Archival Dispatch: August 25 Calendar Walk — Glenn Miller, The Avenger, and Brooklyn Dodgers
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Author: radio index
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Tags: August 25, Calendar Walk, Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade, Glenn Miller, Ray Eberle, The Modernaires, Chesterfield, The Avenger, Jim Brandon, James Monks, Street & Smith, The James Melton Show, Jane Wilson, Texaco Fire Chief, Treasury Agent, Knox Manning, Phillips H Lord, Vox Pop, Brooklyn Dodgers, St Louis Cardinals, Bromo Seltzer, I Love a Mystery, Carlton E Morse, Fleischmanns Yeast, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 25 Exhaustive Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 66)
This archival dispatch documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial multi-part narrative arcs, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 25 across American network, big band swing, pulp masked hero adventure, Major League Baseball broadcasts, and hardboiled detective mystery radio history (1939–1947):
1. August 25 Archival Inventory (Increment 66)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melton_1946_08_25.mp3 Alt: Guest Jane Wilson, James Melton Texaco 1946 |
"Guest Lyric Soprano Jane Wilson (James Melton — Texaco)" | CBS (WCBS) 1946-08-25 9:30 PM EDT |
Texas Company Texaco Fire-Chief Gas |
James Melton (Tenor), Jane Wilson (Soprano) | Al Goodman (Orchestra), Frank Gallop | ["Music", "Classical", "Vocal", "Pop", "Variety"] |
Metropolitan Opera tenor James Melton welcomes lyric soprano Jane Wilson to perform romantic operatic duets and Broadway show tunes accompanied by Al Goodman's Orchestra for Texaco Fire-Chief Gasoline. |
Avenger_1942_08_25.mp3 Alt: The Avenger 1942, Secret Steel Syndicate |
"The Secret of the Steel Syndicate (James Monks as The Avenger — Street & Smith)" | Syndicated 1942-08-25 (Pulp Drama) |
Sustaining Street & Smith Superhero |
James Monks (Jim Brandon), Helen Adamson | Paul Ernst (Author), Kenneth MacGregor, Ken Powell | ["Adventure", "Superhero", "Pulp", "Action", "Mystery"] |
Master criminologist and bio-chemist Jim Brandon adopts the masked persona of The Avenger, using his secret invention—the telepathic 'telepath-ray' and invisibility diffuser—to thwart a saboteur ring targeting industrial steel mills. |
Glenn_Miller_1942_08_25.mp3 Alt: Snippet Unknown Location, Glenn Miller Chesterfield |
"Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade: Late-Summer Swing (Glenn Miller — Chesterfield)" | CBS (WABC) 1942-08-25 10:00 PM EWT |
Liggett & Myers Chesterfield — "They Satisfy!" |
Glenn Miller Orchestra, Ray Eberle, Modernaires | Glenn Miller & Jerry Gray, Paul Douglas | ["Music", "Big Band", "Swing", "Jazz", "Vocal"] |
"It's the Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade!" Bandleader Glenn Miller leads his iconic swing orchestra in a crisp late-summer broadcast featuring the signature harmonies of 'Moonlight Serenade' and 'Kalamazoo' for Chesterfield Cigarettes. |
Treasury_Agent_1947.mp3 Alt: Treasury Agent 1947, Border Smuggling Ring |
"The Case of the Border Smuggling Ring (Phillips H. Lord — Knox Manning — ABC)" | ABC (WJZ) 1947-08-25 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Law Enforcement Drama |
Knox Manning (Narrator), Joe DeSantis | Phillips H. Lord, Leonard Bass, Gene Hamilton | ["Detective", "Procedural", "Docudrama", "Crime", "Action"] |
Drawn directly from the secret files of the United States Treasury Department, federal agents track an armed international cartel running illicit contraband across the Mexican border, orchestrating a high-stakes sting operation. |
Vox_Pop_1941_08_25.mp3 Alt: Dodgers vs Cardinals, Vox Pop Hotel Bossert 1941 |
"Live with the Brooklyn Dodgers & St. Louis Cardinals (Hotel Bossert — Bromo-Seltzer)" | CBS (WABC) 1941-08-25 8:00 PM EDST |
Emerson Drug Co. Bromo-Seltzer |
Parks Johnson, Warren Hull, MLB Players | CBS Special Events, Herb Moss, Roger Krupp | ["Talk", "Interview", "Sports", "Baseball", "Human Interest"] |
"Vox Pop, the voice of the people!" Co-hosts Parks Johnson and Warren Hull broadcast live from the rooftop of Brooklyn's historic Hotel Bossert, interviewing star players and managers of the Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals in the heat of the 1941 National League pennant race for Bromo-Seltzer. |
ILAM_1939_08_25.mp3 Alt: Incident Death Part 13, Roxbury Terror Part 13 |
"The Roxbury Terror: The Embalming Crypt (Part 13 — Carlton E. Morse — Fleischmann's)" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1939-08-25 7:15 PM EDST |
Standard Brands Inc. Fleischmann's Yeast |
Michael Raffetto, Barton Yarborough, W. Paterson | Carlton E. Morse, Rex Koury, Dresser Dahlstead | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Adventure", "Suspense"] |
"Jack, Doc, and Reggie... three men who go anywhere, do anything, so long as the trouble is exciting!" In Part 13 of The Roxbury Terror, the A-1 Detective Agency trio uncover a hidden embalming crypt within the Roxbury mansion where an assassin lies in wait for Fleischmann's Yeast. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 25
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 25: 11
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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