Radio Notes and Comment by Nadine Subotnik
The National Guard takes over the Paul Whiteman program airing 8 PM Wednesday on ABC WENR and renames it The Paul Whiteman Assembly with Secretary of War Robert Patterson speaking first. Sinatra returns to CBS WMT at 8 PM with the Pied Pipers and Stor Dahl.
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National Guard
Paul Whiteman
Abc-Wenr
Guard
Robert Patterson
Washington Guard
Whiteman
Mindy Carson
Johnny Thompson
Norman Rosten
Frank Sinatra
Cbs-Wmt
The
Pied Pipers
Axel Stor~dahl
Jane Powell
Voice
Andy Russell
Evening Radio Schedule for February 26, 1947
Hour by hour listings for KXEL WGN WMT and KNEL stations show a dense schedule of programs from 6 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. with shows including Melody Parade News Dinah Shore Bing Crosby Abbott, Crosby, and various talk and music segments. The next morning begins with farm news and early riser programs at 6:30 a.m. on KXEL.
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Eddie Bracken
Maisie
Parky
Frank Morgan
Dr. Tweedy
Dinah Shore
Ginny Simms
Radio Row
Ther
Clark Sisters
Jack Smith
Cbs-Wmt
Andrews Sisters
Bing Crosby
WMT
KXEL
Paulette Goddard
Jack Carson
Dennis Day
Great Gildersleeve
Dr. Christian
Paul Whiteman
Frank Sinatra
Duffy
Hatchine
Melody Parade
WGN
Dr Stadley
Abc
Rae
WBEEM
CBS
7Ko
Lone
MBS
CBSY
Gio
Frank Morern
J. Lady
Bing "Crosby
KXNL
Henry, Morgan
Kay Kyser
Northerners
Lewis
Hutchens
Billboard
WGN News
WMT World
WGN Farm Service
Jerry
Zeldo
Lew Parker
WGN Reveille
Dick Hart
Stan
Ken
Dick Keen
Clift & Heler
Dick Baker
Mary Miles
N. Olmsted
Sam
Mus
E Winters
Post
Joyce Jordan
David Harum
Stella Dallas
Eeena
Baker
Chick
Galen Drake
Jack Beren
Radio Schedule Brimming with Daytime Shows and Serial Dramas
A dense listing of radio programs on stations WGN WMT KXEL KNEL KXEL and others for Thursday Feb 27 1017. The guide enumerates news from WGN WMT science drama romance music and talk segments with titles like Perry Mason Masquerade World Light and Stella Dallas. It notes specific times and hosts such as House Party Clive Lewis and Lily Lindlahr, highlighting a bustling broadcast day across multiple networks.
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Johnny
WGN
Foster
WMT
WGN Queen
Lone Journey
Perry Mason
Ma Perkins
Kxel Land of Corn
Voice of Ta
Board backs referring guaranteed wage talks to free bargaining
Washington AP Truman Reconversion Advisory Board urges the question of a guaranteed wage be referred to free collective bargaining rather than legislative action. Unanimous report notes wage guarantees aid employment stability but must align with social insurance, minimum wage, and tax programs. The group headed by George W. Taylor recommends continued study to advance economic stability and reduce fluctuations. Orange trees believed first introduced to Florida by Spanish explorers who discarded seeds after tasting imported fruit.
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Washington
Truman
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
George W. Taylor
AFL CIO merger hopes fade after rejection letter
Washington AP reports prospects for AFL and CIO merger dimming as AFL President Green says CIO rejected unification talks. Green warns that division fuels anti labor legislation and urges a united labor movement, noting committees were only formed to discuss unity. A railroad bridge exists for about every two miles of U.S. track.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
AFL
CIO
William Green
Philip Murray
Ja United Organized Labor Movement
Green
Murray
Congress
Greene
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
United Labor Movement
Labor
Executive Council
United States
Linn Board and Road Workers Reach Wage Increase
After a two hour bargaining session Linn county supervisors and road department workers agreed on a 13 cent an hour raise for two shop mechanics and 6 cent raise for the remaining 58 road workers. The agreement lifts vacation restrictions in August and September. The contract spans January 1, 1947 to April 1, 1948 with seven holidays per year for each worker.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Road Department
Walter Hurt
County road workers win wage upgrade and 44 hour week
Supervisors Beeson and Seevell told union rep Hurt and Local 231 officials that the board has moved as far as it will. The 1946 wage push yielded a five cent increase, a 44 hour week with 48 hours pay, and vacation list restrictions lifted from July. The county pay scale now lists shop foreman 1.29, district foreman 1.07, bridge foreman 1.07, dynamite foreman 1.07, drag line and shovel operators 1.07, shop mechanic 1.25, maintainer operator 1.25, truck driver 1.25, bridge crewman 1.25, dynamite helper 1.25, shop helper 0.93, extra help 0.80.
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Elmer Seevell
Clare Petty
Clarence Beeson
Hurt
AFL
S. E. Peterson
P. E. Onstott
Twenty six indicted in sugar racketeering case
Chicago based federal grand jury indicted twenty six persons in seven counts linked to a nationwide black market sugar ring. Informants say the probes cover illegal traffic of about one million pounds of sugar. U S district attorney J Albert Woll led a six week undercover operation.
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Chicago
J. Albert Woll
U. S
Linn County Pays Courthouse Debt Surplus and Appointments
Linn County finished paying its courthouse debt with a $2,441.30 surplus after the last $45,000 bond was retired on December 31. The board of supervisors moved the surplus to the county general fund pending state comptroller approval, and appointed Margaret Garretson as relief department visitor at $135 monthly beginning March 1. Jane M Turner resigned as relief department statistical clerk, effective March 8. Tax sale certificates for five lots at Fruitland Boulevard and C Street SW were assigned to Joseph Hadsell for $109.40.
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Linn County
Board of Supervisors
County General Fund
State Comptroller
Margaret Garretson
Jane M Turner
Relief Department
Fruitland Boulevard
C Street
Joseph Hadsell
Zhdanov to quit high Soviet post after request
Marshall Andrei Zhdanov, famed for Leningrad victory, asked to be relieved as chairman of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet. Moscow radio said the request cited pressure of work connected with his main duties.
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London
Andrei Aleksandrovitch Zhdanov
Leningrad
Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet
Moscow Radio
Purge Chief Named as Target in Postwar Soviet Drive
The central committee of the Communist party has long pursued a campaign to purge Soviet literature and art of tendencies deemed to stray from ideological aims, reinforcing strict control over cultural output.
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Tral Committee
Communist Party
Solon Pioneer Frank Bele, 80, Dies at Home
Frank Joseph Bele, 80, a lifelong Solon resident and Bohemia native, died Tuesday at 2:20 pm after a brief illness. Survived by wife Delia Zajicek Bele and son Joseph W. Funeral at St Marys church in Solon at 9:30 am Thursday with Rev. Carl F. Clems. burial in St Marys cemetery at Newport. Friends may call at Brosh Funeral Home in Solon.
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Frank Joseph Bele
Solon
Gazette
Bohemia
United States
Delia Zajicek Bele
Joseph W
Near
St. Mary’s Church
Carl F. Clems
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Newport
Brosh Funeral Home
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