Word: dialing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Love in Wartime. In Havana, Ill., the Rev. James L. Dial took pity on a point-short couple he had just married, lent them three pounds of sugar for their wedding cake. In Rochester, N.Y., a ration board heard from an applicant, "I'm getting married, so I need a new pair of work shoes," considerately marked his request "Urgent...
...palmy days of peace, Radio Luxembourg was a haven for British listeners who got bored with the soporific programs (especially on Sunday) of noncommercial BBC. A twist of the dial and in came Radio Luxembourg with plenty of light music and entertaining programs, featuring many a top-notch British music-hall star. British advertisers reaped rich rewards...
...PINE TREE AND THE MOLE-Enzio Taddei-Dial...
...continued to experiment. Its current line-up of 19 network shows has only ten daytime operas. After being an early pioneer in audience participation programs (1939) with Professor Quiz, P & G now urges listeners to play Truth or Consequences and to Breakfast in Hollywood, caters to evening dial-twisters with the Rudy Vallee Drene Show and Beatrice Kay's Teel Variety Hall...
...Rutledge, Tenn., Country Doctor L. C. Bryan last week received permission from the state utilities commission to install dial phones and enlarge the local telephone exchange (230 miles of line, 195 subscribers). Dr. Bryan has been managing Rutledge's telephone system since 1936. Before that, his patients had trouble getting him in a hurry...