Radio Schedule Nineteen Forties style prime time listings
A dense broadcast timetable lists hourly programs across multiple networks. It catalogs concerts, orchestras, news, variety acts, dance programs, and special features from 2:00 PM through late evening, with many named ensembles and performers such as L. S. Marine Band, Danes Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey, Three Suns, and Eileen Farrell, along with news blocks and sports features.
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L. S. Marine Band
Blu
Brush Creek
Nbe News
Patterns In Blue
Orch
Cbs
Mawati
Cbs News
Ted Kuing
Dance Music Orchestra
M.j
NSC Salon
Edward Tomlinson
Noah Webster
Dbbs
Arthur Hile
Dancing Music Orchestra
Rosemary
Nbe
Arr Godwin
Soldiers With
Wings For War
Dbs
Aimerica Eagle Club
London
Gibbs and Finney
Orchest
Green Hornet
Basic Renfro Valley
Mildwest Commandos
California
Mbrs
Hblu
Mbs
Grand Park
James G. McDonald
Co—Bikt Stern
Bob Ripley
John B. Hughes
Victory
Nbc
Don Arres
Blu Eileen Farrell
Nbc Dance & Variety
British planes shot down in raid over Axis positions
Italian high command reports fifteen British aircraft were shot down yesterday during a raid on Axis positions in Egypt, part of ongoing air operations in the theater.
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Rome
Egypt
Notice of Sale Under Foreclosure for Rankin Property
Foreclosure sale by mortgagee A M Rankin Jr on August 21, 1942 at 2 PM in High Point NC. Property described as 6500 square feet on Ray Street and N W Beeson's line, subject to unpaid taxes. Sale in front of County Building at W Green and S Main Streets. Mortgage dated August 1, 1932 to be foreclosed.
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A. M. Rankin
Lena B. Rankin
Office of the Register of Deeds
Gunford County
North Carolina
W. Green and
S. Man
High Point
Laura Batin
Ray Street
N. W. Beeson
A. M. Rankin, JR
Mortangee
Depicted state and puzzle clues converge in mixed telegraph grid
A Southern State crossword style puzzle lists a long set of across and down clues with answers spanning geography, chemistry symbols, battleship abbreviations, and time periods. Instructions mix states, minerals, and common words, culminating in a final clue about an afternoon term.
Fifteen Hundred Service Men Arrive In City
Fifteen hundred soldiers rolled into High Point from North Carolina maneuvers today as the expected crowd size dwindled from 7,000 to 1,500. Civilian Defense coordinator W. F. Bailey said homes would likely house all, with an extended liberty period and a free armory dance planned. Many soldiers are natives of Virginia and Maryland, prompting some visitors to return home. Pamphlets will guide servicemen to churches hotels and other amenities.
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High Point
North Carolina
W. F. Bailey
Jess
Bailey
Virginia
Maryland
Armory
Mysterious gas floods New York subway trains
Chemical analysis awaited to identify a gas that flooded Eighth Avenue subway cars twice yesterday. The incidents occurred hours apart under identical conditions, forcing hundreds of passengers to flee the trains. Only a small portion of Antarctica remains uncovered by ice, a rare geographic note.
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New York
Eighth Avenue
Nwo
Weather update for three states shows scattered storms
North Carolina may see occasional showers this afternoon and tonight with a slight temperature change. South Carolina expects little temperature change tonight with scattered thunder showers this afternoon. Georgia forecasts small temperature shifts tonight with widely scattered thunder showers.
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North Carolina
South Carolna
Georgia
Drive On Vice Continues Here
Police last night continued the drive against vice in the city aimed at cleansing entertainment for visiting soldiers. A woman and Private Joseph A. Chesla were jailed on charges of occupying a room for immoral purposes. Six women were bailed into court yesterday on vice charges and two men were arrested for aiding and abetting prostitution. Ruby Craven, 26, of High Point route 2, and Chesla were detained as the drive kept soldiers’ weekend visit on a high plane.
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Ruby Craven
High Point Route 2
Joseph A. Chesla
Army Air Corps
Greensboro High Point
Norwegian coast placed under alert by German authorities
On alert Stockholm August 8 report says the entire Norwegian coast is being held in a state of alert under orders of German occupation authorities. Arrangements have been made to evacuate civilians at short notice while Germans warn Norwegians that any aid to an Allied invasion would be executed summarily per Social Demokraten report.
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Stockholm
Social Demokraten
Joshave
London Under Daylight Air Raid Alert
British city and nearby counties faced daylight bombing and gunfire as London endured a half hour air raid alert. A Burma office statement denied Rome reports that former Burma premier U Saw is dead.
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London
Home Counties
Burma
Rome Radio
U Saw
Evacuee Assault Sparks Three Day closure at Santa Anita
Police report a disturbance at the Santa Anita assembly center where amid an influx of about 2000 Japanese and Korean evacuees a suspected informer was assaulted by hundreds. Milit ary police intervened, rescuing the beaten evacue and taking him to a hospital. Center population nears 19000 evacuees from military area No. 1 on the Pacific coast.
