Variety (Jun 1943)

81 • ■■ " -■ T. vr—. . RAOIP W«>Jne9d«y, June 3fl, From the Production Centres //\' ^'EI^' YORK HTY . , . \icr\> Polc'-ii- l:ikoii mi-r lUDiliii-lin!; of 'BiMauHMy B:iiid Bi»c."! 1lu> Fi':inl; Siii:ilr.i-R:iyiijMiil Si-ull mi^Iii nor i>ii CBS. KirluirtI Siiiivilli- i> diiviiinu :ind Al:in Jyy l.oi'iu-i- -rriiMiiiii. Saiivillo tins ;i1mi boon ii|i|U'd li'iiir. av-i>i;ini li> ii i-o-^inlrir CBS si.iil tliiwior and :i~siiti:cd in tlio •Tlii> I» Mini-' sorbl Mi-'t:iiiii'r ...'I'Iso Bostnh Pops orrh nlay<>d AKt Ti-niplcinirs 'Mozart M;itrioiil:iU'V l.»t woi-k and tlion inimi-dialoly en- cored ii BtUy Cxrdc wriiion (•iil ol "David ilariiin' and "Frv il I'aKC Farreir while .-.ho'n havin.Q licr lunsil.i snipped-. Helen Nrehken eiirrenlly w'rilieii oul ot 'Second Iln>l>nnd' while she vacalion.<... .Gli/.abcth TuUd. scriplor of 'David llariim' and 'YouiiK Widder Brown." left S:iiurday I'ili' wilh her two children lu join her husband. Lt. Lewis Kajtol. in SeabriiiK. F.la. She'll write the serial.-: from there.. . .Betty Winkler beins written out of "Tliis Lite Is Mine' for several weeks while she visii.s Chieauo losephnie BaiiKs. secrelnry in the John Gibbs production offtee; aboifi to become a riiike actres.--. She's alrt>ady been auditioned by Axel C:rlienberi{ and NBC Basjl Louithrane has succeeded Axel Gruenberi! as director of 'LiKlil of the World" Eileen Farrcll will sub for Ciladys Swarthoul as lead ot the 'Fantily llnui'' Tor Pnidential for the sun\mer Castini;: Mora Martin and Katharine F.m- melt I'Younu .Widder Brown'■; Irene Wicker and Tiinniie Hyler ('Amanda'): Ethel Brownini;. Billy Redlield and Staats Cot.'-worth ('Second Husband'). Cal Kuhl arrived in N'. Y. Monday <2I i to lake over dvilics as executive radio producer al Biow Co. Kuhl recently l•e.^iBned from J. Waller Th«n\p- son Coruon Koton. CBS .slatT annouticer. drawn from CBS stalT to do 'CallinK America' Charles Grave.".' former N. W. Ayer copy scriptei". transferred irom ski-troui>e irainiiti; in Colorado to Camp Ord, California, whei-e he"li .Muciy amithibiMii landiiu's •.. .Gordon MacRae leaving CBS- Chesterllcld for the Army George Gerard has joined the Shortwave News Department al CBS t-) do French writing, trat^slalini; and an- nouDcine... Ci. P. Ton)i>kins now. at CBS as a rt-port analyst hi the He.-earch Department, and Earl Steele leaves WTAG, Worifslo)-, Mats., to announce for CBS. N.' V. Carlelon AUop. director of "Abie's. Irish Ro.<e." left Thursday i24) for an ciflhl-week vacation iit Hollywood. He's married to-Marlhu Scott :.. Joy. Meredith wiil take over the part' of Mariana in the Blue net's "Sea Hound." replacinit Cora Smith, ftli.ss Smith leaves tl>c show to do .sum- mer stock ...William Ltmdi{iiiii.*lormer WFBl, announcei". who becaitie a- featured player foi Warners, ha.- reported for duty a.<: a private at the Sai> Dietio. Calif.. Marine Cori>s base Hope Emerson and Nate Kanlor sub- initiinjc a milk-toast script to NBC. script theme beioK the dominatiiiR wife and the liaKKcd husband Dick Leonard. Blue net director and director of B-S-H"s "John'j! Other Wife." vacashin); in New York Mux Wylie in Central Park Sunday showini; youiie. dauehter. Pam. how to lly a kite. Lucille Vella has been upped to radio trafflc department head al B.B.DiiO Johnny Morgan and Lulu Bates are auditioning lor a new" 15-minulo ihoiv wlih the Bluc....Dick Gilbert will go on toiir of the South July 4 to talk disc owners oul of their old records, which will be turned in at local depots and sold to buy new ones for the Service cami)s ....Roger Forsler is leaving hi.' WNEW announcing berth todav tWcdncs- davi to freelance until Augu.sl.. when he's slated for induction. Axel Grueiiberg is now diructiIl^ the Blue's "Counterspv.' Bill Sweet - takes over "Gang Bu.sler.s"... .Ralph Berton. WBNX disk jockev, is lec- ^turiiig on modern music at Steinway Hall. Kale Smith, who last vyeck wound up her'Friday, nishl -series on CBS for General Food.s. left immediately for her place at Lake Placid. Ted Collins remained in tow n to clean up a few business .details and then follows late this week. They ll do the daily noon series for the same sponsor fiom the re.sort over the .