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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 19
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      1-31 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      100 years ago in February             [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      WXYZ Corrections                      [ Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@y ]

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    Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:41:36 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-31 births/deaths

    January 31st births

    01-31-1872 - Rupert Hughes - Lancaster, MO - d. 9-9-1956
    writer: (Uncle to Howard Hughes) "The Story of Holly Sloan"
    01-31-1872 - Zane Grey - Zanesville, OH - d. 10-23-1939
    writer: "Rudy Vallee Hour"
    01-31-1887 - Charlies Irwin - Curragh, Ireland - d. 1-12-1969
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    01-31-1892 - Eddie Cantor - NYC - d. 10-10-1964
    singer, comedian: (Banjo Eyes) "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Chase & Sanborn
    Hour"
    01-31-1894 - Isham Jones - Coalton, OH - d. 10-19-1956
    bandleader: "Isham Jones and His Orchestra"
    01-31-1902 - Leo Corday - NYC - d. 11-29-1985
    writer of special material: "War Manpower Comn."
    01-31-1902 - Tullulah Bankhead - Huntsville, AL - d. 12-12-1968
    actor, hostess: "Johnny Presents"; "Big Show"
    01-31-1904 - Cliff Nazarro - New Haven, CT - d. 2-18-1961
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    01-31-1905 - John O'Hara - Pottsville, PA - d. 4-11-1970
    author: "Information, Please"; "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
    01-31-1906 - Edith Adams - West Union, IA - d. 3-20-1993
    actor: Mrs. Gilman "Those Happy Gilmans"; "Jenny Peabody"
    01-31-1908 - Connie Desmond - Ohio - d. 3-3-1983
    sportscaster: play-by-play for the Brooklyn Dodgers
    01-31-1909 - Walter Coy - Great Falls, MT - d. 12-11-1974
    actor: Michael Lanyard/Lone Wolf "Lone Wolf"
    01-31-1913 - Maurice Manson - d. 9-25-2002
    actor: Reverend McArthur "One Man's Family"
    01-31-1915 - Alan Lomax - Austin, TX - d. 7-19-2002
    host, writer: "American School of the Air"; "Cavalcade of America"
    01-31-1915 - Bobby Hackett - Providence, RI - d. 6-7-1976
    cornetist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
    01-31-1915 - Garry Moore - Baltimore, MD - d. 11-28-1993
    host, comedian: "Garry Moore Show"; "Camel Caravan"; "Take It or Leave
    It"
    01-31-1917 - Bob Steel - d. 10-9-1994
    producer/director: "The Brighter Day"; "Big Town"; "Ellery Queen"
    01-31-1917 - Fay Baker - NYC - d. 12-8-1987
    actor: "Words at War"
    01-31-1919 - Jackie Robinson - Cairo, GA - d. 10-24-1972
    sportscaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) "Jackie Robinson Show"
    01-31-1921 - Carol Channing - Seattle, WA
    actor-singer: "Stagestruck"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
    01-31-1921 - John Agar - Chicago, IL - d. 4-7-2002
    actor: "Big Show"
    01-31-1921 - Mario Lanza - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-1959
    singer: "Mario Lanza Show"
    01-31-1922 - William Sylvester - Oakland, CA - d. 1-15-1995
    actor: Jay Gatsby "Gatsby"
    01-31-1923 - Joanne Dru - Logan, WV - d. 9-10-1996
    actor: (Sister of Peter Marshall) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-31-1923 - Norman Mailer - Long Branch, NJ - d. 11-10-2007
    author: "Highlights of Monitor's Twenty Great Years"
    01-31-1927 - Norman Prescott - Boston, MA - d. 7-2-2005
    producer: Boston radio
    01-31-1929 - Jean Simmons - London, England - d. 1-22-2010
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "A Christmas Carol"
    01-31-1929 - Joe Jack Cain - Philadelphia, PA
    musician for NBC and CBS

