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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 151
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 9-15 Aug   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      re: OTR and MP3                       [ Kevin Bristol <citadel92@[removed] ]
      Radio Recall: "Super" Issue           [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      8-9 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      OTR on DVD                            [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      8-10 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      army navy screen magazine             [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]
      army navy pt. 2                       [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]

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    Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:18:19 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 9-15 Aug

     From Those Were The Days

    8/9

    1942   CBS debuted Our Secret Weapon. The program featured Rex Stout,
    who countered lies being broadcast by the Axis powers through shortwave
    radio.

    8/11

    1909    The international distress call, SOS, which replaced CQD (All
    stations distress!), was first used by an American ship "The Arapahoe"
    (out of Cape Hatteras, NC) on this day.

    8/12

    1937   Comedian Red Skelton got his first taste of network radio as he
    appeared on the Rudy Vallee Show on NBC.

    8/13

    1912   St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia, PA was granted the first
    experimental radio license by the [removed] Department of Commerce.

    8/14

    1933   WLW in Cincinnati, OH premiered Ma Perkins. Just four months
    later, Ma moved to WMAQ in Chicago and was heard over the entire NBC
    network. Virginia Payne was 23 years old when she started in the title
    role. Ma Perkins operated a lumberyard in Rushville Center. Her children
    were Evey, Fay and John (who was killed in the war). One of the other
    characters in the show was Shuffle Shober. Virginia Payne played Ma
    Perkins for 27 years and 7,065 episodes.

    1942   Garry Moore hosted a new program on NBC. The Show Without a Name
    was an effort to crack the morning show dominance of Arthur Godfrey
    (CBS) and Don McNeil's Breakfast Club (ABC). A prize of $500 was offered
    to name the show and Someone came up with the title, Everything Goes.

    1945   CBS began the series, Columbia Presents Corwin. Orson Welles did
    a special reading about the fall of Japan, titled, Fourteen August.

    8/15

    1911   Procter & Gamble Company of Cincinnati, OH introduced Crisco
    hydrogenated shortening.  (Where would all those shows have been with
    Crisco as a sponsor?  And remember, its digestible!  ed)

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:18:33 -0400
    From: Kevin Bristol <citadel92@[removed];
    To: "radio, old" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  re: OTR and MP3
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    I used to do a lot of live music trading from bands that allow their shows to
    be recorded. The basic standard in most trading communities is that you want
    the closest thing to the original recording as possible. In most cases that is
    the recorders original media transferred to WAV. WAV in terms of bitrate is
    1411kbps. Think about this, in MP3 terminology 320kbps is considered near CD
    quality. Near CD quality would be say, 1100kbps. 320 doesn't even scratch that
    but most people cannot tell the difference between 320kbps MP3 files and pure
    WAV files. Where people start hearing the difference is when MP3 starts
    dipping to 256, 128, and lower. Just depends on the MP3 and the listener. If
    it's music, you tend to hear shimmering in the high end sound range. Spoken
    word can get really "wobbly" at 24kbps and lower. Again, just depends on the
    MP3 (better yet, depends on the codec that compressed it since each one is
    slightly different). I have a hard time telling you the difference between
    256kbps MP3 and WAV audio files. I need to have headphones on to notice. For
    spoken word (or OTR) I can rarely tell. I have only run into a handful of
    shows that were truly un-listenable.

    The problem with WAV is size. WAV is roughly 10MB to 11MB for every minute of
    audio. That's huge. To help get around this problem, lossless audio
    compression comes into play. While there have been several formats over the
    years like SHN, APE, and WV, FLAC has essentially "won". FLAC can compress a
    WAV file without throwing out any data unlike MP3 which does. FLAC reduces WAV
    files by about 30 to 40%. Great for archiving recordings. A lot of recorders
    will also add an MD5 checksum file with their files. This way when you
    uncompress the FLAC file you can verify that it creates the same checksum
    file. This means your WAV file is identical to the original. I've sent files
    out on the web and checked them two years later - checksums came back
    identical. The only time the checksum would be different would be if the file
    was corrupt or someone modified the WAV file.