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Page
Santa Anita
Santa Anita Center
Pacific Coast
Recommendation Endorsed for State Mental Hospital Reforms
The board's 1,718 page transcript and 108 exhibits prompted praise for a thorough inquiry. Highlights urge rapid, war-aware improvements, including facility updates, court seating, vocational therapy, and land additions funded by legislative appropriation, with unified oversight for all state mental hospitals.
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Watkins
F. B. Watkins
Board of Directors
Advisory Budget Commission
Board of Inquiry
North Carolina
A _ consolidated board
General Assembly
Alsoa
RAF and US air raids target Matruh and Tobruk docks
Daylight attacks hit a motor repair depot and other military sites at Matruh. Two Axis ships were sunk off Sidi Barrani as RAF and US air forces press the battle line with intensified artillery and air operations across the front.
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Stroyers
Matruh
Tobruk
Sidi Barrani
RAF
Une
Prison execution setup as eight saboteurs await fate
Report outlines DC jail scene as six ambulances arrive, the electric chair readied, and President Roosevelt weighs clemency for some of the six Nazi saboteurs. Officials, priests, and military officers observe strict silence amid preparation for potential capital punishment.
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Page One
District of Columbia Contpu~er
Magruder MacDonald
Army
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Russians repel German push toward Armavir and Kushchevka
Soviet communiques report heavy fighting as German forces pressed south from Armavir toward Kushchevka and Stalingrad. Red Star noted 17 tanks and 48 trucks destroyed in Armavir area, with Cossacks and Don Kuban units countering assaults as fighters traded gains along a shifting front near the Don and Leningrad sectors.
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Maikop
Russia
Kletskaya
Stlingrad
Kotelnikovski
Stalingrad
Armavir
Skushchevka
Caucasus
Volga Steel Center
Red Army
Belaya Glina
Khushcheka
Kuban
Red Star
Kushchevka
Red
Don River
Voronezh
Don
Leningrad
Bryansk
Moscow
Gandhi campaign plans amid British wartime actions in India
Gandhi urged Americans to support India's independence as Britain imposed store shut downs and price controls during hartal days. Nehru accused Britain and the United States of blocking a resolution tied to war efforts, while Gandhi framed independence as a wartime duty for India.
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Lished
Gandhi
Tomorrow
Britain
Congress
India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
United States
Government of India
Germany
Japan
National Congress
Atlantic Charter questioned by Bennett in Lords
Lord Bennett, Canadian born and former prime minister, told the British House of Lords that the Atlantic Charter is only an expression of hopes and aspirations by the U S president and Britain’s prime minister. He noted U S Senate limits on forceful action and recalled the Senate’s WWII and WWI vetoes on League of Nations. He urged lawmakers to vote or reject the charter to clarify its status.
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Lord Bennett
Dominion
House ‘of Lords
United States
Senate
League of Nations
Wilson
Britain
League
British Empire
John Henry Bizzell Arrested in Prohibition Violation
John Henry Bizzell was arrested last night on charges of breaking and entering and held in city jail in default of a $500 bond. Police also arrested Frank Bizzel at 1535 North Main Street for violating the prohibition law. Bizzell allegedly possessed three pints of tax paid whiskey intended for sale.
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John Henry Barrett
East Washington Street
Frank Bizzel
North Main Street
Bizzell
Appointment approved postmasters named in North Carolina
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate four North Carolina postmaster nominations. Cornelius H. Julian at Franklinville Jennings M. Koontz at Kannapolis Hugh M. McCain at Laurinburg Paul Green at Thomasville.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
North Carolina
Franklinville
Cornelius H. Julian
Kannapolis
Jennings MM. Koontz
Laurinburg
Hugh M. McCain
Thomasville
Paul Green
Gandhi Followers Close Stores in Nonviolent Revolt
Gandhi warns India must use liberty to aid the Allied cause and avoid disasters, urging Britain to trust Indians. He says false propaganda harms American cars and appeals for understanding of India’s struggle, signing off as I Am Your Friend.
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Gandhi
Congress
Malaya
Singapore
India
Britain
Supreme Act of Justice
Great Britain
Steffan Awarded Damages in Fayetteville Case
George Steffan of High Point was awarded 1,000 actual damages and 500 punitive damages after a two day civil court trial in High Point Municipal Court over claims of faulty plumbing and negligence by H. B. Meiselman in a building where Steffan subleased cafe space. The defendant moved for a new trial, to be heard next Wednesday. In a separate civil matter, Maggie O'Brien was granted a divorce from Ralph O'Brien on grounds of two years separation.
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George Steffan
High Point
H. B. Meiselman
Steffan
Fayetteville
Maggie O’brien
Ralph O'Brien
Europe War Report Warns Against Overemphasis on Fronts
A wartime assessment argues that pressure on every possible front is futile and forces must be concentrated where they yield the most result. It notes production is strong by past standards but short of victory needs, and warns the war's decisive year hinges on breaking Russia, Britain's Middle East strength, or China's endurance, though odds remain uncertain. It adds a line about White being a recessive trait in some chicken breeds.
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Europe
Owl
OWT
Russia
Middle East
China
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