Variety (Dec 1940)

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36 RADIO Wednesdaj, December 4, 194Q If Grombach Sues Stations on Discs Renew Shouse Contract Sputhern stations iiring ;the . Ghilian Nitrate transcriptions found themselyes liast' week to be the lelgal targets of a, business squsibble ■ in VQlying the O'Dea, Sheldon" &, Cana day agency, jean V.'Gronibath, Inc., and Transariierican iSroadcasting St Television Corp;; The Qutlets that ran, the, initial di?q in- the Ghilian Nitrate Cp 's curr.ient campaign, de- spite ah advance warning wired them by Grombach, arie now iaced; with iiljunction proceedings. Tra'ns- arhericah has Assumed thfe obligation of defending the irijunciion cases in yaribus southern courts. . ; : The ' Grombach. outfit , in its tele- grams pf warning advised, the stiai tions - that :the ' transcriptions were beinig used without, proper avithoriza-' tioh and that any station broadcast-' ing. thiem would be held responsible. Transarnerican : followed up ; this warning with a \yire of' its, own as- suring the stations that it guarantee them against: any .damages or de- fense .costs.All but one statiph', WWL,, ;New brleahs, ran the. initial transGription in the series anyway. Grombach claims that it originated the show, 'Uncle, Natchel,' .;a^ that when; the agericy on the account transferred .the: recording-, job to Transamericari ; it: yplated .; Giroin- bach's property rights.' Grombach also, claims . that it ;had the account in the house for four: y(ears arid that the campaign irari from 22 to. 26 weeks each season. . Landt Trio on 12 Stations In New York Stale Area Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 3. Rudolph's jewelry chain, head- quartered in Syracuse; is sponsoring a. heavy ^pre-Ghristmas radio prpmo- tion; via series of 26 flve-minute transcriptions with Landt Trio and Mahr; over 12 st'atiPns. Platters are whirling several times weekly r WGY, Schenectady: 'WOKO, Albany; WTRY, Troy;. WSYR. Syracuse; WHAM, Rochester; WJTN, James- town; WNBF. Binghaimtoh: ■ 'WMBO, Auburn; WIS. Utica; WKIP and WHCU, Poughkeepsie; 'V7AAT, Jer- sey ■Cit:^v.; Leighton & NelsbiTis the agency.. NBC RENEWALS Pick Fisheir. 725^0 . , Dick' Fishelli' VAni'Krj'T's'pigskin . doperrouter, ,wound up With ; tidy .725 percentage on his, sea- son's pickings. Ties, of course, weren't count- ed: since no provision lis made . under..: the ' VAriiirrT . ,ddds-giych.; method ipr the selection of tie •; games; Fishell, ^yhp's also sjpdrts commentator for station WHN, , New York; had as his seasonal recprd 174 .wins, 62 losses aiid 13 •, ties. ■ ■ •;. - Cincinnati, bee. 8. One of the signatures appended last week by Jaiiies b, Shouse was to a contract for his renewal as general manager of- the Grpsley Gorpiora- tion's broadcasting division. , It's ior i94i.;-- ' - A sequence will be his reelection by-, the. .flrni's direPtbrs;.: ji; president.. '' ■ '■■ . iN COLLAPSE Quaker, Fitch, Skelly Extend Via Routine Optloni Chicago, Dec; 8. NBC here received a trio of re- newals last week. RuthraufT & Ryan agency for Quaker Oats picked up its time option for'Girl Alone' day- time strip script, calling for an ad- ditional 13-week period starting Dec. 23 over 41 outlets. Fitch Bandwagon show will go for a full additional year over 111 NBC red stations starting Jan. 5; set through the Ramsey agency of Davenport (la.). Skelly Oil is continuing with the Capt E; D. C. Herhe news broadcasts over 18 NBC-Red stations starting on Dec. 18, through the Henri, Hurst it McDonald agency. Milwaukee, Dec. 3, The Chicago-produGed Alka-Selt- zer-sponsored 'Qiiiz Kids' network show adds new slant Jan. 22 whf^n its competition will be conducted on- a ;national basis, youngsters from many , oil the ■ larger cities matchirig wits against those of the Cliicagp