Young Takes Over Weekday Radio Slot On Blue and KXEL
Canadian comic Alan Young, 24, replaces Eddie Cantor for a regular winter feature from 7:30 to 8 p.m. on Blue and KXEL with Diane Courtney as new vocalist and Peter Van Steeden leading the orchestra. The program joins a busy lineup including Mutual and WGN sports, World Series commentary, and guest appearances by Archie, Dewey, and Kaiser as part of a varied broadcast week.
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Alan Young
Eddie Cantor
Blue
KXEL
Young
Diane Courtney
Peter van Steeden
Kenny Delmar
Welles Montez to Appear on Berle Show Tuesday Night
Orson Welles and Maria Montez will guest on Milton Berle's Let Yourself Go at 9 30 p m Tuesday over Blue and KXEL. An address on the steel formula by CIO Head Philip Murray is set for CBS Tuesday at 9 30 p m with WMT rebroadcast at 10 45 p m.
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Fibber McGee and Molly
NBC
WHO
Fibber and
Molly
Orson Welles
Maria Montez
Milton Berle
The
Blue
KXEL
CIO
Philip Murray
CBS
WMT
Hour by Hour Radio Schedule for October 3 1944
Tuesday schedule lists stations WMT WGN KXEL EXEL and WHO with hour by hour programs from 6 p m to 10 15 p m including Crime Files Milton Berle Burns Allen News and Theater moments. Morning lineup for October 4 includes Farm Forum Reveille and Breakfast broadcasts with WMT WGN KXEL and WHO.
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WMT
Hildegardense
Milton Berle
Wur
Grant Usi
WGN
Lewis
Gross
Kxel Hi
Radio Schedule Fragments From Early Broadcast Day
A dense listing of radio programs and times across stations WMT WGN KXEL EXEL WHO and others. Programs include news briefings Music Time Playhouse Farm Family World Series Jimmie Allen and Dark features with several hourly slots from morning to evening.
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WMT
Light of World
Lidby Vaughan
KXEL
Cliff Edward
WGN
Malone
Bach
Chile
WMT Music Gems
Terry
Pirates
Jimmie Allen
Dick Tracy
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Firm Manager Chosen
Larry Williams named manager of the new Iowa Farm Bureau Life Insurance company by the Farm Bureau board. The 97 county delegates approved its establishment in August. Williams previously managed Country Life Insurance Company of Illinois. Stock sale to Farm Bureau members totals 300000 dollars with 100000 dollars held as reserve. establishment will take time.
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DES Moines
Larry Williams
Country Life Insurance Company of Illinois
Iowa Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company
Farm Bureau Administrative Board
Farm Bureau
Allan Kline
Farm Bureau Company
Williams
September 194? Iowa war deaths total 285
Des Moines reports 285 Iowa residents killed in September, down from August and July peaks. Through the war, at least 3,170 Iowa lives have been lost, according to the state historical war records department.
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Des Moines
INS
State Historical War Records Department
Iowa
Death of John Beno Co. founder Charles A. Beno at 84
Charles A. Beno 84 longtime head of the John Beno Co. department store he founded in Council Bluffs died Monday. He was survived by his wife a son and a daughter.
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Council Bluffs
Charles A. Beno
John Beno Co
Allied bombers hit Japanese targets in Philippines and Celebes
General MacArthur announced Allied air strikes over the Philippines Celebes and Amboina from Saturday to Sunday sinking or damaging ten enemy vessels. Heaviest blows hit Ambon airdromes with bar racks and anti aircraft positions while Liberators dumped 46 tons on Ambosia field. Night patrols damaged four small coastal freighters off Zamboanga Mindanao.
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Allied Hdq
S. W. Pacific
Philippines
Celebes
Amboina
MacArthur
Ambon
Amboiia Island
Celebes Island
Overseas Mailing Deadline Oct 14
Washington AP reports the Christmas package mailing deadline for overseas personnel is October 14. The date shift from October 15 to October 14 avoids a Sunday postoffice closure, as offices will be closed that day.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Truck Tire Quota Set for Des Moines OPA District
Des Moines OPA district director Walter D. Kline announced October quotas for large 3.25x20 and larger truck tires at 980 units, about the same as the prior month, signaling steady demand and supply.
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DES Moines
OPA
Walter D. Kline
Public ownership of industry urged by British labor leaders
The Trades Union Congress general council urged public ownership or control of all British industry. It called immediate transfer of transport, fuel and power, and iron and steel to public hands as part of postwar reconstruction. The report, prepared for the Oct. 16 convention, frames these moves as a step in a gradual shift from private enterprise to public ownership.
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London
General Council
Trades Union Congress
Less Than 1 Percent of Iowa Is Federal Land
Iowa ranks among eight states with federally owned land under one percent of its area. The Iowa Taxpayers Association said a committee on public lands report filed with the U.S. House showed federal agencies controlled 62,140 acres in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Association
National House of Representatives
Committee On Public Lands
Machine Politics Peril Liberalism Warren Declares
Gov. Earl Warren of California warned in Minneapolis that the spread of machine politics threatens liberalism in America. He urged opposition to protect against entrenched bureaucracy and corrupt influence, naming leaders like Harold Stassen, Ed Thye, and Tom Dewey.
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Minneapolis
America
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
Warren
Warrens
Harold Stassen
Ed Thye
Minnesota
Tom Dewey
Dewey Compared To Stassen In Call For Youth And Courage
A radio audience urged three traits for the next President youth vision and courage citing Harold F. Stassen a former Minnesota governor now a Pacific naval commander. The speaker praised Tom Dewey as a young capable leader untainted by the city machine politics of Jersey City Chicago and Kansas City and noted machines oppose Dewey for rewards or fear of consequences if he wins.
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Harold F. Stassen
Minnesota
Msas City
Dewey
War reshaped Boston’s offshore fleet with naval duty shifts
When the United States entered the war, about 30 percent of Boston's offshore towing fleet was converted to naval duty, reflecting a major wartime mobilization of maritime resources and manpower.
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United States
Boston
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