    The basic "rule of thumb" in trading is that FLAC is for
    trading/storage/archiving and MP3 is for everyday listening. A lot of bands
    release live records and albums for download in FLAC format - Paul McCartney's
    band the Fireman released their new album in FLAC format on their website.

    The best part is if you have FLAC files, you simply uncompress them back to
    WAV (the FLAC file stays intact so you can do this millions of times if you
    want) and either listen to the WAV file as is or convert the file into a more
    portable device format and size like MP3. Best of both worlds.

    The drawback is that a lot of old recordings in the trading communities were
    compressed into formats that are hardly used anymore like APE and to a lesser
    extent SHN. Those formats have not been updated in years now. One bands
    community (Nirvana) took steps a few years ago to re-compress every known
    recording into FLAC so they had a good standard that is being updated going
    forward.

    It would be nice to see something like this in the OTR community but I don't
    know if it would happen. There is simply no way to go back and re-record some
    of the recordings to WAV.

    In the meantime, I enjoy the 24, 32, and 64kbps MP3 OTR files I've pulled from
    various sources. I listen to OTR everyday. As my son get's older (he's only 2)
    I plan on "hooking" him on OTR. We've already started with Cinnamon Bear for
    the past two Christmas'. I know he doesn't get it now but at least I can tell
    him he was listening to Cinnamon Bear when he was only 4 months old.

    Kevin

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    Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:18:39 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radio Recall: "Super" Issue

    Digesters are advised that the August 2009 issue of RADIO RECALL has
    been sent to our PDF subscribers and the hard copy will be mailed out
    next week.

    Superman scholar, Michael J. Hayde, author of Bear Manor Media's
    newly released "Flights of Fancy; The Unauthorized but True Story of
    Radio and Television's Adventures of Superman" has written two
    articles for this issue. The front page article is entitled "Criminal
    Casebook: Radio's Whydunit" which details the history of Mutual's
    series from the team that also produced "Hop Harrigan" and "Adventure
    Parade."

    A second piece by Hayde contains all the current information about
    the annual "Superman Celebration" in Metropolis, IL, the official
    home of Superman, even tho it's on the banks of the Ohio River,
    directly across from Paducah, KY.

    There is also an in-depth interview of Ken Krug, who resigned this
    summer as the editor of "The Illustrated Press," the official organ
    of the Old-Time Radio Club (of western NY.) In this article, Ken
    reveals how he got into OTR plus why (and how) he stayed at the
    editorial reins for over a dozen years.

    Edgar Farr Russell III describes the collection of disks, albums,
    audio tapes, and books recently donated to the club by Ric Nelson,
    retired CBS sound engineer. In addition the club recently received
    several cassettes covering the Marx Brothers on radio, contributed by
    Ronny and Marcia Bauman.

    Jim Cox's new book, "American Radio Networks" released by McFarland,
    is reviewed by the scribe of Herndon, VA, Maury Cagle. In addition,
    there is a summary of the 20 different accents claimed by George
    Reeves (TV's Superman) on his 1949/51 radio acting resume.

    For subscription information, or to view articles from past issues,
    go to <[removed]>

    Jack French
    Editor

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    Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:18:46 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-9 births/deaths

