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THE BEST WAY OUT,IS FOR YOU AND *£ TO BRING ON A WAV* OF PROSPERITY, BY SPENDING IT f ^ X TB-L YOU, fM SHOOTING straight/ THIS MCNLY GOES BACK WHERE. ft BELONGS ! !y OM,V€AH?BUT MOW ARE VOU GONO TO DO IT, WITHOUT MTTtNO INTO A JA/A V d' LET AC THINK - NOW 1 NAME TO PROVE WINDY KUHN IS INNOCENT, SOME WAY AND STILL KEEP MV NAME OUT OF IT / ITASH TI BBS — Boardj Taken a Trip, To* By CKABI WkA i f A COCKTAIL. fmni* 5?eciPE^s AU. WE BROUGHT BACK from that BAXJk IKJ ROME? CERTAINLY \ WWV, VDCJ PLEA- A.WOW,WOW, BOVS. wot TMAs/ks bitten <9 Vwy i tmou6HT> HM, RDDNERfJVOU'D ENJOV to SOU, BOVS, I'LL WAVE CHAMPAGNE COCKTAILS AT MV WE DOING RECEPTION • THE TfRiP. SWELL TIME. T (i DOING TO ME?LEGGO' r WELL LET GO, all Right. BRICK BRADFORD—With Brocco the Buccaneer By WILLIAM RITT and CLARENCE GRAY A FAST CAR AWAITS BRICK AT THE GOVERNOR'S ISLAND /y DOCK THERE $ VOUR PLANE, BRADFORD. YOUTL CHANGE TO RLYING CLOTHES FIRST, OF COURSE / j BRADFORD, LIEUTENANT CHENOVETW - WHO'LL FLY YOU TO WASHINGTON. -- GLAD TO KNOW YOU-ALL SET? -y~. AND SO BRICK STARTS ON HIS FATEFUL MISSION WHILE A NATION WATCHES/ I’LL TAKE A HAND INI THIS/ WE DONT WANT PUFE PETTINGILL ON OUR HANDS, LIKE HE WAS, ON HIS LAST VISIT f? 1 BY PRETENDING WE RE DESTITUTE.POVERTY STRICKEN? AND I LL WAGER HE WONT STAY LONG / FRECKLES...TAG... PUT ON YOUR OLDEST program* iudjcci xo cnange. r. m. NBCWEAF NETWORK BASIC — East: weaf wlw w< « 1 wtlo irjar wtaff wcsli kyw whio wfl.r wrc wgy wbeti wcae wlam wwj wsal; mid: kad wrong wefl who wow wdaf wkbf NORTHWEST A CANAOIAN - wimj wlt.a kst* webc w«la> kfyr crct cfcf SOUTH — wrva wptf wwno wis wjax wfla-wsun wind asm wtnc wsb wapl wjdx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wl>ap kprc woai ktbs kths wsoc wave w ar MOUNTAIN— koa kdyl kitir kgU! PACIFIC — kgo kfi kt;\v komo khq kfsd ktar kicu kpo k-x kita kvr kya Cent. East. 4:30— 5:30— Sugar A Bunny. Comedy 4:45— 5:45—Willie Bryant's Orchestra 5:00— 6:00—George Duffy Orchestra 5:15— 6:15—Amer. Vocational Ass’n. 5:30— 6:30— Press-Radio News Period 5:35— 6:35—Mary Small A Orchestra 5:45— 6:45—Billy A Betty—W.af only 6:00— 7:00—Gene Marvey Orchestra 6:30— 7:30—The Merry Minstrel Show 7:00— 8:00—Rudy Vallee's Hr.—c to c 8:00— 9:00—Showboat of the Airwave 9:00—10:00—Whiteman's Music Hall 10:00—11:00—Graham McNamee—wvaf 10:15—11:15—Meredith Wilson Orchest. 10:45—11:45—Tom Coakley & Orchestra 11:00—12:00—Dance Music Orchestra 11:30—12:30—Joe Reichman Orchestra CBS WABC NETWORK BASIC—East: walx- wad- w.»ki> wrao wash wnac wjrr wkbw wkrc whk cklw wdrc wrau wjas wean wfbl wiipd wjsv wbnn; Midwest: wbbm wfbm krnbc kmox wowo whas kfab EAST—wp* whp wheo wlbs wfea wore wlcc’efrb ckae wihx wmas DIXIE—w-Rst wsfa w-bre wqam wdod klra wrec wlac wdsu wtoc krld wrr ktrh ktsa wnro koma wdbo wbt wdae whig w-dbj wwva wmhr wsjs wmbr wall ktul k*ko wena wdne wnox kwkh MIDWEST — wal wmt wmbd wisn wibw kfh wsmk w-kbn weco wsbt ksej wnax woe MOUNTAIN—kvor klx koh ksl COAST — khj koir kfre kol kfpy kvi kfbk kmj kwp kern kdb kpnh k|tb Cent. East. 4:30— 5:30—Jack Armstrong — east; Ensemble—Dixie; Vocal—west 4:45— 5:45—Dick Tracy—baste. Mini atures — midwest; Between Book* ends—west; Cosmopolitans—Dixie 5:00— 5:00—Buck Rogers— east; Be atrice Osgood. Pianist—west 1:15— 6:15 — Bobby Benson — east; The Men of Notes Trio—midwest 5:30— 6:30—Frank Dailey Orchestra— east. Al Roth Orch.