This episode of the Useless Information Retrocast includes the following:
Question of the Day: How many people have won the Carnegie Medal for Heroism twice?
Roll of Two-Time Carnegie Medal Recipients details the heroism of these men.
Retrosponsor: Cocomalt
The commercial for Cocomalt chocolate-flavored drink is from the December 13, 1936 broadcast of the situation comedy Park Avenue Penners starring Joe Penner.
Tidbits:
The Linotype Machine Revolutionizes Printing (1886)
Hero Gets Day Off from School (1909)
Nat King Cole Attacked (1956)
Footnotes to History:
(Click on the link to the pdf file to read the original article.)
Melody Champion Collapses After Playing 66 Hours (1923)
Schenectady Cat Meows Hello to Sydney by Radio (1930)
Guest Out at Plate (1944)
Sees Police Coming, So He ‘Paints’ House (1953)
Woman Locates ‘Singer’ in House (1962)
