World Series radio contracts inked and air news updates
Contracts have been signed for this year's World Series broadcasts on the MBS network with 250 stations planned in the United States and Canada. A Spanish transmission to Latin America and overseas short waves are included. Other items note Higgins Aircraft delays, C-46 deliveries, and shifts in wartime aircraft production affecting Liberty ships and tire manufacturing.
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Higgins Aircraft, Inc
New Orleans
Higgins Industries
E. Butterfield
OWL
Wragser
New York
MBS
Canada
Latin America
CBS
Frank Sinatra
Audiiions
Hollywood
Frederic March
Inatra
NBC
Lucille Manners
Abe Lyman
Boston Blackie
Charlie Ruggles
Moore and Durante
Stage Door Canteen
BLU —T
Blondie
Meet Your Navy
Louis
Prima Band
Ted Malone
England
Norships
Unity and discord in party politics described from Chicago convention
The piece contrasts Republican unity with the New Deal era. It notes electors in Texas South Carolina and Mississippi considering their choices while Roosevelt seeks a fourth term. It praises Bricker and Dewey’s cordial Republican contest and highlights Ohio Governor Bricker asking not to be nominated to help healing the nation. It portrays Republicans as united and wholesome amid national strife.
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Texas
South Carolina
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Dewey
Chicago
New York
Bricker
Ohio
Washington
Airplane cutbacks amid war work demand pressure Akron claim
Officials said the airplane cutback will not meet acute labor demand in other vital programs. Arthur H. Bunker, director of WPB production staff, noted the air plane reduction extends over a year and will not halt overall armed forces production. About 200000 workers are needed for urgent war jobs as total output rises during the year.
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New Orleans
Curtiss-Wright
Louis
Buffalo
Louis- Ville
North American
Dallas
Ford
Great Willow Run
Consolidated-Vultee
San Diego
Office of War Information
Akron
California
Evansville
Ind
Officals
Arthur H. Bunker
WPB
B-29 Fire Bomb Raid on Nagasaki Drives First Homeland Strike
A continued report describes B-29 planes mounting the first fire bomb raid on Nagasaki targeting Japanese homeland. The article notes the scale of aerial operations and the momentum building from the bombing campaign.
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Aires
Nagasaki
Raids on Palembang and Nagasaki Report Fires and Limited Opposition
Wartime dispatches describe large fires in Palembang storage and refinery areas from incendiaries, with fires spreading in sip yards and other sections. Flak was light but accurate over Palembang, no enemy fighters seen, Nagasaki action details absent. Crewmen praise the Britain led rescue system. An Air Force executive lauds Allied cooperation and sea rescuers. Prewar abaca fiber supply reliance noted.
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Palembang
Nagasaki
20Th Air Force
Manila
Philippines
Grafton council approves 1944 tax levy and bond plans
West Virginia Taylor County Grafton city council on August 1 1944 adopted estimated current expenditures receipts and levy rates for the year The document details taxes by class property values delinquent taxes and bond obligations with rates per hundred dollars and proposed excess levies to cover outstanding bonds and interest It also covers specific bonded debt needed for sinking fund and amortization and certifies the record by Recording Officer John A Newcome
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Municipality
City of Grafton
C. C. King
John A. Newcome
John W. Knotts
Ual
West Virginia
Taylor
Towit
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Cheif
Taither
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Josh
Luther
Day Street
Coreman
Associated Press
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Faith Baldwin
Mary Norman
Matthew Norman
Judith Lambert
Judith
Matthew
Maine
Mary
Lynn Mortimer
Lynn
Irene Murray
Irene
Judy
Nellie
Matt
Kate
Boston
Fellowes
Fath Baldwin
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Paris
John Guth
National Bank
Grafton
W. Va
Tylor
Ecom
State Liquor Commission
Police Department
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Health Department
Police Pension Fund
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