Evening star., 1945-07-01
O. Radio listeners

The Quiz Kids will be five years
old tonight. The show experts
thought would last only a few
months has become national insti-
tuition. The Kids have been re-
sponsible for the sale Of $40 000,-
600 worth of War Bonds, have been
entertained at the. White House.
have appeared In seven hlm shorts,
have entertained at more than 60
Army camps and hospitals, have
been lauded twice from the floor
of the Senate, and have competed
successfully with university pro-
fessors seven times. Yet, with 1T
all, we have the word OF Joe Kelly,
who perhaps knows and loves them
best, that the Kids are all Just aver.
age American children. modest ana
/ fun loving.
The program was originated by
Louis CoWan. now chief Of the New
York ONCE of the Owl and head OF
Overseas Radio. Although he be-
lieyed in his brain-child, CoWAn had
4 hard time convincing any one else
Of its possibilities. It was finally
sold as a summer replacement show,
but the difficulties were not over.
Finding suitable master of cere-
monies proved an almost msur-
mountable hurdle. Joe Kelly was
the 18th person auditioned for the
f6b. His previous experience IN radio
and his love of children outweighed
Joe's lack of encyclopedia knowl-
edoe and A large amount OF the
credit for the programs success
must go to him. The Quiz KIDS
without Joe Kelly would be like an
engine without gasoline.
Two hundred and two cnlidren
have appeared on this WMAL- AbC
show since 1910. One hundred ana
eleven of them are now over 10,
and without exception are making
fine records. Sixteen are serving IN
the armed forces. According TO DR..
Lewis Terman of Stanford and DR.,
Paul Witty of Northwestern, young
sters such as these invariably have
successful adult lives. Their sur
yeys. the doctors say, prove that it
is the infrequent highly pubncizea
abnormal juvenile genius that
burns itself out. No such fate awaits
the Quiz Kids.
WWDC tomorrow will begin oper-
ating its own radio news bureau
the first time, the staff believes
such a thing has ever been done py
any radio station. The bureau Will
be run like the news desk of q paper,
with reporters on the scene OF the
story and rewrite men. Jack Reid,
correspondent for several out-of- :
town papers and stations, will head
the bureau, and Fred Hoffman Will
be news editor. Ten reporters Will
gather the news.
I'll health has forced VOL
Mutuals popular Eleanor Howard
to give up her radio work. The
strain of daily broadcasting has
proved too much for Mrs. Howard,
who has not yet fully recovered
from serious injuries sustained IN
an accident last winter. Marshall
Adams replaces her on the daily
$50 am. Listen Ladies, and Lunch
con WIN Lopez TttuiiiS az A.Ao Pi''
Marshall's usual spot.
Hymns of All Churches will be
heard over WMAL-ABC Monday
through Thursday at 1890 am.
starting tomorrow The l5-minute
programs will feature music from
all churches in the United States.
Nine vocalists will sing the hymns
and Narrator Franklyn MacCor-
mack will give daily readings. Every
Friday at the same time, WMAL-
ABC will broadcast Betty Crocker
and her household hints.
Starting tomorrow, WRC-NBC
Commentator Nancy Osgood will re-
sumo her annual Red Cross Canteen
broadcasts. Undersecretary of State