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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1949
Page
18
A reflective column critiques TV commercials shaping buying habits, from domestic soap opera scenes with Vel detergent to violent razor blade clashes and Maxwell House coffee theatrics. The piece notes the emotional pull and humor, warning of pervasive persuasive techniques across formats.
Atlantic Pact signing coverage scheduled across networks at 4 30 PM with WHBC recording and rebroadcast at 10 30 PM President Truman to speak after brief by Secretary of State Acheson WAND launches a weekly quiz at 6 30 PM featuring Lions and Rotary clubs Easter Seal drive as topic Lions team includes Weber Booker Koenreich and Weaver Rotary team lists Harter Black Heald Parkinson Ohio Best Teacher Contest winner announced on WTAM at 7 45 PM Canton area winner Glenna Lou Johnson RD 3 will name Mrs William Boyd 2223 30th St NE fourth grade Pleasant View School recipient to receive gold pin and scroll Irene Dunne stars in Citi
Daily lineup lists Nil Atlantic Pact at 3:00 and 5:30 Uncle Jake s House. Programs include Kukla Fran and the News at 7:00 7:45 Poster Contest 7:30 News 8:00 Nat s Barn Dance 9:00 The Goldbergs 10:00 Boxing and Coming Attractions at 12:00.
An old newspaper snippet promotes a diet plan using Rennel and fruit juice as a fat loss aid. It claims vitamins alone don’t reduce weight and urges overweight women to avoid strenuous dieting while following the suggested regimen. The advisory hints at managing hunger moments during weight loss.
The writer recalls dining with Guy Lombardo at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Lombardo’s beginnings trace to Cleveland via booking agent Mike Shea who named the Royal Canadians. The group, now touring Akron, records frequently, with a new title Everywhere You Go touted by Lombardo as forecasted popular.
Gurdip Rand Hawia, a Cornell graduate student from Punjab, and Niagara County tomato growers developed a hormone spray that keeps tomato blooms from dropping when night temperatures drop. In other notes, a bridge hand analysis explains overcalls and bids, while Elmira, New York, is named for a settler’s daughter whose name echoed in the valley.
Kirk Douglas will appear as a guest on the Magazine of the Air program, broadcast at 10 30 over ABC WHBC, bringing a feature segment to the station's schedule.
Richard Rodgers will introduce Broadway stars on Preview at 8 over CBS WEWS. Edward Everett Horton stars in Goodnight Please on On Broadway at 8:30 over WNBK. Right of Way will be presented on Theater Hour at 9 over WNBK.
The opening session of the United Nations General Assembly at Flushing Meadows New York will be carried over CBS WEWS at 11 a.m. and at 2 45 p.m. over WNBK.
A new TV series titled One Night Stand is planned to present condensed versions of famous bands shows. Musical names signed include Gene Krupa Jimmy Dorsey Count Basie Charlie Spivak and Woody Herman. A Stop the Music TV version will debut May 5 on ABC.
In San Jose April 4 AP reports Costa Rica’s second revolt in four months was crushed by Joe Figueres, head of the military junta. War minister Edgar Cardona seized two army barracks and pressed for canceling bank nationalization laws and a 10 percent capital tax, demanding resignations of finance and labor ministers. Barracks at Bellavista fell after dawn. Government mortars hit rebels as casualties mounted. The Figueres faction said the country was quiet with popular support for Figueres and president-elect Otilio Ulate Blanco.
C B Baldwin of New York national secretary of the Progressive party arrives in Cleveland to arrange a speech by Henry A Wallace on April 30. Wallace travels with Senator Michele Gina of Italy Pierre Cot of the French Chamber of Deputies and Lester Hutchinson of the British House of Commons.
North Canton Jaycees honor the North Canton High School basketball team and coach Clyde Red Vanaman, semifinalists in the state tournament, as guests of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Tuesday at 6 30 p m at Willowdale Country Club. Speakers include WHBC sportscaster Jim Muzz observer Bill Karrenbauer Mayor Guy Price and Raymond Trachsel superintendent. George Armour will be toastmaster.
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