Aldrich Family tops 300th program Friday on CBS WMT
The Aldrich Family marks its 300th air performance Friday at 7 pm on CBS and WMT with Dickie Jones as Henry. The episode centers on Henry’s school troubles as the program features guests and a slate of other radio events including Paul Lavalle, Larry Adler, and Dempsey appearances across networks.
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Nadine Subotnik
Aldrich
CBS
WMT
Dickie Jones
Henry
Katharine Raht
House Jameson
Sam Aldrich
Clifford Goldsmith
Ezra Stone
Norman Tokar
Armed Services
Clack
Genevieve Rowe
Paul Lavalle
NBC
WHO
Larry Adler
Radio Schedule Hour by Hour From WMT WGN and More
A detailed 1914 broadcasting grid lists programs across WMT WGN NBC and KXEL stations. Entries include news bulletins, world reports, music, dramas, and variety shows with times from morning to late evening and multiple sponsors.
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Helen
WGN
Bradley
Gross
Holler
Beatty
Kaltenborn
KXEL
War Aldrich
P. Lavalie
Cecil Brown
Dick Baker
Kxel van Cleave
Thinpian
Duffy
Trrance
Brewster
Moore-D
Amos
Ted Mason
WMT Canteen
Hollywood
Ed Wyne
WMT
Grant
Fanny
Lewis
Doctor
N. DG. Lakes
D.G. Lakes
Heene Seth
WMT Family Party
L. Murray O
WMT Melodiers
Vandercook
EXEL
Nancy Martin
WMT Owen Cowborn Music Mart
Ft. Sheridan
Dixon Palin
Longfellows
Army-Navy
We Sonszfellows
WMT New Raed
Ava John
Girl in Iron Lung Dies at Burlington
Odessa Marie Cable six year old, from Carman Illinois, died in Burlington Mercy hospital after 48 hours in an iron lung. State police coordinated a fleet to rush a missing air collar from Sacred Heart hospital Ft. Madison, with Troopers Ivan Franklin and R L Lamb delivering it.
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Burlington
Odessa Marie Cable
Mercy Hospital
Carman
Ill
Glen Cable
Sacred Heart Hospital
Ft. Madison
Ivan Franklin
R. L. Lamb
Ft Madison
Passenger Car Quota Unchanged for December
Washington AP reports 3600 new passenger cars available for rationing in December, the same as this month. The stockpile has dwindled from 520000 cars at the start of rationing in February 1942.
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Washington
German women seen in combat on Saar front near Falck
The first confirmed case of German women serving as combat soldiers surfaced on the Saar front as U S Third Army troops clash with Nazi units west of the Saar river. A German girl in green paratrooper camouflage was found dead near Falck, shot in the head by a .50 caliber round. one officer identified her as a sniper. Unconfirmed reports mention two more women among the dead.
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U. S. Third Army
Saar
Germany
INS
Saar Front
George S. Patton
Third Army
Saar River
Falck
Alexander M. Mather
Albany
Joseph Goebbels
Red Army
Iowa to Become Weather Bureau Research Center
Des Moines reports Iowa will host a new Weather Bureau research unit, first of its kind, based at Iowa State College in Ames with a five person staff. H. C. S. Thom, new Iowa weather man, will supervise work at Ames and Des Moines and divide time between both sites. He aims to make Ames a national climatic research center studying climate effects on crops.
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Des Moines
H. C. S. Thom
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Thom
United States
Iowa State College
Ames
The
Washington, D. C
Japs Bomb Saipan and Tinian in Marianas Flight
Admiral Nimitz reported Japanese bombers attacked Saipan and Tinian from the Bonins, dropping few bombs without damage. One plane fell, another likely destroyed as U S forces continue Superfortress operations. In Peleliu fighting 1 300 Japanese killed, 92 Americans died, 622 wounded, 5 missing, and 142 prisoners taken.
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Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Marianas
Chester W. Nimitz
Bonins
Peleliu Island
Palaus
Nimitz
Bonomi to Form New Italian Government
Rome reports Crown Prince Umberto assigned Ivanoe Bonomi, the former premier, to form another Italian government after his resignation. Official announcement said the task was entrusted Thursday night.
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Bonomi
Rome
Umberto
Ivanoe Bonomi
Japs Far from Bottom Of Barrel in Reserves
Washington OWI report assesses Japanese war effort focusing on training, tactics, and manpower. It notes four million soldiers, two million in China, and potential to recruit two million more, with weaknesses in artillery and marksmanship and a trend toward mass charges under repression of emotions.
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Washington
INS
Office of War Information
America
Pacific
U. S
OWI
China
War Department
1400 Rescued From Two Escort Carriers
The Navy reported that about 1,400 men were rescued from two escort carriers sunk in the Battle of the Philippines. The Marines and Navy swift evacuation followed heavy combat as the action unfolded, with Allied forces striving to save survivors amid ongoing operations.
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Washington
Philippines
Navy
Six baby flat-tops engage Japanese task force in battle
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that six escort carriers fought a Japanese force of four battleships seven cruisers and nine destroyers. The St Lo and Gambier Bay were sunk with about 800 and 600 crew saved respectively. Other carriers Kalinin Bay Fanshaw Bay White Plains Kitkun Bay sustained damage.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Lo
Gambier Bay
C. A. F. Sprague
Sprague
Kalinin Bay
Fanshaw Bay
White Plains
Kitkun Bay
Iowan Fined $500 For OPA Violation
DES MOINES AP Leroy Richards 40 the Waterloo Tire Retreading company manager was fined 500 by Federal District Judge Charles A Dewey after pleading guilty to violating OPA rules. He allegedly sold five ration stamps each for five gallons of gasoline to a government investigator for 2 50.
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DES Moines
Leroy Richards
Waterloo Tire
Charles A Dewey
OPA
Richards
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