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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1947
Page
4
Al Jolson will appear on the Bob Hope show originating from the University of Southern California. Regulars include Jerry Colonna Vera Vague and Desi Arnaz with his orchestra. The program airs at 9 over NBC.
Radio listings outline hourly programs for Tuesday April 8 1947 and Wednesday April 9 1947. Shows include World News, musical segments, talk forums, and performances across KXEL WMT WGN and WHO with hosts such as Jack Smith Cliff Bee and Galen Drake.
The piece notes Ken Ellis of Madrid Iowa involved in a song pitch to Song Hit Guild in Hollywood. City College of New York hosts a Radio and Business Conference on April 22 23 with ABC to receive an award and Mark Woods to speak. Ralph Edwards Truth or Consequences heads to Chicago for broadcasts April 26 and May 3 tied to the Chicago National Food Show.
Fragmented OCR listing radio programs and times across WMT and KXEL stations. Mentions Chi Chi, Perkins, Dr Paul, and Pepper Youns with scattered times from 12:38 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. gisteren.
More than 1,000 Cedar Rapids area Boy Scouts organize a Saturday paper drive to fund Camp Waubeek improvements. Collections begin 8 a.m. with curbside prep Friday night. Leaders cite past proceeds near 3 500 dollars and forecast over 7 000 by this drive.
The Grinnell College Glee Club under David Bruce Scoular performed a varied concert at the First Congregational Church, featuring Niles gambling songs, Grieg numbers, Bach, Buxtehude, and two Negro spirituals. An encore included Over the Rivers in Czechoslovakian and Oralee. The concert tour includes Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Mason City and Maines, with Cedar Rapids alumni sponsoring.
Don Isett, former Young Men's bureau member, will speak at the YMB dinner Thursday night on Death Valley Scot. A lawyer and traveling secretary, he joined Metropolitan Supply Company ten years ago and captains the Kiwanis Sea Scout Ship. He serves as alumni adviser to Iowa Delta Chi and secretary treasurer of the Kansas Delta Chi Association.
The National Guard plans to send Col. Carlton K. Smith and Capt. M. L. Nathanson with Capt. Vernon while the Naval Reserve will be represented by Lt. Comdr. R. S. Glessner Lt. Ralph Groom and John Prout. Reservations must be made at the Chamber office by Wednesday noon.
In Des Moines the Iowa House defeated a bill to raise superior court judges' annual salaries by 500 dollars, 57 to 22, leaving pay at 4 250. Three cities Cedar Rapids Keokuk and Oelwein host superior courts.
W. Stuhler of Monticello paid a $25 fine and costs in police court Tuesday after pleading guilty to speeding on First avenue E between 34th and Fortieth streets Monday afternoon.
Five lambs from near San Jose served as Easter window models in a large San Francisco department store. Theater artist William Walsh dyed their fleece pink orange green blue and yellow. After the display, the colored lambs face social exile on the ranch until their colors wash out.
The Trans-Mississippi Philatelic Society will hold its annual convention in Cedar Rapids October 3 4 5 with Montrose hotel as headquarters. Local officers include Robert B Stahl president and Harry E Winn secretary, with $300 pledged toward the $200 funding goal and a commemorative jag oe miniature sheet stamp from the post office department.
The U S civil service commission reports progress for veterans with physical impairments. Since Oct 1 1942 they have placed 24 000 in jobs, ranging from orthopedic defects to total blindness and deafness, with 2 782 handicapped persons appointed in the Federal service from the Eighth region covering Iowa Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota.
Rena B. Smith, regional director, says these placements resulted from the commission's medical division pioneering efforts.
Archbishop Francis Beckman of Du eden will head a Confraternity of Pilgrims pilgrimage departing Wednesday and returning in May. He will offer mass daily aboard the train or in towns, recite the Rosary, and give spiritual talks. The route starts at San Antonio visiting Franciscan missions Shrine of the Little Flower San Fernando cathedral and other sites. Sixty people from across the United States participate.
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