January 4: Luftwaffe General Hermann Goering assumes control of most war industries in Germany.
January 6: General Semyon Timoshenko takes command of all Russian forces.
January 8: The Russian 44th Assault Division is destroyed by Finnish forces. - Food rationing begins in Great Britain.
January 9: British submarine HMS Starfish (19S) is sunk.
January 10: A German plane carrying secret plans for the invasion of western Europe makes a forced landing in Belgium, leading to mobilization of defense forces in the Low Countries.
January 26: Brisbane, Australia swelters through its hottest day ever, 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 Fahrenheit).
January 27: A peace resolution introduced in the Parliament of South Africa is defeated 81-59.
January 29: Three gasoline-powered trains carrying factory workers crash and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi station, Yumesaki Line (Nishinari Line), Osaka, Japan, killing at least 181 people and injuring at least 92. (source: Wikipedia)
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| Lux Radio Theater 244 - Sorrell and Son | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A father suffers indignities as a hotel porter to give his son an education, so that he may succeed in life. Stars: Herbert Marshall & Karen Morley | ||||||||||||
| Gene Autry's Melody Ranch 1940-01-04 - Gene Gets Discovered - Doublemint gum promo | |||||||||||||
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| Sky Blazers 5 - Bill Brooks' Escapades with the Sioux Indians | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Chief Sitting Hawk, old and weak, rescues young Bill Brooks during a blizzard. Years later, Bill gets a chance to learn how to fly and helps the Chief's grandson during a similar blizzard. After saving the boy, the Chief presents Bill with his vest, made with ... | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 158 - Surprise Meeting with Natives | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Tear gas and perfumed soap are needed to get out of a tight spot. | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 38 - Petrified Forest | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Tyrone Power, Joan Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Waller. A classic taut human drama in the desolate Arizona desert. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 181 - Murder in the Death House | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Killer Goran, about to die in the electric chair, manages to kill the executioner instead! When strapped into the "chair"a second time, the wall explodes and all the convicts attempt to escape! | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 245 - Dark Victory | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A young socialite is slowly dying of cancer. Handsome Dr. Steele operates, but gives her only a year to live. Stars: Bette Davis & Spencer Tracy. The same story was previously used on "The Lux Radio Theatre" on April 4, 1938and subsequently on "The Lux Video ... | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 226 - Mysterious Voice 1 - Mysterious Cry for Help | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Captain Midnight builds a radio direction finder to try to receive the faint distress signals! | ||||||||||||
| Sky Blazers 6 - Bill Brooks' Involvement with the South | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Bill Brooks goes to Nicaragua to start a flying school and finds himself leading the defense of the country during a revolution. | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 159 - Barney Confronted by Talking Gorilla | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Barney's encounter with the strangest jungle creature ... a "nandy bear." | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 39 - This Lonely Heart | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Bette Davis The story of composer Peter Tchaikovsky's platonic love of affair with an older woman. Bette Davis receives the first Redbook Award on the program, for doing the, "most during the year for the artistic advancement of the screen in any of its branches". | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 227 - Mysterious Voice 2 - Where's the Voice Coming From? | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The search for Major Steele begins. Commercial guests: a member of "The Dawn Patrol," and a student pilot at the Spartan School of Aeronautics. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1088 - Land Scrip | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 246 - Sing You Sinners | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An odd-ball family bets all it has on "Uncle Gus," a second-hand race horse. Will it be a life of steady work, or fun and adventure? Stars: Bing Crosby & Ralph Bellamy. The story was produced subsequently on The Lux Radio Theatre on May 7, 1945. | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 228 - Mysterious Voice 3 - Patsy Spots a Broken Airplane Wing | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The wrecked airplane has been found; now how to get the injured men to safety? | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 229 - Mysterious Voice 4 - Bud Must Go to the Hospital | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Bud Conley's temperature continues to rise ... to 105! | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 160 - Talking Gorilla Starts Attack | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The men of The Octopus gang attack. | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 40 - The Firebrand | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Frank Morgan, Paulette Goddard, Mary Forbes, Margot Stevenson, Roy D'Arcy. A comedy based on the romantic escapades of Benvenuto Cellini in Renaissance Italy. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 183 - The Precipice Called Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A small ugly man controls a large hulking monster. | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 230 - Mysterious Voice 5 - Captain Has a Plan | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Plans and daydreams for the future ... a Capt. Midnight Airplane? | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 247 - Bachelor Mother | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A comedy about a shop girl who finds herself in possession of a baby, no matter how hard she denies her motherhood! Stars: Ginger Rogers & Fredric March. Joel McCrae was supposed to be featured on this broadcast, but was replaced at the last minute (due ... | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 231 - Mysterious Voice 6 - Smoke Floating Over Nearby Ridge | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A prospector with a supply of dynamite gives Chuck an idea to save Bud Conley. | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 232 - Mysterious Voice 7 - Chuck Asks Mr Gillis for Dynamite | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The plan is to dynamite trees to clear a take-off strip so Chuck can fly Bud Conley to safety | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 161 - Entire Camp Captured | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Doomed to the death ray machine! | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 41 - Private Worlds | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Isabel Jewell, Oscar Bradley and His Orchestra. The loves and the secrets in an insane asylum. | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 233 - Mysterious Voice 8 - Dynamiting the Trees | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The last tree falls and Chuck starts his perilous take-off. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 248 - Intermezzo | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A married virtuoso violinist who falls in love with his accompanist. Stars: Herbert Marshall & Ingrid Bergman | ||||||||||||
| Captain Midnight 234 - Mysterious Voice 9 - Chuck Successfully Takes Off | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Chuck has taken off and brought Bud Conley to safety, but how will he return? Commercial guest: Abe Jenkins; race driver and Mayor of Salt Lake City. | ||||||||||||
