Quiz Kids on WLS features 14 year old Tommy McFarland
Radio segment this week brings Tommy McFarland from Birmingham Alabama to the Quiz Kids panel joining Jack Lucas Margaret Mary Dougherty and Claude Brenner and Gerard Darrow. Also features actor Phillips Holmes in Grand Central Station on WMT and other program notes from networks WMT WENR WGN and WHO.
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WLS
Tommy McFarland
Tommy
Birmingham
Ala
Jack Lucas
Margaret Mary Dougherty
Claude Brenner
Gerard Darrow
Force
Phillips Holmes
Taylor Holmes
Grand Central Station
WMT
Doris Nolan
Program Highlights on Iowa Educational Radio Stations
A brief summary of educational radio programming across Iowa stations WOL Ames WSU Iowa City and related broadcasts. Includes Thursday morning segments highlighting institutional programming and station coordination.
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State of
Iowa
WOL
Ames
WSU
Iowa City
460 A. S. Building Men Reach Ireland
A corps of 460 trained U S construction men arrived at a port in Northern Ireland and were greeted aboard ship by British war secretary Captain H D R Margesson. New York based E A V MacPherson called them an important addition to American workers. details about the port remain unspecified.
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London
United States
Northern Ireland
H. D. R. Margesson
E. A. V. MacPherson
New York
Nsee
Oe States
Seizure of 19 Japanese Boats Announced
Washington AP reports the treasury department disclosed the seizure of 19 Japanese fishing boats in Hawaiian waters during late February and early March on charges of false registry. Indictments allege conspiracy to violate navigation laws by using false bills of sale and managing owners’ oaths.
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Hawaiian
Treasury Department
United States
Japan
Solemo
Pacific
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Elmer L. Ivey
Treasury
Irey
Defense Bond Quiz Advice On Purchases And Value
The Defense Bond Quiz explains that personal checks are accepted for mail purchases from the Treasury Department in Washington D C, with bonds mailed after processing. It notes a defense savings bond is dated the first day of the purchase month and earns a full month's credit regardless of purchase day.
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Treason Department
Washington, D
Defense Savings
Merchants National
British claim new aid program raises rationing fears
Berlin dispatch reports the Fremdenblatt claims British planes forged clothing cards to sow unrest in the rationing system. The paper warns saboteurs face death or long prison terms and urges finders to surrender cards to police.
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Berlin
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Walt Disney Studio Strike Is Settled
Hollywood reports a 62 day AFL cartoonists guild strike against Walt Disney studios ends under a federal arbitration offer. Conciliator James F. Dewey outlines the plan including immediate end of the strike reinstatement to May 15 roles and arbitration of all outstanding issues.
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Hollywood
Sns
AFL
Screen Cartoonists Guild
Walt Disney Studios
James F. Dewey
Canada to Curtail Auto Production for 1942
Ottawa authorities said Canada will reduce passenger car production for sale in 1942 to less than half of the 1940 output. Munitions Minister Howe announced the measure, with H Berry noting limits of roughly one tenth to one fifth of 1940 production. He warned additional curtailments could follow as war conditions shift.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
Howe
H. Berry
Flagstad Abandons U S Opera Tour For War Time
Berlin dispatch reports Kirsten Flagstad, famed soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, staying in Norway for the duration of World War II. Her husband Henry Johansen says she is in seclusion at a remote country house and will not sing again until the war ends. She will not travel to the United States during this period and seeks rest.
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Fort Worth
el Paso
Austin
Galveston
Houston
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Big Springs
Sweetwater
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O’daniel
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Ins
Kirsten Flagstad
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Norway
United States
Henry Johansen
Kristinsand
Suny
Japan Ready to Fight for South Seas Materials If Needed
The United Press report outlines Japan's push into Southeast Asia to secure tin, rubber, and other resources, with state-backed firms Mitsui and Mitsubishi expanding in Thailand and the East Indies. Tokyo aims to avoid war but will use force if no other option exists. The piece notes growing Japanese populations in China and ambitions to leverage Thai resources amid regional tensions.
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South Seas
New York
China
East Indies
Philippines
Indo-China
Thailand
Thailaand
Indies
Mitsui and Company
Mitsubishi
Toko
Wolfram Mining
Malaya
Mitsui
United States
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