Radio football season opens with networks, schedules
The football season is underway with KCRG and KCRK broadcasting high school games. Networks plan heavy coverage this year, starting broadcasts this Saturday. Barbara Eiler, radio actress, will marry Don Nelson this week while her duties continue. Dewey’s national radio debut is set for Monday from Des Moines. Carnegie Hall program debuts on ABC September 26 with a dedication about American freedom. Eildegarde will not return on air but a transcribed series will air. John Lund is of interest. Al Capp sells a Dogpatch radio show. New actress Mary Lee Robb takes Marjorie on The Great Gilder Sleeve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KCRG
KCRK
Nets
Hen “Carnegie Hall
ABC
Gene Hamilton
C. H. Wagner
Frank Black
Eildegarde
Paris
Milwaukee
John Lund
al Capp
Marjorie
Gildersleeve
Mary Lee Robb
Alex Robb
NBC
Bill Henry And The News Broadcast Routine Highlight
Notes praise Bill Henry of STUDIO SNOOPER for meticulous prep. He starts at 8 A.M. attends Washington briefings, lunches with officials, checks late national and international news, and writes his broadcast script two hours before airtime. The program airs nightly at 8:55 on KCRG KCRK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Henry
KCRG
KCRK
Henry
Washington
United's Lower DC-6 Fares Approved by CAB
United Air Lines announced that the Civil Aeronautics Board approved lower DC-6 fares eliminating extra charges on the 300 mph airliners. Passengers can fly a DC-6 for the same fare as a DC-3 or DC-4. Harold Crary, VP traffic and sales, said the new rates are generally as low as rail travel for most point pairs.
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Chicago
INL
United Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
UAL
United
Harold Crary
Radio Schedule Highlights Classic MBS Programs
Radio guide lists Fulton Lewis Jr and a lineup of MBS shows, news, sports, and music across Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon. Includes Mysteriews Traveler, Official Detective, Gabriel Meatter, Adventures In Music, and baseball scores with cinema and orchestral features.
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KCRG
MBS
ABC
NBC
CBS
KXEL
WHO
WMT
Fulton Lewis Jr
Jack Smith
Time String Orchestra
Veterans Jr
Gay Claridson
CBS News
Adrian Rollin Reveren
Enry
Jerome Pletschens
Heaven
Rex
Cowboy
Dallas
Charles Worcester and
Higgins
RTS Moffee
Helen Mary Miles & Klub
Mary Foster
Waring
Crosby Manat
George Crane
Joyce Jordan
Godfrey
Nora Drake
Arthur Til
East Jaws News Rangers
Love
Ted Malone
Jack Berch
Desire Kiernan
Korner
Lora Lawton Kitchen Club
Kate Smith
Judy and
Jane Wendy Warren Wests
Jenny
Helen Trent
Guiding Light
Golden
Widder Brown
Portia
Pe Farrell
Robert's Records
Doe College
Lowell Thomas
Fulton Lewis, Jr
MBB
Billy Rose
Gabriel Meatter
Mutual
Patterson to teach radio in night college at Coe
Pat Patterson will teach a radio acting announcing and newscasting course at Coe College Tuesday nights at 7 20 in Williston hall, with fundamental radio principles voice expression and personality. The evening college adds six new faculty offering courses from commercial art to public relations and photography.
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Coe Evening College
Pat Patterson
KCRG
Patterson
Coe
Williston Hall
Robert L. Nunn Nunn
National Academy of Art
American Academy of Art
Chicago
Chicago Art Institute
Cedar Rapids
Evening College
Roger Carricarrere
John Vosatka
J. N. Spangler
Wayne
Gordon Wayne Pierce
Precinct Heads Asked To Join Dewey Caravan
Republican precinct committeemen in Cedar Rapids and Linn County were urged to join the Dewey caravan to Des Moines. The Linn County caravan departs Monday for Drake University Stadium to hear Gov. Thomas E. Dewey at 8 p.m. Monday. Committeemen should report by 5 p.m. Thursday to Fred Fisher Jr. for car and passenger counts. Buses will join at 3 p.m. Monday. round trip bus tickets cost $2. Decorate cars with Dewey posters. a stadium section is reserved for Linn County boosters.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Des Moines
Thomas E. ‘Dewey
Drake University Stadium
Ted Birdsall
Fred Fisher, Jr
Birdsall
Cearavan
Fred Fisher
Wallace Loses Final Illinois Ballot Chance
Illinois Supreme Court refused review of a state electoral board ruling, keeping Henry Wallace and the Progres sive party off the November ballot. The Progressives failed to muster 200 petition signers in each of 50 counties, ending their bid to appear on the printed ballot.
