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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1944

Page

5

Bob Hope Visits Bing Crosby on Music Hall Show

Bob Hope stops by Bing Crosby on NBC and WHO for another gag filled Music Hall episode featuring Marilyn Maxwell, the Music Maids, the Charioteers, and Crosby’s orchestra. Also notes Fanny Brice returns to Baby Snooks on WHO and Orson Welles hosts two magicians on Suspense.

Bob Hope Bing Crosby Ing Crosby Marilyn Maxwell Bing Music Maids The Charioteers John Scott Trotter Ken Carpenter NBC WHO Fanny Brice Orson Welles Marvelous Barastro WBEM

Evening Radio Schedule for April 13 1944

Hour by hour list of programs across stations WGN KXEL WHO WMT and more for Thursday April 13 1944. Includes Geets Revs Kee Nelson Dale Carnegie shadows and early morning news and music blocks with a mix of serials variety shows and weather notes.

Radio Schedule Highlights From April 14 1944

A fragmented list shows 1944 radio programming across WHO WMT WGN KXEL and similar stations. Entries include Judith Perkins Mary Marlin Stella Dallas The Youngs and Adventures with Superman among other shows with times from 10:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Placements feature hosts and program names like Aunt Jenny and Johnny Betts with multiple stations cited.

Ms Perkins Youngs Beant Life WGN Johnny Betts

Admiral Carpender Warns Iowans Not To Be Too Cocky

Rear Admiral Arthur S. Carpender commanding the Ninth Naval District warned Iowans against assuming victory, stressing teamwork across combat, supply, industry and guts. He inspected the Solar Aircraft factory in Des Moines and planned visits to Iowa State College naval training, Cedar Falls, Ottumwa, and Iowa City to review war activities and naval schools.

Des Moines Arthur S. Carpender Ninth Naval District Iowa Naval District Cedar Falls Ottumwa Iowa City

Governor to Speak on Radio and Lunch in Omaha

Gov. Bourke B. Hick enlo oper of Iowa will appear on Union Pacific Your America radio program Saturday and will be a guest at an Omaha Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Omaha Bourke B. Hickenlooper Iowa Union Pacific America NBC Omaha Chamber of Commerce

Waterloo Station Seeks High Frequency Permit

Washington AP The Josh Higgins Broadcasting Company of Waterloo Iowa filed with the FCC for permission to build a high frequency broadcasting station at 44 300 kilocycles with coverage covering 26 943 square miles.

Washington Josh Higgins Broadcasting Company Waterloo Federal Communications Commission

Byrnes Outlines Federal Unemployment Plan For War Workers

War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes outlined a federal unemployment benefits system supplementing state aid for workers who lose jobs as wartime activity slows The plan urges plant closures when no longer needed and proposes funding tied to earnings and dependents with no fixed duration and conditions on accepting suitable work.

New York James F. _Byrnes Byrnes Academy of Political Science NBC Bernard M. Baruch John M. Hancock Executive Department

War Mobilization Chief Cites Postwar Spending Risk

A 1948 study estimates the Army and Navy spare parts program could be reduced to 1.402 billion dollars by December 1. The war mobilization director warns inflation may derail postwar efforts and urges continuation of current price and wage controls.

Air Army Navy

Returning Vets To Get Vote on Bargaining Union

The National Labor Relations Board announced policy allowing veterans returning from military service to affirm or change the bargaining agent selected in their absence. Absentee ballots for service members will not be provided, as employees on leave retain status and interest in the vote, though polling all is impractical.

Washington National Labor Relations Board Mine Safety Appliances Company Callery CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Botany Worsted Mills Passaic N. J

Mutilated Airman Receives Distinguished Service Cross

Lt. Charles W. Spencer, a Valley Forge General Hospital patient, is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his injuries from a Bremen air raid. He has undergone severe facial loss and hand injuries, while awaiting plastic surgery to restore his nose ears and eye. His wife Jeanne visits daily as surgeons plan reconstruction and further care.

Phoenixville Charles W. Spencer Roosevelt Spencer Valley Forge General Hospital Bremen DSC War Department U. S. Strategic Air Forces Europe Holder Peoria Ill University of Illinois Jeanne Vincent Topeka Kan Cearse Jeanne England L. W. Barrett Brown Hosptal

Court Holds OPA Must Meet Iowa Procedure Rules

In Pottawattamie District Court Judge Charles Roe ruled the Office of Price Administration cannot enter a civil suit in Iowa under the price control act unless it follows Iowa procedure rules requiring an interest in the litigation for intervention. The OPA sought to intervene in a damage suit against Mrs. Dr. B. Stoufer over alleged OPA rent ceiling violations at an Ogden hotel. The decision holds state procedure applies to civil cases arising from OPA ceiling violations to avoid confusion.

Council Bluffs, In Office of Price Administration Iowa Charles Roe Pottawattamie District Court OPA B. Stoufer Ogden Hotel Roe Congress

Poultry Price Hike Approved By Federal Authorities

Rep Lyndon B Johnson reports tentative approval of a two cent per pound rise in ceiling prices for broiler poultry for two months. The increase aims to offset higher feed costs and will likely be passed to consumers. Details announced after talks with Vinson Jones and OPA officials.

Washington Lyndon B. Johnson D-Tex Johnson Economic Stabilization Fred M. Vinson Marvin Jones Office of Price Administration

Storage charges for broilers rise in May under proposed ceiling

The text notes April storage charges at 1.8 cents per pound with May fees fixed at 2.2 cents and producers allowed to raise ceilings by that amount in May. Federal officials aim to finalize a zone based price ceiling to offset higher feed costs.

Johnson

King George I Promises Greek Free Choice of Government

In a Cairo broadcast Wednesday night King George I of Greece pledged that the Greek people will have a free choice of their form of government as soon as they are liberated from the Nazi yoke.

London INS George I Greece Cairo

WFA Head seeks permission to sell perishables below parity

War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urged Congress to allow the Commodity Credit Corp to sell perishable farm commodities below parity when spoilage threatens loss. He warned without authority there could be great waste or diversion of food away from human consumption and noted current law forbids such sales below parity unless specially stipulated.

Washington Marvin Jones Congress Commodity Credit Corporation CCC Jones Ray~ Burn D-Tex

Pork products available in quantity to meet demand

The American Meat Institute said pork products are available to consumers in quantities equal to or greater than demand. Bacon and sausage are notably affordable with bacon selling below last year and well below WWI prices.

Chicago Armerican Meat Institute

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