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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1945
Page
4
A collage of brief items lists celebrity quirks and cultural snips. Walter Winchell style gossips mix with rumors about Hitler, the press, and society figures. The column riffs on economics, censorship, and wartime morale amid light jabs at politics and show business.
In the 168th week of the war the government calls citizens to donate to the 1945 Red Cross drive with an appeal for 200 million dollars. It urges a midnight curfew for entertainment venues to save fuel and manpower and recommends transit efficiency and waste reduction to support wartime needs.
The Gazette lists Monday theater times for Paramount with Meet Me in St Louis at 1 3 10 5 20 7 35 9 45 and Cab Calloway Jumpin Jive Jubilee at 2 50 7 05 9 40. Other billings include The Suspect She Gets Her Man at State and The Seventh Cross Dangerous Journey at Palace plus Kansas City Kitty Cyclone Prairie Rangers at Rialto and Knickerbocker Holiday Flesh and Fantasy at Times with The Impatient Years Adventures of Kitty O Day at Marion.
Daily Lent reflection by Dr. Gaius Glenn Atkins urges lifting eyes to God beyond stars and earthly tasks. It links business, housework, politics, and worship to seeking higher truth with a prayer for vision and reliance on divine power.
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers policy committee warned of a potential bituminous coal strike in 30 days under the Smith Connally act as contracts expire March 31 negotiations start Thursday. Lewis denounced the act and said miners are coerced into issuing the notice.
IOWA CITY AP Cmdr. G. D. Fitzhugh has been promoted from executive to commanding officer of the Navy Preflight School in Iowa City. He succeeds Capt. Edward D. Washburn, who is ordered to active sea duty.
Pope Pius VII has fully recovered from influenza and will mark the sixth anniversary of his elevation to the Papacy and his 69th birthday in Vatican City. He remains in good health and continues his duties.
The War Production Board reported that January munitions production fell 1 percent from December and 2 percent from the schedule. Bad weather and manpower shortages were noted along with declines in steel and other raw materials, worsened by transportation tieups and fuel shortages. The WPB warned the outlook would worsen over the next five months due to these factors.
In Italy Fifth army forces improve positions around Monte Belvedere Mortella sector capturing new high ground northwest north and northeast. On the right flank artillery pounded enemy troops vehicles and installations while mortars hit Monte Cerere. Doughboys killed six and captured six Germans northeast of Castelnuovo. Eighth army repulsed two German raiding parties near Fusignano and San Polito after heavy shelling. Italian patrols near Rivola and Vena del Gesso Escarpment killed Germans and wounded more.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Cedar Rapids sees a 0.6 percent rise in the retail cost of 61 foods from mid-December to mid-January. Meats up 0.5 percent overall with beef and veal, pork, lamb, and chicken rising. The January index is 2.3 percent higher than a year ago and 46.7 percent above January 1941 base.
Nadine Subotnik reports on hospital ship broadcast at 7 p.m. over CBS and WMT from Charleston. Interviews with medical staff and merchant marine crew. H V Kaltenborn from Mexico City coverage at 6 45 p m over NBC and WHO. Rockefeller interview from Mexico City at 9 30 p m over Blue and KXEL. Flight Nurse on Cav alcade of America at 7 p m NBC WHO. Irene Swarthout on Howard Barlow at 7 30 p m NBC WHO. Iowa Minnesota game on WSUI at 7 55 p m. The Telephone Hour presents six young singers. Screen stars Garson and Grant in Bedtime Story for Radio Theater at 8 p m CBS WMT. Shop Around the Corner with Ed Wynn later over same network. Ed Wynn last broadcast at 8 p m Blue KXEL. Jerry Wayne new show next week. Edward Eagan and Christopher Morley on Information Please at 8 30 p m NBC WHO. Virginia Haskins replaces Josephine Antoine on Percy Faith at 9 p m NBC WHO.
A fragmented radio grid shows program slots across stations WMT WHO WGN KXEL and others. Entries include news segments Vox Pop Music Theater Devotions and worship hourly timing notes with scattered show titles and host names.
A detailed radio timetable lists programs across WMT WHO WGN KXEL and other stations from 7:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. including news, music, dramas, soap operas and variety shows with cast names such as Helen Trent Mary Miles Dick Baker and Buckaroos.
Word came Monday that Staff Sgt. Charles Baird Jr. son of Col. and Mrs. Charles G. Baird of Santa Maria California is missing in action over Germany since February 3. He was a top turret gunner on a Flying Fortress and Col. Baird now in England in charge of an American army hospital.
A fragmented listing shows a local radio schedule with programs across days and times. Notable entries include Bonanza shows like Kaye's Serenade, Monday and Saturday medleys, a Tuesday Questions segment, and a 4:00 program featuring Jahn back Rennelp. The list also hints at upcoming events such as a Food for Thought segment and a Jubilee Singers appearance.
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