The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1945 Page: 4 of 10
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Thursday, August 30, 1945
SHINER GAZETTE--SHINER TEXAS
With Our Boys
In The Service
(JOHNNIE A. SIEGEL
PROMOTED TO TECH. 4TH.
TWO SHINER SOLDIERS
RETURN FROM PACIFIC
FORT SILL, Qkla., Aug. 25.
—Johnnie A. Siegel, Rt. 2, Shi-
ner, Texas, has been promoted
to the rank of Technician
Fourth Grade at the Field Ar-
PFC. CLARENCE A. ALBERT
ENROUTE HOME FROM
EUROPE
Privates First Class Daniel L. f homa, where he is stationed
Trevino and Woodrow L. Mla-jwith the 519th Rocket FA bat-
clenka,, veterans from Shiner, talion.
Texas,' were among recent ar- Sergeant Siegel is the son of
rivals at Brooke Convalescent jerome j# Siegel, Shiner, Tex-
Hospital, Brooke Hospital Cen-1 as>
ter, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, j — m —'
Trevino entered the army; „prFTVp„ HftNm?ARTP
October 20, 1942, and took basic VAL HONORABLE
training at Fort Lewis, Wash- uiaUiAKuh
fagton. He served twenty-five GilbertWchreiber re-
months overseas as rifleman .rc- Giibeit pcnreioei re
with Company “L”, 136 Infan- ceived hls honorable discharge
try Regiment 33rd “Golden from> the army at the Ham-
Cross” Division, in the Asiatic mond General Hospital, Modes-
Pacific Theater of Operations,
in New Guinea, and on Luzon,
Philippines. He suffered a bul-
let wound during action at Ros
WITH THE 35TH INFANTRY
DIVISION, Assembly Area
Command, France—Pfc. Clar-
tiUery1 School, ^ojUsill^OklD ence AAlbert ™“te bo“e !
** J 4--v«y—. Li’ ■? -> n /y vy iTri f l-y r K K rirov'
ario, Luzon, P. I., for’which he
was awarded the Purple Heart.
He also has the Good Conduct
medal and Asiatic Pacific The-
ater of Operations ribbon. Tre-
to, California, August 15th. He
spent 6 months overseas with
Co. L, 142 Inf. of the 36th Di-
vision.
Gilbert is the holder of the Germans from St. Lo, broke the
from Europe with the 5-star
“Santa Fe” Division, which in
ten months battled across the
Elbe River to within 42 miles
from Berlin.
The 35th ended its occupa-
tional duties in Germany dur-
ing the second week of July
and moved to Camp Norfolk,
one of the Assembly Area Com-
mand’s 17 redeployment camps
near Reims. Elements of the
Division served as honor guard
for President Truman when he
arrived at Antwerp.
Hitting Omaha Beach, July
7, 1944, the 35th fought the
Pfc. Albert, is the son of Ed.
Albert, Rt. 2, Shiner, Texas. He
wears the E. T. O. ribbon with
five Battle Stars.
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Pvt. Melvin H. Muecke is
now stationed at Ft. Belvoir,
Va., where he will receive 6
weeks of additional technical
training as a clerk typist.
Pfc. Elton E. Riske left Mon-
day for Fort Sam Houston and
j from there he will go to Ark-
j ansas, after spending a 30-day
I furlough with home folks.
I Petty Officer Ray D. Wofford
left Tuesday for San Pedro,
Calif., after a 21-day leave with
J his wife and daughter and other
relatives here and in Cuero.
PVT. EDWIN F. KURTZ
RECEIVING BASIC TRAINING
Bronze Star Medal, Good Con-
‘duct, Purple Heart, E. T. O.
Ribbon, with two battle stars.
Unit Citation and the Combat
wounded in Germany on Feb.
3rd.
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Sgt. Jerry J. Mikes, son of
Mrs. Marie Mikes, Shiner, Tex.,
Rt. 3, spent a 30-day furlough
at home, He has returned from
overseas after serving 28
months in India, His sister Mrs.
Robert E. Lee accompanied him
to Houston where he left by
train for Aberdeen Proving
Grounds in Maryland.
vino returned to the United! Pantrymans ^Badge. He was
States August 6, 1945.
Prior to entering the army,
Trevino was residing at Rt. 2,
Shiner, Texas, with his brother
Mr. Lauro Trevino.
Mladenka’s wife, Mrs. Wil-
ma Mladenka, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mladenka,
reside in Shiner, Texas.
