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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1932

Page

8

Specialized OPORTS announcers headline a quirky era

A fragmented item mentions highly specialized announcers and varied trades from printers to pilots, naming figures like Jack Benny and Ed Wynn's father. It evokes a radio trends snapshot with odd associations, a Gypsies leader, and local color from Valleyhead Alabama.

Richard ( Holmes) Gordon Horlick Louis Valleyhead Ala Howard Barlow Ed Wynn Arthur Tracy Cliff Edwards

Jessica Dragonette Honors Edison Singing Bet

Jessica Dragonette salutes Edison after a claim about a singing bet. Ed Wynn changes his costume between each number during the broadcast.

Jessica Dragonette Edison Bet Ed Wynn NBC Carolyn Gray Miss Dragonette Thomas Alva Edison Little Grey West

Torch Singer Set for Whiteman Program in York

A torch singer born in Manhattan on November 16, 1910, and raised in New York is slated to appear on Whiteman’s radio program in York. Details from the fragment confirm the era of radio variety shows and the singer’s Manhattan birth.

Torch Singer Whiteman York Manhattan

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Crooks Jolly Bill Ray Knight Ieetre Euehie Radio of First St. NE Goodrich Ian Becaret Paul Dus Daha Joodrich T. ©. Yarnall, Mgr Second Ave
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