Variety (Jan 1938)

VARIETY Bien Bernie;'.the oldvmaestrd, .gdi the 'rnosta of .the. bestaVi.rQrji .a^New Annsl(ird3iiri Roof aOdiehce oh hls.air; debut loi- the tJ. S. Rubber. Co,,. Wednesd^iy:; .(.Jan. 12).: . No: pi-ograni can be .judged by ,the- .reaction of studio .cuff ^ Customers; . .ho.w€v6r,: : r .. pecially ■ '.Qh: such ., a night ■ as -- l9s|. . Wedncsday;. Anyone who .wanted to 56(6 the show enbush to; go put; in Wed nesday's icy mushi was prepared tio enjoy it. -However the program came. : through the ' loudspeakers,: it held - to a fast; pace;. and friade - a shqrt half hour in the^ studio. ,Lew -Leihr, 'diaiect,. cojrimi^ntator, has a fuiiiny. ;face 2ind manner "as a. base of oi>ei:atiori^but. w£^s gypped, in the mattei: of materiai; He tended: to," play to the studio. audience. • A ipircumstahce which must have been even -rnors apparent, over, the aiv,> without, his familiarv "mugging ' to holster itiip.-^ ■ ■ '-•''vv' ' Idea of the 4;b00th. or something, installment .of ;'Just Plain,' Ben' was an outstaridihg bit; arid ianhouncec Ralph.' Edwards delivered: the .c6in- mercial with ,a ;fine touch of phoiiey reverence..'^'. ] ■ V"^'--,'' Tiouhi<E>' was the; skit that followed was Vin. thenatiirs " ,Qf an . , aritir climaiic. Vocalist Jane. Pickens.played daughter,v wearing' sw/iijlirtg: black yelyet.:: cut - in, a deep v, with- two large roses piirched qih each shoulder. Running ,time fleeced Agnes.'Mooie-. head: but of - announcemenit 'of > her name, but «he .plaired the' hill billy nihith<>^, . it^' j),. soft grav-blue e vening go wn and knee length ^ermine. coiti- , M'r. B.- of course,, did ./Plain . Beri.' , Nearly-all radio Singers.- arid .ah' . nounbers develop- :i pet mike rh.^n-, niecisijj. uhkri6wri ;to the vast listen- UtjJv'^jlic'. ./.Miss; Pickehs goes; but- fer^ii - .chasing with: hei: free ;,hand, arid ■Kdjvards : uses: his nori-script- holding hand: to' iaih ah, ihiaginary: flame. '■■\,.\:'' : r An ^erilightening , after-broaacast cdtvversation between - .two ,tJ. : Sv Rubber, v Cb. ■ ■ e*e<:utiyes is, worth recording; ViSaid oher-Tr'It went' fine in the studio. I .think the,:.listeners wiU like it.:^on't; you?.' Hi.si cotn,- pam,dh:.replied, "With, -a .shade less enthusiasm,: ■Yes;, It-there! is,; any--, body who wasn't listening, lb Fred Allen.*..■ ■.: MOLtY PICON: ^^-^ With :Abe Ellsl^in^s Orcii- • 30 Mlns.-—Local. MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE 'Friday;7:30.' p'-m;... ■ • y W.MCA; -.New" York ; (Benton. & Bowie's) Mocha . account.:chases after Jew- ish patronage inNevvr York City With this: layout and - for its .purpose it is. rightly primed' and a go.od pror grafO;- , Policy of -WMCA 'will not permit prograrris Wholly in' a foreign lihgoi, arid for. this show has- strained a bit in parmittihg one Ibrifr plug^ per program to be. couched in the, Yid-^, • ilish torigue.: M iss Picpri is riot new to radio; but has; never. been in • better . groove than curi'ehtlyk She's the right selec?; tiori ,to top, such a show.' Grouped ' around, her are miembers from her ,^ Second avenue theatre. .Aside: from her, songs and the' iriUr sical nuinbers. Which afe about :50t50 Eng;lish and Yiddish- the program is dramatizing -the show biz career, of Miss- Picon. Pxi the. opening ' pro gram about 12 - iriihutes • was '.de voted . to this;production .'