When Howard Lavern Schmitz was born on 24 September 1921, in Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, United States, his father, Philip Lewis William Schmitz, was 29 and his mother, Esther Alberta Hunt, was 23. He married Mary Lou Gibbs on 29 June 1947, in Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Delaware, Delaware, Iowa, United States in 1925 and North Fork Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 January 2006, in Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, United States.
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The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Dieter, Erwin, Heinrich, Helmut, Johann, Manfred, Alois, Florian, Fritz, Gerhard.
German (Rhineland): variant or patronymic from Schmidt . This surname is also common in Belgium (mainly Wallonia, especially its German-speaking part).
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