I think some of John's explanatory words expressed in an email to me are appropriate. He says

"The main component of the exercise is to present the actual 'living' page exactly as seen in the original newspaper of the time. This, if I may be so bold, is something unique in that it isn't anyone's view of what some article may or may not have said, or implied, but the verbatim piece. Free of any form of editorialising adjustment, tinkering or tampering.  . . . . .. . . . I've made it clear there is no chronological intent. Things are entered as they surface during my exploration so that anything is fair game through to the late 70's.  A close, detailed look at what Bing was up to in the 30's and 40's written by contemporary reporters  . . . . .minus any present day author intrusion has never been attempted before so while much of it may be as trivial/ publicity machine fodder today as it was then, the reader is finally there on the spot as the presses roared..... "

More from the busy John Marshall.

Part 3 of his work "The Written Word" can be downloaded by clicking on this link - 

https://archive.org/download/Bing-TheWrittenWord-Part3/Bing-TheWrittenWord-Part3.pps

As before, it is a "Powerpoint" presentation but other presentation packages such as "Open Office Impresss" can be used to view it. I can also supply in as a .pdf file for reading with Adobe Acrobat on request.

It makes a fascinating read. There are lots of news and magazine articles culled from many sources.. 



 

I have had an email from John in which he says, in part - "You'd have to be knocking on 90 or thereabouts to have read much of this material as it appeared - and you'd have had to be 'taking' a few dozen newspapers from across the various states. I personally feel the fact of it being verbatim, untouched by any 2000 editorial inclination  - - - - are all valuable plusses - - -"

I can only agree. Just occasionally though, it might be appropriate to interpret the reports a little in the light of revised or additional information that came to light subsequently.
 

 

Part 6 can be seen and downloaded from here 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3vneCRh1nRHZVdZaFNYc3N6WkE/edit?usp=sharing


and part 7 from here 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3vneCRh1nRHanBDOXBTUUVWcGM/edit?usp=sharing


Quite fascinating to read it all as it happened.

As before, these are Powerpoint (.pps file)  downloads. 

If anyone has trouble viewing them I am able to convert to other standards - contact me off board.

Many grateful thanks to John Marshall, and my apologies for seeming inaction for a prolonged period.


 

And the final part of John's work, part nine, is here

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3vneCRh1nRHODl4NnR3cGZQTnM/edit?usp=sharing

Bing marries for a second time
The end of the General Electric radio series
"Bing " Crosby gets radio job in 1931
1958 kidnap plot
Car crashes - in 1958 and 1953
Bing bumps Frankie in Downbeat poll
Bing loves horses (but what does he hate?)
Bing hand picks orchestra members for Trotter's band, 1938

These and many more.

Very many thanks to John Marshall for making these news items available and preparing the Powerpoint presentations.


 

I have added a permanent link to "The Written Word" and "Bing - A Night At The Movies" by John Marshall in the top half of this site.

I know that some visitors to this board suffer from slow internet connections and may not always be able to load such items. If anyone does have a problem, drop me a line and I might be able to find a resolution. One approach is to zip up the files (so making them smaller) and depositing them in the "cloud" for download and local loading. 

John Marshall has now added his very interesting Footloose Follies series to the Internet and this can be found by searching against John C. Marshall Footloose Follies. This series has many clips of Bing and many other greats from the 30s, 40s and 50s.