King George Radio Broadcast Promises Empire Christmas Message
New York December 16 King George’s Christmas morn message to the empire will be preceded by an hour of greetings among empire units on British radio. MBS has scheduled the full broadcast while WJZ NBC plans the diplomats’ children greetings and opera singer Marjorie Lawrence will perform Silent Night on NBC just before midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Empire
MBS
Wjz-Nbc
Opera
Mme
Schumann- Heink
Kirsten Flagstad
NBC
Marjorie Leyerence
Metropolitan Opera
New Swedish Cabinet Under Hansson Forms Unified Rule
The new government led by Per A. Hansson forms a non socialist cabinet backed by public support and plans to honor inland Trinity church chimes. Radio listings follow with programs on WABC CBS WEAF NBC and other stations, plus notices of upcoming broadcasts and cultural segments through Tuesday including music, lectures, and civic programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per A’bin Hansson
Mate
Ialald
Trinity Church
WABC
CBS
WEAF
NBC
Tommy Riggs
Betty
Richard Crooks
Alec Templeton
Josef Pastrnack
Gay Lombardo
Blondie
Martin and
Kostelanetz
Howard and
Shelton
Four Lane Sisters
Guy Lombardo
Sherlock Holmes
Library Congress Musicale
Rochester Civic Orchestra
Radio Forum
H. W. Smith
House
the Labor Board
MBS
WOR Symphony
Salvation Army Band
WJZ
Barnard
Wjznbc
Mundelein College
Europe
Mexico
Cleveland
Farm and Home Hour
Radio Schedule Snapshot from WMMN and Peers in 1940s Era
Radio listings detail WMMN and other stations broadcasting at 5:30 to 11:30 PM including children’s programs, sketches, news, musical variety shows, and orchestras. Notable entries include Adventures of Tom Mix, The Lone Ranger, Lux Radio Theatre, and Nat’l programs. Numerous station partners and personalities appear, with a focus on Chicago and Pittsburgh area networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
WJZ
Tom Mix
NBC
SBS
Scattergood Baines
WOR
Pinocchio
Farm News
Cbs—News
Edwin C. Hill
Santa Claus
CKLW
Rollin
Don
WSM
WMMN
Annette Hastings
Malcolm Claire
KDKA
Winifred McDonnel
Ray Perkins
WGY
Sons of the Pioneers
CBS
Europe
Lowell Thomas
WEAF
Abner
WSB
Waring
Amos 'N
Andy
WIZ
Olive Grove
WWVA
Lum & Abner
Wiz—Science
WKBW
Tommy Aird
Elmer Davis
Tommy Riggs
Betty Lou
Grandpa Jones
Work
Work—Jr. Chamber of Com'ree
Graf Spee Crew Aboard Gestured Toward Surrender
After battles with three British warships, Graf Spee fled to Montevideo. About 700 crew members were en route to Buenos Aires to surrender to Argentina, while others were placed aboard the Tacoma. The Tacoma’s master was arrested for violating a port closing order. Authorities planned internment for Graf Spee crew in Uruguayan waters. Captain Lengsdal claimed sinking the ship was his only option.
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Graf Spee
Uruguay
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Tacoma
Uruguayan
Great Britain
Lengsdal
Graf ‘Spee
Cumberland
Graf Spee sinks after Montevideo showdown in World War II
The German pocket battleship Graf Spee left Montevideo after Uruguay set a deadline for neutrality. Explosions and inferno followed as the ship was scuttled offshore. Eyewitness reports describe flames, smoke, and a burning hulk under the setting sun while British warships waited beyond the horizon.
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Hitler
Graf Spee
Din Berlin
DNB
Adolf Fitler
Germany
Otto Langsmann
Dunston Grange
Fugitive Shot in Princeton Run by Police
Bud Whittaker fled through an alley to elude Patrolmen T. R. Jewell and Kermit Shields and was wounded in the leg, according to Jewell. The item appears in a brief late 19th or early 20th century newspaper fragment noting police action and a local business listing at Turners, 217-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Bud Whittaker
T. R. Jewell
Kermit Shields
Jewell
Opera House Spotlight on Benny Bakers Height Comedy
Benny Baker rises from a modest Lincoln and St Joseph start to film fame after a misread inch height risk. He stars with Phil Regan and Jean Parker in Republi’s She Married a Cop at the Opera House. The C T P chorus invites Grafton residents to Friday Christmas carols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Baker
Baker
Phil Regan
Jean Parker
Republi
Opera House
Bort
St. Joseph
Lincoln
Nebraska
Rochester
Turners
Séldon
C. T. P. Group
Grafton
Grafton Glee Club Debuts at Traffic Programme
Baltimore notes announce a Friday December 22 program at 7 30 p m led by Miss Leota Griffith and Russell G Dotson with musical numbers directed by John T Evans. The event marks the debut of the Grafton Glee Club in a traffic developments fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Page
Newspaperman Dies After Beer Attack in Wheeling
In Wheeling on December 18 a beer attack fatally injured Robert M. Coble, 34, a Cleveland based Scripps-Howard newspaperman and a former secretary of the Cleveland newspaper guild who was visiting. The report notes Coble’s death and mentions local business listings for safety glass and car sprayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Robert M. Coble
Cleveland
Scripps-Howard
Newspaper Guild
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Per Albin Hansson
West Virginia
Hollywood
WLW
Jack Armstrong
CBS5
Voice of Firestone
WGBI
Echoes of
Hawaii
Kine's Men
Raymond Gram
Lux Radio Theatre
Library of Congress
WHP
L. H. Na
Quentin McLain
WBAX
Homer Rodeheaver
WENR
Little Jack Little
WGR
WJ2
Mbs—Symphony Orchestra
Wpar—Radio Theatre Group
Little Joe
CRKLW
Irene Gailer
Frveiga News
CELW
Len Hopkins
Curtis Institute of Music
Larry Clinton
Kyw—Federal Symphony
Fireside Singers
Nat
Horace Lapp
WBT
Europ
WFBI
Sun Dodgers
del Courtney
Paul Sullivan
Fred Waring
Chesterfield
the World In
de Courtney
Adrian Rollini
Red Nichols
Nbc—King's
RCA
Radio Tube
Big Sister
Speck
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Young
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Vandergrift
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