    August 9th births

    08-09-1892 - Joe Emerson - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 9-30-1969
    gospel singer: "Hymns of All Churches"; "Hymn Time"
    08-09-1894 - Kathleen Lockhart - Southsea, England - d. 2-18-1978
    actor: "The Nebbs"; "Abroad with the Lockharts"
    08-09-1901 - Charles Farrell - Onset Bay, Cape Cod, MA - d. 5-6-1990
    actor: Verne Albright "My Little Margie"
    08-09-1901 - Gaby Casadesus - Marceilles, France - d. 11-11-1999
    pianist: "The Telephone Hour"
    08-09-1902 - Zino Francescatti - Marseilles, France - d. 9-17-1991
    violinist: "Encores from the Bell Telephone Hour"; "Concert Hall
    Program"
    08-09-1903 - Don Bernard - d. unknown
    director: "Blondie"; "Life of Riley"; "Meet Mr. Meek"
    08-09-1903 - Maurice Wells - Nebraska - d. 6-25-1978
    actor: Donald Putnam "Your Family and Mine"; Warren Biggers "Lawyer
    Tucker"
    08-09-1905 - Leo Genn - London, England - d. 1-26-1978
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-09-1906 - Gunnar Back - Escanaba, MI - d. 11-27-1983
    newscaster: "CBS Morning News Roundup"; "Headline Addition"
    08-09-1908 - [removed] Bezzerides - Samsun, Turkey - d. 1-1-2007
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-09-1910 - Snag Werris - NYC - d. 2-27-1987
    writer: "The Comedy Writers Show"; "Quixie Doodles"
    08-09-1911 - Robert K. McCormick - Danville, KY - d. 9-4-1984
    newscaster: "Robert K. McCormick and the News"
    08-09-1912 - Anne (Wiggins) Brown - Baltimore, MD - d. 3-13-2009
    singer: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "This Week Around Paris"
    08-09-1919 - Ralph Houk - Lawrence, KS
    baseball manager: "Tops In Sports"
    08-09-1921 - Joe Anzivin - Youngstown, OH - d. 5-24-2003
    sportscaster: KGMB Honolulu, Hawaii
    08-09-1934 - Cynthia Harris - NYC
    actor:"CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    August 9th deaths

    01-19-1866 - Harry Davenport - NYC - d. 8-9-1949
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Family Theatre"
    02-22-1915 - Jesse Ashlock - Walker County, TX - d. 8-9-1976
    fiddle: "The Musical Brownies"
    03-17-1919 - Marx B. Loeb - d. 8-9-1991
    director: "Suspense"; "Romance"
    03-22-1887 - William Royale - Rochester, NY - d. 8-9-1940
    actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Eddie Cantor Show"
    04-18-1918 - Tony Mottola - Kearney, NJ - d. 8-9-2004
    jazz guitarist: "Gordon MacRae Gulf Spray Show"; "Burl Ives Sings"
    07-07-1921 - Rod Peterson - Phoenix, AZ - d. 8-9-2004
    writer: "Have Gun, Will Travel"
    08-24-1900 - Jimmy Fidler - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-9-1988
    commentator: "Jimmy Fidler"
    09-20-1899 - Elliot Nugent - Dover, OH - d. 8-9-1980
    actor: "Best Plays"; "United States Steel Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-25-1906 - Dimitri Shostakovich - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 8-9-1975
    composer: "Four for the Fifth"
    10-01-1899 - Rupert LaBelle - d. 8-9-1972
    actor: Rufus Kane "Story of Joan and Kermit"
    10-02-1897 - Jess Kirkpatrick - Illinois - d. 8-9-1976
    actor: Harry Henderson "Beulah"
    11-14-1916 - Don Ewell - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-9-1983
    pianist: "Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra"

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:18:51 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The
    Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."  Streamed in
    high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
    [removed]
    =======================================

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    DEAR JOHN
    Episode 4    10-6-40
    STARS: Irene Rich
    NBC Welch's Grape Juce

    CASEBOOK OF GREGORY HOOD
    Episode 49    5-5-47    "It Happened On Fifth Avenue"
    Guest Star: Gale Storm
    STARS: Elliott Lewis, Howard McNear
    MUTUAL Petri Wine Mondays 8:30 - 9:00 pm

