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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
KENNEDY HAS won
Wide POPULARITY
Receives Advice and Praise as
Well as Criticism From
Radio Fans

John B. Kennedy offers no parla-
ceas, makes no claims and has moth
ing to sell. Yet the NBC comnnenta-
tor receives hundreds Of letters every
week from listeners who want to give
him advice, prescribe for his health
and praise his outspoken views.
A listener who didn't like what Ken
needy said during recent broadcast
has just written another letter: "Hav-
ing been quick to send you a card Of
criticism recently, I now wish to be
quite as quick to indicate my great
pleasure at hearing your scholarly
talk on DR.. Eliot. Your style (Which
was the element previously criticized)
tonight was delightfully."- charming"
THAT is TYPICAL says Kennedy.
They write to pan me and they write
to praise me. One the whole I believe
the radio-audience is fair-ninded and
much higher in intelligence than
Kennedy's mail bag often Is filled
some would have us believe"
with distinguished names. A widow
Of former president Of the United
States writes him regularly: a Yale
professor has asked him for his Is
minute talks; a distinguished inter-
national lawyer corresponds with him
and many Of his former newspaper
and magazine associates applaud or
disagree with his broadcast views.
All Of which, says Kennedy, makes
his job both interesting and exciting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12

Floyd Gibbons, the headline hunter,
is coming back to the air to discuss
outstanding events and personalities
Of the week in q new series Of broad
casts over an NBC network including
KFYR OF Bismarck beginning at $50
p. m. (CSr Saturday, May II.
The air commentator will be heard
from the NBC Radio City studios with
Nathaniel Shilkret's orchestra supply
ing a background Of martial music In
weekly series Of half hour broad
casts under the sponsorship Of the
Johns-Manville Corporation.
Gibbons, who will devote special at
tention to events In Washington, also
will include such features as "the most
interesting item of the week." the
headline personality Of the week" and
"the best human interest story Of the
week" in each Saturday night talk.
Nathaniel Shilkret. composer and
conductor. Is preparing = series Of
programs made up exclusively
Of martial music, which supply . STIR
ring background for the headline
hunters broadcasts. Gibbons himself.
however, will occupy the air for II
minutes OF the half hour period.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
Richard B0nelli to
Sing Monday Evening

Richard Bonelli. the distinguished
operate baritone, formerly with the
Chicago Civic Opera Co.. and now a
featured singer at the Metropolitan,
will Join the cast Of the Carnation
program for guest appearance Mon
day. May II.
The program Is heard each Mon
day from 3 to $50 p. m. (CST) over
an NBC network including KFYR Of
Bismarck.
The program Of May II will take on
added significance with the announce
ment Of other famous musical stars
who will be brought to the micro
phone as guest artists On subsequent
programs.
Despite his foreign name, Bonelli
Is American-born He was born in
Port Byron, N. Y. and attended SYRIA
cuse university before beginning the
study Of voice under private teachers.
He studied in New York and Paris un-
der Arthur Alexander, Jean de Reszke,
and William Vilonat, and made his
operate debut in Modena, Italy, in
1923. Later he sang at La Scala and
with the Franco-American Opera Co.
In Paris, before joining the Chicago
Civic Opera in 1925. He sang there
several years before going to the Met
ropolitan.
The orchestra on the program IS
conducted by Morgan L. Eastman.
Gene Arnold Is narrator.
TO HEAR STRING QUARTET
The third and fourth movements
Of Beethovens Quartet in B Flat.
Opus Is, No. s, scherzo and allegretto,
will be played by the Gordon String
Quartet during the broadcast Sunday,
May Is, over an NBC network includ-
ing KFYR OF Bismarck at 1915 q. m.
(CST. The presentation on the work
began May 8. with the allegro and
adagio movements.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12

script at an end q full four minutes
before the program was scheduled to
60 off the air. Juniors tonsils, as q
subject Of conversation, saved the
morning!
Juniors Tonsils
EN- got this inspiration almost At
the moment when the girls made the
appalling discovery that they were
running short Of copy. It flashed
through her mind that when people
can't think Of anything else to talk
about, they bring up the subject Of
their operation.
In this case. it was Juniors opera
ton which filled the gap. En- opened
up by remarking that she still had
Juniors tonsils on the pantry shelf.
Then, still ad libbing, she went on to
tell how she had put the tonsils In a
bottle directly after Juniors opera
ton.
Having started on this, En- had to
do most Of the talking. Not that
Clara and Lu aren't just as quick
on the trigger, but the subject mat
ter En- had seized upon suddenly was
. little too much for them. They
could hardly stifle their own laughter
long enough to put in more than q
few words.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
Congress Session
Will Be Broadcast

