Radio Network Schedule Highlights Red Cross Day
NADINE SUBOTUNE reports a Red Cross day with CBS broadcasts on Wednesday night. Great Moments in Music features Jean Tennyson John Brooks McCormack and Richard Bonelli with a 9 p.m. salute over CBS and WMT. A 10:30 p.m. dramatic program written by William N. Robson airs on CBS with WBBM rebroadcast. Victor Borge appears on The Supper Club at 6 and 10 p.m. on NBC. Perry Como and Ted Steele perform. From Deep Within tells of a wounded veteran at 7:30 p.m. on CBS and WMT featuring Jean Hersholt. Abbott and Costello join Frank Sinatra at 8 p.m. on CBS and WMT with Bill Goodwin Azel Stordahl and his orchestra. Ken Murray's Which Is Which features Gere Jessel Ella Logan Jimmie Fidler Peter Lorre and Vera Vague or substitutes on CBS and WMT at 8:30 p.m. Al Pearce appears on Don Prindle Wendell Niles show at 9 p.m. on Blue and KXEL. Peter Lorre may appear on Milton Berle Let Yourself Go at 9:30 p.m. on CBS and WMT. Edward Tomlinson moderates an Inter-American conference broadcast from Mexico City at 9:30 p.m. on Blue and KXEL.
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Ken Murray
Milton Berle
Tax Focus Lets Thief Steal Wallet in Portland
Oliver Ronning paid the price for tax concentration when a thief nabbed his wallet at a Portland drugstore after he studied his income tax form. The incident occurred as Ronning watched the form rather than his surroundings, costing him $58 in losses.
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Oliver Ronning
Hour by Hour Radio Schedule from 1945 Morning to Evening
Radio listings show hour by hour programs across WMT KXEL WGN WHO and others for Wednesday February 2 1945 and Thursday March 1 1945. Entries include news weather dramas music talk shows and varies times with show titles and host names such as Jack Ehirkw J Johns Milton Berle Eddie Cantor Red Cross Lewis and many station identifiers. The dense grid lists dozens of programs from 6 p.m. through 5 p.m. the next day across multiple stations.
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WMT
Grant
WGN Rhymesters
Owen Cowbors
WGN Pai
Ava Johnson
Grandma's Mutton Suet Rub Becomes Modern Penetro Relief
A traditional home cold rub using mutton suet, once common in grandma remedies, is presented as the precursor to Penetro. The ad claims Penetro carries the same old idea with added actives, offering rapid relief from chest congestion, coughing, and skin irritation by delivering medication through the skin.
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America
Everlasting Arms Underneath Our Lenten Devotion
Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins presents a daily Lenten meditation emphasizing the enduring support of God as seen in nature, moral order, answered prayers, and faith. The reflection cites Psalm 18 and Deuteronomy 33 and invites prayer for reliance on divine strength through Jesus Christ.
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P. Jacks
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Bishop Liberated From Japs Dies
The Most Rev. William H. O'Shea aged 65, Roman Catholic bishop of Heijo Korea, collapsed and died in Grand Central terminal after being released from a Japanese internment camp. He was connected with the Maryknoll missions Ossining New York and returned to the United States aboard the liner Gripsholm.
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Heijo
Korea
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Wilson pushes probe of Japanese atrocities against prisoners
Senator Wilson announced the senate military committee approved a resolution urging an investigation into Japanese prisoner and civilian internment abuses. The plan envisions sending a subcommittee to the West Coast to collect firsthand testimony from liberated Americans returning home.
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Wilson
R-Iowe
Senate Military Committee
New Road District Set Up in Grant Township
Linn county board of supervisors established a secondary road district in Grant township to surface 1.25 miles of road south of Walker. The road was on the 1943 three-year and 1944 one-year programs. Albert Hudson of Walker led the petitioning delegation.
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Rock Island Revenue at All Time January High
The Rock Island Lines reported January 1945 gross revenue of 16.26 million dollars, up 1.78 million from January 1944, with net operating income after taxes at 2.322 million, rising 220 thousand over the prior year. Chief executive J. D. Farrington stated the month set an all time high for the period.
