Radio: Crime Marches On

Two years ago Idea Man Phillips Lord concocted a radio drama called Mr. District Attorney. In his early youth, under the sponsorship of Pepsodent, Mr. D. A. was a conventional racket buster on an NBC hookup. But early in 1940 the show was taken over by Bristol-Myers Co., and Mr. D. A., between plugs for a hair dressing called Vitalis, gradually widened the scope of his activities until he was investigating everything from the villainous carryings-on of a side-show midget to the despicable treachery of a football coach intent on throwing his team's big game. Written by drawly, dormousy Finis...

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