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Evening star., 1937-01-31
Air Headliners
Domestic.

Air Headliners
Domestic.
11:30am.-WJSv, Maj. Bowes'
Family"
1890 p.m.-WMAL, Radio City
Music Hall Concert.
200 p.m.-WMAL, "The Magic
Key: WJSV, Music of
the Theater.
500 p.m.-WJSV, New York
Philharmonic Society
Orchestra; WRC. Met
ropolitan Opera Audi
tions.
$50 p.m.-WMAL. Stoopnagle
and Budd.
Evening Programs.
500 p.m.-WJSV, Joe Penner.
700 p.m.-WRC, Jack Benny.
1880 p.m.-WMAL, Ozzie Nelson
and Bob Ripley.
500 p.m.-WJSV, Nelson Eddy;
wRc. Want to Be An
Actor.
$3.50 p.m.-WJSV, Eddie Cantor.
800 p.m.-WOL, Five Star
Final; WJSV, Sunday
Evening Hour.
9:15 p.m.-WMAL. Ripping
Rhythm.
$3.50 p.m.-WRC. Album of Fa-
miliar Music.
1000 p.m.-WRC. Emo Rapee'S
Orchestra; WJSV. Com
munity Sing.
1l:00 p.m.-WMAL. ber
Hour.
Short.Wave Programs.
11:10 a.m.-BERLIN, Symphonic
Concert, DJD, 25.4 m,
HIT meg.
Sis p.m.-PARIS. Concert,
TPA-4, 25.6 m, 11.72
meg.
6:45 p.m.-LONDON, Light Mu-
sic, GSD, 25.5 m, Ills
meg; Csc, 3l.3 m, 9.58
meg; GSB, BIS m,
9.51 meg.
$50 p.m.-BERLIN, Musical
Program, DJD, 25.4 m,
1l.77 meg.
Evening star., 1937-01-31

ers in practically all of his Philhar.
monic concerts which required
chorus.
PLEASANT it is that the Hollywood
Hotel" show has settled down to
smooth pace again after the debut
Of Fred MacMurray as master Of
ceremonies post whose vacancy had
distressing effects on that smart bill.
The chant has been going round
in radio row that MacMurray wasn't
the fellow needed for the job-that
what 1t takes Is fellow with musical
background" Evidently the diSsenters
have forgotten the days when Mac
Murray was playing around the coun-
try as first saxophonist for a tip-top
band act called 1.-The California COL
legians." Our guess is that he will
fill the bill all right-as who shouldn't,
with a weekly salary of S2,500 and a
singing partner with the capabilities
Of Frances Langford?
About the only thing which can be
said in favor OF the increasing fervor
for spelling bees on the air is that
they provide further chance for the
listeners to play games. These pro-
grams are definitely out so far as en-
tertainment value goes. But there are
plenty of listeners who will insure their
success by tuning n faithfully, doubt
less because they have a chance to
feel plenty SNUG as they say to them
selves, II know the answer to that
one" Which probably has accounted
in good part for the warm hearted
reception of that other big radio sue
cess Of the past two seasons-the in
terest displayed in those informal in
terviews popularized by Jerry Belcher,
Phillips Lord ct al
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Ne,U Transmitters for TeleuisiOn
Bring Perfection for Homes Nearer

quite small. Until mass production
is established in this country, it is a
practical certainty that television sets
will cost somewhere between $3.50 and
$500 at the outset.
All Of the American experimenters
are getting best results with pictures
framed on the ends of fuorescent ca
thode ray tubes that are oblongs
about by 8 inches in proportion.
The pictures are exceedingly clear,
and there is little to choose between
those offered by the several expert
menterS. 1t is hoped to increase this
size eventually, and indeed some at
tempt at projecting the images on
screens by feet in size have al
ready been made in England, but with
consequent dimming Of the pictures
as compared with their extraordinary
clarity in the smaller frames.
Evening star., 1937-01-31

