Variety (Oct 1943)

40 RADIO Wednesday, October 6, .1943 |4aa influence Seen m Newest Curbs on Radio : ; Monteviaeq, Sept. . ♦ Strong -hint of Nazi, innuehce is sceil •iiiciicasiiigly by. trade observers . Argentine . Goyeriimep*'? ne.^esl moves to control radio adyer-. tislng. ;, ; once big time buyers on Latin putjeis, particularly in the aspirin and. drug field, haye . been sevcVely hit in 'practically all Latin countries, alllibugh still- powerful in Ari{i)iilina. whose radio .setiip ; is second only to -the U: S. in - world coinnierciai broadcasting.^ " . ' Even in Argentina, however, all but a comparative handlul of. sta-. tionii have refused to sell- them time •for fear of themselves being black- li.-iled.. U. S.' products, with the more or less oiricjal blessing of: tinele Sam. have jumped hpadflrstrintb the. nVarkel. aiiiiing their advertising not only al .-iclling, but fewphasizing pro-. den-ipcralic;points;as well. ■ Result has been that throughdut Latin America, and in: Argentina in , paificular, ills'and. propaganda are praclicaily intertwined and such pi-pducts . aii Mejoral ' (aspirin), Parl«tr"s Ross Pills, Phillips Milk of MaRncsiii,: Glosturji hair slickr-JLuS prodiicbiL-etc., ha.ve'<dabe; an J^xccL- ierii job in. this respect, it's genc^rally adiniilcd. - ;. : N^aziSi not only for immediate rea- sans: but-looking forward to the post- - war . market, have ..long had ^thcir venom-spr.eading organs screaming against U. S. advertising on the. air in Argelilina: ■ Experts in ,the . trade believe many of the' new Argentine, rules be traced •. directly -to Berlin policy of neyer allowing cpm- pelisli Jo- itct aheadi even' though they can't do any direct retaliating at tl)e momenl.:. Many Suspensions ; Number of station suspensions im- posed by Major Humberto Farias, dir rector o[ Radiocorhuhicaciohes. has been on tlie increjase, with the latest oiiilpis to have their wings clipped including Radio Portcrta ' LS4 of BuchOs 'Aires; temporarily suspended for alleged, over-commercialism: . Radio fily Mundo, -LRl, carpeted - on a hews broadcast charge; LTH; Radio Provincia of Entre Rios; LD8, Radio Pic. Sa.rmi.enl6,'of Cordoba; 1.D2, Radio,- Argentina of Buenos Aires', and L.y ' Radio De Cuyo . of McndozH. ... ' Siaiion 9peralors^there are aboUt 50 commercial outlets in .Argentina, more than in any. other Latin-Amer- ican country—have not yet received any answer to their suggestions' for an easini,' up 6f government regula- tions, although Radipcprntinicaciones ha.-,- :i;rccd to receive.' suggestions provided they "re written on special' stamped paper wnich has to be. bouulii-.for lwo pesos a sheet.. Any notes coming in on ordinary lettor- hcads " arc immediately wastc- askvtocl; ■ Situallon regarding foreign mu- sicians einployed in radio ' stations has also become increasingly dlf- liculr. Orchestras must have 9.i% Ai-geMtinc musicians Jand every fid- dler and hbrn-tboter niust get a spe- cial police Ciu-d giving his complete bidijrapliy. Arsentina prcvi6u.>ly was outstanding as one of the Latin count'i ie.s most hospitable to 'foreign artists of all -kinds and was known inlcrjuitio'nally.'as a haven, for pio- denvKr;ilic political fugitives. . BEECHAM BLASTS CBC AS'WORSr NETWORK ' Montreal, bet. , Sir Thomas Beecham. teni-pera- mental classical upbeat:, expert: in an interview-; Sunday (3 j -declared t he Canadian Broadcasting Corp. 'was 'Not ■ -/the wor.st tbi-oadcasting .system.') iji ,lhe world.'