Nearly Half Done on Ferrying Yanks Home
Washington AP reports five months after V E day the U S war department nears the halfway mark in repatriating soldiers from Europe and the Pacific. About 2 0 million soldiers have already returned with 2 6 million more expected, while Pacific and European transfers face long voyages and scattered bases.
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Youth for Christ Meet Scheduled at Coliseum
The Youth for Christ movement holds its first Cedar Rapids meeting at Memorial Coliseum on Saturday Oct. 27. Sponsors include J L Eikendall C G Ains worth Alfred Mefford and Miss Eloise Storch. A 65 voice youth choir will sing and Dr Herbert E Kann of Minneapolis will speak.
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Youth For Christ Movement
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
J. L. Eikendall
Washington Avenue SE
C. G. Ainsworth
Eighteenth Street NW
Alfred Mefford
N Street NW
Eloise Storch
Child Evangelism Organization
Heribert E. Kann
Minneapolis
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Dad and Son Reunite After Discharges in Same Day
Three service stories reach The Gazette. Lt Col Carlton K. Smith and his son Sgt Harold L. Smith, both discharged within hours, plan to live with relatives in Cedar Rapids. Theron Orr, recently discharged, awaits transport from Australia after marriage to a Sidney girl. Two brothers Eugene and John McNabb meet on Leyte island after 30 months apart. both are sons of Mrs Visa McNabb.
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Harold L. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Col. Smith
Europe
Camp Hood
Texas
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Jefferson Barracks
A. J. Smith
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Ees Crow
Forest Drive
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Sidney
Australia
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Navy
Florida
Goner
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Leyte
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Henry
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Center Point Road
Greece election run postponed amid Greek British warnings
In London a British warning advised against military moves by any Greek faction as Greece postpones elections set for January 25. A Greek government spokesman confirmed the delay of the national vote.
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