Radio stars sweep NBC and CBS with coast to coast shows
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope reunite on a Santa Ana NBC program at 9 p.m. Tuesday with Langford Vagae Colonna and Kenton on the bill. Other programs include Bob Burns in a dramatic role at 6:30 p.m. and Fred Astaire seeking practice space at 8 p.m. on CBS NBC and WMT. Boris Karloff debuts Creeps by Night at 9:30 p.m. on the Blue.
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Bob Hope
Bing
Bob
NBC
WHO
Air Base
Santa Ana
Calif
Bob Burns
Arch Choler
Taylor
Ronald Colman
Fred Astair
George Urns
Gracie Allen
CBS
WMT
Boris Karloff
Cedar Rapids
Karloff
Melody Hour
Ginny Simms
Judy Senee
Duffy
Burns
Allen
Seene
Fibber McGeeee
Nation
Red Skelton
Ewer
Radio Schedule Highlights for February 15 1944
A schedule listing programs hour by hour on stations including KXEL WHO WMT WGN and others for Tuesday February 15 1944 with news, theater, quiz and music segments plus morning lineup for February 16 1944.
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KXEL
WGN
J. Joy O
Vue Biastete
WHO
WMT
Grant
Rhodes O
Shelley
Pamily
Golding Light
WGN K 1549
Radio Schedule Snippets From A Busy Broadcast Day
A partial listing shows a dense array of radio program names and times across stations WHO WGN WMT KXEL EXEL WEN with shows like David Harum News Farm Hour and Jane News. Entries include Buckaroos and Ma Perkins with several times from 11:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. highlighting a mixed lineup of soaps, dramas, and talk segments.
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WGN
Who V. Roberts
WMT
Helen Trent
Who Buckaroos
Gai Sander
Johnny Betts
Carrier Planes Raid Marshalls At Extreme West
Carrier planes have bombed Eniwetok atoll in the northwest Marshalls for three days. Navy and army bombers attacked other bases across the group. Nimitz said Ujelang and Urai atolls were hit while Roi suffered a damaging raid. The operations mark the heaviest strikes since Kwajalein’s seizure.
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Pearl Harbor
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Navy
Chester W. Nimitz
Ujelang Atoll
Marshalls
Caroline Islands
Truk
Eniwetok
Kwajalein
Nimitz
Ujai Atoll
Ujelang
Dauntless
Marshall Atolls
Uurik Atoll
Roi Island
Fourth Marines
Ponape
Kusaie
Carolines
Japan
Hawaii
Tokyo
Pacific
Roosevelt signs $30 million for farm labor recruiting
President Roosevelt signed a bill appropriating 30 million dollars to the War Food administration to expand a federal state program for farm labor recruiting this year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Food Administration
Chennault Air Force Attacks Range from Indo China to Foochow
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennaults 14th USAF struck Japanese targets across French Indo China to the China sea. Communique says two aircraft missing but safe after missions.
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Chungking
Claire L. Chennault
United States Air Force
French Indo-China
China Sea
Fooch
Iowa Civilian Population Drops 10 Percent Since 1940
The 1943 census data show Iowa’s civilian population down 260,132 from 1940 at 2,276,876 as Des Moines and Scott counties buck the trend. Des Moines hosts the Iowa ordnance plant. Scott includes Quad Cities industries. County figures compare Nov 1 1943 to Apr 1 1940.
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Washington
Bureau of Census
Iowa
Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Scott
Allamakee
Benton
Blackhawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Grundy
Henry
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Louisa
Muscatine
Polk
Poweshiek
Tama
Wapello
Winneshiek
U.S. Civilian Population Falls 4 Million Since 1940
Census data show the civilian population dropped 4,021,220 from April 1940 to November 1, 1943, to 127,307,884. The decline across 43 months was 3.1 percent, with California up 1,013,629 and New York down 1,001,238. Illinois fell 4 percent to 7,563,770.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Bureau
States
District of Columbia
California
New York
Illinois
Restriction Placed on Mt. Vernon Navy Cadets
Mt Vernon Iowa cadets at the naval flight preparatory school face a three day restriction ordered by Lt T P Heffelfinger after several scarlet fever cases. Cadets will receive sulfathiazole treatment as a precaution. the Twelfth battalion graduates remaining on campus.
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MT. Vernon
Naval Flight Preparatory School
T. P. Heffelfinger
Iowa Men Over 38 Now Drafted In Special Groups
Des Moines AP reports that many Iowa men past 38 are being drafted in special groups while general induction excludes them. Col. Ralph A. Lancaster says major at risk groups include ex‑army retirees, reinducted reserves, and men discharged for such work, with waivers possible for age.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Selective Service
General Army
Ralph A. Lancaster
Army
Col. Lancaster
Truman denounces GOP advantage over open wartime corrections
In a Jackson Day address Senator Truman accuses Republican leaders of exploiting the administration’s policy of airing mistakes to win the election. He warns a Democratic defeat could harm the war effort and stresses the need to finish victory and secure postwar human rights.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Harry S. Truman
Dmo
Senate Investigating Committee
Truman
Roosevelt
United States
Transi
Notable wartime leader voices call for postwar duties
In remarks praising a seasoned leader, the speaker stresses the need for proven leadership and experience as the nation moves from wartime to peace and takes on responsibilities in the postwar world.
Two Former Sioux City Detectives Freed from Prison
Perry L. Davis and Claude Bledsoe, former Sioux City detectives, were released from the state penitentiary last Wednesday after serving time for conspiracy tied to protecting narcotics and prostitutes. They appealed to the state and U S Supreme Courts without success. Civil service rules prevent felons from returning to Sioux City police work, and neither man had returned to the department.
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Fort Madison
Perry L. Davis
Claude Bledsoe
Sioux City
State Penitentiary
P. A. Lainson
United States Supreme Courts
Civil Service
Des Moines Hunter Killed in Rabbit-Hunting Accident
Des Moines resident Harold Mikesell aged 26 was killed Monday three miles east of Des Moines while rabbit hunting with his brother. The coroner ruled the incident accidental saying a .22 caliber rifle discharged as Mikesell slipped in the snow.
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Des Moines
Harold Mikesell
Here
A. E. Shaw
Mikesell
Willkie Enters Race Formally
Wendell Willkie formally announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination and said campaign organizations would be set up in every state. He named Ralph H. Cake as pre convention manager and Mrs. Frank Reynolds to head the women's organization. He stressed a vigorous nationwide campaign and outlined reasons for party unity and postwar aims.
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Portland
Ore
Wendell Willkie
Ralph H. Cake
Oregon
New York City
Frank Reynolds
Indiana
Willkie
California
Republican Party
United States
Evacuation of Papal Summer Residence Begins
Vatican radio said evacuation of Castel Gandolfo has started as about 10 000 refugees remain. The broadcast warned war actions against the village would threaten extraterritorial rights and civilians. Allies reported German troops in Castel Gandolfo grounds and warned of bombing if they stay.
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London
Castel Gandolfo
Vatican Radio
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