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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 4
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Lone Ranger's First Broadcast         [ "Jim Kitchen" <jkitchen@[removed]; ]
      Maudie Pemberton                      [ <beachcrows@[removed]; ]
      1-8 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      1-9 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      1-10 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      How were the Elgin specials distribu  [ "Chris Holm" <cbholm@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:13:34 -0500
    From: "Jim Kitchen" <jkitchen@[removed];
    To: "old time radio digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lone Ranger's First Broadcast

    Jim Harmon's "The Great Radio Heros" has this to say about the first Lone
    Ranger broadcast: "The pilot broadcast met with mixed reactions from the
    WXYZ staff. Trendle didn't like the Ranger's high spirits and good humor,
    and the rest of the staff didn't like the Masked Man's formal, eastern way
    of speaking. So they compromised. The Lone Ranger lost his sense of humor
    and kept his formal speech."

    Jim Kitchen

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    Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:14:14 -0500
    From: <beachcrows@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Maudie Pemberton

    A while ago, Ron Sayles asked if anyone had a clue as to who played
    Maudie Pemberton on One Man's Family.

    In his definitive Radio Log of One Man's Family, H. Edwin Titus (a
    private printing - 2002) said it was probably Betty Lou Gerson.

    Paul Thompson

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    Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:15:30 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-8 births/deaths

    January 8th births

    01-08-1879 - Emory S. Land - Canon City, CO - d. 11-28-1971
    [removed] naval officer: "Information Please"
    01-08-1892 - Leeman Bone - Arkansas - d. 7-25-1976
    guitarist: "Hoss Hair Pullers"
    01-08-1901 - Forman Brown - Otsego, MI - d. 1-10-1996
    wrote for CBS radio
    01-08-1902 - Alexander Gray - Wrightvilles, PA - d. 10-4-1975
    baritone: "Chesterfield Quarter Hour"
    01-08-1903 - Roger Bower - NYC - d. 5-17-1979
    announcer, emcee: "Can You Top This?"; "Stop Me If You Heard This One"
    01-08-1904 - Peter Arno - d. 2-22-1968
    panelist: "Stop Me If You Heard This Before"
    01-08-1908 - William Hartnell - London, England - d. 4-23-1975
    actor: The Doctor "Doctor Who"
    01-08-1909 - George D. Crothers - Fort Morgan, CO - d. 11-27-1998
    moderator: "Invitation to Learning"
    01-08-1909 - Jose Ferrer - Santurce, PR - d. 1-26-1992
    actor: Philo Vance "Advs. of Philo Vance"; Minister "We Love and Learn"
    01-08-1910 - Dick Jurgens - Sacremento, CA - d. 10-5-1995
    orchestra leader: "Summer Spotlight Revue"
    01-08-1910 - Fabian Andre - La Crosse, WI - d. 3-30-1960
    arranger for dance orchestras on NBC
    01-08-1910 - Richard Cromwell - Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-11-1960
    actor: Kit Marshall "Those We Love"
    01-08-1911 - Butterfly McQueen - Tampa, FL - d. 12-22-1995
    actor: Oriole "Beulah"; Butterfly "Jack Benny Program"
    01-08-1914 - Sam Cowling - Jeffersonville, IN - d. 2-14-1983
    singer: (The Three Romeos) "The Breakfast Club"; "Club Matinee"
    01-08-1915 - Guy Mauffette - Montreal, Canada - d. 6-29-2005
    announcer: Worked with CBC radio, Canada's French network
    01-08-1920 - Robert Gordon Bollard - Buffalo, NY - d. 11-2-1964
    coordinaator of radio stations services
    01-08-1921 - Guy Bagli - d. 2-21-1971
    sportscaster: WALT Tampa, Florida; WTVT Petersburg, Florida
    01-08-1923 - Giorgio Tozzi - Chicago, IL
    opera singer (bass): "The Chicago Theatre of the Air"
    01-08-1923 - Larry Storch - NYC
    comedian: "Duffy's Tavern"
    01-08-1926 - Chester Feldman - d. 5-25-1997
    producer: "The Henry Morgan Show"
    01-08-1926 - Soupy Sales - Franklinton, NC - 10-22-2009
    script writer, disc jockey: WHTN Huntington, WV
    01-08-1930 - May Wynn - NYC
    actor: "Amos 'n' Andy Show"
    01-08-1933 - Charles Osgood - NYC
    reporter: "Osgood File"
    01-08-1935 - Elvis Presley - Tupelo, MS - d. 8-16-1977
    singer: "Louisiana Hayride"
    01-08-1952 - Margaret Fischer - Sydney, Australia
    writer: "The Gay Divorecc"

