G I Gasette Navy and Marine Personnel Abroad Update
Pvt. Lloyd R. Chester of 1012 J Avenue NE serves in Korea on a reconstruction unit rebuilding schools and roads. Marine Pfc. Noble L. McDowell, 2248 Coldstream NE, at North Camp Fuji Japan, in a battalion that practiced with army tanks on Mt Fujiyama. Marine Pfc. James E. Leiser, 1247 Fourth St NE, Camp Nara Japan, married to Janet M. Dumond. Electrician's Mate Fireman James L. McCurley, 1054 Sixteenth St NE, in naval electrician's school San Diego. course teaches electrical repair and diagrams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd R. Chester
Dennis Chester
J Avenue NE
Korea
Seventh Infantry Division
Pfc
Noble L. McDowell
Truman McDowell
Coldstream Avenue
North Camp Fuji
Japan
Mt. Fujiyama
James E. Leiser
Eugene J. Hedlund
Fourth Street
Janet M. Dumond
Twentieth Avenue
Third
Marine Division
Camp Nara
Halsey Powell
Navy
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
James L. McCurley
J. L. McCurley
Sixteenth Street
Naval Electrician’s School
San Diego
Calif
Marines Return and Soldier of the Month Named
Scheduled to arrive in the States late last month from the Far East was Marine Cpl. Robert J. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith, 1547 C avenue NE. He was to dock at San Francisco. Pfc. Theodore Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels J. Lee, 544 Ninth street SW, recently was named soldier of the month at Fort Riley, Kaw, where he is assigned to a headquarters company as a worker in the intelligence office. He left Cedar Rapids last week after completing a Lee 20 day furlough at home.
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States
Far East
Marine Cpl
Robert J. Smith
Harold Smith
C Avenue
San Francisco
Far Eastern
First
Marine Aircraft Wing
Theodore Lee
Nels J. Lee
Ninth Street
Fort Riley
Kaw
Cedar Rapids
Marines win national rifle team title at Camp Perry
Captain Remes E De La Hunt, son of Mrs Ethel V De La Hunt of 114 E avenue NW, helped the Marine Corps rifle team take the top four spots in the national trophy team match at Camp Perry Ohio, sponsored by the National Rifle Association. Linn county announces ten men for October draft call with induction Oct 18 in Des Moines, then Camp Chaffee Arkansas for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remes E. de la Hunt
Ethel V. de la Hunt
E Avenue NW
Marine Corps
Camp Perry
Ohio
National Rifle Association
Linn County
Des Moines
Camp Chaffee
Ark
John K. von Lackum, Jr
Country Club Parkway
James F. Rosche
Bever Avenue
Herbert D. Konigsmark
Second Street
Richard E. Lilledahl
Local servicemen on furlough and training across the U.S.
Multiple Cedar Rapids and area servicemen return home or leave for training after basic and specialty courses. Pvt Clifford D. Langerquist and Pvt Charles Wesbrook visit family while awaiting assignments. Lt Wilmer J. Robinson Jr and Airman James Deal prepare for overseas tours. Seaman Donald J. Page returns to Davisville with six months at Port Lyautey planned. Six Cedar Rapids Marines complete training in San Diego with varied post training assignments listed.