.ajid writing was'.: good, . steeped , iri ~ the heavy seritimehtality that appeals, to the listening, element the,, program is spearirig fpi\ . Miss Picon's: rise to stardom ' " ■, the Yiddish . theatre around thfe 'wrold'is siich that lends itself, to dramatizing. v., . Flash! :Bei , M'ir; Bist - Pu Schnicn'- was not played riOr even referred tOi .' 'V..:--.-- , ■,-/. -,: Bert. ffirOBPY HOUSE' ; ^ With' QcorVe IMailooim-SihUh. :Clar , ■ ejice T. vHubbai.rd;: George Bo Intpfrvievvs: .'',■■.:>.-:■■:':,•■.::. ■....•'.: .- -15 •MlriSi—JLocal. ■ Tucisdtiiy, 6:45 p; lii. WTIC;.-Hartford;; - •:-:i. Understood; this. - show Was,; in •worlcs several ^eai:s ago, beforer.adio became: hobby-conscious.'; NoW it'i? off th6 shelf to give WTIC. listeners one of ViieriGS of- local turns ..plot-. tecj. for' 1938 carnpaigii. . ■ Drafted- ari;d; staged by alert/col- laborators. ; George .Malcolm-Srnith and. Clarerice^ -I'..Hiibbard; both Hart^ ford , mch-aboMt-to-wn (former .also liaindles press for .WTIC,), .Hobby House' setS: ,up ,as. :a diverting: 15- ininliter. Malcolm-Smith goes :into character . of VOld Professor Smith'; arid brings on guest hobbyists anc Hubbard, who : has ■ -fine sense of cahv'ersatioriai,- isice, ..puts the; e|ues 'tibris.-'-;. :' ■ ■'. Ilv session Caught •visitors; were both men: who havei miide circus lite their avocation, one a founder of. the Hai:tford. tent .of the Circus Fans .of AmiSrica Who spare-tirries as a clown •^oA even does . the : ;Walk-arburid when the ,B& jShbw comes to;, towh. arid the btheft^ijCblleCtor of. elephant haiirs; said;,'M)'[. be unique amprig American hpObKfstS;. .Value - of hav irigf-i-a ,hobbyV IS stressed, by: hosis. ; Ahhb^ncerv,{iis^gnment IS George B6w.es,;-■.. " •; ■'■'..; •-• ;£tc»»»~..'' BEN BERNIE ORCHESTRA With Le w Lebr, J^iie picMhs,; Buddy ' Clark, Ralph Edwards. . , ,Mins; .. -. ; ' .-'i,- ,- • UNITED STATES TIRE WednlESdayi J)!:3« ii,ni. W ABC-CBS;;; N«w ^-York; Crty^;,.'■ iCamvl^cU-twaXd) ; . Bsn Bei'nic's return ,tb radio is as ringimiitery. la;iTid. iirvpresarip. :;Of. a: $12,600. xevu.b... Arid^' opposite Fred Aiicn.-:;; Which. ^is ^plfihty • of;'xjpposi- ■tibn;'; XWcn. ,'-:'?9W^39?'^ ';-New- ybr'k;' inci;d:en.taily^--. W in'irid-, ■fre'ed ■ of' cirieinatic d i..slrac.tions. .- Firijt jprogram' . was better, than.; oicaybut :shy bl:smackb:re5ults, Ma- teriM ..vvrll. obviously , ,be . the; prime vvprry, -arid the 'develbprilerit bl'.ari efi-et'tive coihcidy pattcr.ri arid patter may reqiiire time;, •: Show Cprnpare? in odtvvard form -.to the, Jack- Benny, revue,, although there, are ' corispicij-, bus exceptions in this Corriparisan.- It is . a. considerably expanded, re^ sponsibillty .fbr Biernie ,oyer his pvef viouV broadcasting chores. ■; ■ Corriedy.' device bf 'ha^irig;, §p,riia.i iody p^rsis'teritly- taurit or simrioy the. central ligure: is hot 'foiloWed, Nor are; Berhie's: four,-. lissistants,: .Liew Lfehr^ Buddy .Cla rk; Japb Pickcris;'ahd urinpuncer. Ralph Edwards, strong or esfabiiShe'd persphalitieS fQr- purpose; of cbriifidy .•variation;' Contrast^ arid lash. The:^ pro'gram •■ li?ht,..pleas- nt,' shicker-laden. The critical: ques- iOn is how this -suriimatibn corre- lates with : production; cost' and po- tential .circulatiph.'against ,existin& entCTfairiirient .oppbsitibn. ., HoWever, Berhie ■ is' :uridierstbpd to have - reserved the':. first three weeks to plant: his 'cbmp.ahy .before- going into ., character jrit.