Notable Iowa War Effort Broadcast Lineup and Guests
NADINE SUBOTNIK reports a busy radio week featuring Bing Crosby with Merie Oberon Virginia Weidler and Rear Admiral J C Johnson on WH0 and NBC WMAQ. Leo Custer speaks Thursday on behalf of Lieut Gov B B Hickenlooper. A roundtable on selling war bonds airs Thursday 9 30 p.m. Mrs Henry Morgenthau Jr leads. Wartburg College commencement coverage Friday by WMT. Navy Time shifts to Iowa City Friday noon. Claude Wickard outlines agricul ture progress on National Farm and Home Hour Fridays on WOI 11 30 a.m. A consumer food Q A roundtable is set for June 8 CBS with Linn County group collecting questions by May 30.
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Bing Crosby
Merie Oberon
Virginia Weidler
Film Colony
J. C. Johnson
Naval Reserve Eleventh District
Music Hall
NBC
WMAQ
Henry ‘Morgenthau, Jr
B. B. Hickenlooper
Wartburg College
Waverly
WMT
Claude R. Wickard
Agriculture
WOI
CBS
National Association of Retail Grocers
Chicago
Linn County Retail Food Dealers Association
Daytime radio schedule heavy with WMT and network programs
A detailed hour by hour schedule lists WMT programming from dawn to late evening and across stations WGN WENR WLS WHO and WMY. It covers musical shows news broadcasts sports reports dramas comedies and public affairs with many named show titles and hosts.
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Waet Goldberg
Portia
Andersons
WMT
WGN
Harri
Moon
WENR
Howe
Japan for the Japa- New War Slogan by Pacific War Council
Washington report says the Pacific War Council adopted a new Far East slogan Japan for the Japanese after a 90 minute meeting with President Roosevelt. Walter Nash lauded Brig. Gen. James Doolittle for the Tokyo raid calling it a magnificent exploit and said a similar effort might be needed. The author of the slogan was not disclosed.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
United Nation
Far East
Japan
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Roosevelt
Nash
James H
Jimmy” Doolittle
Tokio
Council
Eastman Bans Sightseeing Buses to Save Tires
Washington AP reports the Office of Defense Transportation barred all sightseeing bus services effective June 1 and limited charter buses to essential duties like transporting troops war workers and schoolchildren. The move aims to save over 100000 pounds of crude rubber annually and keep tires for essential war needs. ODT Director Joseph B. Eastman urged enforcement by local and state police and the public. The decree forbids rubber-tired vehicles with 10 or more seats from sightseeing use or charter by nonexempt groups.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Joseph B. Eastman
Brewster Plants Returned to Private Hands by Roosevelt Order
President Roosevelt ordered Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox to relinquish control of the Brewster Aero nautical plants at Long Island City Newark and Johnsville. The executive order states the plants will be privately operated in support of the war effort, reversing the April 18 naval takeover prompted by management concerns.
Ottawa Munitions Minister Announces Oil Shortage
In the house of commons on Wednesday Munitions Minister C D Howe announced that no oils will be available for heating anywhere in Canada next winter.
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Ottawa
C. D
Howe
House of Commons
Canada
Landis accuses LaGuardia over steel helmet delay dispute
Civilian Defense Director James M. Landis charged Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia with irresponsibility in war time remarks over 2000 New York steel helmets. He detailed city orders, OCD actions, and a 1942 sequence from manufacture to contract cancellation.
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LaGuardia
Washington
INS
James M. Landis
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
OCD
City of
New York City
McCord Radiator Company
McCord Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
Goodrich Company
Albert Pleydell
Department of Purchases
War Production Board
From Now On Its Street Cars Trains For Mrs Roosevelt
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced at a press conference that her personal and pleasure trips will be by street cars or railway day coaches to aid the war effort. She will use motor cars planes or pullmans only for official or when she is the President's wife. Her latest untraveled plane trip was to New York on Wednesday to honor engagements that prevented train travel. She also noted her last White House limousine use for personal business was Tuesday.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New York
White House
Gillette Pushes for White House Rubber Coordinator
Sen Gillette of Iowa urged the President to name a rubber coordinator with plenary powers akin to Ickes in gasoline. He said the post could centralize authority amid ongoing debates over grain use and the nation's alcohol and synthetic rubber program.
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Sen. Gillette
Washington
Will Call For Use Of All Our Sources Of Supply
A statement urges mobilizing every available supply source to meet wartime needs as production and distribution face increased demand. Officials emphasize efficiency, unity, and prompt action to sustain essential goods and services during the crisis.
Flying Hawkeyes of Navy to Train in St Louis
The first wing of thirty University of Iowa graduates and former students, the Flying Hawkeyes, will report to Lambert Field, St Louis, June 4 for three months of training. Led by Squadron Commander Bill Green, they will receive ground school, dual flight and solo instruction before a six month advanced program in Corpus Christi. They will be commissioned as Ensigns in the Naval Reserve after further instruction at Pensacola, Jacksonville, or Miami. Recruiting for a second wing is under way.
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Iowa City
Corpus Christi
Tex
Naval Reserve
Navy
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Miami
Fla
Hawkeyes
Bob Bender
Davenport
Towa
New Ordnance Chief Named by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt nominated Maj. Gen. Levin H. Campbell Jr to be the new chief of ordnance replacing Maj Gen. Charles M. Wesson on June 2. He also named 15 temporary major generals and 46 temporary brigadier generals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Levin H. Campbell, Jr
Ordnance
Campbell
Charles M. Wesson
James H. Burns
General Burns Retained In Liaison Role With Munitions Board
Army ordnance official Gen Burns will continue in his present duty with the Munitions Assignments board at the request of chairman Harry L Hopkins. Hopkins said an urgent necessity exists for retaining Burns in a liaison capacity between the war department and the board’s activities.
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Army Ordnance
Munitions Assignments Board
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Gen. Burns
War Department
Army Officers Visit Spencer Airport for Glider School
Army air corps officials led by Col. Dan Hunter inspected Spencer airport as a potential glider training site. The 230 acre field would need enlargement and several new structures. Officials noted Civil Aeronautics Authority plans for auxiliary fields nearby and city leaders expected a quick decision.
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Spencer
Army Air Corps
Dan T Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Civil Air Patrol
Air Corps
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Clay County Fair Ground
Bargain Day Stocking Sale Causes Store Window Crush
Five hundred women surged into a Vancouver shop as doors opened for a bargain sale. A plate glass window shattered but no injuries were reported. The 100 pairs of stockings sold out in about thirty minutes.
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Vancouver
Ground Crew Service Log Book Promises Best AAF Standards
A promotional note offers a written proof that a car care service adheres to United States Army Air Force ground crew standards. It urges customers to obtain a copy as evidence of quality.
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U. S. Army Air Force
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