Radio premieres light up Fourth of July schedule
A gala Fourth of July radio lineup includes CBS WMT debut of Sound Off with Mark Warnow at 6 30 p m saluting G I s with a 36 piece orchestra Lyn Murray chorus and Evelyn Knight as first guest NBC W H O features Vaughn Monroe at 8 with his ensemble Betty Norton and the Moon Maids assisting Abbott and Costello spot Musical California Melodies opens 8 on Mutual with Beatrice Kay Harry Zimmerman leads the orchestra Music in the Night debuts 8 on W G N with Robert Trendler and 30 piece orchestra The Fifth Horseman at 8 30 on NBC W H O dramatic on atomic energy Premiere offers Rehearsal with Henry Fonda at 6 30 ABC includes a Harrisburg Pa Fourth of July speech by Rep Carroll Reece Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest sing George M Cohan medley at 7 Gordon Jenkins and the Four Hits and a Miss follow A dance salute with President Roxas speaking at 8 on ABC Concert of Nations presents The Four Freedoms at 8 30 NBC W H O Iowa alum Merle Miller debates Baruch Proposals on Americas Town Meeting at 6 30 ABC Chau tauqua Lake venue this month
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Evelyn Knight
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Henry Fonda
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Harrisburg
Nbcwmaq
Dick Haymes
Helen Forrest
George M. Cohan
CBS
WMT
Gordon Jenkins
Roxas
ABC
Concert of Nations
Robert Russell Bennett
Eovosaenss
Meredith Willson
WGN
Music Hall
Radio Listing for July Fourth and Fifth 1946 Schedule
Hour by hour programming across WMT WHO WGN WBBM KXEL and others for Friday July third through Friday July fifth 1946. Includes morning farm news Reveille and multiple daily serials dramas music and variety shows with announcers and guest names such as Joe Doakes Dick Laker and Mary Miles.
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WMT
Dick Haymer
WGN
KXEL
Hobby Lobbs
Merrill
Joe Doakes
Dick Laker
WGN Farm Mets
Land of Corn
Love Triangle Sparks Municipal Court Tangle
In Clinton, Nelson Fontenot pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon after a volatile split involving his wife Phyllis Fontenot and her former husband Wayne Perkins. Fontenot received 30 days suspended on condition he leave town as authorities weighed kidnaping claims surrounding the couple’s flight.
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Clinton
Nelson Lee Fontenot
Lake Charles
Sikeston
Phyllis Jane Fontenot
Wayne Perkins
Phyllis
John Stich
Herman Thomson
Fontenot
Alexandria
Perkins
Wayne
Cape Girardeau
John
Missouri
Fontenot Pied
Thomsen
Primary Campaign Finance Report for Governor Blue
Gov Rob ert D Blue spent 3502.47 dollars to win the Republican nomination with 3498 dollars in donations from Davenport and Polk county supporters. Expenses include 1301.75 for radio ads 1639.80 for print ads 35 for calls 199.92 postage 216 travel and 110 printing. Opponent George Olmsted spent 943.12.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Blue
Secretary of State
Blue
Davenport
Polk County
George Olmsted
Truman declines clemency for 1944 rape slaying
Washington AP reports President Truman refused to extend clemency to Earl McFarland who was sentenced to death for the rape and slaying of 18 year old Dorothy Berrum in 1944.
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Washington
Justice Department
Truman
Earl McFarland
Dorothy Berrum
Boy's Finger Injured In Haying Accident
David Wassmer eleven son of Charles Wassmer of Central City had the tip of the ring finger on his left hand amputated at St Luke's hospital Wednesday after noon. Hospital attendants said the hand was injured when it was caught in a haying machine.
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David Wassmer
Charles Wassmer
Central City
St. Luke’s Hospital
Trainmen Strike Against Illinois Central Declared
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen called a strike against the Illinois Central system beginning at 10 a.m. on July 2. The Illinois Central was the only class I railroad exempt from the nationwide May strike due to government control at that time.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway
Illinois Central System
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