Edwards decries radio giveaways as clutter on air
Ralph Edwards laments an overabundance of giveaway shows that lure listeners but threaten creator rights and charity funding. He blames NBC and the NAB for lax regulation, cites the $10,000,000 raised by Hush contests for Heart Association and March of Dimes, and defends the entertainment value of audience participation.
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Edwards
National Association of Broadcasters
Merine
Colo
NBC
The
Heart Association
March of Dimes
Toupeed Quizzer
Printer Vacancy in U S Position
The U S civil service commission announces an examination for a printer proofreader for the Government Printing Office in Washington D C. Pay is 2.12 per hour. Applicants must pass a written test and have either five years as a proofreader or five years as a printer plus two as proofreader. Applications due for early consideration by January 3 1949 in Washington.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Government Printing Office
Washington
D. C
Commission
J. L. Haynes
Monroe
Civil Service Regional
Okaloosa Homemakers Club Plans Christmas Party
The Okaloosa Future Homemakers Club met at the home economics department with Laura Luttrell leading a talk on The Spirit of Giving and Frances Johnson describing An Old Fashioned Christmas. They finalized plans for a December 22 party and for delivering Christmas boxes to a needy family and Conway Hospital’s children's ward.
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Okaloosa Future Homemakers Club
Laura Luttrell
Frances Johnson
Conway Hospital
Elaine Golson
Christine Clampit
Eloise Mobley
Ovie Fuller
Betty Fuller
Betty Fleming
Fannie Sue Frith
Faye George
Faye Burton
Nellie Ruth Martin
Betty Sullivan
Poles Return from France in Postwar Repatriation
Tens of thousands of Poles who left for work in France before the war are returning. Government figures show 53,838 had returned between July 1946 and October 1948, with an additional 10,063 displaced Poles repatriated from France.
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Warsaw
Poland
France
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