P F C Marvin Roseman Dies in France in Action
The war department notified Mr and Mrs William Roseman of the death of their son Pic Marvin Roseman in France on July 11 He enlisted August 1 1941 served overseas from Sept 1942 and fought with the Ninth Infantry Division in North Africa Sicily and France He held the Purple Heart and Infantrymen Combat Medal He is survived by his parents and sister Velma six miles southeast of Diller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Roseman
Feom
War Department
Pic
Marvin Roseman
France
North Africa
Ninth Infantry Division
Sicily
Velma
Diller
Tractor overturns injures local farmer near Odell
A tractor overturned on a field near Odell injuring Donald Bures. He was trapped under the machine for over an hour until help arrived from Mr. Ward Scherer and Mr. Marvin Anderson. He suffered a broken bone in his foot and multiple bruises and cuts, and will remain bedridden for some time.
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Ward Scherer
Little Sioux
Iowa
Diller
Marvin Anderson
Anderson
Odell
Wm. Bebrends
Scherer
Donald
Odell Hospital
Bures
Nebraska crash claims 28 aboard C 47 transport
2nd Lieutenant William F. Acree of Fairbury Nebraska was among 28 killed when a C 47 army transport crashed near Naper Nebraska last Thursday night. The flight was carrying pilots to Pierre South Dakota from Bruning as eyewitnesses report an intense electrical storm.
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William F. Acree
Fairbury
Nebr
Naper
Pierre
S. Dak
Bruning
Lowell Dean Nutter Passes Away at 21
Lowell Dean Nutter born July 9, 1944 died suddenly on a Tuesday morning August 8. He was buried Tuesday afternoon in the Steele City cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Dean
Donald Nutter
Steele City
Farmers urged to cut weeds along roadsides
Notice urges local farmers to trim weeds along roadways to avoid county hiring crews and charging for the work under state law. S. C. Hutchinson signs the plea.
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S. C. Hutchinson
Mrs Vernon Hill Opens Store in Snyder Building
Mrs. Vernon Hill has opened a store in the Snyder building where she plans to dispose of excess furniture dishes tools and other household goods. Miss Eleanor Weigel spent her summer vacation at her brother Lawrence Weigel’s Peoria home and returned home Friday with her sister-in-law Mrs Lawrence Weigel and young Jimmy for a several week stay with Diller relatives.
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Nebraska
Oregon
Eliza
Dade
Bud
Vernon Hill
Snyder
Eleanor Weigel
Lawrence
Peoria
Lawrence Weigel
Little Jimmy
Diller
Betty Larue Eick Undergoes Tonsil Removal at Odell Hospital
Betty Larue Eick had her tonsils removed at Odell Hospital Saturday. She is reported to be getting along nicely. No Diller Picnic this year.
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Betty Larue Eick
Odell Hospital
Betty
Fairburian Outwits Trio of Escapees
Cloyd Cully a Fairbury salesman used quick thinking to thwart three Camp Phillips detainees who fled in a police car. The trio Peter Revty John Resciuto and Kenneth Wescott were captured near Geneva after commandeering a vehicle and attempting to return toward Fairbury.
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Cloyd Cully
Fairbury
Camp Phillips
Kas
Peter B. Revty
Maryland Pa
John Resciato
New York City
Kenneth Wescott
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Frank Knocke
Highway 15
Revty
Rescinto
Cully
Fairburian
Highway 81
Geneva
Harry
Fillmore County
Saline
York County
Mengel
Calvert
Smith Center
Grandson Assigned To Radio Mechanics at Sheppard Field
Bob Frisbie, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Frisbie and grandson of Mr and Mrs Bert Frisbie, has been in camp at Sheppard Field Texas for some time and has been assigned to radio mechanic training possibly at Madison Wisconsin, which would make his parents happy.
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Albert Sasse
Alfred Sasse
Lubbock
Texas
Alfred
Army Air Forces
Randolph Field
U.S. Air Force
SAAF
Bob Frisbie
Frank Frisbie
Sheppard Field
Madison
Wis
Bob
Bert Frisbie
Ft. Knox
Ft Knox
Steve
Fort Bragg
N.C
Nebraska
Harold
Medford Couple Married in Denton Texas Ceremony
Sgt. Robert L. Glathar and Miss Georgina Thompson of Medford Oregon wed August second at eight in St Paul Lutheran Church Denton Texas Rev Paul G. Staisket officiated. Organist sister attended and the bride wore a blue and white satin dress with a pink rose corsage.
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Robert L. Glathar
Georgina Thompson
Medford
Oregon
St Paul Luthern Church
Denton
Texas
Paul G. Staisket
Attending Naval Training School at Great Lakes
Robert L. Fry of Diller Nebraska attends initial Naval indoc at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. Recruit training covers seamanship drill and naval procedures with aptitude tests to assign to a service school or immediate sea duty. Leave granted after training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Fry
Q. Fry
Diller
Nebr
U.S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Illinois
Naval Service School
Letter Home From Fort Knox Soldiers Describing Army Life
Army letters recount days at Fort Knox with bivouac drills and vehicle training. Harold Co. Bill Albert visits family. Craig Baker and Serenus Viers in Farragut and Idaho training sets. Authors mention furloughs, mail delays, rain, and fondness for Nebraska while awaiting future assignments.
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Craig Baker
Farragut, Maho
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Bud Lottman
W. Filley
Billings
Montana
Stratton
Filley
Wells Andrews
Sybil Fasnacht
Helen Eggenberger
Denver
Colo
Elbert Fasnacht
Bob Carver
St.Louis
Sybil
Gates Rubber
Lowell Dean Nutter
Fairburian Outwits
The
Fairbury News
Naval Training School
Lincoln
Lincoln Star
Scott Miller Sr
355Th Infantry
Scott
St. Mihiel
Bernard Patton
Bob Stephens
Harold Allen
Bill Albert
Hartford
Kentucky
Serenus Viers
Farragut
Idaho
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