Service members and families named in military postings
A roundup lists Lieut Floyd Johnson and other service members with new assignments furloughs and transfers. Highlights include Johnson leaving for Randolph Field Texas for instructor training, Camp Beale California and Fort Monroe Virginia details for several personnel, and various wives and parents noted at home addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Johnson
Lakefield
Ariz
Center Point
Johnson
W. H. Johnson
Randolph Field
Texas
C W Harrop Named Pastor For Kenwood Methodist
The Rev. C. W. Harrop of 3422 F avenue NE is called to the Kenwood Park Methodist church to succeed Rev. Merton H. Green who becomes a chaplain. Harrop will lead his first service Sunday morning. He previously pastored Jan Hus Methodist church for five years and retired last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Harrop
F Avenue
Kenwood Park Methodist Church
Merton H. Green
Harrop
Kenwood Park
Jan Hus Methodist Church
Two Windows Broken and Vehicle Thefts Reported
Cedar Rapids police logged two window breakage reports after rocks damaged an outside kitchen door at 1432 Eighth avenue SE. King's Crown Plaster foreman said 11 glass panes and several tiles were broken at the plant. A two wheel trailer valued at 15 dollars and a bicycle were also reported stolen from city addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
T. C. Henson
Eighth Avenue SE
Bob Fahl
King’s Crown Plaster Company
David K. Stookey
Memorial Drive
Seventeenth Street
Carol Jean Burks
First Avenue NW
Blessings on Thee Little Boy By Edgar A Guest
A verse by Edgar A Guest celebrating a barefoot boy who saves his father's ration coupons to buy shoes. The poem contrasts the boy's simple joy with the father's hardship and humorously imagines a future where coupons fund footwear, keeping the boy barefoot in other ways.
Rutabagas and a Heroic Helicopter Landing Story
A humorous riff on rutabagas known as Swedish turnips and their garden fate contrasts with a military note describing H. F. Gregory of Wright Field piloting a helicopter from a tanker. He completed 24 deck landings and ferries, the first helicopter operation from a merchant vessel, using flotation gear for sea landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Gregory
Army Air Forces’ Material Command
Wrightfield
Ohio
Gregory
Liberty Ships to Use Amphibious Helicopters Against Submarines
The war department disclosed plans to install amphibious helicopters on Liberty ships to combat Axis U boats. Secret tests in Long Island on May 6 and 7 showed deck or water operations feasible, conducted by Col.
Subscription rates and carrier details for Gazette edition
The notice lists weekly and long term subscription prices for multiple editions. It notes no mail subscriptions in towns with Gazette carrier service and includes advertiser addresses for Allen-Klapney Company with multiple city offices and media affiliations.
Food Parley Not Tied to Relief, Jones Explains
Chairman Marvin Jones insisted the first international food conference has nothing to do with wartime or postwar relief. He said relief plans remain outside the conference and will be handled through a separate relief conference foreseen by President Roosevelt. The clarification followed Soviet urges for immediate food aid to the Red Army and war-torn populations, though Jones denied a link to the Soviet statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
U.S.S.R
Jo Jones
Conference aims to study global food production and exchange
Jones explains the conference is a fact finding body with representatives from friendly nations. It will exchange views, gather facts, and report findings on improving production, consumption, and the interchanges of food and agricultural commodities. He notes relief efforts are outside this conference and led by Governor Lehman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Lehman
Confusion Reported Over Jones Statement By Delegation
Members of the American delegation and others confirmed last week that there had been considerable confusion despite Jones’ statement. The remarks prompted questions about clarity and coordination in the ongoing discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
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Sergt
Irvin Rowden
Camp Beale
Calif
William Owden
Fifth Street
Corp
Francis John Camigzi
M. Carmizzi
Burch Avenue NW
Fort Monroe
Coast Artillery School
Fort Hancock
N. J
John Fuhrmeister
L. A. Fuhrmeister
Fifth Avenue SE
Air Corps Basic Training Center
Bace Raton
Fla
Institute of Meteorology
University of Chicago
J. Ralph Cantrell
Pacific Fleet
Jennie Cantrell
F. H. Fleming
Third Avenue
Herbert Olmstead
The
Seabees
E. H. Olmstead
Fifteenth Street
Camp Endicott
Davisville
R. I
James Spicher
Camp McQuaide
Seventh Avenue SE
Frank W. McPherson
Great Lakes
University of Illinois
W. N. McPherson
L Street
Louis A. Zobac
Hammerfield
Fresno
Hamilton Field
Vincent Zobac
Pfe
William C. Grady
Gowen Field
Boise
Idaho
H Avenue NW
James A. McArthur
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Naval Air Technician Training Center
Norman
Oklo
Leo L. Coombs
F. M. Coombs
Eighteenth Avenue
Farragut
Herbert L. Blaine
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Allien D. Cisier
Wesley Cisier
Eighth Avenue
Keésierfield
Miss
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Army Air Corps
Fox
DE Luxe
FOX DE Luxe Beer
Tax de Luxe Breweries of
Chicago
Mt. Grand Rapids, Mich
Marion, Ind
FOX DE Luxe
Kenwood Methodist
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Whittier
Boston
Motor Vehicle Registry
D. M
Josie
Santa Fe
Santa FE System
Southwest
California
Isis
Bugs Baer
Luther Burbank
Army
Sikorsky Division
United Aircraft Corporation
Baer
Liberty Ships
Cedar Rapids Gasette Sitabtiabed
Es Fyth Ghaeteg
Linker Pahy . Oke
Ftor
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Eevergene ES
Allen-Klap Pany
Michigan
Bet Fifth Avenue
Newark
Detroit
Media Records
A.N.P.A. Bureau of Advertising
ST. Choice Mito
Joseph Aspirin
Tumeur Ata
Square Yard
Hall-Erfelt, Inc
3Rd Avenue
Tate
Chas
L. Benesh
Armstrong
Bargain
Tomorro
National Saint Service
the National Refining Company
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