The Rochester Sentinel 1944
The Rochester Sentinel 1944 Monday January 3, 1944 Walter Hauser S/SGT. HAUSER REPORTED KILLED IN NORTH AFRICA Word was received Saturday from the War Department by Mr. and Mrs. John HAUSER, Fletchers Lake, that their son S/Sgt. Walter Henry HAUSER, 21, co-pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber, was killed in action in the Atlas mountain aerea in North Africa. Further details of the crash were not revealed in the brief War Department telegram. S/Sgt. Hauser had previously been reported killed in action on December 10th, but further confirmation of his death had not been received. Mr. and Mrs. Hauser had received a letter from their son dated December 7th, from North Africa, stating that he was all right. S/Sgt. Hauser was a graduate of the Grass Creek high school and was a member of the Grass Creek basketball team. He had been in the service 15 months and has a brother, Edward, who is a member of the Army Air Corps in Texas. [The News-Sentinel, Monday, January 3, 1944] [NOTE: Walter Hauser, 21, Grass Creek, killed in air crash in North Africa, December 8, 1943. - Rochester Sentinel, Saturday, May 27, 2000] Joseph Maus Joseph MAUS, 80, Retired farmer residing a mile and a half west of Tiosa, Ind., passed away Saturday morning. Death resulted from pneumona following a few days illness. Mr. Maus had a large acquaintance of friends throughout both Fulton and Miami counties. He had been a resident of the Tiosa community since 1885. Mr. Maus was born at Mexico, Ind.
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