Spotlight Bands and Radio Highlights From Wartime Programs
Radio listings show NADINE SUBOTNIK hosting Raeburn and his orchestra at Schick General Hospital Clinton and daily Spotlight Bands across stations. Features include Frank Cuhel ship launch coverage, Laird Cregar on Kate Smith hour, and multiple talks and concerts on WMT WGN NBC CBS and others with various entertainers and military guests.
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Raeburn
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Blue
KXEL
Boyd
Laird Cregar
Kate Smith
WMT
D Walker Wear
the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
WGN
Ethel Waters
Amos
N’ Andy
WHO
Radio Schedule Fragment Highlights 1944 Broadcasts
A dense OCR of a 1944 radio program grid lists anchors and shows across stations WGN WMT WHO KXEL WMT. Entries include Morning News 8:15 a.m. and musical segments with hosts Jim, Martha, Lucille, Kate Smith, and Uncle Stan. Various programs cover News, Music, Homemaker segments, and theater features with numerous time slots.
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UNG
Jim
WGN
WMT
Jon
É& Martha
Mary Miles
Helen
Land of Free
Dr. Bradley
Holbr
Axel
KXEL
Lucille Man'ra
Kate Smith
WGN Sizing
Henle
Sweeney
As1iacm
WGN Opportunity
XEL Jr Forum
Ed McConnell
Irving
Jane Foster
Asm
Buren Soares
Nace
Jack
Holler
WGN Red Cross
Ink
Victory Tunes
Lewis
Grant
Bob Becker
Burling
Chicaca Bent
Eels
K Who
Dreler
P.m
Wee
Eveillery Exel
W. G. Lawd
WGN Mule
Abe
Johnny Betts
Yao Hews
Gheller
Jolly Jcc Ag
Wendell Hall
Kxews
Stan
WNO
the Wash
Reveill
London
Zoon
Nelson
WMT Radio Council
WGN Bahamas
KXNEL
Room
Dixon
Lie Detector Clears Daughters in Drake Hotel Slaying
CHICAGO UP Mrs Patricia Goodbody 28 and her sister Elizabeth Born 33 were given a clean bill of health after lie detector tests related to the murder of their mother Mrs Frank Starr Williams 55 wife of a state department attache Sullivan said both answered all questions and showed no indication of withholding facts in the bizarre slaying at the Drake hotel on January 19.
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Chicago
Patricia Goodbody
Elizabeth Born
Frank Starr Williams
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Williams
State Department
Jan
Drake Hotel
Canned vegetables cut in February point values
Price Administrator Chester Bowles announced February point reductions for most canned vegetables including beets corn tomatoes and spinach amid ongoing rationing. He denied any holiday on points and noted civilian demand and military needs remain high as new tables raise some fruit category values.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
OPA Adjusts Vegetable and Fruit Point Values
The Office of Price Administration cuts in vegetable items from eight to six for spinach and from twelve to eight for mixed vegetables while greens fall four points and beans drop to six with soybeans reduced to zero. Peaches pears fruit cocktail and applesauce rise to twenty, twenty to twenty four and sixteen respectively as limited civilian stocks are allowed to move out without new restrictions.
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OPA
Admiral Lowry Landed by Clark
Fifth Army Headquarters in Italy reports 1Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark expressed deep appreciation to Admiral Frank J. Lowry and Maj. Gen. Edwin J. House for Allied naval and air support in the amphibious operation that moved Fifth Army within 25 miles of Rome. Clark credited the naval forces under Lowry with a large share of the operation's success.
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Fifth Army Headquarters
Italy
INS
Mark W. Clark
Frank J. Lowry
Cresco
Edwin J. House
Fifth Army
Rome
Lowry
United States Navy
Clark
Penetro salve marketed for colds with two use methods
An old fashioned remedy promotes Penetro salve as both a medicated vapor inhalant to ease nasal congestion and a warming external plaster to stimulate circulation. The ad touts two prices 25e and 35c and urges demand.
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Grandma
AFL Reaffirms No Strike Pledge To Save Yank Lives
The AFL executive council at its midwinter meeting in Miami reaffirmed its no strike pledge to protect the lives of American soldiers and ensure uninterrupted production. President William Green cited War Labor Board official Joseph Keenan on the need to boost output for wartime gear, including landing craft, as Europe invasion looms.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
AFL
William Green
Joseph Keenan
War‘Labor Board
Chicago, Federation of Labor
Europe
Green
Keenan
Bombers and radar kit cited. council sets Philadelphia meeting
The council discussed heavy bombers light medium bombers and radio and radar equipment and voted to hold its next meeting in Philadelphia on May 1.
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Philadelphia
Jimmy Stewart Promoted to Major at U S Bomber Base
Major James Stewart 35 former Hollywood star now commands a Liberator squadron at an English base was promoted from captain on Thursday. He had previously turned down an air force waiver that would have made him major before completing six months as captain.
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England
James Stewart
Hollywood
Stewart
Restrictions on Coke Deliveries
Emergency restrictions imposed on domestic coke deliveries by fuel administrator Interior Secretary Ickes limit purchases to households with less than a 30 day supply. Those with under 30 days may receive enough coke to reach a 30 day stock. The rule aims to curb shortages by restricting large inventories.
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Washington
Interior Secretary
Ickes
New Controls Aim To Spread Limited Coke Supply Equitably
New restraints take effect immediately to limit do mesic coke deliveries and distribute the scarce inventory as fairly as possible, officials said. The policy caps shipments at about two tons per load, potentially pushing total over the 30 day limit.
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