Hollywood Star Jane Withers to guest on Kate Smith Hour
Glamorous child star Jane Withers appears on the Kate Smith Hour Friday June 19 on WABC CBS from 7:00 to 7:55 PM with a rebroadcast at 11:00 PM Jeanne Cagney guests on Armstrong's Theater of Today Saturday June 20 11:00 to 11:30 AM on WABC CBS Professor John T Frederick reviews books worth rereading and the newly published One Man's Meat on Of Men and Books Saturday June 20 1:05 to 1:30 PM Also announces Tommy Riggs Show summer replacement for Burns and Allen starting July 7. possible shift of Burns and Allen to CBS in fall
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Jane Withers
Hollywood
Kate Smith
WABC
CBS
Jeanne Cagney
Jimmy
Armstrong
Theater of Today
John T. Frederick
Modern Letters
Northwestern University
Frederick
E. B. White
Tommy Riggs
Burns and Allen
Duffy
Parks Johnson
Warren Hull
Army
Atlantic Patrol
Seaboard
Parks
Warren
Jean Hersholt
Dr. Christian
Chester
Lum & Abner
Lauck
Blondie
Sweeney
Arthur Tracy
Marta
George F
Putnam
Peggy
Knudsen
Shirley
Duffy's Tavern
Booth
My Sister Eileen and Wartime News Item
Los Angeles air raid wardens cite Fibber McGee cluttered closet as an example in cleanup campaigns. Barry Wood offers plaque for best war song of the year while listeners vote for Bandwagon news on and after July 5.
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Eileen
Los Angeles
Barry
Wood
Saboteur opens at Alhambra in Knightstown this Sunday
Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur opens Sunday at the Alhambra theatre Knightstown starring Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings. The film follows a Glendale factory worker wrongly accused of sabotage as he seeks the real saboteurs across 13 states ending in a Liberty Island showdown. Norman Lloyd debuts as the killer with Otto Kruger and Alma Kruger also in key roles.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Universal
Alhambra Theatre
Knightstown
Cummings
Glendale
Calif
Miss Lane
Norman Lloyd
Namiter
Otto Kruger
Alan Baxter
Clem Bevans
Alma Kruger
Dorothy Peterson
Virgil Summers
Lloyd
New York Harbor
Radio City Music Hall
Wood in one house funded two defense houses for war workers
A civilian home's timber would build two defense houses for war workers and their families, highlighting resource reuse for wartime housing needs.
Forty Four Oil and Gas Wells Drilled in May Indiana
The May report notes forty four oil and gas wells completed in Indiana, with 17 producers. Gibson and Posey counties led oil production, while Posey and Gibson show several producing wells. Gas wells completed in Jay Randolph and Rush counties. War restrictions cut drilling activity and limits govern oil and gas well counts per acreage.
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Indiana
Division of Geology
Hugh A. Barnhart
Department of Conservation
Gibson
Posey
Jay
Randolph
Rush
Posey County
Knox
Pulaski
Spencer
Sullivan
Vanderburgh
Vigo
Do You Remember Abhen Do You Remember Abhen
Miss Abbie Clark hosted the Misses Mattie Clark Nelle Watling and Winona Newsom and Mrs. Darwin Herkless with a pleasant Friday luncheon. A chicken roast outing was rescheduled north of Carthage due to weather. Herbert Beher and Nellie Parish were married at the Friends meeting house with Rev. J. Edgar officiating. Myrtle Taylor will work as an operator at Carthage Telephone Co. Henry Henley and Robert Henley will join Gurney Hill and a Richmond florist in two weeks to gain experience in wholesale and retail duties.
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Abbie Clark
Mattie Clark
Nelle Watling
Winona Newsom
Darwin Herkless
Herbert T. Beher
Oren Beher
Nellie M
Miriam Parish
Friends Parsonage
Rev
J. Edgar
Myrtle Taylor
Carthage Telephone Co
Messrs
Henry
Robert Henley
Gurney Hill
Mr. Lemon
Richmond
Radio Enthusiast Aims to Capture Indianapolis Signals
Twenty years ago on June 16 1922 Master Hubert Hunt labors over a radio set hoping to monitor Indianapolis and nearby suburbs. The item notes residents visiting and recovering from injuries, election costs, and a travel narrative detailing J P Tweedy's Banff Alberta to Seattle voyage amid high waters.
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Hubert Hunt
Indianapolis
Owen Gray
Forest Fire Rages Amid Friday Night Surrounding Scenes
On Friday night observers described a raging forest fire encircling a locality. Eyewitnesses reported flames spreading rapidly and authorities mobilizing containment efforts as residents watched from safe distances.
Commencement Attendees Highlight Indiana University
Ten years ago on June 17 1932 Mr and Mrs Walter Phelps Mr and Mrs Henry Jessup Mr and Mrs H T Beher Mrs G B McNabb and son Junior and Mrs Grace Phelps attended Indiana University commencement exercises Harold Phelps was a graduate. Hubert Hill and Walter Chonau attended a ballgame in Indianapolis Sunday. Paul White a Ohio University student injured a hand in a bacteriology lab could not return home as expected. Miss Alta Carfield left for Danville to enroll as a summer student.
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Walter Phelps
Henry Jessup
H. T. Beher
G. B. McNabb
Grace Phelps
Indiana University
Harold Phelps
Hubert Hill
Walter Chonau
Indianapolis
Paul White
Ohio University
Arthur White
Alta Carfield
Danville
Traffic Flow in May 22 Percent Under 1941
S C Hadden of the State Highway Commission reported a 22 percent drop in overall May 1942 traffic on the state highway system compared with May 1941. Weekday movement fell 24.6 percent, Sunday 22.8 percent, while Saturday declines were 15.5 percent amid tire rationing and travel rules and poorer May weather than the previous year.
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S. C. Hadden
State Highway Commission
Lumber and wood used for homes and bunks described
A minesweeper carries lumber adequate for twenty typical civilian houses while a single chair symbolizes the timber required to furnish an army bunk.
Teol solution promises rapid fungal penetration for athlete’s foot
An old drugstore ad touts TEOL solution as a penetrating fungicide for athlete’s foot. It claims 90 percent alcohol enhances penetration and offers a 35 cent price, with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. McCarty's Drug Store.
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McCarty
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Henry Alldrich
Carthage
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
ED B. Bly and
Alonzo L. Tuttle
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Alhambra
Priscilla Lane
Robert Cummings
Uncle Sam
Hitchcock
Diana
Public Service Company OF Indiana, Inc
Lovers Lane
Charles Parish
P. W. Sumner
Oren Souder
John Jessup
Thomas Jordan
Frank Reddick
Earl Addison
Robert W. Long
Howard E. Henley
Methodist Hospital
J. P. Tweedy
Banff
Alberta
Canada
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British Columbia
Seattle
Washington
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