New Year’s Eve and Bowl Games On Air in 1942
New York reports networks bid to welcome 1942 with dancing parties and a slate of New Year Bowl games. Sugar Bowl Fordham vs Missouri, Rose Bowl Duke vs Oregon State, Cotton Bowl Alabama vs Texas A&M, Orange Bowl Georgia Tech vs Texas Christian, with varied live-time broadcasts across CBS NBC and MBS channels and New Year’s Eve watch-night programs from Riverside Church.
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New York
CBS
Nbc-Blue
Watch Night Service
NBC Red
Riverside Church
NBC
Alabama
Nbc-Red
Durham
N. G
Duke
Oregon State
Miamhi
Georgia
Texas Christian
New Orleans
Fordham
Missouri
Philadelphia
Treasury Department
William S. Knudsen
Albert Einstein
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Janis Carter born Janis Cre matin in Cleveland is being pushed by Twentieth Century Fox for moldable musical comedy leads. Texas native Nancy Gates of Denton trains for prominence with RKO while underage Janet Blair from Altoona Pa. gains heavy Columbia support after early work with Hal Kemp’s orchestra.
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Janis Carter
Janis Crematin
Cleveland
Twentieth Century-Fox
New York
Texas
Nancy Gates
Denton
RKO
Nancy
Janet Blair
Columbia
Janet
Blackout described with London raid realism in Washington
The article paints a wartime blackout in Washington with silent streets, passing Army planes, and searchlight beams. It contrasts with London air raid scenes, noting the absence of sound effects like anti aircraft fire, falling debris, and distant detonations.
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London
Coventry
Treasury
Washington
Back From Wake Horizon War Images and Odd Notes
Descriptive passages recall a bomber over a target with anti-aircraft bursts and a smoky, stinking landscape. A speaker notes birds freezing in fear as shadows stiffen on cold ground. Wartime sentiment and a cousin’s party anecdote hint at ongoing social undercurrents.
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Stricker
Hulett
Francis Pesek
East Jordan
Mich
Doris
Bearded Fish World Champion Crowned in Wisconsin
Cross, a Wisconsin entrant and manager of a Cheese company plant in Wausau, won the world championship title in a national club competition. He succeeds Howard Amberson of Three Forks, Mont., and will receive a diamond studded gold medal. An honorable mention went to George E. Stricker of South Pittsburg, Tenn., for a yarn about crows during a severe cold snap.
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Police Gazette
Wisconsin
Cross
Wausau
Howard Amberson
Three Forks
Mont
Siar
West Virginia Economy Surges in Industrial Contracts and Production
Industrial contracts awarded in the past 21 months outpace any period since 1930, with a 169 percent gain in natural gas production, a 14.4 percent rise in electrical energy output, and a 27 percent increase in wage payments. Retail sales tax collections exceed prior records by 13.2 percent, while bank checking activities show a $105 million higher total than all of 1937.
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West Virginia
Same
O&g B
Tate
Wie
Bartlett
Hayward
Sie Seeer
Dudley
Mary G
W. Va
Ferris
Samuel Hrs
A. O&o
Polio
Armando
N. Simp
Hamric
Sturm
W. L
WW. Va
Brownlow Riley
Helen A
Lot
Lote
Inc
W&b
Lewis Hamilton
Laymire
Emory Jr
A. Poe
Ed McConkey
BIS Brownlow
E. Miller
John W
W.va
Monongahela Valley Coal & Lor. Co
Newcome
Earl R. & C. M. ‘Arms Its
Freeport
T. F
Park
East Park
E. Park
W. Robinson
Wait
Blueville
Shiackelford
Elzie
W. Vas
Swartzwelder
Earl
P. Bate
Watson
Geo. W
Weaver
Augusta
Tawrence E
Wickwire
Haney
Pauline
W. Ve
W. Vi
Jones
Neltie
Allen
Nestor Amt
ME. Reed
Flemington
We Clark
Sarah A
Wah Johnson
Aiden
Ees
Robinson
Srowa
John
Carr
Anthony
Hawkins
Alva A
Hedhmer
Mary
Jackson
D.F
Jotitson
Sarah J
Toby
Mary D., Ltd
Maton
Blas
Ve. Poe
Andrew
Bree
Leland
Wi Va
Init
Rector
Ito
Bia
Kapha
Samp
Lloyd
Salen
Beulah B
Anney
Thay Francis
Lola
Berk
Britt
A. T. Ford
G. W
J. E. Newcome
Delinquent Tax Sale Notices March 1940
Delinquent tax sale notices indicate properties to be sold for unpaid taxes during March 1940. Details include names of properties and amounts due, with legal actions to recover outstanding balances.
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Altoona, Pa
Hal Kemp
J. B. Cooke
Wake Island
Philip
San Francisco
Cooke
Honoulu
U. S
mid-Pacific
Signs
Whelf
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
N. Y
Tonne Igher
Malone’s Drug and Chemical Co
Onth
Ee State of West
Viola W
A. O&g. L. Run
A. Mason
Canning
Jas. B
A. L
Curry
F.L
A. U.S
State of
Holt
A. B
A. Co&g
Jenkins
Samuel E
C. C. Whitescarver
Nixon
Jessie D
A. Pl
Wat Richardson
Alva J
Garrett
Samuel
W. Vac
Samuel M
O&g
B. Cr
Hamilton
Springer
A. Glenn
A. O&g
Stewart
Jos. F
Tetrick, Paul Et al
A. B. Cr
Tucker
Sam J
A. Sand Hill
Tucker, Viola & H. M
Williams
A, Co&g
Toy
Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Evening Sentinel
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