Bob Hope to guest star on Mayor of the Town show
Lionel Barrymore hosts CBS WMT program featuring Agnes Moorehead with Bob Hope as guest star on Wednesday’s 8 p.m. telecast. The listing notes other radio and TV programs and guests including Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, Nadine Conner, and Larry Adler with various broadcast times and stations.
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Bob Hope
Lionel Barrymore
Springdale
Bing Crosby
Barrymore
Agnes Moorehead
Marilly
George Jessel
Sammy Kaye
CBS
Eddie Cantor
WIIO
Edward G. Robinson
Nadine Conner
Larry Adler
WGN
Rinse
America
War Bond Show and Tonight's NBC Lineup
Radio and television listings outline War Bond Show on NBC with 6:30 start, followed by programs on WNO WMT WHO KXEL KXEL and WGN including Sammy Kaye Eddie Cantor Milton Berle May Kyser and a late Golden Gloves slate on WGN. Program times vary with local schedules.
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NBC
WNO
Sammy Kaye
WMT
Tommy Dorsey
WHO
Christian Peace
Manhattan Stories
KXEL
Eddie Cantor
Lionel Barrymore
John Freedom
WGN
Milton Berle
May Kyser
Radio Forum
Blue
Golden Gloves
Radio Schedule Snapshot From Midwestern Station Log
A dense, era-spanning listing shows WMT WGN KXEL and others airing hundreds of program names, times, and hosts across a full day. It catalogs news, music, drama, talk, sports, and public affairs with stations in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and nearby markets.
Eden Arrives in Ottawa for Three Day Visit
British foreign secretary Anthony Eden arrived in Ottawa from Washington for a three day stay. The report notes iron and steel restrictions in wood furniture are saving about 22 000 tons of the metals annually for war use.
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Ottawa
Ont
Anthony Eden
Washington
Veal price ceilings set by OPA on wholesale and packet sales
The Office of Price Administration fixed specific dollars and cents ceilings for veal products at packet and wholesale levels effective April 3. The move aims to curb black markets and may, when retail ceilings are set, pass savings to consumers especially aiding low income families.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Daily Lenten Devotional Reflection on Help for Sinners
The devotional reflects on Jesus defending his mission to help sinners and the cost of pioneering human betterment. It notes the tension with social and religious orders, urging humility to not hinder those bringing hope. A closing prayer asks for peace, guidance, and strength for all.
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Jesus
Eleanor Roosevelt Addresses WAAC Ceremony in Minneapolis
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to more than 10 000 people at the Minneapolis auditorium urging sisters in wartime to aid war-stricken families abroad. After her address 100 WAAC auxiliaries were sworn in, Capt. Mary Bell of Omaha administered the oath, marking the first WAAC ceremony for Mrs. Roosevelt to participate in.
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Minneapolis
Eleanor Roosevelt
Minneapolis Auditorium
Roosevelt
WAAC
Mary Bell
Omaha
Nine Bills Signed by Gov Hickenlooper in Des Moines
Gov Bourke Hickenlooper signed nine bills in Des Moines including transferring 2,000,000 dollars from the sinking fund to the general fund. Other measures delay Iowa Code publication until 1945 authorize perpetual corporate existence and award 375 dollars to Ben Brasser Cherokee for legal fees in a false arrest suit.
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Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
State General Fund
Ben Brasser
Clutier Soldier Missing in Africa
Special to The Gazette Clutier Iowa Mr and Mrs John Yukl have been notified by the war department that their son Stanley is missing in North Africa. Slaters of Mercy Cedar Rapids Iowa corporation has elected to redeem 10000 par amount of first mortgage bonds at a stated price with interest. Bonds and unmatured coupons should be presented for payment at the First National Bank of West Bend Wisconsin. No interest will accrue after March 1 1944. Cedar Rapids Church treasurer Sister MM Ildephonse reports the notice.
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Clutier
John Yukl
Near
War Department
Stanley
North Africa
Slaters of Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
First National Bank of
West Bend
Wisconsin
Cedar Tapi Town
MM. Ildephonse
Brazilians Linked To Axis Espionage Plot Against U S
A police report disclosed in Rio de Janeiro details an Axis espionage plot involving Brazilian Army Captain Tullio do Nascimento and other Brazilians and Axis diplomats. U S intercepts showed Nascimento sought permission for a U S trip to study fire control on naval vessels with a $3000 Berlin mission request.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Tribunal of National Security
Brazil
Germany
Tullio Do Nascimento
Berlin
Albrecht Engels
Nascimento
Rio
Argentina
What Cheer Line Not to Be Dropped
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to allow Chicago and North Western to abandon its 37.7 mile line from Belle Plaine to What Cheer Iowa. The commission said past earnings and expected traffic gains, plus the territory’s need for service, must be weighed against the railroad’s large maintenance costs.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and North Western Railway
Belle Plaine
What Cheer
Wife’s note confirms husband held as Japanese prisoner
Alice K. Burns WAAC auxiliary in Fort Des Moines learns her husband Marine Lieut John A. Burns is a prisoner of Japan. She had not heard from him since February 1942 and was hospitalized when the Red Cross informed her. Burns was a Hollywood WAMPAS star in 1932 before WAAC service.