    January 8th deaths

    01-02-1905 - Michael Tippett - London, England - d. 1-8-1998
    composer: "Midsummer Marriage"
    01-03-1918 - Jesse White - Buffalo, NY - d. 1-8-1997
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"; "Sears Radio Theatre"
    01-24-1902 - Walter Kiernan - New Haven, CT - d. 1-8-1978
    commentator, emcee: "Sparring Partners"; "Weekend"
    01-30-1907 - Lois Wilson - Iowa - d. 1-8-1983
    actor: "Jack Benny Program"
    03-25-1909 - Jay Blackton - NYC - d. 1-8-1994
    composer, conductor, pianist: "Stu Erwin Show"; "Broadway Showtime"
    03-26-1928 - Carole Carr - London, England - d. 1-8-1997
    singer, actress: "Calling All Forces"
    05-02-1952 - Campbell McComas - Melbourne, Australia - d. 1-8-2005
    regular performer on Australia's ABC radio
    05-16-1891 - Richard Tauber - Linz, Austria-Hungary - d. 1-8-1948
    opera singer: "General Motors Concert"
    05-19-1919 - George Auld - Toronto, Canada - d. 1-8-1990
    bandleader: "Saturday Night Swing Session"
    05-29-1899 - Don Brodie - Cincinnati, OH - d. 1-8-2001
    grouch: "The Grouch Club"
    06-11-1889 - Wesley Ruggles - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-8-1972
    film director: (Brother of Charlie) "Screen Guild Theatre"
    06-18-1906 - Ray Bauduc - New Orleans, LA - d. 1-8-1988
    drummer, composer: "The Bob Crosby Show"
    06-19-1915 - Pat Buttram - Addison, AL - d. 1-8-1994
    actor: (Sage of Winston County) "National Barn Dance"
    07-14-1911 - Terry-Thomas - London, England - d. 1-8-1990
    comedian: "Top of the Town"
    07-21-1899 - Sara Dougherty Carter - Flatwoods, VA - d. 1-8-1979
    singer: (Carter Family) XERA Mexico
    07-23-1910 - Gale Page - Spokane, WA - d. 1-8-1983
    actor: Holly Sloan "Story of Holly Sloan"; Gertrude Lamont "Masquerade"
    08-15-1901 - Sam Perrin - d. 1-8-1998
    writer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Phil Baker Show"; "Tommy Riggs and
    Betty Lou"
    08-23-1919 - Olin Tice - Savannah, GA - d. 1-8-1998
    announcer: "The Mindy Carson Show"; "The Peggy Lee Show"
    08-28-1914 - Richard Tucker - NYC - d. 1-8-1975
    opera tenor: "Chicago Theatre of the Air"; "Standard Hour";
    "Metropolitan Opera"
    09-01-1922 - Yvonne De Carlo - Vancouver, Canada - d. 1-8-2007
    actor: " Screen Guild Theatre"; "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    09-28-1922 - Romeo Cascarino - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-8-2002
    cheif arranger: Armed Forces Special Service Orchestraq
    10-10-1889 - Harold Vermilyea - NYC - d. 1-8-1958
    actor: Cornlius Potter "Big Sister"; Mr. Bruce "Stella Dallas"
    11-06-1905 - Isabel Carothers - Mt. Pleasant, IA - d. 1-8-1937
    actor: Lu "Clara, Lu and Em"
    12-22-1911 - Milton E. Drentz - d. 1-8-2000
    seminary producer: "The Eternal Light"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:15:51 -0500
    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," Bob Bro's "The Old Time Radio Show," John and Larry
    Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios"
    and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."  Streamed in high-quality audio,
    on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
    [removed]
    Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY SHOW
      Episode 300 11-11-41 "Bergen and McCarthy Come To Movie Premiere"
      Stars Marian and Jim Jordan
      With Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
      NBC Johnson's Wax

