Grace Moore To Top Christmas Eve Radio Lineup
Grace Moore centers Christmas Eve broadcasts from WGN Chicago via MBS with a 9 to 10 pm slot. NBC CBS and other networks relay holiday programs from Europe and the front, including Walt Disney’s Pinocchio in radio theatre and a King George greeting at 10.
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NBC
CBS
France
Germany
WJZ
WGN
Chicago
MBS
Grace Moore
MBB
cBs! Radio Theatre
Walt Disney
King George
Kate Smith Touight
Europe
WABC
WEAF
Lucille Manners Cancer
George Jessel
Guy Lombardo
Prof. Quiz
Kate Smith
Jean Hersholt
Johnny Presents
Mrs. Mary Christmas
FBI Undertakes Continued Probe Declared by Hoover
Hoover announced the FBI is continuing its inquiry after Attorney General Murphy stated in Washington that the bureau chief is leading the investigation. The disclosure underscores ongoing federal scrutiny and the high level involvement in the probe.
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FBI
Hoover
Murphy
Washington
Child Reunites With Family After 5 Years in Boston
Theresa Kendres seven year old who did not speak English returns to Hoboken J where she is greeted by her parents Mr and Mia Kendres James Kendres of Gloucester Massachusetts had not seen her since she was two The child traveled from Athens Sicily Her father is Greek born in San Francisco and her mother Italian born in Woburn FBI Hoover says notorious hoodlums linked to Al Capone were in Miami and Miami Beach and rackets run nearby involve corruption Former Capone associate once jailed for income tax evasion now has a home in Miami Beach and is under treatment in a Baltimore hospital
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Hoboen J
Mia
James Kandres
Gloucester
Mass
Athens
Sweece
San Francisco
Matt
Woburn
al Capone
Hoover
Miami
Miami Beach
FBI
Baltimore
College graduates show higher marriage success in survey
A recent survey indicates college graduates achieve greater success in marriage than peers with only a high school diploma. The study compares relationship stability and satisfaction across education levels, citing higher commitment and longer marriages among graduates.
Radio Schedule Minutes From WV Station WMMN
A dense log of radio programs and times listing WMMN and NBC CBS KDKA MBS etc across evening hours. It catalogs singers orchestras news bulletins and variety acts with many noted performers such as Hank Armstrong Edwin Hill Hedda Hopper Bobby Parks Winifred McDonnel Jay and Sammy Kaye orchestras. The piece reads like a program guide for a broad slate of stations including CBS NBC MBS and KDKA.
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Jack Armstrong
MBS
Uncle Don
Children Pro
Kxa—Rhythm Makers
Sam
CBS
Scattergood Baines
KDKA
Tom Mix
International News
S Corner
Edwin C. Hill
Temp
Your Movie Magazine
Hedda Hopper
Hollywood
Bobby Park
Orch
Winifred McDonnel
Kaltenborn
Lowell Thomas
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Fred Waring
Fime
Amos N' Andy
Lum & Abner
Happy
Nbcthe Revelers
Professor Quiz
Jone Ranger
Tas
Tzigane
WMMN
Kate Smith
Prgm
Col Broopnagle
Johnny
Abe Lyman
Raymond Gram
Benny Venuta
Geo. Jessel
Tin Pan Alley
Griff William
BCN
Ray Pearl
Paul Sullivan
Nbc—News
Mitchell Ageers Orch
Larry Clinton
Mitchell Ayres
Sammy Kaye
Will Osborne
Lennie Hayton
Richard Himber
Lyle Murphy
Hold Youths For Murders in Illinois Crime Reports
Chicago December 22 1939 two 15 year old Illinois boys face murder charges in separate incidents. Jack Adams Urbana was arrested on a warrant for killing Hezekiah Mank Urbana grocer while hunting near Urbana Tuesday. Adams claimed the shooting was accidental and fear drove the act. In Woodstock Charles Allen Dain 15 was convicted of murdering Lester Groth 34 a farmer paroled from St Charles School for Boys. Jury set 28 years with no parole before 14 years. Groth was clubbed and stabbed September 26. Dain testified he killed because Groth was mean. Hazel Mitchell is awarded 1000 dollars against Metropolitan Life Insurance for a double indemnity policy on J C Mitchell who died August 8 1938. The insurer paid the face value.
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Chicago
Illinois
Bert Walker
Champaign County
Jack Adams
Urbana
Hezekiah Mank
CCC
Adams
Mank
Woodstock
Charles Allen Dain
Lester Groth
St. Charles
Groth
Cain
Hazel J. Mitchell
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
J.C. Mitchell
Five Percent Dividend Authorized for Elm Grove Bank
Banking Commissioner George Ward approved a five percent dividend totaling 42589.40 for depositors of the State Bank and Trust Company of Elm Grove Wheeling. The payment will be made Saturday and brings the total common claim payout to 70 percent since the bank closed February 22 1933.
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Charleston
George Ward
State Bank
Death ruling cites heat prostration as accidental cause
A Common Pleas Court jury found heat prostration to be the accidental cause of death for Mrs. The verdict awards unspecified damages to her surviving spouse.
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Charleston
Common Pleas Court
Skeleton Found In Abandoned Mills Creek Mine Entrance
Deputies Sheriff Garland Turner and Grover Mellon reported that children found a skeleton, apparently that of a man, in the entrance of an abandoned Mills Creek mine in Charleston.
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Charleston
Garland Turner
Grover Mellon
Mills Creek
Coroner Opens Probe After Harrisville Hardware Robbery
Harrisville police report a burglary at the Freeman Collins Hardware store on December 22. Merchandise valued around 200 dollars and nine firearms including shotguns and pistols were stolen. Coroner C. P. Sayre initiated an investigation into the case.
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Harrisville
Freeman Collins Hardware
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