Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

there was something missing wher
Detroit and Cleveland opened the
BASEBALL season Tuesday. WWJ's
ry Tyson, whose voice from
Briggs Stadium has seemed tc
make the thing official for l.
years, was missing Right after
Tvs return from Florida he en-
tered Harper Hospital for ar
operation. His condition is now
excellent and he may be back al
work sooner than was expected.
Bob Trout, who has been in
London for CHS while Edward
Murrow was in the United States,
will leave his post there when
Murrow takes over again next
Sunday. Trout will come home
via Turkey, Egypt. Malta, Aus
tralia and New Zealand Coca
Cola VIII discontinue Spotlight
Bands" over CKLW on May 2. No
lson is given, but the sugar
shortage is a good guess. The
KostalenetZ show on WJR will
run during the summer May
II will be quite a day for Artie
could Be KitzeD Auerbach. It's
his birthday, the sixth anniversary
o. his ''Mr. KitzeP' and his third
year with Al Pearce Mary
Small will be regular vocalist on
the Basin Street i've program on
the Blue (WXYZ) Wednesday
night at a new Time p. m.
Eddie Cantor's sponsor wanted
the show for the summer but Blue
refused 10 give il up There
will be no summer requirements
f.. Kate Smith and Jack Benny,
but they'll be back at the same
hours in the early autumn.
Carl Nelson. who comes TO De-
troit for the WJR Hermit show
each Sunday. will be in army uni
form next week. He was formerly
q WJR announcer Mrs. Bill
Demling. wife of the radio come
dian. was killed in motor car
crash in California last week. She
was the former Margaret Mallett
Of Detroit Bert Silen, NBC
correspondent at Manila. is be-
lieveo to be a prisoner of the
laps He made that memorable
eyewitness broadcast of the first
bombing of the Philippines capital.
Paul Douglas, who dropped
his radio work to join the Office
Of Facts and Figures at Los An
geles. has taken out a license to
wed Virginia Fields, the beauteous
English actress WXYZ can't
clear time for Dinah Shores new
show, which starts May /, but will
transcribe and present at a later
hour to be- announced.
Ransom Sherman has been given
13-week renewal for his CHS
WJR program Looks like
Bill Thompson's Mr.. Wimple"
role with Fibber and Molly would
land him a movie contract :.
Tommy Dorsey was forced to
cancel a week Of benefit perform
ances so tossed to Navy Relief
hi salary-S7, 5O0-for last week
at a New York theater The
Old Gold show moves to WJR on
April %. Present cast now on
the Blue network will be dropped
and Nelson Eddy will be top man.
He will have the right to select
his own orchestra Ruth Corn
wall Woodman, who writes Death
Valley Days, is New Highlander,
o Vassar graduate and lives in
Rye, N. Y. She never saw Death
Valley until she was hired TO
write about it. but has spent much
time there since Ted Collins
takes over the production of
Spirit of AZ" (WJR) tonight and
Kate Smith will be emcee for a
few weeks at least.
Ann Loranger, whose fine So
prano voice was featured on WJR
and WMBC for several years, will
be married May 9 to Roscoe r.
Woodward of Detroit. Incidentally,
Inns son Jack is in the medical
corps at Pearl Harbor. He was
off duty when his living quarters
were blown to bits on December z.
Ross Hastings of Los An
geles drew the 5000 first prize in
the WON contest for the best
operetta. Calls il Mister Mozart
Second Husband" which
moves from WJR to WXYZ to-
morrow. will be a daily feature
hereafter at IL a. m. Pearl
Buck Good Earth will use radio
extensively TO push her East and
West Assn" an organization
planned TO bring peoples of the
Occident and Orient in closer
touch The big circus is try.
ing cut short ballyhoo announce.
ments on the air-the first time
radio has been used Just sc
the public will not forget the name
of Studebaker. the auto makers
have taken a thrice-weekly news
cast on WWJ.
Les Tremayne, star of First
Nighter," is growing a beard and
flowing hair 10 star in a religion!
spectacle at Marshalltown, Ia, ir
June Walter Gross, with q
small band. replaces Teddy Wilson
or Duffys Tavern (WJR)
Elsie Janis, who was "Sweethear
o. the A. +. F." in World War
il back to entertain the boys ir
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