Subject: [removed] Digest V2010 #105
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Date: 6/13/2010 12:42 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 105
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      6-10 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Barbara Hutton reference              [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      The cost of OTR tomes                 [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Basil Rathbone's 'Beyond the Green D  [ "Dorian LaRowe" <dorian@mybluelight ]
      6-11 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      6-12 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Honorary Unsubscribe: Himan Brown     [ Herb Harrison <[removed]@yahoo. ]
      This week in radio history 13-19 Jun  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:30:53 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-10 births/deaths

    June 10th births

    06-10-1889 - Sessue Hayakawa - Chiba, Japan - d. 11-23-1973
    actor: Freelance NHK Tokyo, Japan
    06-10-1891 - Al Dubin - Zurich, Switzerland - d. 2-11-1945
    lyricist: "Mutual-Don Lee Dedicatory Program"
    06-10-1895 - Hattie McDaniel - Wichita, KS - d. 10-26-1952
    actor: Beulah "Beulah"; Mammy "Maxwell House Showboat"
    06-10-1897 - Boris Kroyt - d. 11-15-1969
    violinist: (Member of the Budapest String Quaratet) "Library of
    Congress Concert"
    06-10-1898 - Dorothy Day - NYC - d. 7-24-1975
    actor, writer: "The House Beside the Road"
    06-10-1898 - Norman Brokenshire - Murcheson, Ontario, Canada - d.
    5-4-1965
    announcer: "Music That Satisfies"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    06-10-1901 - Fritz Loewe - Vienna, Austria - d. 2-14-1988
    composer: "Mitch Miller Show"
    06-10-1903 - Clyde Beatty - Bainbridge, OH - d. 7-19-1965
    big game hunter: "The Clyde Beatty Show"
    06-10-1903 - Ernest Chappell - Syracuse, NY - d. 7-4-1983
    announcer: "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"; "Quiet Please"; "Big Story"
    06-10-1909 - Larry LeSueur - NYC - d. 2-5-2003
    CBS news correspondent: "This Week in Europe"; "The World Today"
    06-10-1910 - Charles O'Connor - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-17-1942
    announcer: "Johnny Presents"; "Breezing Along"
    06-10-1910 - Julie Haydon - Oak Park, IL - d. 12-24-1994
    actor: "Suspense"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    06-10-1911 - Denes Agay - Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary - d. 1-24-2007
    composer/conductor: "Guest Star"
    06-10-1911 - Mary Lansing - Louisiana - d. 9-30-1988
    actor: Betty Crane "The Greatest of These"; Julie Collins "The Guiding
    Light"
    06-10-1916 - Bill Waddington - Lancashire, England - d. 9-9-2000
    actor: "Ack-Ack, Beer Beer"
    06-10-1917 - Meredith Edwards - Denbighshire, Wales - d. 2-8-1999
    actor: "The Cruel Sea"
    06-10-1918 - Barry Morse - London, England - d. 2-2-2008
    actor: "Odyssey of Honor"; "George Orwell: A Radio Biography"
    06-10-1919 - Hal Simms - Boston, MA - d. 7-2-2002
    announcer: "The Steve Allen Show"; "Stop the Music!"
    06-10-1920 - Anne Burr - Boston, MA - d. 2-1-2003
    actor: Regina Rawlings "Backstage Wife"; "Nona Marsh "Wendy Warren and
    the News"
    06-10-1921 - Chuck Thompson - Palmer, MA - d. 3-6-2005
    sportscaster: Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Colts
    06-10-1922 - Judy Garland - Grand Rapids, MN - d. 6-22-1969
    singer, actor: Romantic Interest "The Hardy Family"; "Good News of 1938"
    06-10-1926 - June Haver - Rock Island, IL - d. 7-4-2005
    vocalist: (Fio Rito Orchestra) "Hollywood Hotel"
    06-10-1926 - Lionel Jeffries - London, England - d. 2-19-2010
    actor: "The Box of Delights"
    06-10-1931 - Hal "Harlan" Stone - Whitestone, Long Island, NY - d.
    2-21-2007
    actor, author: Jughead Jones "Archie Andrews"; "[removed], Archie! Re-
    laxx!

