The Sheriff

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The Sheriff

This series started out as Death Valley Days and then after a title change to Death Valley Sheriff. Sponsorship in the beginning was still by the Pacific Coast Borax Company. The last five months of this series was under different sponsors though. The basic story lines of the series didn’t change all that much, but a few new characters were introduced.

Sponsor background information
The “white gold” rush in California’s Death Valley started with the discovery of Borax in 1873 by a prospector named Mr. Winters. William T. Coleman bought claims and developed the Harmony Borax Mining Company in 1881. His 20 mule teams (actually 18 mules and two horses) traveled the 165 miles of mountain and desert trails in 10 days hauling borax from Death Valley to the railroad loading docks Mojave, CA from 1883 to 1888. The payload of 37 ½ tons of ore and water was hauled in ore and water wagons that were designed by J.W.S. Perry, later a superintendent with Pacific Borax. They were built in Mojave, CA at the cost of $900.00 each. In 1898 the Pacific Borax Company was founded in Searles Valley, CA. New borax discoveries near Barstow ended the Mojave, CA shipments in 1889. By-the-way, Death Valley’s official weather station recorded 134 degrees in 1913, which is still a record today.


Broadcast History:
Network: ABC
06/29/45 to 09/14/51 ABC
Directors:
Walter Scanlan, Florence Ortman, John Wilkinson
Music:
Joseph Bonime
Creator / Writer:
Ruth Cornwall Woodman, Dr. Milton Lieberthal (additional writer)
Announcers:
John Reed King
Sponsors:
Borax (06/29/45 to 03/23/51)
Proctor & Gamble (04/06/51 to 06/29/51)
American Chicle (07/13/51 to 09/14/51)
Cast:
Sheriff Mark Chase: Robert Haag, Bob Warren, Donald Briggs
Olyn Landick as Cousin Cassandra Drinkwater
William Podmore as Professor Barnabas Thackery
Helen Claire as Jan


Audience Ratings:
(First Season) C.E. Hooper 8.7 (1945 to 1946)
(Second Season) C.E. Hooper 10.1 (1946 to 1947)
(Third Season) C.E. Hooper 10.7 (1947 to 1948)
(Fourth Season) C.E. Hooper 7.4 (1948 to 1949)
(Fifth Season) A.C. Nielsen 6.1 (1949 to 1950)
(Sixth Season) A.C. Nielsen 8.0 (1950 to 1951)


ABC
Friday - 9:30 p.m.

