G I Joes Mustered Out at Jefferson Barracks
Jefferson Barracks Missouri hosts a separation center for demobilization of G I Joes from Iowa and Missouri. The process emphasizes rapid civilian return within 48 hours, with comforts, Red Cross services, VA guidance, medical checks, and on site pay and travel arrangements. Major Thomas B. Hammond oversees operations to handle upcoming demobilizations after victory.
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Jefferson Barracks
IDPA
Iowa
Mis
G. I. Joe
Seventh Service Command
Red Cross
Thomas B. Hammond
Europe
Pacific
Iowa Daily Press
Max Green
Corning
Clarence E. Hilgerson
Clermont
Cpl
Reynold J. Strieb
Clinton
Hawaii
Samoa
Lowans
Army Finance
William J. O'Brien
Marion Police Seek Meanest Thief In Bicycle Theft
Marion police hunt a still unknown thief who took Carmel Ann Nichol s bicycle from 1128 Seventh Avenue. The 12 year old girl, who has faced medical hardship and schooling disruption, valued the bike as a necessity for travel to school, aided by her brother Clair Nichol son in foreign service.
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Marion
Carmel Ann Nicholson
Seventh Avenue
Carmel Ann
Clair Nicholson
Fourth Avenue
M. J. Nicholson
Marion High Students Help Plan YMCA Keen Teen Klub Reopening
John Vernon, Gerald Stark, Anajean Forbes, Diane Biddick, and Dorothy Heefner represented Marion high school at a temporary YMCA board meeting. They helped lay plans for the club’s reopening Saturday night at the Cedar Rapids YMCA. All Marion students aged 15 to 18 are invited with no admission charge for an evening of dancing, bowling, ping pong, games, and swimming led by Chick King’s orchestra.
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John Vernon
Gerald Stark
Anajean Forbes
Diane Biddick
Dorothy Heefner
Marion High School
Y.M.C.A. Keen Teen Klub
Cedar Rapids
Y.M.C.A
Chick King’s Orchestra
Dinner for Mrs Pills Honors Ninety Year Old
Dinner for Mrs. Pills at 1257 Seventh Avenue honors Mrs. Clark Bills on her ninetieth birthday. Ed Bills hosts family open house Sunday afternoon and evening. Mrs. Bills, born near Marion, lives with son Frank Bills in Cedar Rapids.
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Pills
Ed Bills
Seventh Avenue
Clark Bills
Death of W. C. Givens longtime railroad superintendent
W C Givens superintendent of the Kansas City division of the Milwaukee railroad at Ottumwa died early Friday at Sioux City after a long illness. He came to Merion in 1936 as superintendent of the Iowa division and was located here for two years. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons Marine Major W C Given Jr a Guadalcanal veteran now assigned.
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W. C. Givens
Kansas City
Milwaukee Railroad
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Merion
Iowa
W. C. Given, Jr
Guadalcanal
Military base scene and Navy Ensign mentioned
A marine base in North Carolina figures with Ensign Norman C. Givens of the Pacific fleet noted. Mr and Mrs Earl D Jefferson plan to travel to Sioux City for services. Calex antiseptic germicide for general use priced at 59 cents at Owens Cut Rate Drug.
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Marine Base
North Carolina
Norman C. Givens
Pacific Fleet
Earl D. Jefferson
Sioux City
Owen
Farm People Favor G O P Candidates in Iowa Vote
DES MOINES INS Iowa farm voters forecast 54 percent for Gov Thomas E Dewey and 46 percent for Roosevelt in next Tuesday’s election. Wallaces Farmer notes absentee ballots of servicemen may shift results. Gillette expected 45 percent civilian farm vote, Blue likely to carry farm districts by a narrow margin.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Lowa
Robert Blue
Richard Mitchell
Nels Krasch
John Valentine
Berlin Seaman Berlin to Report in Sacramento Next Week
Berlin and his wife will stay in Marion with their daughters while he reports next week in Sacramento California. Readers are advised to use Casite to remove carbon and sludge from their motor at Western Auto Associate Store.
