Radio Notes and Comment ends sixth year with Kreisler program
The Radio Notes and Comment hour marks six years on air Monday with Fritz Kreisler performing Kreisler compositions under Donald Voorhees and the EEO symphonic orchestra. NBC networks carry the program with guests on Monday including Jussi Bjoerling and Cor ne lia Otis Skinner among others. several shows air on WHO, WMT, and CBS stations. The Z network details include NBC with 300 affiliated stations and an April 27 celebration for The Seven Last Words at Coe College with Prof. Paul S Ray directing and a cast of singers and speakers. News items note President Truman receiving Al Goodman’s Missouri Waltz, actor changes on Blondie and Maisie, and NBC executives attending a radio education institute.
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Jussi Bjoerling
Howard Barlow
NBC Who
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Charles Wolfe
The
American Veterans Committee
Nbc-Who
Benny Goodman
Earl Wrightson
Percy Rate
NBC
Heinrich Schuetz
Coe College
WMT
Paul S Ray
Eleanor Taylor
Bonnie Popham
Lenore Crew
Jeanne Melcher
Vida Rumbaugh
Mildred Kopecky
Harold Reeves
Edward Melcher
Ray
Robert Baker
David S. Berger
al Goodman
Truman
Tommy Cook
Alexander
Blondie
Randolph
Judy
Dix Davis
Ray Collins
Ann Sothern
Maisie
Isobel Scott Rorick
Mrs. Cugat
Institute For Education By Radio
Ohio State University
Meredith Willson
Programs Hour by Hour on April 16 1946
Radio schedule for Tuesday afternoon listing stations WMT WHO WGN KXEL and others. Mentions programs such as Heddo Hop Real Stories Spot Bands and Musical Clock with various hosts. Includes broadcasts from 7:30 p.m. to 9:50 p.m. and a Truman reference.
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Lanny Rossa
Cavalcade Wear Who
Joan Davis
Howard Barlow
WHO
WGN
Paul Whiteman
Screen Guild
WMT
Percy Faith
Bill Thompson
Bob Hawk
Dr L
CBS
Wew
Rene
KXEL
Joann Daria
Harlow
Sher Holmes
Chester
Crimea
Truman
Pam
Bob. Hawk
Dr. LQ
Uncle Sam Laxative Breakfast Food Ad
An ad touts Uncle Sam Laxative Breakfast Food as a flaxseed and toasted wheat cereal that aids bowel regularity. It claims flaxseed supports intestinal stimulation and notes the product has been in use for 37 years, produced by Uncle Sam Breakfast Food Company in Omaha Nebraska.
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Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam Breakfast Food Company
Omaha
Nebraska
Nutrex Energy Boost Advert Also Touts Thiamin
An advertisement urges readers to use Nutrex to combat tiredness from thiamin deficiency. It promises quick results or money back and claims wide endorsement by thousands of users. Encourages buying economy size for a 15 percent savings.
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Doctor Nutrex
Nature
Adventures in Space The Story of Radar by Dietz
Noted science writer David Dietz explores future rockets powered by atomic energy and radar. He envisions space ships advancing from Moon missions to voyages to Venus and Mars, with automatic recording gear and even passenger travel. The piece explains how zero gravity would feel in deep space and hints at future topics like the invisible navigator.
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David Dietz
Cientists
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Planet
Radio Schedule Highlights Weather and Programs
Daily radio listings feature time slots and station call signs including WHO WGN WMT KXEL and others. Programs range from music to talk and serialized segments with names like Captain Midnight Tom Mix and News segments at various afternoon slots.
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WGN
WMT
Cliff
Helen
Armstrong
Trout
Tom Mix
Troop Arrivals By United Press
Thirteen ships were scheduled to arrive at U S ports Monday with more than 6600 servicemen. Units include 133rd engineers and 309th infantry, engineers depots, signal and quartermaster units from Le Havre Naples and Antwerp. Naval personnel from Pearl Harbor and canal zone also listed.
