Versatile organists and radio recitals noted in WHIS programs
The article highlights organists like Wilson Ames and Alleta Jo Looney on WHIS broadcasts and other performers such as Mary Lee Taylor Singin Sam and Helen Jepson. It mentions the growing popularity of organ programs, upcoming Granada theatre appearances, and DeWolf Hopper in Voices of Yesterday as baseball season approaches. The piece references conveyers of live and remote radio shows, including the Frigid Aires and the Man With a Horn project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Ames
Mr. Ames
Chopin
Ames
WHIS
World Broadcasting System
Alleta Jo Looney
First Baptist Church
Louise Aay
Granada Theatre
Mary Lee Taylor
George Washington
Sam
Helen Jepson
Bluefield
Willie Buskirk
Lee Moore
Juanita
Robert Lee
Wilkes
Blue Baron
Lilly Mountaineers
Aires
Margarett Sublette
Erskine Hawkins
City Auditorium
FASTRETH PROMISES firmer false teeth
An ad for FASTRETH a non acid powder to sprinkle on denture plates promises teeth stay firmly set. It claims a confident secure feeling with no gummy taste and urges readers to buy FASTEET at drug stores.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Warn Constipation Relief
Doctors warn constipation causes headaches lack of energy and dullness. Ohio physician Dr F M Edwards treated many patients with his olive tablets. The tablets are vegetable aids that cleanse bowels and support bile flow, sold by druggists for 15 30 or 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Voices of Yesterday dramatizes Casey at the Bat poetic linkage
The program highlights a brilliant career in Gilbert and Sullivan operas with comedy and tragedy. It features DeWalt Hopper reciting the famous poem Casey at the Bat, restoring the voice that became inseparable from the verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
DeWolfe Wooper
Casey
DeWulf Hopper
DeWolf Hopper
Gilbert and Sullivan
DeWalt Hopper
Jazz and stamp talk and swing icons in ashcan chorus
Vincent Lopez discusses his $30,000 stamp collection while Ramona and Jimmie Lunceford entertain with aviation chatter and jazz zeal. Tommy Dorsey references Modern Music with Goodman and Miller, Miller runner up in swing. EMI’s Frenesi tops sales as ASCAP doubt lingers. Glenn Miller’s Anvil Chorus nears second in popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Lopez
Fred Feldhamp
Count Basie
Ramona
Jimmie Lunceford
Tommy Dorsey
Modern Music
Goodman
Miller
EMI
Frenesi
ASCAP
Glenn Miller
Radio Schedule Montage of Hillbilly Programs and News
A dense listing of radio programs with times and sponsors from various companies and a few network notes. Includes shows like Hillbilly Jamboree Uncle Gus and His, Lilly Mountaineers, News segments, and sponsor credits from Coca Cola JFG Coffee The SunRise Bottling Co and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BiTone Corp
Gus
Taeat
Lilly Mountaineers
Lilly Land Co
Holden Brothers
Judie
Julie Wolford
Mary Lee
Five Keys Heekin Co
Sunrise Varieties
The
SunRise Bottling Co
Tonic Tunes Bird. Supply Co
Rock Mineral Springs Co
Home
Chicago
Buskirk Brothers Bitone Corp
Esterday
First National Bank
Dream Pedlar
Melody Shop
Radio Schedule Highlights For Evening Broadcasts
A dense listing of program blocks across networks NBC CBS and MBS detailing 6:05 to 11:30 pm lineups. Features include Edwin C Hill Dance Cred Easy Aces Amos n Andy Xavier Cugat Orch Bing Crosby Tommy Dorsey Tommy Dorsey Orch Duke Ellington appearances and regional show names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nbc-Blue-West
Sports News
Cbs-Wabc
Chicago
Rhythm All
Cbs-West
Mbs-Chain
Edwin C
Nbcweaf
Nbc
Wjz
Paul Sullivan
Pearson Sports
Lowel Thomas
East
Tom Mix
Nbc-Blue
Cbbs
Wabs
Mbs
Midwest
F. Waring
West
Amos ’N’ Andy
Cbs-Wabc-East
Fulton Lewis Jr
Europe
M. Keen
Lanny Ross
Cbs
Wabc-Basic
Morgan
Xavier Cugat
Nbcwear-East
Nbc-Red-West
Tom Powers
Burl
Ives
Cbs- Dixie
H. V. Kaltenborn
Abered-West
Metropolitan Opera Guild
Sam Baker
Baby Snooks
Daddy
Weaf
Horace Heidt
Wabc
Wythe Williams
Wor
Border Patrol
Mbschain
Aldrich Family
Mbswor
A. Wallenstein
Chicago Symphony Orch
Paul Martin
Nbcweal
Fred Waring
Nbc-Red
Nbcwiz
Louisville to Build Soldier Recreation Hall for Fort Knox Troops
Louisville plans a 3 story civilian soldier recreation center near downtown, acquired for over 200000. Prices will be low and soldiers can pay with army post script. Saturday dances and 400 bed dormitory lodging may cost 10 to 15 cents and 35 cents respectively. The program aims to provide wholesome entertainment for troops while avoiding pink teas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Army Post
United States
Armored Force
Fort Knox
Charles J. Rieger Jr
Bluefield Virginia seeks 97000 WPA funds for street work
Bluefield Virginia applies for an additional 97000 WPA appropriation to improve streets sewers and sidewalks. The plan would hard surface most side streets and run for several years. This adds to 45000 already allocated for West Graham Street and projects start after July 1 with the Whitley branch sewer work beginning soon said town manager J M Baldwin. The West Graham Street project will become a forty foot boulevard about a mile long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Graham Street
Whitley Branch
J. M. Baldwin
Virginia Sidelights New Students