    June 10th deaths

    01-07-1873 - Adolph Zukor - Ricse, Austria-Hungary - d. 6-10-1976
    film executive: "Time Capsule"; "Flashback"; "Cavalcade of Stars"
    03-09-1912 - Ned Le Fevre - Indiana - d. 6-10-1966
    actor: Ned Holden "The Guiding Light"; Jonathan Kegg "A Life in Your
    Hands"
    04-05-1900 - Spencer Tracy - Milwaukee, WI - d. 6-10-1967
    actor: "Good News of 1938"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-25-1904 - Huey Long - Sealy Austin County, TX - d. 6-10-2009
    jazz guitarist: The Ink Spots
    05-06-1910 - Alice Reinheart - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-10-1993
    actor: Anne Williams "Casey, Crime Photographer"; Jean Abbott "Abbott
    Mysteries"
    05-17-1926 - Tenniel Evans - Nairobi, Kenya - d. 6-10-2009
    actor: Leading Seaman Goldstein "The Navy Lark"
    05-25-1919 - Lindsey Nelson - Campbellsville, TN - d. 6-10-1995
    sportscaster: "Monitor Preview"; "Biography In Sound"
    06-27-1925 - Chuck Balding - d. 6-10-2000
    sportscaster: WOAY Oak Hill, West Virginia
    06-30-1898 - George Chandler - Waukegan, IL - d. 6-10-1985
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-12-1863 - Herschel Mayall - Bowling Green, KY - d. 6-10-1941
    actor: "The Lone Ranger"; "The March of Time"
    07-14-1904 - Nadia Reisenberg - Vilna, Lithuania - d. 6-10-1983
    pianist: "Benny Goodman Music Festival"
    08-25-1909 - Michael Rennie - Bradford, Yorkshire, England - d.
    6-10-1971
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-30-1910 - Elinor Herriot - Duluth, MN - d. 6-10-2000
    actor: "Ruby Jones "Amos 'n' Andy"; Dorothy Wright "Couple Next Door"
    09-09-1915 - Richard Webb - Bloomington, IL - d. 6-10-1993
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay
    09-25-1911 - Eldon Barrick - d. 6-10-1969
    disk jockey: KTRM Modesto, California
    10-20-1925 - Carolina Cotton - Cash, AR - d. 6-10-1997
    singer, actress: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    11-12-1920 - Richard Quine - Detroit, MI - d. 6-10-1989
    actor: "Doctor Christian"; "Mayor of the Town"; "Family Theatre"
    12-28-1890 - Frank Butler - Oxford, England - d. 6-10-1967
    actor: Dave Arnold "Mr. Chameleon"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:31:15 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Barbara Hutton reference
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           I think that's just the point.  The point he was attempting to make
    (in my opinion) was that he'd made so many jokes about Jane's mother
    that she wound up as rich as Barbara Hutton, or something to that effect.

    As always,

    Kenneth

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    Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:33:12 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The cost of OTR tomes

    >From time to time on this forum we've discussed the prices publishers charge
    for vintage radio volumes.  I think most readers know that authors, unless
    they are self-publishing (paying for production themselves), have no say in
    the tabs legitimate publishers set.  Frankly, even after all these years and
    books, and knowing the bulk of many titles are destined to be purchased by
    academia (universities, public and private schools, institutions, etc.), I'm
    still bewildered by the tags on some tomes, including some of mine.

    To wit, I recently received a new catalog from a company that has released
    several worthy titles in our field (not McFarland) that -- after five
    years -- is continuing to promote one of my texts at almost $80.  It's easy
    to think such books are traveling the academia route which, presumably, even
    in strapped times has a little more wherewithal to buy them at inflated
    prices (although they may qualify for deep discounts of 40% or more).  But
    is that putting more books within reach of the common man?  In 2008, my
    latest sales report from that publisher indicates a total of 7 copies of
    that book left the warehouse all year, including 5 sold to institutions and
    2 bought by individuals (OTR enthusiasts, historians, researchers, others).
    And I collected a pre-tax "profit" of $[removed] all year.  That was for a
    10-month investment in research, equipment and repairs, communications,
    supplies, and whatever added fees were involved (usually photography and
    indexing, which didn't occur with that book) and, yes, my time.  As I was
    never in it for fortune and fame but for the intrinsic rewards of writing
    and preservation, I feel adequately compensated.

