Radio Highlights and War Time Programs Listed
Radio schedule notes 8:30 PM to 11:45 PM featuring This Is War! Norman Corwin and a variety of programs including A Tree on the Plains opera by Bacon and Horgan, National Barn Dance, Labors for Victory interviews, and music from Guy Lombardo and the Natl Barn Dance lineup with several interludes and news segments.
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WRC
WMAL
WISV
Musicade
Frazier Hunt
Abner
Derby
Religion In
Tomlinson
Ellery Queen
Green
Abie
Guy Lombardo
Trish
Truth
Lobby News
Nat’l
Barn Dance
Nat’l Barn Dance
Gene Autry
Bradley Orch
Bill Stern
Labor For Victory
Bainbridge Colby
Ted Steele
Labor
McIntyre Orch
Reisman “Orch
Olmstead
Arch McDonald's
Madriguera’s
Riverboat Revels
Moon Dial
Orchestra
F. Martin Orch
Rainfall Summary for Year to Date and Historic Averages
Rainfall totals through 8 a.m. show 0.9 inches for the current period, with 7.54 inches year to date. A 29 year average stands at 35.55 inches yearly, with monthly figures from 1913 to 1941 listed for each month. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Dismal Swamp Canal Closed To Navigation
Norfolk Va May 1 The Dismal Swamp canal was closed to navigation due to dangerously low water after a long rainless period. Lt Col R R Neyland Army district engineer ordered the restriction until further notice to prevent unsafe passage.
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Norfolk
Omar Ary
R. R. Neyland
S. Army District Engineer
Ration Board Denies Tires for Local School Fleet
In Fairview New Jersey the school system serving about 1500 children loses a request for new tires. Officer Oscar Stoffel had petitioned for the replacements, but the local rationing board rejected the appeal.
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Fairview
N. J
Pairview
Traint
Oscar Stoffel
Rubbish Hauler Says Tires Were Recycled as Rubbish
In Omaha on May 2 a rubbish hauler told municipal court he took three old tire casings thinking they were debris to haul away. City Prosecutor Al Raneri responded that these days no tires are rubbish.
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Omaha
al Raneri
Two Men Break Into Butcher Shop Then Steal Eggs
In Newark New Jersey on May 2 two men broke into a butcher shop loaded a 500 pound safe into the basement and spent three hours trying to batter it open. They abandoned the effort and took two dozen eggs instead. Police captured them before they could crack the eggs.
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Newark
N. J
Three airline hostesses in New York apartment scheme
Three young hostesses Tibby Bom sweet and natural Steena Winters stylish and poised share an apartment in New York. A friend Tommy Dare enjoys his first gap out while Wayne Courtright, a wealthy airline official, excuses Tibby for missing a flight.
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Tibby Bom
Steena Winters
New York
Tibby
Tommy Dare
Sasenstead
Wayne Courtright
Love triangle tensions flare as Courtright plot thickens
Steena schemes to win Wayne Courtright for marriage while Marg eyeing Captain Mercer stirs gossip aboard. Tibby mediates as Mary confronts rumors, and Dr. Tom Dare arrives, heightening the rivalries among Steena Mary and Marg.
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Tibby
Steena
Wayne Courtright
Mary
Mr. Courtright
Lancelot
Marg
Imust
Captain Mercer
Chicago
Mercer
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Ain't the Isun
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Chic
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G-Man
Robert Storm
Prince Caesar
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Skeeter
Effie
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Winchester
Potomac By-Products Co
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Ann
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