Right.
There is the possibility that the series of talks commenced during what the station called it's 10 minute Breakfast Session. There is the possibility that the series commenced at the evening 10 minute news segment. There is the possibility that listeners, tuning into Jumbo's Children's Hour were instead surprised to be treated to the reminisces of William Melville Jr. (kids with tears in their eyes across the country) and the station changed its programming, causing a misprint in the Wellington newspaper and the Radio Record. These are all possibilities, and I doubt we'll ever know for sure.
But for the author to state "anecdotal accounts within the family relate that he was indeed involved in the hunt for Jack the Ripper" with the footnote citing the eldest son's radio broadcasts...what is really being said by the author here is that the "anecdotal account" is about the radio broadcast occurring, not that Wm Melville Jr's statements on said broadcast constitute the "anecdotal account within the family".
To me, at least, this is misleading. Especially given the specificity of the footnote.
JM
There is the possibility that the series of talks commenced during what the station called it's 10 minute Breakfast Session. There is the possibility that the series commenced at the evening 10 minute news segment. There is the possibility that listeners, tuning into Jumbo's Children's Hour were instead surprised to be treated to the reminisces of William Melville Jr. (kids with tears in their eyes across the country) and the station changed its programming, causing a misprint in the Wellington newspaper and the Radio Record. These are all possibilities, and I doubt we'll ever know for sure.
But for the author to state "anecdotal accounts within the family relate that he was indeed involved in the hunt for Jack the Ripper" with the footnote citing the eldest son's radio broadcasts...what is really being said by the author here is that the "anecdotal account" is about the radio broadcast occurring, not that Wm Melville Jr's statements on said broadcast constitute the "anecdotal account within the family".
To me, at least, this is misleading. Especially given the specificity of the footnote.
JM
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