June 28-July 4, 1942

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THE LOVE STORY OF 6YOU and 19(Page 10)

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Arthur A. Tibbets, 3143 La Clads, Los An-geles.

I enjoy reading your magazine fornews about the radio, but I'll have toagree with your correspondent Squiresthat your picture of those apprenticeseamen on the line was pretty phoney,and Huntley's letter doesn't helpmuch. However, I've noticed thatmagazine writers can give you thestraight dope on any subject exceptthe one you happen to be acquaintedwith yourself. Maybe twenty years insailors' fo'cs'les qualifies me asknowing something-I don't know.

*J. I. Squires (Sea Lawyer, No Other Titles),

2849 Leeward Avenue, Los Angeles.Sirs: "Blow the man down!" "Heaveho on the hauser!" The lads make the

big ship fast to her moorings as Hunt-ley captures the chorus of youthfulvoices (Radio Life, May 31). Sincecapturing this bit of "reel" life, I'llbet Assistant Director CBS SpecialEvents Department Columbia SquareHuntley has been swaggering like a

ON OUR COVERUp until this week Radio Life

had laid claim to the uniquedistinction of being the onlymagazine on which Jinx (CoverGirl) Falkenburg, noted modeland actress, has never gracedthe cover. We saw the GorgeousOne in person several weeks agoat a local studio where shewas helping an array of Holly-wood stars salute South Amer-ica, and gained a first hand im-pression of that strange powerJinx has that makes the malepopulace go slightly mad. Andthen we finally succumbed thislast week when Bill Stern an-nounced that Eugenia (that'sJinx's real first name) was go-ing to drop in for a chat on hisSports Newsreel program Satur-day, June 27, over NBC-KFI. Jinxwill be right at home withSportscaster Stern for she is Hol-lywood's No. 1 femme tennistarand swimmer. She was once thewoman's swimming champion ofChile where she spent some ofher childhood. She learned toswim In Barcelona, Spain, at theage of 18 months, according toher mother.

Cover: By A. L. (Whitey) SchaferColumbia Pictures

itz 7.444true salt (Radio Life, June 21). Look,Mr. Huntley, the average freighter hasa crew of 36 men. Ten or twelve ofthese are in the deck gang. In lettinggo lines, or tieing up, four or five ofthe men are assigned to the fo'cs'lehead (bow) and four or five to thepoop (stern), and the lines are han-dled with the use of steam winches.Your picture shows about twenty menon this one bow line. Tell us-whatdid they do next-all run aft andbring in one of the stern lines? Ordidn't you capture this part? Anyway,I'm sure you got the ship tied up justdandy, in no time.

L. M. Leigh, 725 Lakewood Place, Pasadena.Sirs: Please tell us why Bill Hay is

not on the Amos 'n' Andy broadcastsany longer.

(The sponsor decided to replace BillHay with Dell Sharbutt, eastern an-nouncer. who is now in Hollywoodhandling the mike chores for the famousblackfuce team over KNX-CBS.)

Ann Clark, Box 296, Baldwin Park.Sirs: I was interested to read about

the Covina High School band in yourMay 31 issue of Radio Life. 'As I livenear Covina I would like to knowmore about the ''Rainboiv Serenaders"and also would like to see more pic-tures of the group. We believe in help-ing the newcomers along if they aregood. We also like your Radio Life.*Janis Sargent, 1211 South Sycamore Ave.,

Los Angeles.Sirs: Thanks so much for sending

me a copy of Radio Life for June 14.It was swell, and I'm so pleased withthe wonderful way you presented myarticle. I do hope that "I Shadow theStars" gets a good reaction with yourreaders so that I may get a chance todo another soon.

(bliss Sargent is the autograph collec-tor who wrote her impressions of radiocelebrities in the June 14 issue of RadioLife. We are interested in knowing whatyou think about these types of stories.)*

E. Empey, Pasadena.

Sirs: Now that people are staying athome in increasing numbers-listen.ing to the radio evenings, would itnot be a good time to sell sponsors on"listening participation" quiz pro-grams? The awards, in war stamps,need not be large to enlist the interestof increasingly large audiences. Cali-fornia has- been decidedly limited inthis type of program, compared withthe east.

Catherine Alberts, 608 South Eastern, LosAngeles.

Sirs: I never see anything in RadioLife about when the Harry James or-chestra is on the air. I do not knowwhere I can hear it. I think HarryJames, Kay Kyser and Henry Busseare just about tops. As I buy yourmagazine every week I would like tosee it in there so I can turn theseorchestras on my radio.

(Until Hurry James completed hisPalladium engagement on June 23. RadioLife carried each week in its lug sectiona complete list of his airtinies. Kay Kyseris touring, the army camps, and alsodoing his College of Musical Knowledgeevery Wednesday at 7 p.m. over NBC-KFI. Henry Busse is scheduled for theTrianon July 15. Watch Radio Life's dailylogs for his broadcasts.)

*Nora Olson, Montrose.

Sirs: Have been reading your maga-zine for some time and am gettingtired of having Knox Manning takingso many knocks, no pun intended. I,for one, think he has an easy, freeflowing voice that is easy to listen to.I enjoy very much his newscasts andother announcing. Here's good luck toKnox Manning.

NEXT WEEKIt's all in a Radio-Life-time1

Yes, this week, next week andevery week in Radio Life you getmore pictures, more intimate"behind the scenes" stories andmore articles about your favoriteradio personalities than in anyother magazine. Evelyn Bigsbycontinues her series of sparkling.down-to-earth stories about fa-mous net w or k commentatorswith a story never before writ-ten about Bill Henry. Mrs. BillHenry, wife of the popular col-umnist -newscaster, supplied theinteresting facts over the teacups in an exclusive interviewwith Radio Life's associate edi-tor. This is only one of manyfeatures being prepared for yourenjoyment in next week's issueof the only magazine of its kindin America-your Radio Life.There'll be another full -pageportrait in Radio Life's Album ofStars, and pictures of peopleyou've heard about but rarelyseen. Drop into your neighbor.hood super market and get yourcopy of Radio Life before therush begins.

THIS WEEKJune 28, 1942

ARTICLES * * * *You and I 10

By Evelyn Bigsby

Wild and Woolly 16By a Tame Mime

Why I'm Proud to Be AnAmerican 17

B', Victor Borye

PHOTO FEATURES * *The Guiding LightWho's Whose?

7

20

OTHER FEATURES * *Johnny On the Spot 9Coming Out of Ether 13Radio Lifelines 18

PUBLIC OPINION * *Ear Inspires the Pen 2

RADIO WEST * * *We Meet a Hero; Local

Boy Wins; Radio's NewRole; The Swing Shift.

INFORMATION * * *Our Cover 2Next Week 2Time Changes 6New Programs 6Pre -Casts and Pre-Views 14Radio Life's Family Picnic 19Consumer's Club 23Daily Logs 24-37Daily Highlights 24-37Program Finder 38

MUSIC * * * * *Ramblings in Rhythm 12

HUMOR * * * *Gags of the Week 22

Publisher, Carl M. Bigsby: Editor.John F. Whitehead; Business Manager,Vinson Vaughan; Associate Editor.Evelyn Rigsby; Log Editor. Hal Julian:Advertising Manager, Culbreth Sudler.

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We Meet a HeroRadio Life's editorial office in the

Hollywood sector was the scene theother day of some real action . . . ac-tion generated in calm, quietly -spokenwordage by Lieut. Comdr. Weldon 0.Hamilton, leader of a 15 -man U. S.Navy air squadron, which last May8th sank the new 23,000 ton Jap air-craft carrier Ryokaku in the battle ofthe Coral Sea.

Back for a breathing spell from thehistoric encounter in which the U. S.S. Lexington was lost while the Japswere being administered their worstdefeat of the war, Commander Hamil-ton drew rough sketches of the CoralSea battle on the walls of the RadioLife office as NBC's cameraman shotthe picture you see on page 5.

The Navy flying commander whopersonally sighted the Jap carrier andsunk same with a 1000 -pound bombthat split the pride of Hirohito's fleetin two was brought to the Radio Lifeoffice by Hank McCune, the enthus-iastic impresario of It Happened inthe Service who was interviewingLieut. Comdr. Hamilton for his air -show. With them was a blond, hand-some young flying officer from thesame Navy air squadron, Lieut. R. B.Buchan.

Most of the details of the battle ofthe Coral Sea have been reported inthe daily newspapers-the most note-worthy account being carried daily inThe Times under the byline of StanleyJohnston, only correspondent aboardthe Lexington when the carrier blewup and sank en route to Australiafrom the battle scene.

Lieut. Comdr. Hamilton, a modestman of medium size with fine fea-tures and a warm, friendly person-ality, told us how Reporter Johnstonhad refused to leave the Lexingtonwhen a U. S. destroyer came alongsideto take off the men when it was de-cided to abandon the carrier. "Thatfellow absolutely refused to leave theship until final orders were given forthe men to slide down the ropes intothe sea," declared the commander."He was going to experience the samethings the last men to leave the car-rier were going to experience, no mat-ter how great the danger. And he gota great story as the result."

Commander Hamilton declared thatJohnston, although he has refrainedfrom mentioning it in his articles,was responsible for saving the livesof many men trapped in the hold of

the Lexington. "Many of the men be-low were badly burned," said the soft-spoken flying ace, "and every timeJohnston would go below to gathertogether his effects he would comeback up carrying explosive -riddenseamen. He was a real sailor!"

Voice of the PeopleTo listen to Manchester Boddy, the

hard-hitting editor -publisher of theLos Angeles News, talk about therubber salvage campaign via the NBCairwaves or in person is invigoratingand enlightening to say the least.

Radio Life's editor, on the prowl forsome "inside" facts and figures re-garding the part radio is playing inthe current rubber salvage drive,dropped into the Radio City newsroom one night last week to chat withMr. Boddy.

These are firsthand impressionsgained by your reporter after inter-viewing the man who is devoting histime and efforts to a three-week airseries based on "Rubber and How ItAffects You."

Although his broadcasts have beenand are under the sponsorship of theNational Rubber Salvage Drive, Boddyis really "the voice of the people."(This is Radio Life's phrase, not thepublisher - commentator's). It wasBoddy who first advocated that thepeople demand a chance to produceenough old rubber to keep the auto-mobiles rolling instead of beingforced into a rationing plan as advo-cated by some men in Washington.

