Radio stars (Oct 1933-Sept 1934)

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RADIO STARS It was James Jacobson, co-author of the series, wanting to know if anyone spoke Spanish. Jacobson was writing scripts at that hour and had reached a point where Drake overtook treasure-laden Spanish galleons and ordered them to stand by. He wondered what a Spanish Don would answer at that point. but for some reason we aren't supposed to know who they are. F RED ALLEN was born in Somerville, Mass., under the name of Sullivan, which his parents prefixed with M. IRS. WILEY POST, wife of the round-the-world flier, was a guest of Lee W iley at the Vanity Fair broadcast recently. You see, both Miss Wiley and the Posts come from ( )klahoma and are old friends. A\ND Lanny Ross was recently host to the flying Mollisons, the English couple that came over by plane. Lanny met them at a hospital in Connecticut where the aviators were taken after the crash which took place on the last lap of their flight. And so when he invited them to an informal party, they accepted. SkIPPY is now coming to you under a different sponsorship. This time it's Phillips Dental Magnesia. But still the identity of the cast is a secret. It's the same cast as before. (Below) Meet Christopher Robin (Junior O'Day in real life) and Winnie-the-pooh of the famous A. A. Milne stories, NBCAVEAF. John Florence. But he tired of that name and became known as Paul Huckle. Then he was known as Fred James. And now it's Fred Allen of the Allen Salad Bowl Revue over NBC, at 9 o'clock, Fridays (EDST). H AVE you heard the Happy Bakers over CBS on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 o'clock (EDST)? They are Frank Luther, Phil Duey and Jack Parker, vocal trio, with Will Donaldson as arranger and accompanist. And, of course, there's Joe Green's orchestra. M ICROPHONICS: Jessica Dragonette has memorized more than 500 songs and 75 operettas . . . Andy, of Amos 'n' Andy, is the champion conundrum concoctor of the Chicago studios . . . Johnny Marvin owns one of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence . . . Vincent Lopez can play a tune on a typewriter as well as a piano. Early in his career he was a stenographer for a Brooklyn dairy company. R EMEMBER the story we printed not so long ago about the WLS Barn Dance program ? Well, it seems that (Left) Dorothy Lamour, soloist, and Herbie Kay, MCA Chicago maestro, go in for a bit of Wild West stuff between programs. Who is John Florence Sullivan? . . . Tony Ruffner's fish story Nino .32