pears in prospect to be closely akin to-
the Personal Column of the Air"
which q month ago was the last word
Of the program-planners going in for
human interest on the air. At the
moment the latest broadcasting nov
city is being prepared by Dave
Schooler, whose orchestra has q two
a-week spot on WOR.
SCHOOLER Is to inaugurate q
dance contest, the first attempted
in radio, with tuner-inners being in
vited to submit original dance rou-
tines. These are to be checked by
Schooler and no less a dance au-
thority than Arthur Murray. Maybe
it's a good idea-but Radio Row is
fully aware Of the dearth Of talent
for radio discovered among the lay
listeners.
The amateur hours and lesser pro-
grams endeavored. without startling
success, to unearth some new talent
for q build-up on the air. An occa-
sional Lucille Browning and Doris
Wester may emerge from the ranks of
amateurs-but radio men are quick
to admit that most Of the finds for
professional entertainment are made
in professional ranks. However, Mr..
Schooler may have hold of an idea
at that-inasmuch as he plans to meet
the current craze for listener particle
patton by awarding prizes to the
folks making the most danceable en-
tries-perhaps another offshoot of the
award idea established by Kate Smith
this season and followed more re-
Gently by Floyd Gibbons on his new
series.
II ADIOS insistence upon taking the
edge of a brand-new idea all too
rapidly will be furthered If the ad-
vertising agencies are successful in
their current quest for ventriloquists
for other programs-now that Edgar
Bergen has clicked in such a big way
on the Rudy Vallee show. And Ger
tainly there should be no dificulty in
rounding up such talent-what with
Times Square revealing all too many
former vaudevillians on the lookout
for a break in radio or In any branch
of show business.
With WLW continuing to operate,
despite the inroads Of the flood which
forced the station to take up head
quarters in the old Union Station
studios in Cincinnati, the new N. B. c.
red network Vocal Varieties" main
tanned show business old tradition to
the effect "the show must 60 on" in
regard to this new series debut for a
Tuesday and Thursday regular bill.
The tbs program Is giving the
Smoothies and the Devore Sisters
Trios their first big network chance.
which they have. incidentally. long
merited.
SPEAKING Of ensemble singers,
there once was a quartet COM
prised Of Pinky Perlmuth, Sid Gar
f1nkel, Al Ross and Peter Cantor,
singing away for Abraham Cantor,
choirmaster in a synagogue down in
Harlem. But by now you hear PERL
muth on the airlanes as Jan Peerce,
Garfinkel as Sid Gary and Ross as
Stewart Allen. Peter Cantor, how
ever, goes right on under his old
name-he's singing right now at the
Roney Plaza
But going back to more serious
music for a moment, Hugh Ross is
to direct the radio premiere Of the
Schola Cantorum's presentation Of
Beth Bingham's American folk can
tata, "WilderneSs Stone" on Lincoln's
birthday via both networks Of N. B. c.
Toscanini, you remember. rated this
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Prelates on Air.

uIGHLIGHTED by talks on their
= impressions of the Congress by
visiting prelates, daily reports of the
Thirty-third International Eucharist
Congress at Manila, Philippine Islands,
will be brought from the Philippines
and broadcast over the networks Of
the National Broadcasting Co. in the
United States from February 3 to Z.
The outstanding event of the Con-
gress, the personal blessing and mes
sage Of Pope Plus XII, broadcast to
Manila direct from the Vatican Sum
day, February 7, also will be heard
in the United States. The Vatican
broadcast will be relayed to this coun-
try by short wave and rebroadcast
over the combined NBC-Red and NBC-
Blue networks at 8 am.
Evening star., 1937-01-31