The rubber salvage drive, whichwas ordered by the President, is giv-ing every citizen an opportunity toshow the way democracy works whenthe chips are down. It is giving theman in the street, the butcher, thebaker-all of as-a chance to voicean opinion in a vital matter that con-cerns the war as well as the preserva-tion of private transportation.

Soddy is not only voicing the senti-ments of the citizenry by airing thepublic's views on the rubber situationand a nightly tabulation of thealready -amazing results in rubbersalvage drive up and down the WestCoast, but more important he is "ad-vising" the people how they can lickwhat only yesterday seemed inevit-able-the rationing plan.

Boddy is telling his listeners thatit's up to them to reverse the usualprocedure and ask the Office of Factsand Figures what it is doing to cut

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DONALD W. THORNBURGH, left, C&S-

JUNE 28, 1942 RADIO LIFE PAG-:;: 5

who went wrong, left home, finallysucceeded in the world and returnedhome a hero. SINN WO "'Wed.Radio's New Role

First example on the West Coastof how radio is being employed tolocate families of soldiers who havebroadcast short-wave messages totheir folks at home from overseascame to light last week.

Eddie Albright, popular KHJ-Mutualcommentator, was singled out by theLos Angeles chapter of the Red Crossto help find the relatives of four ser-vicemen-two serving with the A. E.F. in Australia and two being heldprisoners by the Japs. All four soldiershad been allowed to broadcast mes-sages by shortwave.

Albright located relatives of thefour men in three days with specialrequests on his Mutual program re-garding the whereabouts of the rela-tives to these soldiers. At the end ofhis third program he had lined upInformation which led directly to thehomes of relatives.

Behind the search for relatives ofthese soldiers is an interesting story.The Red Cross, in cooperation with theAustralian Broadcasting Commissionand the Mutual Broadcasting System,Is acting as a medium of communica-tion between men of the armed forcesand their families.

Under the plan the messages of theservicemen are transcribed by theAustralian Broadcasting Commissionat camps and bases in Australia. Theyare reviewed by Army censors andradioed by short-wave to the U. S.where transcriptions are recorded bythe Mutual System.

The master recording of the broad-cast is rushed to Red Cross headquar-ters in Washington where individualrecordings of each serviceman's mes-sage, suitable for replaying on phono-graphs, are made and sent to theman's family when it has been found.

Whenever families cannot be lo-cated directly by the Red Cross anappeal is made to one of the broad-casting networks here, such as Mu-tual in the above case, and a pro-gram such as Eddie Albright's utilizedto gain further information.

KHJ, 11:30 a.m., M00.-Frl.

Spine TinglersThe Blue Network in Hollywood be

lieves that it has an idea that willcommand a large listening audiencein the new "Mystery Night" whichwas inaugurated through KECA lastTuesday, June 23.

Blue program executives, quick tosense a trend in entertainment, haverearranged its Tuesday night sched-ule so that the lovers of thrills andchills can get two solid hours of mys-tery stories without a turn of the dial.

The Green Hornet starts the mys-tery ball rolling at 6 p.m. A modern"Robin Hood" who works in the darkto rid his community of graft andcrime, the Green Hornet is a long-time favorite.

The Inevitable Mr. Sand is bookedfor the 6:30 p.m. spot. This is the

-Exclusive Radio Lill PhotoCORAL SEA Lieut. Comdr. W. 0. Hamilton, left, points out location of Jap carrierwhich he sad with dive bombs on May 8. Hank McCune, NBCommentator is in the

center. That's Lieut. R. R. Buchan of the Navy Air Force on the right. This pictue was shot at Radio Life's editor interviewed Lieut. Comdr. Hamilton in the

Hollywood offices of the magazine. (Story page 3.)

L.LIOTT LEWIS, (left), One Munson, Frank Graham, Ken Niles and Joyce Nissenare shown at annual dinner staged on the City College campus last week by theLos Angeles City College Radio Artists Group. ._ewis, Miss Munson, Graham andNil were made honorary members in the organization for their acting on "Sig

Town" with Edward G. Robinson. Miss Nissen is vice-president of LACCRA.

PAGE 6 RADIO LIFE JUNE 28, 1942

THIS WEEK'S

Time ChangesBBC News-Sun., 9:50 a.m., KHJ, KGB,

KVOE.St. Louis Opera Company-Sun.. 10:30

a.m., KNX.Nick Harris-Sun., 10:30 a.m., KECA.Upton Close-Sun., 12:15 p.m., KFI.We Cover the Battle Front-Sun., 3

p.m., KFI.Victory Parade-Sun.. 4 p.m. KFI.Manchester Boddy-Sun., Mon., Tues.,

Wed., Fri., 10:15 p.m., KFI.Road of Life-Mon. thru Fri., 3 p.m.,

KFIVic and Sade-Mon. thru Fri., 3:15 p.m..

KFI.Hank Keene in Town-Mon., Wed.,

Thurs., 7:15 p.m., KHJ, KGB, KVOE.Lum and Abner-Mon., Tues., Thurs.,

Fri., 7:15 p.m., KECA, KFSD.Haven of Rest-Tues.. Thurs., Sat., 8a.m., KHJ, KGB. KFXM, KVOE.The Green Hornet-Tues., 6 p.m.,

KECA.Three Thirds of a Nation-Wed., 6:30

p.m., KECA.Frank Cuhel and Leslie Nichols-Wed.,

9:45 p.m., KHJ. KGB, KVOE.This Nation at War-Thurs., 8:30 p.m..

KECA.Public Affairs - Thurs., 11:30 p.m..

KNX.Civil Protection School-Fri., 2 p.m.,KHJ, KFXM, KVOE.Red Cross Series-Sat., 9:30 a.m., KHJ,

KGB, KFXM, KVOE.Listen, America-Sat., 11 a.m., KECA,

KFSD.What's Your Answer?-Sat., 6:30 p.m.,

KFWB.

story of a man who possesses powerswhich enable him to know in advanceeverything that is going to happen onthe earth. Richard Brooks, author andeastern raconteur, writes the seriesand plays the title role.

Counter Spy, a fascinating story ofthe battle of wits being waged behindthe firing lines of the war, has the 7p.m. airtime. Originating in NewYork this play is produced by PhillipsH. Lord.

Red Ryder, the story of America'sfamous fighting cowboy and his faith-ful Indian boy companion, LittleBeaver, is heard in the climactic posi-tion at 7:30 p.m.

'Star SalesmenEvery week-in Radio Life's opin-

ion-the radio programs do a biggerand better job of "selling" the publicon a cooperative effort in America'sVictory effort. The government, real-izing that vital messages put intothe language of radio's top entertain-ers is the most effective way to pre-sent a problem or a plea, is now util-izing the top-ranking stars and scriptwriters in its far-reaching radio cam-paign.

Typical of radio's "star salesmen"who have been "drafted" for these all-important chores are Fibber McGee,Molly and Mayor LaTrivia who lastweek collaborated on a messageboosting the rubber salvage drive.

We reprint the portion of the DonQuinn -authored script of the McGeeNBComedy to refresh your memory ifyou happened to hear the show and

to acquaint you with the clever scenein the event you missed the program.

Said Mayor LaTrivia (played byGale Gordon) to Fibber McGee andMolly, "I came over about your scraprubber."

MOLLY: Don't worry about that, Mr.Mayor. Tomorrow McGee is goingthrough the house with a fine-toothcomb and take all our scrap rubberover to the filling station. For in-stance, he has a pair of hip lengthfishing boots-

FIBBER: Hey! You ain't goin' totake my wading boots . . . They'repractically new!

MOLLY: They leak.FIBBER: They don't either!MOLLY: Yes they do. I cut some

rubber rings out of 'em for some fruitjars this spring. It's wonderful rubber.

FIBBER: Okay, okay . . . can't usemy tires to go fishin' anyhow.

LA TRIVIA: Any kind of rubberwill do, Mrs. McGee . . . old hot waterbottles, tennis shoes, garden hose-if it's made of rubber and you canpossibly spare it-GIVE IT. Your fill-ing station man is authorized to giveyou a cent a pound for it. As one ofthem said to me this morning, "Bringyour scrap over here so we can finishthat scrap over there."

MOLLY: I thought of one too. "Turnin your rubber-a pound or an ounce.It will all help our soldiers give Hitlerthe bounce."

Band Discovery?Radio Life, without realizing it, may

have "uncovered" an orchestra sensa-tion of tomorrow when Covina High's"Rainbow Serenaders" were picturedand written about in this column afew weeks ago (Radio Life, May 31).

Word reaches our desk this weekthat the Fitch Bandwagon people areconsidering William E. Lynch's "Rain-bow Serenaders" for a spot on theSummer Bandwagon series which soonwill begin focusing its spotlight onpromising new bands throughout thenation. Each week, in line with apolicy inaugurated several seasonsago, the Bandwagon sponsors willgive a newcomer in the orchestraranks a professional engagement onthat coveted Sunday coast - to - coastshow.

We may be in error-and if so weare quite willing to be corrected-butif memory serves correctly no orches-tra other than one under the manage-ment of Music Corporation of Americahas ever played the summer series. Inthe past MCA, which created the radioorchestra program some years ago asan added medium for booking its ownclients, has always turned a deaf earto bands other than those they werefinancially interested in . . . but theremay be a "new deal" this summer,and if so, this young rhythm crewfrom the Covina hinterlands may geta chance.

Another up - and coming orchestrawhich should be considered in theauditions for the summer Bandwagonseries is Bill Warren's combine whichhad sensational southland debut last

THIS WEEK'S

New ProgramsYellow Mill Village Day Program-

Sun., 8:30 a.m.. KECA, KFSD.Commando Mary-Sun., 8:45 a.m., KFI.Music of the Americas-Sun., 2:15 p.m.,

KFI.Here's Glen Again-Sun., 3:30 p.m.,KFI.Time Out for Laughs-Sun., 4:15 p.m.,

KNX.This Week in Review-Sun., 8:30 p.m.,

KECA.Between the Lines-Mon. thru Fri.,

a.m., KECA.Lonely Women-Mon.

a.m., KFI.thru Fri., 11:15

Ben Bernie-Mon. thru Fri., 2:45 P.m..KNX.Secret City-Mon. thru Fri., 4:45 P.m..KECA.Meredith Willson Orch.-Tues., 6:30p.m., KFI.The Inevitable Mr. Sand-Tues., 6:30

p.m., KECA.A Dote IVith Judy-Tues., 7 p.m., KFI.National Education Association-Wed.,

12 m.. KECA.Those We Love-Wed., 6 p.m., KFI.Scramble-Fri., 4 p.m., KECA.San Quentin Prison Program-Fri.

