Star Is Born heads Playhouse Friday on WMT
NADINE SUBOTINE reports that A Star Is Born starring Ralph Wemy and Ann Rutherford will be shown Friday at 8 p.m. over WMT. The article notes the film’s Hollywood rise story and its link to Janet Gaynor’s comeback. Also listed are radio programs and speakers including food rationing talks and University of Iowa discussions in the evening schedule.
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Playhouse
WMT
Ralph Wemy
Ann Rutherford
Hollywood
Janet Gaynor
Ard and
Price
NBC
Homer W. Davis
The
American College At
Athens
Greece
WBBM
WSUI
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Everett Hall
Charles Howell Foster
Foster
Hall
Iowa
United States Merchant Marine
WGN
Thomas P. Craven
Merchant Marine Academy
Fort Schuyler
New York
Lili Damita
Jerry Franken
Bill Thompson
Wallace Wimple
Horatio K. Boomer
Nick de Populus
Judith Jennifer
WHO
Helen Wayes
Theater of Today
Miss Hayes
Helen Hayes
Piper's Grove
Movie-Radio Guide
Hour by Hour Evening Radio Schedule 1942
A detailed list of radio programs for Friday September 11 1942 across stations WMT WGN WHO EXEL and KXEL. Entries include news summaries talk shows music variety and serials with times 6 pm to midnight and recurring hosts and program titles such as Lone Ranger Dinah Shore Navy Band and News summaries.
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WMT Easy Acer
WGN
Wendell Hall
Sonsfellows ‘Exel News
Ada Wey
Holber's HO
Burling
Exel
Lone Ranger
WMT
Kaiterborn
Brady
Cal Tianey
Frank Biase
Godw
Gibbs
Finn
Ann
WGN Navy
Sky
Pira
Navy
Playhouse
Heatte
Waltz Tima Sexel Gankbuster
Holler’s
Brewster Ho
Dinah Shore
Men of Sea
L. Welk
A. Kassel
J. Joyco
Grant
Hugh Carson
Fred Waring
KXEI
Shirer
Chicago
WHO
KXEL
Iowa
Jimmy Evans
J. Sears
WHO Democracy
R, Kinney
Marah Ben
Ree
R. Henson
BBC News
Godt Mxel
F Klin
WGN H
James O
Woolfries
Joe Rockhold
Jerry
Zelda
Pleasantdala
WGN Reveille
WGN Revetbie
WGN Modern Mus
Ble
Boones
WGN News
Mary Miles
Garry Moore
Cni
Helen
Brad Mood
WGN New
Wuo Victory Garde
Riadien
Jane Foster
Berenade
L'son
Knight
Nellie Revell
Walter
Creightons
Magic
AEF
WGN Army
Bona
Theate
Harry
Aldrich
Rouen
Nat
Grange
WGN Music
Dad
Bove
Kred Finchville
WGN Coast Guard
WGN Victory Bus
Sheiley
Wilo
Dorothy Dale
Muale HO Gov Wilson
Better Farms
Congress
Gov
Wilson
Bleacher
Maureen
London Man
Coun
Journal
Sox
Joe Doakes
J. Dorsey O
Dreler
Muddy
Nazi General Dies in Magdeburg Reported by Berlin Radio
Berlin radio reported that General Friedrich Wilhelm von Chapuis, commander of a Russian front army corps, died in Magdeburg on Thursday night.
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London
Berlin
Friedrich Wilhelm von Chappuis
Magdeburg
Beef Shortage Blamed on Policy Says Livestock Man
Chicago economist H. M. Conway of the National Livestock Marketing Association argues the beef shortage is artificially created by government policy. He forecasts 1943 supply at 7.0 billion pounds, down from 1942's 8.6 billion, criticizing the War Production Board's 1943 estimate as phony and urging ceilings on choice dressed beef to push range cattle into feedlots.
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Chicago
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Marketing Association
Washington
Conway
Corn Belt
Iowa Municipalities League appoints 13 committees
Carter Lake mayor Mabrey named 13 committees for the League of Iowa Municipalities. Appointments approved by trustees include leaders for legislative defense public improvements waterworks and supply fire insurance and prevention judicial decisions and other department chairs across multiple cities.
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DES Moines
Wilson E. Mabrey
Carter Lake
League of Iowa Municipalities
Mabrey
Board of Trustees
Ralph B. Slippy
Waterloo
J. F. Walter
McGregor
Max A. Conrad
Burlington
W. E. Caddwell
Fort Dodge
A .B. Phillips
Clear Lake
W. J. Teeters
Iowa City
F. M. Cottrell
Iowa Falls
F. H. Graves
Madrid
J. L. Wilson
Perry
E. C. Carnal
Tama
Stanley Mayer
Clinton
David J Gallery
Winterset
W. C. McSweeney
Independence
C. Brown
Frank K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
League
Frank Pierce
Marshalltown
Minnie Offman
Glenn Miller Receives Army Captaincy
Glenn Miller, famed swing band leader, accepts a captaincy in the army specialist corps. His representatives say the orchestra, which grossed about a million dollars last year, will be disbanded. Miller, 38, is a native of Clarinda, Iowa.
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New York
Glenn Miller
Army
Clarinda
Iowa
Lone Nazi Raider Attacks Iceland in East Coast Incident
An unidentified Nazi raider fired on a store and a house in an east coast Icelandic village, and shot at laborers in a field and two fishing trawlers. The army reported no bomb drops and no casualties.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
War production peaks push auto industry to new wartime highs
Detroit reports automotive plants expanding to armament output at 5.4 billion dollars annually, a 32 percent rise from 1941 nonmilitary production. At capacity, yearly war output could reach 12 billion, with employment up 20 percent to 809,000, and ongoing hires of over 40,000 monthly plus 200,000 more needed, including many women.
