Business & Finance: Storm Over Maine

Delicate problems faced National Broadcasting Co. last week. Swift & Co. fumed at something Listerine was about to do, insisted on doing. June 20 Listerine was to start a new program called "The Country Doctor." Author of the script is Phillips Haynes Lord, famed to radio listeners as "Seth Parker of Jonesport, Maine."

Successful with rustic Seth Parker on an NBC sustaining program, Author Lord last year wrote a script concerning "The Stebbins Boys," two elderly bachelors of Bucksport, Maine. In the same general rustic atmosphere as Seth Parker the Stebbins Boys manage their hotel and general store, act as a court...

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