July 4: Radio Free Europe begins its first broadcasts, transmitting 30 minutes of American programming to Czechoslovakia
July 5: American and North Korean troops engage in combat for the first time, at the Battle of Osan.
July 12: Television broadcasting starts again in Germany for the first time since before World War Two.
July 14: Romania becomes the second Communist nation to be sent broadcasts from Radio Free Europe.
July 16: Uruguay beat Brazil 2-1 to win the 1950 World Cup.
July 17: The Suppression of Communism Act passed on June 26, comes into force in South Africa.
July 18: Richard Branson founder of the Virgin Group is born in London.
July 18: Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action film, Treasure Island, makes its debut.
July 23: The Gene Autry Show premiers on CBS television, and will run for six seasons, until August 7, 1956.
July 23: Cape Canaveral in Florida is used for the first time to launch a rocket.
July 27: U.S. President Truman denies publicly that he is considering using the atomic bomb in Korea. (source: Wikipedia)
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Description: | An enterprising computer company releases a PC capable of answering any question put to it. Unfortunately, some of the questions people want answers to are not ones that members of a civilized society should be asking. A version of this story was produced for X Minus ... |
Cloak and Dagger 8 - The Eyes of Buddha | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The program is preceded by a news bulletin: 'Seoul Korea has been raided by American and Australian war planes. One of two North Korean planes shot down had a Russian red star. ' An O. S. S. operative flies to Siam to rescue an American held by the Japanese. ... |
Hopalong Cassidy 27 - Sundown Kid | |||||||||||||
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Jeff Regan, Investigator 63 - If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Wrecked a Train | |||||||||||||
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Rocky Jordan 87 - The Dead Colleen | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A traffic accident in Cairo yields a beautiful, but dead woman. |
The Saint 130 - A Real Gone Guy | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The program is preceded by a Korean War news bulletin. Who killed a band leader in a small town? |
The Whistler 422 - Quiet Sunday | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Henry is caught between his wife and his mistress, which leads to a dead body in the trunk. |
Crime Does Not Pay 39 - The Lady Loves Kittens | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A lady arsonist and her accomplice use kittens to help start their fires. |
Let George Do It 199 - The Scream of the Eagle | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Randy Stone comes upon Marty, a six-year-old boy who is running away from home with a $100 bill. The leads Randy to an attempt to prevent an execution. |
Philo Vance 104 - Muddy Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | John Williams has been shot in house that is completely surrounded by mud. There were no footprints in the mud. |
2000 Plus 17 - A Veteran Comes Home | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A traumatized war vet returns from the Martian War to his family on Earth, only to discover to his horror that his son can't wait to enlist. |
Philip Marlowe 91 - The Girl from Pitchfork Corners | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Marlowe is hired by Donna Rawlings to make sure Arnold Lattimore gets where he's going. Donna turns up dead and a lovesick girl from Kansas complicates the case. |
The Lone Ranger 2725 - Black Harney | |||||||||||||
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective 55 - Mike Burton Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A truck driver named Mike Burton has been killed by a hit-and-run driver. His wrestler-friend thinks he was helped into the accident. Dick Powell sings a few words from, "Pale Hands Beside The Shalimar." |
Dr Kildare 24 - Hunting Trip | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Drs. Kildare and Gillespie go on vacation, battle an epidemic, and save the career of Bob Wheeler, a doctor with migraine headaches. |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 56 - Belo-Horizonte Railroad | |||||||||||||
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Description: | There have been strange "accidents" on a Brazilian railroad. |
Dimension X 14 - Mars is Heaven | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The first astronauts to land on Mars discover... Earth: a planet where their long-dead loved ones are waiting for them in a small Midwest town just like home. Part of his Martian Chronicles series. A popular story for radio; Two separate versions were produced ... |
Escape 118 - A Shipment of Mute Fate (David Ellis) | |||||||||||||
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Cloak and Dagger 9 - The Trap | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An O. S. S. operative is sent to a German-occupied town in France to find out if the Nazis really hid re-inforcements in the woods. The spy's abilities as a cartoonist is a definite plus, but his escape from the pursuing Nazis results in a wild flight. |
Hopalong Cassidy 28 - Hoppy Sees Red | |||||||||||||
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Jeff Regan, Investigator 64 - She's Lovely, She's Engaged, She Eats Soybeans | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A story about a new miracle health food. A professional bathing beauty named Jerry Shoulder needs protection. |
Rocky Jordan 88 - Interlude With Laurena | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The program begins (in Cairo) with the striking of Big Ben! Who killed Eddie Largo? Was it Lorraina Maxwell, the wealthy widow of Paul Maxwell? |
