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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1941
Page
13
Vox Pop on WMT will feature civilian defense voices including an air raid warden and Red Cross workers. The program, 7 p.m., includes an interview with a New York police air blitz survivor and other wardens and emergency volunteers.
Hour by hour program list for WMT WGN WES WENR WHO and others detailing shows from 6 pm to late night. Includes news, music, dramas like Orson Welles, Vox Pop, sports updates, and special features with multiple stations and hosts.
A list of programs from Iowa Educational Institutions stations including University of Iowa WSU Iowa City and Town Nebraska Town State College Ames. The schedule features News Serv Reports Music 11 50 Farm Flashes Melody Time Music Moods Drum Parade Markets Homemakers and Organ Concert with times and show names.
Screen actress Maureen O'Hara and Will Price, the McComb born film dialogue director, were to marry this afternoon at Chatawa nearby.
Albert E Wiggam suggests both sexes make dull egotists but notes men more often boast of physical prowess in sports like tennis golf swimming and escapades, while the writing hints at broader mind quirks and social behavior.
Two American sociologists studied marriage success and Dr Wiseam provides a self scoring booklet. Readers can mail 10 cents and a stamped self addressed envelope to Dr Wiscam in care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
A 1941 Q and A discusses ego, worries about the future, and the role of self confidence in happiness. It contrasts real parents with foster adoptive parents, noting foster care can work well and many adopted children are highly desired. The piece cites Hollywood writers praising foster parents and mentions legal waiting periods for adoption.
A proposed chlorine method aims to produce chlorine gas and salt cake from salt and sulfur without electricity. Presented by Prof. Arthur W. Hinson and Dr. Alvan H Tenney of Columbia university at the Ohio State University symposium, the process would cost about current chlorine gas production but save a huge amount of electrical power.
Officials disclose that German and Italian citizens interned after the Japanese attack on the United States have been released from concentration camps in Manila.
Walter Winchell column lists splashy acts including Stanley Kay and Seaborg in Chicago, Joan Roberts at the St James, and Leon Leonidoff’s Radio City showcase. It notes wartime jabs, fashion quips, the Andrews Sisters’ St Cecilia hit, Bergen near bachelorhood, and Freddie Martin’s multi‑million 1942 plans.
A jumble of wartime notes reports wardens in a theater scolding audience members and enforcing reentry rules while a Capitol district manager demands free passage. Separate items mention citizenship papers for Errol Flynn, a Romanian king's gin game, and marriages in the arts world including Mario Gallo and a Japanese soprano.
Today’s listings show Paramount with Louisiana Purchase and short subjects plus Dumbo and Weekend for Three. Towa screens Kathleen Fiesta and Charley’s Aunt plus Passage from Hongkong Rialto features Top Sergeant Mulligan and High Sierra. Strand presents Comrade XX My Favorite Wife Marion shows Dive Bomber and Two in a Taxi.
Bette Davis urges not to cancel the Academy dinner proposing theater awards with proceeds to aid war relief. Virginia Field’s engagement to Paul Douglas is announced with a quiet London wedding planned. Numerous Hollywood anecdotes recount gifts, camp visits, and fund-raising gestures as the war continues.
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