8:30 p.m., KHJ. KGB, KFXM, KVOE.Hello from Hawaii-Sat., 1 p.m. KNX.Newcastle Handicap-Sat., 3:30 p.m.,

KHJ, KGB. KVOE.Little Blue Playhouse-Sat.,

KECA, KFSD.Fourth of July Program-Sat.. 6 Pm.,

KECA, KFSD.

5 p.m,

weekend at the Casino Gardens inSanta Monica. KFI, 4:30 p.m.

nun.

Kyser's Two -a -DayReaders who were vaudeville -con-

scious will recall the term "Two aDay." Well, according to advices Ra-dio Life has received from the eastthis week, a bespectacled gent by thename of Kay Kyser is reviving thattime -worn phrase. ,

Kyser is putting a 1942 twist on"Two a Day" by playing two armycamps a day-a schedule which hewill keep up until mid -July.

The Old Professor's army camp touris the outgrowth of an idea he dis-cussed with Radio Life's editor beforeleaving for New York some monthsago. We recall Kay saying, "I hopethat the USO will go for an idea Ihave for entertaining the boys in uni-form when I get back east."

Apparently Kay's idea clicked witheverybody concerned for his volunteertour of the Army and Navy posts isthe first tour by a "name" outfit forthe exclusive purpose of entertain-ing the servicemen. Kyser is also per-sonally paying all expenses, includingtransportation and hotels.

If you have been dialing the Col-lege of Musical Knowledge onWednesday nights you have probablynoticed the added sparkle to the Kyserformat, too. More and more, of late,Kay has been depending on moretailor-made comedy situations in hisscripts. The show when we caught itlast week from one of the Navy baseshad plenty of sparkle and makes-you-wanna-dance music. KM, 7 4.:41

Radio Life's Album of Stars

THE GUIDING LIGHT

This !-$ Arthur Fete FS OM, famous radio a ctor, whoportays the role of Dr. Ruthledge in NBC's live -times -weekly presentation of The Guiding Light.This Dopular daytime serial originates in Chicagoand is in its i;th suc:esslul ether year. This is thethirc in the current :cries of Radio Lile's Albumof stars. Each week a new portrait will appear onthis cage. We in"ite you to suggest a favoriteradix persona .ity far this honor page. The star re-ceiving the mast votes each week will be pictured

hey for yosr Album collection,

PAGE 8 RADIO LIFE JUNE 28, 1942New Talent Arrives

Some weeks ago Radio Life carrieda story in these columns regardingthe cancellation of the popular "SanQuentin on the Air" series over KHJand the Mutual Don Lee System.

Reason given for the discontinua-tion of the program by Warden Clin-ton E. Duffy of San Quentin was thefact that many of the broadcast mem-bers - all prison inmates - wereparoled and could not be replaced.

Well, last week the prison revealedthat with the arrival of "new talent"the San Quentin series will be re-sumed on July 3.

Whether or not Rolph Burr, formerinmate and emcee of the original SanQuentin show who was recently hiredby KFRC, the San Francisco Don Leestation, when he was paroled, willfigure in the new series is not known.

DLBS, 8:30 p.m., Fri.

She's Everyday-ishSo many members of Radio Life

family have asked the question-whatkind of a person is Josephine Atoine?-that we queried the new CarnationContented singing star direct lastweek.

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We wired: "What kind of a personare you?"Miss Atoine, not at all taken aback

by this frank question via long-dis-tance communication from a totalstranger, posted the following obser-

vations regarding herself in an airmail letter which arrived last week-end...

"I'm just an every day sort ofperson. "Nothing unusual has ever hap-pened to me. I worked hard and won

a scholarship for six months' trainingat the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.More study took me to the JuilliardSchool in New York. I kept on work-ing, and then in 1935 I made the Met.

"I'm a native of Colorado, thedaughter of a grocer. I love music tothe extent that it overshadows all elsein my life.

"I get a 'terrific kick' out of win-dow-shopping. I enjoy ice-skating,and I like to visit zoos in the lateafternoon. Oh, yes, and I like sailing.

"Just in case I ever need it, Ilike to think that my early trainingas a school -teacher will stand me ingood stead.

"My ambitions? Well, I havevery few. But I do know that I wantto sing constantly and above all elseI want to remain everyday-ish."

* * BF!, 7 p.m.Mon.Fred Allen, advocating a pooling of

vacations, points out that it would bereasonable to assume that 20 million-aires could spend their holidays onone yacht this year. As the CBS starsays, they're all in the same boatanyway.

It is now Private Bert Parks of theUnited States Army. Taking the placeof Bob Hawk's "How'm I Doin'?" an-nouncer is Larry Elliott, also heardon the Fred Allen shows.

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BAKER'SARTNotebook

Stimulating . Different

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We're going to have to pop up soon with a home remedyfor Spectatoritis. That's the peculiar American diseasethat is born in a football stadium, baseball park, movietheatre, cabaret, hockey arena, etc. We've become a na-tion of spectators. Eighteen men play baseball, and fiftythousand jam the bleachers. Today we're involved in anall-out war, and somehow we've got to wake up to thefact that there aren't any reserved seats in this strugglewhere we can sit back and eat peanuts, while somebodyelse plays the game.

Enjoy the Timely Informal Jottings in Art Baker's Notebook

KFI Monday thru Friday 4:00 P. M...,

JUNE 28, 1942 RADIO LIFEPAGE 9

geroaell

By JOHNNY WHITEHEAD

THINGS I NEVER KNEW 'TIL THIS WEEK-

About Don Ameche: That Hollywood newsboys tab him as"our favorite customer." The other night I collared Vernon Mattox, aVine St. newsboy favorite who's been waving the headlines since 1932when the northeast corner of Sunset and Vine was known as "the out-cast corner" and Radio City was just a dream. Ameche, who was driv-ing out of the NBC parking lot after emceeing a "Command Perfor-mance" show for the soldiers, had just leaned out of his coupe tobuy an early edition from Mattox. I happen to buy my early editionsfrom the Sandy -haired, likeable Mattox, too, so I poked a few questionsat him when Don drove away. When I learned that Ameche was sohighly regarded I asked, "why"? . . . "For one thing," explained thenewsboy, "Mr. Ameche is always kind and considerate. He always hasa smile for us, and seems to take a personal interest in our welfare.Yes, and he's the 'heaviest tipper' in this town of celebrities." Accord-ing to Newsboy Mattox and Steve Brooks, former Cleveland Indianinfielder who now hustles papers for a Los Angeles morning daily,Ameche always pays a half -dollar for his nickel paper. Brooks tellsthe story of how Ameche walked up to his corner on H'wood Blvd. onenight, shoving some change into the newsboy's hand with "sorry butI have'only 45 cents tonight-you'll have to trust me for the balance"and walked away.

About Eddie Cantor: That this restless, always -on -the -go,Mexican jumping bean -like guy could be glued to any one Spot for 72uninterrupted minutes. But that's exactly what happened at the CasaManana in Culver City the other night when Ted Lewis, the supremeshowman of 'em all, tossed his top hat into the local radio ring (KHJ)with a premiere night that brought out Mr. Banjo Eyes and a flock ofcelebs, jitterbugs and hand -holders. I focused one eye on the memory -drenched show routines which the High Hatted Tragedian of Jazzparaded under a battery of varicolored spots, and kept the other onIda's Eddie. Ted and Eddie are old, old friends, and it was fun to watchthose banjo eyes drink in every movement made by Lewis. Eddie hardlytwitched an eyebrow during the 72 minutes which Ted used to thrillthe customers and it all made you wonder what thoughts were in theCantor mind as Ted sang "When My Baby Smiles at Me" and "Some-body Stole My Gal." It's an opportune moment for Ted Lewis to shineagain, because you could feel the pulse of the crowd there in the CasaManana through the applause that rang out when Ted and SnowballWhittier sauntered out across the floor in that memorable grand finaleof "Me and My Shadow." The public is glad to hear those old songsagain, and nobody can chant 'em like Ted Lewis.

About Gordon Jenkins: That this quiets mustached maestrowho batons the "solid sending seven" on Dinah Shore's Blue(s) sere-nade and directs Ransom Sherman's musical interludes via CBSWednesdays is regarded by those in the music trade as "the man who'made' Andre Kostelanetz." As "Kosty's" chief arranger several yearsago (the Skitch Henderson you hear on various Radio City programswas then playing piano for Kostelanetz) Jenkins was responsible forthose fine string effects which everyone Identifies now with music byAndre Kostelanetz. Jenkins is another of those ambitious youngarrangers who developed his talents behind the scenes with a "name"orchestra leader until the right opportunity presented itself for himto baton his own aggregation. Many of the top conductors of the dayfirst served apprenticeship periods as arrangers. They include GlennMiller, Charles (Bud) Dant, John Scott Trotter, Claude Thornhill, StanKenton and many others. Some of these former arrangers have thepersonalities and the flair for showmanship that appeals to the public.They are the hotel and ballroom favorites, like Miller, Thornhill andKenton. Others like Jenkins, Trotter and Dant have slanted their talentsas conductors and arrangers mainly for commercial radio programsrather than to the personal appearance angle. Some are equally adept,like John Scott Trotter, at both phases of the business.

About Tommy Dorsey: That the bespectacled trombone star,whose orchestra is airing its new Raleigh commercial in the spot for-merly occupied Tuesday nights by Red Skelton, made his first profes-

sional appearance playing a horn ona meat market truck. His pay was $16a week, as compared with the $2,000he's reportedly drawing for the once -weekly air series.

About Ted Yerxa: That Yerxa,who is better known to you airla,nefans as The Lamplighter, is newbroadcasting no less than 12 programsweekly from the Florentine Gardensand the Hollywood Tropics. Two yearsago Yerxa launched his Lamplighteridea with one quarter-hour interviewshow and a one -time -per -week col-umn in the Daily News. Now his col-umn appears five times weekly, hehas programs heard nightly overKPAS and KHJ, and a song inspiredby him titled "The Lamplighter Sere-

EDDIE CANTOR. . . He was spellbound

nade" is sweeping the country. That'sprogress in two years, isn't it!