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Berlin
Seaman Berlin
Sacramento
Calif
Marion
Western Auto Associate Store
Local Return and Community Notices from Marion Area
Pfc George Fitz Simmons returns Thursday to Camp Campbell Kentucky after furlough with his wife and his mother Mrs Gertrude FitzSimmons of Oskaloosa who came to Marion to be with him. Mrs Alta Penne daughter of Mrs George H Clark is seriously ill at Mercy Hospital after emergency operation. Boston Store gift shop features wood craft novelties and a two dollar value makeup set sale. Mrs Merle Dodd and Marine Cpl Arthur Dodd visited Iowa City to see a grandmother. Mrs Max Davis hosted a fifth birthday party for son Ray van at 891 Seventh Street. Ed Siegfred Company advertisement promotes fall top coats and overcoats from $19.50 to $50.
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George Fitz Simmons
Camp Campbell
Gertrude FitzSimmons
Oskaloosa
Marion
Alta Penne
George H. Clark
Mercy Hospital
Max Davis
Seventh Street
Ray van
Memorial Rites Sunday At Norway for Soldier
A memorial service for Sgt. Elton Melberg, 24, killed in France on Sept. 12, will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Norway Methodist church with participation by the American Legion. He was the son of Elmer Melberg.
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Norway
Elton Melberg
Norway Methodist Church
American Legion
Melberg
France
Elmer Melberg
Ryan Man Missing On Italian Front
Pfc. Lawrence J. McElligott of the 88th Infantry Division in Gen. Mark Clark's Fifth Army has been missing in action in Italy since October 14. He volunteered in 1943 while a junior at Loras College and trained at Camp Wolters, Texas. his brother Francis J. McElligott serves with the Seabees in the Southwest Pacific.
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Ryan
James R. McElligott
War Department
Pfc
Lawrence J. McElligott
Italy
88Th Infantry
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
McElligott
Loras College
Dubuque
Camp Wolters
Texas
Francis J. McElligott
The
Seabees
Southwest Pacific
Riverside Sergeant Skubal Killed in Germany on Mission
Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Skubal 29 died Sept 28 during a combat mission over Germany. He was a B 17 tail gunner with 15 plus missions, awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf cluster. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs F V Skubal sister Ida Dorothy and twin brother Charles, Sgt Francis Skubal stationed at Camp Bunner NC, maternal grandmother Mrs Nettie Shradel.
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Riverside
Joseph J. Skubal
Germany
F. V. Skubal
War Department
Skubal
St. Mary’s High Schol
Army Air Forces
Buckley Field
Colorado
Kingman
Ariz
Dalhart
Texas
Avon Park
Fla
England
Sgt
Ida Dorothy Skubal
Iowa City
Charles Skubal
Francis Skubal
Camp Butner
N. C
Nettie Shradel
Son of Jerry Hamm Killed in France October 14
Lawrence Hamm, in service since January 1942 and overseas since May, was killed October 14 in France. Surviving besides his father are three brothers and three sisters. one brother is in service. A memorial service will be held Sunday at the Rossville Presbyterian Church.
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Waukon
Jerry Hamm
War Department
Lawrence Hamm
France
Rossville Presbyterian Church
Prison Term for Tama Man Who Gave Rum to Indian Girls
Charles P. Seabert of Tama pled guilty to giving liquor to Indians and was sentenced by Federal Judge Henry N. Graven to nine months in prison. He was accused of supplying alcohol to Florence Mitchell and her sisters Glen and Rose Youngbear, all Native Americans. Florence was later killed when struck by a Milwaukee railroad train near Tama.
