Coe College Counts 300 Alumni Serving in Navy and Other Forces
About 300 Coe College graduates are serving in the Navy and related services including Marines Coast Guard Sea Bees and maritime service. Notable among them is Comdr Henry Paul Worstell head of orthopedic surgery at a Pacific naval base hospital. a Knoxville native who joined the Navy at 17 for Atlantic convoy duty aboard the U S S Louisiana.
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America
Coe
College
Marines
Coast Guard
Seabees
Maritime Service
Comdr
Henry Paul Worstell
United States Naval Base Hospital
Pacific
Iowa
Knoxville
Navy
U.S.S
Louisiana
Worstell
Coe College
Iowa University
Naval Reserve
Coe Alumni Advance in Navy and Waves Roles
Navy promotions and active duty lists for Coe College alumni spotlight several lieutenants and ensigns, including Lt. Comdr. Towner and Lt. Comdr. Francis Towner. Women graduates join the Waves. Irenne Teets leads as the highest ranking Coe woman in service stationed at Kingsville Texas.
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John A. Kennedy
Navy Department
Washington, D
Harry M. Peterson
Pacific
Daniel Ryan
Dental Corps
West Coast
Walter Strohbehn
Annapolis
U.S. S
Wainwright
Francis R. Towner
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Coe
J.g
United States
Navy Band
Navy
Irenne Teets
Milledgeville
Ill
Navy Auxiliary Air Station
Kingsville
Texas
Ruth Bryan
Cedar Rapids
Lois L. Smith
Guinevere Panther Trossem
LaPorteity
Ensign
Audrey Campbell Bachelor
Janet Jo Jefferis
Winifred G. Murray
Alice Mae Ottilie
Virginia Bates
Sigourney
Laura Mae Sharp
Elkader
Helen Watson
Minneapolis
Margaret Waite
Los Angeles
Navy Nurse Corps
June Geier
Chicago
Spars
Miss Geier
Palm Beach
Columbia University
Guderian Takes Command of German Forces in East Front
AP reports Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian is appointed commander in chief of Nazi armies in the East overseeing 140 to 150 divisions from the Arctic to the Balkans. The Foreign Office confirms Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt remains chief in the West, a post he held during the invasion.
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London
Heinz Guderian
Foreign Office
Gerd von Rundstedt
West
Hitler
Eisenhower
Guderian
Arctic
Balkans
Suburban Tax Proposed for City Worker Income
Chicago report shows economist Harold Groves of the University of Wisconsin urging a municipal income tax on suburb residents who work in the city. He cites tax base erosion from suburban migration and calls for a broader tax to stabilize urban finances.
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Chicago
Harold Groves
University of Wisconsin
American Municipal Association
Groves
Japs Raid Chengtu Suburbs. Chungking Warned
Three waves of Japanese planes bombed the outskirts of Chengtu north west of Chungking on Wednesday night and Chungking remained on alert for nearly five hours as air raids continued.
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Chungking
Chengtu
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Henry P. Worstell
Pacific Hospital
Comdr. Towner
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First Avenue NE
Davis Shoe Repairing
Davis
Second Avenue
Vicks
Rayon
Sten
Sid
Nage
Yin
Armstrong's
Faille
Forstmann
Melton
Tes
Armstrong Shoes
Florsheim
Tcovom
Bey
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