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CONTESTS
Art Ford Sponsors Contest
Art Ford, who conducts the "Milkman's Matinee" on WNEW New York, daily from midnight to 6 A. M., is sponsoring a photography contest for the best shots taken after dark. The contest is being run in cooperation with the Dejur-Amsco Corporation.
Subject of the Art Ford-Dejur contest is "Our Town at Night," and is open to all amateurs within the listening area of WNEW. Subject matter is limited to night pictures in the village or city in which the listener lives. Entries are to be judged by a committee of camera experts, including editors and professional photographers. These include: Jacob Deschin, New York Times; Norris Harkness, New York Sun; Hy Gardner, columnist for Parade Magazine; John Hugelmeyer, professional photographer, and Art Ford.
Awards to go to the winners are: first prize, a Dejur 8mm. Fade-Matic movie camera, loaded with film; second prize, a Dejur 8mm. projector; third through tenth prizes, Dejur Dual Professional Lifetime exposure meters.
Ford himself is a camera enthusiast whose work has a professional rating. During his spare time he specializes in taking pictures of New York City at night.
The contest opened on January 8 and closed February 1.
Your Favorite Program?
A series of "Favorite Program" contests is being tried on radio station WHB, Kansas City, Missouri, to test listenership and promote WHB programs. Listeners submit names of WHB presentations they like best and the reasons why. Prizes are awarded for each entry.
Contest About Be-bop
Preliminary results of the inquiry into the nature and origin of the species "bebop" being made on Leonard Feather's "Jazz at Its Best" program over WMGM, New York, have turned up an abundance of be-bop bons mots, ranging from wildly affectionate to violently adverse. From these and others sent in by listeners, Benny Goodman, who is sponsoring the contest, will select the best for an award of a solid gold watch. Runner-up will win an evening for two at a city nightclub, while ten others will get albums.
The answers in favor of be-bop far outweigh the nays thus far, but among the more choice definitions submitted were the following:
"Be-bop is the brain child of the sales departments of the headache powder companies."
"Be-bop: An effort to play harmonious music without harmony."
"I think be-bop is the highest level of music attained by man so far. Be-bop to me is the first sign of maturity coming (sic) from the child of music."
Jeanne Gray Begins Annual Contest
Jeanne Gray's annual contest to discover the outstanding woman of the year is now being conducted on "The Woman's Voice" program, broadcast each week-day at 12:30 P. M. on KMPC Los Angeles.
Last year's winner, Frances Langford, received the Woman's Voice Award — a specially designed bronze trophy — for her work with hospitalized veterans; the 1948 winner will also receive a similar award.
Listeners are asked to send in the name of the woman they feel exemplifies the motto "Seek Honor Through Service." The twelve leading candidates are revealed at the end of four weeks and listeners are then requested to vote for their favorite to determine the final winner. The winning contestant and recipient of the "Woman's Voice Award" for 1948 will be revealed this month.
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