Verdi Receives Unusual Fan Letter Over Aida
The Parma premiere of Verdi’s Aida provoked a curious letter from Signor Bertani who traveled from Reggio to Parma to protest the opera. He demanded reimbursement for 92 francs spent on travel and a detestable dinner, but Verdi offered a modest check covering travel and tickets, noting the man might have eaten at home.
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Guiseppe Verdi
Verdi
Aida
Parma
Signor Bertani
Reggio
Bertani
Metropolitan Opera
Olives
Bluefield
Radio Schedule List Highlights Local Programs
The 5:00 to 12:45 schedule reads like a daily radio lineup featuring Joe Church Lee Moore Arthur Smith Woody Williams Lilly Mountaineers Rev John A Leland Rise and Shine NBC News Hank Lawson Solovox Tone Picture soprano Rosa Lee soprano and several time blocks with bands and shops.
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Joe Church
Lee Moore
Arthur Smith
Woody Williams
Maskins Clothing
Lonesome Pine Piddlers
Lilly Mountaineers
Lilly Land
John A. Leland
Wonder Valley Gang—Alper’s Dept
Rise and Shine
Chicago
Checkerboard
Purina Mills
Simon & Schuster
NBS
NBC
Chicago House
Hank Lawson
Solovox
Louise Phillips
Buskirk Brothers
Barney Nash
Warlick
Juanita— Tomchin
Rosa Lee
Soparone
Coffee Boys
JFG Coffee Co
Surior-Sterling Co
Lilly Company
Sunrise Varieties
The
Sun-Rise Mottling Co
Bluefield
WHIS Show Schedule Highlights A Evening on Air
A detailed guide to WHIS and NBC radio offerings featuring 6:05 to 11:30 pm programs. Highlights include News Commentary with Edward Tomlison, Emma Otero performances, Kaltenborn edits, orchestras, dance tunes, and late Night news and variety shows.
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NBC
Edward Tomlison
Emma Ortero
Gordon Jenkins
Metropolitan Opera
Cbs News
Cleveland Symphony Orch
Nbec-Red
Nbe
Blue
University Life
Doctors At Work
N. Y
The
Rhythmaires Orc
Red
Dancing Music Orch
Nbc-Blue
Cbs Dance Music of
Los Angeles
News Broadcasting
Nbc Chains
Jean Cavall
Elmer Davis
News
Cbs
Three Sons
Abe Red
Nbecred Radio
Israel
Emma Otero
Wbec
Little Old Hollywood
Wayne King
Cbs-Basic
Mbs
Kaltenborn
Jack Stevens
East
Knickerbocker’s
Ted Steele
Guy Lombardo
Basic
Arturo Toscanini
Nbz
Bill Stern
Cedric Foster
Sammy Kaye
Juan Arvizu
News of World
Don Bovay
Roane County Fair Names New President
W. V. Spencer December 5 1941 O H Hardman a Spencer businessman was elected president of the Roane County Fair association at a directors meeting The group plans to run the next county fair during the week of August 31 1942 in Roane County West Virginia.
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Spencer
W. Va
O. H. Hardman
Roane County
Oli Poultry Shop Advertisement At 201 Williams St
Poultry items listed including heavy hens light hens small fryers heavy fryers fancy capons and poultry products with prices per pound and per dozen. Dressed poultry price add ten cents per pound to live weights. Free delivery on orders over one dollar else ten cent delivery fee. Call 1370.
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Williams St
Helen Traubel Leads Met Broadcast Die Walkure Debut
Helen Traubel will sing Brunnhilde for the first time in the Met broadcast of Wagner Die Walkure at 2 p m over NBC Blue Network WHIS sponsored by a Texas company. Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, Kerstin Thorborg, Friedrich Korr and Alexander Kipnis co star, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting.
