow
Schick General Nepital
Clinton
Government urged to curb federal paper waste
A congressional committee urged the War Production Board to curb waste and non essential paper use by the federal government and asked the War Manpower Commission to designate the paper production industry as an essential war industry.
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Washington
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Notice of will probate in Linn County Iowa
Notice to all interested parties that on May 18 1963 at 9:00 a.m. in the District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of a decedent will be offered for proof and admission to probate. Carl Herdrickson, attorney, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Artlett
Gard District Court
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nazi Air Raid Kills 16 in English Town
A German raid on an East Anglian coast town killed sixteen people in a building housing Auxiliary Territorial Service girls. Fifteen Focke Wulf bombers hit the residential area, five bodies were found, and many homes damaged. Mustangs of the British command intercepted the attackers, destroying one aircraft and damaging several others.
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London
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Focke Wulf
Mustangs
British Cooperation Command
No WCTU Convention Cancelled for Des Moines Meeting
Headquarters of the national Women's Christian Temperance Union announced the cancellation of its sixty ninth annual convention planned for Des Moines Iowa in September. The executive committee will meet in Chicago August 17 19.
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Evanston, Ill
National Women's Cristian Temperance Union
Des Moines
Chicago
Service Members and Families Update from Corpus Christi Area
The note lists service members and family updates across Texas and neighboring states. Entries include Lester Usher returning with his wife, promotion of Frank Elias at Camp Adair, and transfers for Warren Beldt and Charles Shakespeare among others. It covers Navy, Army, and Air Force personnel with home addresses and unit details.
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Frank Elias
Medical Corps Station
Camp Adair
Ore
Twelfth Street
Elias
W. J. Elias
Fifteenth Avenue
Warren Beldt
San Diego
Calif
Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Elmer Boldt
Weare Avenue
Darrell C. DeBolt
Pueblo
Colo
Merian E. DeBolt
Fort Knox
Clark DeBolt
Sixth Avenue
DeBolt
Margo Elaine
DeBolts
Wendell Freeman
Floyd Freeman
First
David Kanellis
Benham
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Training Station
George J. Kanellis
Air Corps
Alamogordo
N. M
George Kanellis
Fourteenth Street
Charles A. Fisher
Albert W. Fisher
I Street
Corp
Fisher
Camp Davis
N. C
Oklahoma Floods Cause Six Deaths
Severe floods across northeastern and southern Oklahoma left at least six people dead and hundreds homeless. Dozens of streams swollen by rain inundated low-lying communities and thousands of acres of newly planted farmland. Twenty five state highways were partially or wholly washed out, hindering travel in the affected area.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Floods threaten Arkansas lowland areas in northwest region
Floods swept through floodplains in northwest Arkansas as mountain creeks spilled over banks and rivers rose toward danger levels. Evacuations of lowland residents began late Monday amid mounting flood risk in Fort Smith and surrounding areas.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Arkansas
Monay
Henderson Says He Still Believes Prices Were Fair
Leon Henderson spoke at his first press conference as a private citizen after leaving the price administrator post. He reports no insults since quitting, notes public inconveniences from his orders, and says he will not return to public life. He now chairs the Research Institute of America and plans to write congressmen if he disapproves of government action.
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Washington (Lp
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Research Institute of America
Jealous of Wife's Rank Sparks Divorce Case
Lieut. Betty Ratchford Lamacchia, an army nurse, files for divorce from Se Joseph Lamacchia in Miami Florida. The suit cites extreme cruelty and notes her superior rank as a trigger for jealousy while Joseph is stationed at Miami Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
Betty Ratchford Lamacchia
Joseph Lamacchia
Lamacchia
Miami Beach
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McKinley Honor Society
Siegel
Second Avenue SE
W.C.T.U. Convention
Lester Usher
Usher
Corpus Christi
Texas
Vern Usher
Eighth Avenue
Robert W. Ciszek
Port Washington
Mad
A. John Gipe
Eighth Street
Donald Good
Camp Dodge
William E. Good
Ruth
Arlene
Eleventh Street
Lieut
Lester L. Besser
Camp Phillips
Kan
Mrs. R. Besser
Third Avenue SW
Leonard Gray
Ee Fia
Navy
Seattle
Wash
D. W. Gray
Parnell
Charlies E. Shakespeare
G. W. Shakespeare
Avenue NW
Second Street
John R. Hay
Fifth Avenue SW
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Marion Safely
Fifth Street
Sergt. Hay
Armored Division
Wilson and Company
Donald A. Shaffer
Fort Benning
A. L. Shaffer
Hinkley Avenue
Garry Brown
R. J. Brown
Sixteenth Street
Tyndall Field
Fla
Sheppard Field
Robert G
Bob” Brown
Seabees
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
Mr. Brown
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Elmer F. Karasek
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
John Karasek
Oakland Road
Killian Company
Ali
Nia
Matss Testier Maas
Pony Alosaly
Brie
Killian
Dobbs
Fussell Opt
Okinow
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