Future of Radio in 1941 Foretold by Publicity Psychics
A collage of radio forecasts for 1941 cites Anne Neagle and others in NBC and CBS programs. Prophesies include Major Bowes, 500 aspiring female singers, new boogie woogie pianists, Benny Goodman dominance, and sensational media buzz across networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Benny
Britain
Beneft
Hollywood
NBC Blue
Bette Davis
Mickey Rooney
Claudette Colbert
Charles Moyer
Merle Oberon
Myrna Loy
Loretta Young
Mary Martin
Spencer Tracy
Ronald
Nazimova
Philip Dorn
Tony Martin
Judy Garland
Sirius
Edward Bowes
Helen Trent
Joyce Jordan
Martha Webster
Our Gal
John‘ Hammond
Benny Goodman
Paul Kennedy
CBS Press Department
New York
Walter Winchel
CBS
Chrysler Building
Fred Allen
Do You Remember When Do You Remember When
Do You Remember When covers a December 30 1910 local page noting Roy Small hosting a party at his parents country home with eight couples and a two course supper decorations for Christmas and illness of Marcella Lineback Also mentions sleighbells first this season visits to Indianapolis by E N Hill and Christmas dinner at the Bentleys with 26 at table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Small
Z. T. Small
NBC marks first full year of commercial broadcasting
NBC celebrates its first full year of commercial broadcasting in 1940 and outlines plans to boost short wave power while noting a growing international audience evidenced by increasing foreign fan mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
Churchill Becomes England's Prime Minister after Chamberlain
On April 10 Winston Churchill was sworn in as Prime Minister of England succeeding Neville Chamberlain after the Norwegian crisis. The move marks the nation's response to its greatest wartime crisis since World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Norway
Great Britain
British Forces Evacuated from France in June
Cablephoto shows a Royal Navy petty officer aiding a wounded British Expeditionary Force member onto a gang plank of a destroyer at an unidentified French port. Four fifths of the BEF in Flanders were evacuated, described as a major war achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Flanders
Royal Navy
Citizen Classified Ads Pay Try Them
Classified notices invite readers to test advertisements and see results. The program promises measurable responses and convincing outcomes through targeted ad placement.
Community Notes From Gwynneville Last Week
Local residents share winter trips visits and church activities. Mrs Floyd Six and daughters with Levi Jackson head to Key West for the season. U B church Ladies’ Aid held a Christmas gathering at Mrs Raymond Wilcoxon’s home with a gift exchange. The Willing Worker class met at Mrs Earnest Nigh’s, 26 members and 9 guests. A Christmas playlet and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
Levi Jackson
Key West
Florida
Ben Keaton
Shelbyville
Ladies’ Aid of
U. B. Church
Raymond Wilcox
Herschel Thurston
Loretta
W. P. Thurston
Eva
Rushville
Porter Hunsinger
Mays
May Lou Pollitt
Millard Eck
Finley
Earnestine Nigh
Ralph Mohler
Isaac Earnest
Clarence Unger
Arthur Shelton
C. E. Hurst
Raymond Wilcoxon
Raymond Wicoxon
Marjorie Nigh
F. E. Harcourt
Morristown
Indiana Hatcheries Report Record One Million More Fish in 1940
Indiana state hatcheries produced about 4 485 495 game fish in 1940 led by bluegills and red ear sunfish. Seven major and nine subsidiary hatcheries, plus new Driftwood and Fawn River facilities, boosted stocks and improved methods. Stocking also included 500 000 trout from federal hatcheries and 13 million walleye pike, plus 20 000 perch from net egg salvage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil M. Simmons
Department of Conservation
Division of Fish and Game
Indiana
Fawn River
NBC War Coverage Expands as European Events Dominate
The 1940 NBC schedule centers on Europe with 25 percent more news programs. A total of 1742 broadcasts covered the European war zone, including Mussolini's declaration of war on England and France and the Franco German armistice at Compiegne. NBC enlarges its European staff and increases coverage emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
NBC
England
France
Mussolini
Compiegne
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Anne Neagle
Edith Cavell
Kate Smith
Walter D. Edmonds
John Kieran
Franklin P. Adams
Oscar Levant
Priday
Robert Hutchins
University of Chicago
Metropolitan Opera House
NBC: Miwe
Dick Bray
WLW
Tommy Dorsey
Fitch
Elizabeth Bemis
Africa
Carthage
E. Ely
Alonzo L. Tuttle
Telephone
Postoffice
United States of America
Coventry
St. Michael’s Cathedral
Lindley Clark
Winchester
Mildred Clark
Earlham College
John T
Abby Clark
John Gates
St. Charles
Chicago
Ill
Geo. B. McNabb
Indianapolis
Clyde Henley
New Castle
International Broadcasting
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Philadelphia
Penna
United States
Army
Marines
Navy
Guard
Independence Hall
Little Falls
Lake Shore
Gertie
Tacoma
Washington
Puget Sound
Sound
Tacoma Narrows
Gwynneville
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