Radio Adolphe Menjou to Guest on Davis Haley Program
Actor Adolphe Menjou will visit Joan Davis and Jack Haley at 8 30 pm Thursday on NBC and WMAQ. The show, staged near Marchfield California, features Verna Felton, Sharon Douglas, Dave Street, the fannies, and Eddie Paul’s orchestra. Also announced are Summer Swing with Mel Henke and Rex Maupin’s orchestra debut on Blue. Orson Welles stars in Dono van's Brain on Suspense, and a panel discusses Should the Anti Poll Tar Bill Be Passed Now with Sen H Burton Jennings Perry Sen Allen J Ellender and Merlo Pusey.
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Dolphe Menjou
Joan Davis
Jack Haley
NBC
WMAQ
Marchfield
California
Verna Felton
Blossom Blimp
Sharon Douglas
Penny Cartwright
Dave Street
The
Fannaires
Eddie Paul
Mel Henke
Rex Maupin
Marian Man
Nancy Martin
Sen. H. Burton
Ohio
Jennings Perry
Nashville Tennessean
Sen
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Merlo Pusey
Town TV and Radio Guests Set for Thursday Evening
Washington Post previews a busy Thursday with the Blue and KXEL hosting Jack Carson and Eddie Marr at 7:30 p.m. over WHO. Herbert Marshall visits WMT. Laird Cregar appears on WHO with Abbott and Costello at 9. Major generals Rupertus and Fargo appear on March of Time at 9:30 over WHO.
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The
Washington Post
We the Blue
KXEL
Jack Carson
Eddie Marr
At & P
Herbert Marshall
WMT
Laird Cregar
Abbott and Costello
WHO
William Rupertus
Lynn D. Fargo
Webm Brice Morgan
Aldrich
Jean Davis
Abbott
WBBM
Morning Radio Schedule for Friday May 18 1944
A partial radio grid lists programs and times for WHO WMT WGN KXEL and others. Entries include Vic Lindishr S45 a.m. Allen Roth program and early morning musical segments followed by Libby Vaughn and Vic and Sade. The schedule shows news at 2:15 p.m. and an Open Door segment at 2:15 p.m.
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WGN
Johnny Betts
Gre
Burling
Van
Rael
Kailtenborn
KXEL
Brice-Morgs
WMT Farm
Arthur Hale
Neilson
WMT
EXEL
Zelda Sam
Fowe
Jon Pinekatt
Om Who
Shelley
Reveille
Godwin
Neon
Grant
Jack Bereh
Finchville
Bon Pews
Davis
Unclear OCR snippet of radio listings and program tags
Fragmentary broadcast guide with mixed station calls WGN WMT KXEL and program labels such as Superman and news segments. No coherent event or outcome is readable, limiting concrete details.
Bedlam Rules In Sedition Trial With 29 Defendants
Washington prosecutors opened the sedition case against 29 defendants as courtroom chaos erupted with gavel pounding and protest. Prosecutor Rogge alleged a Nazi style effort to seize power, naming Gen. George Van Horn Moseley as a potential leader and warning of blood bath rhetoric and mass propaganda to destabilize society.
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Washington
O. John
Fuehrer
Rogge
H Edward C. Eicher
Germany
United States
George van Horn Moseley
Moseley
U. S. Army
Indiana senator investigated over gasoline ration use
The Indiana OPA opened a probe into Senator Guy M. Gillette for possible misuse of gasoline ration coupons. Enforcement attorney John Scott said Washington OPA asked to review a news report about gas tickets issued to a Richmond operator on April 26 and Gillette's purchase of 10 gallons at John Evans’s Richmond filling station.
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Indianapolis
INS
Indiana
OPA
Guy M. Gillette
D-Ia
John Scott
Washington
Richmond
Sen
Gillette
Scott
Sen. Gillette
John Evans
Senator Gillette Denies Gasoline Irregularity in Indiana
Senator Guy M. Gillette asserted no irregularity in his gasoline base at Richmond Indiana saying the tickets were his and the state name was omitted in error. He noted his secretary signed the coupons with the license number and forgot the state name. He travelled to Iowa in April and left his car there.