(eV-lilay.-^ . ::L is practically.; brandTriew ,tb." ihike, 'ari(l\ was miLiggirig to ; the studio, audience arid needs coriditibriing , and season- ing arient playing more tp;the;mik6.- Berriie cahie tb-fame'arid ;.b'vVilt up h\s" briginal radio'fpUoWihg , by yowzer',;. iriterpblatibris . dance riiusic; ; Later': he added giies^ 'stirs for ciowhihg,,-;,novelty;; and . special ballyhoO: appeale r Now'/he branche^^ rritp the tough. responsibiiity: :pf.. >: pretentious •:'. cprriedy r, ,'with■ rhiisic Vevbe, ,staridard with hiin iri his. Fox Mbyietorie;w.sreei chores. .; ■}:■}, • tehr does, gutteral Dutch., 'Wh.ether ;his is, to.be S: stock Charactbr or ;he will. switch "each' broadcast, arid un- cover a reperfpry of dialects :' -hot knPWh.- .The:Cbriiedy,.wiisri't bad as heard; : ■ Bi.it iiharper character der lineation. rather than; mere,, .funny noises would seeriv ,to be; a .require- ment for clickp results. - Gbmrhercials-'are well tied-ihi 'With Bernie's-; lights touch, helpful, ; arid Ralph, Edwardsdestihedtb .be Wbyeri into, the script a.s an iridividiial and not j,usf the : sales ■rriessage-bririgei:; Bet^nie . is now 'the Rbyal ■ Maestro,', aprbpos thevU.Si "Tire brand name, .:: The; program' would :be. sturdier, if,; at least, brie -persoriality besides-iBer- hie- hirinself ;<waS :a; tried ' arid .Virile, broadcasteri • Buddy - Clark • sings nicely; rsp: does Miss Pickens. ■; liehr. is ,at least breezy, arid ; easy'-to,7get.. Finally, th'e .satire ,at the end, al ;.ia .Jack Benny's, spopfing playlets, ■was am.u3ing. .C-'\' I; '■-}■■'■■ In short,. the pi-bgram ;because of, its cost rnay- be trade-judged by tpb: exacting; a Criteribri. : In any event it is riot a program: that cari be^aC- curatelyj-^br.-fairly^?estima on a ijirigle.'-hearing; ■ ".. -:' •;•:' ■ Land.- HARMONY HANDICAP'; Sb^Mlns^-H^'bcal -•;;.;■;;.;.-■.';.- :;jU9taininj? ' \ Wednesday, 9r3Q p. ni> KGLQ. IHatspn City, Io;wa . KdLO .has.: initiated Harmpny Handicaps,...using pop tunes pf; the day^ as- ranked by; the music fans of north IbWa and ;southerri: Minnesota. Sheet riiusic. .and record; Sales , iare tabulated by irnpartial fan fpr KGLO and' the. Winners, are -.presented in No.' 1-2-3, etG.,;.Qrdec on the Har mPny Handicap spot,, featured in the manner; of' a .hbss. . race, with each riurriljer .Vicing fo'r the. toji. spot. ■■ Tiivri -plugs.- CBS .Hit Parade by in viting .listeners to iUne in Saturday :hight tb.the H.it Parade,, which CJmes Gri:,KG)[jO''ahd the hetwovk Satuirday nip'hts, .thus .providing .North -I<5wans with . chartce . tb compare- • national inusicai. taste.. With theirs; -. . Prb.<^rariT; ;. is prbduced - by Jirii •Wbods.. Who also, rii'kc?! .the .show; ari.4 Wai'idi'rai'iged by .dii eetbr Jfohiv Price ';-■.■■'.;-;■■;; .-.'-v,-^;^-^-Dovc.-^ MICKE* MOUSE With Felix Mills Orchesitra 30 Mlns. , ; PEPSODENT-'....-.. ■;;;.