Radio Schedule Highlights Army Service Forces Series
NADINE SUBOTNIK notes one Army Service Forces program and a Boston Blackie mystery debut on Friday. The Service to the Front program on CBS and WMT at 7 30 p.m. will salute a different branch weekly with narration by John Walsh and Maj Gen Levin H Campbell Jr. Chester Morris stars Boston Blackie on NBC and WHO this summer.
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Army Service Forces
Boston Bladke
CBS
WMT
John Walsh
Levin H. Campbell, Jr
Army
Boston
Blackie
Amos ‘N’ Andy
NBC
WHO
Chester Morris
Radio Schedule Fragments From 1941 Broadcast Day
Fragmented listing shows hourly programs across WUO WGN WHO MWT and others for Saturday June 28 1941 with varied shows from News and Music to theater and kiddie programs. many station call letters repeated and several times late morning into evening.
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Boston
Moore-Drant
WGN
Ann
Leland Stow
Ted Malone
WMT
Stace Canteen
Weird Circle
Hael Nero Wolfe
WHO Music Shop Witt
MGN
Cunn
HKACL
Gross
WUO
Chicago Nigh Hall Sportlight
WMT Symphonette
WXEL
JWGN
Rshh
Jerry
Zelda Jam
Dreler
V.lind
WGN Reveille
KXEL
Ship of Joy
CBS
WMAQ
NBC
Mbs
Wexner
MWGN
BALL
Allen Roth
Helen
Johnny Betts
Skrutenborn
WNO Navy
Exel Neopes
Sweeney
Luellle
Ma'ners
Exel
Stase
Chas
Ruggles
Nelison
Let's Pretend
Treasury
Andy Devine
KXCL
Parkers
Bille Burke
Hockey Hall
XEL 1540 Club
Pportun
Rael
Navy Symt
BNO
Tom Howard
Heatter
Wito
Hickenlooper Knel Gangbusters
HI Neighbor
Woo Turner Co
Hollynd
Holler
WGN Red Cross
Wino Farm
WMT Melodiers
Ander
Grant
Bob Becker
Shelley
Owen
WGN Treasury
Ava Johnson
Lightnin
Joe EL Bonds
Better Farms
Johnny
Betta
R. Hebzen
G.O.P
Sheridan
Iowa Forum
Time to Talk More Of Good Things in U S Hill Asserts
Robert E. Lee Hill, University of Missouri alumni director, urged a Montrose hotel audience to focus on good in the United States and defend freedoms. Speaking to Lions club members he praised education, citizenship, and the nation’s system while noting youth sacrifice and concerns about delinquency.
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U. S
Hill
University of Missouri
Montrose Hotel
The
Lions Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Rotary, International
Extend President's Seizure Authority Extended by One Year
Unani mous house passage sent to the White House extends the President's power to requisition personal property and materials for the war effort for another year beyond June 30. The act requires use only when purchase or negotiation fails and mandates a fair price be paid.
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Washington
House
White House
Accused Con Man Indicted in Federal Case
John K. Meredith a 54 year old reputed nation’s con man was indicted on three counts of interstate check forgeries and transporting two stolen cars by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis He used sales patter in Cedar Rapids Des Moines Sioux City and Davenport posing as W S Harris and J M Clemens He cashed a 100 dollar check at the Roosevelt hotel and had Collins Radio officials vouched for him as he pursued radio equipment for Utah, with seven volumes of data detailing his nationwide activities referenced in The Gazette May 12.
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John K. Meredith
FBI
Indianapolis
Ind
Associated Press
Meredith
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
W. S. Harris
M H. Collins
Collins Radio Company
Utah
Roosevelt Hotel
Collins
Handler Motor Company
J. M Clemens
Ben S. Handler T
China Can Survive Dark Hour says Wallace
Vice President Wallace declared China can endure the current crisis as Japanese forces seize Changsha and advance south. He met with General Chiang Kai-shek and planned further discussions, while avoiding questions about the upcoming U.S. election.
