Variety (January 1944)

84 , RADIO REVIEWS .Wednesday^ ^6^1944 ‘‘EVERVTHING FOB THE BOYS" With Bgitald Colman, Ginser Rog- ers, ^nd$ti others; Wr|tSr»pirectol’J Ar«h Oboler 30 Slins.S Tues.i, 7:30-8 p.in. EEECTRIC AUTO-LITE WEAF-NBC. New York (RutliraHj(f & Ryan) Aroh: 6boter, in. an adult, scripting job in his adaptation of Robert EV Sherwood’s ‘‘Th.e .Petrified Forest'■ (18;j> ;.as the;first in.' the;nevy series of drantatie. programs on NBC sponsored. by '■ Electric. :Auto-Lite. Ronald Golman is th.e 'iSeri».ane’nt star ‘ and Ginger. rRogors. .wta's .the; ini Hal. : guostar. ■ DeSpitevthe Qboler treatment, the writer-director has. hot /succeeded .in . d:v.e.rcontihg:. one ot .thetsttdrt.coro.ings . radid. is still ..heir td-r-the abilitjt .to': co.ridehse. an'hour-.and-a-half. 6r' two- ’ hour; script; into a .SOrthihute. adap-; tatidh' without .fo.rfeiting'a tgreat deal. ol! .the color, ;ia.tm.p.sp:h.ere. atjd char- acter ..development .necessary ;to ■ ere-'. ate. the c0m.plele whole:' In' the'.case. o£ ‘‘Everything.', for.;.' the .Boys"' the handicap'is>:eyen greater,'for due ip. the patticidar. format Set- up. fbr'.the' program, the condensation on the teeoif stanza i^a's restricted- to ab.dut: 20-minutes, ' It was ali the more un- fortunate ill the, case -df,; the Sher- wood play, since ;l l.akes more time ■ to ..create, two .su'ch characters as the- ErigUsh'wanderer, and .the ■'Waitress. With' the lofty;'.aspirations, than; to. evmlve. an ordinary story. .Ldclcihg ., sufficient lime .td ,fully develop .both the atmg'sphere and the ..eharacters.; thd audience ;,Was left .ill a maze, ■vy.ith. the pfincipals ladking either; .clarity, ■ or realityi . It was no fault.,of, CpK rh.an’s or. Miss Rogers,' both of whom : turned in able perfoiTnances,'. which once' more ;dnly pointed . up the - in- ability .tb.'telescope a fuil-iengtiv'play 'Into , the time, dsually allottea ■ to la, radio adaptatipri'. And 'When :on,e adds. . the : Obolgr .'pOstseripts to the Sher- - wood sdul-’searchihg .aspects ,df,..the: play, it..ddesnf heip siinplify.,the' ,'situ,- ation. n Format of . program also provides for special shortwave talks between Cohnan and his- guestars witli .ser- vicemen oversceas. Qh : the’: initial, broadcast Caiman and Miss...'Rogers hold -a two-way conversation with two young bomber,pilots'' stationed ,'at an'air base in England and about to go on their 50lh mission.. Admitting the human interest.' and good will generated by the direct contact with the fighting men. the' entertainment quotient is low so.far as 'general lis- tening public is concerned.: Last week was no exception. With the in- terview interlude nothing more than the regular formula resorted to in all long-distance GI telephone calls. ; Commercials, stressing .Auto-lite precision ', equipment in war time. ■ and. of necessity, terse, were han- dled by James Bannon. Gordon. Jen- kins conducts the orchestra in the Interesting musical background. ■ Rose. “BELIEVE IT-OR NOT” Cast: Robert L, Ripley, Don Hancock. Frank Novak orch. , 'Writers: John Ward, Charles Spear. Director: Fred Es.sex 15 Mins.; Mon.-Fri., 9:15 p.m. PALI. MALL W'OR-Mutual, New York (Ruthrauff & Rt/aii) Robert L. Ripley, who's been off the air for several seasons; returns with, a simpler and less expensive . show, replacing., Gracie Fields for Pall Mai; cigarels at 9:15-9:30. p.m. across the board on Mutual. It's a pretty corny opus, dressed up with shrill fanfare to create an. atmos- phere of excitement. There’s also a promotional tie-in with . Gabriel Heatter, who occupies the preceding 15-minute niche. According to the frenzied iiitro: Ripley is the man who’s been every-, whej’e in -the .world in