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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
12
A dense listings page outlines daily station programming across shows and times from morning to late night. It lists news blocks, soap operas, variety programs, musicals, sports, and public affairs on KNOE with multiple hosts, guests, and sponsors.
A fragmented radio listings page shows a sequence of local program slots across Ark-La-Tex stations. Entries include the Wilburn Family Farm News Zeb Turner Sammy Barnhart Clyde Baum Johnny & Jack Harmie Smith-Ease and Bob Shipley with various start times and hosts, reflecting a late era local broadcasting schedule.
A historical radio lineup lists daily programs from 5:15 PM to 3:00 PM including Farm News, Hillbilly Round-Up, Coffee Time Probies, News Round-Up, Bee-Bop Show, Martin Agronsky, Listen Neighbor, Hillbilly Hit Parade, Breakfast Club, My True Story, Meet the Band, Fasy Aces, Modern Romances, Jack Hunt and His Boys, Curly Fox and Texas Ruby, Louisiana Highlights, All-Star Dance Band, One Man's Opinion, Bill Nettles and His Boys, Bankage Talking, Paul Whiteman Show, U. P. News, The Smile Program, Breakfast in Hollywood, Bride and Groom Show, 1440 Club, Ladies Be Seated, Ted Malone, and 1440 Club.
Network programs lists include time zones and caution about time adjustments. The note explains EST base, subtract one hour for CST and subtract two for MST, mentions local stations may shift relay times, and states last minute changes cannot be included. It serves as a scheduling disclaimer rather than a program item.
Radio listings for Friday December 16 outline a dense schedule across networks CBS ABC NBC and more. It includes news newscasts sports hours variety programs dramas comedies music talk and dance bands from 6:00 pm to past midnight with multiple repeats and regional notes. It lists specific show titles such as Frank Sinatra Beulahs Skit Lone Ranger Drama Henry Morgan Show The Goldbergs and Meet the Press among others.
The Bastrop station lists a full day of programming from 4:45 AM to sign off, including Farm Fair, Alarm Clock Club, First Edition News, Hit of the Day, Morning Devotions, Love Letters & Songs, Drifting On a Cloud, News segments, Jan Garber and Duke of Paducah performances, Eddy Arnold Show, South America Take It Away, Inside Story, Music From Hollywood, Here’s To Vets, Bastrop Auction Barn, Louisiana Ramblers, and Sports News, with local airing blocks and guest artists scheduled through 4:00 PM and a closing sign off.
Polish press agency under British intelligence orders allegedly organized a tight spy and saboteur network. On trial in Wroclaw are Basil Bousikow a French messenger, Yvonne Bassaler a French stenographer, Joseph Feldersen and Albert Hoffman both Frenchmen, Jan Kusiabik a Pole linked to the illegal home army, and Wilhelm Hild a German who provided Polish mine product samples amid uranium search efforts near Czechoslovak mines.
An 11 year old Bettty Lee of Bonny River Canada asked Santa for a walker for her crippled brother. Her letter, tied to a Christmas tree cut for shipment and found by New Orleans truckmen led by Andrew J. Leither to raise 90 dollars for the walker and to push a fund drive to send gifts to the family in Canada.
In Fort Worth Eisenhower warns of growing public bewilderment over postwar hopes and foreign threats while insisting he will not become a candidate. Truman calls them good friends and says he has no objection to anyone running. press secretary Ross notes the remarks as not indicating a candidacy.
Ross refused to start or end any boom and said he was merely reporting facts he knew. He noted the Key West coverage embarrassed General Eisenhower, but insisted no White House official action had occurred. The president walked early and, with Hassett, used the USS Williamsburg to settle month name questions.
A cold snap drove temperatures to season lows across Louisiana and Mississippi. West Point Miss. registered 18 degrees, with Laurel Hattiesburg and Jackson Miss. at 24 to 25 degrees and other towns from Shreveport to New Orleans recording freezing readings. Frost damaged unprotected plants as winds whipped through the region. The Weather Bureau forecast more cold weather tonight but cloud cover should keep readings above last night. Canada is half again as large as the United States.
Jesse Franklin McDaniel, 83, died at his son's Ferriday home after a short illness. A plantation owner since 1938, he will be buried in Sicily Island after services at Young's Funeral Chapel, with pallbearers Roy Gallup, Elbert Ray Belcher, Elzy Saxton, Sylvester Saxton, Carl Rials and Benny Bryant. He is survived by son E. L. McDaniel of Ferriday, two daughters Mrs. Eva Cunningham of Birmingham and Mrs. Peral Gallup of Baton Rouge, plus five grandchildren.
Charles Wheeler a prominent Hebert planter aged 75 died suddenly from a heart attack in a store near Mangham at 12 30 p m Wednesday Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of his daughter He is survived by his wife Lonnie Wheeler three sons Charles A and A C Hebert Alex Monroe seven daughters Mary Climick Shreveport Willie Wil ford Los Angeles Hazel Fulford Delhi Agnes Myers Corpus Christie Dorothy Crumpler New Mexico Beatrice Kelly San Francisco Dottie Glascow Memphis Tenn 26 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Hall Funeral Home
Elmo Hale 3 of Calhoun and Mary Bell Coleman 40 of Monroe. Robert C. Woods 20 and Mary Ruth arbin Scott 20, both of Monroe. Jesse L. White Jr 21 and Helen C. Johns 22, both of Monroe. Rube B. Owens 22 and Margueritte Helen Adams Simpson 21, both of Shreveport.
Public scarcity sparks a wave of shaving bans and water saving ads. Male Parents Magazine staff pledge not to shave to conserve water for infant formula and sterilizing bottles. A Westchester estate offers 54 million gallons of water from a private lake while razor firms urge cutbacks. Barber shops ban shaving as industries fear rationing and fines rise for water wasters.
London reports British objections threaten a US UK arms aid pact. Britain may contribute no more than 20 million dollars of the bil l ion dollar Atlantic program while France would receive the largest aid. The draft ties US troops in Britain to mutual lending and restricts transferring American gear outside the north Atlantic area, prompting Malaya and Hong Kong concerns. Negotiations continue in Washington.
Chicago police received a tip about a bingo hall on Shakespeare Ave. A large group of men gathered inside and a door peephole blocked entry. A guard admitted only those who knew the password, prompting a police response to potential illegal gambling.
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