    FITCH BANDWAGON
      Episode 225 12-20-42 Guest: Seventeen-Year-Old Mel Torme
      Features: Mel Torme, Chico Marx, Ben Pollack, Kim Kimberly.
      Host: Toby Reed
      NBC Fitch Shampoo

    RAY BOLGER SHOW
      Episode 10 9-7-45 Guest: Dinah Shore
      Summer Replacement for the "Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore Show"
      Stars: Ray Bolger
      Announcer: Howard Petrie
      Music: Roy Bargy and His Orchestra
      CBS Rexall

    BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW
      Episode 24 2-13-47 "Guest: Cary Grant"
      "Maxwell House Coffee Time"
      Stars: George Burns And Gracie Allen
      With: Mel Blanc
      Announcer: Bill Goodwin
      NBC Maxwell House Coffee Thursdays 8:30 - 9:00pm
    ==================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

    GANG BUSTERS
      (ABC/Synd) 10/11/47 and 10/18/47
      A double feature telling of the later days of George "Bugs" Moran's
    criminal life in Chicago.

    THE GREEN HORNET
      (NBC-Blue) -5/22/40 Al Hodge as The Hornet aka Britt Reid in: "Sins Of
    The Father"
    ====================================

    THE OLD TIME RADIO SHOW

    OUR MISS BROOKS (CBS)
      Title: A Suit for Charity
      Original Air: 12/17/50
      Starring: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon

    I LOVE A MYSTERY (MUTUAL)
      Title: Battle of the Century --- Episode 17
      Original Air: 2/21/50
      Starring: Russell Thorson, Jim Boles, Tony Randall

    GUNSMOKE (CBS)
      Title: Big Girl Lost
      Original Air: 12/19/53
      Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis
    ====================================

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    This week, we will speak with another radio host who plays Classic
    radio. He is Steve Darnall, who took over from Chuck Schaden in Chicago
    in 2009.
      Steve hosts "Those Were the Days" every Saturday from 11 AM to 3 PM
    Pacific. You can hear him on line at:
      [removed]

      During the conversation we spoke about The Chicago theater Of the air,
    and so, in our second hour we'll play one of those broadcasts.
      We'll hear:
    CHICAGO THEATER OF THE AIR
      from 10/12/40 Episode (006) Chocolate Soldier.
      It features James Melton and Soprano Marion Claire, with Olan Soule,
    Fran Carlon, Brett Morrison, and Marvin Miller in acting roles.
    ====================================
    CLASSICS & CURIOS

    Episode 9.

    The Abbott & Costello Show
      from 1945 featuring the classic "Who's on First?" routine with music
    by Marilyn Maxwell and Skinnay Ennis, with a Classics & Curious Extra:
    "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" recording by Frank Sinatra and Doris Day"

    Vaughn Monroe & "The Camel Caravan
      Also from 1945 featuring vocalist June Hiett (Bratone) with songs from
    vintage musical comedy shows on Broadway"

      An interview with June Hiett Bratone originally aired in 2006 on
    YesterdayUSA with Walden Hughes and Duane Keilstrup
    ====================================