600; Minnesota, $4,000; Mississippi,
178,000; Missouri, $4,000; Montana,
98.200; Nebraska, 285, 700; Nevada,
23.200; New Hampshire, LOG, 500; New
Jersey, 960,0O0; New Mexico, 51,700;
New York, 3,213,000: North Carolina,
365.50o; North Dakota, 1O7, $500; Ohio,
/ ,493 900; Oklahoma, 358, 400; Ore
gon, $4,000; Pennsylvania, 2,083, 900;
Rhode Island, 10000; South Caro-
lima, 186,800: South Dakota, 500;
Tennessee, $4,000; Texas, $4,000;
Utah, $1,000; Vermont, 77,500; Vir-
ginia, 361 1900; Washington. 371, TOO;
West Virginia. 257,000: Wisconsin,
$4,000; Wyoming, 47,800.
A MERICA'S colleges and sriversi-
ties are going radio, and in a
big way, too, for more than 200 In
stitutions of higher learning, even If
they do not offer courses in radio, now
have professors or instructors who are
listed under the title of broadcasting
director.
Far from being ultra conservative
in the courses they offer, many uni
versities are keeping their ears to the
ground and coming forth with instruc-
ton in new arts and industries as
they develop. The rapid spread of
journalism courses was typical of this
trend, and more recently the offering
of radio instruction bears out the
progressive tendency of the so-called
reactionary educational industry.
A FEW years ago the number of
broadcast courses available to the
rah-rah segment of the Nations
youth could be counted on the fingers
of two or three hands. without dis
turbing the thumbs. This year, how.
ever, a survey of campuses by the
Office of Education reveals SO of them
offering scheduled work in studio and
microphone technique as part Of their
curricula. with credit often given
toward diplomas.
Thus with SO universities having
accredited radio courses and the 200
having officials in charge Of campus
broadcast activity, there is developing
reservoir Of talent and supply of
announcers, program directors, con-
tinuity writer's and technicians to
swell the ranks of regularly employed
broadcast personnel.
IN RADIOS early days the men who
manned the microphones and kept
the transmitters perking were grad
yates of the school of hard knocks.
A good share Of radios present per-
sonnel can boast of this S. H. K.
degree, but large portion Of them
have also obtained regular college
degrees.
The typical university course in
radio will present training in the art
of announcing, uncover the secrets Of
directing and producing successful
program, delve into the trade tricks
of radio dramatics, explain how to
function from the neck up as well as
down when facing a live microphone,
and strip the mystery from the art Of
continuity writing.
Different institutions have their
own way of spreading this material
over their curricula and choose their
own approaches to the diversified
topics. Some recognize the practical
side to a greater degree and instruct
their pupils in radio advertising, copy
right and musical rights, voice place.
ment, program criticism and audience
measurement.
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Radio Dries Wood.

7 1SING radio diathermy devices SIM
liar to those being used by medi-
cal science to combat diseases by in.
ducing artificial fevers, q Russian sci-
enlist Is reported from London to have
perfected new means Of drying wood
quickly. Heretofore 1t has been i'm
possible to season wood quickly by
ordinary means because interior mois-
ture was imprisoned by hardening Of
outer surfaces,
Evening star., 1937-01-31

