Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1936 — Page 25

APRIL 24, 1938.

WOMEN NAME 'BEST' RADIO PROGRAMS

Rudy Vallee s Hour of Variety Entertainment Is Rated at Top Along With Jessica Dragonette America’s Town Meeting and Wilderness Road Selected Winners in Other Divisions by National Committee After Study of Votes. BY RALPH NORMAN MORE glory for Rudy Vallee—and glory also for all persons connected with the Jessica Dragonette-Rosario Bourden concerts, the America's Town Meeting, and the Wilderness Road. These are ♦he programs voted best in four divisions by the Women’s National Radio Committee after ballots of hundreds of thousands of listeners had been considered. Vallee's Variety Hour was named the best nonmusical (variety) program, and credited the maestro with being able to assemble, year after year, ouch capable and diversified talent that he was honered above many conductors of excellent similar programs.

Another program among the oldest in radio, Miss Dragonette's concerts, was selected as best in the light music field. New this year are the other winners, America’s Town Meeting, a forum for

• uncensored discussion of topics interesting t o serious listeners which won in the educational field, and Wilde r n e s s Road, voted the best children's program. Wilderness Road has been aired only ' four months. The National B r o a deasting

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Cos. Justly may be proud that three of the four winners are NBC features, while the fourth, Wilderness Road, is aired by CBS. Mr. Vallee Is heard, as every onp must know, at 7 on Thursday nights. NBCWL’AF (WLW); Miss Dragonette at. 7 on Friday nights, NBCWEAF; America’s Town Meeting at 8:30 on Thursdays on NBCWJZ, and Wilderness Road on CBS <WFBM> at 4:15 pach afternoon, Monday through Friday. Adoption by the networks next week of daylight saving time will make time changes on all these programs. Watch for corrected schedules. In the nnn-mnsieal group, Jack Benny led In the comedy division, Leslie Howard in the drama division, and the National Farm and Home Hour polled a high vote. Runner-up to Jack Benny was Fred Allen, and runners-up to Leslie Howard were the Radio Guild and Radio Theater. a tt tt SO accustomed are we to sitting comfortably by our radios with good entertainment that seldom

BY JAMES THRASHER A RARE opportunity to hear music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries played on the instruments for which it was written is to be afforded in the NBC Music Guild program at 8 tonight, via NBC-WJZ. The players are to be the Rennaisance Quintet, composed of Edwin Bachman. Jacques Malkin, Youry Bilstein, Benjamin Feinbloom and Leo Small. The instruments to be heard are the quinton, viola d'amore, viol

de gamba. bass viol and harpsichord. The first three correspond roughly to the violin, viola and 'cello of the modern string family. Os the various viols only the bass viol has carried ov*r to the present day. Its sloping shoulders and flat back are characteristic features of its obsolete relatives. The harpsichord, of course, was the concert keyboard instrument of Bach and Mozart, and a forerunner of the piano. it it a In contrast to ancient music and instruments, anew suite by the noted Britisher, Eric Coates, is to be played by Rosario Bourdon and the Cities Service Orchestra at 7 on NBC’s Red network. It is called “London Every Day," and contains three movements: “Covent Garden,” “Westminster” and "Knights Bridge.” Jessica Dragonette’s feature solo is to be “We Love Yon Still," from Strauss’ “The Great Waltz.” a t THE famous autobiographical string quartet by Smetana, “Atis Meinem Leben.” is lb be Included on the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music's CBS broadcast at 10 tomorrow morning, •played bv Howard Coif and Julian Pulikowski. violinist; Mihail Stolarevsky, viola, and Karl Kirksmith, ’cello. Other items will be a group of Chopin mazurkas by Karol Liszniewski, pianist, and choral compositions sung by the Fine Arts Choristers, under Dr. John A. Hoffman. Though “Aus Meinqm Leben” Smetana's most famous quar-