    But I use that as a case to ask if there isn't something strange about this
    picture.  It compares to my recent foray to the department stores to find a
    pair of house slippers.  At Sears, a long revered emporium where I was
    taught as a boy you could buy almost "anything" and if you didn't like it
    you could take it back (way before that was in vogue elsewhere), I found
    just what I wanted, but I didn't want to pay the full price of $24.  I had
    no trouble getting in there, however; our Sears is always, but always,
    empty.  Then I drove a block away to Penny's, which invariably has a big
    crowd (any day, any time of day).  For $10, I found virtually the same shoe
    with similar composition and style.  I bought and am satisfied.  I realized
    if Sears had sold theirs for $10 I would have bought right then.  Is that a
    plausible reason why nobody's there?

    What would happen, I thought, if a publisher had hundreds (thousands?) of
    aging OTR titles in its inventory and sold them -- every day, or for an
    advertised time -- at 75% off?  Wouldn't the schools and the guys and gals
    with a little cash (but not a lot) benefit along with the publisher?  What
    is it I'm missing?  After all, whatever it cost to produce the books
    originally is history.  Now why not get them out of the warehouse and into
    the hands of people who can use them and make some money doing it?  There's
    some logic I'm missing here; perhaps an inventory control expert can share
    with us.

    I realize bringing this up will possibly unleash the ire of a few who are
    acquainted with a handful of reputable publishers that sell their wares for
    less and may be oriented to individuals instead of to institutions.  I'll
    not get into the "us" vs. "them" arena; without bashing suffice it to say
    there are probably some very good reasons why an author is attracted to a
    certain firm.  The fact is, they all have salient points, each with pluses.
    I believe there is a place for them all and every one supplies us with
    valuable stuff we can gain from and enjoy.

    What I have said may allow anyone who thinks those of us who are writing OTR
    books are living high on the hog and vacationing in Tahiti aren't quite
    living life like that.  Yet it's a joy to be a miniscule part of the
    machinery attempting to record some of what transpired in the past for
    today's and future radiophiles.  Thanks for the opportunities you give to
    all of us.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:33:39 -0400
    From: "Dorian LaRowe" <dorian@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Basil Rathbone's 'Beyond the Green Door'

    Back in the late 50's there was a radio show called 'Beyond the Green Door'
    or words to that effect. The show host was non other than 'Basil Rathbone'! I
    cannot find any reference to this on the Internet. Do you have any detail on
    such a radio show?

    Thanks,
    Dorian

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    Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:33:45 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-11 births/deaths

    June 11th births

    06-11-1889 - Wesley Ruggles - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-8-1972
    film director: (Brother of Charlie) "Screen Guild Theatre"
    06-11-1899 - Henry Biagini - d. 4-xx-1970
    orchestra leader: WXYZ Detroit, Michigan
    06-11-1900 - Lawrence Spivak - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-9-1994
    moderator, panelist: "Meet the Press"
    06-11-1904 - Allen Roth - St. Louis, MO - d. 10-30-1972
    conductor: "Broadway Matinee"; "So You Think You Know Music"
    06-11-1905 - Alex Beller - Chicago, IL - d. 4-13-1997
    violinist: Ben Pollack , Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Nelson Riddle
    06-11-1905 - Harry Marble - Brownville, ME - d. 8-1-1982
    newscaster: "CBS News of the World"; "The World Today"
    06-11-1906 - Frank Woodruff - Columbia, SC - d. 9-16-1983
    director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-11-1908 - Katherine Carrington - South or East Orange, NJ - d.
    5-2-1953
    vocalist: "Evening in Paris"
    06-11-1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Saint Andrew, France - d. 6-25-1997
    oceanographer: "The Space Story"
    06-11-1911 - Long John Nebel - Chicago, IL - d. 4-10-1978
    host: All-night talk show in NYC
    06-11-1913 - Rise Stevens - NYC
    singer: "Rise Stevens Show"; "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"
    06-11-1914 - Dudley Manlove - Oakland, CA - d. 4-17-1996
    announcer: "Candy Matson, YU2-8209"
    06-11-1914 - Gerald Mohr - NYC - d. 11-10-1968
    actor: Philip Marlowe "Advs. of Philip Marlowe"; Jacque Monet "Our
    Miss Brooks"
    06-11-1918 - Jane Bryan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-8-2009
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Silver Theatre"
    06-11-1919 - Richard Todd - Dublin, Ireland - d. 12-3-2009
    singer: "Rinso-Spry Vaudeville Theatre"; "Your Hit Parade"
    06-11-1920 - Hazel Scott - Port of Spain, Trinidad - d. 10-2-1981
    singer, pianist: "Free World Theatre"; "New World A-Coming"
    06-11-1920 - Robert Hutton - Kingston, NY - d. 8-7-1994
    actor: "Proudly We Hail"; "NBC University Theatre"
    06-11-1932 - Ed Bishop - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-8-2005
    disk jockey on Armed Forces Radio
    06-11-1941 - Mike McManus - Springfield, OH
    commentator: "Family News in Focus"
    06-11-1948 - John Pilkington - Lancashire, England
    writer: "Hurdles"