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Sioux City
Charles P. Seabert
Tama
Henry N. Graven
Seabert
Florence Mitchell
Glen Vs
Rose Youngbear
Florence
Battalion School Announces One Day Sessions in Iowa
Col Arthur Wallace of the Iowa state guard says one day battalion officer schools will be held at Sibley and Cedar Rapids. Lt Col C N Stryker will lead the First Battalion Second Regiment at Sibley on November 19. Lt Col Durwood Moss will run the Cedar Rapids school for the Third Battalion Second Regiment with no date yet set.
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Des Moines
Sibley
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Wallace
Iowa State Guard
C. N. Stryker
Durwood Moss
Beavo Chosen to Lead Jones County Schools
Joseph Beavo of Burlington was named superintendent of Jones county schools in Anamosa. He succeeds Nellie V. Morey who resigned after 28 years. Beavo takes office Dec 1 with a term until May, and he is an honorably discharged veteran with a wife and young son. The family will reside in Anamosa.
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Anamosa
Joseph Beavo
Burlington
Jones County
Nellie V. Morey
Beave
Arthur Lister
M. D. Grafft
Edward Husman
Onias Hurt
John W. Reiken
W. J. Bailey
Earnest Anderson
Leigh Clark
H. A. Deischer
Emma Eden
Monticello
Otto Koranda
George Winch
George W. Wacke
Oxford Junction
George H. Herzberger
A. C. Lincoln
Wyoming
Boyd Christensen
Center Junction
Alva Streeper
Francis Orr
Onslow
S. H. Ellison
Martelie
Luther Inglis
Hale
George W. Kuehl
Scotch Grove
N. J. Bollinger
Bernard
A. B. McCail
Leo Thummes
Mechanicsville
Des Moines Nurse Vivian Walkup Re elected President
Vivian Walkup of Des Moines was reelected president of the Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses. The group also elected R. K. Stoddard of Cedar Rapids to its board.
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Des Moines
Vivian Walkup
Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses
State Organization of Public Health Nursing
R. K. Stoddard
Cedar Rapids
Entire Pacific Island Sprayed With Insecticide
On a Pacific island, DDT spraying begins as a Navy Marine mission to curb disease carrying insects. A torpedo bomber disperses the mist at 125 mph over 6,500 acres, with 10 gallons per minute and two quarts per acre estimated.
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Marine Corps
Navy
Winslow T. Thompkins
Iowa City
T. Brownell
Tuscaloosa
Ala
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Veterans Administration
G.I
American Red Cross
Joe
United States
Railroad and Bus Company
Marion News
Gazette Business Office
McDougall
Margiiti Av
S. Pfc
Galen McDougall
Belgium
James Fitzgerald
St. Luke's Hospital
Boston
Halamka
H. J. Halamka
Lincoln Drive
Aloys Lochowitz
Lochowitz
Racine
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Bernard Lochowitz
Indiana
New Billmark Cafe
Seaman
Carleton Strand
Great Lakes
G. O. Palmer
Marion Blvd
Allathea Seager
Mondovi
Leonard Swisher
Storm’s
Billie Mack
San Bruno
Howard Mack
Syl’s Grocery
Max Berlin
Sally
Sharon
Mary Grace
Bremerton, Wash
Guy B
Guy Gillette
Spain
Iowa Senate
United States Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Dumbarton Oaks
Guy M. Gillette
Washington
Senator Gillette
Senator
U. S
Gillette
G.O.P
Clyde Herring
Merle Dodd
Marine Cpl
Arthur Dodd
Adam
Jergen
Ed Siegfred Company
Culbert’s Food Market
Rosedale
Golden Valley
Dickey’s Quality Foods
Monarch
Durkees
Pfc. McElligott
Joseph Skubal
Battalion School
Beavo
Pacific Island
Naples
E Earl J. Wilson
Chevy Chase
James A. Kelly
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Lour Avarantee
Sch “Gar
Practical Farm
Ager
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Bor
Democratic
Claassen
Congress
Cedar Rapids World Court Committee
International Relations Committee
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