Radio Stars 1934-01 Vol. 3, No. 4
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F ANY RADIO MAGAZINE WHY DO ADIO STARS ATE EACH OTHER? ‘ip to New York | —and meet , your radio. favorites Posed by . LANNY ROSS
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Fascinating new Game! | un...thrills...adventure on a RADIO TOUR Throw out old, worn-out radio tubes... re-tube | with new Cunningham or RCA Radiotrons —get in the game! | Shae a chance to get in on the greatest game ever devised for radio set owners! Don’t confine yourself to five or six stations ...there are more than 650 to choose from...Go ona Radio Tour! ‘ Aeme A “First Night” in Hollywood—get the thrill of i A turn of the dial and you’re touring North America! Drop in on Miami, hear a dance under a warm tropic moon... join a barn dance out in Indiana...get the thrill of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans...a“First Night” in Hollywood...hear those powerful sta- tions in Mexico... From Maine to California, the game is on—get in it! Here’s all you need to start playing: A good radio set, witha good antenna system— p/us a new set of Cunningham radio tubes or RCA Radiotrons. Don’t be held back by worn, “stick-in-the- — mud” tubes. Step out tonight with the world’s finest—the only © tubes guaranteed by RCA...built with 5 great new improvements ~ Sioux Indians in the Black Hills stage a primitive tribal dance undreamed of when most people bought their tubes. — what an adventure on a Radio Tour! To make it easy for you, we'll send you a large, 4-color “Radio Tours” map showing at a glance all the radio stations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, with call letters» and kilocycles...And the remarkable new “Radio Set © Performance Yardstick” devised by RCA and the © Cunningham engineers. It tells you whether yout : set is in excellent, good, fair or poor operating 4 condition. What a help you'll find it! Get this exciting booklet “Radio Tours” with the new — “Radio Set Performance Yardstick” from yout dealer or send 10c in stamps to cover handling and mailing to RCA Radiotron Company, Camden, New Jersey. Wide World “Ringside’”’ at Madison Square Garden...be there for the big fights—on a Radio Tour! treet unningham Ce .$ @ fo AS Please send your illustrated N86 i8occassdetbnsct etend Bete cc tenn teasee one bg iva folder ‘‘Radio Tours” with sta- tion map and “‘radio yardstick’’. Adress I am enclosing .10c in stamps for postage and handling. (Coupon must be sent to RCA Radiotron Co., Camden, N. J.) RG Lunningham | OD Rergiggham | ide your radio to the Mardi Gras... getall its glamour and color touring via Radio! 22
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Radio Stars published monthly and copyrighted, 1931, by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. Office of publicaticn at Washington and South Avenues, Dunellen, N. J. Executive and editorial offices, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. George T. Delacorte, Jr., Pres.; H. Meyer; Vice-Pres.; M. Delacorte, Sect’y. Vol. 3, Single copy price 10 cents. Subscription price in the United States $1.20 a_year. Canadian subscriptions, No. 4, January, 1934, printed in U. S. A. Entered as second class matter. August 5, 1932, at the Post Office at Dunellen, N. J., under the act 1.50 ear. Foreign subscriptions $2.20 a year. i ter | st ‘ $ te : of March 3, 1879. The publisher accepts uo responsibility for the return of unsolicited material. 4 } aa
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Diana Chase—the gor- geous Miss Radio of 1933. Real blond hair. Sea-blue eyes. Lovely coloring. Grand figure. RADIO STARS WRITE TO CAROLYN BELMONT ABOUT YOUR BEAUTY PROBLEMS On the opposite page, as you can see for yourself, we are starting a beauty department. It will be devoted to your beauty problems. And the only way our beauty editor can discover what your problems are is for you to write and tell her about them. And ask her to help you solve them. She will answer them personally and promptly. Simply enclose a stamped, self-addressed a hclag Send your queries to Carolyn Belmont, RADIO STARS, 149 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.
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Do you? ELLO, all of you! This is a brand new department in Raprio Stars. And I want to tell you right off the bat what I plan to do in it. There is a tendency to be vague about beauty problems. . _A tendency to be too high-flown. And a tendency to leave out the element of common sense. Let us try to avoid those faults. _ I’m going to start this department with some plain talk about the care of the skin. (Oh, all right—there’ll be a paragraph or two about some new fripperies that are on the market. But I'll save them for the last.) ~ More questions are asked about skin-care and skin-im- provement than all the other beauty problems put together. And this is as it should be. For who can be lovely with- out a good skin? Remember this: a good skin is a clean, healthy skin. Mind, I didn’t say a beautiful skin. Beauty demands a bit more than cleanliness and healthiness. Silkiness of texture, rose-petal coloring or a pearly transparency— these are gifts from nature. We can fake them with the judicious use of cosmetics, thank goodness. But a good skin is within the grasp of all of you. How? Listen! Make believe that everything which goes onto your skin is dirt. Powder is white dirt. Rouge is pink dirt. Soot and grime are black dirt. Don’t get the wrong idea—I’m not telling you to dispense with powder and rouge. Lord forbid! It’s okay to use them every day of your life. But they must be removed thoroughly and absolutely before you retire for the night. And it is well to cleanse the face and apply fresh make-up as many times during the day as is necessary and practical. Now, that sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? You are probably thinking, “Any idiot knows that.” All right— but how many of you put that rule of cleanliness into effect? How many times do you pop guiltily into bed without going through the old cleansing routine? Saying to yourselves, “Oh, this once won’t hurt. Besides, the sleep will really do me more good.” And how many times a day do you rub a rather grimy powder puff over your face? Or pile new rouge and lip- ‘Stick on top of old? _ There lies the real cause of the bad skins. The large pores. The muddy look that makes your skins look middle- aged. Then, blackheads appear because the enlarged pores become plugged up with excess oil, plus grime and ground- in make-up. And blackheads lead to other -blemishes. wherefores of being lovely? RADIO STARS YOU WANT TO BEAUTIFUL Would you like to know the whys and Here—in a new department—is a grand way to find out By CAROLYN BELMONT Of course, there are contributing causes of bad skins that are not due to careless cleansing. A wrong diet. An upset tummy. Insufficient sleep and exercise. I can’t touch upon all those in one article. I'll take them up later on, but for the present, I want to concentrate on skin- cleansing. What cleansing routine should you follow for the best results? There are basically, three types of skin: normal, oily and dry. The normal skin is rare. Most skins are “mixed.” Mainly normal or dry, with a pesky oily path down the center of the forehead, over the nose and chin. The path that shines like a beacon light and. to which you keep applying more and more powder—thereby adding insult to injury. An entirely oily skin is apt to become coarse- pored when one is yet very young if proper steps are not taken. A difficult skin, but one which does not become wrinkled early in life, so that’s one blessing. The dry skin will develop wrinkles—it looks prettier while one is young, but anti-wrinkle tricks must be adopted if you want to keep it pretty. If you are lucky enough to possess a normal skin, you may follow whatever cleansing routine you like, provided you are thorough about it. If you use cold cream, give the face and neck two applications. The first, to remove quickly make-up and dirt. The second, to soften the skin and to remove whatever dirt the first application skipped. Remove every trace of cream with cleansing tissues. And don’t be stingy with the tissues! They’re cheap, you know. Then, after that, you may wash your face with bland soap and warm water, rinsing plentifully and finishing off with generous splashings of cold water. Cold water is the best agent for keeping the pores fine, you know. It won’t close 7em when they become enlarged—but it’s a swell “ounce of prevention.”’ Or, you may pat the skin briskly with a swab of cotton soaked in a mild skin tonic. Personally, for young people, I think the soap-and-water idea is best. I’m old-fashioned enough to think that mild soap and warm water never hurt any skin. oe there you are, you girls with nice young skins which are neither too dry nor too oily. But don’t think that once a day is enough. You should cleanse your face as often during the day as your own eyes tell you is neces- sary. Too much trouble, you say? Listen, that whole rou- tine outlined above can be done in five minutes. And you may shorten it by occasionally (Continued on page 96) Z
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| OUR RADIO LOG Last time we gave you the stations alphabetically by call letters. Here they are arranged by kilocycles. See how many stations you can get This log is designed for ac- curacy, simplicity. ‘completeness and Abbreviations used are: T—transmitter, when same differs from studio location. C.P.—construction permit authorized. w—watts. kw—kilowatts. Exp.—experimental. L. S.—local sunset. United States Stations (Arranged According to Kilocycles)} 540 KILO CYCLES Power Ontario—Windsor i KE Winans. Michigan—Detroit (W ls bola. pave ne ee Texas—Houston (KPRC).. Boone Days 2,500 Nights 1,000 Washington—Seattle (KOMO). = tsteereie eo lenel ea 930 KILOGYCLES | Aitbote Hewes (WBRC).. California—Oakland (KROW).............+.- California—San Francisco aS Iowa—Shenandoah (KMA).. Nebraska—York (KGBZ)........0.000 0000005 Virginia—Roanoke (WDBJ)........-.-.-....-Day 940 KILOCYCLES : Kentucky—Hopkinsville (WFIW)........ 2+: +221 -+ Maine—Portland (WCSH). ..........-.20000- New Jersey—Jersey City (WAAT). ........2+2-00-+> North Dakota—Fargo (W. yas 3 Oregon—Portland ee Wisconsin—Madison (W HA).. 950 KILOCYCLES — California—Holly wood (KFWB)... a celemooniee District of Columbia—Washington (WRO). 3 Missouri—Kansas City (K ee 5 = Montana—Billings (KGHL).. 970 KiLocYcuEs: Ilinois—Chicago (WCFL).. Scffep fobs armagire Washington—Seattle (KJ R).. 980 KILOCYCLES — Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh oe yi 990 KILO CYCLES Massachusetts—Boston (WED. j Massachusetts—Boston (WBZA). . Miesissin es Uneelo (WJEM).. ‘000 ikiwocveies California—Los Angeles Ness Towa—Davenport (WOC).. Iowa—Des Moines (WHO), Reuceyivaniag one (W ORK).. 1,010 KILOCYCLES — California—San Jose (KQW).. Kansas—Coffey ville (KGGF).. New York—New York (WPAP). .......0+e-0e0-0 se: New York—New York (WHN)........-.0 00 eesee+> New York—New York ee Dellcteeits GRIGaI Coane New York—New York (WRNY).. ealeeiteae Cee Oklahoma—Norman (WNAD). . ales Sees ER . .Days ae Nights 0 South Carolina—Columbia (WIS)... ieee soe Beers (Continued on page 10)
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RADIO STARS WHO'S WHO on RADIO ROW Are you familiar with these big favorites? Here are thumbnail sketches of their careers PHIL REGAN « « ¢ This Irish tenor Was once a policeman. Born in Brooklyn, began singing “My Wild Irish Rose” while still in short pants. Has sung it since over 2000 times. He has always loved horses. Once, when a boy, he bought two of them. Was pro- moted on the force for capturing a murderer, but quit soon afterwards to give all his time to singing. Is featured now by CBS. ELIZABETH LENNOX . « «¢ In the tiny study of a Grand Rapids, Mich., church, the minister listened to his small daugh- ter singing and said, “Some day thousands will listen to vou sing.” Today the dream is re- alized. Miss Lennox’s voice is a pride of NBC. She first won musical renown at Toronto Uni- versity where she was soloist in the Girls’ Glee Club. She’s been in radio over three years. Ww JUNE MEREDITH . « ¢ June has jeen the star of the “First Nighter” since its jremiere on NBC three years ago. During that ime she’s played over 130 roles. Her parents nd three brothers live in a suburb of Chicago vhere she was born. Radio found her on the tage where she appeared in such productions ‘s “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “Rain.” she is five feet tall and weighs 130 pounds. EVAN EVANS « « ¢ For several years the pleasant baritone voice of Mr. Evans has been featured by CBS as a soloist and as a member of the Round Towner’s Quartet. He was born in Birkenhead, England, but spent many years in the cotton business in Dallas, Texas, which he considers his home town. When he went into radio, the people of Dalias were back of him 100 per cent. ELMER EVERETT YESS... Hal K. Dawson is the fellow who hides under the above moniker. He’s the supersalesman on the Plymouth program over CBS. Born in Rock- ville, Conn., a high school track star in Pitts- field, Mass., and president of his class. Mem- ber of Psi Upsilon fraternity at Syracuse. PEGGY ALLENBY ... Five feet six, fair complexion, dark brown hair, weighs 125 pounds. Born in New York City in 1907. Attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Montreal and the Convent of Notre Dame in Indiana. Since she had always been good as an imitator, she tried the stage for a living. RUTH LYON .. @ She started out to ye a teacher of Romance languages. She ‘urned out to be a singer of romantic songs. Graduated from University of Chicago and started out teaching French. Then someone asked her to sing with Wayne King’s orchestra. That turned her career topsy-turvy. WMAQ in Chicago got her for a commercial, and eventually she became a regular feature. study piano when only three. CLAUDINE MACDONALD... Primarily a diplomat, dramatist, humanist and business woman all rolled into one, this director of NBC’s Woman’s Radio Review also rides a western pinto like a colonel’s daughter. Born in Chicago, graduated from Northwestern Uni- versity as a Phi Beta Kappa, taught a couple of years in an Oklahoma high school. Studied, taught, and now practices dramatics. 3 =e Was once actually a real salesman. a y NX join a stock company at $10 a week. HOWARD ELY . 4 « CBS waits his organ melodies from the studios of KMBC in Kansas City. Ely was born in Ardmore, Okla., the youngest of a family of seven. He’s an expert typist, twice winning the Oklahoma state con- test, and can take 150 to 175 words a minute in shorthand. Is unmarried, and ride horseback, isn’t afraid to work hard. actor, is her hubby. KATHERYN NEWMAN ., .« « Her concert work has been with such people as Gigli, John Charles Thomas, Zimbalist, Law- rence Tibbett and Everett Marshall. That was before she came to New York to study under Frank LaForge. She was born in Wichita, Kansas, worked with the Kansas City Civic Opera and did concert work. She stands 5 feet 3 and weighs 114 pounds. Roosevelt on the March of EDWARD REESE « + « You first knew this veteran actor of the stage as Spencer Dean in the Eno Crime Club sketches and also as an actor on the Collier’s Hour and in the Soconyland Sketches. He’s been on the stage 20 years, starting in Cleveland at $10 a week. Born in Baltimore in 1891, attended Dutch- man’s School, and was slated for entrance to Johns Hopkins when he went on the stage. Went into radio 1929. John McGovern, NBC MARION HOPKINSON «¢ « ¢ Born in New York City of prominent parents. out in New York society, decided upon a ca- reer, began studying for opera. i radio by accident when a friend was searching for someone who could take the part of an opera singer in a dramatic sketch. eyes and brown hair. Plays Mrs. Franklin D. HARRIET LEE « ¢ @ Could she be the reason why the Happy Wonder Bakers are happy? Her contralto voice, you know, graces their show. Chicago takes honors as her birth- place. The family wanted a Harry, so when a girl came they named her Harriet. Likes to get up early in the morning to go over new songs. In 1931 she was chosen Miss Radio. She’s tall, blonde and statuesque. BIG FREDDIE MILLER ..« - Airs his deep baritone voice over CBS. His Ad- miration programs are most informal. Even rehearses them in pig Latin. Inherited his love of music from Irish parents. Born in Zanes- ville, Ohio, 32 years ago. The hair is red— the eyes are blue—the disposition is sunny— and he measures six feet two. 9
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1,026 KILOCYCLES Illinois—Chicago (KYW).. 10,000 Pennsylvania—Philadelphia (W R! AX)... 250 1,040 KILOCYCLES | Arkansas—Hot Springs (KTS). ost. screen pet scree ae) Michigan—East Lansing Bes Whoo ee er eee OO New York—Elmira (WESG).. 1,000 Texas—Dallas (KRLD) 10,000 1,050 KILOCYCLES | ; California—Los Ange! ‘les (KNX).. 25,000 Kansas—Abilene (KFBI). eee AS5(000 1,060 KILOCYCLES Connecticut—Hartford (WTIC).. eteie\ save etary. eDO;/000 Maryland—Baltimore (WBAL).....................10,000 Nebraska—N orfolk (WJAG). 1,000 Oregon—Portland (KWJJ). 500 1,070 KILOCYCLES ~ California—San Francisco Melek 5 cds sees eekOO Tllinois—Carthage Te Laueid: tretGahet tee ite 50 Illinois—Tuscola (WDZ).. we. Lotabiensieje testament emELOO Ohio—Cleveland (W; TAM).. isvne sence «s OO,000 1,080 KILOCYCLES Tilinois—Chicago (WMBD.. a {tee ONO Illinois—Zion (WCBD). . : .». 5,000 North Carolina—Charlotte (W BT)... vote. 6 seleslme SUR OO, 1,090 KILOCYCLES Missouri—St. Louis (KMO DO 5 ds, 0; a0 vera DOL000 1,100 KILOCYCLES | California—Stockton (KGD M). . sete es ate 250 New Jersey—Atlantic City (W PG);. estees ... 5,000 New York—New York (WLWL).. Rava vee sé teg OUD 1,110 KILOCYCLES South Dakota—Sioux Falls (KSOO).. + 2,000 Virginia—Richmond (WRYVA).. cig sie, 26 ce OOD, 1,120 KILOCYCLES California—Los Angeles (KFSG).. 500 California—Los Angeles (KRKD).. 500 Delaware—Wilmington (WDEL).. Days" 500 Nights 250 Oklahoma—Elk City (KASA).. Bees Luh) Texas—College Station (WTAW).. eee ee ht) Texas—Houston (KTR piste mialateie 500 Washington—Seattle CERSG). ane 100 Washington—Spokane (KFIO). . pa geass Sete LOO Wisconsin—Milwaukee (WHAD).. ah. mars Wisconsin—M ilwaukee (WISN).. EOS EA ead) 1,130 KILOCYCLES | Tllinois—M ooseheart (W DI D)P. = 20,000 New York—New York (WOY).. 1,000 Utah—Salt Lake City, (KSL).. ee ©. 22150000 140 KILOCYCLES es ee (WAPI). . . 5,000 C.P. 25,000 Oklahoma—Tulsa:(KViOO)...... oscteeiretweresias oats: > 5,000 G.P. 25,000 1,150 KILOCYCLES New York—Rochester (WHAM).. Nats Calee oe es 20,000 1,160 KILOCYCLES — Indiana—Fort Wayne (WOWO).. acpeeventele Mine 0000 West Virginia— Wheelin (WWVA).. ous wetesieticin (O;000 1,170 KILOCYCLES — Pennsylvania—Philadelphig (WCAU)..............-50,000 180 KILOCYCLES Georgia—Macon (WAZ) Sate hy Minnesota—M inneapolis—St. Paul (WDGY). 1,000 New Mexico—Albuquerque (KOB De ; . ..10,000 New York—New York (WINS).. saps eraah reese ALO. Oregon—Portland (KEX). wore enone oy Aaj OO0 1,190 KILOCYCLES Texas—San Antonio (WOAD.. be . 50,000 W. Va.—Huntington (WSAZ).. 50,000 1,200 KILOCYCLES | ae Saee Alabama—Huntsville (WBHS)...................... 100 Arkansas—Little Rock (KGHI).. ayaa ais si hee tele oe OO) Arkansas—Paragould (KBTM)... cfc clanfsuyenie Aeereaeie OO) Arizona—Lowell (KSUN). 2c oc cb cc cee eco eee 100 California—Bakersfield (KERN)................-..- 100 California—Los Angeles (KGFJ). ................... 100 California—Stockton (KWG)............:.--0.-5. - I€ Colorado—Fort Morgan (KGEW)..............-.-- 100 Colorado—Grand Junction (KFXJ)................. 100 Colorado—Yuma (KGEK)............-.---.-.-.---- 100 Georgia—Columbus (WRBL)..........-.-.-.-...--. 100 Fdaho—Nampai (Kb XD) ise. eee ecns ce cece ceee ae100 Jilinois—Decatur (WJBL). .. BE coach eeencter LOO Dlinois—LaSalle (WJBC)..........0.2-2s0e0e0e0+2+ 100 Indiana—Hammond (WWAE) .. soyeieicie Raat: sree LOD Indiana—South Bend (WFAM). - 100 Towa—Marshalltown (KFJB).... 250 100 Kentucky—Louisville (WLAP)..............-- 250 100 Louisiana—Monrce (KMLB)................-.-.--- 100 Louisiana—New Orleans (WBBX) 100 Louisiana—New Orleans (WJBW) 100 Maine—Bangor (WABI)........... Sen 00 Massachusetts—W orcester (WORC) sad 100 Minnesota—Fergus Falls (KGDE)... -Days 250 Nights 100 Missouri—St. Louis (KFWF).. cee, welO0. Missouri—St. Louis (WIL).... Days 250 Nights 100 rea (KGVO).. wae» 100 ew York—Utica (WIBX).... Days 300 Nights 100 Ohio—Canton (WHBC)..... Bera tesiepsatestrer eel) Ohio—Cincinnati (WFBE)...................Days 250 Nights 100 Oklahoma—Ponca City (WBBZ).. svaiansbaleearstaci te (LOO Pennsylvania—Carbondale (WNBW).. ...-Days _ 100 Foumeyirania; Hamebae (WCOD)...... ennsylvania—Lancaster WKJC). . Pennsyl vania—Silverhaven (WN BO).. 10 RADIO STARS Our Radio Log (Continued from page 8) South Carolina—Greenville (WFBC)............Days 250 Nights 100 South Dakota—Huron (KGDY).. PSRs anv h South Dakota—Rapid City (WCAN).. istuategteitss ane e LOO Vermont—Burlington (WCAX).. ee acaeenicacatan ee Vermont—Springfield (WNBX). . go Sass Fics eee Oe Virginia—Petersburg (WPHR).................Days 250 Nights 100 Washington—Bellingham ee aeateaa ee naneeeistich ple Wisconsin—Green Bay (WHBY).. PE eee ee |) NIA SSR AE Miler O).. vas teeledtdae 100) 210 KILOCYCLES Alabama—Gadsden i JBY).. Stee das baac mate) e LOU, Alabama—Troy (WHET).. «cistowsshosteenettce al OO Arkansas—Fort Smith (REPW)... Reece sce ome i!) California—Eureka (KIEM).. EP sjaltate nite atetebots vai as LOO California—Pasadena (KPPC).. Pee eo ne!) California—San Bernardino ( (KFXM).. Econ ceo Georgia—Thomasville (WQDX).. wa see cee) Illinois—Chicago (WCRW).....-.-- rn toe LY Illinois—Chicago (WEDC)....................----- 100 Illinois—Chicago (WSBC)...............0.+2++-0+-. 100 Illinois—Harrisburg (WEBQ)..........-.......-.-.- 100 Illinois—Rock Island (WHBF)...................... 100 Illinois—Springfield (WCBS). ..................-82- 100 Illinois—Springfield (WTAX)................22+2++. 100 Indiana—Anderson (WHBU)..................+2+-. 100 Kansas—Dodge City (KGNO)...................... 100 Louisiana—Shreveport (KWEA)................-.... 100 Maryland—Hagerstown Oren ae POET rag ctonien SU Mississippi—Greenville (WKFI). . San eaeeeniscee 2 OD pa cared Ho (WGCM).. toseeieeie. 100 Missouri—Cape Girardeau pee 8)... spits de Sreadees. LOD Nebraska—Lincoln (KFOR).. ee ..Days 250 Nights 100 New Jersey—Red Bank (WJBI). . hace HOO New York—Chester Township w GNY). iweenaontesn. 2100 New York—Freeport (WGBB).. So wetemaareer “100! New York—Ithaca (WLCI).. scapes cee OU New York—Jamestown (WOCL)... Baia Poistieseoe) LLDO New York—White Plains (WFAS)... Daceereh es B00 North Carolina—Gastonia (WSOC).................. 100 North Dakota—Deyvils Lake (KDLR). . ve diasateroe ee, eee OO. Ohio—Akron (WJW).. tener OY) Ohio—Columbus (WSEN).. wee cee toe Glee a DD Ohio—Zanesville (WALR).. Ba aieitoorssne sion tae | OO Oklahoma—Elk City (KASA).. HunmcEcercesc ) 01) Oklahoma—Elk City (KGMP).. cine abe eetoerataa, LOD Oregon—Klamath Falls (KFJI).. 0 Sones LOD Pennsylvania—W ilkes-Barre (W BAX).. = ajagbetecene Riots CL OU. Rhode Island—Providence (WPRO)................. 100 South Dakota—Watertown (KGCR). . Sait: vs see 100 Tennessee—Springfield eS: BT eS cd kil) Virginia—Richmond (WBBL) . Prescot th!) Virginia—Richmond (WMBG),. bee ee sosicisticese: Washington—Olympia (KGY). . az. aa SERIO oe Wisconsin—M anitowoc (WOM1).. i ogplieeovan nnd OD! Wisconsin—Poynette (WIBU).. Me eotorionce: ht) 1,220 KILOCYCLES Florida—Tampa wo AE).. dew elaeteiein.c« 1,000 Kansas—Lawrence (KFKU).. 500 Kansas—Lawrence (WREN)... 1,000 New York—Canton (WCAD). 500 Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh (W' CAB). Soccer 2 L000: Washington—Pullman (KWSC).. ..Days 2,000 Nights 1,000 Washington ersule (KTW).. Ee coer eT L000. 1,230 KILOCYCLES Alaska—Anchorage (KFQD).. Aacftie seeeimeras 200) California—San Francisco (KYA)... 1,000 Indiana—Indianapolis (WFBM). . 1,000 Indiana—South Bend (WSBT)... 500 Massachusetts—Boston (WNAC)... ie teen O00: New Mexico—Albuquerque (KGGM).. . .Days 500 Nights 250 1,240 KILOCYCLES Idaho—Twin Falls (KTFI).. 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Larry Wolters....... - S. A. Coleman..... 3 FIVE STAR ROLL-CALL Symbols Lelssoies Excellent * Good kk * Not Recommended kkk ae GOLD PROGRAM WITH RED WARING, DAVID ROSS AND COMEDIAN (NBC). bedded s organization without would rate 5. kkk FLEISCHMANN HOUR WITH RUDY VALLEE (NBC). kkkk WHITE OWL PROGRAM WITH BURNS & ALLEN AND GUY LOMBARDO (CBS). Still one of the prime favorites. k&kk* CITIES SERVICE WITH JES- SICA DRAGONETTE AND FRANK PARKER (NBC). Always satisfying. See pages 26 and 27, kkkhk eS | STAR REVUE (LINIT) ING, CHORUS (CBS). well music. *&kk*x CHEVROLET PROGRAM WITH JACK BENNY (NBC). Humor takes the sting out of the commercials. kkkke MAXWELL HOUSE SHOW BOAT (NBC). One of he most colorful shows on_ the air. *k&kkk KRAFT-PHENIX PROGRAM WITH PAUL WHITEMAN AND DEEMS TAYLOR (NBC). Radio needs Taylor’s satirical commentary. keke ses BROADCAST WITH JOE ENNER AND OZZIE NELSON” (NBC). Penner is Radio’s newest comic sensation. *k&kkk ELDER MICHAUX AND _ HIS CONGREGATION FROM WASH- INGTON (CBS). en outstanding sustaining dis- of the season. kkk NINO. MARTINI (CBS). eialces fine music popularly ap- kkk EBwin Ce HIEE c=: human side doe kkk BEEF RIVER WITH WILLARD BISON (CBS). arnt appeal of the Southland. kkkk SALAD BOWL REVUE WITH FR ALLEN AND FERDE GROFE (NBC). kkkk CHASE & SANBORN COFFEE HOUR WITH RUBINOFF, RUTH ETTING AND JIMMIE DURANTE (NBC). Durante is a swell movie actor. * kkk ARMOUR i oe WITH PHIL BAKER Ee Getting better, than kkk & COLUMBIA SYMPHONY WITH HOWARD BARLOW (CBS). keke FIRST NIGHTER WITH CHARLES HUGHES (NBC). ore af the best dramatic bets on wk kk ONE™ MAN’S FAMILY (NBC). ripp’ kkk LUCKY. STRIKE PROGRAM WITH JACK PEARL (NBC). keke A. & P. GYPSIES WITH HARRY - HORLICK AND FRANK PARK- ER (NBC). hi gorous, refreshing program. EES ALBU Curtis Mitchell, ..Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill. .Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kans. Charlotte Geer..... Newark Evening News, Newark, N. J. F you like your laughs on a Sunday evening, Joe Penner is just the man He’s a comic with a zest for his job and a bagful of vocal tricks. “You naaaaasty man!” is a Pennerism. So is “Don’t ne-e-e-ver do-o-o that!” 7:30 E.S.T. on NBC blue network on for you. RADIO STARS Sunday evening is the time. Ethel Waters is a CBS network new- comer who is setting the air afire. Sun- day evening at seven E.S.T. Once you've heard her, she'll keep your ear glued to the loudspeaker. Strange, Review doesn’t rank any program worth five stars this month? our four star winners, the most favored is Old Gold’s Fred Waring Show. Rudy Vallee and his pageant is second. Then Burns and Allen plus Guy Lom- bardo waving the White Owl Banner and Jessica Dragonette. Do you agree with these opinions? Lots of people don’t. give it your rating. *kxk*k*x WOODBURY PROGRAM WITH BING CROSBY AND LENNIE HAYTON (CBS). His romantic appeal endures. *&*x*x WALTER WINCHELL (NBC). *&*x*x AMOS ’N’ ANDY (NBC). wkk*e EX-LAX PROGRAM WITH ee eS NIESEN, LULU cCONNELL AND _ ISHAM JONES (CBS). *&k*xk*x BUICK PROGRAM WITH GUS- TAVE HAENSCHEN (NBC) wae aa CITY CONCERT WITH ROXY (NBC). Bown a point but still a fine ka THE. SHIP OF oy WITH CAPT. DOBBSIE (NB wae ORD Ee Witit LUM *%&*&& SINGIN’ SAM (CBS). **x*x OLDSMOBILE PROGRAM WITH TED HUSING AND LEON BEL- ASCO (CBS). **x*x TEXACO PROGRAM WITH EAST & DUMKE (NBC). East and Dumke did the best work of their career. xxx MAJOR BOWES CAPITOL ). kak oe omarH (CBS). Up kak REAL. SILK PROGRAM WITH VIN Daca ine (NBC). BC). xk*x* HARLEM SERENADE WITH sa JOUNSON SINGERS ( ° RADIO STARS Magazine, Chairman Richard C. Moffet. Dan Thompson........... isn’t it, that the Board of Among Take this list and We'd like to know. Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla. Louisville Times, Louisville, Ky. Register & Tribune, Des Moines, la. Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Ind. Norman Siegal.......... Cleveland Press, Cleveland, O. R. B. Westergaard.... Andrew W. Smith..News & Age-Herald, Birmingham, Ala. Gale Kens: acide 25% Pocta. Riders.....7..<.<- Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas James E. Chinn. Evening & Sunday Star, Washington, D. C. Si Steinhauser........:... Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa. H. Dean Fitzer...... Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. Leo Miller........ Bridgeport Herald, Bridgeport, Conn. Walter Ramsey....Dell Publishing Co., Hollywood, Calif. Vivian M. Gardner Wisconsin News, Milwaukee, Wis. *k*xk*x RICHFIELD COUNTRY CLUB WITH GRANTLAND RICE (NBC). wk*kx LIVES AT STAKE (NBC). **x*x CORN COB PIPE CLUB (NBC). *&*xk* NESTLE, WITH DON BESYOR, ETHEL SHUTTA AND WAL- TER O’KEEFE (NBC). *&*k*x POET PRINCE (NBC). *&*k*x DEATH VALLEY DAYS (NBC). WITH WILL OSBORN (CBS). wae a AT SETH PARKERS’ BC). tok VANITY FAIR, POND’S PRO- GRAM TH *&*k*k SINCLAIR | GREATER MIN- STRELS (NBC). **x*x SINGING LADY (NBC). Grown-ups, too, are pleased with this sweet voic *&*k*e LOWELL THOMAS (NBC). **x*x CALIFORNIA MELODIES WITH RAYMOND PAIGE’S ORCHES- TRA (CBS). *&kk*x EASY ACES (CBS). *k*k*x THREADS OF HAPPINESS WITH TOMMY McLAUGHLIN fone ANDRE KOSTELANETZ (CBS). kak Ste MINEVITCH & HIS BO ee RASCALS NB kak YEAST eS WITH JAN GARBER (NBC k**& WARDEN LAWES IN 20,000 YEARS IN SING SING (NBC). *&k*k WALTZ TIME WITH ABE LY- Tae AND FRANK MUNN k*x*k MYRT & MARGE (CBS). *&k*x*x GEORGE JESSEL (CBS). *&*xk*k FREDDIE RICH ENTERTAINS WITH MILDRED BAILEY, JACK WHITE, DO RE MI TRIO AND THE ETON BOYS (CBS). kak eee PROGRAM WITH IRVIN S. COBB (CBS). kane CULE PROGRAM WITH FRED STONE (NBC). *&*x*x ENO CRIME CLUES (NBC). *&*k* EVENING IN PARIS (CBS). *&xk*x THE RISE OF THE GOLD- BERGS (NBC). *kxk*x PABST BLUE RIBBON PRO- Sas WITH BEN BERNIE NBC). xk BLACKSTONE ee ) to SANDERSON AND CRUMIT (NBC). xxx BOND BREAD PROGRAM WITH SANDERSON AND CRUMIT (CBS). BERT = **x*x PHILCO NEWS COMMENTA- TOR—BOAKE CARTER (CBS). **x* PHILLIP MORRIS PROGRAM WITH LEO REISMAN (NBC), Smooth arrangements. KK SLET’S WLISTEN \1TO° PHIL HARRIS’’ (NBC). %xx LADY ESTHER SERENADE WITH WAYNE KING (NBC & CBS). *x*x ELMER EVERETT YESS, THE PLYMOUTH SALESMAN (CBS). At least it’s a new idea. *x*x POTASH & PERLMUTTER Eee It takes courage for us to listen. ** RCA - CUNNINGHAM WIT COL. LOUIS McHENRY HOWE (NBC). Doesn’t suggest inside stuff sufficiently k* VOICE OF EXPERIENCE (CBS). Still at the bottom. 11
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RADIO HAT grin burnishing the countenance of the comedian stepping up to the microphone may be a tense mask concealing a fierce hatred of another radio headliner. Beneath the cheery calm of that idolized singer may be seething a violent dislike of one of his contemporaries. The networks of radio are intertwined with feuds, actual or potential sources of dislike. It isn’t a thing which has been written about until now, these situations which have led or might lead to bitter detestations. So here you can judge for yourself the justice, or forecast the possible outcome of the controversies between Cantor and Jessel, Vallee and Rubinoff, Jolson and Winchell, controversies of which the average listener is never aware. Let’s confront them ourselves. A Hollywood outdoor fight arena last July. Look, there’s Walter Winchell sitting down there with his wife. And there’s Al Jolson prancing down the aisle toward him. See, he’s stopping to say, “Hello,” to Walter. Hey, what’s the idea? Everyone’s standing up around them. Listen to them yell. Wow, someone’s socked someone! Again. And again. Now you can see them. Some- And Winchell’s getting up from the floor. That’s a bout which wasn't scheduled. But what’s it all about? Listen, Al, you claim that scenario Walter’s working on is based, in a rather uncompli- mentary fashion on the relations between you and your actress-wife, Ruby Keeler. And Walter, you say it isn’t. But you Al, do admit that you were the hitter and Walter doesn’t deny that he was the hittee. And what’s this Al World-Telegram reporter a few days later? Oh yes. 1 “He’s trying to apologize, but I Hse want anything more to do with him. Say, I know lots of them around this town you could write plays about, but it would be too dirty a trick for anybody but him.” one’s holding Al. that you say to the New York when you arrive in Manhattan You say: Well, Walter Winchell, what’s this? Less than a month after this impromptu set-to you start a $50,000 suit against Al. And you say: “The only thing is that public opinion has been deceived into believing me guilty of the charge. Al and I have been friends fifteen years. I’ve never said an unkind thing about him in my column. He knows that as well as Idaz Well, boys, we can guess you haven’t been flinging love about prodigally between your camps for the last few months. UDY VALLEE, you seem to have had plenty of clashes on such battlegrounds of emotion. Why was it you told Rubinoff to get out of your backstage dress- ing room and never to come there again? Or why is it said that you never speak to Frances Langford nor Will Osborne any more? Rubinoff has often said: “Rudy got me on the air. 3ut what happened after you did get him on the air? You and your ensemble, Rudy, were featured at that great Brooklyn Paramount Theatre where Rubinoff lavished his extravagant arrange- ments on the patrons with the house orchestra. Rubinoff asked you to help him get on the air. And the NBC executive you approached with that in mind displayed nothing but disinterest. Then, Maestro Rubinoff, isn’t it so that when, Rudy’s sponsors offered him the Chase and Sanborn Hour, as well as the Fleischmann program, he turned it down, be- lieving he couldn’t do justice to both? And that he offered 12 STARS the program to you? He didn’t take the usual agent’s ten per cent to which he was entitled. The sponsors were pleased. When the coffee sales dropped, your salary was cut, but Rudy says he urged you to stay on. He says he even saw that you got a raise for a Christmas present. And what was the next thing he heard? Rudy heard that you'd placed yourself under the management of the very executive who'd. shown such decided indifference when Rudy approached him before. Rudy thinks you should have at least asked his advice. For weeks he didn’t Why do Radio Stars hate each other? JOHN SKINNER By hear from you. And when you did approach him again, he didn’t want to see you. Then, Rudy, we seek the cause for coolness between | you and Frances Langford, the unknown singer you brought from the south. We're right, are we not, in saying that a friend of this then-shy small town girl came to you when you were play- ing in Miami and asked you to give her a chance. And you did and at the time you were tickled that you had, though now you seem considerably less pleased about it. She sang with you on the rest of your southern tour. You financed her trip to New York to get her a chance. 3ut the promise to put her on the air you’d obtained from that NBC executive didn’t materialize, so when you had to go on tour, you left her in charge of a friend. And what did you discover when you returned to New York? You found her under the management of the very official who had not been able to get her on the NBC net- work. And you say, Rudy, that you haven’t heard from her from that day to this. UT wouldn’t you say, Mr. Vallee, that the most galling thorn has been the controversy in which the ink in the gleeful pens of newspapermen was fuel to a fire which was really a ado about nothing? ‘‘Who started croon- ing, Rudy or Will Osborne?” Well, ae ae way we'll be able to get to the truth of the whole thing is to go back a few years. That’s when you, Rudy, were the adored attraction of the Villa Vallee. You were hampered by your appearances there at the time because you were filling a ten-week vaudeville engagement. That was when Will approached you and asked you if he couldn’t fill in with his orchestra at the Villa while you were at the theatres. Now, Will, of course you recall that Rudy agreed. He gave you a job. He permitted you to garb your orchestra in Russian blouses like his; to (Continued on page 70) lf a
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WILL OSBORNE Misunderstanding, ingrat- itude, jealousy! These are the factors that make for harsh words and cruel snubs when great meets great onRadio Row RADiO STARS <@CANTOR, RUBINOFF AN
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RADIO STARS THE AUTHOR U 1 Uae It is fraught with golden possibilities—radio's tomorrow. A universal language, By eR: Vet Nee Diol str asgtve da apy T present, most of us think of the radio in terms of its value as an advertising medium, as an entertain- ment medium, and perhaps, incidentally, of its educa- tional value. J am of the opinion—and probably I am as faulty in my prognostications as the average prophet is—that the possibilities of the radio as a force for cre- ating world opinion and shaping the destinies of civilized mankind have not yet been appreciated even by those controlling this huge machinery for the dissemination of words and ideas. So far as I am able to figure, the ground here scarcely has been scratched. In political campaigns, advocates of one side or another use the microphone for broadcasting their dogmas. Through this source, preachers already deliver their sermons to audiences measured by the mil- lions rather than by the hundreds or the thousands. And, occasionally, some statesman presents his views on a continental network or a trans-oceanic hook-up. The thing is still so new that we stand marveling to think that one man’s voice should, by this magic, be sent across thousands of miles and into the homes of countless listeners. But, as I see it, this merely is the puny beg ginning of a mechanism more gigantic than the most optimistic of radio sponsors or program producers have conceived. I firmly believe that the day is not far distant when it will come to pass that the greatest intellects of the world will be banded together, irrespective of race, or color, in some form of universe-wide organization for the education of our youth, the teachings of moral and ethical principles, and, most of all, for the cause of world understanding and weal peace, I see the school house of the future as a place where the ache r will be to all intents and purposes a monitor, 14 A TAREE V-1S Oe RA DI@ international sympathy and an eternal peace pact C @Ortee R°O Y. Sah charged with the responsibility of in- culcating discipline and setting an ex- ample in good manners to her pupils. Her classroom will be a combination of moving picture theatre, radio reception room and television studio. No longer will the teacher, who may be dull or inexpert, carry the burden of instruct- ing the youth of the land from dusty blackboards or through tedious text- books. Instead, each day, over the air will come to the youth the voice of some really great educator, some outstanding authority on this or that subject, and while this voice speaks, television will reproduce before the eyes of those young people the perfect counterfeit of the man or the woman whose voice they are hearing. In the same equation, the moving-picture machine will participate. Let us assume, for example, that the subject of the hour is the World War. Projected on the screen will be actual photographs to illustrate what the his- torian is describing. So that, through the guise of thrilling entertainment, facts and figures and details will be im- pressed upon the sensitive plates of juvenile understanding in a way so graphic and so life- like that the subject matter will remain definitely recorded in the scholar’s brain. His imagination will be stirred, his sense of drama will be quickened, (Continued on page 74)
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RADIO STARS The God of War himself may—who knows?—succumb to the power of radio. The famous Mr. Cobb hints at amazing possibilities.
