Variety (Mar 1946)

36 RABIO Wrtlncaday, Miircli 13, 1946 *VnVK^ DETECTIVf; MySTERlES" VeiOi Manay Kraaer, Jolnm; Leinblce, Sid Ruymond. James Boles, Bill Wyatt. Dick Krith; Chet Kincsbury, music: liujh Junics, aninmneei' W r i I «r-]>r»duce»- Directai" Murray Burnett ' Stt iVtins.: Sun.. 4:3ft p.m. WILMAMSON CANDY CO. r.'QK. Mutual, N. y. (Aulifet/, Moore & Watlace'* ' Ti ue' Detectiisc- Myst^ricfc" is an exceTkt:t example o£ tlid v\-iiy oup-' side interference on commei-ciaN can spoil a good thrillei- pvoarani. CerUiinl.v the boner here can't biv the f<«nU ot a progyam-wiftO tiirec- toi. 11 must be the obtuseness of ai<eivcj' or sponsor,^ Anyway, Ijeve is a mystery which starts ofl without liuiljie. snupiy aiHl dramatically, in a scene of a sticlciip and murder, w ith the ijunman running o(T a* the [ victim's wife yells for the |M)l'tce and bans, the guspejiSB' peters oi^- "THE NEW CANADA" Wilh AUee ICobey, John Rait»ey; ■■ ■ 0''hc.r»:, IVritrr: Lister Sinclair > ' Vroduocrs Andrew Allan ; Mins.; Tkurs. it) j p.m. i SiistainhijE' WABC-CB!>, N. V. 0 li- Cifiuidifln ineiyltbo)'* sent d.owH an. interesting, pi'osram from the- fnendly imrih last Thiirsd.iy (TV.; It's only !i shiinte that it was .spoiled. btid receptian. Show, titled "nie i?Je^ Canads." and despatched by the C.in.icfian Broadcastinsi Coip With Jack Alberisaa, Jasin Alex- ander. Maxine Stuart, Babe Ruth, ■ ■ sruest: otbtrs Writer: Rabert .I; Maiw Producers-Director: Ilaward G. ■ Barncii 3* Mfats.; Mon., 19;."0 |».a>. Sustaining i WABC-CBS, N. ¥. Thi.>. i.s Effort No. 2 in the anvbi- tioiw CBS programming tiypo ciu> lonth under way. Like Effort No. 1 I (the NTG show Irom Hollywood>. it ppear from the Initial broad Transcription Reviews ADIO THEATRE OF FAMOUS | terviewing guostars like HiWcfiardi> CLASSICS Fiorello LaGnai'dia, Victor Borne' ., , would'a„.^—,- — lio n us runmti) headquarters, was , ^..^^^ ji^^j j„ jhe molding of this .sa^a a bviRlit, onainnl production, tellins; | „i- ~ southpaw pitcher the nclwoili the V S just a little of what it'.s i ii'.rtliern iteiHhbpi- .is like and.- ccsi'- recting (luixo ii low wrpiif;.' ini:pi'es- Disc-ussinn was suRarcoaled so programming boys were caiijiht n:ip- pina off base. "Lefty" is tabbed a comedv. but Robert J. MamVs script sive as it was educational Facts of climate, population, two- ! lans'iages. culture and seonraphy dished ' up listhtly, throush were completelv as an annourcei barges folksons. swins, niteiy sequences, etc. " Openma bit.' travesty .on the "TiiG , Mounted: AlwaySi Giijs Thieir. StaiT.'.' Iq . illustrate that- there .;are.-,(ti;her GaiiiMlas; be.sides. :the..' halfbreetl-oUt-.] law-pbUce stotfy-Canadai was typical of the brijiht approach" and Sot the pro.i?ram's piiee. IVtusic ahd' talent, on pvogram ..were high-grade, but wh:St ."jtbcid out was ithe gooiS-humbredj; int(ilUj!erit han^litii^ df> a sima^ttscrip^ by pi'oauew Andrew Altiifi:, GBC's in to describe the succulence ol an O'Ht'nry bar. In the same way. just before the program's end; when the denouement is about to. be disclosed, in comes the commercial.: similai'lj:. to spoil the interest and effect! . Jtt^t. a little matter af spacing—puttin.s commereial.s where they belons. be- fore and alter the thriller, instead of .sandwiched hetween-^woitlld im- prove the picture completely. For the psogram otherwise Isn't ' dra'iia supervisor bad. Stories based on real, exciting , incidents from the magazine are- diamatized in simple, straight-for- ward dialog and incident, with no ornate IrmKe-work, to mount in in- teri>.st and hold one's attention thvouKhout. Sunday'sdOi chapter told the yarn of a medical student bumming his way east, who runs into a murderer-yegg on the lam; and his courage and resourcefulness in gettms out of the jam and set- ting the gunman apprehended. Some o>f the talk as well as story sounded a littlfe improbable—rbut true stories do. Acting was first-rate, and direc- tion good. If onlj' O'HeniT had used better timing in his entrarices. ■■ - .