.but^ has. the reputation of being the worst.' Sir Thomas assei'ted; the CBG was ."weak" .and 'spineless' and. blanipd it for what he said was a" coii.-Jlaiil mi- gration of,Canadian musl'cnt talent to the-United Slates. Radio Wut In Can. Drive ■ :. "■ . Morili-eal. :ptt. .5. .; Teeing oft Wednesday iCV'and clos- ing. Nov. 3, Canada's. Fi'flh V'ictoi-y Loan.-Caifi'p.ai . for $1,200,000,000 VvilT have the support of- a nation- wide.radio campaign, with the radio .coh'imiltee ' 'the National. War Fi- nance Committee backing, the drive with, five big radio features to be can-ied coast to.coast o'n CBC;.' . Percy Faith,' Torontp-born'. ar- ranger-conductor, how ' . Chicago, where; he directs the ' 'CoiVtcrited Houv.l will supervise, the musii: for all five Victory Star Shows, and will appQar oil the first, fifth and one o.ther.' At the first appearance he will feature Jessica Diagonette.. Aiijerican stars will, as in past loan campaigns, be heavily repre- sented, in the. current drive: Among theni will be JameS Cagney, Charles Laiighton, Lucille' Ball., .Norma Sh^a'rer, Moi'ilreal-bprn faye Brian Ahern and Barbara Stanwyck. SWEDEN PLANS RADIO SENDING VIATELEPHONE '; Washington. . CHUNGKING JOINING WLW'S DX PICKUPS Cihcinnali. Oct., 5.' Stepping up. on special intcrria- tional broadcasts, a service in which it' pioneered and is now the leader among independent.'stations., JVLW will; inaugurate a series pf.shortwave pickups from Chungking. ChiiiA's wartime capital. SatOrday (9) jiiahl; the eve . of '., China's Independence Day. ' The foreign portion "of ,ihe pro- .gram., to be aired at 10,- p.m. CWTi will, originate with KGOV. bt) beamed across Ihe Pacific to -Ven tura. Calif., and then relayed to Croslcy's 50.000 waiter for' relians- iTiission. It is being arranged through lhe'Chine,se:News Service. , To be. heard" pn the broadcast, on which James D. Shouse. WLW gen- eral manager, will'be host, are Dr. Wei Tao-Ming. Chinese at-nbassador to the U. S.: Pearl Buck: Adet Lin eldest daiighlcr of Lin 'Yutang. Chi- nese author .-ind philo'sophcr: Mme, Cliu. Shin-Ming, .wife Of tlie mili- tary attache to title Chinese embassy in Washingtpn: Jaines R. 'Young, au thoi' ,of .'Behind the Riiiihg Sun": Mil- ton Canitr, creator of Terry and iKc Pirates' car.iopn. and these'ijovcrnprs of thret! slates:' Johri W. Bdcke'r Oliib; Henry F. Si;'hrickcr. Indiana ai-icl Matthew* M; Necly. West Vir- ginia: ; Besides ■ Cinciniiali. , pickup ;pbihl.s in the States arc Nfew York" Wa.shinglbn,'Coluinblis, ' p.; Indian appUs.' IndL, aiid CIvarleslon. W. Va Swodc.v ■ are:' eohsideriii . ' now ' wrinkle .hi' radio scndiiig 'lb a.'^.siire cli': rcccplion in isolated . i)arts of Ihf ciiliiili'y.- Plan i.s - to pi , pro- gram.-- by , tolophpnc wires lo rc'mpic Ificaiitips.; As ;bric(iy explained in:a slior; wiivc broacda.sl ,from'-.Slock- holni. it was indicated that Ihi.- wciuld . iiiit be the' regular network, relay .sy.-;ii>m. Instead, per.soij would pick up telephone -receiver nild ILsieit in alcerlaiti times. - Stiini lifls bcrn rccbiTimcrided "'by tin', n?vi:l>- created gpveriimcht ra io coinmissiyiv ih a letter IP, thb' Swed- Caplaii's New Post ' . : '. Monircai,,; Oct:, Rupert, t-'aplah, producer for C,ana<|ian Broadcast in.u' Corp: Monlieal. has been named to iiivwly crested po.st of ^iii>i'r\ isor week. - ■' C^aplan has jii.st (•ohiplctotl I'nngcmcnls for. the ic: radio ciiiri paian i^n. conuoctloii with-the ("a nadiaii Kirili • Victory lliian. which bpens tomorroyv iWeti'.i. • TcMiiirin Waller PiJgcon and: Jessica- ' rag (incite/ ' ■ ■ a the :in the I hi ar i.