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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1945
Page
5
The program returns the character Jack to the cast tonight as part of One Man's Family. The episode resumes the storylines with Jack present and interactively addressing earlier plot gaps.
GE Gilman reprises Jack Barbour on the radio serial at 9 30 p m Tuesday over Blue and EXEL while on leave from Fort Sill Oklahoma where he serves as an artillery instructor Carleton Morse author of the series has Jack Barbour enlist and be sent to the army on Gilman's leaves The chapter titled A Soldier's Holiday is part of the current broadcast schedule featuring various CBS NBC and mutual network programs and performers including Jim Ameche Monica Lewis and Johnnie Johnston
Sen Tom Connally of Texas will discuss the Big Three conference on Congress Speaks at 9 30 p m over CBS and WBEM Actress Shirley Booth Comedian Stuart Erwin and Stage and Screen Star Clifton Webb will visit Helen at 9 30 p m over NBC and
A dense timetable lists station lineups and programs from WMT WHO WGN KXEL and others. Entries include news Phone Quiz Music Cymbals and various show titles with start times from 6 p.m. through late evening across stations WMT WHO WGN KXEL.
General Douglas MacArthur announced a steady reduction of Japanese positions on Luzon and Corregidor as U S forces mopped up the rear of batteries and pressed through Manila. naval air actions damaged Formosa targets and sank freighters near the French Indochina coast.
Manila reports Fort William McKinley seized as mortars batter Intramuros walls and civilians held inside may reach freedom. American units and tanks drive into McKinley while Japanese resistance continues at Ft. Santiago, endangering thousands of civilians in the old Walled City.
In Des Moines the Iowa senate saw 63 bills introduced as the filing deadline neared with 287 total measures to date. Sen. Carl O. Stalin Rain led a record 35 sponsors on a bill to end the automatic reduction in passenger car registration fees after the third renewal. The change would lift the average fee by about $3 yearly and add roughly $2.143 million in annual revenue. One million dollars would go to the primary reel fund and the rest to other road projects.
Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins reflects on Psalm 2 in a 1945 lent devotional. He warns that vain imaginations fueled by power threaten law and order and urges Christian imagination guided by God's laws. A closing prayer asks for purification of imagination to serve Jesus Christ.
Two Cedar Rapids soldiers were among 12 Iowa casualties returned to New York with 976 Western Front battle casualties on three army transports from Europe Sunday. Pvt. George Jirinec, wounded December 3 in Germany, has a sister in Cedar Rapids and two brothers in service. Pvt. Ernest Fikers, wounded October 19 in Europe, worked as a salesman before enlistment. his father and wife are listed in Cedar Rapids.
Red Cross speakers bureau members met at campaign HQ to brush up on program aims and public speaking. Ray Short led the session with four stock reactions and Mrs. Hallman chaired the bureau. officials noted volunteers serving at Schick General Hospital and in rehabilitation work.
Mrs. Peck argues that public trust is eroded when only partial truths are shared about Red Cross aid and cIGARETS. She notes the absence of a blood processing center in Iowa pending national quota and praises constructive criticism while recalling how a Cedar Rapids boy’s letter led to jam and jelly food parcels for prisoners of war.
The House Military Affairs Committee reported favorably a bill to draft nurses for the armed forces. It provides for selective service registration of all unmarried nurses aged 20 to 45.
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