We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.
Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.
Romancing California History
All the Colorful Adventure and Romance of Early California Has Been Brought to Radio in this KHJ History-Drama Series
The KHJ crew responsible for the popular "Historical Southern California" series. Inset, "The Old Rancher," who tells the narrative, played by Harold DeBray, a native Californian.
THERE are thrills in stories of the Revolution, and of the Civil War. Tales of the hardships and heroic deeds of the Pilgrim fathers of New England will always make the American heart beat faster, and excitement still lurks in the paths of the early explorers and pioneers.
Fully as thrilling, and equally exciting are stories of the founding of the great Pacific Coast empire.
At KHJ, much of the colorful romance of early days has been captured in the program, "Historical Southern California," heard Tuesdays and Fridays at 8:30 p. m. The program made its bow under the title "Building Southern California," but upon numerous suggestions, it was changed to "His
torical Southern California," to acquaint the public with the fact that it was really educational as well as entertaining.
While the narrative is embellished with drama, fundamentally the facts were true, and were the result of intensive research and library browsing on the part of Dick Creedon, continuity writer. Seymour Hastings, Lindsay MacHarrie, Paul Rickenbacker direct the program, and the players and singers include such well known KHJ artists as George Gramlich, Elvia Allman, Robert Swan, Rickenbacker and MacHarrie, Ken Niles, Roger King, William Hargrave.
The part of "The Old Rancher," who tells stories, is played by Harold De
Bray. He spent his boyhood days in Monrovia, knows and loves Southern California and its history, and is ideally suited to play the part of "The Old Rancher."
I Wouldn't Co Anything Else
[Continued from Page 9]
columnist at $100. Four years later he was getting $300 a week, and still a little later the New York "Mirrrr," as he calls it, bought his services for $25,000 a year for the column alone.
Winchell married June Aster before she left the stage and they have two daughters — Gloria and Walda.
When he was forced to relinquish his unique post as "O-Kayer" to the world dance orchestras a few weeks ago, because of doctors' orders, he chose Hollywood as his hideaway. And now, after more than a month of luxurious lazi
ness, he is again in trim to gather his "gossip of today, which becomes the news of tomorrow."
In a few days he will begin a new series or programs on the Lucky Strike Dance Hour, this time with Bert Lahr, comedian, and Walter O'Keefe, celebrated night club master of ceremonies.
And though his place was taken during his illness by a very able and worthy entertainer, Louis Sobol, columnist his vast host of radio friends will welcome him back as the "one and only" Mrs. Winchell's boy.
Page Fourteen
RADIO DOINGS