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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1947

Page

15

Arthur's Place Debuts on CBS WMT Friday Night

Radio notes announce Arthur's Place a comedy drama set at a deanery near a Midwestern city will bow on CBS WMT Friday at 7. Arthur Moore a former vaudeville singer leads with Dreamboat Mulvany and musical guests and guest stars.

Ginny Simms Story Arthur Arthur Moore Dreamboat Mulvany Sara Berner Clarence Hartzell Jerry Hausner Jeff Alexander Arthur’s Place Helen Traubel Leonard Holton Burt Kalmar Moore

Evening Radio Schedule Highlights By Station Lineup

Hour by hour listing shows June 2 schedule with KXEL WMT WGN WHO and others. Programs include crime talk Real Estate drama and various music blocks. Entries are fragmented but indicate afternoon and evening air times with talk shows sports and theater features.

Jet Plane Sets U S Air Speed Record At 632.5 MPH

Col. Albert Boyd piloted the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star to a 632.5 mph peak and 623.8 mph average on a 1,862 mile desert course. The run surpassed the British mark by 7.8 mph, first U S hold on 24 years.

U. S. Army Air Forces Col Albert Boyd Air Material Command Boyd Bepe U. S

Midwest Floods Only Slightly Dampen U S Food Outlook

AP report notes floods damaged thousands of acres but total U S crop land under water remains under one percent. Wheat prospects strong. corn seen at least 3 billion bushels with 350 million carryover. Oats and soybeans also affected. Congress approves 15 million for flood relief.

Washington Midwest Ccrop Congress Army Engineers

Radio notes highlight series and personnel changes

At 10 30 on WMT Herbert Marshall narrated and Ben Ludlow conducted a Christmas seal series episode. Jean Tennyson, formerly of Great Music in Music, may return to radio with the same sponsor in six months. Meredith Willson may tour this fall with his radio show. The Whist series presents The Greatest Story Ever Told, and Edgar Kobak is re elected president of the Mutual network.

Net WMT Herbert Marshall Ben Ludlow Jean Tennyson Meredith Willson Edgar Kobak Mutual Network

Fragmentary Schedule Items Reflect Local Event Timetable

The readable fragments show a series of time stamps and partial names, likely from a local event timetable. Although many entries are garbled, times range from 2:35 p m to 5 pm with references to venues or groups that appear as proper nouns or abbreviations.

Bank employees in France strike for pay rise

Nationwide bank employee strike paralyzes financial activity across France Thursday. All banks except the Bank Lander special statute were affected as workers demand higher salaries and improved terms.

France Paris of France Lander

Deere negotiating to buy Des Moines Ordnance plant

Deere and Company of Moline and the War Assets Administration are negotiating to purchase the Des Moines Ordnance plant at Ankeny, Iowa, to expand John Deere farm implement production. The plan would add 1.6 million square feet across five large facilities and include a power plant, enhancing existing Iowa plants without curtailing others.

Moline Deere and Company War Assets Administration Des Moines Ankeny John Deere Farm Eagle Iowa Buque Waterloo and Company Ottumwa Com John Deere Industria

Nationalists Strip Manchurian Mines

Nationalist forces seize control of key mines in Manchuria as Communist military advances in northern Ina come under scrutiny. Reports indicate strategic losses for the Communists and a shift in regional power dynamics during ongoing conflicts.

Ina

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