Seven Boy Scouts to Attain Eagle Rank Thursday
Seven Scouts who joined Scouting as Cubs will receive Eagle Scout badges at a Court of Honor at Roosevelt school Thursday night. The group includes Eugene Ohlman Peter Pickford Rollo Pickford Jim Grissel Leo Peiffer Willard Smith and with Richard Vail from troop 36.
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Roosevelt School
Eugene Ohlman
Peter and
Rollo Pickford
Jim Grissel
Leo Peiffer
Willard Smith
Richard Vail
First Congregational Church
George Newland
Dwight Alderman
Peter
Rollo S. Pickford
Veaubeck
Jim Pickford
Charlestown
S. C
David Jacobs
David Lubben
Terry Buchanan
Rockwell Dahhler
Richard Sperrin
New Star Scouts
Bill Seigle
John Drabelle, Jr
John Kinizinger
John Shafer
Ted Demery
Harold Hixson
Duane, Thompson
H. M. Wies, Jr
Jim Kenyon
Lawrence Davis
Tommy Thomas
Jack Clark
Richard Worth
David Johnson
James Trimble
Don Challed
Robert Meister
Donald M. Bye
Bud Buse
Harold Tyler
Tommy Riley
Lasswell
Boy Scout
Alderman
Peter Pickford
Grissel
Men and Women in the Service of Their Country
Soldiers and sailors abroad receive updates on assignments furloughs and promotions. Lt Barrett Lattner spends a 10 day leave in Norfolk. Pvt Mose Nassif enjoys time in England. Seaman Donald Kinch trains in Oceanside and serves on an assault boat. Cpl Vernalda Rogers returns to Camp Crowder after furlough. officers and airmen receive transfers promotions and new postings in New Guinea England Italy and the Philippines.
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Barrett Lattner
Norfolk
P. M. Lattner
Fifth Avenue SE
Mose Nassif
Camp Swift
Texas
England
Third Street
Donald W. Kinch
F. L. Kinch
Thirty Third Street
Thirty-third Street
Seaman Kinch
Oceanside
Calif
Vernalda G. Rogers
Camp Crowder
Charles Walker
Second Street
Bonnet Named French Ambassador to United States
Paris announces Henri Bonnet has been appointed ambassador to the United States by the French Council of Ministers in a Tuesday night session that extended past midnight.
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Paris
Henri Bonnet
United States
French Council of Ministers
Coe College Graduate Guards Service In February 1942
Lt Gregory, a night fighter pilot, is stationed at Salinas California after entering service in February 1942. Pvt Robert L Hensch has returned to Camp Ellis Illinois for reassignment following a 15 day delay en route with his wife and children and relatives.
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James Rozek
J.g
W G Rozek
Fifth Avenue SE
New Guinea
Rozek
Coe College
University of Iowa Law School
Reserve Midshipmen’s School
Columbia University
New York City
Cpl
Arnold Fields
England
Bess Fields
C Street
Gilbert T. Felreisen
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Gregory
Salinas
Calif
Robert L. Hensch
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Camp Ellis
Ill
Ninth Street NW
Serious Philly Ship Bottleneck
Philadelphia faces a severe manpower shortage at the port delaying ship departures by up to a week. War Shipping Administration and Longshoremen's union urge immediate help as 3,500 freight cars with war cargoes and perishable goods sit in local yards.
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Philadelphia
War Shipping Administration
Longshoremen's Union
Alan W. Graves
ABE Pcrs
Public Power Taxes Highlight Linn County Debate
Miss Clara Frenzel of Iowa Public Service spoke at a Cedar Rapids dinner about taxes paid by Linn County utilities. She noted Iowa Electric Light and Power paid 214,660 in 1945 real and personal taxes, with 186,676 from Cedar Rapids property, and that 51 cents of every dollar goes to Cedar Rapids public schools.
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TVA
Clara Frenzel
Waterloo
Iowa Public Service Company
Frenzel
Quota International
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Quota Club
Winking Wears Out Arm of Signal Girl
A Norwegian merchant ship anchored at a U S fleet base and a charming Canadian signal operator sparked a wave of blinker light winks. The signal woman, 23 years old, five feet two inches tall and 126 pounds, grew overwhelmed as courtships intensified and her arm finally gave out from all the winking.
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Leyte
Philippines
Navy
AFL Asks Wage Boost Hits WLB At New Orleans Convention
AFL adopts three resolutions demanding modification of the Little Steel formula wage increases and WLB resignations if needed. Matthew Woll criticizes the War Labor Board for not recommending action to alter the status quo while George Meany vows continued fight for worker bargains. Philip Randolph accuses AFL of discrimination against Negro workers.
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New Orleans
War Labor Board
Little Steel
William Green
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
WLB
Matthew Woll
Psychology Professor Joins Coe College Faculty
Dr. Norborne Harris Crowell is appointed professor of psychology at Coe College. The Citadel professor previously taught there. Crowell holds an A B from Drake University an M A from Princeton and a Ph D from Cornell.
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Coe College
Norborne Harris Crowell
Coe Collge
C. Harve Geiger
Coe
Crowell
Citadel
Charleston
Mt. Ayr
Drake University
Princeton University
Cornell University
Woman Slashes Wrist but Leaves Hospital
Mrs. Clyde Behrens of Monti known as Deloris McCumber and Deloris Edwards were taken to St Luke's hospital at 3 30 p.m. Tuesday suffering from a self inflicted slash wound to the right wrist. She admitted to police she caused the wound while visiting William Goodwin of 120 Sixth Street NE. She was released after treatment.
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Clyde Behrens
Monticello
Deloris McCumber
Deloris Edwards
Deloris Elliott
St. Luke's Hospital
William Goodwin
Sixth Street
Filipino Girl in Apt Rejoinder to Yank
Ten wounded American soldiers escorted to the coast by Captain William H. Metz reach a small embarkation town and seek water as they arrive in the Leyte area during the Philippines campaign.
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Pinomapoan
Leyte
P. I
William H. Metz
Comical Exchange Spurs Royal Welcome for Visiting Men
A Yank praised a comely Filipino girl who asked where he learned English. Metz recalls counting arriving boats thrice and himself twice. The article notes Norway has about 2,950 square miles of lakes and pools, comprising 2 percent of the country.
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Norway
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VAIL
Frank N. Stepanek
Fort Belvoir
F. N. Stepanek
Bever Avenue
Tech
M. J. Allan
John Allan
Tenth Street
Santa Ana
Sgt
Allan
Irving R. Finger
C. F. Finger
Seventh Street
Keith F. Ottson
Pfe. Ottsen
George J. Ottsen
Maplewood Drive
Kenneth B. Ottsen
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
John F. Barton
Camp _ Pendleton
John Barton
Eighth Street
Rozlk
Don H. Gregory
Mrs
Guy Gregory
I Third Avenue Sea
Bonnet
U. S
Red Cross
Cendy Bros. Mfg. Co
St. Louis
Von
Philly
Linn County
AFL
Pan of Morris
Morris Plan
Newman
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Metz
Newman's
Dinnerware Services
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