Deadline USA

The Hollywood Radio Theater. Hooray, Van Daley and Deborah Padgett in Deadline USA. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Irving Cummings. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. In tonight's play, Deadline USA, we will tell you the dynamic story of a managing editor whose newspaper watches whole life, even to the neglect of his lovely young wife.

And as our stars of this exciting drama From the studios of 20th Century Fox, we have Dan Daly in the type of role which first brought him motion picture fame. And one of the most talented young actresses in Hollywood, Deborah Patchett.

Now, deadline USA, starting Dan Daly as Ed Hutchison and Deborah Patchett as Nora. It's early afternoon, a typical afternoon in the busy editorial offices of a daily newspaper. paper. This newspaper is called the day. Ed Hutchinson, managing editor.

Here it is Ed, the new tax program is coming in now and all the wire services. Where does this come from? Mop and Washington. So it'll be on page one of every newspaper in the country.

That's right, including the day, after it's rewritten. Rewritten? Bop it knows better than this. Oh, let's talk about OPS, N-A-M-E-C-A. What's all that mean to our readers? What does billions mean to the average man or woman?

That's an impossible figure. Break it down so we know what we're talking about. What's it going to mean to housewife for groceries? How much more for a car? Television said 50 bucks or 100. Get into the lead for the second edition.

Tell the hulk of them I want pictures and casualties from the UP flood story. Lead pay second section. Now what's the city desk and I had to go early to fix out of the river?