Service News Briefs from the Pacific and Europe
Seaman Jim L Cabalka assigned to radar on the U S S Block Island in the Pacific after Saipan service. Wounded Sergeant Norman C Usher transferred to Camp Carson Colorado from Wynter General Hospital Topeka. Cpl Charles F Wood honorably discharged after service in major campaigns and eligible for numerous ribbons. Robert F Woodward discharged at Fort Sill after four months overseas and medals awarded. Elaine Guernsey joins cadet nursing corps at Evangelical Deaconess hospital Marshalltown. Technician Dwayne Meredith and wife Hazel referenced in service notes.
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Jim L. Cabalka
Seaman
John Cabalka
Wildwood Drive
U.S.S
Pacific
Seaman Cabalka
Saipan
Germany
Wynter General Hospital
Topeka
Kan
General
Camp Carson
Colo
Dennis
B. M Usher
M Street
Charles F. Wood
Cavalry
William Wood
Ellis Jane NW
France
Rhineland
Central Europe
Belgian Bulge
Ardennes
Cpl. Wood
Set
Robert F. Woodward
Prairieburg
Camp Dodge
Fort Sill
Oklo
Elaise Guernsey
L. R. Guernsey
Urbana
Cadet Nursing Corps
Evangelical Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Dwayne Meredith
Hazel
Servicemen News From Local Readers
Marion native returns home after 21 months abroad including Luzon Australia and New Guinea and 15 months in Alaska and Canada. Cpl Robert McLaud on 21 day furlough from Camp McCoy with wife and baby. Freddie McLaud on 30 day leave from the South Pacific. Richard E Klima promoted to sergeant at Fort McPherson recovering from viral pneumonia. Lt Charles J Klima stationed at Camp Lejeune.
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Marion
San Francisco
Calif
Luzon
Australia
New Guinea
Alaska
Canada
Alcan Highway
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Cpl
Robert McLaud
Ed McLaud
B Avenue
Camp McCoy
Wis
Third Street
Freddie McLaud
South Pacific
Richard E. Klima
C. J. Klima
Klima
Fort McPherson
Charles J. Klima
Camp le- Jeune
N. C
Nazi Plan for Two Front War Dates to 1937 Disclosure
Secret war ministry document disclosed at a war crimes trial shows Germany planned a two front war with emphasis in the West or the Southeast as early as 1937. It states readiness to exploit political opportunities and even hints at action against Austria if Archduke Otto moved. Goering asserts leadership roles in defense notes.
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Spain
Blomberg
Germany
Russia
Sidney Alderman
Austria
Britain
Poland
Lithuania
Blombergs
Archduke Otto
Hapsburg
Vienna
Hermann Goering
Karl Doenitz
Elks Memorial Service Honors 16 Cedar Rapids Members
The Cedar Rapids lodge No. 251 holds a Sunday memorial in the lodge room honoring 16 members who died this year. B B Hunter of Waterloo delivers the principal address. The ceremony includes the Elks Medal of Valor for Lt John Kent Pavlis and music by Roosevelt high school chorus under Margaret Porter.
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The
Elks
Cedar Rapids
Elks’ Medal of Valor
Pavlis
John Kent Pavlis
Uss.n
Lodge
Ralph Lee
Roosevelt High School
Margaret Porter
Rose Mary Mann
Don Gunn
Japanese Socialists reject second Communist united front overture
Kyodo News Agency reports on Thursday that the Japanese Socialist Party again turned down a proposed united front with the Communist Party, marking a second rebuff in the political slugfest.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Truman says no Big Three conference unless UN succeeds
President Truman said no need for further Big Three summits if the United Nations functions effectively, hoping the UN handles issues within 90 days. He rejected fears Russia will block world peace, noted ongoing Allied talks on Germany, and said Gen. Marshall may depart for Chungking with final instructions to be published.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations Organization
Germany
Stalin
Attlee
United Nations
League of Nations
Bert Andrews
New York Herald-Tribune
Russia
United States
France
Britain
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Byron Price
George C. Marshall
Chungking
Marshall
Hurley Resigns as American Ambassador to China
Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley submitted his resignation from the China post. He announced criticisms of American career diplomats two days earlier, and President Truman offered no comment on the dispute.
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China
Patrick J. Hurley
China Post
Mally
Hurley
Mr. Truman
Businesswoman Aims High Juggling Nine Kids and Enterprise
Mrs. Carl E. Most of Indianapolis runs the Sand Blasting Co a 25 worker firm while caring for nine children all under ten years old She has managed the company for eight years proving adept at balance between family and business.
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Indianapolis
Carl E. Most
Commercial Sand Blasting Co
Vessels Collide Near Norfolk Feared 12 Dead
Twelve crew members of a navy seaplane salvage derrick are feared dead after a collision with the tanker McClelland Creek near Thimble Shoals. The tanker reported no casualties. Coast Guard officials announced the loss on Thursday.
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Norfolk, Va
McClelland Creek
Thimble Shoals
Coast Guard
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