Waves service updates and transfers across several families
Miss Martha Stokeley daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Stokeley trained with the Waves at Hunter College New York moved to Stillwater Oklahoma for advanced training She entered service last March before Waves she worked as traffic clerk at Scott County Milling Co Mildred Mathis daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Mathis earned Yeoman 3d Class at Norfolk Virginia after leading her class Lieut Charles Liles stationed with U S Naval Air Corps at Corpus Christi Texas to return to his station after visiting Mrs W E Hollingsworth and her daughter Ruth Pvt Kendall Sikes visiting family before returning to Fort Knox Kentucky to serve as Platoon Sergeant in the Armored command Seaman Lloyd Hogan son of Mr and Mrs R R Hogan Ferry Command headquarters in Memphis recently returned from Africa flight Pvt Loomis Mayfield Jr at Camp Campbell Kentucky spending 10 day furlough with parents and relatives in training with tank division Sgt Carl Diehl Jr left for Miami Florida to report for duty after overseas service Lieut Frank D Heyuembourg Jr once based in England interned at Berne Switzerland where bomber forced landing Mrs Hequembourg of Charleston received word Miss Helen Hunter sworn into WAVES in Detroit Michigan before service she attended State College Cape Girardeau and taught near Sikeston Sgt Byron Sharp Camp Breckenridge Kentucky and Mrs Sharp visited sister Mrs Pleas Malcolm and family last Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Stokeley
J. W. Stokeley
The
Waves
Hunter College
New York
Stillwater
Okla
Miss Stokeley
Scott County Milling Co
Yeoman Mathis
Mildred Mathis
Tom Mathis
Norfolk
Yeeman Mathis
Charles Liles
U. S. Naval Air Corps
Corpus Christi
Texas
W. E. Hollingsworth
Miss Ruth
Pvt
Kendall Sikes
Loomis Mayfield Jr
U. S. Army
Camp Campbell, Ky
Loomis Mayfield
Pvt Mayfield
Tank Division
Army
Frank D. Heyuembourg Jr
England
Berne
Switzerland
Hequembourg
Charleston
Sikeston Sergeant's Engagement Announced
Mr and Mrs M G Buchanan of near Sikeston announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Lois to Sgt Ray Carl Marsh son of Mr and Mrs C Marsh of Sikeston The prospective bride is employed as a stenographer at the Dillworth Corp in Memphis Sgt Marsh is stationed with the Army Air Corps in San Antonio Texas and a wedding date has been set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Buchanan
Near Sikeston
Mary Lois
Ray Carl Marsh
C. Marsh
Sikeston
Dillworth Corp
Memphis
Sgt Marsh
Army Air Corps
San Antonio
Texas
Military relatives share news of locations and visits
Pvt. Ray Mainard of Matthews reports from England that the country is very beautiful but sun shines less than in Southeast Missouri. Pfe. Keith A. Garner of the U S Marines at San Diego has spent the past week as a guest of Mrs. W A Pearcy and daughter Willa Mae near Canalou Pfe. Kathleen England with the WAC at Norfolk spent the weekend with her sister Mrs C R Foster and family. The Fosters’ guests included Mr and Mrs J W England of Datto Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Mainard
Matthews
England
Missouri
Pfe
Keith A. Garner
U. S. Marines
San Diego
Cal
W. A. Pearcy
Willa Mae
Canalou
Kathleen England
WAC
Norfolk
C. R. Foster
Three Sikeston Youths Home On Furlough
Three Sikeston youths from the Navy and Army Air Forces, all training at Farragut Idaho, return home on 15 day leaves. Lieut Arch S Russell Jr reports safe arrival at a Pacific base and sends word the compound life is pleasant with good food and comfortable housing. Other servicemen visiting include Pfc George Bartlett, Sgt Dale Enterline, Lieut Charles J McMullin, Pvt William J Anderson, and Alfred Scott, all engaging with family before overseas deployments or new assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch S Russell Jr
Arch S. Russell
Pacific
Lieut. Russell
Chaffee Boy Receives Purple Heart on 21 Day Home Leave
