Men and Women in the Service Of their Country
Navy and Army air corps personnel from Cedar Rapids area join the war effort. Lt. Donald E. Giltrap earns pilot wings at Aloe Field Texas and is commissioned second lieutenant after training in Florida and Texas. Eleanor Gunderson earns wings at Avenger field Texas and awaits orders. Several locals receive promotions and transfers in Europe and the Pacific, including Ensign Charles L. Wilcox and Sgt. William Anderson, with families and hometown addresses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Giltrap
R. C. Giltrap
Aloefield
Victoria
Texas
Giltrap
Army Air Forces
University of Florida
Gainesville
San Antonio
Hicks Field
Fort Worth
Majors Field
Greenville
Aloe Field
McKinley High School
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Civil Air Patrol
Sweetwater
Seaman
Raymond Charles’ ‘Freeman
Chula Vista
Calif
Hannah Freeman
Atkins
Maynard Rowray
Camp Gordon
C Avenue
Maynard W. Rowray
Waveland Drive
George Rowray
Woodland Court
Grant X.‘Itate
Army Air Corps
England
Grant Hale
Fifth Street
Elizabeth Hale
Charles L. Wilcox
L. O. Wilcox
Knoxville
Naval Air Force
Pensacola
Fla
Leefield
Green Cove Springs
Jacksonville
Edward Smothers
Merchant Marine
Detroit
Joe Smothers
Fifth Street SE
Eugene Lauer
Harry Schmidt
Etroit
Alvin G. Eisele
Ida Eisele
Barnes City
Altus
Okla
Frances __ Eisele
Third Avenue SE
Eisele
Liberal
Kan
Pfc
Kennth Frame
Bihar
India
Calcutta
J. M. Frame
Second Street
Malvin Frame
Patton
Third Army
Leon L. Svoboda
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Training Center
Marvel
E. C. Brusha
N Street SW
Gammack to Talk In Cedar Rapids
War correspondent Gordon Gammack of The Des Moines Register and Tribune will speak at 8 p m Monday at the Iowa theater in Cedar Rapids detailing his year with American troops in Africa Italy England and France He was in the first jeep to reach Paris His appearance is sponsored by WMT admission is free but tickets are reserved and obtainable from the radio station Those outside Cedar Rapids can request tickets by mail with a stamped self addressed envelope
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Italy
England
France
Paris
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Theater
Gordon*Gammack
Des Moines Register and Tribune
WMT
Burns Prove Fatal In Cherokee Auto Crash
Mrs. H E Bennett 64 a prominent Cherokee clubwoman died Tuesday from burns suffered in an automobile accident near Cherokee Iowa on July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee, Ia
H. _E. Bennett
Cherokkee
Here
Lavoptik soothes irritated eyelids and inflamed eyes
Lavoptik promises rapid relief for irritated eyelids and burning or itching eyes. The product claims 30 years of success and a money back guarantee, with an included coupon and sale through all drugstores.
Letters From The Boys From New Guinea to Fandrey Couple
A letter dated Aug 16 from Cpl. Robert D. Fandrey in New Guinea to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fandrey describes routine conditions and a flag seen from the tent. He notes a recent skirmish with Tojo’s forces, praise from a general, and the loss of comrades while arguing strikes and higher wages are an unwanted distraction back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Fandrey
I Avenue NW
Cpl
Robert D. *Fandrey
New Guinea
Tojo
Dover Coast Shelled by German Long Range Guns
German long range guns fired a three hour bombardment of the Dover coast to follow up an assault that lasted nearly seven hours. The attack occurred Wednesday, amid continued fighting along the coast and nearby position fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
London
Ins
England
Cedar Rapids Gazette established in Cedar Rapids Iowa
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1863 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 600 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa Entered as second class matter June 18 1932 at the Cedar Rapids post office under the Act of March 3 1879 Full Leased Wire Reports Associated Press United Press International News Service The Associated Press exclusively entitled to republication of all news credited or not credited in this paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Gunderson
William VY. Hupp
First Street
Ted Ruffin
Chanute Field
Tom Ruffin
Tenth Street
Lumir L. Skripsky
Joseph Skripsky
William A. Anderson
Eighth Air Force
Las Vegas
Nev
Sgt. Anderson
Kathleen Murdock
Third Avenue SW
Judith
David
F. J. Anderson
Lloyd A. Krahling
Henry Krahling
Fifteenth Air Force
Melvin Montague
Camp Hood
Fort Meade
Tena Svoboda
Walford
William Ellsworth
Central City
Corsica
Roosevelt Hotel
Dennis R. Tow
Mary P. Tow
Norway
Fort Benning
John Schaller
John R. Schaller
Southland Street
Schaller
Camp Gordon Johnston
George Oliphant
South Pacific
Panama
E. H. Feddern
E Avenue
Lloyd F. Davis
Ninth Street
Camp Roberts
Camp van Doren
Harold F. Hill
University of Minnesota
Electrician's Mate School
Coldstream Avenue
Pvt
George Hill
Moses Lake
Wash
Ely
Clarence Schmidt
William Schmidt
Watkins
Raymond
McCollister
Southwest Pacific
Route 1
John W. Spacek
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Sgt
Spacek
Hawaii
Elmer C. Scott
Victor Scott
Seventeenth Street
Betty Jean Sterns
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Marine Corps Base
Edward Stangler
Oakland Avenue
William H. Auman
Amarillo
D. R. Allman
Marion
Donald Donegan
Camp Robinson
Ark
S. P. Ralston
D Avenue NE
LT. Giltrap
Pierce
Teephone
RM Bell
Gammack
Mos
TIN Gans
Sheffield
Silverware Department
Tnewmans, Ae Lela and
Merry Christmas
G. I. Joe and
JILL
G. I. Joe
Armed Forces
Morocco
Port of Embarkation
Buxton
Overseas
Wewmans
Pace
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