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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1945
Page
1
Alan Ladd and Eileen Barton are scheduled to appear on the Milton Berle Show tonight. The broadcast promises entertainment and light musical numbers from the visiting performers.
Alan Ladd and singer Eileen Barton will guest on Milton Berle's Let Yourself Go at 9 30 p m on CBS and WMT, with Ray Bloch orchestra and Kenneth Roberts announcing. Ellery Queen features Hoagy Carmichael and guest detective Howard W Blakeslee. Kay Kyser hosts College of Musical Knowledge at Camp Shelby unseen, while NBC debuts Music for Tonight at 10 30 p m.
Hour by hour program lineup for February 14 1945 on WMT WGN and other stations includes news quizzes dramas and music featuring Jack Kirke Kaltenborn Ted Malone Frank Sinatra and Milton Berle among others. The schedule runs from 6 am to 5 15 pm with sessions on multiple networks and a morning block on February 15 1945.
An explosion and subsequent fire aboard a navy oil barge loading gasoline at the Gulf Oil plant in South Norfolk, near Norfolk, killed four men and left seven unaccounted for. Fireboats aided a 45 minute effort to extinguish the blaze that engulfed the vessel at 5:30 p.m.
Washington AP reports the Office of Defense Transportation announced a government convention ban now covering dog and cattle shows and similar exhibitions. The measure, taken recently, excludes purely local events and does not affect the Westminster show underway in New York.
Sheriff Jim Smith selects unpaid deputy sheriffs approved by the Linn County board. The appointees are Ntto Ambroz Kyle Mills Ed Weepie and E M Cassidy all Cedar Rapids W J Bear Springville and Jack Monahan Marion.
The U S Navy announced the loss of the escort carrier Ommaney Bay and the minesweeper Long in the Philippines by enemy action. Casualty numbers were not disclosed but next of kin were notified. The Ommaney Bay had a 500 crew and had supported Palau Leyte Mindoro operations.
Des Moines AP report says the house liquor committee refused to recommend passage of a beer advertising ban by a 12 to 10 vote and did not report the local option on liquor stores. A bill on distributing half of annual liquor revenue to cities for enforcement was sent to ways and means. Representative J F Miller led the local option sponsor group.
Fred Beyer a 67 year old farmer near Dows Iowa was killed Tuesday when his car collided with a truck on highway 72 in fog. The truck driven by Melvin Peddle 21 of Dows owned by Charles Peddle caught fire. There will be no inquest. Beyer was en route to attend an elevator meeting. Surviving Beyer are his widow three daughters and three sons.
Wilma Jean Cross, 5, died after being struck by a bus on her route home from school in Des Moines. The driver, F. E. Zondervan, said she stepped off with two other children and he only learned of the incident when he saw her in the street through the rear view mirror.
The Iowa Senate approved a bill to create a seven member Department of Public Instruction with a governor appointed board and a superintendent and deputy at annual salaries of 6000 and 4000. The measure provides six year board terms and limits funds with no policy voice for contributors. The bill now heads to the House.
Washington AP reports Boy Scouts and Cubs will collect 300 million pounds of wastepaper in a March to April drive endorsed by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Maj. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell announced the goal and praised wastepaper as essential for containers for munitions and supplies. Each Scout collecting 1,000 pounds earns a medal with Eisenhower’s likeness.
The Allied commander signed a citation for a shell case paper container returned from the European front. The drive, titled the Gen Eisenhower Boy Scout waste paper program, was organized by the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
Lt Condr Douglas Fairbanks Jr is in Bethesda Naval Hospital Maryland undergoing treatment for pneumonia.
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