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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1946
Page
5
Nadine Subotnik previews AM OPA discussion with Senator W Lee O'Daniel and William H Joyce Jr as guests, airing on ABC and NBC. Other segments cover N A Shore’s NBC return, Alec Templeton at Kostelanetz, Bing Crosby farewell, and color television advances from RCA and DuMont with price ranges from 500 to 2400 dollars.
A detailed day long radio grid listing programs and times for WMT WMAQ WGN WHO KXEL and others. Entries include talk news music dramas and soap style serials with hosts actors and show titles across morning afternoon and evening slots.
Readable segments show a radio schedule with multiple stations WGN WHO KXEL WMT and program notes. Names like Tom Mix Herrigan Henry Taylor and J Armstrong appear among listed time slots and news blocks.
A heath fire swept a U S Army Air Forces ammunition dump near Elveden Suffolk on Wednesday night blasting blockbuster bombs and vast small arms ammo. Firefighters from the East Coast contained the blaze after five hours though explosions continued and bullets rattled 100 acres around Warren Wood.
Iowa State College hosts a chemistry building open house Friday at 10 a.m. headlined by Dr. Frank H. Spedding. The event will show thorium the largest piece weighing 75 pounds with uranium samples and devices tracing radioactivity. Visitors will hear uranium disintegration and learn about atomic energy applications to agriculture as part of Veishea celebrations.
SHENANDOAH I A AP Frank Miles the only Democratic gubernatorial candidate says he favors good government over party loyalty. He urges voters to study candidates and issues and to vote their convictions regardless of party ties. He warns against party membership overruling individual judgment and freedom in American democracy.
Washington AP Chairman Marriner S Eccles of the Federal Reserve warned the Senate banking committee that America faces inflation risks as production declines. He said price controls only work with strong output and urged coordinated action on OPA and labor legislation to prevent economic paralysis amid the coal strike and transportation disruptions. He warned even closure today would leave inflation threats lingering and urged urgent action.
Three Iowa Supreme Court judges Oliver Wennerstrom and Garfield announced candidacies for re election. All three are Republican veterans who previously served as district judges and will be nominated at the Republican state judicial convention this summer.
Sheriff Leonard Resweber announced Acting Gov J Emile Verret stayed the electrocution of Willie Francis 17 condemned for a Negro slaying The stay followed a request from Chief Justice Charles A ONeill of the state supreme court The second execution attempt was set for Thursday and attorney Bertrand De Blanc said the stay would last no longer than 30 days
Dr. G. C. Anderson of Avoca was chosen president at the Iowa Dental Society eighth annual meeting in Des Moines. Other officers include Dr. Frank B.
Winterey of Towa City is elected president elect with Dr. H G Borks of Sioux City as vice president Dr A N Hamiston of Cedar Rapids becomes secretary and Dr Joseph F Schoen of Blairstown serves as treasurer A record attendance of 1600 was reported across the three day meeting.
The National Safety Council backed Truman's safer driving plea and reported more than 10,000 traffic deaths so far in 1946. It records 8,120 fatalities in the first quarter with April incomplete, a 44 percent rise over 1945 and a potential exceedance of 1941's 40,000 deaths. January 3,000. February 2,450. March 2,670.
London reports that Herbert Morrison will fly to Washington to confer with President Truman on emergency measures to avert famine in Europe and Asia. The United States Britain and Canada extend the wartime food board to Dec 31 amid worsening global food shortages.
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