Radio Notes and Comment Highlights NBC CBS and ABC Lineups
Radio notes list a double guest bill with Liltin Martha Tilton and Victor Borge on CBS WMT Sound Off at 6 30 p m Friday. Also features Mark Warnecke orchestra Lyn Murray Singers Baritone Glenn Darwin and Arno Tanney. Frank Lovejoy narrator in Design for Peace. Plus broadcasts from Des Moines Penn Relays Coe radio programs and forthcoming network music series with Paul Whiteman as disc jockey.
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Liltin
Martha Tilton
Victor Borge
Army
CBS
WMT
Mark Warnew
Lyn Murray
Glenn Darwin
Arno Tanney
Frank Lovejoy
Pps
ABC
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
The
Net
Drake
Des Moines
NBC
WMAQ
Penn
Abc-Kxel
Hour by Hour Radio Schedule Highlights XEL to WMT
A garbled schedule listing programs and hosts across stations XEL WMT WGN KNEL KXEL and others. It names time slots from 4:15 p m to 10:45 p m with shows involving social security news dance press entertainment weather and farm reports and hosts such as Henry Taylor Alan Young and Ginny Simm.
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WGN
WMT
Henry Taylor
Kenny Baker
WMT Meet
Radio Schedule Highlights Local Stations Today
A detailed scan of mid day to evening programming across KXEL WGN WMT WHO and other stations outlines time slots for music, talk and special programs. Notable segments include Dr Graham at 11:15 a.m. and Drake Relays coverage at 2:30 p.m. through 3:30 p.m. with WGN Drake Relays and related shows.
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Kxel Bible
WGN
WMT
Detroit
Iowa Forum
Creighton
Coe College
KXEL
Penn
Drake
WGN G. Towne O. Wmt
Senate bill targets club liquor tax exemption and games
DES MOINES Iowa senate Thursday night passed a bill to deny property tax exemption to fraternal and benevolent organizations that permit liquor sales and slot machines in their clubrooms. The measure tightens rules for where such groups may operate and how they are taxed.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Sinatra Loses Gun Permit After Nightclub Incident
Hollywood report says Frank Sinatra had his gun permit revoked after a nightclub incident with critic Lee Mortimer. Deputies recovered the permit from Sinatra during a radio broadcast visit, two weeks after the arrest.
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Hollywood
INS
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
New York
Lee Mortimer
James Pascoe
Rally Protests Labor Bills in Detroit Crowd
About 85,000 union workers jammed Cadillac Square Detroit to oppose Hartley and Taft labor bills with a two hour rally. UAW leaders urged support for striking telephone workers and a parade to Michigan Bell HQ, as thousands more joined from Ford River Rouge plant and other unions.
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Detroit
Cadillac Square
Save Labor
Richard T. Leonard
CIO
United Auto Workers
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
James Lupton
House
Senate
UAW
Michigan Avenue
River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
R. J. Thomas
Leonard
Washington
Thomas
Labor
National Association of Manufacturers
Boeing Jr Marries Former Air Stewardess in Reno
William E. Boeing Jr the 24 year old son of the Seattle aircraft maker wed Marcella F. Cech 25 a former airline stewardess in Reno on Thursday Judge William McNight performed the ceremony with the couple stating their happiness at the nuptials event.
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Reno
INS
William E. Boeing, Jr
Seattle
Marcella F. Cech
William McNight
Truman Veto May Stand After All
President Truman indicated the bill granting special legal exemptions for the Senate defense committee's counsel will stay vetoed unless Congress revises it to satisfy Justice Department objections. He reviewed Attorney General Tom Clark's memo against three provisions and said he will sign once removed. He voiced no opposition to Burton Wheeler serving on the committee.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Defense Committee
Congress
Justice Department
Charles G. Ross
Tom Clark
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
House Unit Turns Down Rent Boost
Washington reports the house banking committee rejected 14 to 10 an immediate nationwide 10 percent rent increase and approved a 21 to 3 vote to extend existing federal controls at least until December 31. If President Truman decides by December 15 that a further extension is needed, controls may continue until March 31 without new congressional action.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Truman
Meeting of AFL, CIO To Be May 1
The AFL and CIO agreed to a merger talks session on May 1 in Washington at the Statler hotel. CIO President Philip Murray suggested the date in Pittsburgh. AFL President William Green confirmed the meeting by telegram, noting the session will be the first in about five years between the two groups on consolidation amid congressional moves to curb union activity.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Murray
Fiveman Cio
William Green
Statler Hotel
Willa Cather Dies At 70 In New York
AP report states Willa Cather, 70, eminent American novelist, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in New York. Born near Winchester, Virginia, she grew up on a Nebraska ranch and earned the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours. Her notable works include My Antonia and Death Comes for the Archbishop.
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New York
Willa Cather
Miss Cather
Winchester
Nebraska
Antonia
Sapphira
Clapp Confirmed As Head of TVA
Senate confirmed Gordon R. Clapp Thursday as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority by a 36 to 31 vote. The decision marked the second defeat in two weeks for Sen. McKellar who called Clapp a Communist sympathizer and a Lilienthal ally. Clapp succeeds Lilienthal, who had just been approved to head the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
Senate
Gordon R. Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dean
Sen. McKellar
Dtenn
Clapp
David E. Lilienal
Lilienthal
McKellar
Atomic Energy Commission
Town
George Wilson
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Lamotte T. Cohu Elected TWA President
Lamotte T. Cohu of Hawthorne California was elected president of Transcontinental and Western Air Inc in Kansas City Missouri succeeding Jack Frye whose working connection with the company ended February 22. Cohu is 51 and a pioneer in aviation management.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lamotte T. Cohu
Hawthorne
Calif
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Jack Frye
TWA
Cohu
William O Gray Appointed Receiver for Cedar Rapids firm
William O Gray of the 902 American Building Cedar Rapids Iowa is appointed receiver for all remaining assets of Superior Photographic Equipment Company Cedar Rapids Iowa under Linn County District Court order dated April 5 1947. The notice states the court set June 1947 as the final day for filing claims and outlines the receiver's authority and rights in the premises.
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OTICE
William O Gray
American
Cedar Rapids
Superior Photographic Equipment Company
Iowa
District Court
Linn County
Gray Elver
American ‘Ean
Parmenter Found Guilty of County Funds Fraud
An all female Polk County jury convicted Charles E. Parmenter of Ankeny of obtaining county funds by false pretenses after a 10 day trial. Elmer Croft testified he filed false claims at Parmenter’s request and handed over merchandise totaling over 15 000 dollars. Cotton, former county board chair, was also convicted. Thompson, former welfare head, was acquitted.
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Parmenter
DES Moines
Polk County
Charles E. Parmenter
Ankeny
Elmer Croft
Tes Moines
Fort Madison
Croft
W. H. Cotton
County Board of Supervisors
H. H. Thompson
France trims daily bread ration amid flour shortage
Paris AP reports the government cut the daily bread ration from 310 to 250 grains per person to address a severe flour shortage, urging citizens to conserve.
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Paris
France
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