Graettinger War News Highlights Local Servicemen
Graettinger residents share updates on marriages and transfers. Lieut. Robert Sprout wed Verna Richardson at Kinman Army post chapel. Sprout soon moved to Lincoln. Veterans, shipyard, and navy personnel return home on leave from Great Lakes and Farragut. Residents report medical discharges, training, and new assignments in Europe and the Pacific, with late 1944 community greetings and correspondence from servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert LeRoy Sprout
Verna LaVon Richardson
A. W. Richardson
Grachtinger
Post Chapel
Kinpman
Arizona
Sprout
Lincoln
Gand
Elmer Kunz
USN
Filner Kunz
Great Lakes
Graettinger
Eehe
Raymond Vollmert
Great Lakes Station
Max Vollmert
Alfred
Pacific
Wedding Details From Ft Sill Bridge Grachtingers
Lt Karl Petersen and Miss Marjorie Vink wed at Old Post Chapel Ft Sill Oklahoma in a double ring ceremony. Attendants Major and Mrs Robert Peebles wore blue gowns. reception at Lieut Stuart Taylors home. Afterward the couple planned residence at 219 Cave Lawton Oklahoma. Petersen attends a communication school at Ft Sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Karl Petersen
Marjorie Vink
Old Post Chapel
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
General Sherman
Major
Robert Peebles
Peebles
Stuart Taylor
Cave
Lawton
Okla
Petersen
Cannon: First Foundry’s Two Inch Cannon of Denver
The article notes Denver’s first iron foundry produced a two inch cannon, an early military product used in the fight against India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Indiana
Osgood News Odyce Smith Returns Home From Visit
Ardyce Smith arrives back at Storm Lake with her parents after a two week visit with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Smith. Sunday guests include Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Enger and family Olaf Daarud of Minnesota at Flynn Enger's Humboldt home. Birthday gathering honors Hans Enver near Ayrshire with Reinhold Laabs and Amanda Schutt visiting Leo Kinnetz home later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardyce Smith
Storm Lake
Herrandparents
M. O. Smith
Lloyd Enger
Olaf Daarud
Minnesota
Flynn Enger
Humboldt
Hans Enver
Near Ayrshire
Reinhold Laabs
Amanda Schutt
Leo Kinnetz
Richard Kinnetz
Minnie Stigman
Los Angeles War Boom Faces Postwar Racial Strains
A wartime glow masks looming challenges in Los Angeles as population and industry surge. The piece notes high wages and housing costs, a potential postwar worker glut, and hints at racial tensions with mass migration from the South. It recalls a 45 minute city observation near St. Vibiana's cathedral, noting heavy servicemen presence and uncertainty about future housing and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Hetertz
Parka
St. Vibiana’s Cathedral
Graettinger
City Meat Market promotes fresh and cured meats
The ad touts a large stock of meats and groceries including milk bread and produce. It promises low prices on hams and bacon and invites customers to enjoy Sunday dinners with fine selections.
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the Stars and Stripes
Verna Richardson
Lieut
Bob Sprout
Virgil Togatad
Virgil Togstad
Arnold Masters
Arnold
Arnie) Masters
Charles Richeson
Camp Roberts
Leo Young
AMM
Pearl Harbor
Lewis Larson
Clifford Schurmann
Nebraska
Frank Schurmann
George Frick, Jr
AAP
Sioux Falls
Loren Nelson
Graetlinger
Navy
Fairmont
Farragut
Idaho
Weee
Carl Rosburg
Ray Rosburg
Ft. Snelling
Kenneth Jensen
France
Albert Jensen
England
Branagan
the Times
William J, Branagan
United States Marines
Marine Corps
Iowa Prisoner of Way
Germany
Graetfinger
Snelling
Leo Grady
Earl A. Wilson
3Rd Armored
Normandy
Glenn Lundgren
Wm. Schany
Naval Air Corps
Bill
Northfield
Ottumwa
California
Okee
Pfc
Will Weir
Camp Grant
Illinois
Weir
Anderson & Erickson
Betty McDonald
GHS
McDonald
John McDonald
LeRoy, Blom
LeRoy Blom
C. A. Bonstead
Carl Bonstead
John
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Naval Academic
Cornell
Raymond Rose
Raymond R. Rose
Italy
Rome
Diane Larson
Florida
Miami Beach
Tyndall Field
Panama City
M. R. Payton
London
Belvidere
Ilinois
B. Michael
Elwin B. Michael
Starkey
Edward
Father Flannery
Chicago
Elwin
New Guinea
Ralph
Hawkeye Theater
Iowa
North Star
Anne Baxter
Dana Andrews
Woman
Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne
THE
Heavenly Body
William Powell, Hedy Lamarr
Kay Francis, Carolé Landis
Beautiful Lake
Okoboji Arnolds Park
Jimmy Barnett
Sam Campbell
Hawkeye Trail
Festherville, Iowa
Sioux City
Mr. Robinson
Robinson
R. W. Nunamaker
Nunamaker
Osgood News
Fred Lippold
Giaet
Tinger
J. M. Resh
Justice of the Peace
J. Emmet Martin Funeral Service
Phone
Olene Jacobson
D. D. Vv
Towa
B. E. Dappen
J. P. McManus
Wasl
U.S. Coast Guard
Red Cross
Lasitala
Adolph Spies
J. Skow
H. A. Elsenhast
Roy Masters
J. J. Skow
Carl Spies
Wanteld
D-X Cafe
Wil Reservoir
Hereford
Hull
Ray Dahl
Wallingford
F. J. Kennely
Estherville
Mort-O-Dine
Turner
Marley
George
Ieee Wy
Oqabiy
City
Robert Simonsen
O. K
J. P. O'Brien
Heuertz
Finn
Palo Alto
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