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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1943
Page
16
Nadine Subotnik reports a mass meeting in Madison Square Garden to honor Madame Chiang Kai-shek with Willkie introducing. Governors and dignitaries will attend as Mizane Chiang Kai-shek speaks. other programs highlight entertainment figures and tax guidance broadcasts across CBS Mutual and local stations.
The schedule lists Johnny Presents at 7:00 with .WHO and WMT, followed by Treasure Chest at 7:30, Al Jolson and Duffy's at 7:30, Battle of Sexes at 8:00, Burns and Allen and Fibber McGee at 8:00 and 8:30, Suspense and Madame Chiang at 8:30, Bob Hope at 9:00, Red Skelton at 9:00, Nation at War at 9:30 on EXNEL, and Income Taxes on CBS at 9:30.
A dense list of radio programs and station lineups for March 3 1943 including WMT WGN WHO KXEL KNEL and others. It notes morning to late evening shows across many stations with music news farm programs dramas and variety segments. A closing line asserts long spark plug longevity from proper maintenance of leaded gas.
Former President Herbert Hoover in Chicago rebutted Senator Green and Vice President Wallace who argued his 1917 advice would have let Germany win. Hoover says the date shift misreads a February 1917 discussion on navy, finance and supplies, not war aims, and warns of a critical 1943 food shortage without remedies.
The passage discusses relief for an impending European famine after the war and the need for a healthy food supply for Americans, signaling concerns over postwar shortages and the possibility of timely aid.
The Office of Price Administration announced nationwide retail price ceilings for eggs effective March 11. Prices vary by grade and city, with ceilings about 7 to 10 cents above wholesale, reflecting seasonal and volume factors. Top March prices in major cities: large grade A 52 cents, extra large A 54 cents, grade B 50, grade C 47. Prices rechecked each Thursday, rising after June 1 due to supply and spoilage trends. Retailers grouped by business volume, with different markup multipliers from 1.7 to 1.2 times net cost for pricing.
An AP report from London notes Winston Churchill congratulated General Douglas MacArthur on Japan's defeat of forces in Papua New Guinea. MacArthur replied that he would welcome Churchill serving in that theater of war.
A Des Moines AP report notes a passenger reported a wallet stolen from his coat pocket on a city bus. The victim identified the wallet containing 208 dollars and stated the incident occurred during travel with no immediate arrests announced.
Avum told police he boarded a bus in Omaha Monday and woke in Des Moines at 5 30 am to find his billfold missing from his overcoat rack along with $208. He said he was vacationing in California.
Hollywood report says Orson Welles was notified by army physicians Monday night that he had been accepted for limited service after a regular medical evaluation. The actor and director, once a prominent figure in entertainment, will begin a brief period of duty.
At army induction headquarters the actor was notified of 1-B classification. He said his future depends on his draft board as war bonds sales pledged funds to build planes and tanks to defeat Hitler and the Axis.
Hollywood AP Stephen Crane ex husband of Lana Turner was rejected by the army medical department after volunteering for induction Crane gave his name as Josef Stephenson Crane at the induction center.
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