-h IVTinislor tor Cpm'munication^. It I , . , . . . ha'? been . s''.i;;!!cslcd for Ihe island of' ,ArneIl, ,W,ith BBG in N:,'Y» Ciii;hl::iKl . Avhcre.;, it : is;. claimed. . ft)rci!.'n .=i!:\lions arc received much lea Replaces Continued from, pace 38 s WALB. Albany, 6a.. quit in a burst of oratory last ; Tliiirsday. , Meantime, there has been consid- erable speculatioiv, over Eugene L. Carey,' Wall Slrce't allochey, svhO is chief cbunsiel for ; - cbtnmillee. Garey has been' under attack, by the- sanne 'people who . called; for the duster of Cox and it ;is po.siible. that he 'wilt either resign pi' be drppped ;by the-febrganized cpminitloe. Only: .word. from.-Garey 'was that he in-^ tended to cpnt'iivue the; hearings to- morrow (6),'. and .that lie- would wait to see Who succeeded^ Cox before determining his future epurse;' ;; " . FCC circles have been "discreeily silent 5ince ' Cox. quit, but .there is. a qiiiet feeliiig in; the Coniniissibn - that it .willget a fajrer deal from now; on. ■ Oh - the other hand,, some mcinbers- of ,Gongro-Ss. though secret- ly relieved- by. the. sudden re.signa- .libiji.feel: that they ought io defend their 'martyred', associate ',by ha\'ing tlie FCC thorbughly gone over, . No bfficial comment: came from radio-Interests. However; lhe:'rcsig- nation was' generally;, welcomed' in, ndustry. - circles here, since, it' was fejt-that the- trend of. the probe was t'ehding to give the industry a black, eye-and elcvatis -FCG in: public. csU- matibii. :.;..',.:,. ~ : : Cox-Under'.Fire ^ :,;.■: ■"Cox had lieeh , under heavy ,ftre. not only :from FCC, but also from newspapers and the American Civil Liberties ' . He ..wiis also undei- heavy administration !pres.surc to get out, ::S0 as to 'halt fi'irlher smearing at Congress for , faihiri: to remove him. : One thing appeals certain,' how- ever; irrespective of his - sjjeech of resigtiatipn, Cox was'not. the kind of man. to qiiit because he wa.s being attacked. .He.is a. tough-.skinned po- litical serappei'. The general belief is that his resignatioh was to save his close pe'r'sonal .friend. Speaker Rayburri, from further, .embarra.ss; ment. ' Newspaper's had been de manding editb'rialiy that Ray burn re move Cox,- a step . which Rayburn was, loathe to take against an Old friend. The Washington Post.' ' ich had led. the'fight against Cox. called edi- torially for the rernoval of Garey to wjpe the slate clean. The;Washing ton Daily News,.in an editbrial cap tiphed 'Cpx / Strikes . Out.' asserted that the resignation "siibuld result iii a more satisfadtor'y investigatibn ,'And a. fruitful inquiry intb ;FGC.' commeiited the daily, 'is something very miibh needed. ; It has been an arrog[ant, high-handed agency, whose policies ha.ve beeii determined; inore by the prejudices of its . chairman than by tlie laws of Congress.' - . Cox's Farewell, Cox's farewell address from the committee was a honey. . 'For more than.'a year now.' he cri'ed. out to the: House, "1 have been the object pf'bitter-and scurrilous at tacks. Day after day the poisoned shafts of slander have been, driven through' my heart. Every ellori to tear and to destroy a repiilaljon I have spent a lifetime in building has been put fprth. All this is some thing that I have been compelled to endure in silence. My hands haye been tied—tied by the chairmanship of the Select .Co'mmillee of this House tp investigate the FGC. This chairmanship has compelled me to maintain a judicial attitude which cannot longer be, done in the face of the insults and the -slander being hurled at nie from day to i:lay. That Vhich -is being dclll out lo iiic is sorry wage for a service - which have tried to render in llje interests pf. my fellbvv -men. '',Th(' . first . co'nsideratibn must be the in tegrity a iid Ihe • efioct ix-'eiiess of- the • wbrk of the cbinn;ilice pf Avhich' I-am chairman. ..The first' diit.v of: ,cyei-y member of, ihis Hbuse is, .lb; bbnsider the wel fa re a n'd e ITcct ivc- nc'ss .of the . Hpiise 'itself... 