Radio programs announce fall season with guests and lineups
Radio schedules outline Thursday 6 p m air time over WHO with John Conte Meredith Willson and orchestra and later Fannie Brice Baby Snooks guest. Allan Jones Major Bowes and Kenneth Karr set appearances. Jefferson era drama Heirs of Liberty to air over WHO with Virginius Shackelford speaking. DAR names new state chair George Newland. Dale Barton joins USO PR duty. Don Pablo mystery linked to Coe alum. Bob Hope bio They Got Me Covered slated for wide distribution.
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John Conte
Meredith Willson
Fannie Brice
Frank Morgan
Dale Barton
WHO
Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
USO
Don Pablo
Coe
Coeiles
Efraim Mireles
Old
Mexico
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Evening radio schedule highlights for September 4 191
A dense listing of radio programs across WMT WGN WLS WHO and ENR networks for Thursday September 4 with times from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. including news reports music talk and entertainment segments. Notable names include Elmer Davis Frank Morgan John Dickson Loring and Mayer. Also lists morning lineup for Friday September 5 with station identifiers and show titles.
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WGN
Ryin
L. Welk
Hillman
B. Strome
Ted Steele
Witz
G. Miller O
Scott
Wen Cugat
WMT
Quis
John Dickson
Wythe
Wma
A. Jarrett
Chicago
Rnom
Ensemble Anerm
Aish
Totten Liberty Heirs
Kenneth Karr
Globetrotter
Howe Hn
NM Dance
O. M. Loring
Des
Des M. : Jim Joy O. C. Poster O. O. Tucker
B. Grant O
J. Duffy
Piolo
W. Gaborne
Mr Poote-Allen
R. Tanner
Hoagland O. Hampon
Clifford
Wax Jarrett
Radio Schedule Fragments Across Markets and Programs
A dense listing of radio time blocks and program titles spans multiple stations WMT WGN WLS WHO WENR with varied shows including dramas music news and public affairs. Entries reference family acts talk forums and performers such as Kate Hopkit Toby Susie Stella Dada and Joyce Jordan with numerous times from early afternoon to late evening.
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Salvo
WLS Grain Mkts
WHO Sons
Curb Forum
R. Ginsburght
Orph
Storr
Golden Lone News
Honey
WMT
Kate Hopkit
Annies Jno
Toby
Susie
Plain
Bill
Mal
Parker's
Club
Matinee
Johnson Fam
FGN
Lorenz
Jone
Joyce Jordan
Widder Brow
Norm'n
Rosas
Program Highlights from Iowa State Radio Stations
A fragmented schedule from University of Iowa WSLI Iowa City and Town State College WOL Ames lists various Friday morning and afternoon programs. It includes news chats, farm and markets reports, music hours, sports, homemakers shows, and children’s music blocks with multiple time slots and program names.
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the Educational Institutions of
State of Iowa
University of Iowa
WSLI
Iowa City
Town State College
Wol Ames
WPA Worker Wins Jellies Prize With Mystery Sun Oven
Sydney Payne a 49 year old WPA time keeper won first prize at the California state fair for jams jellies and preserves he cooked with stored sunlight he declined to discuss his sun oven which he said could reach 1000 degrees Heat stored for a year Payne from Broderick California refused to reveal his jelly recipes and patent details He described his oven as simple economical and like a vacuum bottle using solar heat to regulate temperatures.
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Sacramento
Calif
Sydney Payne
Payne
Broderick
Germany Orders Guatemala Consuls to Withdraw
Berlin reports the German government on Wednesday night ordered Guatemala to pull all its consulates from the Reich. A separate note mentions the highest skyline automobile road being in the Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Berlin
Guatemala
Reich
The
Rocky Mountain National Park
Finland Regains All Lost Soil in Karelia Battle
Stockholm dispatch says Finnish forces beat Russians decisively in the Karelia isthmus and restore all ground gained in 1939 40. Ten thousand Soviet prisoners taken as Finland expands aims while continuing war efforts. Boots include 2000 horses dozens of Red tanks and 300 guns captured.
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Helsinki
Karelian
Finland
Russia
Experts forecast record 2.495 billion bushels corn crop
Four Chicago crop experts led by H C Donovan and Nat Murray forecast U S corn production at 2 495 000 000 bushels for this year up from last year by about 46 million. Wheat estimates rise to 269 million bushels with winter wheat at 685 million, totaling 954 million bushels the largest since 1915.
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Chicago
H. C. Donovan
Nat Murray
C. M. Galvin
E. H. Miller
U. S
Maurice Costello Sued By Second Wife for Divorce
Hollywood reports that Maurice Costello, a noted matinee idol, was sued for divorce by his wife Ruth Costello. She accuses him of extreme jealousy, harassing behavior, and even brandishing a rifle in her presence.