a lifetime’s constant hunt for facts. With the orchestra; banging out ‘‘Hunting We .Will Go” for theme tune and ..bridges,. Ripley himself spiels several believer It-or-nots, the first of. which is, based on a news item from the Heatter stanza. As a wartime angle, he answers a V-mail question from a soldier,' then replies to the previous night's question and finally gives the question for the folio-wing ni.ght. The commercial copy, in the same strident tone as the rest of the pro- gram, still stresses Pall Mall’s extra length that “filters the smoke' and protects your throat.” .It’s, silly, but apparently'sell's cigarets; , . Hobe.. “FREEDOM OF OPPORTUNITY” Cast: Ed Prentiss, Leonard Smith, Jack Bivans, Olan Soule, Hope Sommers, 5IcKay Morris, Dickie Tyler, Jack Petrezzi, John Walsh, Harry Elders. Jack Callaehan, Bob Trcndler orch. Director: Joseph T. Aiiiley 30 Mins,! Fri., 8:30 p.m. MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH * ACCIDENT WOR-Mutuai, New York , (MeyerhofJ) Under- the ' taffy-coated title, of ■‘Freedom of Opportunity.” the Mu- tual Benefit Health & Accident A.ss’n of Oroai’.a li; sponsoring ;a new in- stitutional series on the full Mutual network, with ttie U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce getting a plug for selecting - the.‘‘o.utstahdihg young man of the weeit." as the dramatic .subjcGt. The story part of the show .‘originates .at: .W'GN. Chi- cago. and Dale Garne.gie is picked up from New York to .present' a. scroU and key to the yarn's hero. There's nothing remarkable about ■‘the. '.show from a programming or. production .standpoint. As ' heard :Friday; night- t‘2l) it offered a pur- plish.ly .written; story, of, the life and, 'exploits, of ' Richard, Tt.egaskis, . .the INS correspondent who wrote "Guadalcanal -Diary” and who was s'.ibsequently wounded in aeUon on the Italian front when ho tried -to crawl tlu'ou.gh heavy eneriiy fire to obtain biood plasma for Yank casual-, ,fiei'. The fact that the eulogy ;was so lavishly expressed ^ that U would probably have.; orobarras.scd I’re- gaskis if he had been able to hoar it ' (it was the k::u! of i over-writing Tregaskis hihiself, avoided in ■f’Gu ad-' al.ca.nal. .Diary" / v,-as unfortur.ate. bbt, more or less typical of ordinary radio. Same goes for the •.•ougk pro- duction and . uneven performances.: The wriieirs aren’t identifieii. B.ut'' ‘'Ffeedom. of Opportunity” is , mo.ee ('interesting' a.s an attempt ,;:at:, public relations-.. Prudential Ir..s;ir- ance. 'with '.'its: Sunday, afternoon :;‘.‘Family Hour" on CBS, lias already paved , .the . way , for promotion of ihsufance pri the air,-' and there have beeii various other, lesser .shd-ws .for insurance firms. But th.e fact .'that this. Mutual: Benefit. Health' Sc Acci- dent. Ass’h 'Series,' coming .at a time when "the big:, insurance , companies of the U. S. are carrying on an in- tensive campaign to . forestall.' ap- plication ■' of,.: the: anti-tru^ . laws against ■ them, naturally raises the question of whether , that . is ' a. sup; .plemeiitary object of the pro,3rani. That', the stanza is: giver, a title • like, . ‘‘Freedom of Oppprluhity'' merely italicizes that angle. For slogans of that kind are being used in Such' a maimer these days. that they a'utdmatically invite, a ;skeptical, eye. Actaaiiy. ’ on the show heard, there was'hothing in the T,rega,.skis sfoi'y,-'or; the way it .was treated, that warranted complaint from; a 'social-; political, viewpoint.t,; Whether Tr.e- .gaskis’ achievements' were the result of “freeddm Of opportunity,’' ,or- :of parental training:' ar inherent char- acter. is debatable, of course; . i ; . The sofipt did have .one fine, pas- sage,; the