Radio NOTES AND COMMENT: Third party conventions on air
Henry Wallace's third party opens its convention with limited network coverage from Convention Hall and Shibe Park. Key speeches by Charles P. Howard and the Wallace Taylor ticket are broadcast on several nets with schedule details. Also noted are Your Land and Mine firsts, Lucille Ball series debut, and other radio TV plans and trivia.
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Henry Wallace
G.O.P
Convention Hall
Shibe Park
Charles P. Howard
Des Moines
Nets
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Mutual-Wgn
KCRG
Mutual
Nomi
Wallace-Sen
Glen H. Taylor
NBC
Mutual-Kcrg
KCRK
CBS
WMT
Wallace
Sen
Taylor
WGN
WBBM
Radio Schedule Fragments From Early Evening Listings
A jumble of radio program times and show titles lists various programs and hosts across stations such as KCRG KXEL WMT and WHO. Entries include newsreels music dance orchestras talent revues and morning shows with scattered host names and times.
Radio Schedule Tells a Day of Programs and Musicals
A printed lineup lists morning to evening radio and TV segments across multiple stations. Programs include music, talk, news, parades and religious segments with stations EXEL KCRG WMT KXEL and ABC Symphony.
Radio Schedule and Programs Include News and Music
A schedule lists Fulton Lewis and Gabriel Heatter programs on MBS with shows from 6:06 to 9:30 PM. Evening lineup features Dinner Music, Proudly We Hall, Leave It to Girls, Billy Rose, Mutual Newsreel, Concert Master, Meet the Press, Tex Beneke O, and Tex Beneke performances. A late 19:00 entry notes News and a final 10:30 In a tay vita venues segment with MBS.
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Fulton Lewis
Mbs
Proudly We Hall
Billy Rose
Gabriel Heatter
Mutual
Polio Victim 13 Dies in Sioux City Hospital
Estherville Iowa AP Richard Logue 13 son of Everett and wife farmers near Estherville died Thursday in a Sioux City hospital from infantile paralysis. The case marks one of two polio cases reported in the Estherville area this year. Another victim under treatment in Sioux City is Kenneth Kollasch 4 son of Orville and wife of Estherville.
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Estherville
Richard Logue
Everett Logue
Sioux City
Logue
Kenneth Edward Kollasch
Orville Kollasch
Pitcher Throws Himself Out at Crucial Moment
In Oak Ridge Tennessee pitcher Clyde Simmons wound up and threw breaking his right forearm during a crucial moment with two outs and a strike count. A dramatic accident halted play and sidelined the pitcher.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Clyde Simmons
Stalin Boss 1942 Encounter Shifts Allies View
Washington reports reveal Churchill and Harriman saw Stalin flip from wary on a second front to backing North Africa after a brusque Soviet memorandum. Sherwood notes puzzling shifts suggest Stalin spoke for the Politburo, not just himself, during August 1942 talks.
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Stalin
Politburo
Russia
Truman
Churchill
United States
Harriman
Robert E. Sherwood
France
North Africa
Moscow
Generalissimo
Sherwood
Finnish Cabinet Resigns After Elections
Paris based agency cites Mauno Pekkala and cabinet sending resignations to President Juho Paasikivi. Report notes collapse of Leftist government after elections in which Communists lost ground. Pekkala led a Popular Democratic Front coalition with Communist members.
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INS
Finland
Mauno Pekkala
Stockholm
Juho Paasikivi
Pekkala
Popular Democratic Front
Memrs
Two Killed in Camp Dodge Plane Crash
Des Moines AP reports two auto mechanics at Camp Dodge died when a war surplus training plane crashed there late Thursday afternoon. The victims were pilot Robert H. Voorhees, 34, of Des Moines and Carmen E. Remele, 32, who lived south of the camp.
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Camp Dodge
Robert H. Voorhees
Carmen E. Remele
U S Plans 50 000 Watt Transmitter in Greece
In Athens a reliable source said the United States will install a 50 000 watt radio transmitter in Salonika to broadcast into eastern Europe.
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U.S
Greece
Athens
United States
Salonika
Europe
Grinnell Man Dies by Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Grinnell 67 year old Truman Shear was found dead in his garage after leaving a car running in the space. A note to his employer Dale Smith cited loneliness as the motive for his suicide. His wife was buried July 14. Shear reported no other relatives besides a brother with unknown address.
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Grinnell
INS
Truman Shear
Dale Smith
Shear
The Poet of the People Letters No XXL
Edgar A Guest writes a playful note about a dinner party mischief. He imagined a private setup to meet a widow and admits to noisy table antics to draw the guest’s attention while claiming it was a purposeful mishap.
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the Poet of
the People
Beloved
Darling
All-Iowa Revue to Feature Unusual Lighting Effects
All-Iowa Fair revue at Hawkeye Downs August 15 to 19 will showcase unusual lighting. The highlight is a Black Light effect in Gems from Carmen by the 16-girl Ainsworth Ensemble with fluorescently glowing Spanish costumes.
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Martell
Mignon
United States
Treasure Island
Hawkeye Downs
Andy Hanson
Ainsworth
Bizet
Roosevelt Avoided Making Invasion A Political Issue
Robert E. Sherwood says President Roosevelt did not politicize the North Africa invasion and left final call to General Eisenhower, a decision delayed after the 1942 election. Sherwood notes the postponement held U.S. significance and recalls Roosevelt’s respect for Wendell Willkie and rebuke of Hopkins for a slur about Willkie.