'Moved by these cpnsidci'alions, I tendcr.my rcsigiialioii as chairman of tlie -select commitii-e: :tjo invesligalc 'the• Federal Gpitiniunicatibn>i Coiri- ml.ssion, lis work thus fiir ha.s been Avcll done. Its me'mbcr.ship i.s ex- cellent. Its stalT is compd.scd^ot liien •and womeiv who aie-able, conscien- tious and skilled: This, commltlcc- nuist conlmue its.work, freed of any ppssible embarnissVivoiU pr my per; .so'nal prbblenis or cpiitrox'fisics." ' ^ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4♦«♦♦♦««« «♦ t t ««««««I< > «♦ m ^E1r YORK CITY . . Gilbert Chasej music supcrviSotVof^NBC liitcr- merican University of. the Air,, will 'serve as cbhsultant in'the;Pari-Americ,an Union's music' di-' - is'ion,-.. ,N. Y. ,Times military analyst Hans,pn W. Baldwin's contract was' renewed for 13 .weeks by the .Blue.; Baldwin leaves Sunday (10)..for-a: tOui: of the Army caipps,' and.his Sunday 3:15' p, m. program will be picked up, en, rbiiie,. „.Del Sharbutt, annpuiiiierj-whp rriade his radio ,bow in Texas as a- vocalist back in '28,' has resumed voice-study. ■,;> .Danny Danker, .A'.p.v in charge, of J. .Walter Thprfipson's Cou.st office,, arrived-Monday .(4). '. KatheriiSe 'Anderspn, back from road; tour with 'Junior Miss.! .playing lead this week iii the 'Autil Jeniiy' serial and doing a single shot-:bn 'Men, Machin'cs ^aiid Victory.' besides rehearsin|( in the legit-'Connecticut 'Yahkee'.' revival..'. ..Raljih: Welliver,; :Who was discharged from- the- ^Marines; :'l;ast spring because of wounds Mceived iii', action, was in ;last week's, 'Aitnt Jenny' isod^ and has joined Helen Haycs';supp'oriing cast in' the. legit - 'Harriet'-... .Lt. Herb' Sahford, formerly with' the Ayer ageniiy, .is reported On. active duly; with-Navy Aviation Intelligence in the: South Pacific:;;. George r. Reid,; formerly; with National Radio''Checking Sei'vicc, has -joihed. the Nbw Vprk - staft of Radio Reports. -Inc... . :Erisign . Priscilla .Morgan, formerly -an ^assistant irectbr ; with: Young,.i Rubicain. directing . 'Full Speed. Ahead;' Ihe WAVE: series oh. WOR-Mutual, ...John Salt, BBC deputy director in the '.U. S.; stieaking . Oct. 8 ,oiv -' roadca.sting During the Blitz' at the Rocky Mountain Radio Cblincil meeting, Denver..; Barbara Boolhc. ;GBS ;scripter, to Gpthani hospital ;for appendectomy. Ocl. 8.:-, .Briinb Zirpto, Jr.. an apprentice: writer at CBS during the :!!ui'nm'cr, has; returned to Cpluiliibia .University. He's the son of the Philharmonic- Sy mphony; manager .. ...'Walter Gorman, Young :& -Rubicam staft directijr, slated.for a captaincy iij .the Army transport service next month. . Dpriaild Dame, tenpr; on Gpody'ear! . 'Salute to YOuth' scries. (NBC ), has : , beon signed by the Metropolitan, Opera to db lyric rbie.s this season... .' WMCA \y.tll "hcive-ils first femme,spotter in Ruby Hunter when the station broadcast.'; lis current schedule of;Columbia- football' game.