Four Years of Exile End for Belgian Govt
The Belgian government ends more than four years in exile as Premier Hubert Pierlot and essential staff return to Brussels. The Belgian military mission, once at SHAEF, resumes liaison with Allied forces. An agreement preserves Belgian sovereignty with trials in Belgian courts and de facto Allied authority. Food and relief details follow, including wheat, milk, and potatoes located in liberated Belgium. Netherlands exiled government farewells and plans for postwar self‑government are noted.
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London
INS
Hubert Pierlot
Brussels
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pierlot
Paul Tschoffen
inter-Allied Supreme Command
Liber
Belgium
Netherlands
Britain
Pieter Gerbrandy
Holland
Gerbrandy
Brendan Bracken
Wilhelmina
Dutch East Indies
Bracken
Romesburg Completes Fiftieth Mission in WWII
Tech. Sgt. Robert Romesburg, 23, Cedar Rapids native, finished his fiftieth combat mission in the Mediterranean area on August 8. A Flying Fortress aerial engineer and top turret gunner, he flew on raids against Ploesti Romania and Wiener-Neustadt Austria, and took part in the invasion of southern France. He has earned the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf clusters.
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RAF
Italy
Robert Nolan Romesburg
Anna Romesburg
Seventh Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Mediterranean
Ploesti
Romania
Romesburg Sion
Romesburg
Wiener-Neustadt
Austria
France
Roosevelt High School
Sgt
Service members listed with overseas moves and leaves
The Gazette reports numerous service members with overseas postings or home leaves. Pvt Donald Van Cura is safe in England per family notice. Pfc Robert Cram arrived in England with airborne engineers. Lt Don J Kofron on leave before overseas duty. Lt Kofron stationed at Gulfport as Flying Fortress pilot. Lt William J Taylor promoted to first lieutenant. Staff Sgt A L Thomas promoted to technical sergeant in Italy. Lewis C Newman transferred from England to France in Navy communications. Regis E Day promoted to shipfitter on LST in the Pacific. Lt Frank C Byers Jr a B 25 bombardier supporting D day invasion from Corsica. C D Houck serves navy air corps. Pfc Frank C Dunek arrived home on furlough after 17 months in Italy. Cecil K St Germain transferred to Atlantic for sea duty. Charles Edward Stickney graduated as aviation storekeeper. Pvt William Wayne McDowell transferred to gunnery school in Kingman. Pvt William Snider completed basic at Fort Hood after leave. Jack Zaruba on 14 day leave. R E Houck home on 30 day leave with family.
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Donald E. van Cura
England
Pais
J Street
Robert Cram
Cecil Cram
Twelfth Street
Don J. Kofron
Kofron
F. J. Kofron
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Gulfport
Miss
Lewis C. Newman
France
C H. Newman
F Avenue NW
Navy
Regis E. Day
Pacific
Eighteenth Street
Frank C. Byers, Jr
Frank C. Byers
Nineteenth Street
Twelfth Air Force
Lt. Byers
Corsica
Frank C. Dunek
Louis Dunek
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Italy
Cedar Rapids
Cecil K. St. Germain
San Diego
Calif
Atlantic Coast
N Street
Ernst St. Germain
Eighteenth Avenue
Charles Edward Stickney
Jacksonville
Fla
Great Lakes
Ill
Toledo
Ohio
Stickney
Cyril Albert Stickney
First Avenue
William Wayne McDowell
Sheppard Field
Texas
Army Air Corps
Kingman
Ariz
Ellis Boulevard
William Snider
Karyn Josette
Seventh Street
Snider
Bronze Star for Walter F. Trabu at Cassino
Pfc. Walter F. Trabu, 24, awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in combat near Cassino on February 3 1944. He volunteered to accompany a ammunition detail close to enemy positions. Trabu has been overseas 34 months, son of Mr and Mrs George Trabu, with half brothers Sgt Edward Trabu and Pfc Lawrence Franks serving abroad.
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Pfc
Walter F. Trabu
Cassino
Ed McCune
Sixth Avenue
Trabu
National Guard
George Trabu
Tucson
Ariz
Edward Trabu
United States
Lawrence Franks
France
Sailors Connected by News From Front and Home
Street SE Zaruba an instructor at the Norman Oklahoma naval air technical training center. Technician Charles R Norberg arrived in France per word received by his wife of 527 Dunreath Drive SE. Pvt Forrest M Sell on a 10 day furlough from Morrisfield Charlotte NC visits his parents Mr and Mrs Wilson W Sell 1136 Sixth Street NW.
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Zaruba
Norman
Okla
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Charles R. Norberg
France
Dunreath Drive
Forrest M. Sell
Morrisfield
Charlotte
N. C
Wilson W. Sell
Sixth Street
Gazette Carriers Honored for War Stamp Sales
One hundred seventy five Cedar Rapids and Marion Gazette carrier boys were treated to a roast chicken dinner and movie in honor of selling 2,625,608 ten cent war stamps since Pearl Harbor in the Cedar Rapids Marion Decorah area. Decorah carriers will be banqueted Friday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion Gazette
Pearl Harbor
Marion
Decorah
Backache and Leg Pains Hint Kidney Trouble
Advertisement warns that backache leg pains may signal kidney issues. It cites waste buildup in blood from failing kidneys causing aches energy loss puffiness and headaches. Recommends Doan's Pills as relief used for decades and urges readers to ask a druggist.
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Nature
War stamp drive carriers praised for large sales total
The report highlights carriers Gene Sorenson Tom Cunning Eneaham Bill Wratten Bill Wright who led summer sales pushing over 32 000 ten cent stamps for a three month period ending Sept 1. Orville Rennie lauded their work as more than a quarter million dollars in stamps sold since 1941.
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Normandy
Gene Sorenson
Anziel
Tom Cunningene Neaham
A Avenue NW
Bill Wratten
Nineteenth Street
Bill Wright
Thirty-fifth Street
Gazette
Orville Rennie
Linn County War Finance Committee
Arnold Benedict
Marion
Roger Fjelstul
Decorah
Cedar Rap
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