Evening star., 1951-05-10
On the Air
Dr.. Dukont
Optimistic
For 1860
By Horry Macarthur

Things are going to be great in
a few years, if you can wait. They
will be, that is, if DR.. Allen B
DuMont is as talented at prophecy
Jas he is in science in the tele-
vision field. DR.. DuMont, who is
president of the Allen B. DuMont
Laboratories, Inc, sees television q
short decade (nine years. from
now making today's seem primi-
tive by comparison.
I'm 1860" says DR.. DuMont, we
lean look for network coast-to-
coast color programs, TV coverage
of sports by helicopters, classroom
instruction by televiSion, fully
compatible color system and tele-
lcasts between continents.
with this phase of video
development" he goes on. "the
dominance, of a few, possibly four,
languages will establish an in
Ifnitely greater understanding be-
tween nations than we have
dreamed of in the past" A man Of
hope as well as a man Of science
lis DR.. DuMont.
News coverage," he adds in his
ITV forecast for 1860, will have
attained speed approaching the
instantaneous. Fleet aircraft and
racing trucks will rush equipment
Ito the scenes of news events with
the speed Of fire engine or ambu-
lance" The picture this conjures
up of Earl Goodwin sliding down
brass pole. microphone in hand,
is beautiful to behold.
Probably the best news DR.. Du-
Mont has is that prices of televi-
sion sets in 1860 will be sub
Istantially reduced. This is a pre-
diction which probably won't hold
up in court, however. If you try
to hold him to it nine years from
today.
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Fair Warning: When we get
that sports coverage from hell
copter, the Chicago Bears and
Philadelphia Eagles will be well
advised to regard with suspicion
any flying windmills which try to
settle too close to their huddles.
George Preston Marshall. the
Redskins puppeteer. is no man to
overlook an opportunity like that
one.
War Report: It never has been
the policy of this department to
stifle vice presidential urges and
there is no reason to make an ex-
ception in the case of Harry
Rauch, a former newspaperman
recently elevated to the eminence
of vice presidency of Young and
Rubicam. Mr.. Rauch's urge to-
day is expressed in a telegram, to
wit:
Urge you to see 'Korea-the
Thousand Yard Look as reported
by Associated Press Correspondent
Hal Boyle on Pulitzer Prize Play
house Friday (WMAL-TV-9
PM. From purely technical
standpoint, production should be
one of the most authentic yet
seen on TV due to cooperation of
United States Army and presence
of Korean hero as technical ad-
visor. Truckloads of Army ma
terial and tons of earth, trees and
plants have been transported to
the ABC-TV studio. Dramatically,
program promises to reach new
heights in realistic portrayal of
true life happingings on Korean
battle-ground. ''ss4 2 So
Live ammunition, maybe?
Carson Career Bulletin: Admir-
ers of Mindy Carson, who were
saddened when she disappeared
from a regular weekly spot along
with the rest of the Jack Haley
show, may be somewhat appeased
Sunday night by "Showtime
U. S. A." (WMAL-TV-7:30 PM
Miss Carson, though she has no
new regular show, will do a one
night stand on "Showtime. One
Carson song. after all, is better
than no Carson songs at all.
Programs and People: Phil Sill
vers, whose own television series
awhile back never got off the
ground, seems to have scored with
both critics and audiences with
his Comedy Hour" appearance
last Sunday. :. Gloria Swanson,
if you'd like to know when life
begins for a girl in show business,
has just been signed to a 15-year
contract by NBC. This may make
her half as funny as Milton Berle
but it won't make her half as vel
come . . Jimmy Durante, Incl
dentally, is being mentioned as q
man who may be signed by NBC
to one Of those 30-year pacts. .
A new bonanza of television ma.
terial may be the trunk of the
late George M. Cohan. Some 65
of his musicals and plays are
being prepared for TV series.
Walter O'Keefe will have a new
TV show, probably starting next
month, titled What Do You Want
To Be?". Sylvia Sidney is an
other movie and stage personality
who may switch to television, with
a daytime serial. Mae West is
being talked about as a prospec-
tive TV star, too, playing a femi-
i nine Sleuth.
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Music Department: Unless some
thing occurs to cause a change ot
plans, Arturo Toscanini will be
back next season to conduct the
NBC Symphony Orchestra. AS his
schedule is set up now, he will re-