FRONT PAGE FARRELL
43/xx/xx Leslie Plans to Resume Working s/b 42/03/13 Leslie Plans to Resume Working (aka David's Statue aka Going To War) (date found via 42-03-14 NYT news article "Japanese Warships are Spotted Off Buka Isle" matching opening news item)
49-08-16.mp3 was 49-06-20 Case of the Fatal Smile
49-xx-xx Facing The Future s/b 42-xx-xx. It mentions the war and was on Mutual. The show was last broadcast on Mutual in March, 1942.
FRONTIER FIGHTERS
Colorado Territory should be #17.
e17 Idaho Territory is a duplicate of e32 I Bert Perrine
FRONTIER GENTLEMAN
58-01-30 (00) Madam Verdes - Audition.mp3 is a mislabeled copy of 58-06-29 (21) Gambling Lady. There were 2 audition shows on 58-01-29. One starred Ben Wright and the other John Dehner. These used the Shelton Brothers script not the Madam Verdes script
580608 (019) The Bellboy's Prisoner s/b The Belljoy's Prisoner
FRONTIER TOWN
There is a common misbelief that the show first aired in 1952, but according to various newspapers it first aired in 1949 across the United States. For instance, it first aired in New York City on April 5, 1949.
FU MANCHU
In some sets, the shows starting with 390703 are misdated
39-07-03 should start with, "While conveying the murdered Sir Gregory Hale's brass chest.."
39-07-05 should start with, "Seeking clue to whereabouts of Nyland Smith, trapped by agent..."
FULTON LEWIS JR
400207 Congressional Showdown s/b 400208 (note: Cong. Disney votes present on continuing the reciprocal trade agreement. Pelley testifies before Congress)
400709 Roosevelt Holds a News Conference s/b 400702 (note: passport regulation for Canada and Mexico went into effect 2 days ago. Occurred May 30, 1940)
401016 Willkie Holds a News Conference s/b 400709 (note: Stimson confirmed as Secretary of War)
401023 Election Trends in Penn s/b 401016 (note: FDR starts peacetime draft)
401030 New York Welcomes Willkie s/b 401023 (note: Willkie spoke in NY on Oct. 23 and FDR spoke in Philadelphia)
410530 Commentary (or 400530) s/b 410503. Date fixed by Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day column of May 4, 1941.
410704 The National Defense Program was 410514
4108xx Senate passes Draftee Bill extension (Frank Blair) s/b 410813. Date found via article in NYT "Army Bill Sent to President" from Aug 15 1941
4208xx Increasing Cost of Living was 420721. Florence Morning News (SC) of July 22, 1942: "Washington, July 21 AP - President Roosevelt said today he hoped to send a message to congress in a few days dealing with ways of keeping a thumb on the cost of living."
42xxxx Big Tax Increase Passed was 420908. Date found via 2 articles in Sep 9 1942 NYT, "5 P.C. Victory Tax On All Over $624 Brought To Fore" and "Control for Trucks, Buses, Cabs, 5 Million Vehicles, After Nov. 15" Also the Sep. 8, 1942 Alton Evening Telegraph (Illinois) running an article from the AP dated Sep. 8 1942 said:
"Washington, Sept. 9 - Rejecting the Treasury's spending tax plan 12 to 0, the Senate finance committee narrowed its hunt for new revenue today largely to a proposal for a new 5 percent "victory" tax...."