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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1949

Page

5

Radio Summer Replacements Stir Network Schedules

Radio heads eye summer lineups with headliners leaving for mountains and seasides. Jack Kirkwood shifts to Milton Berle’s ABC role while Lawrence Welk’s band fills Groucho Marx’s CBS niche. Amos and Andy sub by Call the Police on CBS among other swaps and upcoming NBC movie star giveaway plans.

Jack Kirkwood Milton Berle ABC Lawrence Welk Grouche Marx Police Amos ’N’ Andy CBS Henry Morgan Duffy NBC Thin Man Eddie Cantor George O’hanlon Alan Young

Truman Public Health Program Debate On KCRG Broadcast

A special KCRG program discusses President Truman's proposed Public Health Program at 9 30 tonight. Dr. Paul R Hawley VA chief medical director and Dr Harold Oppice ADA trustee oppose the plan while Rep Andrew J Biemiller Wisconsin and Lester Welle Collier's associate editor support it.

President Truman Kcrg Kcrk Paul R. Hawley The Veterans Administration Harold Oppice American Dental Association Andrew J. Biemiller Wisconsin Lester Welle Collier’s Magazine

World’s Greatest Mother on KCRG KCRK Tonight

A special Mother’s Day program titled World’s Greatest Mother airs on KCRG KCRK at 9 tonight. Loretta Young stars, Charles Boyer serves as host and narrator, and Ann Jamison is the featured vocalist. Ex Conn returns from Washington trip for morning and midday broadcasts. KCRG streams tomorrow.

KCRG KCRK Loretta Young Charles Boyer Ann Jamison

Lodge guest on Meet the Press at 7 30

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge appears on Meet the Press tonight at 7 30 on KCRG KCRK. The program features his remarks and discussion with the host in a national news roundup.

Enator Henry Cabot Lodge Meet the Press Kcrgkcrk

Radio Schedule Details For KCRK Broadcast

Static free FM program guide lists Sunday line up with 12:00 News 12:15 Lawrence Welk 1:30 Major League Baseball 2:45 Treasurest 3:30 True Detective and The Shadow all on MBS. Evenings feature Roy Rogers Nick Carter The Falcon Your Security and Meet the Press. Monday shows Farm Roundup Major League Baseball 2:45 1600 Revue Ball Scores and Tom Mix among other MBS programs.

cBs KCRG KXEL WHO Xsi WMTAM Just Sack Rey Pietsch Church of A Sky Pietsch Christian Holly Vue Morain War Unity Center Christian Science Radio Voice of Constant Invader Arts American Lesson Lake Success Lutheran P.ma Curt Rogosinski Lawrence Welk O Roi Nationa the Cross Major League Constant Invader Peep! Symphony Fa Symphony Ted Malone St Francis Hour Marine Band Ae News Lawrence Welk Roy Rogers Nick Carter Jimmy Fidler Rey We Mialmient MBS Tom Mix

Radio and TV notes from the era of stars and schedules

Listings recount radio plans through Mutual and CBS pipelines. Frank Sinatra to host a five a week Mutual series starting in September, Dinah Shore declines, CBS eyes a foreign correspondents program titled CBS Pipeline, and NBC debates Frank Loesser’s Baby It’s Cold Outside. Helen Hayes sticks to stage, Horace Heidt rumors move between radio and Broadway, Jolson to narrate a NBC documentary May 22 with UJA support. The UN gains TV coverage and Queen for a Day adds maternal themes.

Frank Sinatra Mutual Dinah Shore CBS Net NBC Frank Loesser Helen Hayes Cincinnati Dental Society Ed Murrow CBS Board of Directors United Jewish Appeal al Jolson

Broadway gossip and star sightings headline

Walter Winchell reports on Durante Carroll Canova and Throckmorton in playful disguise and fashion notes. FBI ties up Crowe inquiry as a panhandler begs for a touch. Pulitzer winner Malcolm Johnson reshapes nightlife coverage while theater and TV figures spark chatter across New York venues.

Jimmy Durante Broadway Hollywood Madeleine Carroll Dinty Moore Nanette Throckmorton le Ruban Bleu Judy Canova Hoover FBI Crowe Staten Island Malcolm Johnson New York N. Y. Sun

Wide pop culture gossip flashes from Cafe Trouville to postwar press

The column riffs on cafe decor changes at Café Trouville and a string of scandal and entertainment notes. It mentions Ingrid Bergman and Peter Lindstrom, Babe Ruth, Errol Flynn romance rumors, Jack de Forrest golf fame, Mark Barron’s mugging, Elizabeth Taylor timing, Claire Luce and David Graham, Artie Shaw telegrams, J DiMaggio salary, Dorothy Thompson’s critique, and Amon Carter clashing with Gene Autry over animals in venues.

Babe Ruth N. Waterbury Garson- Errol Flynn Lady Stanley D. Fairbanks Count de Bendern England Jack de Forrest Mark Barron Associated Press Glenn "Davis Elizabeth Taylor Claire Luce David Graham Artie Shaw J. DiMaggio Ather Divine East Side James Maharajah Cooch-Behar N. Y Goldman Post Office Dorothy Thompson Ladies’ Home Journal Gen Bedell Smith Moscow Amon Carter Fort Worth Gene Autry Autr

Special Town For Westerns Special Town For Westerns

Hollywood reports a desert boom town Pioneertown built to film on location near palm springs. Gene Autry, Dick Curtis and 18 Hollywood partners established a 30000 acre high desert site 125 miles east of Hollywood, offering Mane Street and a sound stage style town.

Hollywood Palm Springs Dick Curtis

Western mishap halts Brennan Brimstone scene

Actor Walter Brennan waited on horseback for Republic's Brimstone when a gust blew off his 10 gallon hat spooking the horse. The horse bolted and bucked causing Brennan to be thrown and suffer a wrenched back, delaying filming.

Hollywood Walter Brennan Republic Brimstone Brennan

Film Costumes Parade Odd Ocean Wardrobe in My Next Husband

Rosalind Russell wears an odd fashion mix in Columbia's My Next Husband. In a lighthouse sequence she is soaked and rescued, needing dry clothes from the keeper. She tucks a diamond necklace and four bracelets over a sweater and keeps diamond earrings on.

Hollywood Rosalind Russell Columbia Rosalind

Deborah Kerr Contemplates Writing Career If Not Acting

The actress Deborah Kerr reveals that during her leisure time she continues to write verse and songs and believes she might have pursued serious writing if fate had not placed her in acting.

Deborah Kerr

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