Swing (Jan-Dec 1945)

Page scan 000436 from Swing

Record Details:

Title:
Swing
Date:
Jan-Dec 1945
Publisher:
Kansas City : Donald Dwight Davis
Volume:
Swing (Jan-Dec 1945)
Leaf #:
000436
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio broadcasting -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Periodicals, Radio broadcasting -- Kansas -- Periodicals","WHB-AM (Radio station : Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Kan.) -- History -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Mo.) -- History -- Periodicals","Cook Paint and Varnish Co. -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals.","Cook Paint and Varnish Co -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Radio broadcasting",Kansas,"Kansas -- Kansas City","Missouri -- Kansas City
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The official magazine of Kansas City's WHB radio station, SWING printed far more than the station's schedule (which, as the title SWING suggested, relied heavily on music). From 1945 to 1953, SWING offered readers something eclectic every month -- profiles of entertainers on one page, discussions of citizenship in the postwar world on the next, with write-ups of nightlife offerings in KC, Chicago, and New York mixed in. WHB spent decades lobbying the FCC for clear channel status; the magazine's ambitious scope may have been part of the station's attempt to legitimate itself. But it was SWING'S first editor, Jetta Carleton, who later wrote a celebrated novel, that gave the magazine its distinctive style. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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64 Atigust, 1945 it VERSAILLES. Distinguished mostly for superlative food, thanks to the chef, M. Alfred La Grange; and for its line of stately, shapely, and sleepy show girls who are probably the most beautiful in the town. Revue stars Jerry Cooper — 8, 12:30 ind 2. Dancing to music by Joe Ricardel's orchestra and the rumbas of Lopez. Minimum after 10, $2.50; Saturday and holiday eves, $3.50. 151 E. 50. PL 8-0310. if VILLAGE BARN. Hey-hey day every night— with square dancing .•'.nd games and Tiny Clark. Revue, with Eddie Ashman's orchestra, 8, 11, and 2. Minimum $1.50; Friday and holiday eves, $2.00; Saturday, $2.50. Opens at 6; dinner from 8. 52 \V. 8. ST 9-8840. ★ VILLAGE VANGUARD. A musical cellar, with the Art Hodes Trio, (including Fred Moore and Max Kaminsky); Don Frye's piano playing; and The Lion, a Calypso singer. Minimum, $1.50; Saturday and holidays, $2.00. ITS 7th Ave. CH 2-9355. it WALDORF-ASTORIA. On the Starlight Roof, George Olsen's orchestra alternates with Mischa Borr at supper. There's a show at 12, with Jane Pickens and her songs, and Paul Winchell, the ventriloquist. Cover after 10:30, $1.00; Friday and Saturday, $2.00. No cover for Service men and women. Sunday dancing, 7:30-10. No show, no cover. Park at 49. EL 5-3000. if ZANZIBAR. Furious and dazzling revue, starring Cab Calloway, Pearl and Bill Bailey, the Berry Brothers, who dance terrifically, and a whole flock of others. Claude Hopkins' band alternates with the Calloway aggregation to play for dancing. Minimum after 10, $3.50. Broadway at 49. CI 7-7380. Tummy Stuff . . . if ALGONQUIN. As famous for its clientele as for its very fine food. Something about it draws actors and writers — and others who like to watch them feed. Lunch from $1.15; dinner from $1.75. Cocktails in the Lobby or the Bar. 59 W. 44. MU 2-0100. if AUX STEAKS MINUTE. French food, inexpensive and good, and acoomr.inicd bv beer and wines. Closed Tuesday. 41 W. 52. EL 5-9187. if BREVOORT. French cuisine at its finest— in a sidewalk cafe just this side of Washington Square. 