Romulo Tells Bataan Escape Tale to Overflow Cedar Rapids Audience
Col. Carlos P. Romulo spoke in Cedar Rapids on a secret mission for General MacArthur and delivered a two hour lecture detailing his Bataan escape. He recalled perilous travels from Corregidor to Australia, praised American resolve, and urged full support for the Pacific war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos P. Romulo
Bataan
Cedar Rapids
States
Douglas MacArthur
America
Romulo
Wainright
Corregidor
General MacArthur
Australia
Bataan Island
Packer
Great Falls
Montana
Richard Packer
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Phillippines
San Francisco
Land Is Mine Drama Stars Laughton and O Hara
Charles Laughton and Maureen O Hara lead RKO Radio's This Land Is Mine a drama set under Nazi occupation. The film follows a timid schoolteacher drawn into resistance as villagers rebel and hostages are taken, climaxing in a patriotic, memorable finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RKO Radio
Charles Laughton
Maureen O'Hara
Laughton
Miss O'Hara
George Sanders
Escaped Convicts Recaptured Near Osceola
Fort Madison prisoners escaped April 25 were found Monday afternoon by Patrolman J. D. Dixon one mile east of Osceola on Highway 44. Tony Zibold 37 of Sioux City Iowa and Clarence Leroy Taylor 24 of Muscatine Iowa admitted stealing a pickup near Bethany Missouri Saturday night. Also two Newton youths injured in tractor accident were treated at Skiff hospital Wayne Smith 17 with a fractured arm and Frank Lockhart 18 with brain concussion and skull fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Fort Madison
J. D. Dixon
Osceola
Tony Zibold
Sioux City
Clarence Leroy Taylor
Muscatine
Bethany
Wayne Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Evening Journal the Home Daily Newspaper
Washington County
ELDER
Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
North
Marion Avenue
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Phillippine Forces
William Howard Taft
Taft
United States
Bataan and
Japan
Marshalltown
MacArthur
Europe
Holland
France
Belgium
Major von Keller
von Keller
Miss O'Mara
Walter Slovak
Kent Smith
Una O'Connor
George Coul
U. S. Marine Corps
Kathleen Hogan
Donna Case
Hogan
Sergeant Case
Tokyo
Newton
Regroers
Ash
Kentucky Mines
John Shields
Frank Lockhart
U. S
Washington State
Federal Deposit
All IN
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Joe
Golly
Liberty
Dixie Dugan
By Mevoy & Striebe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!