Proceedings at joint session
Of Congress converting Sunday,
May 20. to commemorate the
Tooth anniversary Of the death OF
the Marquis De Lafayette. and
which President Roosevelt is ex-.
pected to address, will be broad
cast over the two great national
chains and KFYR Of Bismarck
from 10 to IL q. m. (CST).
The program will come from the
House Chamber Of the national
capitol where the joint session will
convene to honor the memory OF
the great French general and
statesman who played such an
important part In the success of
the American revolution.
The program is one Of q number
broadcast by the NBC in COM
memoration Of the centenary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
DR.. Cadman to Have
Interesting Subject

DR.. s. Parkes Cadman, In his ao-
dress entitled Contemplation ana
Glory" will express his belief that
many splendid realities are hidden
from our eyes because we cogdtate ana
speculate on LIES issues instead OF
meditating on them. during the radio
pulpit program to be broadcast over
an NBC network including KFYR OF
Bismarck at 8 a. m. (CST) Sunday
May Is.
The radio choristers under the d.
recticn Of Keith Mcleod will sing
"God Of the Earnest Heart" Soldier
Of Christ, Arise" and THE Son Of
God Goes Forth to War"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
Mrs. Pennyfeather
Is Fixed for Life

New York, May 12.-lF)-Mrs. Pen
nyfeather and at least one OF her
vast, far-f1ung radio audience" are
sisters under the skin.
In one of her famous monologues,
the Cuckoo headliner pretended to be
distressed because she was about to be
put out Of her home for non-payment
10; rent. The next day the NBC star.
who Is quite normal person except
when on the air, received q letter
from little girl in Connecticut, ask
ing Mrs. Pennyfeather to come to her
house to live. Her parents, said the
child admirer, were so keen on hearing
Mrs. p. talk that they wouldn't ask
her for any rent at all.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
VICTOR YOUNG HAS
INDIVIDUAL IDEAS
ON WRITING music
Composer Should Have Broad
Grasp Of His Art, 0rches-
tra Leaders Says

A noted publisher, IN New York To-
the annual meeting Of the Associated
Press, said he felt 1t a privilege K
sit across the table from the noted
radio orchestra conductor. composer
arranger. and yiolinist. Victor Young
and hear Young tell OF his work and
hcw he does 1t.
Unless one chooses TO belong Il
that group Of composers who clutter
publishing houses with ordinary
music" began Young. he should have
a broad grasp Of his art. Otherwise
he will Be able 70 write only the most
passing Of melodies-the kind you
learn to whistle on hearing and
which, In q week, sound cheap and
stale
1.-THE successful musician tries "a
write melodies that VIII haunt his
hearers, melodies which become part
Of their listening audience. The music
should be at once so inslnuating and
so elusive that gradually It Will be
fixed In the hearers memory. A song
too easily remembered frequently
lacks soul and heart.
Much of the charm Of Give Me 4
Heart To Sing TO- the new song
wrote for Frankie and Johnnie, the
motion picture just completed at the
rodernized Biogr1ph Studies IN New
York. depends on its intimacy-its
symphonic beauty and delicateness
with no brayins Of brasses Or beating
Of drums. To avoid the temptation
to inject extraneous instrumental
effects, . broad knowledge Of my ma
terials was necessary. TO have COM
mitted the indtscretion Of using Ger.
tain instruments Of the orchestra
purely to give them . hearing would
be like m artist Of faulty technique
introducing bold strokes to color In Z
delicate painting"
Young's guest interposed Z question
and asked how he evolved his melo.
dies.
The melodies themselves" he an
swered, ARE divine gift. What the
composer does with them, how he
develops them, depends on his tech
meal equipment and skill. Sometimes
an air comes to me suddenly In the
AAoAAVS woAAAAA8 IA WIG PoIAs OK even
sitting in q taxi. When It comes I
jot the musical notes down on paper
for future development. Sometimes It
comes without previous thought and
often Is the result Of weeks OF concen-
tration on the subject. Given Z theme
which. as have said, Il Z matter
OF inspiration, its development Is
merely q question Of time, I might
say.
Some composers think In terms Of
the piano. but I consider all the re-
sources OF the orchestra. People often
ask me II work out my own orches-
trations. II did not It, would be as
II painter conceived the idea for q
picture and then had someone else
paint 1t. Knowing the values Of the
different instruments and how to gain
the endless efforts produced by var
iouS combinations Is to me as much
my business as making use Of my Rift
Of inspiration. One IS scientific know
ledge, the result Of long study; the
other, q gift for which I am most
thankful and conscious Of the fact
that it Is q gift and not the result
Of my own efforts"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
TO SING MOTHER SONGS