-.nmmcr. and return as usual in the fall Mary Louise Plummcr. wife of Davidjion Taylor. CBS assistant di- rector of bioadeasts. completed the munu.<>cript ct a new novel in time to accompany her husband to the Coast Foimer announcer James Flem- ing in Cairo en route to.Ankara to become CBS correspondent... .Actre.ss Helerte Dumas in North- Africa w ith the American Red Cross.. . .Former jnoppel nim actor Dickie Jones and Dick Crenna brought eaM by Youn.i; *: Rubicam to audition for the "llen^- Aldrich" role to succeed Normaii Tokar. whos slated for the Army...".Mac BonnfT. Paike Levy and Abe Burrow.s. wri'eis on the "DulTy" radio series, to the Coast to work on the picture edition. r Dufii'S Arthur^ Hanna's vacntion on his Pennsylvania farm. Gene Eubank.s directs "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill" and Lester Vail will handle David Harum ....Ernesto Leciiona. South American pianist-compose:- fi'^J" u *"1 ""^ Ko.st..-lanel7. show" for Coca-Cola, lo intro Mme Of the numbers ot his .-wiorc tor the new musical which Vincent Youmans will produce on Broari-.vay in the fall... .Scripts for the first i:i 21u*^* " -I, ■* Theatre' scries Sundays on CBS for Inlernational 5il\er will be repeats ot shows from the former serie.s... .Carroll 0"Mcara resigned from OWl and returned to Coast olTicc ot Young & Rubicam .it 7 "L?.* """""^ 8"'^'" •"'"•eht (Wednesday i on "Manhaiinn at Midnight playing the leads in "Ho. for the Green Wood.s." written bv uw/i"- >*;""', ^"^^ Wednesdays (7) script. Til Drown the Woild m ColOi-. IS by J.ny Bennett, and the followiiig week. Julv 14 "A Mans Best Wife, is by Robert Riley Crutchcr. Allen Rivkin and Jcrrv . riorwin. Claude Baricre. head of NBC recorded syndicated sale.* dcparlmeni returned Friday i2.'>) from a flve-week lour of key cities in which he visited agencies and local stations... .Kathryn Cravens, who conducts WNEW"s •News Through a Womans Eyes." is one of the four femme? interviewed on this week* Fox Movietone release which featuies a symposium on the draft Of women for war work....Du Pont"s "Cavalcade of America." now heard over 64 NBC stations, will be aired by 125 this fall. Garnet Garrisfni is now assistant productions manager ot NBC In ger and telephone service... .Paul Rickeiibaehcr, talent head for Young & Rubicam in New York, Anally got accommudationi lo return horn* after being i>acked tor a week "Pee -Wee' Hunt, who recently withdrew from the Casa Loma band after lA year.^ as 'vocalisl, utarli his own program, locally .spons.ored. on KFWB this wcek.,..AI Kaye left for New York lo talk over tall plans for Maxwell House lime, which he produces, and othrr Coast program^i Benton & Bowles may have next season. The suspense is over for John Dickson Carr. xcripler of Columbia's,'Susi- jieiise' series. He has been recalled to England tor government duly.... I'arroll .0"Meara is returning lo Young * Rubicam as producer after sev- eral ni'inths with Office of War Information in KrLsco Paul Dudley took leave of his production duties--on (-oc-j-Cola .shows to pa.ss a couple of weeks with his trau. Joy Hodge.s. of "The Doughgirls." b«'fori« donning khaki Jim and Marian Jui-dan wound up their ninth sea.s()ii of -Fibber and Molly' tor johiiuin wax and wilt entertain at camps when not resting al their Baker.siield. Cal.: ranch B<'n Byer.s, former NBC publicist, transferied from Royal Air Force to U. S. air command in England Just when Young & Rubicam llguied Ihoy had Herbert Marshall all set as emc»-o of -Silver Theatre." something cropped up to kii-k over th« deal and now Clare Olmslead is frantically pushing his .search for a personi ality to nil the old.Conrad Nagel spot Bill Comstock. radio"s "Tiz"/.ie Lisii." got his nr.st pictiirc part al Republic afler being U>.radio for neai"4i" 20 years The dialing habit was never better exemplilled than in the recent X"ro.ssloy of the family serial Those We Loye." On the move from CBS to the Jack Penny si)ot the prograiii picked up U points Paul Whitemai) reunites The Rhythm Boys for the alumni spot on his java show July 4. It will be the Urst lime together since 1929 for Bing Cro.sby, Harry Barris and Al Rinker Frankljn P. Adapis guests on Kraft Music Hall July 8. Ii\ CHICAGO ... Eddie Dunn.is iiijw alternating with Don McNeill as m.c. on the Chicago Sun'.s Sound-b program over WBBM..'