THE REEFER MADNESS BOOK
Chapter 3
Old Time Radio Programs

Chapter 3.5
OTR INDEX OF
POSSIBLE REEFER MADNESS RECORDINGS

The following is a list of "POSSIBLE" Reefer Madness themed OTR programs.   That is to say, they MAY BUT PROBABLY ARE NOT Reefer Madness programs.   None of which, as of this writing (Feb 2010), we have been able to obtain --- let alone heard.

This index list is meant mostly for use by scholars of the era and can safely be ignored by most.



THE ADVENTURER:  
  • "The Drug Ring" [March 8, 1953]- No other information about the program is known.

    THE ADVENTURES OF ELLERY QUEEN:  
    "The Adventure Of A Hurricane That Committed A Murder" Originally Broadcast on [Dec 18, 1946]- 30 min - Something about a bomb that has set to be triggered off by a barometer. A dope peddler is somehow also involved.

    JACK ARMSTRONG:
    "The Phantom Of The Sawdust Trail" [July-Aug 1947]- 15 min Ea. Jack Armstrong (all american boy) joins a circus in order to uncover a narcotics smuggling operation.
    "PHANTOM OF THE SAWDUST TRAIL"   07-08-47
    "PHANTOM OF THE SAWDUST TRAIL"   07-14-47
    "PHANTOM OF THE SAWDUST TRAIL"   07-23-47
    "PHANTOM OF THE SAWDUST TRAIL"   07-31-47
    "PHANTOM OF THE SAWDUST TRAIL"   08-29-47
    [Source of Info - Jerry Haendiges - Logs@otrsite.com]

    AMERICA'S MARCH ON CRIME:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    "unknown" [July 22, 1938]- Date Broadcast : 07/22/1938 - Time 11:30 p.m. - Medium Radio broadcast - Source - NBC Red network - Duplicated from a NBC Red network radio program broadcast of July 22, 1938; 11:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m. - Summary America's crime problems, including the importation and use of drugs, are dramatized. Physical Item RWB 7241 B1-2. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1988. Duration: 30 min. NBC Radio Collection.

    THE BAKER BROADCAST:  
  • "THE MUSIC SALESMAN" [May 13, 1934]- The Baker Broadcast May 13, 1934 - 30 min, WJZ, New York. Along with the other music is something called, "The Reefer Man".

    CHARLIE PARKER AT THE DIPLOMAT HOTEL:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Author(s): Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955. (Performer - prf) Corp Author(s): Charles Mingus Collection (Library of Congress) Description: 1 sound tape reel :; analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ;; 10 in. Music Type: Jazz Standard No: LCCN: 2001-662170 Contents: Side A. Billie's bounce -- Cool blues -- April in Paris -- Ornithology -- Caravan -- Brief conversation between unidentified man and woman about drugs and children -- Big foot (Parker from a different live session) -- Roost (Parker from a different live session) -- Side B. Ornithology -- Be-bop (from a broadcast?) -- Cherokee -- All the things you are -- Salt peanuts (excerpt) -- Yardbird suite -- Dark shadows (with Earl Coleman) -- Blues -- Cool blues -- Lullaby in rhythm. Note(s): Production level cataloging./ Participants: Charlie Parker, alto saxophone, with unidentified trumpet (could be Miles Davis?) and rhythm section./ Recorded at the Diplomat Hotel on Jan. 19, 1951. Class Descriptors: LC: RAA 41360 (original); RGA 9716-9717 (playback copy); RWE 6275-6276 (preservation master) Material Type: Musical recording (msr); Cassette recording (cas); Reel-to-reel tape (rtr) Sound Recording OCLC: 50540820

