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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1945
Page
16
The radio program featuring Wendell Niles and Don Prindle premieres tonight on Blue network. The duo hosts a mix of music, chatter, and guest segments, marking a notable start for the station’s late evening lineup.
NADINE SUBOTNIK reports a comedy debut by Wendell Niles and Don Prindle on CEBOX FOLLIES at 9 p.m. over Blue and KXEL. The lineup includes Elvin Alman Mel Blanc Gale Robbins Carmen Miranda Judy Canova Joan Bennett Walter Huston Phil Silvers and others with Verdi excerpts and a National Association of Manufacturers panel in Cincinnati.
Hour by hour listings cover WMT WGN WHO and other stations with programs from morning to late evening. Notable names include Jack Carson Ellery Queen Milton Ber k WGN and KXEL narrations across multiple time slots.
Radio schedule lists Ellery Queen at 6 30 on WMT Jack Carson at 7 00 Dr Christian at 5 30 WMT Henny Youngman on WHO 5 30 Frank Sinatra on WMT 8 00 Eddie Cantor on WHO 8 00 Which Is Which on WMT 8 30 Great Moments on WMT 9 00 Kay Kyser on See WHO 9 00 Niles and Prindle on KXEL 9 00 Milton Berle on WMT 9 30
Washington AP reports farm bloc hails new selective service directive to protect farm labor. Rep Lemke says farms would be denuded without it and urges reclassified workers to apply for review. Sen Reed calls for Kansas deferment appeals while noting the directive may delay inductions.
The forty seventh annual convention of the Iowa Retail Hardware Association in Des Moines scheduled for February 13 to 16 has been postponed following a suggestion from the war committee on conventions in Washington. Officers said the move aims to hasten victory and the return of service members.
British headquarters in Athens reported that several pro British demonstrators were injured Monday in Salonika by stray shots from Elas supporters.
The 24th Division's Second Battalion, 19th Regiment, known as Leyte's Lost battalion, included 18 Iowans who survived four days of mountain fighting to block Japanese reinforcements near Ormoc. Led by Lt. Col. Robert B. Spragine, the unit endured hunger, jungle rot, and heavy fire before joining American forces with 10 percent killed or wounded and 600 Japanese dead. Iowa survivors listed include John Barents Jr., Henry Cartwright, Hubert Clark, Alexander Detemmerman, Robert Egelhof, Rudolph Albert, Carroll Haman, Ivor Hand, Bernard O Reilly, Roy Allbright, Lester Bartell, Leslie Hempill, Willis Holland, Kenneth Pate, John Peterson, Robert Wickey, Henry Conway, and Robert Harris.
Berlin admitted the Russian advance was largely unchecked as German civilians fled eastern Poland and Germany. Refugees, mainly women and children, streamed toward the Reich while officials warned of the growing threat and the front's dangerous, unsettled state.
Baylor University and Southern Methodist University in Dallas returned checks totaling 55 000 dollars from liquor merchants after rejecting the gifts. Baylor gave 25000 dollars and SMU 30000 dollars, but both boards refused the money citing all issues involved.
An American official said the top item for the Big Three talks is a political and economic plan to guarantee Germany cannot wage war. Proposals Roosevelt may present to Churchill and Stalin were not specified. Officials hint at some international control of the Rhineland industrial region with French participation likely essential to lasting peace.
Report from TARLAC on inter guerrilla strife after Jap defeat. Rival factions led by U S sponsored guerrillas and Hukbalajap clash over control and government demands centering on central Luzon. A key leader cites distrust and personal enmity fueling disputes as Japan is driven out.
In Washington a White House messenger delivered a medium package to a northwest home. Inside lay a pearly grey fedora engraved with F D R initials. The delivery marked President Roosevelt’s payoff on a 26 year old bet about his future presidency.
The Bern radio announced that several thousand American prisoners of war have been transferred from the Philippines to Japan. Radiograms received by the Geneva-based agency reportedly include detailed accounts of each prisoner, with messages ranging from 1,200 to 1,500 words.
J Creswell Young, a real estate broker, once beted Mr Roosevelt that he would become president. He wrote to the President two weeks ago to remind him of the wager. When asked why he hadn’t collected, Young said he never got around to bothering the President.
Former Assistant Attorney General Norman Littell charged that Attorney General Biddle withheld evidence. Littell claimed a German breakthrough on the homefront was overlooked while noting the enemy’s economic influence persists after war front gains were erased.
Biddle failed to submit all evidence needed to finalize an amicable settlement of the government anti trust suit against Sterling Products. The case accuses Sterling of a trade restraint agreement with British firms and the German IG Farbenindustrie prior to the war.
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