The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-03

though they had Rockefeller for a sponsor. They picked six contest ants from the audience for this latest (but differenD quiz program and paid them the regular "Quick AS a Flash" prizes-sI0 to sIOO. Out of it they got a master record from which was made a couple Of quick copies.
 rOne of the biggest agencies heard the recording. liked it and paid $500 for a two-yeek option, several times the usual radio option rate. The agency had a soup sponsor hot for the show but all Of the cogs didn't mesh and at the end of two weeks there was no contract. The boys gave the agency three days of grace and then hotfo0ted it to the William F. Weinstaub Agency. By nov their two records were worn almost to the point of exhaustion and their master print had been ruined so no more pressings could be made. Two grand down the dratna
 But Weintraub Mixed it. Within 2s hours he had summoned them to his home on a Saturday after noon and taken a siy-week option af eaOO weekly. Within three weeks Weintraub announced on a MoD- day that the program had been bought by the EEelbros Watch Co. for four years and eight weeks and the next Sunday night the first broadcast was made. This speed IS about the radio equivalent Of the four-minute mile.
 sQuick AS a Flash" is heard at 6 D. nS. Sundays over 90 stations of the Mutual BroadcastiDg System. On Sept. 10 it goes to ii6 stations. !"
 'srle Parker Family knows its onions . and it's tomatoes and carrots, too. Like most families, who have the garden space, radios Parker Family" heard Fridays at s:l5 D. m. oyer WATR and the Blue network, has been doing it's space- work for the war effort !. over the air and also in the earth,
 It's no wonder that the scripts have an air Of authenticity when eyer gardening takes the 1mellght, Producer Oliver Barbour, in his off- mike moments, has tarmed every thing from weeds to waternlel0ns. Jay Jostyp, the grutf but loyable MT. Parker, pitches in to a commuil- ity victory garden at his suburbap New York home. And when Scrip ter Priscilla Kent went on her fer cent vacation she took her rest bending over a patch Of iettuee'
 One Of the most unusual 0rgapT izations yet to serve on ''t'he Amer jean Womap's Jury" heard Tuesdays and Thursdays at i;t5 ?, my was the Wlp-6uH Contest club of B0s- ton. Tne women ip the club are really an advertisers deligbt, tbey gre Tadi0-miIlded, listen closely to all commercials, buy and test tle product advertised and enter pTaeE tieally all the eoptests 0D the ar today
 The club gas organized some years ago by a g0Dlan who had won more than 300 prizes iD 2 slngle year. They meet once 2 Nontl ana discuss tbe latest contests, read any entries of theirs that have won prizes and analyge the psychology Of winning radio eoptests,
 Their hobby is not only pr0fltab'e but gives tbem a great deal 0f amusement, When asked h9Y U)ey spend their prize money they u0aDlF m0usly answered tbat every penny goes into War Bonds,
 Mona Paulee, glamQFous HleEsoThlF praGQ Of the MetF0polilan Dpela company, who was heafd tsllHaasi July 29, for the LbiFd time Hlls Rlllls pgeT on WATR's World f0l Song" has an ipteTesting slaellght 70 gfr ter Qp the llnguistle trials 0i y0DDs ADlerieaH singefs, The agefaee AlnerieaH,p Mss Paulee, pQlDis gDl speaks only EngllsA, 0f at best one other language, F9f example, I slehk French only, in addition t9 Rly nas tive tongue, but I hsVe t9 slilg 70 [tallan end German, e0afblnk fgf tbese WulH rllHgusl F0aes ls done tllFeagh the nledluHa Of translation and pbaEeties, 4 bleFal Nahklas li0n Of tAe lines Is made and ule fdraar falt0fRd tD tileif laHaflNe