Dorsey to replace Skelton on WHIS for 15 weeks
Tommy Dorsey will take over the Red Skelton spot for 15 weeks starting tonight at 10 30 on WHIS. The program features three high spots including two war bond prizes and a musical salute by Dorsey with a trombone solo. Each week an armed forces performer will be chosen and awarded a 100 war bond plus travel to the show's city. A second bond prize will reward listeners who send in request tunes with dedications. Broadcasts begin in New York, then travel west. Skelton returns in fall.
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Tommy Dorsey
Hep Cats
WHIS
Dorsey
Uuion
New York
Skelton
Indian River Fevery program broadcast by Scalf's
A daily 5:30 a m radio segment in La Follette Tennessee titled Indian River Fevery airs except Sundays. Sponsored by Scalf's Indian River Medicine Company, the program is a simple rhyming feature heard each morning.
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Scalf
Indian River Medicine Company
Lafollette, Tenn
Roy Hill Visits WHIS as Kentucky Radio Instructor
Roy Hill former announcer turned government radio instructor in Kentucky visited WHIS staff. He serves as technical teacher and broadcasts daily over WHLN Harlan KY as newscaster and master of ceremonies. Kentuckians praise his English accent and clamor for more broadcasts.
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WHIS
Roy Hill
Kentucky
Roy
WHLN
Harlan
Hill
Kay Lorraine Debuts As Basin Street Diva On WHIS
Kay Lorraine a green eyed blonde from St. Louis makes her debut as the Blue Network Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street diva on WHIS tonight at 9. She follows Mary Small and appears with Zero Mostel Paul Lavalle and his Ten Little Woodwinds Dr Charles Marlowe and his Dixieland Octet and Milton J. Cross.
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Kay Lorraine
Blue Network
Lower Basin Street
Miss Lorraine
St. Louis
Muni Opera Children’s Chorus
Mary Small
Kay
New York
Socity
Zero Mostel
Paul Lavalle
Ten Little Woodwinds
Charles Marlowe
Dixieland
Milton J. Cross
Evening Radio Schedule of Various Programs and Stations
An eventful Tuesday schedule lists Bottling Co, Carnation Milk Co, and the NBC and CBS lineups from 12:45 PM to 2:00 AM, featuring News, music, dramas, and performances. It highlights Chicago House, NBC News by Alex Dreier, Harry James Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey, and John Jotes, with regional programs from W. Va Network and Denver’s String Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bottling Co
Rock Mineral Springs
Carnation Milk Company
Chicago
Indian River Range
Indian River
the Kroger Company
NBC
Shrednick
Alex Dreier
Harry James Orchestra
NBC Reultenborn
W. Va
Tapa Pitt Brewing Company
Virginia chambers urged to back USO drive in war effort
Dr. Huston St. Clair of Tazewell chairs the Vir-state chamber of commerce endorsing a Virginia USO war fund campaign. He asks chamber leaders to cooperate as John Stewart Bryan pledges support, with a patriotic parade and plan for a large Wise county celebration drawing up to 10 000 visitors and possible nationwide broadcast.
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Chambers of Commerce
Virginia
Huston St. Clair
Tazewell
Vir— State Chamber of Commerce
United States
John Stewart Bryan
USO War Fund
Wise County
Governor Leads Distinguished Visitors At Citizenship Day
Colgate W. Darden Jr and Virginia figures including Senator Harry F. Byrd and E. B. Combs head a distinguished visitor list for Wise County Federated Women's Club Citizenship Day at Bullitt Park Bix Gap Sunday afternoon. The event features a wartime governor and state leaders among civic officials from Southwest Virginia.
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Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Harry F. Byrd
E. B. Combs
Virginia Senate
H G. Gilmer
Virginia
Wise County
Federated Women’s Club
Bullitt Park
Bix Gap
R” Pa
Local boy ranks fourth among US carrier boys
Walter Penn of Bluefield Daily Telegraph, a TSR War stamps carrier, placed fourth nationally in the fourth war edition of the U S Defense Agency News. The report notes Penn’s 161,860 stamps sold by May 22 and a group photo of Bluefield Telegraph and Sunset News carriers with 439,690 stamps sold up to May 1. Penn is the son of Mr and Mrs W S Penn of Union Street.
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Walter Penn
Daily Telegraph
TSR
U. S. Defense Agency News
Treasury Department
U. S. Treasury Department
Young Penn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Penn
W. 8. Penn
Union Street
All Except Bombers Landing In Turkey Return To Bases
Four engine United States Army Air Force bombers that reportedly bombed Romanian oil regions last week returned to bases safely. Four others were forced to land in Turkey where two were damaged by anti aircraft fire and two suffered engine trouble. Military officials in the east report the situation.
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Turkey
Cairo
United States Army Airforce
Virginia Coal Industry Reports 1941 Peak Production
Virginia coal production reached an all time high in 1941 and stood at 241 176 tons for the week ending May 30 1942 This period was the highest in the Virginia field since 1929 Miners will enjoy a three day Fourth of July holiday closing July 3 4 and 5 reopening July 6 with a $20 vacation bonus for those with at least one year of continuous employment before June 1 1942
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George H. Esser
Virginia Coal Operators Association
Virginia
Washington
Big Munitions Plant Planned at Kingsport
The War Department announced a new munitions plant to be built in Hawkins County five miles west of Kingsport under Army Engineers. Senator Tom Stewart said the facility would be used by Heyden Chemical Corporation of New York City and known as the Cherokee Geddes Corporation, per Rep. Carroll Reese.