    June 11th deaths

    01-20-1920 - DeForest Kelley - Atlanta, GA - d. 6-11-1999
    actor: "Suspense"
    02-12-1880 - John L. Lewis - Lucas, IA - d. 6-11-1969
    union leader: "Meet the Press"
    02-12-1898 - Wallace Ford - Batton, England - d. 6-11-1966
    actor: "Hollywood on the Air"; "Royal Gelatin Hour"
    03-07-1916 - Vivian Smolen - d. 6-11-2006
    actor: Laurel Grosvenor "Stella Dallas"; Sunday Brinthrope "Our Gal
    Sunday"
    03-17-1946 - Budge Threlkeld - Pueblo, CO - d. 6-11-2005
    actor: "High Street"
    03-19-1928 - Henry Maddox - Boaz, AL - d. 6-11-1974
    "The Maddox Brothers and Rose"
    03-28-1902 - Gordon Clifford - Providence, RI - d. 6-11-1968
    songwriter: "The Rhythm Boys"
    04-17-1923 - Lon McCallister - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-11-2005
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Family Theatre"
    05-03-1922 - Elizabeth Lawrence - d. 6-11-2000
    actor: Francie Brent "Road of Life"
    05-26-1907 - John Wayne - Winterset, IA - d. 6-11-1979
    actor: Dan O'Brien "Three Sheets to the Wind"
    06-01-1920 - Robert Clarke - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 6-11-2005
    actor: "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"; "Cavalcade of America"
    06-08-1910 - John Campbell, Jr. - Newark, NJ - d. 6-11-1971
    writer, host: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "Exploring Tomorrow"
    06-16-1890 - Bertha Brainard - South Orange, NJ - d. 6-11-1946
    manager of the commercial program division of NBC in 1937
    06-21-1895 - Saul B. Arenson - Lincoln, NE - d. 6-11-1954
    lecturer on scientific topics on WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
    06-23-1912 - John Milton Kennedy - Farrell, PA - d. 6-11-2006
    announcer: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Tidbit Revue"
    06-27-1906 - Catherine Cookson - Tyne Dock, England - d. 6-11-1998
    novelist: Several of her works were transferred to radio
    06-30-1879 - Walter Hampden - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-11-1955
    actor: Leonidas Witherall "Leonidas Witherall"
    07-06-1882 - Ralph Morgan - NYC - d. 6-11-1956
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-10-1920 - David Brinkley - Wilmington, NC - d. 6-11-2003
    newscaster: WRC Washington [removed]; "Nightline"
    07-24-1914 - Frank Silvera - Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies - d.
    6-11-1970
    actor: "X Minus One"
    07-29-1894 - Kenneth Daigneau - d. 6-11-1948
    actor: Captain Silver "Sea Hound"
    10-08-1918 - Ron Randell - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - d.
    6-11-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-27-1912 - Maurice "Muzzy" Marcellino - California - d. 6-11-1997
    singer: "Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra"; "Lady Esther Serenade"
    12-20-1907 - Al Rinker - Tekoa, WA - d. 6-11-1982
    singer (member of The Rhythm Boys) "Paul Whiteman Presents"
    12-20-1931 - Mala Powers - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-11-2007
    actor: "Stars Over Hollywood"
    12-25-1923 - Gordon Baxter - Port Arthur, TX - d. 6-11-2005
    disk jockey: KPAC Port Arthur, Texas
    12-29-1903 - Clyde McCoy - Ashland, KY - d. 6-11-1990
    bandleader: "Clyde McCoy and His Orchestra"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:33:51 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-12 births/deaths

