Week of February 15, 1952

Britain commits the body of King

George VI to the earth. Queen

Elizabeth II sprinkled red earth on the

flag-draped coffin of her father as it

sank from sight through the stone floor

of St. George’s Chapel in Windsor

Castle.

American, British and French Foreign

Ministers agree to bar Germany from

entering the Atlantic pact as a full

member - for now.

Korea - Communist-led Korean civilian prisoners attack U.S. troops guarding a

Koje Island compound. Seventy persons, including one American soldier were

killed.

U.S. Sabre jets flying cover for bomber missions destroy three of an estimated

150 enemy MIG’s that tried to intercept them over Northwest Korea.

The Air Force discloses it has ordered a full-scale investigation of reports that

objects resembling “flying saucers’ have been sighted in Korea by crewmen of

two American B-29 bombers. The four fliers described the objects as disk-

shaped, bright orange in color and sending of occasional flashes of bluish light.

They were estimated to be three-feet in diameter.

President Truman openly acknowledges that while the job of being President is a

tough one, “I like it.”

Teenage dope (drug) arrests are on the rise, particularly in large urban centers.

The Bachelors Clubs of American select the world’s 10

most eligible bachelors. They include:

J. Edgar Hoover - FBI Chief - “Such an impressive tower

of strength to lean on.”

John Alden Talbot Jr. - A New York playboy.

Count Renzo Cesana - TV and motion picture actor.

a thorough he-man.”

Singer Vic Damone - “Oh, to be the girl he’ll come back to

- from the U.S. Army in Germany.”

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Week of February 15, 1952

George London - Metropolitan Opera baritone - “This he-man has everything.”

The government discloses that production of refrigerators; stoves, washers,

radios and television sets will be cut back again this spring to save scarce

materials for defense.

10-minute ceremony in London - at

the Caxton registry hall. They

emerged into a crowd scene that

turned out to be a minor riot. The

newlyweds were pushed and

squeezed as they struggled to their

car. Michael announced they would

fly to Paris and then go for a brief

honeymoon to some Swiss village.

will get an

uncontested divorce. The couple separated several months

ago.

The House Un-American Activities Committee accuses the

motion picture industry of failing to take “positive and

determined steps” to weed out Communists. It said that its public inquiry, first

started in 1947, “had not lessened the extent of Communist infiltration in

Hollywood.”

Television news -

Ozzie and Harriet are going to video beginning in the fall. It’ll be the same type of

show now heard on radio. Nelson youngsters David and Ricky will be on the TV

version. Radio will continue for now.

appearing on television via their studio contracts, are expected to make the break

for television this fall. Everyone points to Clark Gable breaking the ice by his

appearance at the Eisenhower rally at Madison Square Garden on February 8.

Even though Gable was under suspension at Metro at the time, the fact that he

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agreed to go before TV cameras indicates a changing tide. Metro-Goldwyn-

Meyer has been the most outspoken anti-TV studio among the majors and the

fact that they didn’t take recriminatory steps against their star is being noticed.

DuMont says it is taking out ads for a promotion push to sell a second television

set to every home in the New York metropolitan area. DuMont has 11 new

television set models this year and New York already has 65% TV set

penetration.

Sunday Night On CBS

Week of February 15, 1952

Also on CBS Sunday Night!

CBS - Beat The Clock, Ken Murray Variety Show, Faye Emerson’s Wonderful

Town, Songs For sale With Steve Allen and others

NBC - One Man’s Family, All-Star Revue with Jack Carson, Your Show of

Shows, Your Hit Parade

ABC - Paul Whiteman Teen Club,

DuMont - Wrestling From Chicago

Week of February 15, 1952

Radio news - With the Korean War situation - the radio networks have more

news shows on the air than ever before. CBS has some 91 - more than WWII.

Revived interest in radio news is attributed to the number of trouble spots in the

world and the fact that so many men are in uniform overseas.

WIP radio in Philadelphia bans the song “Whiskey and Gin” by pop music artist

Johnny Ray. They believe the singer’s plugging of alcoholic stimulants would

have a bad effect on the younger set.

Red Barber signs a one-year deal with

Schaefer Beer and the Brooklyn Dodgers

to handle the Dodger games on radio

and television. Connie Desmond and Vin

Scully, who worked the Dodger games

with Barber in previous seasons, are in

the last lap of three-year contracts, so all

three will appear in the booth this

season.

New York FM radio station WFDR (104.3) has gone off the air for good. The

move affects a staff of 12. Owners - the International Ladies Garment Workers

Union had sunk about $400 thousand into the station, which lasted some 2 ½

years.

Music news - Ending speculation about a possible label shift,

calling for $40,000. In the last three years, she’s sold 10 million

records - 6 million just last year.

At the movies -

Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, James

Stewart.

Gable, Ava Gardner

Katherine Hepburn

Week of February 15, 1952