incident 'in which Tre,-' gaskis, as a; teen-age kl'd', fought and licked one' of his playmates wh'o'was browbeating a.;third'urbhiri' for bei, ■ing a “foreigner.” , ■ But: otherwise,; there w,as.merely, a'n'ot-too.tskillfully written account of a, capable;' likable' and admirable, young ' newspaper man,;, with tod -much loose repetition;' of .the ;“freedpm.:. of pppprtunity”'; s’.o.gau and no definition pf. precisely what it; means' and includes,, or 'hdw, ,it ; was . the .:determining . factor 'in: Tregaskis’ career. •:: : ; f ; . ' . ' Unless more, . accurately defined, “freedom : of .opportunity” ■. might; mean freedom; to conduct business: without Intei'ferenee' un.der'the anti- trust laws.'; if. the;'term' were defined' broadly •enbughi it: might cover . al- m'pst anything, iln this 'insfance, -it might be. a godd id.ea for the''spon- sor to define what it means by “free- dom, of opportunity.’? Neither in the :rdramatic .portion -nor the commercial. Copy, does the shdtv'do so now. Hobe.' ; Follow*up Comment ;; '4 ♦»» ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ .«. « ; « . *♦ ♦»♦♦♦> ■ If Fred Allen didn't put a new word in the language with that i‘La- woiiawer" the other week, this de- partmerit personally will be sore at every kid in ibe country. “DIXI.ANA” ' . With Betty King, Bon Bon, Louis Jordan, johnny Warrington’s Orch , Musical ■ • 15 Mins.; Friday, 4:45 p.m. Sustaining WC.AC, Philadelphia In spite of its Sleepytown appella- tion, this bailiwick has loii.g been a hotbed for le jazz hot cult. Which makes it all the more rcroaiitable why local' radio doesn’t got hep. to ■ the trend and put on more real . and, live .swing show's as this one instead of filling the listener’s need merely with a phonograph needle. , Stan 'Lde.Broza,.dtation’s'pidgrarh chief and a swing fan in his pwr. right (his 16-year-old. son. Elliott, leads a local college band), was the first to . take- advantage of the .dor- mant deihand arid whipped together (Continued on page 40) Can we pause for a word or two about Jay C. Flippen? That’s Flip there on the Blue Wednesday nights handling “Battle ' of the Sexes.” Wliat particularly sticks in our .craw- is that in our estimation Jay is among the most underrated comedians of show business. The, Other week his; quiz show had a bunch of/youngsters to look after. Well, handling strange kids in front of a “riiike’’ Isrik easy, but, it was for Flippen because he knows how. You may have hoard Flip out of the New York ball park.s a couple of years back. He’s dropped in here and there on radio and we have never heard him wh'en he was bad. . He’s a smooth,article. It seems a shame that a .guy who has lioen aroutui has to',wander;. around so' much. Flippen has got a, lot of things besides thal hair, and . there are plenty witiiin showbtisiness who give him. due credit. If you. donJ tlunk he know.? ali the. answer.', sit down at a table with fellows like Jack Ha- ley. Benny Rubin and Eddie Buzzcll. You'U find out. What memories. tbo.se ;g;uyS. ,■:,.; ;/■,; ■.;' : Gabriel Heatter, in his Friday hig'ht' ■ (21 broadcast' over WOH-; Mutual, used questi'Dnable: ji;.dg:nent in talking about Iho coining biiUle of western Ktiroijo.. While urgifig the contihuatipri df full-scale air .raids over ■ Germany ' and l:;e occupied countries, he ':.sfr.ong'lyadvocated fbl-. lowing Pi'dsiddht, :Wils(?ri’s pdiicy '.'qf . the last War., Thai its. h.e demanded, in.stoad of iroroediatoly invading tlic continent. “Let the" wordsgo out to Germany, over. Hitler's head," urg- in.!> revolt -agalrist; the Nazi. regime,' nndi. . pres'omabiy. jn'ornisiug aoipe •easier , jjeace term's., as 'iteward'. ..Guch a .move ' might, Heatter argued,, .hsave the. lives of millions of Ainaeribari sdl- dier.