-',: Sunday, 5:30 -p.m. : ., WEAF-NBCv;>rew. T®f*='' .Like 'Pbpeye the Sailor'' Wh iqh was: spoiisbi'ed, a season ago by. Wheatena this trarism.ufation into' sound; .alone ;of ,'a cohiic cut has. been built on the pr^riiise "that music ; and sound ef-, fectS are , the : logical,, indeed, the . only, method fbr apprbximatirig; the Illusion. .'Mickey Mou,se* on: the air is':pririiarily kid stuff; :But: npt bad listepirig. for - aiv. adult. ^ T^ .to the' : furious, peevishness of that iclaijiisic, ihyehtiori of biribmatlc fictidni Mr.- Obnald.Du^^^^ --.^i^i^ ^- - Oh the' radio his 'Cbnstant. belliger- ehcy, abrasive- teriiperamerit; and jfalilt^firiding ; alacrity makes an amusing ' cburiter-rriotif to the' go.-.: ings-on. ' He's a fresh dish throughr. out. . Mickey ;Mouse, is-: ..pale; .ar»d. bbscure' figure . actuallyi . Jt's all Dbhald ■ Duck,, Aind the ' actor: .whp plays the . role deserves a-, nichb in the (coirridors of Vivid ;csiebrities; ;. ; Felix Mills' oi^chesti'al; -wbrk • and arrangertients are the bulwark; apart from -the great'D.D.; ;upbh which the ;haif-'hoiir rests. ; While: the. fii's.t; two broadcasts :did not rate a uriiforn'ily favorable ' Word-ofrmouth. coriiriient the . third; ;:brpadcast; as Covered, - stbbd - UP , as; a sriappy exariipie, of .riovelty diversion fpr youngsters. - Spmb danger'iri the .'plot' that had a- kidding , jurisdictiori'al, union .fight threaten to .deprive.; kids of -hearing Dpnald . Duck's orchestra;; While; pirPbabiy hot intentional, the;: scriiit arid; the idea, ^ahd certain, explicit coihrnerits, Cbuld, be he1d : iip as- d^^^ to., the; -line, of subtle anti-uriibn, tjrppagariclai ■ - . i^epsoderit', does; aot neglect tp identify, itself -amply and fi-equently;, .■,■■;; ■■■'' ■;': -:■:;:.■• ■-.;'■,■'-.-' ■ ;'-:La>i-di .;- EDDIE ^GARR:.. Nielit Club Visits ; 15 Mins.. . :.■..;-'-..■•:■ BROMO-SELTZER .;>■;.■:;::-. 'Wednesday, 8:30 p'.in.., WJZ, NBC, New York . • ;; (J. Walter ThoTHpswi). ',, That 'night club y isifs' tiirried but to be singular. .It. was- bne- broad-, cast ; arid off: . for .Eddie Gari*; And, iricideritally,, a: bit of, a shamb for a perfPrn\ei'-:wha has been progrCss- ing steadily for the past several years. • He - deserved a ]better chance thaii he got. In tact, he' didn't get a chance at all. And if. this ill-fated quairterrhbur of sheer fiasco is, held against ■ hini as ah. lindividual it'll rate as "one of radib's, classic injus,- tices. .. ■■. ;:.'. -y ". ,.■•"''■ •.:;.?' '.: ■■■ ' Program didn't have anything but an idea. ; Garr; Was. :tP • visit night clubs arid; Use night; club talent as the frame for a shbW. The frariie supjplied Was the; Internatiphail Ca^ sirio;: But' therie was no picture. to put in ihie frame,,. , ' .-'.;:-.•-' It was. inarie,. me.anderingj subr. sijstainihg,: in. prpdUctiori.. -No: bankr rbll, no. eare;.' rib Showriianship, They dbn't come', any worse. . .This' brie. ght to. be harder to alibi than Adam; and 12ve,' .except' that that ieadaChe was caused by ^a basic idea riot :giveri expert treathient and editr irig. .. .; V . ;..-...:;; ' ' :,. 'Laud; HAROLD (2. HOFFMAN Talk :-■■; ENERGINE Sunday,V3 p. in. WEAF-NBC, New York. l^tack-Gbble) Retiring governpr of the state of New Jersey has been olfered to raidip advertisers as a 'news, commentator;. His orie-tinie appearance . on the Energine>sponsored .'NewSrcel ;bf the. Air' (16) was arranged by Fred Coll bf Publicity Associates on the baSis of the topical Value. Hoffrtian has consistently held: special vieWs con-, cerriirig, the 'Lindbergh kidnapping case.; .