G I Joes Mustered Out at Jefferson Barracks
The Jefferson Barracks separation center assists Iowa and Missouri servicemen in demobilization. Processed in under 48 hours from arrival, the program provides housing, lounges, theater, Red Cross canteen, and a final army honor discharge after checks, counseling, and pay.
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Jefferson Barracks
IDPA
Iowa
Missouri
G. I. Joe
Seventh Service Command
G. I Joe
Red Cross
Veterans Administration
American Red Cross
G.I
Town Daily
Max Green
Corning
Clarence E. Hilgerson
Clermont
Cpl
Reynold J. Strieb
Clinton
Hawaii
Samoa
Lowans
Army Finance
William J. O'Brien
Mis ter life ease for returning soldiers gains plan
A demobilization center under Major Thomas B. Hammond plans a banking service for discharged servicemen to deposit funds without carrying cash. The facility will offer deposits across U S banks, cashier's and traveler's checks, with on-site ticketing by railroad and bus reps. Staff pledge prompt courteous treatment for all eligible soldiers after victory in Europe and the Pacific.
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United States
Railroad and Bus Company
Thomas B. Hammond
Europe
Pacific
Meanest Thief Sought in Marion
Marion police search for a thief described as the meanest. The culprit took Carmel Ann Nichol s bicycle, a blue and white girl’s model, from in front of a business on Seventh Avenue. Carmel is 12, relies on the bicycle for school travel, and has endured a long recovery from illness.
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Marion
Carmel Ann Nicholson
Seventh Avenue
Carmel Ann
Clair Nicholson
Fourth Avenue
Mr. Nicholson
Marion Teens Invited To Keen Teen Klub Fete
Marion high school students aged 15 to 18 are invited to the Keen Teen Klub re opening party at the Cedar Rapids YMCA on Saturday night. Chick Kings orchestra will provide dancing music and there is no admission charge. The event was announced by John Vernon Gerald Stark Anajean Forbes Diane Biddick and Dorothy Heefner who represented the school at a YMCA meeting. Mrs Bills hosts a birthday open house for Clara Bills at 1257 Seventh Avenue Cedar Rapids. W C Givens dies in Sioux City. he had served as Milwaukee railroad Ottumwa superintendent and earlier Iowa division head in Marion. He is survived by his wife two sons and a Guadalcanal veteran son, Marine Major W C Given Jr.
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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.mc.a
Chick King
Bills
Ed Bills
Seventh Avenue
Clara Bills
W. C. Givens
Kansas City
Milwaukee Railroad
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Marion
Iowa
W. C. Given,jr
Guadalcanal
Walamka Kin Killed In Action Over Italy
Mrs. Walamka of 1349 Lincoln Drive learned her brother Sir Aloys Lochowitz 23 a fighter pilot was killed in action over Italy on October 12. He lacked only months of Wisconsin University graduation before service and had 19 missions. Lochowitz resided in Racine Wisconsin.
Farm People Favor GOP Candidates in Iowa
Iowa farm readers of Wallaces' Farmer and Iowa Homestead predict 54 percent for Gov. Dewey and 46 percent for President Roosevelt in next Tuesday's farm vote. The cross section survey notes absentee ballots from servicemen unclear. It shows Senator Gillette at 45 percent civilian farm vote, Gov. Blue at 61 percent in farm districts, with Mitchell and Kraschel trailing.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Thomas E Dewey
Roosevelt
Guy Gillette
Clyde Herring
Gillette
Robert Blue
Richard Mitchell
Mitchell
Nels Kraschel
John Valentine
Memorial Rites Sunday At Norway for Soldier
A memorial service for Sgt. Elton Melberg, 24, will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Norway Methodist church with the American Legion participating. He was killed in action in France on September 12 and is 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 is missing in action in Italy since October 14. He volunteered in November 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
Lawrence J. McElligott
Italy
88Th Infantry Division
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
McElligott
Loras College
Dubuque
Camp Wolters
Texas
Francis J. McElligott
The
Seabees
Southwest Pacific
Riverside air crewman killed in service over Germany
Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Skubal aged 20 was killed September 28 during a combat mission over Germany. The war department notified his parents, and he had earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster after flying 15 missions as a B-17 tail gunner. He was a St. Marys High School graduate class of 1943. Surviving relatives include a sister Ida Dorothy, twin brothers Charles and Francis, and grandmother Mrs. Nettie Shradel. Nearby Lawrence Hamm reported killed October 14 in France after enlisting January 1942. Memorial services are planned at Rossville Presbyterian Church.
