Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16

Ne@eAAAa 49,
/ At any rate, Miss Natwick
saved the day and once she had
parked her bicycle In front Of
Charles Condomine's HON e.
'I'tBithe Spirit" perked UP and
was home.
| Censorship Dept: Author -di-
rector -star Coward insisted that
THE script retain the '.hells" and
l"damns" required TO point up
THE reactions Of his players and
beyond an occasional oyer-vehe-
lment reading. they fell rather
quietly on the ears. I'm quite
lsure that the youngsters watch
ling were as delighted rs the
Igrownups were with Miss Nat.
Iwick's performance and doubt
III there viii be Q junior OF
senior high school In the city
this week where the line "this Ia
Ifirst-rate. really first rate" win
mot be employed as q converse
ttional bon-mot.
Wake the Town land tell the
Inetworks) Dept: What more tan
Igible proof Of independent radios
powerful position than the re-
iport that steadily climbing VOL
has convinced Walter Compton
that he should resume his news
lcasts on q daily basis
/ doubt II there was q better
known news voice here in the
late 30s than Compton's on old
tWoL. His signoff. Thank You
and Thirty" was q famous trade
mark and never failed to pro-
,Iduce q dozen letters q day In
Iquiring what Compton meant by
thirty" "A Ilewsman's way Of
/. Isignifying "the end.")
;. Walter gave up news broad
lcasting and went into TV, where
,lhe was WTTG's general manager
,Ifor years. When he left WTrG
.lseveral years ago. he became q
-iTV consultant and was land ull-
! Idoubtedly still Isl financially In
Iterested In q number Of ventures
That he could be lured from
This business interests into re-
establishing himself on radio
, and with VOLS easily the
, young years most facinating To-
: cal story.
: Walter will begin January 20
handling the news broadcasts
from 1880 to Q in the morning
land returning again at 5 and
6.l5 pm.
On the Run:
Coming Up: March lS--a 90.
minute drama probing the worlc
of mental patients. with Or. vii.
liam Menninger as narrator
tCBS-TV. The program
which will preempt Omnibus OF
that date, was filmed, for thu
most part. at Metropolitan Stat,
, Hospital in Norwalk, Calf.
! Chef Huntley. whom you'v,
i seen filling In occasionally OF
|, ISwayze's News show, now SEEM
to be MICS fair-haired news.
caster. !. Huntley describes tn,
show he will do on Sunday Z:
to $3.50, beginning February s.
!. as a hard news" program.
} The CHS Morning SHOW
|. sometimes referred to In tn,
trade as the Mourning Show,
or CBS-Siberia) gets q new
: headmar1 soon In Will Rogers, jr
= That trainload Of RCA Victol
recording stars arrives at Unior
Station Thursday at 8:35 am
i. -. The artists (headed b,
r Eddie Fisher will visit Chill
q dren's Hospital in the afternoon
81. !. It's q March Of. Dimes
e dream stunt.
: Jackie Gleason will sub TO
4 Ed Murrow on Person to Per,
son" February 3. =. cd, VIII,
will be In Washington Wednes.
day with Fred Friendly to confel
with Secretary of Agriculture
Benson on an upcoming See 4
Now" program on the farm
problem. will be out Of tn,
country February 3 on anothe
assignm emit for that sam
series.)
Elsewhere in The Star Csc,
page /. Guide): Music Criti
Day Thorpe's review OF yester
days NBC-4 pr o duction o
Mozart's The Magic Flute"