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Detroit
U.S. Mexico Sign Rubber Agreement
The United States and Mexico signed a rubber agreement granting the U S exclusive rights to buy all Mexican surplus rubber through 1947. The accord was announced by the State Department on Thursday night.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Mexico
United States
Police Battle IRA Suspects in Belfast
Police fought suspected IRA members barricaded in a Belfast house for 15 minutes Thursday night. Two suspects were arrested and authorities seized revolvers and IRA literature.
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IRA
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Truck Rule to Be Enforced in Iowa by Five Districts
Iowa will enforce the latest Office of Defense Transportation order through five district offices. John Gillespie, central Iowa district manager, will oversee 33 counties. Offices are Davenport in southeast Iowa under Paul Kurktkamp, Omaha for southwest Iowa with W J Hans, Mason City for northeast Iowa, and Sioux Falls for northwest Iowa. the order takes effect November 15.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Office of Defense Transportation
John Gillespie
Central Iowa
ODT
Gillespie
Davenport
Paul J. Kurktkamp
Southwest
Omaha
W. J. Hans
Mason City
Sioux Falls
S. C
Dairy Cattle Congress Honors Hit Waterloo Show
At the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo the champions were named: Holstein bull King Bessie Senator shown by Ravenglen Farms Antioch Illinois Guernsey cow St James Philosopher's Barbee shown by Chauncey McCormick Naperville Illinois Jersey cow Charla Was Wanted shown by Ralph L Smith Chillicothe Missouri Brown Swiss bull Valhalla Wonder Signal shown by Hudds Bridge Farm New Milford Connecticut Belgian mare Bonnie Mae Farceur shown by Wengert Bros State Center Iowa Kossuth County 4 H team Willie Arbeiter Cedar Falls Iowa received first place in demonstrations The event drew 71000 attendees over three days about 15000 more than 1941 figures reported secretary manager E E Estes.
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Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Ravenglen Farms
Antioch
S. Guernsey
St. James
Chauncey McCormick
Naperville
I. Jersey
Charla
Ralph L. Smith
Chillicothe
Hudd
Wengert Bros
State Center
Kossuth
Willie Arbeiter
Cedar Falls
E. E. Estes
Iowa corn crop seen topping record by seven percent
Iowa's 1942 corn crop is estimated at 546,112,000 bushels, up 17.5 percent from last year and seven percent above the previous all-time high. The average yield per acre is projected at 56 bushels, the state’s best on record, with soybeans, oats, and hay also forecast near historic highs amid favorable conditions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Carl
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Town
Agriculture Department Forecasts U.S. Corn and Wheat Crops
The Agriculture Department on Thursday projected the 1940 corn crop at 3 015 915 000 bushels and the wheat crop at 981 793 000 bushels based on Sept 1 conditions. Last year’s output was 2 672 541 000 bushels with the 10 year average at 2 307 452 000. A month ago corn was forecast at 2 753 696 000 and wheat at 955 172 000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa convict proposes new distillery method for rubber production
Prisoner Bill Abrahamson, 36, serving 25 years for robbery in Woodbury County, submitted rough plans to Iowa's defense commission for a distillery using a "new principle" to speed grain alcohol production for synthetic rubber. He suggests potatoes and lye with corn to hasten fermentation and envisions rapid, modular units. The plans, filed via W. E. Jackson of the state parole board, place Abrahamson at Fort Madison penitentiary, Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Defense Commission
Bill Abrahamson
Woodbury County
Abrahamson
Fort Madison
W. E. Jackson
State Board of Parole
Warns Against Miners Driving Gas Transports
Des Moines reports that Iowa highway patrol Chief C A Knee warned operators of gasoline transport trucks that they will be liable under state law if they let youths under 21 drive. He cited statutes banning under 21s from operating trucks carrying inflammable material and said owners will be prosecuted for violations. One recent case noted. officials say bulk plants use younger drivers due to labor shortages.
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Des Moines
C. A. Knee
Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa
Knee
Suetter Attorneys Seek New Trial in Oregon
Philip Suetter, 70, awaiting sentencing on a conspiracy conviction involving the Catholic church prelates saw a delay after his attorneys requested a new trial. Federal Judge Dean R. Yankwich set an Oct. 12 decision date. Suetter remains free on a $10,000 bond.
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Portland
Ore
Philip Suetter
Suetter
Dean R. Yankwich
Britain’s Home Guard Total Reaches 1.75 Million
Prime Minister Churchill announced on Thursday night that Britain's Home Guard has grown to 1,750,000 volunteers. The figure underscores wartime mobilization as authorities stress defense readiness and citizen participation.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Leopold refuses Nazi government in Belgium
London reports German pressure on King Leopold of the Belgians to form a pro Nazi regime but he refuses, citing treason to his people. German officials allegedly offered freedom for cooperation, yet Leopold, kept as a prisoner at Castle Laeken, rejects the plan. Belgian public sentiment favors his return after the war.
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London
Leopold
Belgium
Castle Laeken
Germany
Bolivar descendant Clemencia Perez Bolivar dies at 108
Caracas Venezuela AP report states Senorita Clemencia Perez Bolivar a late descendant of Simon Bolivar died in Bolivar city at age 108. She was among the final direct descendants of the liberator. The obituary notes her long life and historic connection to Bolivar.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Senorita
Clemencia Perez Bolivar
Simon Bolivar
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