Radio Highlights and TV Picks Include Patti Clayton and More
NBC WH0 airs Percy Faith show Mondays at 8 with Patti Clayton as guest this week. Other notes mention Paul Whiteman disc jockey plans, Martin Block leading a Mutual show, and NBC CBS still restricting records. Also featured are Eleanor Steber and Oscar Shumsky on Howard Barlow, Blanche Thebom on The Telephone Hour, and film figures on Cavalcade of America Radio Theater and Supper Club schedules.
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Si Eaaledine
Buddy Clark
Patti Clayton
Whiteman
Martin Block
CBS
Leanor Steber
Oscar Shumsky
Howard Barlow
Nbc-Who
Miss Steber
Blanche Thebom
the Telephone
Rama
Robert Young
Cavalcade of America
WMAQ
WHO
West Virginia
Charleston
Deborah Kerr
van Heflin
WMT
Miss Kerr
Willer
Tyrone Power
Johnny Apollo
NBC Wins Dawes Cup TV Rights and New York Circus Televise
NBC will televise the Dawes cup finals at Forest Hills this fall and cover the Roy Rogers cut in New York, marking the first outdoor circus telecast. During a Jack Benny appearance at the Roxy in New York last week Fred Allen joined the audience and heckled, adding to the bit of amusement.
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NBC
Forest Hills
Roy Rogers
New York
Jack Benny
Roxy Theater
Fred Allen
Afternoon Radio Schedule May 27 1947
Radio lineup lists programs and times across WHO WMT WGN and other stations. Notable items include Jerry and Zelda at 6:45 a.m. and Joyce Jordan at 2:45 a.m. with daily talk, music, markets and news segments noted throughout the afternoon.
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Jerry & Zelda
Film Showings and Times Across Theaters
The listing covers screenings at Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Strand Marion with titles like The Sea of Grass The Best Sea of Our Lives Swell Guy Born To Speed My Car Clementine Suspense Heart of the West White Tie and Tails Three Is a Family Our Hearts Were Growing Up Throw a Saddle on a Star California and various short subjects with multiple daily showings.
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Iowa
Guy
Marion
California
Canadian Floods Strand 200 American Tourists
More than 200 American tourists and sportsmen were stranded in hunting camps near Maniwaki after rising Gatineau River waters surpassed flood levels. River authorities estimate four or five days before flood peaks.
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Ottawa
Canada
INS
Maniwaki
Gatineau River
Fugitive from Carolina Mob Surrenders in North Carolina
A young Black man who fled a lynch mob after an alleged rape attempt in Rich Square North Carolina gave himself up near Raleigh after hiding in northeastern woods for 48 hours. He survived without food while lawmen searched for him followed by FBI agents and local officers. The suspect was arrested by Rich Square Police Chief Frank Outland and identified by three high school boys as the man who allegedly attacked Margaret Bryant a stenographer. Gov. Cherry called for those who pursued him to be charged.
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Raleigh, N. C
Buddy” Bush
Seeees
Bush
Tyler
FBI
Margaret Bryant
Rich Square
Jackson
Frank Outland
Longtime Rock Island Engineer Brockway Retires in Estherville
Born in 1901 Brockway began as machinist helper at Estherville round house on the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern. He fired on the Rock Island in 1903 and rose to engineer in 1907, later rejoining Rock Island in 1912 after stints with M and St. L. He served 28 years on the Rock Island until retirement, planning to stay in Estherville with summers at Spirit Lake and a California trip to see his son and family.
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad
Round House
Estherville
Rock Island
The
Rock Is
Brockway
Ville
Cedar Rapids
Bethewey
Spirit Lake
California
Rock Island Engineer Retires at Estherville
Jay G. Brockway aged 65 of Estherville retires from railroading in a Monday morning ceremony. The Rock Island veteran, praised by many friends and relatives, began his career long ago and ends his service after decades on No. 19 passenger train.
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Jay G. Brockway
Estherville
Brockway
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