[3] The show's initial premise was that after Kate Hopkins' husband died in a fire, she became a visiting nurse to support herself and her young son in the mythical American town of Forest Falls.
"[4] By July 1941, however, Hopkins had become "a widow of forty at a loose end when her son Tom is drafted into the Army.
"[5] Hopkins was living on a plantation near New Orleans as companion to Jessie Atwood, "a retired and renowned lady of the theater".
[5] In that situation, Hopkins drew the attention of Atwood's son, who planned to marry 18-year-old Diane Pers.
After the War Production Board ordered a reduction in use of tin containers, executives of Maxwell House's parent company, General Foods, ended the broadcasts.