Radio Mirror (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

RADIO MI RROR HERE are a few thoughts for the day, chosen by our good friend, Pat Barrett, or rather I should say, Uncle Ezra. You can't make footprints in the sands of time sitting down. It isn't your position that makes you happy or unhappy, it's your disposition. After a girl picks a husband, she oughta stop pickin'. If you want to be happy ever after, don't be ever after too much. Few people with nothing to say are able to keep quiet about it. By the way, did you read the interesting story of Pat Barrett's double life in this issue, on page 30? Now, how about that pile of questions? Let's go! Miss Loretta J., Pleasantville, N. J. — We want Radio Mirror to help the one hundred fans in Pleasantville and so here are the answers to your questions on Paul Douglas. Mr. Douglas lives in New York City and is not married. He weighs 166 pounds, is five feet, eleven inches tall, has light brown hair, blue eyes, a fair complexion and is in his early thirties. They tell me he answers his fan mail, so write him in care of the Columbia Broadcasting System, 485 Madison Avenue, New York. His favorite hobby is speedboating. Miss Marge B., Chicago, 111. — If you write to Mills Artists, Inc., 799 Seventh Avenue, New York, I'm sure they will see that you get a picture of Ina Ray Hutton, the attractive, feminine orchestra conductor. Irene D., Maricopa, Calif. — For pictures of Bing Crosby and Bob Burns, write to them in care of the National Broadcasting Company, 555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, Calif. For pictures of Lanny Ross and Walter O'Keefe, address them in care cf the National Broadcasting Company, Rockefeller Plaza, New York. For Frances Langford, the Columbia Broadcasting System, 7th & Bixel Streets, Los Angeles, Calif. If you get photos direct from the stars, I'm sure you won't have to pay for them. So try your luck, Irene. Chris P., Granite City, 111. — Glen Gray and his Casa Loma boys are playing at the Congress Hotel in Chicago at the present writing; Guy Lombardo at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York — and how about taking a peek at the swell story about Guy in this issue on page 39. Cab Calloway is hi-de-hoing at the Cotton Club in New York City. Mrs. S. P. E., Atlanta, Ga — Conrad Thibault has been doing concert work recently. Not so long ago listeners heard him guest-starring for Ben Bernie. Mrs. E. W. McB., Indianapolis, Ind. — Horace Heidt, the brigadiergeneral, towers six-feet-six inches and employs 190 pounds of brawn to wield a two-ounce baton. He was all-around athlete at Culver Military Academy and, in 1924 a star lineman of the University of California's gridiron team when he suffered a broken vertebrae during a game. He later organized a campus orchestra which soon became a box-office attraction. P. W. De B., Gardner, Mass. — I've really tried hard to find a trace of Lee Bennett who used to sing with Jan Garber's orchestra. Jan just renewed his contract at Catalina Island, California, but there's no word about Lee. her married name is Ireene Wicker. Edward G., Forestville, Conn. — Eddie Duchin directs his band from the piano and plays a solo at every broadcast. I believe any record or phonograph store carries plain records to be used for personal recordings. Ozzie Nelson is five feet nine-and-a-half inches tall. Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio — Everett Mitchell is the announcer of the National Farm & Home hour. I haven't heard lately of Jack Owens and Edna O'Dell. However, you can reach them by writing them in care of the National Broadcasting Company, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 111. M. H., Red Deer, Alberta, Canada — Robert Simmons was, and still is, top tenor of the Revelers quartet. He was born the son of a minister in Fairplay, Missouri, September 25, 1904. He's five-foot-eight inches tall. You can hear him on the Cities Service hour with the quartet and very often in duets with Jessica Dragonette. Miss H. M. H., Harrington, Delaware— Lowell Patton is the NBC organist on the early Morning Devotions programs. He has no other outside interests as his radio work keeps him busy. He was never a missionary. And, for the last bit of information, he is still a bachelor. The Oxford-toned city editor of "The Gasette." He's "Bottle" to Phil Baker but his real name's Harry McNaughton. Frank H. Holyoke, -^ Don married is Mrs. La F., Mass. Ameche to his college sweetheart, Honore Prendergast, and they have a son. -There's no record of the Singing Lady's maiden name but 49