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12/07/45 # 24 (Title Not Known)
12/14/45 # 25 Sweet Genevieve
12/21/45 # 26 Christmas Gift For A Lady
12/28/45 # 27 The Fabulous Trunk
01/04/46 # 28 Old Man's Darling
01/11/46 # 29 Matthew Palmer, Deceased
01/18/46 # 30 House Wanted
01/25/46 # 31 Dinner At Midnight
02/01/46 # 32 Too Many Uncles
02/08/46 # 33 Strictly Legal Spedegar
02/15/46 # 34 The Constant Killer
02/22/46 # 35 Fighting Meg Farrelly
03/01/46 # 36 Skyjackers
03/08/46 # 37 Mr. Liddington Is Betrayed
03/15/46 # 38 The Box In The Cellar
03/22/46 # 39 The Lost Hoosegow
03/29/46 # 40 Boomerang
04/05/46 # 41 Food For Thought
04/12/46 # 42 Madame Ritch-Witch
04/19/46 # 43 Murder By Telephone
04/26/46 # 44 Little Herman
05/03/46 # 45 Snow In The Mountain
05/10/46 # 46 Her Highness, Mrs. Jameson
05/17/46 # 47 The Uncommitted Crime
05/24/46 # 48 Dream Boy
05/31/46 # 49 The Big Cat
06/07/46 # 50 The Unkissed Bride
06/14/46 # 51 Blood Will Tell
06/21/46 # 52 Lost Brother
06/28/46 # 53 My Pal Martin
07/05/46 # 54 Murder In The North Meadow
07/12/46 # 55 Payment Overdue
07/19/46 # 56 The Confessions Of A Nurse
07/26/46 # 57 Barney The Bungler
08/02/46 # 58 The Clue
08/09/46 # 59 Dark Secret
08/16/46 # 60 So's Your Old Antique
08/23/46 # 61 The Red-Haired Professor
08/30/46 # 62 Murder Comes High
09/06/46 # 63 Hijack And Jill
09/13/46 # 64 A Good Trick If You Can Do It
09/20/46 # 65 The Voice
09/27/46 # 66 Lucky Puzzle
10/04/46 # 67 Murder Strikes Out
10/11/46 # 68 Pass The Bonanzas
10/18/46 # 69 My Darling Guinea Pig
10/25/46 # 70 The Little Woman
11/01/46 # 71 Strange Codicil
11/08/46 # 72 Midnight On The Purple Mesa
11/15/46 # 73 Career Girl
11/22/46 # 74 Black Pattern
11/29/46 # 75 An Arrow For Your Heart, My Dear
12/06/46 # 76 The Laughing Lady
12/13/46 # 77 Forever Mine
12/20/46 # 78 Baby Wanted
12/27/46 # 79 The Candy-Coated Murder
01/03/47 # 80 Padlock On Palm Street
01/10/47 # 81 Mind Over Murder
01/17/47 # 82 Indian Rose
01/24/47 # 83 Mystery Repeats Itself
01/31/47 # 84 Elegy In The Night
02/07/47 # 85 Invitation To Murder
02/14/47 # 86 The Pay-Off
02/21/47 # 87 The Strange Case Of Rudolph Trazini
02/28/47 # 88 The Marked Man
03/07/47 # 89 The Missing Bottle
03/14/47 # 90 The Man Who Had Done Everything
03/21/47 # 91 Obsession
03/28/47 # 92 The Case Of The Great Imitator
04/04/47 # 93 The Affliction
04/11/47 # 94 I Married A Killer
04/18/47 # 95 Eloise
04/25/47 # 96 The Case Of The Crafty Plan
05/02/47 # 97 Wind In The Desert
05/09/47 # 98 The Man Who Stopped At Nothing
05/16/47 # 99 Mrs. Williamson Came Home
05/23/47 #100 Circumstantial Evidence
05/30/47 #101 A Letter For Mr. Malone
06/06/47 #102 The Dead Still Live
06/13/47 #103 No Greater Curse
06/20/47 #104 The Hideout
06/27/47 #105 Killer In Disguise
07/04/47 #106 The Black Curtain
07/11/47 #107 I Was Doomed
07/18/47 #108 The Wreath Of Death
07/25/47 #109 Mental Blackmail
08/01/47 #110 Cinderella Girl
08/08/47 #111 It Had To Be Murder
08/15/47 #112 Test Case
08/22/47 #113 Grim Voyage
08/29/47 #114 Mrs. Buckingham's Prediction
09/05/47 #115 There's No Escape
09/12/47 #116 Cora Appleton's Ghost
09/19/47 #117 The Case Against Andy
09/26/47 #118 Formula For Death
10/03/47 #119 A Study In Fear
10/10/47 #120 The Belding's Carry On
10/17/47 #121 Hunt For Death