<;; foe O'Brietx' and Dofi Phillips u-tll-call 'em oyer the: mike after she spots-"'em.,.. .Hazel- WesterUmd; of the "CBS., station's jelations- c^cpartmentl 'cnic'rcd .the; Post Graduate hospiUl Monday ,(4),iOr'an operai;iOn. ■• - '„: Ada 'A4ams; serial; player, turned do\yn the;-poienti!il load in a network' commercial because ot an opportunity,she had to- work; in. an Air Force: camp prbductiou with her husband, Ian Martin, and Miller Lampell. i'adip writer-direcloi", bblh of whom are ho,w iii-the • arn-ied Services..;.Cyril Ambrisier, ^director of iL'and of the Lost" ( lue).'-tli(i a lot of audiliOnin in quest of acfbrs:and:actress who could mimic dcep,-.scij;fish. <l ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ « * t ♦ « ««♦*♦♦ > ♦*»♦ ♦*«♦♦ » *«» *-t M the Production Centres IN HOLLYWOOD . . Dan Dankci-t hit the rails for New- York ,with niidWcst slopovers on biz ; fOT. J. Waiter Thompson.. . .(iari;Stanton around for talks with Jim West - on Blackell-Samplo-Huminert Coast; originations... ,_War Strategist Hub-' beli;;Robihson showing jiow big battles are won with a box. of matches in t brown Dcrb;v booth :.. .Miirriiy Brbphy, oiie time head; of CblviiTibia art- , sis" bureau, reported hospitalized at Ann Arbor following .heart attack.; in health reccntlj; forced hini lb retire as overseas radio head of OITice of War Inforirtalion:.. Tony Hardt now producing 'Sherlock Holmes' and Those We Love" for 'Young & Rubicam. . . .Glenhall Tayjor. headman in Hollywood for Ypung & Rubicam, wrble an original for Silver Theatre; which Charles Bpyer does Oct. 10... .Jbhn S\vall,ow, NBC program chief, quite.the guy here; with V-mail' leiters.; from scnerais overscas..Tom Luckenbill.around for a week to siart things,rolling for return of Abbott and Costello, He.has beeiv assured by Lou and iiis inedico that he'll be fit- and ready lb resume for Camels Nov., 4: Coniic -getling; around for the lir.st time;sihce last March, when, he was stricken with rheumatic fever. He's now fully recovered and'as gbbd as -new, but takiiig it easy, for a while. . ...As if'-he hadn't been domg enough running'atound on war jobs, bond-I'allics. (!lc.. Bob ,Hope took a flier to.Seattle to helji.Cien^ 'Hap' Arnold : ■pep-up' 40,OiQO' Boeing; aircraft workers..; .Earl Ebi is taking over pro- duction, reins on the Edgar Bergen opus so that Tony Stanford won't be too pverlpaded;\ Latter returns to the pilot bouse oii RCA's 'What's New'?,' in -addition to producing th'e Bank of America shbw and the Uvo Elgin twp.-hoiir holiday specials for Yanks.pyerseas .and the hpme civilian front. Lester O'Keefc. wlio has been producing 'What's New'.',' goes, east to handle the cutins from that eiid. . . .Joan. Leslie's bow-out on last .week's,. Scireen Guild Players airing qC.rjhank "Yoiir Lucky .Stars; brought con-;, flicting; reason.s. At . the; Warners' studio it ,was said she was .ill; while, those coiincisted with the broadcast attributed:.the; withdrawal to dissatis- factipn; with her piirt. .'. .Sid Sti'Otz back from. parleying with; NBC. biggies iii N;Y.awk... ..Iriia Phillips uncovered her typewriter at J. Walter.'Thomp- umrTo'TTlTtp lip the dramatic spots for the RCA show.. . .Wallace Ramsey ; named radio director ot Dan B. Miner agency. He's former Doii Lee net- work continuity editor.;.