TELEVISION moved step near
er the home during the last
few weeks when it was dis
Il closed that two of the three
major American television expert
menters had completed and placed
in test operation new transmitters
designed to send out visual images
under standards upon which the in
dustry has agreed as necessary for
good reception. The third big Amer
ican experimenter is at present en-
gagged in rebuilding its plant to do
likewise.
Only their own engineers and Off
cials are as yet equipped to receive
the pictures, but Radio Corp. of Amer
tca, collaborating with its subsidiary
National Broadcasting Co. and Farms
worth Television, Ltd, now have sta
tions on the air capable of sending
out images of 441-line definition, the
first broadcasting from atop the EN-
pire State Building in New York and
Farnsworth from its Philadelphia
plant.
This means they are sending out
pictures that are figuratively paint
ed by beams Of electrons at the rate
Of 80 per second, interlaced so as to
provide actually 60 per second, each
picture built up Of AL lines. Pre-
viously, 343-line images were en-
ployed, but the Radio Manufacturers
Association last year fixed upon AL
lines as q standard for adequate re-
ception.
The third big researcher into tele-
vision Is Philco Radio & Television
Corp, which demonstrated its 343-
line images in Philadelphia last year
but Is scrapping that equipment and
also going to AL lines. r. c. AN. B.
c. expect to be active in the broad
casting Of television, Farnsworth is
primarily interested in the patent
structure and Philco's interest lies
chiefly in television set manufacture.
The fact that these companies have
reached the new standard does not
mean that television is ready for the
market as yet, though 1t is not at all
improbable that some television re-
ceivers will be offered to the New
York public locally so that it can tune
In the Empire State transmissions as
early as next Christmas. Since tele-
vision signals generally travel only
to the horizon, it will require hun
dreds or perhaps thousands OF trans
mitters to service the entire United
States, so that it Is expeced the serv-
ice will first be offered on q local
basis in New York, then spread to
the other larger cities Of the country.
This, In fact, Is the procedure al
ready adopted in England. where tele-
vision programs are being broadcast
to the public two hours daily in Lon
don only. It's pictures are received
over q radius Of not more than IS
miles. Receiving units cost. $500 or
more. 80 that the audience Is still
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Plans Comeback.

A L. ALEXANDER, who was decis-
1 ioned out of stardom in the Good
Will Court. is coming back with q
brand-new smash idea, highly legal in
every phase. Two network sponsors
are considering the idea and a de-
cision is expected within a month.
Evening star., 1937-01-31

radio in all its various phases.
This is only the amount the Amer
ican public and American business
paid out during the year for radio
equipment, services, time on the air
and talent. 1t does not take into
account purchases of equipment by
the Nations 10000 or more radio
amateurs and by private and Gov
eminent services, notably military
and marine, for radio equipment of
all sorts, nor does it include the
money spent for dio-telegraph and
radio-telephone services which have
been expanding rapidly in recent
years. If figures covering these could
be computed, the sum total would
more than likely reach a billion dol
lars.
A CCORDING to the trade journal,
- Radio Today, some 100000 radio
sets were sold during 1886 for re-
tail cost of $4,000, 900. not a record
in itself, but regarded as quite salts
factory figure in view of the lower
cost of radios. This was the largest
item in the industry's turnover Of last
year. Added to this was S150,000,000
spent for electricity, batteries, etc, to
operate the 100000 radios now in
use in this country; $75,000,000 spent
for servicing these sets; $45,000,000
spent for parts, supplies, etc, and
S31, 10000 spent for purchasing some
10000 900 replacement tubes.
So much for the economy repre-
sented by the IA manufacturers OF
radio receivers, $40 manufacturers OF
parts, the 13 manufacturers of tubes,
the $1,000 retail dealers of all sorts
and the 10000 radio service men OF
the country.
The $50 or more broadcasting sta
tions and the several networks en-
1oyed a record prosperity during the
last year, selling time to sponsors
amounting to about. $114,000,000, as
against 100000 the preceding year.
These broadcasting stations and net
works also spent approximately $685.
100000 for program talent during the
year.
IRON these authoritative recapitu-
lations for the year just ended, it
can be seen readily that radio defl-
nitely has entered the class OF big
business. With the prospect Of tele-
vision looming and with all its impli-
cations as to its effect upon the bill
lion-dollar theatrical industry. the
future of the radio business looms
bright indeed and is the source Of
considerable enthusiasm in industry
ranks.
Radio Today estimates that as of
January /, 1887. there were "a 500. 900
homes in the United States equipped
with radios, 100000 Of them with
extra sets, and that 100000 automo-
biles had radios. It compares this
with 100000 homes with autos, H.
100000 homes with telephones and
81 300 900 homes with electricity. The
distribution of radios by States is
estimated as follows:
Alabama, 276,0O0; Arizona, 66,900;
Arkansas, 200,500; California, 1,503,-
600; Colorado, 221, 700: Connecticut.
$500; Delaware, 50,5O0; District of
Columbia, $4,000; Florida, 100000;
Georgia. $4,000; Idaho, $1,000; Illi-
nois, 1,729 600; Indiana, 10000; Iowa,
$4,000; Kansas 372,500; Kentucky,
335,80c; Louisiana, 278,000; Maine,
175,000; Maryland, 342,200; Massa-
chusetts, 1,o15,Oo0; Michigan, 1904
Evening star., 1937-01-31
New Broadcast Novelties
Are Sought for Networks
Variety of Programs Planned Based on
Human Interest-Dance Contest
Soon on WOR.
By Dorothy Matfison.

