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Episode NameEpisode #Air DateNotes
Five Star Final1936-03-30"News Of The World We Live In." A man in New Jersey hires an architect to design his mausoleum. After spending $10,000, the man is murdered. Was he advertising for his death? See cat. #72164 for "The March Of Time" broadcast of the day before, also sponsored by Remington Rand. The German Nazis plan to make a lot of noise on election day. It's an unusual "get-out-the-vote campaign. Bruno Richard Hauptmann has a confession beaten out of him. Another man confesses to kidnapping the Lindbergh baby (Hauptmann was executed April 3, 1936). Remington Rand offers to rent typewriters to listeners for $2. The program is announced as being heard six times per week.
Five Star Final1945-03-12The Rhine beach-head expands behind Remagen. The Russians are approaching Stetin, many towns have been taken in Germany. B-29s raid Singapore, fires are still burning in Nagoya Japan, mopping up on Iwo Jima.