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RADIO STARS "Where's Elmer?" Everybody's asking that. Just drop your eyes on the items below and you'll find him. CBS presents him Tues., Thurs., Sat., at 8:00 p.m. The whole name is Elmer Everett Yess and he's a super-hyper-monster-colossus of salesmanship. He's one of the newer programs you may like. Ed Wynn is back, too, his cackling gaiety apparently undiminished by his summer stay in Hollywood. Lulu McConnell is a female talking machine recently presented for the first time by ExLax's Big Show. She's worth her weight in gold. And if you like fine piano music, tune to Egon Petri, “ the NBC importation from Holland. Curtis Arnall drew the hero role in the Red Davis sketches, a dra- matic series dealing with events in the life of the typical Amer- ican boy. SUNDAYS WDSU, WSBT, - WACO. (WISN on WAPI, WDJX, WSMB, KTHS, KVOO, 10:45. WOWO off 10:45). 9:30 MST— KWCR, KPRC, WKY, WKBF, 12:30 MST (December 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 3ist) KVOR, KLZ. —KOA, KGIR, KDYL, KGHL, KTAR, 12:15 P.M. EST (%4)—Tastyeast’s Baby 11:30 PST—KGO, KFI, KOMO, KHQ, 9:00 A.M. EST (44)—The Balladeers. Heart- Rose Marie. Juvenile hot-cha, KFSD, KGW. ening melodies by male chorus and in- WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WBAL, WMAL, 2:30 EST (4)—Big Hollywood Show. Abe strumental trio. KDKA, WHAM. Lyman’s Orchestra tootles his new “Ac- WEAF, WBEN, WTAM, WWJ, WGY, 12:30 EST (1)—Roxy coaxes chorus and cordiana.” (Sterling Products). WIOD, WIS, WFLA, WJAR, WRC, soloists of gang to sing with Rapee WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WWNC, WFBR, WCSH. 8:00 CST—WSB, orchestra. WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU- KTBS, WOW. WJZ, WBAL, WHAM, WGAR, KDKA, W3XAU, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, 10:00 EST (%%)—Southernaires Male Quar- WBZ, WBZA, .CFCF, WMAL, WIS, WHEC, CFRB. 1:30 CST — WBBM, tet sings joy and poignancy of South. WCKY, WSYR, CRCT, WJR, WWNC. WFBM, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO. WJZ, WBAL, W BZ, W BZA, KDKA, 11:30 CST — WREN, KOIL, WDAY, 3:00 EST (2)—New York Philharmonic WGAR, WMAL, WHAM, (WSYR_ on KFYR, WSMB, KPRC, WAPI, WEBC, Symphony Orchestra. 10:15). 9:00 CST — WENR, WEBC, WwJIDX, KSO, WOAIT, KVOO, WKY. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, KWK, KSTP, KFYR, WREN, WIBA, (KTHS off 12:00). 10:30 MST—KOA, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WDAY, (KOIL on 9:15). KDYL. 9:30 PST—KGO, KOMO, KHQ, WJAS, WEAN, WSPD, WQAM, WDBO, 10:30 EST @4)—Marimba Typica Band. KFI, KGW. F 2 e WKBN, WCAH, WICC, WLBW, WBIG, Haunting vibrations of Mexican music. 12:30 EST (4%4)—Tito Guizar, romantic Mexi- WHP, WFEA, WMBG, WDBJ, WHEC, WEAF, WJAR, WRC, WGY, WBEN, can tenor, sings as six hands’ pluck WTOC, WSJS, WORC. 2:00 CST—WFBM, WTAM, WWNC, WIOD, WFLA, WLW, three harps. (Brillo). KMBC, WHAS, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, WWJ, WCAE, (WFBR off 10:45). 9:30 WABC, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WLBZ, WTAQ, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WSBT, CST—WEBC, KFYR, KSTP, WMC, WKY, WNAC, WMAS, WFEA. : f WMT, WISN, WCCO, WLAC, WIBW, WFAA, KTBS, WMAQ, WDAF, WIBA, 1:30 EST (44)—Dale Carnegie reveals ‘Lit- KFH, WDSU, KOMA, WMBD, WACO. KVOO, WSM, WOAI, WDAY. 8:30 MST tle Known Facts About Well Known 1:00 MST—KVOR, KLZ. —KDYL. People.” Harold Sanford Orchestra. 3:00 EST (1)—Lady Esther’ Serenade. 10:30 EST (44)—Carson Robinson’s Crazy WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, Wayne “Dance’”’ King’s splendid rhythms. Buckaroos. Hill-billy and cowboy music. WFI, WGY, WBEN, WTAM, WW4J. WEAF, WEEI, WCSH, WLW, WRC, WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, 1:30 EST (%)—Lazy Dan, the Minstrel WGY, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WICC, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WCAH, Man, with less indolent orchestra. WJAR, WLIT, WTAG. 2:00 CST—KSD, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WSPD. WABC, WCAO, WAAB, WGR, WKRC, woc, WHO, wow, WwTMJ, KSTP, 9:30 CST—KMBC, WCCO. WHK, CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, KVOO, WKY, WOAL, KPRC, WFAA, 11:00. EST (%4)—NBC String Quartet in WJSV, WCAH, WMBG, 12:30 CST— WLS, WKBF. 1:00 MST—KDYL, KOA. light morning melody. WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, WISN, WCCO, 12:00 PST—KOMO, KGW, KHQ, KGO, WJZ, WBAL, WGAR, WJR, WMAL, KMOX. KFI._ WHAM, WBZ, WBZA, WLW, WSYR, 2:00 EST (144)—Gene Arnold and the Com- 4:15 EST (4%4)—Vee and_ Johnny, lively KDKA. 10:00 CST—WENR, KWCR, modores, Crazy Crystals Water Com- piano, gay voice for Wildroot Institute. KWK. pany presents sane male quartet. WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WCSH, WFBR, 11:15 EST (1)—Major Bowes Capitol Fam- WEAF, WWJ, WSAI, WTAG, WEEI, WRC, WGY, WWJ, WBEN, WCAE, ily. Maria Silveira, sop.; Hannah WJAR, WCSH, WEBR, WRC, WGY, WTAM, WSAI, Ww LIT, WTMJ. 3:15 CST Klein, pianist; Nicholas Cosentino, ten.; WBEN, WTAM, WCAE. 1:00 CST— —WEBC, KPRC, KTBS, WOAI, KVOO, -Tom McLaughlin, bar.; Four Minute WMAQ, WDAF, WOC, WHO, WFAA, WKY, WOW, WLS, WDAF, WFAA, Men, male quartet; symphony orchestra. KPRC, WOAI, KVOO, WOW. 12:00 KIFYR, WIBA, KSTP, WDAY, WJAR. WEAF, WJAR, WFBR, WRC, WTAM, MST—KOA, KDYL. 11:00 PST—KGO, 2:15 MST—KDYL, KOA, 1:15 PST— WFLA, WTAG, WJAX, WGY, WIOD, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. WWNC, WCAE, WRVA. 10:15 CST— 2:00 EST (14)—Piano-sitting sob-sister of 4:30 EST (4)—Hoover Program. Sixty- WDAF, KFYR, WSMB, WEBC, WFAA, song, Helen Morgan, with Albert Bart- voice chorus; orchestra; Harvey Hays, WDAY, WSAI, KSTP, WMC, WKY, lett, Fango King. (Bi-So-Dol.) narrator. KTBS, WOAI, WMAQ, KPRC, KVOO, Ww ABC, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WJAS, WEAF, WBEN, WCAE, WCSH, WEEI, (WAPI, WHO, WOC off 10:45). 9:15 WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WFI, WGY, WJAR, WTAG, CFCE MST—KDYL, KOA. WJSV, 1:00 CST—W BBM, KMOX, CRCT, WFBR, WRC, WTAM, WWJ. 3:30 11:30 EST (1)—Salt Lake City Tabernacle WREC, WISN, WCCO, WDSU. CST—WMAQ, KPRC, KVOO, WBAP, Choir and Organ. 2:30 EST (4%)—Yeast Foamers. Virginia WDAF, WEBC, ripe, WKY, WOAT, (WABC on 12:00 noon), WADC, WOKO, Hamilton lilts popular melodies with WOW, (WCMJ). 2:30 MST—KDYL, KOA, WCAO, CKLW, WDRC, WQAM, WDBO, Jan Garber’s orchestra. 1:30 PST—KFI, KCO, KGW, KHQ. KOMO, WGST, WPG, WCAH, WLBW, WHP, WJZ, WBAL, WBZ WBZA, WHAM, 5:00 EST (44)—Roses and Drums. History’s WFEA, WDBJ, WORC, WKBN, (WNAC, KDKA, WGAR, WJR, WLW, WRVA, thrill of love and war dramatized for WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, WSPD, WHEC WPTF, WWNGE, WIS, WIOD, . WFLA, Union Central Life Ins. Co, on 11:45, WICC, WTOC off 11:45.) 10:30 WJAX, WSYR, WMAL. 1:30 CST—KYW, WABC, WADC, WCAO, WNAC, WGR,, CST—KMBC, -WHAS, WBRC, WDOD, KWK, WREN, KOIL, WTMJ, WIBA, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WJAS, WdJSV. WTAQ, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, KOMA, KSTP, WEBC, WOAI, WFAA, KSO, 4:00 cst — WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, WMBD, WIBW, WMT, WCCO, WLAC, KTBS, WDAY, KFYR, WSM, WSB, KMOX, WGST, WBRC, KTRH, KLRA, : 16 i
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RADIO STARS Maybe you don't like these program set-ups. If you don't, we want to know about it. Are they of service to you in getting programs? Is there any way in which we can make them easier to read or digest? Honestly, we're sincerely seeking your opinions. If we're giving satisfaction, keep your pen in your pocket. But if we're just another pain in the neck, tell us about it. Once again, we remind you that we're printing these programs several weeks ahead of the time they reach the air. And men's minds being what they are, some of the programs we publish may be "jerked" before they find your loudspeaker. We can't control that, of course. We do attempt to get our data as late and as complete as possible. For subse- quent changes, tornados, damage caused by strikes or war, or other "acts of God" we can offer nothing more digestible than our well-meant apologies. Besides this country's needing a good five- cent cigar, it can use snappy comedy of the type supplied by eorge Jessel, now with Freddie Rich. WREC, WCCO, WDSU, KOMA, KTSA, W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, WJSV, WPG, brings music from gay parties in WRR. 3:00 MST—KLZ. WLBZ, WBT, WFEA, WTAR, WWVA., France’s capital. 5:00 EST (44)—Big Ben dramatizations. WKBN, WGST, WDAE, WDBO, WQAM. OABC, WADC, WCAO, WCAU, WEAN, WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, 7:00 EST (42)—Phil Spitalny’s Orchestra WFBL, WHK, WJAS, WJSV, WKBW, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, piping gleaming blue musical comedy WKRC, WNAC, WOKO, WSPD, CKLW. WTAM, WWJ, WSAI. 4:00 CST—WMAQ, rhythms for Blue Coal. 7:00 CST—KMBC, KMOX, KOMA, WBBM. WOwW, WDAF. WEAF, WEEI, WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WCCO, WDSU, WFBM, WGST, WHAS, 5:30 EST (44)—Talkie Picture Time. Dra- WLIT, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN. WOWO. 6:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. matic sketch 7:00 EST (42)—Contralto Alice Joy sings 9:00 EST (44)—Seven Star Revue. Tempting WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH. to clean melodies of Vincent Lopez or- as a tired toiler’s tub. Nino Martini, WFI, WFBR, WRC, wey, WCAE, chestra. tenor; Jane Froman, contralto; Ted WSATL. 4:30 csT—wow, WMAQ, WIZ WBAL WMAL, WBZ, WBZA Husing, master of ceremonies; Julius WDAF, WSM, WMC. WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, WGAR, WJR, Tannen, comedy; Erno Rapee’s Orches- 5:30 EST (42)—Grand Hotel. Swift dramas WwLw 6:00 CST—WLS, KWCR, KSO, tra; Vagabond Glee Club. of a sophisticated world KWK, WREN KOIL, WTMJ, WIBA WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WIZ, WBZ, WBAL, WMAL, WIR, KSTP WEBC WDAY KFYR, WSM WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WORC, WADC WBZA, WSYR, WCKY, WHAM, KDKA, WSB, WJDX, WSMB, WKY, KTHS, WCAO, WFBL, WHE, WJSV, WKR‘¢ WGAR. 4:30 CST—WENR, KWCR, KSO, WOAI, KPRC. 5:00 MST—KOA, KDYL. WSPD, CKLW, WTAR. 8:00 Ss KWK, WREN, KOIL, WTMJ, KSTP. 4:00 PST—KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO, WBBM, WOWO, KLRA, KMBC, WEBC. 3:30 MST—KOA, KDYL. 2:30 KHQ. KOMA, KRLD, KSCJ, KTRH, PST—KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. 7:30 EST (42)—Buy-a-duck Joe Penner, WDSU, WFBM, WGST, WHAS, WISN, 6:30 EST (42)—Frank Crumit and Julia comedian; Harriet Hilliard, vocalist; WMBD, WMT, WNAX, WREC. 7:00 Sanderson. Yup! Same love songsters as Ozzie Nelson’s Orchestra. (Fleisch- MST — KLZ, KSL. 6:00 PST — KFPY, on Blackstone Hour. man’s). KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOIN, KOL, KVL WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WAAB, WGR, WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, 9:00 EST (44)—Gulf Gasoline propels Will WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WHAM, KDKA, WGAR, WLW, W4JR. Rogers’ drawling humor; RKReveler’s male WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, WICC, WRYA, WPTF, WWNC, WJAX, WIOD, quartet; Al Goodman’s Orchestra. WCAH, WTAR, WHEC, WwVva, WORC, WFLA. 6:30 CST—WTMJ, WLS, KWCR, WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, WMAS. 4:30 CST—WFBM, KMBC, KSO, KWEK, WREN, KOIL, WIBA, WPTF, WWNC, WFLA, WIOD, WGAR, — KMOX, KFAB, WDSU, KOMA, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY KFYR WwsM WIR, WLW, WSYR, WMAL, WRVA, WMC), WSE; WJIOX>" WSMB, KVOO, KDKA, WIS. 8:00 CST—WJDX, WSMB, 6:00. EST @4)—“Songs My Mother Taught WKY, WFAA, KPRC, WOAI. 5:30 MST KTHS, WFAA, KTBS, KPRC, WOAI, Me.” Muriel Wilson, soprano; Oliver —KOA, KDYL, KTAR. 4:30 PST—KGO, KVOO, WAPI, WSM, WMC, WSB. Smith, tenor; Jacques Renard’s orches- KFI, KGW, KOMO, KH@Q. 9:00 EST (42) — Manhattan Merry - Go- tra. 7:45 EST (44)—Doggone! It’s Wendell Hall, Round. Tamara, Russian blues singer; WABC, WCAU, WJAS, WKBW, WCAO, red-headed music-making for Fitch’s. David Perey; Gene Rodemich Orchestra; WHK, WJSV, WKRC, CKLW. 5:00 CST WEAF, WTIC, WTAG, WJAR, WCSH, Men About Town, male quartet. —WBBM, wowo, &MBC, KMDX, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, WEAF, WTIC, WJAR, WFBR, WRC, WwCcco, WFBM. WTAM, WWJ, WSAI, CFCF. 6:45 CST WGY, WWJ, WSAI, WFI, WTAM. 8:00 6:30 EST (4%4)—Smiling Ed McConnell. —WHO, WMAQ, KSD, WOC, WOW. CST—WMAQ, KSD, WOC, WHO, WOW, Grinsful of song and patter. WDAF. WDAF. 7:00 MST—KOA, KYDL. 6:00 WABC, WOKO, WAAB, WKBW, WKRC, 7:45 EST (44)—Rin Tin Tin Thriller. Purps’ PST—KHQ, KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO. CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, heroics in Ken-L-Ration sketches. 9:30 EST (4)—wWalter Winchell’s staccato WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM, WCAH, WABC, WCAU, WGR, WJAS, WNAC, news scoops. (Jergen’s.) WHP, WTAR, WHEC, WWVA. 5:30 WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, CKLW. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, CST—WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, 6:45 CST — WBBM, wowo, KMOX, WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, WGAR, WJR, KRLD, KFAB, WCCO, WLAC, WDSU, WFBM, WHAS. WLW. 8:30 CST—KOIL, WENR, KWCR, WMT, KFH. 4:30 MST—KLZ, KSL. 8:00 EST (1)—Chase and Sanborn Hour. KSO, “WK, WREN. 3:30 PST—KHJ, KOIN, KGB, KFRC, R-r-r-r-ubinoff and his orchestra. And 9:30 EST (424)—American Album of Fa- KOL, KFPY, KVI. a choice comedian. Eddie Cantor. miliar Music. Frank Munn, _ tenor; 6:45 EST (34)—Engineering Thrills, Rail- WEAF, WTIC, WTAG, WIOD, WFLA, Virginia Rea, soprano; Ohman and Ar- road adventures sent by A. C. Gilbert WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WLW, den, piano team; Bertrand Hirsch, vio- makers of toy trains. CFCF, WWNC, WIS, CRCT, WFBR, linist; Haenschen Concert Orchestra. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, WRC, WGY, WPTF, WJAR, WCSH, Sweet old melodies. (Bayer). 2 WSYR, KDKA, WGAR, WCKY, WJR. WRVA, WJAX, WLIT. 7:00 CST—WMC. WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WCKY, WJAR,. 5:45 CST—WENR, KWCR, KSO, KWK, WJDX, KSD, WOC, WHO, WDAF, WCSH, WFI, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WREN, KOIL, WIBA,- KSTP,' WEBC. WSB, KFYR, KPRC, WKY, WTMJ, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WSAI, KFYR, WDAY. KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KVOO, WFAA, WIOD, WFLA, WRVA, WJAX, WPTF, 7:00 EST (34)—American Oil on Waters’ WOAI WSM, WOW. WMAQ, KTHS, CFCF, CRCT. "8:30 CST—KSD, WENR, —— deep, blue songs. And on waves WSMB. (WAPI off 7:30.) 6:00 MST— WoOc, WHO, WOW, WMC, WSB, WOAI, f laughter, aroused by George Beatty, KTAR, KDYL, KOA. 5:00 PST—KGO, WJDX, WFAA, WSMB, WKY, KPRC, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. WDAF, KVOO, WTMJ, KSTP, WSM. WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WDRC, WCAU- 8:00 EST (32)—Evening in Paris, Burjois (Sunday, Continued on page 68) 17
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HEN Isham Jones was asked to W& ois an All-Jones program re- cently, it was as easy as falling off a log. Jones is the author of such popular ditties as “I'll See You in My Dreams,” “Spain,” “It Had to Be You,” “Swinging Down the Lane,’ “The Wooden Soldier and the China Doll,” “On the Alamo,” “I’ll Never Have to Dream Again” and “Why Can’t This Night Go on Forever.” A™OoOS ’"N’ ANDY take the prizes. This time it’s for canned hamburger at the International Canning Contest at the World’s Fair. The boys entered two carefully preserved jars in compe- tition with such culinary experts as Ben 3ernie, Mary McCormic, Mary Pick- ford, Buddy Rogers and other celeb- rities. The importance of the triumph of Messrs. Gosden and Correll in the canning field may best be judged by the fact that the Old Maestro, Ben Bernie, submitted, as his entry a com- plete balanced meal preserved in jars, the piéce de résistance being a minia- ture fan dancer in jelly. FOR those of you who've asked, Mitzi Green is thirteen years old. October 22 was her birthday and she celebrated with a big party for members of the cast of “Happy Landings,’ her current radio show. F everything goes along as planned, Seth Parker and a group of his friends will be on their way on a world cruise by the time you read this. Rap1o Srars was the first to announce Phil Lord’s plans (Phil Lord is Seth’s real name). That was last spring. The trip had to be postponed a while, but the boat and the passengers were all ready and set to on board last month. 18 fexe) RADIO STARS IT'S WHISPERED THAT... Pull up a chair and listen to this lowdown on the important folks of radioland HAT Sunday night Baker’s Broad- cast on NBC is a youthful broadcast. Joe Penner, the comedian, is twenty- eight. Ozzie Nelson is _ twenty-six, while the average age of his orchestra members is about twenty-four. And Harriet Hilliard, the girl singer, says she’s twenty-two. ABY ROSE MARIE is nine years old and has been a_ professional singer six of those years. In that time she’s traveled almost 50,000 miles and appeared on radio, stage and screen. What.a girl! HE WONDER BAR?” 1s the movie Al Jolson is working on at the mo- ment. He assures us he wont be off that Paul Whiteman program so very long. HEN it comes to getting mail, the Voice of Experience holds the rec- ord. During the week of October 9, the Voice received more than 18,000 letters from listeners asking his advice on their various problems and compli- menting his programs. That’s an all- time record in the radio business, but the. Voice didn’t stop there. On Mon- day, October 16, he received his highest total for a single day—over 6,500 letters. CHESTERFIELD sets the pace. We honor the Liggett & Myers Co. for superb entertainment, for opening a new trend in commercial broadcasting and for raising the dignity of the air’s programs. It was a great move to bring the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Leopold Sto- kowski to the air in a series of nightly broadcasts. If you haven’t tuned in yet, you'll find the program on the CBS net- work at 9 p.m. E.S.T. Mondays through Saturdays. N&c is all settled down to work in its new home—Radio City. Here’s an interesting bit about the new home. Strange as it may seem, water is used te dry the air. As the air is pumped into this establishment at the rate of 20,000,000. cubic. feet per hour, it is forced through a chamber equipped with nozzles that spray 162,000 gallons of water per hour. When the weather is damp, refrigerated water is used in this “air laundry,” the cold water condens- ing the moisture in the air in the same way that a glass of cold water con- denses the moisture in the surrounding atmosphere and deposits this moisture © on the side of the glass in the form of water. When the air is too dry, the water in this “laundry” is heated by steam. HAT ball of fire you heard recently on the “Wizard of Oz” program was none other than Bradley Barker, radio’s © master of weird imitations. ; roles and barked the dog speeches, but he admits that the worst job he’s had yet was this assignment of imitating a ball of fire. ONE of the most touching things at the Armistice Day program before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery was Jes- sica Dragonette singing the national anthem and “Roses of Picardy,” accom- panied by the U. S. Marine Band. GOSSIP around Radio Row: ’Tis ~ said that Studebaker is plotting a big program to feature movie celeb- rities to be broadcast direct from Hol- lywood with William Collier, Sr: “as master of ceremonies and Wheeler and Woolsey as comedians. ... Paul White- man may give another Carnegie Hall concert this winter. . . . The Boswell Sisters are in Hollywood dickering with movie bids. . . . The sponsors of Amos ’n’ Andy and The Rise of the Goldbergs are plotting a third program to advertise their new face powder. . . . Ethel Merman may be the leading lady in Bing Crosby’s new movie. .. . CBS may produce a show called ‘History of Prohibition” this winter. . .. One of the biggest beer programs in history may come into your loudspeakers by March 1, A! the William Scotti opening in the Montclair Hotel recently, the man- ner of introductions was shifted. Usu- ally the celebrities are introduced, take a bow and sit down amid applause. This time, Scotti pulled a fast one on them. He asked each one introduced to perform. And it was a real show that lasted until nearly dawn. And let us add, those radio artists put on shows there that would never pass the kilo- cycle censors. Maybe that’s why it was” 4 all so good, after all the purity. Barker has — roared the lion parts, buzzed the bee — re
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RADIO STARS HE little lady curled up in the big arm chair likes enter- taining Seadin, and so—she subscribes to RADIO STARS. Annette Hanshaw has a right to sing the blues, for when she goes "torchy," the air waves quiver and her unseen audience settles itself for a rare treat. She's one of the prin- cipals aboard the Maxwell House Show Boat, you know. Annette's a pretty girl who loves smart clothes ana simply adores sweets. And, to further prove that some people get all the breaks, she doesn't add an ounce of weight to that trim little figure. In her short career, she's been a jack of all trades, and mastered them, too. There was the time she attended the National Academy of Design and won artistic honors. Then, she made records, and the Prince of Wales bought every one of ‘em. Next, Annette became a business A JILL OF ALL TRADES woman and opened a music shop. Then came her big broadcasting opportunities. And you know the rest. Hers is indeed a success story. 19
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JERITZA SCARED HER BOUT two years ago the Hollywood Restaurant in New York had a singer and sort of a mistress of cere- monies. Ozzie Nelson liked to go to the Hollywood and liked the work of this girl. Just then, Ozzie was going into radio in a big way and needed a girl singer. So it was that this mistress of ceremonies became the girl you know as Harriet Hilliard with Nelson’s band. She's twenty-two years old, a decided blonde, has blue eyes and is slim and graceful as to figure. Here’s a true story they tell about her. While Harriet was at the Holly- wood, Madame Jeritza, the opera so- prano, gave a party in her apartment and invited a group of entertainers, in- cluding Harriet. Of course, Harriet went, but she didn’t know she would be expected to sing before the grand opera stars. She was scared stiff. Fact is, she slipped out of the room and rang for an elevator to scram. But Madame Jeritza came out and found her and said, “Don’t sing if you don’t want to, but stay and enjoy your- self as my guest.” Harriet stayed.
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HE Great Irish Tenor— that’s John McCormack whom you now hear on the NBC-WJZ network Wednesdays at 9:30 p. m. EST. _ McCormack was born at Atelone, Ire- and, June 14, 1884. He was educated t Summer Hill College in Siglo, Ire- and, at Sabatini in Milan, Italy, and then tended Holy Cross College in Massa- husetts, where he was awarded an hon- tary degree in 1917. He married Lilly foley, July 2, 1906, and has three chil- lren, one girl and two boys. The daugh- ef was married not so long ago in Italy, id the father made a special trip there 0 sing at her wedding. He sang before all the crowned heads, ‘is long as crowns were in style. His ypera debut was made in Italy. Both in ypera and in concert. And he came to he United States to add another conti- 1ent to his audience. He has made many, many records and me full length talkie—“Song O’ My deart’”’—hesides singing shorts. He ap- yeared on the radio back in 1931. Per- laps you remember him on the General dlectric Twilight Program?
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RADIO REPORTER OF THE AIR LOYD GIBBONS prefers to be known as a reporter. This, despite his spectacular suc- cess as a radio star. You see, he was born with a nose for news and loves the scent of printer’s ink. Then there’s his penchant for wars. Wherever there’s good hard fighting, you'll find Mr. Gibbons—and his typewriter. Way back in 1914, he was at the front along the Mexican border. The con- flicts at Manchuria and Shanghai saw him on the job. W hen the “bonus army” invaded Washington, he was “among those present.” However, it was during the World War that Gibbons really clicked as an international figure in the newspaper world. Americans will readily recall his vivid descriptions of battles, his human interest stories of life at the front, his revelations of war tactics. It was during this conflict that he lost an eye while under fire. Our famous reporter was born in 1887, educated at Georgetown University and employed by the Minne- apolis Daily News in 1907. Later the Chicago Tribune claimed him and it was serving as their correspondent that took him aboard the torpedoed Laconia 2 ac STARS SWEET AND PLENTY HOT THEL SHUTTA stepped on the stagi at the tender age of three. You see, he father and mother were already veterat troupers, so she thought it about time t think about a career. At eight, Ethe was speaking lines and in her early teens, she boasted repertoire of roles that would have done any actress credit One night she played Little Eva in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the next, the harassed heroine of “Why Women Sin.’ Eventually, she landed on Broadway, which is quite in evitable when one possesses youth, beauty and talent The late Florenz Ziegfeld signed her up for the “Follies’ and it was during this engagement that George Olset signed her up for life. They now have two handsom young Olsens to attest to the success of their connubia bliss. Ethel has made a place for herself in the radi¢ world, besides the niches she already holds in the theate: and movies. She’s chief songstress with Nestle’s Chocola teers these cool Friday evenings. Incidentally, here’s a little inside story about her. Mos stage players go completely up in the air when they fact a microphone. The day Ethel sang her first blues song over an NBC network, she played eighteen holes of golf made a movie short and visited the dentist. After the broadcast, she stepped out with her husband, danced unti three o’clock and never felt better in her life. ;
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RADIO STARS FUNMAKERS FROM THE WEST LE OLSEN and CHIC JOHNSON would rather laugh than eat. And if you tune in some Friday night at ten o’clock, you'll hear these fun-makers laughing up ; the merits of a well-known type of butter. ‘he boys were school pals at Northwestern University in -vanston, Ill. Both were working their way through; JIsen by singing in a movie theater and Johnson waiting mtable. After graduation, they decided to try vaudeville ogether. How to get an audition, was the problem at and. One night they were among the patrons at a wanky Chicago cafe. When a break came in the show, ne boys rushed to the floor and started their act. The onplussed manager attempted to stop them, but the towd wouldn’t hear of it. Later, they were engaged as | Tegular entertainment feature. Stage engagements fol- ewed and then Hollywood beckoned. When the boys are {ff the air, they improve the shining hours by composing ong hits. “Oh Gee, Oh Gosh, Oh Golly,” is one of the ‘etter known of ’em. They have played engagements in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the British Isles. They pro- luced and played in their own show, “Monkey Business,” ie were seen on the screen in “Fifty Million French- pen, Oh, Sailor, Behave” and “Gold Dust Gertie.” Visen plays the violin and Johnson the piano. | RBROADWAY’S “HILLBILLY “’ E calls himself the “Broadway Hillbilly,” this Walter O’Keefe who has the answer to a wisecracking question almost before it’s asked. He first attracted attention along Radio Row by his story-telling and humorous comments on the news of the day. Of course he writes his own material, which bad habit, he claims, is an outgrowth of his days as a midwestern newspaper columnist. Before that, he held a job on the News-Times of South Bend, Ind., which enabled him to work his way through Notre Dame. It wasn’t long after his school days that Walter fell ill. Tie doctors said infantile paralysis and indeed it looked as if he wouldn’t be able to get about again. It was during this dark period that he began writing lyrics and later a musical show called, “Just A Minute.” He says that if you happened to be in New York during the week it ran, you may recall it. After that came a trip to Florida for publicity work and to Hollywood to write songs and produce shows. And now he’s on the Nestle program into which he pro- jects plenty of punch and witty repartee. 23
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RADIO STARS THE MUSIC MAN GREETS YOU BLUSHING BRIDES ADORE HIM HREE years ago a young orchestra leader and his closest friend pledged each other that they would not marry until 1940. To make the agreement more binding each posted $2,000, to be forfeited if the promise was not kept. Two years later—with eight years to go—Wayne King, one of the young bachelors, slipped quietly to a parsonage at Highland Park, IIl., with Miss Dorothy Janis, a lovely young movie actress of Fort Worth and Hollywood. There the pastor married them, with W. H. Stein, vice-president of Music Corporation of America, as best man. The Waltz King and his bride sped away to a nearby airport, hopped into a plane and, with the groom as pilot, winged to the 640-acre northwoods estate of the orchestra maestro. Mr. Stein returned leisurely to Chicago, contemplating the uses of an extra $2,000. That bet was in the bag for Wayne King’s best-man- to-be the moment it was made. For hadn’t Wayne fash- ioned ‘““The Waltz You Saved for Me,” his theme song, out of “A Truck Driver’s Dream,” a tune of war days? Positive evidence that he was vulnerable. That song of 24 marching men became the symbol of romance for numbe © less thousands. For Cupid has used it effectively on a unending parade of sweethearts through the years. Ever ~ night he borrows WGN’s microphone for his bow, “TI Waltz You Saved for Me,” for an arrow and with 25,00 watt power, shoots his shafts into the air. It was i evitable that one of these should prove a boomerang, happy one, incidentally, for Wayne. How many othe’ scored direct hits no one even guessed until this summe when young lovers, ah yes,—and honeymooners, bega making a Mecca of the Aragofi ballroom where Wali King Wayne plays. AV might have guessed that Chicago, with 1 World’s Fair, this season might supplant Niagat Falls as an attraction for newlyweds—the fair of 186 had done that, too—but who would have hazarded thi! 7 Wayne King would have an especial allure for honey — mooners? Well, he did. Brides came from Seattle an\” Miami, from Portland and San Diego. Wayne was st’
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RADIO STARS prised. So were his bosses. room register. from every direction. If you care for specific places, from Pilot Knob, Missouri; from. Hickory, North Carolina; from Gallup, New Mexico; from Oshkosh, Wisconsin; from Walla Walla, Washington. So Wayne dropped his plans for his usual summer tour, They consulted the ball- In the Love Parade they found couples for the mountain had moved to Mohamet. The Waltz Maestro settled down to his biggest summer at the Aragon since the pre-depression days of 1927 and ’28. The ball- Toom was opened seven nights a week for the first time in history. Appearing at this emporium for more than 1,500 nights for crowds of up to 6,000, Wayne has played for millions of dancers since 1927. In three months this summer he attracted 175,000 paying customers, 100,000 estimated as visitors from outside of Chicago. King is quick to admit that. “Radio means everything to me,” he said recently. “It has been largely responsible for my popularity as a ballroom orchestra leader and most cer- tainly for what popularity our orchestra enjoys na- THE WALTZ KING’S CHARMING WIFE Last summer an up-to-the- minute honeymoon included a trip to the World’s Fair with a stopover at the Aragon, where Wayne King, who waltzed newlyweds through thrilling courtships, wel- comed them personally By ANDERSON C. CHANIN tionally. I owe a lot to radio.” The blushing brides that come to see him and his orchestra bear out that opinion. With approving nods from friend husband, many a girl told essentially the same story : “Throughout our courtship we heard, admired and danced to Wayne King’s music. It’s really had a lot to do with our romance. We married, came to Chicago on our honeymoon to see the Fair—and Wayne King.” HEN Wayne goes on the air at 10:30 every night, dancing on the ballroom floor ceases. Hundreds of dancers—sometimes it’s actually thousands—press about the band stand to watch every movement of the Waltz Maestro. His wizardry with the saxophone intrigues them—for he can make a sax laugh and play—and weep. They feel his dynamic personality as he directs his men in those alluring arrangements that are the unmistakable King trade-mark. He is a past master at understanding the vagaries of this instrument. (Continued on page 92) 25
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-office switchboards, are as brilliantly pleasing as a tack on the seat of one’s chair. a RADIO STARS FOR Dats ACH autumn, owl-faced bigwigs of this broad- casting business meet in solemn conclave and pronounce some unimpor- tant and often-untalented demoiselle queen. For a day, she reigns and then / fades into the obscurity from whence / she came. The solemn ceremony is a mockery and an insult to the intelligence of those of us who love radio and its Ss entertainers. Radio has a queen who 1 holds her place, not because of poli- tics or kowtowing or publicity, but \ because of solid talent and lustrous ands She has held her throne since the springtime of radio network broad- casting. | believe she has spread the joy of listening further obead than any other man or woman in America. Ladies and gentlemen .. . | give you Jessica Dragonette, radio's gueen, yesterday and today and—God willing—tomorrow. 2 We congeaaeta the splendid Cities Service program on its facile and sympathetic presentation of her — voice, and we herewith nominate her for our January monthly award for Distinguished Service to Radio. he = ; [F) aay Ga tg aha de tag fr On The Other Hand ...may we raise a slightly acidulous voice in protest at the current deluge ra | dance orchestras which, during the late hours, fill the ether with those infantile brayings called “vocals.” | The words of a song, sung sweetly and ably by a trained voice, are an addition to any dance band | broadcast, but the words of a song sung by crow-voiced nincompoops, who belong behind soda counters or | Each sex has its offenders, bright-eyed boys and girls who have no more business behind a mike than a |§ half-wit and whose off-key gargling makes them sound exactly like one. But these are not the real cul. | prits. The ones at whom you may level the finger of scorn are some of our more resplendent baton-wavers | and broadcasting officials. They give us our entertainment. And can we take it? Listen almost any night and let your ears decide. These gilded leaders of dance bands and these gentlemanly executives of broadcasting—the wet-nurses of our late-hour entertainment, if you please—are the only ones who have the power to sweeten those deckle- edged voices that aggravate our innocent loudspeakers. Their obligation to the public demands that they do—im mediately. 4 \ ¢ To the splendid Cities Service Hour and its scintillating star, the i!
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RADIO STARS meeyice TO RADIO lovely Jessica Dragonette, we present our January award 27
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RADIO STARS COME TK DREAMS ~ mote By JEAN PELLETIER KNOW a man and a woman who’ll never have regrets for having missed the most exquisite love of all, the consummated love of youth. You too should know this couple, especially if parents, financial straits or an unkind Cupid forced you to wait until you were older, or even if you’re still too young to have experienced the intense beauty of youthful love in marriage. I might introduce them as Jane Lee and Jim Sargent of NBC’s “Judy and Jane” programs. I might present the woman as the possessor of that voice of sweet throaty charm to whom even sophisticated radio artists gather around studio loudspeakers to listen, the Singing Lady. But I would rather have you meet them as they really are—a romantic pair, a stirring example of a seventeen- year-old girl and a twenty-one-year-old boy who dared to marry, have a home and children and plunge ahead into their absorbing careers. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Walter and Ireene Walter Wicker has several claims to Wicker. fame. He is the Singing Lady's hus- Most of you who married young, knowing how beauti- band, writes excellent continuity -and ful it can be, are also bitterly aware of the struggle of acts in air sketches with his charming those first years, the care of the children, meddling rela- wife. (Above) The Wickers—Nancy tives, a husband who dares not relinquish a job. No time and Sonny, too—at home enjoying for careers, certainly. their favorite magazine. Sometimes it’s the husband, sometimes it’s the wife, who’s unwilling to have the other take the chances which will win money and fame. But the Wickers were one of 28 |
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RADIO STARS The Singing Lady wanted children and a career to share with her husband—and had the courage to make both desires become realities those rare couples in which both are possessed of a high courage and a spirit of adventure. No, Ireene and Walter were not the ones to de the presumably safe and conventional things. They were married between the halves of an Illinois-Ohio State foot- ball game. Ireene had always wanted to be an actress and yet like intelligent young American girls, she’d wanted a hus- band and children, too. Most grown people said she couldn’t have both. So Ireene had decided on the stage. Walter, before he met Ireene, had seen things differently. He wanted a home and a family too, but he wanted to become established first. He completed his studies at Phillips Andover Academy and entered the University of Illinois. He was destined to spend but one year there, for at the end of the second semester, he met Ireene. iss days later she was wearing his Psi U pin. It You need no further evidence than was love, the kind that makes funny little grabs at your the picture above to ascertain that heart. They were completely absorbed in their impend- lreene Wicker fairly exudes person- ing marriage. ality. Her soft, throaty voice has won But taunting whispers kept reaching Ireene’s love- her a unique place along Radio Row, intoxicated mind. “What's going to happen to the with a vast audience of children— actress you always wanted to be?’ And Walter, too, and grown-ups, too. sometimes caught himself wondering. But finally their hearts made up their minds. They married that November. (3) Their first move was typical (Continued on page 29
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. : !. George Burns has seen to it that Gracie is fixed financially. 2. Rudy Vallee's lodge at Center Lovell, Maine, costs a pretty penny. 3. Morton Downey, shown here with Amos and Andy, turns money back into "the business." 4. Al Jolson learned, by bit- ter experience, the value of money. 5. Guy Lombardo's yacht seemed like a luxury. But it really wasn't! 6. The Cantor Home For Girls is one of Eddie's expenses.
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Teoh, Lab Lu Lelie Ire ley Ew RADIO STARS PLLIONS ta sped How do they spend all their money, the millionaires of radio? Not on riotous living, you may be sure. You'll be surprised how sane and generous most of these folks are x. ee a ao | |F you had a million, how would you spend it? Don’t ‘| laugh. Some of the radio stars, a few years ago, ' would have thought that question fantastic, too. | If you had asked Rudy Vallee five or six years ago, that he would do with a mhillion dollars, he would have aughed. If you had asked Burns and Allen what they vould do with a million, they, too, would have thought it ncredible. If you had told Kate Smith she’d be a ar-millionaire today, she would have said you were Tazy. But that was five or six years ago. Then Rudy Vallee Was a penniless saxophonist in New York, lonely and dis- couraged ; Kate, an unhappy nurse-in-training at a Wash- ngton hospital. And Burns and Allen were glad to be wing third-rate vaudeville houses. So you never can tell. _ Let’s imagine each of us had a million. What’s the itst thing you’d think of? How would you spend it? bw would you go about filling some of your heart’s esires? In the same way as do the Big Ten of Radio, I et. By the way, do you know who the wealthiest stars ‘fTadio are? They are Ed Wynn, Eddie Cantor, Al bison, Kate Smith, Amos ’n’ Andy, Rudy Vallee, Morton gwney, Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, and Burns and __Here’s how they spend their piles of cash. <d Wynn, the wealthiest radio star (he’s got a cool 000,000) makes half a million a year. Count it your- li: $5,000 from each Texaco broadcast, $250,000 for a gle motion picture. And does he spend it? Some of with Mrs. Wynn and seventeen-year-old Keenan Wynn him. Here’s a sample yearly budget for his per- nal expenses, totaling $60,000 a year: ’ fay f a B y about their money eo ee Ae OBS Rent for his East River, N. Y., apt. .$12,000 a year SSR SL Meee ee 4,000 OTS oe ere 4000*"0** Ri ase eC AATIITEVIT,. eo ee win 4000 Mrs. Wynn’s allowance............ 20% ie SemCasts: Mah. 2... es - 3000 ** Wynn’s clothes and sundries....... 3,000 = ae $60,000 ““ “ ELIEVE it or not, this covers less than the income on his investments. He’s got a million and a half in gilt- edged s€curities; the rest in semi-speculative stock. Wynn never buys bonds. He’s got blocks of American Sumatra, American Tel. and Tel. and U. S. Steel. He rarely sells—even when he lost $294,000 in book profits through the stock market crash, he hung on. Now stocks have gone up, he’s got most of it back. Eighty-five percent of his expenditures (outside of business expenses) go toward the upkeep of his luxurious East End apartment, Mrs. Wynn and Keenan. He paid a Japanese artist $15,000 to supervise the decoration of his home and $25,000 to furn‘sh it. Keenan has a motor- boat he designed himself; it cost $12,000 to construct and can do a mile a minute. It cost $2,000 more than Ed Wynn’s yacht. However, Keenan, who attends high school, is being taught the value of money by his dad. Young Wynn gets $10.00 a month spending money and must account to his father how he spends it. Wynn’s personal budget includes an item of $1,500 for suits; he buys dozens of them every year, all from Statler. For stage use his favorite is a (Continued on page 72) 31
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RADIO ABOUT At last Albert Spalding has been caught in a net- work. Columbia's. This famous concert violinist held out against radio's lure until recently, when he agreed to lend his talents to WABC Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. on a coast-to- coast hook-up. A BLESSED event is im the offing for Phil Baker, the Armour Jester, and his wife, the former Peggy Cartwright, English actress last seen in “Americana.” Ore OLSEN of Olsen and Johnson, the Swift co- medians on CBS, is not really Ole. Huis name is John, but he has a younger brother, Ole, who occupies an apartment with “Ole” at the Sherman. Their mother lives with them. The other day, a radio big-shot called up and asked for “Ole.” Mother Olsen said, “Ole isn’t here.” Just then the doorbell rang and Mrs. Olsen said, “Ole, (meaning the young son) will you answer the doorbell.” Her words carried over the telephone. The big-shot thought he was getting the run-around. But in due time he heard the true story and cooled off. T was interesting to note at the Paul Whiteman opening in the Paradise Restaurant that of all the Broadway and 32 i ae STARS U i The stately lady pictured above is the dignified Ethel Pastor. She it is whose platinum voice is heard in the Goldenrod Revue, that sprightly en- tertainment which features Phil Spitalny's famous orchestra over the Colum- bia network. radio personalities who were introduced, Amos ’n’ Andy got the biggest reception. For exactly five minutes the crowd yelled, stomped their feet and applauded while Amos ’n’ Andy bowed and bowed. They’re in their sixth year on the air and apparently as popular as ever. REMEMBER that story Rapro Stars printed some months ago about the grand romance of Arthur Tracy (the Street Singer) and Beatrice Margel, his wife. At that time, they were as much in love as two turtle doves. But now they've pfffft. Tracy is out in Hollywood dick- ering with the movie people at the moment. The wife will sue and charge desertion. AL ICE JOY, NBC’s Dream Girl, had a scare r when Lois, her four-year-old daughter, swallowed a pm No harm resulted. This was the second accident in th family this season. In the summer, Alice landed in
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If you like a fine contralto voice—and. who does not—you just naturally tune in on Vera Van. Columbia fully realizes the Van's vocal pulling power as a potent en- tertainment factor. and so has been se- lecting some nice air spots for her. Here it is! hospital after injuring her ankle when she stepped through ahole in the floor of a Chicago movie house. i may be love! Donna Dammerel, Marge of “Myrt ‘and Marge,” and Gene Kretsinger of WBBM-Columbia’s “Gene and Charlie,” harmony team, are often seen to- gether. oR AT or not, radio tenors must be comfortable when they sing Faust into a microphone. At the opening Linit broadcast on CBS, Nino Martini hit a few high notes and found that his stiff collar and tight bow tie didn’t help it any. Higher notes were to come, so off came col- Jar and tie. That helped. But came the climax. That called for unbuttoning coat and vest. Nino did it well, his voice teachers over in the corner smiled, and while Jane Froman did her solo, Nino borrowed a girl’s com- pact to see how to put himself back together. f- \ RADIO STARS In the absence of well-wishers, Lee Patrick and Stephen Fox propose a toast to them- selves. And well they might, for the lucky pair are to be heard regularly on "The Theatre of Today" and other sustaining Columbia productions. Hot off the radio griddle The latest inside news from along the airways | REENE WICKER, the Singing Lady, spells it with a double “e” because a numerology expert told her she needed an extra letter in her name. It’s tough on the proof-readers, but it’s brought Ireene lots of luck, she says. Ons reason Harry Horlick and his A. & P. Gypsies have been on the air so long for one sponsor: 7,000,000 people witnessed their broadcasts from the Chicago World Fair grounds which gives a fair idea of their ever-increas- ing popularity. Tue reason “The Widow and Angel,’ NBC comedy series, didn’t go on the air six months sooner is now known. Last March Joan Winters and Harriette Widmer, who play the roles of the Widow and Angel, respectively, were signed by NBC for the series, which were to open immediately. But that was leaving out of consideration 33
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little Nancy Ann Bering, and Nancy refused to be left out. Instead, she made an obstreperous arrival into the world last July, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bering, Mrs. Bering being none other than Joan Winters. Just in case you didn’t know: The Virginia Rea on the Bayer program with Frank Munn is the same singer you knew years ago as Olive Palmer on the Palmolive pro- gram. N BC Tid-bits: Art Van Harvey, the Vic of Vic and Sade, has had his hair cut by the same barber for 17 years . Al Jolson is rated by fellow performers as one of the stage’s most liberal contributors to charity . . . Jan Garber, who has played all over the United States and Canada with orchestras, has never played in his home town of Indianapolis ... Madge Tucker, NBC’s Lady Next Door, has the distinction of having directed the first mystery drama on the air—“The Step on the Stairs” seven years ago... Lee Wiley is an honorary member of the Campfire Girls . . . Anthony Frome, the Poet Prince, speaks and sings in eight languages, is a Ph.D., a Phi Beta Kappa and a DED: ee \l and Lee Reiser, piano duo, are not brothers but cousins ... John Seagle, the NBC baritone, was born in Paris. Cotumsra Shorts: Rose Keane, who plays “Beatrice” in “Little Italy,” has the most freckles to be found on radio row ... Wayne King (now on CBS as well as NBC) is the composer of ‘“Goofus”—that goofy tune . . . Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson announce the arrival. of Boston Bean and Lady Julia, offsprings of Muggsey Dee and Tiny Princess, pedigreed Boston bulldogs . . . Albert Spalding, the violinist, dips his fingers in a bow] of hot water between solos to keep his fingers limber and free from perspiration .. . Bob (Meet the Artist) Taplinger who interviews personalities over the CBS kilocycles, is a regular member of the public relations department of the network. Lors of radio programs have been celebrating anni- versaries. ‘““An Evening in Paris” is celebrating its fourth birthday. Viola Philo, soprano of Roxy’s gang and Radio 34 RADIO STARS (Above) Even though an ingenue in appearanc Ethelyn Holt plays dramatic réles effectively. 5! is heard in the Columbia Dramatic Guild. (B low) Jimmie Fidler, the Hollywood Tatler, a interviews the stars and spreads the latest goss) about them over NBC. Estelle Taylor appear recently as the interviewed one. i
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RADIO STARS City Music Hall, has rounded out five years as a member of the gang. The fourth anniversary of the Armour program which Phil Baker heads was celebrated a few weeks ago. Death Valley Days, NBC dramatic program, has rounded out three years of continuous Thursday night broadcast- ing. Walter Damrosch is in his sixth year for NBC. And the Show Boat is one year old. Fras: Col. Stoopnagle and Budd will be- gin a new series over the Columbia network on December 7. And for your added in- terest, this comic pair is under contract to Columbia until December 7, 1935. S MILE for the month: B. A. Rolfe, the maestro, visited some friends in Connecticut and after questioning a farmer about crops and cattle, asked him if the family listened to the radio much. “Yep,” replied the farmer, “‘it’s the only thing around here that still works 14 hours a day and seven days a week.” Waen Earl Carroll’s. “Mur- der at the Vanities” is made into a movie, don’t be surprised if you see Lanny Ross, the Show Boat tenor, as the juvenile lead. Joun BREWSTER, NBC actor and poetry reader, who con- ducts the Golden Treasury hour Tuesday at 4 p.m. EST, is carrying around a lock of dark auburn hair. For a year, a fan has been sending him a weekly rating of his broadcast, anonymously. Last week she for- warded a lock of her hair, with the sug- gestion he try to find her. A New York girl, of course. Wauen such folks as Jane Froman, the Mills Brothers, Mary Steele and Ramona come from WLW in Cincinnati, the radio wise guys always keep an eye on that station for new talent. Now, they tell us that the “Rhythm Jesters” are the newest find. They’re from:Columbus, Ohio, and their unique vocal and instrumental harmonizings over their hometown radio station led to a telegram from WLW and that coveted opportunity to make good in “big time” radio. Doubtless you'll be hearing them in the verrah neah future. Those who have heard them say they’re swell. V ircINtA and Mary Drane, now heard on the Concert Footlights program on NBC on Thursdays, once had an audition for a scholarship at the Horner Conservatory of Music in Kansas City. After it was over—and that was in 1926—they received this letter from the scholarship committee : _ (Above) Here is Kay Parker, who helped judge the “Dear Misses Drane: The violin contest between you | tadio contest put on by the Citrus Soap people two girls was so close that we have determined to divide | tecently. The response? Just look at those letters! the scholarship between you. You are each, therefore, | (Below) Jack Pearl, Baron Munchausen to you, entitled to scholarships in violin. Let me congratulate you | performing one of his hard-to-believe feats— on this unprecedented procedure.” ! speaking into the mike and running to a_loud- So there, you see, is a beautiful example of “duplicate speaker to hear his voice. Cliff Hall “is there." prizes (or scholarships)” being awarded. | 35
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RADIO STARS DAUGHTER KNOWS BEST When Marge and her enthusiasm get on Myrt’s trail, Mother has learned it 1 it- Arnold, Myrt, Marg. it is usually easiest and most profit \rocld, Myf aay able to give into her child’s ambition By ELIZABETH WALKER
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> & ty ote + saz] = Pass SS + Fe OLUMES have been written about the mothers of | the movies and how they have piloted their pretty and talented daughters to screenland’s starry heights. But this is a tale hitherto untold of a daughter whose _ €agerness to travel the air route to fame carried her comely _and clever mother as well as herself to the peaks of radio pre-eminence. It is the success story of Marge, the winsome ingenue of “Myrt and Marge,” and of the part she has played | in the skyrocket to stardom of her team-mate and parent, ' Myrt, a sweetly sentimental saga which might well be | called “Daughter Knows Best.” __ To be sure, Myrt’s—not Marge’s—fertile brain gave , birth to the two air chorines whose roles they enact before _the “mike,” roles which have lifted them from obscurity , to world acclaim as radioland’s favorite mother and _ daughter. | Myrt not only conceived, but sold the idea to a com- mercial sponsor. She authors each skit. As the hard- boiled stepping sister, whose wise-cracking watchfulness | Over her less worldly song-and-dance pal provides its | theme, she is the star. | Yet the lantern of her genius was not lighted by in- | Spiration. Not until Marge had touched its wick with _ the fire of her own ambition and enthusiasm, says Myrt, did it burst into flame. And even then, she adds, it was but a wavering finger of light that had to be coaxed by her daughter into brilliancy. When Marge, two years ago last summer, first pro- re fit et ttt aie tty te} tit posed that they “do an act on the air,” Myrt shook her bright red head emphatically. A diploma holder from Broadway who, under the name of Myrtle Vail, had played prima donna roles in musical comedy and head- lined in vaudeville, she reminded her less theater-wise daughter that the stage was still considered the proper arena for dramatic talent. AABECE smiled a knowing smile that was wise with memories. It was not the first time her lovely mother had overridden one of her suggestions. Four years before when Marge or, Donna Damerel, as she is known in private life, broached the idea of leav- ing school and going on the stage, Myrt’s copper-hued curls had bobbed quite as vehemently, and she had said, “Go on the stage? Ridiculous! You're going to college and no nonsense!” That Marge didn’t go to college and did go on the stage, however, is no reflection on her maternal parent. Rather it is the key to Myrt’s success as a mother, off as well as on the air. “Do you know why I admire my mother more than anyone else in the world?’ Marge asked me recently. “Because,” she continued, “when I’m right, which isn’t often, and mother’s wrong, which almost never happens, she is always the first to admit her mistake.” Following the glance of Marge’s brown eyes, I won- dered what there was about the sprightly Myrt, Myrt who looks and seems so much (Continued on page 77) 37
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RADIO SOUND EF ps EF xP @ ADIO has conquered the elements. Fact is, it’s con- quered about everything in the role of life and nature and even the unreal. When a broadcaster wants rain, he gets rain. When he wants thunder, he gets thunder. And when he wants the roar of an airplane screaming into the kilocycles, he gets all the roaring he wants. And therein lies one of the most fascinating tales of modern radio. Let’s go backstage and see how this business works. Studios, sometimes, are small rooms, but large or small there’s a place in the corner for tubs and wagons and drain pipes and bells and what-have-you. That’s the case in this typical broadcast. Look at that table. See the bells, the old shoes, the electric motor and the other little doo-dads. Well, they all are going to have something to do with this broadcast. The clock hands point out the hour. The announcer says his bit and we’re on the air. A stirring tune from the orchestra fades and then—CRASH! What the devil! Did you ever hear such thunder? But look! See that fellow over there shaking that big sheet of tin for all he’s worth. So that’s the thunder, is it. Of course, this is a mystery drama and thunder always starts off a mystery drama. The thunder dies and we hear the roar of an airplane. It’s the hero coming to save our little Nell who, at the end of last week’s episode, was left dangling in the web of Fagan, the villain. Hummm ...hummm. The plane comes closer—the noise of the motor is beginning to deafen our ears. But we’re forgetting ourselves. That’s no plane. Look at the guy ina smock at the sound table. He’s speeding up just a common every-day electric motor. The wabbly table makes the motor louder than usual. And little pieces of leather on the fly-wheel hitting against the necks of bottles make the noise. And right smack in front of the motor is a microphone. We’re seeing and hearing an ordi- nary motor playing on bottles. Radio listeners are hearing 38 > E Eee o oo meta a | Illustrated by LU KIMMEL
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By WILSON BROWN The leading lady in the radio drama has just spoken her line, "We're lost! The Flyer is coming through!" The pro- gram director has raised an admoni- tory finger. And the Sound Effects Man promotes a_ fool- proof imitation of “the Flyer." The script demands rain on the roof or a storm over Asia, or a forest fire. And the Sound Effects Man delivers the goods and visualizing a speeding plane in the clouds. Fooled? Yes. But that’ s the sound effects chi s business. He gets paid to think up those ideas. But there’s more. The drama has Rraieskel and the plane has landed, allowing our hero to grope his way through the forest to the villain’s cabin in the pines. Hear that rain? It’s pouring. Some listener out in Minnesota might even be looking out his window to see if it’s real or radio. But we know what it is. It’s the chief pouring sand on cellophane. Well! Of all things! Northern woods where villains have cabins usually have waterfalls. And so we hear the roar of the falls while Mr. Sound Effects Man spins a home-made paddle in a tub of water—just like they do on the Show Boat program when the boat steams up the Mississippi—only the Show Boat paddle is smaller. After all, our broadcast is a waterfall. Not a river boat. F course there must be some wind moaning through the night. And there it is. Listen to it. Sounds posi- tively creepy. But glance again to the corner. In front of the dear old mike which hears all and sees nothing is that same motor which represented the airplane. But this time a ring carrying four long sticks is attached to it. As the motor turns, the sticks fly through the air like an electric fan. Sticks like this give a moaning, swishing sound. Try it with a switch some time. T‘at’s wind. It’s one of the things these sound men have figured out. Our hero walks on. But, lo! The banks of the chasm are slipping. There’s a landslide. We know, however, that it’s just a box of gravel dumped on a child’s play-yard slide, rushing and tumbling down to a box on the floor But our hero is safe. And now the drama picks up speed. Mr. Hero is at the cabin. He tip-toes to the door, but he doesn’t tip-toe enough. We hear his footsteps. The listeners on the out- side hear them, too—but you (Continued on page 88: 39
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RADIO STARS ONE HUNDRE DOLLARS. . Fred Allen writes all his own stuff. You see, once upon a time, when he was the "World's Worst Juggler," he had to do something to pep up his act. That's how he learned all about gag-writing. (Right) His lovely wife and accomplished stooge, Portland ipsa: Hoffa, from Portland, Oregon. Eg Tass is the story of one hundred dollars and the dra- matic part it played in the life of one of radio’s finest comics, Fred Allen, the droll star of the Hellmann mayon- naise program that is being broadcast from coast to goast. Without that money, the radio would have had to do without this nimble wit, and New England would have had one more farmer to plow its soil. Fred Allen told this story to me after he had just finished a long rehearsal. The program finally went off smoothly, after much rewriting and cutting. (Fred Allen is one of the few artists who writes his own material.) Free from work and worry, he had time to relax and reminisce. It was raining outside; the sort of day story- tellers revel in. We lit cigarettes and Fred told the story that few have heard. It’s strange that he had kept e How a hard-earned “century” 40 =: oa mca biaedidiiccaein bis diverts - — . — - * MBH NY i 6 ata Re tumed the tide of Fred Allen's life! Qe < O 4 anf TT rn — mrm wz it a secret, because it not only shaped his life, but hi career. When Fred was seventeen; he decided it was abot time he did something about his future. Fred couldn get very excited over helping his father with the fan work. He wanted to get out into the world as so man other land-locked boys do. He bought some books o magic, and in his spare time would go into the barn an practice juggling and sleight of hand. He seldom missed an opportunity to go to the O’p1 House when they had a vaudeville show. He'd sta! pop-eyed at the clever juggler who never fumbled a stun He saved enough money to buy himself some necessat equipment and practiced diligently. Amateur nights at various nearby towns gave fi several chances to try out his (Continued on page 3
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RADIO STARS BREAT tea tt-& (Left) Al Smith just naturally refused to have that dratted mike near him. But An- nouncer Sweetzer was smart. (Above, left} When King Prajadhi- pok and Queen Ram- baibarni of Siam (they're seated on the left side of the sofa) came a-visiting at NBC, their understand- able naivety nearly balled up the whole works. Johnny John- stone of the press de- partment and Presi- dent M. H. Aylesworth {immediately left of the King and Queen) are used to celebrities, but—! (Above, right) When Professor Albert Einstein stood up to tell all about fela- tivity — well, he just drifted off into a scien- tific day-dream! Wide Worid BLAND Or rather—how they mis- behave! Thru mike fright or ignorance or absent-mindedness or artistic temperament 7 DEHA Wide World mao a OL Lia ND MERE microphone can strip great men and women of their poise, dignity and judgment, leaving them quite as fallible and as human as you or }. Some of the most prominent people have broadcasting studios in pomp and magnificence, only to become ‘the centers of amusing, ludicrous, pathetic and sometimes tragic situations 1 warrant officials of the National Broadcasting Com pany will never forget the trving day they received the King and Queen of Siam Along either side of a deep-piled carpet. unrolled from curb to entrance of the building. thirty-six page boys, trained in the best traditions of motion pictur« cathedrals. stood stiffly at attention. M. H. Aylesworth, NBC president, David Sarnoff, president of the Radiw Corporation of America, and other notables humbly awaited the royalty which deigned to visit their studios Police sirens screamed up Fifth Avenue and_ the cars swooped down on the curb. Into the lobby streamed the royal party. Bewildered bv the confusion, the King and Queen walked straight past the elevator so sumptu- ously plush-lined for them and into the very ordinary iift reserved for the pages Aghast, Mr. Aylesworth and the others followed and the suite rose at a dignified pace to the fifteenth floor only to be met by a line of page boys which lookes suspiciously like the ones they had downstairs They proceeded to the broadcast arranged in their honot Before the program was finished, the King signified his desire to leave, and the party (Continued on page 80) entered seen 4)
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RADIO STARS ANOTHER GREAT i> WIN A TRIP TO NEW YORK OR CASH PRIZES! Whether or not you entered last ‘inontts “Find the Boners” bathe’ here is a brand new chance to win a free ond frollicking sojourn in America’s gayest city —New York Darling Vee, Did you get that eutographed photo from layne fing? 1 met him the other night ct the \Wulaorf-Astorie where he is plsying and he promised to send ycu one with « jar of Italien belm; that's the «kin prevar«tion he's been adver- WHAT YOU MUST DO tising on the sir. Read Janie's letter first of all, His wife, beby lamb, is a dream. Slie used to be Elsie Janis in the digest it, think it over and find movies. Speaking of wives, the field here is wide oven. Bachelors, old the boners in it. Then write her dear, by the dozen. There's Mortor, Dowmmey, for inst«nce. And Guy Lombardo. letter listing her mistakes and And thet funnee, funnee Fred Allen. I'd set my cep for him sweet, if I your corrections, plus a fifty word thou-ht he could be serious. Listen fer him sone nicht on the Cities Service paragraph naming your favorite ot radio star and why you would like to meet him or her. Neatness counts, remember. Honey, I thourht I knew whet parties were buck home. “issen, sngel, these redio sters ere exverts. here's one tonight thst's very exclusive. Only the very biggest bugs invited, my desh. Irvin Cobb who advertises those awful cigsrettes, Amos 'n' Andy who've just celebrsted their second birthday on the air, Fred Faring, whose stunninz: orogrem is selling Chev- olets risht end left, snd 2 newcomer called Jessics Dragonette who is ¢ A ha y oO L anid to be the hottest little blues singer on Eroncrey. Very swank and exclusive, precious, »nd 1'm a lucky bum to get in the beck door. F | Pel D i Ll E Gotta run, honey. If you don't get that nhoto from taynie right sway, write him » nasty letter. That'll teach him to snub trusting young girls Hurriedly, 42
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RADIO STARS mem resT.. RULES Anyone may enter this contest except em- ployees of RADIO STARS and their famities. If you entered the contest last month, enter this one, too. It will double your chances to win one or the other. All entries must be mailed before midnight of December 31, 1933. Send entries to RADIO STARS, January Boner Contest, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entries shall consist of your letter to Janie list- | ing her mistakes and correcting them, plus a paragraph of fifty words or less naming your favorite radio star and why you would like to meet him or her. The person or persons whose letter lists the most corrections and gives the : most interesting paragraph naming your favor- the editors of RADIO STARS, will be final. ite and why you would like to meet him or her will be judged the winner. In case of ties, each contestant will be awarded the prize tied for. _ Decisions of the board of judges, consisting of 2a, 2agmam ‘ oe | Be |b | r ley - ee . ' van Cel ae : - ‘ baer \ ie * 24 of Wee 4 q , 2 _ 1! y & 4 - ay at - De pit ee 7 2 } ys J Bl G ‘a. ‘ ? SAS WFES Aimase sae cae. 5 me a¢ 44 ‘ ’ 4i%e 77 7 ak Wie FIRST PRIZE A thrilling free trip to glamorous New York... three gay days living and dining at the famous and luxurious Roosevelt Hotel . . . lunches and dinners, meeting and visiting your favorite radio stars . . . a tour through the resplendent Radio City . . . night clubs . . . a millionaire's vacation—at absolutely no expense, if you win! SECOND PRIZE Ten second prizes will be awarded of $5.00 each THIRD PRIZE Fifty third prizes will be awarded of $1.00 EArt drink, and be merry! At our expense. Yowsir! At the expense of RADIO STARS maga- zine. Herewith and hereabouts, if you can read, you are invited to join this mad scramble for a place in the sun and for a three-day pause that refreshes in this giddy city called Manhattan where you will be treated like a million- aire. And all you’ve got to do is win a contest. Simple, eh? Read that letter (Continued on page 88) 43
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YOUR © FAVORITES , {Above, left) The Morton Downeys—the Missus is Connie and Joan's sister, Barbara Bennett, you know—-stroll down the avenue. (Right) His pal came to see Poley McClintock off at Grand Central recently. Ducky of him—eh, wot? (Lower left) Here’s Smilin' Ed McConnell caught broad- casting. And, right, Howard Petri announcing.