    COUNTERSPY:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    "Case of the juvenile narcotics ring - Part 1" [June 20, 1951]- program 545 LC Control Number: 2002660830 - CALL NUMBER: IDC 07338-07339 ( [New York] : Phillips H. Lord, inc., c1951. - 2 sound discs (60 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in. - Author(s): MacLaughlin, Don,; radio actor. ; Kramer, Mandel.; Corp Author(s): WOR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) ; WOR Collection (Library of Congress) - Publication: [New York] :; Phillips H. Lord, - Abstract: Crime, mystery show with U.S. Government counterspy David Harding. Racketeer Tony Parr is stealing from banks. He kills an old safe cracker named Pops. Note(s): Typed label attached to sleeve./ Production level cataloging./ Participants: Cast: Don MacLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters, Bill Smith as Pops, and others. Music by The Oscar Bradley Orchastra. Announcer, Dan Seymour./ Broadcast and recorded on June 20, 1951, WOR Radio Station, New York, N.Y. -Class Descriptors: LC: RGB 0990 PNO 5-6 (playback copy); IDC 07338-07339 (original lacquer disc); RWE 7250 B1-2 (preservation master) -- Responsibility: Dramatization Philips H. Lord; directed by Marx B. Loeb; produced by Phillips H. Lord, inc. - OCLC: 50112565

    COUNTERSPY:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    "Case of the juvenile narcotics ring - Part 2" [June 21, 1951]- - program 544 [New York] : Phillips H. Lord, inc., c1951. - 2 sound discs (1 hr. 30 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in. - Recorded Sound Reference Center (Madison, LM113) - DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DLC Author(s): MacLaughlin, Don; radio actor. ; (Performer - prf); Kramer, Mandel. ; (Performer - prf) Corp Author(s): WOR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) ; WOR Collection (Library of Congress) Publication: [New York] :; Phillips H. Lord, - Standard No: LCCN: 2002-660831 - Abstract: Crime, mystery show with U.S. Government counterspy David Harding. Counterspy goes after Rodney Reynolds who runs police, racketeers, and gambling, without paper records. Counterspy catches up with him through evidence from a woman, who worked for Reynolds, and then disappeared. -- Note(s): Production level cataloging./ Broadcast and recorded on June 21, 1951, WOR Radio Station, New York, N.Y. -- Class Descriptors: LC: RGB 0991 PNO 1-3 (playback copy); IDC 07340-07341 (original lacquer disc); RWE 7251 A1-3 (preservation master) - OCLC: 50112581

    COUNTERSPY:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    "Case of the blonde badger " [Nov 23, 1947]- program 282, Case of the blonde badger Author: MacLaughlin, Don DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DLC - has a copy Author(s): MacLaughlin, Don,; radio actor.; Kramer, Mandel; (Performer - prf) - Corp Author(s): WOR Collection (Library of Congress) -- Description: 2 sound discs (30 min.); analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 16 in. - Standard No: LCCN: 2002-661206 - Abstract: Crime, mystery show with U.S. Government counterspy David Harding. This episode concerns a drug ring in the prison. The detectives check on the death of a young woman, who might have had connections with the drug ring. They also follow up on a man named Maxwell. - Note(s): This program follows program #281, and continues in the next show./ Typed label in a separate folder in LC Recorded Sound Reference Center./ Production level cataloging./ Participants: Cast: Don MacLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters; Gloria McGhee, Jean Giliespie, Mel Ruick./ Broadcast Nov. 23, 1947, ABC. - Class Descriptors: LC: IDC 08767-08768 (original lacquer disc); RGB 1196 PNO 3-4 (playback copy); RWE 7536 A3-4 (preservation master) - Responsibility: Directed by William McDowell Sweets; written and produced by Phillips H. Lord, inc. - LP recording (lps); Cassette recording (cas) OCLC: 50939936

    COUNTERSPY:  
    "The Case Of The Soaring Saucer" [May 2, 1950]- 30 min "The Case Of The Soaring Saucer". Something about narcotics being smuggled into the country.

    COUNTERSPY:  
    "unknown" [February 14, 1952]- 30 min, A brother of one of the agents (who is a dope addict) is found dead in a seedy motel.

    DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    [April 30, 1969]- 15 min Murder At The Vanities. 1934. Film sound track. - Carl Brisson's serenade to, "Marijuana."
        DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DLC Author(s): Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. (Performer) Corp Author(s): Valburn/Ellington Collection (Library of Congress) Description: 1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips, full track, mono. ; 7 in. Music Type: Jazz Standard No: LCCN: 2004-654644 Contents: Intimacy of the blues -- Saddest tale -- Cocktail for two -- Blues a poppin' -- Murder at the vanities -- Ebony rhapsody -- Jump for joy. SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Big band music. Jazz -- 1961-1970. Blues (Music) Note(s): Cataloged from audition./ Production level cataloging./ Participants: Duke Ellington and his orchestra./ Swedish radio broadcast, Stockholm, Apr. 30, 1969. Class Descriptors: LC: RGA 1168 (playback copy); RXD 5515 (original); RWD 4718 A3 (preservation master) Material Type: Musical recording (msr); Cassette recording (cas): OCLC: 56085726

    MRS. ROOSEVELT MEETS THE PUBLIC:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Shelf no. - RWC 5844 A1-2 [LIBRARY OF CONGRESS] Date Broadcast : 07/01/1951 - Time - 3:30 p.m. Medium Television audio - Source- NBC / Recording Note - Duplicated from an NBC television audio recording of July 1, 1951; 3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Summary - Eleanor Roosevelt talks with Harry J. Anslinger, Kenneth W. Chapman, and Max G. Rubinstein about narcotics abuse. Genre(s) - Talk shows--Television Name(s) - Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.- Anslinger, Harry J. - Chapman, Kenneth W. - Rubinstein, Max G. Physical Item - RWC 5844 A1-2. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1991. Duration: 003000. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection.

    FRONT PAGE DRAMA:  
    Addicted to Morphine - This is all that we know about the program

    THE GREEN HORNET
    April 03, 1936 "The Drug Racket"
    June 20, 1944 “Dope Versus The War Effort"
    Feb 22, 1945 "A Load of Cigarettes"
    March 22, 1949 "The Dope Fishers"

    LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL
    Jan. 14, 1952. 15 min long, Episode is about an addict who needs to get a fix. Could be Marihuana -

    THE LOSER:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Date Broadcast : June 9, 1955 - Time 9:30 p.m. Type Non-music - Medium Radio broadcast - Broadcast Series Yes - Source NBC Duplicated from an NBC radio program broadcast of June 9, 1955; beginning at 9:30 p.m. Summary - The personal story of a drug addict. Followed by news. Genre(s) Documentaries--Radio News--Radio - Physical Item RGA 0841 B3. 1 digital sound cassette (polyester). Recording Laboratory. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection.

    THE MARY MARGARET McBRIDE SHOW:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Date Broadcast : 01/26/1951 - Time 1:00 p.m. Broadcast Series Yes - Source WJZ - Duplicated from a WJZ radio program broadcast of Jan. 26, 1951; 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. - Summary - McBride's guests are Donald Powell Wilson, prison psychologist, and actress Dorothy Stickney. They discuss Wilson's book, 'My Six Convicts,' about his research on narcotic addictions and Stickney's new play, "The Small Hours." Note Engineer announces date as February 26, 1951 at beginning of tape, but wrote date as January 26, 1951 on box and cards. - Genre(s) Talk shows--Radio Interviews - Name(s) McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-1976. (host) Wilson, Donald Powell, 1900-. (interviewee) Stickney, Dorothy, 1900-. (interviewee) - Physical Item RWA 1473 B1. 1 sound tape reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1980. Duration: 006000. Collection/Donor name: Mary Margaret McBride Collection. [THE BOOK} - 1951 - My six convicts; a psychologist's three years in Fort Leavenworth Author: Wilson, Donald Powell 1900- Publication: New York, Rinehart Year: 1951 Description: 369 p. 22 cm.

    MOLLIE' MYSTERY THEATER
    "THE DRUG OF FORGETFULNESS" May 8, 1951 : 30 min

    MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
    "The Case of The Deserted Boatyard" Nov 15, 1953 30 min The D. A. breaks up a narcotics ring and captures the man and woman who killed the ring-leader.

    MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
    Deported narcotics gangster re-enters the U.S. [most likely episode “Set Up for Re-Entry” Oct 11, 1953] National Recording Company -
        AZ YUMA CNTY LIBR DIST YCC
        IL CHICAGO PUB LIBR CGP
        IL DOWNERS GROVE PUB LIBR JCX
        KS CENTRAL KANSAS LIBR SYST CD5
        KS GREAT BEND PUB LIBR CD6
        KS SOUTHWEST KANSAS LIBR SYST KKV
        MA NOBLE, INC NOG
        MN MINNESOTA STATE UNIV MOORHEAD MUO
        NY IONA COL VXI
        NY NIOGA LIBR SYST ZNM
        PA PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY WSB
        WI THORP PUB LIBR WJO
    Series: National Recording Co. Old time radio programs. Variation: Old time radio programs. Class Descriptors: Dewey: 510 Other Titles: Mr. District attorney. Responsibility: Mr. District Attorney: deported narcotics gangster re-enters the U.S. OCLC: 4255496

    MUSICIANS AND THE USE OF HABITUATING DRUGS [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Musicians and the use of habituating drugs : panel discussion at Newport Jazz Festival -- Date Event : 00/00/1957 - (Library of Congress) - Publication Status Unpublished - Type Non-music - Medium Radio recording, not necessarily broadcast - Performer(s) Nat Hentoff, moderator; participants include Maxwell T. Cohen, attorney; Billy Taylor, jazz musician; Dr. Charles Winnig, psychiatrist; John Hammond, Specs Wright, jazz musicians; Father Norman O'Connor, C.S.P., chaplain of the Newman Club of Boston University. - Recording Note Recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Note There is no date for the panel discussion, probably in 1957. - Subject Jazz musicians--United States Jazz musicians--Drug use - Name(s) Hentoff, Nat. (speaker) Cohen, Maxwell T., 1908-. (speaker) Taylor, Billy, 1921-. (performer, speaker) Winnig, Charles. (speaker) Hammond, John. (performer, speaker) Wright, Specs. (performer, speaker) O'Connor, Norman. (speaker) - Collection Voice of America Music Library Collection (Library of Congress) - Physical Item RGA 0010--0011 (RWD 4970 B--4972 A1). 2 digital sound cassettes (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1995-7. Collection/Donor name: Voice of America Music Library Collection

    NARCOTICS
        MI MICHIGAN STATE UNIV EEM
    Library has a copy Description: 1 sound tape reel :; 7.5 ips, mono. ;; 7 in, 1/4 in tape. - Abstract: Statements by New York police officials and FBI agents about the sale of firearms to criminals; musical bridge; sociologist speaking about drug addicts; and member of U.S. Narcotic Bureau commenting about seizure and destruction of illegal narcotics. - Note(s): Broadcast on Fox Movietone, 1929. - OCLC: 27448050

    NEW THEATER PART YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Date Broadcast : 06/17/1951 - Time 7:30 p.m. - Source NBC - Recording Note Duplicated from an NBC radio program broadcast of June 17, 1951; 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. - Summary John Larkin stars as Rick Martin in this drama about jazz and drugs. - Genre(s) Dramas--Radio - Name(s) Larkin, John. (performer) - Physical Item RWC 5979 A1-4. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1991. Duration: 60. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection. Local

    PUBLIC AFFAIRS DISCUSSION [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Title supplied by cataloger. Date Broadcast : 09/01/1938 - Time 7:30 p.m. - Source NBC Blue network - Duplicated from an NBC Blue network radio program broadcast of Sept. 1, 1938; 7:30 p.m.-7:45 p.m. - Summary Congressman Bruce Barton and Jerry McQuade talk about the drug trade. Note This disc was filed in a special box marked 20-32. - Genre(s) Public affairs--Radio - Name(s) Barton, Bruce. McQuade, Jerry. - Physical Item RWC 5964 A3. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1991. Duration: 001500. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio

    SCHOONER CONQUEST
    Mysterious Sea Chest Full Of Dope The Schooner Conquest Program #13. 15 min long - exact drug unknown.