    JUNIOR MISS
    Episode 9    1-8-53    "Being A Teenager Is Like Sitting On Flypaper"
    Stars: Gale Gordon, Barbara Whiting
    CBS Sustained Monday-Friday 7:15 - 7:30 Pm
    Announcer: Roy Rowan
    Creator: Sally Benson
    Director/Writer: Henry Garson

    GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER
    Episode 1    7-9-53    "Random Harvest"
    Stars: Ronald Colman, Bonita Hume (Colman)
    CBS General Electric Company Thursdays 8:30 - 9:00 pm
    Summer replacement series for the "Bing Crosby Show"
    Producer/Director: Jaime Del Valle
    Host/Announcer: Ken Carpenter
    Music: Wilber Hatch

    HERE COMES MCBRIDE
    Episode 1   5-19-49    "There's A Body In My Room"
    STARS: Frank Lovejoy
    ==================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    SUSPENSE
    (CBS) 5/25/43 "Sorry, Wrong Number" stars Agnes Moorehead. Maybe the
    scariest-ever radio show.

    ESCAPE
    (CBS) 3/17-50 "Three Skeleton Key" stars Vincent Price. Real radio terror !

    VIC & SADE
    (NBC) 11/6/39 Rare recording.
    ====================================

    THE GLOWING DIAL

      Silver Theater - "Danger Lights"
    originally aired December 12, 1938 on CBS
    Starring: Clark Gable, Paula Winslow, John Conte announcing.
    Sponsor: International Silver Company

    Theatre of Romance - "Casanova Brown"
    originally aired November 13, 1945 on CBS
    Starring: Henry Fonda.
    Sponsors: Colgate, Halo Shampoo

    Encore Theater - "Green Light"
    originally aired June 25, 1946 on CBS
    Starring: Robert Young, Pedro de Cordova, Frank Graham announcing.
    Sponsor: Schenley Labs, Inc.

    Academy Award Theater - "Suspicion"
    originally aired October 30, 1946 on CBS
    Starring: Cary Grant, Ann Todd, Hugh Brundage announcing.
    Sponsor: E. R. Squibb & Sons

    Camel Screen Guild Theatre - "Call Northside 777"
    originally aired October 7, 1948 on NBC
    Starring: James Stewart, Pat O'Brien, Richard Conte, Michael Roy announcing.
    Sponsor: Camel Cigarettes
    ==================================

    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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    Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:41 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR on DVD

    For anyone keeping track and have noticed the slowing trend of old nostalgic
    movies given less release to the DVD market every month, this will explain
    things perfectly. For anyone who has been waiting for Universal to release
    the 1948 movie of THE LIFE OF RILEY with William Bendix or the 1945 movie of
    DUFFY'S TAVERN with Ed Gardner, don't keep holding your breath.

    [removed]

    Thank goodness we have vendors who seek out the rare and un-released films
    and make them available for sale at old-time radio conventions. Three years
    ago I bought a copy of LARCENY ON THE AIR from 1937, concerning a radio show
    host who crusades against a fake doctor who is peddling a radium-based
    cure-alls to an unsuspecting public. The placement of the radio microphone
    was unusual and this wasn't something the major studios was going to
    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:54 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-10 births/deaths

