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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1942

Page

7

Garden Novelties Occupy Retired Conductor's Time

A. J. Campbell, 76, of 909 Oakland Road NE, keeps busy in Cedar Rapids with carved wooden garden figures. The former Milwaukee Railroad conductor crafts animals and comic figures in a basement workshop, painting and assembling pieces for neighbors and friends.

A. J. Campbell Oakland Road Thornton Burgess Campbell Milwaukee Railroad Cedar Rapids Maggie Jiggs Linn County Bertram William M. Stone Mississippi Milwaukee Road

Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn With Mitropoulos

A Columbia and Victor records roundup highlights Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn performed by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Dimitri Mitropoulos, plus Puccini Herodiade and Tosca excerpts sung by Rose Bampton with Wilfred Pelletier, Herbert melodies by Victor Herbert with Margaret Daum and Frank Parker, Mills Brothers My Gal Sal on Decca, and Tommy Dorsey arrangements with Jo Stafford.

Brahms Haydn Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Dimitri Mitropoulos Columbia Minneapolis Symphony Yosea Massenet Rose Bampton Victor Symphony Orchestra Wilfred Pelletier Victor Victor Herbert Emile Cote Margaret Daum Frank Parker Walter Preston My Gal Sal Mills Brothers Decca Five

Jack Benny and Eddie Cantor Lead Radio Guests Today

Bored summer off the air Benny and Cantor headline today’s radio slate. Benny leads the NBC Office of War Information block with Mary Livingston Dennis Day Don Wilson and Rochester on WHO at 5 30 p m. Cantor moves to New York for Walter O Keefe’s Star Spangled Vaudeville on WHO at 7 p m with Linda Ware Carter and Bow and Smith and Dale.

TNWO Jack Benny Eddie Cantor Benny and His Gang Mary Livingston Dennis Day Don Wilson Rochester Meredith Willson Phil Harris Benny Gang Cantor Hollywood New York Walter O'Keefe WHO Linda Ware Carter and Bow Smith and Dale

Radio Schedule Highlights From August 1942 Weekend

A dense broadcast grid lists morning through late night programs across stations WMT WGN WHO KXEL and others. It notes sermons, news, music, drama, and sports wrap, with Walter Winchell, BBC News, and various regional shows scheduled on Sundays and Mondays in August 1942.

Watt WGN Orean West WMT WGN Stara & Stripes WGN News A Ted Steele Noel Bacon KXLI Brandy Wisam Hengan Kael Blue Theater WMI WGN WGN Cubs CBS Si Koxtels T Who Hughes KRALL Eicherherser WGN Hill Sanders Enemy WGN Anster Iftan Malone Mary Marlin Maureen Ms Perkins Wee Younes Henson WGN Music Moods Art Godfrey Stella Dallas Vic & Sade Hilo Wintee Stows Beaur L500 KXCL Goldbergs Portia Sea Hound Berenede Wild KXLL Flying Patrol Ben_ Bernie D. Cheskin O KXEL WMT Sports Caat Suing Ft Who Muddy Life & Land Knel Lum Abner al Waterstein Fales WMT Victory Heatter Rines Holb Martin O Grant Gonceré U P WMT Corwin Swing Sanders John F'dom Monroe O Muste Pam Grant Hugh Carson KACL WMT New Shirer Chicago Burling Wall Fitzgerald Brick Burlingame Kalel Wwoo Marumba Cugat M. Wmi J Waldoo Jarrett Ebner O BBC New Who G. Gray Werh Rho Mudie

Above Suspicion at Oxford and Alpine Castle Rescue

In 1939 Richard Myles and his wife Frances join a secret European mission with Robert Thornley and Henry van Cortlandt to free Smith, an underground railway agent, from a German holdout. Thornley subdues a cook, then they guard the castle, gag, and confine the captive before proceeding.

Richard Thornley von Aschenhausen Gestapo Myles van Cortlandt Frances Jiven Henry Bob Richard Myles Tudor Oxford University Como Continent Robert Thornley Henry van Cortlandt Smith Croup Germany Hermann

Ronald Reagan Leads Army Ceremonies as Lieutenant

Ronald Reagan, the film star now serving as an army lieutenant, conducts and presides over ceremonies marking a formal military event. The announcement highlights his role and status within the service.

Ronald Reagan

Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed With Jumbled Text

Puzzle grid includes numbered across and down clues with numerous misspellings and garbled entries. the reader must deduce answers from a damaged OCR page likely from a newspaper crossword section. The clues mix standard terms with apparent typos and partial words, suggesting a transcription error on a classic puzzle page.

