Asking For A Raise an episode of Avalon Time radio show

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A back of Avalon cigarettes. Please, yes, sirs, just the moment,
sir, don't forget your change.You'd never guessed that Avalon's coursed you
less. Good evening, friends,Good evening from the auditorium here in Chicago,

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where we have as our guests forthis evening broadcast, delegates to the
American Legion Convention, their wives andfriends. This is del King saying welcome
to Avalon time with Kurt Matthew,Edna Stillwell, Jeanette, the Avalon Chorus,
Bob Strong and his Orchestra, andRadio's Redheaded Ragamuffins, Richard red Skelvin.

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Ladies and gentlemen. Before you buyyour next pack of cigarettes, think
this over. Avalons offer you notjust one advantage, but to all important
points of superiority, reasons why itwill pay you well to give them a
trial. Yes, Avalons give youboth quality, outstanding quality, mind you,

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and exceptional money saving economy. They'reunion made from a blend of the
very finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos thatmoney can buy. You couldn't get finer
quality tobacco in any other cigarettes,regardless of price, regardless of brands.
And this superior Avalon quality is thereason why you'd never guess they cost you

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less three to five cents less forpack than other popular price brands, a
repeated saving that turns into many manyextra dollars every year. Without a doubt,
friends, Avalons are the outstanding cigarettevalue on the market today. The
next time, give Avalons a trial. And now we bring you our streamline

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gesture. In his bit of reportorialrhetoric headline hocum those primary topics of today.
I was transcribed, tortured, twisted, and told by the turbulent teletype,
tinting tyroll, the red shelton.Thank you, and good evening,

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ladies and gentlemen, And now forthe news from coast to coast. Leave
in Ohio. Man estates from afilling station without getting his windshield wife Chicago,
Illinois. Forty three refugees land inChicago from Washington Park Racetracks, Decker,
Indiana. A near sighted farmer plowedup a railroad track. I know

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how the poor guy feels. Lastweek, my near sighted uncle took his
tractor out and plowed under three goodhumor men. Speaking of farmers, my
uncle didn't do so well this yearwith he's week by the way. Fact
it was so short they had alather before they could cut it. Hollywood,
California New Picture The Rain Came hasbig premiere California Chamber Commerce. It's

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just propagandas mans be a little higher. A man escapes from an asylum sole
an automobile and hit two Chinese laundrymen. Please report the accident caused by a
loose nut in two washers. Newsfrom the industrial World expert states that nineteen
forty one everything will be streamlined.I guess he hasn't seen my girl.

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She couldn't possibly be him shafe bynineteen forty one. Don't kill him.
They're hard enough to get fashion newsfor the women. Women in this ball
are going to wear silk stockings madeout of cold. That's not silly.
Can you imagine being dancing with somegirl all of a sudden she just potted
me. I think I have arun in my cold band. Chicago,

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Illinois. The American Legion Convention arrivesin Chicago. Boy and everybody have a
lot of fun here too. Myuncle Hody left his left my aunt Elma
home this year. She got himout of hand last year at the convention
because all he did was run aroundout yelling where valma see thanks a lot

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both of it. See ah,but you'd never recognized Michigan Boulevard. You
remember it used to run north andsouth. They fixed it east and west.
Now so far only one members gothurt. He opened up the windows
to the tenth floor of his hotel. He says, I think I'll fly
around the block. I just stoppedhim, but I thought he could make
it. There was a cowboy leadingthem from Texas. I'll never forget this

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as long as I lived. I'mrunning out of his hotel. He ran
up to the curb and jumped aboutfive feet in the infernt He landed flat
on his back. He got up, and he turned around and he says,
gye, you gonna swore but ahorse with me? Well, I
guess that that's about thanks. Careof the news for the night. So
I was step aside and let Jeanettesing. It had to be you sing

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it pretty, Jeannette, but pretty. It had to be you. It
had to be you. I wanderedaround and finally found with someone that who

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couldn't make me be true, couldmake me bele and even be glad,
just to be sad thinking of you. Some others I've see might never be

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me, might never be crossed ortry to be bald. It's not they
wouldn't do for nobody else gave mea thrill? Who is all your botta?
Love you to still? It hasto be you who had wonderful you?

