Radio and TV Listings Highlight 1940s NBC CBS and Mutual Shows
The schedule notes Dinah Shore Ginny Simms and Jo Stafford as top singers on a CBS WMT program at 8 30 with comedian Peter Lind Hayes and orchestra conducted by Robert Emmett Dolan. Other items include The Great Gildersleeve from Medinah Temple Chicago 7 30 over WHO, Burns and Allen on Jack Carson show at 7 CBS WMT, Bing Crosby show with Al Jolson at 9 WMT KXEL, and Hollywood Players suspense on CBS WBBM at 9. Abbott and Costello visit Kay Kyser’s College of Musical Knowledge at 9 30 NBC WHO.
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See Shorf
Ginny Simms
Jo Stafford
Dinah
Ginny
Cbs-Wmt
Peter Lind Hayes
Robert Emmett Dolan
Gildersleeve
Hollywood
Chicago
Medinah Temple
WHO
Harold Peary
Louise Erickson
Marjorie
Walter Tetley
Leroy
Q. F. Chase Taylor
Col. Stoopnagle
Mutual
WGN
Bill Slater
Hose
Bing Crosby
WMT
KXEL
al Jolson
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Jack Carson
CBS
Toots
Archie” Gardner
Nbc-Who
Paul Gallico
Oscar Levant
Franklin P. Adams
John Kieran
John T. Hecker
Josephine Young Case
Cedar Rapids Radio Council
College Club
Dennis Day
Dr. Christian
Schedule snippets for radio programs and news notes
A fragmentary radio schedule from January 16 1947 lists programs by hour and station with times like 7 15 a m 7 45 a m and 1 30 p m. It mentions stations WGN WHO KXEL WMT and program names such as Tom Howard and Keser providing a snapshot of the day’s broadcast lineup.
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WGN
WMT
EXEL
Jack Smith
Ellery Queen
Jack Carson
John Paris
Temar
Scotland
Heart
Sinatre
New
Chicago
Keony Baker
N. Olmsted Ae
Titten Ladies Vere
David Harum
Lady of
June Baker
Crosby
Kxel Galen Drake
Jane
Vic. Lindlahr Nny Baker
Judy
Jane Te Smi
Dr Malone
Jenny Jene
Aeles Trent
van Pepper
Tom Bartlett
Sone Benes
Widder Brown
Dick Tracy
Farrell Melodies
Wat Crosby
Jack ¢Ymett
Wee Tenneseee
Wheat ships diverted to Italian ports for UNRRA aid
The U S Wheat ships bound for Germany were ordered to divert to Italy to aid UNRRA relief efforts. About 51 000 tons of wheat were redirected to Palermo Genoa Naples and Bari to sustain the occupation area until later shipments arrive. The Export-Import Bank also signaled up to 100 million dollars in credits to rebuild Italy's export sectors.
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Ered
Italy
War Department
State Department
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Palermo
Genoa
Naples
Bari
Germany
Steel Bargaining Talks Postponed
PITTSBURGH AP The United States Steel Corporation Tuesday night announced postponement of contract talks with the CIO United Steelworkers until early winter by mutual agreement with no reason given. U S Steel will open the 15 point program, and Philip Murray will lead the union in seeking substantial wage increases plus portal to portal pay and other benefits.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corpration
Wnter
Cio-United Stesiwa Steelwork Union
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
CIO
Steelworkers
Russell Resigns State Dept Post
Washington AP report says Donald Russell resigns as assistant secretary of state effective January 20. Russell had been Byrnes’s former law partner in Spartanburg South Carolina before joining the Byrnes administration.
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Russell
State Dept
Patton Plea To Be Self Defense
William W. Patton 31 plans to plead self defense in a Johnson county district court murder case. Attorney Clair E. Hamilton argued Patton acted to save his life or prevent great bodily harm as jurors were selected. One challenged juror was replaced after expressing fixed opinions. another opposed capital punishment.
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Gazette
Iowa City
William W. Patton
Johnson County
Clair E. Hamilton
Patton
Jack C. White
Hamilton
White
Jess P. Moffitt
Alice F. Billick
Katy Line Announces Credit Travel Plan
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad unveiled a ride-first-and-pay-later plan to boost passenger service. Cardholders could call a Katy ticket office to deliver tickets free to home or office, sign dining car checks on Katy diners, and receive a single monthly bill.
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New York
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Katy
Coast to coast service expansion signals new line strategy
A terse broadcast hints at launching nationwide service over a route along a defined line. The statement implies scaling operations across the country, focusing on coverage and infrastructure alignment.
Germans to Try Von Papen in Nürnberg Jan. 24
Franz von Papen, acquitted by the international tribunal, will face a German denazification court in Nürnberg on January 24 for alleged major involvement in helping Adolf Hitler rise to power. Hans Fritsche, a Nazi broadcaster freed by the tribunal, is expected to be tried January 27.
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Nuernberg
Franz von Papen
International Tribunal
von Papen
Adolf Hitler
Hans Fritsche
Couple Convicted of Aiding German War Prisoner
DETROIT AP A jury found blonde Joan McBride and her husband James guilty of conspiring to aid the escape of Rudolph Soelch a German prisoner of war Each faced up to 20 years in prison and 20000 in fines Sentencing was deferred for a probation report McBride confessed she had fallen in love with the 24 year old German during the trial
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Detroit
Joan McBride
James
Rudolph Soelch
Arthur F. Lederle
McBride
Stay Granted for Two Teens in Mississippi Death Sentence
The Mississippi supreme court granted an automatic stay of execution for Charles Trudell, 16, and James Lewis, 15, allowing an appeal to the U S Supreme Court. They had been set to die in the Woodville electric chair Friday, and the ruling cited reasonable grounds for appeal.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Charles Trudell
James Lewis
Woodville
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