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Helen Traubel
Kirsten Flagstad
United States
Brunnhilde
Metropolitan Opera
E. St
NBC Blue
WHIS
Texas Company
Lotte Lehmann
Sieglinde
Lau
Sigmund Spaeth
Local group holds annual Christmas banquet at YWCA
Bluefield lodge 59 Degree of Honor Protective Association chaired by Mrs. M. H. Lucas held its annual Christmas banquet for about sixty guests at the YWCA. Ladies of Mrs. J. S. Mangus circle served a turkey dinner and the program included music, readings, and gifts from Santa Claus.
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Bluefield Lodge
Degree of Honor Protective Association
M. H. Lucas
J. S. Mangus
First Baptist Church
Ida Giberson
Henry Fortune
Sue Fortune
Charlene Ballengee
Agnes Hetherington
Virgil Wynn
Guy McDonald
Nellie Doak
Lois Hale
Ida Gdiberson
Patty Mingo
June Glen Crowell
Hazel Bishop
Santa Claus
Lady By Request Continues Through a Tense Night Drive
An intricate tangle unfolds as Diana confronts a web of accusations and loyalties. Stephen doubts Diana’s tale about Adela while Essie and Adela’s plot tighten around Richard and Evalyn Thorpe. Each character weighs silence against exposure as a restless midnight journey ends in uncertainty.
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Green Street
Stephen
Diana
Adela
Richards
Thorpe
Essie
Richard
Evalyn Thorpe
Former Asylum Inmate Kills Farmer in Pa
A 63-year-old farmer was fatally wounded by gunfire in Schwenksville Pennsylvania as authorities pursued William F Ludwig a 50 year old former insane asylum inmate identified by county detectives as the farmer's slayer. A state police posse of 18 officers and five county detectives tracked Ludwig to his backwoods bungalow where he was shot after lunging toward the porch area during a demand to surrender.
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Schwenksville
William F. Ludwig
Kaye Munshower
Montgomery County
Ludwig
Here
Munshower
James Gleason
Harry Rankin
Slain Montgomery County Farmer George Kulp Shot Four Times
George Kulp, a farmer near the southeastern Pennsylvania community, was killed when a bullet entered his chest as he walked across his fields. Montgomery County Coroner W. J. Rushong said Kulp was shot four times in the abdomen.
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Ludwig
George Kulp
Montgomery County
W. J. Rushong
Kulp
Pennsylvania
Two Navy Men Die In Dive Bomber Crash Near Norfolk
A navy airplane crash during dive bombing practice near the James River bridge in Princess Anne county killed two men. Pilot Second Lieutenant Stanley P. Lienke U S M C 22 from Windom Minnesota and passenger Louis C. Latorre 21 seaman second class from Memphis Tennessee died instantly. Cause of accident undetermined officials said.
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Norfolk
Princess Anne County
James River Bridge
Stanley P. Lienke
Teserve
Louis C. Latorre
Naval Operating Base
Lienke
Windom
Minn
Latorre
Memphis
Tenn
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Myles Foland
Ted Grant
Bon Bon Tunnell
Jan Savitt
Andrews Sisters
Elizabeth
N. J
Abbott and Costello
Vaughn Monroe
Harry James
Niki Trigor
Henry King
Blue Barron
South America
Mischa Auer
Casino Russe
Mischa
Mischal
RADIO
Hobby Lobby
Dave Elman
Cbs-Bas
Davis
Abe
Jimmy Flynn
Cbs the
Cone Theatre of the Air
Ralph Klinginsmith
Athens
Granada Theater
Klinginsmith
Oli
Eter rEene
Perry
Metropolitan Opera Company
Stephen Curt
Whitehouse
Libbys Fruit
Plymouth
Mexwell
Palmolive
I Ted
Lge
Ennis
Swift
A Lee
Irs
Durkees
Sunset Gold
RAD
Frankfurters
Swifts Lily
Birds Eye
Princeton
Rie
New Mexico
G. S. Hagar
Oriental Bugs
Federal St
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