Hollywood radio lineup features Kate Smith and Veronica Lake
Kate Smith hosts the final of four Hollywood programs at 7 p.m. Friday on CBS with Veronica Lake starring in The Hour Before Dawn. She will sing Irish tunes for St Patrick's Day and plans to return to New York next week.
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Hollywood
Kate Smith
Colony
Veronica Lake
CBS
Veronica
England
Kate
Johnny Doughboy
Ireland
New York
Radio Schedule Snapshot March 18 1944
Hour by hour listing of daytime and evening radio programs across WHO WGN WMT KXEL EXEL and other stations. Mentions talk shows music dramas news bulletins sports features with multiple time slots and program titles across morning to night.
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Neon
WMT Melodiers
WGN
Ander
WMT
Grant
Bob Becker
KXEL
Omar
Mus
Exel
WHO
Nelson
WMT Radio Council
Exel Sky School
Sones
Dixon
WGN Garden
Curt Massey
Henson
WGN Canaries
Jerry
Zelda
Dreier
V.lind
Portes
Dolly
Manchester Mail Route Is Restored
Washington reports the post office department will restore twice daily star route mail service between Cedar Rapids and Manchester Iowa on April 1. Rep Talle (R Ia) filed objections for residents of Marion Waubeek Central City Prairieburg Coggon Troy Mills and Ryan.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Talle
R-Ia
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
Marion
Waubeek
Central City
Prairieburg
Coggon
Troy Mills
Ryan
Argow named pastor of Peoples Church previously served by father
The Rev Walde mar Argow of Boston will become minister of the Peoples church starting Sept 1 announced by A G Thurman president of the board. Argow follows his father Dr W Waldemar W Argow who led the church from 1921 to 1930. Argow, a Unitarian minister, has held posts in South Natick Sherborn Philadelphia and Amherst and has worked in theater and journalism. he lectured on drama and serves on church and press committees. His Feb 13 sermon preceded his Sept 4 inaugural sermon on the church’s 23rd anniversary of his father’s first appearance.
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Argow
The
Peoples Church
Waldemar Argow
Boston
A. G. Thurman
Board of Trustees
W. Waldemar W. Argow
Baltimore
Unitarian
South Natick and Sherborn
Mass
Philadelphia
Amherst
Harvard
Cambridge
Dayton (Ohio
Eldon Winkler
Major Parties File State Nominating Petitions in Iowa
Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper joined Republicans filing for U S senate while Iowa Democrats list candidates for statewide offices led by Guy M. Gillette. Final filings reached 223 Thursday night with a 365 cap anticipated earlier. deadline is midnight Friday. Primary set for June 5 with war ballots at distribution to service members. Officials noted changes in filing windows and listed state executive and legislative hopefuls across parties.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hickenlooper
United States
Secretary of State
Wayne Ropes
Iowa
Democratic Party
U. S
Guy M. Gillette
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Oscar E. Johnson
Kanawha
Genevieve E. Nichols
Iowa Falls
Peter J. Kies
Dubuque
E. G. Doughman
Bussey
Harry F. Garrett
Corydon
A. F. McGreevy
Sioux City
James M. Bell
Burlington
O. N. Hultman
Stanton
B. C. Whitehill
Marshalltown
Montgomery Ward Wage Boost Granted by WLB
The sixth regional War Labor board granted Montgomery Ward and Co. a wage increase of seven and a half cents per hour plus a 50 cents minimum wage for 1100 employees at St. Paul. The CIO union’s requests for sick leave and premium pay were denied. Issues on union membership checkoff were referred to the national WLB for consideration across other company stores.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Co
St. Paul
Sixth Regional War Labor Board
Army Manpower Before Industry Nelson Says
Washington officials urged steel industry to send young workers to the armed forces despite risks of reduced production and intensified labor shortages. WPB chairman Nelson and Manpower Director Hershey pressed for mobilization to meet wartime needs as Keesling cited deferment gaps and ongoing turnover. Committees may be formed to coordinate manpower with draft boards and armed services.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
WPB Steel Advisory Committee
Nelson
Paul V. McNutt
White House
Armed Services
Roosevelt
Francis Keesling
House
Military Affairs
Manpower Commission
Hershey
WPB
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
War Manpower Commission
Keesling
John M. Costello
Dcalif
WMC
Whisky black market deal ends in holdup and arrest
Chicago police suspend a sergeant for failing to report 2135 dollars received from a whisky black market arrest. Four men were held for federal authorities after an attempted holdup left one wounded. Names include James Healey, Ervin Denlinger, Fay Miller, and Harry Samsky.