About D on Quinn: That theauthor of the Fibber McGee -Mollylaugh -casts is an accomplished artist.Don is, responsible for designing theattractive pins which are presented toall those who participate on the Vic-tory Parade and Victory Theatrebroadcasts through the summer onCBS and NBC. Understand Quinn isalso adept with a brush and sketchespeople as easily as the U. S. airmenknock enemy planes out of the sky.

That Bing's little brother Bob isthree inches taller than his bigbrother.

That Fanny (Baby Snooks) Bricewas once a chorus girl in Cohan &Harris productions.

That Van Heflin, whose real nameIs Emmett Evan, was once featuredin NBC serials "Betty & Bob" and"The Man I Married."

That it was Robert L. Redd, writer -director of NBC's "Point Sublime",who gave Spike Jones and His CitySlickers their first radio break.

That Al Pearce was once a bandleader. Played at Lake Tahoe.

That NBC announcer Harlow Wil-cox's lather played cornet in the firstRingling Bros. show ever produced.

That Red Skelton was once amammy singer in a minstrel show.

PAGE 10 RADIO LIFE JUNE 28, 1942

How the Composer of "You and I" Found InspirationFor His Song in His Own Remarkable Romance

MR. AND MRS. MEREDITH WILLSON as they relax in their garden. She is fond ofcroquet and tennis; he of golf and movies. Both like best to entertain guests intheir own home. Red Cross work is now absorbing much of Mrs. Willson's time.

By Evelyn BigsbyDear Editor? I know Radio Life's edi-

torial board doesn't like Poll y a n n astories-- ones in which everything is justducky and there's not a marring Appleon the surface. I've heard the board

"Folks aren't angels. Sure! Showup their good points. Hut yive the read-ers some 'egg on the vest' sluff. too!"I'm sorry. but I'll have to disappoint youin this story, fur I found the Willsonsjust swell folks. Why not let it go atthat and chalk up one big, good markfor maritally oft -maligned Hollywood?-E. B.

home,AN attractive English -type

h fronting the Beverly Hillsbridle path, live the MeredithWillsons. Behind the house,flanked by an expansive lawn,nestles a double garage which is

just a little different from the othergarages along Rodeo Drive. This onehouses a Chevie-a not -so -new Chevie-but one which is dear to the heartof its owner, Meredith Willson.

In this self -same car, early one Sun-day afternoon last spring, MeredithWillson received the inspiration forhis song, "You and I." He hurriedhome, sat down at the piano, and inhalf an hour had completed bothwords and music with the exceptionof the line, "From the first hello tothe last goodbye." That passage re-quired an added two hours to polishoff.

"You and I" swept the countryand grossed into six figures.Shortly after, it was followed by"Two in Love." When "Two inLove" joined "You and I" on the"Hit Parade," Willson became thefirst composer ever to achievesuch distinction.What actually inspired Meredith

Willson to compose "You and I"? Ifyou ask him, he will claim that it wasnothing special.

Personally, I think the song wasinspired by the Willsons' own re-markable love story.When was their first hello? Mere-

JUNE 2$, 1942 RADIO LIFE PAGE 11

dith and Peggy can't remember exact-ly, because they were born six weeksapart and five blocks away from oneanother in Mason City, Iowa, wherethey grew up together. Mrs. Willson'sname then was Elizabeth Wilson(spelled with one "1").

The now -famous conductor -com-poser, who started banging the pianoat three years, remembers Peggy as alittle girl with pig -tails and plumplegs which rounded above high -but-ton, grey -topped shoes. She recallshim as a thin, gaunt sort of lad, whowas the wit of the school.

Meredith "proposed" to herwhen they were nine. At a schoolpicnic, he swaggered up to Peggyand announced: "I'm gonnamarry you, some day I" When theywere 12. he presented her with acameo engagement ring whichcost him $18 of his own money,earned by playing three nights aweek in the country club orches-tra.All through high school, neither

dated anyone else. In 1919, Peggy wonthe lead in the senior play and hadto kiss the hero in the final scene.Jealous Meredith finagled the job ofpulling the curtain and worked out ascheme to draw it a second ahead ofschedule, so that the audience missedthe finishing clinch.

The political animosity of PapasWillson and Wilson served to con-tribute tang to their children's ro-mance. Mr. Wilson, who was city en-gineer, and Mr. Willson, who was alaw graduate managing his father'sestate, could be relied upon to takeopposite sides of any political fence.

A most unhappy year apart fol-lowed Peggy's and Meredith's gradua-tion from Mason City high school. Sheenrolled as a freshman at Drake andhe as a flute student at DamroschSchool of Musical Arts in New YorkCity.

Both returned home for thesummer. Two weeks before theywere scheduled to separate again,the pair climbed into the Fordof another couple who accom-panied them to Albert Lee, Minn.,where Peggy and Meredith be-came "Mr. and Mrs." They wereonly 17 years old. Their amazedparents fumed aplenty, but theMessrs. Wilson and Willsonagreed on one thing: "Let thekids go to New York together.They'll be back in three months."Back in New York with his bride,

the young musician began to makeheadway with his career. He was en-gaged as flutist with Sousa's band,which was starting a 46 -week tour.Against precedent, Mrs. Willson wentalong on the trip.

"At the end of the season it hadcost me $50 more than I had earnedto pay her railroad fare," Meredithrecalls.

But gracious Peggy had won herentree into the Sousa royal family,and the following season the famousbandleader himself footed her travel-ing expenses. Meredith stayed withthe band for three seasons.

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MEREDITH WILLSON plays his beloved flute. Note the musical ornaments on thewall-Don Wilson sent the iron staff and notes and an admirer of the Missions

Symphony sent the bells.

THE WILLSONS at home in their :iving room. Someday Peggy may hang the por-trait she is doing of Meredith. It's eery good, except the mouth. Emily, a black and

white cat, completes the family.

MEREDITH in his own music room, with part of his collection of musical knickknacks.Here he does his composing, keeps his recording machine, records, music, and ablond.wcoded Steinway spinet. Erni'y, the cat, likes to perch atop the piano while

Meredith plays.

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`YOU AND I'(Continued from page 11)

Before he was 21, he was seated asfirst flutist with the New York Phil-harmonic Orchestra.

"Until I was sitting right therein the orchestra I had never hearda symphonic program," he admits,"except for the time that theMinneapolis Symphony stoppedoff in Mason City for a one-nightstand."During the five years that Meredith

was playing with the New York Phil-harmonic, Mrs. Willson attended allthe concerts. She also resumed hereducation at Columbia University andreceived her diploma.

Meredith Willson landed in Holly-wood via summer symphony and mu-sical directorship of the AmericanBroadcasting Company in Seattle.

A friend wrote: "Come to Holly-wood. This is the land of milk,honey, and fish frys."Meredith came and scored a couple

of pictures. But he was weaned awayby San Francisco, where he was mademusical director of the Don Lee sta-tion and in 1932, musical director ofNBC's western division. Rapidly, hebecame one of the airlane's mostpopular and oft -heard conductors, atone time with 18 programs a week. In1937 he was asked to direct the musicfor Maxwell House, which originatedin Hollywood, and after four monthsof commuting between San Franciscoand the Southland, moved here per-manently.

His first symphony, "San Fran-cisco," has been performed by thatcity's orchestra with Willson on thepodium. His symphony No. 2 is called"The Missions of California," whilehis No. 3 (in process of composition),has, with a glint of Willson humor,been christened "An Old FashionedPiece for People Who Still Like Mel-ody." No record of Willson's compos-ing would he complete without men-tion, which has been made previouslyin Radio Life, of his even dozen warsongs, for which he writes not onlythe music but the words.

This ability of Meredith Willson toInterpret and compose in more thanone medium is one of his most re-markable assets.

Through all the strenuous yearswhile Meredith has been working hisway to the pinnacle of success the"You and I" theme of the Willson lovestory has not dimmed. Today theirlove story is just as vivid, just asbeautifully simple as it was when theywere a couple of kids back in Iowa.She attends all Meredith's concertsand broadcasts and he always playsher his compositions -in -the -making,to gain her advice. It's generally goodand he follows it.

Peggy has, in reality, become aperfect radio wife, accustomingherself to take duties from Mere-dith's shoulders and in every pos-sible manner oiling his livingroutine so that he may be freedof minor details.When he once packed his bags

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By CHARLES EMGE

Everyone who enjoys listening tophonograph records via radio-andwho doesn't?-should be interested inan announcement tossed out by Jim-my Petrillo, blustery boss of theAmerican Federation of Musicians, atthe recent AFM convention at Dallas.

Said Jimmy to the AFMembersthere assembled:

"After August 1 musicians willmake no more phonograph records-except for home or other non-commer-cial use and for the USO."

LET'S WAIT AND SEEIf you are one of those many people

whose chief radio enjoyment is de-rived from the broadcasts of phono-graph records don't throw out yourradio just yet on the strength ofJimmy's edict.

Petrillo, who has been astoundinglyslow to act in this matter, is aimingat juke box operators as much as atthose radio stations that make freeuse of records for commercially spon-sored programs.

Almost everyone agrees that thereIs something wrong with the fact thata musician should transfer his musi-cal product to a recording (for aslittle as $7.50 per "side") and that thisproduct of his talent and trainingshould be sold again and again forprofit without some share of thatprofit going to the musician.

There is also the fact that the useof these recordings for commercialpurposes in juke boxes and on com-mercial radio programs unquestion-ably displaces many musicians fromjobs.

THE OTHER SIDEOn the other side of the controversy

we have the fact that it would be acrime to prevent the public from hav-ing access to the world's great libraryof recorded music by some mediumother than buying a phonograph orrecord player and a batch of records,which most cannot afford. There's asolution somewhere, but we doubt ifJimmy Petrillo will reach it by order-ing what is virtually a strike againstrecord manufacturers at a time whenthe manufacturers are already besetwith serious economic problems grow-ing out of well known shortages.