    June 12th births

    06-12-1884 - William Austin - Georgetown, British Guiana - d. 6-15-1975
    actor: Professor of the English Department "Jack Oakie's College"
    06-12-1890 - Junius Matthews - Chicago, IL - d. 1-18-1978
    actor: Grandpa Eph "David Harum"; Ling Wee "Gasoline Alley"
    06-12-1893 - Evelyn Varden - Adair, Oklahoma Territory - d. 7-11-1958
    actor: Dorothy Stewart "This is Nora Drake"; Mother Malone "Young Dr.
    Malone"
    06-12-1893 - Mal Hallett - Boston, MA - d. 11-20-1952
    bandleader: "Spotlight Bands"
    06-12-1898 - Dick Hartman - Burlington, WV - d. 4-15-1962
    country: (Tennessee Ramblers) "Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance"
    06-12-1901 - Ben Welden - Toledo, OH - d. 10-17-1997
    character actor: "Family Theatre"; "Railroad Hour"; "Roy Rogers Show"
    06-12-1902 - Al Donahue - Dorchester, MA - d. 2-20-1983
    bandleader: "Al Donahue and His Orchestra"; "Matinee at Meadbrook"
    06-12-1903 - Drue Leyton - Somers, WI - d. 2-8-1997
    broadcast from Paris during WWII on "Voice of America"
    06-12-1909 - Archie Bleyer - Corona, NY - d. 3-20-1989
    conductor: "Arthur Godfrey Time"; "Casey, Crime Photographer"
    06-12-1910 - Leon Carr - Allentown, PA - d. 3-27-1976
    composer: "Voices of Vista"
    06-12-1912 - Janet Fox - Chicago, IL - d. 4-22-2002
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "The Big Story"
    06-12-1914 - Herbert C. Kenny - d. 7-11-1992
    singer: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots"; "Let's Go
    Nightclubbing"
    06-12-1914 - Sydna Scott - Chicago, IL - d. 6-23-1996
    actor: "Luke Slaughter of Tombstone"
    06-12-1914 - William Lundigan - Syracuse, NY - d. 12-20-1975
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; announcer in early radio
    06-12-1915 - Priscilla Lane - Indianola, IA - d. 4-4-1995
    singer: "Fred Waring Show"
    06-12-1915 - Robert Forster - NYC - d. 11-15-2003
    announcer: "CBS Radio Workshop"; Gangbusters"; Twenty-First Precinct"
    06-12-1915 - Zeke Zarchy - NYC - d. 4-12-2009
    lead trumpet: "Benny Goodman Band"; "Artie Show Band"
    06-12-1916 - Ivan Tors - Budapest, Hungary - d. 6-4-1983
    producer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    06-12-1917 - Constance Ernst Bessie - NYC - d. 3-19-1985
    producer: "Theatre [removed]"; "Voice of America"
    06-12-1917 - Wendell Barcroft - d. 3-25-1974
    newscaster: KGGM Albuquerque, New Mexico
    06-12-1919 - Uta Hagen - Gottingen, Germany - d. 1-14-2004
    actor: "Big Show"
    06-12-1920 - Peter Jones - Wem, Shropshire, England - d. 4-10-2000
    actor: narrator "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; "In All Directions"
    06-12-1924 - Dave Parker - Fresno, CA
    actor: Young Good Guys "Lone Ranger"; "Green Hornet"; "Challenge of
    the Yukon"
    06-12-1924 - George Herbert Walker Bush - Milton, MA
    [removed] president: Saturday morning presidential broadcasts
    06-12-1924 - Howard E. Goldfuss - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-7-2007
    judge: "Tell It to the Judge"
    06-12-1926 - Bob Pfeiffer - Iowa - d. 4-22-2003
    announcer: "Answer Please"; "The Bickersons"
    06-12-1927 - Henry Slesar - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-2-2002
    writer: "Voice of the Army"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    06-12-1928 - Vic Damone - Brooklyn, NY
    singer: "Saturday Night Serenade"; "Stars in Khaki 'n' Blue"
    06-12-1941 - Chick Corea - Chelsea, MA
    keyboardist: "White House Jazz Festival"; "Jazz Alive"

