Czech Ladies Stag Welcomes Veterans Back To Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Czech housewives organized welcome home showers for returning veterans. Mary gifts ranged from china to lamps and towels, with 130 women attending at Z.C.B.J. hall. Tech. Sgt. Wesley Kobylak and Mil dred Kindig were honored, as other couples prepare for marriage. Kobylak’s wife contributed to her husband’s service record and other gifts highlighted wartime bonds and plans for future nuptials.
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Cedar Rapids
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Wesley Kobylak
Vaclav Kobylak
Hamilton Street
Z.C.B.J. Hall
Kobylak
Mildred Kindig
Josephine Kindig
Marion
Olympia
Wash
Mildred
Sgt. Kobylak
Madigar General Hospital
Ft. Lewis
Veteran Master Sergeant Re-enlists On 63rd Birthday
John R. Layman of Winamac Indiana celebrated his 63rd birthday by re enlisting in the army. A master sergeant with 26 years of service he has served overseas in World War I and World War II and earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action in 1918. He was sworn in at the Illinois recruiting district headquarters marking the eighth oath he has taken.
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Aincreville
France
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
83Rd Quartermaster Depot Company
United States
Layo
Chicago
INS
John R. Layman
Winamac
Ind
Layman
Illinois
Buffalo
N. Y
Indiana
Peinian
Itryman
Five German U-boat crewmen convicted of killings
In Hamburg on Saturday five German U-boat crewmen were convicted of killing survivors of the Greek ship Peleus in the South Atlantic in March 1944.
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Hamburg
South Atlantic
Radio telephony link between planes and ground stations
A 1930 report notes the establishment of two way radio telephone communication between aircraft and ground stations, marking a step in civil aviation communication developments.
Shirt Shortage Drives Writer To Fashion Alternatives
In a humorous letter, Jack Ferring laments a wartime shirt shortage, recounting failed purchases, old uniforms, and vain searches for a replacement. He riffs on sources from J C Penney to Killian's and Salvation Army, noting a textile and clothing squeeze after mass military discharge.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Jack Ferring
650 B-24s to Return Crew Members Home
The Far Eastern air forces said about 650 B-24 bombers will fly some 5,200 crew members back to the United States. Aircraft will include 450 veterans and 200 new planes, making a three day route via Guam Kwajalein and Hawaii to Mather Field California where they will be stored. Liberators from Fifth Seventh air forces depart Okinawa and from the 13th air force depart Philippines bases.
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Tokyo
INS
Far Eastern Air Forces
United States
Guam
Kwajalein
Hawaii
Mather Field
Sacramento
Calif
Liberators
Fifth
Seventh Air Force
Okinawa
13Th Air Force
Philippines
Trophies to be Shown in Moscow Exhibition
Rail carloads of trophies seized from Japan's Manchurian army are en route to Moscow for an exhibition during next month's anniversary of the Socialist revolution. The collection includes samurai swords and heavy artillery as part of the display.
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Moscow
Japan
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Sun
Czech ‘Ladies Stag
Naomi Doebel
Mallory Street
Luzon
Pacific
Merle J. Little
Francis J. Little
B Avenue NW
Helen Teft
Charles Landergott
Sgt. Little
Mrs. Vaclavick
Annie
Wesley
Wesley Kobgiel
T. Wong
1St Ave
Tlbcan
Cox Action Plaasanl
A. J. Cassel
J. C. Penney
Mister Atlas
Navy
Salvation Army
D. H. Smothers
Killian’s
Linotype
Johnny Fryrear
Syndicate Clothing
H.G. Fussell
Optometrist
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Chas. W. Boegel, Jr
First Avenue East
Boegel’s Electric CO
Craemer’s
Carole Paca
Junior
Coats
Shorty
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