Miller radio dramas praised as three dimensional works
Arthur Miller once wrote radio dramas noted for vivid three dimensional characters and bold storytelling. A recruiting piece for merchant seamen, The Story of Gus, shows his ability to adapt any reading matter into compelling drama, a talent rival network executives once censored as Too much character.
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Arthur Miller
Miller
John Crosby
Radio
Joseph Liss
Stella Dallas
Einstein
Gus
Atlantic
Radio programs tonight with variety music and drama
On the Air Tonight features Edwin L. Foseley on The Ohio Story at 6:30 WHBEC. The Merry Widow on The Railroad Hour at 8 ABC WHBC with Jeanette MacDonald and Gordon MacRae. Dorothea Dix tale on Journey Among the Lost at 8 NBC WTAM with Jean Arthur. Let’s Go to the Met at 9 ABC WHBC with Gianni Schicchi and Salome excerpts starring Frances Greer and Thomas Hayward. Robert Casadesus plays Schumann on Telephone Hour at 9 NBC WTAM. Red River radio drama at 9 CBS WGAR with John Wayne Joanne Dru and Walter Brennan. Plus two short stories A Passion in the Desert and Some Chinese Ghosts.
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Edwin L. Foseley
Bowling Green University
Ohio
WHBEC
Franz Lehar
Abc-Whbc
Jeanette MacDonald
Gordon MacRae
Dorothea Dix
Nbc-Wtam
Jean Arthur
Met
Gianni Schicchi
Red River
Cbs-Wgar
Radio Theater
Television News and Evening Schedule Highlights
The listing outlines a Monday TV lineup with programs from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. including Distaff Uncle Jake's House Small Fry Club Lucky Pup Vincent Lopez News Earl Wrightson News Nat's Barn Dance The Goldbergs Morey Amsterdam and boxing at 10:00 p.m.
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Jake
Vincent Lopez
Earl Wrightson
Get More Out of Life Moves to 10 45 A M on ABC WHBC
The program Get More Out of Life has shifted to a 10 45 a m time slot on ABC WHBC effective this week. The change updates the station's daytime schedule and replaces the previous airing time.
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Sammy Kaye
Spade Colley
Abc-Whbc
Preview to Feature Wealthy Tycoons in Billion Dollar Glee Club
Tex and Jinx McCrary host the Premiere of Billion Dollar Glee Club on CBS WEWS at 8. Janet Blair stars in Mr Bell's Creation on On Broadway at 8 30 over WNBK. Karl and Harry Kentucky mountaineers appear on Barn Dance ABC WEWS at 8 30. Guy Spaull leads The Girl on Theater Hour WNBK at 9.
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Jinx McCrary
Cbs-Wews
Janet Blair
Mr. Bell
WNBK
Karl and
Harry
Abc-Wews
Guy Spaull
Poole’s Paradise Star Offers Life Size Portrait Prize
Bob Poole, star of Poole's Paradise, wins first prize in a caricature contest and offers his life size portrait. Norman Corwin to write CBS documentary due in June on global living and thinking standards. It's Your Life wins bronze at 1948 Advertising Awards for radio's social impact. New York football promoters bar TV for next season games.
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Bob Poole
New York
Philadelphian Wife Wins 35250 Radio Prize on Stop the Music
Benjamin Hubert and his wife Julie of Philadelphia become the center of attention as Julie Hubert wins 35380 prize on Stop the Music by identifying The Navy and the Army Army and the Navy. The win triggers a burst of calls and a crowd cheering outside their nine room Wilmington Del home. Police were called to manage the mob.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Hubert
Hubert
Julie
American Broadcasting Co
Wilmington
Del
Navy
Army
Hove
Isotopes Ship From Oak Ridge To Researchers
Radio isotopes produced in peacetime by the Atomic Energy Commission are air expressed from Oak Ridge Tennessee to doctors and scientists across the United States. Their short half life requires delivery within 12 to 18 hours.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Hearing Opens On Postal Hike
The House post office committee invited Postmaster General Donaldson to present the administration plan for a 253 million dollar postal rate increase. Major rises target newspapers magazines and advertising matter while postcard stamps would move to two cents. Additional boosts cover parcel post money orders and registered insured mail with publishers paying a large share in year one and year two.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Donaldson
C.co.d
Truman
Post Office Department
Federal postal workers challenge loyalty program in court
Twenty six postal employees sue to halt loyalty proceedings and reinstate suspended workers. Named defendants include Attorney General Clark and Postmaster General Donaldson plus civil service loyalty board members. Plaintiffs, part of the Federal Employee Defense Committee, claim violations of the First, Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Amendments.
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O. John Rogge
Clark
Donaldson
Civil Service Commission
Loyalty Review Board
Post Office Loyalty Board
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Plainfield
N. J
Detroit
New Jersey
New York
Federal Employee Defense Committee
Dancing seen as cure for stuttering by Harvard doctor
Cambridge Harvard neurologist Dr Edward Cole says jitterbug and dancing aid stutterers by relaxing vocal muscles. He frames talking as a motor act and suggests rhythmic exercise as therapy.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Edward Cole
Daily Pattern ANNE ADAMS housedress pattern
The ad promotes a sun ready housedress pattern by ANNE ADAMS, highlighting easy sewing and laundering. Pattern 4884 offers size 12 to 20 and 40 for a 36 inch fabric with about 4 1 2 yards. Send 25 cents to The Canton Repository Pattern Dept. at 243 West 17th St New York NY.
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Anne Adams
Canton Repository
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Navy to Launch Rockets Off South American Coast
The Navy reports upper atmosphere rocket tests will move to sea with the seaplane tender Norton Sound headed toward South America. Three rockets will be launched from off Peru and Panama to study cosmic rays and magnetism to aid long range radio transmissions. Destroyers Anderson and Agerholm will track the flights by radar.
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Navy
Norton Sound
South America
White Sands
N. M
Peru
North Sound
Panama
Anderson
Agerholm
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