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Chicago
Thomas Alcock
Fillmore Station
Frederick O’day
James Healey
Rockford
Ill
Healey
Miller
May Include Iowa In Army and OCD Storm Warnings
Storm warning plans conceived by local OCD and army officials may extend to Iowa Kansas Oklahoma and Texas pending approvals from state groups. A meeting in Oklahoma City on March 23 and 24 will include U S Weather Bureau offices Fort Worth and Kansas City, Second Air Force at Colorado Springs, OCD directors from Dallas and Omaha, and regional staff.
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Omaha
OCD
Army
Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City
U. S. Weather
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Second Air Force
Colorado Springs
OCD Directron
Dallas
Oman
U. S
Jury Indicts Rhoads And Rage on Payoff Charges at Ottumwa
Ottumwa Ia AP A Wapello county grand jury indicted G E Dusty Rhoads former Ottumwa police commissioner and Herbert Pete Bagg former hotel clerk on conspiracy charges tied to a liquor and gambling payoff. Bonds set at 2500. Grand jury report delivered then excused for term. Rhoads recently removed from office by district court at request of County Attorney John D Moon.
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Ottumwa, Ia
Wapelio County
G. E
Dusty” Rhoads
Ottumwa
Herbert “Pete” Bagg
Rhoads
District Court
John D. Moon
Authenticity of Argentine Quints Remains in Doubt
In Buenos Aires a 38-year-old woman gave birth to quadruplets, two boys and two girls, amid doubts about the authenticity of the previously reported Diligenti quintuplets. An official birth registration search found no record of quintuplets, while the father produced a birth certificate for one child but would not let reporters inspect it.
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Buenos Aires
Diak
Senora
Celio Giachino de Angiulli
Franco Diligenti
Angelica Delfino
Iowan Bags Two Nazi Planes in Germany
Lt. Col. Hubert I. Agnes of Story City Iowa was credited with shooting down two enemy planes while flying with a Thunderbolt unit escorting Liberators on a raid into southern Germany.
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London
Hubert I. Agenes
Story City
Germany
Himmler's Picture Alongside Hitler's Portrait in German Schools
A Zurich dispatch to Dagens Nyheter reported that Heinrich Himmler's portrait must hang beside Adolf Hitler's in all German schools henceforth. The notice underscores continuing Nazi-era reverence in education.
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Stockholm
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Zurich
Dagens Nyheter
Deposit in school grounds or fire stations receptacles
Instructions urge depositing items in school grounds or fire station receptacles and advise calling 3-2601. OCD truck will respond if the load is sufficient to warrant a trip.
Democratic Congressman James O'Leary Dies at 54
New York congressman James A. O'Leary, a Democratic representative of the Eleventh district since 1934, died Thursday after more than a year of illness. His passing reduces the Democratic House to 215 members, the lowest since Roosevelt took office, and narrows the margin to five seats.
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New York
James A. O'Leary
D-N.y
O’leary
Roosevelt
Observe St. Pats Day by Adopting Two Sets of Twins
CHICAGO AP An Irish couple marked St Patrick’s Day by adopting two sets of twin sisters Kathleen and Maureen 16 months old and Jean and Joan 414 years. Thomas Wiley a welder and his wife had previously adopted Eugenia 26 years ago and Josephine now married born two years later. They have cared for Jean and Joan since 1940 after the children's parents, who faced financial difficulties, asked for adoption.
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Chicago
Opn
Thomas
Estelle Wiley
Kathleen
Maureen
Jean
Joan
Wiley
Eugenia
Josephine
Wileys
Five Million Pairs of Children's Shoes to be Ration Free
The Office of Price Administration announced that about 5,000,000 pairs of low-priced children's shoes will be sold without ration stamps from May 1 to May 20. The inexpensive styles for ages four to ten will be available with top prices set at $1.60 per pair. Sizes 8% through 12 will be free for younger children and sizes 12% through 3 for older children.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OPA Warns Market Co-ops Not to Pay Patronage Dividends
DES MOINES AP Walter D. Kline acting Des Moines district OPA director warned market cooperatives may not use patronage dividends to bypass price ceilings. He urged strict adherence to OPA rules as dividends combined with payments could push patrons above ceiling prices and incur penalties under the Emergency Price Control Act.
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OPA
Des Moines
Walter D. Kline
Kline
Marketing Association
Britain to Import 80,000 Tons of Dried Eggs in 1943
Britain plans to import 80 thousand tons of dried eggs from the United States in 1943 to bolster food supplies. The arrangement underscores wartime cooperation and reliance on American agricultural exports to support the home front.
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Britain
United States
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