Radios and stage: 1940s airwaves mix comedy and music
A collage of radio and entertainment listings shows Phil Baker and others presenting light summer fare on Columbia network with comics and musical guests. Highlights include Frank Graham’s Armchair Adventures and Paul Whiteman’s band from New York, plus Dr Bernard Meyers on Art: In the News and Bernie Eric Siday’s English swing with Fred Waring. Multiple concerts, broadcasts, and guest appearances span NBC and Blue networks with stars like Loretta Young, Burns & Allen, and Joe Louis scheduled across evenings.
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Phil Baker
Kinagucrdian
Beetle, Bottle
Andrews Sisters
Ralph Edwards
Johnny Pineapple
Honolulu
New York
Bernard Meyers
Red Network
Eric Siday
Lonton
Fred Waring
Blue Network
Trene McLaughlin
Hope Emerson
Bobby Riggs
George Jessel
Alice Marble
Kay Kyser
Ray Kinney
Horace’ Heidt
al Donahue
del Courtney
Jan Savitt
Jackson Teagarden
Screen Guild
Roger Pryor
Oscar Bradley
Conract Nagel
Loretta Young
Bell‘gee Seevng
Jimmy Pidler
CHSI
Charles Laughton
Bing Grosby
NBC
Burns & Allen
Chris Han
Ed G. Robinson
Big Town
Roger Bryor
Vox Pop
Gbs
Parks Johnson
Wally Butterworth
Joyce Jordan
Propaganda Map Echoes Polish Corridor Frontiers Debate
The piece notes wartime propaganda maps showing a Polish Corridor and a Canadian corridor through New England to isolate Maine. It argues borders are natural boundaries, cites the Vistula as Poland’s lifeblood, and discusses Danzig status under Hitler. It warns Germany seeks to divide Poland and draw Poland into broader conquest.
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Corrmors
Poland
Vistula
Mississippi
Hitler
Balle
Bea
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Germany
Russia
Fragmented Wartime Rhetoric and Rural Recovery in 1930s Finish
A garbled piece links Hitler's future plans with Goering and Hess, musing on a thousand-year Nazi empire and European fate. It shifts to Oklahoma Texas farmland, praising contour plowing, strip planting, windbreaks, and large-scale tree planting as a five-year agricultural revival aided by schools and experiments, noting 50 million trees in growth and soil moisture gains.
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Avtler
Hitler
Germany
Poland
Europe
Gort
Goering
Great Briain
Rudolf Hess
Nai Party
Rome
Victor
Napoleon
Okishoui-Texas
Tetension
Washington gears up as government keeps steady wartime pace
Washington reporters note officials keep routine summer tempo despite looming war. State Dept busy with overseas developments while Agriculture prepares to stabilize farm markets. Treasury monitors currency shifts and financial data for FDR. Senators and reps mingle in the capital as preparations for the next session unfold, with talks of a universal Thanksgiving holiday.
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Washington
State Department
Hull
White House
Gov
Department of Agriculture
Commodities Exchange
Tressury
Morgeijiiau
Europe
Servier
FBI
Department of Dus
War
Navy
Commerce Department
Frederick van Nuys Indiang
Impressaria
Paul McNutt
Boomy Slicks
Elbert D. Thaihas
Dem
Ulah
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Claude Pepper
den of Florida
Washington Law! School
University F of
Maryland
Chan Gurney Rup
South Dakota
So Bloom
New
Sound effects man Chapin shapes on-set atmosphere in Hollywood
In Hollywood a sound effects artisan creates off stage noises for films. Jack Chapin records footsteps, doors, engines, and multivoiced rumbles to avoid costly reshoots. He recounts slapping his chest with paste and other experiments to match on screen actions.
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Hollywood
Mottott
Ani Aanual
Jack Chaputsie
Chapin
Smiff
Bain
Paramount
Walleia
Jackie Cooper
Jackie
Grisl
Cowboys Organization Formed in Billings
A Montana National Cowboys Association has been incorporated in Billings. William Splan serves as president and projects a large scaled cooperative with over 5 000 cattle and broader reach across western states through affiliated groups.
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Billings Mont
National Cowboys Association
Montana
William Splan
Gratesitt m Ma
Unclear Text Reformulation of Government Agency Mentions
Fragmentary OCR style line appears to reference government agencies and terms like WEA PAA NORE but lacks coherent facts. No identifiable events, dates, people, or locations are readable to form a proper news item.
Twenty Years Ago Journal Notes September 6 1919
Journal snapshot recalls John Barry killed in Jamestown yard collision with an eastbound freight. North Corry Improvement Association forms to spur local civic projects. Corry Knights of Columbus elects officers led by Grand Knight John S. Shields. Birth announced for Earl W Kepplos son at Hamot Hospital Erie. Father Frederick W Troi returns from vacation to Brooklyn and Virginia.
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John Barry
Evie
Corry
Jamestown
Knights of Columbus
Grand Knight
John S. Shields
Paul Quinlish
W. J. Duke
G. A. Shea
J. Ryley
C. W Lyons
Leo Shiels
Carlyle Juke
George Boudreau
W. H. Duffy
W. J. Blair
Charles Kinley
Earl W. Keppol
Hamat Hospital
Erie
Silita Palmah
How Many Can Quiz You Answer Daily
A trivia promotion offers ten questions on general knowledge and miscues from a classifieds page. Readers are challenged to answer seven of the test items while moving through the page and noting details such as the value of measurements and historical facts.
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Pittsburgh
Wile
Bismarck
North Dakota
South Daota
Wyoming
Harold Vanderbilt
Cowes
England
United States
Christo
Columbus
North
Eneie
Bovieti
Norway's Limited Navy Guards Coastline and Trade
Norway maintains a small coast defense navy with about 1200 officers and men. Its merchant marine ranks fourth globally, underscoring the strategic emphasis on economic protection over broader armed conflict. The nation has avoided major wars, engaging in only one major conflict in modern times during the Napoleonic era.
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Norway
Daily Dozen Diet and Mood Notes From Medical Society
From the Medical Society of Pennsylvania a daily dozen links stomach health to mood and stress. It warns that fear anger and grief can disrupt digestion and gastritis may follow excessive condiment use. Proper diet and right living are urged to keep the stomach well.
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The
Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania
Jong
Barbs At Services For A Pet Rooster In Santa Clara
A quirky local item notes services held for a beloved pet rooster with playful lines about kids and a wishbone. The piece comments on San Jose banks, Scotland Yard, and culturing movie busy detectives amid a satirical clash of world events and absurd medical advice.
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San Jose
Calif
Scotland Yard
Bulldog Drummond
Sherlock Belmés
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