Technical Sergeant H. J. Le Grand of Chaffee, holder of the Purple Heart, is on a 21 day furlough with his parents after a career of 37 flights and 250 combat hours in the African and Sicilian campaigns. He was wounded prior to a famed last mission in which the crew bailed out after their Flying Fortress was hit by flak. all but the tail gunner survived. He will report to Miami Beach after leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. LeGrand
Chaffee
Lawrence F. LeGrand
LeGrand
Scott County
Jefferson Barracks
No 9
Miami Beach
Fla
Soldier Flying Home to See Sick Mother
Staff Sergeant Everett L Dodd 21 of Walnut Ridge Arkansas is flown home by Air Service Command to visit his seriously ill mother Mrs Mary Pauline Dodd at Brandon Hospital Poplar Bluff since December 10 The Flying Fortress tail gunner completed his 25th mission April 24 and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters He survived a downing over Berlin and has been sought as a healing force for his mother whose doctors deem the reunion the best medicine Walnut Ridge businessmen chartered a plane for his return
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Service Command
U. S
Britain
Everett L Dodd
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Mary Pauline Dodd
Brandon Hospital
Poplar Bluff
Sgt. Dodd
Berlin
Sikeston Wounded Soldier Reported by War Department
Pvt. Glen R. Jones of Sikeston is reported wounded in action with details unreleased. Other local service members include Pvt. William A Mills of Camp N Santa Anita on furlough visiting parents, and Second Lt. Wallace Waters returning to Camp Barkeley after leave. Various relatives in Matthews and nearby towns await word as Sgt Thomas C. Bonifield arrives in England with the tank corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen R. Jones
Sikeston Thas
War Department
U. S. War Casualties Rise. April Report Totals Led by Army
War and Navy Department summaries show U S casualties at 192 836 since war began, with 44 497 dead, 72 030 wounded, 41 923 missing, 34 386 prisoners. Navy totals 44 411 casualties, Army 148 425, including 25 582 killed and 60 166 wounded. 33 077 wounded have returned to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Navy Department
Office of War Information
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard Army
Stimson
General Clark Puts On Bell With Wacs Around
Lt Gen Mark Clark praised 59 WACS at Fifth Army headquarters in Italy for improving discipline and service. He awarded the Fifth Army Plaque to Lt. Cora M. Foster’s headquarters platoon and Italian campaign stars. Clark noted their presence eased strain on officers and prompted better appearance and conduct among troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Italy
Mark
Clark
WACS
Discontinue Many Officer Schools Across U S
Secretary of War Stimson announced a further cut in officer candidate schools due to shrinking army needs. From 26 in the United States, at most 11 will operate by fall. overseas only Australia remains active. Peak volume was 23,000 graduates in December 1942, now under 2,500 monthly. Remaining programs include Engineer at Fort Belvoir, Field Artillery at Fort Sill, and others from Durham to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Stimson
Army
United States
Stimson
Australia
Engineer
Ft. Belvoir Va
Field Artillery
Ft. Sill
Okla
Finance
Durham
N. C
Infantry
Ft. Benning
New Orleans
Army Air Forces
San Antonio
Tex
Aafocs
Miami
Fila
Robert Burch Returns to Post After Leave
Robert Burch, who spent a 1 day leave at Matthews with his mother Mrs Elmer Burch and sister Mrs Gordon Stroud and family, has returned to his post after bor ny Trinidad Cole for the nest t veats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burch
Trinidad Cole
Nest
Matthews
Elmer Burch
Gordon Stroud
Highest Medal of Honor Awarded to 40 Soldiers
The Congressional Medal of Honor, the United States top military honor, is awarded to 40 Army members for gallantry in action. Seventeen awards are posthumous, eight to personnel listed as missing, and one to a prisoner of war. Infantry and air corps lead with 17 each. cavalry two. engineers and field artillery one each. Brig. Gen. Leon W. Johnson becomes the eighteenth recipient, for leadership during the August 1, 1943 low level bombing raid on Ploesti, Romania. the award was made September 1, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
