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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1944

Page

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Radio Schedule Highlights With Celebrities

NADINE SUBOTNIK reports a midweek radio lineup featuring DA LUPINO joining Sinatra and Wheeler in a tear-jerker ballad on CBS and WMT at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Axel Stordahl conducts, Truman Bradley announces, and other NBC CBS WSUI WMT broadcasts include Fred Waring’s Victory Tunes, Monty Woolley and Sammy Kaye, Seahawk Log from Iowa City, Betty Hutton on Eddie Cantor, Mr District Attorney, and a Great Moments in Music segment with John Brooks McCormack, Jean Tennyson, and Robert Weede.

DA Lupino Frank Sinatra Bert Wheeler Sinatra CBS WMT Axel Stordahl Truman Bradley Seahawk Navy Iowa City WSUI Thomas Reilly John Brooks McCormack Jean Tennyson Robert Weede Victor Herbert Woolley-Kaye WHO Seahawk Log Eddie Cantor Dunninger Jack Carson

Radio Schedule February 16 1944 Morning to Late Night

A detailed hour by hour radio lineup for Wednesday February 16 1944 across stations WGN EXEL WHO WMT KXEL and others. Programs include Dr Bradley Rangers Phone Quiz Burling Horths Kay Kyser Arch Ward Kay Armen and Kate Smith with News and Sports updates throughout the day and night.

Bradley Rangers H. James O Burling WGN Holk’k Exel Var Horths -Kaye EXEL Sune Ews Nielsei Bob Ripley Lum WMT Christian Caget + hoc Bes Irl WMT Melodiers KXEL Vic. Farms WGN Rhodes Owen Bearming KXE Arm Portee Kerrigan Beck Vict. Farms Bill Guiding Sie Mart Ub Foe Breas Farrel Wee J. Jordan Tracy N Soldiers Nelson Learn Terry Pirates Merv Marlin Ma Perkins

Limited Service In Army for Men With Only One Eye

DES MOINES AP Camp Dodge induction station says it has inducted about 100 one eyed men for limited service in the past year. They are not sent overseas but receive six weeks of basic training and perform clerical and administrative duties at army posts nationwide. The station also accepts men with one or two fingers missing, but rejects those missing legs, arms, or hands.

Des Moines Camp Dodge Norman W. Flaherty Flaherty

Government Seizes Licorice Products in Minneapolis

U S district attorney Victor Anderson ordered seizure of 130 cases of Licorice Products company foods from Dubuque Iowa stored in Minneapolis. He said the items were prepared under unsanitary conditions and contained traces of rodents and insects.

ST. Paul, Minn Licorice Products Company Dubuque Minneapolis Victor Anderson U. S Anderson

Black Market Gas Rations Threaten War Effort Says Bowles

Price Administrator Chester Bowles warned on Blue Network that gasoline black markets drain about 2.5 million gallons daily, potentially cutting A card rations by 25 percent. He called the issue a serious wartime problem and urged public cooperation in reporting illegal sales while noting trials and punishments for rationing violators.

Washington (Ap Chester Bowles OPA Bowles Blue Network Chislers

Blind Workers Kept At Ordnance Plant

DES MOINES AP The blind war workers at the Des Moines ordnance plant will stay at their jobs despite layoff of 5000 employees, an executive of the Rubber company said Tuesday. Other handicapped workers mainly deaf mutes face layoff by seniority with no special protection. A R Baldwin assistant service manager said the blind will not be laid off regardless of seniority, adding the union supports this. He noted the other handicapped workers, though skilled, can move to other jobs and will keep their seniority.

DES Moines Des Moines Ordnance Plant United of Rubber Company Tuesay A. R. Baldwin Baldwin

Roosevelt says occupation money is printed for many lands

President Roosevelt stated that occupation currency is being printed for a long list of European countries in anticipation of Allied reconquest. He noted currency may be prepared for Germany and explained the United States has long printed money for various European nations destined for occupation.

Washington (Is Roosevelt Germany France United States Europe

Hospital Bombing Not Deliberate, Probe Finds

ANZIO BEACH-HEAD Italy Feb 11 The investigation shows the Feb 7 Red Cross hospital bombing and Feb 10 shelling were not deliberate. A captured German pilot and an Allied pilot indicate the anti-personnel bombs were jettisoned in a dive to escape. Casualties included American nurses from shelling and prior machine-gun fire near tents marked with Red Cross insignia.

Norman Clark Combined Allied Press Anzio Beach-Head Italy Red Cross

Iowan to Head Feed Unit of Pillsbury Mills

Clyde H. Hendrix of Clinton Iowa will become vice president of Pillsbury Flour Mills Company feed mills division as announced by President Philip W. Pillsbury. The appointment was prepared Tuesday night in Minneapolis Minnesota.

Iowan Pillsbury’s Minneapolis Mns Clyde H. Hendrix Clinton Pillsbury Flour Mills Company Feed Mills Division Philip W. Pillsbury

CIO Organizes Safety Training for Union Reps at Wayne Univ

The CIO in Michigan has organized a safety training course for union representatives at Wayne University in Detroit. The program aims to equip delegates with risk awareness and workplace safety protocols ahead of new labor standards.

CIO Michigan Wayne University Detroit

Abbey Shelling and Shrine Respect Policy Decreed

Washington says the Benedi monastery on Mt Cassino was shelled as a military necessity since Germans used it as a fortress. Eisenhower and Smith orders urge sparing religious structures when not needed for operational needs and detail protections against looting and sacrilege.

Washington INS Roosevelt Mt. Cassino Italy Dwight D. Eisenhower Walter B. Smith

Would King Cole Be Merry With Stomach Ulcer Pains

Sufferers with stomach or ulcer pains indigestion gas heartburn and other acid related symptoms are advised to try Udea Tablets. The ad promises a first dose guarantee and a refund offer doubling money back if not satisfied. A 25c box is promoted through the druggist with instructions to return the box for the offer.

King Cole

OPA Sets Fix on Prices for Cut-Up Poultry

Washington AP The Office of Price Administration pins temporary retail and wholesale maximum prices on cut-up poultry items after investigations showed legs breasts wings and other parts selling near or above full bird cost. Chicago retail caps set wings gizzards and hearts 37 cents per pound legs and breasts 75 cents backs and necks 18 cents.

Washington Office of Price Administration Chicago

Open Mail Service In Southern Italy Restored

President Roosevelt announced that Postmaster General Frank C. Walker signed an order restoring civilian mail service between the United States and 10 provinces of southern Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia. The United Kingdom joined in restoring civilian mail service with these areas.

Washington INS Roosevelt Frank C. Walker United States Italy Sicily Sardinia United Kingdom

Socialite Divorces George P. Putnam

Los Angeles AP report states socialite Jean Marie Putnam divorced George Palmer Putnam, former husband of Amelia Earhart, citing constant nagging berating and humiliations. The couple married in Boulder City Nevada in 1939, two years after Earhart’s disappearance. they separated last October.

Los Angeles George Palmer Putnam Amelia Earhart Jean Marie Putnam Putnam Jean Marie Consigny Boulder City Nev Miss Earhart Pacific

House Votes Ickes New 9000 Aide For War Time

In a war time vote the House approved adding a 9000 dollar per year assistant to Interior Secretary Ickes. The decision came amid debate that briefly brought Speaker Rayburn to the floor as supporters argued the extra aide would aid wartime administration.

Washington INS Rayburn House

Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria Dies at 88

The Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, aged 88, widow of Archduke Charles Louis and former Portuguese princess, died in Vienna per Swiss radio reported from London.

London Maria Theresa of Austria Archduke Charlies Louis Vienna

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