April 3: German ships set out for the invasion of Norway.
April 5: Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in what proves to be a tragic misjudgment, declares in a major public speech that Hitler has "missed the bus".
April 7: Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
April 9: Germany invades the neutral countries of Denmark and Norway in Operation Weserübung. The British campaign in Norway is simultaneously commenced.
April 12: The Faroe Islands are occupied by British troops, following the taking over of Denmark by Nazi Germany. This action is taken to avert a possible German occupation of the islands with serious consequences for the course of the Battle of the Atlantic. - Opening day at Jamaica Race Course features the use of parimutuel betting equipment, a departure from bookmaking heretofore used exclusively throughout New York. Other tracks in the state follow suit later in 1940.
April 13: The New York Rangers win the 1940 Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey. It will be another 54 years before their next win.
April 21: Take It or Leave It makes its debut on CBS Radio, with Bob Hawk as host.
April 23: The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198. (source: Wikipedia)
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Description: | The start of a new adventure. Clark and the daughter of a missing friend of Perry White's visit a strange house in the suburb of Brentwood...guarded by an electrified fence and a hostile giant! |
Blondie 1940-04-01 - 40 April Fool's Day | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 257 - Love Affair | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A witty and civilized romance. Stars: Irene Dunne & William Powell. French painter (and famed womanizer) Michel Marnet meets American singer Terry McKay aboard a liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean. They are both already engaged, he to heiress Lois Clarke, ... |
Adventures of Superman 23 - Giant of Brentwood | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Superman defeats the giant Negro and finally gets to meet Dr. Beecham, but Elsie Beecham shrieks and then disappears! |
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Description: | A cab driver has brought "two little brown men" out to the house... and one of them has a blowgun! Dr. Beecham mentions a "sacred emblem of the Incas" that "may save the whole human race," and then he passes out! |
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Description: | An assassin is questioned! |
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Description: | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Fred MacMurray. A romantic comedy story of love at first sight between a young botany professor and a nightclub singer. |
Adventures of Superman 25 - Immortal People | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Elsie returns Zingri but is shot with poison darts by the "two little brown men." A huge emerald, carved in the shape of a god, is being sought by the Azatlan Indians. The ancestors of the Azatlan were called, "The Immortal People." Dr. Beecham has discovered, ... |
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Description: | A simple chap becomes Parks Commissioner, and then his trouble begins! Stars: Fibber McGee & Molly (Marion & Jim Jordan) |
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Description: | Superman flies off after the gyro-copter. He catches up to it and throws it down to float on Long Island Sound. Meanwhile, Dr. Beecham's house is on fire. Superman rescues the taxi driver, trapped in the basement, before the house collapses. Dr. Beecham finds ... |
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Adventures of Superman 27 - Sacred Emerald of the Incas | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Superman rescues the Inca priests from the sinking sea plane, but "The Emerald Of The Incas" sinks and is lost forever. The end of the adventure. |
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Description: | Stars: Bob Hope, Rita Hayworth (replacing Ann Sheridan, "who was suddenly taken ill") Elmer Kane is a rookie ballplayer with the Chicago Cubs whose ego is matched only by his appetite. Because he is not only vain but naive, Elmer's teammates take great delight ... |
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Description: | "Gyp" Donnelli's protection racket is preying on the candy store run by Jimmy Olsen's mom. |
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Description: | Stars: Gloria Jean & Nan Grey. A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first ridiculed and scorned because of her background, she determines to show the snooty rich girls that she's ... |
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Description: | "Gyp's" henchmen threaten Jimmy and Mrs. Olsen, but are scared off by Superman. Jimmy and Lois Lane are about to walk into a trap! |
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Description: | Lois Lane has been kidnapped by the Donnelli gang, and taken to Little Falls, where fire threatens! |
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Description: | The airplane of the Secret Police is afire ... is it the fault of deceitful Saari? |
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Description: | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Spencer Tracy. Agents arrive in Paris to sell jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy during the Russian Revolution of 1917. They are overheard by a White Russian nobleman reduced to employment as a waiter in the hotel where they are staying. |
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Description: | Where is Jimmy Olsen? He's vanished into the woods while the search for Lois continues. |
Blondie 1940-04-22 - 43 The Gypsy Queen | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 260 - Abe Lincoln in Illinois | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A biographical historical drama film that depicts the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States. Stars: Raymond Massey & Fay Bainter |
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Description: | Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are lost in the woods, which are afire! Clark Kent to the rescue...is he flying? |
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Description: | "Gyp" Donnelli plants a bomb, but is foiled by Superman. Donnelli is captured and the adventure ends. |
Speed Gibson 174 - An Octopus Agent Confesses to Fire | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The plane is ruined, but The Octopus' agent is brought to justice! |
Adventures of Superman 34 - Airplane Disasters at Bridger Field ep1 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The start of a new adventure. Why have six air transport airplanes crashed near Bridger Field? When the seventh plane crashes, Clark Kent is assigned to get the story. A mysterious plane attacks Kent and a dog-fight follows. They're going to crash! |
Lux Radio Theater 261 - Smilin' Through | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A melodrama of love beyond the grave and through the years Stars: Robert Taylor & Barbara Stanwyck (repeat) |
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