Christmas on the radio brings Scrooge to Rudy Vallee hour
Lionel Barrymore stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol on NBC Red and WMAQ at 9 p.m. with Christmas music by Rudy Vallee. King George VI’s Christmas message airs on WHO at 4 45 p.m. Thursday. Death Valley Days features Cornish Christmas music on WMT at 7 p.m. Grass Valley miners sing traditional carols from a 2000 foot shaft. Baby Snooks’ Christmas recreates the fervor at 7 p.m. on WHO. Frank Morgan performs Kriss Kringle Morgan Suh and Meredith Willson conducts familiar tunes. Bing Crosby hosts Music Hall with Adeste Fidelis Silent Night and White Christmas from Holiday Inn with Fay Bainter and Frank McHugh.
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Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge
Mr Barrymore
Rudy Vallee
Scrooge
Vallee
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WMAQ
Death Valley
WMT
Grass Valley
Calif
WHO
Frank Morgan
Kriss Kringle Morgan
Suh
Meredith Willson
Bing Crosby
Fay Bainter
Frank McHugh
Maudie Seereeeeeeeees
Frank Morgan Seeesss
Aldrich Family
Major Bowes
Music Hall
Seees
Cugar
Frank Fay Peewee
Evening radio schedule highlights from 1941
A dense hour by hour listing for Thursday evening and Friday morning December 1941, detailing WMT WGN WENR WHO WLS and other stations. It lists programs from Bradley No Easy Aces to Don Forbes News and music features, with time stamps across late night to early morning. The long grid includes performances by Elson Keen Tracer Vander and many program names such as Carols WGN Boot Bands and World Views.
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Duffy’s Tavern
Smile Service
Aldrich Fam
Prairie Farm
WMY
Major Bowe
WGN
Heart Wen
Yusis
Rysa
Hil Sander
Pumage
Welk
Walch Miller
Swink
J. Teagarde
WMT
Burne
Alt Winr
Lum
Alon
Tod
Barr
Burling
Don Forbes
Totten
WHO Sons
A. Beer
Ann
Howe
Radio Station Highlights at Iowa Institutions
Schedule overview lists University of Iowa and Iowa State stations with Friday programs. Music shows, news briefs, and variety segments fill the day from morning to evening, including Farm Facts, Homemaker topics, sports, and children's stories. Local college programs feature student and community content.
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the Educational Institutions of
State of
Iowa
Ceiling Over All Incomes Is Foreseen
Washington report notes congressional tax leaders contemplate a wartime revenue plan with an arbitrary income ceiling perhaps 15000 to 25000 dollars. If adopted, excess income would be confiscated while the permitted portion is taxed. The idea remains in talks with Rep. Treadway noting its possibility if war needs rise.
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Washington (Lp
Congressional
Allen T. Treadway
Mass
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Absaroka Torpedo Sinking Followed Second Sub Attack
Off California coast on Wednesday a second Japanese submarine attack was reported as the Absaroka freighter was towed to shore after a torpedo struck at 10 40 am One man died in the Absaroka strike A small lumber schooner was fired on but reached port undamaged Witnesses described a large submarine and a waterspout near the Absaroka with conflicting accounts of its fate
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Long Beach
Calif
California
McCormick
McCormick Lines
Somone
Ingalls Arraignment Hearing Set For Jan 9
Laura Ingalls a 38 year old flyer appeared in U S district court and heard her arraignment set for January 9 on an indictment charging her with failing to register as a German agent.
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Washington
Laura Ingalls
U. S. District Court Court
University of Iowa medical college switches to 12 month year
The University of Iowa College of Medicine will adopt a 12 month training schedule starting July 1. Dean Ewen M. MacEwen cited a December 1941 AA of Medicine vote urging year‑round study to speed programs for armed forces. The current junior class will graduate in February 1943, four months early, and the sophomore class in October 1943, seven months early.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Ewen M. MacEwen
American Association of Colleges of Medicine
MacEwen
Armed Services
Mercy Slayer of Imbecilic Son Gets Suspended Sentence
Louis Repouille, 39, an elevator operator, was convicted of second degree manslaughter in the chloroformed death of his 13 year old son Raymond. Judge Jonah Goldstein gave a suspended sentence of five to ten years, stating mercy killing has no legal sanction and noting the defendant was a father of four and provider for his family.
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New York
Louis Repouille
Raymond
Repouille
Jonah Goldstein
Goldstein
Acetylene Blast Injures Three At Keokuk Carbide Plant
KEOKUK AP Three men were hurt when an acetylene generator exploded at the Midwest Carbide plant on Wednesday noon. Injured: Ben J. Schrepfer 55 Lyman Points 27 Charles Jones 30 and the third man. All were taken to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries. Schrepfer may have internal injuries. Jones and Schrepfer suffered broken legs while Points sustained an eye injury. The plant, which makes calcium carbide for welding, reported no damage.
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Keokuk
Midwest Carbide
Ben J. Schrepfer
Lyman Points
Charles Jones
Schrepfer
Jones
Policeman Learns Home Can Be Dangerous Place
Cincinnati police Patrolman Robert Mulvey, a Navy veteran with parachute jumps, was injured at home when a slipper caused a tumble down stairs. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and possible chest fracture after the fall.
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Cincinnati
INS
Robert Mulvey
Mulvey
Navy
East Indies brides sold on credit plan
A Field Museum exhibit in Chicago shows a Kei bride price contract carved on a wooden board. The notes outline installment payments for a bride with lines and rings symbolizing gold bracelets and silver coins. The price for an upper class Kei bride may exceed 500 dollars, with a pig and other valuables recorded as part of the payment.
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East Indies
Chicago
INS
Netherlands East Indies
Kei
United States
Islands
Stans Offers Free Sirens and Bargain Longies
Local store promos advertise free items and low prices for boys clothing. Bargain longies priced from 1.37 to 2.95 alongside complimentary items and sales terms.
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Stantis
Tapeworms Lacking Digestion Do Not Eat Solid Food
A statement notes that tapeworms have no digestive organs and cannot ingest solid food, relying on absorbing nutrients directly through their body surfaces.
Defense Ham A Field Ready Ration For Soldiers
Pine Camp NY reports a new quartermaster corps product called Defense ham. Soldiers praise its taste while noting it resists weather and requires no refrigeration for extended field use. The ham is smoked longer and more salty to endure warm climates and long bivouac or road marches.
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Pine Camp
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