BANDS ABOUT TOWNInto the Palladium this week comes

Les Brown, a new -corner to the Coast,

vedtt,

who has been pushing his way stead-ily up the ladder in the East. Les andhis bandsmen drew a tough assign-ment in following world-beater HarryJames. Les, by the way, like mostbatoneers who come to Hollywood.is "doubling" as a movie actor, shar-ing the featured dance band honorsin RKO's Sweet and Hot with FreddyMartin, a forthcoming flicker aimedto please the fans of both the sweetand swing styles in music. . . . TheZucca Brothers hope to have their newHollywood Casino (on Sunset atGower) open by July 4. It will beopened by Jan Savltt, heading a bandaugmented by a string section. . . .Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair,the great old song that got such apushing around during the ASCAP vs.BMI scrap, announced the arrival ofDave Marshall and his band at thenew "Louisiana." Jeannie is Dave'smusical signature. In case you havewondered where Dave has been sincehe put in that long run at FlorentineGardens (a full year) he has been ona successful tour that covered theNorthwest and took him back as faras Denver. . . . Cab Calloway and hisband (they follow Ted Lewis at theCasa Manana) have been signed forthe MGM picture version of Cabin inthe Sky.. . . Jimmy Lunceford's band,heard via the air from the Trianon,Sounds mighty fine in spite of havingmany new men in the band (DownBeat says those Lunceford men wholeft were fired-Music 6 Rhythm saysthey quit). Henry ("Hot Lips") Bussetakes over at the Southgate swingeryJuly 15. . . . It's "Woodchopper" Her-man for the Palladium July 21, fol-lowed by Abe ("Socker") Lyman Sep-tember 1.

JIVE JOTTINGSCaught Bobby Sherwood's new band

(hear him via Mutual from Zucca's atHermosa) rehearsing. He has a line-up of top-notch musicians from oneend to the other, which is amazing ina new band at times like these whengood musicians are very hard to get.Shows the boys have confidence inBobby's musical future. Watch for hisrecording of Elk's Parade from thenew Capitol record company (whosefirst six releases will be on sale June29). . . . Lionel Hampton, our home-town boy, brings his band to the CasaManana in September, according toManager Joe Glasser (who also han-dles Les Brown). . . . Freddy Martinhas a new singer-Bob Haymes, for-merly with Orrin Tucker. Bob replacedStewart Wade, who left June 15.

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`YOU AND I(Continued from page 12)

without her help, he left out his baton.He was to con4lct the Ford Symphonyand as he needed a baton with fa-miliar feel, he had to wire home forone. Peggy sent him six, just to besure.

Mrs. Willson thinks her husband isperfect, except for two things. First,he doesn't pick up his clothes. Learn-ing a new card game, Peggy inveigledMeredith to try it with the under-standing that the winner would dic-tate terms. Peggy won and specifiedthat he pick up all his things for aweek. A good loser, Meredith carriedout his penalty. "But at the end of theseven days," Mrs. Willson reports rue-fully, "he went back to his formermode of scattering things about."

The other of Meredith's faultsis refusing to get up mornings.Last year Peggy made her hus-band a very thoughtful and cleveranniversary gift. It was an alarmclock, which instead of rattlingoff a rude summons, had a Swissmusic box which tinkled the firstbars of "You and I."Mrs. Willson's subtlety didn't work.

"There's one thing more I should havedone," she says in retrospect. "Ishould have had the box play "Darl-ing you and I know the reason whyYOU GOTTA GET UP!"

How unconsciously Meredith's wifeassumes details for her husband maybe illustrated by a story about Mere-dith getting some medicine for aslight ailment. Meeting his wife atthe door, he put on a dead -pan faceand said: "Can you take this for me,please?"

She did!* R".

Walking ClubJean Tennyson, star of "Great Mo-

ments In Music," has started a walk-ing club among her friends in radio.They walk a mile every morning inCentral Park, and soon plan to extendthe distance to five miles a day.

IENX, 7 p.m.Wed* *

R:30 p.m.Tues.

NormanNesbitt

BROADWAY

NEWSDaily at 12

noon, and Mon.thru Fri. at 5 p.m.

The Broadway

By BERNIE SMITH

(Siring is vacationing. Before he left.he asked Barney McDevitt, ace Hollyuiooddance band publicist, to sit at a type-writer and enjoy every press agent'sdream . . . the opportunity to writeabout himself arty his friends. with allthe slop., out. McDevitt has known morebig name bandleaders personally and hascontributed more to their success thanvirtually any reasonable facsimile-TheEditor.)

Thank you Bernie Smith, for honor-ing me with the privilege of Comingout of the Ether to write a 500 word'Guest Column', and I assure you thatI will do my best not to upset yourloyal and large audience of RadioLife readers.

'Sweet Sixteen' years as a good willambassador of bands and personali-ties started right here in Los Angelesin June, 1926, when Fred Waring, pop-ular leader of his famed Pennsyl-vanians, asked me if I would liketo travel. I was a news photographerat the time and Waring and his crewwere making box-office history down-town at the Metropolitan Theater(now Paramount) where long-hairedand artistic Sid Grauman was staginghis famous prologues.

The youthful and collegiate War-ingites were a riot. Fred demandedsome special 45 degree art on theroof edge of the building, showinghis 13 Pennsylvanians (now 53, onthe "Chesterfield Pleasure Time Pro-grams") sporting the extra wide Ox-ford bagged pants and loud sweaters,playing their saxes and horns in dar-ing poses a la Harold Lloyd. Waringliked them, so did the newspapersand magazines. It was then thatFred talked me into a nation-widetour, as advance man, exploiting, pro-moting and publicizing the band inthe key cities, which lasted a solidyear. After that I boarded the S. S.De Grasse, a French liner Paris bound,with sixteen hand-picked Broadwaymusical comedy beauties, as com-panions for a three month engage-ment at the celebrated Des Ambassa-deurs Theatre -Restaurant. Bobby Con-nolly staged the show with Cole Por-ter supplying the words and musicplayed by Waring and the boys.

Paris was gay then both night andday, and guess who was leading aconcert orchestra for dinner guests?None other than our own Lud Glus-kin, now musical director at CBS-KNX. And, here's something I thinkmight amuse you. On my last nightaboard the liner before docking atLe Havre, and after the usual shipconcert, I found a small book on how

to 'Speak French' and believe it ornot, I didn't have any trouble.

But Fred Waring and his Penn Stategrads did. The Parisian taxicab driv-ers and waiters and hotel clerks couldnot understand their French lingo,and were they burned at my noncha-lance, and ease of reading the lipmovement and 'digging' the pronun-ciation from others immediately.

My European exploits ended, Ilanded on Broadway in advance ofthe Pennsylvanians in a collegiatemusical "Hello, Yourself" which ran40 weeks, and which firmly estab-lished Fred Waring on his way up theladder of fame. He doubled in oneof the early musical talkies "Syncopa-tion". How many of you rememberthat one? Morton Downey met Bar-bara Bennett, his leading lady, whojust tossed a career as ballroomdancing partner of the great Maurice,only rival of the famous VernonCastles. I met Morton Downey inParis at the swank Casanova Club,and after seven happy years with theWaring Gang, I joined Morton at theheight of his career. At that time hewas the popular Camel Minstrel onthe very popular quarter hour heardnightly except Sunday on CBS, withTony Wons and Jacques Renard'sband.

I remained with Downey four years,until 1936. In the fall of that yearI landed back in Hollywood with Mrs.McDevitt and one -year -old daughter,Barna. The Missus, known profes-sionally as Olive Olsen, appeared atthe El Capitan Theatre in a play,"Meet My Sister," and when the showclosed, the McDevitt Trio decided ithad done its share of traveling. Iliked Hollywood and up to this time,Hollywood has shown evidence ofliking me. So I decided to stickaround.-Barney McDevitt.

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RENEE TERRY is a 17 -year -old whoplays n CBS' "Aunt Jenny's Stories,"heard Monday -Friday, KNX, 11:15 a m.Renee has been acting in radio andmovies ever since she was :i-e years old.

NAN GREY returns in "Those We Levc,'",ipopular serial of a New Engl.nd fam-ily, whi:h takes over KFI, 'Acdnesdays.6 p. m , while the Eddie :senor showenjoys a brief vacation. See PreCast

SYBIL CHISM is organist band Abr,er program which fill Its fromKFI to KECA on June 29 and will beheard Monday, Tuesday, Thursday andFriday at 8:15 p. m. Set Pre -Cast.

E -CASTSBy Marcia Sinclair

Saturday, June 27 Sunday, June 28NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL TENNIS CHAM-

PIONSHIPS.HEARD: Saturday, AFL If:30 a.m. (30 min.),12:30 p.m. (30 min.), 1:30 p.m. a hr.), also

Sunday, ?:15 p.m. (15 min.).From Forest Hills, New York.

LITTLE DOCTOR HICKORY-Children's Show.Heard: Saturday, Ma A, 11:35 a.m. (10 min.).

Jay Gould plays the role of "Doc-tor Hickory" and reads from "The

Great Brown Book with the GreenLeaves," telling dramatic stories oflittle-known facts about birds, insects,animals, trees.

HELLO FROM HAWAH-Variety.HEARD: Saturday, KNX, 1 p.m. (25 min.).^4\ Program originates in Honolulu

and features a variety broadcastby American fighting men. Each weekone of the states is saluted, Nevadabeing scheduled for June 27 and Penn-sylvania for July 4.

HORSE RAMO.--HEmAinR.)D.; Saturday, RRJ. DLBS. 3:30 p.m. (13

The Polly Drummond stakes.

SPORTS NEWSREEL.HEARD: Saturday, KM 7 p.m. (15 min.).

Bill Stern's guest is Jinx Falken-burg. 'TRUTH OR CONSEQTENCES-QuIs.HE JED: Saturday, BEI, 8 p.m. (30 min.).

Broadcast originates at Camp Rob-inson near General MacArthur's birth-place.

FLAIR FOR AMERI( .SNS.HEARD: Sunday, 2:30 p.m. (30 min.).

Ilka Chase and Gloria Blondeli inan Oboler drama, "Lieutenant Pa-tience."

ICTORY PARADE.HEARD: Sunday. KFI. 4 p.m. (30

Burns and Allen appear on thisspecial series.

FITCH BANT/WARON.HEARD: Sunday. KM 4:30 p.m. (30 min.).

Raymond Scott and his aggregationare guests of Tobe Reed.

CHASE & SANBORN-Variety.HEARD: Sunday. HFI, 5 p.m. (30 min.).

Charlie's guest is gracious GinnySimms.