■ ■ ■ ■ firoH-. "QUESTIONS FOE AMERICA" With Don' Bollenbeck, emcee; Ar- tliur rcldman, Robert Meyer. Kdd Jobniion, Fred: Omier. Bla'ir FraMT,. Sen. James M. TunnrIi; Robert WaIdro]», .»na<iaMcer. - Producer-Director; Jobir .Madittutt ."to Itllns., Mon., 1»:3» p.in. Sustuininj; WJZ-.*BC. N. T. ABC's national news editor. John Madigan, has found a format but lost a formula. Intent of Vfi^uestion for America" is to give continuity to net's foreign enrpegpoudcBte by havina them all talk on one specific subject. Boktered by the opinion of an expert in the U. S. A., and all ol tlicm summarized by emcee Don Hollentieck. the show then a.slw the listening audience to vote "yes or n on the question; of the week. Ai heard on the teeofT ai), the form.M worked. But the forum technique imnlicit in the request for a "ves or no" ballot had lost the fairtiess formiilH. London's Arthur Fcldman talked about Ru.ssiaiis bcmif Asiatics; Rob- ert iVleytr from Rome Was as dis- trustful of Russia as he could be- Fred Opper ■ came across from Shanghai with blood and tluinder again.«l - the Russians; Blatr Frasciv from Ottawa was concerned about CiMiada's dropping httbeas corpus tradition, but welcomed a Churchill type of Anglo-American alliance. Only Edd Johnson ■ from Berlin asked for understanding of our former allies. And Senator James M. Tminell .'.aid in effect, "a plague on both your houses." If that's to' bo taken by radio audiences as fair lonim formula. tliaK maybe the cynics are right about audience l.Q. "CRIME OF STLVESTRE BONNARB" With Wilms Herbert. Alma riatls. Beryl Vaug'han, Alarray Forbes; .Vivian Bttcs, Wiley Haneoeli, Ger- l aldine Kay; :Baris .. :Aylm|i, Hob Brown; announcer . ^ . Producer-Director: Homer Heck: Adaptation: Gordon .^uchincloos . Orchciiti'a:: Joe Gallivhio ; Speoial Moxic:. Emit. Soderstrom Stmiiis., Friday, lt:30 p. m. Stiataininsr . . WMAQ-NBC, Chirair* Net switch has brought '"World's Greatest Novels" to Chi origination, with the adaptation of the Anatole Fiance novel as first effort. With story material already limited by the "No\'er" title, smart scripting will be neces.sary to keep thi.s show at peak inteiest. That this shot was only fair istovy stulT can be blamed on the choice of novel ,Th» subtleties of France's writings are not easily made to contorm to the average audience's taste tor blatant adven- ture in drammer shows. ' Plot here was built around narra- concorn than the fact that the show is virtttally toereft ot any character. (.IcUneation. This is the type of .show ihat could^ lend itfelf to colorful treatment in the Ring Lardaer tradition. Monday night's (11) premiere, however, wjts:. .stripped of any of the essentials that would make for good situation com- ; I c><iy. The .southpaw mlgtiE just as well have been an office cl" rk. The casting job'dWn't partiowUuly cn-, hancc matters ahy, either. -Trite. Jiick Albertson a.s "Lefty" and J(>i»n , Alexander as a society reporter w ere i obviously hemmed in by a routine; script. But they failed to lond any dislmctiveness or individuality to the roles. Maxine Stuart was only slightly more succes-sfiil in ht>i p» r- lra,val of "Lefty's" secretary. Babe Ruth guested on the first shtnv. It will bo rcmembcied as ii: masterpiece of monosyllabic dialog. " Rose:. ■ "THE VETERAN FACES THE FU- TURE" With Bill Burns; - emcee: experts from Veterans Administratis^ BUI Fender, annooucer ' Director: Kerby Cnshinf Producer:'Ted Cott Music: Kay Reed 3S Mini.; Wed., 9 pjn. SBs;!iininc WNEW, N. V. Here's a program that should in- terest both vets and their fanrilie-s and. 1 once some: ot the kinks are taken out, should rate as among the top. show.s of its kind; Through co- operation between WNEW fN. Y > and . the Veterans Administration, the: entire half-hour i"a given over, to a quick q. &.a. about a lot of prob- lems facing the ex-GI and the mccov tion by an old prute.