juvenile niental giants.. Milwaukee. will be the first city to supply one of ■Such contestants. Auditions start pec, 30 with 8; field of 125 children from which the local winner will be selected. He will a $100 Gp>>rnrnerit bond plus' expenses for the trip to Chicago, and if h.is work places him among the first three of the five' young experts on the proT gram he wiU make a second trip at similar remunei-ation. If he is smart enough-."the recall appearance will be coritinued,.ihdefi- pitely,:with like :pay. ^ ; . ■ ■ ' TOWN HALL FROM MIAMI AND SEATTLE - Don Becker; co-writer of 'Lifie Can Be Beautiful' and other commercial serials, is ph an extended cruise bcr cause of ill health. It was broilght on by pressure of work, the, usual severirday treadmill of developing scores of plots,, situations and char- acterizations and then pounding them out hour after hour on the type- writer.- ■ Becker was haying lunch with his boss, John L.. Clark, head of Trans- ainerican, when he (Becker) keeled over arid the .incident wound up by Clark insisting that Becker go pfl, for a : CPriiplete ;yacationJ> Becker!s w,i:iting associate* Carl Blxby, is han- dling, the assignments. ■ V Assistants Get Whack at Mike CBS Workjhop'a New Policy—Betsy Tuthill Directs Ring Lardner Piece v:' . Columbia will try a new iaolicy for its Workshop series Sunday nights, giving its assistant producer-direc- tors a chance to handle the assign- ment, wherever possible, letting them produce their; own scripts. David- son Taylor, in charge of sustaining entertainment programs under W. B, Lewis, will supervise on any shows haridled by the apprentice group, but will give them free hand in the stu- dio once the stanza actually hits the air. . He will not go into the con- trol booth at any time. First program under the new pol- icy will be Ddc. 15, when Betsy Tut- liM will direct "Vera Vikel's adapta- tion , of Ring Lardner^s magazine Bernie Armstrong Orch, Yia Seattle, Dec. 3. .;, , Washington .. Athletic Club, will guarantee .'American Town IVIeeting of the Air' prograiyi oyer NBC blue for special ai)pearance origination here Pn March 13. Seattle is orie, of six cities picked for originations this season. ,F<>riim will be heard, from Miami Christmas week. \ KJR, local blue,' will originate forum now carried oyer 92 NBC sta- tions with an estimated audience of 5,000,000. Dr. Paul Sieg, president of Uni- versity of Washington, li assisting George Denny of New York In -. ranging details. Anna Erskine May Write Texaco Ihtemiission Spots Anna ErsHin* may write the Met ropolitan Opera Guild. Intermission spot on th« Texaco-sponsored Met- ropolitan Opera performance Dec. 14 and on several subsequent dates. Mrs. August Belmont, the Guild head, usually appears in the brief intermission program. Miss Erskine scripts the 'Metro- politan Auditions , of tha Air' series for Sherwin-Williams. Pittsburgh, ■ Dec. 8, Bernje Armstrong, musical direc- . tor a.hd organist, at KDKA, has just sold commercial. musical-_sho\v con- tract calling for a 21-piecfe orchestra and Kinder Sisters, harmony trip. Will be: bankrolled by Duquesne Brewing Co. , . Heaviest sugar .ever laid on the line by a Pittsburgh sponsor is. in- volved in the deal. Show shoves off this week, quarter hour each Friday^ night. . Announcements. will be lim^ ited to few words at beginning and end, with continuous music. Kinder Sisters bridging the breaks with song titles. Flock of other bands audi- tioned for the show, too, with Arm- strong copping the plum:; in a close race. .': ■ ' ; Garter's Little Liver Pills becomes for the first-time a network account when It debuts a show on the NBC blue Jan. 2. lii :the past Carter's had confiried .itself: tb spot broadcasting NBC 'is helping Street & Finney, Agency on the account, to find a pro- gram, and