Institute Offers Recreation Training Institute in Cedar Rapids
Teenagers, parents, social workers and church leaders can attend a two hour session daily this week at the First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Anne Livingston Griggs New York, of the National Recreation Association, leads practical sessions on games, dramatics, music and neighborhood needs. The program runs Wednesday through Friday with topics such as Games for All Ages and Music for Fun for Everyone.
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Cedar Rapids
Anne Livingston
New York
National Recreation Association
First Presbyterian Church
Boy Scouts
Y.M. Work
W.C.A
Livngston
Livingston
Marine Pfc James M Thomas kills 60 Japanese at Namur Island
Washington AP report credits Marine Pfc James M Thomas nineteen from Biltmore North Carolina with killing sixty Japanese troops in the Namur Island fight at Kwajalein Atoll. The dispatch notes he has received the Bronze Star from Admiral Chester W Nimitz, but provides no further details.
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Washington
James M. Thomas
Biltmore
N. C
Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Edward F. Ryder
Thomas
Chester W. Nimitz
Russia Warns Bulgaria Over Policy Change
Telegram reports from Ankara say Russia will sever relations with Bulgaria if its policy is not changed by midnight May 25. It is stated the Bulgars received the Soviet ultimatum in a stern note issued Monday.
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Ankara
Russia
Bulgaria
Moody elected temporary chairman of Texas Democratic convention
In Austin, former Gov. Dan Moody was named temporary chairman of the Texas Democratic convention after a friend congratulated him with an enthusiastic slap on the back. Moody responded by retreating to a drug store for a soda.
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Austin
Texas
Dan Moody
Moody
Fritton Named Personal Affairs Officer for Cedar Rapids
Lt. Arthur W. Fritton of Coe College military department is named personal affairs officer for Cedar Rapids and vicinity. He will advise service members and dependents on rights and benefits, operating only in an advisory capacity and referring complex needs to Red Cross or other agencies. Immigration note: East India to British Guiana began in 1838.
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Arthur W. Fritton
Coe College Military Department
Army
Cedar Rapids
Lt. Fritton
Military Department of
Coe College
Fritt
Fritton
Three Scouts Earn Eagle Ranks in Cedar Rapids Court
Eagle ranks awarded to Franklin high school scouts Bil Stanley George Liddle and David Morse at a Cedar Rapids district court of honor held at McKinley school. 400 attendees heard details of each scout’s progression from Tenderfoot to Eagle with multiple fellow advancements and merit badges noted.
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Franklin High School
Bil Stanley
K Avenue
George Liddle
Bever Avenue
David S. Morse
Cedar Rapids
Liddle
First Congregational Church
A. I. Mason
Morse
First Baptist Church
Grant Anderson
Franklin
Court of Honor
Charles Gunn
Bob Lovell
Norman Buck
Ronald van Note
Richard Krohn
Don Burleson
Richard Vail
Tommy Kaylor
Eugene Dauenbaugh
Robert Mrstik
John W. Petro
Leo Felfer
Bob Matteson
Ven Coleman
Jack Eggieston
James Atherton
Charles Scott
Creighton Arendt
Elmer Arendt
Don Ahlgren
Richard Clark
David Lubben
Carl Volz
Bil Seigle
Richard Rabik
Wayne Basler
Clyde McMillan
John Ruby
David Suchomel
James Sommerhauser
Jim Lovett
Pail Jernbek
Richard Felter
George Schomberser
Max Bachman
Jock Brown
Robert Clyde
Bobby Peterson
Bob Ale
Harold Hixson
Harvey Hixson
John Ferguson
Curtis Chapman
Jim Morse
Donald Burleson
Dick Burgert
Bill Stanford
John Hickman
Curtis Hillbrunner
Thomas Chadima
Bill Buse
Richard Ball
Bert Cohn
David Clark
David Morse
Joan Smith
Dale Cooky
Jack Jobs
James Hyndon
John Kirby
John Wilson
Rockwell Daehler
Richard North
Norman Robertson
Richard Sperring
David Hoyt
Dick Sommerhauser
Fred A. Cook
Ed A. Bye
John Brague
Bob Young
Jim Johnson
Joseph J. Kolarik
C. L. Gunn
Doubts Tropic Ills Will Get Foothold
Capt. Frank Perlman of Barnes general hospital Brigham Utah said malaria and other tropical diseases will likely appear in the United States with soldiers returning from tropical zones but are unlikely to become native due to cold weather that will kill vector insects, especially in northern states.
