Radio Mediation Board Delivers Absurd Domestic Tales
A humorous broadcast features case studies from a domestic mediation panel with odd couples including a 32 year courtship, a 70 year old mother, and a quarrel over furniture and coal. Mediation humor lampoons postwar domestic life and wartime tropes.
Marine Flier Survives 72 Days At Sea In Guadalcanal Tale
Combat correspondents recount Sergeant Bill Coffeen's 72 day ordeal after his plane crashed near Henderson Field. He survived storms, hunger, and malaria while paddling between small islands, aided by natives, until rescue. The piece also notes the death of Sergeant Gilbert Henze in a separate rescue incident.
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Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Bill Coffeen
Shaggy
Lean
William S. Coffeen Jr
North Lotus Street
Chicago
Naval Base
Coffeen
Henderson Field
Kolombangara
Choiseul Islands
Coconut Grove Island
Solomon Developing Company
Sydney
Australia
the Nasay
Mae West
Stages Screenradio Highlights Service Shows Abroad
Virginia Vale reports on entertainers like Bo Hawk Bob and Lucille Ball supporting troops with varied acts. Stars including Lena Horne Renee Terry and Red Skelton promise new films songs and stages with CBS MGM and RKO projects. Bergen Crosby Hope Evans and others plan special previews and Navy Army Marine audiences.
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MGM
Lena Horne
Red Skelton
Eleanor Powell
Moonlight Sinatra
Loy Returns to Hollywood in The Thin Man Goes Home
Myrna Loy ends a year without films to co star with William Powell in The Thin Man Goes Home. Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O Shea lead Hunt Strombergs Lady of Burlesque at military hospitals. A Chamber Music Society card asks visitors to name three celebrities they want on the program. Lyn Bari, borrowed from Fox, appears as a glamorous dancer in The Bridge of San Luis Rey for United Artists.
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Myrna Loy
Hollywood
William Powell
Hunt Stromberg
Barbara Stanwyck
Michael O'Shea
Chamber Music Society
Lower Basin Street
Lyn Bari
20Th Century Fox
United Artists
San Luis Rey
Old buffet mirrored with lamps and muslin curtains
A long mirror with side tables becomes a dressing spot. The old buffet’s turned legs are repurposed as lamps with electric fixtures. cream muslin covers the lamp shades and base. The note mentions a book series with full stories and making directions for related items.
Dispute Between Strong Man and Farmer Ends Abruptly
A boastful challenger rode to a farmer's yard to prove strength. The farmer grabbed him, threw him into the road, then asked for his horse. The intruder, recovering, requested to have his horse thrown to him, ending the confrontation.
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Mr. Baggs
Harry Kowal
Camp Blanding
Arlene
Mussolini
Africa
Crater
Vesuvius
Hitler
Sergeant
United States Marine Corps
William J. Coffeen Jr
Harry Bolser
Pen T. Johnson
Munda
Henderson
R. L. Vroome
Gilbert Henze
State Center
Iowa
Henze
U. S. Naval Hospital
Mare Island
California
Hillside Cemetery
Sergeant Gilbert Henze
Sergt
William I. Coffeen Jr
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Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Bo Hawk
CBS
Hawk
Bob
Lucille Ball
Eddie Cantor
du Barry
Sammy Kaye
Peggy O'Neill
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Metro
Renee Terry
Bright Horizons
New York
Frank Sinatra
RKO
Bob Hope
England
Sicily
Iceland
Bing Crosby
States
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Bergen
Songstress
Dale Evans
Los Angeles
South Pacific
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Seoalate
Lequin
Nitragin CO
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Milwaukee
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