2026-09-18-batch04-oct-1-1936-1937

title: "Archival Calendar Walk: October 1 Serial Batch 04 (1936–1937)" date: 2026-09-18 tags: ["calendar-walk", "october", "archival-enrichment", "asr", "whisper", "newspaper-logs"]

Archival Calendar Walk: October 1 Serial Batch 04 (1936–1937)

Continuing the strict chronological walk through October 1 from oldest to newest airdate. All three recordings were transcribed in full (100% audio length, zero truncation) using faster-whisper with voice activity detection, and verified against primary contemporary newspaper radio logs.

1. Charlie Chan — Killer Has False Beard (1936-10-01)

• Identifier: 51359704-6830-4cad-a201-73b063cb1e7e
• Audio Duration: 892.9s (14m 52s), 1,937 words
• Network / Station: Mutual / Don Lee
• Primary Source Citation: Mutual / Don Lee Radio Log (1936-10-01, Charlie Chan)
• Cast: Walter Connolly (Inspector Charlie Chan), Earl Derr Biggers (Creator)
• Verified Synopsis: Inspector Charlie Chan and Inspector Duff investigate the murder of Colonel Bevis in San Francisco after suspicion falls upon an elusive butler named Simmons.

2. The Adventures of Charlie Chan — Simmons Confrontation About Identity (1936-10-01)

• Identifier: 64ea29ed-5a27-4bd7-ab97-fc9369313d5e
• Audio Duration: 893.0s (14m 53s), 1,947 words
• Network / Station: Mutual / Don Lee
• Primary Source Citation: Mutual / Don Lee Radio Log (1936-10-01, Charlie Chan)
• Archival Note: Archival audit reveals this record shares audio content and plot with the syndicated run above, with both catalogs synchronized.
• Verified Synopsis: Inspector Charlie Chan and Inspector Duff investigate the murder of Colonel Bevis in San Francisco after suspicion falls upon an elusive butler named Simmons.

3. Justice Hugo Black — Address to the Nation (1937-10-01)

• Identifier: 035c2f37-eb4f-49c9-af15-95a912411e59
• Audio Duration: 787.8s (13m 7s), 1,312 words
• Network / Station: Mutual Broadcasting System / coast-to-coast (also carried on NBC Red, NBC Blue, CBS, and WNEW) 9:30 PM
• Primary Source Citation: The New York Times Radio Log (1937-10-01, 9:30 PM, Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, Speaking From Washington, D.C. — WEAF, WOR, WJZ, WABC, WNEW)
• Cast: Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo L. Black
• Verified Synopsis: Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black delivers a historic nationwide radio address from Washington to answer national controversy regarding his past associations.

Progress on October 1: 8 / 242 broadcasts compliant (3.3%).