Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-09
or RadioL;,tener,
By Ben Kaplan.

impatiently awaits 18th birthday
next summer to join Navy. -. Per-
fectionist: Correspondent Larry Le-
sueur Of CHS estimates Dimitri Shes
takovich spent more than year and
"a half on his Eighth Symphony,
and probably tore up the first
draft. I. Real Holiday: The casts
of the Monday through Friday day
time serials were able to enjoy the
Yule and New Year holidays for the
first time in six years. Unless
holidays occur on Saturday, most OF
the actors and actresses go right on
working. ;. A calendar setup such
as 1943 won't happen again for II
years. Double Trouble: The Nils
son Twins-jive singers with Spike
Jones outfit-cause many a head
ache on the Bob Burns show.
They are identical twins, looking
alike, walking alike, talking alike
and dressing alike. But those in
the know have found the secret to
identification. Elsa wears charm
bracelet all the time and Eileen
wears ring.
Director Huxley: Carroll Huxley
former arranger for Andre Kos
telanetZ and now a bluejacket, has
been appointed director of the Great
Lakes Naval Training School or
chestra. The DIRK is heard on
the broadcasts of Meet Your Navy.
Purely Personal: It's a girl.
Geraldine, born December 8, to Mr..
and Mrs. Alan Fishborn. Father
is a radio director and the mother
star of Authors Playhouse. .
Mark Passes On: Uncle Mark"
Thrasher, age 1913, crossed over Jor-
dan recently, minded until the
end. :. The slave-born ancient was
on We, the People last spring, re-
called Gen. Grant and Gen Lee.
Another Ancient: Henry M. Roe.
95-year-old war worker, who served
Abraham Lincoln as messenger boy,
also was a guest on We, the People
recently. After the show Roe,
who has been married five times,
told Emcee Milo Boulton that he
expects to take another bride after
the war. :. Boulton asked him why
after the war and Roe replied, "One
battle at time!" No Exceptions:
Radio courtesy deems it necessary
that whenever program features
a guest star, his or her regular show
must be credited. Lower Basin
Street not only mentioned Georgia
Gibbs sponsor, but also ran in the
names OF her shows competitors.
AS Milton Cross put it: "On this
program, we don't show any favor
ites!"
What's CoOkin': Arkansas Multi
millionaire Herbert Feldkamp. jr.,
is dickering with the Great Gill
dersleeve to star in new Broadway
production, Man With a Laugh ~
which Is based on Gildy's career and
which Feldkamp will produce on
Broadway in February. Should
the comic accept he will move his
ooAiody PloSI all W NEW DIX CIV
. Jerry McGill, writer and pro-
Queer of Big Town. has written a
stage play with Big Town angle
called compromise" Some O,
the cast of the radio show will be in
1t. Guy Lombardo starts a new
show for cigarette sponsor January
Is over the Bluenet. Deadline
Dramas, on the networks back ii
1941 as a sustainer, has been sole
and is on the air again over some
OF the stations of the Blue. The
program features Irene Wicker ano
Bob White . . Alfred Wallenstein
conductor of the Los; Angeles. SYM
phony, is to conduct his old Voice
Program orchestra once when the
program visits the West Coast this
winter. -. For the first time in their
% years Of association, Freeman F.
Gosden and Charles j. Correll
(Amos n Andy have come to the
conclusion that functioning as a
team can go too far . They came
down with the flu simultaneously.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc)