End Tour Revival for Lily Pons and Kostelanetz on Overseas USO
Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanetz wrap an overseas USO tour praised by troops. The pair performed in Rome area camps with outdoor concerts broadcast to front lines, highlighting Ave Maria and Old Man River. They return to Kostelanetzs CBS WMT weekly show at 3:30 today.
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Ogi Joe
North Africa
Italy
Lily Pons
Metropolitan Opera
Andre Kostelanetz
United States
Kostelanetz
Rome
Ave Maria
Miss Pons
CBS
WMT
Verdi
Schubert
Gounod
Europe
Diana Lynn
Lucy
Jeff
Broadway with Walter Winchell and New Guinea War Tales
George Lait reports from New Guinea on night fighter pilots improvising tactics to lure searchlights and shoot down Japanese bombers. The piece mentions a whisky treasure hunt at Lae, US and Allied entertainers touring for troops, sports figures in service, and colorful anecdotes about officers, actors, and aviators among Gen. MacArthur’s forces.
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George Lait
INS
New Guinea
David W. Hutchison
George Kenney
Madison
Wis
Lae
British New Guinea
Guinea
Burns
Philip Company
England
RAF
Abe Schechter
NBC
Jack Miley
Larry Jones
Gertner’s
New York
Southwest Pacific
Lew Parker
Jackie Heller
Jack Davis
N. Y
Australian Consolidated
Press
Jack Cross
Westchester County
Powers
Betty Riddell
Dick Krolick
East Forty-fifth Street
Eddie Dowling
Jack
Chicago
Douglas
Fifth Air Force
Col
Merian Cooper
Dorothy Jordan
Alfred Vanderbilt
George
Navy Lt Wayne Morris Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Hollywood AP reports Navy Lt Wayne Morris former actor won the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achievement. He attacked and destroyed six grounded enemy bombers on June 15 near the Bonin Islands, flying a carrier fighter under heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Hollywood
Navy
Wayne Morris
Bonin Islands
Movie Titles Far Cry from Book Names
Hollywood columnist Frederick Othman discusses how studios rename source works for films. Producer Lester Cowan defends changing Tomorrow the World to The Intruder while facing public and industry debate. He aims to reflect wartime themes and plans a postwar release.
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R-K-O Studios
the Devil
Daniel Webster
Hollywood
Metro
Angel Street
Twentieth Century-Fox
Lester Cowan
Fredric March
Betty Field
Agnes Moorhead
Skippy Homeier
Radio You Cant Take It With You Comes to Life on Air
The Vanderhof family from Kaufman Hart play You Cant Take It With You returns as a radio adaptation airing this afternoon on WGN and Mutual at 4. Everett Sloane plays Grandpa Van derhof with Ethel Wilson as Penny Sycamore and a studio cast including Toscanini and other notable performers.
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Vanderhof
Kaufman-Hart
WGN
Mutual
Moss Hart
Twanainr
Anne T Aluatauan
Everett Sloane
Grandpa Vanderhof
Oldster
Ethel Wilson
Penny Sycamore
Essie
Secret Command and Kansas City Kitty At Town
Edmund Glover Alan Napier Fay Helm and Jason Robards star in Secret Command a rugged action drama about government workers breaking a Nazi sabotage ring in an American shipyard. Pat O Brien Carole Landis lead a strong cast with Chester Morris Ruth Warrick and Barton MacLane. Added feature Kansas City Kitty stars Joan Davis with Bob Crosby Jane Frazee and Eric Rolf in a music publishing comedy.
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Pat O’brien
Carole Landis
America
Chester Morris
Ruth Warrick
Barton McLane
Joan Davis
Screen Comedienne
Bob Crosby
Jane Frazee
Eric Rolf
Rialto Theatre Ends Burlesque Era in Chicago
The Rialto on State Street closes its burlesque run after nearly 30 years as an epidermis emporium. The orchestra played Auld Lang Syne as stars and patrons recalled past glory, with Jack Hess noting the move to name bands due to changing clientele. Notable performers who graced the Rialto include Abbott and Costello, Fanny Brice, Gypsy Rose Lee, Bert Lahr, Mae Murray, and Eva Tanguay.
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Cresco
Rialto Theater
Chicago
Rialto
Jack Hess
Sters
State Street
Abbott and Costello
Benny Fields
Blossom Seeley
Art Jarrett
Ben Turpin
Eva Tanguay
Mae Murray
Rags Ragland
Phil Silvers
Margie Hart
Gypsy Rose Lee
Fanny Brice
Bert Lahr
Daylong Radio Schedule Across Stations and Programs
A dense listing of radio programming by time and station. Includes WHO WMT WGN KXEL WXEL WEE KXEL etc with shows like Prophecy News Bible Class News Roundtable and World News. Shifts cover morning through late evening with religious talks music and talks.
