Radio stars and cinema milestones span decades in early broadcasts
A collage of entertainment notes highlights Kate Smith’s 15 years on CBS radio and Warner Bros plans for a 20th anniversary of talking pictures. It notes Cecil Roy’s versatile voice work, Nan Merriam’s NBC contract leap, Evelyn Knight’s aspirin locket tale, and odds and ends from film and radio culture, including Gene Kelly and Van Johnson party trivia.
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CBS
Kate Smith
Warner Bros
Talking Pictures
Warner Theater
New York
Nan Merriam
National Federation of Music Clubs
NBC
Columbia Pictures
Gene Kelly
Emmett Kelly
Metro
van Johnson
Van
Quest of Honor
Janis Paige
Morale Lift as OPA Drops Price Controls
The OPA ends price controls on hammocks fly swatters decorative sofa pillows pocket knives and thermometers boosting morale. The move is hailed as a major convenience for Americans and may shift political tides toward the Truman administration.
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OPA
Pearl Harbor
Truman
National Game and Baseball Proximity to Politics
The article notes the Mexican cry at opening games and reports President Truman receiving free passes to major league games. It also states the Big Three meetings are likely postponed to next winter.
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Ima Dodo
Mexico
Truman
Favorite Stars and Humorous Snippets From The Era
John Kieran cites Kate Hepburn as a favorite with a playful jab about celery chewing. The Autobiography of William Allen White recalls a childhood sweetheart Agnes Reilly and a spring wagon ride with vivid, tender memory. A light note on Ima Dodo and a printed newspaper on a radio set reflects changing media.
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John Kieran
Kate Hepburn
William Allen White
Agnes Reilly
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Western
Virginia Vale
Mutual
Stan Fritts
Elizabeth
N. J
Cecil Roy
Evelyn Knight
Lanny Ross
Brazil
Ralph Edwards
Buster Roos
Ralph
American Cancer Society
Kelloggs
Kellogg's
America
U. N
G. I
Shin Princiss Seicakaure
Kasy
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Fleischmann
Aiea
TNA
Ra le Egula I Price
Firestone
Firestone Research
Gié
the Speedway
NBC Network
The
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
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