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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
3
Fred Waring's Pleasure Time starts its fourth year with broadcasts today at 6 and 10 p.m. over NBC. The 10 p.m. is carried by WHO. The show originates in Boston linked to WBZ NBC affiliation celebrations. It has entertained over a million visitors and includes a 45-minute after-show.
Hour by hour TV radio listings show WMT WGN WENR and WHO programs for June 15 1942 including Easy Aces Serenade News Dance music and variety segments with hosts and guests listed alongside times across multiple stations. The dense guide covers music news soap opera content and theatrical features through late night and into midnight with morning continuation June 16 1942.
In a Soldiers Field address honoring Gen. MacArthur, War Production Board chair Donald M. Nelson warned that Americans will endure greater discomforts and tax burdens during the war, but expected a postwar period of renewed prosperity as production accelerates and materials are used more efficiently. He praised joint labor-management efforts and announced future production-merit honors.
The program asks the public to donate or sell rubber to station operators for a penny per pound. William R. Boyd Jr. explains proceeds go to United Service Organizations, the army and navy relief, and the Red Cross. Acceptable items include tires, soles, tubing, gloves, belts, and many rubber goods, with cautions to remove non rubber parts before delivery.
Sailors Russell Emery and Benjamin Uzik survived the Lexington bombing and torpedoing without injuries. Back in San Diego they were later injured in a traffic accident.
President Roosevelt’ s United Nations Flag Day address emphasizes four freedoms as universal rights, frames Axis oppression as a choice between tyranny and liberty, asks German Japanese and Axis nations and peoples to choose freedom, and closes with a pledge and a prayer for victory and unity. The speech declares the United Nations’ resolve to defeat tyrants and extend human rights globally.
A prayer for patience with the misled and betrayed, asking for courage to end oppression and the belief that the strong must prey on the weak. It calls for lasting brotherhood through actions, grounded in shared humanity as children of the earth.
A historical prayer-like proclamation urges solidarity with oppressed brothers and hunger striking for justice, security, and equal opportunity. It calls for a common faith to march toward a cleaner world where all can do their best.
The notice advertises joining the U S Army Air Forces as a second lieutenant with monthly pay from 183 to 245 dollars. It highlights rapid advancement due to a large expansion program and appeals to those with college study in relevant scientific subfields.
In Renton Washington two coal miners Archie Skiver and Robert Stonack survived 56 hours trapped 500 feet underground after a rock slide sealed off their tunnel. Rescuers blasted a 40 foot coal wall and freed them at 6 20 p m Sunday without ill effects.
Rescue crews spent 12 hours forcing a pipe through a rock slide to reach trapped men aboard the vessel Anhet Comey Air. Fire teams battled debris and adverse conditions as rescuers worked to free the sailors from the wreckage.
The American Medical Association and the District Society were found guilty in district court last year of conspiring against the Group Health association to thwart its aims. Justice James M. Proctor imposed fines of 2500 dollars on the AMA and 1500 dollars on the District society. All individual defendants were acquitted.
An AP report from Gladewater Texas recalls a funny cinema moment when an employee spotted a set of false teeth left in the theater aisle creating a side splitting scene for patrons.
Men age 18 to 26 who pass the Aviation Cadet exam may enlist as privates in the Army Air Forces for direct Aviation Cadet training or join the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve and await orders. If war requires, reserve status may be terminated by the Secretary of War and he may call men to active duty as needed.
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