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do we consider the programs’ cost and worry to sponsors and producers. Consider, for Instance, the Vallee show. The star and orchestra get around $3500 each week, guest stars send the bill up about $2750 more. The network fee is about $12,000 each week, bringing the show alone to $18,250, but this is only a beginning. Publicity costs around S3OOO "a week, the agency gets a 15 per cent fee, and there are many incidentals. It all amounts up to $25,000 a week or more for a good show, and since programs usually are scheduled for at least 13 weeks, a season’s entertainment costs the sponsor in the neighborhood of $300,000. tt tt tt Advertising averages not more than 10 minutes, probably less, for each hour of broadcasting, It is easy to figure that the sponsor pays about $2300 for each . .inute used for commercial announcement. Very expensive, but there’s another angle. The show' may '‘flop,” and results be far short of a figure necessary to justify such an expenditure. Take, for instance, the Fire Chief show, one of the mast costly on the air this season, but which, after the first two or three performances, settled down to a good but important musical offering. The cast alone—two bands are used in a half-hour show—casts $12,000 a week. The same sponsor is reported to have signed Eddie Cantor for next year at SIO,OOO a performance. This includes no network or advertising costs. tt tt tt New and Newsey—CßS songstress, Loretta Lee, is to begin an engagement with Isham Jones’ orchestra at Detroit tonight. . . . Red Nichols introduced 19 songs

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tet this form of composition was one that interested him from boyhood. When he finally moved to Prague and entered the Academic Gymnasium at the age of 15, he immediately organized a string quartet among the students, and wrote much for this ensemble. He also copied many other compositions from memory after one hearing, for all the players were too poor to buy music. He studied composition with Schumann and Mendelssohn, and as a pupil of Liszt became an outstanding pianist. It was as a nationalistic composer, however, that his fame was made. It has been said that the story of Smetana's life is the story of Bohemian music. tt a “Pegasus Under the Yoke” is the subject of Samuel Thewman's lecture to be given at 11:30 tomorrow morning. It is to summarize the products of Schubert’s genius during his period as assistant teacher in his father’s school. A concert orchestra and soloists will assist. The program is to be broadcast over the NBC-WEAF network. At 17 Schubert took the only employment he could find, that of his father's assistant, and remained three years in a job that he detested heartily. School teaching did not stop his flow of inspiration, however, and in 1815, his second year at (he school, he wrote 195 compositions. These included two symphonies, six operas, two masses, nearly 150 songs and a large amount of choral and chamber music.