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China
Wallace
Chungking
Wallace Friday
Hunan
Changsha
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Surprise Ending To Their Quest In England Parrot Found
In southern England rescue workers digging through bomb debris heard a hoarse voice say a line about not a war and discovered a parrot after about thirty minutes. The humorous moment came as British reporters covered the bot bomb aftermath.
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London
England
Man Given Suspended Term for Larceny from Building
Marion Hancock 40 of 1912 Third Street SW changed his plea to guilty in Judge G P Linville's court on a daytime larceny from a building charge. He was sentenced to six months suspended in Linn County Jail and fined $1 after police arrested him in March for stealing an electric motor from Sears Roebuck.
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Marion Hancock
Third Street
G. P. Linville
Linn County
Hancock
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Cabaret tax to take effect July 1 1944
Deputy internal revenue collectors remind that a new 20 percent cabaret tax will become law July 1 1944. The tax lowers to 10 percent from the former rate but applies to venues offering both dancing and drinks.
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Internal Revenue
Actress Bettyjane Greer and Rudy Vallee Separate
Hollywood actress Bettyjane Greer announced she and Coast Guard Lt. Rudy Vallee have separated and she will file for divorce. The couple wed last December in a high profile ceremony drawing media attention.
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Hollywood
Calif
Bettyjane Greer
Coast Guard
Rudy Vallee
French Resistance Strikes Behind Nazi Lines Across France
Eisenhower lauds Maquis and resistance groups for disrupting German transport behind lines near the Swiss border. Sabotage delays two German armored divisions. railways, bridges, canals and telephone networks crippled in Brittany, Rhone valley, Bordeaux region, and other regions as French forces administer occupied towns amid ongoing skirmishes with German reinforcements.
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Allied Hdq
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Normandy
Eisenhower
Vercors
Ain
Pyrenees
Vosges
Marne
Ardennes
Aisne
Creuse
Bordeaux
Bordeaux Poitiers
Rhone Valley
Brittany
Loiret
Paris
Amberieux
British Drive Reopens Imphal Kohima Supply Route
Allied forces retook the 60 mile Imphal Kohima highway in three months of fighting, killing about 14 000 Japanese. A Japanese invasion of India last March involved 75 000 frontline troops with 15 000 auxiliaries. The push was halted as two British columns joined to defeat the remnants of the Fifteenth and Thirty-first divisions south of Kohima. The victory restores overland links between Imphal and Kohima and thwarts the Indo Burma China supply plan.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal-Kohima
Japan
India
Nouth
Kohima
Imphal
Burma
Manipur
Scouts Sign Up for Camp Waubeek Outings
About 325 Scouts registered to spend part of their summer at Camp Waubeek announced by Reuben Smith at Waubeek area council meeting. The 1945 budget will be considered at the July meeting. Sea Scout Commodore George J.W. Smith said Cedar Rapids Sea Scouts plan to attend the Davenport regatta in August, with Rollo Pickford presiding.
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Camp Waubeek
Reuben Smith
Waubeek
Boy Scouts of America
Y.M.C.A
George JW. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Rollo Pickford
Porter Will Leave Sinclair Pastorate
Announcement reports Rev William C Porter resigning as pastor of Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian church in Cedar Rapids. He will become pastor of the Ringgold County Diagonal Platté Center Prairie Star charge in Ringgold County starting July 2. Porter led Cedar Rapids church nearly three years since July 1941 after moving from Waterloo.
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William C Porter
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church
Porter
Diagonal-Platté Center
Prairie Star
Ringgold County
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
First United Presbyterian Church
Winterset
Crawfordsville
Earl Brockman Declines Run for Linn County Auditor
Earl Brockman of Marion announced he will not seek the Republican nomination for Linn County auditor at the June 30 convention. He notes no active candidacy and resigns to narrow the field to Vernon Brockman, Harriet Ballard, Otto Hanzlik, and a receptive Charles Rubbins among others.