War Department
Infantry
Air Corps
Corps of Engineers and
Field Artillery
United States Army
Leon W. Johnson
Moline
Kan
Columbia
Johnson
Ploesti
Romania
Douglas MacArthur
James H Doo
Unknown Soldiers Earn Congressional Medal of Honor
In the 19 months of American participation in World War I only 101 medals were presented, six of them to unknown soldiers. Little has won the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Hoover Comforts Polish WAC at The Merry Widow
In New York a Polish WAC named Pestka sobbed during The Merry Widow when star Jan Kiepura sang Kujawiak a Polish folk tune. A portly man nearby consoled her saying Poland may be free again and revealed his name as Herbert Hoover. Mrs Roosevelt said the President looked fine at his vacation retreat and would not return to the White House for about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pestka
WAC
Jan Kiepura
Poland
Hoover -Herbert Hoover
Franklin D Roosevelt
White House
Sikeston Young Man Receives Captain Rank
Mr and Mrs Ler Bowman announced their eldest son Lieut John W Bowman has been advanced to captain. A Naval Academy graduate, he served in the Marshall Islands and is now in Hawaii. He, Emanuel Schorle, and Ray Allen Moll recently visited. Mrs Bowman and infant John Jr now reside in Bethesda Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ler Bowman
John W. Bowman
Capt Bowman
Uo of Naval Academy
Annapolis
Marshall Islands
Hawaii
Sikeston
Emanuel Schorle
Ray Allen Moll
Bowman
John Jr
Bethesda
Local men get TB ranks for cards sent overseas
Local Swamp East Missouri 40 and 8 American Legion members in Caruthersville gathered last summer to buy 100 decks of playing cards for boys overseas. This week they received a thank you card signed by Jay Klopfenstein, Sea man First Class, USN, care of the postmaster in San Francisco. Sikeston members Herb Walton Loomis Mayfield J W Foley Lewis Flewelling Dr C W Limbaugh Bill Henington and W U Myers were noted among the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
American Legion
Caruthersville
Jay Klopfenstein
United States Navy
San Francisco
Sikeston
Herb Walton
Loomis Mayfield
J. Wm. Foley
Lewis Flewelling
Dr. C. W. Limbaugh
Bill Henington
W. U. Myers
Jobless Wages Sought by 688 Workers at Cape Plant
More than six hundred employees of the International Shoe Company plant in Cape Girardeau applied for jobless wages after the plant flooded last week. Each may receive up to $18 per week based on regular pay, with a one week waiting period before checks start, counted from the date of application. Nearly a foot of water filled the first floor, impacting cleanup and repair work. Herald Want-ads bring results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Shoe Company
Cape Girardeau
U. S
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Set
Lloyd Hogan
R. R. Hogan
Ferry Command
Africa
Carl Diehl Jr
C. E. Diehl
Ruth Margaret
Diehl
Helen Hunter
Anna Hunter
Fornfelt
Detroit
Mich
Hunter
State College
Byron Sharp
Camp Breckenridge, Ky
Sharp
Pleas Malcolm
New Madrid
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Inc
Scott
Mississippi
Pemiscot
Dunklin and
Stoddard Counties
Burt H. Rowe
Stallcup
Sikkeston
Clay Taylor
Doyne Chartrau
Edwin H. LaCroix
Farragut
Idaho
Pfc
George Bartlett
Army Airways Communication System
Nettie Bartlett
Bartlett
Nantucket Island
Connecticut
Boston
Sacramento
Dale Enterline
Esther Duvall
Enterline
J. G
Charles J. McMulllin
Armed Forces
Leonard McMullin
John McMullin
McMullin
Submarine Chaser Center
Naval Section
Savannnah
Wmn
Bill) Anderson
Ralph Anderson
Alfred Scott
Harvey Scott
Chaffee Boy
William A Mills
Camp N
Santa Anita
A. V Mills
Vandyser
Wallace Waters
Camp Barkeley
L D Waters
Hal Thompson
Yarragut
Mrs Mack Thompson
James Huls
James Huls Jr
India
Cpl
Vernon Buck
Virgil Miller
Camp McCain, Miss
Commerce
Gladys Bonifield
Sgt
Thomas C. Bonifield
Sgt Bonifield
Tank Corps
Kelly Field
Katherine Benton
McCook
Nebraska
Mary Nelson
Benton
Ceil Levine
Popham Avenue
Bronx
New York City
Gen. Clark
Hoover Comforts Polish
Sor Sikeston
Herald
Frank
Frank Atkinson
Front Street
Kingshighway
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