Wife Charges G I Held for Officer Photos
In Indianapolis Fort Harrison officials stayed silent as Mrs. Frederick Bauer accused her German born husband, Army sergeant and post photographer, of taking nude entertainer pictures at a stag party for visiting Latin American generals on April 2. She said prints were confiscated after a raid on their apartment and that he was held incommunicado while investigations proceed.
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Indianapolis
INS
Fort Harrison
Fifth Service Command
Columbus
Ohio
Frederick Bauer
United States Army
Indiana
Bauer
Truman
American Civil Liberties League
Louis Ludlow
Army official notes Bauer case remains secret
Lt. Col. Joseph Deutschle of the Fifth Service Command in Columbus says the Bauer case is one of the few things in the army that are still secret, calling the matter a hot firecracker not to be discussed even over the telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Deutschle
Fifth Service Command
Columbus
Bauer
Japan Cannot Pay Occupation Costs and Reparations
Edwin S. Pauley, Truman’s reparations envoy, says Japan’s limited assets cannot cover occupation costs or reparations. Funds will first cover occupation, then imports to keep Japan alive, with US claims to overseas business assets limited by expected final collection. He notes US entitlement to over 75 percent of reparations but doubts full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Edwin S. Pauley
Bank of Japan
Pauley
Truman
Allied Reparations Commission
United States
Sweden
Switzerland
Argentina
Woman Charges Red Cross Controlled by Reactionary Faction
Mrs. Eugene Meyer wife of the Washington Post publisher accused the American Red Cross of being run by a small powerful reactionary group bent on wrecking the organization. She urged liberal leaders to form a new council with other welfare agencies and criticized Red Cross director Basil OConnor as too friendly to labor.
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New York
Eugene Meyer
Washington Post
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Council of National Welfare Agencies
Basil O’connor
Labor
Service Members Honored In Local Discharge Updates
Multiple local service members receive honorable discharges and commendations. Staff Sgt Merle V Konzen 1413 Wildwood Dr NE Fort Leavenworth Kansas 12 November 1944 with Fifth Air Force Southwest Pacific 30 months earned Asiatic Pacific and Philippine Liberation ribbons ten battle stars Good Conduct Medal presidential citation oak leaf cluster. Lt Elvin E Konzen 12th Air Force Italy and Staff Sgt Ronald Konzen wounded Normandy now at university in Biarritz France. Don J Barker promoted to sergeant Hawaii. Sgt Robert VY Hudson honorable discharge Jefferson Barracks Missouri after three years service 28 months Caribbean. Lt Baird A King First Army European Theater 15 months returns Cedar Rapids for 45 day leave with wife Anne 1115 Second Ave SE Air Medal Bronze Star three battle stars. Capt Frederick W Channer released Chanutefield Illinois stationed George Field Vincennes Indiana combat intelligence officer Kalamazoo home. Sgt William K Shaffer 38 months Army Air Forces honorable discharge Fort Bliss Texas wife Barbara Jane and son in Cedar Rapids. Commander James E Franken Navy discharged Guam returns to Cedar Rapids law practice. Pfc William C Naylor Okayama Japan after six months overseas. Donald V Tiernan Seabees storekeeper 3/c home 30 day leave New Guinea 21 months. Mrs Alice Studer Purple Heart awarded posthumously to son Kenneth M Lemasters Seaman 2/c Navy killed Mindoro December 13 1944 buried Tacloban No 2 Leyte. Kenneth served since May 24 1944 after Wilson School Hepner Rug Co. employment.
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Merle V. Konzen
Mayme Konzen
Wildwood Drive
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Konzen
Elvin E. Konzen
12Th Air Force
Italy
Ronald Konzen
Normandy
The
University At
Biarritz
France
Don J. Barker
Signal Service
Hawaii
Fourth Avenue
Robert VY. Hudson
L. J. ‘Hayes
Tenth Avenue
Jefferson Barracks
Caribbean
Baird A. King
Cedar Rapids
Anne
Second Avenue SE
Fort Sill
Okla
King
Belgium
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Dean R. Fortman
Twenty-eighth Street Drive
Jack King
Millersburg
Frederick W. Channer
Georganne Dunshee Channer
First Avenue NE
Chanutefield
Ill
Channer
Air Corps
Troop Carrier Command
George Field
Vincennes
Ind
Michigan
Channer Securities Company of
Chicago
Channer Will Paar
Kalamazoo, Mich
James E. Franken
Navy
Guam
William C. Naylor
C Avenue NE
Okayama
Japan
Philippines
Pfe
Naylor
Donald V. Tiernan
Seabees
E. J Tiernan
Tiernan
New Guinea
Alice Studer
Kenneth M. Lemasters
Naval Reserve
Tacloban No. 2
Leyte
Philippine Islands
Wilson School
Hepner Rug Company
More Than 700 Vets At University of Iowa
Iowa City report says 742 World War II veterans are enrolled at the University of Iowa as of Thursday, with 200 more interviewed for the February second semester. Director William D. Coder notes 36 percent are married and 53 percent had foreign service.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
William D. Coder
Veterans Service Office
Coder
Ordnance Force Cuts 413 at Rock Island Center
Davenport reports Col. Carl Waldmann announcing 413 more Rock Island ordnance center employees discharged. The center totals 3,746 discharged since August with 1,000 additional resignations.
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Davenport
Rock Island
Carl Waldmannn
Quiet Corridor Rivalry Said to Fade Away
A reflection on a tense hallway in which two people avoided small talk at first. The speaker notes the other person has improved and now smiles, reducing the earlier friction and formal distance.
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G.I
Madeira
Armstrong's
Armstrong's Baby Shop
William K. Shaffer
Army Air Forces
Fort Bliss
Texas
Barbara Jane
M. Anderson
Wallace Shaffer
Sinclair Avenue
Coe
U. S. Navy Clothing Factory
Melton
Peterman Discovery
America
Armstrong
Armstrong's Toyland
Santa
Mary
Ted
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