Phil Baker Admits He Cannot Answer $64 Questions
CBS quiz host Phil Baker says he would not appear on Information Please to answer brainteasers, claiming he never learned the material in public school. He recalled errors on the air, including mistaking W C Fields for Bill Fields and failing to recall the word dean. In a vivid moment, a contestant proposed to his girlfriend and won Baker’s $64 when she said yes, inviting him to the wedding.
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William W. Wade
International News Service
New York
Phil Baker
Baker
CBS
W. C. Fields
Bill Fields
Dean
Fred Pelz
Utica
N. Y
Pelz
Madeline Caballero
Madeline
Soldier named Mudd endures jokes about his name in Panama
Cpl. William J. Mudd of Hannibal Missouri, stationed with the Panama Canal Artillery Command, says his name is no laughing matter. Marines recount teasing from a sergeant and teammates calling him dirt and water or Muddy, Swampy, or Mudd, with his parents listed at 2107 Chestnut St Hannibal. The piece notes the postal savings system started in 1910.
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Cpl. Mudd
Panama Canal Department
Sept
INS
Panama Canal Artillery Command
Mudd
Cpl
William J. Mudd
Hannibal
Adolph L
Mud
Coast Artilleryman
George Thurman Mudd
Chestnut St
Radio Schedule Highlights Evening 13 Sept Eastern War Time
An extensive rundown of network programs and serials from 6:30 pm to 1:15 am including Just Plain Bill Captain Tim Healy Jack Armstrong and Dick Tracy repeats. Variety shows News reports sports and dramatic serials feature across ABC CBS NBC and mutual outlets.
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Cimarron Tavern
Jack Armstrong
Abc-East
Tim lLieal
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
Cbs
Walter Kiernan
Abe-East
Terry
Abe-West
Howe
Answers
Mbs-West
Guatermalan Jreh
Abec
Pan-America
Cbes
Dick Tracy
Abc-West
Tim Healy
Mbs
Abe
Philo Vance
Nbe
Mr. Keen
Cba
cbs-Dixie
Nbc
Arthur Hale
Kaltenborn
Adventures of
Topper
Sam and
Abner
Earl Godwin
Dinah Shore
Cbs America Town Meeting
Abe Austha Christie
Horton & Music Hall
Abe Andre Kostefinetz
Gabriel Heatgrand
Jack Haley
Variey
Abe Bas
Dave Elmandbhe van Cleaves
Ahtoninicombs
Abe Ee Eh
Alrenbe
Navy
Abe Arch Order
Rudy Vallee
Aoe
Larry Douglas
Abe Chicago
Ration Roundup Update on Fats Meats Sugars and Shoes
Wartime ration notices outline stamp validity for fats and meats through fall 1941 dates with multiple cutoffs. It confirms 2 red points per pound of used fats and sugar stamp 38 valid through December for five pounds while stamp 37 is bypassed. Shoes stamps remain valid indefinitely with airplane stamps 1 2 2 and 4. OPA has no plans to cancel these stamps.
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OPA
One Minute Test Answers From Etiquette And Wisdom
The guide asks where to look for a cardinal point on a compass, where beige originated from beige unbleached cotton or wool, and what symbol a drug store uses a mortar and pestle.
Coast Guardsman Teaches English To German Pet
Le Havre France dispatch reports Coast Guardsman Woodrow McNickle teaches his four month old German pup basic English while aboard a troop transport. The dog, acquired in Essen Germany, responds to Ein plot nehmen. The piece also notes a brief history of the Boston Post Road beginning in 1672 with colonial governors Lovelace and Winthrop.
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LE Havre
France
INS
Woodrow McNickle
Coast
Essen
Germany
McNickle
Boston Post Road
Lovelace
New York
Winthrop
Massachusets
France Not Yet Ready For Tourists Or Immigrants
Paris report from INS correspondent Lowell Bennett describes France postwar hardship in Le Havre with shortages, damaged infrastructure, and scarce services. He highlights the city’s unpreparedness to welcome foreign visitors or provide labor for recovery, noting scarce housing, food on black market, high prices, and an uncertain path to normal life.
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France
Lowell Bennett
Paris
INS
le Havre
Accidental Death Toll Dropped 500
The national safety council reports 1944 accident facts showing 17 500 on the job deaths, 1 800 000 injuries, and broad wartime losses. It notes 95 000 all accident deaths and 9 800 000 injuries, with large economic costs and time losses. Congress established post offices and post routes in 1782.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Congress
States
Texans Grow Bananas At Home Amid Shortage
In San Antonio J C Jones cultivated 12 bananas on an 11 foot tree started in March 1944 in his yard. A Fort Worth man also reports a private banana crop despite the grocery store shortage.
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San Antonio
Texa
INS
J. C. Jones
Fort Worth
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