Winter radio habits shift with warmer days and summer repeats
Eastern War Time reports in the Hooper rating for August 15 show comedy and variety programs dominating in warmer weather while anti crime drama District Attorney tops, followed by The Hit Parade with Frank Sinatra. NBC CBS and Mutual lists include Lurielle Manners, Charley Ruggles, It Pays To Be Ignorant, Stage Door Canteen, Mildred Bailey, Blondie, Meet Your Navy, Gang Busters, Louis Armstrong, and Ted Malone.
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GC. E. Bufterfield
New York
Frank Sinatra
NBC
Lu‘eille Manners
Boston Blackie
CBS
Moore and Durante
Stage Door Canteen
Mildred Bailey
Irene’s baby news reshapes a doctor's advice and family plans
Irene informs Matthew they are expecting a baby and plan to share the news with relatives. Dr. Leming cautions rest and Irene’s strong conscience, while Matthew weighs hospital stays, work, and support from Nelson, Nellie, and family. The couple discuss Irene’s return to work and future child care arrangements amid hospital and home updates.
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Irene
Nellie
Matthew
Dr. Leming
Haley
Teenie
Ann
Rose
Eta
Leming
Sam
Bill
Nate
Sera
Yhely Arrial
Mothers Clubs and the War Propaganda Threats
A wartime column denounces phony mothers clubs that exploit patriotism to push an anti Allied, pro German peace line. It warns against recent, leaderless groups advocating easy peace and attacking Allies while praising real motherhood grounded in common sense. The piece labels phony clubs as pro Nazi and urges vigilance against radio propaganda.
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Germany
Sense
America
Furlough by Franz Hoellering review in literary guidepost
The review discusses Hoellering's English language novel Furlough published by Viking. It portrays a German émigré writer who fights Nazism, then depicts his protagonist Hans, a young Nazi, encountering wartime reality and underground resistance upon returning home. The piece notes humor is scarce and praises sincerity and truthful portrayal of Germany under strain.
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Franz Hoellering
Viking
Christopher la Farge
Fritz Hoellering
Hoellering
Germany
America
Jack
Mr. Hoellering
Hans
Hitler
Patton Advances Toward Chartres and Paris Region
Remnants report Patton’s force driving toward Chartres with Authon captured. German reports claim American armor along secondary roads from Chartres toward Rambouillet and through Saint Arnoult, near Paris, as Allied pressure continues in the Paris vicinity.
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Chartres
Paris
St. Arnoult
Versailles
Rambouillet
DNB
Patton
Patton blitz advances challenge German defenses in France
German reports say Patton’s rapid movement presses south of Argentan with fears of a Paris feint while the Americans push toward the Seine. Berlin outlets claim new American attacks from Laigle and Gace threaten German formations pulled from the Argentan–Falaise pocket. Also noted are land based bomber strikes near Dreux and Bonin island raids with no intercepts reported.
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Patton
Berlin
Transovean
Argentan-Falaise Bay
Laigle
Gace
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Chichi Jima
Japan
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Pacific War Update From Allied Communique
Allied dispatch reports Halmahera nearly neutralized and the Philippines Halmahera line at risk. A 1000 ton freighter was sunk in Davao Gulf by air attack and 87 ton bombing of Halmahera damaged, with 88 planes destroyed or sidelined. Admiral Nimitz announced another success at Pearl Harbor.
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Sansapor
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines - Halmahera
China
Halmahea
Davao Gulf
Philppines
Halmahera
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Ser
Celery Blanching Methods Highlighted by Centra Gardeners
Centra gardeners share quick blanching techniques for celery. Many growers use lath screens spaced an inch apart on 18 to 24 inch stakes, creating partial shade that blanches the stalks with less labor. An alternative method involves placing edgewise planks along the rows near the plants to blanch them efficiently.
Garden Celery Blanching Techniques for Late Harvests
The Garden Celery article explains staking or nailing cleats on planks to blanch celery. It notes late celery benefits from soil mounding starting mid August, while avoiding soil entering the hearts. Blanching duration varies by variety and weather conditions.
Words on Liberty and Peace Shape Conference Call
A speaker urged revival of the fiery liberty spirit guiding the world for six decades, pressing for nonpartisan American involvement in the peace agency. The text notes Boy and Girl Scouts in farm programs receive medical exams with parental consent required.
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Paren
International discrimination charges at war plant pay period
International section notes continued tram page two with accusations of discrimination in worker assignments at a war plant. Payday arrives as full capacity runs producing war materiel. Union source says workers will be admitted in 25 person groups to collect paychecks. The company holds multiple Army Navy E production citations.
Three Power Pact Debate Sparks Postwar Peace Hope
MR HALL OPENS argues a United States Britain and Russia alliance could deter war with overwhelming combined forces. DR LENGYEL and others challenge the idea, warning alliances risk power politics and peace depends on broader international cooperation beyond three powers.
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MR. Hall
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Hitler
DR. Lengyel
France
China
Brazil
Mexico
Hall
Baglin
Castlreagh
England
League of Nations
Lengyet
Soviet Union
Britain
Louis XIV
Wastreet
Austria
Thes Mainer
Odr
Dengyal
St RieRenbattene
Tions
Redson Baltic Front Push Threatens East Prussia
Soviet front reports claim heavy enemy losses as Nazis throw waves of tanks and infantry to halt Cherniakhovsky’s rear. Gen. Ivan Bagration’s Baltic army joins flank guards along a 200 mile front from northern Poland to beyond the Nemen river in northern Lithuania. Third White Army sits 40 miles east of Insterburg and 85 miles from Konigsberg as 30 settlements fall in 24 hours while offensives extend into Estonia and west of the Vistula bend near Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Vistulay
East Prussia
Vistula
Pravda
Prussis
Red Army
Redson
Slauliai
Lithuania
Cherniakhovsky
Ivan Bagramian
Poland
Suwalki
Niemen River
Insterburg
Konigsbers
Estonia
Vistula Bend
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