Radio Highlights 7 WMAL Variety Hour and More
Radio schedule lists WMAL with Herbert Marshall Bert Wheeler Hank Ladd and Virginia Bruce as guests. WJSV marks a tenth year for Vox Poppers Johnson Butterworth. Also Cecil B DeMille’s Radio Theater airing Myrna Loy and William Powell. Quiz Q A trivia at end notes Barrow Alaska as northern post office.
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WMAL
M.c
Herbert Marshall
Bert Wheeler
Hank Ladd
Merry Macs
Virginia Bruce
WJSV
Parks Johnson
Wally Butterworth
S. Dak
WISV
Cecil B. DeMille
Myrna Loy
William Powell
Virginia Beer and Wine Use Rises as Spirits Decline
Virginia’s fiscal year 1941 saw beer consumption up 36.29 percent and wine up 20.73 percent while spirits sales fell 9.54 percent, per the State Liquor Board report. The shift may reflect higher prices from July 1940 taxes and more industrial workers driving beer demand.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Liquor Board
Rainfall Totals and Averages From Winchester Lab
Present and past rainfall figures are listed for today and November to date. Year to date totals and long term averages are given, with monthly precipitation from 1913 to 1939. Data sourced through the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Liberty and Democracy Theme at Virginia B’nai B’rith Conclave
Abe M. Schewel was elected president of the Virginia Association of B’nai B’rith lodges at its annual convention in Lynchburg. Rabbi William Franklin Rosenblum of Temple Israel urged Jews to link Americanism with freedom, saying a Jew need not choose between faith and country. The group affirmed democracy and opposed isolationism, with officers including Stanley M. Spero Myer Becker Morton P. Levy and Israel November. Fletcher James Barnes urged faith and fight to preserve dignity and integrity of Americans.
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Lynchburg
Abe M. Schewel
Virginia
B'nai B'rith
America
William Franklin Rosenblum
Temple Israel
New York City
Stanley M. Spero
Petersburg
Myer Becker
Roanoke
Morton P. Levy
Portsmouth
Israel
Fletcher James Barnes
Washington and Lee
Knows His Smoke From Dismal Swamp Disturbs Washington
Pi Charles A. Stewart of Norfolk County Virginia, about 75, says he recognizes peat smoke from the Dismal Swamp. The odor drifted over 200 miles to Washington D C as he telephoned John G Wallace Norfolk County Treasurer from Falls Church to identify the source.
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Narfolk
Charles A. Stewart
Washington, D. C
John G. Wallace
Norfolk County
Stewart
Washington
Fall’s Church
Red Cross Button Signals National Defense Duty
A Red Cross button now worn shows the wearer is contributing to national defense. Join the American Red Cross through the I chapter to obtain your own badge and support the effort.
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American Red Cross
A Ride in a Paper Boat unfolds a tangled marriage lie
Hallie faces Eric’s revelation that their church marriage may be invalid and Sheila’s blackmail demands. Eric explains a past affair with Sheila and a fake wedding, while Hallie offers financial help to avert scandal and contemplates immediate divorce to protect their child.
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Hallie
Heila
Sheila
Daddy
Sue
New York
Miller
Hailie
Win
T. B
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