International News Service Medal of Honor set for ceremony at Columbia
Radio coverage planned from McMillan Academic Theater as INS honors wartime correspondents with medals awarded to Larry Meier Ross Munro and Drew Middleton. CBS London pickup with Bob Trout and Parks Johnson Warren Hull on site. WMT air at 7 p.m. plus related programs across WH0 WGN WENR and more.
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McMillan Academic Theater
Columbia University
Vox Pop
WMT
INS
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Parks Johnson
Warren Hull
The
Mikes
London
CBS
Bob Trout
Larry Meier
Dieppe
Ross Munro
Drew Middleton
Navy flyers honored in Midway ceremonies on Blue network
A broadcast Tuesday at 3 p.m. on the Blue network will cover ceremonies to decorate Navy fliers who participated in the Battle of Midway. Edwin C. Hill resumes his program "Human Side of the News" Tuesday at 5 15 p.m. on WMT.
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Cleveland
Mutual
WGN
Ben Bernie
Skeets Gallagher
Buddy Ebsen
Little Jackie Heller
Gale Robbins
Joy Dodges
WENR
WMAQ
Chicago
Blue
Edwin C. Hill
WMT
Newman
Radio Schedule Highlights Daily Programs and News
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WMT WGN WHO EXEL KXEL KXCL from morning to late night. It details news briefings, music shows, dramatic readings, talk formats, and special segments with numerous local and national offerings.
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B. Drummond
al Wallenstein
Heatter
KXCL
KXEL
Ndom
WMT
Owing
KXCIL
WGN Hill Lanner
John F'dom
Blondie
WGN Music
Grant
Hugh Carson
Waring
Shirer
Chicago Nites
Iowa
Cugat
J. Long
Jiminy Vans
B. Franklin
J. Wald
Jarrett O
Luna
E. Oliver O
BBC News
WHO News
Godt Kxel G. Gray
H. James
WMT Press News
WGN News
Mary Martin Avanenepos Salvo
Kxel Town
Storm
1540 Club
Jenny
David Harum
Kate Smith
Carter
Judy
Jane
WGN Douaguet
WNO
Buckaroos
Helen Trent
Holbr'k
Sweet River
Gal Sundey
Turner
Mar
Kitchen
Henson
Stella Dallas
Ma Perkins
Ann. Wild Lorenzo Jones
Widder Brown
British Cutter Sinking Two U Boats Stuns Wartime Sea
London reports the coast guard cutter Lulworth, once American, rammed and sank a large Italian submarine and disabled another U-boat with shellfire. A later admiralty note said British submarine Thorn is overdue and presumed lost.
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Pietro Calvi
London
INS
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Thorn
Edson’s Marines Hold Line in Nightlong Battle at Edson’s Ridge
Japanese forces attacked Edson’s Marines along a ridge starting midnight, with repeated assaults and heavy bayonet fighting. Corporal Walter J. Burak repaired lines, and Major Ellsworth Norman’s artillery pinned the attackers as US forces retreated and regrouped. Dawn found the enemy withdrawn with heavy losses.
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Edson
Marine
Ellsworth Norman
Chicago
Navy
Knoll
Walter J. Burak
Flying Tiger Reed recalls strafing Japanese trains in Indo China
Loyal Meck recounts Bill Reed and the Flying Tigers engaging rail targets in Indo China May, the trains halted but did not explode as British pilots predicted. Reed and a fellow pilot bombed and chased down trains, with one engineer fleeing into brush. The piece notes later reflections on the war, May reconnaissances, and Reed's return journey to New York.
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Peay Bill Reed
Indo- China
Indo-China
Reed
E. T. Smith
A.V.G
United States Army
China
Tigers
Calcutta
India
Delhi
Bombay
African Cape
New York
A.v.g.s
Flying Tigers
Chiang Kai-shek
Irwin Says Danger In India Has Passed
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Calcutta quotes Lieut. Gen. H. M. Irwin commander of the Eastern command in India stating he personally feels the danger point in India has passed.
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London
Calcutta
H. M. Irwin
Eastern Command
India
Italians in Occupied France Ordered to Present Papers
Italians aged 21 to 33 living in occupied France were ordered Monday to report to Italian consulates in their districts to present military papers.
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VICHY
France
The Poet Edgar A Guest Reflects on a Fading Garden
Edgar A. Guest presents the garden as a weary, aging figure awaiting winter. He likens wilted roses, fading zinnias, and petunias to a tired soul nearing end, noting how growth ends as autumn nears. The piece frames seasonal death as a final reckoning.
All-American war hero candidate praised for daring air victory
The speaker, Bill Reed, lauds a pilot who shot down 11 Japanese planes, calling him modest, intelligent, and good looking. Reed argues this record makes him a prime choice for the All-American war heroes team.
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Bill Reed
Underwriters Cut Rates on Atlantic Shipping
American marine insurers on the Atlantic coast lowered rates Monday due to stronger protection against Axis U-boat threats. Rate reductions were announced as shipping costs eased amid enhanced Allied anti-submarine measures.
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New York
INS
Rates Cut on Atlantic and Gulf Shipping Trade
The Gulf and another trade routes saw rate reductions. Atlantic coast shipping rates fell from 15.1 to 12.5 per 100 of cargo value, a second drop in a month, while Gulf rates moved from 10 to 7.5. Shipments US to West Indies Central America Mexico and north coast of South America now at 12.5. US to Brazil and Argentina lowered to 17.5 from 20.0.
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Atlantic
Gulf
United States
West Indies
Central America
Mexico
South America
Brazil
Argentina
War Bonds Drive Urges 10 Percent Share From Citizens
A home front appeal urges Americans to contribute ten percent of their income to War Bonds to support the nation’s war effort and share in America.
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