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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1941

Page

7

Radio schedules interrupt programs for wartime broadcasts

NADINE SUBOTNIK reports that radio stations will interrupt regular lineups for war news and official pronouncements. Roosevelt’s address to Congress airs 11:30 a.m. Monday and is rebroadcast by WMT at 10:30 p.m., followed by Churchill’s address. WMT and other stations list daily war broadcasts and special programs, with entries for WGN WLS WENR WHO WSUI WOI and more.

Japan Roosevelt Congress WMT Winston Churchill WGN WLS United States Grant Wenr Organ Pete Linda Jane ‘Tucker G. Baker_Sing Dang Mary Marlin Harm Morn Youngs Toby Susie Jenn Wis David Harstam Kate Smith Hugh Martha Hell Judy Jane Sal Neten Trea Ryal Rangers Helen Turn Mkts Swink

Headliners Tonight to Join Herbert Marshall Show

Hollywood film colony headliners will appear Monday on the Herbert Marshall show. WENR will air the program at 10 p.m. fulfilling a prime slot for a guest lineup.

Hollywood Film Colony Herbert Marshall WENR

Evening Radio Schedule December 8 1951 and 9 1941

Hour by hour listings show a dense schedule of WMT WGN WOR WENR and WLS programs across a two day period with names such as Heatherton Brown Sing for Am and boxing bouts. The chart mixes news shows weather and music with multiple hosts and station changes.

Radio Station Highlights at Iowa Educational Institutions

The schedule lists WSUI Iowa City and WOL Ames with programs from farm news to music, markets, homemakers, vespers, and government reports. Notable slots include Ornan Recital, Defense Front, Organ, and Cornel College segments, with daily times and topics across the Iowa institutions.

Educational Institutions of State of Iowa University of Iowa Iowa State College WSUI Iowa City WOL Ames Dept of Ag Ornan Cornel Coll

Reds Continue Counter Drive Above Moscow

Soviet front reports a renewed counter-offensive north of Moscow as heavy fighting rages in the Rostov and Mius river sectors. In North Africa, British forces claim gains near Tobruk and El Gobi as Axis forces fall back to new defensive lines.

Reds Moscow North Africa Adolf Hitler Crimean Peninsula Yevpatoriya Solnechnogorosk Mozhaisk Maloyaroslavets Tobruk el Gobi el Adem Rezegh Mussolini Desert Oasis

America Firsters Back War Effort

National directors of the America First Committee abandoned opposition to administration policy and urged united support for the war effort until Japan is defeated. They asserted Japan's declaration of war must be met with a US declaration and all-out hostility.

Chicago America First Committee Japan United States

Final report hearing set in Cobban estate in Iowa

Notice in Linn County Iowa District Court of a final report and accounting by D E Smith administrator with will annexed and trustee, regarding the estate of Marcia B Cobban deceased and the trust under her will. Hearing scheduled December 15 1941 in Cedar Rapids courthouse. Alice M Fleetwood sole surviving remainder beneficiary may object.

District Court of Iowa Linn County Marcia B. Cobban Alice M Fleetwood Groner District Court of Iowan D. E. Smith George T. Cobban Alice M. Fleetwood Sarust Cedar Rapids Towa D. EB. Smith Marcia B. Gabbans

Private Planes Grounded Nationwide by GAA Order

The Civil Aeronautics authority ordered the grounding of all private aircraft in the United States and possessions except commercial airliners. Licenses for private pilots were suspended, and governors were urged to deploy police to enforce the ban and hold planes at landing fields unless used for scheduled or federally contracted air transport or publicly owned.

Washington Civil Aeronautics Authority United States CAA Robert Hinckley CAA Air Safety Board Alaska Canal Zone

U.S. Forces Rated Superior to Japan Across Sea Air and Land

The United States leads in naval strength with 344 warships including 17 battleships and 7 carriers, and in air power with over 4,000 planes in U.S. forces against Japan’s about 3,600. Army strength shows roughly 1.6 million U.S. personnel versus Japan’s over 3 million, with distinctions in divisions and equipage noted amid wartime constraints.

Washington United States Japan Pacific U. S Army Navy

Chicago Tribune backs nation's war effort

The Chicago Tribune declares United States must face war with resolve and unity. In a front page editorial it blames Japanese militarists for forcing war and urges all Americans to strike with full power to defend freedom.

Chicago INS The Chicago Tribune Midwest America the Tribune

Mrs Roosevelt Heads To Pacific Coast For Civilian Defense

Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt an assistant director of the Office of Civilian Defense will fly to the Pacific coast tonight to aid emergency civilian defense work on the western front.

Mrs. Roosevelt Pacific Coast Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt Office of Civilian Defense

Lindbergh Declines Comment On Japanese Attack

Charles A. Lindbergh, at his new home in West Tilbury Massachusetts, refused to comment Monday on the Japanese attack on the United States.

West Tilbury Mass Charles A. Lindbergh United States

Japanese Registration Certificates Sought From Nationals in Britain

The home office asked all Japanese nationals aged over 16 in Britain to report to the nearest police station with their registration certificates to have them endorsed. The appeal was announced Monday.

London Britain Home Office

Advertisement promises relief for colon troubles at McCleary Clinic

An ad urges readers with stomach, gastrointestinal, constipation, piles, or fistula symptoms to request a free 122 page book. It features diagrams and X rays of rectal and colon conditions and outlines mild corrective treatments at the McCleary Clinic on HES105 Elms Blvd Excelsior Springs Missouri, and lists former patients from the United States and Canada.

McCleary Clinic United States Canada Elms Blvd Excelsior Springs

The Base-Lead: A Mighty War Weapon Or Foolish Myth

Reviewing Stand columnist Henry McLemore dismisses a costly secret weapon, the base-lead, as a hyperbolic satire. He jokes about gold bullets and astonishing ranges while poking fun at wartime bravado and his own attempts to fit in with Turkish customs.

New York Lick Observatory Big Bertha Paris London Chungking Moscow

Defense Bond Quiz and Christmas Card Trend

A reader quiz explains popular Christmas cards this year that include defense savings stamps. It advises purchasing defense savings bonds when able, notes Series E bonds can be redeemed after 60 days, and lists outlets like post offices banks and stores as places to buy stamps and bonds.

Defense National Defense Savings and Loan Association United States Washington, D. C

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