10/24/47 #122 A Symphony For Murder
10/31/47 #123 Challenge To Murder
11/07/47 #124 The Man Who Shaved In The Dark
11/14/47 #125 Once Upon A Murder
11/21/47 #126 Green Is For Death
11/28/47 #127 The Ghost Of Donald Florian
12/05/47 #128 The Letter
12/12/47 #129 Corpus Delicti
12/19/47 #130 The Hum Of Death
12/26/47 #131 The Young Man Who Couldn't Remember
01/02/48 #132 Black Velvet Gloves
01/09/48 #133 The Death Of Walter Morgan
01/16/48 #134 A Friend Of George's
01/23/48 #135 The House Of Flamingo Drive
01/30/48 #136 Accompaniment To Murder
02/06/48 #137 For Wendy, With Love
02/13/48 #138 Daphne Did It
02/20/48 #139 Encore, Ballerina
02/27/48 #140 Roses Are Red
03/05/48 #141 The Death Of Ming-Lee
03/12/48 #142 The Hunter
03/19/48 #143 The Case Of The Dead Redhead
03/26/48 #144 While Angela Sang
04/02/48 #145 Brother George
04/09/48 #146 Mr. Squires Dies In Bed
04/16/48 #147 The Case Of The Disappearing Killer
04/23/48 #148 Mr. Larabee Makes A Deal
04/30/48 #149 The Dream That Came True
05/07/48 #150 The Sorrel Sisters
05/14/48 #151 The Guard That Failed
05/21/48 #152 Philomena Plays The Funeral March
05/28/48 #153 Six Bullets At Midnight
06/04/48 #154 A Pair Of Squeaky Shoes
06/11/48 #155 When Murder Was In Flower
06/18/48 #156 The Return Of Gregory Wall
06/25/48 #157 Strange Weekend
07/02/48 #158 The Red Scarf
07/09/48 #159 The Crucial Experiment
07/16/48 #160 Murder On The North Terrace
07/23/48 Pre-empted
07/30/48 #161 A Bear For Murder
08/06/48 #162 The Mendoza Murder Case
08/13/48 #163 The Blue Mask
08/20/48 #164 Murder In Cabana Twenty-Four
08/27/48 #165 Big Joe
09/03/48 #166 The Return Of Horace Clearfield
09/10/48 #167 Death Tells All
09/17/48 #168 The Strange Case Of Stanley Bristol
09/24/48 #169 The Case Of The Little Man
10/01/48 #170 The Three O'Clock Murder
10/08/48 #171 Guilty
10/15/48 Pre-empted
10/22/48 #172 The Death Of Waldo Pepperill
10/29/48 Pre-empted
11/05/48 #173 Pictures Don't Lie
11/12/48 #174 Honest Emil
11/19/48 #175 The Fatal Earrings
11/26/48 #176 The Ghost Of An Old Love
12/03/48 #177 The Brown Stain Of Death
12/10/48 #178 The Mesa Blanca Murder Case
12/17/48 #179 Murder On Page One
12/24/48 #180 The Death Curve
12/31/48 #181 Paging Johnny
01/07/49 #182 Murder And Mrs. McNutly
01/14/49 #183 The Case Of The Emerald Ring
01/21/49 #184 Murder In The Treble Clef
01/28/49 #185 The Gold Chain Of Death
02/04/49 #186 The Magic Brain
02/11/49 #187 The Case Of Molly And The Marine
02/18/49 #188 The Too Plausible Murder Case
02/25/49 #189 Three For Murder
03/04/49 #190 Renee Reneges
03/11/49 #191 Plan For Murder
03/18/49 #192 Murder In A Tea Cup
03/25/49 #193 Portrait Of Death
04/01/49 #194 The Sin Of Lee Sing
04/08/49 #195 The Mouse Who Told The Horse
04/15/49 #196 The Wall Of Hate
04/22/49 #197 No One Loves A Murderer
04/29/49 #198 Murder Is Cooking
05/06/49 #199 Design Macabre
05/13/49 #200 Murder Is A Business
05/20/49 #201 Love, Why Did You Leave Me?
05/27/49 #202 The Suspended Sword
06/03/49 #203 Ding-Dong Bell
06/10/49 #204 The Suicide Letter
06/17/49 #205 There's A Flame In My Heart
06/24/49 #206 The Procter Puzzle
07/01/49 #207 Test Pattern
07/08/49 #208 The Stranger On Danger Street
07/15/49 #209 Murder Can Be Versatile
07/22/49 #210 Murder By Madcaps
07/29/49 #211 Birthday Party
