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Title: Hear It Now (Episode 17)
Date: 1951-04-06
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. The debate on sending troops to Europe continues. College youth and faculty of University of North Carolina react to the new Selective Service deferment program. Governor James Byrnes of South Carolina comments on separate education for whites and blacks. Dr. Ralph Bunche comments on Byrnes' remarks. Ringling Brothers Circus Opening Night at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Radio programs; Radio talk shows; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971; Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-017
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50175
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Title: Hear It Now (Episode 18)
Date: 1951-04-13
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: President Harry Truman removes General Douglas MacArthur from command in Korea on April 11. Ed Murrow reads Truman's telegram to MacArthur relieving him of command. Major General Courtney Whitney, MacArthur's aide, describes how the general received the news. Background of Truman-MacArthur relationship. British Minister of State Kenneth Younger comments on general. Congressman Joe Martin reads secret letter from MacArthur on winning the war in Korea. Joe Martin comments on special Republican meeting about firing. Various Senators comment on the firing. President Truman addresses the nation on situation in Korea and firing. Newspaper editors comment. Close-up: the Korean casualty at Walter Reed. Close-up of the Korean veteran receiving specialized treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Local Identifier: HearItNow-018
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50176
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 19)
Date: 1951-04-20
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: General Douglas MacArthur returns and addresses Congress. Congressional reactions. Winston Churchill on possible peace in Korea. Baseball season begins. Sounds at the stadiums around the country. Voices of Honus Wagner, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Charlie Dressen, Connie Mack, Roy Campanella, Mel Allen, Branch Rickey.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Baseball; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965; Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-019
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50177
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 20)
Date: 1951-04-27
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: In Korea, General Ridgeway briefs newsmen on Communist activity in North. Radio Free Europe begins broadcasting, sample of Hungarian broadcast on how to sneak across the Iron Curtain. Winston Churchill comments on the beef shortage in Britain. MacArthur furor continues. New York Times reporter on secret Pentagon files. Senator Richard Nixon on White House attempt to smear MacArthur.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965; Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-020
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50178
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 22)
Date: 1951-05-11
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: MacArthur-Marshall Congressional testimony. General MacArthur speaks of his troops, on bombing of Yalu, Chinese Nationalist reinforcements, global consequences, defeatism, on going it alone, new power to launch attack, Truman Administration's Korean policy. Close-up: Moonshining U.S.A. Ed Murrow and his team go to the Blue Ridge Mountains for a look at moonshining. Includes voices of mountain men, Federal revenuers. Includes tapes of actual raid on a still.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Blue Ridge Mountains; Distilling, Illicit; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-022
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50179
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 23)
Date: 1951-05-18
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: The General MacArthur furor continues. President Harry Truman on mail about MacArthur controversy. Various reporters and Congressmen comment. Actuality of shelling in North Korea. University of Chicago dedicates atomic research lab. 90th birthday of pretzel. Close-Up: The Homecoming of Frank Stilo. Captain Stilo, a Korean veteran, comes home.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Local Identifier: HearItNow-023
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50180
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 24)
Date: 1951-05-25
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-024
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50181
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: Mary Margaret McBride (June 19, 1945)
Date: 1945-06-19
Description: Broadcast from the Marquee of the Astor Hotel, Times Square, New York. Vincent Connolly, announcer. Special guest is movie star Peggy Ann Gardner. Special parade pickups by Ben Grauer in the NBC Mobile Unit as General Eisenhower is welcomed to New York.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Mary Margaret McBride
Subject: Radio programs; Radio talk shows; Interviewing on radio
Subject -- Personal Name: McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-
Local Identifier: mmcbride-001
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50201

Title: Mary Margaret McBride (September 1, 1948, Reel 1)
Date: 1948-09-01
Description: With Fannie Hurst and Vincent Connolly sitting in for Ms. McBride. Fannie and Vincent discuss New York City, summer vacations, a horrible boat trip, problems in New York, etc.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Mary Margaret McBride
Subject: Radio programs; Radio talk shows; Interviewing on radio
Subject -- Personal Name: McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-; Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
Local Identifier: mmcbride-002
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50202

Title: Mary Margaret McBride (September 1, 1948, Reel 2)
Date: 1948-09-01
Description: Conclusion. With Fannie Hurst and Vincent Connolly sitting in for Ms. McBride. Fannie and Vincent discuss New York City, summer vacations, a horrible boat trip, problems in New York, etc.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Mary Margaret McBride
Subject: Radio programs; Radio talk shows; Interviewing on radio
Subject -- Personal Name: McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-; Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968
Local Identifier: mmcbride-003
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50203

