War Chest kickoff with Roosevelt broadcast across networks
NADINE SUBOTNIK announces the 1942 War Chest campaign launch featuring a brief address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The program runs 9:30 to 10 p.m. across WMT WGN WHO and KXEL, with Tom K Smith introducing Roosevelt. Also on the slate are Blondie skits and Philadelphia Orchestra music under Eugene Ormandy.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
WMT
WGN
WHO
KXEL
Roosevelt
Tom K. Smith
Boatman’s National Bank of St. Louis
Community Mobilization
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
HH ‘Ekanie
Spotlight Bands on KXEL to Feature Glen Gray Tonight
Glen Gray and his Casa Loma orchestra will perform on KXEL at 8 30 pm as part of the Spotlight Bands program. A 15 minute segment titled Popular death by own action discusses electing high caliber congressmen and airs Tuesday at 2 15 pm on WMT, sponsored by the National League of Women Voters.
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Poland
WMT
Sylvan Straker
New York
Molly Picon
Jascha Heifetz
WHO
KXEL
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
National League of Women Voters
Evening Radio Schedule Through Oct 6 191%
A dense radio program log lists hourly show pairings across stations WMT WGN WHO KXEL and KNXEL. It covers Oct 5 evening into Oct 6 morning with talks, music, dramas, news, and soap operas featuring hosts and sponsors.
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WMT
Easy Aces
WGN
Bradley
KXEL
WGN Sports
Holbrk
WGN B
Drummond
Heatter
A. Sagrelt
Clapper
WGN Hill
Roosevelt
Grant
Hush Carso
Waring
J. Wald
A. Jarrett
Suns
E. Oliver Oo
BBC News
Gillette
G. Claridge
H. James
WMT Press
WGN Valley
Henson
WGN Melody Time
Stella Dallas
Ma Perkins
Ann
Lorenzo Jones
Vic & Sade
Salvo
Widder Brown
Turner
Portia
Mag Kitchen
Ben Bernie
D. Cheskin O
Farrell
Muddy
Don Winslow
Edwin Hill
Uncle Harry
Czech School Enrolls Pupils for Saturday Sessions
South Side notes pupils enrolled in two classes of the Czech school held Saturdays with Mrs Bozena Pidima and Mrs Marie Chmelicek directing. The Czech Independence Day observance marks the golden anniversary of the Damska Matice with a program at C S P S hall. The Bohemian Dramatic Association will stage Dark Eyes November 1 directed by Charles Bohaty. Catholic Sokol and Karla Masaryk C S A lodge to hold meetings. Maryland’s population grew from 1 631 526 to 1 811 546 between 1930 and 1940.
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Jackie Bauer
Frances Brazda
Joan Franc
Josephine
Martha Kuncl
Barbara Klassen
Betty Nemec
Charles Netolicky
Frances Pesek
Joan Rorick
George
Marie Sykora
Agnes Vopalka
Joan White
Vlasta Yuva
Leo Sindelar
Betty Yuva
Vladislav Zumer
Martha Pesek
Verna Kunel
Hermine Netolicky
Helen Skalicky
Bozena Pidima
Marie Chmelicek
Damska Matice
Czech Alliance Association
The
Bohemian Dramatic Association
Charles Bohaty
United States
Europe
Maryland
Popular Music Tops Radio Favorites Among Soldiers
The War Department’s Special Service Division survey finds 87 percent of soldiers favor popular music on radio, with news broadcasts comedy programs and sports in the top four. Opera and hillbilly music are disliked, while Friday and Thursday show higher listening. One in six soldiers owns a radio and about half tune in during the day.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Special Service Division
Army Radio Plea to Youths to Volunteer
Washington. The War Department issued a radio appeal urging 18 and 19 year olds to enlist. Maj. Gen. James A Ulio questioned withholding youth from military training and warned of future campaign needs and possible duty for young men.
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Washington
War Department
Army
James A. Ulio
Soviets Deny Stalin Quits Military Post
The United Press reports Soviet officials denied rumors that Joseph Stalin resigned as supreme Russian military commander and that Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov would take over. Nazi broadcasts also spread a false claim that General George Marshall had been replaced as U.S. chief of staff.
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United Press
Josef Stalin
Boris Shaposhnikov
Moscow
Vichy
George Marshall
United States
Red air raids hit Bratislava as front moves
The report says Russian planes swept from the east and bombed Bratislava the capital of puppet Slovakia on Sunday night. Vichy radio claimed German bombers over Dover Canterbury and southern England, while British sources said there was nothing to report.
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Associated Press
Bratislava
Slovakia
Vichy
Dover
Canterbury
England
German Tank Corps Commander Killed on Don Front
Berlin reports General Baron von Langermann und Erlencamp commander of a German tank corps and Colonel Nagy commander of a Hungarian division were killed Saturday on the Don front. The high command said Langermann died a hero's death in the front line and that Nagy was killed beside him.
