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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1944

Page

5

Navy Way premiere guests to appear on Great Lakes show

NADINE SUBOTNIK reports that stars Susan Hayward Phyllis Bons Robert Lowery Jean Heather Albert Dekker and Nancy Elly will join the Great Lakes program Meet Your Navy at 7 30 p m Friday on Blue and KXEL Much of the film shot at Great Lakes will be dramatized for the program.

Navy Way Great Lakes Blue KXEL Susan Hayward Phyllis Bons Robert Lowery Jean Heather Albert Dekker Nancy Elly Great Lakes Naval Training Station

Radio Schedule Highlights From 1914 Listing by Stations

A fragmented listing shows hourly program blocks across multiple stations such as WGN WHO KXEL WMT and others. It includes news rounds, music hours, quiz shows, weather, and special segments with titles like On Broadway Breakf ast Club and Spotlight Bands.

WGN Wimp Bympronette Wen WHO NBC Kxel Organ Excl Jimmy Joy Zeten Eas Yu KXEL Rangers Gerry Zelda Dreler WMT V.lind'r Burling WGN Reveille G. Lewis Holbr Ioppy Haines Kaltenborn Shelley Lucille Man Kate Smith Cecil Brown Nelle Oursier Jenkfas Nel Parkers Tom Howard Mary Miles Bob Ripley Land of Free Brewster Boy Allen Roth Omar Serenade Ee Dam Amos Andy Wer Mogte-D'rante Rho Omar Ds Vandercook Dreamer Homemaker WMT Stage Canteen Weird Circle Ag Betty Moore KXIL Nero Wolfe School News Sweeney Chick Billie Burke Johnny Betts Jane Foster Montana Hickenlooper Rupert Hugh Neishbor Ft. Sheridan WGN Red Cross WGN Wendell Hall WHO Your America Corliss Archer Navy Gear WGN Music Mart MT L. Murray Meldiers Iy Grant Bob Becker Owen Cowboys EXEL WHO Longfellows WMT Family Party Exel Parm Nancy Martin Knot WMT Radio Council Wgnews Kael Dixon Kxel Chamber Curt Massey Henson WGN Canaries WMT World Today

Machovec Pleads Guilty in Stepfather Murder Case

Dora Machovec aged 16 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Humboldt Iowa for the death of his stepfather Paul Voss 41. Judge G W Stillman scheduled April 15 for sentencing and ordered mental observation at Iowa City to determine his condition.

Humboldt Dora Machovec Paul Voss G. W. Stillman Machoveec Machovec Iowa City

Joan Barry Testifies About Chaplin Encounters in Trial

Joan Barry testified in federal court detailing intimate relations with Charlie Chaplin in Beverly Hills and New York City. She said their affair continued in a New York novel after Chaplin arranged meetings in October 1942 as he faced Mann Act charges.

Los Angeles Joan Barry Beverly Hills New York City Charlie Chaplin Chaplin New York

Bricker Moves Into South in Delegate Fight

Washington AP dispatch reports pre convention politics stirring both parties as seven states prepare to choose delegates for the national conventions. Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio campaigns in the South for the GOP while Wendell Willkie stalls Wisconsin ahead of the April 4 primary. The piece notes internal party shifts and ongoing delegate selection across states and dates through April 1.

Harold Oliver Washington Chicago John W. Bricker Ohio South Wendell L. Willkie Wisconsin Bricker Birmingham Little Rock Oklahoma City Wichita Denver Colorado Springs West Coast Emil Hurja Democratic National Committee Pathfinder Magazine New York Willkie Roosevelt Albany James A. Farley Farley John J. Bennett Democratic National Robert E. Hannegan G.O.P Maine Louisiana Minnesota Arizona Democratic Kansas Iowa

Deferment plan eyed for young tech workers in key industries

Washington officials weigh a unified system to recommend draft deferments for men under 26 in railroading coal mining lumbering and other essential nonmunitions fields producing military supplies. Objections from selective service and Manpower stall decision as agencies seek minimum deferment needs.

Washington Army, Navy and War Production Board Selective Service War Manpower Commission Lewis B. Hershey Office of Defense Transportation The Coal Mines Administration Army

1943 India Famine Death Toll Reported by Amery

Leopold Amery, secretary for India, stated on Thursday that Bengal famine deaths last year reached 1,073,749. The BBC broadcast was heard by NBC in New York.

United Press Leopold Amery India Bengal BBC NBC New York

Dennis Day Becomes Navy Ensign Reports April 15

Los Angeles AP reports Dennis Day the singing stooge for Jack Benny was sworn in as a navy ensign and will report for active duty on April 15. Day's real name is Eugene Dennis McNulty.

Los Angeles Jack Benny Dennis Day Navy Day Eugene Dennis McNulty

Goal Of Japs' Offensive Against India Not Clear

The piece argues the Japanese push into Assam from the Chindwin region makes little strategic sense. It suggests the raid may be mainly propaganda or a bid to provoke a revolt, with likely failure unless it spurs Indian recruits or harms Allied supply lines.

