Terry ran from November 1937 to March 1939 and again from February 1943 to June 1948. The sponsor for the shows which featured premiums was Quaker Puffed Wheat and Rice Sparkies cereals.

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  Title of episode: "Fighting Captain Blaze". Kids could become an Army bomber pilot good luck mascot by promising to buy a war stamp. For two boxtops you received a color picture of a B-25 bomber, a pin saying you were a good luck mascot, and your name on a roll of microfilm to be carried in a real B-25 for good luck. The microfilm said: "Good luck and drop one on the Japs and Nazis for me".

  
  

• 3-29-44
  Title of episode: "Steelettes". You could get a photo of a B-25 and North American Aviator Cloth Wings by completing the last line of this poem:

  "A daring young pilot named Ray Who was after Jap ships in a bay Said, "When I arrive in my B-25 _____________"

  The top 1000 winners also would receive $5 in war stamps.

• 9-12-47
  Subject of episode: Gold Detector Ring. Although there is no commercial in this episode, much of the discussion in the body of the show concerns the search for a Gold Detector Ring. This is a guess, but I think it probably helped find gold! Anyway, it was an adjustable ring with a hollow silver cylinder on top. The ends were capped with red plastic. You could look through one of the ends and see flakes of real gold!

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