Evening star., 1949-09-04

Howard Barlow will conduct. .
Suspense, high-ranking tele-
vision program last winter. will
make its first appearance of the
new season at $50 pm. Tuesday
on WOIC.
Television set owners in Wash
ington increased by 100 during
the last month, according to
survey by the four operating tele-
vision stations here. The official
estimate of set owners is now
57,400. William Boyd, whose
exploits as "Hopalong Cassidy"
may be seen on WNBW Fridays
at 5 pm, will greet his fans at
'Uline's Arena, under the sponsor
ship of Hecht's. this Thursday.
Mr.. Boyd, star of so Western
movies built around the law
abiding character created by
Clarence E. Mulford, will be at
the arena from 10 to II am.
Settlement of long standing
argument between the television
industry and the American So
ciety of Composers, Authors and
Publishers is expected sometime
this month. Representatives of
the two groups have for months
been discussing the proper amount
of compensation to be paid for
use of ASCAP members music
on TV programs.
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A tribute to the late DR.. Hans
Kinder, founder and former con-
ductor of the National Sympathy
Orchestra, will be broadcast by
WCFM (995 megacycles) at 7
o'clock tonight. A tape recording
of one of the last interviews with
DR.. Kinder will be included in the
program. Several recordings of
the National Symphony under DR..
Kinder will be heard.
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Grace L. H. BroSseau, editor of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution magazine, takes some
space in the September issue to
reply to Arthur Godfrey for a
statement she says he made last
June about the OAR and its stand
against allowing Negro perform
ers at Constitution Hall.
Mr.. Godfrey. she charges, clasSed
the OAR with the Ku Klux Klan
and made certain mention of the
"bigoted" OAR members. Just a
publicity stunt, she says, and adds
that neither Mr.. Godfrey nor his
manager bothered to completely
investigate the facts.
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Radio neWs-Frank Sinatra will
return to the air at 7 pm. to-
morrow night on WRC. Dorothy
Kristen, the Metropolitan Opera
soprano. will co-star. The pro-
gram will be on the air for IS
minutes, five nights a week. .. :.
Dramatic programs dominate the
first fifteen" ratings in the latest
Hooper report on evening shows.
Our Miss Brooks" is first, the
Fat Man." second. and "This is
Your FBI," third. Henry Morgan,
at 18th place. is the only comedian
to break into the charmed group.
Stop The Music" trails Morgan.
Haywood Meeks has been
named promotion director of
WASH-FM. The Rev. James
A. Caulifield, spiritual director of
the st. Vincent de Paul Society
of the Washington archdiocese,
will be the speaker on the Mutual
network program, Faith in Our
Time" during September. Father
Caulfield, who is stationed at Holy
Name Church here, can be heard
on VOL at 10:15 am. Thursdays.
:. Harold Levey will conduct the
NBC Symphony Orchestra in the
final summer concert of the US.
Steel Hour at $3.50 o'clock tonight
on WRC. John Baker and Ma
dine Connor will appear as guest
soloistS. Mr.. Levey is musical di-
rector of THE Theater Guild on
the Air" If Shirley May
France ever gets around to swim
ming the English Channel, the
Mutual Network (WOL in Wash
ington) will carry the exclusive ac-
count. Perry Como returns to
the Supper Club of the Air"
Thursday. The show. which
moves to a new time 90 PM
will be a half an hour in length.
1t still will be on WRC and the
NBC network. Appearing with
Como will be the Fontane sisters.
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