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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1947
Page
6
Total detective and mystery shows on the nets reach 39 with ABC CBS NBC and MBS detailing counts and policies. Broadcasters defend content with audience demand while considering listening habits and youth impact amid local protests over excessive crime stories.
Margaret OBrien will guest on the Bing Crosby show at 9 Wednesday night over ABC KXEL and 9.30 over WMT. Bert Gordon the Mad Russian will visit Duffy's Tavern at 7 over NBC WHO. Johnny Mercer will appear on the Frank Sinatra show at 7 over CBS WMT. Peggy Lee will visit the Dinah Shore show at 7.30 over CBS WMT. Eugenie Baird will return to the Jack Smith show at 9.15 over CBS WMT. Golden Gloves bouts in Chicago will be carried by WGN from 9 to finish with Jack Brickhouse on the call. NBC will observe United Nations week again this fall with various programs and tie-ins. A displaced persons discussion will be presented on Cedar Rapids Radio Council via WMT at 3:45 with Mrs. J P Galway, Raymond L Hill, Rev Merton B Green. Mrs. A D Anderson is director.
Hour by hour program listings for WXEL WHO WGN WHT and others on May 28 1947 show music news dramas comedies and sports along with morning through afternoon blocks and station IDs in a dense roster. Key figures include Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra Kay Kyser Duke Ellington and news anchors.
The listing shows daily segments on KXEL and WMT with varied programs from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. including WGN and WHO shows, dramas like Perry Mason and Stella Dallas, music slots, talk, and children’s features. Notable names include Ava Johnson, Perry Mason, Stella Dallas, and Jack Armstrong with several station identifications.
Paris reports a nationwide gas and electric strike was called off after a midnight deal. Union leaders agreed to suspend action in exchange for a mediator to resolve wage demands under the government's policy by June 8.
Washington data from House Appropriations Chair Taber shows prospective U S foreign aid costs for the coming fiscal year totaling about 4.876 billion dollars. The tabulation released Wednesday names the overall expense as four point eight seven six billion and notes breakdowns by programs and regions pending final budgeting.
Chicago AP reports Sears, Roebuck and Company started distributing its midsummer catalog with sharp price reductions across many items. Average sale discounts run about 10 percent versus the spring and summer catalog, with new seasonal merchandise also featured.
U S Eighth Army authorities in Kyushu denied reports that Mount Aso erupted. An Army message to Tokyo stated the volcano was merely smoking, a common occurrence near Kumamoto City in southern Kyushu.
GM vice president Charles F. Kettering announced plans to unveil details next week of a new auto engine that adapts the diesel principle to gasoline. He said the innovation could cut gasoline consumption by one third and would take four to 10 years to see wide use.
The Senate voted 51 to 29 against an amendment to tax legislation by Senators McLellan and Fulbright to allow husbands and wives in all 48 states to file separate returns reporting half of the couple's income. The measure would cost about 800 million dollars and benefit about 5.4 million people.
Chicago detective Joseph McCabe describes his failed disguise as a woman to lure a sex attacker in the Fillmore district. He says three weeks of patrolling in dress yielded no advances and only corns.
Beulah Louise Overell and George Gollum express strong belief they will be acquitted as jury selection continues in the yacht blast murder case. Attorneys for the couple say their clients remain deeply in love and confident they will wed after the trial.
G. B. Thorne vice-president of Wilson and Co. told the University of Wisconsin farm and home week that livestock prices will stay steady with only moderate, short downturns. He urged farmers to keep production high, saying industry can stay profitable at a somewhat lower price level.
In Cleveland a 72-year-old woman’s burial proceeds under rain as her three sons defy AFL digger pickets. The Blackburn brothers from Massachusetts and Michigan, aided by a minister, face threats while the cemetery remains strikebound over a wage dispute.
Herbert Hoover told a private congressional session that Europe risks delay of world recovery due to collectivism and utopian ideas. He backed $725 million civilian relief for American zones in Germany Austria Korea and Japan and endorsed war department estimates. He warned of weak harvests and black market pressures without better organization.
A speaker urged more rigorous government action in countries failing to produce enough. He said former enemy nations will not be self supporting until industries recover. He estimated recovery could occur in two to three years if Russia and France cooperate.
Marie E Berthussen aged 68 traveled from Bellingham Washington to Decorah on Monday and married Frank L Ringer 72 of Minneapolis on Tuesday, marking the third marriage for both in a rapid ceremony.
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