Radio Highlights and Guest Performers Schedule
Radio listings detail 7:05 p m lectures on coal supply labor. Lawrence Tibbett guest soloist with Sunset Symphony performing Verdi Otello arias and other pieces. TV/Radio guests include Judy-New sketch with Louise Erickson replacement for Eddie Cantor. Dini Falkenburg visits Stage Door Canteen. Jean Tennyson and Jan Peerce perform Schubert songs. Rep Sol Bloom and A Eaton discuss postwar peace. Frank Knox and Hollywood figures featured. late programs include Drumbeat of music and talk across WMAL WRC WTOP schedules.
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This Is the Army
Rudy Vallee Coast Guard
Freeing James for a Grable Union Set in Juarez
Mrs. Harry James travels to El Paso aiming to secure a Mexican divorce so her husband can wed Betty Grable. Twentieth Century Fox says Grable plans to marry James in Las Vegas after train bookings and a Juarez divorce. A Hollywood source notes the couple’s separation and pending cross border action.
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Betty Grable
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Robert Ford
Juarez
Mexico
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Twentieth Century-Fox Studio
Las Vegas
Nev
New York
Historic Saratoga Race Meeting Moves To Belmont
Saratoga’s month long thoroughbred meeting is moved to Belmont Park for 30 days from July 26 to August 28. Belmont offers larger seating and facilities, but the upstate track’s renowned surroundings and atmosphere are not fully replicated.
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Belmont
New York
Belmont Park
Upstate
Spa
Albany
Ickes To Discuss Coal Situation Tonight on Blue Network
Interior Secretary Ickes will discuss the coal mining situation at 7 05 p m Eastern War Time on the Blue network. The 25 minute talk is aimed at miners, some of whom have refused to return to work.
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Washington
Ickes
E. W.T
War Literally Hell On Wheels For Bermudians
War brought motor vehicles to Bermuda for the first time and Bermudian roads, narrow and coral surfaced, struggle with traffic. Trucks caused dangerous curves and holes while locals and tourists observe the new sight, affecting life on the island.
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Bermudians
Washington
Bermuda Isles
Berminda
Bermuda
Motor v
Hamilton
Last Day To Switch To Essentials
Washington reports this is the final day for men over 38 in the army to apply for release to take jobs in essential industry. Applications require written evidence of employment, typically a letter from an employer. Those released before March 31 were discharged. after that date they were moved to the inactive reserve and can be recalled if civilian employment ends.
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Washington
Industr
Shia Eee
Knox Predicting Lengthy War
Coronado Calif June 30 United States and her allies face a long bitter war possibly lasting three or four years more before the Axis is crushed Navy Secretary Frank Knox declared at a San Diego meeting of top military officials and city leaders He urged planning for victory and warned to prepare for a multi year conflict.
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Navy
Frank Knox
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San Diego
Knox
United Nations
Real work preferred to rocking chair in hiring case
Dr. O Jason Dixon in Kansas City said 21 applicants sought easy sit and porch duties, but he hired a real worker and promoted his regular hand to rocker. One applicant not hired asked for matches and tobacco.
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Jason Dixon
Civil and Police Court Cases Heard by Judge Rice
Civil and Police Magistrate John Rice hears cases including Lawrence Reardon for drunken and disorderly behavior with 30 days and $4.25 costs, Lucian Banister charged for drunkenness on South Market with $10.25, and James Fene driving recklessly with $10 and $4 costs. An American armored division consumes 78,000 pounds of food daily in action.
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Lawrence Reardon
Lucian Banister
South Market
James Fene
N. Kent Street
Red Jar Rings Warn Against Stretch Test for Canning
Beltsville Maryland experts from the Agriculture Department urge Housewives to test wartime jars by canning water rather than stretching rings to double size. They explain two ring types shoulder and top seal and advise sorting jars by opening size and presence of shoulder. Keep lids, discard cracked jars, and process with correct partial sealing before cooling.
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Mrs. America
Lee
Wil
U. S. Department of Agriculture Research Bureau
Victory Garden
Aoe
Chinese Capture Important Town Near Yangtze Front
Chinese troops entered Ovchihkow after inflicting losses on defending Japanese forces. The encirclement was completed, with fighting continuing for possession as Japanese garrison shows signs of collapse. Hwajung and several suburban points were captured in the operation aided by American air power.
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Owchihkow
Lotus Pond Inlet
Yangtze River
Ovchihkow
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Hwajung
Tungting Lake
Uncle Sam Begins Withholding On Pay Envelopes
The Treasury outlines pay as you go withholding starting after tonight with 20 percent on earnings over exemptions. Excluded are service members clergy farm labor and vacation pay while most will file quarterly declarations if deductions fall short.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Congress
Treasury
Bross
Bare Leg Makeup Takes New York By Storm
Beauty editor notes a Fifth Avenue salon offers a leg makeup class. Mala Rubenstein demonstrates a sponge method to apply a liquid for a sheer bronzed finish, plus a legstick to conceal veins and blemishes.
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Betty Clarke
Dear
Housewives
New York
Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller Center
Mala Rubenstein
School Bus Drivers To Be Trained In Virginia
Training schools for school bus drivers will be held in nine zones of Virginia during July and August under the State Department of Education. R L Wimbish and Wilton Shue will supervise with sessions in Wytheville Christiansburg Chatham Salem Front Royal Orange Manassas Tappahannock and Norfolk county.
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State Department of Education
R. L. Wimbish
Wilton Shue
Wytheville
Christiansburg
Chatham
Salem
Front Royal
Orange
Manassas
Tappahannock
Norfolk County
Jungle Division cleanliness notes from Butte June 98
Fragmentary notes describe home conveniences improvised in jungle conditions. A man named Iver A. Roholt explains using tape joints to create a shower bath on Pacific shorelines, noting numerous leaks but abundant water. The text references the long coastline of Norway.
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Mont
Pacific
Iver A. Roholt
Tives
WPA Returns 130 Million to Treasury as It Ends
The Works Progress Administration turned back 130 million dollars to the Treasury and dissolved its operations. A small liquidation staff remains to finalize records and accounts for a final report. Officials note total WPA spending reached about 10.5 billion and it employed roughly 8.5 million people since inception.
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Washington
Works Projects Administration
The
Treasury
WPA
Persian Rial Unit Discussed As Currency
The rial is the unit of Persian currency. Experts note its use in Iran and other regional markets, highlighting exchange practices and historical value shifts.
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