Abbreviations: N—National Broadcast* Ins Co.s C— Columbia Broadeastinf Srstera; M —Motaal Broadcasting Cos.; Or— Orchestra. Member stations and klllocTctes ot the network are: NBC-WEAF—WE AT (ISO), WOE 1490). WLW (799), WTAM (1079). WMAQ (679) and WSM (659). NBC-WJZ—WJZ (669). WIRE (1409), WLW (700). WE NR (870). WLB (§75), WMAQ (670), and WSM d§so). CBS-W ABC—WABO (860). WFBM (1230). WOWO (1160). and WBBM (770). When there Is no listing for a station at quarter and balf-bours, its preceding listed program 18 on the air. The Times Is not responsible for Inaccuracies caused by last-minute program changes by stations. FRIDAY P. M. A —Buddy Clark (C). Congress Speaks (N> WEAF. WIRE. Penn Relays (N) WJZ. D. A. R. Program WLW. Tea Time Tunes WFBM. 4;ls—Wilderness Road (C) WFBM. * Jack Armstrong WLW. 4:3o—Jack Armstrong (C). Rose Room Melody WIRE. / Dorothy Dresim iN) WEAF. Singing Lady iNi WJZ, WLW. Bohemians WFBM. 4:3s—Willard Singers WIRE. 4:4s—Goldbergs (C; WFBM. Top Halters ,N> WiSAF, WLW. Orphan Annie iN) WJZ. WLW. C —Chicagoans (C) WFBM. ° News WIRE. Flying Time (N) WEAF. News iNi WJZ. Johnsons WLW. s:os—Animal News Club (N )WJZ. s:ls—Bobby Benson (5). Manuel Contreras Or. (N) WEAF WIRE Jimmy Mattern WLW. Three X Sisters iNj WJZ. Bohemians WFBM. s:3o—Butler Forum WFBM. News (C) Pioneers WIRE. News (Nl WEAF. WJZ. Old Fashioned Girl WLW. 5:35—81ue Flames (C). Baseball Resume iN) WEAF. Have You Heard? iN) WJZ. Willard Singers WIRE. s:4s—Renfrew <C) WFBM. Andre Carlon WIRE. Billy and Betty <Ni WEAF. Lowell Thomas (Nj WJZ, WLW. C —Len Riley WFBM. u Myrt and Marge (C). Mario Cozzi (Ni WJZ. Amos 'n' Andy (N; WEAF. WLW G,^J22 ur ’ Gossip and Greasepaint WIRE. 6:15—C01. Breckenridge (Cl WFBM Uncle Ezra (N) WEAF, WIRE. Manhatters iNi WJZ Lilac Tima (M) WLW. 6:3o—Connie Gates iN) WEAF Lum and Abner (N) WJZ WLW Rhythm Revue WIRE. Moneak Ensemble iC) WFBM. 6:4s—News WFBM. Boake Carter (C). Diary of Jimmy Mattern WIRE. Trinidad Singers (N) WEAF. Dorothy Lamour iNi WJZ. Dates in History WLW. 7 — p fd Horse Tavern iC) WFBM. 1 Cities Service concert (Ni WEAF t/ene Rich (N) WJZ. WIRE Jack Randolph WLW. 7:ls—Wendell Hall (N) WJZ, WIRE Singing Sam WLW. 7:3o—Broadway Varieties (C) WFBM ’ T WIRE OIdbUB ” tN) WJZ ’ WL^which became hits in the 18 months of his College Prom series. .... Phil Baker asks friends if they've heard the song the centipede requested for his funeral. The answer is, “I’m Putting All My Legs in One Casket.” ... An increasing demand for music of the better type is reflected by requests to the Institute of the Audible Arts for program booklets. . . . Capt. Henry of the Show Boat formerly was a newspaper man. .... Tommy Dorsey, CBS maestro. says landing a sponsor is a matter of dollars and suspense. .... Eddie Cantor’s Bdbbv Breen rushed up to Babe Ruth at a baseball game, demanded an autograph. got it. and then had to pay off by giving his own autograph to the Babe’s daughter. n tt THE popular radio comedians, Amos ’n Andy, have been informed the supply of “acrobatic spirits of pneumonia” is very low in Clearfield. Pa., because Amos Hess used it all as he paced up and down the hall while the stork was hovering over his house. There was a happy ending, though, a,..: pleased father wired the comedians that young Amos and young Andy, twin boys, were doing very well. Amos tipped the scales at eight and one-half pounds, while Andy pushed the indicator up to lOlz pounds—the extra two pounds making Andy president, secretary and treasurer of the Hess nursery.

LOCAL AND NETWORK DIALS

Besl Short Waves FRIDAY BERLIN—4:IS p. m. Songs by Franz Schubert. DJC. 49.8 m. ROME—S p. m. News. From the Seals Theater In Milan, opera ‘ Otoilo,” by G. Verdi. 2 RO, 31.1 m. MADRID—7:S7 p. m. “La Tempested." Monologue Chopi y Ramos Carrion. EAQ. 30.5 m. BERLIN—B:IS p. m. Variety musical program. DJC. 49.8 m. LONDON—9 p. m. A Mozart Concerto. GSD. 25.5 m.

