In recent weeks, I’ve posted some shows from a previously overlooked World War II series, “Yankee Doodle”, produced by the Office of Civilian Defense to encourage people to support the war effort on the home front. This week, we kick off a few individual shows, not part of a series, from the same batch of discs.
“Of Interest to the Enemy”, is a fifteen minute drama about Larry Crane, “told by the man who wrote his obituary”. The editor of a small-town newspaper talks with different people in the town about the loss of one of their own who died fighting in the Pacific. It prompts the editor to write an editorial about the “Block Plan”, to coordinate neighbors for civilian defense. The show was written by Pauline Gibson and directed by William Rousseau.
Our mp3 was transferred direct from an original sixteen inch vinyl OWI transcription, matrix number G-1995.
We’ll have a few more shows in this series in the following weeks.
Coronation Week - Pgm 1
Special Assignment - Pgm 26
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 318 - October 20, 1931
Civilian Defense - Your Neighbors, the Millers
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 34
Rhapsody in Rhythm - Pgm 2
Linda’s First Love - Pgm 3386 - January 23, 1950
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 317 - October 19, 1931
Civilian Defense - What’s Good for the Army
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 33
Linda’s First Love - Pgm 3385 - January 20, 1950
Special Assignment - Pgm 25
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 316 - October 17, 1931
Civilian Defense - They Perish Alone
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 28
WATG-FM aircheck - “Music Fair” circa May 1947
WATG-FM aircheck - May 13, 1947
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 315 - October 16, 1931
How About That - Pgm 2
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