    THE SEARCH THAT NEVER ENDS
    "Narcotics" Aug 4, 1953 - 30 min long. A DocuDrama about Drug Addiction

    SECRET MISSIONS
    June 13, 1949, 30 min Long. Mutual net. Sustaining. An Egyptian gang smuggles narcotics to U. S. servicemen in Greece.

    SECOND CHANCE:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Date Broadcast : Dec 2, 1954 - Time 11:45 a.m. - Source NBC - Performer(s) Johnny Olsen hosts.   Recording Note Duplicated from an NBC radio program broadcast of Dec. 2, 1954; beginning at 11:45 a.m.   Summary - This is part of a series on drug addiction. Genre(s) - Dramas--Radio - Name(s) Olson, Johnny. (host) - Physical Item - RGA 0902 A3. 1 digital sound cassette (polyester).   Recording Laboratory. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection. Parts 1-8.

    STAND BY FOR CRIME:  
    1953 - 30 min. A City Council election is being held - Heroin somehow gets into all of this.

    TRUE ADVENTURES OF JUNIOR G-MEN:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Title: "The Unsuspecting Smuggler" Program #59, episode 1
        DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DLC
    Publication: New York : Peterson Radio productions,
    Year: 1900s Description: 1 sound disc (13 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in.
    Standard No: Publisher: PRP-59; Peterson Radio; LCCN: 2004-656838 Abstract: Donald Peterson Radio Programs syndication. On this program, a Chinese laundryman with a sideline in dope smuggling uses an airborne fire extinguisher.
    Note(s): Peterson Radio: PRP-59 (matrix)./ Distributed electrical transcription recording./ Production level cataloging./ Issued with: True adventures of Junior G-men, The man who talked too much. Class Descriptors: LC: NCPC 33012 Material Type: Non-musical recording (nsr); LP recording (lps): OCLC: 56598382
    Title: "The Clue of the Feathered Smuggler" [Date Sep 16, 1936] - nothing else is known about this episode.

    THAT HAMMER GUY  
    Title: "Dope Ring" (Mickey Spillane Mysteries) [June 15, 1954]
    Title: "unknown" (Mickey Spillane Mysteries) [Aug 4, 1953] - (synopsis - tells a tale of narcotics) - Nothing else is known about the program.

    TWO BILLION STRONG  
    Radio and Television (section) - “Two Billion Strong” The United Nations program aired over ABC on Saturdays, 4:30 to 5 P.M, this week will carry anonymous interviews with voluntary patients and Federal prisoners in the public Health Service narcotics Hospital at Lexington, Ky.   Broadcast in conjunction with the United Nations Commission on Narcotics currently meeting at Lake Success, the program also will feature talks by Dr. Victor Volgel, medical director of “NARCO,” who will explain some popular misconceptions about addiction, and by Dr. Nathan Eddy, chairman of the Expert Committee on habit Forming Drugs of the World Health Organization. --- New York Times May 25, 1949 p58

    THE TOP GUY  
    Title: "War Against Narcotic Peddler" [Broadcast date July 11, 1952]

    VOICE OF EXPERIENCE:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    Author: Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum Collection (Library of Congress)
        DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DLC
    Corp Author(s): Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum Collection (Library of Congress) Description: 1 sound disc. - Standard No: LCCN: 94-838187 - Abstract: An excerpt from the radio program Voice of experience in which advice is given to listeners who have written into the show regarding such personal problems as addiction to narcotics and dealing with a mentally ill family member.   Note(s): Title from narration./ Original recordings are 1930s instantaneous discs housed at Columbia University in the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum./ Forms part of the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum Collection; for general information, see collection record with title: Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum Collection (Library of Congress)./ Broadcast over WEAF radio on June 9, 1936. - OCLC: 30666097