-i."- At the same time., ho 're-, marked,, that ' the United Nations should contiime to insist upon, uneon-- ditional stirrendcr. ' '■,, ; Whether th.eso seemingly contra- dictory proposals .. are logical is ddubtle.ss a iriatter ot personal opin- io:!. But when.the U. S. and British air force.? :ire already pouring all the available .'bombs on-the ene;ny. and plans' for all-out invasiori have long been set' and are almost ready for execution, a broadcaster should have enough, sense.of responsibility not to attempt to undermine the resolve ot the American - peopleto go through ■ With : - the uridertaking,. i Tbo i most; painstaking study by (the .h.est: quali- fied liiilitary : arid naval arid govern- ment minds of the Alile.d countries involved -has, indicated that inyasidn, bloody; and dxp.cnsi've. as; it inay: he, is the. suresFarid quickest arid cheapest way ; to: victory,, Mbreover:, solemn .piedges pri the.sUbject have been ex- changed. by the.ivarious United: Na- tions,, Heatter. with ; his iriflamma- tory style, of delivery and Irijudicious kibitzing,, is not helpirig the caUse by crying for, indecision at this decisive rpoment.'- ' ' , :' '( .1: <‘A DATE with JUDY" Cut: Louise EflclMon, DIx Davis, Georgia Backus, John Brown, : Thomas .Pelttso and Orch Writer: Aleen Leslie Producer: Tom McAvity 3a Mlris,; Tues.) 8:3d p.m. LEWIS-HO'IVE-TUMS. WE.AF-NBC, Nevy York ■ (Roctie. Widioms ^ Cunnyrighayn) .“Tiiras for the tutnmy”—there’s a bomrriercial for you! At, least the aetofs on teeoff “Bate iVith Judy” Tuesday night (18) had satisfaction of kriowing that, no’ rnat- ter; ho'w poor their performances,: they jcb.uldn’f, descend 'to the' level- df the little gem dreariied up (for the sales dept. Gab further added to calibre; of draitiatio' :.preseritatiori,. bringin'g, in as it . did references 'to “gastric'• indigestion, ' sdUr, jittery; (stomaebs,,..aCid: con.dHioh; :and heart ; burn.” Turns for the tummy! There must be some other way to, sell correctiye e'dricoctioris over the air . (besides ' ;tKe, (hammer-and-tongs. me.lbod. 'tt’hich. as 'exemplified, bn .this .s!;ow. did little to add to listening pleasure. A little more genllencs.S in the (approach'; with, .perhaps,., a mild.' reminder that when yqu’re: no,t feel- ing quite up to shiiff the sponsor's prodiict wiil'sha'p .ydu out of it would seem to be a much more effective sd.Ui'ng; method .i-arid ■.certainty; .would' make for (a pleasantei, more li.sten- able-pro-gram','’ , ’ Judy,.” making its first appearance du.riri'g ..the regular seaSori'.after, sev- eral , summ:er. feplaeemertt shots for' Bob Hope and Eddie Cantor, contin- ued i/T (the “Aldrich Fainily": groove' 'Wi.th Louise'.' (Jeepdrs:):, firickscin',lri' the title.role heckled and abetted by Dix Davis as .small-fry''brother.' iHe, drew a fldck .of 'ftip reriiarks'as tote'r df, (he main la-ugh burden and.proved to be a sharp kid all the way .th.roiigh.;,.-" ; 'S.ta.ri.za ’'WaS'.' btnlt 't^ .worship of .Daphne O'Day, filmstresS, and substitution .of'J.'a . lock 6f( thd .hi oppet's.. hair , foi!'.: the. .star’s.. i n '.War Bond auotiqri staged b'.y Judy’s moth.- er. . -.Wholesale, em.barrasstn:ent'. was ■■eiimihated in tiiri'a., for ■signb'ff: after'; ..Usual: parental bewildeiTrient, (chHd- tmod despair, etc. : Charles Boyer came .pri. a,f.'close to, deliver.-effective' appeal .for’ March ,of Dimes infantile paralysi.s' campaign; but not' before another “Turns for the tumm.v” plug was squeezed in. Donn. “CORONET STORY TELLER” Narrator.:; Marvin Mueller Writer: Ruth Walliser Pirector: A1 Fishburn 5 Mills,; Mon,-Sat., 9:55 p.m. • COR'ONET.-MAGAZINE'.'.