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Berlin
Baron von Langermann Und Erlencamp
Nagy
Don Front
Langermann
First Trust and Savings Bank Statement of Condition
Iowa bank report for Cedar Rapids Linn County shows total resources of 1 932 632 61 with deposits of 1 724 667 31 and liabilities of 1 932 632 61. Officers F Mitralsky J Dvorak L Struesky and F Stastny attest to accuracy and seal. Notary Helen Stourac witnesses on October 2, 1942. Directors listed.
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First Trust and Savings Bank
State of
Iowa
Linn County
F. S. Mitralsky
F J, Dvorak
L. W. Struesky
Frank J. Stastny
F. & Mitvalsky
J. Dvorak
Lu. W. Stritesky
Frank J Stastny
FS. Mitralsky
F_ J Dvorak
L. W. Striesky
Seala Helen Stourac
Anator Linn
L. L. Blahnin
ED _ E. HACH
G. J. Kesh
Army Planes Seen Overpowering Enemies in War Record
Washington AP report says the House military subcommittee found U S Army planes are a match for or superior to enemy aircraft. It cites a 30 day August 14 to Sept 14 destruction ratio of 7.5 to 1 and notes P 39 and P 40 fighters each destroyed multiple enemy planes with few losses. Lovett reports plane accident rate in 1942 fell 15 percent vs 1930 40 peacetime period.
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Washington
United States Army
House Military Subcommittee On Aviation
United States
Uncle Sam
Army Air Forces
Army Air
Germany
Japan
Army Air Force
Washington, D. C
Robert A. Lovett
Air
Congressional
Lovett
Chinese Army Being Formed in India Under Stilwell
Lieutenant General Joseph W Stilwell has assembled Chinese division survivors in eastern India and formed an elite corps trained by Americans with American equipment. The exact number is undisclosed, but it could form the nucleus of a new striking force against Japan. The unit has been kept secret until now.
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India
Joseph W
Uncle Joe
Stilwell
Stalingrad
Sevastopol
Volga
Timoshenko
Voronezh
Caucasus
Grozny Fields
Rostov
Herriot Reported in Concentration Camp
Zurich dispatch reports Edouard Herriot former president of the French chamber of deputies has been sent to a concentration camp at Vals Les Bains France Four Dutchmen were executed at The Hague for Communist activity against the German occupation forces.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Edouard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
Vals Les Bains
France
The
Hague
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank Statement 1942
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank Swisher Trust and 3.00009 at Swisher Johnson County closes Sept 30 1942. Resources total 620 833 98. Capital stock 30 000 00 surplus 45 000 00 undivided profits 6 561 75 reserves 10 000 00. Liabilities include savings deposits 342 638 19 time certificates 22 178 54 demand certificates 1937 84 trust funds 110 799 5. Other liabilities 23 82. Names W Netolicky MD president Joseph C Coufal VP Chas J Ross cashier Elmer J Ulch Asst cashier sworn Oct 3 1942.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn
United States
Ely
Swisher
Johnson
Johnson County
We. W . Netolichy
Joseph C Coufal
Chas J Ross
Elmer J Ulch
Netolicky
Joseph C. Coufal
Chas J Koss
Sealy
W J Netolicky
M.D
Chas
Koss
Elmer J Uileh
ADELINE A _ KOSS
A. Cuhel
G. C
Chadima
Danes Balk At Hitler Plan For Germanic Union
Stockholm reports say Hitler aims to form a new federation of Germanic states including Germany Netherlands Norway and Denmark with a central parliament in Berlin The Danish Quisling Fritz Klausen may be pressed into the plan while Denmark balks and Denmark’s occupation leadership is called to Berlin.
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Stockholm
Hitler
Germany
Holland
Norway
Denmark
Berlin
Quislings
United Press
Fritz Klausen
Groceries Stolen From Lindy’s Lunch Room
Over the weekend two breakins were reported. Adelyn Blaylock, manager of Lindy’s lunch room on First avenue at Eleventh street NE, listed missing items including 50 pounds of potatoes 40 pounds of sugar 2 dozen bottles of catsup 2 quarts of mayonnaise 4 cans of peas 6 cans of tomatoes half crate of oranges and four boxes of spaghetti. William Baldridge of 2143 M1 Vernon avenue SE reported 25 chickens stolen from his chicken house Saturday night.
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Lindy
First Avenue
Eleventh Street
Miss Blaylock
William Baldridge
Vernon Avenue
Soviet Strategy May Have Wrecked Nazis Plan 1942
Louis F. Keemle reports that Russian operations around Voronezh and the Caucasus threaten to derail Hitler's 1942 objectives. Timoshenko concentrates on a strong Voronezh flank while holding the Caucasus oilfields, potentially stopping the Stalingrad drive and severing rival supply routes. The shift may have contributed to Bock’s dismissal and Hitler’s continued focus on southern oil targets over Moscow.
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Caucasus
Grozny
Hitler
Timoshenko
Volga
Lower Volga
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Caspian Sea
Caspian
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Mozdok
Bock
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