    U.N. STORY:  
    Title: "Assignment Narcotics" No. 54,
        MO UNIV OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY UMK
    Author(s): Cooper, Gary,; 1901-1961. ; (Narrator) -- Publication: Lake Success, N.Y. : United Nations Radio, Year: 1950s Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in. Standard No: Publisher: 17753; United Nations Radio; 17800; United Nations Radio No. 54. A story on United Nations efforts to stop the trafficking of narcotic drugs on the international level. Interviews and discussions with addicts, medical experts on addiction, and narcotics tracking military officers. Note(s): United Nations Radio: 17753 (matrix); 17800 (matrix)./ Radio broadcasts of reports and activities from the files of the United Nations; in part with music. Includes interviews./ Pressed orthacoustic transcription disc./ Durations: 13:30; 14:50./ Participants: No. 54: Gary Cooper, narrator; Jeff Sparks, reporter; Dr. Victor Vogel, Dr. Nathan B. Eddy, and Harry J. Anslinger, interviewees./ Funding: Cataloging project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation presented to the UMKC University Libraries Marr Sound Archives Other Titles: U.N. story (Radio program); U.N. story.; No. 54,; Assignment narcotics. ; LP recording (lps) : OCLC: 260433650

    THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY:  
        MO UNIV OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY UMK
    May 25, 1951 - Author(s): Sattanathan, A. N. ; (Interviewee)Sparks, Jeff. ; (Interviewer) Corp Author(s): Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ; University of Missouri--Kansas City.; Library.; Marr Sound Archives. Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in. Abstract: The U.S. submitted plans for a U.N. commission that would oversee world disarmament of atomic and conventional weapons. Portions of the debate are played. A member of UNICEF's staff is interviewed about aid being given to the children of Greece. Jeff Sparks interviews the Indian delegate A.N. Sattanathan about the growing abuse of narcotics worldwide. Recorded on May 25, 1951 by the United Nations Radio Division./ Funding: Cataloging project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation presented to the UMKC University Libraries Marr Sound Archives OCLC: 300052172

    THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY:  
        MO UNIV OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY UMK
    May 15, 1951 - The United Nations today. Corp Author(s): Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ; University of Missouri--Kansas City.; Library.; Marr Sound Archives. Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in. Abstract: The Additional Measures Committee has adopted the U.S. proposal for an arms embargo against China. Sound clip of a press conference held by Ernest Gross concerning the proposal. Sound clip of an interview with the U.S. Narcotics Commissioner being asked about the worst drug. Note(s): Radio broadcasts of reports and sound clips from the United Nations. / Recorded on May 15, 1951 by the United Nations Radio Division./ Funding: Cataloging project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation presented to the UMKC University Libraries Marr Sound Archives OCLC: 299803446

    THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY:  
        MO UNIV OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY UMK
    July 2, 1951 - Corp Author(s): Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ; University of Missouri--Kansas City.; Library.; Marr Sound Archives. Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in. Abstract: The Chinese and North Korean forces have replied positively to General Ridgeway's ceasefire talk proposals. Trygve Lie comments on the possibility of a ceasefire. Harry Marble interviews a member of the U.N. Social Affairs Department about the world narcotics abuse problem. Note(s): Radio broadcasts of reports and sound clips from the United Nations. Recorded on July 2, 1951 by the United Nations Radio Division./ Funding: Cataloging project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation presented to the UMKC University Libraries Marr Sound Archives : OCLC: 300074389

    THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY:  
        MO UNIV OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY UMK
    July 18, 1951 - Corp Author(s): Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ; University of Missouri--Kansas City.; Library.; Marr Sound Archives. Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in. Abstract: The latest news is given from the Korean ceasefire talks and it is mentioned that the seventh round is soon to start. A report from Jerusalem about the Palestine situation. Jeff Sparks gives an interview about a program he did with U.N. radio on the growing world problem of narcotics abuse. OCLC: 300092489

    THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY:  
        MO UNIV OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY UMK
    Nov 2, 1951 - Author(s): Halley, Rudolph,; 1913-1956. ; (Interviewee) Corp Author(s): Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ; University of Missouri--Kansas City.; Library.; Marr Sound Archives. Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 16 in. Abstract: The truce negotiations have continued with the main difference being the fate of Kaesong. A shortwave report on the topic is heard from Seoul, Korea. The General Assembly meeting in Paris will open soon. Updates are heard from a reporter in Paris. Rudolph Halley is interviewed about crime, narcotics, and the role of the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Note(s): Radio broadcasts of reports and sound clips from the United Nations. / Recorded on Nov. 2, 1951 by the United Nations Radio Division./ Funding: Cataloging project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation presented to the UMKC University Libraries Marr Sound Archives OCLC: 301560388

    THE UNTOUCHABLES:  
    The Untouchables. July 23, 1951 30 min. Program #2. WBBM, Chicago. A documentary about the life of drug addicts.
    The Untouchables. July 30, 1951. Program #3. WBBM, Chicago. "The story of narcotics addiction in Chicago today."

    THE UNIVERSITY EXPLORER:  
    "Will go on the air over KHJ at 9:30 p.m. to disclose the inside “dope” on the narcotic racket."   As seen in the LA Times April 2, 1935 pp12. [Nothing else is known about the program]

    WHY DID HE DO IT?:  
        IA UNIV OF IOWA LIBR NUI
        IL EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIV IAD
        OH DENISON UNIV DNU
        OH HEIDELBERG COL HEI
    Publication: New York, N.Y. :; Columbia University Press, Year: 1940-1949? Description: 3 sound discs (72 min.); analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 10 in. Series: Columbia University educational discs Standard No: Publisher: HY129--HY134; Columbia University Press Contents: Burglar -- Arsonist -- Juvenile delinquent -- Embezzler -- Prostitute -- Drug addict. OCLC: 18541953

    WE THE PEOPLE:   [copy @ Library of Congress]
    [May 4, 1951]- Time 8:30 p.m. - Medium Television audio - Source NBC - Duplicated from an NBC television audio recording of May 4, 1951; 8:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Summary A story about the latest wonder drug; a story about the dope menace; a story about golfer Sam Snead. - Genre(s) Informational programs--Television - Subject Snead, Sam Local Subject Drugs Drug Abuse Narcotics Golf Physical Item RWC 5849 A1-2. 1 sound reel: 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1991. Duration: 30 min. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection.

    YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW:   [copies @ Library of Congress]
    "part 1 of "The Truth about Narcotics" [July 15, 1951]- Time 1:00 p.m. -- Recording Note Duplicated from an NBC radio program broadcast of July 15, 1951; 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. - Summary Malcolm Johnson with part 1 of "The Truth about narcotics". - Physical Item RWC 6370 A1-2. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1991. Duration: 003000. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection. Source NBC
    "part 2 of "The Truth about Narcotics" [July 22, 1951]- Time 1:00 p.m. - Recording Note Duplicated from an NBC radio program broadcast of July 22, 1951; 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. - Summary Malcolm Johnson brings part 2 in the series "The Truth about narcotics". - Physical Item RWC 6370 A3-4. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1991. Duration: 003000. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection.
    "part 3 of "The Truth about Narcotics" [July 29, 1951]- - Time 1:00 p.m. - Recording Note Duplicated from an NBC radio program broadcast of July 29, 1951; 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. - Summary Malcolm Johnson brings part 3 of the series "The Truth about narcotics". - Genre(s) Informational programs--Radio -- Physical Item - RWC 6370 B1-2. 1 sound reel : 7.5ips, double-track ; 10-inch, 1/4-inch (polyester). Recording Laboratory 1991. Duration: 003000. Collection/Donor name: NBC Radio Collection.

    YOUNG WIDDER BROWN:   "Program #3150" [Oct 20, 1950]- 15 min - The Narcotics Police somehow get involved in this episode.




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