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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1942

Page

7

Navy The First Line Debuts On CBS WMT

NADINE SUBOTNIK notes a radio program The First Line premiering on CBS and WMT Thursday 9:15 to 9:45 p.m. from WBBM Chicago with naval themes. Admiral Downes will speak at Great Lakes, chorus of 200 voices sings Anchors Aweigh and Stout Hearted Men, then The Star Spangled Banner. Also previews major bowls and New Year broadcasts across networks with notable hosts and performers.

United States Navy CBS WMT Annapolis America John Paul Jones WBBM Chicago Great Lakes Naval Training Center John Downes Hjalmar Hanson Navy Band

Radio Schedule Snapshot for New Year 1942

Hour by hour program list across WMT WGN WES WENR and others for Thursday Jan 1 1942 with placements for news, features, music, plays, and sports shows. Includes anchors Gra, Heatter, Ryan, Ber, Burling and a dense slate of actors, bands, and bands across stations.

Neon WMT Voice of I. Wwgn Guy Savagi WMT Gra WGN Gov Heles Herb Howard WGN Farrel Dette Carter Norman Rom Wella H. Holmes Prisc Art Kassel Terra Pirau Secret City Armstrong J. Armstrong Les Brown Fly Fatroi Andi Wow Wenr Music Hall Wrigay Bradie Easy Hank Keene Clif Cari Elson Wenr Keen Tracer WRQ Wander Bunny Sun WNT Maudia

Radio Schedule Fragments Include WMT WGN And WENR Listings

A jumble of radio times and show notes lists programs and stations such as WMT WGN WENR and identifiers like Uncle Harry Orphan Annie Hedda Hopper and J Armstrong. The fragment hints at musical segments news readings and fictional titles with 5320 p.m. and 8am slots.

WMT Pris Wayne WGN Harry Wenr Aggie Horn Orphan Annie Wenr Howe Hedda Hopper Terry J. Armstrong

Radio station highlights from Iowa educational institutions

Program guide outlines Iowa educational radio stations WSU Ames and University of Iowa Iowa City scheduling Friday blocks. Topics include Farm Facts, Homemakers, Market reports, News, Music, Story Book, and Sports with time slots from morning chapel to evening dinner music and Red Cross updates.

State of Iowa University of Iowa Iowa State College WSU Iowa City Wol Ames Red Cross

Heirs of Former Iowan Find Selves Unexpectedly Rich

Everett G. Johnson of Norman Oklahoma filed to probate his father J. Alfred Johnson estate. A safety deposit box opened in Omaha revealed cash and securities worth over 139000 including 25 new thousand dollar bills 100 shares of Homestake Mining stock 84000 in government securities a 20000 draft and deeds to farm land near Clarinda Iowa.

Omaha Everett G. Johnson Norman Okla J. Alfred Johnson J. C. Southard Johnson Big Springs Tex Clarinda Oklahoma Hudson Miller Effie Johnson Ey Neb Daugher Homestake Mining Company

Limited Car Output To Start Next Week

Detroit AP reports limited production of passenger automobiles to resume next week with an authorized 102 414 units for January and a February decision uncertain. Automakers expect a clearer view after a Washington meeting with production control officials about non military work and potential March resumption.

Detroit Washington

New Weapons Used by Japs in Hawaii

Wallace Carroll reports from Honolulu after Pearl Harbor that Japan introduced two new weapons and practiced high altitude attacks. Two person submarines and 15 inch armor piercing shells converted to aerial bombs were among the innovations observed.

Hawaii Japan Fear Harbor Wallace Carroll United Presa London New York Honolulu Pearl Harbor Rusa Moscow Army Navy United Press

Japanese Type O Fighter and Belt Tank Long-Range Capabilities

The article describes the dark blue top of aircraft against the Pacific, noting air-cooled engines from Pratt and Whitney patents, Hamilton propellers, and a jettisonable belly tank for extended range. It highlights the Type O fighter first seen in China in 1940 as a long-range plane capable of six hours aloft, with skepticism from observers prior to a downed example.

Chungking Japan China Europe Pearl Harbor Pratt and Whitney Company

Discovery of Heavier Armament on 1941 Aircraft

In the spring of 1941 investigators found the aircraft carried two 20 millimeter cannons and two machine guns, a weapon load heavier than any American fighter then in service.

Sioux Indians Let U.S. Keep 5 Million

Sioux tribes of North and South Dakota won a 5 million dollar payment from the court of claims for treaty violations over hunting grounds but waived the claim through Chairman Luke Gilbert of the tribal council on Wednesday until after the war.

Aberdeen S. D North South Dakota VA. 5S Court of Claims Luke Gilbert

Iowa Commission to Submit Defense Road Plans to U S

Ames Iowa may submit defense related road plans to the federal government for approval after allocations totaling 3 469 164 are made under the federal aid highway system secondary roads and railroad crossing programs The commission notes plans depend on which projects receive defense program approval and cites defense driven road needs and troop and supply movements.

Iowa U. S Ames Iowa State Highway Commission C. Coykendall Commission Cockendall

First Tokio Bomber Flyer. $1000 Defense Bond Offered

John L. Keeshin president of a trucking company offered a $1000 defense bond Wednesday to the first American armed forces flyer to drop a hazardous device on Tokyo. The pledge aims to spur early participation in air raids aboard missions over Japan.

Chicago John L. Keeshin Trucking Company

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