Week of February 28, 1951

In Korea war news, an operational summary from

General Macarthur says that 31 Chinese and North

Korean divisions have lined up across Korea and are

still “unimpaired” despite heavy losses and broken

supply lines.

The Toy Manufacturers of the U.S.A say that toy

guns, tanks, jet planes, walkie-talkies and bathtub

navies are in huge demand. It’s the first time since

1946. Cowboy toys are still number 1.

Co-pilot Joseph Dowd of Dallas is found dead 30

miles north of Amarillo after stumbling though a rear

door of a Pioneer Airlines plane. The plane’s Captain

said that just after takeoff from Amarillo, a warning light indicated an unlatched

rear door and sent Dowd back to check it out. The plane was at 4000 feet when

the incident happened.

Dies - Sir George Oliver Colthurst (68) owner of the Blarney Stone at Blarney

Castle - County Cork, Ireland.

In Toronto, 24 year-old Marie Lopes is

charged with murder after stabbing her

husband in their basement apartment.

The two quarreled over the popular song

“The Thing” by Phil Harris. The two were

arguing over what “the thing” was in the

song. Harris doesn’t say what it is and

the two couldn’t agree between them.

Fireman, fighting a fire on a dairy farm

near Santa Barbara, CA had a tough-

time putting it out. Frenzied flaming rats

kept running into other haystacks, setting

them on fire. Running from one bale to

another, they kept spreading the flames.

The fire took 10 hours to control.

Week of February 28, 1951

Newspaper columnist and radio commentator Drew Pierson sues Senator

Joseph McCarthy for $600 thousand including $250 thousand for what he said

was a physical attack in December and $350 thousand for a libelous attack made

in a 37 page report the same month.

The defense department approves a program to make sure the Army gets its

share of high IQ men. The program could begin in several weeks.

At the Korean War - Sgt Clovis Taylor bags a Chinese red by gobbling like a

turkey. When a curious Red raised his head, Taylor shot him. Recently, the

Chinese have been using similar tactics including blowing bugles and whistles to

distract American GI’s.

In for men at a New York Fashion show - Tweed sports coats with gray flannel

trousers.

General Motors announces that 434,000 of its workers will get a 5-cent hourly

pay raise. The new scale begins March 1 for hourly workers and June 1 for their

salaried counterparts.

Go to your RCA dealer to see a demonstration of one

of their radios, phonos or TV’s and receive replicas of

(Nipper the dog) salt and pepper china figures. Nipper

is the world famous RCA Victor trademark dog.

RCA makes its tricolor color picture tube available to

the rest of the television industry. The tube produces full

color images directly on its face and doesn’t require any

moving parts, unlike CBS’s color system which requires

a rotating wheel to generate

colors.

At the drugstore - Lucky Tiger

Hair Tonic - 12oz size - .49 ...

Pond’s dry skin cream - med size

jar - .55 ...

Sears Coldspot Refrigerator - a big 9 Cu. Ft. Model - $299.

Giant full width freezer - store 41.2 lbs of frozen foods for

weeks.

Week of February 28, 1951

At the mart - Quaker Oats - 3lb bag - .37 ... Wheaties - 12oz pkg - .22 ... Bar of

Ivory Soap - .10 ... Hershey Cocoa - 1/2lb can .23 ... Head of lettuce - 5 cents.

Top TV shows according to Trendex:

Texaco Star Theatre w/Milton Berle (NBC) - 55.7

Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts (CBS) - 44.7

Your Show of Shows with Sid Caesar (NBC) - 44.5

Fireside Theatre (NBC) - 43.7

Comedy Hour (NBC) - 42.0

Philco Playhouse (NBC) - 41.6

Lights Out (NBC) - 39.1

Martin Kane (NBC) - 38.7

Man Against Crime (CBS) - 38.2

Godfrey & Friends (CBS) - 37.8

Wednesday night TV includes - Arthur Godfrey, Star Revue w/Jack Haley, Stop

The Music, Don McNeill’s TV club, Pantomime Quiz, Break The Bank, The Web

Break The Bank - hosted by Bert Parks.

Hollywood news - On the eve of the premier for

“Bedtime For Bonzo,” Tamba the chimp , who

stars as Bonzo, dies when smoke from a fire next

door to his Quonset hut smothers the star and

other animal movie actors. Fireman worked on

Tamba for over 30 minutes but failed to resuscitate

him. The Hollywood premier this week was to

include Tamba, other animals and the ASPCA.

Ronald Reagan could not be reached for

comment.

Hasn’t happened yet - So far, major stars such as

Bob Hope, Jack Benny and Bing Crosby have far

better acceptance on radio than television. Crosby

is still riding wide and handsome on radio and has

remained aloof from TV. Benny is up for four TV appearances, but his radio show

is still tops.

Week of February 28, 1951

Golden Globe awards are handed out to

Gloria Swanson and Jose Ferrer. Swanson

got hers as the best dramatic actress for

Sunset Blvd and Ferrer for best dramatic

actor in “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Best

performance by an actor in a Musical -

Fred Astaire for Three Little Words, Best

actress in a musical - Judy Holliday for

“Born Yesterday.” Best supporting

actor/actress: Edmund Gwenn in Mister

880/Josephine Hull in Harvey.

Television news - KTSL (channel 2) in Los

Angeles goes full-time CBS this week. The

network was carried on KTTV (channel 11)

when CBS co-owned the station with the

Los Angeles Times. CBS purchased KTSL

from Don Lee in December.

Hey kids - don’t miss Panhandle Pete and Jennifer on NBC-TV

Buster Crabbe files suit claiming $500,000 in damages for

unauthorized showings of his film shorts. Defendants

include CBS, NBC, ABC and WPIX-TV in New York. Crabbe

claims that showings of his westerns on TV without his

consent is illegal and violation of his rights to privacy.

Radio news - WNEW’s morning ratings are way up -

thanks to the funny antics of Gene Klavin and Dee Finch.

It’s a radio show many stations are trying to copy.

Dezi Arnaz hosts “Your Tropical Trip” an audience

participation show featuring Latin-American music on CBS radio.

The Uncle Wip program, heard over WIP radio (610) in

Philadelphia is gone after 29 years. Uncle Wip will still

be featured over WFIL-TV three times a week.

Advertising costs - Cost per thousand - WINS radio in

New York is charging advertisers 44cents per thousand

in its advertising. In a trade ad, WINS says, “WINS spots

Week of February 28, 1951

have a high Pulse but a low rate per thousand homes. Let us show you!

Music news - Army draft calls have been received by Eddie Fisher and Bill

Lawrence…

On the charts - “If” - Perry Como, “Be My Love” - Mario Lanza, “Mockin’ Bird Hill”

- Les Paul & Mary Ford, “The Roving Kind” - Guy Mitchell, “I Taut I Taw A Puddy

Cat” - Mel Blanc, “A Penny A Kiss” - Tony Martin/Dinah Shore.

At the movies -

Bedtime For Bonzo - Ronald Reagan

I’d Clime The Highest Mountain - Susan Hayward, William Lundigan

Three Guys Named Mike - Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel, Barry

Sullivan

Quebec - John Barrymore Jr., Corinne Calvet, Barbara Rush

Tomahawk - Van Heflin, Yvonne deCarlo

Rawhide - Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward

The Groom Wore Spurs - Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson Joan Davis