The Saint 131 - Problem of the Peculiar Payoff | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The program is preceded by a Korean War news bulletin. Who wants "The Saint" killed, and was he given $15,000? |
The Whistler 423 - Devoted Couple | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A penniless adventurer marries a wealthy woman, despite a blackmailing private detective. The wife's beautiful secretary soon leads him to thoughts of murder. |
Crime Does Not Pay 40 - Once Too Often | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A gangster's trigger man takes the rap for murder and expects to be rewarded when he gets out of jail on parole. However, his boss wants him to go straight. |
Let George Do It 200 - Island in the Desert | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2727 - Mistake of the Father | |||||||||||||
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Night Beat 23 - Twill Be the Death of Me | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Theatrical producer Charles Kelsey is determined to get his revenge against Max Sorenson, a down-and-out Shakespearean actor. |
Philip Marlowe 92 - The Iron Coffin | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Marlowe visits a 16th century Spanish castle (in northern California) to battle the ghost of "Peter The Cruel", who lives in an eight foot iron coffin! |
Richard Diamond, Private Detective 56 - Ice Pick Murder | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A guy dies in Diamond's office with an ice pick in his back. He moans "Juice Bar" as he expires. aka "The Wheat Germ Case" |
Dr Kildare 25 - Dan Malloy's Peptic Ulcer | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Construction worker Dan Malloy has a peptic ulcer, but his main problem is Mrs. Malloy. |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 57 - Calgary Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Johnny tries to track down the gang who has stolen $300,000. Someone's willing to talk, but only for immunity and protection. |
Dimension X 15 - The Man in the Moon | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The Federal Missing Persons Bureau receives a desperate radio message from a crank who claims to be calling from the Moon (unlikely in 1950). Of course the call is dismissed, until a minor functionary begins to suspect that the call is related to a strange ... |
Escape 119 - Shark Bait | |||||||||||||
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Tales of the Texas Rangers 2 - The White Elephant | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The story is based on events of January 16, 1950. A deserted motel is the hiding place for stolen goods and a murderer or two. |
Hopalong Cassidy 29 - Hoppy and the School Marm | |||||||||||||
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Jeff Regan, Investigator 65 - All His Sisters, Cousins, Uncles & Aunts | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Regan is hired by the creator of a detective comic strip who fears he’s going to be murdered. |
Rocky Jordan 89 - The Lotus Cup of Amin Ra | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A beautiful woman gives Rocky a wrapped package for safe-keeping. |
The Saint 132 - Follow the Leader | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A strange woman, a puzzling kiss at the railroad station and a visit form Maxim, who plans to kill Simon Templar. This leads to the heir of Adolph Hitler ... "the Nazi Beau Brummell!" |
The Whistler 424 - Attorney for the Defense | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A lawyer murders one of his clients and then is called to defend the dead man's daughter who is accused of the crime. |
Crime Does Not Pay 41 - Burglar Alarm | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Three childhood friends grow up into a life of crime, They finally try the 'big job' by setting off the burglar alarm on a jewelry store, then not robbing the store until the cops leave! |
Let George Do It 201 - Eleven O'clock | |||||||||||||
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Night Beat 24 - Molly Keller | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Molly Keller's husband is now dead. Randy Stone discovers the scrub woman is now living in a swanky hotel. Who has the $65,000 from a fourteen-year-old payroll robbery? |
Mysterious Traveler 264 - Killer Come Home | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Two escaped convicts in the hills of Kentucky stop to visit the mother of one of them. |
Philip Marlowe 93 - The Last Wish | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Marlowe sets out to find Jack Schiller for his father, Jacob, a dying old man. Not as easy as it sounds. |
Dr Kildare 26 - Mrs Stanford's Angina Pectoris | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Wealthy Mrs. Stanford has had a heart attack and still has angina pectoris. She has a suspicious household, with a potentially perfect crime ... and a ghost! |
The Lineup 3 - Eddie Gaynor Framed For Murder | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Eddie Gaynor has been framed for the murder of Johnny Taranto, and Eddie's no choir boy either! After Eddie is sprung on a writ, his body is found the next morning. |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 58 - Henry J Unger Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Johnny gets a visit from an old girlfriend, and from a killer seeking revenge. It's going to be an interesting evening, ending in a frame for murder. |
Dimension X 16 - Beyond Infinity | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Seeking an exclusive on a revolt in a totalitarian nation, an American journalist contacts the underground movement and is lead to a laboratory where a scientist is experimenting with shrinking objects to microscopic size. The revolutionaries plan to use the technology ... |