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a OTT cs ee PEiee, = - see Ly, «i - * sonrad Thibault and Lanny Ross out on the links in search f new winning scores. Golf's their favorite form of recre- tion. (Below) "Boys, your program ran two minutes over- me," admonishes J. Walter Thompson. And Rudy Vallee nd Buster Keaton promise not to let it happen again. Buster looks sufficiently penitent, doesn't he? There was a big time in Hollywood the night Ed Wynn and Polly Moran stepped out! The Fire Chief was on the coast making a movie, you know, and he invited his old friend to accompany him on a round of parties. (Below) If it isn't the old maestro himself! Ben Bernie introducing a pretty young lady to an ancient dinosaur.
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(Above, left) This mike-inspecting group are excellent. entertainers on the Nestlé program. Don Bestor adjusts the instrument while Walter O'Keefe and Ethel Shutta give the procedure their un- divided attention. (Right) John Young, NBC's ace announcer—one of ‘em, anyway—paddles his own canoe. (Below, left) Canteloupe for breakfast puts Singin’ Sam in a lilting mood all day. He's doing the Barbasol series with Edwin C. Hill, you know. Jimmy Durante, dressed up to imitate Queen Marie, in “The Hollywood Party.” Schnozzle, you're far too ' beautiful! ea ke Ne : x: . ee 7" ee iil ™ p * Pe
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L : F you have listened to Lee Wiley singing on the Pond’s program, you must have caught that haunting note of dness in her voice. Her fans have mentioned it in heir letters. A worried aunt in Oklahoma noticed it and tote to find out if anything was the matter. Meeting Lee Wiley, you would wonder what such a irl has to be sad about. She is beautiful in a dark, un- sual way. She has the opportunity to do the thing she dves, which is to sing. Fame and fortune were laid in er lap without the heart-breaking struggle or the bitter ‘sappointments which so often robs final triumph fits glory. Yet she is unhappy, discontented. What is to be done with a young girl like that? _Lee Wiley wishes she knew. Unlike many per- ons of a melancholy turn of mind, she does not R elish her unhappiness. She resents it. She sees ie who are able to take life as it comes and ishes she could. She thinks the only cure might be if ‘he could fall hopelessly in love. But for her, that seems host impossible of all. _ It happened to her once, back in Oklahoma when she as very young. Looking back, she isn’t sure that it was nything more than schoolgirl infatuation. At any rate, he idolized the man. It was all over very briefly. He iled to measure up to her impossibly high ideals. Dis- lusion followed. ‘It seems impossible,” she said, “that anything which Ppened to me then could affect me now. Yet I can’t elp feeling that if my first experience with love had sured up to my expectations, everything might have Disillusionment has taken the joy out of life By EDWARD ONES OME for Lee Wiley and left her unhappy and alone been different. But it didn’t and so, that’s that!” She fell to wondering then to what extent her racial inheritance might be responsible for her melancholy. She is part Cherokee Indian, one eighth, to be exact. You can detect the Cherokee in her lambent sloe-dark eyes, in the high arrogance of her cheek bones, even though she is vivacious, volatile, with none of the traditional Indian stolidity in her manner. “T have never seen a Cherokee who was gay,” she said. “Oh, they have a sense of humor, but it is of a subdued sort, which no one but them- selves would understand. “Of course, there is Will Rogers, who has about the same proportion of Indian inheritance that I have. In fact, he is my cousin. He is happy-go-lucky enough, heaven knows. But perhaps in his case, the Scotch-Irish in him outbalances the Indian in making up his temperament. ’ There was one other experience which may have sad- dened Lee. For a whole year once she was very ill. She was in danger of losing her sight. She couldn’t even read. There was nothing to do but think. ‘After an experience like that, I suppose you could never again feel quite the same toward life,” she said. “I suppose my greatest difficulty is that I am hyper- critical. You meet someone. In the beginning you know only his best side. Everything is pleasant and casual. Life flows along smoothly. (Continued on page 91) 47 SAMMIS
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Walter Winchell ENEATH the surface of radio a battle is raging. Maybe you've noticed it. That absence of news about your ether favorites in today’s newspapers. That hidden-away, abbreviated, or often altogether eliminated radio program that formerly served your needs. - Why? What's the meaning of it? I'll tell you. American newspapers and American radio stations are at WAR. Don’t think for a minute that anyone will admit it. Nossir! Ask the biggest big gun in either camp and he’ll hem-and- haw you to death. He'll say there’s noth- ing to it, but the news sheet soldiers and the broadcasting battalions are putting on their armor. You can lay it all to American business. to the almighty dollar and the bread and butterscotch it represents. In other words —advertising. The fight had its beginning the first day a radio station signed up an advertiser and spread that message of toothpaste or tinned soup abroad. It began the day newspapers awoke to the fact that a little RADIO AND THE HITHERTO UNCHALLENGED DAIL 1s pier, Chen giant called broadcasting had the power | put one man’s message into millions ¢ homes, into the same homes that new papers served. 4 It was fanned to a fever heat only r cently when both NBC and CBS began serve its listeners with news, the make- break commodity that has been the new papers exclusive property. s| Remember last winter in Florid: Mayor Cermak stopped a bullet meant fi President Roosevelt. The country tingh with resentment. Who first put that sto before the public? Radio! Broadcaste got that stirring tale on the air befo newspapers could set their cumberson presses turning. When headlines hit t street, the man on the avenue already hi heard radio’s vivid story. 7 Today, Columbia Broadcasting Syste is going even further. Because it can e pect no help from organized news age cies, which serve newspapers, it is ¢€ ganizing its own outfit. Paul White, e perienced and clever, is at its head. takes its news where it finds it and spee the day's doings to your ears. It fee ‘;
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a4 Lowell Thomas Boake Carter / many of those news commentators who keep vou posted on current events. ' Rumors have it that the NBC is under- taking a similar project. T all means even fiercer and more un- relenting war. Newspapers are battling, they say, for their very life. And radio is struggling doggedly up the hill that con- fronts every new development in human progress. In the end, it must win. Let’s look at some of its soldiers, cap- tains of the kilocycles in today’s furious fight for headlines. Walter Winchell, for instance, who combines being a newspaper- man with being a broadcaster. He’s a bundle of energy. He has to be. for he’s one of the busiest men in New York. Getting the forty or fifty items that make up his daily column is no job jor a lazy man. And when vou add to that _Tadio appearances and vaudeville dates, you -know why he never gets to bed be- fore three or four o'clock in the morning. How does he get his news slants? How, for example. did he know that Hannah Williams was going to fool the rumor- ~ —_- -_— ses 2p ae ~ Frederic William Wile H. V. Kaltenborn BY ROBERT EICHBERG mongers and shelve Russ Columbo for Jack Dempsey? That the Rudy Vallees would definitely part? That Joan Craw- ford and Doug Junior were going to dif- ferent places with a couple of other movie stars? We asked him. At first he smiled and shook his head. “Tf you'll spike some of the white lies about me, I'll tell you,” he amended. They say, the envious ones, that Win- chell has no friends. That’s Fib No. 1. It’s his friends that make his news beats possible. They call him by phone or wire him whenever they run across some item of interest to his readers or listeners. He gets misinformation sometimes, but never twice from the same source. Once he has had a wrong tip from a person. the unreliable one is stricken from his list. Fib No. 2 is that Walter has dozens of “scouts” or “spies” on his payroll. He hasn’t. All that his news tips cost him is the toll charges it takes to get them to him. He always insists on having the tariff re- versed when someone sends him an item. For example, take the Williams-Columbo- Dempsey story. (Continued on page 84) FRANTICALLY FIGHT FOR “SCOOP” SUPREMACY Sey, oat’ Pe ke. “ie , Veg, Geox ie Vt, 1c “a “they lpg m2 ky Ste Bier itty Tw 4 Ren 7 Wp 20, on 1 Ben 807, Me tj "10 f. up ley aaytta te ers & - 2 Ag, he *h ne. petop, Can it / Mo, ? pa > Sire on See. So, tty / 2 4, “tg “ky * C ee &: 4Dis. Yo, aty / “rey Pe. Oly “ le rad Mm .~ We © Coe, tee; “tin - a 2 tm, ~% q «; , ae Sa, 6 no} Fx, 4 Py, Ly t ~“Y La me a, £0 /% fe , "We ey (fae ran v,, “*% by Pag. * &e Rin, Bi 6) / Le qa 2__ “Ou, 9] “bin, 7 tn. a7 e / Pro, An ~b a} fA Gog 2 ay, ty Se 9,7 fo, np, Whe fa Z, - os! er.* 7 Wp Se / % La Gp 2h, j Oleg = ae 2b» ' i Or, ~€ Sha, Pry,
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RADIO STARS : BACKS TA Gt = (Circle) Erao Rapee. (Center) Nino Mar tini, rehearsing. (Bot tom) Ted Husing. E’VE tickets to a show tonight that will knock your eyes out. We're going to an exciting carnival of music shot through with the razzle-dazzle of Broad-) way. Linit’s 7 Star Revue is our program. Some of the’ stars are Ted Husing, Nino Martini, Erno Rapee, Julius Tannen. Sunday night is the time, 485 Madison Avenue) in merry Manhattan is the place. And the girl? Look! Standing there before the gilded elevators that lift one from street to lofty studio in the Columbia Broadcasting System’s building. Standing there in ermine from her ears to her knees, with a six foot collar-model| male on one side and a smartly garbed older woman on the other. They’re friends of mine . . . and friends of yours, too. “Hello, Jane. You’re looking grand.” | It’s Jane Froman. You have heard her sing a hundred times. Now you can see for yourself why she is called) ~ “Radio’s loveliest lark.” soo | id
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RADIO STARS me OAD CAST All photographs by Culver Service Husing and Julius Tannen. Tan- You know how Tannen's gags Jane Froman, one of radio's nen is the comedian of the Seven usually get a belated and very prettiest and nicest girls, with 5 Star Linit Program, as you doubt- bass laugh from one man in the Nino Martini during a leisure less know. Takes his funny busi- audience? Well, you'll enjoy moment at a Linit rehearsal. ' ness very seriously, does Mr. reading the inside on that little Wonder if they argue the re- Julius Tannen. mf Op CR trick of the radio trade. spective merits of opera and jazz? THE Bey eEN STAR REVUE > Ted Husing! Nino Martini! And the man? Step up and shake hands with Don , the same Don Ross who boomed his friendly bari- at you recently in behalf of Pontiac cars. He's also ’s lucky husband. d the other woman? Meet Mrs. Hetzler—Anna Hetzler from Columbia, Missouri. She is Jane's ther, and she was her music teacher during those all- ortant early years of training. Just now, she is visit- Jane and Don. and—living for the day (which isn’t ff) when the new Ziegfeld Follies will open with her ter and son-in-law playing leading roles. e elevator, into a crowded ante-room, thence into ibia’s largest studio. The place is bedlam. Mu- with squarish black cases under their arms jostle aside as they make their way to chairs. Those already on fill the air with the indescribable babel of un- struments.— Jane crosses the room and takes off Shaking thick shoulder length hair free. listening to this from outside.” savs Don and he Erno Rapee and his orchestra! Jane Froman! Julius Tannen! A chorus and a trio—and fun By OGDEN MAYER vanishes. Mrs. Hetzler takes the first chair in the first row. We drop down beside her. es you get your bearings in this mad-man’s chamber ? That wide-ranged window up ahead, you recognize that as the control room. Those mikes hanging from the ceiling require no explanation. But those chairs, those ranks upon rank of folding chairs, for whom are they ? Orchestra men! Erno Rapes’s incomparable orchestra. Fifty of °em .. . count, if vou wish. It is the largest studio orchestra employed by any commercial program. Look! .There’s Rapee himself, looking like a double for David Ross, the announcer. Shorter than average, dark. with a toothbrush mustache as black as a raven’s wing. In action, I’ve heard, he’s like a tornado. We'll see. And there’s a man whose voice has chased chills up and down your spine. The husky hulk in the gray suit, white -kerchief pointed swankily from the breast pocket, hair glistening like patent leather (Continued on page 8&2) 51
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- ‘iat Bich ips) ‘nie iL a fi Clothes designed by Charles LeMaire. Furs by |. J. Fox
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THEY STEP FROM BEHIND THE MIKE THAT WE MAY GLIMPSE THEIR LOVELINESS AND CHIC—THESE LADIES OF RADIO ROW Vike threads. ish ced it's mF do Hal! fh
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| | RADIO STARS | | | l'F YOU WA / HE movies have had their he-men of action and romance. The theatre has filled its empty seats through the dazzling appearance of sundry magnificent males known as matinée idols. But the radio—where are its heroic Lotharios and Lochinvars whose presence is a signal for feminine swoonings and heart-throbs? Too long, their light has been hidden under a bushel until the legend has been built that radio performers are homely scarecrows, the sight of which send innocent chil- dren into convulsions and stray dogs howling homeward. Rapio Stars challenges that legend. With picture and story we mean to show you radio’s own matinée idols, men at whom you'd look twice on the street. Men handsome enough to make even a hardened feminine heart go pitty- pat. Frank Parker, for instance. His voice must be familiar. He’s on the Cities Service Hour, with the A. & P. Gypsies, soloist on the Chevrolet program, and top tenor for the famed Revelers. Are you interested, Miss Peabody? Or Miss Zilch: Is this the “beautiful mans” you’ve sought these long winter evenings? Say, you ain’t heard nothin’ yet. Add to that voice a swank mustache, an income of ovet $1,000 a week, a stable of polo ponies, a Rolls-Royce, anc a heart that is whole and fancy-free. Are yuh listenin’? Frank Parker is another one of New York’s amazing products. Born on the lower East Side, of Italian par- entage, he went through school singing and acting, anc causing the soberer members of his family to predict now and again that he would come to no good end. HEN he had finished school, he found a haven fo! his ambitions down in Greenwich Village, Nev York’s Little Bohemia where artists and actors and writer: gather. The Village Follies made a place for Frank 11 the chorus. Here was the beginning of something; no singing, just dancing. Until the fateful night the leadins man got ill and Frank stepped into his shoes and fille them to the amazement of everyone in the company bu himself. Soon, he was setting himself goals. The life that h had taken in a catch-as-catch-cai way turned serious. Radio found him by accident The old Eveready Hour—remem ber it >—was a tremendous succes‘ and one of its brightest stars wa The movies can’t claim a | | th S h an d some a tenor. But the tenor fell ill am - Frank, who was always hoverin by ac A e | ors. a h eres in the background awaiting jus such breaks, stepped into th breach. After he had sung, affait Sy) radio s Frank Parker, for closed about him with a swir example much too busy to marry. } Since then, he admits, he’s bees
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ness into the mire. ) shire country. him to it. in his music to marry. Temembers. _ He remembers, too, that the day after he left, she had gone to a i hospital. A doctor had told her at without a dangerous operation ildbirth would be impossible. he and Conrad loved children. _ A week later she was dead. __ Conrad passed that audition, but _ his triumph was ashes. | He is eligible, yes, but his heart closed just now to those who would share Madeleine’s shrine. ‘Tin € heals, they say. Who knows? ONRAD THIBAULT, too, is eligible. Boyishly handsome, with a baritone voice that resounds lustily }on Thursday’s Show Boat program and CBS’ Cas- ‘toria show, you might expect him to be surrounded by adoring ladies with man-trapping intentions. But he isn’t. He won’t stand for it. one few people know, one which reveals that Conrad Thibault has been married. Married for seven blissful years until the sledge-hammer of Fate pounded his happi- The story begins with a girl named Madeleine Gayne. | Conrad had met her when both were only seventeen and appearing together in an amateur theatrical in the Berk- To think of marriage was inevitable for Conrad. But the girl said, “It will interfere ‘with your career.” So, for three years they waited. Madeleine had heard Calvin Coolidge and others in Northampton, Mass., his home, prophesy great things for Conrad. Conrad were free, he would do better work. And he did. In New York, at first. To earn money for his lessons, _ he got a job working ten hours a day as a floor walker | in a department store. It was hard work. Always on his feet—from morn till darkness—and still hours of ' practice to put in at night. Only Madeleine’s letters held She knew that if Finally he won a scholarship in the Curtis Institute of ) Music in Philadelphia. And soon he was advanced enough = day he was twenty, he went to Northampton and brought Madeleine back to Philadelphia as his bride. | They were divinely happy. Madeleine, giving up all | thought of a career for herself, sought in every way to push Conrad on to greater heights. _ tennis, swam and went to football games in Conrad’s spare time between rehearsals of the Philadelphia Opera Com- The two played pany. _ Then two glorious summers in Paris for study and play. Back in Philadelphia, Conrad sang on the radio. Now ‘Madeleine saw her husband as a future network star. | “I’ve never known anyone as happy as she was when I was called to New York for my first audition,’ Conrad RADIO STARS BADIO HUSBAND The reason is And Conrad Thibault. With a face that’s as attractive as his voice. And plenty of money, into the bargain ae’ Lae ’ = ~— 55
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| TOO MANY WOMEN By HELEN HOVER E LYMAN is Broadway’s own son. He speaks its language and lives its life. He’s inclined to be a playboy, lives high, is what you might call hard-boiled and adores the ladies! | But don’t let that shock you. After you’ve heard his | story, you'll realize that he couldn’t be anything else but i| the hard-playing, knockabout fellow he is. You see, Abe is just beginning to live. He’s thirty-four years old and has just realized that on the other side of | the fence there are such things as sumptuous suites, lavish meals and beautiful women. And he’s trying to make up for all he’s missed. i|| For Abe remembers vividly those days when, as a Chi- | cago youngster, there was seldom enough food to go | around. He remembers that half the time he had to stay home because he had no shoes to wear. or because his already worn trousers needed another patch. His boyhood was made up of those hard knocks you read about in a Horatio Alger yarn. Selling newspapers from the time he was seven. Sneaking into saloons to grab a sandwich from the “Free Lunch” counter. And when the proprietor caught him, he was promptly booted out. And did without eating altogether. Thus he became one of the nerviest, most ingenious kids in Chicago. He left school in the seventh grade to go to work. As a soda jerker first and later as a cab driver. While he was careening about the streets picking up fares, in back of his mind was the thought of getting a job as a drum- mer, and perhaps by some lucky break, form a band of his own. | He finally got a theatrical job in the orchestra pit of a Jewish theatre where young Paul Muni was acting with his parents. Part of his job was to thunder out the sound effects for the gaudy overtures currently in vogue, then dash backstage and pull up the curtain so that the play could go on. During the intermission he sold candy in the aisles. F'TER a time he had saved a little money. With that _“take-a-chance” attitude, he decided to stake his luck in California. Which was the best hunch he ever had in his life. 18)
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Abe Lyman loves the ladies. Just as much as leading his orchestra or broadcasting his lilting “Waltz Time’ pro- gram. And here’s why (Left) Thelma Todd was really Abe's Big Moment, although, even in her case, absence failed to make the heart grow fonder. (Below) Here we see Orchestraland's playboy with an affectionate arm about Joan Crawford. (Op- posite page) And, because variety is the spice of life, Mr. Lyman proposes a toast to pretty Sally O'Neil. In Los Angeles he got a job in a waterfront cafe playing the drums. It didn’t take long for this boy to think of some spectacular way to attract attention. He started to whirl his drumsticks around, throwing them against the walls and catching them. And he stopped the show. In no time, he formed his own orchestra of five men, moved into the Sunset Inn and later, with an orchestra grown to twenty, played to the smart celebrity-filled crowd at Hollywood’s Cocoanut Grove. From then on his rise to fame and money grew by leaps and bounds. But more important than that was the effect this had on Abe. He was surrounded at the Cocoanut Grove by beautiful, impressionable women. He began to get invitations to the homes of people who mattered. He attended parties given by Norma Talmadge, Bebe Daniels and Marion Davies. Don’t forget his poverty-stricken childhood, his tough- going cab days. Did this new life go to his head like champagne? It did. But in a far different way than you'd expect. It didn’t make him high-hat. He didn’t suddenly acquire manners that weren’t innately his. He still remained the same easy-going Lyman, but this merry round appealed to him. In his earlier days he had seen this sort of life going on around him. Now, he suddenly found himself thrust in the center of glamorous affairs. He was, and is, a big favorite in the movie colony. He had the characteristics that made Hollywood take him to her bosom. A good mixer, jovial and unspoiled. The ladies found him attractive. Something tells me he appeals a bit to the maternal instinct in women. His happy irresponsibility makes the girls want to take him in hand. The girl who held Abe’s wandering attention for the longest time is Thelma Todd, the movie actress. ABE saw her when he was playing at the Cocoanut Grove. She was dancing there and, as she passed his stand, flashed that gorgeous Todd smile in his direction. That finished Abe. “Who is that girl?” he asked Jack Oakie. “Introduce me to her, won’t you?” (Continued on page 92) 57
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RADIO STARS By WILSON BROWDBE New YORK has been agog with orchestra “open- 7 ings.” At least every other night one of the bator i boys, lucky enough to grab a “spot” for the 1933-349 winter, celebrated with a gala guest night. All of whicl caused many of the town’s famed to satisfy themselve:§ with what little sleep they could grab after 4 a.m @ Barney Rapp was signed for the season by the Hote ® New Yorker, which called for a general celebration anc 7 official opening. Barney had been playing there fo) 7 months, but,-as is the custom, an official party was neces 7 sary to call it to the attention of prancing feet. Barney is a CBS maestro. and CBS’s stars turned out in toto Then Rapp suddenly switched to the Neitherland in Cin cinnati. But it was a good party. anyway @ Reggie Childs and the Hotel Roosevelt (and you whi are entering Rapro STar’s big “Find the Boners Con test” take note,-because this is the hotel where the win ners will stay while in the city) got their heads togethe: and staged one of the biggest of celebrations. Childs, a you know, has been at the Roosevelt all summer. Bu not so long ago he moved downstairs in the grill room ™ the place where such fellows as Ben Bernie, Guy Lom bardo and Vincent Lopez have glorified their types 017% music. And that called for something special. Invita | a tions were sent out and accepted. ‘ Looking around, 1 could see Lanny Ross, that dol tenor, Lee Wiley of blues fame, Vera Van of more blue: fame, Peter Dixon. who writes those H-Bar-O sketche
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7. RADIO STARS things have been humming for the tune vendors lately. Here's a battalion f baton-wielders and lesser musical lights—and all the news of their activities ind who used to be the father in the “Raising Junior’ kits, Ray Heatherton of the baritone voice, and lots of others. ® To the Lexington Hotel, where Ernie Holts was the nost (he’s now at the William Penn in Pittsburgh), came Bela Lugosi of “Dracula” fame, pretty Annette danshaw, the Poet Price, Barney Rapp, Dick Messner, seorgia Brown, Kelvin Keech, Announcers Paul Douglas ind Jimmie Wallington, Phil Cook, Ray Heatherton, Ralph Kerbery, Abe Lyman, Tony Sarg, Reggie Childs, 5keets Gallagher, Billy White, Patsy Ruth Miller of the noyies, Don Bestor, George Olsen and Ethel Shutta. » When Paul Whiteman opened up at the Paradise Restaurant on Broadway, reservations had to be made jar in advance in order to get a table. From Hollywood tame Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin, from Chicago tame Amos ’n” Andy, and then there were Comics Milton Berle and Joe Penner, Roy Atwell, Rudy Vallee, Lee Wiley, Columnist O. O. McIntyre and lots of other Broad- way and radio personalities. _ You see, a Whiteman opening takes on the importance of an event, with the world out to pay tribute. | That was on Friday the 13th. And just to show that 1€ wasn’t bothered by the date, Paul Whiteman got up it 1:13 that afternoon, broke a mirror to smithers, walked ander a ladder and whistled in his dressing-room. The )pening was one of the most successful ever—so, says Paul, to hell with superstition. (Continued on page 94)
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RADIO STARS “EL ONE ee MARRY AGAIN W uen you've tried marriage once and see your happiness turn to dregs so bitter that the memory of them still burns like coals in your heart, you are liable to scoff at the sweet innocence of those who babble about love at first sight. That was Phil Baker’s bitter attitude not long ago. Yes, the same Phil Baker who is the star of today’s Armour programs along with his mysterious and inimi- table stooges, Bottle and Beetle. Speaking of marriage—that charming state known as connubial bliss—it got a snort and a sneer from Phil. THEY BOTH LIKE DOGS “(ll never marry again,” he declared with conviction Only a few of his best friends knew his secret 0! course. People who went to hear his nifties in musica shows, people who saw him in movie shorts and or theatre stages, had no idea that the wise-cracking buffoor of the accordion had tried marriage and found it a ghastly mistake. And so it was a rather bitter and cynical Phil whe strolled down Manhattan's main stem on an early fal evening last year. ; It was one of those evenings that might give birtl to either a shining new hit or a dismal failure. The crowd was drifting along as only a Broadway crowd does Baker had just returned from a triumphant tour in “Crazy Quilt.” His companion turned to him and said, “The Shuberts are opening their new revue, ‘Americana, tonight. How about seeing it?” Phil acquiesced. And Fate grabbed him by the fore- lock T was the usual premiere with the customary gathering of local wise-acres and second-guessers. Intermissior brought the dressy crowd to the lobby smoking thei cigarettes. Smoke clouded the air. The show, all agreed was a flop. But Phil’s thoughts were centered on one person of that mediocre cast. a fresh young thing wh« had stood out from the rest of the drab production. “Who is she?’ he demanded “Peggy Cartwright, just over from England. This x her American debut. But why the sudden interest ?” Phil’s friend was perplexed. Phil Baker was a blas¢ young man who never was at a loss for a wise remark THEY BOTH LIKE BOOKS
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RADIO bout a rotten show—a man who had met chorines by 1e dozen and never given them a second glance. Next day's reviews doomed the show, doomed _ the resh, flower-like girl who had come from England to ppear in it. In her room, she cried a bit, powdered her ose, and decided to stick it out until a fast boat could ake her back to England. In the meantime, Phi! Baker was thinking. And fee/l- ng. Something new and fresh and vital had got into um. He went back, that first week. to see the show thre: imes. Always, he watched the gir] Im sure he looked at himself those upsetting nights nd called himself a fool. I’m sure he tried to force this nonymous something that was driving him to the theatre nto the background. “Love at first sight! It’s ridiculous nlove? Don’t make me laugh.” Phil didn't laugh. Instead, he day-dreamed, putting ff as long as possible the reality that he was in love. When he did discover it, he acted immediately. Rumor- wept the town that the show was to close that Saturday ught. He went to the office of the owners and mack hem a proposition. Without rhyme or reason and against ul common sense, he stated his case. He wanted to go into the show. Phil Baker’s presence in shows has saved them before his. He has a following and his name in electric lights wings dollars to the box office. His salary per week. if you haven’t heard, is $5,000. The Shubert brothers were aghast. said. They could not pay his price. “Don't pay me anything,” said Phil. In the end, they got together. ; und went into the show. The first person to whom he Impossible, they PHIL'S A GOLF PT) = 2 ENTHUSIAST Pe -—)* tei i . - | “— + 3 ° Phil took a trivial salary STARS Phil Baker believes in letting And that’s why there'll never be a well enough alone. successor to Peggy Cartwright Baker, his lovely wife mere R: GC O-fTEPes By was introduced was Peggy Cartwright. He saw to that! It was the beginning of an amazing romance HE incredible thing about it is that Phil and Peggy are so totally different. Peggy is very English and very young. Phil, on the other hand, is American and experi- enced in the ways of the theatre. All the answers are on the tip of his tongue. Yet, they were both seeking the same thing. Until they met, neither had found it. About a month after they were (Continued on page 78)
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aa 4 a¢aaa \ ' faaa 4 ALL AROUND. |. JosepHine Gibson, food expert for H. J. Heinz Co., tells us all about calories over NBC. 2. And here is Hal Dawson trying a script on Patsy. Hal is Everett Elmer Yess, you know. 3. Jack Joy sort of refereed when Dick Powell and Russ Columbo sang on that Ssaat wide N.R.A. program recently. 4. Ed Wynn is now back on the air. The Fire Chief has been out Hollywood way making a movie—called "The Fire Chief." 62
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ieee DIAL 5. Have one on Bing Crosby! This snappy bar is right in his own home. 6. The gay couple on the bicycle built for two prove to be Bernice Berwin and Ben McLaughlin of NBC's “Memory Lane." 7. Of course you couldn't guess! Neither did we. Moran and Mack without burnt cork. They're “Old Gold's” newest feature. 8. Joe Penner wisecracks while Harriett Hilliard warbles for Ozzie Nelson and his band on NBC. 63
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What nadie Illustrated by ABRIL LAMARQUE LH OW-DE-DO, everybody! The Answer Man is making such a noise over his typewriter in the op- posite corner of this room that we can hardly think. He’s making a noise be- cause one of every two questions reads like this: “Dear Answer Man—please tell me if Lanny Ross is married.” He —the Answer Man, not Lanny Ross— wants us to inform all interested parties that Lanny Ross isn’t married. (See, he gives us the easy questions like that to answer.) Supposing you’re not interested in Lanny Ross’ single blessedness. Sup- pose you want to know how tall Ed Wynn is, how many daughters Eddie Cantor had at the last census, how many floors in the NBC Building in New York, or who sings the theme song for the Ducky-Wucky Doughnut Hour. Well, you write the Answer Man. And he gives you your answer in the quick- est possible issue. He won’t answer you by mail, so don’t go enclosing any stamps. And be patient, folks. Because, remember, this magazine is printed about a month ahead of the time you read it. Better jot down the Answer Man’s new address. In care of RADIO STARS, 149 Madison Avenue, New York; Nz Ay. QO. Can you tell us something about Everett Marshall, announcer of the Na- tional Farm and Home Hour? A. Well, I can tell you that he’s 1/16th American Indian and 15/16ths Mayflower stock and that he looks lik George Washington with a haircugs all of which makes him about 100 percent American. He turned from insurance selling nine years ago to act, sing, write 64 RADIO STARS Y ifs ( — 4 YE Y YP ZB, $ continuity and direct programs o Chicago stations. Q. When were Jimmy Weallingto and David Ross born? A. Jimmy, A. D. September 15, 190; Dave, A. D., 1895. Q—From whom did Frank Mun receive his vocal training? (2) Wher and when was he born? (3) Is h going by his right name now? A. (1.) Dudley Buck. (2.) Born i the Bronx (that’s part of N. Y. C February 27, 1896. (3.) If you want t be particular about his name, stick Robert between the Frank and Muni and it'll be quite correct. Q. Is Veronica Wiggins, formerly ¢ the Bayer Hour, on the air now? A. She’s heard irregularly on NB stations. More often on WOR, Newar! N. J. Too bad you’re a Colorad listener. Q. Can you tell me about “Bottle on the Armour Program? Is he British A. Well, rawther. He was born ~ England. Served his country three yeai and nine months in the army in Franc during the World War. He’s played 3 many prominent stage shows _incluc ing “The Better ’Ole” and Ziegfeld “Follies.” He’s been in movie comedit with Evalyn Knapp. Fact is, th Armour Program idea was conceive when he and Phil Baker were in screen comedy together. Well, cheert QO. Do you publish pictures and storu only of Columbia and National broa casts? ' A. Frankly, we have to devote ow! selves to publishing material which he the widest interest. Only where an 1 dependent station has a program W an exceptionally large following, do ¥ find it warrants space in a ma nos
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ith such great national circulation. As Knight might put it, “You can ase some of the people some of the le, and you can please some of the ie some of the time, but you can’t se some of the people .. . Oh well, now what I mean. . What's happened te Gene and in? lessrs. A. G., you’d be tickled sillier you are on the air if you knew ‘many have been asking this. As nderstand it, you’ve quit Cleve- or a New England network of the C. Right? Right. How many New York studios have olumbia Broadcasting System and National Broadcasting Company ctively 9 CBS has nine. In the new Radio ilding, NBC has thirty-five. Ah, ey use only fifteen of them. How many stations have NBC SBS respectively? Now it’s Columbia’s turn. NBC ty-seven and CBS ninety-two. you tell us something about lmalgamated Broadcasting System ? erhaps it would be well to wait . Ed Wynn’s venture into the business grows up a bit. At ey are operating a small chain ‘six or eight low power stations t want to know about Wayne v old he is; where he’s from he looks like. 1, he’s about 32, he was born savannah, Illinois, weighs 160 ds, is five feet nine and one half , grows brown hair, sees diy blue eyes, and wears a nt face. S happened to Pat Kennedy, RADIO STARS He sees all, knows all—and answers all Russ Columbe, Irene Beasly, Art Jar- rett, Fred Uttal, John Mayo and Ben Alley? . A. Um, ah, lessee. Wal. at the very moment we write this, Pat’s off the air, but that prebably won't last long. Didn’t you know that Russ had been in Hollywood making the film “Broadway Through a Keyhole?” That’s where Art is too, singing on Pacific Coast networks and appearing in movies. Fred Uttal is still sailing along the Columbia announcing airwaves, though Johnny Mayo is confining his work to smaller New York stations. And Ben, well, Ben’s sorta singing around in vaudeville theatres. As for Irene, you probably know now that the NBC Chicago studios took her up after Columbia dropped her and made a big star of her. Q. What is Gracie Allen’s real name ? A. Right now, it’s Mrs. George Burns. Q. Is Leon Belasco married? A. He’s a bachelor. You figure it out. Q. (1.) Is Glen Gray married? (2.) ‘What does he look like? (3.) Where does he come from? A. In the first place, yup. In the second place he’s tall, has black hair, gray eyes and wears a black moustache. All in all, he’s called handsome. He comes from Metamora, Illinois. QO. What are Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd's children named? How old are they? A. Stoop’s is Junior, which means F. Chase Taylor, Jr. He’s twelve. Budd’s is Dawn Ann Louise Hulick (pretty name, eh?) and she’s over two. O. In whose orchestras has Bing Crosby sung? A. Well, in his own for one thing. ta TeNOW™ 2p up and make the acquaintance of the Answer Man! But he was one of the original Rhythm Boys in Paul Whiteman’s orchestra on the- coast. QO. What is Ruth Etting’s husband's namic ? A. Let's call it Colonel Snyder. QO. Will you please tell me how I can get an originally autographed pheto- graph of Rudy Vallee, which is sutt- able for drawing? A. Sure. I suggest you write to Mr. Vallee’s offce in the Steinway Build- ing, New York City. Q. Can I (it’s really thousands of I's) get back issues of Radio Stars? A. The I’s can have them if they'll send ten cents in stamps or coin to us at 149 Madison Avenue, New York City. Den’t forget to enclose your ad- dress. O. Will you please tell me how Frank Knight happens to be announcing over WDRC, Hartford, Conn., instead. of WABC (CBS) New York? A. Certainly. Frank severed connec- tions with CBS over a year ago. Since then he’s been announcing at a num- ber of independent stations. - Q. What is the exact age of Al Jol- son? A. Well, a guy who ought to know says he’s fifty-two. Q. Why did Arthur Brisbane leave the air so suddenly without any an- nouncement 7 A. According to the National Broad- casting Company, the sponsors had con- tracted with him for but four weekly appearances. Then two more were added. But since Wil! Rogers had con- tracted.to appear at the end of that time, naturally Mr. Brisbane could no longer go on. NBC contends adequate press notices were issued. 65
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RADIO STARS “VE sat A RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES!” Drudgery and heartbreak punctuated Ethel Waters’ early days, with no joyous notes to relieve their indigo tones By NELSON KELLER HEN you hear Ethel Waters, the first Negress to achieve stardom in her own right as a radio singer, crooning “Stormy Weather” and other blues songs into the microphone, you might think that the mournful tones she gets into her voice are just good showmanship. In reality, she is pouring out the heartbreaks and disappoint- ments, the struggles and trials of her early life, for this colored girl has overcome terrific handicaps. Now she is successful. But when she remembers those other days, well, she’s got a right to sing the blues! Her mother and father were poor, hard-working people. Ethel was born in a poverty-stricken little shack in Chester, Pennsylvania. Her father died when she was a baby and her mother, unable to keep the infant and work, sent Ethel to live with her grandmother in Maryland. Thus, during the first few months of her life, tragedy walked in at the door. When she was a child it did not occur to Ethel that her life could ever be any different. She knew her grand- mother was old and it fell to her lot to take care of her. There was little time for going to school. Ethel was big for her age. That meant she must work. She began to make a few pennies by taking care of children, and then, as she grew older, the need for more money was greater and she hired out in a family where she worked from early morning until late at night for a 66 om rae very little wage, so little in fact, that two or three nigt a week she and her grandmother had to go to bed witho supper, for it was impossible to make what she earn stretch into fuel, rent, clothes and food. But Ethel was not afraid of work. She was a gow earnest girl, so when she had a chance to earn a dollar a thirty-five cents a day by washing, ironing, cooking a keeping house for a family of ten, she did not hesita. HEN she was seventeen, she got a job as dish wast’ in a hotel that served some 400 guests a meal. 5 was the only dish washer and it kept her busy fre breakfast time to long after midnight. She thought s/ had really taken a step upward and was in for less ard ous duties when she got a chance to wait on tables. — It was new work and the trays were heavy. She bou! her wrists with tape and that helped some, but one d’ the load was too much and she fainted—the trays a dishes crashing to the floor. : They sent her home to rest and when she got the es) found her grandmother ill. It seemed, at the time, more than she could bear and when, aiter- weeks of ‘ ing by the old woman’s bed, the grandmother died, B thought her unhappiness too great to be endured. She was alone now and, in her loneliness, t rne the outlet that is as much a (Continued on page 9% “a
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RADIO STARS COULD YOU LOVE TWO MEN ..-at the SAME time? GILDA COULD ...AND DID! "| love you, Gilda," said Tom. "| love you, Gilda,” said George. “And I love you both,” said Gilda .. . but she married Max! Which was very disturbing for the boys, highly gratifying to Max, and perfectly screaming for the world at large. The same world has been enjoying itself im- mensely ever since Noel Coward revealed his hilarious "Design for Living’, the gayest, most amazing romance that has ever come your way. Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper, Fredric March, and Edward Everett Horton are currently de- lighting motion picture audiences with this very amusing story—and at the same time, the latest SCREEN ROMANCES brings you the complete story of the picture! You'll howl at this eternal triangle which be- came a quadrangle! And. you'll gulp a little at the underlying sincerity beneath the hectic love- lives of these amazing Bohemians. Read this per- fectly swell story; there may never be another like it! And enjoy as well the complete stories of eleven other new motion pictures in the same issue of the screen's only story magazine: ‘ ~ ¢ these 12 screenstories ; Ty ENJO in the January issue of SCREEN ROMANCES 1. 12. All Design for Living—Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins . Hoopla—Clara Bow, Preston Foster If | Were Free—Irene Dunne, Clive Brook . Counsellor-at-Law—John Barry- more, Bebe Daniels . A Man’‘s Castle—Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young . Tarzan and His Mate—Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan . Meet the Baron — Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts . The Cat and the Fiddle—Ra- mon Novarro, Jeannette Mac- Donald . Female—Ruth Chatterton, George Brent . The Kennel Murder Case—Wil- liam Powell, Mary Astor - Blood Money—George Ban- croft, Frances Dee, Judith An- derson College Coach — Pat O'Brien, Ann Dvorak Stories Profusely Illustrated with Scenes from Hollywood Productions! rl ALE NEWSSTANDS NOW! Screen Romances 12 COMPLETE: SCREEN STORIES PRiGRen y oo UE! 67