8— Hollywood Hotel (C) WFBM. Music Guild iN) WJZ. Waltz Time (Ni WEAF. WI.W. Indiana Sportsman WIRE. B:ls—Tune Detective WIRE. B:3o—Waringjs Pennsylvanias (N) WJZ, Court of Human Relations (N) WEAF. Music Box (M) WLW. Q —Champions (C) WFBM. v First Nighter <N) WEAF, WLW. Manufacturers’ Assn. (N) WJZ, WIRE. 9:2s—Howard Meyer WIRE. 9:3o—March of Time (C) WFBM. Clyde Trask's Or. WLW. Marion Talley (Nl WEAF, WIRE. Music Magic (N) WJZ. 9.46—Rubinoff WFBM. Strange As It Seems WIRE. Forum (C). Museum of Science (N) WEAF. 1 n —Don Redmond's Or. (C) WFBM. George Holmes (N> WEAF. News (Ni WJZ. WLW. Basonology WIRE. 10:05—Benny Goodman's Or. (N) WJZ. News WIRE. 10:15—News WFBM. Don Redman's Or. (C). Henry Busse's Or. WEAF. WIRE. Ink Spots (Ni WJZ. Pratt and McNeiil WLW. 10:30 Paris Night Life <C) WFBM. Billy Shaw's Or. WLW. Benny Goodman’s Or. (N) WEAF, WIRE. Emil Coleman’s Or. (N) WJZ. 10:45 —Mrs. Jesse Crafword iN) WEAF. Jack Hylton's Or. (Mi WLW. Louie Lowe’s Or. WFBM. n— Indiana Roof WFBM. Bernie Cummins’ Or. (C). Earl Hines’ Or. (N) WEAF, WIRE. Shandor (N> WJZ. Johnny Johnson's Or. (M) WLW. 11:08—Harold Stern's Or. (N) WJZ. 11:15—Coconut Grove Or. (N) WEAF, WIRE. 11:30—Guy Lombardo's Or, (C) WFBM. Emerson Gill's Or. (N) WEAF, WIRE. Phil Levant’s Or. (N) WJZ. Moon River (M) WLW. —Mid.—Ted Weem’s Or. WLW. 12:30—Gray Gordon’s Or. (M) WLW. SATURDAY A. M. g —Family Prayer Period (M) WLW. 6:ls—Morning Devotior- WLW. 6:3o—Chuck Wagon WFBM. Organ Reveille (C). Pollock and Lawnhurst (N) WEAF. Jolly Bill and Jane (N) WJZ. Rise and Shine WLW. 6:4s—Morning Devotions WIRE. Marc Williams (N) WEAF. Yoichi Hiroaka iN) WJZ. News Flashes WLW. 7 —Barly Birds WFBM. * On the Air Today (C). News WIRE. Spareribs iN) WEAF. Morning Devotions (N) WJZ. Organ Moods WLW. 7:os—Lyric Serenade (C). 7:ls—News (Nl WEAF. Walter Cassel (N) WJZ. Medical Program WLW. Reveille WIRE. 7:2o—Good Morning Melodies (N) WEAF 7:3o—Richard Maxwell (Cl. Cheerio (N) WEAF. WLW. Musical Clock WIRE. 7:4s—Waltz Time (Cl. Landt Trio INi WJZ. Bradley Kincaid (N) WBAF. 8— As You Like It (C) WFBM. Tuneful Tick Tocks WIRE. Breakfast Club (N) WJZ. American Family Robinson WLW. Bradley Kincaid (Ni WEAF. B:ls—Streamliners (N) WEAF. Child Training WLW B:3o—Magic Harmony WLW. Woman’s Place <C) WFBM. B:4s—News WFBM. Fred Feibel iC>. Virginians WLW. Around the Globe WIRE. O —Bob and Rennie (C) WFBM. Bradley Kincaid (N) WEAF. Riccordi’s Or. WLW. Wife Saver (N) WJZ. Globe (continued) WIRE. 9:os—Martha and Hal (N) WEAF. 9:ls—Clyde Barrie (C) WFBM.