•; These h,(f ,' about tb tell ;in. articles ;fbr.Mbierty.riiaga?ih;e.-^^;';;; ;: •. Spine ' i trpuble .. • deyclope<l.: when Stack'-GrPble (presumably undbr pres- sure frbrii NBC which iat the moment is;super'-QautioiJS) rejected. Hoffmiah's original script as submitted. ■ Lpbked • like the broadcast Would not: ■;be heair.d. But a .cbri^iprpmise Was patched; up'^irt.-time;'- ;.',' Hoffman.' spoke, ori: his dispositiori of the award nibhey in the Lindbergh case - and on :his series ,bf articles: iExplained, :ih:JansWer ;^^^^^ by MTally Butterwdrth, that he was; rtpt capitalizing pa cpnriection with the, caiise . celebre; Money . received; frorirt the riiagazihe Will be turned over tb the chairman of the' NeW' .Jersey, corinmissioh for crippled children. Half of it Will gb to. ari Atlantic City children's hosiiital iand half - to. estab- lish . scholarships ;in ;:3biirrialisnri at Rutgers University; for the physically landicapped. Hoffman :e.mpha'sizod that, the articles; would riot • be ghbsted.' ■■-.'■-'>" ■--;,' ■ " As\ a . pirofeissional pbUtician Hoff- niari ;is an experienced 'speaker: On the air "he ; registers well but.. of course, -What kin(i;of a 'cPriimerit.atbr' he might liiiake .could • hot be . j udged on this.interview session.;:: Parks Johnson, iritervieWing Benny Goodman': follbwirig the governor, meritipned VARiirry as authority for. reports bn the big busineSI'atVriRrred by the, swing king's p. a.'s, and Wil- lard Alexanaer of the Music'Cori)oira- tion bf "America as an infprrriation sburce; bf '.Grbedman^s repeat NeW Ybrk engagements. ;BatPner, who displayed ;ai deep speaking vbice and □oisc; miked to call attention to his band's Sunday night date ih; Car- negie Hall. - Jocb. BETTY ROBERGE WEIR .-piano ■".--."....',..-'■ ;■ '• LtMins.—^Local ; ; .-Sii'stainiiiig;'.'', ; ;. ', ':-;.;. \' Saturday," 7:4.') p..' WOKO, AJbany • Wife :'of the studio n"iariager : oJ WOKO-WABY. plays 'ihfi, works, of the masters; On . the WOKO • staff 1: "ore' her :riiai;riage^ she was: Stand ard in-local radio; Returned recently L6 the. air., She is doing a program which will.''appeal tb .Ibvers and studerits oif .classical, music. Appeal be ,this type fbatiire is not, cbrisidercc general^ but. a-certain amount;bf pull ■ iS: there. . j''-. -•'•/.'-'--.. Mrs. Weir features numbers by-one composer h ca .-h shot.. When Caiight ■ she keybbarded thrc;e;Schiibert hum-: bers," : Played : them all v smobthly.', Sric'dde'ri Weir; hiinself* a trained iiiusiO^an, handles the ariuOuhcing. I, -:- "." Jaeoi. BOiB CHRISTENBERRY ; : Interview. SWAN SO OWN . '---'■';•'..■ Thursday, 8 p.m. - WABC-CBS, New York : \:. y (Young.St RubicaTn)' Bob Christenberry may have been a ;hei^;, in France,, but- he probably would face the shellfire of Flanders once m'ore .father, than stand" up :.to the irijke again; Genial vice-presi dent of the Hotel Astor, ;in ;N. Y., was personable in' his; radio stint With Kate Srriith and Swansdown, but showed his lack of ether exp<^ri ence by sturhbling. . However; it Wasn't serious enough . tP vvarrarit .a letdowri iri'. -interest as he diesciu.bed his experiences in ;. .being : 'hoUse keeper' Pf one ' pf the biest known hbstelries iri rthe Wbi-ld. • .:. Christenberry; wasVpne of a series bf: personalities interviewed by Kate Smith/ in. 