January 3: The March of Dimes is founded.
January 5: Japanese warplanes bomb Hankou.
January 7: Italy announces a massive new naval construction program. Two battleships are to be constructed by 1941.
January 8: The United States House Committee on Ways and Means discloses the salaries of all persons who made more than $15,000 in 1936. Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors was revealed to be the highest-paid CEO in the country, making $561,311. Gary Cooper was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood, making $370,214. Claudette Colbert was the top actress at $350,833.
January 12: The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union opens for the first time.
January 19: German bombers of the Condor Legion kill more than 100 people in an air raid on Barcelona.
January 25: Austrian police raid Nazi headquarters in Vienna and uncover plans of a Nazi coup. Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg refuses to publish the documents because he fears they could antagonize Hitler.
January 27: The Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls collapses after suffering severe structural damage from a deluge of ice during a wind storm.
January 29: German chemist Paul Schlack synthesizes Nylon 6, widely known by its tradename Perlon. (source: Wikipedia)
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| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 15 - El Teste is a Problem | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | "El Teste" proves to be a problem once again as he battles with Red Mulhooley. "El Teste" is thrown into the shark infested waters! | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 53 - Heading into Tibet | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Chang, a Chinese coolie threatened with torture, reveals the Tibetan destination of The Octopus. | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1938-01-02 - 35) Guest Margo | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 157 - Alice Adams | |||||||||||||
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| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 16 - Red Jumps Ship | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | "Red" Malhooley jumps ship and escapes to the island. Somebody has already started mining the mineral treaure! Dicken falls into a trench dug as a trap. | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 54 - The Octopus Will Go to Black Pass | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | "The Spirit Of The Expanse Of Great Fear" ... Chang escapes! | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1938-01-09 - 36) Guest Margaret Sullivan | |||||||||||||
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| The Shadow 102 - The League of Terror | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Shadow tracks down the big boss of a counterfeit ring that is preying on the poor. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 158 - Enter Madame | |||||||||||||
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| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 17 - Volcano Starts to Make Noise | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The volcano is starting to erupt! Dicken has been captured by Ezekial Kipp! | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 55 - Following the Octopus to Tibet | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Ying Lee has been knocked unconscious, Chang has been ordered to stow away and crash the plane! | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A small tube of nitro-glycerine helps the Shadow to break up a spy ring run by the strange Dr. Arnheim. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 159 - Disraeli | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: George Arliss & Florence Arliss | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 779 - Crooked Banker And Sheriff | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 778 - Frameup for Profit | |||||||||||||
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| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 18 - Volcano Erupts | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | "Old Smokeymouth" finally erupts. | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 56 - Monoplane is Airborne | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Airborne sabotage to Tibet. | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1938-01-23 - 38) Guest Alice Brady | |||||||||||||
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| The Shadow 104 - The Society of the Living Dead | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A good story about a businessman kept prisoner in a burial vault by his evil partner. Attempting a rescue, the Shadow nearly drowns in a flooded mausoleum. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 160 - Clarence | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Bob Burns & Gail Patrick | ||||||||||||
| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 19 - It Starts to Rain | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Fortunately, it starts to rain ... which extinguishes the volcano! Ezekial Kipp is about to shoot! | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 57 - Speed Talks with the Octopus Via Radio | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Speed Gibson, follow the Dragon! Forty seconds have been deleted from the start of the program. | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1938-01-30 - 39) Guest Boris Karloff | |||||||||||||
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| The Shadow 105 - The Poison Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A madman threatens to poison the entire city...and signs his threat ... "The Shadow!" | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 782 - Horse Thieves Steal Silver | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | aka Abilene Horse Thieves | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 161 - Green Light | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland | ||||||||||||
