Gracie Allen to appear on Information Please quiz show
Gracie Allen will guest as an expert on Clifton Fadiman's Information Please on WJZ NBC June 20, dropping her usual dumb role. The broadcast follows Roosevelt's West Point address and a schedule of radio programs across WEAF WABC and other networks.
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Major Bowes
Bob ‘Trout
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King and Queen
Washington
Study Eskimos Director at National Museum NBC WOR
Program schedule lists 11 a m talks by Director of the National Museum on Eskimos plus broadcasts from WABC CBS WJZ NBC chains. Evening events include King at tomb of unknown soldier and multiple entertainment slots.
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Planning Board aims to turn policy into specific projects
The Planning Board including Smith Morgenthau and Eccles seeks to translate policy into concrete projects and appropriations. Smith backs standardizing government spending as Senate committees back a 10 to 12 member executive staff to boost the Commerce department as a driver of trade and industry. The push proposes a National Resources board under Delano to direct broad planning with a new staff under Hopkins and selection from multiple fields.
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Eccles
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Roose
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Combe National Resources Board
Merce Department
Frederic A. Delano
Bill
Hopkins
Radio Schedule Highlights From Evening Lineup
A dense grid of radio listings from 5:30 to after midnight shows a mix of music, drama, comedy, and news. Notable names include WMMN with Jazz and orchestras, NBC Kraft Music Hall, WJZ Primrose Quartet, CBS Major Bowes Amateur Hour, and WLW broadcasts. The schedule features multiple hour blocks and a variety of programs across stations, ending with weather, time, and sign off.
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International News
Easy Aces
Amos
Andy
NBC
WSM
Baars Cooper
Keen
Tracer
WGBI
Howie Wing
WPAR
Watt
CBS
Joe Brown
WJZ
Kate Smith
MBS
Green Hornet
Rudy Vallee
WSYR
Leisure House
ORLW
Wayr
Rita Rio
Melody Maids
WCAU
Pittsburgh
Phillies
WOR
Gabriel Heater
CKLW
Wilfred Charete
George Sokolsky
Glen Gray
Kraft Music Hall
Thelma Mae
Anne Crockett
Mps
Henry Weber
KDKA
eBs
WFBL
Sun Dodgers
WBT
Novelteers
Buddy Fisher
Jan Savitt
WSB
Amos 'N' Andy
WEAF
WGY
Ted Fio Rito
Wsm—World In Review
Richard Himber
Charles Baum
Eddy Duchin
Wsz
Phil Spitany
KDEA
al Marisco
WHK
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Better Bridge
Bobby Hackett
Phil Spitainy
WLW
Bert Farber
George Hamilton
Jimmy Lunceford
Orch
Artie Shaw
Reta Smith
Georgia Ambassadors
Playground Work Program Sees 1760 Children Enrolled
Recreational project of the Works Progress Administration reports 1760 children enrolled, surpassing prior records but lacking supervisors. J Bernard Dryfield seeks solutions to manage demand, while noting Taylor county has full leadership quota. Also mentions June brides and a Longines watch display at Skaggs & Co.
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Taylor County
High Official’s Voice Amplified By Mega Telephony Test
Scott's Scrap Book notes a telephone company official speaking during radiotelephone equipment tests. His voice is described as amplified to an enormous, almost incomprehensible figure, suggesting a dramatic exaggeration or humorous anecdote about the scale of amplification.
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NORLD
World's Greatest Literature Gift Coupon Offer
An advertisement offers a gift coupon good for any one volume of the 42 volume World’s Greatest Literature set. The coupon plus a special price entitles the holder to claim a volume at the Net Office in Grafton West Virginia.
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