Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1950)

AUNT JENNY. Aunt Jenny beard on CBS 12:15 P.M. KST Have you ever wanted a look-in at the lives of others? Aunt Jenny can give that to you. From the vantage point of her home in the pleasant town of Littleton, she watches the dramas that are acted out all around her. Monday through Friday, she tells these stories for her listeners — stories taken from every age group and every walk of life, to provide a cross-section of the problems of modern living. Adolescent troubles; romantic entanglements, business failures and successes, marriage problems, the triumphs and defeats of old age — all these and many other tales of emotion and suspense have their place on the stage of the little kitchen of Aunt Jenny's house. BRIGHTER DAY. Bobby heard on CBS 2:45 P.M. EST Liz Dennis makes a great decision when she refuses to marry Hollywood executive Nathan Eldredge. It is a hard decision for Liz is very much in love with Nathan, but she feels her background as the daughter of a small-town minister is very bad preparation for Hollywood life. She writes Nathan her final answer, but Nath.an, knowing what he will lose if he loses Liz, comes in person to Three Rivers to try to get her to reconsider. Nathan's coming — and going — perpetuate a tragedy which wipes out the sensible planning which Liz has done, and which will have such far-reaching effects on her future that she cannot possibly foresee them. BACKSTAGE WIFE. Larry Noble heard on NBC 4 P.M. EST Clever Claudia Vincent, having convinced famous stage star Larry Noble that she is good acting material, talks herself into a part in his new play and manages to spend so much time with him that his wife Mary is seriously disturbed. Maude Marlowe, an old friend of the Nobles', introduces the ambitious Claudia to dashing young Oliver Wilson, a fortune-hunting Englishman, and succeeds in making each of them believe that the other is wealthy and prominent. Maude expects only to distract Claudia from her artful pursuit of Larry, and does not dream that her little plan will very likely result in the sudden elopement of Claudia and Oliver. DAVID HARUM. David Harum heard on NBC 11:45 P.M. EST When David's friend Ed Brice married young, attractive Ina, he ran into trouble with Lucy, the daughter of his first marriage. Resentment of Ina prompts Lucy to some rash actions, among them an interest in worthless young Denny Elkins. David approves of Herbert Elkins, Denny's brother, to whom Lucy was engaged, and is dismayed when Lucy breaks this engagement and plans to marry Denny. Knowing that Denny must be discredited if Lucy is to be saved, David obtains proof that Denny is getting large sums of money from a mysterious source. When he is able to present Lucy with the complete story, will he succeed in stopping her marriage to Denny? BIG SISTER. Dr. John Wayne heard on CBS I P.M. K.ST Ruth Wayne watches anxiously as wealthy old Parker gains increasing power over her friends and family — power which she suspects he will use to ruin as many people as he can. Her brother Neddie and his wife Hope are already on the verge of disaster, but so skillfully has Parker managed his intriguing that Ruth cannot prove her suspicions to anyone. She does manage, however, to catch Parker without his usual suave surface manner, and causes him to lose his temper so violently as to provide her with a guide to her future actions with regard to him. Armed with this knowledge of his real nature, will Ruth be able to foil Parker's plans? FRONT PAGE FARRELL. David Farrell heard on NBC 5:45 P.M. EST "The Garden of Eden Murder Case" is the exotic name that David Farrell, star reporter for the New York Daily Eagle. has given to one of his recent assignments. David's introduction to the case comes when he is assigned to interview a retired inventor, the famous Alexander -Eden, who spends all his time cultivating a fabulous garden. Some time afterward Eden is found dead in the garden, ostensibly of snakebite, but search of the garden uncovers no snake. However, David does find an interesting clue which leads to four suspects, and enables him and his wife Sally finally to break the case and get the entire story exclusively for the Eagle. 68 DAYTIME DIARY—