Escape 120 - Yellow Wake | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2732 - The Missing Cattle | |||||||||||||
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Tales of the Texas Rangers 3 - Apache Peak | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Bob Feller appears in one of the commercials. The story is based on the events of October 4, 1949. A hitch-hiker murders a New Yorker and steals his car and clothes. |
Cloak and Dagger 11 - The Secret Box | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Jerry Lester is well cast as an O. S. S. operative who flies behind Japanese lines to bring back an important Japanese prisoner. |
Hopalong Cassidy 30 - King of Cinnabar | |||||||||||||
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Rocky Jordan 90 - Cairo Tour | |||||||||||||
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Description: | While at the Nile docks in Cairo, a girl runs toward Rocky and embraces him. |
The Saint 133 - Frightened Author | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The author of a Roman-A-Clef is likely to be murdered for his efforts. "The Saint" throws a punch or two! |
The Whistler 425 - Cliffs of Weyrum | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Mario Lavetti has been found dead on the beach beneath the cliffs. Paul Galvin witnessed his murder and sees the perfect opportunity to strike it rich. |
Crime Does Not Pay 42 - Horseshoes Are for Luck | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Mitch 'The Smoothie' Daniels rubs out his competitors, but is forced to take it on the lam when an Italian waiter identifies Mitch as the killer. |
Let George Do It 202 - The Golden Lizard | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 2733 - Barbed Wire | |||||||||||||
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Night Beat 25 - The Devil's Bible | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A rare bible in a bookshop turns out to be a 'Black Mass,' which leads Randy Stone to a meeting with Dante, Virgil and murder! |
Chandu the Magician 1950-07-26 7 - Rocket Sabotage | |||||||||||||
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective 57 - The Martha Campbell Kidnap Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Wealthy Martha Campbell has been kidnapped, and then murdered. Diamond and a squad of cops are powerless to prevent it. After finding the two "missing" culprits, Dick Powell sings, "Count Every Star." |
The Lineup 4 - Paradise Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A drunk named Jeffrey Carver is suspected of assault and kidnapping. |
Philip Marlowe 94 - The Glass Donkey | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Lt. Mathews asks Marlowe to help find who shot Helen Lofton. And what about the glass donkey, made in Mexico and sold at the track in Tijuana? |
Bobby Benson & The B Bar B Riders 1950-07-28 - The Ghost Rider | |||||||||||||
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Description: | J. Parsifal Butterball, an eastern newspaper editor, arrives in the Big Bend country, with a pretty low opinion of "The Modern West." Windy gets a couple of cowboys to pretend to be crooks and threaten Butterball, so he can rescue him. The cowboys turn out to be real ... |
Dimension X 17 - Potters of Firsk | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A liaison officer from Earth is caught between a steely planetary administrator and a fanatical alien cult who kidnap and murder people to use as raw materials for their sacred pottery. Story by: Jack Vance |
Escape 121 - Poison | |||||||||||||
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T-Man 1950-07-29 - The Big Mexican Dope | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The T-Man gets on the trail of opium smugglers in Mexicali, Mexico. |
Tales of the Texas Rangers 4 - The Trigger Man | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The story is based on the events of May 27, 1947. The vicious Gordon brothers leave a trail of death behind them as they head for the Mexican border. |
Cloak and Dagger 12 - Swastika on the Windmill | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An O. S. S. operative enters Nazi occupied Holland to stay with his uncle and radio troop information to the Allied forces. |
Hopalong Cassidy 31 - Shell Game | |||||||||||||
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Jeff Regan, Investigator 67 - A Fire for Romano | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The Romano grocery store is burned down and Mrs. Romano killed by hoarding bigots. |
Rocky Jordan 91 - The Money Changers | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Ali Fayeed is back ... and he's well dressed and selling money on the black market. |
The Saint 134 - Case of the Previewed Crime | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Three people want Clark dead. Clark dies. Whodunnit? The killer's voice turns out to be victim's as well! |
The Whistler 426 - With My Own Eyes | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A woman sees another woman murdered. But the murderer turns out to be the police commissioner. The murdered woman then turns up alive! |
Crime Does Not Pay 43 - Beauty and the Beast | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A Bluebeard rides a circuit and keeps meticulous files on his many romances. He has it down to a science. |
Let George Do It 203 - The Voice of the Giant | |||||||||||||
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Night Beat 26 - City at Your Fingertips | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Randy Stone dials his phone at random and speaks to a woman about to be murdered by her insane husband. |