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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1949
Page
6
Iris Taylor, 26, awoke to smoke in Birmingham on June 6. She jumped from her bedroom floor to the floor below as flames weakened the connecting boards. She landed on a kitchen table in a shower of plaster and is hospitalized in shock.
A dense list of radio programs and times across KMLE 1440 and local ABC stations. Includes Kay Kyser Show, Ethel and Albert, Yukon adventure, veterans tribute, sports, News Mac Ward, and evening music blocks with Ella Man Time Elmer Davis and Hotel Stevens Orchestra.
Cornelius Gumbel a New Orleans investment broker died at his home in New Orleans after several years of illness He was 53 years old The death was reported on June 6 from the city to the paper
Biloxi Miss captured the annual Candler regatta with strong showings by the Mississippi Yacht Club. The club led after Sunday with 33 points, followed by Sarasota Florida 29 St Petersburg 24 and Bay Wave land Bay St Louis 24. Additional results included Fairhope Alabama 22 St Andrew Bay Panama City 19 and Gulfport Mobile Pensacola Southern New Orleans Pass Christian 11 Buccaneer Mobile 10.
A historical daily grid lists time slots for KWEBE and CBS programs from early evening to after midnight including Hunt Hunt News Winner Take All It's News To Me Laddie Serenade Harmie Smith In The Groove and many others with anchors like Edward R Murrow and Arthur Godfrey Theater coverage plus late news and music programs. It catalogs recurring shows such as My Friend Irma Lux Radio Theater Inner Sanctum and The Hayride Parade alongside local club broadcasts and weather forecasts.
A lingering note from the era states that temples in ancient Egypt and Babylon commonly doubled as banks. The practice reflected the era’s intertwined religious and financial life, with temples serving as storage and transfer points for valuables and grain.
A dense program lineup lists daytime to late night shows on KMFM 104.1 with Kay Kyser, Ethel and Albert, U P News, and various music and news blocks. Features include Challenge of the Yukon, Here's To Veterans, The Railroad Hour, and Ella Mae Time, followed by Henry J. Taylor News, Ellie Davis, and Lena Buck segments. Continuous entries denote times and program titles in a rolling daily schedule.
Eastern Local Time guidance notes that subtract one hour for Central and two hours for Mountain. Stations may shift relay times to fit local schedules. Last minute changes cannot be included in the feed.
A detailed listing of daily radio programming from 6:00 p.m. to midnight, featuring news, music, dramas, talk shows, and variety programs. Notable items include The Beulah Skit and Fulton Lewis Jr. at 7:00, Echoes from Tropics and Lone Ranger at 7:30, Inner Sanctum and Sherlock Holmes at 8:30, and My Friend Irma plus American Forum at 10:00. The schedule shows multiple networks CBS ABC MBS and regional repeats across Abe, Mbs, and West networks.
The station lists its daily lineup with 2:00 The 730 Club 2:55 Reports the News 3:09 Airlane Melodies 3:15 Here's to Veterans 3:30 Harlem On Parade 4:00 Auction Barn Pym 4:15 Juke Box Revue 5:00 Lazy A Play Boys 5:15 Sportsman 5:30 Sing For Your Supper 6:00 Final Edition News 6:15 Salon Serenade 4:30 Bill King Trio 6:55 Reports the News 7:00 Interlude 7:15 Sign Off.
A 23-year-old veteran, John C. McCann, pleaded innocent to murder in the death of nine-year-old Anne Marie Magnusson, found smothered under a blanket in an attic cedar chest after an alleged attempted rape. Buckley filed the plea as McCann, under psychiatric care, was held without bail for the grand jury.
In Prague on June 6 Archbishop Josef Beran denounced government plans to form a separate Czechoslovakian Catholic Church and insisted there can be no true church without the Vatican head. He warned negotiations are broken after state control threats over schools and parishes, while worshippers still offered coins at St Vitus Cathedral despite a church ban on collections.
Hollywood is reporting that Margaret OBrien will pause screen work due to her mother's marital troubles with orchestra leader Don Sylvia. Agent Vic Orsatti says the 12 year old will not voice Alice in Disney's Alice in Wonderland, citing distress.
Governor Earl K Long announced plans to call a special election in Rapides parish to fill the sheriff’s vacancy within days. He asked newspapers to assist in broad voter registration efforts.
C Allen Collier of the Louisianans at Louisiana College Pineville an eight voice choir heard coast to coast on radio networks directs singing for the Fairbanks Revival. He has toured many cities giving concerts.
Death notices from West Monroe and surrounding areas report the sudden passing of Granville Wink 52 a local mechanic with funeral services at First Baptist Church West Monroe with Masonic rites at Hasley Cemetery. Also listed are memorials for 20 month old Russell Spurlock child of SGT Spurlock and Mrs Spurlock whose body arrives in Illinois Central train, and for Mrs Rona Watts 70 of Jones with services at Jones Methodist Church and interment Zachery Cemetery. Additional line notes George W Montgomery 68 real estate agent of Delhi died in Vicksburg hospital with services at his residence.
Governor Earl K. Long urged station operators to rethink tomorrow’s Black Tuesday observance of the two cent gasoline tax rise. He noted retail gas prices in Louisiana around 30 to 32 cents and said highway funding needs should justify the tax, while mentioning federal aid and tidelands funds supporting road programs.
Monroe Rebekah Lodge No 66 will meet in the W O W hall Monday at 7 p.m with Mrs Mattie Edney noble grand presiding This will be next to the last meeting during the present attendance contest There is still time for either side to win There will also be election of officers for the ensuing term All members are urged to attend The new constitution and by laws will have its first reading at this time Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
At 5 p m Monday interment followed in the Delhi Masonic Cemetery under Mulhearn's Funeral Home direction. Ethel Insley Montgomery of Delhi, two nephews W R Spann and Howard Spann of Shreveport, and a niece Rosa Phillips of Shreveport are named. Pallbearers were Arthur Thomas Willie Coats Eldon Teweedle Tom Isley Maurice McKinney Audrey McKinney D A Randall.
Walter C. Minniecar announces Ouachita Parish schools summer band plan through June and July. Daily blocks include Advanced and Beginning grammar school bands, daily concert band sectionals, high school string orchestra rehearsals, and all parish students may attend free sessions. Tue Fri evenings host concert band rehearsals. a Friday 1 pm theory class is offered. Call 10616 for details.
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