. .("hirago's Fifth FM station. W7.SC. operated by the Moody Bible Institute, went on the air Sunday (13) wim a power of l.OOO watl.s Nikki Kaye. who ai>i>ears with her husband Hal Tale on "Variety Show" each week over WCFL. has written an article for the current "She' magazine on "CJeliing a Job in Radio' Clitton Uiley. news (Commentator, has c^iiiceled all lectine appearances due to his full radio schedule David Wlii*ehouse is a new addition lo the "Vic and Sade" cast Jack Siv.ipson. rereiitly with WWL. New Or- leaii.s. 1'ias'joined the NBC Central Division production .slalT as a dlreclor ... .Lee ("iillette.. tor i^ist three year.< with WAAF. has joined Ihe WJJD announcer'.- .staff... .NiM.man Kriicfl. former WJJD announcer, ha.s switched to the. Bhie Nelwoi-k here .lohnny Jordan, .second tenor of the Blue Network's Four Vagabond.s, js in' the Alexian Brothers Hiispital recovering. from an accidental gunshot'wound. Cleo Roberts is Hlling in for him with the quartet Bonnie (Mrs. Bob) Atcher is taking over for Smilin" Bob. who w"as i"ecenlly inducted inio the .^rmy. on WJJD. Howard-L. Emich. formerly Inrtiuna and Kentucky radio iiianager tor United Prcs.s. has joined Ihe WBBM news deparlnient Jack Hill, NBC producer, has been transferred to New York. His suc-ces.'ior has not yet been named Fahcy Flynn. former WBBM announcei". received his com- mission in Ihe Navy after .serving only two weeks as enlisted seaman:... Roger Marvin, recently with WFBM, Indianapolis, is a new addition to the WJJD announcing slalT... .Margaret Leak, formerly an Engli.sh in- structor, is now a member ot the WJJD continuity depurtinenl Milton H. Ileidrich. a member of the WGN press deparimenl, has reported lo Camp Grant. III. He has been replaced by his wife Approximately $6,000,000 in war bonds were bought for adn)i.ss)on to the "Information Please" broadcast nt-the Civic Opera' llou.se Monday i28> Capt. Noel Gcr.son. former head of Ihe WGN Arti.sts Bureau and now in the Army"s public relation;; office here, moves to Washington soon to handle publicity for the Air Forces... .Florence Warner, who Wfls .pro- moted from WBBM press dopartmeiit to CBS-WBBM educational dot'tarl- meiU. has been succeeded by Ed Ehrcnberg. Ehreiiberg and 'Chuck' Logan. CBS-WBBM special events head, al one time published a paper in Champaign. Ill WLS is offering a multi-colored invosion map, pre- pared by their news department, lo listeners on request and mailing charges. Map U i>rinlcd on enameled stock and is 28 by 36 Inches in size Alex Drcier, NBC commenlalor. and Mi-.s. Dreior leave J((ly 5 for three weeks' vacation in San Francisco. During hix absence l.ouis Roen will announce the Skelly News program: the commentator's sustaining pro- grams will bo filled by guest commentators, but he w ill broadcast his reg- ular Hvc'-minutc news .summary of the Filch Bandwagon him.splt from the -west coast on July 11, and 18. Fred Barron has been added lo the cast of "lli-lpmate" daytime .serial.;.. I Marvin Mueller is Ihe new announcer for CBS's '.Ma Perkins' and is also doubling in the caf^l.. ...William Brook, formerly with WEMP. Milwaukee, has joined the WIND announcing staff at Ciary, Indiana Juanita Larkin, Dorothy Crune and Ann Nagy are new members ot the WIND. Gary staff, serving in the traffic, program and continuity departmeiiLs, respectively ..'