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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1944

Page

20

Christmas Music Night Highlighted By Great Moments in Music

NADINE SUBOTNIK reports that the Great Moments in Music program airs at 9 pm Wednesday on CBS and WMT featuring soprano Jean Tennyson tenor Jan Peerce and baritone Robert Weede. The concert includes God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Ave Maria Oh Holy Night and Silent Night conducted by George Sebastian.

CBS WMT Jean Tennyson Jan Peerce Robert Weede George Sebastian Joan Tennyson Jen Peerce

Radio Schedule Hour by Hour for December 20 1944

Radio listings for WMT WHO WGN EXEL KXEL and others outline evening and morning programs across stations with hosts, dramas, news, quizzes, and music. Multiple time slots show show names like Easy Aces Inner Sanctum Cisco Kid and Farm Forum, plus news and weather segments across December 20 1944.

WMT CBS WMAQ NBC WGN MBS WBBM WENR Easy Aces Holl EXEL Eddie Cantor Dunninger Cisco Kid WMT Farm Forum Bis Perry Major Granit Terry's Party Owen Cowbin Paula

Radio Schedule Snippet From WMT WGN KXEL Listings

A fragmented broadcast grid shows multiple 2:30 to 5:30 pm slots across stations WMT WGN KXEL with programs, hosts, and guest names including Judy and Jane Stella Dallas Joyce Jordan and Jimmie Allen, plus music and news blocks.

Life Who the Youngs WGN Ido Allen KXEL Judy & Jane Wmt Long Shop Stella Dallas WGN Johnsons Kxel Ramblers Goldbergs Lorenzo Jane E. Winters AnnaSpain Sweet & Swing WGN Music Mart Kxel Victory Waz Chang World Pe Farrel Harrigan Stanley Dixon Exel Terry I. P.m Jimmie Allen EL J Armstrong WMT World Tvpany Sporta Tom Mix

Iowan Leads B-29s In Raid on Hankow

Major Don Humphrey of Postville Iowa led a Superfortress squadron on his tenth mission in a raid on Hankow China. He reported that enemy fighters avoided engaging the B 29s though a few pilots hit some of the planes.

Iowan Hankow Szechwan Province China Don Humphrey Postville Jackack

British Concession On Ethiopian Issue

Washington report says Great Britain surrendered its right to keep troops in Ethiopia except where both governments agree on border regions. British troops in two Ethiopian provinces drew criticism as Ethiopians felt war danger had passed. Congressman Len Guffey criticized the situation.

Washington Great Britain Ethiopia Len Guffey

UNRRA Withdraws Part of Greece Mission

UNRRA director general Herbert H. Lehman announced that fighting in Greece forced a temporary withdrawal of a substantial portion of the UNRRA mission after several staff members were wounded in the line of duty.

London Herbert H. Lehman UNRRA Greece

War salvage programs may continue after peace and Japan defeat

The Office of War Information says tin can salvage and waste paper demand will stay high after victory, while drives for fats and iron steel remain unfinished. Rubber aluminum silk nylon hosiery and old clothing have ended, while rag collection still runs without national emphasis.

Washington Japan Office of War Information

One Balloon Scare Leads to Another

Army and Navy authorities were flooded with calls about a white balloon at 6,000 feet with dangling objects suspected as explosives. Lt. P. R. Kinchfield confirmed it was a weather balloon with radio equipment hanging from it.

Hollywood Army Navy P. R. Kinchfield

Steinhardt Approved As Envoy to Czechs

The Senate unanimously confirmed Laurence A. Steinhardt of New York as ambassador to the exiled Czechoslovak government in London, while already serving as ambassador to Turkey.

Steinhardt Washington INS Senate Laurence A. Steinhardt New York Turkey Czechoslovakia London

Postwar Rivers and Harbors Bill Killed in Senate Adjournment

The half billion dollar postwar rivers and harbors bill was killed Tuesday night as the Senate adjourned without reconsidering a controversial report on its fate.

Washington Senate

Himmler Takes Command on Rhine Front in Alsace

Allied reports say Heinrich Himmler, the German home front dictator, has assumed personal command of forces holding a Rhine bridgehead in southern Alsace. He reportedly set up headquarters on the east bank of the Rhine as part of German defense in the area.

Sixth Army Group Alsace Heinrich Himmler Rhine Himmler

Chaplin Denies Joan Barry Charges in Court

Hollywood notes report Charlie Chaplin vehemently denied intimate relations with Joan Barry, asserting no crime and recounting Barry visiting his home on December 23, 1942, amid testy cross examination during the paternity case.

Hollywood Charlie Chaplin Joan Barry Henry M. Willis Miss Barry Chaplin Joseph Scott

Witness recounts guest room submission and disappearance

The transcript shows a man named Chapin stating he allowed a woman to sleep in the guest room and provided nightclothes, with no sight of her until the next morning. Scott presses him, asking if he saw her again that night, to which Chapin replies no.

Scott Chapin

British Admiral Fraser Arrives for Strategy Talks with Nimitz

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser arrives at Pearl Harbor to confer with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz on grand strategy for coordinated efforts to defeat Japan. Meeting announced officially Tuesday night.

Pearl Harbor Sir Bruce Fraser Chester W. Nimitz Japan

Rundstedt Reported Slightly Wounded, Dissatisfied With Offensive

Swedish press report says Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt was slightly wounded and unhappy about the German west offensive. Dispatch claims he resisted starting the assault until Hitler supposedly gave orders, with Himmler cited as issuing the counter-offensive.

New York INS Stockholm-Tidningen Karl Gerd von Rundstedt Office of War Information von Rundstedt Fuehrer Hitler Heinrich Himmler Germany

McNutt Plans Europe Tour for Front Inspection

War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt will depart soon for Europe to conduct a first-hand inspection of the western front, it was learned Tuesday.

Washington Paul V. McNutt Europe Western Front

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