Bridgeport to Honor City With First Defense Award
Radio salute links Bridgeport Connecticut to national defense efforts with an award ceremony. Justice Stanley Reed will address a Freedom Bell rally at Bridgeport City Hall intro by Mayor McLevy.
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Justice Reed
Bridgeport, Conn
Nadine Subotnik
Stanley F. Reed
United States Supreme Court
WENR
Bridgeport
Freedom Bell
Council For Democracy
Jasper McLevy
Conn
Century-Old Radio Schedule Fragments Point To Daily Program Lineup
An assortment of broadcasting listings from 1941 shows WMT WGN WLS WENR WENR and other stations outlining morning through late evening segments. Programs include news talks music weather farm reports and devotions with names like Judy & Jane Kate Smith and Mary Marks appearing among the schedule.
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WMT
WGN Farmer
Wes
WGN Wythe
Jenkins O
John
Yeniek Senate
Morn R'De
WGN
Ennis
Nene Lass
Harold Teeney
Ametica
H. Heldt
Clifton Utley
Lanny
Bentley
G. Miller
Shelley
Scott
Grant
Judy Won Glad
Melodies
WHO
Utley
Bohemian
Betty Crocker
Chuck Acree
Dem
Council
K. Norris
Godfrey
Ptson
WTS
Jack Turner
Mary Marks
Judy
Jane
WLS
WMO
P. Youngs
Pam
Bach
J. Blakes
Jenny
Lind
Mirta
David Harum
Kate Smith
John Hughes
Crane
Joyce
Ileten Trent
Ryan
Nellie Reveil
Gal Suridag
Bent Twiz
Afternoon Radio Schedule of 1911 Stations and Programs
The 1911 lineup lists WMT and affiliated networks broadcasting a range of dramas, news, and music through July 30. Notable entries include Stella Dallas, Lorenz Jones, Judy & Jane, Aunt Jenny, and Lonella. sport, weather, and market segments appear between talk shows.
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WGN
WLS
Judy
Jane
Jenny
Page Farr
WES
Helen
Goldberes
Normans Datsche Livestock
Grant
Bentley
Owen
Ouern
Shelley
Joe Doakes
Wiso Longfellows
Curbstone
Your Army
Storm
Golden Sones
WGN New
Easies
Ma Perkins
Kate Hopkins
Reyards
Eison
WLS Inc
Mr Keen
Ight
WMT
Easy
Utley
Vic
Sade
Scott
Austin
Keen
WGN Cubs
Phils
Teadson
Program Highlights From Iowa Educational Radio Stations
Schedule highlights from WOL Ames and WSUI Iowa City show Wednesday morning and afternoon programming. Features include Farm News Markets Homemakers News Drama Hour Theater Bookshelf and Weather updates with Farm Flashes and Newstime segments.
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Wol Ames
Town State College
Aarkets Ar New
WSUI
Iowa City
University of Town
Craig Os
Advice From Mary Manners on Romance and Sensitivity
A reader seeks guidance on Harrys reluctance toward romance after a troubled life and a second letter asks how to handle a sensitive fiancé who overreacts to ordinary remarks. The adviser cautions guarding feelings while encouraging openness and mutual understanding to avoid future conflict.
Advice on teen dating rules and parental permission
Dear Miss Manners notes two 15 year old girls ask if popularity can survive stricter limits. The answer says popularity does not vanish with restricted freedom, and that boys expect parental permission. with time parents relax rules, and age appropriate limits can even boost dating appeal.
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Miss Manners
Nazis Must Go Fast To Get Soviet Wheat
Neutral sources said Germany must reach the Ukraine by mid August or find only barren fields. Harvest had begun and would be finished within two weeks. Wheat and grains are cut, threshed, and sent east for storage as German forces push toward a prime Russian granary.
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Vichy
France
Russian
Ukraine
Russia
Turkish Ships Ordered to Stay in Waters
NBC broadcast from Ankara says Turkish ships were ordered to remain in Turkish waters after a Turkish port ship was bombed by a foreign plane Sunday. The report cited the incident as the trigger for the naval instruction.
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New York
NBC
Ankara
Finland Breaks Relations With Great Britain
Finland, allied with Germany against Russia, announces severance of diplomatic relations with Britain. Foreign Minister Rolf Witting delivers the note to Gordon Vereker, confirming the break as Finland pursues military cooperation with Germany. Britain may freeze Finnish assets in response.
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London
Finland
Germany
Russia
Britain
Rolf Whitting
Helsinki
Gordon Vereker
Vereker
Witting
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Rate Named Johnson County Attorney in Iowa City
Edward F. Rate of Iowa City was appointed Johnson County attorney to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward A. Baldwin. Rate, 43, chairs the Johnson County Republican central committee and is a 1921 University of Iowa College of Law graduate.
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Iowa City
Edward F. Rate
Johnson County
Edward A. Baldwin
Board of Supervisors
Rate
Republican Central Committee
University of Iowa College of Law
Senator Wheeler collects soldier mail via postcard poll
New York column notes Burton K. Wheeler of Montana drafts postal cards to troops abroad. The piece lauds his franking privileges and effort to ensure no serviceman at the front is left without mail, suggesting others should imitate the gesture.
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New York
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Senator Wheeler Hands Upshaw a Foreign Policy Favor
In a camp post office scene Privates Smith Jones and Upshaw receive mail. Smith reads a letter from his sweetheart, and Jones finds a check. Upshaw, unseen, later gets a postcard and is asked by Senator Wheeler to draft a request to the President in Washington on government paper about shaping U.S. foreign policy.
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Wheeler
Smith
Jones
Upshaw
Private Upshaw
Senator Wheeler
Washington
Thoughtful of Him Senator Wheeler Sends Million Postal Cards
A columnist mocks Senator Wheeler for sending one million franking cards urging public involvement. The piece jokes about saving postage, criticizes Secretary Stimson, and imagines a future military culture driven by postal campaigns and writing desks as equipment. The tone is satirical and lampooning.
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Wheeler
Stimson
Senator Wheeler
Price Control as Check on Inflation
Government borrowing fuses higher purchasing power, fueling demand for both defense and nondefense goods. Rising prices grow as defense needs crowd out peace production, creating a vicious cycle. The article argues for controls to keep inflation within bounds. Tomorrow: price control measures.
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John T. Flynn
Stalin Denies Ambition to Seize Dardanelles
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin told Turkish President Ismet Inonu that Moscow has no intention of taking control of the Dardanelles, following a British suggestion, according to Ankara officials.
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Ankara
Turkey
Josef Stalin
Ismet Inonu
Soviet Russia
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Black Seas
Heat results in death of Iowa City resident
Fred Livlin, 60, of Iowa City died at Mercy Hospital at 6 45 p.m. Monday. Johnson County coroner Dr. George D. Callahan ruled death by heat prostration. Livlin collapsed late Monday afternoon while working in a field on the William Lenz farm southeast of Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Fred Livlin
Mercy Hospital
George D. Callahan
Johnson County
Livlin
William Lenz
Here
Knox Calls On Americans To Guard Liberty
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox urged Americans to defend freedoms inherited and warned that disbanding the military would invite loss of liberty to a stronger breed of men. He spoke at a National Legion of Honor convention calling for courage and vigilance.
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Knox
Liberty
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Frank Knox
National Legion of Honor
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the Educational Institutions of
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