Evening star., 1953-05-18
On the Air


radios DR.. Christian, will tape
record the program on June 2
before the American Medical As
sociation convention in New
York. The association will
take advantage of his presence
by saluting him for continuing
reflection of credit upon the fam
lily physician and general practi-
TONER" If Mr.. Hersholt, one
of the most gracious men in
the entertainment world. accepts
gracefully, there will be good
reason. He has had a lot of
practice.
Hersholt is an honorary doc
tor of literature Ode LandaS
University, an honorary doctor
of humanities (Rollins College, =,
an honorary master Of arts (Bow-
doin College,, an honorary doc
tor of literature again Gllinois
Wesleyan University and an
honorary doctor of laws CUni-
verSity of California;. The
latter two degrees were in recog-
milton of his. translation and
editing of the works of Hans
Christian Anderson.
He also has been made an
honorary doctor of medicine by
the California Academy of Gen
eral Practice. He has been
made an honorary member of
the Los Angeles County Physi-
clans Aid Association, cited by
the Journal of American Medicine
and presented a certificate for
meritorious service to medicine"
by the Medical Society of the
District of Columbia. He was
named "The Doctor We Would
Most Like to Work With" by the
American Nurses Association.
was made an honorary member
of the Medical Association of
Indiana and was cited by the
College of Medical Evangelists.
Hersholt has had medals and
placqueS pressed on him by King
Christian of Denmark (who also
knighted him in 1946), the
United States Treasury Depart
ment, the Independent Motion
Picture Producers Association,
the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
the Masquers Club of Hollywood
and the Los Angeles Breakfast
Club. He has received special
Oscars" statuettes for chari-
table works in 1899, for distin-
guished service as president of
the Academy Of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences from 1945 to
l949 and for distinguished se1v-
ices to the motion picture indus
try"
Radios DR.. Christian is an
honorary citizen of New Orleans,
La, and an honorary mayor of
Omaha, Nebraska. . He has
been cited by the President of the
United States, Look and Screen
Guide Magazines and the Ma
tional Fathers Day Committee,
which named him Radio Father
of the Year in 1850. . He is an
honorary Indian chief (Sac and
Fox tribes of Iowa and the
Rochester. N. Y, clans of the
Iroqois Confereration). He
also is one of the most genuinely
llkable men you are likely to find,
in or out of show business.
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THRILL-One of the MANY
things Basil Rathbone did when
he was here recently in the in
terests Of Shakespeare, was ap-
pear on one Of the programs
conducted by Nancy Osgood
CWNBW-WRC). They were
walking down a corridor at the
Wardman Park, where MICS
Washington studios are. when a
resident Of the hotel passed with
a brace of Scotties in tow. .
Woman and dogs slid by fast,
then she did a fast double-take
turned and pursued Miss Osgood
and Mr.. Rathbone to the en-
trance Of an elevator. Just
as the door closed, they heard
the woman address her dogs:
Look, darlings. Look very hard
and you can always know you've
looked at Mr.. Basil Rathbone."
TRAINED-Having wandered
into the animal kingdom, we
may as well tell you right now
about Ted Lingo's boxer, name
OF Countess. Mr.. Lingo, who
performs various announcing
chores for WTOP radio and
television. does not have any
notarized documents to back
this up, but he swears it hap
pened. Countess is a bright
dog. but she has the delusion
that Mr.. Lingo is boss around
his house. ). She will mind him,
or his daughter, Robin, but Mrs.
Lingo might as well shout up
the drain nine. So, the
other day a workman appeared
to perform some repairs at tn