Mladenka entered the army
August 9, 1944, and took basic
training at Camp Wolters, Tex-
as. He served six months over-
seas as rifleman and scout with
Company “I”, 17th Infantry
Regiment 7th “Hourglass” Di-
vision, in the Asiatic Pacific
Theater of Operations, on Ok-
inawa. He suffered shrapnel
wounds during action near Na- ;
ha, Okinawa, April 31, 1945, for.
which he was awarded the Pur- j
pie Heart. He also has the Com-
bat Infantryman Badge, Asiatic
Pacific Theater of Operations
ribbon and Philippines Libera-1
tion ribbon. Mladenka returned
to the United States August 7,
1945. He was formerly a stu-
dent at Shiner High School,
Shiner, Texas.
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Mr. Eugene Kacir of Goliad
spent Sunday in the E. F. Riske
home. He has just returned
from the Pacific where he spent
26 months. Gene says he is ter-
ribly glad to be back home
again and is looking fine, we
are glad to say.
counter-offensive at Mortain,
swept across France, cracked
into Germany’s Saar Valley on
December 12, and then whipped
into Belgium and Luxembourg
to wither Von Rundstedt’s Ar-
dennes bulge.
Following a shift to the Vos-
ges Mountains, the Division
dashed 300 miles north through
Holland to jump the Roer and
Rhine rivers, crush the Sieg-
fried Line defeness, and scoop
up more than 30,000 PW’s by
V-E Day, to mark the end of
more than 1,600 combat miles
in the E. T. O.
CROWNS A BEAUTY QUEEN
i
They keep
marching
right along
Most of the time you pick
up the telephone and your
long distance call goes
right through. That’s the
way we try to have it.
But sometimes there’s an
extra rush and some of the
thousands of long distance
calls get concentrated on
certain circuits.
Then the operator will
help keep things moving
by saying—“Please limit
your call to 5 minutes.”
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TELEPHONE CO.'
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JACOB PATEK SHINER GARAGE
BEN MARCAK MRS. V. PULKRABEK
CAMP WOLTERS, Texas. —
Pvt. Edwin Frank Kurtz, age
21 years, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie J. Kurtz of Rt. 1, Yoa-
kum, Texas, has arrived at this
Infantry Replacement Training
Center to begin his basic train-
ing as an Infantryman.
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Cpl. B. E. Kubecka returned
from the European Theatre of
War Operations and is now en-
joying his 30-day convalescent
leave with homefolks here.
.Hfe-
Sgt. Louis A. Dusek returned
to Lowry Field, Denver, Colo.,
after spending a 15-day fur-
lough with his wife, daughter
and relatives.
PVT. ALBERT MAEKER
IN SAN ANTONIO FOR
REASSIGNMENT
Having completed a tour of
■ duty of 8 months in the Asiatic
> Theater of Operations, Pvt. Al-
bert Maeker Jr., Shiner, Texas,
has arrived at the San An-
tonio District, A.A.F. Person-
nel Distribution Command for
processing and reassignment.
Processing and reassignment
for A.A.F. returnees ordinarily
are completed in from ten days
to two weeks, after which per-
sonnel are generally assigned to
stations in this country.
—Ill—
Pfc. Aug. W. Hartmann, who
is stationed somewhere in Ger-
many, has been promoted to
Staff Sgt.
Cpl. Domin “Dock” Kasparek
has been promoted to the rank
of Sgt. recently, his parents
were notified. Dock has served
18 months in Puerto Rico and
at present is in Germany with
the 7th Army. Dock has served
3 1-2 years in the armed forces.
Pvt. Louis Kasparek was pro-
moted to the rank of Pfc.
Louis has served 2 1-2 years in
the armed forces. While in
France he was with the 3rd
Army. They are the sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Alois Kasparek of
Yoakum.
-teu-
Lt. Shirley Gustwick of Yoa-
kum visited in the O. C. Henk-
haus home last week.
S 2-C and Mrs. John Stein-
ocher and son returned to Cor-
pus Christi last Friday after
Spending some time with rel-
atives here.
S. P. TRAIN SCHEDULE
No. 51 Waco to Yoakum
1:39 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Stratman
■ and sons, Mrs. C. B. Stratman.
( Mrs. Frank Korbel and Elnita
spent the week end in the Dr.
Bohuslav home in Austin.
. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kram
of El Campo spent the week
| end in Shiner.
No. 52 Yoakum to Waco
4:53 p.m.
Miss Ann Rasco leaves for
Austin today to enter Texas
University for the coming ses-
sion.
How women and girls
way get wanted relief
from functional periodic pain
Cardui is a liquid medicine ■which
many women say has brought relief
from the cramp-like agony and ner-
vous strain of functional periodic
distress. Here’s how it may help:
\ Taken like a tonic,
JL it should stimulate
appetite, aid diges-
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sistance for the “time”
to come.
<5 Started 3 days be-
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should help relieve
pain due to purely func-
tional periodic causes.
Try Cardui. If it helps, you’ll
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Fietsam, Tillie. The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1945, newspaper, August 30, 1945; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1148132/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shiner Public Library.