Mt. Vernon Maroons Prep for Tipton Clash on Home Field
Mt. Vernon Maroons head home Saturday for a key prep football game against Tipton with two wins so far. Expected starters include Fischer at left end and Winser at left tackle, Koch at left guard, and Pitlik at right end. Jim Koch will call signals with Caraway and Woolf at halves and Druger at fullback. Center Point high club defeated Alburnett 11-0 behind Bus Zieser pitching, while Roseberry led with two doubles. Volga City beat Littleport 17-3 in baseball Tuesday on Littleport’s diamond.
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MT. Vernon
Maroons
Tipton
Fischer
Winser
Junior Koch
Travis
Notbohm
Blinks
Pitlik
Jim Koch
Caraway
Woolf
Druger
Center Point High
Alburnett
Bus Zieser
Mollen
Zingulan
Roseberry
Gould Braddock’s Onetime Manager Faces Fraud Charge
Captain Joe Gould former manager of James J. Braddock was charged by the army intelligence division with conspiring to defraud the government by taking money to influence the awarding of 1 million dollars worth of army contracts He allegedly attempted to bribe a government witness Gould was arrested at Camp Shanks New York where he had been directing athletics while awaiting army action
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New York
Joe Gould
James J. Braddock
Gould
Army Intelligence Division
New York Port of Embarkation
Army
Camp Shanks
N. Y
District Baseball Pairings Announced
District baseball pairings for eight Iowa tournaments set action from Saturday through Tuesday. Cedar-Farninston faces Yarmouth winner. Colesburg meets Martelle. Dysart-Brandon faces Legrande. Dysart plays Norway. Hubbard-Hubbard vs Stanhope. Geneva vs Roland. Dayton vs Husyard-Stanhope winner. Maxwell-Hartford vs Slater. Maxwell vs Bon Meter-Beaver winner. Moneta-Washta vs Pomeroy. Gillett Grove vs Moneta. Titonka-Floyd vs Rockwell. Titonka vs Alona St Cecelia’s. Bancroft St John’s vs Kanawha. Ute-Carson vs Wiota. Anthon vs ?.
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Iowa
Cedar
Farninston
Yarmouth
Guernsey
al Colesbury
Lowden
Monona
Colesburg
Martelle
Dysart
Brandon
Legrande
Norway
Hubbard
Stanhope
Genevo
Roland Dayton
Hus Yard
Hnartford
Slater
Maxwell
Beaver
Moneta
Washta
Grand Meadow
Pomeroy
Gillett Grove
Titonics
Floyd
Rockwell
Titonka
Alona
St. Cecelia’s
Bancroft
St. John's
Kanawha
Ute
Carson
Wiota
Anthon
Service members listed with stations and transfers
The column lists service members and relatives with new stations and duties. Pvt Dale A Cecil moves from Cedar Rapids to Fort McClellan Alabama. Jack D Oliphant transfers to Washington DC from Great Lakes. Lt Donald Wayne Hallneegees wings and command in B 24 era. Everett L Williams returns from Army Air Transport Command China Burma India theater and will be stationed in Nashville after 22 Oct. Cpl A R Smith furloughs in San Francisco. Seaman Eugene Miller arrives in New Guinea. LaVerne E Miller near Alaska. Cpl Joseph F Byrnes transferred to Bushnell General Hospital Utah. Clifford H Jensen in France. Harold F Will on four day leave en route to Shoemaker. Jerome V Brejcha in France with Army Signal Corps. Grant W McKee returns to Camp Parks California. brother Cpl Robert McKee overseas on B 29. Gerald A Parker radio training completed. Lt Alan I.