-,.M)i ot the .story i about thc~solutions' to these prob 01 his only: crime, with the monolog 1 |ems. seggmg into straight drama. Crime itself was the- kidnapplrvg of an early-19th-centiiry bobliy-.soxer from a French orphanage to save her from the na.sty superintendents. Her .sub- sequent marrMge to one of the prof's students is only incidental to the story;-. . Thesping in this' program W-as bettei than average, high standard dialecting being held throughout. Wilms Ileibeit. playini; the pio'fes.sor 'Honnard both young and old. top- pod the cii.-,t. uith Alma Piatt.-, as the scheming ' Mme. Prefre'" a very close second. Limning of Muiray Forbes as "Master Mouche"' a shade weaker than the rest. Tom m. "THIS IS TOUR COBNTRy Wi;n Army Air Foieei; Band, t'ai»t. George S. Howard, conductor: Karl Bales, narrator Writer: 1,1. Uorothv Davis Producers: Capt. Rabcrt Keira, Pvt. Arnold WoU SO Kins.; Wed., 4:".0 p. m. Sust:unin/r WOR-Alulual, N; Y. The Arniy Air Force is gi-yCefuli .^aliitinr. the men and .states that malse up this nation with the new program inaugurated Wed. (Gi Keep- ing in touch with Main Sticet (and keeping Main Street aware of the ■ .'".y^V'y'''® (^resenting the imoos- ing AAF band of Boiling Field DC in wcll-organi..ed music piogran.s lull of nostalgia and flavor Pi u-, gram.s higlilight music. uhiJe nav-1 ing tribute to the states in a rumiiis ' comraeutary.; * i •Wednesday's, opener appropriatolv j suotlighted the state of i\'fis.„uri ' ir-.>.s. . Truman s ■ hirthpl.-ice. with niiiMc including "My Missouri." orig- inal composition by Capt. George S Howard. AAP band's condLictor. ded- '•'vj ^ '"-L^'^" P'-esidcnt; Ferde Giote's Huck Jinn,' and. of cour.se. the fi.,nt-ri "ivlissouri Waif/.." Second Lt. Dorothy D:ivi.s' interposed nai-rut;vo eulogized Mis.sotiri, its binh and growth in frank, sentimental fash- ion. suited to the program's appeal. . Bron. : "RADIO REPERTORY" "Thank You. Kdmundo" With MaeShoab, Robert Goadier, Geraldi Rowan, Albert Miller, Nor- man TaviHs, Rudy StoerkrI Writer! Shoub Preducer-Direclor: Rupert Caulun . Music: ..^lan Mclver 39 Mins.. Thurs., « p.m. Sust»inini>' . CBC-CBM, Montreal There'S; no doubt, thiit. with this production, both .MacShoub and Rupert Capian have .topped' any- thin g. they \'e. done , -before, : and they ve ..'done., some mighty flhe I tnmgs Hei-e i.^ radio drama'in the triiest sense .of the-term.: The scripl- I ,«ng. actors" projectloii:, scoring, unci I the mixing of all component add Up ' - Caiiadiat Show takes for granted that the guy or gal wearing that new blue serge suit is an intelligent; human bemg who doesn't have to. have corny ."dramatization": .of fancy, com- plexes. Problems arfe stated simply: Will the gal taking a GI coiuse as a slenotypist be able to keep the ma- chine s'vcn to her by the Govern- ment for practice purposes'? Will the guy with the. artificial leg have that leg serviced for him by the Government, and for how long.' In (sach cjsc. the answer is given by a Vet Admiiii.stration expert who is actually in charge ol the desk handling such a problem. Result is tixat the answer Ls authentic, realis- tic-rand no fancy dream by a do- gooder. Trouble with the tceoff (1,1 > was that .some ot the professional ad- vi.'ier.s got themselves tangled at times in protes-sional verbiage Ex- Sgt, Bill Burns, as emcee, did a aood .)ob puUmg them out of V(»r- bosity and; at times, translathig their, techniiwl answers into plain p 'glish. Bnt these men and women who give the answers are: there not as radio actors, but as exberts. They ad lib like lay people, ard are nati>- ral. Wiiij more practice, thev will be able to plane down some ol their own rough soots; And they're cle- i;if»pdlv worfhv of airing for their tcnowledge and smceritv. r«r.