5th Ave. at 8. ST 9-7300. if BEEKMAN TOWER. American dishes in the first floor restaurant; drinks in the downstairs bar which they call Elbow Room and mean it; or in the Top o' the Tower cocktail lounge, 26th floor, which is open from 5 till midnight. 49 and 1st Ave. EL 5-7300. if CHAMPS ELYSEES. Generous helpings of French food well prepared. Lunch a la carte; dinner from $1.35. There's a bar, too. Closed Sunday. 25 E. 40. LE 2-0342. if CHRIST CELLA. Stc.iks, chops, and seafood in simple surroundings. The food lives up to its price. There's a bar. The whole works is closed on Sunday and holidays. 144 E. 45. MU 2-9557. ★ DICK THE OYSTERMAN. Besides seafoods, there are steaks and chops, and everything is dee-licious. A b carte. Entrees 85c to $2.75. Closed Sunday and holidays. 65 E. 8. S'T 9-8046. if GRIPSHOLM. Swedish food the way it ought to be. Luncheon, $1.00-$1.25; at dinner, smorgasbord, dessert and coffee for $1.50, or regular dinner at $1.75. Pleasantly cool here, too. 324 E. ?7. EL 5-8476. ★ HAPSBURG HOUSE. Viennese food out of doors. What gets us is the zither music! It's quaint and right charming. Food is good. Luncheon at $1.25; dinner, 6-10, from $2.35. Closed Saturday and Sunday. 313 E. 55. PL 3-5169. ★ JACK DEMPSEY'S. Of the heavy-weight champion Dempseys. The connotations, plus excellent food, draw a constant crowd. No dancing, but there's entertainment all evening. Broadway at 49. CO 5-7875. if JUMBLE SHOP. Backed by MacDougal's Alley, and populated by Villagers and visitors who enjoy the changing art exhibits (usually by struggling young geniuses) and the general friendliness of the place. Lunch from 55c; dinner from 70c. 28 W 8. SP 7-2540. if L'AIGLON. Cool and scenic setting for French cookery. Lunch, $1.35; dinner, $2.25 if you have a drink with it; $2.50 if you've already stopped in at the Cocktail Lounge. Closed Monday. 13 E. 55. PL 3-7296. if MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. Care and feeding of soul and body. Luncheon and tea (no Sunday luncheon) in the spacious garden out back, amid sculpture more or less abstract and quite fascinating. Menus are designed with skill, served buffet and simply. Entrance to the Museum proper is 30c. Luncheon in the garden is $1.25; tea, 40c. U W. 53. ★ ST. MORITZ— CAFE DE LA PAIX. On the walk, and very pleasant for food and drink. A la carte, not too expensive. 59 Central Park S. WI 2-5800. ★ SHERRY NETHERLAND. A room with a view — Central Park over the coffee cups — and serene surroundings for luncheon and dinner. They're a la carte, beginning around 80c and $1.85. Cocktails in the lounge. 5th Ave. at 59. VO 5-2800. ★ TOOTS SHOR'S. Situation alt fowled up— and ■T'lots docs all right with chicken and duck! And uith stcak.i and beef too when they're available, luncheon and dinner a la carte. 51 W. 51. PL 3-9000. ★ WHITE TURKEY TOWN HOUSE. Excellent American cookery, served out of doors down in the Villaee. Luncheon $I.I0-$2:00; dinner to $3.50. Sunday dmner from I till 9, $2.00-53.50. 1 University Place. AL 4-3677. ★ ZUCCA'S. Italian foods lor luncheon and dinner, in the Venetian and Garden Rooms and the Grill. 118 W. 49. BR 9-5511. New York Theatre PLAYS ★ANNA LUCASTA— (Mansfield. 47, West. CI 6-9056). An all-Negro cast deftly portravs this rather ooignant story of a beautiful prostitute With Hilda Simms. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Nightly except Sunday, 8:40. Matinee Wednesday and Saturday, 2:40. ★ A BELL FOR ADANO— (Cort, 48, West. BR 9-0046). Reopens Augtist 15, with Fredric M.uch and Margo in a dramatization of the year's Pulitzer Prize novel. Nightly except Sunday, 8:40. Matinee Wednesday and Saturday, 2:40.