08/05/49 #212 Who Killed Cutie-Pie?
08/12/49 #213 Life Sentence
08/19/49 #214 Granny Knows Best
08/26/49 #215 The Case Of The Troublesome Parrot
09/02/49 #216 The Alphabet Murder Case
09/09/49 #217 The Blade
09/16/49 #218 Disappearance
09/23/49 #219 The Emerald Ring
09/30/49 #220 Murder Wears Two Faces
10/07/49 #221 The Case Of The Lost Payroll
10/14/49 #222 Three On A Murder
10/21/49 #223 The High Art Of Murder
10/28/49 #224 Thief Versus Thief
11/04/49 #225 Written In Flame
11/11/49 #226 The First Edition's Murder Case
11/18/49 #227 The Case Of The Pernicious Blonde
11/25/49 #228 The Golden Trail
12/02/49 #229 The Slender Moose
12/09/49 #230 The Case Of The Wandering Moccasins
12/16/49 #231 Murder Plays The Fiddle
12/23/49 #232 The Man Who Sinned Against Christmas
12/30/49 #233 Home For The Holidays
01/06/50 #234 Wedding Vendetta
01/13/50 #235 The Body From The Sky
01/20/50 #236 This Deadly Fear
01/27/50 #237 The Girl From The Drive-In Diner
02/03/50 #238 Enchanted Lady
02/10/50 #239 Murder Off The Record
02/17/50 #240 Strange Proposal
02/24/50 #241 The Case Of The Bewildered Bartender
03/03/50 #242 A Little Love, A Little Death
03/10/50 #243 The Gleeful Man
03/17/50 #244 Love Code
03/24/50 #245 Poetic Justice
03/31/50 #246 Murder Masquerade
04/07/50 #247 The Haunted Killer
04/14/50 #248 You Come Highly Recommended, Mr. Evergreen
04/21/50 #249 The Snake
04/28/50 #250 The Death Of Snow White
05/05/50 #251 Ruby Madness
05/12/50 #252 Bring A Hearse When You Call
05/19/50 #253 The Vicious Touch
05/26/50 #254 The Deadlier Poison
06/02/50 #255 A Debt Of Hate
06/09/50 #256 No Jury Would Convict Her
06/16/50 #257 All Set To Sing
06/23/50 #258 Spawning Ground For Murder
06/30/50 #259 The Woman In The Green Coat
07/07/50 #260 The Secret Trigger
07/14/50 #261 Murder Is Where You Find It
07/21/50 #262 Murder On Her Mind
07/28/50 #263 The Locked Diary
08/04/50 #264 Portrait Of Homicide
08/11/50 #265 Sleepy Time Pal
08/18/50 #266 Chicken On The Road
08/25/50 #267 A Close Shave
09/01/50 #268 All The Rest Of It
09/08/50 #269 Confession Story
09/15/50 #270 Two Nice, Round Zeroes
09/22/50 #271 The Long Sleep
09/29/50 Pre-empted
10/06/50 #272 The Deadly Highball
10/13/50 Pre-empted
10/20/50 #273 The Evil Hand
10/27/50 #274 Story Book Crook
11/03/50 #275 Unscheduled Appearance
11/10/50 #276 A Date With Death
11/17/50 #277 Kitty From The Deep South
11/24/50 #278 The Murder Of A Model
12/01/50 #279 Pardon My Guilty Glove
12/08/50 #280 If The Shoe Fits
12/15/50 #281 A Friend Indeed
12/22/50 #282 The Mysterious Santa Claus
12/29/50 #283 The Bronze Cat
01/05/51 #284 Vengeance Belongs To God
01/12/51 #285 The Locked Room Murder Case
01/19/51 #286 The Case Of The Lovelorn Murders
01/26/51 #287 The Case Of The Tape Recordings
02/02/51 #288 The Case Of The Ghostly Gunman
02/09/51 #289 Design For Obliteration
02/16/51 #290 A Corpse For Company
02/23/51 #291 Manhunt
03/02/51 #292 M Is For Murder
03/09/51 #393 The Long Scream
03/16/51 #294 Let There Be Light
03/23/51 #295 The Case Of The Dead Lovelies
03/30/51 #296 (Title Not Known)

ABC
Friday - 9:30 p.m.

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ABC
Friday - 9:30 p.m.

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(Last Broadcast)


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