Radio Highlights and Network Program Shifts Across Stations
Radio schedule rundown shows WJSV shifting Death Valley Days to Columbia with The Old Ranger narrator. Listings note Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America begins network life on WISV and multiple programs across WMAL, WRC, WISV, and others, including Abbott and Costello, Bing Crosby, Rudy Vallee, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with various morning and evening lineups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WJSV
Death Valley
Abbott and Costello
Tire Shortage Fears Prompt Driving Forces to Quality
Motorists brace for rubber limits as government curtails non-defense rubber use to build stockpiles. George T Barnsley warns premium tires remain best value, urging careful consumption while ensuring long lasting tires for American cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Barnsley
General Tire
Office of Production Management
Washington
Far East
Barnsley
Nathaniel Kern Enlisted in Naval Reserve as Apprentice Seaman
Nathaniel Russel Kern son of R. D. Kern has enliste d in the naval reserve as an apprentice seaman in class V6 after final examination at the main station in Baltimore. He trains with the regular Navy recruit and is currently at the naval training station in Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Nathaniel Russel Kern
R. D. Kern
Baltimore
Naval Reserve
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Rainfall totals and averages from Winchester region data
Present and past rainfall figures list 24 hour, month, and year to date totals. 1913 to 1939 period averages show annual rainfall of 35.80 inches with monthly breakdowns and long term precipitation statistics credited to the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Clarke County Trial Justice Court Convictions List
Clarke County heard several convictions this week in the Trial Justice Court. Ted May and Richard Priest were fined for drunkenness, John Stuart also fined, and Myrtle Presgreaves paid for no male dog license. Kenneth Goode penalized for hit and run driving. George Popkins faces fines for unlawful fishing devices and for selling fish, plus jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Trial Justice Court of
Clarke County
Ted May
Richard Priest
John Stuart
Myrtle Presgreaves
Kenneth Goode
George Popkins
Hoover Declines Public Office Again
Former President Herbert Hoover reiterates in a public telegram that he will never again accept public office. The message responds to a New York Daily News editorial proposing him as a non interventionist candidate and cites his age as a factor in his decision.
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Hoover
New York
Herbert Hoover
Raymond
Richmond
New York Daily News
New York Ily News
Henry Potter Tracks Armed Gunman Through Storm
Henry Potter and John Jones pursue a rifleman after a close brush, tracing footprints through wet pasture and a tunnel. The pair persevere despite rain and danger, moving toward the old railroad tunnel where the suspect is believed to lie hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Baker Farm
Pop
John Jones
Jones
Mrs. Potter
Richard
Mr. Potter
Harkness Place
King House
Hans Svenson
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Uncle Toby
WMAL
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Jean Marie Baudet
National Education Association
Eve Curie
Mr. Keen
B’khage
Howard News
Fred Waring
News of World
Xavier Cugat
Rhumba Revue
Fannie Brice
Frank Morgan
Aldrich
D. Courtney
WISV
Amos ‘N
Andy
Lanny Ross
Your Marriage Club
Death Valley Day
Paderewski
Bing Crosby
Music Hall
Ted Steeler
Montreal
Symphony
Education C
Rogers’ Orch
Major ' Bowes
Rudy Vallee
Glenn Miller
Barrymore
Starlight
Edwin C. Hill
Hale Boggs
Arch McDonalds
Starlight Music
Roof
Modern
R. Michael
Spts
Night Club of Music
Abe Lyman
Wilson
Orch
Les Brown
Chic Young
Blondie
U. S
Patent Office
Big Sister
Tlkei
Thimble Theater
Pope YE
BY Les Forgrave
Sonny
Etta Kett
Stewart James
Secret Agent X-9
Becks
Tua
Davy Jones
BY Paul Robinson
Muggs and
Skeeter
GAN
Dad
Tome
Robert Storm
Wally
Gramps
Nathaniel Kern
United States
Baker’s Drug Store
Moling & Cather Dial
Timberlake
Palace
Richard Houghton
Ives
Professor Bisbee
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