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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1945

Page

28

Tibbett Substitutes for Melton on Star Theater Tonight

Metropolitan Opera baritone AWRENCE TIBBETT will fill in as emcee and vocalist on Star Theater beginning 8:30 p.m. today over CBS and WMT for three weeks, with Jane Froman as guest singer and Jte Templeton on piano. Other radio items include Crimean conference discussions and various guest appearances across networks.

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Programs Hour by Hour March 4 1945 radio schedule

Hour by hour radio guide listing programs on WMT WGN WHO KXEL and related stations for Sunday March 4 1945. Entries include morning devotionals news dramas music and variety shows with times from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. across multiple stations.

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Service Men’s Pub excerpts bring wartime wit and ads

A collage of humor notes and cartoons from military publications, including exchanges between officers and soldiers on medical visits and dating, light jests about habits and manners, and brief radio listings. It closes with a wry Humpty Dumpty quip and postwar planning tips.

Comic Army Humor and Navy Life Snippets From Fort Belvoir

A collage of light warzone humor and camp chatter from Fort Belvoir and nearby posts. Jokes about sergeants and a trainee’s supposed rank mix with quips about carpooling and mudslinging within the armed forces. Includes brief dialogues and captions from Army and Navy life at Moffett Field, Pensacola, and Camp Livingston.

One Meat Ball Becomes Beefsteak Size Hits Across Nation

Arlene Wolf reports that a New York OPA inspector encountered a headline making song tied to meat ball prices. The piece traces the rise from The Lone Fish Ball to One Meat Ball, crediting Hy Zaret and Lou Singers for updating the tune and its wide amateur, radio, and club distribution. Josh White and cafe society figures helped popularize the song, while performers like Jimmy Savo and the Andrews Sisters varied its stage and wax presentations.

Arlene Wolf New York OPA Hy Zaret Lou Singers Josh Jimmy Andrews Sisters Tony Pastor Cafe Society Josh White Arews Sisters Jimmy Savo

Wayne King Returns To Air This Summer

New York NBC announces Wayne King and his orchestra will replace Jack Benny during the summer vacation. King, recently discharged from the army, takes over June 3 as one of America's top maestros. Martha Scott is cited as a descendant of Sir Walter Scott and a second cousin of President William McKinley.

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Barry Fitzgerald Wins Hearts in Hollywood Oscar Buzz

NEA staffer Ernstine Johnson chronicles Barry Fitzgerald, formerly Dublin civil servant William Shields, now a celebrated actor in Hollywood. At 57 he eyes one or two Oscars for Going My Way while living frugally, chain-smoking, and recalling his Abbey Theatre roots and late rise to stardom.

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Veloz and Yolanda Offer Two Hour Dance Show

Veloz and Yolanda present Dansation of 1945 a two hour program at Paramount theater on Wednesday evening March 21. The act features twenty numbers from fast tempos to waltz style romantics with musical artists providing backing and solo ensembles. This Cedar Rapids debut marks part of their first cross continental tour ahead of stops in Boston Philadelphia and New York before returning to Hollywood for technicolor shorts. Reserved seats are on sale at the Paramount box office.

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