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United States
New York
Western Victory
Naples
Alexander E. Anderson
le Havre
133Rd Engineers
Charles H. Marshall
Antwerp
Antioch Victory
Bremen
309Th
Chanute Victory
Field Artillery
Sea Flier
Ordnance H and M Company
Engineers Petroleum Company
Home Town Gets Lesson in Courage from Blinded Vet
Kenneth L. Dixon profiles Charlie Boswell of Birmingham, a blinded former Alabama Crimson Tide star from the 1938 Rose Bowl era. The piece highlights Boswell’s daily courage, independence, and impact on his community as he manages work, family, and social life while adapting to blindness.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charlie Boswell
Charlie
University of Alabama
Crimson Tide
Germany
Uo Birmingham
Dick Cox
Sugar Strike Called Off at Major Sugar Firms
The Associated Press reports a sugar strike was averted as a 15 cent hourly wage raise settlement stalled a labor dispute affecting 740,000 idle workers. The agreement involved National and American Sugar Refining companies, which process about 60 percent of U S cane sugar and employ about 4,200 AFL and CIO workers. Vere Refining of Boston is mentioned in the context.
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United States
National and American Sugar Refining Companies
National and
American
AFL
CIO
Revere Refining Company
Boston
Midweek Industrial Actions Include Strikes and Settlements
A 300 worker closure followed failed settlement talks. CIO ratification clears terms for 30,000 International Harvester employees who may return to work in 10 plants once contracts are signed. Birmingham street car and bus strike halted pending arbitration. Steel magazine notes sheets largely unaffected by coal strike though bars and rails output falls. Lansing bus drivers’ strike persists while Kalamazoo drivers end walkout with AFL grievance talks ongoing.
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CIO
International Harvester Company
Birmingham
Ala
Steel
Lansing
Mich
Kalamazoo
Two Would-Be Movie Queens Meet a Star
Two young girls planned fame in Chicago as they biked toward Hollywood. Delores Cribbs nine and Mary Ann Morse ten packed bags on bicycles and rode two hours to the loop before a Traffic Policeman redirected them to Hollywood about the mistaken direction. The officer called their parents.
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Chicago
T. D Cunningham
Delores Cribbs
Mary Ann Morse
Hollywood
Cunningham
Surplus Goods Pile Up On Okinawa After War
Washington reports from foreign liquidation officials show Okinawa’s 469 square miles crowded with army and navy surplus items. Prices range from sailmaker's palms to matches and airfield matting, with many items unlikely to be sold or reexported. Only veterans, agencies, or manufacturers may claim them, and trips to Okinawa are required to obtain goods.
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Washington
Okinawa
China Theater
Army
United States
Japan
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Pat O’brien
MBS
Max Daehler
WMAQ
WBBM
WENR
ABC
NTC
B. Blackie
Herth
Fulton Lewis
Lanny Ross
Clady
Brodie
Jack Smith
WGN Novelty Shop
Wilcett
Henry Taylor
Kaltenborn
Ray Swine
Vox
Farm Forum
Jerry
Zelda
Wgnews
Bacon
Joe Doakes
Bobby Dick
Exel Tobe
Dick Baker
Wes
Mel
Madhous
Cady
Lera Lawton
WGN Charm School
Joyce Jordan
Amant Nn
Fred Warlns
Fred Warlns Kxel
H. Breakfas
Husban
June Baker
Cameron
Mart
Jenny Eggaru
Ted Malon
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Kata Smit
Jee
KXEI
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G Farm
Owen Cowboys
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E. Winters
Queen
Tene
Tim
Masaucrade
Judy & Jane
Franklin
al Pearce
Bach
Exel Jr
Cedar Rapids
First Ave
Tor
Burton
Widder
Johnson
Long
Ein
Portla
Crosby
Bill
WGN Music Mart
Kxel Ifa
Stanley Dixe
Pe. Farrell
Harriscan
Roe
Cottere
Terry
Pirates
United Preas
Kenneth L. Dixon
Loveman
Joseph and Loeb
Highland Park
Eddie
Rickenbacker
Longines - Wittnauer Watches
Sie
Second Street
Killian Company
Killian
Patricia Petite Shop
Cordspun
Patricia
Dan River Mills
Henley Junior
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