Passion Play Headquarters Opened in Cedar Rapids
A promotion office for the Black Hills Passion Play opens at avenue and Second street SE Cedar Rapids. It runs 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. daily for reservations for Oct 24 to 27 at the 1 coliseum under the Cham of Commerce. The company tours from St. Louis with elaborate costumes and real animals led by Josef Meier as Christus and Clara Hume Meier as Mary.
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Chamof Commerce
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Young Men's Bureau
St. Louis
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Denver
Fort Worth
Dallas
Huston
San Antonio
Josef Meier
Christus
Clara Hume Meier
Mary
Meier
Toots Shor’s Washington trip sparks U.S. dining legend tale
New York figures recall Toots Shor’s White House dream after tea with President Roosevelt and friends. The saloon king’s West 51st Street restaurant thrives, rivaling famed spots as celebrities flock for sport, politics, and show business. Frank Sinatra’s New York return stirs teen crowds while Ethel Merman exits Sadie Thompson Broadway stir fuels lyric disputes.
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Jack O’brian
York
Toots Shor
Washington
President Roosevelt
Frank Sinatra
Rags England
White House
F.D.R
Toots
Pat O’brien
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Gertrude Niesen
Bert Lahr
Billy Rose
Whimsical gossip and political quips fill late editions
A collage of celebrity chatter and political barbs with names like Mae West Anita Colby Lucia Carroll and Joe E. Lewis. Observations on Roosevelt Willkie and the Unknown Soldier pension stunt glow amid jokes about counterfeit embassies and department store battles.
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Met
Los Angeles Examiner
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Anita Colby
Begu
Washington
Ryan
Lucia Carroll
School For Brides
Carl Schroeder
Betty Stewart
Keenan Wynns
F. D.R
Roosevelt Gazette
Radio schedule highlights return of popular shows
NADINE SUBOTNIK reports NBC CBS and Mutual network fare features the return of We Love at 1 p m on NBC and WHO, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet at 5 p m on CBS and WMT, The Eternal Light debut at 10 a m on NBC and WMAQ, World Series on Mutual and WGN at 1 45 p m, and Mary Martin Orson Welles Burl Ives on Radio Hall of Fame at 5 p m over Blue and KXEL.
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Harriet Hilliard
Ozzie Nelson
Nelsons
Ozzie and Harriet
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Nan Grey
Donald Woods
Hollywood
NBC
WHO
Agnes Ridgeway
Ee Cromwell
Virginia Sale
Helen Wood
Francis X. Bushman
Alma Krueger
Mary Gordon
Nelson and
Harriet
Ozzie
John P. Medbury
WMT
Silver Theater
Nelson Orchestra
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Wmaq Today
Mutual
WGN
Dorothy Maynor
Andre Kostelanetz
Rose Bampton
Thomas L. Thomas
William Kapeill
America
WMAQ
Eleanor Steber
Lansing Hatfield
The
Blue
KXEL
Radio Hall of Fame
Mary Martin
Orson Welles
Milton Berle
Burl Ives
Paul Whiteman
Ozzie & Harry
Quick
Flash Exel
Hall of Fame
Malon
White
Bach
John Thomasee
Symphony
Music Am
NBC Symphony
William Shirer
Fanny Brice
Gildersleeve
Kate Smith
Jack Benny
Blondie
Edgar Bergen
One Man’s Family
Joe E. Brown
WLS
Walter Winchell
EXEL
Steel Horizons
Tee
Basin Street
Yne Who
We the People
Sunday radio schedule highlights from October 8 1944
A dense hour by hour list shows CBS NBC and local stations airing a mix of church programs entertainment and news. Entries include Army Hour World News Opera and drama shows with WMT WGN KXEL and other outlets, detailing times and program titles across morning and evening periods.
Headlines and Broadcast Schedule Snapshot
A compact scan of TV radio listings shows WGN WMT and GAEL segments with screen tests music blocks and news. Entries mention Drummond H Heidt Lewis Gross and O Daniel in various news and spotlight slots plus a late symphony and Amigo program.
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WEO
Pleace
Gael
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C_ Ravazza O
Ted Maione
WGN B
Drumimond
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Gross
Lewis Oo
Chicago
Recruiters End Week in Cedar Rapids Without Enlistments
A Cedar Rapids drive by Capt. Reva Startzer and Lt. Betty Veach and Cpl. Rose Burrows failed to yield any new enlistments for medical technicians. The team showed a film and stressed the need for women in army hospitals with Maj. Gen. Kirk aiming for 22,000 women in U S hospitals and overseas. Opportunities span dentistry X ray surgical support laboratory occupational therapy psychiatry and orthopedics.
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Cedar Rapids
Reva M. Startzer
Omaha Wac
Betty Veach
Des Moines
WAC
Rose Burrows
Army General Hospitals
Startzer
Veach
Civil Air Patrol
N. T. Kirk
United States
Medical Department
Hollywood Newsreel Satirizes Stars and Studio Life
A parade of Hollywood glimpses shows Greta Garbo buying flowers from a blind peddler and Barbara Stanwyck mailing letters to Lt. Robert Taylor. William Powell hunts a gasoline coupon book while Leo mostly ignores calls, with Garson and others in playful scenes across Beverly Hills sets.
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William Powell
Thin Man
Greta Garbo
Leanor Powell
Beverly Hills
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
W.C. Fields
Hollywood
William Shirer to Return to Continent for CBS Europe
William L. Shirer, CBS news analyst and former Berlin correspondent, will rejoin CBS European staff in France and Germany. He will report on World News programs from abroad and continue his Sunday diary on CBS and WMT. Shirer rose to prominence with eyewitness broadcasts from France and other fronts during the early war years.
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William L. Shirer
Columbia Network
CBS
London
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Open Conference Begins For Scout Personnel
Howard Braun director of registrations for the national office opens a series of training conferences for Scout executives and office personnel in region 8 on Monday. About 20 persons from surrounding councils attend the meeting at the Roosevelt hotel.
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Roosevelt Hotel
Early Biotting Paper Known by 1465
The fragment notes that biotting paper dates back to around 1465, indicating an early use or discovery in historical papermaking or related craft. The detail emphasizes the antiquity of the technique and its regional or manuscript context.
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