Three Thirds of a Nation War Series Debuts on WENR
NADINE SUBOTNIK reports a new WPB feature titled Three Thirds of a Nation will air Wednesday at 9 p.m. on WENR, blending music by Leith Stevens and Meredith Willson with drama and documentation. Dorothea J. Lewis is author, John Nelson director, with Hellywood Victory cooperation on WENE.
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WENR
War Production Board
Leith Stevens
Meredith Willson
Dorothea J. Lewis
WPB
John Nelson
Hellywood Victory
Radio Schedule Hour by Hour for Apr 1 1942
A dense list of radio programs and times from April 1st 1942 across stations WMT WGN WLS WHO WENR and others. The schedule covers news talks dramas dramas and music segments with hosts and featured shows including Easy Aces Mr. Owl and Burns. The day ends with sports and late night news.
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Holler
WMT Ransom Shere
WGN T. Weems
Wenr
CC. Calloway
Diet Art
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Jane
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Chice
Miles News
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Ciayto
Army Transport Falls One Officer Killed Five Hurt
Fort Bragg North Carolina AP reports a transport plane crashed at Popefield killing Second Lieutenant Frank B. Bragg of Savannah Georgia and injuring Major L A Walsh Brooklyn New York First Lieutenant Barton B Hewitt Wisconsin among five injured in the incident.
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N. C
Popefield
Frank B. Bragg
Savannah
L. A. Walsh
Brooklyn
N. Y
Barton B. Hewitt
Wis
Iowa AAA Denies Wheat Quotas To Aid Food For Freedom
Des Moines Iowa AAA committee disputed Iowa State college economists claims that marketing quotas on wheat would hurt the food for freedom program The state chairman A J Loveland said quotas would aid orderly handling and storage of large on hand supplies and the 1942 production of 793000000 bushels He argued loan rates at 85 percent of parity are fair and would help boost corn soybeans and flax production amid fats and oils shortages
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Iowa Aaa Committee
Iowa State College
A. J. Loveland
Loveland
One Dead Two Hurt In Arsenal Blast
A fire at the army chemical warfare arsenal in Huntsville Alabama killed one person and injured two others. Authorities withheld identities pending a preliminary army board investigation.
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Huntsville
Ala
Army
Army Board
Might Be the Right Answer After All
President Roosevelt joked that American planes reported bombing Tokyo came from a secret Shangri La base in Tibet. He deflected questions about MacArthur, saying the likened tale of a White House dinner guest was not the same lady.
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Shangri la
Tibet
Tokio
White House
Shangri
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Australia
Waterloo flyer died by drowning says coroner
Robert R. Foster of Waterloo Ontario a student RCAF pilot at Camp Borden died after his plane plunged into Georgian Bay near Hope Island The coroner Dr T J Johnston ruled drowning as the cause and the body was recovered and taken to his Waterloo home
Hull doubts France will back Laval Nazi collaboration
Secretary of State Cordell Hull on Tuesday expressed doubt that the people of France would endorse collaboration with Germany under Pierre Laval. He said it remains to be seen whether the French will accept this status and thus help Hitler as co belligerents.
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Hull
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Germany
Pierre Laval
Hitler
Two Truckers Fined for Permit Violations in Iowa
George Buck of State Center pled guilty in northern Iowa federal court to three counts of interstate trucking without proper permits and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. He transported building materials from Chicago to Waterloo in violation of his livestock and commodities permit. Buck, a World War II veteran and father of four, has reenlisted and must report for Navy duty by May 15. Carl Jorgensen of Oelwein also paid 150 dollars and costs for similar violations involving oil transport from Des Moines to Oelwein, exceeding his permit which allowed only beer and soft drinks from Sheboygan to Oelwein.
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State Center
George C. Scott
Iowa District of Federal
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Chicago
Waterloo
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Oelwein
Des Moines
Sheboygan
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Population of Argentina Mirrors New York State
The population of Argentina is reported as equal to that of New York state, highlighting a striking demographic parity between a country and a single U S state.
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Argentina
New York State
German Italian skilled workers secretly aiding Britain in wartime
In London a group of twenty German and five Italian craftsmen work in clandestine British workshops. They oppose Hitler and express hostility toward the Nazi regime. A German officer’s son, Private Schuster, vows to harm Hitler while serving Britain. Several others were in the Nazi Party before fleeing to Britain and seek naturalization.
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INS
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War board to bar most rubber tires for farm use
Washington reports the War Production Board will ban most rubber tires for farm use by month’s end. Manufacturers are expected to develop a satisfactory substitute for tires by the end of July.
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Washington
Japanese Planes Shot Down In Pacific Air War
Allied communiques tabulate 66 Japanese planes shot down since April 1 with about 50 more in air actions in the southwest Pacific theater. Melbourne reports airmen of the United Nations tally ongoing air war activity through early April.
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United Nations
Southwest Pacific
RAF shoots down five Axis planes over Malta
VALLETTA Malta AP RAF fighters shot down five Axis aircraft in further air combat over the island o with losses not yet reported.
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Valletta
Malta
Former bishop dies after long tenure in Michigan
The Rt. Rev. Herman b. D., 75, Episcopal bishop of Igan from 1924 until retirement in 1939, died Tuesday night at his home in Ann Arbor Michigan AP report notes his long service and retirement date.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Herman B.d
Igan
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