Radio programs honor fourteenth anniversary with guest Amos and Andy
NADINE SUBOTNIK notes an advance celebration on air as Amos and Andy guest on the Bob Burns show Tuesday. Other notables include Xavier Cugat saluting St Patrick in a conga interpretation on WLS and Patsy Kelly with Lionel Barrymore on Milton Berle program. FCC resumes amateur licenses for military prep. about 1,500 licenses will be issued from dormant papers, boosting total to near 60,000 with over 10,000 already in military service.
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Amos ’N’ Andya
Freeman Gosden
Charles Correll
Bob Burns
WMT
Xavier Cugat
St. Patrick’s Day
WLS
Patsy Kelly
Lionel Barrymore
Milton Berle
Navy
War Departments
Federal Communications Commission
American Radio Relay League
FCC
Washington
Taxpayers Pour Millions into U S Treasury
The largest tax paying day in U S history ended Monday as over 22 million individuals and thousands of corporations filed returns and paid at least a fourth of their 1941 income tax. At Chicago Collector Carter H Harrison said a $5 million quarterly payment was received, among ten checks over $1 million. The treasury also began paying off $600 million of debits to avoid money shortages in financial centers.
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Washington
Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Treasury
Brave Eagle Introduces Family in Osage Village Visit
Osage man Brave Eagle introduces his kin to a visitor in Coffeyville. He presents his son Fighting Bird and grandson Four-Motored-Bomber, naming them as part of his family. The scene reflects Osage naming traditions amid a casual encounter.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Brave Eagle
Tom Brave Eagle
WPB Cracks Down On Juke Boxes and Pinball Machines
The War Production Board ordered the shutdown of all manufacture of juke boxes weighing machines pinball games and other amusement machines effective May 1. The move affects about 30 Chicago area companies employing around 10 000 workers and aims to free copper aluminum nickel and other critical metals for war production.
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Washington
War Production Board
Chicago
Four More States Declared Military Areas by DeWitt
Gen. John L. DeWitt extended western defense zones adding Idaho Montana Utah and Nevada as military areas. The proclamation follows a prior list including California Oregon Washington and Arizona with 934 new prohibited zones across eight western states amid the enemy alien program.
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San Francisco
John L. DeWitt
Western Defense
DeWitt
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Nevada
California
Oregon
Washington
Arizona
Radio Schedule Snapshot March 1 1942 Evening Lineup
Hour by hour listings across WMT WGN WENR WHO and others show dance music news and dramas from 6 p.m. to midnight on Tuesday March 1 1942 including programs like Easy Aces Captain Midnight and Fibber McGee and Molly with sports news and world events.
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WMT
WGN
Bradley Wenr
Easy Aces
Hank Keene
Elson Wenr
Mr Keen
Wander
Utle
WLS
Bentley
Burling
WENR
Mann
Grant Wgn
A. Kassel
Wm_ Shirer
Chicago Nite
Burlins
G. Lombardo
Brick
Totten
WGN J. Garberoo
Wells
Globetrotter
H. Meintyre
A. Kassel O. Wesr
H. Lishan
Roy Shield
R. Ramos
D. Jurgens
Wear C. Daviden
Howe
J. Teagarden
Krupa
C. Foster
X. Curat O
Bob
Lewis
Jerry
Zelda
Reynolds
Utley
Tim
Shelley
Jemima
Mac
Dorothy Dale
Mary Miles
Vic Lindlahr
Chuck Acree
Clayton
WLS Playhouse
Twig
WMT Vee
Iowa
Guy Savage
Gra
Guy
Cliff
Helen
Norman
Joyce Jord
Drei
Cornhusker
WGN Playhouse
Kate Hook
Malone
John
Ed Cavanaw
Judy
Jane
Eleanahah
Tracy
Pam
Stella Dallas
Beautiful Lite
Lorenzo Jones
Vic and
Sade
Widder Brown
Booke Carter
Goldbergs
Portia
Johnsons
Don Winslow
Wener
Toby
Susie
Harry Wenr
Arete Horn
Hedda Hopper
Terry
Pirates
Jack Armstrong
J. Armstrong
Annie
WMT World Today
IGG Denies Delay in Freight Rate Increases
The Interstate Commerce Commission on Monday refused the Office of Price Administration request to push the effective date of freight rate hikes on certain commodities from March 18 to April 15.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Mrs Dilling Seeks Million Defamation Claim
Elizabeth Dilling files a million dollar defamation suit in Chicago Superior Court. The case names Walter Winchell Albert W Dilling and attorney Maurice Weinshenk as defendants. The suit arises from a counterclaim to Dilling's divorce, with Winchell accused of a March 1 broadcast referencing Dilling's charges of drunkenness drug addiction and obscene language.
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Chicago
INS
Walter Winchell
New York
Albert W. Dilling
Maurice Weinshenk
Superior Court
Elizabeth Dilling
Dilling
Red Network
Winchell
Ukrainian Girl Said To Kill Nazi General At Kharkov
A Ukrainian girl is credited with assassinating General Braun in Kharkov during a guerrilla action that dynamited his division headquarters. Russian reports disclosed the unidentified girl's role in the same February Kharkov incident.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Braun
President asks 825 million more for Navy expansion
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 825.924 million dollars to fund Navy expansion, with over 470 million for aviation and 183.692 million for ordnance. The request to House Speaker Rayburn covers cash and contract authorizations and includes specific allocations for vessel and shore facilities, repairs, and Marine Corps pay.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Navy Aviation
House
Rayburn
Coast Guard
Naval Emergency Fund
Marine Corps
University of Iowa Band Cancels Spring Tour
The University of Iowa concert band canceled its annual spring tour due to transportation issues. Director C. B. Righter said government prohibition of chartered bus service makes the 75 member band unable to perform the planned 15 concerts in seven Iowa towns.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
C. B. Righter
Righter
Iowa
Sub Commander Awarded Second Navy Cross
The Navy announced that Lieut. Commander Chester C. Smith of Boise Idaho, 37, received a second Navy Cross, based on battle reports crediting his submarine with sinking eight enemy vessels, following an earlier Navy Cross awarded February 27. No specifics of the actions were released.
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Washington
Navy
Chester C. Smith
Boise
Idaho
Smith
Indiana Gets Two Huge War Plants
Senator Frederick Van Nuys said the War Department awarded a Chrysler contract to run a manufacturing industry at an undisclosed Indiana site at a cost above $5,000,000. The department also authorized a new Indiana manufacturing plant costing more than $5,000,000.
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Washington
Frederick van Nuys
D-Ind
War Department
Chrysler Corporation
Indiana
Navy awards honor submarine commanders and Smith
The Navy awarded the Gold Star to Smith for outstanding and continued actions against the enemy. It also announced Navy Crosses for Lieut. Commanders Lucius M. Chappell of Columbus Georgia and Theodore C. Aylward of Hyde Park Cincinnati Ohio for specially meritorious conduct during actions with the enemy.
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Smith
Navy
Lucius M. Chappell
Columbus
Theodore C. Aylward
Hyde Park
Cincinnati
Ohio
Courageous Action Noted for Evacuating Wounded from Java
Lieut. Commander C. M Wase, 57, of Little Rock Arkansas, commended for courageous action and devotion to duty in successfully evacuating wounded under his charge from Java under hazardous and trying conditions.
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C. M Wasesell
Little Rock
Ark
Java
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