Mother songs, nanny numbers ana
lullabies have been chosen by Wendell
Hall, the red-headed music-maker, Tor
his program Sunday, May Is, over an
NBC network including KFYR Of Bis
marck. Hall will feature his own
number from manuscript, "Rolly
Polly Baby" He also will play and
sing Mother" IAN Old Sweet Song
for Sweet Old Lady," Mighty LAX
a Rose" "Mammys Coal Black Rose,
his own Hi Diddle Diddle. and med
ley to include "Peek-a-Boo," Rock
a Bye Baby" "Go to Sleep My Baby y
and Cradle Song"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
DIR. FOsDICK ON PROGRAM

DR.. Harry Emerson Fosdick will
consider the subject, what About
dod?" in his National vespers address
over an NBC network including
KFYR OF Bismarck at 3 p. m. (CST)
Sunday. May Is, Guide Me, O Thou
Great Jehovah" and weary Of Earth"
are the hymns to be sung by a male
quartet directed by Keith Mcleod.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
SCHNOZZLE AS DIRECTOR

Jimmy Durante plans to give his
listeners "a load" Of his dynamic
genius as director during his broad
cast Sunday, May Is, at p. m. (CST)
over an MIC network including
KFYR Of Bismarck. Rubinoff, broad
casting with the comedian from the
Pacific coast, will solo "A Thousand
Good Nights" and will direct the or
chestra In whats Good For the
Goose" MY Little Grass Shack and
selections from Murder at the Van
itieS."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
lara Lu N En- Build Programs Around Commonplace Events

agency soliciting the Job Of hanonne
ony backward accounts he might nave
on his books. The letter carried tne
slosan: "Our business Is good. wnen
IT'S ali said and dun"
When Rudy vallee was intefvleweo
by Nellie Revell on NBC the otner
day Rudy told about studying law
4 college. and went on to say, And
I'm still studying it-and learning q
lot about it, too"
Joe renner's business affairs are
managed by Martin Sampler, wen
known Broadway theatrical man. AS
best man, Sampler also managed
Penner's wedding SIX years ago wnela
the NBC comedian married ElinoS
Mae vogt, Of 1.-THE Greenwich WI
lage Tollies."
Frederic Bittke, MIC baritone, y
pgejudieed against windy painted
finger nails.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
PENNER IN MUSIC STORE

Joe Penner will entertain listeners
with his amusing escapades in music
store during his broadcast Sunday.
May Is. 1T $50 p. m. (CST) over an
NBC network including KFYR OF
Bismarck. Ozzie Nelson viii be heard
In the v0cals Of Love Locked Out"
and THE Refer Man." and will be
jointed by Harriet billiard in Neigh
bors" and Blue Room"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
PLAN ROMANTIC SONGS

A selection Of songs suggesting TO-
nance and romantic intrigue, includ-
ing Masquerade" Meet Me Tonight
In Dreamland," "Waltzing in q
Dream" and Lets Fall In Love-" will
be played by Victor Young's orches-
ira over an NBC network including
KFYR Of Bismarck Sunday, May Is,
at 8 p. m. (CST). moonlight and
Roses Paradise" Zone Alone" and
"Someday I'll Find You" complete the
program.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12

During the next year the nation
will see . veritable cyclone Of busi-
ness.-samuel M. Vauclain, locomo.
tive builder.
= i =
I trust shall not be regarded as
unpatriotic when express the optr-
ion that confidence will not be re.
stored until there is cessation OF
experimental legislation.-Silas
strawn, former president Of the u. 3.
Chamber Of Commerce.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
DIR. STAMM TO PREACH

DR.. Frederick K. Stamm, substitute
Ing for DR.. Ralph w. Sockman in the
Sunday Forum May -. will have 1.-THE
Inevitable Christ as his subject over
an NBC network including KFYR Of
Bismarck at 1880 q. m. (CST. DR..
6tamm also will answer questions re-
cetved from the listening audience. A
male ensemble under the direction Of
Keith Mcleod will sing mo Shadows
Yonder," "Trees", and abide With
Me-"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12

Alice Joy, radios dream girl" Who
Is known coast to coast to NBC audi
e1,ces. always has stage fright 1t the
opening performance Of q new shov
er program. But Is soon as she hears
Eer own voice. Alice forgets her stage
fright and shes 1T ease again.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12