- i; , ... ,:■ WJZ-BIue, New York ,(Schw;nimer & Scott) : “Coronet Story Teller” is a neat fiVe-rninute. radio' paekage . that will build throu.gh word of mouth. For- mal of the program Mondays through Fridays', is the narration of a short, short :■ stoty. Saturday 'sessions (wiil be devoted to .ia “Quick, (^iiiz'de-,. ,Scrihe.d(,a,S::.a: variation rif; the ‘question format shows on the airi ', When, caught,-.bn the, opening .pro- gram df the series. Monday. (24),.fhe prdgrarri was h.ighli'i listenable '.from start': to cl&irig,',., includirig -ap^tly worded commercial for the ' slick-- pa;per, -pocket-sized 'iria'gi; Yarn, .rg- lated:. by,. Marvin' Mueller,. a■; 'story- teller With a smooth voice and ex-', CeHen't , delivery,( • ivas titled .-“The' Child Who. Was ’ Born One Year After; His Mother Was'.Buried Alive.’’ It seems that the woman was in a coma, not really dead, when buried. She;' was saved, and .the tot'.who was', bohi to her was Robert; E, Lee, ; the. Confederate general., Cbrnmerciai was in 'gbb'd' taste, and the fbrmati.of th'e:sho.W .is.islarited for adult audiences, prospective ^ pur-, chasers,.of , Corohet.. A; tvlnner,,: I ' " '■ Sten. The way the Jimm.v Durante- Garry Moore. ..program is bouncing. m;ay give-ArnOs and Andy'something td.ponder. Durante and,Mpore:’have been, leaping of recent weeks. Moore has; for; long beeri pretty .pdsiti've in ,h;is delivery; but it is. only- lately that Janies 'has ripped hi to a ,sdrip.t,:as.; he' 'can tear, when he’s no(t, w’prried. Be-( tween the two of 'em they are turn- ing loose a !ot of enfertainmeht. Not forgetting that A. Sc A. are also hav- ing an excellent season with their new format. . Indeed, this 10-10:30 p.m; post Friday , nights is 'no place for a listener who can’t make up his mind. Have you ever seen a dream walk- ing? . Have you ever , heard Bing ■ Crosby louse up a .program? ('It hap-! pens^andikirid of often-bif you listen enough., • Of ( course, ( Crosby , isti't aroiind. in’ persbri: at these, fimes.; The Birig; is on platters and .kind, of help- less. ...But it also sometimes ,indicates that Griosby' has turned lpbse:'a „; disc which isn't, exactly Crosby;'Anywa^, the 'instance that, comes, tb rnirid y/as 'wheri.' Sbrrie ..jockey.' spotted “A.lex-. ander;”"‘,’The Lady, is a Tramp,”.arid ‘‘Varsity Brag’’; fight in a row. And. egch recording was;' a. '.pip. Then he .lumed Crosby: on;' .w.ith; “Sweet Lei-, larij.’,' Arid what ‘.‘tieilahi’’ did to .this' show -Was horribio: . It was bn.e'.'linie Birt'go was. a Ipa f ■ Of br'ead; and jbsl as, dull.: (Jack Kapp: still plays'hiiri- s.e:lf to sloop with “Leilanl.” It, sold, more ■'records .' 'than F.D.R. polled votes the la.st time. But it .sure cut this show down to size. '.;. '.■', . Out in Chicago NBC does some riUstaining;:Wilh:‘‘AuthOrs’ Playhouse;’:? “Words at War,” etc, generally arourid, the, 1(1,;30' '.p.m.', EiW.'f,.';.hbuf,.-. The shows have tlieir ups and downs but. that’s' riot.;what we want to . talk' about.. .here;, .The point is ■ the, siml:-' .larity: ..iri; ; method.; ' Both p'tograriis love tb: whisper.: Everybody whisoers, ■At: the point of a;, finger an.Vbody Whispers., 'lYhispevlrig arid foptsteps; ,. (Continued on page 40) , “MARCH OF DIMES” With Eddie Cantor, Harry Von Zell: Jack ( Haley, Norah Martin, Ida ' Lupirio, Mprity Woplley, pick Pow-i ell, Edward; G.' Robinson, Bpb Burns,, Giririy. Simms, Lum ’ri’ ' Abner; G'eprgie Price, Cass Daley, .Cookie. Fairchild’s Ofch 60 Milis.; Jan, 23 (single, time) S.iistain.ing : WOE:’Mutual,NewYbrk - , It.would, be mqe( to write, in view of the . occasion,' that here was a smash - program. The fight. against infantile , paralysis inevitably helps create a