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Wilo News of World
WGN
Holler's
Kaltenborn
KXEL
Nick Carter
Luman Abn
S. Holmes
D.mm
WMT
T'n
Henatter
Morning radio schedule headlines and program list
The page lists a breakfast time lineup with stations WMT WGN WNT and KXEL featuring a mix of hosts guests and show titles such as Allen Roth Lora Lawton Libby Vaughn Kay Armen and Vic and Lace plus segments like True Story Spots of Music and Homemaker indicating a regional radio broadcast schedule.
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WMT
Aunsia
WGN
Allen Roth
Lora Lawton
KXEL
WNT
Light
World Who
Libby Vaughn
WGN Melodies
Kay Armen
Kxel Air Trio
A.m
Honeym
N, Hill Who Hoag
Lite
WGN Music
MKXEL
Vic and Lace
Radio Schedule Rundown From WGN and Affiliates
A fragmented listing of radio programs across WGN, KXEL, WMT, WHO, WHQ, and other stations. It includes talk shows, music hours, news, weather updates, and entertainment segments with varied times from afternoon to late evening on Monday Aug 28 1941. The dense timetable mentions hosts like Jack Berch, Dr Bradley, Joyce Jordan, and Judy & Jan among many others.
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WMT Melodiers
WGN
WMT News
WMT
Mary Marsir
WGN Canteen
KXEBL
Irene Damon
Tena
Wils
Stella Dalla
Johnsons
KXEL
Don Norman
Goldberrs
Wid
Lorenzo Jane
Judy
Jan
Pam
Portia
Long Shop
Marrne
Hank Lawson
Chang
Dick Tracy
Superman
Terry
Pirat
Dixor
FCC Sees 210 FM Station Applications Postwar Push
The FCC has 210 applications for FM stations across 150 metropolitan areas as industry forecasts for postwar FM receiver growth shift due to war production delays. About 500,000 FM receivers are in use while only 46 stations have completed construction because military needs consumed equipment output.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Paramount Presents Meet the People Musical Comedy on Tuesday
Paramount offers a varied slate with Jose Iturbi Amparo Navarro and Albert Coates on classical sides while Harry James Xavier Cugat lead ensembles. Lucille Ball and Dick Powell star in Meet the People opening Tuesday with Ball as Broadway star and Powell as an ethical playwright in a busy shipyard setting.
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O’brien
Jose Iturbi
Amparo Navarro
Albert Coates
Harry James
Xavier Cugat
Paramount
Lucille Ball
Dick Powell
Miss Ball
Bert Lehr
Plumbers Turn Playboys in New Film Comedy at Paramount
The film spotlights Ziggy Talent Mata and Hari Miriam LaVelle with Abbott and Costello off screen reunion for the feature In Society hitting Paramount. The plot shows a bathtub leak widening to grand staircase adventures as Marion Hutton debuts as a singer alongside Kirby Grant Anne Gillis and Arthur Treacher in support roles.
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Paramount
Abbott and Costello
Marion Hutton
Betty
Kirby Grant
Anne Gillis
Arthur Treacher
Bankhead Appears in Czarina Role in New Film
Hollywood star Tallulah Bankhead takes off her slacks for the duration of filming Czarina in which she portrays Catherine the Great. She says removing pants helps her enter Catherine's costume mood and balance between modern style and period attire.
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Bankhead
Hollywood
Tallulah Bankhead
Goldwyn
Czarina
Catherine the Great
Catherine
Britain’s Champion Taught C R Boy to Do Highland Fling
Louis Ford Smith son of Mr and Mrs F G Smith 415 C avenue NW was set to go overseas with the USO but the draft board redirected him to a pharmacist mate in the navy He learned the Highland Fling under John MacConnachie Grennock Scotland and danced in Glasgow Edinburgh Roseneath and on a 30 day leave
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His la Follette
Wisconsin
Emily Coote
Boston
Back Bay
First Baronet
Ireland
Red Cross
Australia
Wacs
Cpl
Lew Ayres
Hollandia
Frankie Darro
New Guinea
Cowan
Gallup
Louis Smith
Edinburgh
Grennock
Roseneath
Scotland
Britain
C.R. Boy
Louis Ford Smith
F. G. Smith
C Avenue NW
USO
Adelen Hutchison
Cedar Rapids
Louis
John MacConnachie
Glasgow
Ice supplies bring relief at All the Comforts base
At the Marshall Islands base All the Comforts, G I ice is issued to every army unit. Local manufacture provides a small ration that cools drinks and eases life for doughboys, replacing beach water and heat with a welcomed relief.
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Advance
US Army Base
Marshall Islands
G. I
Marshalls
Islands
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XEL
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al Java Room
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