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KTRH, KFH, KRLA, WREC, WISN, WCCO, WSFA, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, WSBT, WACO, WMT. 12:45 MST— KVOR, KLZ. 3:00 EST (1)—Radio Guild. World’s bet- ter drama adroitly adapted. WJZ and a blue network. Station list unavailable. 3:30 EST (4%%)—Woman’s Radio Review. Club _women love it. Claudine Mac- donald; Joseph Littau orchestra. WEAF, WJAR, WFBR, WGY, WBEN, WTAM, WCAE, WCSH, WFLA, WWJ, WWNC, WIS, WFI, WTAG, WSAI, WRC, WIOD. 2:30 CST—KYW, KSD, woc, WSMB, WHO, WIBA, WEBC, WSB, WDAY, WBAP, WJDX, WSM, WMC, WKY, KPRC, KTBS, WDAF, Wow, KSTP. 12:30 'PST—KGoO, KGW, 4 KOMO, KHQ, KFI. 4:00 EST (44)—Betty and Bob. Dramatic sketch. WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, KDKA,)@ WBAL, WGAR, WJR, WLW. 3:00 CST —KWK, KOIL, WLS. 4:30 EST (5 min.) News Flashes. General Mills, Inc., again. WABC, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS,' WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO,| = WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD, 4 CKLW. 3:30 CST—WBBM, WoOwo, } KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WFBM, WHAS. : 5:00 EST (44)—Skippy. Comic strip lad in childhood radio sketches. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WAAB, WGR, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU- W3XAU, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, WHEC, CFRB. (See also 6:00 P. M. EST.) 5:30 EST (4)—The_ Singing Lady. A charming, soft-voiced creature who really knows how to do nursery jingles, songs and stories. WIZ, WHAM, WJR, WGAR, 4 WBAL, WBZ, WBZA. (Also on WEN at 5:30 CST.) 5:30 EST (%4)—Tom Mix brings youngsters. . straight-shootin’ adventure. (Ralston.) ; WEAF, WEEI, WTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WLIT, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WCSH, WFBR. (See also) = al D b D . (Continued from page 17) cen RIBS, KPRG, WFAA! WIM KSD. 9:80 WEBM, KMOX wos,” WREC, WCCO. ry. ees : 7 KTBS, KPRC, WFAA, WTMJ, . 9: VFBM, Ox, W E ; Ker Row ALOMO KO £20 Ben MST—KDYL, KOA, KGIR, KGHL, KTAR. 11:30 EST (14)—Tony Won’s homely phi- 10:00 EST (34)—Chevrolet presents vocal 8:30 PST—KGO, KGW, KFSD, KHQ, losophy, Peggy Keenan, Sandra Phillips, capers of Jack Benny and Mary Liv- KOMO Pe kts WNAC. CKLW, WCAU ingstone. Frank Black’s Orchestra; 2 fs alae = r oat = , = 5 Frank Parker, tenor. MONDAYS W3XAU, WEAN, WwW GR, WKRC, WHK, WEAF, WTIG, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, = WDBJ, WJAS, WFEBL, WSPD, WJSV, — WCAE, WWJ, WWNC, WIOD, WCSH, (December 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th) WMBG. 10:30 CST—WBBM, wowo, ¥ WF. WFBR ‘WRC,’ WGY,” WBEN, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, WGST, WCCO. WTAM, WRVA, WIS, WFLA. 9:00 CST— 6 :45-7:00-7:20-7:45-8:00 A.M. EST—Arthur 12:00 Noon EST (74)—Gene Arnold and the |) WMAQ. WOW, WDAF, WTMJ, WIBA, Bagley ‘‘One-two-three-fours’’ for Met- Commodores. 3 : KSTP.' WERC WKY, WMG, WAPI. ropolitan Life Health Exercises. WJZ, KDKA, WCKY, WBZ, WBAL, WSMB, WDAY, KFYR, WBAP, KTBs. WEAF, WEEI, WFI, WGY, WBEN, WBZA, WMAL, WSYR, WHAM, WGAR, ~ KPRC, WOAI, WSM, WSB, WJDX. 8:00 WCAE, CRCT. (WRC on 7:30 EST:) WJR. 11:00 A.M. CST—WBAP, KPRC, § MST — KDYL, KOA, KGIR, KGHL, 8:30 EST (%%4)—Cheerio. Early morning WOAI, WENR, KWK, KWCR, KSO, KTAR. 7:00 PST—KGO, KFI, KGW, optimism in inspirational talk and music. WREN, KVOO. 10:00 MST—KOA. KOMO, KHQ, KFSD. WEAF, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WTAG, 12:00 EST (%4)—Voice of Experience. An- 10:00 EST (%)—Angelo Patri, child psy- WEEI, WRVA, WPTF, WIS, WIOD, swering confidences of the emotionally chologist wise and tolerant. (Cream of CRCT, WJAR, WCSH, WFBR, WCAE, and spiritually troubled. , a Wheat.) WTAM, WWJ, WLW, CFCF, WWNC, WABC, WCAO, WNAC, CKLW, WCAU- WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJIAX, WELA. 7:30 CST—WoOw, KSD, W3XAU, WGR, WKRC, WHK, WDRC, s WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WCAO, WFBL. WDAF, WSB, WMC, WJDX, WSMB, WJAS, WEAN, WJSV. 11:00 A.M. CST ~ WHK. WJSV WERC CKLW. 9:00 CST WKY, KPRC, KFYR, WSM, WOAITI, —WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX. 10:00 — —_ WBBM KMBC, ’ KMOX, wecco, KTBS, WAPI. 2 MST—KLZ, KSL. 9:00 PST—KOL, ~~ WHAS. 8:00 MST—-KSL, KLZ. 7:00 PST 9:15 EST (14)—Goldy and Dusty and Sil- KFPY, KHJ, KOIN, KVI, KERN, KMJ, ~ —KFPY, KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOIN, verdust Twins. Fast popular song har- KFBK, KGB, KRFC, KDB, KWG. 4 KOL, KVI monies. waked wee Soest ro Rare, Ja ee asia: (Spon- Pp 3S Y,)—__p sevelt’s ad- WABC, VOKO, TGR, TC a 7CAU- > ra ills, Inc. . ae aer COL (eS Oe eA sitar: W3XAU, WJAS, WFBL, WHEC, WWVA, WABC, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, { viewed by Walker Trumbull (R.C.A.). WORC, WMAS. WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO, © WEAF, WTIC, WEEI, WJAR, WSCH. 10:15 EST (%4)—Clara, Lu ’n’ Em. Clothes- aes ox oor bidgea ett WSPD, |@ WFI, WGY, WBEN, WWJ, WSAL, line gossip. WOWO, KMBC, KMOX, /ST— WBBM, WCAE, WRC, WCKY, CFCF, WRVA, WJZ, WBZA, KDKA, WGAR, WHAM, re WCCO, WFBM, WWNC, WJAX, WIS, WIOD, WFLA. WJAX, WFLA, WJR, WCKY, WRVA, PP ern (1)—National ¥ a 9:30 CST—KSD, WOW, WDAF, WIBA. WPTF, WWNG, W1OD. 9:15 CST—KWK, cour. Guest Spankeras Wroltcem Home : KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR, WSM, WREN, KOIL, WTMJ, WIBA, WEBC, Onchasine speakers; Walter Blaufuss — WSB, WMC,’ WJDX,| WSMB, WKY. WAPI, WJDX, KPRC, WKY, KSTP. J. as s z WFAA, KTBS, WOAI, WOC,. WHO. WDAY, KFYR, WIS, WSM, WMC, WSB,; ae pte Ee WCKY, WJR, KPRC. 8:30 MST—KOA, KDYL. 7:30 WSMB, KVO0O, WOAL WFAA, WGN. WGAR’ WRVA, WPEF, WBZA, WSYE, |@ PST—KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ 8:15 MST—KOA, KDYL. WIA Seat ee WWNC, Wis, ®t 10:30 EST (14)—Madison Singers; Ann Leaf, 10:15 EST (14)—Bill and Ginger. Popular AM. OST EON DKA, _ WLW. 11:30 — organ. Quiet, soothing harmonies. song duets. KVOO WM IL, Wie,” KWCR, WREN, | WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WABC, WNAC, WGR, WCAU-W3XAU, TEs eet wa KYW, WSMB, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WJAS. Wink ee WIBA, KSTP, WEBC, WEAN, WSPD, WQAM, WDBO, WPG. 9:15 CST—WOWO, KMBC, WHAS. aa ae R, Se WSB, WAPI, WICC, WCAH, WLBW, WBIG, WHP. 10:30 EST (44)—Today’s Children. Dramatic MST KOR BERS. WORT WFEA, WDBJ, WHEC, WTOC, WSJS. sketches. (Pillsbury). 2:00 EST . ‘ : WORC, WKBN. 9:30 CST—-WFBM, WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, Poh (~4)—Just Plain Bill. Homely KMBC, WHAS, WGST, WBRC, WDOD. WPTF, WFLA, WSYR, KDKA, WGAR. er a eagle shop owner. ¢ KRLD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WISN. WCKY, WRVA, WJAX, WJR. '9:30 CST a OO ee aOR oe WCCO, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, WMBD. —KWCR, KSO, KWK, WREN, KOIL, FBM. (12:00 Noon MST—KLZ, KSL. WIBW, WACO, WMT, KFH. 8:30 MST KPRC, WTMJ, KSTP, WEBC, WKY, 11:00 A.M. PST—KFPY, KFRC, KGB, wRVOR KLE. SAE KHJ, KOH, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 11:30 EST (4%4)—Sunday at Seth Parker’s. 10.45 EST (34)—Will Osborne’s Orchestra. ear (4%)—Ann’ Leaf’ at the organ. Downeast homely philosophy and Pedro de Cordoba, another friendly phi- Tiny musician plays swelling melodies. hymns, losopher. (Corn Products.) WABC, WADC, WOKO. WCAO, WNAC, WEAF, WJAR, WCSH, WFBR, WRC, WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WSPD, WDBO, WICC, WLBW, WDBs, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, Ww. WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN. WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WSAI, WRVA, WIS, WJAX, WIOD, 11:00 EST (44)—Kitchen Closeups. Mary WJAS, WEAN, WQAM, WPG, WCAH, — WFLA, WTAG, WWNC, WEEI, WPTF. Ellis Ames, Home Economist. WBIG, WHEC, WHP, WFEA, WMBG, CRCT. 10:30 CST—KSD, KYW, WOG, WABC, WADC, WOKO, WDRC, WEAN, WTOC, WSJS, WORC, WKBN. 1:45 WHO, WOW, WDAF, WSMB,’ WIBA. WJSV, WCAO, WNAC, WKBW, WCAU- CST—WBBM, WFBM, KMBC, WHAS, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR, WSM, W3XAU, WFBL, WKRC, WHK, CKLwW, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, KRLD, WTAQ, . 6:30 P.M. EST.) What the well dressed star will not wear. Ed Wynn, Lupe Velez and 5:90 EST (%4)—Jack Armstrong. All Ameri- can sc y . Johnnie Weissmuller (they're Mr. and Mrs. now, you know) get together WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC. WGR: in comical get-up on the set where Ed Wynn is making "The Fire Chief." WJAS, WHK, WEBL, WSPD, WJSV, 68
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WHEC. (See also 6:30 P.M. EST.) 45 EST (44)—Cowboy Tom. Children’s _ Western Thriller. _ WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WAAB, WGR, » WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WCAU- W3XAU, WJAS, WJSV. 4:45 CST— WBBM, ; KMOX, WCCO. 45 EST (4)—The Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum’s lovely whimsey adapted to radio. WEAF, WTIC, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WSAI. 4:45 CST —WMAQ, KSD, WOW, WDAF. WTMJ, KSTP WIBA, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR. 45 EST (4)—Little Orphan Annie. Comic strip kid’s adventures put on the air. WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, CRCT, KDKA, CFCF, WLW, WHAM, WGAR, WIR, WRVA, WWNC, WIS, WJAX. (See also 6:45 P.M. EST.) 200 EST (14)—Xavier Cugat’s dinner mu- _ sie from Waldorf-Astoria in N. Y. C. WEAF, WTAG, WRC, WSAI, WCSH, WBEN, WRVA, WCAE, WWNC, WIS, WJAX, WIOD, WFLA, WWJ, WJAR. 5:00 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WOC, WHO, WDAF, WIBA, WDAY, WFAA, WEBC, | KSTP, KFYR, WSM, WAPI, WSB, WMC, KTHS, WJDX, WSMB, KVOO, WKY, KPRC, KTBS, WOAI. 4:00 MST —KOA, KDYL. 3:00 PST—KPO. 00 EST (@4)—Buck Rogers. Sketches of imaginary adventure in the 25th cen- tury. | WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, / WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WADC, WBT, | WCAO, WHK, WJSV, CKLW. (See } ‘also 7:30 P.M. EST.) 00 EST (4)—Skippy. Childhood sketch. 5:00 CST — WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, : a Wcco. (See also 5:00 P.M. ‘15° EST (4)—Bobby Benson and Sunny f = Clean Western drama for young- sters. 5:15 CST—WABC, WOKO, WAAB, WGR | WHK, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, t WJSV, WBT, WJAS. UE 30 EST (4)—Three X Sisters. | in harmony. WJZ and a blue network. » unavailable. 3:30 EST (44)—Tom Mix and his Ralston Straight Shooters. 5:30 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WTMJ, WIBA, Song hits Station list I KSTP, WEBC. (See also 5:30 P.M. |} EST.) ; 3:30 EST (%4)—Jack Armstrong. All Ameri- can Boy. 5:30 CST—WBBM, KMOX, WCCO. (See also 5:30 EST.) 3:45 EST (44)—Lowell Thomas. Entertain- | ing news broadcasts. | WJZ, WGAR, WLW, CRCT, WBAL, t WBZ, KDKA, WHAM, WJR, WSYR, WBZA, WJAX, WIOD, WFLA. 6:45 EST G4)—Little Orphan Annie. Chil- ' dren’s sketch. 5:45 CST—WREN, KOIL, KWCR, KPRC, WOAI, WFAA, KTBS, WKY, KSTP, | WEBC, WDAY, KFYR. (See also 5:45 ; P.M. EST.) 7:00 EST (44)—The Malle Show with Rox- anne Wallace, William Edmonson and the Southernaires Quartet. WEAF, WTIC, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, WLIT, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, Www. 6:00 ' CST _—WMAQ, KSD, WwoOc, WHO, WOW, 7:00 EST (44)—Amos ’n’ Andy. Blackface burlescjue of human failings which are still amusing. (Still Pepsodent.) : WJZ, WHAM, WJR, WCKY, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, KDKA, WLW, WRVA, : WPTF, WMAL, WGAR, WIOD, WFLA, cRCT. (See also 11:00 P.M. EST.) [730 ES’ (4) Myrt and Marge. Heart- aches and breaks in entertainers’ lives. | -WABC, WADC, WOKO, WDAE, WCAO, } WNAC, WGR, WBT, WKRC, WHK, ; CKLW, WDRC, WTOC, WCAU-W3XAU, ; WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM, WDBO. 6:00 CST—KRLD. (See + also 10:45 P. M. EST.) (7:15 EST (44)—Billy Batchelor. Children’s t dramatic sketch with Ray Knight, Alice 3 Davenport. (Wheatena.) WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WRC, WGY, WTAM, WWJ. (7:15 EST (4)—Just Plain Bill. Just plain | sketches of a small town barber. t WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WKRGC, . as CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WJSV, (4)—Musie On the Air, with 7, guest star. } WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, WEBL, WJSV, WLBZ, WICC, WHP, WE WHEC, WORC, WGLC. it 730 EST’ (4)—Lum and Abner, who play | country storekeepers for Ford Dealers j| Seepmcrica. ft WFBR, WBEN, WGY, WTAM, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, WRC, WCAE. (WLW on 7:45 to 8:00 EST.) (See also 11:15 P.M. EST.) Poent EST (44)—Buck Rogers in the 25th KMOX, (GA) "Potashy ‘and Perlmutter. Montague Glass’ lovable old Jewish partners. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WGAR, WCKY, WIR, WHAM, KDKA, WSYR. 6:30 CST coe EST (4)—Boake Carter, Philco news fonds, Continued on page 71) RADIO STARS How Betty Found Fame and Romance in Hollywood GIRL A STAR IF HER SKIN COULD ss A I'M SURE OF IT! I'VE SEEN | WONDERFUL RESULTS | AND THIS KIND OF YEAST 1S 50 EASY TO TAKE! |SHE'S MARVELOUS AND BOY — WHAT SKIN/ HURRAY! 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RADIO STARS Why Do Radio Stars Hate Each Other? signal the orchestra with the same set of signals; he even recommended you for the Herbert’s Blue White Diamond Hour which he’d been forced to give up because ef better offers. Then came that publicity blow which staggered you so, Rudy. It wasn’t that you claimed to have originated croon- ing. Wasn't it that after you and Os- borne were no longer associated, Will made that claim, and also asserted that he originated the style of conducting you've been using so long? Then you said, Rudy: “That Osborne’s voice is similar to mine is an unquestionable fact. That his style of singing was always such as it is today or at the time he and his orchestra were employed by me, is a matter of question extremely difficult of proof either way.” Yet when Osborne, the lad you’d helped, claimed crooning as his own, and the resulting publicity struck you so hard, you felt hurt. That’s why you say: “Sometimes I think it hardly pays to help people.” Of course, baritones Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo, we realize that your voices are quite similar. Doubtless that and the fact that the Columbia Broad- casting System and the National Broad- casting Company respectively vigorously waved the publicity banners for what was nicknamed the “Battle of the Bari- tones,” accounts for the icy shoulders you’ve turned toward one another. AND both of you, before the radio fan- fare began, were comparatively obscure singers on the Coast. It is a legend not denied that before you two came to New York, Mr. Columbo, an NBC official, had taken an unlabelled honograph record of yours and played it to Mr. John Royal, vice-president in charge of programs for the National Broadcasting Company. Mr. Royal, thinking it was Bing Crosby of whom he’d heard slight mention, voiced a dis- interested opinion. So when a man who knows voices as Mr. Royal has to, sees such a simi- larity, there can be little question about it. And which of you started the “bu- bu-bu-buh” business? No one seems quite certain. It must have been seventeen or eight- een years ago, wasn’t it, when youse guys, George Jessel and Eddie Cantor and Georgie Price and Walter Winchell worked as ushers in the Regent Theatre on New York’s 116th Street? And, Jessel and Cantor, that friend- ship of yours was fast. We guess no one will argue with you, Eddie, that you helped make the Chase and Sanborn Hour what it is today. And because you, George, had been so close to Eddie, it was but natural that the sponsor would accept the pop-eyed comedian’s suggestion that you do the funny busi- 70 (Continued from page 13) ness for the program while he was away out in Hollywood. But what of these hoarse whispers about Radio Row that you’re no longer _ pals? Can it be that being billed on op- posing networks is helping to break up that friendship you had during all those hard years of trouping together ? AND see here, Lee and Leo, what’s the matter with you two? I mean you, Lee Wiley of the softly thrilling voice on today’s Pond’s program, and you, Leo Reisman, conductor of the or- chestra of proud, sweeping music. When Lee was brought to you, Leo, when you were playing at the swank Central Park Casino in New York, you listened to her sing and your heart caught at her music just as ours do today. And you went on the Pond’s program together. It sounded grand. But pretty soon it was whispered about that you weren’t getting along well together, that your little disputes over your accompaniments, Leo, and the way you sang, Lee, had developed into such heated arguments that you came to the classic parting of the ways. And now Leo Reisman is off the Pond’s pro- gram and Victor Young is directing. Tell us, Conductor Paul Whiteman and Composer Ferde Grofé, is there any food for superstitious people’s thoughts in the fact that you two parted after a charming association of thirteen years of lean months and fat months, defeat and victory? Let’s see, Mr. Grofé. You were a sort of hack piano player in the Porta- Louvre Café in San Francisco back in 1918, weren’t you? And when Paul heard of the unique arrangements you made, he asked you to join his band at the Fairmount Hotel ? You worked hard, Ferde, making for Paul such famous arrangements as the “Rhapsody in Blue” and doing a lot of assiduous composing on your own. That was a great day in 1931 when Paul conducted the world premiere of your American Symphony, “Grand Canyon Suite,’ in Chicago. You were both overjoyed at its reception. Yet a few months later, the White- man camp was accusing you of bad faith when you conducted an orchestra in the New York premiere of the com- position. Paul, of course, wanted to do it himself. Yes, we know there have been recon- ciliations. There was the time after Paul conducted ‘Grand Canyon Suite” a few months later. And thousands roared their approval recently, didn’t they, Paul,- when you conducted Ferde’s new suite, “Madison Square Garden” in the famous building of that name? In fact, Ferde was half- way to his feet to inhale his share of the intoxicating tumult. But you swung your orchestra into ‘““‘Wabash Blues,” Paul, and they forgot all about your former arranger. He didn’t like that, we hear. Broadway and the radio studios say you need each other’s genius. But it doesn’t look as though you’d get to- gether again, does it, gentlemen? AS we've heard, you, little Annette Hanshaw, and you, big Lanny Ross, have both demanded the longest and loudest announcement on the Show Boat Hour. But don’t let it get you too much. Consider the case of Kate Smith and George White. We understand, by the way, that you, Mr. White, may have a program on the air by the time this is printed. Perhaps you'll encounter Miss Smith around the studios. Or would you rather not? As we understand it, Kate, you were receiving some $300 a week as one of the featured singers in Mr. White's Broadway production, “Flying High.” Right? And just before you were to go on one night you received word that your father in Washington, D. C., was near death. Your only wish was to go to him. The old stage tradition that “the show must go on” seemed pal- try, petty. But it didn’t to George, did it? He convinced you that he’d seen messages like that before, that they were usually the creations of overwrought relatives. George persuaded you to stay on through the show. And your father died while you were on the train you took after you'd gone on with your act. We understand why you've never forgotten it, Kate. We think that perhaps it’s a good thing that Grace Moore and Lou Holtz aren’t on the Chesterfield program to- gether any more. You, Miss Moore, are a star singer of musical comedy and opera, n’est-ce-pas? And you, Mr. Holtz, are a headliner comedian of stage and radio, ain't it? And you both have that temperament artists are supposed to possess, haven't you? That’s why, possibly, that while you, Miss Moore, were singing to the micro- phone during a rehearsal and you swung around to face Lou, who’d dis- tracted you by strutting up and down the studio, and said something like: “T don’t have to stand for anything like that from a vaudeville clown like you.” : And what was it, Grace, that Lou whispered that made you turn that lusty golf swing of yours into a well-placed slap in Lou’s face? Whatever it was, we judge that you wouldn’t be exactly blissful on a pro-— gram together again. Your tempera- ments don’t fit, do they? Well, judges of human nature, what do you think? However glamorous these radio stars are, they can be de- cidedly human at times, can’t they? Just exactly like everybody else.
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; Programs Day by Day (Continued from page 69) (MONDAY) commentator, observant and often subtle. WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WwdJSV, WHK, CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WBT. 6:45 CST—WBBM, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WHAS. 9:15 EST (44)—The Goldbergs. Laughter and tears in sketches of Jewish life played by Jewish actors. (Also still Pepsodent.) WEAF, WEEI, WSAI, WTAG, WRC, WBEN, WTAM, WJAR, WCSH, WLIT, WFBR, WGY, WCAE, WWJ. 6:45 CST —WENR, WOW, WDAF. 8:00 EST (44)—Soconyland Sketches star- ring Arthur Allen and Parker Fennelly. The real thing in Downeast radio drama —touching and amusing. WEAF, WTIC, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, WGY, WBEN. 8:00 EST (14)—Happy Bakers. Songs_ by Phil Duecy, Frank Luther, Jack Parker, and Harriet Lee. WABC, WADC, WNAC, WGR, WORC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WSPD, WJSV, WMAS, WICC, WCAH, WMBG, WHEC, Wwva. 7:00 CST—WGN, WFBM. 8:15 EST (44)—Edwin C. Hill. “The Human Side of the News.” WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV. 7:15 CST—WGN, WFBM, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO. 8:30 EST (44)—Bing Crosby with Lennie “Ex-Chesterfield”’ Hayton’s orchestra. Thark the John H. Woodbury soap people. WaAsC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WADC, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD, CKLW. 7:30 CST—WBBM, WOWO KMBC, KMOX, WFBM, WHAS. __ 6:30 MST—KLZ, KSL. 5:30 PST—KFPY, KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 8:45 EST @4)—Red Davis. Dramatic sketch. WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, WJR. 7:45 CST—WLS. 9:00 EST (44)—Sinclair Greater Minstrels. Sometimes old jokes but plenty of old- time minstrel show exuberance. Gene Arnold, interlocutor; Chauncey Parsons, tenor; male quartet; Bill Childs, Mac McCloud and Cliff Soubier, band direction Harry Kogen. end men; WJZ, WGAR, WRVA, WWNC, WLW, WIS, WJAX, WIOD, WFLA, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, KDKA. 8:00 CST —WSB, WLS, KWK, WREN, KSO, KWCR, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR, WTMJ, WFAA, WMC, WSM, WSMB, WJIDX, WIBA, KPRC, WOAI, KTBS, KY, KOIL. 7:00 MST—KOA. 9:00 EST (%)—A & P Gypsies Orchestra direction Harry Horlick; Frank Parker, tenor. Dignified entertainment. WEAF, WTIC, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, ww, WLIT, WRC, wey, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WSAI. 8:00 CsT—Wow, WDAF, WHO, WMAQ, KSD, WOC. 9:00 EST (44)—Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, direction Leopold Stokowski (Chesterfield). WABC, WADC, WBT, WCAH, WCAO, WCAU, WDAE, WDBJ, WDBO, WDRC, WEAN, WFBL, WHEC, WHK, WICC, WJAS, WJSV, WKBW, WKRC, WLBZ, WMBG, WNAC, WOKO, WORC, WPG, WQAM, WSPD, WTAR, TOC, CKLW. (Monday, Continued on tage 79) —_ idee The Duke—Ellington—himself—hi-de- hying into a British Broadcasting Co. mike last summer, when he made such a hit over there. RADIO STARS The Smartest Women Use FAOEN BEAUTY AIDS yet N N VIO You can pay $1 or more for your lipstick, rouge and face powder. BUT, you cannot buy greater purity or finer quality than that found in Faoen Beauty Aids at 10¢! that sound unbelievable? Does Then read this report from a famous Research Laboratory:—“Every Faoen product tested is as pure and fine as products of like nature sold for $1, $2 or $3.“ No wonder, in this new age of common-sense buy- ing, smart women everywhere are turning to Faoen Beauty Aids! FAOEN PERFUMES, No. 3, 12 and 19, are captivating odeurs that have the long-lasting quality of expensive imported perfumes CLEANSING CREAM ¢ FACE POWDER « COLD CREAM ROUGES « PERFUMES Pra or (LR OR Das FAOE { EAY— ON?) oe tbs mene = ee 104 each at the better 5 & 10¢ Stores 71
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RADIO STARS shabby dress suit he picked up in a second-hand shop; the suit belonged to a very fat man. Wynn never has this cleaned—he takes care of it himself. Then he’s got hundreds of hats. hat wardrobe takes up a quarter of a baggage-car when he travels by train. A dresser, and assistant, a secretary and a manager complete his personal staff. His humor library and collection of Mark Twain, relics — clothes, manu- scripts, and so on—complete his assets. He has humor books two thousand years old, in all languages—the most exten- sive humor collection of anyone in the country, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Of course, we mustn’t forget his Amalgamated Broadcasting Company, into which he has put $250,000. You see, Ed didn’t like working for the other fellow, didn’t like the way things were being done. So he up and started his own broadcasting station, vowing he’d ‘“‘show executives how a showman would act in their job.” WHAT was the first thing Eddie Cantor thought of when he amassed a few million? A home. So just before the stock market crash, he got into his beloved Ford (Eddie still clings to his Ford, though there are three expensive cars in the Cantor garage) and went prospecting for a site on which to build a home, in much the same way you or I would. Finally he found just what he wanted in the exclusive Great Neck section of Long Island. He bought ten acres of land upon which to construct his “Cantor Home for Girls.” And what a gorgeous mansion he built! A thirty-room house with a theatre, bar, swimming pool, and everything you can imagine. It cost Eddie $600,000 to build. He and his family moved in blissfully. Came the stock crash. Eddie was broke—with six people to support. His family moved from their dream-house into an apart- ment hotel; Eddie will take almost any- thing he can get for this white elephant, whose upkeep costs him $2,000 a month when it is empty. Having lost all his money, Eddie hustled around and remade it. The $3,500 a week he collects from Chase and Sanborn, the $125,000 plus royalties he gets for each movie he makes, his vaudeville appearances, his articles and books—all help along. Today he has saved a million and a half. He’s done with getting rich quick via the stock market. His surplus goes into U. S. government bonds. There is quite a surplus, too. Eddie spends practically nothing on himself—six suits comprise his entire wardrobe. There is one luxury he allows himself —his Surprise Lake Camp for boys. Here, poor, under-nourished lads from the tenement districts of lower New York go each summer at his expense. There are acres and acres of sloping 72 His. Millions to Spend (Continued from page 31) green turf, with flowers and trees, with real cows and an_honest-to-goodness swimming pool. _Eddie wouldn’t miss a benefit for his beloved pet hobby for love nor money. Eddie, you know, holds himself per- sonally responsible for. whatever deficit the camp has at the end~of the year. Every once in a while he sits down and writes out a big fat check. Even when he didn’t know where he’d get the money for rent, for the upkeep of the five little Cantors, he somehow man- aged to raise enough to keep the camp going. Nothing in the world would keep him away from the sea of shining faces, the bright eyes and gay laughs of the youngsters. Every summer Uncle Eddie, as they call him, visits the camp. I honestly believe that is what keeps this nervous, super-energetic human dy- namo going. LOT of near stars in radio are flinging around ‘their easy-earned kale. They are sitting on the top of the world today, and tomorrow never comes. There is one boy who has learned his lesson. The little old poor house will never get him. Come what may, he will always have a million salted away. It is true he didn’t get most of his from radio— but now that Kraft-Phoenix pays him $5,000 for each of his pro- grams, I think he belongs with the Big Ten. His name, by the way, is Al Jolson. “Like everybody else,” he told me, “I gambled. I lost three or four million. I got as high as $25,000 a week in pic- ture houses for personal appearances. Easy come, easy go. When I was cleaned out of a million in one day during the stock market landslide, I de- cided to do something about it. I created a million-dollar trust fund for myself and my wife, Ruby Keeler. It is all in government bonds and no one can touch it, even I. We.-live comfortably on the income from it, and live very simply. We don’t need much to make us happy.” The Jolsons have a charming home in Scarsdale, New York, with a garden, with fruit trees and arbors, waiting for the time the lovely Ruby tires of the Hollywood whirl and decides to settle down to raising a few little Jolsons. Here’s an amazing thing about Al. Regardless of how little or how much he makes, one-third goes to charity. Besides, there are his permanent en- dowments. There are eight beds he sup- ports at the Saranac Lake Sanitarium for consumptives; they are always filled —with white people, yellow, black, Jew, Protestant, Catholic—he makes no dii- ferentiation. The hospital at Monrovia, California, receives frequent contribu- tions. At one of his benefit perform- ances there, he was so touched by the plight of the patients he promised to send a check for $10,000. ‘‘I meant to say $1,000,” he told me, “but my mind was quicker than my tongue.” The next day he lost a million dollars in the stock crash, But the hospital got its $10,000. Most of the radio folk are charitable, but it usually takes a good deal of dig- ging to discover it. Did you know that Kate Smith supports a group of desti- tute families, two orphans, and several distant relations ? Kate doesn’t know how much she is worth herself. She has made upwards of three-quarters of a million in a phe- nomenal sky-rocketing to fame via the radio. Most of it is invested in an- nuities. About the only real estate she owns is the Washington apartment house in which her mother lives. Kate hates jewelry. She bought her- self two diamond bracelets a while ago, which she never wears. They are al- ways in a vault. What she wears for her stage appearances are imitations. She lives quite simply, alone in a four-room apartment, a cosey, homey place. Kate, who is very domestic, has made the curtains and drapes herself. By the way, she makes many of her own clothes. Not to save money, but because she likes to do these things. That is the reason she drives her own Lincoln, without benefit of a chauffeur. She never goes to night clubs, or wild affairs, except as a performer. The least she collects for a week’s night- club appearance is $1,600. Her hobby, by the way, is collecting empty perfume bottles. It is a strange thing that Kate, who is so lavish with her time and money to the needy, who thinks nothing of giving away $1,000 prizes for her pet charity benefits, will take the butcher to task if she feels he has overcharged her two cents. Kate expects to hang on to the money she makes. Nor is she alone in that. The real topnotchers of radio fame, without exception, realize their perch is precarious; that their sun sets very soon. They are putting by plenty for a rainy day. HEN there is the seemingly everlast- ingly popular team of Amos ’n’ Andy. They’ve been on the air for Pepsodent for about five years. They get $100,000 a year straight salary and a cut-in on the business receipts of the tooth paste — company. They make almost an equal amount from companies naming toys, candies, school supplies, and clothes after them. This money is so much velvet. Yet they both live simply, with their families. Their money is invested in secure stocks and bonds. The only hobbies they have are golf and fishing. Rudy Vallee, the cream of the croon- ers, is another lad who puts by plenty of money. There has been a great deal of curiosity about Rudy—people have — wondered how much he makes, how much he is worth. Nobody knows the truth. What I found out is that he is on his second million. Believe it or not, he gets $2,500 from the Fleischmann Yeast people for each of his Thursday
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RADIO STARS iight broadcasts; $4,500 for a week’s raudeville appearance; not to mention he fat checks he receives for his songs ind phonograph recordings. He plays lance dates for close to a thousand a vight. All in all, he has quite a sum ucked away. Most of it is invested in government yonds, for Rudy is quite a cautious lad. How does he spend the rest? Listen to his: he has two cars, a chauffeur, an Oriental to look after him; when he ikes to go places quickly, he flies. He naintains an office in New York, with 1 corps of assistants, and a luxurious partment on Central Park. ‘They all >ost money, you know. He has a home in Maine, a lodge, to je exact, and a house in Hollywood. It was to be his and Fay Webb’s Holly- wood residence; now it stands idle, empty as their dead romance. His lodge at Center Lovell, Maine, is never idle. He’s always piling friends into his cars and running off for a week-end. Recently he entertained forty euests. Two guest houses, a $3,000 speed boat, canoes and guns complete the equipment. Besides, Rudy spends his free mo- ments taking pictures. He is a film fan. To date, he has spent more than you or I earn in a few years on photographic equipment. Natural color photography is his latest. Since he doesn’t get much time to indulge, he photographs each of his guest stars immediately after each broadcast. Soon he’ll have photos of everyone of importance in the radio and theatrical world. & 7 » 2 * - » Most of the stars fight shy of invest- ing in real estate or in speculative bonds, after the experiences of the last few years. Morton Downey is one youth who has invested heavily in prop- erty, without regrets. He is among the highest paid radio stars, receiving as much as $3,500 for a single broadcast. Deduct one-third of his income for office expenses, less than that for his living expenses, and it is pretty safe to say the rest-of it goes into real estate. He has bought a good deal in the sub- mh Sith = roi Ghats Ceameer spa se REL EEE Foi of pew York and New Jersey. orton bought it all during the depres- 66 " ‘7 7 sion, when prices were rock-bottom. Ah, Sahib, you Legionnaires That’s why he’s not at all worried. / 7 )?? He and his bride, Barbara Bennett, are so Mysterious and Morton Downey, Jr., strangely enough don’t live in their own home. SHE: ... Tell me, how did you ever come to join the Foreign They live in an apartment of fifteen Legion and forsake your pleasant country for this hot rooms in that Mecca of radio stars, desert ? Central Park West. “Really,” the tenor told me, “we stars have a far greater overiiead than the HE: That, mademoiselle, I can never divulge. And please ’ . . . don’t speak of it again, for I am trying hard to forget. “public realizes. About cne-third of my I have cut myself off completely from my native land, income goes for the expense of carry- and I want nothing to remind me of it. ing on my business. My offices, secre- : ing? taries, the special staff to handle fan oa on etter Seaclohaa ch / mail, to send out photos which we order HE: Well—er—nothing except my monthly copy of by the 10,000; the commissions to book- €rs and managers, eat into our salaries considerably.” ' There is one lad though, who, till re- Kul FoN | cently, never knew the value of money. i | ) he made $300 a week he spent The Screen’s Only Humor Magazine 73
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receives $2,250 a week for his radio work, $4,000 a week for vaudeville ap- pearances, and $100,000 apiece for his motion pictures. The Brunswick phono- graph record people pay Bing $400 for each two-sided record he makes, for he is the biggest disc selier at present. Bing has built a beautiful $150,000 home for Mrs. Crosby and Gary Evans, his infant son, at Beverly Hills, where they are living. He likes golf and fish- ing and belongs to plenty of golf clubs, which cost money. But he and his wife rarely go out, and I doubt if he spends more than $350 a week for maintaining his family. He doesn’t like cars and doesn’t own one; he has never ridden in a plane. Most of his money is sunk away in stocks and bonds, too. Most of the stars disappointed me. After all, they spend their money so sanely—home, family, and plenty saved toward a rainy day. I had expected them to just throw their kale away on a gay night life, on wine and women. When I heard that Guy Lombardo had spent $65,000 for a 72-foot yacht; that he maintains a crew of three on it con- stantly; that he has two speedboats and a cruiser that cost plenty, I felt quite happy. Here was a star who lived up to my expectations. But alas, even there I was disap- pointed. For Guy and his wife lived on the yacht all summer, and thereby saved rent in an apartment. It really was a very sensible arrangement. Guy averages between $5,000 and $5,000 a week, between his radio, night RADIO STARS club and hotel work with his band, which is, by the way, the highest priced one for the number of players it con- tains—eleven. He is very good to his wife. Since she likes jewelry, he has presented her with $50,000 worth of brooches, bracelets, rings and necklaces, within the past twelve years. He’s been in the big money for that time. He him- self goes in for clothes; he must have fifty suits, all very expensive. But even these extravagances and his lavish entertaining at home can’t cut such a deep dent into his earnings. The rest goes into conservative stocks and bonds. The last of the Big Ten are, to be correct, two. But you’d never dream of separating them. They are like Damon and Pythias, as necessary to each other as sunlight to flowers. They are those crazy comedians, Burns and Allen. In real life, there is nothing crazy about them; they are kindly, full of life, surprisingly wise for young folk. They are pretty careful with their money, and still manage to have a smashing good time. They save about 50 per cent of their income. It is a sizeable income, when you consider they get $3,000 a week for their weekly radio sketch, $4,000 a week from Paramount Films while they make pictures, $4,500 a week for theatre appearances. They live in a comfortable apartment near Central Park, and they too only use a fraction of their income for living expenses. This is how their money is invested. Radio's Tomorrow George has a $250,000 life insurance policy in Gracie’s name; he wants to make sure she will always be provided © for, even if he should die suddenly, Strangely enough, Gracie doesn’t carry a nickel’s worth of insurance. The rest is invested in stocks and bonds. 4 The Allens own a twelve-room home in San Francisco, with a garden and everything. They never live there— but someday, when they retire, that’s where you'll find them. Both come from large families and do quite all right by their families . .. and — give plenty to charity. If Gracie had her way, the whole apartment would be filled with flowers, with furniture in lipstick red and blue. — She has her way about the flowers. She loves all kinds and spends as much as $10 in one visit to the florist’s. George has something to say about the furnishings, so Gracie limits her love for lipstick red and blue to her clothes. Gracie, you know, needs four different sets of dresses, coats, etc. One for her role as Mrs. Burns (she dresses conservatively for that); another for her stage appearances; another for her radio work, and still another for her moving picture work. Her clothes cost her upwards of $10,000 a year. She loves fur coats, and has a full- length mink coat, a full-length caracul, a full-length ermine wrap, and a jac- quette to match each. That’s how the Big Ten in radio spend their money. If you had their wealth, could you spend it as wisely? his enthusiasm will be aroused by the power and personality of the man or the woman who, simultaneously with the visual accessories, is telling him what happened, and how it happened, and why it happened. Now take the church! I conceive that it is entirely possible and plausible that the average small-town clergyman of the future will conduct the ritualistic side of service and that when the mo- ment comes for the sermon, the congre- gation will see and hear some illustrious spiritual leader as he delivers his mes- sage, not only to the group in this par- ticular church, but to the groups gath- ered in countless similar places all over the country. The day of dreary sermon- izing will have passed. The era of stodgy, uninspired pulpiteering will be as obsolete as the high-wheeled bicycle and the flint-lock musket. Instead, the finest thought and the noblest eloquence of the greatest moral teachers in the land will be leaving its impress upon the hearts and souls of ten millions of thrilled auditors all at once. ANP now, then, for the most impor- tant premise of this prediction of RADIO STARS MAGAZINE GOES ON SALE THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH 74 (Continued from page 15) mine. I believe most firmly that, as a result of the widest spread use of radio with television for the distribution of thought, we will have a universal lan- guage, simple, easily acquired, and read- ily understood. I believe that the na- tions of this world will be eager to learn this language and when it is learned, when the masses all around the globe are acquainted with this form of cosmic communication, the greatest imaginable step toward world peace will have been taken and the mightiest medium for friendly understanding that mankind has ever known, or perhaps ever shall know, will have become an accomplished fact. Let us assume that this fact has been accomplished and that this universal language is being generally used. Sup- pose, then, that hostilities are threat- ened between two neighboring lands. No longer will the lives and the for- tunes of the peoples of those two lands be in the hands of professional sword- rattlers, or scheming politicians, or greedy financiers, or ruthless dictators. For then it will be possible for the chosen mouthpieces of one nation to tell the people of the neighboring nation exactly what they feel, and what they desire, and what the merits of their own case is, and what the will, not of the politicians and the self-appointed rulers and leaders, but of the common — man and woman of that country is. By this means, it will be possible for the ordinary citizens of the countries in question to sense the viewpoint and feel” the good will of their fellow beings across the national boundaries. And, by” the same token, it will become increas- ingly difficult for reckless leadership to drive either nation or both into an avowal of open hostilities. For if you’ understand the other fellow you are not so apt to come to blows with him. In other words, I suggest the sup- position that the radio, plus the univer-— sal tongue, plus television, will eventu- ally do more for the cause of peace on earth, good will to all men, than all the anti-war societies have ever done or ever could hope to do. So I am seeing the radio, not only as an entertainment agency, but as an all- powerful engine for the education 0 our children, for the moral betterment of our adults, and, for fewer wars and more harmony on the face of this globe.