..Grace Hii-kok. formerly on Ihe Chicago*Journal of Commerce, has joined Ihe WGN press department as a writer Dick WelLs, former an- nouncer on Ihe "Ma Perkins" program, is now a Urst lieiilenant wilh the Amphibian Command, U. S. Army al Camp Edwards, Mass. (»l IWES ON WIND Wmi QUIZ CONTEST Chicago, June 29. Chicago- Times inaugurated a promotional campaign over Station WIND ye.sterday (Monday* lu last eight weeks with 96,000 in prizes tu be given to listeners. Program Is called the "Times Quiz-time," a tele- phone stunt utilizing flve-minute broadcasts 10 times daily. Paper is . using heavy advertising campuicii on the series. The Chicago Sun's 'Sound-O' pro- gram, which started as a Hve night-; weekly promotional stunt over WBBM. is now heard only on Mon- day nighl, the paper claiming thai recent cut in newspi-int does not al- low it to properly exploit the con- test through its) columns. . Extend WERS Service ^ For AD Type Disasters Wa:<hington. June 29. Wider .<ieopc for the War Emergen- cy Radio Service of the Office oC Civilian Defense has been arranged by the OCD and FCC. WERS was set up originally to go into action "only during or immediately follow- ing actual air raids. Impending air raids, or other enemy military oper- ations, or acts of sabotage . . . for essential communications relaling lo civilian defense.' Now. Jame.<! M. Landis, OCD direc- . tor. announced yesterday tMnnday), the FCC has ameniled its regulation-) to permit WERS to operate in the event of Roods, fires, hurricanes, riols. and other local eniergencies, whether or not telephone and tele- graph services are disrupted. WERS Ls established in 200 com- miinitie.s.with more than 3.700 two- way stations, and ^lOOO licensed oper- ators. In addition. 56 applications- tor new WERS systems are on flld with FCC. Training periods for WERS .stations have also been in- (-reased by FCC under Ihe an)eiid- inent,s. charge ot dramatic programs. Garrison has been with NBC tor the past year, direcling the net s Employee Produclten Croup. Jack Hill moves ui from NBC. Chicago, lo re!)l3ce GarrUoii. He'll direct 'Evorvihing Jj ".^ ''^*"'"'* ''0"'>'fe is under consideration tor the Miss Oliffi- part on Ed Gardners 'Duffy's Tavern.' lo replace Shirley Booth. IN HOLLYWOOD ,~ One-lime Coast radio ed is up to his bid tricks again, .scallcring bum Checks over Texas. He has already doiie three slretches for that rop, but ^" ktbJI . somone-else's John Henry. This time he's posing as an NBC taleni scout and is using Ihe printed checks of NBC and Ihe L. A Biltmoi-c hoiel....Lewis Allen Weiss ("his middle initial .should be *M' for meticulous• is readying the grand reception for a native come home Miller McClintock, top kick of the Mutual networkers. Lined up so fw" are a Uincheon at the swank University club and a press conference.... rrank Craham. KNXs 'one-man Ihealre." will play all the parts in Agent V on a sponsored quarter-hour series. ■ PKll Baker pushed east for three months of originating "Take It Or Leave It in N. Y Louis Lochner. one ot NBCs maivv war experts sized up the fracas lo dale for the Frisco Rolarians... .Doroihv Waknilz switched from publicity to «ound effects at NBC. and Eleanor'Townrlch leplaced her on a move from .salc^; promotion. .. .Phil Bowman, of Blackett-Sample-Hummert. around for teeup'of 'Hollvwobd Theatre of i J^i'.i.'*."."'^'""*'"' Tinkham proudly displaying the merit award given *o KMTR by National Board Of Fire Underwriters tor stations aid to Are prevention drive....NBC department heads arc doubling up. the help problem being what it Is. Jennings Pierce head of public service takes on the added duties of guest relations wilh Bob Hendricks a.* aide." Paul Gale augments his traffic chores with supervising mailing room. messl>ii- U. S. DX OF NEWS BACK HOME TOPS AT GUADAL Washington. June 29. Short wave news broadcasts from home are one ot the principal source.^ of pleasure for American .soldiers .on Guadalcanal, according to word just brought back by Major Alvie L. McKnIghl, following Ave months as chaplain on the island. Chaplain McKnighl said Ihc men crowd around the radios to get Ihe latest news from home and to hear their favorite programs. "Sotnelimes". he added. 'Ihey tune in the 'Zero Hour', which is broacl- cast by the Tokio . radio, featuring recordings of well-known American dance orchcslros as a cbme-on. In belw-een Ihe dance selcclions.' an anr.ouriccr. speaking in English of course, will relate the latest U. S. news in reverse. The boys get a big ■kick out ot It. 