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Riverside
Joseph J. Skubal
Germany
F. V. Skubal
War Department
Skubal
St. Mary's High School
Army Air Forces
Buckley Field
Colorado
Kingman
Ariz
Dalhart
Texas
Avon Park
Fla
England
Ida Dorothy Skubal
Lowa City
Charles Skubal
Francis Skubal
Camp Butner
Nettie Shradel
Waukon
Jerry Hamm
Lawrence Hamm
France
Rossville Presbyterian Church
Prison Term for Tama Man Who Gave Rum to 3 Indian Girls
Charles P Seabert of Tama pled guilty to giving liquor to Indians and received a nine month federal prison sentence from Judge Henry N Graven in Sioux City. He was accused of supplying alcohol to Florence Mitchell Gladys Youngbear and Rose Youngbear, all Indian women. Florence later died after being struck by a Milwaukee Railroad train near Tama.
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Sioux City
Charles P Seabert
Tama
Henry N., Graven
Seabert
Florence Mitchell
Gladys
Rose Youngbear
Florence
Battalion Officers School Planned for Sibley and Cedar Rapids
Des Moines AP reports one day battalion officer schools will be held at Sibley and Cedar Rapids. Col Arthur Wallace announced Lt Col C N Stryker will instruct 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 a date yet to be set.
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DES Moines
Sibley
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Wallace
Iowa State Guard
C. N. Stryker
Durwood Moss
Beavo Named Jones County School Superintendent
Joseph Beavo of Burlington was chosen Thursday to head Jones County schools succeeding Nellie V Morey. He will take office December 13 with a term through May and will live in Anamosa with his wife and young son.
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Beavo
Jones County
Anamosa
Joseph Beavo
Burlington
Nellie V Morey
Beave
Arthur Lister
M. D. Grafft
Edward Husman
Onias Hart
John W. Reiken
W. J Bailey
Earnest Anderson
Leigh Clark
A. Deischer
Emma Eden
Monticello
Otto Koranda
George Vlach
George W. Wacke
Oxford Junction
George H. Herzberger
A. C Lincoln
Wyoming
Boyd Christensen
Center Junction
Alva Streeper
Francis Orr
Onslow
S H. Ellison
Martelle
Luther Inglis
Haile
George W Kuehl
Scotch Grove
N. J
Monmouth
Nurses Association Elects Walkup President in Des Moines
Mrs Vivian Walkup of Des Moines was reelected president of the Town State Association of Registered Nurses. The Iowa public health nursing group also elected Mrs R K Stoddard of Cedar Rapids to its board.
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Des Moines
Vivian Walkup
Town State Association of Registered Nurses
State Organization of Public Health Nursing
R. K. Stoddard
Cedar Rapids
Islandwide DDT Spraying In Pacific War Zone
A Pacific island is being sprayed with DDT to halt insect-borne disease. A torpedo bomber equipped with makeshift nozzle rigs sprays 10 gallons per minute over mangrove swamps, mess halls, and latrines, with two quarts per acre. Navy and Marine officers led the operation, including Winslow T. Thompson and Walter T. Brownell.
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Marine Corps
Navy
Winslow T. Thompkins
Iowa City
Tia
Walter T. Brownell
Tuscaloosa
Ala
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Pacific Fleet
Earl D. Jefferson
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New Billmark Cafe
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Syl’s Grocery
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Sacramento
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George Fitz Simmons
Camp Campbell
Sky
Gertrude FitzSimmons
Oskaloosa
Alta Penne
George H. Clark
Mercy Hospital
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Marine Cpl Arthur Dodd
Cpl. Dodd
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Iowa Senate
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Moscow
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Culbert’s
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Sgt
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Lawrence Swamm
Battalion School
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Naples
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Chevy Chase
James A. Kelly
Washington, D. C
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