    August 10th births

    08-10-1874 - Herbert Hoover - West Branch, IA - d. 10-20-1964
    [removed] president: "The People's Platform"
    08-10-1878 - Louis Esson - Sydney, Australia - d. 11-27-1943
    writer: "Lola, the Lorelei"
    08-10-1887 - Hugh Herbert - Binghamton, NY - d. 3-12-1952
    actor: Pop "That's My Pop"; "Rudy Vallee Hour"; "Family Theatre"
    08-10-1895 - Harry Richman - Cincinnati, OH - d. 11-3-1972
    singer, dancer, actor: "Harry Richman Dodge Program"; "Chase and
    Sanborn Hour"
    08-10-1896 - Louis Sobol - New Haven, CT - d. 2-9-1986
    columist: "Album of Manhattan"; "Voice of Broadway"; "Bright Lights of
    New York"
    08-10-1896 - Walter Lang - Memphis, TN - d. 2-7-1972
    film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    08-10-1899 - Jack Haley - Boston, MA - d. 6-6-1979
    comedian: "Log Cabin"; "Wonder Show"; "Sealtest Village Store"
    08-10-1899 - Walter Ashenbrenner - d. 11-xx-1981
    violinist: WJAZ Chicago, Illinois
    08-10-1901 - Josef Koestner - Wilmersdorf, Germany - d. 9-16-1990
    orchestra leader: "Ry-Krisp Show"; "Hoover Sentinels Serenade"
    08-10-1902 - Curt Siodmak - Dresden, Saxony, Germany - d. 9-2-2000
    film writer: "Suspense"
    08-10-1902 - Franklyn Ferguson - Texas - d. 9-18-1969
    announcer: "The Breakfast Club"; "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
    08-10-1902 - Louise Massey - Midland, TX - d. 6-20-1983
    singer: (Louise Massey and the Westerners) "National Barn Dance";
    "Show Boat"
    08-10-1902 - Venezuela Jones - d. 6-22-1995
    actor: Susie Robinson "Our Gal Sunday"
    08-10-1907 - Jane Pickens - Macon, GA - d. 2-21-1992
    singer: (Pickens Sisters) "Gulf Headliners"; "Evening in Paris"; "Jane
    Pickens Show"
    08-10-1908 - Richard DuPage - Kansas City, MO - d. 6-21-1983
    composer: "Murder By Experts"; "The Search That Never Ends"
    08-10-1909 - Claude Thornhill - Terre Haute, IN - d. 7-1-1965
    bandleader: "The Judy 'N Jill 'N Johnny Show"
    08-10-1910 - Roy Ringwald - d. 7-11-1995
    singer: "The Fred Waring Show"
    08-10-1910 - Sigmund Miller - d. 8-5-1998
    writer: "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"
    08-10-1911 - Wanna Coffman - d. 11-28-1991
    bass: "The Musical Brownies"
    08-10-1912 - Wilbur Stark - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-11-1995
    producer: "Movie Matinee"; "Teen Canteen"
    08-10-1913 - Noah Beery, Jr. - NYC - d. 11-1-1994
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    08-10-1914 - Jeff Corey - NYC - d. 8-16-2002
    actor: "Nightbeat"; "Escape"; "NBC Presents: Short Story"
    08-10-1915 - Jack Lester - Oklahoma - d. 9-18-2004
    actor: Sky King "Sky King"; ""Whistlin' Jimmy Steele"
    08-10-1917 - Kathleen Claypool - Aylesworth, IN - d. 5-5-2003
    actor: "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
    08-10-1921 - Marvin Zindler - Houston, TX - d. 7-29-2007
    disk jockey, spot news announcer: KATL-AM, Houston, Texas
    08-10-1923 - Rhonda Fleming - Hollywood, CA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-10-1924 - Martha Hyer - Fort Worth, TX
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-10-1927 - Jimmy Martin - Sneedville, TN - d. 5-14-2005
    bluegrass performer: "Louisiana Hayride"; "WWVA Jamboree"
    08-10-1928 - Eddie Fisher - Philadelphia, PA
    singer: "Stars in Khaki 'n' Blue"; "Eddie Fisher Show"
    08-10-1928 - Jimmy Dean - Plainview, TX
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    08-10-1935 - Marshall Borden - Howell, MI
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    August 10th deaths

