Breakfast Club Then and Now A Monumental Radio Phenomenon
Radio fans nationwide mourn President Roosevelt as the Breakfast Club under Don McNeill reshapes its format. The show thrives on audience participation with 875,000 charter members and 600 fans per show, making it a rural and urban staple carried by the NBC network.
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Oy Wesser
Union
Roosevelt
Breakfast Club
Don McNeill
McNeill
America
American Broadcasting Company
Chicago
Nancy Martin
Singing
Me’m
Marion Mann
Sam Colling
Heckler
Ed Bollating
Hay Grant
Fran Allison
Fran
Tawa
Radio Gardener Club Performs Before D Day Audiences
The long running Radio Gardener program began 12 years ago with restricted guest access. Doors opened in 1927 for a tubercular marine’s wish, then fully in 1938. Since then about 500000 viewers have seen the club’s impromptu prayer and assignments, earning national attention for war work.
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Will Bederm
Hybrid Hogs Aim for Super Meat Through Inbreeding Methods
Regional Swine Breeding Laboratory coordinates thirteen state stations to create superior hybrid hogs by crossing inbred lines. The program targets large litters, high pig survival, rapid gain, low feed per unit gain, and desired pork cuts, with mixed results across breeds and trials in Minnesota Iowa and Ohio.
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George A. Montgomery
Poer
Mr. Montgomery
Nick
Minnesota
Iowa
Poland
M. L. Winters
World Leaders Picture of FDR's Lasting Impact
The piece surveys how Franklin D Roosevelt's death reshapes ties with Churchill King Somervell Hopkins Baruch and others. It notes Churchill loses a strong personal rapport and must work with an unfamiliar White House ally while Hopkins had intimate talks and secrets with Roosevelt.
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Frank UN Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Fdr
U. S Army-Navy
Ernest King
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
King
B. B. Somervell
Army
Truman Committee
Somervell
Truman
Marshall
Warry Hopkins
Harry Hopking
Harry
PDR
Jimmie
Bernard Baruch
War Production Board
General Somervell
Baruch
Tramar
WPE
Alsa Bernie
Byrnes
Chicago
San Francisco Briefs on G Men and Dignitaries
San Francisco residents read a quick tour of security for delegates and VIPs arriving for a conference. The piece notes 200 FBI and state agents guarding Molotov, discusses Mayor LaGuardia’s possible governor bid, Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima photo profits aiding Marines, and local chatter about columnists, theater, and notable figures. It mentions Archibald MacLeish selling his Alexandria home, FDR’s legacy, and a dime profile idea for the March of Dimes.
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San Franciscans
State Department
New York City
Chicago
New Orleans
Ihe Hig City
Russia
Mr. Molotov
John Edgar Hoover
FBI
FDR
Charlie Michelson
LaGuardia
N. Y
John Metcalfe
Washington
New York Gazette
Joe Rosenthal
Joe
AP Hocus
Iwo Jima
Kent Cooper
Navy Relief
Archibald MacLeish
Alexandria, Va
Jimmy Byrnes
All England
Pacific Coast Farmers Offered Irrigation Benefits in Washington
Landowners on 1,029,000 acres in the Columbia river basin in eastern Washington are offered irrigation benefits at 85 dollars per irrigable acre, payable over four years, under plans approved by Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes. Approval of the repayment plan moves the department closer to its largest irrigation and multi purpose development program.
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Pacific Coast
Columbia River
Washington
Interior
Harold L
Interior Department
Bureau
Truman’s First Query on Patronage Ties and Influence
President Truman weighs political loyalties and patronage networks, asking what a key ally can deliver beyond who he knows. The remark signals considerations of influence, access, and practical political leverage during his administration.
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Truman
Two Smart Suits From One Pattern Pat tern 909
Practical sewing note describes making two outfits from one pattern 909 with a transfer for two bibs and key pieces. Mentions three yards of material and applique chick designs with nautical theme details. Includes fragmentary instruction to send orders.
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By W. J. Dryden
Don McNeil
Geniss
Bue
Radio Gardener
M.D
Illinois Experiment Station
Ohio Station
Ing
United States
Swank Winnetka
Treasury
M.c. Don Me.eik
Fort Sheridan
Boswell Institute
Galena
McWeill Farsily
Sheboygan
Wisc
Don
Milwaukee
College of Journalism
Marquette University
Jimmy Bennett
Blue Network
Louisville
WHAS
Pearl Harbor
Ter
Los Angeles
San Francisco
George Polk
L. A
George
California
Clare Luce
Italy
Edda Mussolini
Mike McDermott
Stitelinius
Angel
Currantheeler
Alcazar
United Nations Theater
Glenn Almvine
Will Hays Roo
Jack
New York
S. Bil Angsley
Calif
Mr. B
Barbara Burke
Dolly
Ralph Ober
Ernie Pyle
S. I
OPA
Market Street
Walter Winchell
Sewing Circle
Neewlecraft Dept
Caliz
Veronica Lake
Amount Daiet
Kaéik Bran
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