A column notes two more McGuffey readers joining readers yesterday and calls for more readers to come to books. J D Meadows from Willowtown reports owning a first edition McGuffey and a Virginia Hymnal from 1842. Mrs J G Morris of Bluefield owns an old geography she studied at 12. she is now 54 and recalls geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGuffey
J. D. Meadows
Willowtown
Virginia Hymnal
J. G. Morris
Lyndale Avenue
Bluefield
Windy weather injures storefront glass and frost lingers
Cold and high winds persist with 12 above temperatures on Wednesday. A Chicago House Furnishings window shattered by wind dropped glass onto stoves inside. Ice covers ponds while snow remains northward. Community notices urge Woman's Society meeting at West Graham Methodist and readers ponder early spring yields and gardening experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Unseasonal Warmth Nips Snow Amid February Clashes
The passage notes snow melting under sun while shade retains freezing temperatures. It hints February extending into March with a stiff west wind, as milder days arrive but cold pockets persist.
Grapefruit and Oranges From Fort Pierce Praised
The fruits shipped from Fort Pierce Florida by Dr. S W Moore are praised as some of the finest seen. Grapefruit are described as large juicy and smooth and the fruit comes from the grove of Dr Moore's sister on the Indian River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pierce
Fla
S. W. Moore
Seven Die In Virginia Weekend Toll Plague Crashes
Seven people were killed in Virginia over the weekend in a series of automobile crashes as authorities investigate the high toll. Police reported multiple wrecks across the region with several injuries and ongoing inquiries into speed and weather factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Moone’s Emerald Oil Promises Quick Relief for Skin Troubles
Ad touts Moone’s Emerald Oil for eczema itching rashes pimples and other external skin eruptions. It claims thousands of bottles sold and offers a refund if not fully satisfied after ten days, urging readers to buy from their druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moone
New Arrivals and Community Notes Highlight January Events
Newborn Mary Joe to Mr and Mrs Marcus H Neal at 316 College Ave. Business Men's Club meets at Per Hall to honor Washington's birthday with remarks by attorney Crockett Hughes and music from three West Virginia artists James Wooldridge Jr Henry Fortune and James Elmer Brown. Mrs Joe Barlow reports a cardinal seen near Lyndale Ave amid a wind and snow storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus H. Neal
College Avenue
Mary Joe
Joe Barlow
Lyndale Avenue
Virginia Side Personal Open Heart Surgery Hopeful
Miss Lucille Trivett daughter of Mr and Mrs Coy Trivett underwent a serious operation at Bluefield sanitarium Wednesday. Her condition was reported favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Trivett
Coy Trivett
Bluefield Sanitarium
Attorney General Says Annuity Contracts Not Taxable
Charleston West Virginia February 19 Attorney General Clarence W Meadows states annuity contracts are not taxable personal property under current law a legislative change would be required to tax them Tax Commissioner Ernest K James notes inconsistency among assessors regarding surrender value assessments California has 285000 acres of state owned parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Clarence W. Meadows
Meadows
Ernest K. James
Haskew Ball the Last Confederate Vet of Russell Co
A. C. Ball of Honaker notes Haskew Ball, the sole surviving Civil War veteran from Russell County, aged ninety six in 1940. Ball fought the last three years of the war, taught two years early on, and remains active at home reading and walking without aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskew Ball
Russell CO
Russell County
A. C. Ball
Honaker
Ball
Indications of a Long Life Amid Fragile Beginnings
The article notes strong signs he may live to a hundred while describing infant fear as a primary emotion tied to insecurity and the terror of falling without support. It contrasts resilience with vulnerability in early life. The piece reflects on human fragility and hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Kingrea
Duhring
World’s Tonic Relief Promises Help for Constipation Sufferers
Mrs. Ivory Wade of Jenkinjones West Virginia credits World’s Tonic with easing constipation and related ailments. She describes relief from headaches stomach upset bilious spells and nervous irritability after using the product. The ad urges readers to visit Goodykoontz East End Pharmacy in Bluefield or other local drug stores to learn more without buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivory Wade
Straight Hollow
Jenkinjones
Welch
W. Va
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Goodykoontz
East End
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
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Nbc-Weaf
Nbc - Wiz - East
Scattergood Baines
Captain Midnight
England
Windsor
National Distilly
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Virginia News
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Miller Radio Service
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America
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