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War Department
Washington
Hawkins County
Kingsport
Army Engineers
Tom Stewart
Heyden Chemical Poration
New York City
Carroll Reese
Cherokee Geddes Corporation
U S Combat Force Operates in Mediterranean Region
A reported U S combat unit has been active in the Mediterranean area surprising observers and prompting questions about its mission and presence in the region.
German Minesweeper Left Sinking After RAF Attacks
A German minesweeper was left sinking after RAF anti ship sweeps over the Fa w and Dutch coasts. Light enemy craft and barges off the French coast and in Belgium were reported attacked. Squadron Leader W B Cooper, an American volunteer with the RAF from St Petersburg Florida, was credited with sinking two German supply ships off the Dutch coast last night.
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London
Faw
Air Ministry
Belgium
W. B. Cooper
St. Petersburg
Fla
RAF
Rioting Over Coffee In Hamburg Ends In Deaths
London reports police and dock workers killed in Hamburg coffee riot amid conflicting info from Stockholm. Authorities in London say no confirmation from the ministry of information on the fatalities.
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Hamburg
London
Stockholm
Ministry of Information
West Virginia Funeral Directors Plan Three Day Convention
Parkersburg June 15. The West Virginia Funeral Directors association led by President Howard K. Brown of Martinsburg will open a three day convention tomorrow with a school of instruction as a feature.
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Morticians School
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia Funeral Directors Association
Howard K. Brown
Martinsburg
Scrapy Drive Urges Local Plants to Report Scrap Sales
The War Production Board's Industrial Salvage Section sent letters and telegrams to plants and chairs of salvage committees urging immediate action on scrap reports. President Roosevelt calls for an intensive nationwide rubber scrap campaign from June 15 to 30, with oil industry support and depot use.
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War Production Board
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
R. E. Snoberger
H. H. Eggleston
Pocahontas Operators Association
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Philadelphia
Eine Re Sn
Harry C. Faust
Crumpler
Joint Area Industries Committee
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Roosevelt
WPB
Industral
USO
Army and Navy Relief
American Red Cross
Charles H. McArthur
Two Army Men Die In Coast Air Crash
Two Army men killed when a military plane crashed into a hangar at Mills Field south of San Francisco. The crash destroyed the hangar and damaged adjoining structures. the pilot and an enlisted man in the hangar were killed.
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San Francisco
Mills Field
Hundreds Hear Flag Day Talks In Fineay Program
Between 450 and 500 people attended a Flag Day program in Fineay with George Richardson Jr. delivering the principal patriotic talk. Cecil Bond chaired, Beaver band provided music, and old flag exhibits were shown. Cooperating groups included the American Legion American Red Cross Drum and Bugle Veterans of Foreign Wars and several local organizations. The program featured selections by the Beaver Bugle corps a pledge by the audience an oration by Richardson and a final rendition of America.
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Fineay
Ramsey A
Bluefield
George Richardson, Jr
Cecil Bond
P. B. Durreil
Beaver Band
Lodge
Oollew
American Legion
American Red Cross
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Is of Columbus
Daughter of America
Boy Scouts of America
Christ Episcopal Church
United War Veterans
United American Mechanics
Eightieth Division Association
Beaver Bugle Corps
Henry Fortune
James Elmer Brown
George Burke
Crockett Hughes, Jr
Esquire
America
Nomination of Gail Morgan for Navy Captaincy
Commander Gail Morgan of Pore ters Falls Wetzel County West Virginia was nominated by President Roosevelt on June 15 to be a captain in the Navy.
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Washington
Gail Morgan
Poreters Falls
Wetzel County
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Navy
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Hep Cat Idol
Arthur Smith
Smith
Basin Street
Lill Company
Rev. A. J
Holden Brothers—Betongs
Bn— World News
Mary Lee Taylor
Pet Milk Company
Barney Nash
Warlick
Woody Williams
Tomchin
Jim
USA
Cox's
Bate
Aext
Blu
Cbs
Mbs East
Denver
Abe i
Loneton Aces
Cbs West Ent
Pine Ridge
Vera Barton
Jack T
Waring
Nbe
Blu Amos and Andy
Cbs Basic
Palton Lewis Jr
Mr. Keen
Glenn Miller
The
G. Burns
Gracie Allen
Belen Ortega
Arthur Hale
Jack Stevens
Mbs
Xavier Cugat
Horace Heidt
Orch
Ned Jordan
Elmer Davis
Eg Gardner
Gabriel Heatter
Fibber McGee
Molly Nbe
Ramona
Judy
Blu Jonn H. H. Hughes
Morgan Beatty
Cbs Dance Orchestra
Fred Waring
Blue
Uea, Hayworth
World News
Watnee OL McTere Bennett
Cabot William
Betty Grable
What Price
Jean Parker
Willard Mack
Grundy News
Chambers
Logal Boy
U. C
Ern
Mediterranean
U. S
St. Joseph Asprin
St. Joseph
Shle
Donial
George
Warner Bros
Charles Coburn
Frank Craven
Billie Burke
John Welton Garner
Ramsey
Gibson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pandaul Davis
Bluefield High School
American Legion Post
Pocahontas
Scott
Forrel Od
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