* * *Monday, June 29

BETWEEN THE LINES.HEARD: Monday -Friday. KFI, 8 a.m. (15 min.).

Feature A. P. news stories nar-rated by Doug McKellar.

LONELY WOMEN-Serial.HEARD: Monday -Friday, liff, 11:15 a.m. (15min.).

New dramatic serial dismisses`aar men characters to unimportantroles. Location of the story is a wo-man's hotel and three central charac-ters are the manager, a secretary, anda model-all women.

DELLIE ELLIS (left) plays the title role in 'A Date With Judy,- which takes overthe Bob Hope spot on KFI Tuesdays at 7 p. m. Judy's chum is Mitzi, enacted by

Louise Erickson (right). See Pre -Cast this page.

JUNE 28, 1942 RADIO LIFE PAGE 15

^.111 This NEW MOON symbolay indicates new programs.

ROAD OF LEFF.HEARD: Monday -Friday, NFL 3 p.m. mist.

Replaces "The Bartons," which re-tires from the air.

SECRET CITY.HEARD: Monday -Friday, KECA, 4:45

min.).3 Children's program.

PAL (13

Atarm OF THE WEEK.HEARD: Monday, KNN, 7 p.m. 130 min.).

A new format for the Freddy Mar-tin -Lady Esther show, with brief dra-matizations being interpolated withthe music. Theme for the June 29show is "The June Bride."VAUGHN NIONROE'S ORCHESTRA.HEARD: Monday, KNX, 7:30 p.n.. (30 min.).

Replaces the Blondie series for afew weeks.

LI M AND ABNEY:.HEARD: Monday -Thursday, KECA, 8:15 p.m.

(15 min.).Proprietors of the "Jot 'Em Down

radio home from KFI to KECA begin-ning Monday, June 29. Sybil Chism,their organist, moves, too. See Pre -Cast photo opposite page.TELEPHONE HOUR.HEARD: Monday. KIT, 9 p.m. (30 min.).

Guest soloist is John CharlesThomas.RIBBER AND HOW IT AFFECTS TOL'.HEARD: June 12-30, (ex. Sat.), 10:13 p.m. (13

min.).Special series by ManchesterRoddy, given under auspices of the

National Rubber Salvage Drive.* * *Tuesday, June 30

HAVEN OF REST-Religious.HEARD: Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday, KR,.

1)1.115. 8 a.m. (30 min.).This well -liked program moves to

another station and has three broad-casts a week. Tune in to hear FirstMate Bob of the Good Ship Grace.1,A1)1' BF. GOOD.HEARD: Monday -Friday, KSIPC, 9:15 a.m. (15

min.).News of interest to women, with sa-

tirical comments written by Lou Hus-ton and delivered by Jack Little. Mu-sical numbers are interspersed. OnTuesday, Jeanne Darrell and Bill Mc -Crystal guest on the program..THF. INEVITABLE MR. SAND-M3stery.HEARD: Tuesday, KECA, 6:30 p.m. (43 min.).--41 Replaces "This Nation at War."'dr "Inevitable Mr. Sand" is the storyof a man who possesses powers whichenable him to know in advance every-thing that is going to happen on thisearth to every living human being.

Richard Brooks, well-known authorand radio raconteur, writes the seriesand plays the title role.

AMERICA SINGS.HEARD: Tuesday, 6F7. 6:30 p.m. (30 min.).

While the residents of WistfulVista slip away to do a little fish-

ing and sight-seeing, Meredith Will-son takes over for a half-hour of mu-sical Americana. John ("Passing Pa-rade") Nesbitt is also on the show.DATE 117TH JUDY-Drama.HEARD: Tuesday. K. 7 p.m. (30 min.).*Th For the second summer, this popu-

lar show goes on for Bob Hope,who has a respite from the micro-phone. Fourteen -year -old Dellie Ellistakes the title role, assisted by DixDavis (Randolph); Louise Erickson,(Mitzi), and Bee Benaderet (Mrs. Fos-ter). See Pre -Cast photo opposite page.* * *

Wednesday, July 11 110SE WE 1.01E-Drama.HEARD: Wednesday, KFI. 6 p.m. (30 min.).

After a year's absence, this ex-ceedingly popular story of the

Marshalls of Westbridge comes backto relieve Eddie Cantor for a fewweeks. The story concerns John Mar-shall (played by Francis X. Bush-man); his children, Kathy (played byNan Grey), and Kit (Richard Crom-well); and Aunt Emily Mayfield(Alma Kruger). Virginia Sale playsthe part of Martha, the "hired help";Donald Woods is Dr. Leslie Foster;Mary Gordon is Mrs. Emmett; andAnne Stone is Lydia Bennison, Dr.Foster's nurse. See Pre -Cast photo op-posite page. * * *

Thursday, July 2KR %FT MUSK' HALL-Variety.HEARD: Thursday, Kn. 6 p.m. (1 hour).

Bob Crosby relieves his brother,Bing, as emcee while The Crooner

takes his summer holiday. John ScottTrotter's orchestra continues on theshow.sTANDARD S1 MIPHONA.HEARD: Thursday. KH.1. D1.11s. 8 p.m. (I hr.).

Conclusion of the Werner Janssenseries with an all -request program.* * *

Friday, July 3s AN Qt ENT1N ON TI1EHU 1.1V): KM!. I/1.11S, 8:S0 a.m. (30

min.).Return engagement of this un-usual show, which originates from

the mess hall within the walls of SanQuentin prison and is presented as afeature of the institution's rehabilita-tion program. Featured are an orches-tra, glee club, vocal soloists, noveltyinstrumental and vocal groups, andinterviews. * * *

Saturday, July 4HORSE RACING.HEARD: Saturday, ICHJ, DLBS, 3:30 p.m. ai

The Newcastle Handicap.INDEPENDENCE DAY-Special.HEARD: Saturday, KECA, 6 p.m. (1 boar,.

A July the Fourth program airingfrom New York.

That's WhyJelly Makers

by the Thousandsare Switching to

M. C. P.PowdetatPECTIN

Making jam and jelly the old-fash-ioned way is extravagant, becauseyou "boil away" so much of your fruitor juice that you get fewer glasses.The M. C. P. PECTIN method,however, produces enough extraglasses to pay the cost of your sugar.Furthermore, the M C. P. PECTINmethod assures you perfect results,saves you timeand work, andpreserves thenatural fruit andberry flavor in alljams and jellies.

AT ALL GOOD GROCERS

JACK MaeBRYDE plays the -Old Ranger,- leading char-acter created by Mrs. Woodman on the -Death Valley

Days" program. He has been with the show I I years.

JEAN KING handles many of the picturesque feminine rolesfor -Death Valley Days.- During 10 years on the show she

has become adept at Western impersonation.

Wild aid WoollyBy a TAME DAME

A Woman Treks Through DesertWastes and Old Mining CampsTo Recreate the West's Saga

EATH VALLEY DAYS, thatrugged radio series portray-ing the blood and thunderepoch of Early California, is

not written by a tobacco - chewing,grizzly old prospector or a culturedcollege man gone native in the cactus -dotted wastes.

It's written by a w o m a n-RuthCornwall Woodman-who was hornin New England, was graduated fromVassar, raised a family in New York,and until 1930, knew of Death Valleyonly as an unusual geological forma-tion.

She was an advertising copy -writerwhen the decision was made to dra-matizy stories of the West. The most

Mrs. Woodman had heard of this partof the country was from stories toldby her father, a mining engineer. Butthat doesn't mean that she doesn'tknow, first-hand, of what she writes.

Given the task of preparing scripts,Mrs. Woodman attacked her problemby going directly to Death Valley togather story material. Since then shehas made it an annual practice tovisit Deat h Valley for purposes ofgathering and checking data.

Her method of working is sim-ple and she isn't complexed be-cause it's a strange job for awoman. She takes a male guidewith her, not so much for protec-tion as for a means of entree into

saloons and such places normallyprohibited to an unaccompaniedwoman. The male guide hasproved a necessity, however, onsome of Mrs. Woodman's morerugged treks into out-of-the-waycamps.For the most part, story tips are gar-

nered orally. Her opening conversa-tional wedge is "Death Valley Days",and as she has yet to meet someone

in the West who is unfamiliar with,the program, Mrs. Woodman's wedgeusually is fruitful of data and leadson the best people to see.

"I've discovered", says the writ-er, "that the local newspaper edi-

(Please turn (a page .37)

,TUNE 2g. 1942 RADIO LIFE PAGE 17

I'm Proud To Be An terkall* By VICTOR SORGE

Victor Barge's story is a powerful incent-ive fo- all-out assault on the Axis-aninspirational message to Americans whotake freedom for granted. One ofEurope's most famous stage figures.Barge had to abandon his career over-night and start life anew in a countrywhose language he could not speak. Hehas experienced,the full weight of Na:ibrutality. Radio Life is happy In be thefirst publication to publish the thoughtsand views of the comedy star of BingCrosby's Music Hull on NBC-The Editor.

A4Y FIRST GLIMPSE of thatgrand old Statue of Lib-erty from far out to seaoff New York harbor is tome the most inspiring

sight of my entire life.The Americans aboard the liner

American Legion stand beside me asthe symbolic statue, backed by NewYork's so spectacular skyline, creepsinto view-and their eyes are misty.

It is a joyous homecoming tothe Americans after a hazardouscrossing of the Atlantic. They arereturning to a land where every-one is free. They are back home.But they have not felt so greatly

the ironfisted brutalities of the dic-tatorship as I have, so the sight holdsan even greater significance to me. Iam beginning a new life in a newland.

And I am very glad I have thatlife to live under the protectionof the Stars and Stripes.When Germany sets so treacherous-

ly upon the low countries, I am inSweden, and the invasion, the crueldespoiling of Denmark, means I cannever return to that land while it re-mains under Nazi domination.

I have been far too outspoken in mycriticism of Adolf Hitler from thestage and in the newspaper columnI contribute to Scandinavian news-papers. So my name is high on theNazi blacklist, and no doubt alreadyagents of the dreaded Gestapo, whohave made a fifth column invasion ofCopenhagen and other Danish cities,are seeking me there.

I am marked for a concentra-tion camp or worse because I havedared to criticize their Fuehrer.Still I regard as a miracle my trip

to Petsamo, Finland, where I board theliner American Legion. We are underthe protection of the Stars and Stripes,but the trip across the ocean is adangerous one, with mines and sub-marines in our path.