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Decorah Soldier Confirmed Dead in Holland
Special to The Gazette reports Mrs. Skaim received official word on Monday confirming the death of her husband, Sgt. Clarence Skaira, in Holland in January. First reports appeared about three weeks prior.
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Hollywood fling brings Leslie Ferston back to screen briefly
Louella Parsons notes director Leslie Ferston returns to cinema for Pardon My Past with Fred MacMurray as star and captain role on a merchant ship. He plans no permanent comeback, resuming megaphone duties after this brief project. Da Lupino buys This World Is Mine rights for filming, eyeing Warners or 20th, while John Ford relative Phil Ford signs with Republic to direct Tiger Lady. potential Ford duo at Republic if John Ford contract proceeds. Barbara Hutton endures separation from Cary Grant, distressed over not seeing her son Lance amid custody worries and lawsuits.
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Taber Charges OWI Censorship Threat to Press Freedom
Representative John Taber accuses the Office of War Information of aiming to destroy press freedom and control government information. He cites a letter from OWI head Elmer Davis to James Byrnes as evidence of centralized information funneling and criticizes admin censorship while defending war-time limits. He argues press freedom is essential and warns of dictatorship if lost.
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OPA Seeks Steak and Roast Point Value Adjustments
Washington (UP) The OPA likely will cut point values for steak and roasts starting Sunday while raising points for certain low point meats. No official announcement has been made, but adjustments aim to balance purchases and prevent spoilage as high point meats lag and low point meats are snapped up. Expected changes include cuts for porterhouse T bone and club steaks as well as round and boneless sirloin, with potential increases for short ribs chuck boneless brisket bone in and brisket boneless.
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OPA
Insurance Breather Sent to White House
The Senate approved a compromise bill granting the insurance industry a three year moratorium from federal anti trust regulation and sent it to the White House. The measure preserves federal law only against boycott coercion and intimidation until January 1 1948, after which federal enforcement depends on states enacting anti trust laws.
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Senate
White House
Pepper D-Fla
Senate panel rejects all amendments on war duration
Washington AP report says the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday turned thumbs down on all constitutional amendments for the war's duration, blocking any immediate Senate consideration of proposals to involve the House in treaty ratification or to limit White House tenure.
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Notice of Appointment of Administratrix No 17911
The under signed Bertha Watt is named administratrix of Angie Ladd’s estate in Linn County Iowa on February 13 1945. Creditors must hasten payment and claimants file claims in the Linn County District Court with Crissman and Bleakley attorneys.
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Americans Seize 2 Mountain Peaks East of Manila
American troops advancing from the Marikina watershed east of Manila, supported by Marine dive bombers, captured two mountain peaks as they push along a 25 mile front into heavy Japanese fire. Maj. Gen. Mudge and Maj. Gen. Patrick’s divisions faced fierce resistance near Mt. Mataba and Mt. Tacawaban while pursuing the Kobayashi line and breaking toward Luzon's east coast. Corregidor’s garrison was being mopped up with pockets remaining, and Japanese forces in tunnels on Malinta continued self-destructive resistance as Liberator bombers hit targets from Formosa to Indo-China.
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Potent French Bloc Blasts at De Gaulle
Paris report notes the National Resistance council demanding an immediate return to democratic republican methods. It harshly criticizes General Charles de Gaulle's government for failing to implement a full program of political, economic and social reforms, reflecting the resistance movement's broad views within the assembly.
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House Group Flags Spending Policy of Executive Agencies
Washington agency spending under scrutiny as House Appropriations Committee blasts exec departments for anti-deficiency law violations. It cites over-obligations early in the fiscal year and warns Congress may need to grant funds or curb operations. The panel also rebukes reclassification of federal employees to secure higher pay.
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Decline in Strikes Shown for January 1944
Washington report shows January 1944 had 240 strikes and lockouts affecting 44,000 workers, with no single stoppage over 5,000. Man-days lost totaled about 228,000, the smallest January toll since 1932, and the number of workers involved was roughly half December’s.
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