Title: The Romance of Helen Trent (June 8, 1944)
Date: 1944-06-08
Description: Helen is trying to convince Gil that she should get married.
Series: Entertainment programs -- The Romance of Helen Trent
Subject: Radio programs; Soap operas
Local Identifier: htrent-003
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50191

Title: The Romance of Helen Trent (November 23, 1944)
Date: 1944-11-23
Description: Helen and Agatha, thinking something has happened to Mrs. Kane, phones the police. The police informs them both that she was found dead in an auto accident.
Series: Entertainment programs -- The Romance of Helen Trent
Subject: Radio programs; Soap operas
Local Identifier: htrent-001
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50184

Title: The Romance of Helen Trent (Undated)
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Description: Helen, thinking of Cynthia, remarks what a strong woman she is. Meanwhile Cynthia speaks to Gil Whitney for the first time, crying about the anniversary of the death of her husband.
Series: Entertainment programs -- The Romance of Helen Trent
Subject: Radio programs; Soap operas
Local Identifier: htrent-002
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50187
mods_typeOfResource_mt: sound recording

Title: The Romance of Helen Trent (Undated)
Date: Undated
Description: Gil and Cynthia are sitting out under the stars. Could romance be in the air?
Series: Entertainment programs -- The Romance of Helen Trent
Subject: Radio programs; Soap operas
Local Identifier: htrent-004
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50190

Title: WJSV Broadcast Day: Life Can Be Beautiful
Date: 1939-09-21
Description: Ralph Edwards, announcer. Written by Carl Bixby. Chi-Chi and Steve are returning from job-hunting, terribly depressed, because they feel nobody wants them. And then, Steve learns he's getting his old job back again.
Series: Entertainment programs -- WJSV Broadcast Day
Subject: Radio programs; Soap operas
Local Identifier: wjsv-004
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50185

Title: WJSV Broadcast Day: Our Gal Sunday
Date: 1939-09-21
Description: James Flemming, announcer. Sunday is in the living room with Uncle Percy, and we learn that Percy has joined Henry's wartime company.
Series: Entertainment programs -- WJSV Broadcast Day
Subject: Radio programs; Soap operas
Local Identifier: wjsv-002
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50182

Title: WJSV Broadcast Day: The Goldbergs
Date: 1939-09-21
Description: Art Millet, announcer. The Goldbergs are driving back to New York, and at a stop, George sends a mysterious telegram which shocks Molly.
Series: Entertainment programs -- WJSV Broadcast Day
Subject: Radio programs; Soap operas
Local Identifier: wjsv-003
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50189

Title: WJSV Broadcast Day: The Original Amateur Hour (Reel 1)
Date: 1939-09-21
Description: Ralph Edwards, announcer. Starring Major Edward Bowes. Bowes salutes Mansfield, O., on this program. 1-I've Found A New Baby by Harlen Roustabouts. 2-A Heart That's Free by Helen Dixon, soprano. 3-Bird and rooster imitator Red Lane. 4-The Dream by Robert Tron, tenor. 5-I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart by Hoffman Sisters, a yodeling trio. 6-Melancholy Baby by Marian Caruso, tap dancer.
Series: Entertainment programs -- WJSV Broadcast Day
Subject: Radio programs; Talent shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Bowes, Edward, Major, 1874-1946
Local Identifier: wjsv-005
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50186

Title: WJSV Broadcast Day: The Original Amateur Hour (Reel 2)
Date: 1939-09-21
Description: Conclusion. Ralph Edwards, announcer. Starring Major Edward Bowes. 1-Over The Rainbow by Dorothy Moore, vocalist. 2-Indian Love Call by John Tucker, whistler. 3-White Sails by William Heatherington, vocalist. 4-After You've Gone by Martha Booker, blues singer. 5-Dark Eyes by Gina Valenti, accordion, piano. 6-Russian Gypsy Song by Alexander Pirev, baritone.
Series: Entertainment programs -- WJSV Broadcast Day
Subject: Radio programs; Talent shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Bowes, Edward, Major, 1874-1946
Local Identifier: wjsv-006
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50183

Title: WJSV Broadcast Day: The Romance of Helen Trent
Date: 1939-09-21
Description: Dan Hancock, announcer. Helen has opened the Hollywood Dress Shop with a friend, but she learns that if she spends too much time there, Continental Studios may cancel her costuming contract. This has all been planned by Doris Harper, so she can get a job designing at the shop.
Series: Entertainment programs -- WJSV Broadcast Day
Subject: Radio programs; Soap operas
Local Identifier: wjsv-001
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50188

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