New Radio Programs Debut On CBS ABC Mutual NBC
Three new radio series launch Tuesday with major stars. The Mel Blanc show debuts 6 30 on CBS WMT with Blanc voicing Bugs Bunny and others and Victor Miller's orchestra. Henry Morgan's new 6 30 ABC program shifts to a variety format. Hollywood Players premieres 7 30 on CBS WMT with a star roster including Claudette Colbert Bette Davis Joan Fontaine John Garf ield Paulette Goddard and Gregory Peck. The Small Servant and Sirius adventures join later as top acts. Talks on political campaigns air 9 15 on CBS with Hannegan and Reece. Rudy Vallee replaces Follies with a guest variety format next Tuesday.
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Mel Blanc
Cbs-Wmt
Blane
Bugs Bunny
Porky the Pig
Daffy Duck
Victor Miller
Orchestra
Jack Carson
Hubert Peabody
Burns and Allen
Judy Canova
Pedro
Henry Morgan
ABC
Morgan
Hollywood Players
Cbswmt
Hollywood Dtats
Laudette Colbert
Bette Bette Davis
Davis
Joan Fontaine
John Garfield
Paulette Goddard
Gregory Peck
Bette Davis
Rex Harrison
WMT
Fred Waring
WHO
Sigmund Romberg
CBS
Melody Hour
Margaret Whiting
Hour by Hour Radio Schedule Listings 1916
A dense schedule of WMT WGN KXEL and other stations outlines daily programs for September 3 1916 including host names acts and time slots from 6 30 a m to 10 15 p m with entries for news shows music dramas and specials across multiple stations led by WMT and KXEL listings and times. The page also notes morning and afternoon broadcasts with various program names and entertainer credits throughout the day.
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WMT
Big Town
WGN
KXEL
Pam Shio
Mel Blane
Judy
WGN Falcon
Elmer Davi
Vox
WGN Sing
Earl Godwi
Jace Smith
Cato
Messer i
Parm Forum
Reveille Exel
Christ'n Howe
Early Rivers
Jerry
Zelda
Muncy
Dick Baker
Bobby Dick
Happy Bithday
Clfft
Helen
WGN Farm
WMT News
KXCL
WMT Farm
WGN Queen
Sonstellows
WMT Peabodys
Life
WGN Ginsbursh
John Kennedy
Happy Street
Woo Ma Perkins
KXEDL
Cinderella
Pepper
WMT Woman's Club
Portia
Ethel
Robert
Paul
Burton Vo
Pe. Farrell
Ballroo
Guiding Light
Wen New
Wilson
KXLL
Ann
Dem
Trout
Tom Mixx
Kiernan
Crosby
WGN O
Franklin
Terry
Dixon Wen
Dick Tracy
Broadcast Schedule Fragments From Local Stations
A jumble of radio listings shows WMT WGN WHO KXEL KXKL and other stations with programs like Stella Dallas Aunt Jenny Helen Trent Lone Journey and Meet Stars. Entries include times such as 2:15 p.m. and 11:15 a.m. with hosts like Ted Malone and Dr Malone and performers Buckaroos and Mary.
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WGN
KXLL
Breneman
WMT
Jenny
Downey
Helen Trent
KXEL
Gal
Lora Lawton
Ted Malone
Ntdae
Two NJ girls stranded on Coney Island parachute jump
Lucienne Jegou and Elsie Neureuther, both 19, were left about 100 feet up on the 250-foot Steeplechase Park parachute ride after a jammed pulley. Police and park workers responded as a crowd of 10,000 watched. Electrician James Collins lowered himself along cables to free the two, bringing them to safety after two hours and 42 minutes.
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New York
New Jersey
Steeplechase Park
Coney Island
Lucienne Jegou
Elsie Neureuther
James Collins
Park Electrician
Johnston Wins Air Classic and $16,000
Alvin "Tex" Johnston, a tall test pilot from Niagara Falls, Ontario, won the 300 mile Thompson Trophy air race in Cleveland, taking the $16,000 first prize in the closing feature of the national air races.
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Cleveland
Alvin “Tex” Johnston
Niagara Falls
Musicians Strike At New York Hotels Shuts 33 Venues
New York AP 3,000 musicians halted work in 33 top hotels over pay. Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians ordered chain hotel workers in other cities to quit if affiliated. Picket lines formed around the Waldorf Astoria New Yorker and Taft as traveling bands were also affected. Hotels planned replacements, while managers assessed financial impact.
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James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFS
Petrillo
Chicago
Washington
Boston
Beverly Hills
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Ordero
Waldorf-Astoria
New Yorker
Taft
Hotels face partial strike over orchestra pay demands
The American Federation of Musicians demanded a 25 percent wage rise, but hotels could not meet the figure. A 12 percent offer was rejected. Up to 51 New York hotels could be affected, unions said only 33. In Chicago, two loop hotels canceled orchestras as Petrillo ordered a walkout, leaving diners without music at Stevens and Palmer House venues.
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Hilton
Statler, Knott, Kridel
Drner
Sheraton, Lewis
Maria Kramer
Kirkeby
Chicago
INS
Chicago Loop
American Federation of Musicians
American Guild of Variety Artists
Clyde McCoy
Stevens Hotel
Ted Straeter
Orchestra J
Palmer House
James C Petrillo
AFM
J. C. Schneider Dies At 90 At Walker Farm
John Christian Schneider 90, found dead at his farm home northeast of Walker. Born May 12, 1856, he lived near Walker most his life. Survived by daughters Pearl and Blanche McKee. Wife Elizabeth Neindorf preceded him. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday Hoover church with Hoover Cemetery burial.
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Walker
John _ Christian Schneider
Here
Elizabeth Neindorf
Pearl
Blanche McKee
Marion
Hoover Church
Hoover Cemetery
Attempted theft of Jim Ragen body shocks Chicago
Chicago police investigate an apparent postmortem theft attempt after two masked men sought access to Jim Ragen Jr.’s vault at Mt. Olivet cemetery. Ragen, a racing information distributor, died from gunshot wounds after a June ambush and a mercury poisoning found at coroner’s exam raises questions about his death.
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Chicago
James Ragen, Jr
Racing News
Mt. Olivet
Ragen
John Warren
Michael Reese
Old Capone Crime Syndicate
Corooner
Poison in Hospital Food Fears Surface After Attempt
The article considers a theory that the Wunder World project failed to kill him and may have tainted hospital meals with poison. Authorities weigh the claim while investigators review security and medical records for any deliberate contamination.
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Wunderworld
British Intercept Jewish Refugees Off Tel Aviv
A British destroyer intercepted the ship Four Freedoms as it carried 1,000 illegal Jewish migrants and moved toward Tel Aviv. Some passengers resisted, and some fled into the sea, while the destroyer escorted the survivors to Haifa. Unconfirmed reports spoke of heavy fighting aboard the vessel before order was restored.
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Jerusalem
Four Freedoms
Tel Aviv
Haifa
OPA Boosts Mill Prices for Low-Cost Wool Fabrics
Washington AP The Office of Price Administration granted an average 10 percent increase in the mill prices of low cost wool fabrics to spur greater production. The measure, not mandated by the new price act, targets fabrics identical to those made in June 1942 and is seen as an incentive rather than a trigger for higher clothing costs.
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Washington
OPA
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