W. LEE O'DANIEL- Sunday show - June 1941
The governor invites people to his speech on Tuesday July 2nd which took place in 1940, not 1941
WALK SOFTLY, PETER TROY
64/01/21 7 Minx In Mink was 64/11/24 51 The Minx In Mink
64/02/04 9 Blue-eyed Brazen was 64/05/05 22 The Blue-Eyed Brazen
WANTED
50-07-07 Willie (The Actor) Sutton was the audition (placed at 50-07-01 in the log). It identifies itself
as such at the end of the program.
Wanted 50-09-08 (09) Troy Eugene & Thurman Seay (Brothers in Crime), and Wanted 50-09-15 (10) Henry Clay Tolett (aka Stupid Sam Scribner), were reversed
Henry Clay Tollett begins with news from Korean War. Show mentions "60 year old tricky hardened mobster" at beginning.
WAR TELESCOPE
430515 War Carried to the Axis should be dated 430522
War Carried to the Axis is announced as the 194th week of war.
43-04-11 is announced as the 188th week of war. 43/05/29 The Week Of Decision is announced as the 195th week of the war. 43-05-29 refers to Dunkirk as 3 years ago today which is correct for that date. Following the pattern of the other shows, 'War Carried to The Axis' aired on 43/05/22. FYI, the "week of war" starts on Sep. 1 1939, the date Germany invaded Poland.
W.C. FIELDS
The file listed as from 381022 is not from that date. Fields was on Your Hit Parade on that date, and this is not a clip from that. This is a sketch called 'The Pharmacist' with an unknown date.
WE THE PEOPLE
We The People 40-09-03 (x) Boy Finds a Dog was 40-02-06 Daughter of Lillian Russell
We The People 40-09-10 (x) Title Unknown was 40-09-03 Boy Finds A Dog
47-01-23 Time's Woman of the Year s/b 47-01-26
470611 Woman of the Year was 470123
49-01-26 Life on Mars s/b 49-11-18. The show host interviews the winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in physics (Dr. Yukawa). The Nobel announcement was made on Nov. 3, 1949.
WE WILL NEVER DIE (aka HOLLYWOOD BOWL HOLOCAUST SPECIAL) 44-07-04 or 44-07-23 s/b dated 43-07-23 See https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61769833/the-los-angeles-times/
WEDNESDAY WITH YOU
Wednesdays With You 451003 - Closing The Lodge With Harry Von Zell s/b Wednesday With You 450919 - Closing The Lodge With Harry Von Zell
WENDY WARREN AND THE NEWS
46-06-17 or 49-07-01 s/b 49-06-17 Wendy Warren was first on the air June 23, 1947. The prosecution rested its case in the Alger Hiss trial putting a stenographer on the stand. See https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73404511/us-rests-case-in-alger-hiss-perjury/
47-06-27 was 48-04-27. Opens with news of Arab countries getting ready to invade the Jewish state. That happened in May, 1948. Says today is a presidential primary in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. See http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=35787
48-04-27 s/b 48-04-26. Starts with news of fight for Arab city of Jaffa. At 1:15 says primaries for President in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are tomorrow, so this is a Monday broadcast. See http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=35787
WESTERN STARS
46-09-10 Western Stars announces a Sunday broadcast but has a Tuesday broadcast date.
WGN BARN DANCE
xx-xx-xx WGN Barndance was 61-03-11 WGN Barn Dance (first broadcast)
WHATEVER BECAME OF
72-09-20 (or 72-09-27) Vic and Sade was 71-10-26 Bill Idelson
WHAT'S MY LINE
570611 375 afrts 223 jane russell s/b 570811
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
45-xx-xx Hitchhiker Dumps Harry was 48-11-03
45-xx-xx The Hitchhiker was 48-11-01