It is not until New York is on the

horizon that we all feel we are at thejourney's end.

That was 18 months ago. Sincethen, through my friends, RudyVallee and Bing Crosby, I have anew career. I have learned tospeak your language. I havelearned the customs of the coun-try.Most important,.I am on my way to

becoming an , American-my f i r s tpapers have already been taken out,and soon I will be a citizen of thisgreat country.

And I am also preparing to helpdefend my adopted country. It is inthe State Guard of California. Withother Southern Californians, I amcompleting Red Cross and evacuationcourses and if the enemy ever attacks

these Pacific shores, Sergeant VictorBorge of the California State Guardwill be ready for them.

They mean much to me, theseStars and Stripes of America. Theflag symbolizes the freedom fromopposition, the great opportunity,which come to any citizen fromany land who comes to theseshores to live.And I know I speak for all the

refugees from poor, stricken Europewho have found haven here, when Isay we will defend that haven withour last breath of life.

Everybody in this country says: GodBless America!

Don't they realize that God alreadyblessed this country-long ago.

PAGE 18 RADIO LIFE JUNE 28, 1942

C44,4-e/JBy EVELYN BIGSBY

A "SPRING SONG": Remember our little story about Paul Carsonand one of the electrical contacts getting stuck on the pipe organ whilehe was doing his "Bridge to Dreamland"? And how Engineer ArtBrearley and Announcer Dresser Dahlstead hopped around the organloft snatching first one pipe, then another, in a hectic endeavor tolocate the misbehaving note, while Carson deftly played all aroundthe suspected spot on the keyboard in clever improvisation? Well, thisweek a follow-up appeared when Carson received a letter from astaunch listener. It remarked about the "lovely spring song" whichhad been dominated by one note, called the announcer down for notmentioning the title, and asked Carson the name of the number. "Itcertainly was a Spring Song," Carson agrees. "Art and Dresser werespringing and dancing all over the place, trying to find that note!"

SHORT SNORTERS: When Dinah Shore journeyed up to the ChicoArmy Flying School to sell bonds, she was made a member of theShort Snorters Club, a peculiar organization which Lieut. Jimmy Stewartgets the credit for founding. Here's the routine: You are approachedand asked if you are a member of the Short Snorters Club. If theanswer is "No," you're told to dig down and contribute $1 to whomsoever asks you. You autograph the bills you give out and in return,autograph the bill which the asking club member carries with himall the time as a membership certificate (otherwise he must, if ques-tioned, dig down again). Two colonels cornered Dinah, so she got offslick, with only a $2 initiation fee. "In front of a big bunch don't everadmit you're not a member unless you're prepared to go broke," Dinahcautions.

NO HIGH FLYER: The other announcers around Radio City had aswell time kidding Hal Gibney before he did his special broadcast fromSanta Ana Air Force Training Center. They led him to believe, quiteconvincingly, that he had to jump with a parachute and keep on talk-ing while he floated down. He had screwed his courage to the pointwhen the hoax was revealed. Lucky he didn't leave the plane, for oneof the four flying cadets who was supposed to speak, didn't take tothe air kindly, and Hal had to switch the interview over to the com-mander.

ANNOUNCER WIDOW: Dick Joy, busy CBS announcer, apparentlyhas a jewel of a wife with sparkling sense of humor. Dick is just aboutthe most occupied mikeman at Columbia Square, with 50 assignmentsnow on his calendar. He is working 72 hours a week, seven days, from6:30 a. m. to 10:30 p. m. The other day Mrs. Dick sent him a wire:"Come home and all will be forgiven." To top it all, the message camecollect!

MY DAZE: Monday starts out with a look -in at the Burns and Allenrehearsal and picture -taking spree. George and Grade are preparingto turn the show over to Tommy Riggs, who has just come out fromNew York. We tell Tommy about the woman calling Radio Life officeand asking us to settle the argument on how old Betty Lou is. Helaughs and says that situation has risen before. Jimmy Cash lingersto talk about his career and tell how excited he was when he wasnotified that he had hooked the Burns and Allen singing spot. "I wasat a pay phone," he says, "and when I was notified, I became so weakI had to sit down on a little ledge nearby." Jimmy feels that he hasgained a lot of poise this year and is glad to keep on singing duringthe summer show, as he is anxious for experience.

TUESDAY: Visit Mutual and meet Walter White, benign producerof "Nobody's Children." He's losing his current sponsor, but still hopessomebody will appreciate his program's possibilities. Through it, or-phaned children are being placed continuously. The war has broughtabout more waifs than ever, so whoever backs "Nobody's Children" willnot only be doing society a great service, but will be stabilizing atopsy-turvy world for some of our post-war citizens. . . . Eugenia Ong,college friend, drops in to chat. Genie was with Pasadena Community

Playhouse for several years and isjust back from Boston, where she dida couple of radio shows.

WEDNESDAY: Lunch with ShirleyHorton and her successor, Fair Taylor,who takes over the Mutual publicityjob. Commenting on her unique name,Fair explains that as an infant, herfather called her "fair baby," becauseshe was the only blond in a brunettefamily. He died, and in memory ofhim, the family continued to call her"fair baby," later dropping the "baby"as she grew up.

THURSDAY: The very nicest sur-prise! Andy and Virginia accost us atKMPC and present us with a hugepicnic hamper which turns out to holda generous array of products fromtheir victory garden-fluffy heads oflettuce, smart looking radishes, sleekonions and squash, pungent mint, im-maculately scrubbed potatoes. Laterin the day when our favorite waitertries to sell us a steak dinner, we tellhim about the vegetables at home andwhen we mention that they are fromAndy and Virginia, his face lights up."While I was in the hospital with mybroken arm," he says, "the one brightspot in the morning, the one thingthat pulled me over a tough time, wasAndy's and Virginia's program!""Write and tell them so," we sug-gest. "Do you think they'd look atthe letter?" he asks. We wonder whyit is that listeners think radio peopleare too blase to appreciate some sin-cerely tossed posies!

FRIDAY: At last we get togetherwith Mrs. Bill Henry and glean factsfor a story on her remarkable hus-band. Watch for the article next week.

* *Cugat's Dance ToniteXavier Cugat, the rhumba king,

leads off another six -day session oftop dance music on the Eastside"Dance Tonite" series of recorded pro-grams June 29 over KFWB. FollowingCugat on Tuesday will be SammyKaye's band. Others include: SonnyDunham, Wed., Earl Hines, Thurs.,Jimmy Dorsey, Fri., and Harry James,Sat.

* * KFIIB, 10:34) p.m.Mon. -bat.

Haven of RestFirst Mate Bob and the crew of the

Good Ship Grace, and the "Haven ofRest," are now being heard in a newseries of broadcasts over the KHJ-DonLee airlanes each Tuesday, Thursdayand Saturday morning at 8 o'clock.This popular radio group will now beheard via 32 stations from Seattle toSan Diego.

Southern California stations whichare carrying the Haven of Rest pro-grams in the new program scheduleinclude KHJ, KDB, KVOE, KFXM andKGB. In addition to these new pro-gram times, the program is also beingheard regularly on KPAS at 8:30 a.m.Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Thisprogram has made many friends inthe Southland area.

JUNE 2E, 194Z RADIO LIFE PAGE 19

Vott're invitedto

RADIO LIFE'S PICNICQ1.4%.% HE BIGGEST "family" picnic

ever held!That's a brief six -word de-scription of the gala all -day

event Radio Life magazine is plan-ning especially for you on July 19(this is a tentative date and subjectto change by the time the next issuegoes to press) in Los Angeles' mostfamous picnic grounds-S y c am or ePark.

Designed to strengthen the bondof friendship between the radioartist and you radio listeners, thisfirst annual Radio Life FamilyPicnic promises to be one of themost colorful and unique affairsever staged in the southland.'There's just never been anything

like it attempted before! And RadioLife-a publication dedicated to in-creasing every radio fan's listeningpleasure-believes that the opportun-ity to mingle with radio's most popu-lar celebrities will appeal to youngand old alike.

Every feature of the Radio LifeFamily Picnic is being plannedwith but one thought in mind-that it is YOUR DAY. Yes, the oneday in the entire year when allof you avid kilocycle enthusiastscan mingle with your favoriteperformers and talk about your

pet programs with those peoplewhose business is radio.We here at Radio Life are all ex-

cited about the idea. We think itshould prove that the artist and thelistener have a common bond betweenthem. It's certainly a chance for allof us to know each other Netter sothat Radio Life, the artist and thelistener can work in even greater har-mony than ever before.

Among the entertainment high.lights being planned for the eventis a special two-hour Radio Revuewhich will present in person someof the nation's most spectacular,best -loved radio acts.We won't let you in on all the de-

tails this week, but watch Radio Lifenext week and every week for newdevelopments in this great Radio LifeFamily Picnic. Invitations are nowbeing extended to the members of theradio colon y, and beginning nextweek we will announce the names ofthese stars as they accept their invi-tations.

What's the price of admission?Why, there's no admission. It's YOURDAY. It's YOUR Radio Life FamilyPicnic. Just bring yourself and a picnicbasket along. We'll furnish the stars,the entertainment and -yes, thecoffee!

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Remember, too, that Seasonettestenderizes as it appetizes... And,it costs so little to use. A big saver,every way. And as for salads, coldcuts, eggs, and no end of otherfamily foods, Seasonettes workswonders with them, too. Be sure toask your grocer for Seasonettes.

A melodu ofchoicest herbsa n d spices. ascomposed in theKitchens offamous El Pa-sen. Santa Bar-bara, California.

eagieneztes-

1 She's referred to on their shows as"secretary," but she's really the wife

of a cleve, ad-libber and piano player.She's noted for her infectious laugh and

snappy little songs.,

3 He has sat as the judge on the CrimeDoctor series. He and his wife are

now giving up radio, forsaking exacti-tude: of the air for a peaceful retreat

near the Canadian border.

5 You hea her as Marjorie on TheGreat Gidersleeve arid as the effi-

cient nurse of the Dr. Christian show. Re-cently lost her sugar ration cards whilemoving into a new home at Toluca Lake.

2 On the air he olays the part of atavern keeper's assistant. A prolific

talker, he once tried to lure Kate Smithto appear as star of the inn's resplend-

ent floor show,

4 She is a favorite radio girl friend ofa little so-and-so, who has lust been

named Chief Petting Officer of the navy.Her movie boy friend is the screen's No.

