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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1944

Page

8

Radio Stage Door Canteen Stars Rich Boswell and Woolley

RENE RICH Connee Boswell and Monty Woolley headline the Stage Door Canteen broadcast at 9 30 p m Friday on CBS Bert Lytell acts as officer of the day Raymond Paige conducts the orchestra Miss Rich a radio and movie actress currently in New York vacationing Miss Boswell one of the nations top songstresses Woolley a Hollywood actor also in New York between pictures Also noted are guests Phil Silvers Minic Dean Murphy and Marcy McGuire on the Charlie Ruggles show on WMT and other radio features including It Pays to be Ignorant and Vic tory Parade of Spotlight Bands with Navy interview and Shirley Temple Visiting Hour on Saturday

Rene Rich Connee Boswell Monty Woolley Phil Silvers Dean Murphy Marcy McGuire Charlie Ruggles WMT House Jameson Mr. Aldrich Lucille Manners WNO

Radio Schedule The Evening June 3 1944

A dense listing of radio programs across stations WHO WGN WMT WME and KXEL for Friday evening June 3 1944. The grid names shows news music talks dramas comedies and serials with times and station identifiers. Names include Cliff Helen Dreter Love Mystery Johnny Betts Reveille and others.

Helen Dreter WGN Johnny Betts Reveille Exel Rangers Exel WHO World News WMT Press WMTH Haines EXEL Gross Exel WHO Shelley Broadway WMT Hollerk WGN Reveille Ealtenbo Madho Lucille Manners ASMT Chas Russles Ceci Brown Pam Vic Mary Miles Moxel Parkers Dick Baker Axel Navy Allen Roth Tom Howard WGN News Heather O Brewster Boy Bance Boston Blackie Wait Moore Rante Don Reid KXEL Leland Grows Ted Natore Grant Lewis

Airman Leaves Message On Unity In Last Letter

TEWKSBURY Mass UP The final letter from Marine Corps airman Paul Houlihan to his mother was published. Written before a raid he expected, he urges unity on the home front and says his sacrifice serves a higher cause. He expresses pride in facing death and confidence that peace will follow.

Tewksbury Mass Marine Corps South Pacific Paul Houlihan Jeremiah Houlihan

July Meee Vogt Day Event Sparks Odd Rally

An unusual local item describes a July event titled Meee Vogt Day led by Jude Corbanens. The fragment hints at a quirky gathering with aquatic or mechanical imagery and a playful, mysterious tone.

Canned Vegetables Back Under Ration Points This Sunday

The Office of Price Administration Restores point values for canned peas and tomatoes at five points and asparagus at ten points as rationing returns to some vegetables. Officials say most canned produce will soon be back under rationing while fruits remain high priced and frozen goods stay ration free. Curtis Rogers notes civilian supplies will dip 15 to 20 percent in the new pack year due to armed forces requisitions.

ARKO Darries Peaghis Atelier Tomaso Vesitaris Ededy Prom Neal Fumaon Sguahh Smanach Rts Renee Pee Crete Orsehis Washington Office of Price Administration OPA Price Chester Bowles Curtis Rogers

Count Withdraws Suit Over Barbara Hutton Language

Hollywood United Press report states Count Kurt Haugwitz Reventlow unexpectedly withdrew his lawsuit against former wife Heiress Barbara Hutton. He accused her of coarse language in front of their son and noted the boy's teeth decay as part of the suit.

Hollywood Kurt Haugwitz Reventlow Barbara Hutton

Railway Worker Admits Wrecking Signal Systems

A veteran Pennsylvania railroad signal repairman, Ray mond H Stemmer, confessed to wrecking signal boxes and relay systems at five locations to obtain overtime pay. He faced five charges and possible penalties up to 20 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Federal agents tied him to the sabotage after noting rapid spending on race track gambling and the pattern of arson and destruction delaying passenger trains.

Chicago INS Spencer J. Drayton FBI Raymond H. Stemmer Stemmer Drayton Pennsylvania Railroad

Ship Production Zoomed in May

Washington AP reports May produced the highest naval building total on record with over 400000 displacement tons completed, a 26 percent rise in top priority heavy artillery, and 198000 tons of landing vessels. Output rose 58 percent from April and beat the May schedule by 3 percent while arms output lagged slightly.

Washington War Production Board

War work force adjustments scale with munitions expansion

WPB asserted that the total size of the munitions program will rise about 13 percent over the next six months. Few workers freed by program adjustments will be redirected to lagging plants. the majority will move immediately to other war jobs in expanding plants or programs.

WPB

Three Army Airmen Reach Safety After Grand Canyon Rescue

Three airmen marooned for 10 days atop Tonto plateau begin a perilous return from the Grand Canyon inner rim climbing hand over hand up a shale face. They landed on a mesa 800 feet above the Colorado river after parachuting from a temporarily disabled bomber on June 20.

Grand Canyon Ariz Tonto Plateau Civilization Charles Goldbloom Pittsburgh Maurice J. Cruickshank Lawrence Mass Roy W. Embanks Kalispel Mont Colorado

Notice of Ancillary Administratrix Appointment No 17575

The under signed on June 29 1944 was appointed and qualified as Ancillary Administratrix of the estate of Catherine Quigley late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Creditors must promptly pay and file their claims with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Anna Quigley Ancillary Administratrix B L Wick Attorney.

State of Iowa Linn County Catherine Quigley Iowa Anna Quigley B. L. Wick

Sixth Man Nabbed in Widow Swindle Case

DES MOINES AP. FBI chief E. E. Kuhnel said Hillary Mayen, 55, of Mexican-Spanish descent, the last of six men tied to a 1939 Sioux City widow fraud case, was arrested in Shreveport Alabama. The victim, Mrs. D. B. Flagg, lost 62000 in cash and securities as the conspirators posed as stock market tipsters. Four co‑defendants received federal prison terms: Emery Steer King eight years, John Glenn Chaney 18 months, George Washington Pollen 18 months, Ned Davis 10 years. Robert Henry Jones pleaded innocent and was discharged. The crimes involved interstate transportation of stolen bonds under the national stolen property act. Mayen was to be moved to Dallas, Texas for further indictment proceedings.

Des Moines E. E. Kuhnel FBI Sioux City Shreveport Ala Hillary Mayen Kuhnel Mayen United States Mexico D. B. Flagg Ities Emery Steer King John Glenn Chaney George Washington Pollan Ned Davis Robert Henry Jones Dallas Tex

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