    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: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:16:32 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-9 births/deaths

    January 9th births

    01-09-1879 - Alfred McCann - d. 1-22-1931
    host: "McCann Pure Food Hour"
    01-09-1886 - Arthur "Bugs" Baer - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-17-1969
    writer: "The Eveready Hour"
    01-09-1898 - Gracie Fields - Rochdale, Lancashire, England - d.
    9-27-1979
    comedian, singer: "Gracie Fields Victory Show"; "Gracie Fields Show"
    01-09-1899 - Ted Maxwell - Oakland, CA - d. 7-15-1959
    actor: "Captain Ross "Flying Time"; Fred Nino "Masquerade"
    01-09-1901 - Chic Young - Chicago, IL - d. 3-14-1973
    cartoonist: Creator of Blondie Bumstead nee Boopadoop
    01-09-1902 - Rudolf Bing - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-2-1997
    manager of the metropolitan opera: "Metropolitan Auditions"
    01-09-1908 - Carl Swanson - Utica-Rome, NY - d. 6-22-1994
    disk jockey: "Mr. Sunshine"
    01-09-1908 - Richard Byron - NYC - d. 12-31-1969
    radio comedy writer
    01-09-1909 - Patrick Peyton - Carracastle, Ireland - d. 6-3-1992
    preacher: (The Rosary Priest) "Family Theatre"
    01-09-1913 - Richard Nixon - Yorba Linda, CA - d. 4-22-1994
    [removed] president: "Image Minorities"; "Kennedy-Nixon Debates"
    01-09-1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee - Seattle, WA - d. 4-26-1970
    exotic dancer: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "What Makes You Tick?"
    01-09-1914 - Ted Berkman - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-12-2006
    reporter for ABC News
    01-09-1915 - Anita Louise - NYC - d. 4-25-1970
    actor: "Stars Over Hollywood"
    01-09-1915 - Fernando Lamas - Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. 10-8-1982
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-09-1916 - Vic Mizzy - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-19-2009
    songwriter: "Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour"; "The Fred Allen Show"
    01-09-1917 - Jimmy Maxwell - Stockton, CA - d. 7-20-2002
    trumpet: "Paul Barron and His Orchestra"; "Guest Star"
    01-09-1920 - Betty Roche - Wilmington, DE - d. 2-26-1999
    singer: "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra"; "Spotlight Bands"
    01-09-1921 - Lister Sinclair - Bombay, India - d. 10-16-2006
    writer, actor: "American School of the Air"; "Stage Forty-Seven"
    01-09-1921 - Seymour Barab - Chicago, IL
    cellist: ABC and CBS Symphony Orchestra
    01-09-1939 - Jimmy Boyd - McComb, MS - [removed]
    singer: (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus) "The Bing Crosby Show"
    01-09-1939 - Susannah York - London, England - d. 1-15-2011
    actor: BBC Radio 4 "I Had a Misery"
    01-09-1942 - John Dunning - Brooklyn, NY
    writer: ""On the Air; The Encyclopeida of Old-Time Radio"
    01-09-1945 - Paul Burns - Arncliffe, Australia
    writer: "Memories Are Made of Fireworks"