-.Sam Pierce resuming as producer of the Gracie; Fields strip on Mutual-Don Lee. Other assignments by Nate Tufts at Rulhralifl & Ryan are; Murray Bolen producing Amos 'n' Andy and Dick Gibson supcryisihg prpductipn of the Bob Burns show! whicji.wili be cp- wrilten and directed by Bob -Redd. Othiir scripters are Glenn Wheaton and Duke Atterbuvy.. . .Jack Runyon starting a new scries al Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs for discing and shbrl-waying to Lalin-Ainerican countries. Halt-hour programs, titled 'Hollywpod at Wair,' \vill have film stars reading their lihes in Spanish. On the first platter wjU be; EdWard G.. Robinson, Janet Blair and Gordon Jenkins, who'll, direct the music for the entire-series... .Del..Castillo, former program director at WEEl. Boston, now producing the PDQ quiz program pvci' CBS;...Irene.Rit'h started her llth consecutive year for Welch Grapejliice . last Sunday and ,was gifted, with a silver sei-vicc-. by D.-W. Thoinburgh, CBS Coast chief./..UriUe'd Airiihes'moyes into the Sunday night time on CBS whcn.Uiiioh il inoyes but and over to Don. Lee. clcai-.r:- ilian thc Swedish broa'dcasis Boc,;ni.-.e of thb possibilily that -thPy ' niay be , ,di;ag!;ed into ' the war wcUos arc concerned with main-, tahiina clear conSniunications ,witli all ou;lyi,n;{ portions of the' natron. Richard Ai nell wa.-; last ;u ci:k ap; ppinled inusi'c' advisbr io tlie'-.BBC in. New York. ' . ' .- : . Arnpll tiii.s-jjecn in' N. Y.,.sincc June.' '39, aiid early next mpiilh will ha^ve his First Symphony batonoH by Sir Tlib'mas Beccham in Seallle. BARBE WITH WNAX. .Yankton. S, b:, Oct.;5: Charles iVI, Barbc, fornier CBS war.\correspondent' and Willlnm L.; Shjrer's ; success in Berlin,; has jpin,ed. the news sl'air of WNAX, Yankton. IN CHICAGO . . . .. The, Walter , rcslon, aimounced as Columbia Goncc'rLs,. new radio and television: departi-nenl head;; is not the Waller Preston . . -.Chicagb, wHb i.s WBBM-CBS program' director.".. ;The lighl; fbi- ii.steners i.s: on.. L; :ads ruii, by WMAQ aind .WBBM has; piompled WGN.ib dp likewise in ihfprniing the public what caii be heai'd over that .slatio.ii..-.Schutter Candy Cb.'s Gprbiict show Ov ■ CBS is likely-ip be juiiked in favor of a linisical form'at due to dilVfUllies in finding enough (Sbronot sioriei-adapt- able for, radio,.. : AI Tyler, fofmei'ly with stations al Wbrcesler, Mas.s;, and A.shland, ■., is a new membev ot tlie;WlND, sale^^ department at :Gary, Indiana ,.; .Coi'n Crackers; :fbur-piece musical group: Xorjncrlv vvitlv K-MMJ, Grand Island, Neb., and the:Blue Ridge Boys;, insliumehtal duo, are novy-enlcrlainer.-i pn the WLS payroll. .. .Mor ;in. J^cribiiV NEKi press- departmenl -magazine editor, was delayed ,a week-' jiv returning ;from her vacation at Estcs -Park," Coloradp,; due' to a dislocated "elbow susiained in a fall while climbing a: iTiPuritain. . . ■;: ; : ' : : -Jack Benny spent a. couple: of day.s in hi.s.liome town. Waukogan, 111.,; last ,week, .combining vi.sit with the home, fplks and participation in War Loan drives. ;.. .H?icn Gunn, of Mulual's- Ncw York otTicc, ;at the local, sales ofilcC for .spine special sales.promotion work.; . .'Talb's Varieiv Show," heard Wednesday nights over, WCFL,,celebralos its; first aiinivcr'sary oii' Oct. 13.^ During Hal Talc's ab.'icnce ii'i .thc Navy, his wife and radio pari-; nei\ f^liUki.Kiiyc, ks carrying the program into .its spconid ycar..-.'.'.Slanley Krariier liiis-becn lio.norably discha.rged from, the service and rcjoiiis the 'WGN press dcparlineiil Oct. 11;.;;Fred, Levings. of ihe WGM press de- l)artinent, will produce./and direct 'Get Acquainted Neighbqr" rcaluring Johnnie Neblctl, which will start' sOon on WGN::. :DiCk Ep'roth. WGN; sports announcer, ha.s'been inducted into the Army Air Force's as an aviation, cadet and: is stationed at Jeffei-son Barracks, Mb.; ..