Radio notes and comments on TV hosts and schedules
A roundup of upcoming radio and TV appearances and program changes. Highlights include One Havre visiting Duffy’s Tavern on NBC-WHO at 5:39 PM Friday, a Woody Herman contest on ABC-KXEL, and Darren Simm and Kate Smith show guest slots on CBS-WMT and NBC networks. Base ball season preview by A B Chandler on ABC and KXES Friday night. Fred Waring to replace Fibber McGee and Molly on NBC starting June 18 for 15 broadcasts.
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Twentieth Century-Fox
NBC
June
Dolly Sisters
Miss Duffy
Ed Gardner
Woody Herman
Abc-Kxel
A. B. Chandler
ABC
KXES
Fred Waring
Fibber McGee and Molly
NBC Who
Tom Howard
CBS
Holiday and Company
Headliners Tonight and Charity Fund Drive News
Ginny Simms headlining tonight on WMT at 6 30 and 7 00 shows follow with Aldrich Family, P Lavalle Or, W Herman Show, Kate Smith, Duffy s Tavern, Alan Young, Burante Moore, Waltz Time, Spotlight Bands, Danny Kaye and Maisie in Des Moines area listings. A 13 year old Des Moines boy who lost a leg inspires Dick Johnson to start a fund for vacations for crippled children, with proceeds to the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults.
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Ginny Simms
Aldrich Family
P. Lavalle
Hanks
Dick Johnson
Des Moines
Alex Dreier
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
WMT
WGN
Heart
Alan Young
Durnte
Mac
Sheriff
Radio Schedule Hour by Hour for April 12 1946
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WMT WMAQ WGN WHO WENR and others detailing hourly shows from 10 p.m. Friday to 6:43 p.m. Saturday including news
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Dom
WMT
Lanny Ross
WGN
Bradley Kxel
WMI
Farm Forum
Two Church Groups Back National Health Insurance
Washington AP two major church groups backed compulsory national health insurance. The Methodist Federation for Social Service and the Congregational Christian Churches Council for Social Action testified before the Senate labor committee in support of the Wagner-Murray-Dingell act. They argued health care is a basic right and the proposed tax is fair, with leaders underscoring access to medical care as essential.
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Washington
Methodist Federation For Social Service
Legislative Committee
Council For Social Action
Congregational Christian Churches
Senate Labor Committee
Sol
Jack R. McMichael
New York
Methodist Group
Francis W. McPeek
Boris Karloff Marries Evelyn Helmar in Nevada
Boris Karloff and Evelyn Helmar, a New York divorcee, wed in Boulder City Nevada by a justice of the peace. Karloff real name William H Pratt had just obtained a Las Vegas divorce from Dorothy Stine Pratt, the prior wife.
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Boulder City
Nev
INS
Boris Karloff
Screen
Evelyn Helmar
New York
Nevada
Karloff
William H. Pratt
Las Vegas
Dorothy Stine Pratt
Atomic energy bill gets unanimous senate committee approval
Washington AP report says a special senate committee approved the atomic energy control bill by unanimous vote. The measure carries heavy penalties for disclosure of secret information after nearly five months of work.
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Washington
Senate
Fugitive Killer Caught by FBI In Tennessee
Earl McFarland, 24, a condemned Washington rape killer, was captured by the FBI in Knoxville Tennessee after escaping a District of Columbia death house eight days earlier. He offered no resistance, was poorly dressed and had only one cent on him. McFarland and accomplice Joseph Medley had fled together but Medley was recaptured the same day. Authorities traced McFarland hitchhiking to Richmond Virginia and riding a freight train to Knoxville, where he was seized at a street corner.
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Knoxville
Joseph D. Medley
Washington
McFarland
McCabe
FBI
Richmond
Medley
OPA Lifts Price Rule Off Berries
The OPA suspended price controls on fresh strawberries and raspberries and berries Friday with approval from the Office of Economic Stabilization. The Agriculture Department projects a 35 to 40 percent larger strawberry crop than 1945 and notes supplies should balance with demand. The agency will monitor markets and may reinstate controls if prices rise unduly while reviewing ceilings on processed berries.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Economic Stabilization
Agriculture Department
OPA Raises Pre Strike GM Car Prices
OPA announced price increases on new Pontiacs Oldsmobiles Buicks and Cadillacs built before the General Motors strike. Retail prices will be 66 to 417 dollars higher than 1942 levels reflecting wage and material costs through fall 1945.
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Washington
OPA
General Motors
GM Car Price Hikes After Strike Cuts
The Office of Price Administration reports that four CM cars will see price hikes that erase a 2.5 percent cut and exceed 1942 levels. Pontiac increases span 66 to 95 dollars averaging 81, Oldsmobiles 86 to 124 averaging 107, Buicks 60 to 138 averaging 77, Cadillacs 148 to 417 averaging 286, with later GM models priced after the strike and additional dealer margin cuts.
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OPA
Iowa Firms Asked to Report Surplus Flour Figures
Des Moines AP A J Loveland state director of the Production and Marketing Administration asked Iowa firms with surplus flour and no outlet to contact T B King at the U S Department of Agriculture in Washington He urged submission of supplies on hand approximate storage time flour quality standard grades and price paid as the information to be provided.
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Des Moines
A. J. Loveland
Production and Marketing Administration
Iowa
T. B. King
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Loveland
King
New Bans Put On Grain Use For Whiskies
Washington AP The agriculture department orders new grain stock limits for distilleries to April 15 and bans using surplus grain for beverage alcohol. Distillers with seven and a half days or more of grain on hand may not use it for liquor. Certificates of compliance are required for grain deliveries. The action follows earlier limits on grain use and aims to conserve supplies for home use and famine relief abroad. UNRRA chief LaGuardia promised Italy support to maintain wheat rations and urged heavy wheat shipments. Italy faces a 200 gram daily ration with urgent need for at least 225,000 tons this month as Poland Greece Yugoslavia and China share the shortage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Italy
UNRRA
LaGuardia
Poland
Greece
Yugoslavia
China
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WENR
Herth
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Kaltenborn
Ray
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Lavalle
Kate Smith
Duffy
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Shrine
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Ann Sothe
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Chicago
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Wwilg
Wen
Kxel Melodies
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Jerry, Zelda
WHIT
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Bacon
WMT Farm
Ben Adams
WGN Reveille Kxel
Ava Johnson
Mary Miles
Dick Baker
Crosby
Mel Madhous
WMT Garden
Piled Barto
KXLL
Future Citizen
HXEL
New
Clit
Carl Wgn
Kenny Br
Opry House
Kxel Land
WHO
Wilo Sonziello
Kxel R.F.D
L. Kaufman
GiInsburch O
Grand Central
WGN News
Truman
Men of Vision
WMT Opry House
Peel
Ann
Stuart Erwin
J. Vandercook
WGN Music Mart
Tin Pan Alley
WGN G.lombardo O
Art
ARVIN
Second Avenue SE
THE
Peabodys
Theatre Guild
H. R. Gross
Ted Malone
Glamour Manor
Darling
Honey
Sweetheart Precious Lamb
Vinton
Mortimer
Giltedge
Claude
Vermin Anson
Ken R Garnes
RLM
N. Y
Nature
Jess
Tennessee
Welcome Arms
Finnegan
Stu Erwin
Fanchon
Florence Lake
Pride of the Vikings
Longfellow Larson
Harry Stewart
Household Finance
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Acme Chocolates
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