of the trail Of badcastng novelties The Good
Will Court
variety
although
carefully avoided by shows
Meanwhile another sponsor determined q
Evening star., 1937-01-31

Annual Turnover Running
Near Billion-Dollar Mark
Total Trade of 1891, 100000 in 1886 Sets
Record 100000 Receiving Sets
Sold Last Year.
By the Radio Editor.

Is annual turnover running close to the dollar mark that
a a
cors onward Competent
undoubtedly
Evening star., 1937-10-03

sons in the blood irritate this SenSi-
tive skin-and pimples break out.
Thousands sofyoungpeopleno
Fleischmann's fresh Yeast to help
clear up a pimply skin. Eat cakes
daily-a cake about y hour before
each meal-plain or in little water.
Keep it up regularly. Start now!
Evening star., 1937-10-03

Even if you know all the steps-it's
no fun going to a party if your face
is broken out with pimpleS.
Yet-many girls and boys have
this trouble after the start of adoles-
cence-from Is to 25, and sometimes
~ longer. At this time the skin
- gets very sensitive. Waste poi
Evening star., 1937-10-03

JOIN! It's Easy! Jusf save the
labels from the 3 FleiSchmdnn
Yeast Cakes you eat each day. Get
aMurray-Co-Round Card free from
your grocer. Paste your labels on
3 each day for u days-and send
it in. Your FREE book of Fox TrOt
Lessons, your Ring and the 80
Ideas to Make Parties Go" will be
sent you promptly.
And you'll be thrilled at the way
FleiSchmann' Yeast helps to clear
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-20
Fine for Kidney and
Bladder Weakness

Flush poisons from kidneys and
bladder and you will live a health
Ter, happier and longer life.
One most efficient and harmless
way to do this is to get from your
druggist a 35-eent box of Gold
Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules and
take them as direeted-the swift
results will surprise you.
Besides getting up nights, some
symptoms of kidney trouble are
backache, moist palms, leg cramps
and puffy eyes. If you want real
results, be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL-the original and genuine
HARLEM Oil Capsules a fine
diuretic-right from HARLEM in
Holland.
When your kidneys are clogged!
and your bladder is irritated and
passage scant and often smarts
and burns you need Gold Medal
"a grand kidney stimulant ana
cleaning once in a while.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-20
The Sin of Omission

1t isn't the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
That gives you a bit of a heartache
AT the setting of the sun.
The tender word forgotten
The letter you did not write;
The flowers you did not send dear
Are your hauting ghosts at night.
The stove you might have lifted
Out of a brothers way;
The bit of heartsome counsel
You were hurried to much to saw.
The loving touch of the hand, dear.
The gentle winning tone
Which you had no time nor
thought for
With troubles enough ofyour own.
These little acts of kindness
So easily out of mind,
Which we poor mortals find
They come in night and silence,
Each sad, reproachful wrath.
When hope is faint and tagging
And a chill has fallen on faith.
For life is all too short, dear.
And sorrow is all too great,
To suffer our sow compassion
That tarries until too late;
And it isn't the hing you do dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
Which gives you a bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-20
The Guidite World
of Music
BY Miss Ethel Jones