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Dreams ComelTrue (Continued from page 29) of their disinclination to follow the beaten path. Some property in Florida which belonged to Walter’s family had needed developing, so they’d gone South. A vague restlessness seized them. ‘They adventured for a time in the ‘North Woods, then turned once more _ toward Chicago. It wasn’t easy sled- ding even after Walter got a job in an advertising agency there. Ireene wanted ’ drama. | ' ingenue parts. so much to help, but she was to have a baby. j Often during those months of wait- ing, her fancy would whirl again to the glamorous world of the stage. Sonny was born when she was eigh- teen. While Walter looked on ecstat- ically, her sweet voice crooned lullabys. Yet she would not tuck her dreams away, but for six months she did sub- ordinate them to the care of her baby. Suddenly determination took her dreams in hand and moulded them into reality. She threw her lot in with a stock company in Oak Park, playing She studied voice and drama with the ex-Moscow Art The- atre performer, Dr. John Tieman. For a year she worked in serious drama. ET she wasn’t neglecting her family. A second child, Nancy, was born. When she’d gotten the youngster a start in life, Ireene turned once more to She specialized at the Goodman Theatre in children’s plays. Her hopes had been bent toward radio and when she joined a radio stock com- pany which was made up of herself, David Owen, now director of “Jack Armstrong” and “Bob and Betty,’ and Vin Haworth, the Jack Arnold of “Myrt and Marge,” she was certain that her future as an actress was assured. How could she have foreseen the necessity of moving to Highland, In- diana, where once more Walter had to take care of some Wicker family real estate? Walter, who had already be- come a success in advertising, found himself involved in a local reform elec- tion, and to everyone’s surprise, was elected alderman. You, perhaps, heard this very incident dramatized when Walter played Bob Crane in “Today’s Children.” Now what had happened to her dreams ? Not knowing what the future might hold, they left their substantial situa- tion in Highland, and ventured once more to Chicago. Days of discouragement followed, and Ireene wondered if those who’d said you couldn’t have a family and a career had been right. Walter wondered, too, but he plodded forward. He’d had no dramatic training and executives were amused when he wanted to write con- tinuity. It seemed as though he’d not be able to do what he and Ireene wanted so -Much—to be able to work together. RADIO STARS I'M MISERABLE... ILOVE JACK... BUT | DON'T SEEM TO REALLY ATTRACT HIM.. | MUST LACK A LOT OF SOMETHING DON'T BE SILLY... YOU'RE SIMPLY A LITTLE CARELESS... 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THEN came a chance. He still laughs at his first radio job—writing beauty talks for cold cream. But it was suf- ficiently successful to give him encour- agement to stick with Ireene in radio. At last “Judy and Jane” was sold. Ireene was to play Jane and Walter be- came the production man and had a role himself. Just about the same time came a pos- sibility of fulfilling of one of Ireene’s greatest ambitions. She had always been interested in children. She loved to tell stories and sing them songs of her own making. Children thrilled to the sus- One Hundred Dollars juggling dexterity on the local audi- ences. He made five or ten dollars each time and saved this until he accumu- lated one hundred dollars. This he put in a bank in Boston. It was quite a lot of money for a young man to have in those days. It meant security and a chance to get to New York, the center of big time vaudeville. “T had my best friend in my con- spiracy. We worked out a plan. I gave him five dollars to hold for me. I left forty dollars in the bank and took the rest with me to New York, with the understanding that if I flopped there I would let him know, and he would send me boat fare. I was taking no chances.” He got a room with meals for seven dollars a week. Then he went out in search of work. Countless visits to agents, followed by days of waiting, brought only disappointment and dis- couragement. The money started dwin- dling. Once in a while a chance to work came. “Each time I passed a Western Union station I almost went in and wired my friend. But I took a grip on myself and instead went to the agent’s again.” At night he practised some more, for once a juggler neglects to do that, he loses his skill. Though he did his little tricks well, he was just another jug- gling act. “T realized then,” Fred said, “that to get anywhere I had to devise some- thing different. I decided to work out some patter and dialogue.” He got to collecting joke books, a habit he has never stopped. He now has about 2,000 books filled with time- worn gags that have long outlived their usefulness, but as Fred will tell you, often inspire new ones. He then whipped his new act into shape and gave it a name, “The World’s Worst Juggler.” “And I wasn’t kidding anybody but myself about that title.” Ss months passed, and there was no sign of permanent work. It got so that the office boys didn’t bother to ask him what he wanted. They just hoi- lered “NO!” as he entered the door. 76 RADIO STARS pense of her tales. So from these things she fashioned a program and the Sing- ing Lady was born. It’s astounding, the work she’s put into her programs. During a year and a half on the air she’s written over a million words of continuity and has composed two thousand songs. Her compositions are drawn from sym- phonies and operas or are based on little-known folk tunes. But her accomplishments don’t end there. Her natural ability as a mimic and her four octave voice range makes her capable of changing character with (Continued from page 40) With seventy-five cents in his pocket, “The World’s Worst Juggler” was about to become “The World’s Worst Farmer.” With a quick step he marched into the telegraph agency and wired his friend. “T was prepared for a big razzing from the folks back home. The ‘I told you so’s’ were already ringing in my ear.” On the way back to his room he met an agent whose name was Edelman. He looked excited and worried. He al- most yelled at Fred. “You're just the guy I want to see. I need an act to play the week out in Paterson. The guy who was there got canned and I need someone who can get there tonight without lugging bag- gage. Will you do it?” Would he do it? He practically ran all the way to Paterson, but Edelman halted his speedy progress by advanc- ing him the railroad fare. Paterson audiences had a habit of sit- ting on their hands, and refusing to applaud. Fred Allen, née Fred James, née Paul Huckle, née Johnny Florence (Fred can’t remember at this time which name he used then) went on with his tricks and occasional wise remarks and made good. He stayed the entire week and pocketed thirty dollars. The money came from Boston and Fred sent it back with a sigh of relief. Edelman had just given him an additional four weeks’ contract to play some New York tank towns. “Through that I made enough money to send back the sixty dollars from the original hundred, and deposited it.” When the four weeks were over, Fred was back where he had started from, but a hundred dollars richer and pretty confident of his ability. He soon estab- lished a small reputation among the booking agents as a pretty good act to follow the animals. Still he had lots to learn. The old Academy of Music on Four- teenth Street gave a special professional night where, instead of the usual seven acts, they displayed fifteen for the same admission (10-20-30). startling rapidity. She even — this by varying tones by talking through . her fingers, or shading her voice with her hand. In two successive “Judy and Jane” broadcasts, Ireene took the part of thirteen different people. Yes, Ireene Wicker dreamed of a home, children and a career. She has her career. Has she kept the happiness of her home? Well, just listen to Walter as Jim Sargent making love to — Ireene as Jane in the next “Judy and Jane” program. Then you'll see how all her dreams really came true at long last. “Acts that were out of work used to play there free,’ Fred explained, “and the booking agents would come down there to catch them. If they were any good they were signed and got engage- ments with pay. I managed to go on, and I had a pretty tough time of it, © because the Old Academy was so big. — They had a stage on a stage. You were — lucky if your voice would carry to the ~ fifth row. The gallery was so far back, that the ushers rode bicycles up and down the aisles.” Fred made good there, because Nicho- las Schenck, then the booker for the entire Loew Circuit, and now president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, managed to hear him, despite the acoustics, and signed him for forty weeks. Then came a chance to appear in “Artists and Models,’ one of the big — Shubert revues. From then on, the name of Fred Allen was often thought — of when producers were casting for hoped-for hits. In the summer of 1928 two very young showmen got the idea of produc- ing an intimate musical show with some lesser lights. They engaged Libby Hol- man, who then was just another torch singer, studying law at nights; Clifton Webb, former dancing partner of Mary Hay, ‘and Fred Allen. They called it “The Little Show.” It took New York by storm. Libby sang ‘Moanin’ Low” in a way that playgoers will never for- get. Webb captivated them with his rendition of “I Guess I'll Have to — Change My Plans,” the song that just — won’t fade into oblivion, and Fred pan- icked them with his inimitably dry wit. It ran two years and grossed $200,000. — The radio grabbled him after he had — duplicated his success in “Three’s a Crowd.” He played twenty weeks “a ‘ fall on the Linit program. “But it’s a good thing that magiciaml insulted those yokels back in Paterson or I’d be lying in the hay that Kate. Smith sings about,’ Fred remarked. “But Fred,” we reminded him, “wha about the hundred dollars” ? “Oh, it’s still in the bank just as I le it. And, the funny part of it is, bank is one of those still open!”
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| | 4 | - be Daughter Knows Best (Continued from page 37) ounger than the forty years she must e, which gives her courage to admit ier fallibility? Is it that, having as- umed dictatorship over her own life at he immature age of fifteen, she is satis- ied with the results, and so respects he judgment of youth? Or is it that, lespite the aura of carefree Bohemian- sm which clings to her, she has fol- owed a definite pattern of motherhood? _ Discussing her open-mindedness to- _ yard her daughter, she inquired: _ “How can a mother expect her chil- _lren to respect her final decisions, if he doesn’t respect their opinions?” 5 UCH an attitude helps to explain * Marge, Marge who traded the as- ured ease of her parents’ comfortable \partment on the North Side of Chicago ind the promise of a college education j ‘or the uncertainty of the stage. _ To her classmates at the Lake View High School, she was simply “a sweet sid” who wasn’t too hot in algebra, but »xcelled in athletics; a pretty, brunette ;0phomore who ran second only to that Olympic winner, Helen Filkey, on the tinder track. Few of them dreamed that the stage-struck Donna they knew then would grow up to be the air- _ famous Marge they now read about. _ To fully appreciate such a miracle, one should turn back the clock six years. For the foundation of the spec- _tacular career that was to make her and her mother’s names _ household words was laid one afternoon in 1927 when Myrt, then a star on the Orpheum Circuit, came home for a mid-winter holiday. “T’ve quit school,’ Donna greeted her mother. “Quit school,” repeated Myrt, aghast. “But you can’t. You know I’ve set my heart on your going to college.” Her daughter nodded. ‘“That’s why I’ve stuck this long,’ she said. “But why should you want’me to go? I _ want to be an actress.” It wasn’t that Myrt disapproved of the theater. The principal chronologi- cal events of her life bear out her words recently uttered by her in my presence: “I wouldn’t unlive a single moment I’ve spent on the stage.” At fifteen she ran away from a swell finishing school in Joliet, Illinois, and + joined the chorus of a musical comedy, _ then current in Chicago. She married a man of the theater, George J. Dam- _ erel, the original prince of “The Merry _ Widow.” Both of her children, Donna and George, Jr., now sixteen and a stu- ‘dent at the Pasadena (Cal.) Junior Col- lege, were born between theatrical en- ‘gagements. Her backstage dressing Wee was their cradle and kindergar- ‘ten. Constant companionship with girls whose interests lay far from the foot- ghts, reasoned radio’s most famous ther, subconsciously would guide her ———E—————— RADIO STARS Now a Concentrated Antiseptic Mouth Wash A WHDROOT PRODUCT For MOUTH WASH, GARGLE ond general use. A powerful, sofe anti. Septic in powdered form. Penetrating, pleasant-tasting ., . combots holitesis. JUST MIX WITH WATER MAKES ONE PINT 10¢ MAKES A PING A WILDROOT PRODUCT —tested and approved by eae eee Good Housekeeping Bureau, You Mix It With Water At Home Thousands no longer pay high prices for mouth wash. They have learned that Five Star Antiseptic is safe, pleasant tasting, amaz- ingly effective, yet goes three to ten times as far. 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daughter into a life less exacting than that of the theater. But Myrt’s logic was lost. And when the Damerels returned to the two-a-days after their between- season holiday, Donna accompanied them. She made her stage debut at the end of their act, doing her own version of the Charleston. A COUPLE of theatrical seasons came and went. Then Donna an- nounced without warning that she wanted to dance, metaphorically speak- ing, on her own two feet. Again Myrt demurred. No wool ob- scured the clear vision of her penetrat- ing eyes. As usual she wanted to pro- tect Donna. But for the second time daughter’s eloquence triumphed over mother instinct. From chorus girl at the Rainbow Gardens in Chicago, Donna high-kicked and high-C’ed her way into a specialty number on Balaban and Katz's North- ern Illinois Circuit. Then she became a headliner in vaudeville. As her star soared in the theatrical firmament, her mother’s waned. For years Myrt and her husband had dreamed of retiring and having a home and business of their own, far from the cries of call boys and the whistles of midnight trains. But hardly had their dream come true, than came the crash, and in its wake, the bank failures. Overnight the tidy fortune, which the Damerels had spent years accumulating, was swept away. “What are we going to do?” asked RADIO STARS Myrt. “What will happen to us?” Marge hesitated. “T have an idea,” she said at last. “You always wrote all of yours and Dad’s acts for vaudeville. Well, why don’t you write one for us, one we can do on the air!” Despite the fact that something re- sembling necessity was staring into Myrt’s worried face, she drew herself up to her full five feet two and mur- mured something about the stage being the proper setting for an actress. But Marge only smiled like the mas- ter strategist she was and is, she began marshalling all the reasons why they should try out over radio: The hours were pleasant. Rewards were prodigal for those who succeeded. They wouldn't have to dash for a midnight train after the show, and push on to the next town. S° convincing was she yielded. “You may know best,” least, I'll think it over.” Out of her meditation came “Myrt and Marge,” the serial of the air which has lavished them both with fortune and fame. Less than three weeks after Myrt had conceived the original idea, she had authored ten episodes, sold them to Philip K. Wrigley, the Chicago chew- ing gum manufacturer, and, with her daughter, made her debut before the microphone. Unlike most of radioland’s first ladies who have started their etherial careers over local stations, then worked their that Myrt she said. “At way onto a coast-to-coast hook-up, My: and Marge launched theirs over a nm tional network. And they are still o it. Twice an evening, five evenings week, they broadcast so that Columbi listeners in Alaska and Agua Calient as well as in Ashland, Maine, may kee abreast of their imaginary adventure: And that isn’t all of the story of My: and Marge. Last Spring a Hollywood produce offered them a pot full of gold to mak a screen version of their air dramz Marge was wild to accept. But Myr wanted to put up some strawberry pre serves and take a vacation and start t work on a Broadway play she had 7 mind. So they made the picture, “Myr and Marge,” now being shown in you neighborhood. Upon seeing the first rushes of if Fanchon and Marco invited mother an daughter to personally appear in, wha was then, their forthcoming revue during its summer tour of the Pacifi coast, As usual Marge wanted to sa) “Yes” for both of them. This time however, Myrt’s “No!” was not an in vitation to her ambitious daughter t “sell” her. Already Myrt had agreed to visi South America—and here is the catch— at the expense of her chewing gun sponsor. She was to collect materia for future Myrt and Marge episodes. So while she was “rolling down tc Rio,’ Marge was singing and dancing her way up the ladder of fame, adding still another colorful chapter to the tal of radio’s daughter who knows best. I'll Never Marry Again introduced, they were married in New Jersey by a Justice of Peace. That was in November. Three months later Broadway got wind of it. Even Walter Winchell hadn’t been in on the secret. And as this is written, we hear from Chicago that they will soon announce the arrival of a small Baker. Phil Baker is thirty-seven. He has been a piano player in a nickelodeon, secretary to a movie magnate, a sailor, and a vaudeville partner of Ben Bernie, the Old Maestro. In the old days when Phil was first bitten by the stage bug, he always used to hang around stage doors. One of his ambitions was to meet Ben Bernie, who had achieved a small success in vaudeville. Phil learned that Ben’s stage partner, a fellow named Klass, could play the accordion, so Phil set out to master that instrument. Pres- ently, he could squeeze acceptable tunes out of the black box. Phil had a_ great hankering to join Bernie. Finally, Ben agreed to give him an audition. Baker, nervous but determined, reached Ben’s quarters only to find him asleep in bed. Phil woke him. Feeling anything but con- genial, Ben told Phil to play something. Half way through the number Ben stopped him. “That’s terrible. 78 Come back in two (Continued from page 61) years!” And he turned over and went back to sleep. Two years later Phil came back, and Ben took him into the act. It was in 1921 that Bernie got the orchestra idea, and they separated. Today they are both in Chicago, radio stars, and still great friends. It was Peggy who first showed Phil that he could become a radio star. Up to that time he had been afraid of the mike. “T don’t know a thing about radio and I haven’t the time to learn,” he said. ONCE, he took a fling as a guest star on Rudy Vallee’s variety hour, but that was as far as he would go. Only Peggy egged him on. Phil argued with her. “I’m the world’s highest priced straight man.” In other words, he always had a man planted in the box. This impertinent fellow in- variably interrupted him. He was known as the annoyer, and he and Phil became famous. But radio -couldn’t very well use him. It seemed a well nigh impass- able obstacle until Jack Murray, crack gag writer, and Phil put their heads to- gether and concocted Beetle, the mys- terious voice, and Bottle. Then Phil and Peggy bought a house, and there’s no place in America quite like it. It’s a large rambling affair ona beautiful lake near Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. From the outside it looks no different from any other in the vicinity, but ask Hal Totten, the an- nouncer of many of the Armour shows, just what goes on inside. “The whole gang lives there like one happy family. Bottl——who is really Harry McNaughton—his wife, Jack Murray and his wife, Mabel Albertson, who is heard frequently on the pro- cee the sound man, the pro only at meal times or when a good idea strikes them.” casionally on the radio program in sn parts. She has completely surrende her own career to share Phil’s. One night, not long ago, as lounged peacefully in his arm chair, wit his wife beside him, he was casually minded by a close friend, of that de mined statement about marrying tha made three very long years ago. Would he retract it? “No!” He thundered. His listeners jumped in their seé Then Phil put his arm around Pegg smiled, and said: “T’'ll never marry again... neve
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(MONDAY) 8:00 CST—KFH, KLRA, KMBC, KMOX, KOMA, KRLD, KTRH, KTSA, WBBM, WBRC, WCCO, WDSU, WFBM, WGST, ia WHAS, WISN, YLAC, WMT, WOWO, » || PST—KFPY, KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOH, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 9:15 EST (44)—Kate Smith. | WABC and a Columbia network. Station 7 list unavailable. /9:30 EST (14)—Jack Frost’s Melody Mo- || ments. Guest artists. Joseph Paster- » || nack’s orchestra. Well bred _ selection 1 of music. \| Waz, WBAL, KDKA, WHAM, WGAR, >] WLW, WIR. 8:30 CST—WENR. ; 9:30 EST (14)—Del Monte Ship of Joy with ? Hugh Dobbs; guest artists; Doric and Knickerbocker quartets; Meredith Will- son orchestra. } WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, | WLIT, WRVA, WJAX, WIOD, WFBR, i] WRC, WGY. WCAE, WTAM, ww, WSAI, WWNC, WIS, WFLA. 8:30 CST —WMAQ, KSD, WOC, WHO, wow, . KVOO, WKY, KTBS, WFAA, KPRC, WOAI 7:30 MST—KOA, KDYL. (9:30 “The Big Show” with Lulu McCon- nell, comedienne; Gertrude Neisen, torch singer and Isham Jones’ Orchestra. A fast-moving show. (Sponsored by Ex- Xx. saan WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, " WJAS, WSPD, WJSV, WCAH, WKBW, dl WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU- W3XAU, WEAN, WFBL, WICC, WBT, | WTAR. 8:30 CST—WBBM, wowod, ; WFBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, KRLD, | WREC, WCCO, WLAC, WDSU. 17:30 1 MST—KLZ, KSL 6:30 PST—KERN, : KMJ, KOIN, KFBK, KGB, KFRC, KDB, KOL, KFPY, KWG, KVI. ‘ (0:00 EST (14)—Richfield Country Club with : the sports ken of Grantland Rice, the j cool soprano of Mary McCoy; the warm } blues of Betty Barthell; double quartet, and Jack Golden’s orchestra. WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WBAL, KDKA, CRCT, WMAL, WSYR. (0:00 EST (14)—Wayne (Waltz) King’s or- | chestra. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WAAB, | WKBW, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, ij WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, | | | / WHAM, WSPD, W4JSV. 9:00 CST — WGN, WOwo, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, WCCO. 8:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. 7:00 PST—KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, KGB, KFRC, | KDB, KOL, KFPY, KWG, KVI. 10:00 EST (144)—Contented Program. Sooth- | ing words and music. Gene Arnold, nar- rator; the Lullaby Lady; male quartet; Morgan L. Eastman orchestra. Jean Paul King, announcer, WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, q id eS eee wart. WrRER, WRC, CECK, CRCT.. 9:00 CST—WEBC, KSTP, KFYR, WSM, WMC, WSB. KPRC, WOAI WMAQ 8:00 MST—KOA, KDYL. 7:00 PST— KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. 0:45 EST (44)—Columbia Concert Orches- tra; soloist. WABC, WDRC, WEAN, WICC, WFEA, WORC, WAAB. Following on at 11:00 EST—WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WHK, CKLW, WJAS, WSPD, WQAM, WDBO, WPG, WICC, WCAH, WLBW, WBIG, WHP, WMBG, WDBJ, WHEC, WTOC, WSJS, WORC, WKBN, WIP. Following on at 10:00 CST—WFBM, KMBC, WHAS, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WCCO, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, WMBD, WIBW, WACO, WMT, KFH. Following on at 9:00 MST— KVOR, KLZ. 0:45 EST (4%4)—Myrt and Marge—sketch. 1 9:45 CST — WBBM, WFBM, KMBC, 1 WHAS, KMOX, WGST, WBRC, KLRA, 1 WREC, WCCO, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA. 8:45 MST—KLZ, KSL. 7:45 PST—KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, KGB, KFRC, KDB, KOL, KFPY, KWG, KVI. (See also 7:00 P.M. EST.) 11:00 EST (144)—Amos ’n’ Andy, blackface comedians. 10:00 CST — WMAQ, WENR, KWK, WREN, WSMB, WKY, KOIL, WTMJ, WSM, KDYL, KTHS, WDAF, KSTP, WMC, WSB, KPRC, WFAA, WOAT. 9:00 MST—KOA. 8:00 PST—KHQ, KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO. (See also 7:00 P.M. EST.) 1:15 EST (%4)—Columbia News Service. WABC, WCAO, WAAB, CKLW, WDRC, WJAS, WEAN, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM, - WDBO, WDAE, WPG, WLBW, WBIG, WHP, WFEA, WTAR, WMBG, WDBJ, WSJS, WORC, WKBN, WIP, 10:15 CST—WFBM, KMBC, WDOD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WCCO, WODX, WLAC, WDSU. KFH. 9:15 MST—KVOR, KLZ. (4)—Lum and Abner. Rural comedy sketches. WTAM, WLIT. 10:15 CST—WENR, KSD, ae WHO, WOW, WDAF, WKBF, See a RADIO STARS Programs Day by Day (Continued from page 71) TUESDAYS (December 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th) 6:45-7:00-7:20-7:45-8:00 A.M. EST—Breathe deeply. Arthur Bagley’s Tower Health Exercises. WEAF, WEEI, WFI, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, CRT. (WRC on 7:30 EST.) 8:30 EST (142)—Cheerio. Early morning optimism in inspirational talk and music. WEAF, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WTAG, WEEI, WRVA, WPTF, WIS, WIOD, CRCT, WJAR, WCSH, WFBR, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WLW, CFCF, WWNC, WJAX, WELA. 7:30 CST—WOW, KSD, WDAF, WSB, WMC, WJDX, WSMB, WKY, KPRC, KFYR, WSM, WOAI, KTBS, WAPI. 9:15 EST (4%4)—Goldy and Dusty and the Silver Dust Twins. Songs and patter. WABC, WOKO, WGR, WDRC, WCAU- W3XAU, WJAS, WFBL, WHP, WHEC, WWVA, WORC, WMAS. 9:45 EST (14)—The Mystery Chef. no secrets about quick cooking. WABC, WCAU, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, Makes WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WFBL, WSPD. 10:15 EST (%)—Clara, Lu ’n’ Em. WNya- nya-nya, over the back fence. WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WCKY, WPTF, WIS, KDKA, WGAR, WHAM, WIR, WRVA, WWNC, WJAX. 9:15 CST —KWK, WREN, KOIL, WTMJ, WSM, WMC, WSB, WAPI, WSMB, KSTP, WJIDX, KVOO, KPRC, WOAI, WKY, WGN. 8:15 MST—KOA, KDYL. 10:30 EST (%4)—Carson Robinson’s Crazy Buckaroos. WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WICC, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WCAH, WCAO. WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WSPD. 9:30 MST—KMBC, WCCO. 10:30 EST (%4)—Today’s Children. Irna Phillips, Bess Johnson and Walter Wicker cast in these daily skits. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, KDKA, WRVA, WJAX, WBZ, WBZA, WSYR, WGAR, WCKY, WPTF, WFLA, WJR. 9:30 CST —KWCR. KSO, KWK, WREN, KOIL, WKY, WBAP, WTMJ, KSTP, .WEBC, KPRC. 11:00 EST (%4)—Home economics by Mary Lee Tabor. (Pet Milk). WBT, WCAH, WCAO, WDAE, WDBO, WHK, WJSV. WKBW, WLBW, WQAM, WSPD. WTAR, WTOC, WTOC, CKLW, 10:0 CST—KFH, KLRA, KMBC, KMOX, KOMA, KRLD, KTRH, KTSA, WBBM, WBRC, WDOD, WDSU, WGST, WHAS, WLAC, WMBD, W0DX, WOWO, WREC, WSFA. 9:00 MS8—KLZ. . 11:15 EST (%4)—Frances Lee Barton knows about cooking for a family. She has one. WEAF, WTIC, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, WFBR, WLIT, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WTAM, WWJ, WCAE, WLW. 10:15 CST—WBAP, KSD, WOC, WHO, WDAF, WTMJ, KSTP, WEBC, KPRC, WKY, WMAQ, WSM, WMC, WSB, WAPI, WStB, KTHS, KVOO, WOAI, KTBS, wow. 11:15 EST (%4)—Big Freddie Miller. and patter. National Oil Products. WABC, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD, CKLW. 10:15 CST—WBBM, Wowo, KMBC, KMOX, WFBM, WHAS. 12:00 Noon EST (14)—The Voice of Ex- porenee: More answers to problem let- ers. WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WKRC, WHK. WEAN, CKLW. WDRC. WCAU-W3XAU, WJSV. 11:00 A.M. CST —WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX. 10:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. 9:00 PST—KERN, KOL, KFPY, KWG, KVI, KMJ, KOIN, KFBK, KGB, KFRC, KDB. Songs WJAS, WGR, 12:00 EST (%4)—The Climalene’ Program with Cheri McKay; Two Macs, two piano team. WGY, WTAM. WSAI, WBEN, WwiJ. 11:00 A.M. CST—WKBF, WoW, Woc, WMAQ, WDAF, WHO. 12:30 EST (5 min.)—General Mills News Flashes. WABC, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD, CKLW 11:30 A.M, CST—WBBM, Wowo, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WFBM, WHAS Hour. Guest speakers; Walter Blaufuss and his Homesteaders. WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, WLW, WIOD, WFLA, WSYR, WMAL, WCKY, WJR, WIS, WPTF, WJAX WRVA, WWNC, KDKA. 11:30 A.M CST—KFYR, WOAT, KYW, KWEK KWCR, KOIL, WREN, WGAR, WOC, WJDX, WMC, KVOO, KPRC, WHO , WDAF, WIBA, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY. WSM, WSB, WAPI, WSMB, (Tuesday, continued on page 81) THE Lur € OF LOVED EVES can be yours with Now obtainable in 10c sizes MaybellineEyelashDarkener instantly darkens eyelashes, making them appear longer, darker, and more luxuriant. It is non-smarting, tear-proof and absolutely harmless. The largest selling eyelash beauti- fier in the world. x xX Maybelline Eyebrow Pencil smoothly forms the eyebrows into graceful, expressive fines, giving a perfect, natural ef- fect. Of highest quality, it is entirely harmless, and is clean to use and to carry. x xX : Maybelline Eye Shadow delicately shades the eyelids, adding depth, color, and spar- kle to the eyes. Smooth and creamy, absolutely pure. 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Great People—How They Behave began a tour of inspection of the lower studio floors. The moment the elevator doors closed on them, the page boys broke ranks and made a mad dash down the stairs for the floor below. There is something to be said for their alacri- ty for they beat the King each time, and on each floor were waiting, aligned in good order. Such startling reap- pearances as this tend to unnerve the strongest of men. As the party proceeded solemnly along the corridor of the thirteenth floor, Mr. Aylesworth, a tall man, was seen to bend over so that the little King might whisper in his ear. The official pointed down the hall. The King trotted off alone and disappeared through a door. There were ineffectual attempts at sprightly conversation until the King reappeared, smiling and happy. The suite solemnly resumed its tour. THE gentle Einstein’s tendency to day- dream often puts him in embarrass- ing positions. I recall particularly, one night, he stood by an NBC microphone. “. . and so, ladies and. gentlemen,” concluded the announcer, “we present Dr. Albert Einstein.” Like a storm cloud, one of those silences which cry aloud for sound de- scended on the studio. No utterance was passing the scientist’s lips. He just stood there, gazing at the wall. The announcer tapped him on the shoulder. No response. Einstein’s mind was mil- lions of miles away, playing hide and seek along the Milky Way with the mysteries of the universe. The seconds passed with unseeming swiftness. The announcer shook him slightly. The Ger- man’s head jerked up. “What?” he demanded, looking about the studio in mild surprise. The an- nouncer frantically indicated the micro- phone. Einstein nodded his head in recollection, smiled pleasantly and be- gan his talk. The program over, with the eagerness of a child, he began inspecting all the mechanical gadgets used in broadcast- ing. His solicitous wife remonstrated. It was time to go home, she kept in- sisting. “Please mamma, just ten more,” he would plead. Another of his radio talks was being rebroadcast in Germany. When he had finished, his wife stepped to the micro- phone to say a few words to their chil- dren in the fatherland. They were oh, so far away and she had never left them for so long a time. The lump in her throat choked her words a little as she sent her tender message of love across the Atlantic. Tears welled up in her eyes. Tactful studio representatives saw that she was too moved to face the horde of newspaper reporters waiting outside the studio. They led her through devious ways to another exit. They swung open a door of Studio D where “The Lady Next Door” was in 80 minutes RADIO STARS (Continued from page 41) rehearsal. When Mrs. Einstein saw the children grouped about the microphone, she was completely overcome. She dropped to her knees and gathered the kinder in her arms, crying phrases of endearment in German. ‘The children answered her in English. None of them understood her words, but they needed no interpreter to tell them the meaning of the smile that shone through her tears. HERE was a time when Alfred E. Smith was not quite so radio con- scious as he is today. He didn’t like microphones, and he made no _ bones about it. During the 1928 presidential campaign, three of his speeches were being broadcast on consecutive nights. As he faced the 10,000 people who filled the hall the first evening, he frowned severely at the microphone standing on the table before him. “How can I talk with that jigger sticking up in front of me?” he de- manded sharply, and pushed it far to one side. Of course, at that distance the microphone picked up little of the famous nasal voice. The engineers labored to bring it to satisfactory volume, but to little avail. The broad- cast was far from perfect. Now it was the job of Norman Sweetzer, announcer, to see that the radio audience heard Smith. The next night the New York Governor saw the microphone in the same place it had been the previous evening. “What? You. got this thing here again?” he demanded, starting to push it aside as before. It wouldn't budge. Sweetzer had stealthily fastened the microphone to the table. With a lusty effort, Smith pushed the whole table away and once more the radio audi- ence was deprived of satisfactory re- ception. The third evening, when the former governor stepped on the platform, he spied the persistent microphone glar- ing balefully up at him from its original place. Giving vent to a half sigh, half snort, he started to move it away. Then he remembered it was fast to the table. Frowning and muttering, he started to push the table. He puffed and grunted, but he couldn’t move it an inch. Final- ly he gave it up, and with his character- istic good humor, resigned himself to the inevitable. Sweetzer had nailed the table to the floor. RELATIONS being strained with the Hitler government as they were last April, you may imagine that Herbert Glover, of the Columbia Broadcasting System, had his hands full in arrang- ing a transatlantic broadcast by Anton Lang, who for so many years has been the Christus in the Oberammagau Passion Play. Now there was no love wasted on the Nazi chief in Bavaria, seat of Oberam- magau, but a Hitler representative was right on hand to watch the dictator’s interests. In fact, he ordered that Lang insert in his talk a message to the American people denying Nazi atroci- ties. Glover, reasonably enough ob- jected. “It’s going in,” yelled the Hitler lieu- tenant. “This is a broadcast concerning the Passion Play,’ thundered Glover. “It has nothing to do with political propa- ganda. It is not going in.” There was a spirited argument. But Herb Glover is a determined American. The Nazi aide surrendered. The propa- ganda was slashed from-the script. Even now, Glover is inclined to sput- ter, though with a touch of amusement, when the actual broadcast is mentioned. “Dawgone those Hitler fellows! The old iron hand didn’t work, so they had — to use stealth. Can you imagine what Lang did when he came to the part we'd agreed to cut? Why damn it, he pulled the deletion from his cuff or his pocket or somewhere and read it as though we’d never even discussed cen- soring it.” ; waa ta OP an on a ALL Senator Robert Wagner of New York wanted to say into the micro- phone was, “Hello, Mary.” It didn’t seem much to ask, and besides, his spouse was waiting beside her radio to hear him greet her. He couldn't quite see why the Columbia production manager regarded it as an irregular procedure. But he had promised his wife, and, by golly, he was going to get on the air. If he had been making the speech in- stead of his friend, the judge, whom — he’d accompanied to the studio, it would have been easy enough to slip it in somewhere. Now if the legislator had known that the engineer had a rather practical sense of humor, he might not have con- fided in him. “Sure,” said the control man in reply to Wagner’s wistful appeal. He indi- cated a microphone used for communi- cating with the studio during rehearsals. “When the judge finishes his speech — and I pull the plug, you go ahead and say what you want into this mike.” The senator waited tensely for the big moment. The judge finished his speech and the engineer pulled the plug from its socket. 7 “Hello, Mary!” shouted Wagner. He rushed excitedly into the studio, collared — the judge and hurried him out, breath- lessly describing his great experience. It was some time before the dis- tinguished Senator learned that he had_ talked into a dead microphone. THOUGH the King and Queen of Siam were lavishly received, as | have described, it was not the first time the thick red plush carpet had beet rolled out to the curb for royalty. On another occasion, officials high in the (Continues on page &2)
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RADIO STARS | Programs Day by Day (Continued from page 79) : (TUESDAY) WKY, WFAA, KTBS, KTHS. 10:30 MST —KOA 00 EST (44)—Marie, the Little French "Princess... Dramatic sketch. Society debs and matrons guest talking. WABC, WNAC, CKLW, WKRC, WHK, WCAU-W3XAU. 12:00 Noon csTtT— ‘ WBBM, KMBC, KMOX, WGST, WDSU. ‘a 11:00 A.M. MST—KLZ, KSL. 10: 00 PST —KGB, KFRC, KDB, KOL, KFPY, ) -KWwG, KERN, KMJ, KH, KOIN, =) KEBK, KVI. 30 EST (44)—Easy Aces. Sketches of # | Bridge Table. _ WABC, WCAO, WKBW, WHK, CFRB. | WKRC, CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU. _ 12:30 CST—WBBM, KMOX, KMBC, WCCO. 11:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. 10:00 PST— KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, KGB, KFRC, KDB, KOL, KFPY, KWG, KVI. 45 EST —Painted Dreams. WABC, ars WJAS, WHK, CKLW. 12:45 CST—WOwo. 00 EST (34)—Just Plain Bill. Homely skits of small-town barber. 1:00 CST — KMBC, KMOX, Wcco, WFBM. 12:00 Noon MST—KLZ, KSL. 11:00 A.M. PST—KFPY, KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOH, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 30 EST (34)—Ann Leaf at the Organ. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WSPD, WQAM, WCAH, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, | WDBO, WPG, WICC, WLBW, WBIG, | WFEA, WMBG, WDBJ, WHEC, WTOC, WSJS, WORC, ‘WIP. 1:30 CST—-WFBM, KMBC, KGST, WBRC, WDOD, KRLD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WISN, 12:30 MST —KVOR, KLZ. 30 EST (4)—Woman’s Radio Review. tine Macdonald and Littau’s or- WGY, WCAE, WTAG, WRC, "WIJAR. WSAL WTAM, WCSH, WFBR, WBEN. 2:30 CST—WwW3J, KSD, WDAF, WHO, KYW, WOW, WOC. +00 EST (34)—Betty and Bob. _ sketch. } WJZ, WBZA, WJR, WBZ, | WTAQ, WIBW, WACO, WMT, KFH. (Dramatic WHAM, KDKA, WBAL, WGAR, WLW. 2:00 CST—KWkEK, KOIL, WLS. 1:30 EST—(5 min.) News flashes. | WABC, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, : WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD, CKLW. 3: 30 CST—WBBM, wowo, i KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WFBM, WHAS. a: , 3 EST (4)—Skippy. Playlet for young- _ sters. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WAAB, WGR, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU- W3XAU, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, WHEC, CFRB. (See also 6:00 EST.) 5:30 EST "24)—The Singing Lady. Monday’s comment still good. | 2wIZ, WBAL, WBZ, WIR, KDKA, WGAR, WLW. 5:30 CST.) 5:30 EST (44)—Jack Armstrong. Sketches of a schoolboy hero. | WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, } WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, | WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, }. WBZA, WHAM, (WGN on . HEC. (See also 6:30 EST.) 549 EST (14)—Little Orphan Annie. Child- _ hood playlet. WBAL, WBZ, WGAR, WBZA, ae CRET, WIR, CFCF, WLW, | WHAM, WRVA, WWNC, WIS, WJAX. (See also 6:45 EST.) ‘? EST (44)—Mme. Frances star. WEAF, WRC, WSAI, WWNC, WTAG, WIOD, WIS, WCAE, WwdJ. 5:00 CST— | 6 Alda, opera WDAF, WSM, WAPI, WJAR, WFAA, WMC, KFYR, KTBS, WOC, KPRC, KSD, KSTP, WDAY, WIJDX, KVOO, WIBA, Woat, WMAQ, WHO, WEBC, KTHS. eo. MST—KOA, KDYL. 3 700 PST— KP 200 EST (44)—Buck Rogers takes off again in his 25th century gadget. WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WADC, WBT, EO, WHK, WJSV, CKLW. (See also 7:30 Pp. M. EST.) 6:00 EST (4)—Skippy sketch. For West- KMBC, WHAS, ern youngsters this time. ft 5:00 CST — WBBM, oe WCcCco. (See also 5:00 P. M. 6 15 EST G4ar—Bovby Benson and Sunny Jim. Children’s Wild West dramas. WABC, WOKO, WAAB, WGR, WHK, WDRC, WCAU- WSXAU, “WEAN, WFBL, WLBZ, WHEC, WORC, WMAS. 8:30 EST (34)—Jack ‘Armstrong. All eautican Boy. pod CST—WEpM, aes WCCO. T.) eae. EST *(Q,4)—Little Italy. skits. (D. L. and W. coal.) WARC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, eas WKBW, WOKO, WCAO, WFBL, EC. 43.1 EST (4) —Loweil Thomas. mately present WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, CRCT, WJR, WBAL, (See o Italian home News inti- & KDKA, WGAR, WHAM, WLW, WSYR WJAX, WIOD, WFLA. 6:45 EST (44)—Little Orphan Annie. Child- hood playlet. 5:45 CST—WREN, KOIL, KWCR, KPRC, WOAI, WFAA, KTBS, WKY, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR. 7:00 EST (44)—Amos ‘n’ Andy, Pepsodent’s blackface comedians. WJZ, WCKY, WJR, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WMAL, CRCT, WIOD, r GAR, WHAM. (See also 11:00 P.M. EST.) 7:00 EST (44)—Myrt and Marge. sketch w ABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WGR, WEKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU- W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM, WDAE, WBT, WTOC. 6:00 CST—KRLD. (See also 10:45 P.M. EST.) 7:15 EST (44)—Billy Batchelor. Children’s dramatic sketch. WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WRC, WGY, WTAM, WWJ. 7:15 EST (44)—National on Radio in Education. WJZ, KDKA, WCKY, Serial Advisory Council Guest speakers. WWNC, WMAL, WIS, WPTF, WFLA, WBZ, W BZA. 6:15 CST — KWK, KWCR, KOIL, WOAI, KTBS, WJDX, WAPI, KTHS, WREN, KYW, WIBA, KFYR, KVOO, WSMB (WBAP, KPRC on 6:30 CST.) 5: MST—KOA, KGIR, KGHL, KTAR. PST—KFSD 7:15 EST GA4)—Tust Plain Bill. Homely sketches of small town barber. WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WCAU-W8XAU, WJSV, CFRB. 7:30 EST (44)—Lum and Abner. Tribula- tions of two general storekeepers. WEAF, WFBR, WBEN, WGY, WTAM, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, WWJ, WLW on 7:45-8:00 EST. (See also 11:15 P. M. EST.) 7:30 EST (4%4)—Buck Rogers. Imaginary adventure five cennturies hence. WKERC. 6:30 CST — WBBM, KMOxX, Wwcco, WFBM, WHAS. (See also 6:00 P. M. EST.) 7:45 EST (44)—Boake Carter. news and commentary. Intelligent WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WHK, CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WJSV, WBT. 6:45 CST — WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX. 7:45 EST (14)—The Goldbergs. Tragedy and comedy of Jewish life. WEAF, WEEI, WSAI, WTAG, WRC, WBEN, WTAM, WJAR, WCSH, WFI, WFBR, WGY, WCAE, WWJ. 6:45 CST —WENR, WOW, WDAF. 7:45 EST (44)—WOR’S Uncle Don (Carney) tells dog stories. WJZ, WMAL, WHAM, KDKA, WBZ, WBZA, WGAR, WSYR, WJR, WCKY. 6:45 CST—WMAQ. 8:00 EST (%) — Blackstone Plantation. Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit (singing sweethearts), Parker Fennelly (dry whimsicalities), music direction Jack Shilkret. WEAF, WEEI, WCSH, WRC, WBEN, WTAM, WTAG, WJAR, WFI, WGY, WCAE, WWJ. 8:00 EST (%4)—Elmer Everett Yess. High- pressure hilarity. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WEAN, WBIG, WHEC, WKBN, WKRC, WHK, WKLW, WDRC, WCAU- W3XAU, WJAS, WFBL, WTAR, WWVA, WMAS, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM, WDBO, WDAE, WICC, WBT, WCAH, WMBG, WORC. 7:00 CST—WGN, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, KTAT, KTRH, WMT, KSCJ, WREC, WCCO, WSFA, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, KTSA, WIBW, WRR, KFH, WFBM., 8:00 EST (44)—Eno Crime Clues. Edward Reese and John MacBryde star in an- other Spencer Dean mystery drama. Second half tomorrow night. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, KDKA, WGAR, WLW, WJR. 7:00 CST—WMAQ, KWK, WREN. 8:15 EST (44)—Singin’ Sam, the Barbasol Man. Deep voiced home song singer. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WEAN, WJISV, WNAC, WGR, WKRC, WHE, WFBL, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, s 7:15 CST — WBBM, WFBM, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO. 8:30 EST (%)—Lady Esther Serenade. Wayne King’s undulating dance music. 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RADIO STARS Great People—How They Behave radio world, and their lackeys, garbed in the gray of the NBC cadet, solemnly awaited the arrival of Queen Marie of Roumania and her New York hostess. The appointed hour passed and the minute hand of the clock had moved halfway on its next round. Still they waited, but no queen appeared. Passers- by left disrespectful footprints on the carpet. “Roll it up until she heaves in sight,” the boys were ordered. Then a sleek Rolls Royce swung up to the curb. , “The Queen,’ someone whispered hoarsely. “Quick. Unroll the carpet.” The carpet was hastily run to the curb. Out stepped, not the queen, but 2a mere radio star. An official mut- tered: “Sweep off the carpet and roll it up again,’ he ordered. Everyone settled back to their waiting. They waited and waited. Three times the alert watchers signalled false alarms. The last time the carpet was unrolled, a deluge of rain burst from the skies, soaking page boys, officials and the carpet. In they rushed, page boys and officials, gather- ing the treasured carpet with such care that they never noticed the sleek black car which drew up to the curb, paused, and sped off again. As they pondered miserably on royal- ty’s lack of punctuality, one of tue officials was called to the telephone. “This is outrageous,’ stormed her hostess. “We came to your studios and there wasn’t a soul to receive us. Naturally we returned at once to my home.” Sometimes a broadcasting station is the birthplace of strange obsessions. Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist accompanied Edna St. Vincent Millay to one of her broadcasts. A moment before the program was to begin, the poetess was seized by a sudden fear. “Please, please go away,” she cried. With but seconds to go, she shooed them unceremoniously from the studio. When they had left, her confidence returned, and she began her program with com- (Continued from page 80) mendable smoothness. But in the mid- dle of a sentence she happened to glance toward the control room window, behind which who should be but her two friends, smiling encouragement. The base of her tongue thickened in her throat. Fiercely she waved at them to go away. But the friends were de- termined to hear the program. Down on the floor, out of sight of the poet, squatted the famous Gluck and the great Zimbalist. Miss Millay concluded her broadcast without a hitch. She thought they had gone. OT long ago, Mrs. William Ran- dolph Hearst was in a Columbia studio preparing a radio appeal for one of her charities. In another, John P. O’Brien, Mayor of New York City, was unrolling those ponderous and _irrele- vant sentences for which he is famed. “The mayor is in the studios,” Mrs. Hearst was informed. The publisher’s wife, having finished her work, hastened to the reception room. Spying the stout, lanterned- jawed city official, she hurried up to him. “Why how do you do, Mayor Walker,” she gushed. ‘I’m so glad to see you.” O’Brien, not blessed with the gift of the quick wit of his predecessor, Jimmy Walker, for extricating himself deftly from embarrassing situations, merely stared. Whether Mayor O’Brien ever did bring himself to correct Mrs. Hearst, I don’t know. Lady Astor, American born Member of Parliament, was as vacillating as a frightened minnow when she came to the studios for a broadcast during her recent visit to this country. At first she consented to go on. Then she refused. Officials pleaded with her. She con- sented once more. Then she changed her mind again, crying: “Why should I broadcast? Who would want to hear me? I think I’d better not.” Like a short pendulum, her mind shifted back and forth. The momen for her to go on the air approached Executives were distracted to the poin of madness. They made absolutely cer tain that the standby orchestra, alway ready in case a speaker goes to piece or finishes before his allotted time, wa quite prepared. pl The still-wavering Lady Astor wa ushered into the studio. She saw th standby orchestra. “Oh, how sweet!” she exclaimed clasping her hands together. “You'r. going to accompany my talk witl music.” With this encouraging flattery, sh went on the air, delivered an excellen speech, in which she was so absorbe that she never realized the orchestr. didn’t accompany her. In the years I have spent about th studios, the antics of the great hay amused as well as saddened me, bu none, I am sure, gratified me more tha* the startling performance of the lovel Billie Burke. An old trouper, she wa fearfully nervous at the thought of hay ing to face a microphone. Most stag veterans are. She fought hard to calm herself an made no complaint. When the prograr began, she paled, but went on. He knees were shaking, but not the slight est inflection or intonation of her speec betrayed her overwhelming fear to lis. teners. She came to her last line and read i with just the proper dramatic intensity with just the right shading of emotior Then to my complete astonishment, — saw her fling her: script ceilingwar and kick high after it with one smartl shod foot. “Vipeee!” she yelled at the top oj) her voice. But a quick-witted engi neer had aptieia it and cut th switch. It still remains my most gratifyin anecdote because I’ve had occasion t feel exactly the same way. And i any of you have ever faced a micro) phone, you'll know what I mean. Backstage at a Broadcast over a high forehead. Ted MHusing. Can order ever emerge from this chaos? A dozen men, all apparently in authority, are giving directions. Rapee is addressing his orchestra. We cannot hear a word he says. Three lads in college-cut clothes hover about a grand piano, humming and rocking on their heels to the ardent rhythm of a song. A man with his face set to smile comes before the small group of vis- itors. A drummer whips his instrument into an ear-splitting roar. We sit at attention as the noise subsides. 82 (Continued from page 51) “Ladies and gentlemen, in behalf of Linit . . .”. This is Eddie Cashman, CBS announcer and production man. It’s an old speech to him. It rarely changes, for each Sunday night brings a fresh crowd. “Just be yourself, act natural, and enjoy our show.” Erno Rapee holds both arms over his orchestra. The front row violins poise their bows and the back row brasses balance on their three-foot-high shelf with lips pressed to mouthpieces. Sound is pouring into the studio from that old- fashioned loudspeaker hung over the control room window. It is the tailed oi the preceding program. ILENCE! It is as if every one i] the world is holding his breat! Cashman, poised before the control w dow, watches the engineer. His jerks earthward—he has got the ef neer’s signal that the studio is on | air—and Husing and Rapee swing action. Rapee’s musical fanfare b out. Chimes. make seven booming tones that are drowned in the thun (Continued on page 84)