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But nobody else gave me a thrill? Who is all your volta?
I love you? Still still hadto be You had to be You had
to be that. We don't havetelevision so you can see it. Brown

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hair, red lit zue eyes,pink cheek. In fact, she's had
technic color knockout. And the guywaving the baton couldn't afford a flag.
Is Bob Strong the X Kansas hogcoller no fooling only has There's Raisy's voice
yell out and a pig after ithelt Yes, I see you have a

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new suit. So what is ita crime to buy a new suit of
clothes? It is the kind youbuy. Yes, listen, this is
a very special material in this suit. My tailor said it max my personality.
Oh cheese cloth. Yeah, thiscloth thill happens to be that new
Chicago Cubs material genuine Gavy team.I got that suit with fifty seven rappers,

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gum wrappers. I gum that up, didn't I ask? I meant
no offense. But anyway, I'vegot some real bad news for you.
What is it, Dell? Don'ttell me they found Daddy Warbucks spotting.
No, but you know that ideayou had a starting a school for bathtub
singers charge a swell idea. I'mreally going to start a school for bathtub
singers, sort of a Saturday nightschool. After all, I'm one of

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the original bathtub baritones. Of course, I'm a little out of practice.
You mean you haven't been singing?He hasn't been bathing on this program.
They used to enter on queues.Now they enter on the insults. Oh
look, and now I'm really thestarting Oh come in, Uh pundon me,

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buddy, Uh I am Elman,Drew. Do you think you could
fix me up for a short onebefore the dance? STU was short one?
Uh well, right across the streetto Mory's. Thanks buddy. Well,
if I was singing, who wasthat? Anyhow? As I was
saying, I'm starting a special postbathtub sing here's for the American legions.

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I'm gonna call it the Saturday Eveningspost. I got the whole idea from
my uncle. Your uncle, hehasn't had any use for his bathtubsence prohibitions
that show. Well, he mustspend a lot of time in the tub.
Everybody I know called him an oldsoap Well read, how'd he give

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is the idea of starting a bathtubsinging school. Well, one day he
went into the bathroom and without thinkingwhat he was doing, he got into
the tub. Oh, I knowthat must have been the day he apologized
for waking with a smell of water. Oh, it couldn't have been.
No, Well, anyway, yourSaturday Night Bathtub Singing School is doomed.

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What do you mean, sponsors andmoving the show to Wednesday night starting next
week. Oh so that's what misteravalon minute rehearsal when he said he was
gonna kick me into the middle ofnext week. Oh I don't know about
that, Red, But the showmoves to Wednesday night starting next Wednesday,
September twenty seventh, same time,same station, same jout. Yeah,

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listen, they can't do this tome. But come in fun and meet
buddy. But I gotta get fixedup with a short one before the dance
star. Oh that's funny. Moreycouldn't fix you up with a short one
fire the place around the corner,Thanks buddy. Now this time, don't
drag your heels on the way outby Now there's a guy that's really having

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fun. My oldest brothers have alot of fun. Who's meeting all of
these old pals here? Everybody callshim Sam Brown? Sam Brown. Yeah,
he's taking a bellet to everybody.That should have been the other way
around. But I'm not going back. But about this Saturday night bathtub,
I'm singing, Hey, maybe Icould get the people to change their bath

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night, or maybe I could changeSaturday up to Wednesday. Who do you
think you are? The president?Hey two, it's not on Thursday night.
That's the maid's night out. Andpeople get save a lot of time
by taking the dishes in the tubwith them. Gosh, I've even sent
for a real sailor to be theadmiral of the toy sailboat. People floating

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their tubs diamond a pickle? Hellosme Lenaire? Well, look who's in
town? Gpsy Rose leaving please aroundthe convention And I'm being known as Mademoiselle
Ginsburg from Homantiers, Indiana. Latertonight, I'm doing a revival of a
play I used to do for thedoor boys over there. Oh how they

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love me in that musical, Camille, Camille. Camille's not a musical,
so on stage I can't whistle alittle. Never would that. Forget the
scene where I'm dying. Although whileI'm dying, such tears, with weeping
from the dough boys, and finallywhen I die, such applause. Oh

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well, you probably want me forsupport. Huh, that's right, loucch
google what they're leving me? Pleasefive bucks? Oh some other time,
gypsy. Right now, I'm verybusy. My mine is such a stingy
pants. The money with him isno object, just an objection. Well,
now they get back to my bathsub singing school that let's be the

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sailor come in, thank you lee, the seagulls, oh yes, the
scout let us just gobs of fun. God's the fun looks like we're getting

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a little corn off the cobs.And I messed that one through and say,
unkim, you're a sailor. Hey, way you see, my girl
likes football and this is the onlyway I could think of to get tickets
to the Army Navy game. Yourgirl, You've probably got a girl in
every boy. Oh thanks? Sooh, I'm going to have an awful

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battle with my conscience. Then God, don't worry her. Hee. I'll
tell you how. I'll tell youwhat to do to strengthen your will.
Drink well, good, heavens.I want something to weakness. Imagine you
as a sailor. I bet youcan't even handle yourself in waters? Oh
can I? Well? Once,when I was ten miles off shore and
the boat started the state, Igove overboard and reached land in one minute.

