Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

ceived here, has completely banned
iazz music from its radio system, which
like the press has been "co-ordinated"
under Propaganda Minister Goebbels.
The ban was imposed because Of jazz
music's "demoralizing effect on Ger
man culture" an official statement
adding that jazz music is manifes-
tation of the culture Of semi wild peo-
ole, and therefore belongs In museum
of racial history rather than in an art
institute" A public contest is being
undertaken to create new and more
typical German dance form. In the
meantime there are penalties for tun-
ing in foreign programs-and, indeed,
the popular cheap radio set which Hit
Ter encouraged Reich manufacturers
several years ago to bring out is de-
signed largely to tune in German sta
tions only, including no short wave
bands such as are vogue in the Amer
lean "all-wave" sets.
It Is foreign news and propaganda
rather than foreign music that the
edict Is aimed at, however. The Nazls
recently arrested group Of men. said
to be Communists. for gathering to-
eether tc listen to broadcasts from
Moscow. Two were sentenced to 4
years and two to Is months in prison.
MEANWHILE 1.-THE Music Goes
AvA Round and Round" keeps going
the American radio rounds continue
ingly, with Lud Gluskin and Morton
Downey ir a new Columbia program
on the night of January 81 including it
as die Musk Geht Rund and Rund'
suite "fuer cine Crosse Orchestra nit
% Horns in the manner Of Franz
List" Whether German listeners
heard-ano appreciated-this varla-
ton of the ditty on Columbia's short
waves remains doubtful, but OF course
It was intended chiefly for American
ears.
Inside the radio studios they are
saying it isn't only the catchiness OF
the new tune that accounts for Its
constant playing over the radio. There
Is also the factor Of restrictions on
current musical copyrights due to the
New Year day break of the Warner
Bros. music houses away from the
copyright pool of the American Society
Of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Since the networks and most OF the
radio stations have refused to sign
special licenses with the Warner inter-
ests, their supply of songs has been
curtailed some Is to 40 per cent.
Thus it is that this and many other
song hits that are not on the Warner
list are literally being played to the
death. Several radio stations have
even scheduled full periods of half
hour or more devoted to nothing but
THE Music Goes Round and Round"
In its many possible variations, includ-
ing foreign language and dialectics.
One New York station frankly an
nounced its purpose to play it con-
tinuously one night, sort of round and
round to the dizzy point, as a means
Of ending the craze for all time.
ONE network on a recent Thursday
night schedule had the song in
each of three highly popular and sue
cessive one-hour programs, indicating
that the studio Checkers" who are
usually careful to maintain program
balance by avoiding repetition of the
same songs in succeeding programs,
have been unable to hold it down even
II they desired.
The song, of course, is not the only
one suffering the fate of constant
plugging" which usually ends in an
untimely death for music that is some
times excellent-such a fate as Isle
of Capri" suffered. for example. The
broadcasters, because RED Sails in
the Sunlight" and Moon Over Miami"
are also not under the Warner ban,