Ralston-Purina obtained his permission to produce a Tom Mix radio series
on NBC called Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters which, but for one year
during World War II, was popular throughout most of the 1930s until June
of 1950. Mix, a western film star, never appeared on these broadcasts,
and was instead played by radio actors like Joe "Curley" Bradley (above) 
who portrayed Mix from 1944 until 1950. Others in the supporting cast 
included George Gobel, Harold Peary and Willard Waterman. 

The Ralston company,  sponsor of the show, asked
listeners to send in for a series of 12 special Ralston-
Tom Mix Comic books available only by writing the
Ralston Company by mail.

Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix was "the King of Cowboys"
when John Wayne was a youngster.

Connie Stevens was born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia in Brooklyn. She is 
a actress and singer, best known for her roles in the ABC television series
Hawaiian Eye (1959-1963) and other TV and film work.

The comic strip Garfield, created by Jim Davis, appeared in newspapers for the
first time on Monday, June 19, 1978. The strip follows the life of the title character,
a cat named Garfield, after Davis’ grandfather, his owner, Jon Arbuckle, and Jon’s
dog Odie. As of 2007, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals,
and held the Guinness World Record for being the world’s most widely syndicated
comic strip. Though rarely mentioned, Garfield is set in Muncie, Indiana, the home
of Jim Davis.

Cartoonist Jim Davis

The first published Garfield comic strip 

  
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (May 2, 1892 – April 21, 1918)

Baron Von Richthofen is best known as “The Red Baron”, a German
fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World 
War I. He is considered the top ace of that war, being officially
credited with 80 air combat victories, more than any other pilot.

He remains quite possibly the most widely-known fighter pilot of all 
time, and has been the subject of many books and films. 

Snoopy’s imaginary battles against the Red Baron began in the comic
strip in October 1965.