feeling of .giving--ahd for- giving;':. : Wherein 'this “March, of Dimes'’ Show V wris concerned, the ' latter is particularly' admissible. This' wasn’t by any .means, a bad show.. Not with-.that. list of stellar names.' R’s just that it,could have beer, so much better. Take a look at the credits abbve--riow, you know. When an . actor gives of his free- time, and volunteers for a benefit It’s always' tough to ebme but, apd write disparagingly of his efforts. But. because he.’s projecting himself into .the spotlight- be, riiust. learn' to ■retain^'the same serise, of .shbwriian- ship th^t he would were he workinff not for dime.S, but for dbllars. The void was too evident pn this show. - There ;were ■Monty . iVo.olley and ■Ida Lupino. for instance: (That script! It. must have been embar- rassing to even the performefs. ' . And Eddie Cantor,: the emcee, in his 'gagging sessions: with, rinnoimcer Harry Von Zfell; and: Jack Haley. Again the script. Arid would some- one remind .Raley, or the, scripters, ,that_ such pefsi.flage .as .“stiriking” is inclined . to be, too serisi'tive; to the ears.? And remind Gantbr • tbat. the radio.-avidieno'e;. is, well' aware, by no,wv that he'has nothirig but daiigh- ..ters? That, 'session ■...between'; Cass' . Daley: :ahcl; Cantor, ht’', the program’s cortclusiori also .could , have used a 'hypo.,'..;' . The rest of the program, mastly .musical, was generally good enter- tainment. And there was a* turn by Georgie. Price, with(his standard takeoffs pii Jol.son. J‘:essel, .and Cari- tor. thai was surefire, as usual. Norah Martin, from the regular Cantor Wedne.sday. night 'NBC pro- gram. .hofted' .with “My Heart Tells Me”; Dick Powell clicked with “Oh. What a . Beautiful ; Morning” -arid ..Ginnj-Simms put over .‘Speak Low:.’’- Edward G. Rpbinsbn made a-straight ■plea for, dime's; Bob Burns and Lufn I! Abner made similar pleas, but in tailored scripts to fit their,:particular brand of folksy talk. After her duo turn with ..IVooHey;,'Miss, tupino, appeared. Igter in: the, GO.-iriihute pfb-’ grani,;- tb. also make a' plea for. cori:-, tributiohs to the fund,. Cookie Fair-' cliild’s musical acriomp .was excell'erit,. as; usual; , ' Etthn. : . George; Givot, Juno Havoc arid spyeral, (other principals in Michael 'I'bdd’s ne.w musical, “Mexican' Hay- ride.” ' vvhich ' : op^^^ : ,. tomorrow, (Thursday) at the Winter Garden. N. V.. will do excerpts from the ■ show on . the RCA “What’s New?” program Saturday night (29). “HORACE HEIDT AND HIS ORCH” ’iVith Henry Russell, Fred Lowerv Bob Matthews, others ’ 30 Mins.; Mon., 7 p.m. , writer;: LOii Fulton Director; Jack Rourke CHARLES E. HIRES CO. WJZ-Blue, New York; (N. W. Ayer) . The familiar Heidt. organization bowed in Monday night: (24) fpr Hire’s root beer with a new idea ( fashioned along “pot of gold” lines but this time the show is finding jobs for honorably discharged servicemen instead of giving - telephone ' bash ■awards, ' ' '■•; Performance consists of a brief in- terviews between Heidt and job- seeking vets in which latter outlined their service careers and employment ■' wishes. First discharged serviceman, a Negro private from Dallas, was re- warded with a job at the Baker hotel there a few minutes after his mike aj/pearance. Setup a.sks ein- ployers in .territory: named to phone Blue network affiliate. From there the job. offer is, telegraphed to Cali- ■ fbrnia studio where show originates.; ' Response to job plea could be heard ticking on ■receiving printer, orid. Heidt interrupted -imcal pre.-entation to break the nows. ; Soldier then came to mike to.reaid ' the message word-by-word and; when questioned by emcee as to hi.