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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 306
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      L For Lankey                          [ Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed]; ]
      Hal Stone Photo [removed]            [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      another article on the disaster at A  [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]
      This week in radio history 28 Oct to  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Re: Empire Builders' Armistice Day e  [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      10-28 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:55:00 -0400
    From: Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  L For Lankey

    Here I am with my once a year request for anyone that
    has a program or two of L. For Lankey to please get in
    touch with me.
    I thank you for taking to time to read this request
    Pete Appleyard
    pappleyard_ca@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:05:24 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hal Stone Photo [removed]

    Folks;

       First off, let me apologize for not getting more posted regarding last
    week's Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention to the Nostalgic Rumblings blog
    at [removed] ...just as while I was at the con I never
    seemed to be organized enough to have time for posting, this week has been
    busy and convoluted as well. I'm working on finding the time to post some
    pics and additional thoughts, honest.

       A few people who were at the convention asked me about the photos of Hal
    Stone that ran before the comedy panel. The moderator, Derek Tague, asked me
    if I could put together some pics of Hal to be used as a tribute to him, and
    it was impossible for me to refuse. Some people have asked for copies of the
    short piece, and so I include it on the blog in Flash format (there's a
    player right on the blog entry) so those who were there, and those who
    weren't, can see it. Just go to the blog at the URL listed [removed] may
    need to scroll down depending on when you see this note.

             Charlie

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    Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:02:04 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
    To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  another article on the disaster at American
     Radio Archives

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    (watch the word wrap)

    js

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    Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:15:47 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 28 Oct to 3 Nov

     From Those Were The Days --

    10/28

    1922 - WEAF in New York broadcast the first collegiate football game
    heard coast to coast. Princeton played the University of Chicago at
    Stagg Field in the Windy City. The broadcast was carried on phone lines
    to New York City, where the radio transmission began. (Princeton 21,
    Chicago 18.)

    1946 - Our favorite flying cowboy was heard on ABC for the first time.
    Sky King starred Jack Lester, then Earl Nightingale, and finally, Roy
    Engel, as Sky. Beryl Vaughn played Sky's niece Penny; Jack Bivens was
    Chipper and Cliff Soubier was the foreman. Sky King was sponsored by
    Mars candy.

    10/30

    Orson Welles, known to radio audiences as The Shadow, presented his
    famous dramatization of [removed] Wells' The War of the Worlds on CBS's
    Mercury Theater at 8 [removed]

    10/31

    1942 - One of the great wartime shows premiered. CBS debuted Thanks to
    the Yanks, starring Bob Hawk. It became one of the most popular of the
    wartime programs.

    11/1

    1937 - The first broadcast of Hilltop House was aired on CBS; while on
    NBC, the comic strip character Terry and the Pirates debuted.

    11/2

    1931 - Myrt and Marge was heard for the first time -- on CBS. The
    program centered on two chorus girls who competed for the same parts and
    the same men. The creator and writer (Cliff Thomas wrote some) of the
    series, Myrtle Vail, also played the role of Myrt; and the original
    Marge was performed by Vail's daughter, Donna Fick. Three other
    performers played the part when Donna died giving birth. Myrt and Marge
    continued for 11 years.

    Joe

    --
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    Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:46:46 -0400
    From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Empire Builders' Armistice Day episode

    R. R. King posted two clippings about the 1930 Armistice eve program of the
    Great Northern Railway's "Empire Builders" series, presented from the
    Chicago Studios of the NBC at the Merchandise Mart.

>     In order to set the proper battle
>     effects for the war-time story to be dramatized, two machine
>     guns were mounted on the roof of the building outside the NBC
>     studios, and fired volley upon volley of blank cartridges in order
>     to feed the actual noise of the firing into the microphones.

    Why didn't they just ask Al Copone?????????