NBC willlsupervise the ,adyer.tisirig very stringently. . ■, Spot is Tuesday, 9:35 to 10 p.hi. : SWING TO .MEXICO Three 'Week Vacation — Schubert, Caldwell, Nason Fill In Ihely . *j nowmanship WINS LARGER AUDIENCES it I til INTCRMoiuNTAIN MARKET Quincy. Howe's Sponsors Quincy Howe, news commentator over WQXR, New York, will , be sponsored Monday arid Friday nights during-pecenribier by Joseph Martin- son & Co., coffee firm. During Jaii-^ uary, he will be bankrolled Monday ' nights by Martinson and Wednesday and Friday nights by Witty. Bros., nien's clothiers. Al Paul Lefton is the agency for Martinson, and Norman D, Waters for Witty. ■ JACK BROOKS AT WHAS Louisville, Dec. 3. Robert Kennett, WHAS program director, has signed Jack Brooks of .WBBM, formerly teamed on CBS with Don Ross as Brooks and Ross singing duo, for a ' " of sus- tainers. . Brooks will also script several shows, and produce several programs of a musicar nature with Robert Hut- sell's orchestra.. • Raymond Gram Swing leaves after his Dec. 23 broadcast over WOR Mutual for a three-weeks' vacation, his first since July, 1939. White Owl cigar- has signed Heridrik William "Van Loon as fill-in for the Monday and Friday sponsored shows and his sustaining spots Tuesdays,, Wednes days and Thursdays will be filled by Paul Schubert, WOR naval expert; Cy Caldwell, aviation authority, and Maj. Leonard Nason, military strate- jgist. Swing intends going to Mex- ico for his vacation, but will be ready to fly back to New York in case the war fft Europe becomes too violent. : Dorothy' Thbmpsori , will continue her locally-sponsored series Sunday nights over WOR-Mutual at least 13 more weeks from Jan. 5, when the current option period runs out. CaD Up Myron Fox Salt Lake City, Dec. 8. Capta.in Myron Fox of KDYL has been 'called to report for a year's service in the 413th Infantry Reserve at Fort McArthur atf San Diego. He will report for duty Dec. 5. To date, no one has been named to fill the vacated post at KDYL. George Bryan's 5 Mins. George Bryan will do a five-min- ute news spot over WABC, New York, at 3:55 p.m. beginning Mon- day (9) for Alka-Seltzer. Until then, Woolworth will bank- roll the show to plug its Christmas sales. .■ St on e Department, for Recording (he Unique, the Fanciful the ; - Ama,mg in the Business of the Same DeJipi^^^ ' Saw a Horse About a Man :announcer carried on until Briggs arri4d ivr p^^^^o^^^ ^! "^^^ to pet- a pPliceman's horsp^' li^xS «^ stopped expressing'^SSSandSig. ^^""^ ^'^"^^^ P«""ed sympathetic notes ■ t M -b ■ Invents Cough Choker coil Sj??cS!ScS'*r'ih?Sto? ^IS'' ' "'^ » B 1 -o \i Nothing Like Knowing Your Publlo Bessie Beatty, who conducts the Martha Deahe program over WOR Mi>w- Yw-k. accepted a written invitation to spend a weekend as gueSte bMwo listeners. Wil iam and Mrs. Von Riper, of Beaver Valley Del ^ BroJ^aS had never hefird of: her host and hLws until she^^^^^^^^ yarn, 'Symptoriis of Being 35;'! It will take- half of the 30-minut'e stanza with ,the balance 61 the show still unsettled. , • Dec. 2? program will probably be an untitled drama scripted and di- rected by announcer James Fieming dealing with Dr. Johnson arid Bps- well ih Scotland. Jan. 5 edition will be 'Love In 32 Bars.' a comedy about pop music, directed by Perry Laf- ferty, from his own book and score , . Coming Sunday night's (8) chap- ter will be 'The Trojarj Woman,' di- rected by John Houseman from his own adaptatlPh of an Edith Hamilton translation of Eurlpede.<?. It will have an original score by Virgil Thomson. Norman Corwiri, formerly CBS staff; writer-producer, will direct a revival of his own 'Plot to Overthrow Christmas' for the Dec. 22 program of the "Workshop'series. - > • RADIO STATION KILOCYCLES COVERINQ THIS WIDE AWAKt MARKET community; Station serving a commu^ nity's