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Reach land in one minute? Impossible? Not for me, it's not
I can't swim, so I sung, well, I got to go now,
missus Skelton. If I get mysailors suit all dirty, my mama
waded the tar out of me.I'll wait a minute, Hurkey, I
need you as the head skipper ofmy toy boost. Now your slogan will
be rubber dub dub. Three minute. As to why I un sanitary?

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Oh, I don't care you waitnext Wednesday, dell, I'll have everybody
come in. Look, buddy,I couldn't get a short one in the
last place, Ea, and Igotta get a short one before the dance
starts. I can't help you out, then, Drew, but we're not
look at them girls out there.I'm looking for a Dayton. I'm such
a little run I gotta get ashort one before the dance starts. The

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play here's Bob's wrong in the darkerfriend, Bob's an arrangement of day in
day Oban. Gentlemen, did youhear what the old sea captain said about

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Avalon cigarettes? Well he said,well, blow down the topsails and shiverny
timbers. These Avalons ain't the bestcigarettes I ever smoked. I it's been
clear sailor and me pocketbook stuck ona cardinal of extra shekel since I signed
up with Avalons. The old captainis right, friends, and your pocketbook
will take on many, many extradollars too. When you switched to Avalons.

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You see Avalons caught three to fivecents left per fact than other popular
price brands. And you'll be amazedhow fast that saving of three to five
cents on every pack of cigarettes yousmoke turns into important money, extra dollars
that you never would have otherwise.But bear this in mind. Friends,
without knowing, you'd never guess avalonscost you less. They're unsurpassed in quality,

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union made from the finest Turkish anddomestic tobaccos that grow splendid to perfection.
What more could you ask in acigarette? Exceptionally high quality, outstanding
money saving economy. Avalons certainly deservea trial. Get a fact tonight.

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Kurt Massey and the Avalon Chorus inthat melody which led the parade of American
hits for so long Harbor life,One evening long ago, a big shift
was leaving one evening long ago tolover, We're grieving. The crimson sun

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went down, the lights begin toblow across the harbor one evening all over
I saw a home the only toldme we were found the same hall,

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a line that once got you tome. I was the home. How
could I help? The kids weretall too, tenn this had a still

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rising along to hold you near nissuejust once more. But you were wrong
on the ship, and I wason the show alone for all the while.

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My heart is with my mother hadthe line, we'll heal your law
from me. And now, ladiesand gentlemen, we come into our slice

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of life, a short playlett onthings that happened in everyday life, things
that you do I do? Infact, everybody guess what's the one about
tonight? Red Well? It's abouta fellow who wants a raisin salary,
but he hasn't the nerve to askfor it, and no crack. Well,
anyway, this fellow wants a raisinsalary, but he doesn't think the
time's right because he's only been withthe firm for five years. You set

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the scene, deal all right?Read the time about eight o'clock in the
morning. Is the place somewhere inyour hometown? Now? As the scene
opens, we find Edna Stillwell,who plays the part of a stenographer reading
Red Skeleton, who plays the partof an almost white collar man. Shelton
is. Shelton is five minutes latefor work. Listen, sure, well,

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well, let's who's here? Isn'tit a lovely morning? You mean
the boss isn't here yet? No? I think he's still down in the
bar having a night cap. Ohdid you punch the time clock this morning?
No? I'm so weak, Ijust slapped it. Didn't you go
to bed last night? Look atyour faith? Well? If it was
the same one I had last night, I've seen it. Besides, I

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got up so late this morning Ihad to shave on the bus. Well,
you better get more sleep. Well, I'd like to, but my
little brother keeps me awake all night. Well he's a messenger boy, you
know, and all night he dreamshe's riding a bicycle. See. The
only time I get any rest atall is when he's coasting. You look
rested today, though, I thinkmy vacation didn't he good? Did you

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have a good time? Oh,I have more fun. I went to
a summer place called Camp Termites inthe wood and everyone was so friendly.
Yes, and at night when yougo to bed, the mosquitoes that'd come
around and tuck you in. See. I wish I could save enough money
to go up to the mountains oreven up in the hills. See.
The nearest thing I ever get toanything that's Philly as the lumps of my