    January 31st deaths

    01-07-1889 - H. R. Baukhage - La Salle, IL - d. 1-31-1976
    commentator: "Four Star News"; "News and Comments"
    01-17-1926 - Moira Shearer - Dunfermine, Scotland - d. 1-31-2006
    worked briefly as a radio announcer in the 1980s
    01-18-1882 - A. A. Milne - London, England - d. 1-31-1956
    author: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    02-02-1882 - Geoffrey O'Hara - Chatham, Canada - d. 1-31-1967
    tenor: "Roxy and His Gang"
    02-10-1868 - William Allen White - Emporia, KS - d. 1-31-1944
    writer: "American Forum of the Air"; "University of Chicago Round Table"
    04-01-1893 - Linton Wells - Louisville, KY - d. 1-31-1976
    writer: "The Magic Key"
    04-20-1915 - Evelyn Scott - Brockton, MA - d. 1-31-2002
    actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "The Smiths of Hollywood"
    05-01-1892 - Howard Barlow - Plain City, OH - d. 1-31-1972
    conductor: "March of Time"; "Voice of Firestone"
    05-14-1910 - Paul Sutton - Albuquerque, NM - d. 1-31-1970
    actor: Sergeant William Preston "Challenge of the Yukon"
    06-25-1887 - George Abbott - Forestville, NY - d. 1-31-1995
    broadway producer: "Stagestruck"
    07-17-1908 - Jack Douglas - d. 1-31-1989
    writer: "Jack Paar Show"; "The Martin and Lewis Show"
    08-14-1867 - John Galsworthy - Kingston Hill, Surrey, England - d.
    1-31-1933
    author Several of his works adapted for radio
    08-23-1897 - Ray Perkins - Boston, MA - d. 1-31-1969
    emcee, singer: "National Amateur Night"; "Show of the Week"; "Nickel
    Man"
    08-27-1882 - Samuel Goldwyn - Warsaw, Poland - d. 1-31-1974
    panelist: "People's Platform"
    08-27-1901 - Roger Pryor - NYC - d. 1-31-1974
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Summer
    Symphony"
    09-26-1904 - Richard Thorne - NYC - d. 1-31-1957
    writer, creator, producer, director: "The Hall of Fantasy"
    10-16-1910 - Douglas Browning - Norwood, OH - d. 1-31-1991
    announcer: "Douglas Browning Show"; "Ladies Be Seated"
    11-01-1923 - Gordon R. Dickson - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - d.
    1-31-2001
    science fiction writer: "X-Minus One"; "Exploring Tomorrow"
    11-08-1909 - Scotty Wiseman - Ingalls, NC - d. 1-31-1981
    singer: (Lulu Belle and Scotty) "National Barn Dance"; "Boone County
    Jamboree"
    11-22-1875 - Elizabeth Patterson - Savannah, TN - d. 1-31-1966
    actor: Maid "Halls of Ivy"
    11-27-1925 - Michael Tolan - Detroit, MI - d. 1-31-2011
    actor: Kato "Green Hornet"
    12-18-1890 - Edwin H. Armstrong - NYC - d. 1-31-1954
    inventor: FM radio

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:41:48 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  100 years ago in February

