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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1949
Page
4
The Gazette announces it publishes radio program listings as a free service to readers and radio stations. KXEL is referenced as part of the listing context.
Nadine SubotniK notes big pay in radio shows from Jack Benny to Bob Hope and Bergen. Olga Cruce to be honored by Haitian government. National Kids Day on ABC with Barkley and Kiwanis. Ezra Stone joins Maurice Evans revival. Goldbergs celebrate 20th anniversary. Hayes to guest star. Cantor launches sixth Gift to the Yanks campaign.
OHN GATES editor of the DAILY WORKER and top Communist leaders face federal charges and will appear on MEET THE PRESS at 7 30 tonight moderated by Bill Henry. Katey Milligan of Bronx observes her ninth birthday and debuts on JUVENILE JURY at 2 30 Sunday on KCRG. Tonight GAZETTE SUNDAY CONCERT features the William Tell Overture at 8 30 and ACK BAILEY hosts QUEEN FOR A DAY moving to 1 30 tomorrow with the Queen of Tom Moore's. LADIES FAIR follows.
The piece notes gifts worth over 25 million given in cooperation with the American Legion. Parker Fennelly lands a Mutual show Mr Feathers and Grand Ole Opry airs for U S air force personnel in Europe on a 20 day base tour. Dave Garroway signs a five year NBC contract while Milton Berle’s brother Phil moves into producing television.
Hollywood AP writes that actor David Niven enjoys tending rabbits and a large vegetable garden including corn tomatoes plums and beans. He values owning his own home for the first time and urges stars to buy homes rather than rent, noting the short earning window in show business.
The listing promotes KCRK FM 96.9 and Channel 245 with a weekend and weekday schedule. It mentions Cadie en Joyment and various time slots such as Sunday Afternoon and Monday Afternoon including Platter Pantry Ranch and Tella-Test segments.
Betty Jane Watson and Jerry Austen, singing stars, lead the vaudeville lineup at the Iowa theater for three days beginning November 21. Married five years with a daughter, they recently teamed as a professional duo after Chicago and New York stage successes in Oklahoma Sleepy Hollow As the Girls Go Barefoot Boy with Cheek and Hilarities shaped their rise.
Eight acts including a New York Palace troupe share the Iowa program with the film Prison Warden. The group has collaborated to present a unified show and will perform alongside the movie for audience entertainment.
New York AP reports a dichroic mirror used in color television research passes one color while reflecting another. It lets an image from one picture tube come through while reflecting other tubes to produce a complete color image in a direct viewing receiver.
HOLLYWOOD AP Donald Cook praised Tallulah Bankhead saying she has more energy than five men and is an absolutely impulsive actress. He noted they have worked together in Foolish Notion and Private Lives and composedly resolve stage tensions without real quarrels.
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