    January 9th deaths

    01-12-1894 - Tommy Handley - Liverpool, England - d. 1-9-1949
    comedian: Minister of Aggravation "It's That Man Again"; "Radio
    Radiance"
    03-28-1904 - Day Keene - Illinois - d. 1-9-1969
    writer: "Kitty Keene, Incorporated"; "Little Orphan Annie"
    03-30-1889 - Herman Bing - Frankfurt, Germany - d. 1-9-1947
    tenor: "Gulf Screen Theatre"
    05-09-1923 - Johnny Grant - Goldsboro, NC - d. 1-9-2008
    emcee: (Honorary Mayor of Hollywood) "Jubilee"
    07-17-1906 - Anton Karras - Vienna, Austria - d. 1-9-1985
    composer, zither: "The Third Man"
    09-23-1905 - Charlie Arlington - d. 1-9-1986
    announcer: "Michael Shayne, Private Detective"; "Voyage of the Scarlet
    Queen"
    10-02-1893 - Roy Shield - Waseca, MN - d. 1-9-1962
    conductor: "Design for Listening"; "RCA Victor Show"; "Eternal Light"
    10-30-1896 - Bill Terry - Atlanta, GA - d. 1-9-1989
    sportscaster: WAGA Atlanta
    11-17-1937 - Peter Cook - Devonshire, England - d. 1-9-1995
    satirist, writer, comedian: "Why Bother"
    11-21-1919 - Steve Brodie - El Dorado, KS - d. 1-9-1992
    actor: Mike Mallory "Mike Mallory"
    12-21-1936 - Peter Tinniswood - Manchester, England - d. 1-9-2003
    comedy writer: "Tales from the Long Room"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:57:08 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-10 births/deaths

    January 10th births

    01-10-1882 - Olive Higgins Prouty - Worcester, MA - d. 3-24-1974
    writer: "Stella Dallas" based on Prouty's novel without her approvals
    01-10-1883 - Francis X. Bushman - Norfolk, VA - d. 8-23-1966
    actor: John Fairchild "Step Mother"; Peter Standish "Betty and Bob"
    01-10-1893 - John Bonnell - Prince Edward Island, Canada - d. 2-23-1992
    preacher: "Our Spiritual Life"; "Your Life Today"
    01-10-1896 - Frances Lockridge - d. 2-17-1963
    writer: "Mr. and Mrs. North"
    01-10-1897 - John P. McEvoy - d. 8-8-1958
    writer: "Information Please"
    01-10-1899 - Kenneth Casey, Sr. - NYC - d. 8-10-1965
    conductor: "Winnie the Wave"
    01-10-1904 - Ray Bolger - Dorchester, MA - d. 1-15-1987
    singer, dancer: "Ray Bolger Show"
    01-10-1905 - Harold Stokes - Nokomis, IL - d. unknown
    orchestra leader: "Climalene Carnival"; "Great Gunns"; "Jamboree"
    01-10-1908 - Paul Henreid - Trieste - d. 3-29-1992
    actor: "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-10-1911 - Don Lowe - Hartford, CT - d. 6-1-1991
    announcer, emcee: "David Harding, Counterspy"; "The Fat Man"
    01-10-1914 - Polly Rowles - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-2001
    actor: Nita's Aunt "Lone Journey"
    01-10-1916 - Don Gardiner - NYC - d. 3-27-1977
    newscaster: "Monday Morning Headlines"
    01-10-1916 - Jack Halloran - Rock Rapids, IA - d. 1-24-1997
    singer: "The Breakfast Club with Don MacNeil"
    01-10-1917 - Jerry Wexler - The Bronx, NY - d. 8-15-2008
    record producer: "Sound Stage"
    01-10-1918 - Alan Woods - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-27-2008
    writer: "The Abbott and Costello Show"
    01-10-1919 - Amzie Strickland - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 7-5-2006
    actor: "The Fat Man"; "The Shadow"; "Brownstone Theatre"
    01-10-1924 - Max Roach - New Land, NC - d. 8-15-2007
    jazz drummer: "Bands for Bonds"; "Jazz Alive"; "Newport Jazz Festival"
    01-10-1927 - Gisele Mackenzie - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 9-5-2003
    singer: "[removed] Woolworth Hour"; "Mario Lanza Show"; "Meet Giesele"
    01-10-1927 - Johnnie Ray - The Dalles, OR - d. 2-24-1990
    singer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    01-10-1936 - Roger William Brown - New Brunswick, NJ
    singer on radio

