Four Friday night radio premieres promise music humor and quizzes
The grid lists CBS WMT and NBC-WHO plans with It s Always Albert a comedy starring Arnold Stang and Jan Murray and Pert Kelton. Who Said That quiz emceed by Robert Trout. Col Stoopnagle s Academy spoof on Mutual KCRG 8 30. Spotlight Revue 9 30 CBS WMT with the Jurgens orchestra. Break the Bank 8 ABC KXEL with E William Voit. Other features include It s Time with Bari tone Bob Hannon and a Truman talk on the Washington monument anniversary.
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Albert
Arnold Stang
Jan Murray
Pert Kelton
CBS
WMT
Danny Thomas
Stang
Gerard
Henry Morgan
Terrible
Col. Stoopnagle
Academy
Col
Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle
Mutual- Kcrg
Parody of Morning Radio Schedule From Local Stations
OCR fragment lists multiple radio station call signs and program slots from morning to evening hours. Names include Ww Ww WWM W NMOA G&G DT 19 N Toh and programs such as News, Parade, Sports, and Comedy. Mentions stations WMT KCRG KXEL WHO and others with times spread across the day.
Fragmented Radio Schedule Snippet From Historic Iowa Listings
Sanity-preserving summary of a scrambled 1940s era radio schedule listing multiple stations KORG KCRG KXEL WMT EXEL AXEL and others. Reads times from 6:45 am to 11 am with program clues like News Weather Music and miscellaneous persona slots. Includes references to Iowa locales and organizations, signaling a local broadcasting guide fragment.
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Phompson
Biss Romktag
Andrews
KORG
Hawaii
Navy Rand Kxel
Iowa
Merks
WMT
HS News
Radio Schedule Roundup of Iowa Stations and Programs
A dense listing of radio segments across stations KXEL KCRG WMT WHO and others detailing times and show titles such as Farm Hour Parliament coverage sports parades bands and public affairs. The schedule highlights program variety including music religious content and audience questions with multiple hosts and venue notes.
Honolulu Transit Strike Leaves City Buses Idle
Honolulu was without bus and streetcar service as transit workers walked off the job in a wage dispute with the Honolulu Rapid Transit Company. The walkout disrupted schedule and left many riders seeking alternatives during the Thursday shift.
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Honolulu
Monolulu
Transit Workers Union
Honolulu Rapid Transit Company
Government workers speculators hid large commodity gains
A House committee report found 823 federal employees traded futures in 1946 and 1947, totaling about 212.9 million dollars. No inside information was proven. Most were administrative workers, with a few large traders, including a high earning government employee, unnamed. Net profits were estimated at 10 to 20 million dollars.
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Washington
House
Nno
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
Harold E. Stassen
Senate
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Edwin W. Pauley
Secretary of Army
Wallace H Graham
Truman
Len Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Agriculture Department
Ford Increases Tractor Prices By Forty Dollars
Detroit based Ford Motor Company boosted tractor prices by $40 raising the new price from $1,190 to $1,230. General Motors followed with a 5.9 percent rise on replacement parts. The price hikes were implemented on an individual basis and came after Ford's recent truck price increase.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Ford
Permanent injunction against national rail strike upheld
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough made the injunction permanent, replacing the temporary order issued after the government seized the lines. He warned a strike would upset the nation’s economic and political system, citing risks to global influence and social order. Three unions faced wage and rule-change demands, and the case moves toward a Supreme Court defeat.
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Washington
T Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Supreme Court
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Justice Department
Long Range Red Bomber on Top
General Carl Spaatz warns Russia has developed an intercontinental bomber capable of striking almost all U S industrial areas from Soviet soil. He says the Tupolev TU-70, copied from B-29s, could carry atomic bombs and that hundreds may already exist with continued production underway.
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New York
Carl Spaatz
Russia
United States
Spaatz
United States Air Force
Life Magazine
Vladivostok
Siberia
Folsom Litigation Partially Voided in Alabama Suit
Judge Crow dismissed Christine Johnston’s bid to be named Gov. James E. Folsom’s common law wife while keeping alive a separate suit seeking Folsom as legal father of Johnston’s two year old son.