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Hollywood
INS
Maurice Costello
Yesteryear
Ruth Costello
Costello
First Lady Says She Had No Hint Of Sea Meeting
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt disclosed at a press conference that she did not know in advance that President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were meeting at sea. She added that wives often complain their husbands do not tell them anything. The remark underscores the secrecy surrounding the wartime summit.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Iowa City Pupils Rally For Municipal Pool Vote
Hundreds of Iowa City school children marched through downtown to urge parents to vote yes on a pool measure. They met on the University of Iowa campus for speeches after 30 minutes of parading. Voters face a $62,400 bond issue and a three quarter mill tax to fund the pool.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Iowa Visual Education Meeting Opens at Iowa
University of Iowa begins its 1941-42 conference series with a two day visual education meeting on Sept 26 and 27. speakers include F L Lemler from Michigan, E C Waggoner of Elgin Illinois, Roger Albright from Teaching Films Custodians in New York, and H L Kooser of Iowa State College.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lee Cochran
F. L. Lemler
Visual Education Bureau
University of Michigan
E. C. Waggoner
Elgin
Ill
Roger Albright
Custodians, Inc
New York
N. Y
Osborn and Gates Nominations Confirmed by Senate
The Senate confirmed Frederick H. Osborn of New York as brigadier general in charge of morale. It also approved Artemus L. Gates of New York as assistant secretary of the navy for aeronautics and Joseph H. Lyons’s reappointment as customs collector at Mobile Alabama.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Frederick H. Osborn
New York
U. S. Army
Artemus L. Gates
Jobless benefits fall in Iowa from Aug 1940 to this year
Iowa jobless benefit payments dropped from 272,498 dollars in August 1940 to 126,630 dollars in August this year. J. R. Petterle, chairman of the Iowa Employment Security Commission, reported the figures on Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. R. Petterle
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Rockefeller athletics plan sparks wartime fears and calls to abandon
Henry McLemore critiques Nelson Rockefeller for proposing an inter American athletics program linking North and South American athletes with a Pan American Games aim in 1942. He argues sports diplomacy invites Nazi influence, citing Olympic history from 1932 to 1936 and wartime submarine and air threats across the Pacific and Orient.
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Chicago
Nelson Rockefeller
South America
Peru
Argentina
Brazil
Asa Bushnell
Bushnell
Buenos Aires
Rockefeller
Berlin
United States
Hungary
Budapest
Los Angeles
Lake Placid
Nelson
U S Faces Superior Japanese Submarine Force in War
Retired naval critic Rear Admiral Yates Stirling argues the United States would confront a far stronger Japanese submarine fleet in an Orient war. He notes Japan has over 60 modern long range submarines while the U S has about 40, with many older vessels limited in range. He warns Japanese subs would target U S warships, supply lines from Australia and the Indies, and U S bases in Hawaii and the Philippines, threatening fleet isolation and logistics.
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Formosa
Hainan
Indo-China
Saipan
Palau
Yap
Mariana Islands
East Indies
China
Germany
Orient
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Hawaii
Pacific
Panama Canal
Yates Stirling
United Preas
U. S
Far East
Philippines
Guam
Singapore
Australia
Cape of Good Hope
Thousands Of Illinois Civil Service Workers Face Ouster
Governor Dwight N Green announced a statewide probe into political activity by civil service employees. He said formal charges are prepared against about 4 000 downstate workers and some 5 000 more are under or to be placed under investigation for political activity during prior administrations.
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Rock Island, Ill
Dwight N. Green
Illinois
Illinois Civil Service
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Mt Vernon Woman Linnie C Soper Dies at 82
Mt Vernon Iowa Mrs Linnie C Soper 82 died at her home at 7 am Wednesday Funeral services will be at Neff chapel at 2 pm Friday with Rev Joseph Gray presiding Burial will be in Mount Vernon cemetery She was born Linnie C Dodson in Little York Illinois September 9 1859 married George H Soper in Stanwood Iowa in 1880 He died last year Survived by daughter Mrs H C Gilliland of Mt Vernon a son Dr Fred C Soper of Dillworth Minnesota a sister Miss Olive Dodson of Napa Idaho and four grandchildren She was a Presbyterian church member.
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Mount Vernon
Linnie C. Soper
Neff
Joseph Gray
Presbyterian Church
Linnie C. Dodson
Little York
Iowa
Stanwood
George H. Soper
H. C. Gilliland
Mt. Vernon
Fred C. Soper
Dillworth, Minn
Olive Dodson
Napa
Ida
The
Maytag Wins $1.5 Million Plane Parts Contract
Maytag president Fred Maytag said negotiations are complete on a $1.5 million sub contract to manufacture parts for American and British bombing planes for Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore. He hopes defense work offsets declines in washer production as the firm lays off workers and slows plant operations due to material shortages.
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Newton
Fred Maytag
Maytag Company
Maytag
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Record Soybean Crop Seen By Three Experts
Three private crop experts estimate 1941 domestic soybean production at 105 million bushels marking a record high. The figure compares with 79.84 million last year and 91.27 million in 1939. Nat C. Murray notes bean condition at 85 percent of normal, down from 90.5 a month earlier and 75 a year ago.
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Chicago
Nat C. Murray
Soybean Harvest Outlook Across States Cited
Forecasts show bean harvest share near half in several states with Illinois leading at 48,462,000 bushels and Indiana, Iowa, Ohio also cited. Experts note soybeans fared better than corn in hot dry August and warn that heavy rains are needed to aid late corn soybeans and hay.
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Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
C. M. Galvin
H. C. Donovan
Donovan
Lightning Kills Iowa Farmhand During Severe Storm
STORM LAKE UP Phil Fertig aged 55 was killed instantly when struck by lightning while driving cattle on the Thomas Keal farm three miles southeast of Storm Lake during a severe electrical storm.
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Fertig
Thomas Keal
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