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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"]
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### 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.

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