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desk where an audition blank, one of those things where you put down your life history, was shoved at her. "I don't want that," she said shoving it back impatiently. "I want to sing for you right now. I've got something different." The attendant looked at her in amazement, and believe it or not, conducted her to a studio and gave her the mike. Result, she signed a contract and was put on the air the next day. Her name is Mildred Windell and you'll be hearing her. Shows what a little spunk will do.
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■JEN BERN IE is smoking longer cigars these days. Ben D got tired of cigars that would puff out before the conclusion of the broadcast, so he got them made especially to last. Mark Warnow turned the tables on the song pluggers by wining and dining them recently . . . Joseph Honti is a roller skating champ . . . Hugo Mariani wears those gaudy transatlantic shirts because he doesn't have to change them for a week . . . Two men in Mai Hallett's band who sit together weigh nearly 300 apiece so Mai had to reinforce that end of his stand . . . Cab Calloway has two valets and they are uniformed like army generals . . . Ozzie wants it to be a boy and Harriet a girl, so the betting is even . . . Nano Rodrigo has a band that plays nothing but rhumbas, so the song pluggers called him "No No" Rodrigo.
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NBC's latest rule limits a song's rendition to once every four hours — another headache for leaders and publishers . . . Vincent Travers finds it difficult to smile, but the sight of spaghetti always does the trick. Ergo, a can of spaghetti is placed on the stand right in front of him . . . The boys lost a lot of money betting on the Giants ... If you don't see Red Norvo with a black bag in which he carries his xylophone mallets, he's on his way back home to get it . . . Benny Pollack is all set with a new band . . . Benny Goodman made some changes in his (Continued on page 73)
FOLLOWING THE LEADERS
Coleman, Emil — St. Regis Hotel, N. Y. Casa Loma — Congress Hotel, Chicago Crosby, Bob— Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis Donahue, Al — Book Cadillac Hotel, Detroit Dorsey, Jimmy — On Coast Duchin, Eddy— Hotel Plaza, N. Y. Fields, Shep — Hotel Pierre, N. Y. Fio Rito, Ted — Hotel Morrison, Chicago Hall, George— Hotel Taft, N. Y. Goodman, Benny — Hotel Pennsylvania, N. Y. Harris, Phil — Palomar, Los Angeles Heidt, Horace, Texas Kavelin, Al — Blackstone Hotel, Chicago Kemp, Al — Arcadia, Philadelphia King, Wayne — Levaggis, Boston Lombardo, Guy, Roosevelt Hotel, N. Y. Lopez, Vincent — Astor Hotel, N. Y. Morgan, Russ — Biltmore Hotel, N. Y. Nelson, Ozzie — Hotel Lexington, N. Y. Noble, Ray — Rainbow Room, N. Y. Olsen, George — Edgewater Beach, Chicago Osborne, Will — New Yorker, N. Y. Rogers, Buddy — Drake Hotel, Chicago
Phil Harris makes his comeback as Jack Benny's maestro — and the famous Harris smile is still there.
Virginia Sims is the beautiful soloist regularly heard on the Elgin Football Revue, Saturdays on CBS.
And Kay Kyser is the bandleader on the Elgin program, which also stars Ed Thorgersen as sports commentator.