    Michael Biel   mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:02:01 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-28 births/deaths

    October 28th births

    10-28-1886 - Ruth Gates - Denton, TX - d. 5-23-1966
    actor: Mrs Lenord "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    10-28-1895 - Herb Butterfield - Rhode Island - d. 5-2-1957
    actor: Clarence Wellman "Halls of Ivy"; Hunter Glenn "One Man's Family"
    10-28-1895 - John Boles - Greenville, TX - d. 2-27-1969
    actor, singer: "Texaco Star Theatre"
    10-28-1896 - Howard Hanson - Wahoo, NE - d. 2-26-1981
    conductor, composer: "New York Philharmonic"; "ASCAP World's Fair
    Concert"
    10-28-1897 - Edith Head - San Bernardino, CA - d. 10-24-1981
    costume designer: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-28-1902 - Elsa Lanchester - Lewisham, England - d. 12-26-1986
    actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Everyman's
    Theatre"
    10-28-1906 - Lou Bring - d. 7-15-1951
    orchestra leader: "The Al Jolson Show"; "The Gracie Fields Show"
    10-28-1908 - David LeWinter - NYC - d. 1-22-1976
    orchestra leader: Late night dance band remotes
    10-28-1910 - Arthur Altman - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-18-1994
    CBS staff violinist and librarian
    10-28-1912 - Madaline Lee - Dallas, TX - d. 1-10-1974
    actor: Genevive Blue "Amos 'n' Andy"; Wendy Burton "Second Mrs. Burton"
    10-28-1913 - Ruth Peterson - Wauwatosa, WI - d. 2-2-1985
    actor: Linda Carroll "Hawthorne House"
    10-28-1917 - Ron Rawson - Iowa - d. 7-18-1994
    announcer: "Right to Happiness"; "Advs. of Topper"; "Advs. of the
    Thin Man"
    10-28-1934 - Johnny Western - Two Harbors, MN
    singer, actor, songwriter: (Ballad of Paladin) Daily show on KFDI
    Wichita, KS

    October 28th deaths

    01-26-1914 - Jack de Manio - Hampstead, England - d. 10-28-1988
    announcer: "Today"; "Jack de Manio Precisely"; "Woman's Hour"
    02-22-1891 - George Jeske - Utah - d. 10-28-1951
    writer: "Truth or Consequences"
    02-27-1893 - Maurice Spitalny - Tetieff, Russia - d. 10-28-1986
    conductor: Music director for KDKA Pittsburgh
    04-01-1917 - Leon Janney - Ogden, UT - d. 10-28-1980
    actor: Danny Stratford "Life of Mary Sothern"; Richard Parker "Parker
    Family"
    07-27-1918 - Veola Vonn - NYC - d. 10-28-1995
    actor: Dimples Wilson "Blondie"; Princess Nadji "Chandu the Magician"
    08-18-1917 - Mary Rolfe - Brooklyn NY - d. 10-28-1996
    actor: Mary Aldrich "The Aldrich Family"; Rose O'Brien "Rose of My
    Dreams"
    08-29-1913 - Sylvia Fine - NYC - d. 10-28-1991
    writer: (Wife of Danny Kaye) "Danny Kaye Show"; "Forecast"; "Bud's
    Bandwagon"
    09-15-1915 - Phil Brito - Boomer, WV - d. 10-28-2005
    narrator: "Moon River"
    09-16-1919 - Larry Dobkin - NYC - d. 10-28-2002
    actor: Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; Ellery Queen "Advs. of
    Ellery Queen"
    09-17-1907 - Alice Yourman - South Dakota - d. 10-28-2000
    actor: Mary Andrews "Archie Andrews"; [removed] Aldrich "Aldrich Family"
    09-20-1917 - Red Auerbach - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-28-2006
    legendary baskeball coach: "The Inside Track"
    10-06-1899 - Mitchell Leisen - Menominee, MI - d. 10-28-1972
    director: Lux Radio Theatre
    11-02-1892 - Alice Brady - NYC - d. 10-28-1939
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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