GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1824
Voice: “Stand by to make sail.”
Philip Carney: “Log entry: The ketch Scarlet Queen, Philip Carney, master. Position: 22 minutes, 15 degrees north; 114 degrees, 45 minutes east. Wind: fresh; sky fair. Remarks: Departed Hong Kong after successfully liquidating business competition.”
(a typical opening for The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, an adventure program on radio; Mutual, Jul…