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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1942

Page

14

Radio By NADINE SUBOTNIE BEAT MOMENTS in Music Debuts

NADINE SUBOTNIE BEAT MOMENTS in Music launches on TD airlines Wednesday presenting Puccini La Boheme on WMT at 9 15 p m weekly. A permanent cast led by Tenn y n Jean Ten nyson Jan Peerce Robert Weede and Suzanne Sten with conductor George Sebastian. Osa Massen to co star in Dr Christian on WMT at 7 30 p m with Hersholt playing the doctor’s father and Massen in a flashback to America arrival. GOSSIP notes Wood and crew set for thrice weekly show ASCAP chief Gene Buck urges fighting songs Crosby seeks a femme singer I Q McClain inducted into Phi Theta Pi at Des Moines. WGN opens with America the Beautiful and closes with The Star Spangled Banner. Duffy’s Tavern adds audience door interviews for laugh mikes.

TD Airlines WMT Jean Tennyson Jan Peerce Robert Weede Suzanne Sten George Sebastian Osa Massen Jean Wersholt Dr. Christian Hersholt Miss Massen America Advance Barry Wood Wood-Nymphs Gene Buck ASCAP Bob Crosby I. Q Jimmy McClain Phi Theta Pi International Honorary Commerce Fraternity Des Moines Capital WGN Ed Gardner

Notable Radio and TV Picks Include War Fund Programs

Mrs Colin Kelly Jr widow of the Pacific air hero will headline a Red Cross war fund drive program on WH0 Wednesday night at 10 30. Gov George Wilson and Des Moines Mayor Mark Conkling also speak. Guests on Fred Allens Star Theater include Andy Devine and Penn State student Leon Rabinowitz with impressions of Edward G Robinson John Barrymore Walter Winchell Jimmy Durante Rochester and Carmen Lombardo on WMT at 8 p m. Jay Jostyn stars in Mr District Attorney The Case of the Blood Ruby on WHO at 8 30 p m. Joe Louis Buddy Baer fight preview featuring Walter Winchell Ben Dunphy and Dave Rose on WGN Friday at 2 p m. Bill Davidson offers an original Revolutionary era navy dramatization.

Colin Kelly, Jr Pacific George Wilson Mark Conkling Des Moines Red Cross Kelly Andy Devine Penn State Leon Rabinowitz Edward G. Robinson John Barrymore Walter Winchell Jimmy Durante Rochester Carmen Lombardo Fred Allen Star Theater WMT Jay Jostyn WHO Vicki Vola Miss Miller Len Doyle Harrington Joe Louis Buddy Baer Navy Relief Fund Navy Louis Greenwood Lakes N. Y Ben Dunphy MBS Baer Dave Rose WGN Bill Davidson United States Navy

Evening radio schedule lists shows and news programs

The page outlines an hourly TV radio lineup for Wednesday January 7 with entries for WMT WGN WENE and WLS. Shows include Easy Aces Mr Keen News Vander Utley and Hal Culver among others with various news segments.

WGN Bradile Easy Keen Vander Utley WLS Bentley Burnley Hal Culver

Nighttime Radio Schedule Mix Includes News and Music

A dense listing of radio programs across stations WMT WGN WLS WHO WENR and others. Entries show show titles hosts and approximate times from 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. including News and Music blocks and varied programs like The Lone Ranger Dr Christian and Kay Kyser.

WGN Cal Tinney WLS Leo Brown WMT Helen Trent Ryan Jam Lewis Tegn Bob Crosby Helen Wesr Turner

Radio Schedule Fragments Highlight Early 1940s Programs

A dense list of radio time blocks and program titles from 1942 1943 era outlets WMT WGN WLS WENR WHO and others. It catalogs shows per hour with hosts actors and program names across morning afternoon and evening slots.

Radio Schedules for Iowa Educational Stations

Highlights list broadcast times for University of Iowa Iowa State College and Wartburg stations in Iowa City and surroundings. Programs include chapel, news, farm and home, geography travel, sport time, organ masterworks and Wartburg features with morning and afternoon slots.

the Educational Institutions of State of Iowa University of Iowa Iowa State Collerse Iowa City

Sawicki Baptized in Cook County Jail Before Execution

Bernard Sawicki a 19 year old killer of four is baptized in the chapel at Cook County jail with about 100 inmates present. The condemned youth who boasted during his trial said religion might have helped him earlier and recalled the 10 Bible chapters he memorized before his scheduled electrocution on January 17.

