Evening star., 1950-01-29

Association and Vice President
Alben Barkley will be the leading
amateur" taking part.
Supreme Court justices, cabinet
officers and members of Congress
have been "auditioned" by Anna
teur Hour" Producer Lou Gold
berg and number will display
their musical and dramatic talent.
Among the other participants will
be congressional barber shop
quartet.
The NBC-TV version of the
Amateur Hour" is a separate pro-
gram usually on Tuesday nights,
but this Thursdays Washington
show. with emphasis on sigh"
acts, is to be telecast from New
York on February 7.
X X X
Arthur Godfrey is, without a
doubt, the man who entertains
more people than any other. His
Talent Scouts rated 52.1 in the
last TV Hooper. the closest second
yet to Berle $3.50, and his
Wednesday variety show was in
fourth place with a 42.5. Talent
Scouts" is on AM simultaneously
and has just stepped into third
place in the AM Hooper with 22.2.
Mr.. G. also is the leading man in
the daytime ratings, with an 80.
Just to make certain that no
body misses Godfrey, Chesterfield
has added a Saturday night half
hour, transcribed digest of the
daytime show.
Programs and People: A series
of four Thursday night programs
on pensions will start this week
on Mutual (WOH. Leo Cherne
will be the moderator Theo-
dore Crank, moderator of Amer
lean Forum of the Air" (WRC,
WNBW - Sunday, 4:30) has
entered an agreement with
Readers Digest for use of certain
of the magazines articles and
writer's on the forum, at least
once month THE Gold
bergs" (WTOP) will move to
Saturday night at $50, starting
this week. The video version on
WOIC will remain in the Monday
at $3.50 spot The NBC "Pio-
neerS of Music" again will be
offered as a music course by the
University of Southern California
and the NBC University of the
Air, starting Saturday The 49,
week series, Understanding Our
School-Age Children" which
starts February 8 at 2 pm. on
WQQW. will be sponsored, as was
the earlier Understanding Our
Children" by ticket sale to those
making up the studio audience
. WCFM will carry series of
the Sunday evening concerts Of
the National Gallery of Art Or
chestra. conducted by Richard
Bales, starting tonight Paul
Shinkman, WBCC news commen-
tator, leaves tomorrow for a lee
ture tour in the Middlewest.
Telenotes: The second annual
Teleguide poll showed that Wash
ington viewers think WNBW's
Jeanne Warner is the top feminine
singing star. favoring her over
network vocalists. Jim Gibbons,
the WMAL-TV sports man, was
voted favorite local personality
and ,favorite sports announcer.
Actors Studio" CBS-TV's Pea
body Award winner. becomes an
hour show this week and moves to
Friday at 9 pm. The final half
hour performance is scheduled for
this Tuesday night. The Empire
State Building in New York will
grow 1919 feet taller to provide
facilities so that ABC as we'll as
NBC can telecast from there e.
Howdy Doody now has number
1885, ,687- as well as a name.
Hasn't been Jailed, just patented.
Probably the first television actor
that has happened to. 1t.
Comdr. H. M. Harris of Arling-
ton, Va, reports on Canada Lees
performance in "The Final Bell"
on Tele-theater last Monday
night: Although I have had my
TV set two years, tonight I real
lied television has really arrived.
In all my life I have never wit
messed a performance that moved
me so much"
The postcard of the week was
received at WTOP. st would
like" the listener wrote, "a copy
OF the booklet Your Heart you
offer at free delivery. Have had
a bad heart since the summer of
1885,"