On This Day, August 24: FDR Young Democrats and NASA Women in Orbit
Also featured: Front Page Drama.
August 24 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 24 across American network, NASA educational, and Hearst syndicated journalism history (1933–1970):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Women in Orbit: Physiology & Future Spaceflight (Jack King — NASA)" | NASA Synd. 1970-08-24 (Show #288) |
NASA Educational Manned Spacecraft Center |
Jack King (NASA Host), Dr. Carolyn Huntoon | NASA Public Affairs Office Houston | ["Documentary", "Science", "Space", "Educational", "Aviation"] |
NASA public affairs officer Jack King investigates physiological research, space suit ergonomics, and prospective mission profiles for female astronauts, spotlighting Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and prospective American space shuttle scientific crews. |
| "A Child's Story from Utah (Fred Beck — Tell Your Neighbor)" | ABC (WJZ) 1949-08-24 10:00 AM EDT |
Sustaining Daytime Human Interest |
Fred Beck (Host / Storyteller), Bob Fleming | ABC Hollywood, Don Lowe (Announcer) | ["Human Interest", "Talk", "Americana", "Storytelling", "Community"] |
Columnist Fred Beck narrates an uplifting listener-submitted story from rural Utah, recounting how a kindhearted young girl rallied an entire farming community to rescue a stray injured collie from an abandoned irrigation ditch. |
| "President Franklin D. Roosevelt: Address to Young Democratic Clubs (1935)" | CBS / NBC 1935-08-24 10:30 PM EDST |
Sustaining Presidential Address |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Shafroth Jr. | White House Diplomatic Reception Room Live Broadcast | ["Speech", "Historical", "Political", "Public Affairs", "Presidential"] |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the National Convention of Young Democratic Clubs in Milwaukee via nationwide radio hookup from the White House, defending the New Deal, challenging youth to lead progressive reform, and championing the newly created National Youth Administration. |
| "The Vanishing Newport Heiress (Episode 18 — Front Page Drama)" | Hearst Synd. 1933-08-24 (Show #18) |
Hearst Newspapers The American Weekly |
Robert Sloane (Narrator), James Meighan, Helene Dumas | The American Weekly, Mitchell Grayson, Ed Herlihy | ["Drama", "True Crime", "Journalism", "Anthology", "Mystery"] |
A dramatic adaptation from The American Weekly chronicling the disappearance of a wealthy Newport socialite whose luxury yacht is found adrift off Long Island, leading maritime investigators into a tangled web of international blackmail. |
| "King of the Prairies: The Texas Cattle War (Front Page Drama)" | Hearst Synd. 1940-08-24 (American Weekly) |
Hearst Newspapers The American Weekly |
Robert Sloane (Narrator), Karl Swenson, Anne Seymour | The American Weekly, Mitchell Grayson, Ed Herlihy | ["Western", "Drama", "True Crime", "Historical", "Anthology"] |
The true-life frontier saga of an ambitious Texas cattle baron whose ruthless empire-building and violent range war against incoming homesteaders leads to a historic federal trial in Fort Worth. |
| "The Arsenic Murder of Bill Henderson (Front Page Drama)" | Hearst Synd. 1947-08-24 (American Weekly) |
Hearst Newspapers The American Weekly |
Robert Sloane (Narrator), Santos Ortega, Joan Alexander | The American Weekly, Mitchell Grayson, Ed Herlihy | ["True Crime", "Drama", "Mystery", "Journalism", "Anthology"] |
Based on sensational front-page crime reporting, homicide detectives investigate the arsenic poisoning murder of eccentric mining millionaire Bill Henderson, uncovering that three separate family members purchased poison on the same afternoon. |