    02-01-1912 - Clete Roberts - Portland, OR - d. 9-30-1984
    news correspondent: Covered both World War II and Korea
    02-02-1912 - Burton Lane - NYC - d. 1-5-1997
    composer: "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Voices of Vista"
    02-02-1912 - Stefan Schnabel - Berlin, Germany - d. 3-11-1999
    actor: Herbert Yost "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"
    02-04-1912 - Byron Nelson - Waxachaie, TX - d. 9-26-2006
    golfer: "The Bill Stern Sports Newsreel"
    02-04-1912 - Erich Leinsdorf - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-11-1993
    conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "Pioneers of Music"; "Musicians
    Off Stage"
    02-05-1912 - Tex Atchison - Rosine, KY - d. 8-4-1982
    singer: (Prairie Ramblers) "Smile-a-While"
    02-08-1912 - Margot Stevenson - NYC - d. 1-2-2011
    actor: Margo Lane "The Shadow"
    02-09-1912 - Bob Armstrong - Buffalo, NY - d. 4-25-1994
    orchestra director: NBC 1942
    02-09-1912 - Bob Hannon - Chicago, IL - d. 2-16-1993
    singer: "American Melody Hour"; "Waltz Time"
    02-12-1912 - Kylie Tennant - Manly, Australia - d. 2-29-1988
    writer: "Tether a Dragon"
    02-12-1912 - Stan Kenton - Wichita, KS - d. 8-25-1979
    bandleader: "Bob Hope Show"; "Stan Kenton Concerts"
    02-13-1912 - Art Rollini - d. 12-31-1993
    saxophone: (The Benny Goodman Orchestra) "Let's Dance"
    02-13-1912 - Margaretta Scott - London, England - d. 4-15-2005
    actor: "The Merchant of Venice"
    02-14-1912 - Jack Brooks - Liverpool, England - d. 11-8-1971
    composer, lyricist: "Dick Tracy in B Flat"
    02-14-1912 - Tyler McVey - Bay City, MI - d. 7-4-2003
    actor: Elwood Giddings "One Man's Family"; Tyler "Glamour Manor"
    02-15-1912 - Howard Harris - d. 3-22-1986
    writer: "Abbott and Costello Show"; "Amazing Mr. Smith"; "Mr. and Mrs.
    North"
    02-16-1912 - Del Sharbutt - Ft. Worth, TX - d. 4-26-2002
    announcer: "Hobby Lobby"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Victory Theatre"
    02-17-1912 - Clifford Evans - Senghenydd, Wales - d. 6-9-1985
    Producer and director on Welsh radio
    02-18-1912 - Earl George - Donora, PA - d. 1-30-2004
    actor: "Curtain Time"; "Girl Alone"; "Mortimer Gooch"
    02-19-1912 - Saul Chaplin - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-15-1997
    composer
    02-22-1912 - Buddy Tate - Sherman, TX - d. 2-10-2001
    jazz saxphonist: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
    02-23-1912 - Thomas L. Thomas - Maesteg, South Wales - d. 4-17-1983
    singer: "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"; "Voice of Firestone"
    02-25-1912 - David Roberts - Jacksonville, FL - d. 12-24-1996
    NBC staff announcer
    02-25-1912 - Richard Wattis - Wednesbury, England - d. 2-1-1975
    actor: "Brothers In Law"
    02-25-1912 - Wally Ausley - d. 12-19-1994
    play-by-play for the North Carolina State Wolfpack
    02-26-1912 - Dane Clark - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-11-1998
    actor: Perry 'Quiz' Quisinberry "Passport for Adams
    02-27-1912 - Ralph Camargo - Glendale, CA - d. 1-15-1992
    actor: "X-Minus One"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:44:34 -0500
    From: Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WXYZ Corrections

    Hi everyone,

             Just wanted to bring up two corrections to the recent "Those Were The
    Days" postings. Before I do that,however, let me be very clear on one
    very important [removed] is by no means a criticism of Joe Mackey
    and the fine work he does. Joe, I thank you so much for taking the time
    and effort to put the "Days" postings together. I always enjoy reading
    them,and you do a great job putting them together. Joe is not
    responsible for any errors in content; he is getting this information
    off the internet. And I for one am very appreciative of his time and efforts.
    Just trying to set the record straight here.
             The Lone Ranger actually did not premiere on [removed],1933. Mr. WXYZ
    himself, Terry Salomonson, discovered this while doing research on "The
    Lone Ranger". It actually premiered on Jan. 31,1933. I'm sorta glad that the
    date was the 31st; I just never liked the fact that the Masked Man
    premiered on the same day that Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of
    Germany.  Also (and this mistake was recently in an AP story about Disney's
    upcoming Lone Ranger movie), the Lone Ranger (as originally created) did not
    have a first name. Martin Grams researched this a few years back
    and found that giving the Ranger the first name of John came about during the
    filming of "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" in 1981.
            Speaking
    of the Disney Lone Ranger movie currently in production, I've seen
    sketches for the werewolves that are scheduled to appear in the story. I
    hear that a lot of the movie will involve Tonto and Native American
    mysticism/supernatural powers. This could make last year's "Green
    Hornet" movie look like "Citizen Kane".

    Ken

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