<!.' With weekly chanced cast; Eddie Baker, orKaii Writers: Stanley Wolf. LilHan Srhoei) Director: Kay Green 30: Mins.; Once-a-Mre«k . Co-op 43 Stalion.s (Kcriiiii-Rai/niond Produclion."!) Along the highbrow side, but det- iniloly good radio, are these adapta- tions' from the classics and .nesir- classics in the book world. Ibsen's ''Doll's House" and "Master Build- ers;'' Guv de Maupassant's "The Inn" and "Artist;" R. L. Stevenson's "Sui- cide Club" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ILvdc;" Dumas' "Camille;" Wilde'^ "Importance of Being Elarnest"— these form the series' mainstay. Dished up in good adaptation.s, done with drania and suspense, with com- petent acting and directing, series clicks. Such a platter as "The Inn." tor instance, seemed highly protes-' sional, with good .diction as well a.s drama the standout.: Prngram, on about a year, has es- timated $1,100 co-st. Broil. MILT IIERTII TRIO With Ilrrth, Klnr Johnson, Morty ; Jacobs, Ed Cooper Writer: Patricia Burns . , Producer: R. J, Scott l.'> Mins. SALERNO-MEGOWEN BISCUIT CO. 3.-'StationS'' ■■:■:: (rScliKiiminer & SIcotO Packaged by Schwimmer. & Scott for Salcrno^Mogowan Biscuits to re- place the bankroller's former: live airer. ''Songs You Remember,": Milt ♦lerth Trio's bow in the transcription fibld ' is a satifiying one. Combo's doings with organ piano and drums are lively and plenty tuneful; though fenced in a bit with an overdose of Ed Cooper's commercials. Makers of Salerno Saltiue Crackers can be, happy they've snagged the outlit, but'i those long plugs arc taxing.'' Herth on organ.-King Johnson on skins and Morty Jacobs on piano are, as alwaj'S. outstanding in swingcroo ver.sions of such standards as "Pale Moon." "The Swan" and "Lullaby: of the Rain." with accent on Herth's flying digits. ~ It's a strong entry. Mike. Ted Collins, Milton oevje, etc Dramatizations arc in March-ot- Timc format, with news approach with sufficient variety brought about through comedy, drama or interny.f tionul e\'ent» slants. Sample platter caught dramati/od a mother and soldier son inlei- chango; offered comment by Kath- arine Brush on masculine thought processes; and included interview bv Miss Farrell with both Hildegardo and her manager Anna Sosonko. an in-persoii intimate talk that dlscu.sscd singer's career and had her singing several numbers. Program seems of tap calibre On about lour months, its cost is estimated at $1,750. Spon- sors are largely retail apparel; jew- elry, etc., stores. Bron. "THE WOMAK^" W ith Lorna Fsrrell, John Reed King; Henry Sylvern, Barry Eldcm; Syl- Lelih, Bryns Baebnrn, Rita Aficttt, truestars ' Writer: Lllltaa Schoen Uircetor:''Ray. Green .'' 30 Mins.; Once-a-week Co-op' •.•■....■.■.'.■■■■ 13 Stations : (KerT»it-Roi^mo»d Prodiir(ioiis) Half hour variety series,. largely ba.s*ed on articles from .The Woman mag which are dramatized, shoiilq have definite appeal for femme aiidi- enues; Program has original switches, with mag's editor Lornif Fan-ell m- could mi.'is"/ "SHOPPERS SPECIAL" Will) Ray Hanson. Jim Garrett, Jean Cbesley, Otto Neubauer orch. Rill Lit Duke I'iO Mlns., M«n.-Sat., 1-9 a.m. Co-sponsored'' V ' .'.