Chicago Bernard “Knifey Sawicki Cook County Jail Frank G. Sain Chicago Park Momence Sam Sawkicki Illinois Training School For Boys St. Charles

Shipbuilding Fund Passed By Committee

Washington AP The House Naval Affairs Committee approved authorization for 845 million dollars to support shipbuilding and repairing facilities less than a day after the Navy Department request.

Washington House Naval Affairs Committee Navy Department

Former Livestock Marketing Head Dies

Charles A. Ewing 83 former president of the National Livestock Marketing association and of the American Institute of Cooperation died Tuesday in Decatur Illinois. The report also notes Ronald Colman’s first office boy job aboard a steamship line in England earning 2.50 a week.

Decatur, Ill Charles A. Ewing National Livestock Marketing Association American Institute of Cooperation Ronald Colman Zx Steamship Company England

Lear's Creed Shapes Soldier Mission And Civics Training

General Ben Lear launches a 13 week educational program at army posts to teach soldiers the meaning of the nation, constitution, and world crisis. Yale and Harvard professors help craft 26 geography history and democracy lectures, plus 13 on army structure and propaganda.

Lear America United States Army Yale Harvard United States Army Navy Marine Corps Russia China Seas William G. Fletcher Yale Department of International Relations Ralph H. Gabriel

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Bowel Movement

Constipation brings headaches mental dullness and a half alive feeling when bile does not flow daily into the intestines. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets are advertised to stimulate bile secretion and improve intestinal action. Priced 15¢ 30¢ 60¢ at all drug stores.

Dr. Edwards

Direct Allied Drive on Germany Hinted in F R Talk

London observers said Roosevelt's pledge to send an American expeditionary force to Britain seals plans for a 1940s frontal assault on Germany. With 2,000,000 trained troops in Britain and allies ready in the Atlantic, bases in Northern Ireland and Iceland support a western push while Russia pressures the east.

Germany F. R London Roosevelt AEF Britain Northern Ireland United States Iceland Hitler

Hitler Storm Troops Reported Fading Out

Reliable dispatches from Germany say Adolf Hitler s brown shirted storm troopers are losing influence in the Nazi party and may soon cease to function. The S A has borne heavy duties since early days and is said to be slipping after the Russia campaign. The SA newspaper Die SA stopped publication in August and many SA men were drafted into regular units in army uniforms. A secret order bans SA meetings and a Berlin observer cites criticism of the Russian campaign as a possible cause.

Bern Switzerland Germany Adolf Hitler The S. A Sturm Abteilung Russia Die S. A Berlin

Shipbuilders Ready To Tackle Huge Job

New York AP report says shipbuilders can build 10,000,000 tons of ships as requested by President Roosevelt if given a constant flow of materials equipment and uninterrupted labor. The goal is launching two ships daily in 1942 with 220000 more workers added to 500000 already employed in new construction.

New York Roosevelt

Japan’s Changsha offensive ends in disaster after failed capture

Chungking reports describe Japan losing as many as 70 000 of 100 000 troops in the Changsha assault. Chinese forces claim 30 000 Japanese casualties and trapping 40 000 others on plains between the Laotao and Liuang rivers.

Chungking Japan Changsha China Hunan Laotao Liuang

Chinese counter offensive opens as Ichang comes under new assault

Chinese troops, after driving Japanese forces 10 miles from Changsha, launch a two pronged sweep against Ichang. Armies attack from western Hupeh mountains and Yangtze gorges, signaling a renewed general counter-offensive on multiple fronts. Ichang lies about 300 miles northwest of Changsha.

Chungking INS Changsha Ichang Hupeh Yangtze River

Laboratories Seek Synthetic Rubber From Vegetable Oils

The Bureau of Agricultural Engineering and Chemistry conducts experiments to make synthetic rubber and substitutes from vegetable oils such as corn, soybeans, and cottonseed. Regional labs in Peoria and New Orleans report progress toward a commercially feasible rubber extender, with a pilot plant proposed at Peoria pending Congress funding.

Washington Bureau of Agricultural Engineering and Chemistry Peoria Ili New Orleans Congress Peoria Laboratories

1942 Model McLemore promises new year self restraint

Reviewing Stand with Henry McLemore looks at New Year resolutions as 1942 begins. The column humorously contrasts the 1941 chain smoker and overeater with a hypothetical 1942 model, then declares a postponed effort to self improvement and a pact to cease hostilities with his past self until 1943.

13 Million Workers Needed for Defense Program

The OPM labor division estimates it will take 15 million workers to build planes tanks ships and guns for the President’s defense program this year. Defense production employed 5.2 million in November among 40.7 million non agricultural workers in the country.

Washington OPM Bureau of Labor Statistics

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