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Fort Des Moines
WAAC
Alice K. Burns
John A. Burns
Marine Corps
Japan
Red Cross
Burns
Mother Absolved in Children's Deaths
STORM LAKE Iowa. A Buena Vista county coroner's jury absolved Mrs. Augie Richter of blame after her two young children died in a Casino Beach house fire. Gerald Lee age 13 months and Ronald Joseph age 3 perished when the fire broke out, ruled an accidental death not felonious.
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Storm Lake
Augie Richter
Casino Beach
Buena Vista County
Gerald Lee
Ronald Joseph
Washington Musings and War Era News Across The Capital
Notes from Washington discuss daily press conferences by Secretary Hull, possible Duke of Windsor return, and ongoing investigations. Ration books dominate ads while a real estate estimate foresees two million residents. Chester Gross mocks wasteful dining and the National Press Club promotes a Fala film premiere with a staged event.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Duke of Windsor
Britain
Duchess
Nassau
Theft of 150 Gas Ration Books Solved in Des Moines
Des Moines AP confirms the 150 IT gas ration books stolen from ration board No 2 West Des Moines March 1 were recovered after three arrests. Harold Crawford 22 of Burlington admitted breaking and entering to steal books and said he passed some to W B Kaufman and stored rest at J Pond oil station. No charges against Pond or Kaufman.
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Des Moines
Paul Castelline
West Des Moines
W. B. Kaufman
Castelline
J. S. Pond
Harold Robert Crawford
Burlington
Crawford
Kaufman
Pond
Locust Street
War Production Board approves 250000 ice boxes for civilian use
Washington reports the War Production Board authorized about 250000 ice boxes for the second quarter of 1943 to meet civilian needs. Quotas for 26 manufacturers total 210000 units for general consumption and extra production is allowed for high priority orders.
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Washington
INS
War Production Board
Senate confirms Land appointment as maritime chairman
The Senate approved Admiral Emory S. Land for another term as chairman of the Maritime Commission by a 70 to 5 vote. The confirmation came after formal hearings addressing allegations that Land countenanced illegal conduct.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Land
Aiken Accuses National Expenditures Scandal
After five hours of debate Sen. George D. Aiken blasts the government’s finances calling the charges the most revolting scandal in national expenditures. He says he has only scratched the surface of the alleged extravagance and wasteful spending.
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George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Youth Captured Admits Slaying Five of His Family
Amos Latshaw, 19, captured after a monthlong search, confessed to fatally shooting his father, stepmother, grandfather, grandmother, and six year old brother at a Placer County ranch. He was working as a theater doorman when arrested in Los Angeles after tracing from Sacramento. The killings were discovered February 28 when a deputy found the bodies in a ranch home cellar. Latshaw said the motive was a quarrel between his father and stepmother.
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Los Angeles
Amos Raymond Latshaw
Vernon Rasmussen
Placer County
Calif
Latshaw
Rasmussen
Sacramento
Latshaw Ranch
Charles E. Dolce
Amos Latshaw
Ollie
Charles
Bertha
Capt. Rasmussen
Arthur M. Anderson Elected to U S Steel Board
Arthur M. Anderson of Bedford Hills New York vice president of J P Morgan and company was elected a member of the board of directors of U S Steel at a board meeting. He also joined the finance committee succeeding J Pierpont Morgan who died March 13.
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U. S. Steel Board
New York
INS
Arthur M. Anderson
Bedford Hills
N. Y
J. P. Morgan and Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
J. Pierpont Morgan
Speck the 600-pound lion captured in Kansas City
Speck, a 600-pound pet lion kept by Mrs. Mary Pratt in a Kansas City rooming house, was taken into custody after an appetite for meat led him to trigger a giant rabbit trap. He will be shipped away as authorities weigh his future with rationing amid concerns from zoo director William J. A. Cully.
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Kansas City
Speck
Mary Pratt
Kansas City Zoo
Clyde Beatty Circus Goes to Memphis
The Clyde Beatty circus travels to Memphis to perform and entertain while maintaining its reputation for feisty big cat acts and daring aerial stunts. Local crowds are expected to flock to the marquee events this season.
Capone Kin Held On U S Racketeering Charge
Frank Maritote known as Frankie Diamond surrendered to U S marshals in Chicago on a racketeering indictment tied to New York grand jury actions. His attorney sought habeas relief before Federal Judge John P Barnes while the case moves through the courts. He was the fifth of seven Chicago defendants to surrender as nine total indicted in New York.
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Chicago
Frank Maritote
Frankie Diamond
Ralph Capone
United States
Maritote
John P. Barnes
New York
Earthquake Recorded by Caltech Seismology Lab
Pasadena report says the seismological laboratory at California Institute of Technology logged an earthquake strong enough to cause damage. The quake’s center was estimated at about 400 miles away with an initial shock at 2 09 p m local time.
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Pasadena
Calif
Seismological Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
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