Radio schedule shifts highlight wartime programming changes
NADINE SUBOTNIK notes Cecil Brown moves to a 7:55 p.m. weekday slot alongside Elmer Davis, with Brown also rotating at 10:20 p.m. on WMT. The piece mentions replacements for Fibber McGee and Molly on WHO, the This Nation at War site at WENR, and Who's Judy and Tommy Dorsey Show lineups at WHO.
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What Canadians Are Reading During the War Round Table
At the American Library Association convention in Milwaukee a round table on What Canadians Are Reading during the War will be presented Wednesday at 12 p.m. over NBC. A second session on The Influence of Books in Creating Attitudes airs Wednesday at 1 45 p.m. over the Blue network.
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Evening Radio Schedule from June 1942
A dense list of radio programs and times across stations WMT WGN WLS WENR and more for Tuesday June 4, 1942 with mentions of Easy Aces World Tonight News Jamboree Vic and Sade and Lights Out style shows. Includes morning and afternoon lineups, sports segments, music and drama features, and program hosts such as Johnny Prey and Master’s.
Ship Sunk in East Coast Convoy Mine Incident
United Press correspondent Walter Logan aboard a Coast Guard cutter reports witnessing a collier strike a mine in the submarine zone off the east coast. The ship exploded amidships with a 75 foot water geyser and sank within minutes after the blast, the third such sinking in U S coastal waters this week.
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Survivors and crew rescued after vessel explosion
The account describes men boarding a boat that exploded. A total of 14 survivors were picked up including Eric Nyborg of New York who had leg wounds. Minesweeper boats delivered another 14, with 37 believed aboard. One captain remained below to help his crew and swam free through oil as the ship capsized.
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Plan to Double WAAC Officer Candidates at Des Moines
The War Department announced plans to double WAAC officer candidate enrollment at Fort Des Moines Iowa to meet army demand. About 25 000 women will be enrolled by May 31 1943 instead of December 31 1943. The July 20 session will begin with about 450 recruits while others are scheduled for later sessions and months will ramp to 800 per week by October.
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Rest for Errol Flynn After Illness for New Film Role
Errol Flynn was ordered to rest for three or four days after losing eight pounds during the past week. He is filming scenes for a picture about the life of boxer James J. Corbett and resumed work on the project.
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Ten Million Dollar Blackmer Cache Tied to Teapot Dome Figure
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced a 10.9 million dollar cache of securities and cash tied to Henry M. Blackmer, a Teapot Dome payoffs figure who fled the United States in 1921. The funds were found in New York banks under numbered names and frozen pending further action.
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WPA approves $40 000 for Spencer airport improvements
Washington authorized a WPA grant of about $40,000 to Spencer Iowa for airport improvements. An air corps training school under Col Dan Hunter of Cedar Rapids will operate at the port. Iowa WPA Administrator J M Naughton said 65 men are assigned to the project in two shifts and work will start by Thursday. Much of the funds will be used to build runways.
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Malta Air Losses Reported From Blitz
Valletta reports ten enemy aircraft destroyed over Malta in two nights of combat as British communiques detail air losses and defense actions during the blitz.
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Argentine President Resigns Amid Health and Advisory Debate
Critica reports the Argentine president, nearly blind and retired for a year, plans resignation after medical consultations. Dr Ramon Castroviejo urged surgery, while local doctors split on necessity, leading Castroviejo to depart for Miami as acting president Ramon S Castillo assumes interim duties.
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Three Drowned as Mississippi Flood Claims Three
Davenport dispatch reports three deaths from accidental drownings in swollen Mississippi flood waters on Monday. Two victims’ bodies have been recovered while the third, Harry Brown, 37, of East Moline Illinois, remains missing.
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Coast Guard and fishermen search for Petrovich’s body
A search continues for Petrovich’s body as Coast Guard reservists and fishermen scour the river area. Charles Cox, 64, of Da Negro, was found dead in two feet of water in front of his riverfront shack.
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Rommel Promoted After His Libya Victory
Berlin radiocast reports Col Gen Erwin Rommel, victor in the Libya battle, has been promoted by Adolf Hitler to general field marshal in a Fuehrer communique announced Monday night.
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British Patrols Strike At Enemy Vessels In North Sea
London AP reports the admiralty says English channel and southern North Sea patrols over three nights caused loss and damage to the enemy. Early Friday patrols attacked a convoy of two supply ships with an armed trawler and six E-boats. one supply ship torpedoed and some E-boats hit.
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Population center of U S located near Baltimore in 1790
In 1790 the center of population of the United States was 23 miles east of Baltimore Maryland. The data point marks early demographic shift as the nation expanded westward.
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