— west; Jack Armstrong, Sketch—midwest rpt <o p° ! ^\\ HE'LL PLUNK HIMSELF DOWN HERE UNTIL. HE SETS ENOUGH CASH ID OUTFIT HIMSELF FOR ANOTHER ONE OF HIS FOOLISH GOLD HUNTS/ I*LL EMPTY THE CUPBOAQDS M AND THE ICC BOX, AND TAKE DOWN THE DRAPES ! THAT OUGHT TO DISCOURAGE HIM H rr HAS ME DISCOURAGED, ALREADY RADIO PROGRAMS THURSDAY, APRIL 18 (Central and Eastern Standard Time) Note: All programs to key anil basic chains or groups thereof unless speote fled; coast to coast <c to c) designation Includes all available stations. O *0 -0 00 » ^ ^ C» utni. 5:45— 6:45—Beauty Program — east; Milton Charlea, Organist—west 5:55— 6:65—Press-Radio Newt Perio4 6:00— 7:00—Myrt and Margo — easts Chicago Concert Orcheatra—meat 6:15— 7:15—Juat Plain Bill — east* Maple Street—Dixie: Orch.—midw 6:30— 7:30—Benay Venuta in Song-* <-a*t Buck Rogers—midwest rpt :45— 7:45—Boake Carter's Comments :00— 8:00—Romance by David Root :30— 8:30—Leith Stevens Harmonies :00— 9:00—Walter O’Keefe A Shaw :30— 9:30—Waring'a Pennsylvanians :30—10:30—Horace Heidt's Brigadiers :45—10:45—The Voice of Crueadere :00—11:00—Freddy Bergin Ore.—ba sic; Myrt and Marge—rpt for west 10:30—11:30—E. Madriguera Orcheatra 11:00—12:00—Herbie Kay and Orcheet 11:30—12:30—Denny Thompson Orchs*. NBC WJ2 NETWORK BASIC — East: wj* whz-wbza wbal wham kilka wear wjr wlw wsyr wmil wfil: Mid: wckv wenr wla kwk kwcr koil *ri>n wmaq kso wkhf NORTHWEST A CANADIAN — wtm# wiba kwtp webe wday kfyr crct ctct SOUTH — wrva wptf wane wls wjax wfla-weun wind wsm wmc wsb wapl wjilx vamb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kprs woal kths kths wsoc war* MOUNTAIN—koa kdyl kxir krhl PACIFIC—kro kfl krw knmo khq kfsd Ittar kpn kex kira ktrr kya Cent. E.ist. 4:30— 5:30—The Singing Lady—eaat 4:45— 5:45—Orphan Annie—east only 5:00— 6:00—Wm. Lundell'a Interview 5:15— 6:15—To Be Announced—east: Wooley the Moth—west 5:30— 6 30—Press-Radio News — ba sic: The Singing Lady—midw rpt 5:35— 6:35— Armand Girard and Orcfe. 5:45— 6:45—Lowell Thomas — east; Orphan Annie—repeat to mldweat 6:00— 7:00—Amos 'n' Andy—eaat only 6:15— 7:15—To Be Announced 6:30— 7:30—Floyd Gibbons Headlines 6 45— 7:45—Tune Twisters. Vocalists 7:00— 8:00—Pastorale, Concert OrcK 7:30— 8:30—To Be Announced 8:00— 9:00—Death Valley Days, Play 8:30— 9:30—Angell Mercado Orchestra 8:45— 9:45—Cyril Pitts, Tenor Soloa 9:00—10:00— Melodic Strings, Ensem. 9:30—10:30—Discussion of Economics 10:00—11:00—Bob Chester Orchestra-— east: Amos 'n* Andy—west repeat 10:30—11:30—Manny LaPort Orchestra 11:00—12:00— Shandor and Hie Violin 11:06—12:06—Tommy Tucker Orchestra 11:30—12:30— Dancing in Twin Citlea THE TUTTS By Crawford Young d\d stvbby BUD^CMRa W* Stocti IN ANY 5lTUA-flON SW\ CAM ALWAYS Draw At Moqal abouY "Their Home lips a w" xV.TT 1 MOWS THIS, MOM? DO WE LOOK SEEDY ENOUGH 2 THATS FINE? FATHER, TAKE UP THE RUGS, AMO HI06 THEM — PUT THE RADIO IN THE GARAGE, AND PULL THE ELECTRIC UGHT SWITCH *