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Vernon Brockman
Ballard
Earl Brockman
Cedar Rapids
Hanzlik
Earl T. Brockman
Marion
Linn County
The
Gazette
Broekman
Harriett L. Ballard
GOP
State Central Committee
Otto Hanzlik
Charles Rubbins
Ray C Coutts
Quaker Oats Registers Ten Million Debentures
Quaker Oats company of Chicago registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ten million dollars in 2 percent 20 year debentures. Harriman Ripley and companys of New York is the principal underwriter. Proceeds will bolster working capital for future improvements.
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Philadelphia
Quaker Oats Company of
Chicago
Securties and Exchange Commission
Harriman Ripley and Companys
New York
Billion War Stamps Sold by Newsies
The nation’s newsboys have sold 1,175,267,407 ten cent war savings stamps from Pearl Harbor to June 8. The International Circulation Managers association reported strong central state sales led by Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Michigan Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Wisconsin with a total well over 300 million stamps.
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ST Louis
Boys of the Nation
Pearl Harbor
International Circulation Managers Association
Central States
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Cedar Rapids Lawyer Elected Director of Quota International
Mrs Imogene Emery, a Cedar Rapids lawyer and charter member of the Cedar Rapids Quota club, was elected to a two year term as international director of Quota International at the Niagara Falls convention. She has served in multiple leadership roles and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1940.
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Imogene Emery
Cedar Rapids
Quota International
Niagara Falls
Emery
Quota Club
Imcal
Business and Professional Womens Club of
University of Iowa College of Law
United States Supreme Court
Iowa State Bar Association
Jim County Bar Association
Premium Gasoline Cut For Civilian Use Ordered
Secretary Ickes announced an immediate reduction in civilian premium gasoline due to military needs for tetraethyl lead. He said the cut would apply in July and for an unspecified period, with a target to conserve scarce fuel while meeting wartime demands.
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Washington
Ickes
Gasoline Supply Plan Cuts Premium Output in June
The plan aims to reduce premium gasoline production while keeping civilian supply steady as refineries increase regular gasoline output. Officials indicate the shift will raise share of supply available in June to about 40 percent.
Texas Court Rules Convention System Still Prevails
Texas Supreme Court affirmed that the Democratic convention system remains the method for selecting presidential electors in the state. The Roosevelt electors had sought to have their names on the July 22 primary ballot, arguing for nomination in the primary.
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Austin
Texas
INS
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Whelan Named to State Rehabilitation Group
Gov Bourke B. Hickenlooper appoints R. L. Whelan as advisory member of the Town postwar rehabilitation commission on the committee on servicemen and women. Whelan of 2208 Bever avenue SE becomes a state commander of the Disabled American Veterans. Don L. Berry chairs the commission. members serve without pay.
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R. L. Whelan
Bever Avenue
Disabled American Veterans
Robert Calflesh
Whelan
Don L. Berry
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Johnny Mercer
Birmingham Hospital
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Mutual
John Reed King
Frank Forest
Norrison Spangler
Republican National Committee
Richard Narkness
Harkness
Norris Goff
Chet Lauck
Abner
Basil Rathbone
John Silver
Robert Louis Stevenson
Chanteuse Yvette
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
Andre Baruch
Lucille Manners
Esa
Harrison Spangler
Wmaq Music Shop
Wisu Nem
Wig C. Gilbert
Mus Kxel ‘School News
Nina
KXLL
Maddu
Clutam
Vic
Mary Miles
Dick Baker
Yer
London News
WMT Corliss Archer
Navy Board
L Murray
Dixon
Music Mart
Curt Massey
Henson
VMT Amn
Serenade
Nancy Martin
Wismer
Hickenlooper
World Today
Shnny Betts Kxel
Rmi
L. Henderson
MY Love Mystery
Ivory Soap & Okydol
Francis Shileny
Joseph Shileny
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Vallees
Ginsberg
Security
Second Street SE
Sinclair Pastorate
David M. Elderkin
William C, Porter
Frank Nye
Vernon
Quaker Oats
Newsies
Imogen B. Emery
Merle &. Garnoe, Q.D
Tihad Street
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