Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14

sR. PIoKERING to ask his
lady love 10 visit him.
Father took the call--and
for the life of him. he couldn't
remember the name of the
canp. Just that II was IN
Pennsylvania, 80 miles from
Cleveland
The library scared up quite a
number ~ camps that fitted the
description. and papa decided
that II must he either the
Shenango Dept near Yotings--
town. or the Greenville Depot
near Shenango.
Whether daughter finds the
right camp, or whether she went
70 the wrong one, or whether,
for that matter, she just went
and cot another boy friend, we
don't know. Nor does the
library Were still wondering
saws Petersen. whether the
story had the happy boy-meets-
girl ending
49, And were sort ~ wondering
whether 20 call up the War
Information Center and ask,
Say. did that girl whose boy
friend is IN that camp 80 miles
from Cleveland ever find him ,"
We bet that the Center could
find out, If IT really went after
u, TOO.
THERE SEEMS 10 have
been some fuss OVER the stories
We started about Fran striker,
the Detroit author who writes
the Lone Ranger stories and
comic strips. We ran one column
and then decided not tn run the
others.
We didn't think II would
worry anybody. but this week
speculation suddenly became
national when Variety published
quite q story on the mystery"
There's really no great mys-
terry TO il. Being in our jour
nslistic way, a writer, too. We
wanted 10 tell how Author
Striker operates,
But ~ WXYZ. where the Lone
Ranger first began 10 years
ago, they felt that George w.
Trendle, president of The Lone
Ranger. Inc. did not receive
adequate credit So we print
he following letter from The
Lone Ranger. Inc. 70 Mr. John
c Manning. editor Of the
Times.
II feel that correction
should he made of the misun-
Outstanding in connection with
the very nice article written nv
Mr.. Pickering -. AZ II IL quite
generally known and borne out
nv records and documents that
George w. Trendle IL the per-
son who conceived the idea Of
the mysterious rider known as
the Lone Ranger. and worked
out most OF the details OF II
with his staff at WNYE.
He then passed these facts
on 10 Mr.. Striker with the re-
quest that script along the
lines suggested he written. The
first script had To he rewritten
about Is times before II was
acceptable To Mr.. Trendle.
1T was then further checked
and triple checked on every de-
tail 10 make sure that IL was
entirely original and that II
carried out MIR. Trendles ideas
Of both plot and character and
that u was not based on any
one else'S property.
There Ii no question that the
real creator Of the Lone Ranger
was George w. Trendle. To date
there have been 1900 stories
written in the Lone Ranger
series. and whenever Striker
gets Oft the beam, Mr.. Trendle
checks him on Il. without de-
tracing from Mr.. Strikers
ability as writer, which we
consider tops, we don't want
people to get the idea that be-
cause Mr.. Striker writes the
Lone Ranger that he IL the
originator RAYMOND W.
MEURER, general counsel"
THE LONE RANGER him.
self, no doubt. would blush be-
meath his mask 10 think that he
was connected with any ones
being deprived of his rightful
share Of credit. and so do we.
We trust that the above letter
leaves no question as TO who
created, and who authored the
Lone Ranger.
And NAV we thank Mr..
Meurer for the gracious way in
which he clears up the morti-
ficahon. .u
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