'her novelty of "quizzing -prominent. .people; from /different walks of life. Frank Case of the Algonquin;' has been on; the Vat lee. show twice; • ■• :', LARS and LENA . Mr and Mrs. Clinton Jolirisbn Drairidtic-- •":••''■•• -'--./V-^..:' ::. : :i5 Mins.—Local - Dally '■ -. :' ':--\ '---•'-;- FISHER FLOURING MILLS KJR, Seattle '■ Lutcfick; i'a ; the Pacific NorthvyCst • is. Irk^' .tui-key and dressing in the .cbrn ;be}t of . lo-Wa,: so the 'Lars aind Leria skit: daily,' fOi' a quarter h.pur .by- IWr;- :ahd :;:Mrs, Glihton/ Johnson ■gets piehty.'oi! attention in this Scan dinayiaa residential seaport; Mrs. Jpiinsori: doieS the; scrihbling,;;:;Which revolves, afourid -the trials arid tribiit lations of everyday life in a Swcdis'h family. ,' ■ // '■■■■' ' ''r- ; The t.wo.eharacter^ talk wUh'Swed- ish dialert4-thpy fight Swedish and inject plenty; bf comedy- into - their skit With ad iibbing, brli'jging th'e dialogue' up tb their ; a>:;rival:;iii the studip;.. - ; ..;.';' ,' '. ■ '' ::■'-. With: this section sb heavily pppu latcd With-ScandinaVian, desceridants.^ Mrs. Jbhrison is tipped by; hundreds' oh many slants which she works iri to the .script cleverly. Fisher Flouririg Mills, one of; the owners-of the NBC butiels/. is, .sporis'bring: the scries Jbhnson • - is ^regular " blurbcr • for KOMO-KJR. ; . Smith. 'YOUTH MARCHES ONV 3b Mins.;: Local .:";-:' .- Young Cbmniunist Leaffiie >: Friday, 9:30 p. in. WMCA, New York r]^. ,-:-- Yjouhig . Gbm'muriist League laid a revolutibnaify: egg: Ph, the ether last Friday in its 30 ihiriutes on WMCAJ S'criptingi ;. prbductibn:. an acting riiissed "the boat,; Qh radio perforhVr arice*, the capitalists ha,Ve' little tb fear from the revblutibri.:; Most im- pprtant thing about the prograrii is that it was on the ;ai,f: 'at all. ■ - Program :^yas so ' popfiy , produced that it - was almost a relief to hear the: banal advertisirig plug fpr TUrris,;bpehinfe: with the phrase 'Acid indigestion is driving.'riie mad;' The: quick: sWitch frorini the. propaganda tb. the; plug was at least eritertairiirig. .;; Thbre was very little vrevolulioh m-entioned; in; the, brpadca'st. it wasn't even as anti-Admini.stratiph as sorhe sponsored; contriientators pri ..the netT ,works.., Frobabiy ,its\ chief trouble was the .lick of a professional radio cast^. arid the: absence bf a trained production man. / Script itself. While potentially a good' idea, seemed ama- teurish -because bf, its execution There ,were .nhmerpiis waits, pbor transitions :iahd poor tonal engirieer ing;';: FerVor which rriight have; corri pensated for absence of disclipined production Was also non-evident; ^ : Program touched briefly incidents in: the. lives ,of KarrLiebknecht.: Rpsa LuKenabourgh and Leriiri,;starting in 1914 : and picking . salierit events.; in subsequent war history,. Ari Ameri- can couple, Stella and (jeorge; was brought in -tb; show the. efl'ect of world eVents on the U.. S. working- man and his family.. Charaeferiza,- tiori. bf Lenin Was particularly poor, having,.-bf cpurse, nprie bf the fire fpr which that speaker was knbwn. .; Good spots Were a brief rribmerit in Which bbycbtt of silk wasi'urged :arid the perforriiance by Stellai fhe Amer- ican housewife. ■ Close of the dramar, ti2;at,ion ciied. CJilbert Green.: a gentle. .