Evening star., 1952-06-23
Too Busy,
The Bishop
Explains
BY Harry Macarthur

after delving into several side
line activities, will soon go back
to production of March of Time
films These will have the same
documentary formal as the origin
ais. but will be designed for tele-
vision rather than theater show
ing The series of half-hour
programs will start in october on
some so TV stations throughout
the country D.. The familiar voice
of Westbrook Van Voorhis will
again be on hand. too. to remind
you that time, indeed. marches on.
Bishop Fulton j. Sheen will
be returning to TV. too, but the
date for that is indefinite
The only thing definite at the
moment is that tomorrow nights
telecast, on WTTG at 8 o'clock,
will be the last of the series
Bishop Sheen, national director of
the Propagation of the Faith. ex-
plains: I'VE have our own duties
which are onerous-that of caring
for $50 million distressed people.
We are caring for 10000 or $4,000
lepers in addition. To correspond
with all of these missions and the
129 branch Offices in the United
States, the burden is so great that
we find it necessary to discontinue.
at least for the time being. And,
please God, we will be back later
on-with DuMont."
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EXCUSE - Margaret Phelan.
"The Saucy Sophisticate" of TV
and the supper clubs. managed a
new excuse, at least, when she
turned up with a sinner recently.
No walking into doors for Miss
Phelan. What happened to her,
she explained, was that the tele-
phone rang in her hotel room.
This was about four hours before
her usual waking hour and her CO.
ordination was not at its best.
Instead of. putting the phone to her
ear, she belted herself in the eye
with it. Internationally, but ef-
fectively.
NO MOVE-Ken Murray has
silenced those rumors that he
might leave CHS by signing a
new long-term, exclusive contract
with the network He'll con-
tinue to double as producer and
star of THE Ken Murray Show"
And that will be on CBS-
TV, whether or not it returns to
the old Saturday night stand in
the fall Radios "Mr. Dis
trict Attorney" soon will be hid
ing his face behind beard. .
Jay Jostyn, who plays the role.
will impersonate Abraham Lin
coin in an upcoming TV film Sc
|ries Bob Hope, on Artie
Shaw's recently publised autobi-
ography: II understand it's the
June selection Of the wife-of-the-
month club"
James A. Michener, the "Tales
of the South Pacific" man. will
be the first guest panelist when
Information Please" makes its
TV debut next Sunday (WTOP-
TV-9 p.m) -. Regulars will
be Franklin P. Adams, John Kie-
ran and Clifton Fadiman of the
old radio show.
SPORTS DEPARTMENT-The
sponsor of the Wednesday night
fight tekecasts on CBS-TV is try
ing something new this week. in
an effort to give the commentary
some authority The be-
tween rounds expert during the
bout between Chuck Davey and
Chico Vejar will be Welterweight
Contender Billy Graham .
It will be the first time a boxer
has been hired to tell the viewers
what he thinks of two other
fighters. one of whom is almost
sure to be an opponent Of his
soon The All-Star Baseball
Game on July 8 will be televised
coast-to-coast this year for the
first time NBC-TV will feed
it's own network, plus four Mu-
tual-affiliate TV stations .
New York's Mel Allen and Chi
cago's Jack Brickhouse will share
the announcing chore at Phila-
delphia.
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CONVERT-Harry Horner, Mo-
ton Picture Academy award win
ner and noted Broadway scents
designer, is turning his talents
to TV He Is designing the
first four settings for Worthing-