Glamor of Early 1900s Theater Cherished in Programs
Nostalgic reminiscence tracing vaudeville and musicals to Chicago Cedar Rapids and New York. Mentions Nazimova Julia Marlowe Richard Bennett Ethel Barrymore and George M. Cohan with anecdotes about Talbot and Niblo era programs.
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Nazimova
Julia Marlowe
Richard Bennett
Ethel Barrymore
A. H. Talbot
Iowa Theater
Alcazar Theater
Chicago
Chicago Loop
Talbot
Cago Talbot
Ziegfeld Theater
la Salle Opera House
Colonial
American Music Hall
Majestic
Olympic
Thomas A. Wise
Gentleman
Mississippi
John Barrymore
Fortune Hunter
Chicago Opera
Frederic Thompson
Edmund Breese
George M. Cohan
Wallingford
Memorial Day Broadcasts Across Networks Highlight Ceremonies
Radio today and Monday will mark Memorial Day with special programs across CBS Mutual WBBM and other networks. Highlights include a Memorial Day drama The Unknown Soldier Speaks with Marvin Mueller, a Pearl Harbor interviews feature, Gettysburg ceremonies with Gov Edward Martin, and a Transatlantic Call People to People segment.
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CBS
WMT
Mutual
Willl
Pearl Harbor
WBBM
Office of Civilian Defense
Marvin Mueller
Peble 2Yllio
Gettysburg
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Radio Highlights On Air This Evening
Duke Ellington leads The Bands Wagon at 6 30 over WHO. Walter Pidgeon appears on the Edgar Bergen Charley McCarthy show at 7 over WHO. Larry Adler performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street at 8 15 over KXEL. Doctor Rockwell hosts Fred Allen at 8 30 over WMT. Deanna Durbin guest stars as Jack Benny and his gang close their season today at 6 over WHO. Next week the dramatic serial Those We Love takes the WHO slot.
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Duke Elington
WHO
Walter Pidgeon
Edgar Bergen-Charle McCarthy
Larry Adler
Chamber Music Society of
Lower Basin Street
KXEL
Doctor Rockwell
Fred Allen
WMT
Deanna Durbin
Jack Benny
WBBM
Labor For Victory
John Charles Thomas
Andre Kostelanetz
NBC Symphony
Family Uwour Veoee
William Shiver
Edward Murrow
World Theater Reject
Gildersleeve
WENR
Charlie McCarthy
Ron
WGN
Awael Prophecy
Welkoo
Benny Axel
Pears
EXEL
Musetsch
Church of Air
Happiness
Banawagon Orhip Axel Free Theater
WMT Corliss Archer
McCarthy
Porter
Nevns Heatter
Broadway gossip and industry notes from Winchell column
Walter Winchell reports on ENE KRUPA ending big time fame as networks drop his band. Anita Louise returns in Restless Lady with glamour buildup. Frances Farmer seeks medical care. film labor tensions loom. Arlen exits Pine-Thomas. Colbert eyes Universal deal. Warner’s grooming Warner Anderson. Lena Horne hair influence. Jess Barker replaces Vallee. Ann Corio to stage. Chapman kin in service. Colby praised by press. a columnist’s blurb leads to a late romance tale.
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Radio Bongues
Anita Louise
Frances Farmer
20Th Century-Fox
Eddie Rickenbacker
Marshall
Mickey) Neilan
Mary Pickford
Hollywood
Thelma Furness
Edmund Lowe
Ice Arlen
Pine-Thomas
Paramount
Arlen
the Wreckers
Claudette Colbert
Universal
Warners
Warner Anderson
Broadway
Humphrey Bogart
Joan Leslie
Jerry Asher
Lena Horne
Jessel
Lois Andrews
Coasters
Mag
Quentin Reynolds
New York
Red Cross tennis tourney scorekeeper noted in Dallas
AULETTE Goddard officiated as scorekeeper at a Dallas Red Cross benefit tennis event. Spectators saw little tennis as the focus drifted to Hollywood concerns and a brewing Screen Actors Guild controversy over studio work and member resignations.
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Aulette Goddard
Red Cross
Dallas
Paramount
Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors
Pictures
GOP Committee Hints New Dealer Link to Red Film
The Republican national committee circulated newspaper extracts to question if the New Deal was implicated in the Mission to Moscow film. The circular noted Joseph Davies was involved and claimed White House figures like Lowell Mellett approved scripts, raising questions about executive interference in international relations.
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G.O.P
Washington
Republican National Committee
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
New York Times
New York Journal American
Time Magazine
Dorothy Thompson
Westbrook Pegler
Davies
White House
Lowell Mellett
Owi
Hollywood
America
Victor E. Devereaux
Americanism For
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Great Picture Promotes Unity Amid United Nations Plea
A powerful image sparks a plea for understanding and unity within the United Nations, calling on nations to work together for peace and cooperation. The scene emphasizes shared humanity and collective responsibility in global affairs.
