Christmas Carol Updated by WHIS Players at Granada
The WHIS players present a modern wartime version of Dickens A Christmas Carol at Granada Theatre on December 15 with Old Scrooge and Tiny Tim in a device filled London setting. Norma Lee Alley directs a cast including Lindsey Alley Barnes Nash Tom Stewart and two child actors for a charity show aiding Bluefield’s poor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrooge
Dicken
WHIS
Sc . Morley
Ghost
Tiny Tim
War Toland
London
Granada Theatre
Imes
Norma Lee Alley
Lindsey Alley
Barnes Nash
Tom Stewart
Bluefield
Santa Claus
Comely model Arabella Hart in magistrate clash and radio news
Arabella Hart drawn into a dispute with New York magistrate William Rin es over an assault accusation tied to an ex husband. She received ten days in a workhouse suspended for good behavior. The page also notes radio moves including Ginny Simms leaving Kay Kyser for Hollywood and Navy recruitment efforts by Burns and Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabella
Bunny” Hart
New York
William Rines
WHIS
H. A
Ginny Simms
Kay Kyser
Hollywood
Ginny
Kay
Bing Crosby
Radio Schedule Featuring Hillbilly Jamboree and More
A dense hourly radio lineup lists programs from 5:00 PM to 8:45 PM including Hillbilly Jamboree BiTone Corp Uncle Gus and His Gang and Musical Clock segments. It features News updates from Chicago House and other sponsors such as Coca Cola Pure Oil Co and Bluefield Hardware Co, with various musical acts and devotional content throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BiTone Corp
Uncle Gus & His Gang
Lilly Mountaineers
Lilly Land Co
Buskirk Brothers Walford Wrecking Co
Chicago House
J. W. Hobson
Woman’s Radio Journal
Poca
Fuel Co
Mary Lee Taylor
Pet Milk Co
Warlick
Lee Moore
Juanita Tomchin
Feuchtenberger Bakery
JFG Coffee Boys
JFG Coffee Co
Coca-Cola
Tonic Tunes
Bluefield Supply Co
Mineral Springs
Bluefield Hardware Co
Buskirk Brothers
Bi-Tone Corp
Davis
Vee
World OF Sports
DREAM
NEWS
Pure Oil Co
AmeRicAn Oil Co
West Virginia Nurses’ Assn
LIFE weighs in on WHIS Christmas party plan
The LIFE group weighs in on organizing this year's WHIS Christmas party and hints that if LIFE does not take the lead, LIFE will miss a key opportunity.
Radio Schedule Fragments Show Evening Lineup
A dense list outlines 9:00 to 7:30 PM radio and NBC CBS Coast to coast shows on December 5. Program entries include Music Appreciation Hour Dancing by Clancy Captain Midnight Life Can Be Beautiful and Fighting war news with Bob Edge and Low levels of detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Armstrong
Nbcwear-East
Guilding Light
Nbc-Red
Bud Barton
Nbc-Wijz
Clancy
Nbc
CBS
Cbsw
Tom Mix
Wjz
Scattergood Baines
Cbs-Wabc
Captain Midnight
Mbschain
Nbc-Weat
Escorts
Betty
Nbc-Blue-West
Mbs Cha
Edwin C. Hill
Cbs-Wabebasic
Chicago Rhythm Rascals
Cbs-West
the Reveries
Nbcweaf
Bill Stern
Orches Wiz-East
Irene Wicker
Nbe-Blue
Bob Edge
Cbs-Wabe
Mbs-Chain
J. Hynd
Dancing Music Orch
Nbe
Dad Barton
Blue
Paul Sullivan
Cbs-Wabee
Mbs-Net
Li'l Abner
Europe
Mr. Keen
Lanny Ross
Obs
Wabe
Morgan
Bob Crosby
Nbc-Wed
Tom Powers
Cbswabc
CBS Concert Orchestra
Mbs
Arthur Hale
H. V. Kaltenborn
Radio Schedule Highlights Major Broadcast Lineup
A detailed 1930s style radio schedule lists programs across networks CBS NBC and others from 8:00 to 11:15 pm. Features include Fanny Brice Horace Heidt and Bing Crosby shows, musical ensembles, British war news, town meetings, Rudy Vallee and Ray Swing talks, and Chicago Symphony offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Baker
Mbs-East
Fanny Brice
Nbe-Weaf
Horace Heidt
Nbe-Wiz
Chs-Wabe
Wythe Williams
Mbs-Wer
Dooley
Wenwor-Cklwcing Music Orchestra
Mbs-Wen
Aldrich
Nbeweaf
Nbe-Wjz
Cbs-Wabe
Chicago
Mbs-Chain
Elmer Davis
Cbswame
Bing Crosby
Weaf
Rochester
Philharmonic
Nbe
Wjz
Major Bowes
Mbseas
Mbs
Wor
Nbc
A. Wallenstein Sinfonietta
Ferguson Named Federal Housing Administrator
Abner H. Ferguson is pictured receiving congratulatory telephoned wishes after the Presidential announcement that he would become the new Federal Housing Administrator. He succeeds Stewart McDorala, who resigned after serving as first assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner H. Ferguson
Stewart McDorala
Army Reserve Officers Called to Extended Active Duty
Thirteen West Virginia army reserve officers are ordered to extended active duty. Capt. Fred P. Robinson Jr. heads to Fort Sill for batter officer course, then to the Field Artillery Replacement Center. Others are assigned to Fort Hayes, Fort Benning, Fort Monroe, Carlisle Barracks, Camp Lejeune, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
West Virginia Army Reserve
Fifth Corps
Fred P. Robinson, Jr
Cabin Creek
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Okla
Carroil Hh Batson
Charleston
R Corps
Fort Hayes
Edward Sidney Bock, Jr
Infantry
Wallace C. Moore
Clarksburg
Fort Benning
Wilfred Jackson
Elkins
Arthur Gustav Kiel
Glen Ferris
Coast Artillery
Coast Artillery School
Fort Monroe
Buford W. McNeer
Hinton
Carlisle Barracks
Camp Lee
William H. Unger
Mora
Engineers Corp
Fort Elvoir
Rupert C. Collins
Parkersburg
Emanuel J. Amato
Pemberton
Engineer Corps
Fort Belvoir
Maurice Austin Mayes
Point Pleasant
Army officers cited for training moves and plane output
To headquarters company Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana First Lieut Samuel Theodore Miller South Charleston field artillery to Fort Sill Oklahoma Second Lieut Charles E Sioli ger Wellsburg infantry Benning infantry school It is estimated that domestic production of planes now is at the rate of about 1000 monthly About half this number are sent to Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Samuel Theodore Miller
South Charleston
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Oklo
Charles E. Sioliger
Wellsburg
Benning Infantry School
Great Britain
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Irk
Med
T. He
Dixie Lee
49Ers
Mason
Sue
Ann
Dan Cupid
Arkansas
Reading
Radio Listerner
K. P
Beckley
Myles
Miles
Little
George Burns
Gracie Allen
U. S. Navy
RADIO
Ial
Elk’s Club
Fred Pendleton
the Skylanders
Penney
Dolly
C.penney
Paneve
Towncroft
Pat of
Army Reserve
Caromel
Carter
Kid Evers
Everett
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