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New York
INS
Robert E. Sherwood
Roosevelt
North Africa
Eisenhower
Sherwood
Harry Hopkins
Collier’s
United States
Democratic National Teeh Committee
Wendell Willkie
Flood Halts Lights and Water in Iola Kansas
The Neosho river flooded Iola leaving most of the city of 8,000 without electricity and water. The power plant near the river was submerged as the river reached 24.5 feet, surpassing a 23.5 foot record set in 1926. About 40 to 50 families were evacuated from the southwest part of town.
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Kan
Neosho
Farm Boy 15 Dies In Tractor Accident Near Eldridge
Lourde Charles Baughman aged 15 of near Eldridge died when a tractor overturned and plunged into a seven foot ditch while hauling rubbish on his parents farm. He suffered a basal skull fracture and crushed chest, according to Scott County Coroner Frank C. Keppy.
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Davenport
Lourde
Charles Baughman
Eldridge
Here
Lester Baughman
Scott County
Frank C. Keppy
Clay asserts U S ability to stay in Berlin
General Lucius D. Clay told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the United States is determined to remain in Berlin and can do so. The closed hearing featured Clay outlining conditions in Berlin and the actions of American troops and civilian personnel, with praise from Chairman Eaton and Army Secretary Royall for their mission in Germany.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
United States
Berlin
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eaton
Army
Royall Sala
Clay
Secretary of the Army
General Clay
Russia
Dewey and Eisenhower Confer on Europe in Pawling
Governor Dewey and General Eisenhower held a surprise conference in Pawling New York to discuss European affairs and the military establishment. Eisenhower toured from New York City and had lunch with the Deweys before planning to return to the city.
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N. Y
Dewey
Eisenhower
Ike
New York
Convention of Wallace Party Opens Tonight
Henry A. Wallace arrives in Philadelphia to lead a third party effort amid Communist signals allegations. Rexford Tugwell defends the movement against ADA charges. Rabbi Schultz warns youth conference groups risk being used for political aims. Norman Thomas presses Red issue at a Wallace event. Mrs. Elinor Gimbel counters that communism is not a major Wallace concern.
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Philadelphia
Henry A. Wallace
Democratic Action
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Tugwell
Roosevelt Brain
Wallaceites
James Loeb, Jr
ADA
Benjamin Schultz
American Jewish League Against Communism, Inc
Rabbi Schultz
Jewish Welfare Board
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
National Conference of Methodist Youth
American Unitarian Youth
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
American Jewish Congress
Young Communist League
Norman Thomas
Elinor Gimbel
Women For Wallace
Thomas
Wallace
Australia faces long term shortage of young workers
In San Francisco radio reports, Australia's immigration minister A. A. Calwell warned of a lasting drop in youths. He said 15 to 19 year olds fell from 645,000 in 1940 to 558,000, and would dip to 520,000 by 1950, with full recovery not until 1960 and population up two million.
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San Francisco
Australia
A. A. Calwell
Radio Australia
Caldwell
Benelux customs union affects nearly 18 million people
The Benelux bloc comprising Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg impacts about eighteen million individuals. The regional union regulates customs and trade among the three nations, influencing economies and everyday commerce across the border regions.
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Belgium
The
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Wallace's Party Wins Fight for Ohio Ballot Spot
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Secretary of State Hummel to place the Henry A. Wallace third party on the presidential ballot. The court overruled his loyalty affidavit objection and directed a slate of 25 Wallace electors be added, after Hummel had refused to accept nominating petitions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Henry A. Wallace
Edward J. Hummel
Wallace
Supreme Court
Hummel
Memorial Highway Memorialized Across Iowa July 31
Des Moines AP reports the dedication of the 34th Division Memorial Highway across Iowa on July 31 at Red Oak. The project completes plans from the division reunion in Des Moines last September and adds roadside markers patterned after the Red Bull division shoulder patch with a scarlet steer on black.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Red Oak
National Guard
Red Bull
Ec Bird
National Association
Vatican museum reports theft of three gold vases
Three small golden vases from the Vatican Etruscan museum display case have vanished. Dated to the early Christian era, the items were valued at about $1,000.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Soviets Free Three Yanks After Protest
Three American servicemen were released by Soviet authorities in Berlin. Pfc George Hunt and Pfc Elwood Dwinnel had crossed into the Soviet zone by mistake, and R F Goff was held after attempting to pass through the Soviet corridor to the British zone. The Russians had denied knowledge for 12 hours before releasing them. British jets reported near misses with Soviet Yak fighters in flight near Berlin.
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R. F. Goff
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Goff
Wetzlar
George G. Hunt
Camp
Ohio
Elwood E. Dwinnel
Mabton
Wash
Peruvian Swimmer Del Carpio Crosses Gibraltar Straits
Daniel del Carpio completed the Gibraltar Straits crossing in under eight hours from the European side at 11 20 a m GMT to a shore near Ceuta at 7 03 p m local time. He finished the voyage about 11 142 nautical miles across, the first to do so since 1928.
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Spanish Morocco
Daniel del Carpio
Straits of Gibraltar
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