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United Nations
Yanks' Malaria Fight Key to Guadalcanal Victory
U S South Pacific malaria control officer Comdr J S Sapero said ignoring malaria would have doomed Guadalcanal and maybe the entire South Pacific. He credited the fight with cutting cases on Guadalcanal by about 400 percent and stamping out malaria on at least one island. His team, including Major Paul Harper and Lieut K L Knight, use quinine and atabrine with a low death rate, while scientists work on a preventive drug.
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U. S. South Pacific
J. S. Sanero
Denver
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
United States
Sapero
William F. Halsey
Paul Harper
Fairfield
K. L. Knight
Chicago
Knight
Harper
New Zealand
90 Year Old Talk Reprinted To Educate Public
Washington AP report notes Rep. White Idaho presses a 1803 Senate speech by the late Sen. Cockrell to the Congressional Record. The effort, costing about 3000 dollars so far, aims to educate on fiscal policy amid Bryan era coinage debates. Final installment due Tuesday.
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Washington
Congressional Record
Rep. White
Idaho
White
Senate
Francis M. Cockrell
D-Mo
William Jennings Bryan
Aircraft Carrier Enterprise Receives Presidential Citation
The aircraft carrier Enterprise was awarded the first presidential unit citation for a vessel of her type at a South Pacific base by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. The Enterprise, with air squadrons that have destroyed Japanese warships and hundreds of enemy planes, becomes the fifteenth ship to receive the honor. Details of the actions behind the award were not disclosed, but the ship is described as a consistent performer since the war began.
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Pacific
Enterprise
South Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
More Aid Sought for Soldier Kin in Nation's Capitol
Washington reports rising calls for broader family allowances for servicemen as lawmakers debate deferment bills and increased allotments. Senator Nye warns thousands may need relief without higher support. Senator Lodge backs a 15 percent boost but says not enough. Debate follows House passage and Senate committee shelving of deferment for fathers.
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Washington
Sen. Nye
R-N.d
Sen. Lodge
R-Mass
Kilday
Texas
House
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Paul W McNutt
Selective Service
Nye
Navy seeks German made Robot 2 camera for secret war use
Washington Navy officials urged owners to contact the bureau of ordnance for purchase of a Robot model 2 camera made before the war. The unit must have one of three Zeiss Tessar lenses 30 mm F2.8, 32.5 mm F2.8, or 37.5 mm F2.8 for use in vital Axis war work.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Germany
Bureau of Ordnance
REGE
Navy Department
D. C
Vaughn de Leath Dies First Radio Songstress
Vaughan de Leath, 43, the first woman to sing on the radio, dies from uremic poisoning and heart complications after three months of illness. Born September 26, 1900 in Mount Pulaski Illinois, she originated the crooning style and made her first broadcast in 1920 from a New York skyscraper. She composed over 500 songs including Heigh Ho Silver. Funeral services are set for Monday in Buffalo.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Vaughan de Leath
Monay
Miss de Leath
New York
tHeigh-Ho
Mount Pulaski, Ill
American War Dead Total 250 000 Men In Seven Conflicts
Memorial day tally shows 250000 American battle dead across seven wars. Current conflict totals 13641 dead. army 6318. navy 5644. marines 1601. coast guards 78. Civil war losses 110070 Union and 74524 Confederate. World War I 50510. Revolutionary 4044. Mexican 1721. War of 1812 1877. Spanish American 700.
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Associated Press
Army
Navy
National Geographic Society
Nathan Van Cleave Scores Two Air Show Radio Scores
Nathan Van Cleave now composes and conducts for two major radio productions. This Is Our Enemy airs Thursdays at 7 pm on Mutual and Saturdays 2 30 p m on WOL. The Man Behind the Gun airs Sundays at 9 30 p m on Columba network. Van Cleave, 33, started in Cedar Rapids, moved to New York, and has worked as an arranger for Jack Little, Paul Whiteman, and Andre Kostelanetz. He is the son of Mr and Mrs HH JL Van Cleave, Lincoln Heights SE, married with a son Richard.
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Nathan van Cleave
Cedar Rapids
New York
Mutual
WOL
Ronald MacDougall
Columba
van Cleave
Lincoln Heights
Richard
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid From A Vintage Page
A dense jumble of crossword clues and partial answers spans many numbers and hints, including Barley for brewing a bug in India and clues for breath effort region and various short words. The scan resembles a mixed puzzle page with across and down hints, some garbled, with references to letters and abbreviations and a note about solution on page 7 section 4.
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India
Broadcaster Schedule Morning to Evening May 30 1963
A dense radio programming list for May 30 1963 covers WMT WGN WXX stations with morning through late evening slots. It names programs, times, and some hosts or show titles across several networks, including music, news, dramas, and religious segments.
Whatever You Want, Property Man Has It
Benny Burke Paramount Pine Thomas unit builds a vast prop box during Aerial Gunner filming. Items include insignia of every rank army weather maps service stationery wings ID tags watches rings shell cases and service flags.
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Hollywood
Benny Burke
Paramount
Pine-Thomas
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