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Everett L. Williams
G. A Williams
First Avenue NW
Army
Air Transport Command
China-Burma- India
Nashville
Tenn
Cpl
Joseph F. Byrnes
James Byrnes
N Street
Bushnell General Hospital
Brigham
Utah
Byrnes
Pfe
Clifford H. Jensen
France
Henry Jensen
Pfc
Jensen
England
Harold F. Will
Coldstream Avenue
Shoemaker
Calif
Jerome V. Brejcha
Army Signal Corps
Jerry Brejcha
Mallory Street
Brejcha
Grant W. McKee
Camp Parks
Walker
Robert McKee
Donald McKee
Gerald A. Parker
New Caledonia
Alan 1
Local Servicemen Arrive Home On Leave And Deployment News
Parker is taking advanced navigation and bombardier training at Barksdale field Louisiana. SST Estes, son of Mr and Mrs N D Estes, is home from the marine air corps station at Santa Barbara California. John W Brown chief clerk at Seabees spends a 30 day leave with his father Martin Brown in Washington. Pvt James C Foushee has arrived in France per parents. Pvt Russell Paul Myers reports to a west coast station for duty in the South Pacific per wife Viola Myers. George A Lowe torpedomate goes to San Francisco after 21 day leave. Lowe, aboard a light cruiser, fought in the battle of Saipan and other raids in the South Pacific.
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Pvt
Dale A. Cecil
Earl Cecil
Sixteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Fort Snelling
Minn
Fort McClellan
Ala
Donald Wayne Hall Negee
Army Air Forces
Seymour
M. A Hall of
Vinton
Parker
Barksdale Field
Claude L. Parker
J Avenue
R. T. Estes
N. D. Estes
Marine Air Corps
Santa Barbara
Calif
John W. Brown
Cletrician
Seabees
Martin
James C. Foushee
Infantry
France
Frank B. Foushee
First Avenue
Russell Paul Myers
West Coast
South Pacific
Viola Myers
L Street
George A. Lowe
George H. Lowe
Blake Boulevard
San Francisco
Lowe
Saipan
Missing German Air Ace Horst Ademeit
Berlin radio reports Major Horst Ademeit a highly decorated German air ace with 166 victories failed to return from an operational flight. The announcement notes his status and indicates continued search efforts.
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Ademeit
London
Berlin
Horst Ademeit
Notice of Fronate of Will in District Court
Probate No. 17691 notices probate hearing for the Last Will of George Durell Salior in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Hearing set for October 2 1944 at 9 o'clock A M at the Court House. Arthur Axme ar clerk and E A Johnson attorney in Cedar Rapids issued September 27 1944.
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District Court
George Durell Salior
Cedar’ Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U S Planes Aid Cavalry in Forest Battle Near Parroy
American cavalrymen, after weeks tracking hidden German tanks in Parroy forest, watched as medium bombers and Thunderbolt fighters shelled positions for about an hour. Air strike supported Lt Gen George S Pattons Third Army as infantry followed up, with one group routing a German fort near the forest edge and ground forces reporting a strong attack, praising the air cover.
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Luneville
Afp
Parroy
George S. Patton
Third Army
Thunderbolts
A. C. Dohrmann
Seward
Neb
Cavalrymen Observe German Soldier in Forest Ambush
From the cavalrymen positions long columns of infantry moved forward to attack. Capt James Beaver reports observing a German trooper dressed in American GI gear in woodland, appearing like a toy soldier before fleeing after a brief exchange. Buy war bonds.
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Mander
James Beaver
Hominy
Okla
Robert T. Dave
Hollywood
Calif
Rail executive dies after illness after NY Central resignation
Frederick E. Williamson aged 68, former president of the New York Central railroad, died Friday after recently resigning due to illness.
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NEW York (Ap
Frederick E. Williamson
New York Central Railroad
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Littleport
Lichty
Chicago
Cadwell
Jack D. Oliphant
Great Lakes
Naval Training Center
Washington, D. C
James Oliphant
Newhall
Wall
Cpl. A. R. Smith
Fourth Air Corps
Third Avenue SE
Robert E. Miller
Seaman
New Guinea
Eugene Miller
Toddville
LaVerne E. Miller
Isoundman
Alaska
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National
RLY Optical CE TX
Roosevelt Hotel
Arthur Axmear
E. A. Johnson
U.S
Robert Richards
Brickle
Old Mill
Third Ave
Century
War Manpower Commission
Century Engineering Corporation
Cedar Rapids,lowa
Ane
St. Joseph Aspirin
Armstrong
Daylight Clothing Dept
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