Ticket Sales For Policeman's Ball Soaring In Coliseum
The twelfth annual Policeman's Ball in the Coliseum on Tuesday evening December 19 is selling fast with Roy Walker predicting a large crowd. The main attraction is the Clyde Lucas dance orchestra, with Warren Rambo providing an hour of organ music before the 10 p.m. floor show. Entertainers for the floor show have not yet been announced.
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Bob Hope Re-elected Radio Champion of Champions
Bob Hope was named radio’s Champion of Champions for the fourth consecutive year in the ninth annual Fame poll by United States and Canadian editors critics and columnists. He also topped best comedian and best comedy show, with Bing Crosby second in Champion of Champions and DeMille’s Radio Theater third.
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Radio Schedule Highlights End of Kostelanetz Run
After four years on air the Andre Kostelanetz program ends at 3 30 p m today on CBS and WMT with Lily Pons as guest for the farewell. The show previously featured David Ross as host and included broadcasts from New York Stockholm and North Africa.
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Broadway wit and wartime gossip column quotes
Walter Winchell style column notes wartime social intrigue and jokes from New Guinea to Hollywood. Tales include a nurse wedding in khaki, a GI’s joke about a pajama clad groom, and Vanity of U.S. entertainment figures with references to Vivien Kellems hearings and press persecution claims.
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Real War Hero Horse Foxhole Sold for Film Story
MGM buys the real horse Foxhole from St. Marvin Park USNR who just returned from the South Pacific. Foxhole was born during a Japanese blitz, survived raids, witnessed her dam killed, and was saved from death by a Navy bosun before coming to the United States on a liberty ship.
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Goat on Display at Waldorf Astoria Premiere
At the Waldorf Astoria the film Weekend at the Waldorf presents a notable prop goat owned by the Bey of Aribajan as part of the event, highlighting the hotel backdrop and the gala atmosphere surrounding the premiere.
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Radio Schedule Highlights Daytime to Nighttime Hits
A fragmented broadcast roster lists program names and times across stations WMT WGN KAYE KXEL WHO WBBM WENR and others. The guide shows news talks dramas music quizzes and church services scheduled from early morning to late night with multiple co broadcast blocks and varied hosts.
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Radio Schedule Highlights From December Fourteenth Forty Four
A listing of afternoon and evening radio programs across stations WGN KXEL WMT AXEL WON and others. Notable entries include music segments with singers piano performances and a Jimmie Alien news segment plus various program times and hosts.
Hollywood A Letter to Santa Claus by Erskine Johnson
A humorous Hollywood Christmas list from cinema figures and studio heads. Names like Jon Hall Frank Sinatra Ingrid Bergman Lana Turner Darry Zanuck Red Abbott Lou Costello Col Jimmy Stewart are requested with wishes ranging from roles and promotions to gifts and silly favors aimed at easing the year in movieland. The tone parodies a holiday missive from a press correspondent in a glossy era.
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Radio Schedule Snippet Highlights Afternoon to Night Lineup
A fragmented listing shows radio anchors and shows across stations WMT WGN KXEL WHO and others. Mentions include news blocks at 2, 5, and 7 pm with hosts Bob Hawk Drummond Heidt and Foster, plus music segments and a supper club feature.
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Good Night Ladies Reserved Tickets Still Available
Tickets in most theater sections remain at the Iowa box office for Good Night Ladies a record breaking comedy farce presented on the Iowa stage Tuesday at 8 15 p m John Hubbard and Wynne Gibson lead a cast with glamorous supporting players The show ran to record crowds in Chicago and on tour Producers are Howard Lang and Al Rosen All seating is reserved.
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