    January 10th deaths

    01-08-1901 - Forman Brown - Otsego, MI - d. 1-10-1996
    wrote for CBS radio
    02-07-1885 - Sinclair Lewis - Sauk Centre, MN - d. 1-10-1951
    novelist: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Ford Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
    02-22-1907 - Sheldon Leonard - NYC - d. 1-10-1997
    comedian: Tout "Jack Benny Program"; Joe Crunchmiller "Judy Canova Show"
    03-10-1919 - Marion Hutton - Battle Creek, MI - d. 1-10-1987
    singer: (Sister of Betty), (Glenn Miller Orchestra) "Moonlight Serenade"
    04-17-1905 - Arthur Lake - Corbin, KY - d. 1-10-1987
    actor: (Brother of Florence Lake) Dagwood Bumstead "Blondie"
    04-29-1903 - Frank Parker - NYC - d. 1-10-1999
    singer: "A & P Gypsies"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Frank Parker Show
    05-14-1905 - Herbert Morrison - d. 1-10-1989
    announcer: Hindenburg Disaster; "Call to Arms"; "Good Old Days of Radio"
    05-27-1894 - Dashiell Hammett - St. Mary's County, MD - d. 1-10-1961
    author: "Fat Man"; "Adventures of Sam Spade"
    06-18-1917 - Richard Boone - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-10-1981
    actor: "Dragnet"
    07-26-1903 - Donald Voorhees - Allentown, PA - d. 1-10-1989
    conductor: "Show Boat"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Telephone Hour"
    08-05-1890 - Al Goodman - Nikopol, Russia - d. 1-10-1972
    orchestra leader: "Fred Allen Show"; "Al Goodman's Musical Album";
    "Your Hit Parade"
    08-06-1909 - Mike Barry - d. 1-10-1992
    sportscaster: WKO Louisville, Kentucky
    08-28-1917 - Jayne Walton - San Antonio, TX - d. 1-10-2010
    singer: (Champagne Lady) "Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra"
    09-04-1903 - Bennie Bonacio - Mineo, Italy - d. 1-10-1974
    saxophonist: Paul Whiteman, Vincent Lopez orchestras
    09-06-1927 - Waring Jones - Minneapolis, MN - d. 1-10-2008
    announcer: Armed Forces Radio
    09-07-1900 - Emerson Treacy - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-10-1967
    actor: Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    09-09-1920 - Michael Aldridge - Glastonbury, England - d. 1-10-1994
    actor: "Relatively Speaking"
    10-22-1916 - Sidney Miller - Shenandoah, PA - d. 1-10-2004
    actor-director-songwriter: "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Jeff Regan, Private
    Investigator"
    10-28-1912 - Madaline Lee - Dallas, TX - d. 1-10-1974
    actor: Genevive Blue "Amos 'n' Andy"; Wendy Burton "Second Mrs. Burton"
    11-11-1904 - Joe Penner - Magybecskereck, Hungary - d. 1-10-1941
    comedian: "Joe Penner Program"; "Penners of Park Avenue"
    11-22-1911 - Ernie Caceres - Rockport, TX - d. 1-10-1971
    clarinet, saxophone: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    11-23-1917 - John Newland - Cincinnati, OH - d. 1-10-2000
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "NBC University Theatre of the Air"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:57:15 -0500
    From: "Chris Holm" <cbholm@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  How were the Elgin specials distributed?

    I know that AFRS broadcasts were forbidden from advertising to soldiers
    overseas, and therefore broadcasts were edited before distribution
    (commercials cut, Lux Radio Theatre becomes Hollywood Radio Theatre, etc.)

    But listening to an Elgin Christmas special the other day, I got to
    wondering how it was distributed.  It advertises itself as a broadcast for
    servicemen, yet it's rife with commercials and references to Elgin watches.
    Were the Elgin specials distributed overseas?  Were they on AFRS, or through
    another service?  Or were they just broadcast domestically and not really
    broadcast overseas?

    Thanks,
    Chris Holm

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