22 Feb 1941
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1941
Page
1
A playful column honors George Washington on his birthday noting his frontier image as a hill billy. The piece jokes about his role in history and mocks today’s leaders while praising his early surveying work and legacy at Natural Bridge.
Stubby Currence hypes a radio music war while WHIS prepares a noon broadcast edition of In Washington's Own Words with Stew O'Dell. A new Saturday feature Half and Half debuts at 5 30 PM. The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers gain Cousin Ezza Cline. hillbilly dances, Academy Awards chatter, and multiple acts fill Mercer and surrounding venues tonight.
A dense listing of programs for Saturday February 22 spanning musical variety shows, news briefs, dance programs, and live broadcasts. Notable items include Music for Everyone, The Metropolitan Opera broadcast, The Golden Melodies, and Dance Music Orch with multiple station links and sponsor notes.
A fragmented listing shows multiple 1940s era radio programs across networks CBS NBC and WJZ WABE WOR and MBS with dance orchestras news talks and musical programs running from 8:55 to 12:00 including The Sat urday Hit Parade The Grand Old Opry and California Melodies along with public affairs and operetta segments.
Charleston West Virginia February 21 A fatal shooting leads to arrest of 69 year old William Henry McCallister on a warrant charging that he fired the shotgun that killed his son in law 33 year old Robert Mitchell at George s Creek near Mald en The daughter Hattie Mitchell had pleaded guilty to shooting her husband and was held for grand jury action Police said Mrs Mitchell admitted her husband had been drinking and beat her before the incident The Amazon river note appears in the text with no bearing on the case.
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