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Washington
INS
Guy M. Gillette
Richmond
Ind
OPA
Indiana
Gillette
Iowa
Repatriated AP Reporter Recalls Failed Escape Attempts
Larry Allen, AP war correspondent and survivor of two British warship sinkings, details failed escape efforts after capture in 1942 during a Tobruk raid. He recounts mows of guards, a boxcar escape attempt, and harsh Alpine trekking before capture, and says he wants to return to work once aboard the Gradisca.
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Barcelona
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Allen
Tobruk
North Africa
Gradisca
Mt. Savage
Chieti
Rome
Poland
Italy
Sulmona
Bolzano
Alps
Switzerland
Kenper
Kent Cooper
Gripsholm
United States
Red Cross
President Signs Lend-Lease Bill in Victory Effort
President Roosevelt signed the extension of the lend-lease act saying it will hasten victory over Germany and Japan with fewer lives and materials spent. He noted that since March 1941 U S lend-lease to allies totals 24 224 806 000 and that through lend-lease and reverse lend-lease resources have been pooled for common defense.
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Washington
LLP
Roosevelt
Germany
Japan
United Nations
Reds Bomb Minsk and Polish Towns
London reports Soviet bombers conducted their sixth straight night raid on Minsk and two Polish rail junctions Chelm and Baranowicze while Red Army forces made limited gains in southeastern Poland and along the Dnestr river. Moscow said 21st major operation in 29 nights saw three bombers lost. about 500 Germans killed and 150 captured in trench actions near Stanislawow.
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London
England
Minsk
Poland
Red Army
Dnestr
Bessarabia
Moscow
Chelm
Baranowicze
Stanislawow
WLB Head to Be Called in House Ward Co. Probe
A special House committee will call War Labor Board Chairman William H. Davis as the first witness in its probe of government seizure of Montgomery Ward company Chicago properties. Followed by an NLRB representative, Wayne C. Taylor, and Attorney General Francis Biddle. Ell Avery may also be called. The hearing will be public.
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Washington (Lp
House
William H. Davis
The
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Davis
National Labor Relations Board
Wayne C. Taylor
Ward
Francis Biddle
Ramspeck
Sewell Avery
Senate Approves Agriculture Bill After Lobby Ban Removal
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a 524.8 million agriculture appropriation after striking a House ban on department lobbying. The bill adds 50 million for school lunch programs and 124.71 million for Farm Security Administration funds for another year beyond July 1, despite House rejection.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
Farm Security Administration
Invasion Soon, Axis Claims Allied Prep Massed in England
Paris radio commentator Jean Paqui said Eisenhower has 50 divisions up to 750,000 men and 80,000 paratroops in southern England for an early invasion. A vast armada including transport vessels and invasion craft is reported in southern England ports, while the high sea fleet remains undisclosed. Von Rundstedt met Petain amid reports he is aligning with French collaborators as invasion plans proceed.
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London
Europe
Paris
Jean Paqui
Dwight D. Eisenhower
England
Bristol
Alth
Paqui
London Daily Telegraph
Gerd von Rundstedt
Armi
Vichy
Senate funds 1945 farm census in $242 million bill
The Senate added $7,250,000 for a nationwide farm census to a $242,716,700 state justice and commerce departments appropriation bill, approving $11,412,000 in increases. The census, required by statute every five years, had been held up pending a wartime practicality study. The bill moves to the House for amendments.
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Washington
Senate
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Budget Bureau
State Department
Commerce Department
Census Fund
House
Burlington Chosen for P.E.O. State Convention
The P.E.O. sisterhood state convention in Marshalltown Iowa accepted Burlington's invitation to host the next gathering. About 250 delegates attended the current convention session Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Marshalltown
P.E.O. Sisterhood
Burlington
Fall 1944 Invasion Possibility Warned By Clark Lee
London dispatch notes neutral reports that the invasion may not occur until September or October. Rommel concentrates forces along the Atlantic Wall and may counterattack after beachheads are secured. Air force efforts could decide if German reinforcements are halted and the war progresses toward the Siegfried Line.
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London
INS
Hitler
Dwight Eisenhower
Siegfried Line
Maginot Line
Rommel
Atlantic Wall
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Sweet River
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Songfellows Ry
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