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In 1938, America was still in the grips of the Great Depression. The golden age of radio was in full swing. Families sat around the radio and listened to shows like "Amos 'n Andy," "Gunsmoke," "The Shadow," "Our Miss Brooks," "Superman," "Ellery Queen, "Dick Tracey," "Buck Rogers," and the "Sixty-Four Dollar Question." Walter Winchell's nightly greeting, 'Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America and All the Ships at Sea,' was the signature of gossip's Golden Age.
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