-, reactions, ‘ garnered , hearty' sUtuio laugh by ekclaiming,’’I feel like I just Ihrowed a seven!” Program was picked up from t'nerc. , . Second interviewee told .stark, re- alistic story of. being wouiided by hand grenade at Kiska after seeing 1.5 '( buddies' klllbd by. 'the , Japs and getting his revenge by machiiie-gun- ; ning 19 Nips' at the entrance to cave . from which he escaped by a coii- ' cealed exit during the atiack. This soldier said lie did not want to re- turn ■ to his h.me. Erie, Pa., but would like a :j(.b .back. 'in-■ .'Alaska.' .sigripff that trip Alaskan(ou tlet, KlNY,, K.TR in Sba'ttle,.rnessaged ,just, before :, would put the youthful vet to work. ' The spoflaor : supplied trarisportatidn and expens'Ps for:.bo:th ex‘-se,tv.icemen . to roach their new jobs. 'Idea-df ,:firiding' jobs'for .dischaCged ■ ' soldiers and sailors (is .Sound,', and can’t help ;.but .click with listening , audience. Only question is whether .some ,! resell.tment might , be brevv'ed among listeners' ‘belieylri'g' this serV.-' .ice' is o.rie, owed veterans 'and from Which rib advertisirig benefit:, should ', be, gained. :,' In this' corineGfion, the ..rilrigs m ight, be played down a bit (so , '''jobs for servicemen’’\Vbuld;wind up ( a' public, 'servicei.portidn; of: the..sho\(f':.? With- plugs 'and.Heidt’s.'(eritertaintrient a -separate deal. • i 'Cibyiously with some. (600;000 al- ready. discharged : from the, armed forces arid yeitdy to resuinie: civilian ;: life, two placements a week achieved (by this program is not going to ac:-( complish ':vqry ( muchin the ...way, .of solving the; re-employment prohiem. Ori( the other hand, two jobs (a (week . is better; than none af (all and con- seqUentiy the neW Heires-Reidt show ( deser'ves' plaudits for launching a. campaign Which should be( adopted; arid farthered whenever and wher- ever po.sible. ' (Musical lines Of . show followed timeWprii' ‘‘musical knights." ' roufine. ' '■,( '. ' C!'.'■( ■ Domi..;,,;. ( Teleyisioii Review ■■‘‘FRED'''''WARING''piE'ASURE.'' , ■ TIME” Cast;-; Donna DaC; Squires, Bees and a. Honey, Foley McClintoekV other! /Writers: Lafi-y Briill, Fred Waring Director: Larry BruH 39 Mins.; Wed., 9:40 p.m. LIGGETT & M YERS WaXWv-DuMont. New York (,' (NeiaeiUEmmett) Fred Waring brought intelligence, personality , and (shoWnsahship ,, into : . the ■ .DuMont. television. ,, sttidips Wednesday night (19) for his half- hour show for Chesterfield sponsored on an experimental basis. The Penn- sylvanians’ leader and production head, at the same time displayed a powerful tele pre.sence. Steering the show (with a' deftness arid' infprrnal charm .that .'registered (•vvith 'outstarid-,;, ill" effectiveness. ; ' ■ ■ 'Waring . wisely decided against , c'loggirig up the stridio with top many mem'oers of his- organization, confin- ing the tele performance to special- , tiesby his vocal crew and bringirig : in a. pantomime comic skit., three male vagabonds facing the . camera for a chucklesorr.e takeoff on an old- ; lime film audience with a tiniiy piano creating mood music in the back- ground. Comedy was decidedly .“earthy,’’ ('building tip to oldtime buriey climax with .shoe-removing gag. Waving apologized to'any, who might have been offended adding that, if no one had. “.sometiiing is wrong with culture,” ,(■' ,. Musical fare stuck to formula cs- tabli.shod on ' Waring’s live-times-a- week NBC aftershow's and featured the Bees ifnd a Honey, Borina Dae arid two male groups. Things moved Cat fast pace with exception of Miss Dae’s “Beguine,’’ done in close-up. which was a little draggy. Gal sang and televised well but was on screen a bit too lon.g. . ■: ( ':,■.'. Studio arid camera technique Vi’as , (Continued on page 40)