Russell's Claim to New Ford Still Refused by Fred Allen

Fred Allen and James W. Russell 1GB aren't talking any more. Allen's agents have given Russell the brushoff and have stated that Russell "doesn't qualify for a new Ford"--the car that he wanted as reimbursement for a radio prize he might have won over WHBS.

Claiming that the station, the Business School "over-the-pipes" system, is not "a licensed radio station," Allen's agents state that Russell does not come under Allen's give-away insurance."

This insurance was devised by Allen at the beginning of the fall. It was intended to reimburse any listener for a radio prize missed while tuned to Allen and not the give-away.

Russell believes he fell under these terms on the evening of October 19 at 8:45 p.m. While listening to Allen, he was phoned by WHBS and asked to identify a song being played on that station. A correct answer would have brought him a 1948 Ford.

"I'm not sure what I'll do now," Russell explains. "I certainly would like a better reason for being refused than I got." Admitting, however, that the WHBS give-away program might be considered somewhat contrived if closely examined, Russell thought that he would probably let the comic's agents have the last words.

"Thanks for listening," they concluded.