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Cullman
Ala
James H Crow, Jr
Christine Johnston
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Ahrendsen Named Sheriff Candidate by Jones County G O P
Leonard Ahrendsen of Wyoming was chosen as Jones County sheriff candidate at the Republican county convention in Anamosa. He had placed third in the June 7 primaries behind leader Bill Null and others including Bill Fischer Tony Shada and Roy Bodenhofer. Ahrendsen works as a guard for LaPlant-Choate Company in Cedar Rapids.
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Anamosa
Leonard Ahrendsen
Wyoming
Jones County
Ahrendsen
Bill Null
Monticello
Bill Fischer
Tony Shada
Roy Bodenhofer
Center Junction
LaPlant-Choate Company
Cedar Rapids
Huffman Named Republican Sheriff Candidate in Allamakee
William Huffman, runner up in the June 7 primary, won the Republican convention vote to be named candidate for sheriff of Allamakee County. Delegates chose from the top three in the primary, with Theodore Rumph Jr. and Lloyd Godfrey as the other leading contenders.
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Gazette
Waukon
William Huffman
Allamakee County
Theodore Rumph, Jr
Lloyd Godfrey
Tucker Halts Auto Factory Operations in Chicago
Preston Tucker suspended production at his Tucker Corporation pending an SEC investigation. He said delivering extensive records would force a shutdown, claiming the SEC has blocked mass production. A federal court hearing on the SEC request was set for the next day.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker
Tucker Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Tucker Company
Commission
Tucker
Thomas Hart
Hart
Rat Control Starts At Home Then Helps Neighbors
Advice urges homeowners to begin pest control at their own property to curb rodent problems and extend assistance to neighbors, emphasizing proactive measures and community benefit.
Treasury chief cites record true budget surplus for 1948
Secretary of the Treasury said the true surplus for the 1948 fiscal year ended June 30 was 8.419 billion dollars, the largest in history. He noted Congress reclassified 3 billion as an advance credit against 1949 spending, mainly for the European recovery program, boosting the current surplus and masking future deficits.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Congressional
Congress
Treasury
Coolidge
Hearing set for July 28 on C R Vinton Bus Line
Des Moines reports the state commerce commission set July 28 in Cedar Rapids to hear J Howard Dickson’s application to operate passenger service on the C R Vinton Bus Line. The action concerns licensing and route approval.
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C.r.vinton Bus Line
Des Moines
State Commerce Commission
Cedar Rapids
J. Howard Dickson
Vinton Area Transport Hearing Planned in Cedar Rapids
A proposed plan to transport workers from Cedar Rapids to Vinton areas is set for a Linn County auditor office hearing. The plan applies to individuals employed in Cedar Rapids industries and involves Benton and Tinn counties along the patrol route.
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Benton
Tinn
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Dickson
Vinton’ Rlate
Richardson
Cédar‘Rapids
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Receives $28 709 Share of Gas Tax Funds
Cedar Rapids' share of state gas taxes for March April and May amounting to 28 709 16 was received Thursday by City Treasurer Walter E Miller. The funds come from Iowa's additional vehicle fuel tax remitted to cities quarterly and will be placed in the local street construction fund for roadway improvements.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter E. Miller
Towa
Eee
Cedar Rapids Stores, City Halls Closed Monday for Holiday
In observance of Independence Day Cedar Rapids will close shops city hall courthouse and federal offices on Monday July 5. The post office will be closed and no city mail deliveries made one collection will be held at 5 p.m. Retail Merchants bureau urged all Cedar Rapids stores to close and the Chamber of Commerce will also be closed.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal
Chamber of Commerce
Peterson Boy Improves After Conveyor Injury
Five year old Brian Peterson, son of Mr and Mrs David Peterson of 823 Seventh Avenue SE, who was injured Wednesday at Monticello when his leg was caught in a conveyor, is reported in good condition. Dr John H Fraser of Monticello said he is greatly improved since Thursday.
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Brian Peterson
David Peterson
Seventh Avenue SE
Monticello
John H. Fraser
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MCRG
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A. J Glover
Switchmen’s Union
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Stemlar-Makkibben, Inc
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