Plan Holiday Radio Airings Warm Christmas Week Schedule
New York reports busy Christmas airings across networks. President Roosevelt and King George will deliver messages from Washington and London. The second annual MBS show America Sends Greetings heads Christmas Eve. Tonight features Senator Burke and Dewey speeches among varied program listings.
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New York
Roosevelt
King George
Great Britain
Washington
America
Sen. Burke
John Selby
John T. Frederick
WABC
CBS
WJZ
NBC
E.R. Burke
Thomas E. Dewey
Minneapolis
WEAP
East
WEAF
Hollywood Pl
House
Red Skelton
Fred Allen
Kay Ky
Chicago Opera
Manon
Burns and Allen
al Pearce
Paul Whiteman
Theater of Stars
Dr. Christian
W5iz
Reading
MBS
Mooney Stricken Cheerful Amid Misfortune in Baltimore
Ton Mooney lies in a Baltimore road hotel awaiting transfer to Johns Hopkins Hospital for care. The labor leader, once imprisoned 23 years for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco, cancels a lecture tour due to illness.
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Ton Mooney
Baltimore Rd
John Hopkins Hospital
Alcer Creations
San Francisco
Thursday Broadcast Lineup With Music and Talks
Radio listings show NBC CBS and ABC programs across the day including am blocks on WEAF WABC and WJZ with news talk and music. Notable items include Ernest T. Weir Walter D. Fuller Hymns of all churches Ray Bloch Nan Wynn songs farm and home shows and Drake U choir segments.
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Enope
NBC Chains
WABC
CBS
American Ind Congress
Weafnbc
Ernest T. Weir
NBC
Walter D. Fuller
Weapnbc
Ray Bloch
Kathleen Norris
Nan Wynn
WJZ
MBS
Southern School of the Air
Drake U. Choir
House Destroyed by Fire in Mullens Virginia
The home of Virgil Dixon and his family at Meade was destroyed by fire of unknown origin. The family was visiting Parrot, Virginia at the time. Estimated loss about 5250.
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Mullens
Virgil Dixon
Meade
Parrot
Radio Schedule and Orchestra Listings on WMMN Central
A dense listing of WMMN Central West Virginia radio programming from 3:30 PM to midnight featuring NBC CBS and KDKA segments. IncludesMusic, news updates, orchestras such as Glenn Miller and Raymond Grain Swing, and variety acts like Fred Waring and the Lone Ranger.
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Anthony
Don
Rhythm Makers
Sam
Scatterwood Baines
Tom Mix
NBC
Blue Barron
Orbh
KDKA
WMMN
Edwin C. Hill
Malcolm Claire
MBS
Harold Stokes
Orch
Kaltenborn
Lowell Thomas
Fulton Jewis, Jr
CBS
Anos
Andy
Fred Waring
Mr. Keen
Tracer of
Lum
Abner
Raymond Grain
Texaco Star Theater
Radio Guild
Fred Allen
Adrian Rellini
Faith
Horse & Busey
Nbc—Radio Guild
International
Kay Kyser
Boyd Raeburn
Dr. Christian
Loretta Jackson
Roy Shield
Adventures In
Palton Lewis, Jr
KDEKA
H. R. Baukhage
Paul Sullivan
Griff Williams
al Kavelin
Eddy Duchin
Johnny Davis
Benny Goodman
Chicago City Opera Co
George Olsen
Clyde Lucas
Art Kussell
Everett Hoagland
Guy Lombardo
Nazi airman loses fight over alley dispute in Washington
The incident began Armistice Day when German embassy air attache Peter Riedel visited neighbor Frank Werner, a 128 pound mechanic. A dispute over a parked car allegedly led to a melee ending with Riedel receiving a black eye while Werner admits striking accurately. The affair is treated as a government issue by embassy officials. Police and the district attorney are involved as State Department notified authorities and Werner appeared at the district attorney's office.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Peter Riedel
United States
Ives
Frank Werner
Werner
Riedel
Kurl Rosenberg
State Department
Washington Police Department
Reidel
Is Epilepsy Inherited and Curable
A booklet presenting opinions from famous doctors on epilepsy is offered free to readers who write to the Educational Division, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, Dept. 1-638. The notice invites inquiries about inheritance and cure possibilities for epilepsy.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Fragmentary claim sparks rebuttal from Mrs Werner
A truncated excerpt shows a German embassy remark about notification to Mr Riedel and Mrs Werner speaking in rebuttal. Mrs Werner denies hitting him with a mop and says, I'm sorry, that I did not. The text ends abruptly with this rebuttal.