- W»RC, Hartford As its contribution toward the lo- cal tour-station fight for supremacy ot Central Connecticut early morn- ing an- time, WDRC has expanded its standby electrical transcription I ivii„s . ^...Wrpk show, "Shoppers Special."' into ^ " ■'OISTINGUISHED GUEST IlOUIt'' With Sister Elimbeth Kenny, Ethel Rarrymore Colt, Jan Struther, Burton Holmes, Norman Tliomati, Will Durant, Ely Cu|bert«on, Wal- ter OurnniV, Mrs. Csrveth WrlK and "Raffles," Dr. Stephen S. W;sr. W. A. S. Donrlas, Marjorie MolTett. Osa Johnson, Father Flan- ■ agan. Mm. Mark'Clark, otliers Produrer-Dire^toc: Dan Ryan 15 Mins. Co-Op 12 Stations (CriUM-ioii') Smith.. Benson . & McCkire: ad agcMicy. Chi, hu^ been di.skinft the live airer. "Distingui.shed Guest Hour," for tlic pai-t three yeaiv olT WGN. where the Sund.ay shows were , sponsorect by Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., Chi department .store;- Ad peo- ple are now peddling them around the country through Criterion Radio Features, transcription agency, minus the CPS&C jiliigs. Long-range plan- ning, through which only a fl'w ot the gue.stars dealt with spot news stories, has resulted in almcst 300 quarler-hotir .shows covering many subtects. and all mouthed b.v special- . Ists who have had a good deal of public-spcnking experience. That isn't to say that a lot of the shows don't' have a contemporary, spark. For instance: Sister Eli-/.abeth Kenriy'.s- stories about polio victims. Maruirie Moffetl's yarns about the effect of living in America on Brit- ish children brought to this country during the war, and Father Flana- gan's pitch re lads turned out by .Boys' Town, arc all good for a.ride at any time. Ethel Barrymore CoH's theatrical experiences. Burton Holmes' mo.se.vings around the world, etc, are "feature aitides" that are le.ss iiew.sy but every bit a.s in- teresting as the other.':. Tiieres" a lot ot lightweight enter- tainment in the series, too. E.'.pe- ciallv interesting arc Mr.s; Carvcth- WcUs and her talking mynah, "Raf- flos ': .lohn Charles'Gilbert's takeoff on Gilbert & Sullivan operettas; the Rev. Gii,v Howard, "walkin' prcicher of the 0/.arks"T Irene Bewelv's mon- oUuiio-- on Smnk.v Mountain Xolk- ImT: Bill Douglas' jaunty espcricDCC.-? a.s a w.ir corrc-vpondent lor the CI" Sun: and so on.; • j With an all-star cast like that., who "SPORT FAN FARE" With Tom Carr Writer: Carr ] Producer-Director; Hurry man Mi/,-(■. S. Good- part.-, ' "T.AKF. THESE NOTES" mash air tTiesping ] With Sylvan Levin and orch: Oer . .adin., as' inaiiife.stert m Ihis-.^roup. ha.<4 not oiily grad.iialed. but., has, reached the adult .suffto:ently:. to. teach' otho or .two. aldiiic : Bcitiei; Fr.-«nk Waldeckcr. announcer I P-oducer: Frank Waldcckcr ii thing :, :_; One thing about SHbub .scripts: ,,. l iiey I'e top conimcvrcial .stuff, vet: he & 'K ;-*fnf't>vit;s* -that: when : :hot ti ariscetidpd -by axe-griiidillg. :(a: 'frei Quent lault at hisi achieves asloh- Vn,',"'li-'J-'"""; ..'^"'^ ^^''"l 'Thank rpu. Edimmdo. : ;Shoub . has oli- v.imisly found hi.s- metier, i t' ho tell,< the .story, proiects emotional- 1.-111. but avoids the hokum. I heme is simple; Teedff has uroup Ol.. happy-goMucky; Italians heaia- nmg .to plow thcii- N. Y, in its string of mu'-ic 1,1 Mins.! Fri., iO;IS p.m Sustaining ■;■-■■''.--' ■-''■'- '. ■-., WOK-iilutttai I, . As' alvolHer ! prQgrarasvdevelopini{:»ts. new )»li(-y .or more .miisic 'jand . le^s talk, and .dram.^-. pirtuitl. 0ffet«^:^^^ pleasant I 15-miiHite diversibh of POP classics I dre.s.sed; up a little .differently. ." Se- i I'les ha.s Sylvan Levirii .IJrd'R's mtijiji-. cai dircctar. conducting «iii bU-sti-in:g [. orchestra iaMd .swriotatiii^: each onm'- i her with.a.'re^ :c6Miri6rttS about: the nuLsiC: Levin has . a good rSdio .^n-,. n - ,, ; - 'i<=ld. Thi.s is voice, with clear, unaffected eiuiii- ,,,, v • "'aeration. SoonV they .U'latmn. atid his simole. un.a,Ssumin!' (c,,u< acLo-s a cros.s. ulioio a Can- 'notes" or facts, about th<! music hei<;htc!iis its appeal. ' The miisic is wclf eho.sen and the ' playinii r en-: seniblc. is .superior.: Arrarfgemeht.s; however, are a littre florid'and or- nate, m the, KOstj-lanetz traditidiii offered Lev ill's "Symplioriy" and ■otir Eye«'!---inter- &stirig.,iiut a little he^vy, Geraldine Beitjsel .expertise mimicked the orac- ■ tiiciiijs coloratiira .in David Rose's .aSiiLsirtg ''^SGprah()■s Ni.ehtmare." Orch soi,md0(i flhe, and -wi'll'led, .■:;■■[".:■'"■ B/-0U. .achan soldier is/biiriocl. The young- est :of the. group. :Ednumdo, refuses : to;,pl()Uf;h the : ftelrt. claimini; the Kiound IS- .sacnxl The olhei.. favor .going ahead :w.'.ith turning :the earth , . - „ Kaf. ,i-'.,t;^',ts I ■■^--'^ ^^^^ ol the play, there is a touciiing .scene where the dead Canariian'.s v"oice is heard saying. '-Thank You, Kd- muiido tor ti-yinri to sav<; the 81-ound. a two-hour hodge-podge of divertisse- menl. Contains almost ..everything but the kitchen sink, and would probably include that utility if it could be televised. Currentlv WTIC WTHT. WDRC and WHTR ai-e.eni;aged m a running air battle to eontiol the early tnorning-field, which until recently had been the sole property of WTIC. News reports, a disk jockey .stu- dio-band with vocalist, homo intqi-- views. etc. are hurled into thi.s bi'paklast show. Jockey Roy Hah- -son emcees in adequate • fashion, with the Otto Neubauer band spotted infrequently for effective presentations Le.'-^ cro.ss-fire patter between band members and: emcee would allow more time for music and help .saleabilitv of .show Canary Bill La Duke favorably dis- pen.scs his wares. News shots are broken into fivc-imnute summaries; Thei-e is one lij-minutc news slot that tatis on the tail of a llvo-minute one. Verv poor programming here. One leature ol this show deserv- ing accolade lor its effective mer- chandising is the homo interview bit tagged "The Maiket Basket." To station manager Walter Haase goes :«.>mmendiitioil I'Or originating it... 5h ' tv^o different occasions during the show, a mobile unit wilh two an- nouncers is sent out to different uii- scheditlod neighborhoods. Announ- cers Jim Garrett and Jean Che.sley | gn-c a running account of events i leading to interview, and then ot question and answer period. Thev cliinax their bit bv giving awa.v morchandise fiom a market ba.sket, commentary on each ilem with Merchandiso is that of show's spon- .sors Originally this bit was given once each aycm. Overweight with (Continued on pago 48) Co-on. I't Stations • Ularry S. Goodmoii) Shaped primarily foi- sports ad- dicts, but conceivably of interest to others also because ot the intcrcsl- ing stones told bv Tom Can-, sports- SDicler lor CBS and l^ararnoimt Newsrecls. this package of l.^(i live- iniraite capsules stacks up as ea.sy to take Can's delivery is sond. and the tliiee shows heard- went like this; ■ : '■';■, '■Sacnlk-e and Fame"—about a driver in tlic 191.1 Memorial Day auto race at Indianapolis who threw away his chance to win by driving into the brick retaining wall in or- der to avoid a moppet w'lu) ran across the track. In World War II the same guy—Eddie Rickenbaclier -—.spent 34 da.\,s on a raft in the I'a- cilie. Later, when he met P'red MacMiirrav while the littler wa.* making "Caplaifi Eddie" ioi' 2011)- Fox. he learned the moppet who cost him thai race back in lill.*) wus MacMurray. "Flying Bottles"—aboiif "Sleam- boat" Johnson, colorful .Southern League umpire and the loudest voic«. in baseball, who presents every tail who accuses him of being blind wit l i a certificate from an optoii-ictrist pi-o\ ing his e.ves are okay. '■Fi.\cd Race"—in which word gcK around the li-ack where Steve Dona- hue and Farle Sandc. toplliglit British and U. S. jockoy."!. respec- tively, are running afiaiil.s't each other that the race is fixed bccnii'*e they wore seen talking to each oth'-r while waiting for the starling gun. But. of cour.se, the rate was on the level, Some of the yarn---—that Tlicken- bac-Uer-MacMurray ope, for instiince '—are hard to swallow. £hit they're I'tiii to listen to. MiUe.