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> Edward Mac Hugh (N> WJZ. , Rosario Bourdon WLW. Va%s Family iNi WEAF. WIRE. 9:3o—Prof. S. P. Duggan (Cl WFBM. Marie DeVille iNi WJZ. Nicholas Mathay s Or. (N) WEAF. Club Federation WLW. Howard Mever WIRE. 9:3s—Nicholas Mat hay’s Or. (N) WEAF, WIRE. 9:4s—Originalities (N) WJZ. Livestock Reports WLW. 9:ss—News Flashes WLW. 1 A —Block's Juniors WFBM. ■ LU Cincinnati Conservatory (C). American Schools iN) WEAF, Honeymooners (N) WJZ. Paths of Memory (N) WLW. 10:15—Norsemen (Ni WEAF. WIRE. Johnstone Ensemble iN) WJZ. Mail Bag WLW. 10:30—Cuban Or. iN) WEaF. WIRE. Junior Radio (N) WJZ. WLW. 10:45—Cadets <N) WJZ. WLW. n— Concert Miniatures (N) WEAF. Quartet (Ni WJZ. Ho-Po-Ne Club. WIRE. Jerry Sears’ Or. WLW. Glee Club (C) WFBM. 11:15—Musical Reveries (C) WFBM. News and Financial Notes WLW. Genia Fonariova (N) WJZ. 11:30—George Hall’s Or. (C) WFBM. Farm and Home Hour WIREt National Farm Hour iN) WJZ. WLW. Samuel Thewman (N) WEAF. ■I p —Noon—Mary Baker’s Album WFBM. Jack Shannon (C). Farm and Home Hour (Continued) WIRE. National Farm Hour (Continued) (N) WJZ, WLW. Maurice Spitalny's Or. (N) WEAF. Jack end Jill tC). 12:15—Hoosier Farm Circle WFBM. 12:30—Buffalo Present tC). Old Skipper <Ni WJZ, WLW. Emerson Gills Or. iN) WEAF, WIRE. 12:45—Downtown Chatter WFBM. 1— Notre Dame Choir (C) WFBM. Penn Relays iN) WFAF, WIRE. Social Security Program (N) WJZ, Stumpers (N) WLW. Magic Hour WFBM. I:ls—Johnny Maitland Or. WLW, Tony Russell tN) WJZ. News WFBM. I:3o—Three Stars <C) WFBM. Carnegie Symphony (N) WEAF, Ballet Russe iN) WJZ, WLW, Harry Bason WIRE. I:4s—Concert Miniature (C). Chick Webb's Or. WLW. Resettlement Program WFBM. 2— Penn Relays (C) WFBM. Merry Madcaps (N) WEAF, WIRE. Penn-Drake Relays (N) WJZ, WLW. 2:ls—Down by Hermanns (C) WFBM. 2:30—T0 be announced (Nl WEAF. WIRE. 2:4s—Penn Relays (C) WFBM. Hunt Club (N) WEAF. WIRE. —Penn Relays (continued) (C) WFBM. Hunt Club (Continued) (N) WEAF. WIRE. Relays (Continued) (Nl WJZ. WLW. 3:ls—Motor City Melodies (C) WFBM, 3:30 —Penn Relays (C) WFBM. Rubv Newman's Or. iN) WEAF. / WIRE. 3:4s—Tea Time Tunes WFBM. —Tunes (Continued) WFBM. City College Glee Club (C). Blue Room Echoes (N) WBAF, WIRE. Jackie Heller (N) WJZ, WLW. 4:15 —Tommy Broadhurst (C) WFBM. Musical Adventures (N) WJZ, WLW. 4:3o—Frank Dailey's Or. (C) WFBM. Treasure Trails (Nl WJZ. WIRE. Kaltenmeyer’s Kindergarten (N) WEAF. WLW. 4:4s—Drake Relays (N) WJZ, WIRE. Penn Relays (C) WFBM. CITY WOMAN IS BURN ED BY OIL STOVE FLAMES Husband Comes to Her Rescue as Dress Catches Fire. Mrs. Goldie Lee, 34, of 1709 Som-erset-av, was severely burned on the right leg and left arm early today when flames from an oil stove set fire to her dress. She screamed and started to run when her husband, Jacob A. Lee, pulled the burning dress from her and put out the flames. Mrs. Lee was given first aid by the fire department rescue squad and sent to City Hospital.

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CITY STUDENTS GIVEN AWARDS IN JOURNALISM

Sigma Delta Chi at I. U. Lists C. B. Smiley Jr. for Scholarship. Timet Special BLOOMINGTON, April 24—Indianapolis students at Indiana University captured major distinctions in a list of honors announced today by the local chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity. Leading the list-was Creath B. Smiley Jr., 3510 N. Meridian-st, named co-winner of a scholarship in journalism. A sophomore, Smiley is to share the S2OO award with Gale Littell, Pekin, Ind. The honor list was made public in connection with the organization’s annual election of officers. Included among those named are two Indianapolis students, Lloyd Wilkins, vice president, and Arvin Rothschild, secretary. J. E. O’Brien, Evansville, former secretary, was chosen .is the new president and Bill Hermann, New Albany, treasurer. O’Brien is a night editor and columnist on the Indiana Daily Student. Earl Hoff, 1410 N. Belle Vieu-pl. was selected as author of one of the best news stories published by the Daily Student during February and March. Honor 57 Freshmen Timet Special BLOOMINGTON. April 24.—Nine Indianapolis students at i. u. today were among 57 freshmen voted to membership in Phi Eta Sigma, honorary scholastic fraternity. Required to maintain semester

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Prisoner Inks Police Station MONROVIA. Cal.. April 24 Luther Smith is serving a 50-day sentence. While being booked at a police station he took the sergeant’s ink well and distributed the contents over the walls.