Radar May Help Weatherman Forecast Storms
Radar may aid weather forecasters by spotting distant rain clouds and predicting storms. The Public Service Co of Northern Illinois and Commonwealth Edison Co cooperate with the Chicago weather office of the U S Weather Bureau in radar experiments to determine location density altitude and direction of clouds to supplement other data.
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Chicago
The
Public Service Co
Northern Illinois
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago Weather Office
U. S. Weather Bureau
Moneylenders under probe as Singapore plans ordinance change
The Singapore government studies amending the moneylenders ordinance after complaints of borrowers facing up to 200 percent interest. The new rule would cap interest at 48 percent. President Truman signed a 1947 congressional resolution renaming Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam on April 20, 1947.
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Singapore
Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
B. A
Truman
Evening TV Guide Listings for Major Stations
A dense schedule listing primetime programs across WNEW Channel 4 WTTG WMAL and WTOP for 3 PM to 11:15 PM including The Big Payoff The Plainsman What's My Name News and various films and broadcasts. The guide covers multiple networks with names of shows hosts guests and film titles such as Shamrock Hill Heart Punch and Broken Melody along with sports and weather segments.
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Ralph Edwards
Variety
Yvne DeCario
R. Montgomery
Claire Ambler
Peggy Garner
Boston Blackie
Cinema Playhouse
Shamrock Hill
WTTG
Dockey
Art Lamb
Lloyd Hughes
Mont
Star
Warren Hull
Marsha Hunt
Becky Sharpe
Miriam Hopkins
Family Playhouse
Rash
Hollywood Screen
Roddy McDowell
Wmal-Tv Playhouse
Wtop-Tv
Mel Torme
Bert Parks
Pick Temple
Preston Foster
Cronkite
Edwards
Perry Como
Arthur Godrey
Lucille Ball
Radio Programs Broadcasts on Key Stations Evening Highlights
A list of radio programs broadcast on key stations includes news updates by Newscaster, various commentaries, and music and drama shows. Notable items feature Bob Crosby Club, The Adventure hour, Rex Allen, and the Wanworks program, with a closing note on Columbus discoveries in America mentioning rubber.
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Sbe
Ebe
Abe
Ebde
Abe Ruit
Jack Smith
Bob Crosby
Fone Ranger Llama
Mane
Ewe
Vening Newcreel
Jordon Saaiee
Abe Suevenge
Watergates
Newe
Barrow
Voorhees
Ebe Radio Theater
Cbhe
Paul Jevelle
Abe Bob Hawk
Wanworks
Rex Allen
Mbe
Variety
Bufflick Road Social Notes and Local Visits
Bufflick Road reports Mr. and Mrs. Orville Vanmeter with two sons and Mr. and Mrs. Burley Turner and children visiting relatives in Peters burg West Virginia last Sunday. Mrs. Dorsey Ritter of Mount Pleasant stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller recently. Community attendance marked Ida Clowser funeral held Wednesday. Mrs. James Russell visited Mrs. Lawrence Clark. Rev. Floyd Wine of Winchester called on locals. Mrs. Albert Clark called on Mrs Roy Miller. Ray Rosenbreger visited Sartelle in Winchester midweek.
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Bufflick Road
Orville Vanmeter
Dorsey Ritter
Mount Pleasant
Roy Miller
Ida Clowser
James Russell
Lawrence Clark
Floyd Wine
Winchester
Albert Clark
Ray Rosenbreger
Miss Sartelle
Bill Holden Shares Studio Life From Guns To Music
Hollywood columnist notes Bill Holden explores Paramount departments including gun and music brances. He cites Technicolor tips on color transitions and recalls listening to composers Franz Waxman and Victor Young as he contemplates a 14 year contract.
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Hollywood
Paramount
Bill Holden
Bill
Mississippi
Franz Waxman
Victor Young
Philharmonic
Holden seeks constant challenge and broader studio knowledge
He wants a studio career that stretches beyond acting into producing and directing, learning every department from bookkeepers to lawyers. Holden aims to branch out someday while avoiding mere foil roles that limit his growth.
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Holden
Braich
Bill
Derivation of the word delirium
A quiz item explains delirium as deriving from Latin de lira meaning from the fur row, suggesting wandering from the straight fur row while plowing due to mental disturbance.
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C. B.C
Fragmented remark on vengeance and shifting blame
A brief overheard line shows a speaker dismissing old grievances and joking about shifting blame to another person. The tone suggests casual deflection rather than a formal accusation.
Farm Wife Artist From Pontiac Gains Noted Exhibit Attention
Mrs. Hannah Gallup a farm wife and self taught artist uses dime store brushes and house paint to create canvases. Her realistic depictions of rural scenes impressed visitors at a local armory exhibit with works including a barn neighbor kept intact after seeing the painting.
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Pontiac
Hannah Gallup
Armory
Snowshoe Postman Delivers Mail In Wyoming Snow
In Rawlins Wyoming Jack Bech a Dixon mail carrier hopes for early spring. Snow forces him to use snowshoes on his route in Medicine Row National Forest. It takes him four days to travel two miles to deliver mail to five ranches.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Jack Bechtold
Dixon
Medicine Row National Forest
White House Restoration Forecast Ends in Fifty Years
The architect says the restored White House should stand without major renovation for 50 years or more. No further rebuilding planned beyond that horizon.
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White House
J. Mel
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Moneylender
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Fink
A. B. Solenberger Insurance — Real Estate — Investments
W. Piccadilly St
Hansbrough & Carter
N. Loudoun
Automobile
Earl L. Mason
General Insurance
Loudoun St
I A
Henry T. Goode
Don
Cross Junction
B. M. Sullivan
Rouss Avenue
Memoriam
Julian F. Bullock
Sacred Heart
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
WNEW
Wmal-Tv
Ruth Crane
Columbus
America
Bidu Sayad
WBALS
NBC
J. W. Arthur
OLD Star Building
E. Boscawen St
Hollywood Column
Joseph Cotten
Corinne Calvet
Edmund Gwenn
Wednesday
Stephen McNally
Coleen Gray
Lee
Theatre Middletown
Esther Williams
Red Skelton
Texas Carnival
ROYAL
Old Airport
U. S. 50
Comedy & News
Warner Bros
Capitol
M-G-M
Rea Astair
Vera-Ellen Marjorie Main
Vivien Leigh
Eceatend
Fun Fatan Sone
Charles Feldman
Wee Vivien Marlon Leigh Brando
Kim Hunter
Karl Malden
Acacen Rar Or
Tennessee Williams
Kurtz
Pacific Mills
Rose Brothers
Gray Eddy
Haymakers
New Holland
Ed New Holland
Lupton Orchard Service, Inc
Hamilton, Va
Snowshoe
Rees
Jhn Steinbeck
Hable’s Real Estate
W. W. Glass
Peter Helphinstine
Fairfax Addition
Cameron St
E. Leicester
Frederick County
Helvinstine
Catharine
Maj. Helphinstine
United States
Maj
Peter Helphenstine
Conrad Kremer
Henry Helphenstine
Peter
Thomas Lord Fairfax
Virginia
Maj. Helphenstine
Thos. K. Cartmell
Shenandoah Valley
Water Supply &c
Kerr School
Helphenstine
Adam Stephen
Dunmore
John Grim
Peter Lauck
George Snapp
Farmers
Merchants National Bank
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