Governor Bradford of the Ply
mouth, Mass. colony, proclaimed
the first Thanksgiving Day in Am
erica. It was celebrated by the Pill
grims in observance of their new
world, America, offered them.
A period of devotion and thanks
to the creator was followed by a
feast by all assembled at the fes-
tive board. George Washington
was the first president to proclaim
a national Thanksgiving Day in
America for the bounties afforded
the year. Abraham Lincoln was
the president who proclaimed that
the last Thursday in November
be made a permanent day of Ma
tional Thanksgiving, so it is truly
fitting, that we musicians should
count our music as a great blessing
received in the past and give
thanks for our musical %opportuni
ties.
1. Thanks to our parents for the
opportunity to study music.
2 Thanks to our parents for the
sacrifice they are making in our
behalf for our musical education.
3. Thanks to our teacher who has
labored so faithfully throughout
the year with us.
A. Thanks to u school depart.
ments which afforded us time for
ensemble practice.
5. Thanks for our instruments.
6. Thanks for the joys our mu-
sic has brought us.
7. Thanks for the opportunities
that music lays at our doors.
Selected
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-20
The
QUESTION
BOX

l. When did Hannibal ros the
Alps2
2. What was the name of the
Negro serving in the French army
who located and destroyed the my
sterious gun during the World
war known as the Big Bertha?
3. What Negro was appointed
captain in the u. S. Navy during
the Civil War?
1. What was the most outstand
ing music aggregation in France
during the World war?
5. What Negro established the
modern schools Of Russia and is
said to be the greatest poet of Rus
ia?
Answers
1. 21S B. c.
2. Capt. Mortenol of the French
air force, who was head of a divi
sion of 240 men.
3. Capt. Smalls
A.. Jim Europe, a New York Ne
gro.
5. Alexander Puskins
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-20
Vote $4,000 For New
lakewood Building

Battle Greek, Mich. Nov. II
(ANP)-An appropriation of $780,
900 for the erection of a new Ad-
ministration building for the Oak
wood Junior college of Huntsville,
Ala, was voted by the Fall Council
of Se~venth-day Adventists in its
recent session held here.
The estimated cost of this new
building is $4,000, $4,000 of
which has been subscribed by the
World Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists. The Union Conferences
of North America will appropriate
another $4,000. The constituency
of the lakewood Junior college will
raise the other $4,000 by public
subscription. Nearly $4,000 of Oak
woods share has already been
raised.
Enlargement of the institutions
facilities has been necessitated by
the large enrolment. The school
has the largest college enrolment
in its history. Students are in at
tendance from nearly 80 states, as
well as foreign countries.
Delegates to the Fall Council
have come from all parts of the
world. This is the annual gathering
for the leaders in the worldwide
work of Seventh-day Adventists to
lay plans and to adopt the budget
for the coming year. There were
25 colored delegates in attendance.
At this council, Pres. j. L. Moran
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-20
Gil Offers Prize
For Best S~crapbOOk

Uncle Gil will give a prize of one
dollar to the Guidite member who
turns in to him the most complete
serapbook carrying clippings of
questions and answers as may be
found on the Gudite page each
week. Included in serapbook aside
from questions and answers there
must also be found articles of an
educational nature, as may be
found OF Guidite page for example,
Facts About Boulder DAM" in
order to be eligible for the prize.
Uncle Gil hopes to be able to
find a Guidite who has a complete
serapbook dating back to the be-
ginning of the Gu'dite elect cover
ing questions and answers on Ne
gro history, music, articles under
the caption Of the Gnidite World of
Music, by Miss Ethel Jones, Arith-
metic questions and answers, poems
etc. Now dear Guidites # you have
failed to keep a serapbook get
busy and start ore for it may be
you hat will receive a brand new
crisp new dollar bill from Uncle
Gil for the most complete scrap
book. This offer will close on the
18th of October.