*5oft-spoken young mahv ■ He seemed rather immature and. was certa i hly . not a; trained'radio speaker, riis adr :di:esSi. Which/Was introduced by,■ john 'Little; executive.'secretary:'Was bver^^^^ long and. dull.: lacking the. punch or ruiy ■ .gobd. ariti-^Adriiiriistration borii- -.jiipntator- -■%;■■ • ■;.;;■;.': ; This isri't the first -time/ ,CoriiriiU.r nisl-s have bought, tinie oii the: air; Unless they; do a more co.nipetent job- than this;, in the .f uture, they riiight ,db W.pll.tb saVor their: m'oney.: They'd oven bore a iConimuriist. : / '' LEE NORTON AND KEN WRIGHT Baritone, Organist - 15 Mins. '•-;..- %■ OKLAHOIVIA.G AS & ELECTRIC CO. Daily, 10:15 p.ni. --• WRY, Oklahoma City : : Nifty program arid pulling ' fan iriail' Without any contests; cbme- ptisi Been 'running a week and tops stations mail bn requests..! / BaritPne "Lee;: Nprtpn' sriippthly handles popular and classical songs While Keri Wright ,at the organ is .slick. ':,'-.-■.-'.'■;■-. - :-- .; : Nortbn <ibes own m.c. arid, handles -In /effective pleasing : mariner alorig lines bf brie, person, talking to bthei\: No .shoutirig ior :scre^ming.; . -■'■".'-■---■.-.-'•-. Leioi*. 'ANGELS IN BLUE' With Audrey McGrath Transcriptions ■15 Mins.—Local ;-.', Sustaining Sunday. 4:00 p.m. WHB, Kansas City ';:. :,;;..-.-, . Latest airplane drammec written; by 'Capt. W. G. (Bill) Moore spun but over WHB, - after swell pip- : motional cariipaign,' on what Don . Davis .chooses to; call. :a :World (arid; ,; painless) prbrhiere.. TWb episodes " were;riee'dled at this airing, which' ias , a;:preihiere 'ambuinted to a: phe-shbt •.,' built, arbund a letter contest for listener; reaction :befbre it .goes bh ', the market. It glbriffes/the; flying hosteiis—sbihethirig new in air fiction.. Into this: sky-buggy spinner Capt. Moore. has, tossed a.; measure of sex '■ appeal, men with and Withbiit heroic ■ qualities, blondes; :chrprhium: fittings .: and telescbpirig action.:Dialbgue okay.:- for. the-riihle;,voices but doesn't- ring ., any too true 'fbr.i'the 'femme: sector;' ':■ But then it's, hard to predict how or ,. What a , wbriiari will say. When she's' excited or. in hotWater and rb-: ' mahcer ; Mbbre . has . the ^^als' up to theii!,':little pink :ears in both. -,; :Noteworthy, c o n s i d e ri n g the . aiithbrV successful juves, is the' fact . " that; there's nary / an ;iinlbitibus -:kid ; ruiming all over .the pUce sqijaWking i 'Aw gee, .. Mr.; Blackhart.'i It's strictly adult'and a strip for the eve- .- riiiTg trade; the bid man wiU like it- too. -".' .;-.- ■ ,'..,; --,■ -. . •' ...;:.- -':;; A11 in: al 1'on'^ a ohe-tinie.' listen :it•; sdurid.s like• those • iroSpoh^iblo have: .. CEinriiiy frariied- ail , ehtertainrrient . that^ Can sell: goods.- World/cut:the •: platters. ■■• ; ::■:' : tioyt.. FERDtNANl) LUNOBERG Author - . : 15 Mlns. '. BROMO'SELTZER . :. W.liZ, NBC, New York -. ..:- Ferdinand. • .Lundbei'g,";; author ; of 'Ariierica'.S 60 - Farnilies,' got " his .' chalice ;:last Thursuay nigni u-s^.TpTf" spck back at:'G.en.:'Hugh: S.', Johnson for the ride that-the.latter has beeri giving' the book.