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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1944
Page
13
Radio preview notes Jimmy Cagney appearing at Duffy's tavern Tuesday at 7 30 p m with Ed Gardner. Benny Venuta joins the bill under a 13 week Duffy's contract to broadcast from New York. Peter Van Steeden leads the orchestra with Cantor Halep and Green also on the program.
President Roosevelt will broadcast his annual message recap Tuesday at 5 p.m. over all networks. Alfred E. Smith Frank Graham and Joseph Proskauer discuss unity and postwar aims on American Forum of the Air at 8 30 p.m. over Mutual. General DeBaer heads Report to the Nation at 8 30 p.m. over CBS and WMT. Bob Hope show at 9 p.m. on NIC and WHO. American Tomorrow series final at 9 30 p.m. on Blue with KXEL rebroadcast. Speakers include Taft Freer O Neal Shiskin and Dodd. Dan Ryan debuts on Jimmy Hilliard program at 11 30 p.m. Kitty Carlisle stars Home Front Matinee at 3 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
Hour by hour listings across stations WHO WGN KXEL WMT EXEL and others outline programs from 6:15 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. with news, dramas, music, soap operas, and market reports. Notable names include Roosevelt Gracie Fiel Arthur Hal Dorsey Judy Cano and Elizabeth Webb.
Iowa agricultural committee approves allocating one carload of oilseed meal to each county and a second carload to the 50 counties with the largest livestock increases. Distribution uses January government set aside meal. county committees will oversee within county distribution and dealer handling.
Washington AP The agriculture department estimates January 1 farm stored corn at 1.996 billion bushels down from 2.247 billion a year earlier and above the 1933-42 average. Wheat stores total 379 million versus 491 million a year ago and a 10-year average of 226.6 million. Oats 709.2 million vs 881.5 million a year ago and 639.9 million average. Soybeans 58.1 million stored, down from 88.2 million last year. Des Moines AP Iowa Jan 1 corn stocks total 518.999 million bushels, 81 percent of 1943 crop, up 10.3 percent from last year’s 470.175 million and 86 percent above 1931-40 average. Iowa oats 121.448 million and soybeans 11.8 million. National 10-year average stocks for corn 1.562 billion bushels.
Hollywood AP reports singer Judy Garland 21 plans to file divorce proceedings against Army Sgt. David Rose her husband. Garland says they have been separated since January 1943 and agreed separation is best to work out their mutual differences.
A two minute quake struck Mexico City Monday between 3 13 and 3 15 pm. No damage was reported. The Mexico City seismological observatory placed the epicenter 300 miles southwest of the capital.
British and American authorities analyze Sweden and Switzerland reports to gauge Berlin remarks. They suspect a week to month lead time in Nazi projections to influence Germans and the world, possibly signaling a retreat into Poland and Romania or a propaganda victory before winter.
The text cites British and American overconfidence aiding reliance on German collapse this winter. It claims Berlin sources feeding Swedish correspondents exaggerate the situation on the Russian front.
Jersey City report says Nancy Sinatra gave birth to an eight pound 13 ounce boy at Margaret Hague hospital at 4 50 p m Monday. The child is the Sinatras second, joining sister Nancy Sandra. Frank Sinatra in Hollywood was told by telephone.
Scranton postmaster general Frank C. Walker, visiting his hometown, dismissed Harrison E. Spangler’s claim of a soldier vote survey showing 56 percent Republican. Walker said the Democratic National Committee has not conducted such a survey and will not, urging all servicemen be allowed to vote in the upcoming election.
DES MOINES UP Henry W Burma of Allison speaker of the Iowa house obtained nomination papers for governor. He faces Lt. Gen. Robert Blue of Englerove in the 1944 primary. Others obtaining papers include D A Donahue and Irving D Long, both incumbents.
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