.1. box office attraction,

6 This man will produce a popular dra-matic serial. It fills a spot vacated

by one of radio's top variety showsheaded by a father who has nothing in

common with ling Crosby.

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7 Her lather owns a tavern and sheworks in it, keeping the customers

in line with a hefty rolling pin. Beforeairing her talents, she trod the boards in

New York City.

a Can ReuniteRADIO LIFE'S"ESTRANGED"

COUPLES

How well do you know yourmarried couples in radio? Ifyou are up on radio peoplemarried to each other youshould have little difficultyin unscrambling the person.alities pictured on these twopages and reuniting them.Some work on differentshows. And some, like Mar-garet Lenhart and Ray Eden -born, newlyweds at the leftwho are on the Al Pearceprogram, appear on thesame broadcast. When youyou have finished playingDan Cupid turn to Page 22for the correct answers. Giveyourself 15 points for eachpair you reunite correctly. Agood score is 60.

8 His accomplished wifeappears on

several well-known shows and heworks with her on one of them-a well-known daytime serial heard locally over

CBS-KNX ether waves.

13 She will play the role cf Lyc aDennison or a summer show which

will star Nan Grey. She combines herradio c.ree- with one as w fe to a very

important program execut ve.

11 This suave looking (clew is the de-light of "getupsters,' whom he re-

gales witi music, "Hooey News," andbrisk nonsense every morning, except

Sunday, over

9 She 'las been heard on Crime Doctoras the woman found guilty and sen-

tenced so prison. She eceived her ra-dio start at KHJ as as actress in dra-mas such as "Catherine, the G!eat."

14 For the top-ranking dramatic showo' the airlanes, he's the dashing

announcer. He recently went into theservice as a captain in the air force.

Served in World War I.

12 This pert young lady is one of themembers of the Bright Horizon cast.

She ma k e s frequent appearances on"We, the People" and you also hear

her often on "Hobby Lobby."

10 He's an up and coming composer-coneuctor-arranger, who was re-

cently handed the baton for a sub -debseries starring screen's wonder child. Di-rects music for two other network shows.

PAGE 22RADIO LIFE JUNE 28, 1942

Da Lee Pass, 2408 Santiago Avenue, SantaAna, Calif.Heard on Chase & Sanborn Show:Costello: I can prove to you that I'ma better salesman. Yesterday I boughtsomething at 52 and in two hours itwas up to 78.Abbott: What was it?Costello: A thermometer.

*Victor Cross, 275 South Euclid Avenue,

Pasadena.

Heard on. Pepsodent Show:Bob Hope had heard about Wash-

ington throwing a silver dollar acrossthe Potomac river. That day he says:I don't believe it. That night he says:Keep looking, Skinnay. It must havelanded somewhere.*

Mrs. Guy Webb, 274 South Lasky Drive,Beverly Hills, Calif.Heard on Breakfast at Sardi's:Joe: Did you know they are buildingfences around the cemeteries?Tom: No, why?Joe: Because people are just dyingto get in.

(Tickets for this gag also to Mrs.Martha Richards, 1129 West 21st Street,Los Angeles.) *Dorothy E. Pickle, 1651 Blanche Street,

Pasadena, Calif.Heard on Kraft Music Hall:Thomas Mitchell: Look! There's abicycle that don't go no place.Bing: Never heard of 'em.Mitchell: And there's a row -boatthat don't go no place.Bing: Never heard of 'em.Mitchell: And there's one of thosehorses that don't go-Bing: Yeah! I know about them.

ALL about THEM!

Mrs. Ernest Benson, 3808 Wed Pico Blvd.,Los Angeles.Heard on Pepsodent Show:Hope: The room shortage in Wash-

ington, D. C., was so acute that Whist -

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Dolores Fowler, 9519 Denker Avenue, LosAngeles.Heard on Skelton Show:Daisy Juno: What's that in the mid-dle of your car? Your plow?Clem: Yeah. I'm going to get rid of

it. I've found a new way to plow. Ijust get on top my horse and let myfinger nails drag.

(Tickets for this gag also to PatsySavage, 9601 Denker Ave., Los Angeles.)*

Ronald Silverman, 1055 South HayworthStreet, Los Angeles.

Heard on Je11.0 Show:Benny: Everyone who likes me andhates the Japs, please clap!

* *Hitch -Hiker Milo

Milo Boulton, master -of -ceremoniesand director of "We, the People,"learned about the United States "byfoot." The radio host once hitch -hikedfrom San Diego, Calif., to New YorkCity, New York.

WHO'S WHOSE?Here are your answers to the

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(11) Andy Mansfield, (I) Mrs.(Virginia Lee) Mansfield.

(14) Mel Buick, (5) Mrs. (Lut-ene Tuttle) Buick.

(3) John McIntire, (7) Mrs.(Jeanette Nolan) McIntire.

(10 David Rose, (4) Mrs. (JudyGarland) Rose.

(2) Ed Gardner, (9) Mrs.(Shirley Booth) Gardner.

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(8) Frank Lovejoy, (13) Mrs.(Joan Banks) Lovejoy.

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JUNE 28, 1942 RADIO LIFEPAGE 23

By CHEF MILANI

SALLET BOWLS:Back in the time of Charles II, one

John Evelyn ranted and raved to quitean extent over the use of metal bowlsto make "sallet" in. And according to

tradition no salad -gourmet ever allowshis pet wooden saladbowl to be washed.He merely wipes itout with a soft toweland then puts it un-der lock and key un-til dinner the nextnight.

Although we maynot agree with thesaladgourmet in allparticulars (we re-fer to his theory ofn o t washing saladbowls) we do agree

that wooden ones always make thebest salads. As one famous restaur-ateur put it, "Olive wood is the ar-istocrat and bass wood the everydayworkman." In any case as long as it'swood, that's the most important thing.Wood, you see, is an absorbent andafter you've rubbed your howl withgarlic and anointed it with oil forsome time, it will add to the flavorof your salad. So get yourself a fav-orite salad bowl and start to work.

QUESTIONS?Our butchers tell us the most fre-

quent question they are asked has todo with the purple marks stamped onmeat. "Exactly what do they mean?"While our butcher takes a rest, wewill go on where he left off.

These marks are of two kinds. Onegrades meat that is sold from oneState to another on its wholesomeness.This is done by a Federal inspectorand the meat is stamped "U. S. In-spected and Passed." It's our govern-ment's way of protecting you from unwholesome meat.

The second stamp is not necessaryas in the case of the first but it canbe requested f r o m the AgriculturalMarketing Administration of the U. S.Department of Agriculture. This grad -

Chef Milani

ing shows the quality of the meat.For example beef is graded from thehest cuts on down as "U. S. Prime.""U. S. Choice," "U. S. Good," "U. S.Commercial," and "U. S. Utility." Allof the meat is good but some are bet-ter cuts than others. This grading isfirst of all to help the housewifechoose the meat that best suits herneeds.

TAY:The Irish lady with her charming

brogue may speak warmly of her"tay," but it's nothing compared to theway the Chinese feel about their tea.One ancient philosopher of that raceeven went so far as to list the effectsof each succeeding cup. The first shat-tered one's loneliness; the second puri-fied his soul; and the third lifted

him "into the realm of the unwinkinggods."

The English of course have alwaysrespected their tea. When it was firstintroduced there, it was acclaimed asan excellent remedy for headaches,giddiness, clearing of the vision, stom-ach ache, bad dreams and faultymemory. It was considered especiallygood when drunk with milk.POST SCRIPT:

We just discovered that our friend,Toni Breneman, is now featuring Min-ute Man Soup Mix on his Breakfast atSardis show. We would like to put inour two cents and say it's really agrand p r o d u c t. Not only will the"neighbors come from miles around towatch us eat that soup"-they'll prob-ably ladle in, too.

Recipes of the WeekBy CHEF MILANI

Here are your recipes in a convenient form. The complete sectionwill fit your Radio Life Recipe Binder . . . or cut out the recipesindividually to paste on your recipe file card.

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Sunday Dinner for Eight PersonsFresh Fruit Cocktail with Sherry Wine

.Albers Jumbo Olives CeleryStuffed Chicken a la Eddie CantorRosole Potatoes with Parsley Sauce

String Beans with Butter SauceStewed Squash

Romaine Lettuce, Salad Oil and Vinegar DressingIce Cream Parfait Butter Cookies

Hot Cocomalt

Recipe for Chicken a la Eddie Cantorirs pound chicken livers 1 large onion4 slices bread soaked in milk

and squeezed4 shallots

Sprig of parsley2 tsps. SeasonettesSalt and pepper

2 eggs 1 cube butterClean and pack the chicken livers carefully and chop very Time. Do thisalso with the shallots and parsley. Mix with the bread, Seasonettes andseason with salt and pepper. Melt butter in a saucepan and when hot, putin mixture and cook over a moderate fire, stirring frequently for about10 to 15 minutes. Bind with 2 eggs. Stuff the chicken with mixture. PutIA, cup butter in a large casserole and when the butter is hot put in

thechicken. brown to a golden color turning and basting frequently. Seasonwith salt and pepper and some Seasonettes. Put the lid on the casserole.let simmer in a moderate oven until the chick is tender. Be sure to basteoften. When done, carve sod serve.

Dollar Dinner for FourCorned Beef and Cabbage a la Mr. Lutkey

Boiled PotatoesSliced Onions with Vinegar Dressing

Bread Wilson's OleomargarinePa rtypride Ice Cream

Edwards Coffee

Corned Beef and Cabbage a la Mr. Lutkey2 pounds c. reed beef1 1 -pound cabbage1 teaspoon SeasonettesSalt and pepper34 pound W ilson's Certified Oleomargarine

Put 2 pounds boneless corned beef into a pot and cover with water totwo inches above the meat. Put on the fire. and when it comes to a boil,skim Well. reduce the rite and let simmer for two hours, or until thecorned beef is tender. Take the beef from the pot, straits the broth. thenseason the broth with snit anti peppy!' to taste. Put the broth hack intothe pot, put on the fire, when boilidg add 1 cabbage weighing about 4pounds, already cut and clean, and let cook until the cabbage is tender.While cabbage is cooking, put the corned beef in a pan, season with 1teaspoon Seasonettes. Pour on top of the corned