Ed Filipi recalls Tunisia and allied fighting in North Africa
Cedar Rapids sergeant Ed Filipi describes frontline life in Tunisia including fighting at Kasserine Pass El Guettar and Gabes, close calls with a strafing plane, and a close view of President Roosevelt and Eisenhower. He praises American weapons and Allied English comrades, notes high troop morale, and shares homefront mail joy and family visits.
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Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Tunisia
Casablanca
Port Lyotte
Oran
Air
Roosevelt
Churchill
Gen
Eisenhower
Patton
America
Sergi
Filipi
Ed Filipi
Sherman
Navy Band to Open Cedar Rapids Concert Friday
The 45 member U S Navy Preflight School band from Iowa City will perform at the Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids Friday at 7 30 p m for mass enlistment ceremonies for Waves and Spars. Captain Edmund S Root will speak. about 25 girls take oaths with 40 Waves and Spars from Cedar Falls assisting.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Mass Waves
U. S. Navy
Memorial Coliseum
J. J. Courtney
Navy
Big Ten
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio State
Michigan
Northwestern
Minnesota
Iowa State
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Edmund S. Root
U.S.N
Ninth Naval District
Cant. Root
Cedar Falls
Ancient Mexico City to Cuernavaca road marked by light stone center stripe
A centuries-old highway linking Mexico City and Cuernavaca features a distinctive center stripe composed of light-colored stones. This unique road design stands out as a historical transport landmark.
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Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Puttering Through Repairs and Oil Plating Hopefuls After War
The text advises continuing trailer work and cautious driving until postwar times when car access may resume. It warns engines trap acids if left idle and promotes Conoco Nth motor oil with a plate-like effect that supposedly magnetizes oil to metal for longer protection.
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Conoco
Iowa City Teens Admit 48 Burglaries in 18 Months
Iowa City police report two youths Eugene Leeney 15 and Don Miller 16 confessed to 48 burglaries in the last 18 months. They seized $463 in cash and at least seven watches and other articles, with loot dumped in the Iowa river. Cited items include cigars, a camera, a metal money box and defense stamps.
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Iowa City
Eugene Leeney
Don Miller
Leeney
Miller
Iowa River
Ignorance of Women Expensive for Thief
In Elizabeth New Jersey Mrs J M Waldo told police that the thief who stole her purse for $3 might have found $200 more if he knew women’s ways. Her pocketbook was returned the next day with $120 in cash and an $80 check still in the bag.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Swap of Able-Bodied War Captives Is Out
Washington reports that the United States will not exchange able-bodied war prisoners with Japan. Negotiations continue on exchanging seriously sick and wounded prisoners and medical and religious personnel.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
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U. S
Air Transport Command
Guts
Who
Gabes
American Intelligence
U.S
New York
Halloran General
The
Legion Auxiliary
Solon
Joe Filipi
Mary Stodola
Second Avenue SE
Navy Photo
Navy Band
C. R
Great Lakes
Courtney
Washington, D. C
White Eagle Coal CO
First Street
DIAL
Continental Oil Company
Continental Oil CO
J. G. Panda
Mel Toroto
Chas. Alizer
Conoco 20
Minneapolis
Woerderhoff's
Patricia Pat
Johnsonians
Portage Monarch
Boulevards
Osteo- Pathiks
Weyenberg and
Ball Brand
West Point
Kreider
Woerderhoff
First Avenue East
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