India Assam Chindwin Burma Tojo Imphal Indian National Army All India l Free India Provisional Government Tokyo Lord Mountbatten Burma- India Eastern Asia Ganges Tokio China Japan

Budd Sees Huge Postwar Markets for Iowa Products

Burlington president Ralph Budd told about 50 Des Moines attendees that postwar demand will surge for goods not produced in the Midwest in sufficient volume. He cited household appliances and building materials as examples and urged Iowa manufacturers to prepare. The day also featured CED reports on local employment now and after the war, including Des Moines Ordnance plant data and Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Fort Dodge employment figures.

Des Moines Ralph Budd Burlington Railroad CED Ordnance Plant Solar Aircraft John Adams Chamber of Commerce

Allied Bombers Hit Wewak Area In New Guinea

Fifth Army air force bombers and fighters targeted gun positions shipping grounded planes and buildings in the Wewak base area. They destroyed two freighters and seven smaller vessels plus 23 barges and hit eight heavy gun positions with 200 tons of bombs along a coast from Aitape to Wewak. One Allied plane reported missing after anti aircraft fire.

Allied Headquarters Southwest Pacific Fifth Army Air Force New Guinea Wewak Muschu Douglas MacArthur Boston Aitape

Eastman Executive To Head Postwar Economic Experts

Washington reports Marion Folsom of Eastman Kodak will lead a staff of economists and businessmen advising the House postwar committee. Chairman Colmer says the group will plan a stable reconversion to peacetime production and prevent economic collapse. The panel operates on a $100,000 initial budget.

Folsom Eastman Company Mississippi House Colmer

War Food Administration Orders Elevator Corn Setasides in 125 Counties

The War Food Administration issued a 35 percent set aside on present stocks and future receipts for yellow and mixed corn in 124 counties across five Midwest Corn Belt states. Terminal elevators within the same area must offer 35 percent of stocks and future receipts from non-country sources. The move, due to processor shortages, affects southern Minnesota, eastern Nebraska, western and central Iowa, eastern Illinois, and northwestern Indiana, listing many Iowa counties by name.

Washington War Food Administration Midwest Minnesota Nebraska Iowa Illinois Indiana Audubon Boone Buena Vista Calhoun Carroll Cerro Gordo Cherokee Clay Crawford Dallas Dickinson Emmet Franklin Fremont Greene Grundy Guthrie Hamilton Hancock Hardin Harrison Humboldt Ida Jasper Kossuth Lyon Marshall Mills Monona Montgomery O’brien Osceola Page Palo Alto Plymouth Pocahontas Polk Pottawattamie Poweshiek Sac Shelby Sioux Story Tama Webster Winnebake Woodbury Wright

Liberators Strike At Isle Approaches To Jap Truk Bastion

Army and navy Liberator bombers joined in a renewed assault on the island approaches to Truk, bombing Ponape and Kusaie in the Carolines for the thirty seventh air strike since February 14. Large fires were set among Warehouses and barracks. all raiders returned safely. Simultaneously, additional air forces continued daily attacks on four Marshall atolls as trapped Japanese garrisons are starved out.

Pearl Harbor Truk Ponape Kusaie Carolines Chester W. Nimitz Japan South Pacific Ventura Fleet Air Wing Two Seventh U. S. Army Air Force Fourth Marine Air Wing Marshall Island

Southeastern Bus Strike Ends With Restored Service

NEW ORLEANS AP Paul S. Hennessey Teche Greyhound lines general traffic manager said a two day work stoppage by 800 bus drivers maintenance crews and station agents across five southeastern states is ended and full service is resumed.

New Orleans Paul S. Hennessey Teche-Greyhound Lines

Executor appointed for Anna Feyerabend estate in Linn County Iowa

Notice is given that on March 16 1944 B L Wick attorney was appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Anna Feyerabend late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted must pay promptly. Those owing claims should file them with the clerk of Linn County District Court. Leo Feyerabend executor.

State of Iowa Linn County Anna Feyerabend Iowan Pap Flerk

Surplus of New Synthetic Tires In Central Iowa

Des Moines AP reports a growing surplus of new synthetic passenger car tires in central Iowa. Dealers note mixed feelings with some having healthy reserves and others too many. Tire rationing limits purchases monthly and only certain gasoline card holders qualify. Des Moines OPA says district quotas rose from 5700 in January to 6148 in March amid a four and a half month stock. National data suggest supply will still lag demand this year. Iowa wholesalers are proactive in stocking to offset shortages elsewhere.

Des Moines Iowa Central Iowa Claude Hicks OPA Hicks

Federal Reserve eases consumer credit rules on small purchases

The Federal Reserve board loosened rules by ending down payments on purchases of ten dollars or less and removing those charge accounts from default. Ex servicemen gain same credit renewal protections as armed forces members.

Washington Federal Reserve Board

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