Military Leave Updates From Local Families
Mrs. Gayle Hutchison of 1554 Bever Avenue SE begins 30 days leave before basic electronics school in Treasure Island California. Pvt Ronald Nelson of 644 Twenty-sixth Street SE starts 15 days leave prior to amphibious tractor mechanic school in Camp Del Mar California. Pvt David Snyder of 1126 Ellis Boulevard NW takes 15 days leave before music school in San Diego California. Seaman Apprentice Russell W Pidima of 1717 Eighth Street NW arrives home for a 14 day leave after boot training at Great Lakes Illinois. will return there for further assignment. Chief Hospital Corpsman Charles M Reynolds of 11742 First Avenue SE and 857 Tenth Street SW is serving at Pensacola Naval Reserve Training Center Florida. Airman Melvin R Christopher of 716 Twelfth Avenue SE reports to the naval air station at Norfolk Virginia for duty after progressing through training in San Diego Norman and Memphis. He attended McKinley High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Bauer
John B. Bauer
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
California
Alaska
Navy
John M. Hickman
M. J. Hickman
Second Avenue SE
Wilmer J. Robinson, Jr
W. J. Robison
Elmhurst Drive
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Camp Kilmer
N.J
James Deal
Sioux City
Max Deal
Blake Boulevard
England
Donald J. Page
Davisville
R. I
Marceline
R. J. Page
Eighth Avenue
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
Guatanamo Bay
Cuba
Cedar Rapids
Marine Corps
Marine Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Robert
David Ceynar
Lumir Ceynar
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Camp Pendleton
James Smyth
Twentieth Street NW
Treasure Island
Joel Hutchison
Gayle Hutchison
Bever Avenue
Ronald Nelson
Ernest Nelson
Twenty-sixth Street
Amphibious Tractor Mechanic
Camp del Mar
David Snyder
Charles Snyder
Ellis Boulevard
Russell W Pidima
B Pidima
Eighth Street
Great Lakes, Ill
Great Lakes
Charles M. Reynolds
Lloyd B. Reynolds
First Avenue
Betty J. Dulin
Tenth Street
Naval Reserve Training Center
Pensacola
Fla
Lisbon High School
Melvin R. Christopherson
Roy Fields
Twelfth Avenue
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Overhaul Land Repair Department
Norman
Okla
Memphis
U S Calls for $15 Billion School Construction Plan
Samuel M Brownell, U S education commissioner, said a $15 billion need for school construction should be met largely by state and local governments. He testified to a House subcommittee after a three day hearing with state officials urging federal aid. He stressed that no single federal measure will solve the problem and that long term local district and state action is essential while preserving local school control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel M. Brownell
U.S. Commissioner of Education
House Education
Brownell
Paper hot-air balloons mistaken for flying saucers in Lille
In Lille a retired miner admitted launching ten foot paper balloons with kerosene soaked rags to mimic flying saucers. Police said the aim was curiosity and he was caught after a saucer nearly set a haystack on fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lille
France
INS
Slimming Recipe Mentioned By San Diego Doctor
The report notes a patient in San Diego who followed dieting and home cooked meals to lose weight. After a week of careful meals and staying at home, she claimed to have shed one pound and overall ten pounds in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hus San Diego (Ap
Blondin
Film Previews at Library To Begin
The public library resumes its film preview service Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the auditorium for officers and chairmen of interested groups. In cooperation with the Film Council of America five topics are shown focusing on Humanities and American literature with works by Sinclair Dreiser Garland Crane London Tarkington and Lewis. The lineup includes American Literature the Realists Speech Conversation Elements of Design Shape How To Make a Mask and Pacific 231 a France locomotive trip with a symphonic score by Arthur Honnegar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Public Library
Film Council of America
Upton Sinclair
Theodore Dreiser
Hamlin Garland
Stephen Crane
Jack London
Booth Tarkington
Sinclair Lewis
Pacific
France
Arthur Honnegar
Samaritan cop loses badge and revolver after aiding stalled motorist
New York patrolman Herbert Bedell stopped to help a motorist in distress. His good deed backfired when the car’s occupants robbed him of 53 dollars his badge and service revolver, in a theft that ended with the officer under threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Bedell
Bedell
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BY Bruce Fishwild
Clifford D. Langerquist
H. R. Lagerquist
B Avenue NW
Fort Bliss
Texas
Lydia
Rugby
N.C
el Paso
Roosevelt High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Charles Wesbrook
Kan
Harry Wesbrook
Fifteenth Avenue
Smith-Corona
Mochnick Typewriter Ca
2Nd Ave
Dial
U.S
Gazette
Latrie van Dyke
Linn County Association
Alpha Xi Delta
YWCA
Rodney Dunn
Frank Miller
Ed Dougherty
Smulekoff
Amana
Iowa
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Amana Food Freezers
Smulekoff's
Security Laboratory
Paramount Pharmacies
WMT
Paramount Theater
First Ave
Merchants Bank
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