Jackie Heller, tiny NBC tenor, Is
five feet, one inch tall. His ambition
is to have his own band made up Of
men over six feet tall.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12

PRESERVE THIS PAGE
Radio fans would do we'll to save
this page all through next week.
It will serve as an excellent guide
when you may tune In on pro-
grams to your liking with q mere
turn Of the dial.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12

The Songfellows Quartet almost
met disaster before they ever broad
cast over NBC networks. On their
way back to Detroit after their audi
ton st the NBC studios, Chicago,
their automobile collided with another
car. Both machines were smashed.
but nobody was hurt.
sharlie: You've baSged 80 many
wild animals, Baron, should think
you would write q book about them.
Baron Munchausen: I'm doing
that right now, Sharlie. And I got
q great title for 1t, too.
sharlie: What are you going to call
It?
Baron: my Zoovenirs."
Paul Whitemau received q letter
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
|KFYR-NBC Program
(Subject 10 RevislOn)
Sunday. MAY II

Sunday. May IL
S:00-Radio Pulpit
1:30-samovar Serenade
S:oo-Press Radio News Service
4:05-Gruen & Hall
S:i5-Major Bowes Capitol Theatre
io:1s-Gordon String Quartet
l0:3O-Radio City Concert
11:30-The Sunday Forum
12:00-Weather
12:01-Hotel Patterson
12:06-South Sea islanders
12:3o-Peck Hendry and LaPlasa
Orch.
1:o0-SinginE Strings
1:30-Mother's Day Program Of the
Golden Rule Foundation
3:0o-1nstitute Of American Meat
Packers
2:i5-Minot State Teachers College
Mems Quartet
3:oo-National Vespers
3:30-SouSa Mems Band
4:00-Catholic Hour
4:3O-Our American Schools
5:Oo-Sam and His City Fellers
5:15-Baseball Scores
5:30-Standard Brands with Joe rem
s.oo-Chase and sanborn Hour.
1904 Tribute to Mother'-sam
7:so-peek Hendry ana 1arlasa
Orch.
3:0O--Chevrolet Program
S.3O-To be announced
s:oo-Fitch- Wendell Hall
9:l5-Canadian Capers
s;3o-Ben Pollock Orch.
l0:0o-Danny Russo and orch.
1O:15-Hollywood on the Air
11:0O-Seymour Simons Orch.
1:3o-Frankie Masters Orch.
monday. May ~
7:oo-Rreakfast club
S:oo-Breen and De Rose
S:l5-Clara. Lu and En-
Colgate FalmoliVe Feet
s:45-Press Radio News Service
s:5o-Studio
8:55-Markets
9:no-The Hour IT Memories
1o:oo-Markets. Weather and Aunt
Sammy
iO.15-Morin Sisters
10:30-Nic and SADIE
fo:45-The Sovereigns
ll:oo-Markets and World Bookman
11:3o-National Farm and Homo Hour
12:3O-Smackout
1o:45-Soloist
1o:55-Markets
1:o0-Radio Guild
c:OO-Harry Turner's Orch.
2:30-Rhythmic Serenade
3:oo-sam and His City Fellers
3so-oxydors Own Ma Perkins
3:45-Bunkhouse Songs
4:0o-Peter Van Steeden Orch.
4:15-C. s. Army Band
4:45-Little Orphan Annie
5:OO-Gould and Shelter
5:15-Neil Sisters
5:3O-Basehall Scores
5:45-"Taxi" Max Baer for Goodrich
s:oo-Peck Hendry and LaPlasa
e:30-Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
Program
7:n0-Sinclair Minstrels
7:30-kFYR Lone Scout Tribe
S0O-Carnation Contented Program
8:3o-Senator A. Reed-Talk
8:45-Henry Deering-Pianist
9:00-South st. Paul Livestock Mkt,
and Program Resume
e:05-Harry Turner's Orch.
9:30-Press Radio Bureau News
9:35-Hotel Pierre Orch.
9:45-Farmers Union Program
lO:0O-Jack Berger and Orch.
l0:3O-Leo Zollo and his Orch
l1:OO-Jack Berger and Orch.
1l:30-Frankie Masters Orch.
12:00-Silent
Tuesday. May lB
7:0o-Breakfas Club
80O-Gospel Singer
S:l5-Clara. Lu and EN-, Colgate
Palmolive Peet
0:30-Bisquick Pgm.. sam and His
city Fellers'
8:45-Press Radio News Service
8:50-StudiO
8:55-Markets
9:0o-Organ Recital
a:30-Shut-in Hour
1o:oo-Markets. Weather and Aunt
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12

cheri Mckay Of the Merry Macs
heard over NBC networks admits that
she reads the newspapers-to see
about bargains in hats and shoes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-12
Baron: my Zoover1irs."