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RADIO STARS Programs Day by Day (Continued from page 81) (TUESDAY) ss CST—WLS, KOIL, WREN, KSO, KW 8:30 EST (44)—The Voice of Experience. Radio’s Beatrice Fairfax. WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WJAS, WGR, WERC, WHK, WEAN, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJSV. 7:30 CST— : WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX. (See also 11:45 P. M. EST.) 8:45 EST (14)—Trade and Mark, the be- whiskered Smith Brothers musically im- | personated by Scrappy Lambert and | Billy Hillpot. Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra. WIZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, fi WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, WGAR, WIR, WLW. 7:45 CST—WLS, KWCR, KSO, < WREN, KOIL. : _ $:45—Kate Smith and her Swanee Music. WABC and a Columbia network. ai ; =e SET (44)—Philadelphia Symphony Or- chestra, direction Leopold Stokowski. (Chesterfield). WABC, WADC, WBT, WCAH, WCAO, WCAU-W3XAU, WDAE, W DBJ, WDBO, WDRC, WEAN, W FBL, WHEC, WHK, WICC, WJAS, WJSV, WKBW, WERC, | WLBZ, WMBG, WNAC, WOKO, WORC, WPG, WQAM, WSPD, WTAR, WTOC, CKLW. 8:00 CST—KFH, KLRA, KMBC, KMOX, KOMA, KRLD, KTRH, KTSA, WBBM, WBRC, WCCO, WDSU, WFBM, WGST, WHAS, WISN, WLAC, WMT, WOWO, WREC. 7:0 MST—KLZ, KSL. } 6:00 PST—KFPY, KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOH, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 9:00 EST (44)—Ben Bernie foams over with | jokes for Blue Ribbon Bear while his band blares bravely on. } WEAF, WFBR, WEEI, WCSH, WBEN, WCAE, WRVA, WWJ, WRC, WTAG, WJAR, WGY, WTAM, WLW, WFI 8:00 CST—KSD, WHO, WSM, WSMB, WOAI, WFAA, KSTP, KFYR, WOC WOW, WMC, WKY, KPRC, WTMJ, WDAY, WBAP, WLS. 7:00 MST—KOA. (See also 12:00 Midnight EST.) 9:00 EST (%%)—Edgar A. Guest, verse; Alice Mock, soprano; vocal trio; Josef Koestner’s Orchestra, make up Household Musical Memories. WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WdJR, WSYR. 8:00 csT— WKBF, WREN, KSO, KWK, WLS. 9:30 (44)—Tho-O-0-0-o0 get your laughs from Ed Wynn; Graham McNamee. Music by male quartet and Don Voor- hees Orchestra. Texaco sponsored. WEAF, WCSH, WFI, WRC, WFBR, WwGy, WLW, WIS, WWNC, WJAX, WPTF, WBEN, WJAR, WWJ, WEEI, WCAE, WTAM, WTAG, WFLA, WRVA, WIOD. 8:30 CST—WJDX, WSMB, WMAQ, KSD, WOW, WHO, WOC, WDAF, WOAI, WBAP, WSM, WSB, WIBA, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR, KVOO, WMC, WKY, KTBS, KPRC. WTMJ. 7:30 MST— KDYL, KOA, KGIR, KGHL. 6:30 PST —KFSD, KTAR, KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. 9:30 EST’ (442)—Tenor Nino Martini, radio’s | gift to opera with Howard Barlow con- : dueting Columbia Symphony Orchestra. WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WQAM, WBIG; .WHEC, WTOC, WKBN, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WDBO, WHP, WDBJ, WORC, WCAU- WJAS, WEAN, WSPD, WPG » WFEEA, WMBG, WSJS. 8:30 CST—WFBM, KMBC, WHAS. WGST. WBRC, WREC, WCCO, WDSU, WMBD. WIBW, KFH, WDOD, KRLD, WTAQ, KTRH, KLRA, WISN, WLAC, KOMA, WACO, WMT. 7:30 MST—KVOR, KLZ. ee I Ss ” is dachatiaiitl PS TIP ea oer _ 10:00 EST (34)—Lives at Stake. Dramas of =| real death defying. Harold Stokes Or- r chestra. ii WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WCSH, WFI, a WRVA, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN. | WTAM, WLW, WCAE, WWJ, WEEI. | J 9:00 CST—WMAQ. KSD, WOC, WHO, | WDAF, WSB, WMC, WJDX, WKY, i WSMB, WBAP, KPRC, KTBS, KTHS, WOAI, KVOO, WOW, WSM. 8:00 MST— KOA, KDYL. 7:00 PST—KHQ, KOMO, KGO; KFI, KGW. rn | 10:30 EST (14)—Madame Sylvia, Hollywood's | beauty expert, presents movie stars. ~ | WEAF, WEERI, WTAG, WRC, WGY, f WBEN, ww. 9:30 CST — WMAQ, KSD, Wwoc, WHO, WTMJ WIBA WEBC, KSTP. 8:30 MST—KOA, KDYL oo. PST—KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO i ko aad @4)—Myrt and Marge. _ Serial sketch 9:45 CST — WBBM, WFBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, WGST, WBRC, KLRA, WREC, WCCO, WLAC, _WDSU, KOMA. 8:45 MST—KLZ, KSL. 7:45 PST—KOL, KFPY, KWG, KVI, KERN, KMJ, KOIN, KHJ, KFBK, KGB, KFRO, KOB. 11:00 EST (44)—Amos ’n’ Andy. kface comedians. 10:00 CST—WMAQ, WDAF, KOIL, KTHS, WKY, WREN, KSTP, WSM, WFAA, KPRC, WENR, WMC, WSB, WSMB, WOAI, KWK. 9:00 MST—KDYL, KOA. 8:00 PST—KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. (See also 7:00 P. M. EST.) Pepsodent’s 11:15 EST (44)—Elmer Everett Yess. High- | pressure hilarity. 10:15 CST—KMBC, KFAB. 9:15 MST— KLZ, KSL. 8:15 PST—KERN, KMJ, KFBK, KFRC, KOL, KWG, KHJ, KOIN, KGB, KDB, KFPY, KVI. 715 EST (44)—Columbia News Service. WABC, WCAO, WAAB, CKLW, WORC, WJAS, WEAN, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM, WDBO, WDAE, WPG, WLBW, WBIG, WHP, WTAR, WMBG, WDBJ, WTOC, WSJS, WORC, WKBN, WIP, WMAS 10:15 CST—WFBM, KMBC, WGST, WDOD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WISN, WCCO, WODX, WLAC, WDSU, KTSA. 9:15 MST—KVOR, KLZ. :15 EST (44)—Lum and Abner. try storekeepers. Two coun- WFI. 10:15 CST—WENR, KSD, WOC, WHO, WOW, WDAF, WKBF, WTMJ. (See also 7:30 P. M. EST.) 11:45 EST (44)—Horlick’s Adventures in Health. Dr. Herman Bundesen’s drama- tized health talks. 9:45 MST—KTAR, KOA, KDYL. 8:45 PST—KGO, KGW, KOMO, KHQ, KFI, KFSD. (See also 8:30 P. M. EST.) 11:45 EST (44)—Voice of Experience. An- swers to the love and otherwise lorn. 9:45 MST—KLZ, KSL. 8:45 PST—KFPY, KwWG KVI, KERC, KDB; KOL, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, KERN, KMJ, KGB. (See also 8:30 P. M. EST.) 2:00 Midnight EST (42)—Ben Bernie, his pompous jokes and his Blue Ribbon Or- bet ww 9:00 PST—KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. (See also 9:00 P. M. EST.) chestra. WEDNESDAYS (December 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th) 6:45-7:00-7:45-8:00 A. M. EST—Arthur Bag- ley directs Tower Health Exercises. All together—up and down and. . 2 WEAF, WEEI, WFI, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, CRCT. (WRC on 7:30 EST.) 8:30 EST (44)—Cheerio. Early morning optimism inspired by inspirational talk and music, WEAF, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WTAG. WEEI, WWNC, WRVA, WPTF, WIS. WIOD, CRCT, WJAR, WJAX, WCSH. WFBR, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WLW, CFEFCF, WFLA. 7:30 CST—WOW, KSD, WDAF, WSB, WMC, WJDX, WSMB. WEY, KPRC, KFYR, WSM, WOAI, KTBS. WAPI. 9:15 EST (44)—Goldy and Dusty and Silver Dust Twins. Songs and patter. WABC, WCAU-W3XAU, WDRC, WFBL, WMAS, WOKO, WHP, WGR, -WJAS, WHEC, WORC, WWVA. 10:00 EST (44)—Gordon, Dave and Bunny. Amusingly arranged songs. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WAAB, WKRC, WDRC, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WCAU- W3XAU. 10:00 EST (4%4)—Mystery Chef. Quick, easy eooking recipes. WEAF, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, WFI, WFEBR, WRC, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, wwJd, WLW, WGY. 10:15 EST (44)—Clara, Lu ’n’ Em. Gossip. WJZ, WBAL, WBZA, WBZ, KDKA, IW GAS” DWEELAMS . WORT UWCKY.. “ “wis: WRVA; WPTF, WWNC, WJAX. 9:15 CST — KSTP., KWK WREN, KOIL, WTMJ WSM, WwW KY, Ww FAA, WMC, WSB, WJDX, WSMB, KVOO, KPRC, WOAI, WGN. 8:15 MST—KOA, KDYL 10:15 EST (44)—Bill and Ginger. Songs and patter. WABC, WOKO, CKLW, WNAC, WGR., WKRC, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WJSV, WCAU-W3XAU, WHK. 10:30 EST (44)—To-day’s Children. Dra- matic sketch. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, “WBZA., WSYR, KDKA, WGAR, WCKY, WRVA, WPTF, WJAX, WELA. 9:30 CST— KWCR, KSO, KWK, WREN, KOIL: WTMJ, KSTP, WEBC, WKY, WBAP, KPRC. eta) is (44)—Betty Crocker. Cooking alk. WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WSAI, WwJAxX WCSH, WFI, WFEBR, WRC, WGY, WRVA, WIOD, WBEN, WCAE. WTAM, Ww, WPTF, WELA. 9:45 CST—KYwW, KSD, WOW, KPRC, WOAI, KVOO, WDAF, WKY, KTHS, WOc, WHO, WBAP. 10:45 EST (%4)—wWill Osborne’s Orchestra. cea de Cordoba, the friendly philoso- pher. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WGR., WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN. 11:00 EST (44)—Kitchen Close-ups, Mary Ellis Ames, home economist. 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RADIO STARS Backstage at a Broadcast of drums. Husing leans calmly toward his own mike and reads from cards he holds in nerveless hands. When he fin- ishes, Rapee and his mighty men sweep into a throbbing number. It is Faust’s “Bacchanale.” Watch that Rapee. rapier in his hand. His body is that of a dancer. You begin to understand why there is magic in the phrase, “Or- chestra under the direction of Erno Rapee.” Abruptly, the number is finished and Ted Husing reads again from his cards. “Here is Nino Martini,” he says. A sprucely slender lad, his shoulders square under the black serge of evening wear, rises to a mike. Poising before a music rack, he shoves both hands deep in his pockets and begins to sing. This is Martini, the Italian lad who is tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company this winter. Scarcely out of his ’teens, already he is at the goal he set for him- self as a small boy. But now, he is not so pleased. See his hands. They have abandoned the pockets and, as he rests between notes, tear at his immaculate dress dollar. The tie comes undone and the collar bursts open. But here is something you must not miss. See that woman in the far corner, her dark plump face a picture of con- cern? See how her mouth forms every word of the song Nino sings? Observe the fullness of her lips and the round- ness of them as she fashions the ringing vowels. She knows them all by heart. Many a time she has coached young men in the way to say these words, but never one so promising as Martini. This show is a pageant of talent, a parade of gay melodies and young voices and sly humor. Now comes a saxophone duet, during which we can see Julius Tannen in a far corner talk- ing earnestly into a hat that he holds before his mouth. Tannen is a funny man professionally, but he takes this work seriously. So does Jane Froman. First, she adjusts the mike so that it snuggles The baton is a (Continued from page 82) against her chin. Usually, she sings “up close.” Martini stands back eighteen inches, for his is that sort of voice. Jane gets her best effects closer. The number is “Harlem Lullaby.” AND now it is the turn of Mrs. Anna Froman Hetzler to purse her lips as Jane’s lovely voice sings out against the counter melodies of Rapee’s men. Watch Jane a moment as she sings. No one else that I know works just as she does. Her eyes look out over our heads, seem to fasten on some vision high behind the limits of this puny ceil- ing, as though she visualizes the count- less listeners within the beating reach of the sound waves that carry her voice, and to that vision she sings. The parade swings on, one dazzling number after another. Tannen reaches the mike and talks with a rasping hu- mor. The college-cut boys who prac- ticed that ha-cha number before the program now chant it nervously into a low-swung mike. Rapee wriggles through booming, enchanted music, the mixed chorus hymns a glorious anthem. Through it all wanders debonair Ted Husing. Smart aleck? He’s been called that. I’m not so sure, myself. Here, he is the one bright spark in a studio that is gloomy with men intent on their jobs. Even Tannen, the comedian, cracks hardly a smile until he gets to the mike. Then, with his familiar material at his tongue-tip, he is at home. One joke after another spins into the ether and as our own laughter dies a musician in the orchestra’s last row utters a laugh that seems to come from the bottom of a barrel. Tannen is on top of it im- mediately. “Either that fellow is getting them later or enjoying them longer,” he says. Another crack brings a wave of mirth across the studio crowd. And again this hollow laugh breaks into it’s last rattle. Tannen catches it again. “It’s amaz- ing,” he cries, “how long it takes for sound to travel.” The third time it happens—that mu- sician is winning himself a long-time — contract as a laugher tonight—Tannen — has no joke to top it. But he has some- thing else—a plug. “That laugh sounds like Linit running out of a bathtub,” he says. And it does. Rapee is in action again. The number is a medley: “Varsity Drag” and “This Is the Missus” and “Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries.” Violin bows stroke to- gether like the sculls of college oars- men. Building up, reaching a raging, soaring climax of bubbling sound, the musicians bend earnestly over their mu- sic racks. All but one. ing a trombone. his perch at the back of the room and charges between the chairs of the other forty-nine musicians. One gets in his way, blocks him, and he has to retreat and cut through another alley. Rapee is summoning him with fire in his eyes and the promise of death in the lethal sweep of that baton. This is Rapee’s piece de résistance of the evening; nothing must mar it. The awkward musician stumbles through the last two rows, steps on a violinist and pulls him- self erect before the mike next to Ra- He rises hastily, clasp- pee’s stand. With a monstrous puffing © of cheeks, he puts his lips to his elongated instrument and puffs mightily. Once . . . twice! toots. He backs away, retreating to- ward his seat in the rearmost row, wear- ing a triumphant look. Rapee’s eyes offer him the approval a general might give a soldier who does his job well. It only remains for Eddie Cashman to lean toward Husing’s mike to say, — “WABC, New York.’’ And suddenly our still studio turns noisy with voices — and the scrape of chairs and clatter of instrument cases. Beyond that glass window a switch has been thrown anda button turned, changing us from citi- zens of a limitless electric universe te inmates of a stodgy, warmish room It’s time to go home. The Seven Star Revue is over. The Battle for News There was a rumor that Hannah and Columbo were beginning to take each other seriously. The rumor reached Walter a few hours before his broad- cast. He grabbed a telephone and called Dempsey. “Listen in tonight, Jack. I’ve got an item about you.” “Tf it’s about Hannah and Russ,” Jack answered, “forget it. I just got a wire from Hannah and she says it’s all off with him and that she loves no one but me.” Even though only thirty-six, Walter 84 (Continued from page 49) has quite gray hair. It runs in the family. His mother, an unusually beautiful woman, had snow white hair while still in her twenties. HES one broadcaster who’s sure of an audience. The wire services and papers keep tuned in on him. You hear a news item on his programs, and then read it in the next day’s papers. That’s what happened when Greta Garbo, heavily disguised, came East. Winchell broadcast that she was in town. Immediately other papers wired their Hollywood correspondents for confirmation. The movie reporters on the coast denied it. Winchell felt that his reputation was at stake. He took a photographer and laid for her. They took her picture and proved that Win-— chell was right again. Being right is one of his hobbies. Now let’s turn to a radically dif ferent type of broadcaster. ot Let’s tune-in on H. V. Kaltenborn. — 4 He’s the editor of the air, his radio mission being to supplement and analyze (Continued on page 86) j Like a bull, he leaves | “a ee et ee et et a Two brief, brassy | — Tt >< Fit bt ter Fk . g a { T i) \) \, i 7 0 j fe \ 1 , 1 i i t
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RADIO STARS Programs Day by Day (WEDNESDAY) with dramatization. WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, : } WGY, WRC, | WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WSAI, 4 WJAR, WFBR, WCSH, WLIT. 10:15 | CST—KYW, KSD, WDAF, WMC, WAPI, } I mTtToHsS, KPRC, WOC, WSM, WTMJ, KSTP, WEBC, WSB, WSMB, KVOO, WOAI, WHO, WKY, WBAP, WOW. 9:15 MST—KOA, KDYL. 00 Noon EST (44)—Gene Arnold and the Commodores male quartet. WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WCSH, WBEN, WIJAR, WRC, WGY, WCAE, WWJ. WTAM, WSAI, WFBR, WLIT. 11:00 CST — WOW, WMAQ, KPRC, WBAP, Wwoc, WHO, WOAI, KVOO, WDAF. 10:00 MST—KOA. 300 EST (%4)—The Voice of Experience. Airs people’s problems. WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WEAN, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WJAS. WISV, WCAU-W3XAU. 11:00 CST— WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, KRLD. 10:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. 9:00 PST— KFRC, KDB, KOL, KFPY, KGW, KVI, KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, KGB. 15 EST (44)—Smiling Ed McConnell. Songs and patter. WABC, WAAB, WCAU-W3XAU, WDRC, WEAN, WHP, WJAS, WLBZ, WOKO, WORC, WMAS, WCAO, WFEA, WHK, WJISV, WKRC, CKLW. 11:15 CST— WOwWO, KMOX, WFBM, WHAS. 330 EST (5 min.)—General Mills News Flashes. WABC, WCAU-W3XAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD, CKLW. 11:30 CST—WBBM, WoOwO, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WFBM, WHAS. :30 EST (1)—National Farm and Home Hour. Walter Blaufuss’ Homesteaders making merry music. WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WJR, WMAL, WHAM, WCKY, WLW, WIS, WIOD, WRVA, WPTF, KDKA, WWNC, WJAX, WFLA, WSYR, WGAR. 11:30 CST — WFAA, KTHS, KYW, KWK, KWCR, WREN, WJDX, WOAI, WOC, WHO, WOW, WDAF, KOIL, WIBA, KSTP, KVOO, KTBS, WEBC, WDAY, WSM, WMC, WSB, WAPI, WSMB, KPRC, WKY. 10:30 MST—KOA. 200 EST (144)—Marie, the Little French Princess. Adventures of young royalty. WABC, WNAC, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU. 12:00 CST — WBBM, KMBC, KMOX, WGST, WDSU. 11:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. - a 12:30 KMOX, WCCO. WFBM. 11:00 A. Li ced Radio DE a ha nald, rograi i meeenh, Se Ta a vi See ; é , WJAR, WRC, wey, WBEN, WEEI, WTAM, WFBR, WWNC, WSAI, WFI, WCSH, WWJ, WCAE, CRCT, WIS, WFLA, WRVA, WIOD. 2:30 CST—KSD, KYW, WOC, WHO, WOW, WSM, WMC, WSMB, WDAF, WJDX, WSB, KPRC, KTBS, KSTP, WIBA, WKY, WEBC, KVOO, WBAP. ; = 104) Betty and Bob. A sketch vers. WJZ, WBZ, WBZA WBAL, WGAR KDKA, WHAM, WJR, WLW. 3: r —WLS, KOIL, KWK.’ Be tee EST (5 min.)—General Mills News » WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, ee ten WKERC, 3 — WBBM, moo: EMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WFBM, ST (%4)—Skippy. ABC, WOKO. C, WHK, WEAN, CFRB. Sketch for children. WGR, WCAO, WAAB, CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, (See also 6:30 P. M. (Continued from page 83) EST.) 5:30 EST (44)—The Singing Lady. Charm- ing nursery entertainment. WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WBAL, WHAM. W4JR, KDKA WGAR, WLW. 5:30 CST—WGN. thrilling sketches for children. WEAF, WEEI, WTIC, WCAE, WCSH, WJAR, WTAG, WLIT, WTAM, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WWJ. 5:30 EST (44)—Jack Armstrong, All Ameri- can Boy. Schoolboy dramas. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WJAS, WNAC, WHK, WGR, WEAN, CKLW, WDRC. WCAU-W3XAU, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, WHEC. 4:30 CST—KTRH. (See also 6:30 P. M. EST.) 5:45 EST (44)—The Wizard of Oz. Delight- ful story adapted for air. WEAF, WTIC, WTAG, WEEI, WWJ, WJAR. WCSH, WFBR, WRC, WSAI, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM. 4:45 CST —WMAQ, KSD, WOW, WDAF, WTMJ, KSTP, WIBA, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR. 5:45 EST (44)—Cowboy Tom. Children’s Western drama. (Remington-Rand.) WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WCAO, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, CKLW. 4:45 CST—WBBM, KMBC, KMOX, WFBM. 5:45 EST (44)—Little Orphan Annie. Child- hood playlet. WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, KDKA, CRT; CFCF, WLW, WGAR, W4JR, WHAM, WRVA, WWNC, WIS, WJAX. (See also 6:45 P. M. EST.) 6:00 EST (44)—Xavier Cugat’s Waldorf- Astoria dinner music. WEAF, WTAG, WWJ, WJAX, WSAI, WWNC, WIS, WICD, WFLA, (WTAM off 6:15 EST.) (WJAR, WBEN, WCSH, on 6:15 EST.) 5:00 CST — WMAQ, KSD, WDAF, WIBA, KSTP, KVOO, WEBC, WSM, WAPI, WSB, WMC, WFAA, WJDX, KPRC, KTBS, WOAI KFYR, WDAY, (WOW, WHO, on 5:15 CST). 4:00 MST—KOA, KDYL. 3:00 PST—KPO. 6:00 EST (44)—Buck Rogers. Adventures in the twenty-fifth century. WABC, WAAB, WCAU-W3XAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WADC, WBT, WCAO, WHK, WdJSV, CKLW. (See also 7:30 P. M. EST.) 6:00 EST (44)—Skippy. Sketch for young- sters. 5:00 CST — WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, WCCO. (See also 5:00 P. M. 7 EST.) 6:15 EST (44)—Bobby Benson and Sunny Jim. Youngsters’ Western skits. WABC, WOKO, WAAB, WGR, WHK, WHEC, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, WFBL, WI.BZ, WORC, WMAS. 6:30 EST (44)—Jack Armstrong, All Ameri- can Boy. 5:30 CST—WBBM, KMOX, WCCO. also 5:30 P. M. EST.) 6:30 EST (44)—Back of the News in Washington with George R. Holmes, Chief Wash. Bureau, International News Service. (See WEAF, WJAR, WFBR, WWNC, WSAI, WRC, WWJ, WIS, WGY. 5:30 CST— Wwoc, WHO, KFYR, WSM, WIBA, WDAY, WSB, WJDX, KVOO, WMAQ, KPRC, KTHS, KTBS, WOAI, WFAA. 4:30 MST—KDYL, 3:30 PST—KPO. KOA, KGIR, KGHL. 6:45 EST (44)—Lowell Thomas. Lively news talk. WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, KDKA, WGAR, WHAM, WSYR,. WLW, WBAL, WJR, CRCT, WJAX, WIOD, WFLA. 6:45 EST (%4)—Little Orphan Annie, child- hood playlet. 5:45 CST—WREN, KOIL, KWCR, KPRC, WOAI, WFAA, KTBS, WKY, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR. 7:00 EST (44)—Molle Shaw; Roxanne Wal- lace; William Edmonson and Southern- naires Quartet. WEAF, WEEI, WTIC, WTAG, WGY, WJAR, WCSH, WBEN, WLIT, WFBR. WRC, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ. 6:00 CST —WMAQ, KSD, WDAF. 7:00 EST (14)—Pepsodent presents Amos ’n’ Andy, those reliably funny fellows. woc, WHO, WOW, WIZ, W4JR, WCKY, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, KDKA, WLW, CRCT, WMAL, WRVA, WPTF, WIOD, WGAR, WFLA, WHAM. (See also 11:00 P. M. EST.) 7:00 EST (44)—Myrt and Marge. _ Serial sketch. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WEAN, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WFBL, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WSPD, WDRC,; WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WJSV, WQAM, WDBO, WDAE, WBT, WTOC. 6:00 CST—KRLD. (See also 10:45 P. M. EST.) 7:15 EST (44)—Billy Bachelor. Children’s sketch. WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WRC, WGY, WTAM, WWJ. 97:15 EST (4)—Just Plain Bill. Sketches of a barber. (Wednesday, Continued on page 87) Lashes WERE MEANT TO BE NO HEAT NO COSMETICS NO PRACTICING No one knows why that long, upward sweep of feminine lashes has always seemed so enchanting to the masculine mind—but it’s so. And it used to be that (like curly hair) a girl either was born with the right kind or else—. Now there’s a gadget: Kurlash. Slip your lashes in, and press the handles. That’s all. Kur- lash won’t break the lashes or hurt them in any way. In fact, it’s used by a great many movie stars. If it isn’t at your favorite department store, drug store or beauty shop, send $1 with the coupon. And after you've curled your lashes, you'll probably want to take other steps too. Lasntint: darkens your Kur.ene: keeps your lashes; waterproof. $l. lashes and brows in con- dition. 50 cents and $1. LASHPAC: compact mas- SHADETTE: gives mys- eara, Three shades. $1. tery, depth to the eyes; four shades, brown, blue, green, violet. $1. Kurlash Tue KurrasH Company, Rochester, New York GENTLEMEN: Here’s one dollar. Please send Kurlash and a copy of your booklet, “Fascinating Eyes.” In Canada, Kurlash Company of Canada, Toronto. TWEEZETTE: to arch your brows painlessly.$1. Name. Street Cit: [Te ee a Ph te.
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RADIO STARS The Battle for News the stories appearing in the press. He's probably the Good Will Ambassador oi Newspaperdom. “T simply happened to be born with a nose for news,” said Mr. Kaltenborn. He keeps his program up to the min- ute by reading, by talking to people and by spending three months of each year in those foreign countries where news is in the making. He likes people. When he is going, say, to Washington, for a conference with a group of senators, he talks to the people he meets on the train; to the waiter in the dining car, to the taxi driver who takes him from the train to the hotel, to the bell hop; to traffic cops, waitresses, society women, small shop keepers and leaders in industry. He succeeds in his mission, too. A majority of his listeners write that they enjoy reading the newspapers much more after listening to him talk. They say that he explains what the more im- portant stories really mean, so they follow up developments on subjects about which he has spoken. A few rough notes are all that he brings to the studio. Before coming to the station, he picks out the most im- portant news stories, and brings his great fund of knowledge and his per- sonal experience to bear. “It’s much the same as newspaper work,” he says. “One takes the news leads and builds them up. That’s really all there is to it.” Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Now to go from radio’s editor to its “feature writer” or columnist. Don’t make the mistake of calling him a news broadcaster, as we did. “There aren’t any news _ broad- casters,” says Lowell Thomas. Then he amplified his statement. “Of course, there may be a few, giving local news over small stations, but on the net- works, we're really entertainers. That’s the way I prefer to be labeled.” Lowell Thomas has been a_ public speaker since he was five years old, has done newspaper work since he was eleven. He has taught in four colleges and universities, among them Princeton. He’s had more than 4,000 students. He has given one of his talks approximate- ly 4,000 times. He spoke daily for six months to a million listeners at the Royal Opera House in London and then went on a world tour, everywhere from Halifax to Singapore. So he knows what the public likes to hear. “Talks,” he says, “should be sprinkled with nonsense, with here and there a thrill, perhaps a sob. My talks are planned as entertainment, not educa- tion.” About half past three in the after- noon he starts preparing the material he will deliver over the NBC network that evening. His radio scripts are broadcast just as he writes them. His wide experi- 86 (Continued from page 84) ence enables him to get his material right the first time. He makes it take the right length of time by having a couple of pages of short subjects to use for fillers at the end. Lowell Thomas has written seven- teen books, all of which are fact stories of adventure. They cover everything from “With Lawrence in Arabia” to “Count Luckner, the Sea Devil.” Edwin C. Hill, too, is really a news commentator rather than a news broad- caster. He doesn’t just give the head- lines, he takes you right down to the fundamentals which underlie the major happenings of the day. His program, however, is based on the premise that people like to listen to colorful, dra- matic stories, as well as to the outstand- ing news events of the times. Mr. Hill holds forth in one of the tiniest of the CBS studios. Even the microphone looks as though it~ has been crowded in. We caught him there a few minutes before he was to go on the air. Those fifteen-minute programs of Hill’s each take him a full day of re- search and four hours of solid writing and rewriting to prepare. He has a library of some three thousand vol- umes. Travel is his hobby, and of course most of his books deal with the earth’s queer corners. He has books about Africa, China, the Gobi Desert, the Grand Chaco, all the places whose names are associated with mystery and romance. Mr. Hill has risen rapidly in public favor, until many consider him as the “head man” in his particular field of radio work. It’s probably because he bases his broadcasts on the idea that people love stories. He has worked out a formula for his program. Next time you hear him on the air, listen. Analyse what he says. See how he ad- heres to this scheme :— First he “hits” his audience with some timely topic of general interest. Then he finds an amusing angle to his story and tells about it. Next he plays up some emotional appeal or introduces a touch of sentiment. And, finally, he concludes his talk with an item of dra- matic value, such as the recrudescence of dueling in Germany. He certainly has a broad enough background for his talks. He has vis- ited practically every foreign power of major importance, and has discussed world affairs with such men as Ramsay MacDonald, Lloyd George, Mussolini, Laval, Poincare, Briand and Stresse- mann. To his discussions of economics he brings experience gained in writ- ing hundreds of Wall Street stories for his paper. REDERIC WILLIAM WILE, who runs his own news service bureau in Washington, D. C., also denies being a “newscaster.” He points out that in his talks over the Columbia Broadcast- ing System, he gives analyses of the high spots in the political activities of the nation’s capital. Although he’s thoroughly familiar with the subject, it takes him about three hours to get his fifteen minute script dictated and rewritten. Some- times he goes over it six times. He always talks from a typed copy, be- cause he feels that it makes for ac- curacy and conciseness. The only ex- ceptions are his occasional “spot news” broadcasts, such as inaugurations, con- ventions and the like. Fred Wile is probably the Daddy of Them All, as far as his particular type’ of broadcast is concerned. He’s been at it since 1923, when officials of the Radio Corporation of America, attracted by his column in the Washington Star, in- vited him to speak over WRC, the Washington station they then owned. He has continued to talk on the same subject for nearly ten years, the last four at CBS. Among the rest of the radio news boys is CBS’s Roake Carter who calls himself a news “editorialist.” He's thirty-three years old, the son of Eng- lish-Irish parents. He served with a coast patrol squadron of the Royal Air Force during the World War and until 1919, after which he took up news- paper work and traveled widely. In 1921 he came to Philadelphia, where he worked on a local paper. Carter has been broadcasting two years, but has been nationally known only since reporting the Lindbergh case fron Trenton. David Lawrence, whom you know a: editor of the United States Daily, is < veteran as far as radio reporting i: concerned. He is forty-four years old) has been in Washington for twenty-tw« years and on the air for five. A deey student of government affairs, he i: also Chairman of the United State: Society, an organization devoted t spreading a knowledge of government William Hard, also of the NBC, ex plains his success both simply anc modestly. He says, “It is difficult fo a writer to be a broadcaster. Broad casting is not writing something anc then reading it. Broadcasting is talk ing. I am somewhat helped by the fact that I seldom stop talking. Wher I go to the microphone I simply con’ tinue.” Hard is a Washington newspaper cor respondent, a friend of senators, con gressmen and other government officie of both parties, and has traveled thr Ireland, France, Italy, Austria, n gary, Germany and Poland in pursui of news. His education was receives both here and in England. y Today’s increased demands s produce some new newscasting Who will they be? Trained n sleuths or announcers with a gift gab. In any case, they must be g | 4 e t
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RADIO STARS Programs Day by Day Tune in on (Continued from page 85) F D W Y N i (WEDNESDAY) 9:30 EST (144)—John McCormack, tenor. WABC, WGR, WCAO, WKRC, WNAC, WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, aS CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WJSV, WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, WGAR, WdJR, WCKY. 8:30 CST—WENR, KWCR, 315 PEST (@4)—Gems of Melody. John KSO, KWK, WREN, KOIL. 7:30 MST— Herrick, baritone; Harold Sanford’s Or- KOA, KDYL. 6:30 PST—KGO, KFI, chestra.. (Father Johns.) KGW, KOMO, KHQ, KDYL. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, 9:30 EST (144)—Pa-a-a-ging Philip Morris. WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, WCKY._ 6:15 Phil Duey’s mellow baritone and sweep- CST—KSO, WENR, KWCR, KWK. KOIL. ing tempo of Leo Reisman’s Orchestra. 7:30 EST (44)—Lum and Abner. (Same as WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WCSH, WLIT, Tuesday.) WFBR, WRC, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, | 9:30 EST (44)—Music On the Air. Guest WWJ, WSATI. 8:30 CST—WMAQ, KSD, stars. (For network see Monday at WOW, WDAF, WTMJ, KSTP. same time.) 9:30 EST (44)—Empty-headed Gracie Al- 7:30 EST (44)—Buck Rogers. Fantastic len; helpless George Burns for chuckles. drama of 25th Century. Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians for WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, satin-smooth rhythms. WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WADC, WBT, WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WJSV, WCAO, WHK, WJSV, CKLW. WNAC, WKBW, WKRC, WHK, WBIG, _ 9:30 (4)—Potash and Perlmutter. Humor- CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, d ous sketch. WORC, 8:30 CST — WGN, WOWwO, WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WHAM. KDKA, WFBM, KMBC, KTRH, WCCO, KOMA, WGAR, WCKY, WdJR, WSYR. 6:30 KTSA. 7:30 MST—KLZ, KSL. 6:30 CST—WLS. PST—KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK. 7:45 EST (44)—Boake Carter. News com- KGB, KFRC. mentary of an English-American journal- 10:00 EST (%)—The Old Gold Program. ist. Moran and Mack, lazy _rib-tickling; WABC, WCAO,: WNAC, WGR, WHK. Fred Waring’s fascinating orchestra and TEX ACO’S FAMOUS CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WJSV. chorus. ‘Mellow as a cello.” 6:45 CST — WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, KMOX, WCCO. WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, WSPD, WQAM, 7:45 EST (%4) —Irene Rich. Chats on WDAE, WLBZ, WBT, WLBW, WHP, ) Hollywood. (Welch.) WMBG, WHEC, WORC, WKBW, WKRC, a WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, CKLW, WDRC, WJAS, WFBL, WJSV, WSYR, KDKA, WCKY. 6:45 CST— WDBO, WPG, WICC, WCAH, WBIG, , WMAQ, WMC, WSB, WSMB. WFEA, WDBJ, WTOC, WMAS. 9:00 9:45 EST (14)—The Goldbergs. Jewish dra- CST—WBBM, WOWO, WFBM, WMBC, e matic sketch. WHAS, KMOX, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, Tuesda Ni ts WEAF, WTAG, WSAI, WEEI, WJAR, KRLD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WISN, WCSH, WFBR, WLIT, WRC, WGY. WCCO, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, WMBD, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ. 6:45 KTSA, WIBW, WACO, WMT, KFH, CST—WOW, WDAF, WENR. KSCJ, WNAX, WKBH. 8:00 MST— 8:00 EST (14)—Bert Lahr, swift comedy KVOR, KLZ, KSL. 7:00 PST—KFRC, with his heckling child Rasputin; George KDB, KOL, KFPY, KWG, KVI, KOH, E iF Olsen’s Orchestra. (Standard Brands.) KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIL, KFBK, KGB. WEAF, WTIC, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH. 10:00 EST (4%4)—Corn Cob Pipe Club of WLIT, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN, Virginia. Barnyard music; male quartet. WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WSAI, WTAG, WEAF, WTIC, WTAG, WTAM, WLW, WCKY, CFCF, CRCT. 7:00 CST—WLS, WCSH, WRC, WGY, WCAE, WEEI, e KSD, WOW, WDAF, WOC, WHO. WFEBR, WLIT, WBEN, WWJ, WJR. 8:30 EST ope abeerous =e Dra- para ea Seen oe eee matic sketch wi Elsie Hitz and Nick INR, , VOC, if f VOW, / Dawson. (Woodbury.) WDAF, WTMJ, WIBA. 8:00 MST—KOA: Coast-to-Coast Network | WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, KGIR, KGHR,’ KDYL. 7:00 PST—KGO, WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, WGAR. WJR, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. CFCF. 7:30 CST—WLS, KWCR, KSO, 10:30 EST (44)—Alexander Woollecott, “The KWK, WREN, KOIL. Town Crier’. Intriguing story teller. 13 «8:30 EST (1)—Albert Spalding, one of the WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WPG, Low world’s greatest violinists. Also Conrad WBIG, WMBG, WTOC, WHK, 'CKLW, Tam e a Thibault, baritone, and Don Voorhees Or- WDRC, WQAM, WCAH, WHP, WDBJ, 7 ehestra. (Centaur Co.) WJAS, WSJS, WEAN, WSPD, WDBO, ‘a WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WLBW, WFEA. WHEC, WORC. 9:30 » | WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WORC, CFRB, CST—WFBM, KMBC, WHAS, WGST, a CKAC, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WQJSV. WBRC, WREC, KOMA, WIBW, WMT, é WKRC, CKLW. 7:30 CST — WBBM, WDOD, KRLD, KTRH, KLRA, WLAC, be WOWO, KFAB, KLRA, KMBC, KMOX. WDSU, WMBD, WACO. 8:30 MST— Guaranteed by be KOMA, KRLD, KTRH, KTSA, WBRC, KVOR, KUZ : REMINGTON r. WCCO, WDOD, WDSU. WFBM, WGST, 10:30 EST (42)—National Radio Forum. Sensationally new low } WHAS, WLAC, WMT, WREC. 6:30 Oliver Owen Kuhn presents prominent price me (yy ctiay alterna | MST—KLZ, KSL. 5:30 PST—KFPY, legislators. SAREE ee cso KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOIN, KOL, KVI. WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WBEN, | ington Co. Choice of Colors — 8:30 EST (44)—Waltz Time. Frank Munn, WTAM, WCaE, WWJ, WGY, WCSH, | Send No Money, 10 Day Trial / tenor; Abe Lyman’s Orchestra. WTIC, WEBR, WRC, WSAI, CFCF, | Send for new literature and easy pay plan—on.. | $1.00 down, ees 100 | WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WCSH, WLIT, WRVA, WWNC, WIS, WJAX, WIOD, | # devi, Ae; paretity Mand moc money walkin” gpportuaitice WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WCAE. WELA. 9:30 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WOC, | Fe national T iter Exch., 231,¥: Monroe st. 2h | WTAM, WSAI. 7:30 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WHO, WOW, WIBA, KSTP, WEBC, | International Typewrite ch., Dept. i61, Chicago B| woc, WHO, WOW, WDAF. WDAY, KFYR, WSM, WSB, WMC, | 845 «EST = (34)—Red__ Davis. Dramatic WJDX, WSMB, KVOO, WFAA, WKY, sketch with Curtis Arnall. a - wes ae ete | WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WSYR., ST—KOA, a ae sST—KGO, ‘ * | WHAM, KDKA, WJR. 7:45 CST—WLS. KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ. NO MORE 9:00 EST (44)—Philadelphia Symphony Or- 10:45 EST (44)—Myrt and Marge. _ Serial wf chestra, direction Leopold Stokowski. sketch. _ A WABC, WADC, WBT. WCAH, WCAO, 9:45 CST—KOMA, WBBM, WFBM, 4 WCAU-W3XAU, WDAE, WDBJ, WDEC, KMBC, WBRC, WREC, WLAC, WHAS, 4 WEAN, WFBL, WHEC, WHK, WICC, KMOX, WGST, KLRA, WCCO, WODSU. Lt WJAS, WJSV, WKBW, WKRC, WLBZ, 8:45 MST—KLZ, KSL. 7:45 PST—KGB, im | WMBG, WNAC, WCKO, WORC, WPG KFRC, KDB, KOL, KFPY, KWG, KERN, k WQAM, WSPD, WTAR, WTOC, CKLW. KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, KVI. | Ga] Peds —cozy, concealed footlets, \ 8:00 CST—KFH, KLRA, KMBC, KMOXx. 11:00 EST (4%4)—Amos ’n’ Andy. Pepsodent’s se ed under or over your sheerest KOMA, KRLD, KTRH, KTSA, WBBM, blackface comedians. j PP 4 y: | WBRC, WCCO) WDSU, WFBM, WGST: 10:00 CST—WMAQ, WENR, KWK, hose, will end all cold feet worries. | WEELAS, AUISN. WEAC. WMT, wow. WREN, KTHS, WKY, WDAF, KOIL. Peds—made of mercerized lisle, ii T ' 7:00 MST—KLZ, . 6: ST WFAA, KSTP, KPRC, WSM WMG, yj - EanPy. KERC, KGB, KHJ, KOH, WSB, WSMB, WOAI. 9:00 MST—KOA. a ade guna yaaa ee KOIN, KOL, KVI. KDYL. 8:00 PST—KGO, KGW, KFI Se Es a Om ayer oe 9:00 EST (7%2)—Ipana Troubadours. Frank KOMO, KHQ. (See also 7:00 'P. M. all winter activities. e Remember, too, Peds save Black’s Orchestra with intriguing ar- EST.) - mending —a fact every thrifty woman appreci- eect; Fred Hufsmith, tenor; 11:15 — Cena News Service. ates. Buy Peds today at the hosiery counters \. WABC, WCAO, W , CKLW, WDRC, | WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WCAR, WTAM, WIAS, WEAN WSPD. Wisv. eens of the better 5c and 10c stores, or send 20c af | WRC. Wey. WEEN, RA Ve WDBO. WDAE, WPG, WLBW, WBIG, with correct stocking size to Byy Wool or Silk ‘ 7BEN WRVA, WIS. WHP, WFEA, WTAR. WMBG 'DBJ. C5 WJAX, WIOD. 8:00 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WTOC, WSJS, WORE, WKBN - Wie, an eit aris alee Haas a Bie be woc, WHO, WOW, WDAF, ws. WMAS. 10:15 CST—WFBM. KMBC aa tsb al cela WMC, WSB, WAPI, WSMB, KVOO. WGST, WDOD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC. and Specialty Shops. WKY, WFAA, WBAP, KPRC, WOAI, WISN, WCCO, WODX, WLAC, WDSU. a3 | &KTBS, KTHS, WTMJ, KSTP. 7:00 CST KTSA, KFH. 9:15 MST—KVOR, KLZ. —KOA, KDYL, 6:00 PST—KGO, KFI, 11:15 EST (44)—Lum and Abner. Sketch of KGW. KOMO, KHQ. two country storekeepers. q 00 EST (%)—Warden Lawes acts in WLIT. 10:15 CST—KSD, WwoOc, WHO, RADE MARK REG p \ drama of 20,000 Years in Sing Sing. WTMJ, WDAF, WENR, WKBF Mii : | WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, 11:30 EST’ (4)—Edwin C.’ Hill. “The Hu- » WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, WGAR, WIR, man Side of the News.’ | weky. 8:00 CST—WLS, KWCR, KSO,; $:30 PST—KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, | KWK, WREN, KOIL KFBK, KRG, KFRC, KDB, KOL, KFPY, ae | 9: 15, pst (@4)—Kate Smith’s Swanee Mu- KWG, KVI, KLZ, KSL. ON NosiERy= - ' WABC and a Columbia network. (Continued on page 89) BILLS, TOO -
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Radio Sound Effects Exposed RADIO STARS and I see that it’s merely a fellow crunching shoes in a pan of corn flakes. The effect is that of footsteps on gravel. In he goes, and the door slams. It’s not a studio door, but a wooden door set in a frame that has been brought to the studio for this program. Look at that fellow slapping leather with a stick. Could that be the pistol shot we just heard? That's it. Like all good dramas—the kind that parents don’t want children to listen to —we must have action. So as our hero shoots to defend himself (he musn't shoot under any other circumstance), the old villain throws an explosive of some sort. The cabin bursts into flames. Fire shoots skyward, burning and crackling and sizzling and—well, what- ever else fire does in mystery dramas. But look to our table of element con- querors. There stands that same fellow crushing a lot of cellophane. And he’s got to crush a lot for this fire. It’s a big one. In the excitement, our hero and his Nell escape and the flames die (the man is running out of paper). As they escape they hear the cabin fall under the burnt timbers. And back in that same old corner, a wooden basket—the sort in which you buy grapes and peaches and apples—is being crushed in front of a microphone. And as the cabin collapses, we hear the breaking of glass as windows fall. That's a hammer being dropped into a box of cracked glass. UTSIDE, safe and nearing home, the weather is kind to our charac- ters. The sun is out and the birds are singing. And doesn’t that man look funny standing there blowing on water whistles. But if we must have birds we must have them. And he blows on Another Great Contest! If you’re a radio fan, you know that the dumb daisy named Janie doesn’t know the facts of life. Nor the facts of radio. Then, consider this. Would you like to have a palatial chamber in New York’s gorgeous Roosevelt Hotel where an elevator ride will bring you both fine food and an earful of Reggie Childs’ foot-tickling music? Wouldja? Or would sending your voice crackling over the land through a network broad- cast give a jolt to your jaded nervous system and make you forget about the hubby and kiddies? Does the thought of a trip to the top of the Empire State building make your spine curl just a trifle? Could you sit and listen to a 88 (Continued from page 39) one and blows on another and so on until the larks, the sparrows, the robins and all the other birds have had their say. The couple now hear the family dog barking a welcome. It’s Bradley Barker (yes, that’s his real name) standing at a mike barking with all his heart for so many dollars per bark. That happens to be Bradley’s specialty. When they want dogs, they call him. He substi- tutes now and then for cats and cows and horses and chickens and such. But tonight it’s a dog they want. In the house they go. Another dog lies tapping his tail on the floor. It’s really a man tapping his forehead with a padded stick. And so, safe at last, they turn on the phonograph which is the orchestra’s excuse to come in and play a ditty or two. There must be music, you know. Again the music fades and outside in the fields we hear a threshing machine. (It’s in the country, you see.) But again it’s a combination of intricate ma- chinery and a baby’s rattle making the noise. A horse gallops by the open window. It’s a man slapping his chest with both hands. A little dog yelps into the microphone—or so it sounds—but it’s really a rosined string being pulled through the bottom of a tin pail. That fellow better watch his stuff. If it’s a big pail, he’ll get the roar of a lion. And lions don’t roam in this neck of Nell’s woods. Outside bees are swarming and buzz- ing their buzz, while Mr. Sound Man does it with a little toy horn. It’s getting late and our hero must go home. Otherwise how can the story ever end? And time on the air costs lots of money. So he leaves, and that door that leads nowhere except through that frame which is slammed, and Nell hums a tune which the orchestra (Continued from page 43) load of Cab Calloway’s hi-de-hiking at the world’s maddest, baddest midnight show, the famous Cotton Club? Does the notion appeal of swapping yarns with your favorite star, of meeting and eating and sleeping in the world’s great- est city, going to broadcasts and seeing the brightest lights along the Great White Way? Then read those rules and read “What You Must Do.” Get a paper, a pencil, add a dash of imagination and set until you cool off. Then write Janie a letter. Correct her mistakes, name your favor- ite star and why you want to meet His or Her Highness. Spend three cents for a stamp, give your entry to the mailman, and say a tiny prayer. takes up with enthusiasm. Now, the number is over. Up steps the announcer in his double-breasted suit (they always wear double-breasted — suits) to a stand on which is a little red light. That light is his signal that the program is “on the air.” From a sheaf of papers in his hand, he reads. And he tells you that this program of Nell and her hero came to you through the courtesy of Ipsy Wipsy Tooth Paste and proceeds to expound the merits of this paste, telling you that Nell and the boy friend will be back next week at the same time, and then— he’s only got four seconds to go—comes — the words: “This is the So-and-So Broadcasting Company.” That sentence is the cue to a couple of men sitting behind a glass window to shut the program off for station an- nouncements all over the country. These men, by the way, on the other side of that glass window, are busy | throughout the program turning dials and throwing switches and making funny signs to the people in the studio. You see they’re the engineers and they must tone down the harsh and loud parts, tone up the too soft parts and see that all goes smoothly. Micro- phones are sensitive things, and every ” sound that goes into them must be con-— trolled. And those funny signs the men make are signals to the actors and musicians to sing or talk louder or softer or to stand further away from— the mike or to stand closer and all of those things. And so another broadcast is over. Over in the corner the sound man packs up his doo-dads and what-have-you’s preparatory to going home, bed and a well-earned rest. Tomorrow may be worse. Maybe it will be a zoo or a World War scene. So it goes, day after day after day, week after week. . mas 4—2 3 be oS a4 «= a a = at. Pe A Somebody’s got to win this glory trip to the big town. Sixty others are bound © to win enough money to keep them in — cigarettes until the boy friend drops in again. No matter whether you entered last | month’s contest or not, here’s a brand spanking new opportunity. Each month is a separate contest. If you didn’t win last month, you’ve got a fresh — chance now. If you know your radio | boners, you can turn that knowledge into cold cash or a three-day slice of the Life of Riley. Write your entry ni Send it to Rapio Stars January Bon Contest. Have you our new addr It’s 149 Madison Avenue, N. Y., N. On your mark—get set—go!
