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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1944

Page

12

Burns and Allen sign new five year radio deal

Frank Morgan will join Radio and Gracie Allen for a Burns and Allen program at 8 p.m. Tuesday on CBS with Jimmy Cash Bill Goodwin and Felix Mills orchestra. The old contract was torn up for a fresh five year pact keeping Burns and Allen through their seventeenth year as radio regulars.

Gracie Allen Frank Morgan CBS Jimmy Cash Bill Goodwin Felix Mills Burns Allen Sponson George Burns

Berg starring with Colman in Death Takes a Holiday

Ingrid Bergsman will join Ronald Colman to present Death Takes a Holiday in Colmans Everything for the Boys at 6 30 p m Tuesday on NBC with a West Coast rebroadcast at 10 30 p m over WHO.

Ingrid Bergsman Ronald Colman Colman NBC WHO

Hour by Hour Radio Programs and Names Listing

Radio schedule excerpts list programs and hosts across stations WMT WMAQ WGN WBREM WENE XEL WHO and others. It names Ginny Simms Judy Canova Johnny Betts Duffy’s and Burns and Allen among featured acts with times like 6 43 pm 7 pm and 8 pm on various days indicating an evening lineup.

WMT CBS WMAQ NBC WGN Holler Mbs WBREM Pam Wene Tae Bho Eider Ginny Simms Ig Wr Arthur Hale EXEL Helen Wey P. Oursl Johnny Betts F. Oursler Higgins Boys Judy WRO World News Judy Canova Pick Pat Duffy Gross Burling Burns, Allen Ronald Colman Melody Hour Weeeee WHO Duffy's Wees KXEL Burns and Allen Fibber McGee Nation Bob Hope Stella Dallas John Army Lorenzo Jones WuTr Pigidber WGN J Y & Jane Widder Brown Portia WGN Plano MT Long Shop Earth of Ours Malone Sellers Grons Bill Wate Bach WGN Music Mart Jack Berch WG News Krkxel Sea Hound Far'll Mary Marlin WGN Canteen Higgins Nelson Sudeemian Terry Pirates Dixon Chick Carter Kel Harrigan Bradley Jane Wir Henson Wendell Hall Safety Ethel Albert J. Armstrong Bikstase WMT World Today Superman

Heavy Liberator Raid Attacks Truk Atoll Islands

Allied air forces staged a pre dawn strike against Moen Eten and Param in the Truk atoll and Puluwat with Liberators dropping bombs. A second sortie targeted Ulu island northwest of Truk and Ponape area was bombed by Army and Marine aircraft hitting air strips gun positions and storage tanks.

Pearl Harbor Ins Truk Atoll Puluwat Island Seventh Army Air Force Liberators Pacific Fleet Headquarters Moen Eten Param Truk Chester W. Nimitz Navy Ulu] Island Army Marine Corps Marshall Group Ponape Carolines

Des Moines Man Appointed OPA Price Attorney

William N. Plymat of Des Moines is named price attorney for the Des Moines district of the Office of Price Administration. Walter D Kline, acting district director, announced Plymat succeeds James M. Stewart who left to form a Des Moines law partnership. Plymat left his posts as president of Mutual Surety Co and vice president of the State Automobile Insurance Association.

DES Moines William N. Plymat Office of Price Administration Walter D Kline Plymat James M. Stewart Kline Plymar Mutual Surety Company of State Automobile Insurance Association of

Blondie Star Penny Singleton Undergoes Major Dental Surgery

Hollywood reports Penny Singleton known as Blondie is resting at St. Vincent's hospital after a major dental operation. The actress from film and radio underwent surgery on Monday and is listed in satisfactory condition.

Hollywood Mns Penny Singleton Blondie Screen and Radio St. Vincent's Hospital

Germans Halt Sweden Travel and Communications

German action stopped passenger ferry and air traffic between Sweden and Denmark on Monday and cut telephone links. Sailings resumed between Malmo Copenhagen and Helsingborg, but no passengers aboard. Sweden barred German mail cars, citing seizure of 25 000 military maps en route to Norway.

Stockholm Sweden Denmark Germany Malmo Copenhagen Hansingboro Helsinger Norway Trafic Denimark United Press New York Baltic Trelleborg Sasnitz

Cordon and Wilson Pick Senate Committee Seats

Senator Cordon of Oregon is named to commerce Indian affairs irrigation and reclamation and library panels while Senator Wilson of Iowa joins the agriculture panel. The committee on committees reassigns McNary successors with Wilson vacating post offices and post roads duties, shifting them to Cordon.

Washington Senator Cordon R-Ore Senate Commerce, Indian Affairs, Irrigation and Reclamation and Sen Wilson Iowa Agriculture Committee Republican Committee On Committees McNary Ore Cordon Post Offices Post Roads

Towan Among Army Plane Crash Victims

Nine bodies were recovered from an Army plane wreck after it exploded upon crashing into Delight Mountain in Epsom New Hampshire. Air transport command officials at Grenier Field reported ten men aboard and identified Second Lt Ardath R Gannon of Rockwell City Iowa as one victim.

Epsom N. H Delight Mountain Air Transport Command Grenier Field Ardath R. Gannon Rockwell City Iowa Arthur L. Gannon

Front Line Vaudeville Disturbs Nazi Calm on Anzio Beach

At Anzio on the front line, a vaudeville troupe entertains hungry troops as German 14th Army crouches in pits. Pvt. Baron Ormsby and companions perform, touting Akka Marakkus with comic patter amid shelling and bugle calls. The act boosts morale for U.S. soldiers, with biographical details of performers and their roles.

Anzio No-Mans-Land Carano Dinah Baron Ormsby Fresno Calif Sonce Special Services Kenneth H. Conner Longmont Colo Elks Club Kansas City Cincinnati Reds Naples Guadalcanal Kunming Ormsby Abbott Maine Kenneth Bertilson Hollywood

Trumpet Blues Player Band Named From New Jersey Soldier

Pvt. Bill Becker of Bergenfield New Jersey nicknamed Trumpet Blues leads a small troupe including saxophonist Pro Vito Tanzi from Cranston Rhode Island guitarist Pvt. George Heitz from Wheeling West Virginia and Angelo Famiglietti of Everett Massachusetts in a musical unit.

Bill Becker Bergenfield N. J Pro Vito Tanzi Cranston R. I George Heitz Wheeling W. Va Angelo Famiglietti Everett Mass

British Empire Steel Capacity Reported at 20.6 Million Tons

The article states the imperial steel production capacity is about 20,600,000 net tons annually. It frames this as a national or imperial benchmark, indicating a substantial output scale across the empire's metal industry.

British Empire

Bricker Planned May Tour Of Midwest States

Gov John W Bricker will visit Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Michigan and possibly Kentucky during early May as part of a Republican presidential campaign tour. No specific dates or venues were announced by his headquarters.

Columbus Ohio John W. Bricker Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Michigan Kentucky

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