- The General's air paycheck, Groves ; LabbratbrieSr- ; yielded .i.bne of its NBC-blus periods S lor the\rejbindcr. • Even though the^^ account had for /soriie. tinie. been try- ; ing to prevail upibri NBC tp '.rtiake; • fh i s comeback; opportunity; part of the series*; policy,; there appareritly . wasn't riiu.ch else that either the;netr • wbrk ot. the .pill roller cpuld,.db in'. Lundberg's: case. :. ilbhhsori. had-. . charged Lundber^ with being ;en- ; ' gaged in a ;cariipaigri of .slander and described the book :as being 'isuch a tissue of' libei;' ^father of lies' and. : 'thC; - 'frankest ; kirid of cohVmunist ' propaganda.* /. :; Perhaps/ it Was due tb "the small ., amount of time (15 mins.) allotted him, but the: defense tiundberg; put tip bore heavily on. counter inVectiVe . and rbp'iiVatiori' and little on en- : . iight,eriing\facts. ; Johnson's antago- ■ nism toward the book, asserted Lurid.- ■ berg, Was mainly pronipted by the- ract that the general 'hates (Interier Secretavy );; Ickes'-" guts.'':,: Johrisbn's stateinent that' he.'was ;prepared; tb . pi pv^, -what he said ireminded Lund- berg of the behavipr of the French • General Staff in the film, 'The Lif« ■ of ' Emile Zola' (WB); these milita^ rists had a/powerful case .until: the facts arid: the' truth Were forced to : the surface; 'Ariierica's 60 Families* W'as: notj..as; Johnson Charged,: an on- ,/ slaught- on Ariiericari btisiriess; The, pbrsoris -it dealt With were hpt busi- / ness people at all; they yrere inheri- tor, proprietors. . . ,'Tp Liundberg it seemed as" though the General had used an: incident iri which he had personally participated as the teisterboard for his tirade.' It had • -to do with. Lundberg's version; of: a n ;:iriher politician episode at t he 1932. Democratic conventibri, and re- ' :Vived the moot point as lb 'Whether. exrGpv. A| Smith was', fiigtiririg to throw his votes to the support of , Newton D. Baker when -.W. R. : Hearst - intervened :and: started -the; tide ; ■ . Roosevelt's favoir via the . Texas /.delegatipri. . LUndberg/..re-',;., inarked that what burned Johnson : nipst abPut' the. book!s description of the incident was that.it didn't put ^ Barriey/ BaruCh: in ia favorable; light,-. :; and Johnson at the time was Ba-; ruch's literary .adviser aind research: rtian, Luridberg'added that not one : perspn ;mehtlohed '/in this episode could; be called;, a,;Jbusirie^s; map', class fpr which. Johnson poses the bbld defbndcr. ;: y_ Odcc. ./ .''' Fr; ANCINE FASfilON PARADE With Billy Payne, Marjorie Pos.se.U, John Kilcy. John E, Rellly, Vivi- enne Mae .Cameron ; ' ■ , 15 Mins.-T-Lbcal FRANCIISTE/FUR STUDIO Sunday, 3:45 b; iii. - WMEX, Boston .:;-:•',' Swing: of this 'rioW. liVe studib- show :" •is ;the:best sinfce.its inception several : Sundays a'go, although a ■ coupla t'. ings; should, be straightenedibut foi' :, slick traveling.: :Quarter-hpur framC;' : i,s top-he.av.Y with . a tiub Pf -. Billy;. Payrie.; tenor solois; in addition to his bpenirig and clbsing;thehie; ('Lovely: ■'■ One' )V.: Payne ; eurfently ; heai.dlih^: ing :Tbmriiy March's Penthouse nitery. bill, ariu is: top:' notched bn this weekly . ' frame. .He . pbssesses' a high' tenor,: : rather, pleasing, :;.;; ■• ' The butstahding bit Was Marjori P.osselfs fiddle solo. .She'-,s billed • . ari . inter. •\ti.Pnal cpnccrt violiriist'e, ; .Role bf :Fr'a: ine in.the cbrii^ blurb; is; kept'a, public ' secret, ..air ; though the fcmme is. Viviene . Mac ■ GamcrPn of ;thc ;stytiori prbgram staff. N6r.mi .