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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1944
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR note from Oelwein Daily Register outlines sections on business manager news editor and post office matters. Mentions weekly market and science content with unclear per week rates and postal classifications.
The Register outlines a civic platform supporting Mercy Hospital expansion and a four building program to pace growth in Oelwein. It notes Lake Oelwein fortification already approved and a March 9 municipal election featuring two swimming facilities and a recreational center with an airport project approved at the election.
A fragmented Christmas reflection compares peace with war and urges rededication to Christian ideals. It notes how nations chase security, not conquest, and calls for living by the spirit of Jesus Christ to achieve lasting peace and virtue through the year.
A clipped page fragment mentions Gracie Allen and assorted calendar items. It references a February 28 1945 date and notes processed foods and sugar labeling in a miscellaneous list. The legibility is limited with many garbled terms and unclear event details.
The document lists stamp coupons for shoes and gasoline with validity dates and quantities. No 1 2 3 shoe stamps are good indefinitely. Gasoline No 14 A and Ba 2 and Lo coupons cover four to five gallons, valid through March 2. Fuel oil period and new period coupons are valid through the heating season. new period coupons are valid now through the heating year. Consumers holding coupons should use them promptly.
In a tense mansion aftermath, Conrad dies after a heart attack is suspected. Drue reveals she gave him digitalis from a nurse’s emergency kit, fearing his worsening illness. The lieutenant suspects foul play as suspects circle, and a missing syringe hints at occult motives. The scene ends with uncertainty and questions for autopsy.
Radio listings across WNT ABS WGN WHO and NBC networks detail 6:00 to 12:00 Saturday night schedules. Programs include Mayor of the Town America in the Air Kenny Bakers Parade of Features Confidentially Yours to 12:45 am with news and sign-off. Multiple orchestras and variety shows appear, with Carnival Gaslight Gaieties Truth or Consequences and Barn Dance blocks, reflecting a bustling prime-time musical lineup.
Radio listings for multiple stations WMT WGN and WHO outline 6:00 pm to 12:06 am programs including Katie Smith Hour Blondie Crime Doctor News Texaco Star Theater Take It or Leave It Smas Carols Cedric Foster Old Fashioned Revival Hour and CBS Xmas program on WMT. WGN features Stars of Tomorrow Alexander's Mediation Heatter and other news programs. WHO presents Jack Benny Edgar Bergen One Man's Family Comedy Theatre and News with various anchors and sign off at 11:30 pm.
A dense listing of 1940s broadcast slots across CBS MBS and WHO stations. Programs include Love a Mystery, Hedda Hopper's Hollywood, Frank Sinatra's Show, Fulton Lewis, Guy Lombardo, Sherlock Holmes, and The Shadow among others. News, music, plays, and quiz segments fill the late afternoon to midnight hours.
A garbled listing shows multiple stations WMT CBS MBS WGN and WHO with varied programs from 6:00 PM to after midnight. Entries include Love 2 Mystery, Burns & Allen, Roy Rogers Show, Gabriel Heatter news, Lawrence Welk, Dance Orchestra, and late news blocks, all in fragmented form.
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