DeMille to Visit Radio Amos n Andy Program
Renowned producer Cecil B. DeMille will be invited to help resolve issues around the Amos n Andy program. The lineup also includes Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, Jean Hersholt, Nora Martin, Spike Jones, Fred Waring, Helen Hayes, Paul Robeson, Duke Ellington, and Paul Muni in various guest spots and events across stations.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Amos 'N
Andy
Andy How
Pilieg
HBC
Freeman Gosden
Charles Correll
Jean Hersholt
Kate Smith
Nora Martin
WHO
Spike Jones
Fred Waring
Bill Stern
WMAQ
Helen Hayes
Paul Robeson
Duke Ellington
Paul _Muni
Hour by Hour Radio Schedule Fragment
Fragments show a 1944 radio timetable with program times and show titles like Mystic Johnny Be Rangers Waltz Time Nick Carter and World News. Entries include channels WMT WGN WEN and BEB, with late night maps and news clips listed in irregular order.
Detroit Truckers Strike Postponed
Detroit a city and state paralyzed as three weeks of labor strife lingered at Dossin Food Products Co. Pepsi-Cola distributor. An AFL truckers council spokesman announced postponement at a War Labor Board hearing an hour after drivers left their cabs. A next WLB meeting will decide whether AFL or CIO controls the plant’s drivers under a closed shop contract.
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Detroit
War Labor Board
AFL Truckers Union Council
AFL
CIO
WLB
AFL Teamsters Council
Dossin Food Products Co
Pepsi-Cola
National Labor Relations Board
Toledo Strike Shuts City Services Across Five Departments
More than 600 Toledo municipal workers declared a holiday crippling service in at least five departments. The walkout follows a council vote to grant a $10 monthly pay boost, while strikers demand $15 for employees earning under $2,400 annually.
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Toledo
INS
British Seize Nazi General In Crete Raid
In a daring night raid on Crete, British forces captured Nazi Maj. Gen. Heinrich Kreipe after signaling his car with a red light. The general was taken to a waiting ship near Heraklion, with a note to German authorities warning against reprisals.
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Cairo
Crete
Coldstream Guards
Heraklion
Heinrich Kreipe
22Nd Panzer Division
Kreipe
Chrougi
Cretan
Kriepe
Find Body of Youth Drowned at Ottumwa
The body of 17 year old Donald Albert Bristow was identified Thursday afternoon as the Des Moines river drowning victim found near Eden. Bristow disappeared Sunday night while wading in the river in West Ottumwa. Harold McLeod, Bristow’s brother in law, confirmed the identification.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Eden
Donald Albert Bristow
Harold McLeod
Bristow
West Ottumwa
How to Say It Myitkyina Pronunciation Explained
The United States board of geographic names clarifies the Burmese city Myitkyina's pronunciation as Myit chinnah with the first syllable stressed lightly and an unaccented final. The city, in northern Burma, is mentioned amid reports of siege by American and Chinese forces.
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Washington
United States Board of Geographical Names
Myitkyina
Burma
Defendant Raises Free Speech Cry At Sedition Trial
Lawrence Dennis, a defendant described by prosecutors as the movement’s coordinator, argued the trial centers on free speech. He urged the jury not to blame the defendants for opinions and asserted many Americans opposed war, framing the case as a political trial.
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Washington
Lawrence Dennis
Dennis
Alfred Roserberg
Piagett
America
Amercia‘s
Prosecutor Denounces Trial as Show Put On
John Rogge, principal government prosecutor likened the case to France's Dreyfus affair and called it a show put on by Mr. Rogge. When court adjourned until Monday, Dennis said he would need at least another hour.
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John Rogge
Vishinsky
Moscow
France
Dreyfuss
Rogge
Dennis
Ackland Sentencing Set for May 25 in Humboldt Murder
District Judge F M Hudson set May 25 to pronounce sentence on Ackland 21 who pled guilty May 9 to murder in the slaying of his employer Lester R Giddings 48 Humboldt county farmer. Giddings was found dead March 12. Ackland was captured in Missouri hours later by highway patrolmen.
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Humboldt, Ia
F. M. Hudson
Ackland
Lester R. Giddings
Humboldt County
Giddings
Young Ackland
Missouri
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County Extension Home Economist
KXEL
NBC
Bob Hope
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Eddie Condon
Condon
New York
Town Hall
John O'Hara
McKinley
WMT
Franklin
American Legion Auxiliary
Radio Council
W. Thompson
Auxiary
Lucille Manners
Seeree
WGN
Moore-Lcurante
Amos ’N’ Andy
Ceanteen
Sheridan
Iowa News
Ander
Oy Board Exel
WHO Religion
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Bee Lates
Mystic
Johnny Be Rangers
New Press
Quiss Gros
Smith We Ee
Brera
Nick Carter
Jerry Smith
WGN News
Axel Gardens
WEN Maps
Moore “Behoot News
Becener
A.m. Bene Ie Peruse
A.m. Bees
Club Rxel
Jens
Axit Nelenbor
WGN Mas Gee
Bet
Iom
Gress Be Bagaia
Tom
Johnny Betts
EXEL
Gaberdino
Seersuckers
Luana Cioth
Waves Information Center
Third Street SE
Kichs
Walter Collins
VLEU
van Camp
Lopez
van Camp’s
Craemer's
Craemer's Youths’ Center
Pinafores
Manx
Rafret
California
Craemer
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