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(Continued from page 87) THURSDAYS ith 14th, 21st and 28th) ; ~— } de | —~ " §:45-7:00-7:20-7:45-8:00 A, M. EST—Tumble (December tf out! Arthur Bagley’s Tower Health ‘Exercises. ar | WEAF, WEEI, WFI, wey, WBEN, WCAE, CRCT. (WRC on 7:30.) >} a |s 8:30 EST (%4)—Cheerio. Early morning op- timism in inspirational talk and music. WEAF, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WTAG, WEEI .WWNC, WRVA, WPTF, wIs, WIOD, “CRCT, WJAR, WJAX, WCSH, WFBR, WCAE, WTAM, wwd, WwLw, “I CFCF, WFLA. 7:30 CST—Ww Ow, KSD, ; WDAF, WSB, WMC, WJDX, WSMB, : WKY, KPRC, KFYR, WSM, WOAI, KTBS, WAPI. 9:15 EST (14)—Goldy and Dusty and the Silver Dust Twins. Songs and patter. i WABC, WOKO, WGR, WFBL, WHEC, t WORC, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS t WHP, WWVA, WMAS. 9:45 EST (4)—The Mystery Chef removes drudgery from cooking. : WABC, WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, WJAS, ew WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WFBL, ws 0:15 EST. (4)—Clara, Lu ’n’ Em. Chatter, chatter, chatter. : WIZ, WBAL, WBZ, WPTF, WJAX, WBZA, KDKA, WGAR, WWNC, WHAM, WIR, WCKY, WRVA, WIS, WFAA. 2 a | { 9:15 ‘CST—K WK, WREN, KOIL, WTMJ, | WSM, WJDX, KPRC, WKY, WMC, WSB, : WAPI, WSMB, KSTP, KVOO, WOAT, , WGN, WFAA. 8:15 MST—KOA. 0: 15 EST | ; t | 0:30 EST ; Buckaroos. WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, (4)—Visiting with Ida Bailey Allen’s Radio Home Makers. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WDBO, WBIG, CKLW, WJAS, WwTtoc. WGST, WSBT, LRA, WACO, KFH. WCAO, WAAB, WORC, WDBJ, WSJS, WCAH, WHP, WHEC, WSPD, WQAM, WLBW, WMBG, 9:15 CST — KMBC, WHAS, WBRC, WREC, WLAC, KOMA, WMT, WDOD, WTAQ, KTRH, WSFA, WDSU, WMBD, 8:15 MST—KVOR, KLZ. (4)—Carson Kobinson’s Crazy Hill-billy and cowboy music. WICC, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WCAH.,. { WCAO, WFBL, WHK. WJSV, WSPD. 9:30 CST—KMBC, WCCO. Children. Dra- matic sketch. KDKA, WJR, WMAL, WSYR, WRVA, WPTF, WBZ WJAX, WFLA, WBAL, WBZA. 9:30 CST— KwcrR, KSO, KWK, WREN, KOIL, | WTMJ, WEBC, WKY, WBAP, KPRC. Pollock 0:30 EST (44)—Today’s WJZ, WCKY, 0:45 EST " and lLawnhurst, Shields and (44)—Magie Moments. piano duo; Marcella Frank Scanlon, comedy; Jane Ellison, cooking talk. (Borden.) WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WBAL, WGAR, WMAL, WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, WJR. 9:45 CST—KYW, KWCR, KSO, KWK, KVOO, WsSM, WMC, WTMJ, KPRC, WSB, ’ KTHS, KSTP. 8:45 MST—KOA, KDYL. 1:00 EST—Home economics. bor. (Pet Milk). WBT, WCAH, WCAO, WDAE, WDBO, WHE, WJSV, WKBW, WLBW, WQAM, WSPD, WTAR, WTOC, CKLW. 10:00 7 Mary Lee Ta- CST—KFH, KLRA, KMBC, KMOX, } KOMA, KRLD, KTRH, KTSA, WBBM, WBRC, WDOD, WDSU, WGST, WHAS, ; WLAC, WMBD, WODX, WOWO, WREC, WSFA, 9:00 MST—KLz. 11:30 EST (4)—Tony Wons, scrapbook philosopher. Two piano team. WABC, WCAO, CKLW, WEAN, WJSV, | : | WMBG, WNAC, WGR, WCAU-W3XAU, WFBL, WKRC, WHK, WJAS, WSPD, WDBJ. 10:30 CST—WBBM, WoOwo, KMBC, WGST, WHAS, KMOX, WCCO. 12:00 Noon EST (%4)—Commodores Male Quartet with Gene Arnold. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WCKY, WSYR. WGAR, WHAM, WBZ, WJR, KDKA, } WBZA. 11:00 A.M. CST—WENR, KWEK, : KSO, WREN, KWCR, KVOO. WBAP, KPRC, WOAI. 10:00 MST—KDYL, KOA: 12:00 EST (44)—What? Another two piano team? Yep, with Cheri Kay and the | Merry Macs. | WGY, WBEN, WTAM, WSAL 11:00 — CST— WMAQ, WOW, WDAF, 12:00 cSt (@4)—The Voice of Experience. | Upset folk write him. WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WJAS, WGR, WKRC, WHK, WEAN, CKLW, WDRC. “WCAU-W3XAU, WJSV. 11:00 A. M. CST —WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX. 10:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. 9: 00 PST—KFRC., KDB, KOL, KFPY, KWG, KVI, KERN, KMJ; KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, KGB. 12:30 P.M. EST (5 min.) News Flashes. (General Mills.) | SewWwABC, WCAU- W3XAU, WDRC, WEAN, l ~ WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WNAGC, WADC, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC. ‘ WSPD, CKLW. 11:30 - A.M. CcsT— WBBM, WOWO, KMBC, KMOX, W WFEM, WHAS. 2 Sine Programs Day by Day 12:30 EST RADIO STARS (1)—National Farm and Home Hour. Guest speakers; Walter Blaufuss’ Homesteaders Orchestra. | WBZA, WIOD, | WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WRVA, WPTF, WHAM, WJR, WSYR, WWNC WELA, WIB, KDKA, WLW. WCKY, WIS, WJAX, WMAL, WGAR. 11:30 A.M. CST—KYW, KWK, KWCR, WREN, KOIL, WDAY, WIBA, KSTP, WEBC, KFYR, WSM, WSB, WAPI, WJIDX, WMC, KTHS, WFAA, KTBS, WOAI, KPRC, WKY, KVOO, WSMB. 10:30 MST—KOA. 1:00 EST (1%4)—Marie, the Little French Princess. Sketch of youthful royalty. WABC, CKLW, WKRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WHK. 12:00 CST—W BBM, KMBC, KMOX, WGST, WDSU. 11:00 A.M. MST —KSL. 10:00 PST—KFBK, KGB, KFRC, KDB, KOL, KGW, KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFPY, KVI. :30 EST (44)—Easy Aces. i Sketch of con- tract in marriage and cards. WABC, WCAO, WCAU-W3XAU, WKBW. WHK, CFRB, CKLW. 12:30 CST— WBBM, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO. 11:30 A.M. MST—KLZ, _ KSL. 10:30 PST— KOIN KFBK, KGB, KFRC, KOL. ew, KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KDB, KFPY, VI. ” 7:45 EST (14)—Painted Dreams. WABC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WHEK, CKLW. 12:45 CST—WoOWO. 2:00 EST (44)—Just Plain Bill. Homely skits of small-town barber. 1:00 CST — KMBC, KMOX, wcco, WFBM. 12:00 Noon MST—KLZ, KSL. 11:00 A.M. PST—KFPY, KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOH, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 2:30 EST (%)—Ann Leaf at the Organ. WABC, WADC, WNAC, CKLW, WJAS, WSPD, WDBO, WICC, WLBW, WFEa, WMBG, WHEC, WOKO, WCAO, WHK. WDRC, WEAN, WQAM, WPG, WCAH, WBIG, WREC, WDBJ, WTOC, WSJS. WORC, WIP. 1:30 CST—WFBM, KMBC, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, KRLD, WTAQ. KTRH, KLRA, WISN, WCCO, WSFA, KFH, WLAC, WDSU, WSBT, WIBW. WACO, WMT. 12:30 MST—KVOR, KLZ. 4:00 EST (144)—Betty and Bob. “I Love You Truly” sketch. WJZ, WBZ, WGAR, WBZA, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WLW, WJR. 3:00 CST —WLS, KWK, KOIL. 4:30 EST (%)—Woman’s Radio Review, Claudine Macdonald; Littau Orchestra. Some women hold parties just to listen. WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WGY, WCSH, wis, WTAM, WSAITI, WFBR, WFI, WwJ, WIOD, WCAE, WRC, WBEN, WRVA, WWNC, WFLA. 2:30 csT— KSD, WOW, WDAF, WOC, WHO, KYW. 4:30 EST (5 min.)—News flashes. WABC. WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WZJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WFEFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD. CKLW. 3:30 CST—WBBM, wowo. KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WFBM, WHAS. “irs as (4)—Skippy. Skits of a skittish ad. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WAAB, WGR, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU- W3XAU, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV. WHEC, CFRB. (See also 6:00 P.M. EST.) 5:30 EST (44)—The Singing Lady. Soft sweet voice in song and story. WJZ, WRBAL, WBZ, WBZA, CFCF, KDKA, CRCT, WLW, WHAM, WGAR._ WIR. WRVA, WIS, WWNC, WJAX (WBBM on 5:30 CST.) 5:30 EST (44)—Jack Armstrong. All Ameri- ean Boy. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WJSV, WHEC. (See also 6:30 P.M. EST.) 5:45 EST (44)—Little Orphan Annie. Child- hood playlet. WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, KDKA, CROET. TCEECR; WwLw, WGAR, WdJIR, WRVA, WWMC. (See also 6:45 P.M. EST.) 6:00 EST (42)—Xavier Cugat’s Waldorf- Astoria dinner music. WEAF, WTAG, WCSH, WWJ, WSAIL, WWwNC WIS, WJAX, WIOD, WCAE., (WJAR, WBEN on 6:15. WRC, WEY, WTAM, WRVA off 6:15). 5:00 CST— WMAQ, KSD, WIBA, KSTP, WEBC, WKY, KVOO, KFYR, WSB, WMC, WJIDX, WSMB, WFAA, KPRC; KTBS. WOAI, KTHS, (WOC, WHO, WAPI, WDAY on 5:15 WOW off 5:15.) 6:00 EST (44)—Buck Rogers bucks perils of future. WABC, WAAB, WCAU-W3XAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WADC, WBT, WCAO, WHE, WJSV, CKLW. (See also 7:30 P.M. EST.) —_ EST (4)—Skippy. Sketch for chil- ren, 5:00 CST—WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX Wcco. (See also 5:00 P.M. EST.) 6:15 EST (44)—Bobby Benson and Sunny (Thursday, continued on page 93) ! CANT ENJOY aches = VE GOT EART *, DONT SUFFER. a TUMS Don't Let we Acid Indigestion Spoil Your Fun! IFE is too short to let one evening after another be spoiled by heartburn, gassy fullness and sour stomach. Do as millions do, keep a roll of Tums on hand in purse or pocket. Tums contain no soda or water soluble alkalies, only soothing insoluble antacids that pass off undissolved and inert when the acid conditions are corrected. They’re refreshing, pleasant. No bad taste, no after-effects. 10c at all drug stores. Beautiful new gold and blue 1934 Calendar- Thermometer. 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RADIO STARS Our Radio Log 1,360 mICOcyeees California—Long Beach (KGER). . ; .. 1,000 Illinois—Chicago (WGES)...........+----++ * ‘Sundays 1,000 "Wik dase 500 Indiana, Gary (WJKS).........:++++see++6.--Days 1,250 Nights 100 Mississippi—V renee CRC: so\nelas oe Se OUL Montana—Butte (KGIR. seeeee.+Days 1,000 Nights 500 New York—Syracuse (WFBL)................Days 2,500 Nights 1,000 500 South Carolina—Charleston (WCSC).............-.-- 1,370 Kiko. Arizona—Tuscon (KGAR). . ae Days 250 Nights 100 California—Berkeley rT Es SHI. des. Ee oe OO Florida—Tampa (WMBR) . Sa ead Georgia—Atlanta (WJTL)........ Ae eet) Tuadianige Pore Wayne RE 7 Pee ecco. wu Towa—Des Moines (KSO).. ce ticiaecoratel eB 250 Nights 100 Maine—Augusta (WRDO).........-.---2-.----.-. 100 Maryland—Baltimore (WCBM).......-..---- Days 250 Nights 100 Massachusetts—Lexington (WLEY)...........- Days 250 Nights 100 Michigan—Calumet (WHDF)..........--..-- Days 250 Nights 100 Michigan—Detroit (WJBK)).. sat: See Michigan—Jackson (WIBM). se Shah ob ws ete oie OD Mississippi—Hattiesburg (WPE 'B).. Heist aecanas opemlOD Missouri—Kansas City (K WKC). 100 New Mexico—Clovis (KICA) 100 New Mexico—Raton (KGFL) 50 New York—Buffalo (WSVS)... 50 New York—Glens Falls (WGLC 50 North Carolina—Wilmington (WRAM 100 North Dakota—Grand Forks (KFJM) 100 Ohio—Mount Orab (WHBD)..... me 100 Oklahoma—Enid (KCRC)....... esis ights 100 Oklahoma—Oklahoma City (KGFG). 95100 Oregon—Marshfield (KOOS)........ 100 Pennsylvania—Philadelphia (WDAS)......... “Days. 250 Nights 100 Pennsylvania— Williamsport (WJEQ).. aS 00 Pennsylvania— Williamsport (W RAK). 100 South Dakota—Mitchell (KGDA).. cee 100 Tennessee—M emphis (WHBQ).............-- 100 Texas—Fort Worth (KFJZ)........ =). -2oer100, Texas—Galveston (KFLX)..........-.-.+-++---+-+- 100 Texas—San Angelo (KGKL)...............---.+-.-- 100 Texas—San Antonio (KMAC)...............---.--- 100 Texas—San RT GR SES zone Anes eee A, t) Vermont—St. ae OM atte poe ae LOO Virginia—Danville (WBTM). . Bek staccato aeLOO Virginia—Ly nchburg (WLVA).. Sener eto ace ata ce 100 Washington—Everett (KFBL). . Re ee) Washington—Seattle (KVL).. poseepaes apie) Washington—Walla Walla (KUJ).. aiemee eins LOU), Wisconsin—Racine Oe LIN) EOP: Soin ic goons 100 1,380 KILOCYCLES Nevada—Reno (KOH)... as O-doletidersets va” FOOD Ohio—Dayton (WSMK). . so ceemenmevece BAOU Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh (KQV).. adivacwekeee, A000 Wisconsin—La Crosse (WKBH). B Aare oa LD an KILOCYCLES Arizona—Phoenix (KOY). 2 eho Ranie sate Days) (1000 Nights 500 Arkansas—Little Rock (KLRA).. te tage ares) .35 ee Texas—Corpus Christi (KGF Ni. Pe a ter es he Days Texas—T yler (KGKB).. Vermont—Rutland (WSYB)... : sees poder se aC Washington—Wenatchee (KPQ).. Sa Canadian Stations (Arranged according to frequency) 540 KILOCYCLES Ontario—Windsor (CKLW).. «6008 odessa 580 KILOCYCLES Alberta—Edmonton (CHMA). . errr ep. Alberta—Edmonton (CKUA)...... New Brangwick Monon (CRCA). Ontario—Toronto (CKCL) io pels ve 600 KILOCYCLES Quebec—Montreal (CFCF). ae rr -- 630 KILOCYCLES Prince Ed. Is.—Charlottetown (CFCY).............- Saskatchewan—Y orkton (CJGX). As on oo payee 645 KivocyeLes Ontario—Waterloo Ce: Jot oranalasres ete Quebec—Quebec (CHRC) mene 690 KILOCYCLES Alberta—Calgary (CFAC).. a Sasbe we eee Alberta—Calgary (CJCJ). . otd4 Nas Ontario—Toronto (CFRB Ne Wee deco sclera 730 KILOCYCLES Alberta—Edmonton (CJCA).. sho je’ oe Dona B. Columbia—Vancouver (CKFC). .. -... 2. +. +. 01 + -- B. Columbia—Vancouver haat BRA ee Bac Quebec—M ontreal pees ap bc ee eee to KiLoGvéies Manitoba_—Winnipes (CNRW nsbeccpide aereoae Ontario—Fort wiles (Ci De aes - KILOGYCLES Manitoba—Winnipeg SCIRW) areas Nova Scotia—Sydney Oe Onterio—Ottawa Cae Quebec—Quebee (CKCV - Saskatchewan—M oose ee (CJRM).. atte~ aa 890 KILOCYCLES Alberta—Lethbridge (CJOC). . Sere Ontario—Hamilton (CHML).. : Ontario—Ottawa (One. Me icoten. 910 KILOCTELES Ad es = Manitoba— Winnipeg (CKY sues taae, © 10sec Saskatchewan—Saskatoon iG). Sea esy to ec 500 Saskatchewan—Saskatoon (CNRS wieies sax) ee 915 KILOCYCLES | Ontario—Kingston (CFRC).. Los) 32 EDs 200 Nights 930 KILOCYCLES . Bz Manitoba—Brandon (CKX).............s0 ee ee ee ceee 500 Ontario—N orth Bay eee Jodejaa poets ge Ontario—Prescott a ee Ontario—Preston (CKPC ee 960 KiLocveLes” Ontario—Toronto (CRCT). oe oo sbve-cieh Se Saskatchewan Beane CKCK).. ~/aine. sis; 0 to 101 KILOCYCLES B. Columbia—Vancouver (CKCD).. 20 0s (Sica B. Columbia—Vancouver (CKWX)... «a SSos de ee ee dee Nova Scotia—Wolfville (CKIC)....... Pe. - Saskatchewan—Regina (CHWC)...................+- 500 1030 Ni hie Pa ‘7 Alberta—Calgary (CFCN a od se we weed oe SE New Brunswick—St. John (CEBO). 1+ apg ae eee 1 Ontario—Toronto (CKNC)..............-2 +2 e0e+- 05> 500 1050 kivoeveies : Nova Scotia—Halifax (CHNS) ere 1100 KILOCYCLES | * B. 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RADIO STARS Lonesome (Continued from page 47) “But when you get to know the per- son better, you begin to discover little anworthy things. The person cannot measure up. It isn’t his fault. He is wnly human. But the disappointment at encountering them again and again 1urts. “Actually, those who fall deeply enough in love to marry must blind themselves to the faults of the one whom they adore. i “I do not decry it. I think it is a erand thing to be able to do it. But for me it is impossible. Perhaps some day I will be as blind in love as they are. I hope so, for that is the only way -o be happy.” T is not surprising that Lee Wiley’s wild beauty has stirred the jaded pulses of Broadway and Park Avenue. There is an exhilarating freshness about her like a prairie wind spiced with the tang of sage. She could have dates every free hour of her life, if she chose. Men whose names make headlines have sought her out. But instead of accept- ing their invitations she prefers to re- main alone. She has a curious, direct code of her own. One night when she was dining with Wiley Post, shortly after he had returned from his ’round the world flight in the Winnie Mae, Post was asked to take a bow. Then they asked Lee Wiley to. She refused, because she felt she hadn’t done anything to merit It. “Ti I’d felt I had,” she said, “I’d have been on my feet in a minute. But why should I, a radio singer, take an ova- tion? It was because I happened to be with Wiley that they wanted me to stand up. Of course people misunder- stood, and accused me of putting on an act. But I was never more sincere about anything in my life.” Paradoxically enough, Lee Wiley is only happy when she is singing those sad songs before the microphone. Singing is as natural to her as breath- ing. Back in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, where she lived as a little girl, she used to sing for her friends. When she came to New York on vacations, her friends would make her sing at night clubs. One night they asked Lee Wiley to sing at the Casino, once the favorite haunt of former Mayor Jimmie Walker. Leo Reisman, playing there with his band, was so struck with her perform- ance he asked her to stay on and sing as a regular job. Then, a few months later when Reisman went on the air, Lee Wiley went along and remained to be- come a star on the Pond’s hour. It was as simple as all that. No struggle, no battles. Everything just handed to her. She is tremendously sincere about her singing. She never studied before she got a job. Now she works with the best teachers. And it pleases her that a good deal of her fan mail comes from people who are competent judges of good music. She feels that perhaps, if she could sing all the time she would be quite happy. But that half-hour “period is such a long time coming around. Perhaps some time soon her knight will come a-riding. She hopes so. THANKS, MR. MYSTERY CHEF Many of you are wondering what has happened to the Mystery Chef's helpful department in RADIO STARS. Un- fortunately for all of us, he has found himself so busily em- ployed this winter (he's broadcasting over the NBC-red network Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:00 a.m., E.S.T. and over the Columbia chain on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:45 a.m. E.S.T.) that he had no time left to conduct a magazine department. In addition, he is writing a new cook book which, when it is finished, will be the last word on simplified recipes. RADIO STARS has been happy to present the Mystery Chef during these past months. We sincerely regret that his other activities have made necessary a termination of his useful department. You won't want to miss his daily talks on the air. Tune him in on either NBC or Columbia networks. PERMANENT yet WASHABLE QUILL INK cannot be chemically eradicated from paper, yet, it washes from hands, rugs, all fabrics, etc., with plain soap and water. SOLD AT YOUR 10c STORE Yvan LITTLE BLUE BOOKS Seud posteard for our free catalogue. Vhousands of bargains. Address: LITTLE BLUE BOOK CO., Catalogue Dept.,Desk 226. GIRARD, KANSAS HEEP ixr.0c WIRES OFE FLOOR = New Easy Way ee = etn Amazing invention guar- = = JUSTRITE Miata eine PUSH -CLIP. ‘ts secied.tivrors op. 10 Cents at KRESGE’S FAT SPOTS VANISH CLIP. Economical. Set of eight colored clips to match your cords, 30C. Win kealth and a beautiful body with a HEMP MASSAGER. Takes off fat just where you want. Relieves headaches, nervous ten- sion, sore muscles and many bodily ailments. Only instrument that massages like human hands. Light. convenient, uses no electricity. Order yours direct from this ad, HEMP MASSAGER Complete professional S4is set and book on mas- sage. Sent C. O. D. CONLEY COMPANY, Inc. 525 ist. Ave. N. Rochester, Minn. 91
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=“ | aha | ‘ Re cadens WHO Advises the Lovelorn Adviser? @ All day long she sat at her newspaper desk, answering the love questions of her readers. But who, alas, was to solve her own heart problems? @® Betty Blair (alias Anna Hig- gins) wanted to know. Did she find out? Learn for yourself in the December 12th SWEETHEART Stories, which is now at all newsstands. En- joy the thrill of a good love ® Take some good advice. story! Cast loose from earthly cares today and curl up in a cozy corner with a copy of Combined with Cupid’s DIARY On Sale Now—Everywhere! 92 RADIO STARS The Blushing Brides Adore Him (Continued from page 25) Wayne is the kind of a chap girls go for. But he has no Valentino angle. He’s good-looking, tall, with bronzed face, and friendly blue eyes. He dresses well. An absolute master when he runs his orchestra, he is modest to the point of appearing shy when face to face with his public. He has an aversion to pub- licity. He has never had a press agent and he makes it hard for those persons whose business it is to record the ac- tivities and to reveal the personalities of notables. Newspapers learned about his marriage by accident. When the Waltz King’s little Croon Princess, Penelope, was born on Aug. 22, the press was not informed. Wayne never seeks the spotlight. I think that is one reason why men like him, for his appeal is by no means re- stricted to girls. Young husbands are not capitulating to their brides when they take them to see Wayne King. They don’t acquiesce, they often lead the way. After all, he represents a pretty decent ideal. THERE is no accurate evidence as to how many brides pressed about Wayne King to get his autograph (he averaged 500 signatures nightly all summer) but one thing’s sure, the green-eyed monster made no headway with their husbands. Many a newlywed pair, however, availed themselves of the ballroom’s send-a-postcard-home service, with the Aragon paying the freight. In three months out of town visitors sent more than 100,000 of these “Having a good time at Wayne King’s,” missives. Musically and _ personally, Wayne King appears to have almost universal appeal. This season the Aragon has be- come the crossroads of the world, a sort of super Grand Hotel. Turning a few pages of the ballroom register one finds the signatures of men and women from every state of the union; from Nome and Capetown, from Moscow, Buenos Aires, and Peking. A Canadian government agent, E. J. 3rindell, Fort Churchill, on Hudson Bay, last spring travelled four weeks by dog team, water and rail to the King dance emporium to tell him how much his radio music cheered the big he-men of the north woods. An Oklahoma City woman in a wheel chair appeared at the ballroom to get a glimpse of Wayne. They had to take her up a kitchen service elevator to the second floor. King placed her be- side him on the bandstand. This sum- mer parties of more than 100 came from as far distant points as Atlanta and Memphis. One night a group of more than 1,000 Texans came to pay tribute. The key to King’s musical success is inspiration plus hard work. Even now, in the midst of broad- casts and ballroom schedules, he finds time each week for fifteen hours of study. Five of these are music lessons. Five more are spent working on his own arrangements. And the last five are dedicated to the study of life itself and its philosophy . . . with wife Dorothy and daughter Penelope as teachers. Too Many Women (Continued from page 57) And from then on he forgot every- body’s phone number but Thelma’s. There are those who say if Abe hadn’t been summoned to New York for radio and night club engagements, he and Thelma would have marched to the altar. But New York and Hollywood being situated where they are, the ro- mance just naturally fizzled. In New York, Abe was living the sort of life he had grown to love. To bed at dawn and up just before sun- down. He made the Broadway rounds with a different beauty every night. Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Fifi Dorsay and Harriette Hilliard, to mention a few. His apartment was the rendezvous of amusement-seeking New Yorkers. Big shots of politics, movies, stage and radio gathered here after the theatre. Half the people Abe didn’t know. Once a stranger slipped in, took a shower, hopped into Lyman’s flashiest pajamas and went to bed. Lyman would probably never have known about it, if the fellow hadn’t made a commotion the next morning because he couldn’t find a new tooth brush! Imagine! T’S only natural his pals are men whose ideas of a good time are the same as his own. Jack Dempsey, for one, is his best friend. They’re so much alike, in fact, that they even had the same girl friend at one time. Hannah Williams, the pretty blues singer, was rushed for a while by the two of them. Abe stepped aside and gave up Hannah to Dempsey. Because he’s a very much unattached, . eligible male, his name is inclined to be linked with that of every woman with | whom he’s seen. For instance, when he — went to Hollywood last May to fill a- movie contract and an engagement at — the Cocoanut Grove, he visited Estelle Taylor at her home there. Immediately the gossip writers took that as a cue and circulated reports of Abe’s “romance” with Estelle. It gave him a great laugh. So far he’s dodged matrimony, Thelma Todd being the only girl who has placed any sort of claim on him. He’s being seen about, however, with this one and that, and a new romance may be on the griddle right now.
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1 RADIO STARS Programs Day by Day (Continued from page 89) (THURSDAY) Jim. Buckaroo escapades for the chil- dren. WABC, WOKO, WHP, WORC, WCAO, WNAC, WFEA, WKBW, WDRC, WTAR, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WMBG, WEAN, WFBL, WDBJ, WJSV, WLBZ, WHEC, WBT, WBIG, WSJS. F 6:30 EST (4%4)—Jack Armstrong. All Ameri- can Boy. 5:30 CST—WBBM, also 5:30 EST.) 6:45 EST (%4)—Lowell Thomas. Day’s news with touch of humor. KMOX, WCCO. (See WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WdJR, WSYR, KDKA, WGAR, WLW, WHAM, CRCT, WLW, WHAM. .6:45 EST (44)—Little Italy. Sketches of Italian home life. WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WFBL, WHP, WKBW, WOKO, WCAO, 7H EC. 6:45 EST (14)—Little Orphan Annie. Child- hood playlet. 5:45 CST—WREN, KOIL, KWCR, KPRC, WOAT, WFAA, KTBS, WEY, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR. (See also 5:45 P.M. EST.) 7:00 EST (4%4)—Amos ’n’ Andy. Blackface p+ | comedy with human touch. : WJZ, WOK. FW, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, KDKA, WLW, WGAR, CRCT, WHAM,.WMAL, WRVA, WPTF, WIOD, WFLA. (See also 11:00 P. M. EST.) 7:00 EST (44)—Myrt and Marge, Two gals trying to get along. WABC, WADC, WNAC, WJSV, WOKO, WCAO, WGR, WQAM, QKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDBO, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WDAE, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD. WBT. 6:00 CST—KRLD. (See also : 10:45 P.M. EST.) (7:15 EST (44)—Three Musketeers high ad- yenture for all who can hear. WJZ, WSYR, WHAM, WBAL, WMAL, | CRCT. WBZ, WBZA. (7:15 EST (44)—Billy Batchelor. Children’s ' sketch. : WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WRC, WGY, WTAM, WW4J. 7:15 EST (44)—Just Plain Bill, the unpre- ; tentious small town barber. WABC, WCAO, WNAC, WGR, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, WJSV, CFRB. 7:30 EST (44)—Djer Kiss Recital. r WJZ, WBAL, WMAL. 7:30 EsT (44)—Lum and Abner. Cracker Barrel humor sketches. WEAF, WFBR, WRC. WBEN, WTAM, WTAG, WJAR, WCSH, WEEI, WGY. (WLW on 7:45.) (See also 11:15 P.M. EST.) 7:30 EST (%4)—Buck Rogers bucks perils of future. WKRC. 6:30 CST—WBBM, KMOXx, WCCO, WFBM, WHAS. (See also 6:00 P.M. EST.) 7:45 EST (44)—Boake Carter. Pleasant ad- vertising in these news broadcasts. WABC, WJSV, WGR, , » WCAU-W3XAU, 6:45 CST—WBBM. (4)—The_ Goldbergs. James Waters, others EST Berg, serial. _ Gertrude in comedy WEAF, WTAG, WBEN, WEEI, WJAR, WCAE, WCSH, WFI. WTAM, WFBR, WRC, WWJ, WGY, WSAI, WENR. 6:45 | CST—WOW, WDAF. 8:00 EST (1)—Rudy Vallee, conscientious crooner and master of ceremonies brings ; you celebrites of stage, sereen and ' radio. Connecticut Yankees orchestra, of course. (Fleischman’s Yeast.) WEAF, WCSH, WRC, WCAE, CRCT, WJAX, WRVA, WTAG, WFI, WGY, WTAM, CFCF, WFLA, WLW, WEEI, WFBR, WBEN, WWJ, WIOD, WJAR, WPTF. 7:00 CST—WMAQ,. KSD, WOC. ; KSTP, WAPI, WJDX, WSMB, WSB. \ WDAF, WEBC, WDAY, WSM, WOAT. WBAP, KTHS, KFYR, WHO, Wow. t WMC, WKY, KPRC, 7:39.) WBIG, WHEC, WKBN, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU- W3XAU, WJAS, WFBL, WTAR. wwva, WMAS, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM. WDBO, WDAE, WICC, WBT, WCAH, WMBG, WORC. 7:00 CST—WGN, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, KTAT, KTRH, WMT, KSCJ, WREC, WCCO, WSFA, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, KTSA, WIBW, WRR, KFH, WFBM. WJZ, WBZ, WBZ c 8:15 A, KDKA. 8:30 (4%4)—Dr. Herman Bundesen’s health adventures dramatized. WJZ, WBAL, WHAM, WJR, WGAR, KDKA, 7:30 CST—WLS, KOIL, WREN, KWK. : 9:00 EST (44)—Philadelphia Symphony Or- chestra, direction Leopold Stokowski. WABC, WADC, WBT, WCAH, WCAO, WCAU-W3XAU, WDAE, WDBJ, WDBO, WDRC, WEAN, WFBL, WHEC, WHK, WICC, WJAS, WJSV, WKBW, WKREC, WLBZ, WMBG, WNAC, WOKO, WORC, WPG, WQAM, WSPD, WTAR, WTOC. CKLW. 8:00 CST—KFH, KLRA, KMBC, KMOX, KOMA, KRLD, KTRH, KTSA, WBBM, WBRC, WCCO, WDSU, WFBM, WGST, WHAS, WISN, WLAC, WMT, WOWO, WREC. 7:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. 6:00 PST—KFPY, KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOH, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 9:00 (1)—Maxwell House Show Boat. Cap- tain Henry (Charles Winninger) brings old time Mississippi entertainment to you with Lanny Ross, tenor; Annette Hanshaw, blues singer; Conrad Thibault, baritone; Muriel Wilson, soprano; Mo- lasses ’n’ January, comedy; Don Voor- hees’ Show Boat Band. WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH. WFI, WFBR, WRC, wey, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WSAI, WRVA, WWNC, WIS, WJAX, WIOD, WFLA, WCKY. 8:00 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WoOc, WHO, WOW, WDAF, WTMJ, WJDX, WMC, WSB, WAPI, WSMB, KTBS, WKY, -KPRE; WOAI, WSM, WBAP, KSTP, KFSD. 7:00 MST—KTAR, KOA, KDYL. 6:00 PST—KGO, KFI, KGW. KOMO, KHQ. 9:00 EST (44)—Death Valley Days. Thrills in the American desert. WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WRBZA, WdJR, WHAM, WLW, KDKA, WGAR. 8:00 CST—WLS, KOIL, WREN, KWK. 9:30 (42)—Columbia Dramatie Guild. Most adroitly handled drama on air. Fas- cinating background treatment. WABC, WCAO, WDRC, WJAS, WDBO, WCAH, WHP, WDBJ, WSJS, WADC, WNAC, CKLW, WSPD, WPG, WLBW, WFEA, WHEC, WORC, WOKO, WHE, WCAU-W3XAU, WQAM, WICC, WBIG, WMBG, WSBT, WKBN. 7:30 CST— WFBM, KMBC, WHAS, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WCCO, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, WIBW, WACO, KFH. 6:30 MST—KVOR, KLZ. 9:30 EST (%)—Lady Esther Serenade. Wayne King’s graceful dance melodies. WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM. WGAR, WdJR, KDKA. 8:30 CST— WENR, KSO, KOIL, WREN. 10:00 EST (1)—Paul Whiteman’s excellent contemporary music arrangements; Deems Taylor’s quiet, biting commen- tary. (Kraft Cheese.) WEAF, WTAG, WFBR, WBEN, WwW), WPTF, WJAX, WEEI, WCSH, WRC, WCAE, WLW, WNC, WIOD, WJAR. WFI, WGY, WTAM, WRVA, WIS. 9:00 CST—KSD, WMAQ, WOC, WHO, wow, WSMB, WBAP, KPRC, WTMJ, KSTP, WDAF, WSM, WDAY, KFYR, WKY, WTHS, KTBS, WOAI, WIBA, WEBC. 8:00 MST—KOA, KDYL. 7:00—KOMO., KGO, KFI, KGW, KHQ. 10:45 EST (44)—Myrt and Marge... Two gals trying to get along. 9:45 CST—WBBM, WFBM, KMOX, WLAC, WBRC, KMBC, WHAS, WGST, WDSU, KLRA, WREC, WCCO, KOMA. 8:45 MST—KLZ, KSL. 17:45 PST—KWG, KVI, KERN, KDB, KOL, KFPY. 11:00 EST (4%4)—Amos ’n’ Andy. Blackface comedy with human touch. 10:00 CST — WMAQ, WENR, WFAA, WEY, KSTP, WSB, KWkK, WREN, KTHS, WSMB, WSM, WDAF, KOIL, KPRC, WOAI, WMC. 9:00 MST—KOA, KDYL. 8:00 PST—KGO, KFI, KGwW, KOMO, KHQ. (See also 7:00 P.M. EST.) 11:15 EST (44)—Cclumbia News Service. WABC, WCAO, WAAB, CKLW, WDRC, WJAS, WEAN, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM, WDBO, WDAE, WPG, WLBW, WBIG. WHP, WFEA, WTAR, WMBG, WDBJ. WwToc, WSJS WORC, WKBN, WIP, WMAS. 10:15 CST— WFBM, KMBC. WGST, WDOD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WISN, WCCO, WODX, WLAC, WDSU, KTSA, KFH. 9:15 MST—KVOR, KLZ. 11:15 Elmer Everett Yess. High-pressure hilarity. 10:15 CST—KMBC, KFAB. 9:15 MST— KLZ, KSL. 8:15 PST—KERN, KM), KFBK, KFRC, KOL, KWG, KHJ, KOIN., KGB, KDB, KFPY, KVI. 11:15 EST (4)—Lum and Abner. Cracker barrel humor sketches. (See also 7:20 P.M. EST.) WFI 10:15 CST—WDAF, KSD, WOCc, WHO, WTMJ, WKBF, WENR. 11:30 EST (%4)—Singin’ Sam. Basso goes on for Western listeners. (See also 8:15 P.M. EST.) 9:30 MST—-KLZ, KSL. 8:30 PST—KFRC, KDB, KOL, KHJ, KOIN, KFPY, KMJ, KFBK, KWG, KERN, KGB, KVI. (Continued on page 95) “POWDER GOES ON SMOOTHER THIS NEW WAY 1% New Velour Powder Puff Amazes Beauty Experts! 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Also, we'll give you the low- down on Ed Wynn's trials and tribulations with his Amalga- mated Broadcasting Company. “DO UNTO OTHERS” HIS will be the happiest Christ- mas for many people. Laughter will have a new ring, voices a new confidence. Share some of your joy by using Christmas Seals on your letters, packages, gifts,and cards. The gay little stamps will brighten your message. Lhe funds they provide will help prevent, find, and cure tubercu- losis throughout the year. The National, State and Local Tuberculosis Associations of the United States Buy Curistmas SEALs 94 | broadcast. RADIO STARS I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues — (Continued from page 66) part of negro life as food and sleep— song! It was good to sing. Cares and sorrow seemed to fall away when she sang and—with other colored people in the neighborhood—she sang for hours every evening. One night a couple of colored theat- rical bookers happened to be there. “Where did you get that voice?” one of the theatrical men asked. “T don’t know,” Ethel said. “I’ve al- ways had it I guess. It isn’t any good. I just sing because I like to.” “Tt’s good enough for the stage,” he said. And a few days later a frightened, timid colored girl appeared on the stage of a small negro theatre in Baltimore. ND then one of her engagements brought her face to face with des- tiny. It was down in New Orleans, Louisiana, that she made her first She didn’t know then that one day she was to be a radio star, but the success of that one program (broadcast from the midnight show of the theatre where she was playing) in- The Band-Box (Continued from page 59) @ Just two nights before, Rudy Vallee opened at the Hollywood Restaurant across the street from the Paradise, which means that Broadway is now aflame with Whiteman -versus Vallee music. And believe it or not, 1200 per- sons visited Rudy during the course of his initial evening. Celebrities stepped on celebrities trying to wedge into the room. @ A few days earlier, Isham Jones, whose music comes to you over CBS, had opened at the Hotel Commodore and he, too, was host to many of the town’s famed. © “When we reach Hollywood to make our picture, I’m going to take the Marx brothers on at contract bridge, if they have any money left,” Ben Ber- nie remarked as he left Chicago on his RKO tour recently. And take Ely Cul- bertson’s word for it, Ben knows his bridge. The contract ace paid the Old Maestro a nifty tribute for his skill at cards at Phil Harris’ opening in Chi- cago a few weeks ago. Culbertson may be Ben’s partner if this match ma- terializes. ® That mention of Phil Harris re- minds us. An all-maestro band turned out some of the sourest music heard in Chicago when Phil opened at the Col- spired her to work to be a good per- _ former. Not so many years ago, she arrived © in New York. That was the turning point in her life. One engagement led to a better one and suddenly she had become a rave at Harlem’s famous night club, “The Cotton Club.” The club featured such outstanding negro artists as Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and the Mills Brothers. People flocked to hear Ethel sing “Stormy Weather.” | “When people say I put little tricks in my songs, I laugh. It may be a trick to white people, but it’s just natural to negroes. “I love my people. We get along like cats and dogs, but I love ’em.” Ethel is married to Clyde Mathieu. They have no children of their own, but Ethel has adopted twelve. They are colored children who need help and © whose parents she has known. On her finger she wears a huge dia- mond ring. When anyone asks her what it means she smiles a big, broad smile and answers, “That means success!” lege Inn. Ben Bernie, smoking the inevitable cigar, plied the fiddle. Others in the outfit: Guy Lombardo, Vincent Lopez, Ted Weems, Bernie Cummins, Jan Garber, Benny Meroff and Herbie Mintz. Charlie Correll (Andy) played © the piano and Jules Stein, president of MCA, conducted. @ Musicians were tumbling over each other the middle of October at the Bis- marck Hotel in Chicago with Ted Weems established in the Walnut Room and Waring’s Pennsylvanians and Lom- bardo’s Royal Canadians, playing at the Chicago theatre and the RKO Palace re- spectively, also putting up at the Bis- marck. @® Clyde Lucas, director of the Cali- fornia Dons orchestra on CBS sustain-— ing programs, is engaged to Frances — Langford, the Florida songstress, — boosted to NBC fame by Rudy Vallee. | Miss Langford is singing with Vincent — Lopez and Harry Richman at the Chez Paree. Lucas is heard from the La- Salle Hotel. @ Have you heard: Fred Waring, head man of the Old Gold program, and Evalyn Nair, pretty dancer with his stage ensemble, were wed in Octo- ber? This marriage was a real coast- to-coast hook-up! Good luck, both! —