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Springfield
State Supreme Court
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Illinois
State Electoral Board
Progressives
Supreme Court
Wallace
President Truman warns against unfounded rumors on scientists
President Truman spoke at the AAAS opening in Washington denouncing a totalitarian climate that shuns scientists and chills national security. He cited a telegram from eight scientists warning that smear campaigns threaten atomic research and urged continued rapid scientific progress. Belmont report notes Dr Morse and Dr Morse Morse?
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Washington
Truman
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Constitution Hall
Senate
House
Thomas E. Dewey
G.O.P
House and
American Activities Committee
New York
Harrison Brown
University of Chicago
Philip M. Morse
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
George B. Pegram
Columbia University
Adjustment Board Frowns on Beauty Shop in Residence
In Cedar Rapids, the Board of Adjustment rejected a request by Mrs. Dorothy Newport to operate a beauty shop from her home at 180 Twenty-second Avenue SW. She withdrew the plea as two members were absent, citing potential precedent and neighborhood impact. The board also approved two building code exceptions and continued another case to the next session, while R. G. Hrdlicka and George Pelisek received approvals for porch and house orientation changes respectively.
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Cedar Rapids
George E. Farmer
Ernest H. Gundling
Ira RK. Brooks
R. G. Hrdlicka
D Avenue NE
Hrdlicka
George Pelisek
Williams Boulevard
First Avenue
E. E. Shenefelt
Vernon
Resident seeks board continuation on 20 by 20 garage plan
Drive SE resident asked that his request to build a 20 by 20 foot garage be continued to the board's next session. As originally planned the garage would leave a side yard only one foot wide.
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Drive SE
Lawsuit Seeks 24 Years of Weekly Laundry Bills
Mrs Mary Petru sues James Masek in Johnson County District Court claiming 1196 dollars for 24 years of weekly laundry at one dollar per week since 1924, alleging she has never been paid.
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Iowa City
Mary Petru
James Masek
Army to Hire Its Own Western Dockmen
The Army will employ its own stevedores on the West Coast after shipping and stevedoring interests failed to meet contracts for army cargoes. Unions led by Harry Bridges offered to load cargoes at pre strike wages, while employers refused to handle army cargoes if it means dealing with Communist line labor leaders.
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Washington
Army
Harry Bridges
Communist Party Line
Bridge Worker Dies After Collapse on Viaduct
Walter D. Andrew, 50, of Clinton, collapsed while working on a Chicago and North Western railroad viaduct on highway 21. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Luke's hospital Monday afternoon. Coroner Robert Brosh cited a heart ailment as the cause. efforts to contact surviving relatives were under way.
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Walter D. Andrew
Clinton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago and North Western
Highway 21
Robert Brosh
Brosh
Darrow Partners File Bankruptcy Petition
Cleo E and Glenn L Darrow of Darrow Sales Company at 134 F Avenue NW filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court. The petition lists debts of 32207.56 and assets of 23625.37 for the partners and firm. The business dealt in auto accessories and sporting goods, starting in February 1948.
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Cleo E
Glenn L. Darrow
Darrow
F Avenue NW
United States District Court
Dogcatcher Rescued by Police From Collie Attack
Bloomington Indiana police responded as George Snively, the new dogcatcher, was attacked on his first day by a large collie that bit his hand. Officers shot the dog to stop the attack and protect the handler.
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Bloomington
Ind
George Snively
Snively
Vishinsky Attacks West on Italian Colonies Parley
Paris report says Soviet deputy prime minister Vishinsky accused the Western Powers of conspiring to divide Italy's former African colonies. Western delegates denied the charge and urged proof of intent to reach a settlement. The talks at the Big Four again stalemated with a late Tuesday resumption planned.
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Paris
Andrei ‘Vishinsky
Accu
Tr.ia
Italy
Africa
Vishinsky
Somaliland
United Nations
U.M Vishinsky
United States
Tripolitania
Lewis Douglas
Fezzan
Cyrenaica
Joyce Musel 17 Injured in Lisbon Motorcycle Crash
Joyce Musel age 17 of 3707 Center Point road NE remained in serious condition and unconscious Tuesday at Mercy hospital after a motorcycle plunged down a 20 foot embankment off highway 30 about a mile east of Lisbon. Fellow rider James Stoner 19 of 630 Ninth street SE suffered a broken collarbone and was listed in good condition. Authorities said the motorcycle stand dropped causing the loss of control.
