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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1943
Page
12
Kay Francis will appear as a guest star on the Eddie Cantor radio show in an upcoming broadcast. Cantor will host with a lineup of comic sketches, musical numbers, and announcements for fans of the Columbia star. The program airs locally at a prime time slot.
Nadine Subotnik guests on Eddie Cantor's Time to Smile tour at 8 p.m. NBC-WHO feature. Miss Francis Carole Landis Martha Raye and Mitzie Mayfair return to Hollywood. Cantor's regulars include Dinah Shore Bert Gordon and Edgar Fairchild. Nan Rae Maude Davis join Sammy Kaye Red Barber on Wednesd ay at 7 p.m. Jim Ameche to present George Jones story The Little Things on KXEL at 7:30 p.m. John Freedom drama on KXEL at 8 p.m. Carnival guest stars on MBS at 8:15 p.m. and WGN at 8:30. Vaughn Monroe to perform on Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands at 8:30 p.m. on Blue. Great Moments in Music airs at 9 p.m. on WMT with a new format. Alec Templeton's St Patrick's Day feature on KXEL at 9:30 p.m. Your Land and Mine speaker CBS Thursday at 2:15 p.m. by Percy S. Bullen.
A detailed listing of radio programs and times across stations WMT WGN WHO KXEL KXLL KXCL KXEL and others for Wednesday evening March 17 1913 including news shows music comedys and serials with names such as Vander Krall Easy Aces Lone Ranger Dr Christian Milton Berle and more.
A dense list of radio program items across stations WMT WGN KXEL KXLL and others detailing show titles hosts and times from 1 p m to 5 15 p m with entries like Joyce Jordan Entertainer Dr Malone and Vic and Sade amid varied dramas news and music features on WHOS WGN and KXEL networks
War Labor Board chairman William H. Davis said the board will consider an AFL petition to replace the Little Steel formula with a new five point wage increase plan. The discussion was an hour and a half and is set for Monday morning for possible action.
Eight thousand workers at Henry Ford's aircraft engine plant staged a five hour strike on Tuesday costing 30 000 man hours. The United Automobile Workers CIO said strikers quit to shield three shop committee men accused of an altercation with plant protection officers. An Army Air Forces spokesman announced an immediate investigation and promised action against strike leaders.
Interior Secretary Ickes defends wartime shipments to Alaska saying supplies are needed to prevent hardship or starvation from enemy action or disaster. He wrote to Alaska Delegate Diamond to counter reports that shipments were unnecessary.
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate advanced major education funding, passing the board of education bill at 7,648,300 dollars annually and the state department appropriation at 5,310,027 dollars annually as the session nears its April 8 completion, following prior approval of the board of control bill at 4,762,000 dollars annually.
Vice President Wallace departed by plane Tuesday for a trip visiting Central and South American nations, aiming to strengthen ties and discuss regional issues.
U S submarines have sunk four more Japanese ships including a destroyer and a troop transport, with three others damaged. The sunk vessels include one large cargo ship and one medium cargo ship, while three ships were damaged, comprising a medium and a small cargo ship and a medium-sized tanker.
Federal Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown unveils a new OPA price control framework to replace the ceiling on all foods except meat. Stores would set maximum prices from invoice costs plus a fixed margin, with local officers sometimes fixing dollar price points for key items. A price panel of unpaid volunteers would aid enforcement through local rationing boards. Meat prices would be set in dollars and cents. Retail prices may vary by store and month under the cost plus margin plan.
Senator Tydings of Maryland introduced legislation authorizing the secretary of agriculture to create a volunteer junior army of boys and girls ages 14 to 18 to help harvest crops. The measure proposes mobilizing youths to aid farm production during a wartime or emergency period.
The French African government ordered removal of all public pictures posters statements and slogans of Marshal Petain starting Wednesday. The decree also bans Petain imagery on postage stamps and other issues and follows resignations of two leading Vichyites in the Giraud government Jean Bergeret and Jean Rigaud.
In Nashville George T Allen a 65 year old barber shaved a customer and touched a facial scar that revealed to Charles Wen of Kings Mill Ohio a man he had never met. The elder Allen had never seen his son Charles before and later recognized him by the scar after news of a facial operation.
The U S House Rules Committee on Tuesday approved a measure aimed at reducing subsidy and conservation payments amid tax and farming policy concerns.
A House measure sponsored by Chairman Steagall of the Banking and Currency Committee would amend the cost of living stabilization act. It mirrors a Bankhead bill already passed by the Senate.
Police Magistrate John Campbell deplored the shameless necking by American soldiers and Belfast girls on the blacked out streets in Belfast Ireland.
The regional Office of Price Administration announced new ceiling prices for tomatoes carrots snap beans green peas lettuce and spinach in region 6 covering Iowa and six other states. Regional administrator Raymond McKeough said the order came after an investigation found price divergence disrupted normal distribution. C L Christensen regional price executive noted country shippers were involved.
Unclear text references old and new ceiling limits for car lots and Monarch Foods operating under the older Celine 500. The fragment suggests a comparison of impacts on operations and consumer perception of products branded Just as Good.
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