'The announcer will .say: 'We know how you are suffering down there In your waicr-.soakcd foxholes. To cheer you up. we give you Tommy Dorsey". Jack Smith's Sustainer ' Jack Smith, a vocalist qn the Pru- dential "Family hour"- Sunday after- noons on CBS. will have his own sustainer scries, with Raymond Scott's orchestra, on the same net- work Friday nighLs. starling July 16. 'Broadway Band Box,' another CBS sustainer. with Scott and Frank Sinatra, moves from the Friday nighl spot lo Monday nighls. Fort Dix's Own Station Goes on the Air July 15 Fort Dix, N. J., June 29. Fori Dix will put its own radio .station On the air next month, manned entirely by Army per.sonnel. License to operate on low power has been granted lo the camp. Station, which will use the call-letters WDIX. will be heard daytime only. It can air a maximuoi of eight hours daily, with the signolf al 5:30 p.m. Kilowaller will hit the ether about July 15. It will take no commer- cials, following the practice ot sev- eral other camps which have been previously granted FCC tickets. WDIX personnel virtually all will be drawn from professional radio people now in khaki, most alt. of whom served the major networks. They include Sergeant George Stuck, who's chief eiigincer: Staff' Sergeant Jack Leonard, warbler; Cpl. Mark Smith, scripter and production man and Sgt. Elmo Johnson, who will serve as itiusical director WHB, K.C., Hooks Onto Film for Special Biz Kansas City. June'29. WHB created a fast piece of busi- ness for itself last week by persuad- ing 20th Ccntury-Fo.K to lei it make - a .series of five transcriptions for Ihe exploitation of 'Stormy Weather.' The station, working in Ihc fllm coiii- |)i'.ny"s local screen room, included in the disc, a la daytime serials.- e|)i- sodes from the picture as taken troiii the soundtrack, with WHB's motion picture editor, Reese Wade, filling in Ihe explanatory narrative. The dailv insiallmcnis ran for live days prior to the opening of the lllm day-an:l- date at . Ave local houses this week. The pi'oject, as conceived by Don Da\'is. WHB prez, had never been tried in this area. Renewals General Foods Corp. ha? renewe;! ■The Aldrich Family' and 'Maxwell House Coffee Time' on NBC. for Vi _ weeks. "The Aldrich Family' con- ; tract, placed by Young tc Rubicam. becomes effective July 1, while thn ".Maxwell House' program, placed by Benlon 9c Bowles, goes' Into effeci July 8. Summer vacation time for 'Aldrich Family* will be July 8 through July 20. 'Maxwell Hou.se' will be on the air between June 24 and August 26. 'March ot Time' has been renewed over 51 NBC stations for 52 weeks effective July 8.' Y'oung Sc Ririiioain is Ihe agency. Heard over NBC sin(-e July 9, 1042, 'March ot Time' will .be ot! the air for the summer from July 8 to August 12. WLW Gets Food Expert Cincinnati. June 20. Addition ot Mrs. Vlanna D. Bram- blett lo WLW's Irade extension di- vision, made last week, gives.the .stalion a nutrition expert who.se services are to aid food merchants and coniiumcrs In following through on the Government's seven-point nutrition chart? As nutrition consultant, she will vrork under John E. Rudolph, di- reclor ot WLW's trade extension di- vision. Blue Test* Shows Slarting July 4, the B'ue will test a number of its own- dhows and thiis.* produced by. outside agencies via a >crle5'"litled 'iSneak Preview.' II w ill be a halt-hour weekly stanza at 5:30 p.m. featuring either one 30-miiiute program or two 15-minute scripts. Full credit and supervisory coiihol will be given to outside producers. Although the sneak preview angle i.s to be stressed, there, may be same day ads in tne newspapers pliiggimi the program. Audience reaction will decide the ultimate fate of the indi- vidual'offerings. Betty' Btfokier, manager of ihf CoaA otAce of Benlon & Bowles, who was. married Saturday (26) In Tem- ple, Texas, to an Army lieutenant, is on her Way east to spend the .sum- mer in the agency's New 'York otllce. It's an annual visit for her.