The Halloween Party on WKTV and Saturday Sports Lineup
WKTV airs The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet The Halloween Party at 8 with the Nelsons and neighbor Thornberry John Brown as Thornberry Tomorrow features a grid clash UCLA vs Purdue from Lafayette Indiana at 1 15 p m with Wismer Gibbons announcing The La Crosse Superior game at 7 40 p m hosted by Charlie Kearns Color by John Stevens Sponsored by Pure Food Ice Cream Ora's Shoe Store Music Hall Varieties at 8 30 hosted by Kearns reviving KEARNS era vaudeville stars.
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Education Notes and Advice From 1950s Musings
A local column by John F. Dille Co. offers practical thoughts on schooling and math. It cites a Fond du Lac study showing 80 of 220 graduates planned college but many were not top performers. It argues smart students may still fail in college and urges aligning paths to strengths. The piece also discusses handwriting guidance for children and the view of mathematics as an art.
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Radio Schedule Highlights Top Name Acts and News
Program listings show Al L Warner Vaughn Monroe Gene Autry and Dennis Day with a mix of sports news and dance orchestra performances. Notable segments include Your Hit Parade and a dance orchestra lineup alongside Harm Hedda Hopper updates and a first piano quartet.
No School Room In Australia Delays Kindergarten
Thousands of children in Australia cannot enter kindergarten and day nurseries due to insufficient accommodation and staff, Melbourne reports highlighting a growing access problem for early education services.
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Australia
Melbourne
Sugar price fuels car boom in Cuba as dealers report clean floors
Favorable sugar prices have boosted Cuba's economy, leading planters to buy new cars and leaving dealer floors largely empty of fresh models.
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Cuba
Name Conscious Chiefs of Northwest Coast Potlatch Traditions
Northwest Coast Kwakiutl chiefs spoke of name value at feasts called potlatches on Vancouver Island. Chiefs bought copper with blankets, burned valuable goods to prove wealth, and medicine men faced risks when treating the sick as deaths could stain a healer’s record.
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Yaquatelis
Vancouver Island
True Adventure Stories leaflet offered by Uncle Ray
A newspaper offers to mail a free True Adventure Stories leaflet about aviators explorers and big game hunters to any reader who requests it with a stamped self addressed envelope. Send requests to Uncle Ray care of the newspaper.
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Uncle Ray
Spike Jones Sings Baby Brother on WKTY Timekeeper
Disk Jockey John Hancock promotes Spike Jones and his RCA Victor 45 Mommy Won t You Buy A Baby Brother on WKTV at 7 45 am. George Rock provides the vocal hook and fans are urged to buy the hit. ED Hanson plans a Wisconsin football road trip totaling about 7000 miles for UW games.
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Radio Spotlight Plans Three Hour Election Broadcast
WKBH will air a three hour election night broadcast on November 7 beginning with Nelson's 10:00 news and NBC returns across the nation. Robert Trout will be chief news announcer with regional returns in five minute segments. The program mirrors 1948 coverage with WKBH staff compiling regional results. LIFE OF RILEY airs at 9:00 on WKBH NBC where William Bendix plays Riley hiding a broken vase and ruined cake.
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