    June 12th deaths

    01-01-1917 - Ted Cott - Poughkeepsie, NY - d. 6-12-1973
    announcer, emcee: "So You Think You Know Music?"; "Music You Want"
    01-27-1888 - Harry "Singin' Sam" Frankel - Danville, KY - d. 6-12-1948
    singer: (The Barbasol Man) "Reminiscin' with Singin' Sam"
    02-29-1904 - Jimmy Dorsey - Shenandoah, PA, - d. 6-12-1957
    bandleader: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Your Happy Birthday"
    03-08-1906 - Franklyn MacCormack - Waterloo, IA - d. 6-12-1971
    announcer: "Caroline's Golden Store"; "Jack Armstrong"
    04-05-1916 - Gregory Peck - Lo Jolla, CA - d. 6-12-2003
    actor: "Doctor Fights"; "Sealtest Variety Hour"
    05-06-1882 - William E. Scripps - Michigan - d. 6-12-1952
    Founded WWJ in Detroit, Michigan
    06-01-1915 - Johnny Bond - Enville, OK - d. 6-12-1978
    singer, comedian: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    07-07-1898 - Arlene Harris - Toronto, Canada - d. 6-12-1976
    actor: Mrs. Higgins "Baby Snooks"; Human Chatterbox "Al Pearce and His
    Gang"
    07-10-1917 - Don Herbert - Waconia, MN - d. 6-12-2007
    actor: "Captain Midnight"; Jack Armstrong, All-American Boy"
    07-20-1898 - J. E. Mainer - Weaversville, NC - d. 6-12-1971
    country: (Mainer's Crazy Mountaineers) "Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance"
    08-11-1900 - Norma Shearer - Montreal, Canada - d. 6-12-1983
    actor: "Everyman's Theatre"; "Louella Parsons"
    10-14-1893 - Hal Burdick - Osceola, WI - d. 6-12-1978
    actor, writer: "Do You Believe In Ghosts"; "Dr. Kate"
    10-20-1884 - Thomas Chalmers - NYC - d. 6-12-1966
    actor: Sam Young "Pepper Young's Family"
    11-08-1900 - Franklin Parker - Filmore, MO - d. 6-12-1962
    actor: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Big Town"
    11-19-1923 - Eugenie Baird - d. 6-12-1988
    vocalist: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Forever Top"; "Sing It Again"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:34:01 -0400
    From: Herb Harrison <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Honorary Unsubscribe: Himan Brown

    This may be a little late, but Randy Cassingham featured Mr. Brown in his
    weekly "This Is True" newsletter:

    THIS WEEK'S HONORARY UNSUBSCRIBE goes to Himan Brown. Once, before TV,
      even radio was new. Brown got in at the infancy of radio, and produced
      more than 30,000 shows for your grandparents. For the full story see [link]
      [removed]

    Mr. Cassingham often honors scientists, philosophers, inventors, and other
    recently departed persons of note, so maybe Himan Brown would consider it an
    honor to be included.

    While you're there, you might want to check out some of the other sites.

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    Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:34:08 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 13-19 June

     From Those Were The Days

    6/13

    1944   The wire recorder was patented by Marvin Camras.

    6/14

    1922   A [removed] President was heard on the radio for the first time.
    President Warren G. Harding dedicated the Francis Scott Key Memorial and
    was heard on WEAR in Baltimore.

    1950   Harold Peary played the leading role of The Great Gildersleeve
    one final time. Willard Waterman took Peary's place in the role.

    6/15

    1936   Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler starred in Burlesque on the Lux Radio
    Theatre.

    6/17

    1942   Suspense, known as radio's outstanding theatre of thrills,
    debuted on CBS. The program kept millions of loyal listeners in suspense
    for the next 20 years (and three months).

    6/18

    1939   CBS aired The Adventures of Ellery Queen for the first time. An
    interesting twist came near the end of the program when the show was
    stopped to allow a panel of experts to guess the solution of the night's
    mystery.

    1961   Gunsmoke was broadcast for the last time on CBS. The show had
    been on for nine years. It was called the first adult Western. The star
    of Gunsmoke was William Conrad.

    6/19

    1934   The [removed] Congress established the Federal Communications
    Commission (FCC). The task of the commission was to regulate radio
    broadcasting.

    Joe

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