Radio Notes and Comment Highlights Network Appearances
Udy Garland returns to the spotlight with a CBS WMT appearance on Bob Crosby’s show at 7 30 Wednesday. George Putnam’s news career is noted with his wife Lee Carson’s maiden name used publicly. Fiorello LaGuardia will attend UNRRA in Switzerland but keep ABC commentary on Wednesdays. Patsy Kelly Jan Murray duo and Alan Stephen Mr America guest on Hildegarde show with Detroit origin.
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Cbs-Wmt
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George A. Putnam
Paramount
Carson
Lee Carson
Fiorello LaGuardia
UNRRA
Switzerland
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KXEL
Paul Peres
OPA
Patsy Kelly
Jan Murray
Hildegarde
Nbc-Who
Detroit
Alan Stephen
Mr. America No Less
Patsy
EIN Hollywood
Harve Fischman
Hollywood
Chicago Times
ABC
Harve
Pickfair
Buddy Rogers
Mary
Buddy
Harvey
Kenny Baker
New Republic
Burl Ives
Hour by hour radio schedule July 17 1946
Radio listings for July 17 1946 show CBS NBC and ABC networks with station frequencies and time blocks. The schedule includes News at various hours, Heart Exen Abner program, Rose Won Northernortherners, Answer Man, Kaltenborn, Chicago Night, and sports blocks. Morning 6:36 a.m. Reveille and Farm News appear alongside morning hosts Jerry Zelda and Bobby Dick Rews Wee. Afternoon features Music and Serenade segments with KXEL Organ and WMT Petrille.
Visiting WGN Famous Names Highlight Thursday Schedule
July 18 1946 afternoon lineup lists WHO WGN KXEL and WMT programs. Notable items include the Peabody segment and Beauty Life features with WHO presenting a busy radio afternoon.
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WGN
KXEL
Lowan Fined $1,000 on Drunk Driving Charge
Carroll Iowa police report Michael F Killeen 36 Westside Iowa was fined $1000 by District Judge R L McCord after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. McCord revoked his license for one year. Patrolman John Flynn said this was Killeen's third arrest and second conviction on the same charge since 1942.
U S Is Land of Contrasts as Soviet Newsman Writes
Soviet journalist Lilya Ehrenburg, returning from a U S tour, portrays America as a land of stark contrasts. She cites New York skyscrapers on a small island, disparate views on race, and a habit of chasing new things, while praising American literature authors like Hemingway and Faulkner.
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U.S
Moscow
Lilya Ehrenburg
United States
America
Izvestia
New York
Ehrenburg
Draft Deferments Tightened Amid New War Policy
Washington AP President Truman widened the draft to men aged 19 through 29 and the selective service tightened deferments. Indispensable workers may receive limited occupational deferments while farmers and fathers remain exempt. The two month draft holiday ends in September with a 25,000 man request. High school postponements continue, undergrad finish rules tighten, and 26 to 29 year olds unfit for service will have cases reviewed. Local boards must reassess recently discharged personnel not overseas or with short service.
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Washington
Truman
Lewis B. Hershey
Army
Hershey
J. M. Singer Dies Former Manchester Resident at 66
Joseph M. Singer 66, longtime Manchester resident, died in Cedar Rapids. Services set for Wednesday at Gill Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Heath officiating. Burial in Masonville cemetery. Survived by wife Sadie Harris, two daughters Dorothy Rossow and Marjorie Kaufmann, son Richard in Italy, three sisters and three grandsons. Born December 29, 1879 in Winthrop. Former farmer and Congregational church member.
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Joseph M. Singer
Cedar Rapids
Gill Funeral Home
Paul Heath
Masonville Cemetery
Winthrop
Sadie Harris
Dorothy Rossow
Marjorie Kaufmann
Dubuque
Pfc
Richard Singer
Leghorn
Italy
Fred W. Hermann
Isabel Melick
Monmouth
Hugh Fernald
Singer
Congregational Church
Modified Ban on UNRRA Censoring Passed by Senate
The Senate approved a 2.7 billion dollar aid bill with a revised ban on news censorship in foreign depictions. It allocates 465 million for UNRRA and bars funds to countries denying free American reporting. The bill returns to the House which had a stricter free press provision. State Department opposed the House stance, citing Russia concerns. Senator Ball, sponsor of the Senate change, said the measure is acceptable to the State Department.
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Senate
UNRRA
House
State Department
Russia
Ball
Rminn
Two Soviet Diplomats Leave Ottawa Amid Spy Charges
OTTAWA Ont AP Two top Soviet embassy officials Vitali G Pavlov and Ivan I Krotov are departing rapidly for Russia after published charges that they led undercover espionage operations in Canada. Pavlov led an NKVD network and Krotov served as commercial counsellor.
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Ont
Russia
Canada
Vitali G. Pavlov
NKVD
Ivan I. Krotov
Moscow
Tokyo Newspaper Ends Strike After Fist Fight
The Tokyo Yomiuri resumed publication after a four day shutdown caused by a composing room strike. About 800 non striking workers expelled 40 strike leaders from the room after a fist fight, as nine hundred thousand copies began rolling again.
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Tokyo
INS
Yomiuri
Jack La Rue Fined For Drunk Driving
Hollywood Actor Jack La Rue was fined 200 dollars and his license suspended for 30 days after he pled guilty to drunk driving charges in Van Nuys court before Municipal Judge H. M. Becker on Tuesday.
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Jack LA Rue
Hollywood
INS
H. M. Becker
van Nuys
Death claims Navy man's wife in Houston tragedy
Virgil A. Echols and his wife Mrs. Eddie Echols, both heavy drinkers since mindful of sea war deaths, are found dead in their six room Houston home after a night fire. Mrs. Echols kneels beside bed in prayer, while her unconscious husband lies near the door. A postcard promising happiness for sending copies warns that a woman letting one die dies on the twentieth day. A friend notes Echols could not forget.
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Houston
Texas
Virgil A. Echols
Eddie Echols
Echols
White House
E. A. Pigg
Tragic Fire Reveals Socially Fixed Echols Couple
Neighbors discovered a lavish home filled with 200 whisky bottles and rubbish after a fire. Grady Smith reports the Echols, married 23 years, entered a private alcoholism sanitarium and left after one night. Officers found naval citations and expensive fur coats, suggesting a prosperous life prior to the blaze. Police awaited autopsy results as echoing veterans words hinted at a wartime speech.
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Echols
Grady Smith
West University Place
Smith
Montgomery to Visit Canada and U S in Late Summer
The British war office said Field Marshal Viscount Bernard L. Montgomery will tour Canada and the United States in August and September. He is to arrive in Washington on September 10 and then proceed to other engagements.
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London
INS
British War Office
Viscount Bernard L. Montgomery
Canada
United States
Washington
Trombonist Cleared After Teen Accuser Recants Hoax
Hollywood report says Walter R. Benson a 32 year old trombonist known as Benny Benson was cleared of charges of seducing Patricia Littleton a 16 year old girl after she admitted fabricating the allegations that he offered to teach her all about sex. The case ended with the accuser recanting the hoax.
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Hollywood
Walter R
Benny” Benson
Patricia
Jackie” Littleton
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