Radio Quiz Night Highlights Mark Two Year Run
NADINE SUBOTNIK notes celebrating Truth or Consequences second anniversary with top moments. Edwards leads as creator writer director and host on WHO at 7 30 p m. Other programs include This is War on WMT WGN WENR and Great American Operetta on WGN with Galena Civil War setting. PBS style Farm Service anniversary features from multiple studios across the U S with A G Black speaking.
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Edwards
Marion Claire
Attilio Baggiore
Chicago Theater of the Air
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Galena
WMT
WENR
Guy Lombardo
WLS
Hour by Hour Radio Schedule for March 21 1942
Detailed Chicago area radio timetable listing programs on WMT WGN WLS WHO and WENR for Saturday March 21 1942 and Sunday March 22. Includes Burns Allen News Hobby Lobby Chicago Nites News Farmers Bible Class Church Hour Meditations Am Legion Wake Up America and musical guests Krupa Cugat Dinah Shore and X Cugat among others.
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WMT Bible
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Iowans Seek Naval Commissions By Writing Chicago Office
Des Moines AP report notes Iowa residents qualified for naval reserve commissions should apply by letter to the Office of Naval Officerment at 141 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago. Applicants are instructed not to contact the Des Moines recruiting station directly.
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Chicago
Vinton Couple to Note Fiftieth Anniversary
VINTON Mr and Mrs F G Crane of Vinton will celebrate their golden wedding with a family dinner at their home Tuesday They were married at the James Austin home west of Vinton by Rev E H Avery Pres minister They lived on a farm near Anamosa for nine years moved to Vinton 28 years ago from a farm near Sumner Mr Crane was employed as fireman at the Iowa School for the Blind here for 23 years They are the parents of two children Fred A Crane of Cedar Falls and a daughter of La Porte ity seven grandchildren and one great grandchild
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James Austin
E. H. Avery
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Iowa School For the Blind
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Algona Father and Son Enlist in Navy in Des Moines
Des Moines AP report: Harold Neville, 41, and son Robert Neville, 18, from Algona enlisted in the Navy Friday. Mrs. Neville joined them for the enlistment. Robert will become an apprentice seaman in radio.
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Hes Eenes
Atlantic Freshman Is Elected Queen Of SUI Mecca Ball
Iowa City AP reports Charlotte S. a freshman from Atlantic was elected queen of the SUI Mecca Ball. Attendants include Marjorie Grim of Bluffton Ind Doris Crawley of Iowa City and others at a smoker prior to the party.
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Des Moines Youth Joined MacArthur Subgroup in Exile
Des Moines native Master Sergeant Paul P. Rogers was among 15 army men evacuated from the Philippines to Australia with General MacArthur. A divinity student who left college to enlist, he later served as a stenographer for Rath Packing in Waterloo. His father welcomed his return from the Philippines.
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Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
William Jewell College
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General MacArthur
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Man Charged Over False Ordnance Job Scheme
Des Moines 31 year old Dominic Touch faces municipal court charges after allegedly defrauding 21 men of 10 to 50 dollars each with assurances of ordnance plant jobs. He was arrested in Rock Island and is to be returned to Des Moines. Touch has prior time at Anamosa Reformatory and Fort Madison State Penitentiary.
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Anamosa Reformatory
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Bush urges all-out effort at Jones County Legion meet
Curtis Bush of Davenport, second district American Legion commander, warned they may trail at multiple game points but must not be behind at war's end. He urged every individual to contribute to a winning war effort during a Jones county Legion meeting in Anamosa. Glen J. McLaughlin of Anamosa spoke on defense bonds.
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Penza Recital Re scheduled at Grinnell College
Ezio Penza the New York opera singer was slated for a Grinnell College recital on April 29. NBC manager George Ingalls told college officials Penza, detained at Ellis Island for associations with Mussolini, has canceled the date and awaits release.
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Butter theft case nets five year sentence for Irvin Bobzien
Irvin Bobzien, 42, of Harley Iowa pled guilty to felonious larceny in December 1941 butter theft from the Wapsin Valley Creamery plant at Masonville. Judge Shannon B Char sentenced him to five years in the Fort Madison penitentiary. A Chicago accomplice Byron Green faced arrest while serving a five year Fort Madison term. Green's presence as a state witness influenced the case.
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Former Gazette Boys At Elkader Serve U.S.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes two of its first three carrier salesmen, Robert E. Prouty and El mer Youngblut, enlisted in the Navy in their youth in Elkader during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The third former salesman works in a California aircraft factory.
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Reviewing Stand figures show rise of federal workers
Henry McLemore notes a dramatic growth in U S federal employment from 37 independent agencies employing 66 302 in 1932 to a modern tally near 225 000 to 230 000 workers. Official counts released last December confirm the surge with unofficial estimates widening the range.