    01-10-1899 - Kenneth Casey, Sr. - NYC - d. 8-10-1965
    conductor: "Winnie the Wave"
    02-02-1888 - Frank Lloyd - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 8-10-1960
    film director: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Robert Arden Round Table
    Discussion"
    02-14-1909 - Carlton Moss - Newark, NJ - d. 8-10-1997
    writer, creator: "Community Forum"
    04-23-1915 - James F. Fleming - Baraboo, WI - d. 8-10-1996
    announcer: "Vic and Sade"; "Get John's Other Wife"
    05-02-1903 - Sylvan Levin - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-10-1996
    conductor: "Sinfonietta"; "Brownstone Theatre"; "Let's Go to the Opera"
    05-06-1914 - Ken Englund - Chicago, IL - d. 8-10-1993
    writer: "Three Sheets to the Wind"
    05-20-1894 - Adela Rogers St. Johns - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-10-1988
    novelist: Commentator on NBC 1936-1937
    06-18-1910 - Dick Foran - Flemington, NJ - d. 8-10-1979
    singer: (The Singing Cowboy) "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
    07-03-1915 - Jerry Gray - Boston MA - d. 8-10-1976
    bandleader: "I Sustain the Wings"; "Philip Morris Frolics"; "Club 15"
    07-04-1902 - Vince Barnett - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-10-1977
    actor: "Shell Chateau"; "Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show"
    07-10-1913 - Joan Marsh - Porterville, CA - d. 8-10-2000
    actor: "Calling All Cars"; "Good News of 1939"
    07-17-1917 - Lou Boudreau - Harvey, IL - d. 8-10-2001
    sportscaster: Chicago Cubs
    08-07-1910 - Freddie Slack - Westby, WI - d. 8-10-1965
    pianist, bandleader: "Kraft Music Hall"
    08-20-1911 - Robert Riley Crutcher - Missouri - d. 8-10-1974
    writer: "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"; "Eddie Bracken Show"
    08-23-1910 - John Nesbitt - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - d.
    8-10-1960
    commentator: ""John Nesbitt and the News"; Passing Parade"
    09-13-1908 - Sheila Barrett - d. 8-10-1980
    impersonator, mimic: "Fred Allen Show"; "Time of Your Life"; "Magic Key"
    09-20-1898 - Charlie Dressen - Decatur, IL - d. 8-10-1966
    baseball manager: "Tops in Sports"; "Brooklyn Dodgers Locker Room
    Interviews"
    09-30-1912 - Kenny Baker - Monrovia, CA - d. 8-10-1985
    singer, comedian: "Jack Benny Program"; "Glamour Manor"; "Kenny Baker
    Show"
    10-15-1912 - "Zeb" Tennis - Missouri - d. 8-10-1972
    fiddle: "Plantation Boys"
    10-27-1890 - Bob Becker - Terryville, SD - d. 8-10-1962
    commentator: "Fireside Chats About Dogs/Pet Parade"
    11-13-1903 - Conrad Thibault - Northbridge, MA - d. 8-10-1983
    singer: "Show Boat"; "Packard Hour"; "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"
    11-27-1897 - Vera Allen - NYC - d. 8-10-1987
    actor: Grace Doblen "Hilltop House"; Mother Malone "Young Dr. Malone"
    11-27-1901 - Ted Husing - The Bronx, NY - d. 8-10-1962
    announcer, sportscaster: "Sportslants"; "March of Time"; "Radio
    Reader's Digest"

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:37:08 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
    To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  army navy screen magazine

    I was in Fry's recently and picked up a coupla DVDs of the above
    reference films. One in particular may be of interest to OTR collectors,
    altho from the web site I am not sure if it is still available.

    Timeless Media Group TMG 66013 contains a report on the 5th Army mobile
    radio station. There is a shot of a "studio", a fellow cueing up a
    transcription, and the record playing on the turntable. The sound track
    heard is actually from the ANSM "Command Performance" film with an intro
    by Bob Hope.

    I posted about that film earlier this year after I saw it in the Army
    Museum on Oahu, Hawaii. It is also available for free DL on the net.

    Timeless is at  [removed]

    joe salerno

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    Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:37:44 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
    To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  army navy pt. 2

    Sorry for the moment of confusion. The DVD set contains 2 discs, not
    available separately.

    [removed]

    joe salerno

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