Servicemen Letters and Updates From Riverdale Area
Two star soldiers from Riverdale and Dalton area report overseas duty or training. Pvt Ralph Lenover goes to Camp Roberts after Fort Sheridan service, his brother Pvt Chester Lenover bound for railway duties. Pvt Noreo Nuzzo joins Marines at San Diego, and Pvt August Mohr earns paratrooper wings at Fort Benning. Field updates include transfers, promotions, and Christmas greetings from many locals serving abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Ralph Lenover
Otto Lenover
Fort Sheridan
Camp Roberts
Calif
Chester Lenover
Pvt
Noreo Nuzzo
Lena Nuzzo
Dalton
Marines
Marine
San Diego
August Mohr
Fort Benning
Robert Anders
Fort Benning, Ga
Dalton and Riverdale
Marek
August H. Middleborn
Columbus
Augie Mohr
Solomon Jessen
Clarence
Private Frank B Wells Describes Camp Lee Training
Pvt Frank B Wells writes from Nashville stating Camp Lee is a large quartermaster camp. He notes three weeks of technical training remaining and recalls six weeks of basic training as difficult but finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Wells
Camp
Lee
Pores Resigns From Acme Steel Ad Office
Vincent C. Hoyten a veteran in industrial advertising and sales promotion at Acme Steel Co. for 70 years has resigned to join Hitchcock Publishing Co. in Chicago on its executive staff. The move shifts leadership in Acme Steel advertising and signals broader industry change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent C. Hoyten
Acme Steel Co
Hitchcock Publishing Co
Chicago
Hogren Leaves Acme Steel After Eighteen Years
The text notes Hogren's departure from Acme Steel Co after an eighteen year tie to the New York and Chicago offices. It also explains the origin of the word canteen from cantina meaning wine cellar, tying military usage to its etymology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lishers
Hogren
Acme Steel Co
New York
Chicago
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Kinney-Hood Printing CO. Publishers
E. 136Th St
Thos. M. Kinney
OMNCE
Postoffice
Walter Bockelman
Great Britain
Pfc
Elmer Bockelman
Australia
Lawrence Dickelman
Cpl
Raymond Diekman
Camp Haan
George Stump
Detroit
Mich
Stump
Army
Seyre
Robert Pierce
Semore Johnson Field
N. C
Wm. Roche West
U. S. Naval Base
Britsh West Indies
Helmer Kroon
Camp Bowie
Texas
Harold Wagner
Nashville
Radtke
Pete
Bing) Miller
John Dahlke
George Karambelas
Edward Klinkhammer
Camp Thomas
R. L
al Treftz
Dodge City
Kansas
Wm. A. Meis
Willow Run Station Hospital
Ypsilanti
Peter Lezeau
Wm. Koenig
Camp Blanding
Fla
Hatbox Field
Muskogee
Okla
Don Ferguson
North Africa
Frank Lund, Jr
M.P
Henry Heitmann
Kodiak Island
Naknek
Alaska
Fort Warren
Wyo
Heitmann
Quartermaster’s Corps
George Bird
Stillwater, Oklo
William Bird
George
Garden City
Army Air Corps
Pfe
Norman Zumm
Camp Forrest, Tenn
Nebow Pergnanteg Company
Pores
Acme Steel
Dolton
ILL
Washington
This
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Riverdale Inn
Indiana Avenue
Fred Kevl
Alee
Central Garage
Pohlers & Stahnee
Props
Washington Ave
Anthony Basile Plumbing
Chicago Street
August C. Reich
Interocean
Iste
Malloy Coal Co
Lincoln Ave
Carl Dieck
Coal and
Park Avenue
The
J.F. Chandler Roofing Co
Chicago St
Acme Coal CO
Illinois
Commodore
Acme
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