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Housing Pressure Grows From War Work Influx
City faces a housing nightmare as war time employment swells labor, with about 118000 workers at peak in WWI and 70000 new hires in 1917, while WWII rush to Washington continues. Congestion endangers daily life and scarce space chokes fire safety and movement. Cleanup talks surface as housing strain persists.
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War Agencies Overexpanded in Wartime Runup
A reader reflects on wartime government growth likening it to a thorough spring cleaning of an old house. The piece argues that while expansion is necessary, not all 282 agencies are vital to the war effort and calls for trimming rugs and curtains when the robin returns.
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Iowa Obituaries and Funeral Notices Range Across Counties
Funeral services announced for Frank D. Davey aged 49 amid fatal burns with survivors including wife and two sons. Multiple records list obituaries for P F Hagan, Mrs Fred French, Minnie Steele, Byron C Goodrich, J F Johnston, Fred Wardenburg, Raymond Christian, M R Fayram, and Clarence Henry S, with details on birthplaces, marriages, residences, and burial sites across Oelwein Anamosa Hopkinton Manchester Chelsea Williamsburg Tipton DeWitt and surrounding towns.
Community notices from Mc Gregor and surrounding towns
Election of Severn Johnson as Mc Gregor Marquette school board chair and Roy Miller secretary. Mc Gregor plans ninety year Methodist church anniversary with Bishop Magee. Marengo school board pres G A Ellis reelected. defense stamps purchases. Baldwin wedding of Betty Kleis and Harvey Mohr. La Porte City paper collection drive. Anamosa serial numbers and court cases. Toledo district court cases and parole. Oelwein charcoal fire and band concert. Maynard school board reorganization. North English and South English town elections. Oxford Junction lottery draw. Lamont church song services.
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Frank Whitney
North English
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Frank Allen
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Lewis Miller
Gean M. Smith
Earl Wiggins
Harold Reiss
Rex Brown
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Elmer Evans
Albert Roland
Charlies Sprague
Paul Sheibley
Leo Blayalock
Donald Garret
Howard Raplinger
George Barnhart
Oxford Junction
Louis Shedek
Jones County
Washington
Wad of Bills Found on Aged Oskaloosa Woman
Rolls of cash estimated in the thousands were found tied around the waist of 81 year old Mrs. Scott Crispin in her Oskaloosa home. Mayor Lake M Crookham acted as her attorney and appointed Loftus Comstock as special administrator to search the house. Coroner L F Catterson said she had been dead about eight hours when police entered after neighbors reported no activity. Surviving relative is Miss Lillian Crispin of Minneapolis.
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Texan Sentenced on Stolen Car Charge
Des Moines Iowa AP Jeffie W Jones 25 of Midland Texas pled guilty to interstate transportation of a stolen car and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary by Federal District Judge Charles A Dewey. The case ties into a broader federal theft investigation and included alias use during the Des Moines proceedings.
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False arrest suit for 50 000 settled in district court
A Des Moines filed suit against Keeling and two deputies claiming Drake was falsely arrested in Nebraska and returned on a false check charge dismissed for lack of identity. The $50 000 damage claim was settled after prior actions.
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Nazis Push Bulgaria Toward Balkans War Brink
The report says Bulgaria may declare war on Russia while sending 150000 troops, with Germany pressuring Hungary to match Romanian manpower. Friction between Romania and Hungary intensifies as consent and lend-lease arms flow to Turkey are noted, and Frank Kaufman arrives in Turkey on lend-lease duties.
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Senators to Inquire Into Rubber From Ethyl Alcohol
A senate agriculture subcommittee plans an inquiry into producing synthetic rubber from ethyl alcohol after WPB officials resisted five Nebraska grain alcohol plants. Nebraska State University chemist L M Christensen says 600000 tons of rubber yearly could be derived from five percent of farm crops. George E Johnson of Hastings testifies grain alcohol plants could yield 10000 gallons daily, costing 20 25 cents per gallon versus molasses spirits at 50 cents.
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Missouri Valley Teen Electrocuted in Bathtub
Missour Valley story says 17 year old Marjorie Garrost was electrocuted Friday night in a bathtub at a home where she worked. Coroner notes accidental contact with an electric heater heating unit on the floor. No inquest to be held. Daughter of Claude and Mrs Garrost, local farmers, a recent Missouri Valley High School graduate.
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Sentenced to 10 Years For Iowa City Burglary
Everett Robinson, 35, was sentenced to up to 10 years by Judge James P. Gaffney in district court for breaking and entering a local service station in Iowa City. Robinson was arrested Tuesday by two local policemen after already committing two previous holdups in the area.
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Edgar A. Guest The Poet of the People
A poem fragment contrasts the speaker’s singing voice with critics in a church setting. It recalls a scornful remark about the singer’s tone and the valorization of Hallelujahs, ending with a reflective, unfinished thought about restraint and expression.
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