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mashed potatoes. What did you doon your vacation? My vacation? You
mean the time the boss gave mea long lunch hour. Yes, well,
I took a boat ride on thoseexcursion boats. Ess ikey. It
was a nice boat. Had acrew, a crew of three, sort
of a s s ikey with aone two three in the cap. I

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had a lot of fun to captain. Let me steer the boats, you
know, and it's the first timea boat ever crossed Lake Michigan side saddle.
I love to take boat trips.Maybe with your rais and sour you
can save enough to take a cruiseto Bermuda next year. Well, I
wanted to tell you about that.Tell me you didn't ask for it.
Well, I didn't want to startany trouble. Besides, I've only got

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forty years to go and then Iget my pension. And now you remember
what I told you. Remember Isaid, if you didn't ask for that
raise, I wouldn't be your girlany longer. Oh, don't say that.
Well, you know I couldn't livewithout you and your mother's cooking.
And besides, if I asked fora raise, I'm rad he'll fire me.
Well the posty does you could getanother job? How? I don't

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even know, Jim Farley, Iam sorry. I don't want to take
any chances. My mom needs themoney when they're running. Why don't your
stepfather go to work? I thinkhe's gonna go to work next week.
In fact, he's so sure ofgetting a job he's already planning a walk
out. He wouldn't stand on hisseat long enough for that. Yeah.

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Now, listen, someday we're gonnaget married. We are, yes,
but not until you learn to askfor things. Now, when mister Cheatham
comes in, you're gonna walk inthe office looking straight in the eye.
And what are you gonna say?Well, tell me what are you gonna
say? You want the ink?Wells still, mister Cheatham. No,
you're gonna say. Listen, misterCheatham, I've worked for you for five

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years and I want more money.That's what you're gonna say. I am
gee, I'm a real human.Ain't at here. It's him now.
Good morning, mister Cheatham. Nicemorning, mister Cheatham, scouting. I'll
come every time I walk into thisoffice you're not working, I'll come.
Well, I guess I just haven'tbeen listening lately. Good morning, mister

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Cheatham. Oh yes, good morning, miss still Wells. Oh, by
the way, pull up my brokerand tell them to buy me ten thousand
shares of Peruvian steal at two dollars. Yes, sir, it's a steal
at that price? How steal?Get it? Steal? You're so clever
making up witty things, isn't he? Bitchy? Will stop laughing on my

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time? And miss sill wells ifanyone wants me, I'm in conference,
and as Dick Tracy, I mean, has the morning paper come yet?
Note sir, but I'll send itas idy in as soon as it's does.
All right, he's awful gruff inme. Oh, now calm yourself,

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mister Cheatham's a very nice thought,and I'll be the time to ask
for ray. Oh, if you'donly get enough nerves with search yourself.
Well, if you really feel thatway about it, I'll ask you some
of these days. Well, I'mnot gonna bother with you anymore. Don't
speak to me until you go intomister Cheatham's office and ask for a race,
poor gee, And you're gonna getme fired, can I ask him

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tomorrow? Oh, don't get madat me. Well, if you don't
pay any attention to me and Igo in there and get fired, then
I won't be able to pay anyattention to you or vice versa. See,
I feel a little sick. Allright, I'll do it, but
I got an awful feeling. Thisis the end. Why he's really going

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to do it? Well? Whatare you putting your hat and coat on
for? I asked for the rays, like you said, and I got
fired like I said. Good?Why story? Well, well, that

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cleans off another Saturday night spot,Yes, sir, red. In fact,
that cleans out the last Saturday nightspot for us. It's Wednesday night
from now on, you know,at eight thirty Eastern Standard time and seven
thirty Central Standard time. Yes,and we'll try to give everybody a good
time. And before signing off,I'd like to say to the boys of
the American Legion, we hope thatyou have a lot of fun and the
finest convention that you've ever had,and we know you will. Good night,

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everybody. We'll see you all nextWednesday. Don't forget remember friends,
during the week when you ask forAvalon cigarette, don't forget your change Avalon.

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Yes, you'd never guess, butAvalons cost only ten cents plus city
or state text. Be with usnext Wednesday evening at age thirty Eastern Standard
time, when the Brown and Williamsand Tobacco Corporation will again present Avalon times,

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starting a new series of programs withus. We'll have Dick Todd,
well known victory recording artists, delking figuring good night. This is the
National Broadcasting Company.