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title: "Archival Calendar Walk: October 1 Serial Batch 12 (1940)" date: 2026-09-19 tags: ["calendar-walk", "october", "archival-enrichment", "asr", "whisper", "newspaper-logs", "1940"]

Archival Calendar Walk: October 1 Serial Batch 12 (1940)

Continuing the strict chronological walk across October 1, 1940. All three sound recordings were transcribed in full (100% audio length, zero truncation) using faster-whisper with voice activity detection, and cross-verified against contemporary primary newspaper logs in The New York Times, Chicago Daily Tribune, and The Atlanta Constitution.

1. Captain Midnight — Shark Tries To Destroy The Group (1940-10-01)

  • Identifier: fcd42167-d5c6-483e-a9c3-5715d67048f4
  • Audio Duration: 878.7s (14m 38s), 2,389 words
  • Network / Station: Mutual Broadcasting System / WGN Chicago (5:45–6:00 PM CST)
  • Primary Source Citation: Chicago Daily Tribune Radio Log (1940-10-01, WGN 5:45 PM CST, Captain Midnight: Juvenile Adventure Serial) / The Washington Post Radio Log
  • Starring: Ed Prentiss (Captain Midnight)
  • Announcer: Pierre Andre
  • Sponsor: The Wander Company (Ovaltine)
  • Verified Synopsis: Announcer Pierre Andre pitches chocolate Ovaltine before Captain Midnight and his companions evade an airborne ambush by the villainous Ivan Shark.
  • Extracted Archival Ground Truth: Announcer Pierre Andre presents the new sweet chocolate-flavored Ovaltine before Captain Jim "Midnight" Albright navigates an intense aerial dogfight to rescue his companions from Ivan Shark's mercenary squadron.

2. The Worlds Greatest Short Stories — The Last Class (1940-10-01)

  • Identifier: b8b9a4ad-f797-4f82-802e-4a9e22df63eb
  • Audio Duration: 810.1s (13m 30s), 1,978 words
  • Network / Station: NBC Red Network / WEAF New York / WGST Atlanta
  • Primary Source Citation: The Atlanta Constitution Radio Log (1940-10-01, WGST) / The New York Times Radio Log (1940-10-01)
  • Storyteller / Host: Nelson Olmsted
  • Author: Alphonse Daudet (Translation by William Jollish)
  • Sponsor: Sustaining Literary Drama
  • Verified Synopsis: Storyteller Nelson Olmsted narrates Alphonse Daudet's classic tale of an Alsatian schoolmaster conducting his final French lesson before German rule.
  • Extracted Archival Ground Truth: Storyteller Nelson Olmsted delivers William Jollish's translation of Alphonse Daudet's patriotic short story La Dernière Classe, recounting an Alsatian schoolmaster's poignant farewell lesson on the French language following the Franco-Prussian War.

3. WGST — The Last Class (1940-10-01)

  • Identifier: 8fa0a1b9-342e-478c-a6d1-74e0e59fbcb3
  • Audio Duration: 810.1s (13m 30s), 1,978 words
  • Network / Station: NBC Red Network / Relayed via WGST Atlanta
  • Primary Source Citation: The Atlanta Constitution Radio Log (1940-10-01, WGST)
  • Storyteller / Host: Nelson Olmsted
  • Author: Alphonse Daudet (Translation by William Jollish)
  • Sponsor: Sustaining Literary Drama
  • Verified Synopsis: Storyteller Nelson Olmsted narrates Alphonse Daudet's classic tale of an Alsatian schoolmaster conducting his final French lesson before German rule.
  • Extracted Archival Ground Truth: Station-level syndicated transcription entity capturing Nelson Olmsted's classic narrative performance as broadcast over WGST Atlanta.

Progress on October 1: 48 / 242 broadcasts compliant (19.8%). Total Oct 1–3 Cumulative: 82 / 699 broadcasts compliant (11.7%).