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Joyce Musel
Center Point Road
Lisbon
Mercy Hospital
James Stoner
Ninth Street
Highway 30
Planning Board Plans Fall Projects for Community
The Council of Social Planning held its first fall meeting at the YMCA. Chairwoman Mrs. Jean H. Kohl announced four sectional projects covering family and child care education health and youth activities. Youth week will run Sept 26 with special programs, while the health group will study restaurant conditions and aged health issues. The general council family and youth sections will hold their first individual meetings in late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Social Planning Board
Y.M.C.A
Jean H. Kohl
Boy Scout Injured in Fall from High Rock
Billy Lentz a 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs Orville Lentz fell from a 30 foot drop at High Rock Monday night while hiking with Boy Scout troop 25. He suffered a knee injury and bruises with torn ligaments after the fall.
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Billy Lentz
Orville Lentz
E Avenue NE
High Rock
Marion Woman Margaret Downing Marries Albert Suck
Margaret Downing daughter of Marion residents and Albert W Suck son of Vinton couple were married in the First Baptist church at Vinton in a single ring ceremony. The couple plans to live in Vinton where he works for Vinton Produce.
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Margaret Downing
Vinton
James Downing
Marion
John’ Suck
First Baptist Church
F. R. Tarrant
Wade Rozell
Donna Walters
Harold Noe
Elizabeth Suck
Helen Holst
Kenneth Suck
William Holst
Henry Suck
Don Ary
William Primrose
Joe Pingenot
Norma Jean Stickney
Suck
Navy
Pacific
Northwestern Bible College
Minneapolis
Mr. Luck
The
Vinton Produce Company
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Barbara Eiler
Don Nelson
Barbara
Dennis Day
Mel Torme
Ozzie Nelson
Harriet Hilliard
Don
Ozzie
Miss Eiler
Thomas Dewey
America
Snooper
Official Detective
Gabriel Heatter
Mutual Newsreel
United’s
Your Gazette Radiolog
Danese Orchestra
Ae Tien Gay Clarl
Adrian Bint” Trie
Virginia
Musis
Art’ Baker
Freddy Martin
Superman
Tom Mix
George Layton
Layton
Éla
Caravelans
Fisher
James Young
20Th St. N.E
Philco
Standard Appliance CO
Standard Tire Co
Post Office
First ST
First Ave
DIAL
Morse
Belmont, Mass
Philin M Marea Caid
Brookhaven National Laboratory
House UN- American Activities Committee
Atomic Research Project
Adjustment Board
Cleo
Glenn Darrow
Planning Board
Boy Scout
Marion News
Lewis Mottinger
Joe Camp
University of Iowa
Gordon Hatchery
Adv
Marion Street Department
Tenth Street
Seventh Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Shasta
Sorg
Musical Literary Club
Merle Robison
I V. Brockman
H R Livingston
Ozark Mountains
Genuine Eastman Films
Edison’s
E. H. Rickman
Battle Creek, Ia
Owen D. Storck
Darlington, Wis
D. B. Storck
Florence Scott
C. Newlin
Robert Newlin
Connie
Denver
C. J. Newlin
D. C. Thompson
Leta ‘Marchant
Transportation Brotherhoods
P. A. Osborne
University Hospital
Iowa ‘City
Verizon Club
Sue Cary
Modern Horizon Club
Beverly Abernathy
Christine Mierse
Georgia Hutton
Leona Levasseur
Donna Bailey
Myrna Stimson
Bette Larson
Marlys Welper
Veda Mae Pollock
Gertrude Walker
Topeka, Kan
Frank Strother
J. J. Keith
Robert L. Nall
New Orleans
Betsy
Robert
M. Castile
Baton Rouge
South
B. Keith
Nall
Dr Keith
Lake Superior
Ben McClout
Chris Hansen
Charles City
A. Beerman
Willis Jordan
F. M Blakeslee
Guy W. Miller
Beth Glick
H EB. Carter
Olin
Robert G. Hutchison
George A. Hutchisons
Kenneth Hillereges
Houston
Texas
H. O. Keele
West Liberty
G. A. Hutchisons
Harold Stillman
Pueblo, Colo
C. B. F. Michel
F A. Peterson
Cadar ‘Rapids
Fred M. Blakeslee
Omaha
Harvey Owen
Fremont, Neb
David Hender
R. A Hender
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Arthur E. Granger
Monday Bridge Club
Harriet Gibson
the First Baptist Church
6Th Ave
10Th St
Marion, Iowa
Orville Yeager
Mrs
Leland Roesink
Charles Moore
Griffin
Samford
Happy People
Tomi
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