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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1944

Page

14

NBC Bond Drive and CBS Star Show Set for Thanksgiving

NBC schedules a two hour star filled Thanksgiving Day program with war loan appeals, live reports from theaters of war, presidential proclamations, and an all star late night broadcast Lets Talk Turkey to Japan featuring Bing Crosby Jack Benny and Eddie Cantor. CBS presents a 3 pm program for Allied forces hosted by Don Ameche with a lineup including Nimitz Janis Langford Bergen Moore Durante Foster Romay and the Charioteers.

CBS NBC Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln Turkey Japan WHO Bing Crosby Jack Benny Eddie Cantor WMT Don Ameche Chester W. Nimitz Elsie Janis Frances Langford Edgar Bergen Charlie McCarthy Garry Moore Jimmy Durante Ed “Archie” Gardner Susanna Foster Lina Romay The Charioteers Spike Jones City Slickers Alan Reed Falstaff Openshaw Lou Silvers Ken Carpenter

Hour by Hour Radio Schedule Mixes Networks and Shows

Hour by hour listing of radio programs across stations WMT WGN KXEL and more. It lists times from early morning to late night with names of hosts guests and program titles such as News Music Talk and Variety shows along with recurring segments and special features. The dense OCR entry names many personalities and programs including Domino Exel Ballads Detective shows and entertainment slots.

Radio Schedule Snippet with Serial Listings

A dense 1930s style radio lineup shows multiple programs across networks WGN WMT and others with times from 2:15 pm to 6:45 pm listing serials dramas news and varieties including Widder Brown Stella Dallas Judye Jans Porter Portia and Superman among others. The fragment preserves station identifiers program titles and scheduled times.

Life Who the Youngs WGN Ida Allen EXEL 1540 Club WMT Judye Jans Wile Ews Ethel, Albert Stella Dallas Johnsons Exel Singers Lorenzo Jonas Judy Jane Portia WGN Bears WGN Music Mart Sea Hound Farrel Exel Harrigan WMT Assembly Rm Terry Pirates Dixon Jimmie Allen Dick Tracy Pattson Superman J. Armstrong WMT World Today I Who Tom Mix KXEL

Cranemen Strike at Gary Ends. Production Resumes

Carnegie-Illinois Steel officials say crane operators walkout at Gary works ended with first shift of 13 men back at midnight. Grievance talks paused during stoppage under U S W A contract, renegotiations to resume Wednesday. Two day strike cost 30,000 tons of basic steel production.

Gary, Ind Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corporation Gary Works United Steel Workers of America CSO

Nazi Fiscal Expert To Argentina

United Press reports Moscow radio said a German financial expert arrived in Buenos Aires via Spain to advise Argentine Finance Minister Cesar Ameghino. A Montevideo paper published a list of Hitlerites who have arrived in Argentina to direct mining and other industries.

United Press Moscow Radio Buenos Aires Germany Spain Cesar Ameghino Radio Montevideo Argentina Ife

George E Hise Dies Des Moines Attorney Aged 71

DES MOINES AP George E Hise 71 a prominent Des Moines attorney died Tuesday after a stroke at his home a week earlier He was president of the State Bar association in 1930 31.

Des Moines George E. Hise Hise State Bar Association

The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest Keeps Thanksgiving and Christmas

The speaker argues for preserving Thanksgiving Day and Christmas as the enduring customs amid a future of peace and change. He imagines a world where nations are free and borders redrawn, yet he insists on the homey, traditional holidays. He reflects on soldiers protecting freedom and longing for the holiday spirit unchanged.

National Safety Council estimates holiday traffic deaths

The National Safety Council projected that Thanksgiving day would see 30 traffic deaths nationwide and the holiday weekend would tally about 300. The estimate includes all deaths resulting from holiday accidents regardless of time elapsed between the accident and death.

Chicago National Safety Council

Codfish Reach Vast Sizes in Ocean Depths

Some codfish grow remarkably large reaching eight feet in length and weighing as much as 100 pounds. This observation highlights the surprising heft of cod species and indicates substantial variation in size among individuals.

Opening Goal Of Red Army Breaks Nazi Defenses On Oesel

Soviet troops pierced Nazi lines on Oesel island at the Gulf of Riga, seizing several German held communities to open shipping lanes. The breakthrough, following heavy artillery, positioned Riga for war-material transfers while a Baltic fleet air raid reportedly sank German ships off the island.

London INS Oesel Island Gulf of Riga Baltic Moscow East Prussia Riga Red Army Oesel

Willkie Memorial Building Planned in New York

Plans for a memorial building in New York to house organizations promoting causes of the late Wendell L. Willkie were announced. Freedom House directors named Sumner Welles honorary chairman of the building fund committee.

New York INS Wendell L. Willkie Freedom House Sumner Welles Building Fund Committee

Burlington Youth Killed in Motorcycle Crash

Mil ton J. Frazier Jr aged 16 of Burlington was fatally injured in a late Tuesday collision between his motorcycle and an automobile driven by Webb 32 of Burlington. Police indicated the crash occurred on a Burlington street and a formal inquiry will follow.

Burlington Milton J. Frazier, Jr Webb

Brunnier Elected National President of AAA

Henry J. Brunnier of San Francisco was elected national president of the American Automobile Association to succeed Thomas P. Henry of Detroit, who served as president for the last 21 years.

Chicago INS Henry J. Brunnier San Francisco American Automobile Association Thomas P. Henry Detroit

Roosevelt Delays Parley With Churchill and Stalin

President Roosevelt acknowledged at a news conference that travel and operational problems delay the long anticipated meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin. The postponement, urged by all three leaders due to war demands, raises the possibility that Charles de Gaulle may visit Moscow to discuss Polish questions, while a full United Nations conference on Dumbarton Oaks is also set for spring 1945.

Washington Ins Roosevelt Winston Churchill Josef Stalin Charles de Gaulle Moscow Stalin de Gaulle Dumbarton Oaks Security Council

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