Best broadcasts of 1938-39 (1939)

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CONTENTS BEST PUBLIC DISCUSSION (impromptu) What Caused the Depression?” 174 From The People’s Platform BEST PUBLIC DISCUSSION (prepared): ‘‘How Can Government and Business Work Together ?” 189 From America’s Town Meeting of the Air BEST COMEDY SHOW: Town Hall Tonight 212 By Fred Allen BEST HORROR SHOW: ‘‘The Lighthouse Keepers”. . . 244 By Paul Cloquemin BEST ENGLISH LITERATURE SHOW: ‘‘The Story of John Milton” 263 From Adventure in Reading by Helen Walpole and Margaret Leaf BEST CHILDREN’S SHOW (Script): ‘‘The Nuremburg Stove” 282 From Let’s Pretend by Nila Mack BEST CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM: ‘‘ New Horizons” 301 By Hans Christian Adamson from The American School of the Air BEST CHILDREN’S SHOW (script and music): ‘‘Alice in W onderland ” 321 From Ireene Wicker’s Music Plays by Ireene Wicker BEST ORIGINAL SKETCH: ‘‘The Twilight Shore” ... 340 By Milton Geiger BEST HISTORICAL DRAMA: ‘‘Peter Stuyvesant”. . . 350 By Will McMorrow from The Cavalcade of America BEST MELODRAMA: ‘‘The Eddie Doll Case” 367 From Gang Busters BEST DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE: ‘‘The Steel Worker”. 386 By Arch Oboler BEST ORIGINAL PLAY (commercial) : ‘‘Expert Opinion”. 391 By True Boardman from The Silver Theatre BEST INTERMISSION TALK 416 By Deems Taylor, Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York XIV