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Partment
Riedel
Hadiedel
Knapp Heads Census Work In West Virginia
Parkersburg dispatch reports district supervisors and assistants named to run the 1940 census in West Virginia. Appointments are temporary with permanent positions based on a week long school. District offices will locate HQs and select enumerators.
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Parkersburg
West Virgini
Robert H. Mollohan
Mollohan
Love
Martinsburg
Fairmont
C. E. Knapp
Fred M. Jamison
Morgantown
Warren C. Radcliffe
John A Hunt
Clarksburg
Stanley C. Butler
Don H. Lane
Huntington
O. L. Stannard
Charles B. Peck
Bluefield
Marriman Smith
Fred H. Dunn
Charleston
M. M. Maloney
Burell V. Hill
Clyde P. Miller
Oil Well Struck On G. O. Bennett Farm Near Glenville
Sam Roberts and Paul Weekley drilling contractors report striking a 35 barrel oil well on the G. O. Bennett farm along Heading Creek, three miles from Glenville. Oil found in Mason sand at a depth of 1,382 feet.
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Glenville
Sam Roberts
Paul Weekley
G. O. Bennett
Mason
Dead End Kids and Angels Wash Their Faces at Strand
Warner Bros Dead End Kids film shows teens on the side of good while Ann Sheridan demonstrates acting depth alongside Frankie Thomas Bonita Granville and Jack Sears. Ronald Reagan stars opposite Sheridan in a story of justice against cruel adults. Also at Dixie theater the comedy Stop Look and Love stars Jean Rogers with Frawley Kellard and Collins as a humorous romance unfolds with meddling mothers and a wedding.
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Warner Bros
Strand Theatre
Ann Sheridan
Ann
Warner
Frankie Thomas
Bonita Granville
Jack Sears
Miss Sherman
Ronald Reagan
Eduardo
Youll
20Th Century-Fox
Dixie Theatre
Jean Rogers
William Frawley
Robert Kellard
Eddie Collins
Minna Gambell
Cora Sue Collins
Opera House Tonight Showcases Held For Ransom
Clarence Bricker, director of the Grand National feature Held For Ransom, declares that modern America demands speed as the film arrives at the Opera House for a one night engagement.
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America
Clarence Bricker
Opera
Held For Ransom underscores swift pace in modern cinema
The passage discusses how newsreels and films cater to fast action to hold viewer interest. It notes audiences demand efficiency and speed, from food prep to car use, and describes Held For Ransom as a film cutting love scenes to maintain rapid narrative tempo.
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Hollywood
OBrien Solves Bank Mystery In Sundown Thriller
George OBrien stars as a cattleman helping a banker’s daughter in Trouble in Sundown, a RKO Radio thriller. The banker is falsely accused of robbing his own bank and killing the watchman, and the known combination sparks a wrongful lynching fear.
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George O'Brien
O'Brien
O'Brien Chases Culprits in Ghost Town Action Film
The young rancher hides in a nearby ghost town and tracks down the criminals through gun battles fist fights and fast riding. Rosalind Weith stars opposite the lead with Ray Whitney Chill Wills Howard Hickman Ward Bond and Cyrus W. Kendall in supporting roles. David Howard directs Trouble in Sundown produced by Bert Gilroy.
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O'Brien
Mark O'Brien
Rosalind Weith
Ray Whitney
Chill Wills
Howard Hickman
Ward Bond
Cyrus W. Kendall
David Howard
Bert Gilroy
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