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Boise
Idaho
United States
Frank Perlman
Barnes General Hospital
Brigham
Utah
Jeep speeds over soft beaches in coast guard role
Willys Overland Motors introduces a sand and swamp jeep designed to carry eight men at 50 miles an hour for coast guard shore patrol. Ward M. Canaday, president, announced the development on Wednesday in Toledo Ohio.
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Toledo, Ohio
Coast Guard
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Ward M. Canaday
Private Doomed to Hang for Slaying in Ireland
Wiley Harris, 26, a United States Army private from Greenville Georgia, was convicted by court martial of first degree murder. He was sentenced to be hanged May 26 for killing a civilian whose body showed 16 stab wounds found outside an air raid shelter in Belfast.
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Belfast
Ireland
Wiley Harris
United States Army
Greenville
Baruch Calls U S Leader In Peace After War
Bernard M. Baruch told New York audiences the United States must lead the world in peace saying no country can improve its people’s welfare without American help. He accepted a 1944 award for promoting goodwill and better understanding among peoples and urged fair treatment in daily life as the country’s role in the postwar era.
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New York
United States
Bernard M. Baruch
Churchman
Baruch
Uncle Sam
Medal of Honor Awarded Posthumously to Lt Hawkins
Lt. William D. Hawkins of El Paso Texas receives the Medal of Honor for a Tarawa assault at close range under fire from five machine guns. He was mortally wounded after leading the attack and continued fighting. Betio airstrip named in his honor. He was the son of Mrs. C Jane Hawkins.
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Washington
William D. Hawkins
el Paso
Texas
Tarawa
Hawkins
Betio Island
C. Jane Hawkins
Majors Named in Mercy Drive Women’s Division
Mrs Edward Sheehy and Mrs Henry Teahen Jr east and west side chairmen announce five majors to lead a Mercy hospital expansion fund drive raising 150000 from June 19 to 28. Each major will select captains and teams. kickoff meetings set at Roosevelt hotel.
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Edward Sheehy
Henry F. Teahen, Jr
West Side
Mercy Hospital
Teahen
J. R. Erlacher
Sixth Avenue
Ray Freeman
Twentieth Avenue
Fennell
Roosevelt Hotel
Federal
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New Britain
RED Cross
United Nations
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Rome
Italy
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Terracina
Fifth Army
Anzio
Pico
Gustav Holst
June Geier
Chicago
Miss Geier
Alice B. Salter
Gazette
Iowa State Council of Knights of Columbus
Ray Conley
Des Moines
Sam E. Ertz
Burlington
J. IL. Mahony
Farley
George E. O'Malley
Frank W. Less
Cascade
O’malley
Glenn D. Kerrigan
Davenport
Iowa
Henry B. Jameson, Jr
Hank, Jr
Europe
Associated Press
Detroit
Wayne County Road Patrol
William Hunter, Jr
Arnold Stephen
Judith
Leonard Tarczynski
Jerry
Williams
SR Wieuaans
Gutzon Borglum
EGAD
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Boris
Lake
Red
Beulah Bell Kosina
O. Jay Heverly
Center Point
England
American Red Cross
Miss Kosina
Boise, Idaho
University of Iowa
University of Idaho
Cedar Rapids Area
East India
British
Guiand
Stanley
Tenderfoot
U.S
Mercy Drive
Ripley
Golda Schlung
Chicago, Ill
Frank Eisinger
N.Y
V Zoboril Moravia
Rep
U.S. Navy
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