Radio programs and guests announced for wartime broadcasts
Radio schedules list The Tommy Dorsey Show debuting Tuesday at 9 30 p m on WHO with a Star in Uniform prize of 100 war bonds and a trip. Clarinetist Johnnie Mince will be the first star from Camp Upton New York.
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Dorsey
Rica Pulpa
Xavier Cugat
Miguelito Valdes
Llanto de Luna
Cugat
WLS. Red
WLS
Soldiers of God
Blue Network
William Holden
Jeffrey Lynn
Signal Corps
Vincent Price
Conrad Thibault
America
Ford
Johnny Presents
WBBM
Eevee
Sevees
Bob Hope
Tommy Dorsey
Radio Schedule Highlights from June 16 1942
Hour by hour program list across stations WMT WGN WENR WHO and more covering music news sports and drama. Notable items include Easy Aces Melody Hour Missing Heir Jamboree and Crosby style light entertainment with news briefings and public affairs.
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WMT
OG. Miller
WGN
Elson Wenr
Mr. Keen
Vander
Melody Hour
WGN Newa
Utley
Bentle
WHO
Burling
Nat Culver
Curat Revue
Johnny Pres
Fulton
Lewis
EF. Duchin O
Dulft
Nat
Hughs
E. Hawkins
Bob Hope
Hill Sanders
Keen
T. Dorsey
Hunt Wenee
Grant
WGN Huth Carson
Mui
Fred Wating
Davis
Chicago
S.r
Brick
Totte
Jimmy Evan
WMO
F. Masters O
Worshir
Jennie & Joy
Galllar
WRO
Jerry
Zelda
Mary Milea
WES News
Galliart
Clift & Helen
Vic Lindlahr
WLS
Chuck Acree
Harveyd& Dell
WGN News
WLS Ramblers
Jenny
Valiant Lady Dreams
Bess Jobnzop
Way
Storlea Garge Mu
Clarke
Peter
Linda
Jack ‘Turner
Mary Marlin
Daigh
Bartons
WGN Harm
Wes
Honey
Hill
Vic
Gade
John
A.E.P
Plato Bill Wuo
David Harum
Kate Smith
Carter
Martha
Helen
Judy
Turner
Ma Perkins
Helen Trent
Hibrook
Sweet River
WMT Gai
Mits
Music Gems
WGN Man's Army
Owen Cowho
Bentley
Joa Qordan
Pa Dreams
Love
Wee
Eddie & Fan
LS Homemakers
Guiding Light
Melody Lane
Ginaburah O. Wro
Malone
Storm
Perkins
Moon
Uncle Harry
Howe
Henda Hopper
Ann Wenr
Prising Patrol
Jack Ar‘atrone J. Armstrong
Secret City
WMT World Today
M'nishi
Domestic Oils and Fats To Balance Losses, CCC Head Asserts
Chicago AP J B Hutson president of the Commodity Credit Corporation said domestic production of fats and oils will offset losses from imports cut off by Japanese advances in the southwest Pacific. He urged sharing supplies with United Nations and noted about one billion pounds of fats and oils normally imported have been cut off. The meeting discussed financing soybeans and flaxseed processing and product distribution.
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Chicago
J. B. Hutson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Southwest Pacific
Hutson
United Nations
CCC
Pofram
Poison Whisky Death Leads to Murder Suspect Booking
New Britain Connecticut AP Stanley Borgula about 40 drank whisky mailed to him and collapsed. His wife Eva Pas 55 was booked on suspicion of murder after a postal clerk identified her as the sender of the package. Borgula had married last December.
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New Britain, Conn
Stanley Borgula
James J. Kelley
Eva Pas
Borgula
Hear Yank Planes Safe After Raid on Roumanian Bases
Cairo AP reports all four United States Army Air Force bombers that hit Roumanian oil targets last week have returned to their bases safely. Four aircraft landed in Turkey after avoiding German fighters but facing heavy anti air fire. two were damaged and two had motor trouble. Military observers note surprise at a U S combat force operating in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Cairo
United States Army Airforce
Roumanian
Turkey
Mediterranean
U. S
Just a Couple Of Right Guys
Washington report about Steve Vasilakos a Greek American peanut vendor who met with a king George II at the White House corner and spoke Greek during a lighthearted press conference at his stand detailing their exchange and business chatter.
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Washington
America
Steve Vasilakos
White House
George II
Land
Steve
Will Rogers Jr Files for 16th Congressional Race
Will Rogers Jr son of the late humorist filed his petition to run in California's 16th congressional district as a Democrat. A second sentence mentions Jupiter and its moons visible from Earth under bright planet light.
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Los Angeles
INS
Will Rogers, Jr
Monday
16Th Congressional District
Jupiter
Amphibian tanks guide war effort and bond drive
The amphibian tractor is a modern warfare product moving supplies and troops from transports to shore and across rivers. Heavily armored with guns, it costs about 50 000 dollars and will be used by the Army and Marine Corps. Buy War Bonds each pay day to help fund them and exceed the quota.
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Army
Marine Corps
Treasury Department
Six Yank Bombers Blow Through Japanese Fleet at Midway
Honolulu report shows six Flying Fortresses joined the Midway battle on June 4 and by the next night had bombed one battleship one carrier one heavy cruiser and damaged a destroyer with four fighter planes downed and two crippled. Maj. George A. Blakey led the mission and said the crew slept little yet suffered no losses.
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Honolulu
Midway
George A. Blakey
San Antonio
Tex
United States Army
Flying Fortress
Daleb E. Stauffer
Opportunity
Wash
Blakey
Otto R. Haney
Springfield
Nationwide Rubber Drive Opens At Stations Across Nation
Washington AP reports a national scrap rubber collection launched by presidential order to bolster the United Nations supply. Boy Scouts housewives and farmers bring old tires and scrap items while dealers warn of slow initial uptake due to short notice and weigh scales gaps. Community drives in Watertown Des Moines Pok tosi Detroit and other locales yield varied contributions and prompt canvassing plans.
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Washington
Japan
United Nations
Roosevelt
William R. Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
New York
Sol Herzog
Eastern States Gasoline Dealers Association
Watertown
Mass
Des Moines
Midwest
Bombing claim details from veteran naval account
A wartime account describes bomber crews attacking a cruiser with a direct hit and near miss. The narrator notes the strike slowed the target and created a visible target for ships, with a veteran observer confirming the outcome.
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Blakey
Jury Frees Teacher On Sedition Charge
A federal district court jury in Denver acquitted Rudolph Fahl, 43, a former Denver school teacher, of sedition after a brief trial that began Monday and concluded with a half hour of deliberation.
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Denver
INS
Rudolph Fahl
Duke of Windsor Meets Roosevelt in Three Hour Washington Talk
The Duke of Windsor former king of Britain and current Bahamas governor met President Roosevelt for three hours in Washington. They discussed the world in general and made no decision on any issue.
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Washington
Duke of Windsor
Britain
Roosevelt
Windsor
Bahamas
Bahamian Visit Cut Short Amid Labor Troubles Riots
A person cut short a Monday visit after a two week stay to return to the Bahamas where labor troubles and rioting erupted, prompting the decision to fly back promptly.
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Bahamas
Older Brother Pulls Trigger of Empty Rifle
Waterloo Iowa AP The 15 year old William Stedmel shot what he thought was an unloaded .22 caliber rifle during a farmyard game of cowboys. His 12 year old brother Gerald Steimel was wounded and died at St Francis hospital in Waterloo Monday noon.
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Waterloo
Gerald W. Steimel
LaPorte City
William
St. Francis Hospital
William J. Stedmel
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