Old-Time Melodrama Smile Awhile Opens At The Barn

Old-Time melodrama Smile Awhile opens at The Barn tonight directed by Max Hahn. New seat elevation for patrons, all seating on same level as before. Cast includes George Gould Fred Lowe Clarence Blow Marian Platt Edith Zink Parthenia Leckie and more with Bess Holley and Samuel Zink.

George Gould Fred Lowe Charles Gunn Clarence Blow Marian Platt Betty Nissen Edith Zink Cynthia Daly Parthenia Leckie Harry Doolittle David Brown Irene Gould Bess Holley Fred Petrick Samuel Zink Donald Gunn

Vacumatic Gas Saver Testing Offered by Wisconsin Firm

An advertisement calls motorists to test the Vacu matic device claiming up to 30 percent gas savings and power increase. The Vacu matic Carburetor Co of Wauwatosa Wisconsin offers a free unit to testers who install and promote it on their own cars.

Iowa State St Wauwatosa Wisconsin

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Russell Kohr Miss Bampton Barber Shop Gal Sal Dreamland Moonlight Bay Wabash Caroline Tommy Dorsey Charles Newman Allie Wrubel Jo Stafford Frank Sinatra Dorsey Barry Wood Bluebird Radio By Nadine Subotnik Navy Norfolk Randalia USNR Flying Tigers Burma China Adm W. H .P. Blandy Ordnance Bureau United States Navy Pacific Columbia Broadcasting Symphony Nicolai Miaskovsky Frederick Delius Wite Nelson Rockefeller Inter-American Affairs Jan Peerce Metropolitan Opera Albert Spalding Andre Kostelaneiz Gladys Swarthout al Goodman Lehar Great Britain Britain America Leslie Howard United Nations Richard Addinsell Gene Autry Nora Lou Army Air Force Edna May Oliver Tuttle Mary Boland Miss Crandall Miss Boland Rex Stout WBBM Jo On Bishop Margaret Mervicke Richard Williams van Dyke ‘Vers Ruthie Duskin Joe Kelly Milwaukee Ken Harvey Harvey Robert A. Taft Ohio Erwin Griswold Treasury Department J. Cheever Cowdin National Association of Manufacturers James B. Corey CIO Betty Winkler Santos Ortega Frank Behrens Kel Pierre van Paassen Robert St. John Anthaew Parker Leon Janney Sunrise Salute Housewives Protective League Paul Gibson USC Cy Trobbes Camilla Roma Farmer Baker Bonnie Benny Belle Kenny Phil Baker Tam Tius WMT Land O Free Treten Kael Pam Waup Bible Ciase WGN Church Hour Who Christian Se Kaul Melody WMP Moon Vton Gedt Wheeler Mrevicy Stang WXEL Gene Baker Lidton Heidt Earle Club S.m WGN Contres Pen Britta Elischa Aver E. Howard O Who Merry Guard Kxel van Paassen Parkers WMT Star Theater Wexll J Fidler Frank Cunel KRXEL London Walter Winchell Winchell Richard Parker Garr BBC News Marsala S. Fields B. Byrnes WAT WGN Music & New Aus Catti Jerry, Zelda Crw Reveille Krael Mudtale Weaee Ksel Meio Mary Miles WGN Valley Chan Kxel Lion Knigitta Stockw Lindas Love Jir Liic Knel Sardis Harm Heart WNO Vic and Sade WMI Horizons Orson. Sals Sint Jenny Aef Messar David Harui Jack Little Kate Smith Carte Edna O Elwood WMT Informatio Sia Parag KALL Owen Horn WGN Modern MM Andy S Deacon Jooda A. Learr Eddie Pat Orgai Sain WMT Easy Wendell Hall Elson K Who Lone Ranger Melody Cal Tinney Ie Robert St. John iAdm Blandy CBS Symphony Wake Up Army Hour Andre Wostelandz William Shirercoe Forward Murrow Frank Cuhel KXAEL D.m. Wart Youth Church Lelk Crandall Kall WMT World News WGN Am Forum KXNEL Earl Godwin Gibbs Pinney Helen Macinnes Helen Archer Millhiser Insurance Agency Weston D. Ralston Insurance T. J. Whilock Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company Star Jewelry CO Odin North America Burnink Max Hahn Caucasus Mus Montana Soviet Union
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