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RADIO STARS Programs Day by Day (Continued from page 93) FRIDAYS WGR, WHK, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, EEE E en WEAN, WJSV, WBT. 11:00 A.M. CST ( (December Ist, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th) —WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, SSS KRLD. 10:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. 9:00 6:45-7:00-7:20-7:45-8:00 A.M. EST — Up PST—KFRC, KDB, KOL, KFPY, KWG, down, touch your toes with Arthur Bare KVI, KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, ley, Tower Health Exerciser. KGB. WEAF, WEEI, WFI, WGY, WBEN, 12:30 P.M. EST (5 min.)—News flashes. WCAR, CRCT (WRC on 7:30.) 8:30 EST G2)—Cheerio. Early morning op- (General Mills.) WABC, WCAU-W3XAU, WDRC, WEAN, timism in inspirational talk and music. WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADS, WEAF, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WTAG, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRU, ' WEEI, WWNC, WRVA, WPTF, wis, WSPD, CKLW. 11:30 A.M. CST— WIOD, CRCT, WJAR, WJAX, WCSH, WBBM, WOWO, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WFBR, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WLW, WFBM, WHAS. CFCF, WFLA.’ 7:30 CST—WOW, KSD, 12:30 EST (1)—National Farm and Home H h h ee come es wae Mee Hour. Walter eens Homesteaders ave the Smoothest Enamel ° , , divide time wit guest speakers. ° . KTBS, WAPI. WJZ, WBAL, WJR, WIS, WFLA, WBZ, Strongest Grip . Longest Life 9:15 EST (4)—Goldy and Dusty and Sil- WBZA, WHAM, WWNC, WSYR, KDKA, Beauty Shops use and sell more Bobby Lox ver Dust Twins. Songs and patter. WGAR, WRVA, WJAX, WMAL, WLW, Hairpins than any other make. You, too, WABC, WOKO, WFBL, WGR, WDRC, WCKY, WPTF, WIOD. 11:30 A.M. CST should demand Bobby Lox at your chain ee WCAU- W3XAU, WJAS, WHEC, —KTBS, KYW, WREN, WESC, WSM, store. You pay for Bobby Lox features, so WVA, WORC, WMAS. WSMB, WFAA, WOAI, KWK, KWCR, why not have their ultra-smooth enamel ‘ AY EST (4)—Gordon, Dave and Bunny. KOIL, KFYR, WMC, WJDX, KTHS, erste ana. out, aS a and ee Comedy song trio. (Oxol.) WIBA, KSTP, WKY, WDAY, WSB. sian Se line nese tiiese Cla tne jonde WABC, WOKO, WMBG, WCAO, WAAB, WAPI, KVOO, KPRC. 10:30 MST— or Grey sities! WORC, WKRC, ee Ae aa KOA. Scoldi (sce e ti Agolet Wi WJAS, WEAN, WFB Ww A . aS ¥4,)—Mari i coldin ocks Corporation, eton, 1S. | 10:00 EST (%4)—The Mystery casepacciar: LO ESE C7 Mare, the, Tittle. French 3 SEND FOR oF easy cooking WABC, WNAC, WKRC " Hi c ; ; WEAF, WEEI, WWJ, WJAR, wee WCAU-WSXAU. T2060 ‘CSTW BBM WLW, WFI, WFBR, WGY, WRC, WBEN KMBC, WDSU, KMOX, WGST. 11:00 ee pee ae et Olbth A.M. MST—KLZ, KSL. 10:00 PST— 10: ero, (© ara, Lu ’n’ Em, Clothes- KERN, KOIN, KFBK, KFRC, KOL, | WJZ, WBAL, KDKA, WRVA, WJAX, Ba ee a, Ce ees. DB OEMS CARD { WBZ, WBZA, WGAR, WPTF, WHAM, | WJR, WCKY, WIS, WWNC. ‘9:15 CST —KWK, WREN, WSM, WSB, KSTP, WJDX, WOAI, WKY, WMC, KOIL, 1:30 EST (14)—Easy Aces. In which hearts are trumps—sometimes. WABC, WCAO, WCAU-W3XAU, WKBW, Scolding Locks Corporation, Appleton, Wis. WKRC, CFRB, WHK, CKLW. 12:30 Please send me free a regular 10c card of eae. See a SMB, WGN One CST—WBBM, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO. Bobby Lox Hairpins in following color Danae 10:15 EST’ (44)—Bill and Ginger. Songs and 11:30 A.M. MST—KLZ, KSL. 10:30 PST patter —KMJ, KOIN, KFBK, KFRC, KOL, | Name........------cccseeccseceterecece WABC, WCAU-W3XAU, WOKO, WJAS, KEPY, KM), KHJ, ‘KGB, KDB, KVL can WNAC, WEAN, WGR, WFBL, WKRC, KWG. : ’ CO ISB SS SOC OOOD On OCC ODDEOODNDOOCDIOOOODDD SUObE WJSV., WHK, CKLW. ici Aad CA) aust en Bill. Homely 7, =o Stateroom ete > es 10:30 EST (14)—Carson Robinson’s Crazy skit of small-town barber. “ I ae iany buy in the store checked below: Buckaroos. Hill-billy and cowboy music. 1:00 =CST— KMBC, KMOX, ~WwcCco, S. S. Kresge J F. W. Woolworth Co. WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WFBM. 12:00 Noon MST—KULZ, KSL. | ()S.H. Kress Co. (J McLellan Stores WICC, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WCAH, 11:00 A.M. PST—KFPY, KFRC, KGB, OW. T. Grant Co J McCrory Stores WCAO, WFBL, WEE, WJSV, WSPD, KHJ, KOH, KOIN, KOL, KVI. (0G. C. Murphy Co () Grand-Silver Stores 9:30 CST—KMBC, 1:45 EST (44)—Painted Dreams. OC Scott Stores 6 Neisner Bros. WABC, WCAU, WJAS, O J. J. Newberry Co. WHK, CKLW. 12:45 CST—WOWO. co. | 10:30 EST ij)onday-s. Caltdren, Sketches of family life. WJZ, WBAL, WJR, WFLA, WMAL, 4:00 EST CA Betty arr Bow. They’re in WBZ, WRVA, WBZA, WSYR, WPTF, a very syrupy stage o ove. KDKA, WCKY, WJAX. 9:30 CST— WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KpKa.| NO JOKE To BE DEAF KWCR, KSO, WKY, WEBC, KWK, WBZA, WGAR, WJR, WLW. 3:00 CST —Every Deaf PersonKnowsTh t KOIL,’ WBAP, WREN, WTMJ, KPRC. KWK, KOIL, WLS. : j yt ee 10:45 EST (34)—Betty Crocker. Cooking 3:30 EST (44)—Woman’s Radio Review. ieee talk. Claudine Macdonald; Joseph Littau’s WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WCAE, WSAL, Orchestra. Some women _ consider it WCSH, WBAP, WFI, WTAM, WIOD, cultural. | WRC, WGY, WBEN, WWJ, WFLA, WEAF, WTAG, WRC, WCAE, WCSH, (MEP eva WEDh WIRE WAR © WiOg! Wer whale wwe, WiAR se cae { 34 —KYW, KSD, WOW, KPRC, Li , d , ! NC, 0 ‘ty yse ear’ iso e' KTHS, WOAI,’ WKY, WoC, WHO, WFBR, WGY, WSAL, WIS. 2:30 CST ; Dy Bt at ar Drm | POO, WDA: ae BS: KYW, - SD; WSM WEBC 717 Hofmann Building ‘ a Michigan 10:45 EST (44)—Will Osborne’s Orchestra. WHO, WMC, KVOO, WDAF, WKY, Z | Pedro de Cordoba, the friendly philos- KPRC, WIBA, WOC, WSMB, WJDX, opher. WSB, WBAP, _wow. 1:30 MST—KOA. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WDRC, 4:30 EST (5 min.)—Generai Mills News | WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, WGR. Flashes. | 11:00 N. B. C. Music Appreciation Hour, WABC, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, | Walter Damrosch conducting symphony WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, ¥ orchestra. Over 6,500,000 are listening WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, » | to the series this year to learn to un- WSPD, CKLW. _ 3:30 CST -- WBBM, t | derstand and love fine music. WOwWO, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WFBM, q WEAF, WJZ, WTAG, WGY, WWJ, WIS, WHAS. ‘ ' WFLA, WBZ, WHAM, WCKY, CFCF, 5:00 EST (4%4)—Skippy. A sketch for the Py WWNC, WEEI, WJAR, WCSH, WBEN, youngsters. i WLW, WJAX, WBAL, WBZA, WGAR, WABC, WGR, WEAN, WOKO, WKRC, ote KDKA, WRVA, WLIT, WFBR, WRC, WFBL, WCAO, WHK, WSPD, WAAB, defsanvone Chesect / WTAM, eet wrop, yee WSYR, eee eee wae TE ORES ar’ our quality. vervsarands c 4 WdJR, CR Dg oa by 10.00 ST—KYW. V » 5 (See also 6:00 P.M. Ce is = ; KSD, WOC,' WHO, WOW, WIBA, WSB. EST.) ey: ee eee cos OO E teee d WJDX, WVOO, WFAA, KPRC, KTHS, 5:30 EST (44)—The Singing Lady. Charm- anteed to give fall 12 pmenthias service) under KWK, KWCR, WREN, WDAF, KSTP, ing nursery songs and stories. by the entire financial resources of an old reliable WEBC, WDAY, KIFYR, WSM, WAPI, WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WBAL, WHAM, company.Member N R A, Today's lowest prices, WMC, WSMB, WKY, WBAP, KTBS, WSR, eR WGAR, WLW. 5:30 CST BALLOON. TIRES : KDYL. 11:00 EST (44)—‘“Cooking Closeups.” 11:15 WOAI, WLS, KOIL. 9:00 MST—KOA, Mary Ellis Ames, home economist. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, WSPD, WJSV, WKBW, WKRC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WJAS, WFBL. 10:00 CST—WBBM, WFBM, KMOX, WGST, WREC, WCCO. EST (%4)—Big Freddie Miller. Songs and patter. WABC, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WFBL,. WHK, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD, CKLW. 10:15 CST—WBBM, Wowo. 9:15 MST—KMBC, KMOXx, WFBM, WHAS. 12:00 Noon EST (1%4)—Gene Arnold and Com- modore male quartet. WEAF, WTAG, WRC, WCAE, WCSH, WEEI, WLIT, WGY, ww, WSAI, WJAR, WFBR, WBEN, WTAM. 11:00 A.M. CST—WOAI, WMAQ, WOC, WHO, WOW, WBAP, KPRC, WDAF, KVOO. 10:00 MST—KOA,. 12:00 EST (144)—The Voice of Experience. Discusses heart problem letters. WABC, WNAC, WKRC, CKLW, WCAO, 5:30 EST. “G4)—Tom 5:45 EST —WG Mix in thrilling chil- dren’s program. WEAF, WEEI, WTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WLIT, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, WCSH, WFBR. (See also 6:30 P.M. EST.) 5:30 EST (44)—Jack Armstrong, All Ameri- can Boy. WAAB, WOKO, WSPD, WCAO, WNAC, WJISV, WGR, WHK, WHEC, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL. (See also 6:30 P.M. EST.) 5:45 EST (144)—Wizard of Oz. Old story dramatized, with Parker Fennelly others. WEAF, WTIC, WCAE, WTAG, WEEI, WTAM, WJAR, WCSH, WWJ, WFBR., WRC, WSAI, WGY, WBEN. 4:45 CST —WMAQ, KSD, WOW, WIBA, WDAY, WDAF, WTMJ, KSTP, WEBC, KFYR. (44)—Cowboy Tom. Children’s Western drama. WABC, WAAB, WCAU, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WCAO, WHK, WJSV, WKRC, CKLW. 4:45 CST—WBBM, KMBC, (Friday, Continued on page 97) and oar CORD TIRES Size Tires Tubes Size Tires Tubes 20x4. 20x4. 30x4. N aw i) VUSOUUNUMMOUMCUOM Latah lel lela alel olaled od 355 All Other Sizes” WE WANT DEALERS UUW LIUULUNNNNNNNNN) DaLAaAWWNOOOBOUS 3:75 3226. 50-20 All TUBES GUARANTEED Brand NEW SEND ONLY $1 HA on each tire ordered. We ship balance C. S percent discount for full cash with order. Any tire potas! to give 12 montha’ service replaced at 1840 S. MICHIGAN AVE. A . FREE Be oe Lantern . With Order for 2 Tires Complete with batteries and bulb, ready touse. Household and ae ff mobile necessity. 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SUPERB novels in one magazine! Do you want hours and hours of perfectly grand reading? Do you want romance, adventure, mystery? Do you want a realis- tic tale of the sidewalks of New York, and then, perhaps, a glam- orous love story of the Sahara? It's all yours for the asking, in that delightful magazine, today for the new December issue. And then enjoy: ROMANCE!...... "Forbidden Sands" a ES WEST =e “The Six-Gun Trek" ... Up the White Summit’ ADVENTURE!....... "Africa Wakes" MYSTERY!..""Murder in Pirate Alley” newsdealer Ask your ) OS a 96 |} cream or RADIO STARS If You Want to Be Beautiful (Continued from page 7) substituting a simple soap and water scrub. Now, let’s consider the dry skin next. It would seem fairly obvious that the best thing to do for a dry skin would be to put plenty of cream on it. To “replace” the oils with which nature has been stingy. And that is, when you come right down to it, the only thing to do. But it isn’t all as simple as that. The human skin—contrary to what many of the advertisements for beauty preparations tell you—is a thick, tough substance. It won't eat up nourishment from the outside as readily as the blurb on your jar of cream would have you believe. You can do a lot of good with that jar of nourishing cream, or tissue turtle cream—or whatever fancy name is on the label. But you can only do that good by steady, faith- ful use of the cream—day in and day out, lots of applications—never getting careless or lazy about it. As one of my girl friends who suffers from dry skin says, “My dear, I have to use just quarts and quarts of cream.” And that’s the remedy—quarts and quarts. So that the skin is kept soft and supple and tiny lines never have a chance to ap- pear. Do you understand what I mean? You can’t really, you see, put back oil into the skin. But you can keep the outer layers of skin so soaked in cream —or oil—that it amounts to the same thing. And don’t pay any attention to that silly saying that cream on the face makes hair appear. If it did, cold cream would have appeared on the mar- ket as a hair-restorer these many moons ago. So—my fra-ands with dry skins— follow the routine of two applications of cream to cleanse the face and neck. Then—yes, indeed—you may wash your face with soap and water if you are one of the girls who just don’t “feel clean” without it. Or use skin tonic if soap and water irritates your skin. But —and this is the important part—follow | that soap-and-water cleansing (or the skin tonic cleansing) with a filmy ap- plication of a nourishing cream or tis- sue cream. Every night. And leave the tiniest bit on all night. Not enough to make you look like a fright or to get the pillow case-all gummy. But enough to leave the skin feeling soft and slightly dampish. Use cream rouge— not dry rouge. It’s harder to apply, I know, but practise makes perfect. Use the finest powder you can find. And, if your figure will stand it, put more fats into your diet. All those measures will help. Oily skins with enlarged pores—or pores which will come large in time— can really be cured. You may use cream to cleanse your face if you prefer. And if you live in a city where dirt and grime are prevalent and wear make-up all the time, I think cream is the best cleanser. But—always follow with soap and water. And lots and lots of cold water—the colder the better—to finish off with. Then, if the condition is really bad, an application of quite- powerful astringent. If blackheads are getting in their deadly work, use a grainy cleanser to wash your face with. There’s a grand one on the market— you use it just like soap and it smells delightful. And if the pore condition is really distressing, apply a pore paste or cream two or three times a _ week. People with ‘mixed skins” should use an astringent on the oily areas. And a pore cream, too, if necessary, on the areas with enlarged pores. Use no powder base under your make-up. Neither liquid nor cream. You may think a foundation will make your powder stick better. On the con- trary, it just gums up the pores and makes things worse than they were in the first place. Well—after all that lecturing, I’ll tell you about a few new tricks of the beauty trade that are sort of fun. Re- member, you are supposed to write and ask me about any preparations referred to in this article. It is against the pol- icy of the magazine to mention products by name. But a note to me—enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope— will bring you a personal reply pronto from me. H ERE’S a new trick to try. Three miniature lipsticks in a cute little holder. One, very subdued and con- servative. For street wear. And for those occasions when you don’t want to look made-up. Nice for older women, too. Then—a giddy, gaudy bright shade for daytime. And a third shade for evening. The three sell for the price of one good full-sized lipstick. Nice for a gift or bridge prize, too. Have you ever heard of a painless eyebrow tweezer? There is one, you know. A patented little gadget helps you whisk out the stray hairs without that disagreeable twinge. And how about a mascara stick for your purse—one that does away with all the mess of a brush? This little stick can be held under the faucet for a moment, then applied to your lashes in a twinkling. Nice to carry with you on a date to repair the make-up after cry- ing your eyes out at the moyies. And it's inexpensive. If any of you feel tempted to try false eyelashes, write and ask me about them. They’re really quite convincing, if subtly applied, and they stay on for the three or four weeks. You can put them on yourself— or have it done for you at various shops around the coun- try. Usually for the large sum of one dollar. Well—there you are, for the time being. I'll have some more new things to tell you about next month. Cheerio! Better make a note of Rapto STars’ new address. 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RADIO STARS Programs Day by Day (Continued from page 95) (FRIDAY) KMOX, WFBM 45 EST (44)—Little Orphan Annie. Child- WJZ, WBAL, WdJR, WBZ, WBZA, KDKA, WHAM. (See also 6:45 P.M. EST.) 00 EST (34)—Xavier Cugat’s Waldorf- Astoria dinner music. 7 WEAF, WTAG, WBEN, WWNC, WWJ. WJAX, WCAE, WRC, WIOD, WJAR., WELA. 5:00 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WIBA, WOAI, KSTP, WSMB, KVOO, KTHS. WEBC, KFYR, KTBS, KDYL, WDAY, WAPI, WOC, WKY, WSB, WMC, KPRC, WDAF, WSM, WJDX, WHO, WFAA. | 4:00 MST—KOA. 3:00 PST—KPO. 00 EST (44)—Stamp Adventurer’s Club. WABC, WKBW, WOKO, WDRC, WAAB, WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN, WORC. _ :00 EST (4%4)—Skippy. Childhood playlet. “a 5:00 CST—WBBM, KMBC, WHAS, WCCO. (See also 5:00 EST.) § @4)—Shell Football Reporter. * Dartmouth quarterback, Eddie b forecasts the games. fs WOKO, WBIG, WORC, WCAO, : WFEA, WKBW, WDRC, WTAR, ] WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WMBG, WEAN. | WFBL, WDBJ, WJSV, WLBZ, WHEC. >) WBT, WHP, WSJS. .:30 EST (44)—Jack Armstrong. All Ameri- ean Boy. 5:30 CST—WBBM, KMOX, WCCO. =) also 5:30 EST.) 6:30 EST (44)—Adventures of Tom Mix. : For youngsters. (See | 5:30 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WTMJ, WIBA, '' KSTP, WEBC. (See also 5:30 EST.) 5:45 EST (4%4)—Lowell Thomas presents ‘a day’s news entertainingly. | WJZ, WBZA, WLW, KDKA, WHAM, : WJAX, CRCT, WIOD, WSYR, WFLA. WGAR, WJR, WBZ, WBAL. | 3:45 EST (44)—Worcester Salt seasons pro- 6 grams with Zoel Parentan’s Orchestra and Carl Van Amburgh, soloist. (Starts | Dec. 8th.) . WABC, WBT, WCAO, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WFBL, WFEA, WHEC, WJSV, WKBW, WLBZ, WNAC, WOKO, CKLW. 3:45 EST (44)—Little Orphan Annie. Child- hood playlet. 5:45 CST—WREN, KOIL, KWCR, KPRC, WOAI, WFAA, KTBS, WKY, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR. (See also 5:45 EST.) 7:00 SET (44)—Molle Shaw, e, William Edmonson and Southern- Maires Quartet. WEAF, WEEI, WRC, WTAM, WTIC. WwJ, WTAG, .WCSH, WLIT, WFBR, WCAE. 6:00 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WOC, WHO, Wow, } Roxanne Wal- ld . e WDAF. 3:09 EST (44)—Amos ’n’ Andy. Pepsodent’s blackface comedians. WJZ, WCKY, W4JR, WBAL, W BZ, WBZA, KDKA, WLW, CRCT, WRVA, WPTF, WMAL, WFLA, WIOD, WGAR, WHAM. 7:00 EST (%4)—Myrt and Marge. Gum chewing serial sketch. WABC, WADC, WKRC, WDBO, WOKO, / WCAO, WHK, WDAE, WNAC, WGR. ; CKLW, WTOC, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU. ©} WdJAS, WEAN. WWVA, WFBL, WSPD, | WJSV. 6:00 CST—KRLD 7:15 EST (4%4)—Just Plain Bill, shep proprietor. : WNAC, > a 4 } the barber WABC, WCAO, WGR, WHK, CKLW, WCAU-W3XAU, (4)—Billy Batchelor. WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WRC, WTAM, ww. 7:30 EST (44)—Circus Days, WKRC, WdJSV, Dramatic Wey, by Courtney | Ryley Cooper, who ought to know. (Scott’s Emulsion.) | WEAF and an NBC red network. Sta- ), ,tion list unavailable. EST (%4)—Music On the Air. Guest | star. | WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WGR. WDRC. WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, | WFBL WJISV, WLBZ, WICC, WHP. i WFEA, WHEC, WORC, WGLC. (7:30 EST (44)—Potash and Perlmutter. | Two lovable old characters. . WHAM, KDKA, (44)—Boake Carter. News of the presented. / day, intelligently ; WABC, WCAO, WCAU-W3XAU, WBT, WNAC, WGR, WJAS, WHK, CKLW, WJSV. 6: 45. CST—W BBM, KMBC, Wwcco, WHAS, KMOX. , : WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WCAR, WCKY, WJR. 7:30 CST—WLS. | 7:45 EST =. og (@4)—Irene Rich chats on Holly- wis WBAL, WMAL, WBZ, WBZA.,. WSYR, KDKA, WCKY. 6: 45 csT— AQ, WMC, ‘WSB, WSMB. 743. “St @4)—The Goldbergs. Jewish home comedy sketch. WEAF, WTAG, W LIT, WEEI, WJAR, WGY, WRC, WCSH, WBEN, WCAE, WW, WTAM, WSAI, WFBR. 6:45 CST ENR, WOW, WDaAF. 8:00 Est (1)—Cities Service Concert. Per- petually pleasing program with Jessica Dragonette, soprano; the Cavaliers Male Quartet; Frank Banta and Milton Ret- tenberg, piano duo; Rosario Bourdon’s Orchestra; Grantland Rice, football talk. WEAF, WTIC, WSAI, WEEI, WCAE, Y, WTAG, CRCT, WJAR, WTAM, WwdJ, WRVA, WCSH, 7:00 CST—WDAF, WOAI, Woc, KTBS, WKY, WFAA, KYW. B 5 wow, WEBC, KTHS, (WTMJ, KVOO on 7:30 CST.) 6:00 MST —KOA, KDYL. 8:00 EST (44)—Nestle’s Chocolateers, with Ethel Shutta, vocalist; Walter O’Keefe, a better comedian; Don Bestor’s Or- chestra. WJZ, WMAL, WBAL, WCKY, WJR. 7:00 CST—WLS, KWK. 8:00 EST (44)—Happy Bakers. Phil Duey, Frank Luther and Jack Parker, Male Trio with Harriet Lee, deep-voiced blues singer. WABC, WADC, WDRC, WICC, WHEC, WMAS, WNAC, WGR, WSPD, WCAH, WWVA, WHK, CKLW, WJSV, WMBG, WORC. 7:00 CST—WBBM, WFBM. 8:15 EST (44)—Edwin C, Hill. The Human Side of the News. WABC, WADC, WKRC, WDRC, WEAN, WJISV, WOKO, WCAO, WHK, WCAU- W3XAU, WFBL, WNAC, WGR, CKLW, W4JAS, WSPD. 7:15 CST—WBBM, WFBM, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO. 8:30 EST (42)—The March of Time. News of the minute, stirringly dramatized with voices to fit great people por- trayed. (Remington-Rand.) WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WAAB WDRC, WIP, WEAN, WSPD, CKLW, WNAC, WGR, WKBW, WKRC, WHK, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WFBL, WJSV 7:30 CST—WBBM, wowod, WFBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOX, WCCO, WGST. 6:30 MST—KSL, KLZ. 5:30 PST— KFPY, KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 8:45 EST (44)—Red Davis. Curtis Arrnall in dramatic sketch. WJZ, WSYR, WBAL, ae WBZ, WBZA, KDKA, 7:45 CST—W 9:00 EST (44)—Philadelphia Seating Or- chestra, dicection Leopold Stokowski. WABC, WADC, WBT, WCAH, WCAO, WCAU-W3XAU, WDAE, WDBJ, WDRC, WEAN, WFBL, WHEC, WICC, WJAS, WJSV, WKBW, WLBZ, WMBG, WNAC, WOKO, WPG, WQAM, WSPD, WTAR, WTOC, CKLW. 8:00 CST—KFH, KLRA, KMBC. KMOX, KOMA, KRLD, KTRH, KTSA, WBBM, WBRC, WCCO, WDSU, WFBM, WGST, WHAS, m IS) WLAC, WMT, WOWO,. WREC._ 7:00 MST—KULZ, KSL. 6:00 PST_KFPY, KFRC, KGB, KHJ, KOH, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 9:00 EST (%)—Fred Allen’s nasal _ non- sense, with vacuous chirrups of Port- land Hoffa, Roy Atwell’s twisted tongue; Songsmiths’ Soothing Quartet, and Ferde Grofe’s orchestra in the Salad Bowl Revue. WEAF, WTIC, WJAR, WCSH, WBEN, WTAM, WEEI, WFBR, WRC, —WMAQ, KSD. (See WTAG, WGY, WLIT, WWJ, WLw. 8:00 CST also 12:15 A.M Phil and EST.) 9:00 EST (44)—Let’s Listen to Harris. Harris’ ingratiating, deep voice Leah Ray’s blues songs. WJZ, WBAL, KDKA, CFCF, WMAL, WBZ, WGAR, WBZA, WSYR, WCKY. 8:00 CST—WLS, KWCR, KSO, WSM. WAPI, WKY, WFAA, KWK, WREN, KOIL, WSB, WSMB, WOAI 7:00 MST— KOA, KDYL, KGIR, KGHL. 6:00 PST— KGO, KFI, KGW. KOMO, KHQ. 9:15 EST (%4)—Threads of Happiness. Tommy McLaughlin’s romantic baritone. WABC, WADC, WNAC, WKRC, CKLW. WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WFBL, WJSV. WBT,. WTOC, WOKO, WCAO, WKBW. WHK, WDRC, WORC, WEAN, WSPD. WDAE, WTAR. 8:15 CST—WBBM, Wwowo, WFBM, KMBC, WHAS, KMOx, WGST. WBRC, KTAT, KTRH, KLRA. WREC, WCCO, WLAC, WDSU, KOMO, KTSA, KFH. 7:15 MST—KLZ, KSI.. 6:15 PST—KWG, KVI, KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, KGB, KFRC KDB, KOL, KFPY. 9:30 EST (44)—Pond’s Players present Vanity Fair. Lee Wiley’s enticing voice with Victor Young’s orchestra. WEAF, WWJ, WTAG, WJAR, WCSH, WLIT, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WBEN. WTAM, WSAI, WTIC. 8:30 CST—WDAF, KSD., WOC, WHO, WOW, WMAQ. 9:30 EST (44)—Armour Program. “Ghost” heckles Phil Baker at each old joke. WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WWNC, WBAL, WHAM, WJR, WJAX, KDKA, WGAR. WRVA, WIOD. 8:30 CST—KPRC, WOAI, WKY, WTMJ, WEBC, WMC, WAPI, WFAA, WENR, KWK, WREN, KOIL, KSTP, WSM, WSB, WSMB, KSO, KPRC. 7:30 MST—KOA, KDYL. 6:30 PST— KGO, KFI, KOMO, KGW, KHQ. 10:00 EST (%)—The Swift Program. Olsen and Johnson, a comical pair. N E W ! Halevasa Method Costs Less... Lasts Longer! ‘THINK of it! lc a week. Done right at home, too. without fuss or bother A typical “movie star” wave only The new Hollywood wave. Simply mix a tablespoonful of Stylset in half a cup of hot water. Dip comb in and apply to hair. your waves. ing results soft, alluring waves. b 104 Sth Ave., N. Y. C Then merely set You will be amazed at the lovely, last- Watch flat, straggly hair come to life in Greaseless, non-alcoholic. 10c uys a big 4 oz. bottle. 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WABC, WAAB, WCAU-W3XAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WADC, WCAH, WCAO, WFBL, WHK, WJSV, WKERC, CKLW. 9:00 CST — WBBM, WOwO, KFAB, KMBC, KMOX, KOMO, KRLD, KSCJ, KTRH, WCCO, WHAS. 8:00 MST—KLZ, KSL. 7:00 PST—KFERC, KGB, KHJ, KOIN, KOL, KVI. 10:00 EST G4)—First ‘Nighter. Drama. WEAF, WEEI, WLIT, WGY, WTM, CRCT, WTIC. WJAR. WFBR, WBEN, WWJ, WTAG, WCSH, WRC, WCAE, WSAI. 9:00 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WOC, WHO, WOW, WDAF, WAPI, WKY, KPRC, KTBS, WKBF, WTMJ, KSTP, WEBC, WSM, WSB, WSMB, WFAA, WOATI. 8:00 MST—KOA, KDYL, KTAR. 7:00 PST— KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO, KHQ, KFSD. 10:30 EST (44)—Alexander Woollcott, Town Crier. Sprightly teller of tales. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WAAB, WHK, WSPD, WDBO, WCAH, WBIG, CKLW, WDRC, WJAS, WCAU- W3XAU, WEAN, WQAM, WPG, WIBW, WHP, WFEA, WMBG, WDBJ, WHEC, WTOC, WSJS, WORC 9:30 CST—WFEFBM, KMBC, WHAS, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, KRLD, KTRH, KLRA, WR EC, WLAC, WODSU, KOMA, WMBD, W IBW, WACO, WMT. 8:30 MST—KVOR. KLZ. 10:30 EST (4%4)—Lum and Abner’s Oldtime Friday Night Sociable. WEAF, WLIT, WTIC, WEEI, WRC, WFBR, WCAE, WJAR, WGY, WBEN. WCSH, WTAM, WLW, WTAG. 9:30 CST —WENR, KSD, WOC, WDAF, KPRC, WHO, WTMJ, WKBF, KTBS. 10:45 EST (4)—My rt and Marge. Serial sketch. 9:45 CST — WBBM, WFBM, KMBC, WCCO, WHAS, KMOX, WGST, WLAC, WBRC, WDSU. 8:45 MST—KLZ, KSL. 7:45 PST—KFBK, KGB, KFRC, KDB, KOL, KWG, KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFPY, KVI. (See also 7:00 P. M. EST.) 11:00 EST (44)—Amos ’n’ Andy. Pepsodent’s blackface comedians. 10:00 CST — WMAQ, WENR, KWK, WREN, WDAF, KOIL, KSTP, WSM, WSB, WMC, WSMB, KTHS, WFAA, KPRC, WOAL, WKY. 9:00 MST—KOA, KDYL. 8:00 PST—KHQ, KGO, KFI, KGW, KOMO. (See also 7:00 P. M. EST.) 11:15 EST (14)—Columbia News Service. WABC, WACO, WAAB, CKLW, WDRC, WJAS, WEAN, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM, WDBO, WDAE, WPG, WLBW, WBIG WHP, WFEA, WTAR, WMBG, WDBJ. WTOC, WSIS, WORC, WEKBN, WIP, W MAS. 10:15 CST—WFBM, KMBC, WGST, WDOD, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WISN, WCCO, WODX, WLAC, WDSU, KTSA, KFH. 9:15 MST—KVOR, KL2Z. 11:30 EST (4)—Edwin C. Hill, The Human Side of the News. 8:30 PST—KERN, KMJ, KHJ, KOIN, KFBK, KGB, KFRC, KDB, KOL, KFPY, KWG, KVI, KLZ, KSL. 12:15 EST (4%4)—Fred Allen’s Salad Bowl Revue, with Portland Hoffa, Roy Atwell, Ferde Grofe’s orchestra. 11:15 CST—WDAF. 10:15 MST—KOA, KDYL, KTAR. 9:15 PST—KGO, KHQ, KOMO, KFI, KFSD, KGW. (See also 9:00 P.M. EST.) SATURDAYS (December 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th) 6:45-7:00-7:20-7:45-8:00 EST — Everybody up now. You can sleep tomorrow. Tower Health Exercises with Arthur Bagley. WEAF, WEEI, WFI, WGY, WBEN, WCAE, CRCT (WRC on 7:30.) 8:30 EST (2)—Cheerio. Early morning op- timism in inspirational talk and music. WEAF, WRC, WGY, WBEN, WTAG, WEEI, WRVA, WPTF, WIS, WIOD, CRCT, WJAR, WCSH, WFBR, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, Ww LW, CFCF, WWNC, WIJIAX, WFLA. 7:30 CST—Ww ow, KSD WDAF, WSB, WMC, WJDX, WSMB, WKY, KPRC, KFYR, WSM, WOAT, KTBS, WAPI. 12:30 P.M. EST (5 min.)—News flashes. (General Mills.) WABC, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WKBW, WOKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WEBL, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD, CKLW. 11:30 A.M. CST—W BBM, wowond, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WFBM, WHAS. 12:30 CST (1)—National Farm and Home Hour. Guest speakers. WIZ, WRAL, WJR, WLW, WJAX, KDKA, WMAL, -WFI, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, WIOD, WSYR, WCKY, WRVA, WIS, WWNC, WFLA, WPTE. 11:30 A.M. CST—WCC, WHO, WDAF, WJDX, KWCR, KSTP, KTBS, WFAA, WMC, WSMB, KTHS, WOW, WESD, KOIL, WREN, WEBC, WKY, ; KVOO, WDAY, KYW, KWK, WOAI, KFYR, WSM, WAPI. 10:30 MST —KOA, KGIR, KTAR, KDYL, KGHL. 9:30 PST—KGO, KHQ, KOMO, KGW. 1:30 EST (44)—Madison Ensemble of sing- ers with Concert Orchestra. WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WCAU- W3XAU, WLBW, WFEA, WHEC, WORC, WAAB, WHK, CKLW, WSPD, WQAM, WDBO, WPG, WCAH, WHP, WDBJ, WSJS. 12:30 CST—WFBM, KMBC, WHAS, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, WSFA, WSBT, WTAQ, KTRA, KLRA, WISN, WCCO, WLAC, WIBW, WDSU, KOMO. WACO, WMT, KFH. 11:30 A.M. MST—KVOR, KLZ. 2:00 EST (44)—Dancing Echoes. WABC, WADC, WOKO WCAO, WEAN, WHP, WDBJ, WNAC, WHEK, 98 WSJS, 2:30 EST 3:30 EST (42)—Wealth of Harmony. Ed- o o :45 EST (%4)—Spanish Serenade. a 700 (44)—Meet the Artist. C7 45 EST 7 a RADIO STARS CKLW, WDRC, WSPD. WFEA, WHEC, WQAM, WDBO, WPG, WICC, WMBG, WTOC. 1:00 KMBC, WHAS, WJAS, 3 WSBT, WDOD, KRLD, WTAQ, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WIBW, » WSFA, WLAC, WDSU, WACO, WMT, KFH. 12:00 MST—KVOR, KLZ. (42)—Concert Echoes. Joseph Gallicchio’s Orchestra. WJZ, WBAL, KDKA, CFCF, WMAL, WCKY, WJR, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM, WSYR, WLW, CRCT. 1:30 CST—KWK, WREN, J ] . WMAQ, KSO, WSM, . 12:30 MST —KOA, KDYL. 11:30 A.M. PST—KPO. 3:00 EST (44)—Words and Music. Ruth Lyon, soprano; Robert Royce, tenor; Harvey Hays, narrator. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, CFCF, WBZ, WBZA, WSYR, WHAM, WGAR, WJR, WCKY, KDKA, CRCT. 2:00 CST— KYW, KWK, KWCR, KSTP, WSB, KVOO, KSO, KOIL, WREN WSM, WMC, KTBS. 1:00 MST—KOA,; KDYL. 12:00 PST—KPO. ward Davies, baritone; Concert Orches- tra, WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, CFCF, WBZ, WBZA, WSYR, WHAM, WGAR, WJR, WCKY, KDKA, CRCT. 2:30 CST— KYW, KWK, KWCR, KSO, KOIL, Ww REN, KSTP, WSM, W SB, WMC, KVOO, KTBS. 1:30 CST—KAO, KDYL. 12: 30 PST—KPo. 3:30 EST (14)—Matinee Gems. Lew White, organist. WEAF, WTAG, WWNC, WTAM, WJAR, :30 EST (%4)—Jack Armstrong. All Ameri- can Boy For children. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, WFBL, WSPD, WHEC,. (See also 6:30 P.M. EST.) Concert WNAC, WGR, Orchestra. 7:30 EST (%4)—Cireus Days by Cou 7:30 EST 8:00 EST (44)—Elmer Everett Yess. 9:30 EST (44)—Carborundum Band, (Starts WLW, off 7:15). WBEN, WTAM, * woe, WHO (WDAF CST—KSD, 6:15.) Ryley Cooper, who ought to know. WEAF and an NBC red network. tion list unavailable. (%)—The King’s Hench Jane Froman; Charles Carlisle, Fred Berrens’ Orchestra. Drink Kin beer if you like the program. WABC, WOKO, WNAC, WGR, WDR WEAN, WFBL, WJSV, WLBZ, WE pressure hilarity. ‘ WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WN. WGR, WEAN, WBIG, WHEC, WH WKBN, WKRC, WDRC, CKLW, WCAU- W3XAU, WJAS, WFBL, WTAR, WWY WMAS, WSPD, WJSV, WQAM, WDBO, WDAE, WICC, WBT, WCAH, WMBG WORC, 7:00 CST—WGN, KMBG, WH KMOX, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, K WMT, KSCJ, WREC, WCG WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, KTS WRR, KFH, WFBM. KTRH, WSFA, WIBW, 9:00 EST (%4)—Lucky Strike Program. Pearl’s uproariously funny fibbing | Baron Munchausen; De Marco fema trio; The Leaders, male trio; Rol Simmons, tenor; Al Goodman’s Orch WEAF, WTAG, WEEI, WJAR, Wi WFI, WFBR, WRC, WGY, WE WCAE, WTAM, Www, WLW, WRYV WWNG, WIS, WJAX, WIOD, WF 8:00 CST—WMAQ, KSD, WOW, WDA WTMJ, WIBA, KSTP, WEBC, WD. KFYR WMC, WSB, WAPI, W. WFBR., WwISs, WRVA, WGY, WWJ, WSMB, WKY, KTHS,. WBAP, @ WIOD, WRC, WSAI, “WFLA, WBEN, KPRC, WOAI. 7:00 MST—KOA, KD WEEI, WLIT. 2:30 CST—WDAF, KSD. 6:00 PST—KGO, KFI, KGW, KOM 4:00 EST (1)—Week-end Revue. Variety KHQ, KFSD, KTAR. show. ‘ 9:00 EST (1)—Jamboree. Variety sho WEAF, WTAG, WDAF, WEEI, WJAR, with Don MeNeill, master of cere WBEN, W FBR, WRC, WRVA, WGY, monies; Harold Stokes Orchestra; WTAM, W IS, WWJ, WSAI, WIOD, Hoofinghams, comedy team; King’s WFLA, WWNC, WLIT. 3:00 CST—KSD. ters; Morin Sisters; Mary Steele, 4:30 EST (5 min.)—News flashes. (General prano; Edward Davies, baritone. Mills.) WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WSYR, WH WABC, WCAU, WDRC, WEAN, WJAS, WFLA, WGAR, WJR, WKBW, W OKO, WNAC, WADC, WCAO, WJAX, WJDX, CFCF, WRV WFBL, WJSV, WKRC, WSPD. WwISs, WIOD. 8:00 CST—KYW, K 4:30 EST (44)—Concert ‘Favorites. Gallic- WEY, KPREC, KTBS, “KOLA? ia chio’s Orchestra. KSO,') KWCR, WEBC, KFYR, WA a WMAL, WBZ, WBZA, WSYR., WIBA, KSTP, WDAY, WSM, Wwe GAR, WHAM, W LW, WRVA, WWNC, WMC, WSMB. 7:00 MST—KOA, KD WIOD, WFLA, WIS, WBAL, WJAX, 6:00 PST—KGO, KFI, KGW, KO! ee Sap te CFCF. 3:30 CST KHQ. —WEN Ww KWCR, KSO, Tes A 3 iy i tf Win, WsMe. kre KPa,” Waun, °°%0,257 (74)—heo, Buen Oa oe moar KRPRO”’ WDAY, WSM, Vivian Ruth, songs. (Borden Sales ato be 2 WKY, WJDX,, WEAF, WEEI, WTAG, WCSH, i) een 2:30 MST—KOA. 1:30 WRC,’ WFBR, WFI, WGY, WBEN, WTAM, WSAI, WCAE, WWJ, 8:30 CST —WMAQ, WOC, WHO, WOW, WDAF. I Nov. 11.) ' WABC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WKBW, WNAC, WBT, WCAO, WHK, WKERC, CKLW. 8:30 CST—-WBBM, KMBC, KMOX, WCCO, WHAS. WABC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, WCAU- 10:00 EST (1)—Saturday Night Dancing W3XAU, WJAS, WEAN, CKLW, WDRC, Party. B. A. Rolfe’s Terraplane Or- i WSPD, WQAM, WDBO, WLBW, WHP. chestra. WFEA, WMBG, WDBJ, WHEC, WTOC, WEAF, WEEI, WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, | @. WSJS, WORC. 4:45 CST—WBBM, WFI, WFBR, WGY, WGEN, v KMBC, WHAS, WGST, WBRC, WDOD. WCAE, WWJ, WLW, WRC, c WTAQ, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WCCO, WSFA, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, WIBW. WMT, KFH. 3:45 MST—KVOR. 45 EST (44)—Little Orphan Annie. Child- hood playlet. WJZ, WBAL, WCKY, WHAM, WSYR, WMAL, WBZ, WRBZA. 4:45 CST— KWCR, KSO, WREN, KOIL, KYW. (See also 6:45 EST.) i Robert Tap- linger interviews radio stars. WABC and a Columbia net work. Sta- tion list unavailable. 3:00 EST (1%4)—Concert Ensemble. WJZ, WBAL, WBZ, WBZA, WCKY, WHAM, WSYR, WJR, WMAL. 5:00 CST —KWCR, KSO, WREN, KOIL, KYW. 730 EST (144)—Jack Armstrong. All Ameri- can Boy. For children. 5:30 CST—Ww BBM, KMOX, WCCO. (See also 5:30 EST.) (4)—Flying with Captain Al Williams. As competent a talker as he is an air ace. WJZ, WBAL, WBZA, WBZ, WSYR, WHAM, WGAR, WJR, WCKY. 5:45 cst —KOIL, KWCR, WREN. 45 EST (14)—Little Orphan Annie. Child- hood playlet. 5:45 CST—WREN, KOIL, KWCR, KPRC, WOAI, WFAA, KTBS, WKY, KSTP, WEBC, WDAY, KFYR. (See also 5:45 EST. ) y i 7:00 EST. (4%%4)—For Men, 11:00 EST t. with J. C. Nu- . WEEI DTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WGY. 700° (44)—Frederic William Wile. “The oa Situation in Washington To- nig WABC, WADC, WOKO, WCAO, WNAC, wc AH, WFEA, WHEC, WHK, CKLW, WDRC, WCAU-W3XAU, WJAS, WLBW, WMBG, WTOC, WEAN, WSPD, WQAM, WDBO, WICC, WBIG, WDBJ, WSJS. 6:00 CST—WFBEM, KMBC, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, WRLD, WTAQ, KTRH, KLRA, WREC, WISN, WSFA, WLAC, WDSU, KOMA, WIBW, WACO, KFH. 5:00 MST—KVOR. ae i EST (%)—Meyer Davis’ Hotel St. Regis Orchestra. WEAF, WTAG, WJAR, WFI, WRG, WCAE, CRCT (WEEI, WFBR, WGY, Printed in the U. S. A. 10:00 .EST 10:30 EST 11: aS EST (44)—Columbia News Service. 11:15 EST (44)—Elmer Everett Yess. 10: WRVA, WJAX, WPTF. WMAQ, KSD, woc, WDAF, KSTP, WSB. WSMB, WBAP, WTMJ, WOAI. 8:00 MST—KOA, KDYL. 7:00 PST—KGO, KFI, KOMO, KGW. .QA2)—Voices .from_. Antarctic wastes. News of the Byrd Expedition. (General Millis’ Grape N uts). WABC,- WADC, WBT, WCAH, WCAU, WDAE, WDRC, WEAN, WHEC, WHK. WHP, WJAS, WKBW, WKRC, WLBW, WNAC, WOKO, WORC, WOAM, 9:00 CST—KFH, WLRA, KMBC, KOMA. KRLD, KTRH, KTSA, WBBM,- WBRC, WCCO, WDSU, WGST, WHAS, WIBW, WLAC, W wowo, WREC. 8:00 MST—KLZ, K 7:00 PST—KFPY, KFRC, KGB, Ee KOIN, KIO, KVL (4)—George Jessel, singing comedian, Vera Van, singer. Rs WABC, WADC, WDRC, WPG, WMBG, WTOC, WCAU-W3XAU, WEAN. WCAH, WHP, WDBJ, WSPD, WQAM. WDBO, WLBW, WF WHEC, WORC. 9:30 CST — KM WHAS, WREC, WLAC, WMBD, WMT, WGST, WBRC, WDOD, WISN, WDSI. : WIBW, KFH, KURA, WFBM, KRLD. KTRH. WCCO. KOMA, WACO. 8:15 MST. =KVOR; * Kaz. $ (1)—WLS Barn Dance. Kural . revelry. WJZ, WBAL, WMAL, WLW, WBZ WBZA. WSYR, WHAM, KDKA, W. 10:00 CST—WLS, KWCR, KSO, K WREN, KOIL. VABC, WCAO, WAAB, CKLW, WDRC, WIAS, WEAN, WSPD, WJSV, WQ WDBO, WDAE, WPG, WLBW, WB Fi WHP, WFEA, WTAR, WMBG, WD \ WTQC, WSJS, WORC, WKBN, W j WMAS. 10:15 CST—WFBM, KMBC, . WGST, , WISN, KTSA, KFH. ‘9:15 MST—KVOR, KL! CST—KMBC, KFAB. 9:15 Mi KGB, KDB, KFPY, KVI. by Art Color Printing Company, Dunellen, N
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IT TAKES H EALTHY NERVES ‘ioe BE A FOOTBALL REFEREE (Above) IF YOU WANT TO SEE nerve strain, look at ‘‘Mike’? Thomp- son’s job—refereeing tons of foot- ball brawn, seeing every detail but never getting in the players’ way! zh ie WA * How are YOUR nerves? TRY THIS TEST M. J. (‘‘Mike’’) Thompson, foot- ball’s most famous referee, is a steady smoker who has to keep healthy nerves. He says: ‘“Because nothing can be al- lowed to interfere with healthy nerves I smoke Camels. I have tried them all—given every pop- ular brand a chance to show what it can offer. Camels don’t upset my nerves even when I smoke constantly. And the long- Copyright, 1933, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company é ; A er I smoke them the more I come to appreciate their mildness and rich flavor.”’ He EES ERS Many smokers have changed to Camels and found that they are no longer nervous...irritable... ‘jumpy.”’ Switch to Camels yourself. Smoke them steadily. You will find that Camels do not jangle your nerves—or tire your taste. AS : Fasten one end of a short string to a fingerring. Have a second person hold string at arm’s length above shoul- der. Thetest is for you to make a full-arm swing down- ward and up...and try to put a pencil, held 3 inches from the point, through the ring. Good performance is being successful once in the first 3 tries. George Santelli, (Camel smoker), champion fencer, did it on the first try. Camels are made from finer, MORE EXPENSIVE popular brand. —4tHEY NEVER GET ON YOUR NERVES IT IS MORE FUN TO KNOW tobaccos than any other