Stars of Future debuts in 7 pm radio slot
The Stars of Future music series premieres Friday 7 to 7:30 p.m. on Blue and WLS with Robert Russell Bennett conducting. Broadway star Brooks and New York radio veteran Miss Greer headline with pianist Staff Sgt. Eugene List as first guest.
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Lawrence Brooks
Frances Greer
Blue
WLS
Robert Russell Bennett
Brooks
Norway
Grieg
Miss Greer
New York
Eugene List
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights Mixed Network Lineup
The listing shows December 1941 a dense hour by hour radio schedule with WMT WGN WHO and KXEL stations featuring dramas news features and music. Programs include The Thin Man Twilight Zone News and a wide array of shows such as On Broadway Beatty Melodies and Screen Test plus late night formats like Chicago Night and Sportlight with various hosts and sponsors.
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WMT
CBS
WGN
Cecil Brown
KXEL
Ann
Dick Beker
Thin Man
Wikio Duifty
WGN Opportunity
Grant
Fanny
Gross
Lewis
Chicago
Schedule fragment lists radio programs and hosts across stations
A dense timetable of Saturday December 11 radio programming across WMT WHO WGN KXEL and others. Entries include news shows Homemaker programs Jamboree Farm Hour and variety segments with people like Jim, Lopez, Ava Johnson and Curt Massey among others.
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Ted Malone
Watt Canteen
Hollywood
Ed Wyne
Omar Va.m
Grant
Rice
WGN
WMT
KXEL
WGN Homemaker
Sweeney
Lois
Smillie Burke
Ed McConnell
TNE
WMT Melodiers
Gross
Owen Cowboy
V. Lopez
Ashly
Murray
Vandercook
Jim
Nancy Martin
Dixon
Longfellows
WGN Red Cross
WMT News
Curt Massey
WGN Canaries
WMT World Today
Anni
Serenade
B 29 Smashed in Jap Saipan Raid
Admiral Nimitz announced Japanese fighters struck Saipan while American B 29s prepared to bomb Tokyo. One crewman was killed and another seriously wounded as six enemy planes were shot down by anti aircraft fire. The raid did not stop the Superfortress missions toward Manchurian targets.
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Pearl Harbor
INS
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Tokyo
Soldier Doing Life After Court Martial
Pvt. Dale Maple 23 Harvard graduate jailed for life after an army court martial found guilty of desertion and aiding two German prisoners to escape Camp Hale Colorado. Witnesses testified Maple deserted and was captured three miles south of the Mexican border.
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Maple
Middleton, R. L
Soviets Close On Budapest After Danube Advance
Moscow said Red Army units moved eight miles along the Danube to within 22 miles of Budapest while Berlin reported near isolation of the western and eastern halves of the city. The offensive pressed from the south east and northeast, with about 1,000,000 troops involved on a 200 mile front. Tolbukhin’s forces claimed 120 towns seized and 1,030 prisoners as Dunaabony fell in the Danube–Balaton axis push.
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London
Moscow
Red Army
Danube River
Budapest
Berlin
Hungary
Austria
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Lake Balaton
Danube
Dunaabony
Forces Near Budapest Report Danube Bridgehead Move
The article notes Soviet troops approaching Budapest within nine miles of a key junction with Marshal Malinov's forces. It reports the enemy crossed the Danube to establish a bridgehead at Ercsi, about 14 miles south southwest of the Hungarian capital.
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Proach
Budapest
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Danube
Ercsi
Shell Shortages Not Hindering Allied Offensive
Paris dispatch reports Allied forces require more shells to press into Germany but say no widespread shortage impairs the offensive. Officials cite potential local transport issues and insist overall stockpiles remain adequate while acknowledging a need for greater supply.
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Paris
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
United States
Ninth Army
Senate confirms Alexander C. Kirk as ambassador to Italy
The Senate approved on Thursday the nomination of Alexander C. Kirk of Illinois to serve as ambassador to Italy, confirming the appointment after debate in Washington.
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Senate
Kirk
Washington
Alexander C. Kirk
Illinois
Italy
Revolt Ends At Atlanta Federal Prison After Hostage Crisis
Prisoners at the Atlanta federal penitentiary released four guards and surrendered after a three day blockade. Warden Joseph W. Sanford and federal Prisons director James Bennett failed to resolve the revolt before editor Morgan Blake published prisoners grievances. Ringleaders named include Adams Miles Hollingsworth Sanders and Douglas. Grievances cited include medical care, religious services, wage levels, segregation by race, Nazi accusations, outside legal access, and recreational limits.
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Atlanta, Ga
INS
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Morgan Blake
Atlanta
Blake
Joseph W. Sanford
James W Bennett
Federal Prisons
Hitler
Jack Floyd Adams
Richmond
Richard Arthur Miles
George Hollingsworth
Shawnee
Okla
William Henry Sanders
Durant
James Donald Douglas
Iowan Found Dead Near Bedford After Three Day Search
The body of A. G. Greeley, 58, was found in a field three miles southwest of Bedford Iowa. He had disappeared from his son Paul Greeley’s home where he was living on Monday noon ending a three day search by relatives and authorities.
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Bedford
A. G Greeley
Here
Greeley
Paul
No Enemy Sabotage In 3 Years of War
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said in Washington that in three years of war the United States has suffered no enemy directed sabotage but he warned it would be foolish to declare the danger past He cautioned that relaxing now could delay victory and raise American casualties.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Roosevelt signs peacetime veteran pension boost
President Roosevelt signed a law increasing the monthly pension for war veterans who were disabled in peacetime service. The extra payment rises from 18.75 to 26.25 dollars for veterans with loss or use of an eye hand or foot. A prior measure already increased compensation for other injuries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
WPB Assigns Yarn For Childs Clothes
War Production Board assigned 2 000 000 pounds of cotton yarn to ease shortages of infants underwear and sleeping garments. Chairman J A Krug estimated future production will meet at least 80 percent of current demand.
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Washington
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
Bong Awarded Medal of Honor for 38 Downed Planes
Major Richard S. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin, leading combat pilot of the army air forces, was announced as receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor. He has shot down 38 Japanese planes.
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Bong Washington
Richard S. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Army Air Forces
War Department
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