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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1949
Page
8
A NBC program titled Radio in Review Dragnet presents police cases from Los Angeles files. The review notes its authenticity and calm, methodical detectives, who prefer thorough pursuit and eventual conviction over flashy heroics. The piece contrasts Dragnet with earlier depictions of cops and praises its realistic approach.
A radio reviewer contrasts authentic police work with dramatic crime shows like Dragnet, noting the monotony and ethics of surveillance. The piece previews upcoming programs including a Chamber of Commerce talk, baseball broadcasts, and TV radio dramas featuring Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Maggie Teyte, and new mystery series Murder by Experts with times and stations listed.
Broadcast schedule lists Vice President Barkley address at 4 30 over MLB WHK Ruth Webb Navy clerk applications interview at 5 30 over WAND Brady's Leap on The Ohio Story at 6 30 over WHBC Bill Lawrence on Supper Club at 7 over NBC Walter Hampden in Footlights on the Frontier at 8 over NBC WTAM Inner Sanctum feature The Curious Corpse at 8 over CBS WGAR Stephen Foster tale on The Railroad Hour at 8 over ABC WHBC recording of the annual Mas-
A roundup of broadcast notices and showbiz happenings includes a Flag Day program on WAND with Bing Crosby and others, a CBS WGAR discussion about a British article, and Broadway chatter. Highlights include Bob Hope flying to New York for Sorrowful Jones, John Golden hosting Leo G Carroll at Sardi's, and humorous notes about dueling gargantua and M'Toto. Additional items mention Nat Karson's Hamlet trip, Eliot Elisofon’s Pacific tours with Micronesian islanders, and a rehearsal critique from Berlin and Hart on Miss Liberty.
WEWS will air the Cleveland Indians versus Detroit Tigers game at 8 30 this evening. The telecast brings Major League action to local viewers with both clubs seeking a win.
Burr Tillstrom, creator of Kukla Fran and Ollie, will mark ten years in television by signing an NBC exclusive rights contract for radio and television. Norman Corwin writes a CBS documentary Citizens of the World to air as an hour-length show July 10. Dick Powell plans a weekly dramatic video series.
1. "I value your patron age above any other" misuses patron age. should be patronage as one word. 2. Extricable is pronounced with the first syllable stress. 3. Oscilate is misspelled. correct is oscillate. 4. Proneness means inclination of mind heart or temper. 5. Halcyon means calm peaceful.
Dr. R P Link of the University of Illinois warns that it is surprisingly easy to poison livestock accidentally. He lists 11 farm chemicals that are especially dangerous, including lead from painted surfaces, rat and woodchuck poisons, insect sprays, grasshopper bait, and treated grain.
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