Evening star., 1949-04-24
News of Video and Radio
Peabody Awards, Broadcastings Oscars
Goto Two Television Shows for First Tim.
By Harry Macarthur

MocArthur
Laurence Olivier's movie Hamlet"
In competition with Broadway's
Death of a Salesman"
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This departments own award
a brass-plated plate suitable for
plugging q hole In the head
goes to CHS. with nobody else
close enough to be called runner
up. CHS won fairly and cleanly.
with its promise to bring the jack
pot on a quiz program which
shall be nameless to more than
$20, 900 by the addition of a gold
plated lawnmower valued at
SO 900. Fie on the man who wins
that and doesn't say a gold-plated
lawnmower Is just what he's
been wanting all his heretofore
empty life. Adding $40. to an
average income would only mean
that the income tax people would
like half of that loot, please.
Lives there man with soul SO
dead he won't pay 1,500 in taxes
for the privilege of owning the
first gold-plated lawnmower in
the block?
1t isn't safe to answer the phone
any more.
7 Telenotes: NBC will be cele-
brating a television anniversary
next Sunday with more candles
on the cake than you'd expect.
NBC will be starting its eleventh
yideo year. regular program SER
vice via W2XBS tnow WNBT)
having started April 80. 1899.
with the opening of the Worlds
Fair You can learn all sorts
of things from television. You
can, for instance. learn about
public speaking and correction Of
speech defects from DR.. Richard
Hutcheson's Your Speech"
(WTTG-Wednesday . PM.
Strickland Gillian. the local
humorist, also is on the show
to provide, as he says. the
anaesthetic to 60 along with the
impaired knowledge And on
Ruth Cranes Modern Woman"
(WMAL-TV-Tuesday $3.50 p.mJ
this week, you can learn how to
pack for a vacation, how. that Is.
to arrange 43 necessary items in
a 21-inch week end case. Handy
knowledge If ever there was any
Morton Downey is the latest
of the radio stars planning to be-
come a television regular. Start
ing May 2. he'll be heard on
nightly show via NBC. Mr..
Downey will be on the Monday.
Wednesday and Friday programs.
with Robert Quinlan taking over
on the other evenings. The
winner Of each 13-week cycle of
the Art Brown Talent Parade
(WOIC-Friday, 7:30 pm0 will
receive a television receiver and
a trip to New York to try out for
Arthur Godfary's Talent Scouts. +"
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Programs and People: Pigs
from Thistles," a discussion Of
public understanding of mental
ailments. will be presented Tues
dap night at s:45 by WMAL as
part of the observance Of National
Mental Health, Week. Two
Democratic Senators, Warren @.
Manuson and Edwin C. Joiinson,
will debate the question Of ship
ping arms to Europe on "The
American Forum of the Air" over
VOL tomorrow at 10 pm. :. Next
Sundays concert OF the New
York Philharmonic at Constitu-
ton Hall will start at 2:45 in
stead of the usual 4 pm. to .ac-
commodate the broadcast time
table over WTOP and CHS.
Miles Standish, director Of the
World Affairs Center. will be the
guest on VICTIMS Student Club"
next Thursday at 1880. The
baseball situation seems to be
this. Daytime games during the
week will be carried by WPK and
WASH-FM. Daytime home games
will be telecast by WTTG. Night
and Sunday games will be broad
cast by WWDC and WWDC-FM.
In buses. even. fellows?
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Time Capsule: Things are diff.
ferent this year. with the District
getting daylight-saving time TO.
day along with every one else
Therell be none Of that Turmoil
that had broadcasters and listen.
ers missing dates last spring
You'll find your favorite pro-
grams In the same old time niche
today. even though you feel Al
hour sleepier when they turn up
on account OF that hour you los
last night.