Paul Whiteman received . letter
the other day from q collection
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
Complete The Petition
Weapon Still Needed

Representative Mcleod Michigan is following the logical
and proper in urging that the petition which would
bring payon bill vote june II be completed
possible
THAT PETITION HAS BEEN THE VITAL WEAPON ALL
THROUGH THE FIGHT TO OBTAIN JUSTICE FOR THE
DEPosIToRs OF THE CLOSED BANKS AND, AFTER HAV-
ING WON A sEM1v1CToRY, IT SHOULD BE KEPT WELL
OILED FOR THE FINAL PUSH.
THOSE WHO REALIZE WHAT A TREMENDOUS AID TO
RECOVERY BANK PAY-0FF LEGISLATION Is, CANNOT
AFFORD TO ABANDON THE PETITION SIMPLY BE-
CAUSE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN FORCED TO PASS PER-
MSSIvE PAY-oFF BILL
The Mcleod group accepted that permssve bill was
presented could not and would not put itself in the
position Of rejecting haEardg the smallest overtures
from the bloc which has consistently fought every attempt to
clean up the closed bank mess.
II the Mcleod people had insisted upon adding the full pay
off bill the steaga and that measure had been
killed the in conference had been vetoed BY the
President they might have been subject to criticism.
As is by their in connection with the Steagau
amendments they have demonstrated their sincerity and their
desire to cooperate all willing look at the closed
bank situation realistically
Commendabe as the Mcleod group in that
particular the group also taking excellent course in con-
necon with its discharge petition
That petition now needs only half dozen names to make
effective When these obtained the petition will not
only guarantee vote on full payoff bill June H. but
it will remain powerful factor the disposal Of the H35e
conferees on the bill which was passed, next week
BY CALLING THE ATTENTION OF THE SENATE CON-
FEREEs TO THE PETITION, THE HOUSE MANAGERS
WILL BE IN A FAVORABLE POSITION TO DEMAND
THAT THE HOUSE PAY-0FF AMENDMENT REMAIN IN
THE BILL.
FOR THESE REASONS THE PETITION SHOULD BE
COMPLETED EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
The Human Side of the News
By EdlVin C.. Hill
Oberammergau Passion Play-"Sweet Adeline"
! EdIUIn E.. HWL

Germany has changed vio-
lently and often in the last is
years from Hohenzollern to the
Republic and finally to Hitler,
but the Passion Play of Ober-
ammergau embarks on its ter
centenary very much the same
as it has been since the Bene-
dictine monks wrote the text
in 1862.
The rest of the world rolls by
this fairy village of the Bavarian
Alps, stopping but once every
10 years to look in upon it while
1900 of its 1000 men, women
and children reenact the life Of
the Nazarene, from Gethsemane
to Golgotha.
The origin of the play dates
with the year 1888, when the
Black Plague left it's mark on
almost every doorstep in Eu-
rope, save, so the legend says,
Oberammergau. In thanksgiv-
ing for their deliverance, the
villagers pledged themselves
every 10 years to portray the
story Of the passion.
Retains Charm
From the start, it attracted.
attention, first of the nearby
villages, then of Germany, and
then of the world. Music was
introduced in 1914, composed
by the village schoolmaster,
Richus Dedlar. The turn of the
present century saw it raised to
an international event through
the writings and praise Of jour-
naliSts such as William T.
Stead.
The village has kept it's rare,
medieval charm and the vii
layers their piety and simplicity.
Peter, Caiphas, PLATE, Mary,
and the Christus walk through
the Spotless streets in native
costume, or sit at their benches
with their wood carvings and
pottery when they are not at
the theater. The village itself
is worth the journey, being, as
it is, one of those elfin-like
places peculiar to the highlands
of Germany and to Switzerland,
with the picturesque houses and
their frescoed walls and window
boxes.
This year the play runs from
May 81 to September 16, given
at intervals determined, no
doubt, by the attendance and
the influx of tourists. The spe-
cial production in 1880, which
by the way broke the 10-year
chain, ran for 80 performances,
a high-water mark.
BY legislative decree and the
approval of His Excellency the
Governor of the State, perpen-
dicular drinking will be renewed
in New York on July /, a
fact which brings up a matter
not without it's interest.
Perhaps the restoration Of
perpendicular drinking will
bring back that most famous