Husing Televizes Eighth Derby Broadcast From Churchill Downs
New York May 1 Ted Husing will be at the microphone for his eighth straight Kentucky Derby as WABC CBS broadcasts the race from Churchill Downs on Saturday under CBS exclusive rights. Air time is set for Babem to last 30 minutes. Radio listings note programs across WEAF WABC and MBS networks with talks on politics and public affairs surrounding the Derby week.
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New York
Ted ‘Husing
Wabc-Cbs
Babem
CBS
Kay Kyser
Europe
WEAF
NBC
MBS
WEAFP
Hollywood Playhouse
Don McNeill
Fred Allen
WABC
Burns & Allen
Ben Bernie
Dr. Christian
Theater of Stars
Joe F. Brown
R. A. Taft
Caroline O'Day
League Women Voters
J. M. Wadsworth
Franke Gannett
WJZ
Sen
H. F. Byrd
Hospital Foundation
Green Hornet
Col
Louis Johnson
Sheep and Goats Club
Ma Perkins
Hynd
Kate Smith
Wjznbc
Deadly twister rocks Owensboro and Arkansas townships
Heavy storm damage is reported as unroofed buildings in Owensboro Kentucky. At Tull community near Benton Arkansas six Hicks family members and Sophie Miller died. In southeast Missouri Lewis Campbell age 66 was killed on a Sikeston area farm, and Brownie Pettes' young son died in Bertrand.
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Owensboro
Tull
Benton
Ark
Ben Hicks
Edward Hicks
Elijah F. Hicks
Elsie Hicks
Elijah Hicks
Sophie Miller
Missouri
Lewis Campbell
Sikeston
Brownie Pettes
Bertrand
WV Radio Schedule Highlights Daily Lineup
West Virginia stations WMMN WHP WGBI and others list a dense slate of classic programs. Music, sketches, dramas and news fill the day with hosts like Jack Armstrong and Bill Sherman, and shows from NBC CBS and ABC networks across time slots from afternoon to late night.
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WMMN
Sam
Bill Sherman
WKBW
CBS
Dr. Christian
MBS
NBC
Avilon
CKLW
West Va
Univ
Amos ‘N' Andy
Fred Waring
WHP
Wythe Williams
Lanny Ross
Mr. Keen
WLW
Richard Himber
WSM
Gone with the Wind comes to Strand in technicolor
Margaret Mitchell's epic tale of the old south and reconstruction arrives at Strand with Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland in a star studded Technicolor production. The film is billed as a must see for every man woman and child in Grafton.
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Margaret Mitchell
Strand Screen
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Vivien Leigh
Sharlett O'Hara
Leslie Howard
Ashley Wilkes
Olivia Haviland
Melanie Wilkes
Grafton
Gone With the Wind Opens at Strand Theatre Today
The Strand Theatre debuts Gone With the Wind telling Civil War and Reconstruction days. Producer David O Selznick backed by a $50,000 film rights purchase and a two and a half year casting search brings Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O Hara Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Hamilton with extensive costume tests and production costing near $100,900 as Hollywood preserves the novel’s spirit.
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Strand
David O. Selznick
Margaret Mitchell
S—S—S—S—Sss
Georgia
Scarlett O'Hara
Scarlett
Sel@iick
Vivien Leigh
Mr. Selanick
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Hollywood
Gable
M-G-M
Leslie Howard
Ashley Wilkes
Olivia 22 Havilland
Melanie Hamilton
New York
Roosevelt and Dewey Lead in Delegates for Nominations
AP reports Roosevelt and Dewey ahead in pledged delegates as May opens the major primary month. Republicans have chosen 514 of 1,000 delegates and will pick 477 in 26 states in May, nearly completing their slate. Democrats have selected 374 of 1,094 and will add at least 392 more in May across 18 states, with June still adding selections. Roosevelt appears likely to enter the Democratic Convention with a comfortable majority or a preferred successor, as Town Democrats indicate their 22 votes will back the president.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Democratic
Republica
Town
Zd. H. Birmingham
Wallace
Gillette
Herring
Dixie Theatre Presents Frank Morgan Comedy of West Shows
Frank Morgan stars in a desert comedy as a timid recruit who outsmarts a lynch mob in an Arizona town. With Virginia Weidler, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville, Douglas Fowley, and Owen Davis Jr. the show follows a scheming but clever man who becomes mayor after outwitting plotters and murderers. Directed by Edwin L. Marin from W C Tuttle’s story.
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Frank Morgan
Tenderfoot
Henry
Arizona
Little
Virginia Weidler
Dixie Theatre
Morgan
Vauderville
Tonto City
Edwin L.marin
Maisie
Guy Kibbee
Slim Summerville
Douglas Fowley
Owen Davis, Jr
Private Detective Plays Dixie Theatre Debut
Warner Bros presents Private Detective at the Dixie Theatre starring Jane Wy man Dick Foran Gloria Dickson and Maxie Rosenbloom. A gay murder mystery with laughs and thrills features Wy man as a private detective and Foran as a homicide squad lieutenant racing to solve the crime. Noel Smith directs.
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Warner Bros
Jane Wyman
Dick Foran
Gloria Dickson
Maxie Rosenbloom
Dixie Theatre
Miss Wyman
Jane
Noel Smith
New Link for New England Trondheim Invasion Report
Ambiguous wartime note describes German moves toward Trondheim and coastal areas. Mentions efforts to isolate Allied forces in the Andaulesnes region and near Voss along rail lines. Berlin reporting suggests eventual success against Allied and Norwegian troops, with ongoing pursuit and strategic pressure.
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Trondheim
Andaélsnesgion
Berlin
Lokangeiger
Pek
Voss
Fear Ilduce: Oslo Trondheim Split Ties in War News
The piece reports Allied challenges in Norway with German claims of Oslo Trondheim contact amid Danish and British actions. It mentions Dombas as a strategic rail junction, Chamberlain’s possible House of Commons statement, Archibald Sinclair’s critique, and public confidence despite ongoing war.
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Oslo
Trondheim
Norwegian
London
British War Office
Norway
Dombas
Andersnes
Chamberlain
Oslo-Trondheim
Storen
House of Commons
Arch
Ibald Sinclair
George VI
Archibald
Glasgow
Europe
Sir Archibald
Hitler
Munich
Czecho-Slovakia
Gerset
Heavy blows reported as fighting rages near Trondheim
The report notes heavy fighting near Trondheim with casualties and prisoners. It claims 40 Britons and 20800 enemies captured northwest of Lillehammer, including artillery, machine guns, and motor vehicles. British losses are cited as eight planes shot down by German forces amid large forays.
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Trondhelme
Trondheim
Zetond
Lillehammer
Lomi
Lilléhammer
High Command
Nazi Claim on Trondheim Bridge Raid Details
A Swedish Svenska Dagbladet correspondent reports a Nazi air raid near Trondheim lasting from morning to evening. German bombers attacked Namsos harbor, two raiders were shot down, and British ships suffered damage including a destroyer hit by a bomb causing a magazine explosion.
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Lundamo
Storen Ard
Namsos
Swed
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the World Today
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Curtis Institute of Music
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