Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1937 — Page 23

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1937 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

OUR BOARDING HOUSE

HERE'S ONE THAT WILL THROW MANY A BLOOD = PUMPING ETATION INTO HIGH “LISTEN we SENATOR MCSWIVEL PROPOSES AN IMMEDIATE JAIL SENTENCE FOR WELSHERS WHO, DIDN'T FILE AN INCOME RETURN WHEN] INTERVIEWED, WHILE AIRING TWO POMERANIANS, TH SENATOR SAID UNLEASH A PACK OF SLEUTH-HOUNDS ON THEIR HEELS AND PUT TH'BITE ON "EM" 238

PAGE 23]

Charles Martin One of Few Who Direct Two Radio Presentations Each Week: oF Gen Ov Station WIRE Asks Shortwave Permit

AND BRING IN oF "wa =) PN RET \ as TH FISH THAT | _ RADIO PLAYERS VISIT TRAILERS oore!

With Major Hoople

WHILE BEERING WITH TH' LOCAL AGENT, HE SAID THEY ARE GOING TO THROW A NET

Bernie, Berg and Boswell

Steal Play From Benny's 'Bs.’

3° ¥

By RALPH NORMAN

Charles Martin, who fashions brief skits for Tuesday and Saturday night programs, is one of radio's few dramatists and masters of ceremonies you may hear more than once weekly. His Tuesday series is called "Thrill of the Week,” and is carried by NBC-WLW at 7 o'clock. The Saturday skits are’ known as “It Might Have Happened to You,” and are heard on CBS-WFBM at 7:30 p. m. When Martin took over Phil Lord's “Three-Minute Thrill” series last fall, he was comparatively new to the networks, and the Tuesday show was his only prodcution. The Saturday series, which dramatizes trials in which circumstantial evidence convicted innocent Rrsons, was added a few weeks ago. Both programs feature Russ Morgan's ore chestra.

g- hh, No le &1)7 NEA SERVICE NE REED S PAY OFT

" » n A Texan who spent 20 years revenging himself after being swindled out of $40,000 will be the subject of Martin's “Thrill of the Week” tonight. The victim of the swindlers, J. Frank Norfleet, whose autobiography was published recently, will speak briefly at the dramatization's conclusion. Last week's re-enactment was to have been of a railroad fire in Willard, Kas. but railroad and city officials protested so vigorously Martin made a last-minute substitution, bringing a 14-year-old West Virginia boy and his story to the microphone. Martin was said to have told NBC officials he believed he was within his legal rights in going ahead with the scheduled broadcast, but dropped it in interest of good will. un ” n It may have occurred to you that many of our topflight masters of ceremony came to the microphone as singers and not as experienced program builders and “m. c's.” There is, for instance, NBC's Fred Astaire, whose Tuesday program WIRE carried at 8:30 o'clock. Fred, while better known for stage and screen dancing, was something of a

“Billy brought his camera, Jane her autograph alubum, and I packed an evening dress, in case we should meet any important people in Washington.

—By Martin

OW HE HAD, ALREAO\N \ HE'S MADE

PLENTY OF

NAMES FOR HIMSELF

BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES

[MEH HEWN! WE'S A FINE YOUNG LAO. FOR AlN. OF WS

ATTA GIRL AUNT PENNY ! AN, YOUL GOT MORE PICK-UP RIGHT NOW), THAN MOST OF TW’ ORNERN WANS |

NOUNG MODELS 1 |b 2 KNOW (10 J] 1 ALWAYS SAD 7 2 5 AER WE'D MARE A a > ’ Cd NAME FOR HIMSELF To get proper atmosphere for their NBC-WLW serial, Betty Wragge and others of the “Pepper Young's Family” cast, which will take listeners on a mythical trailer tour soon, visit several modern houses on wheels. In the above picture, Betty tries out the telephone which connects with the driver of the car. Very likely, if you listen to “Pepper Young's Family” over WLW at 2 o'clock, Monday through Friday, you will hear Betty in such a conversation with her driver.

RADIO THIS EVENING

(The Indianapolis Times is not responsible for inaccuracies ‘n program ane nouncements caused by station changes after press time.) INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS CINCINNATI WEFBM 1230 WIRE 1100 WLW 700 (CBS Net.) (NBC Net.) (NBC-Mutual)

LITTLE MARY MIXUP

—By Brinker I'VE BEEN TRYING 7

LET'S SEE~WE HAVE EIGHTY-TWO CENTS WEFT ~--

MOM! LOOKIE! A HUNDRED

WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO? HERE

CHICAGO WGN 520 (Mutual Net)

TO TELL YOU | HAD \. THE NECKLACE=- ®

TAKE THIS! Se 3

WHOLE DOLLARS!

WASHINGTON TUBBS I

BUT THE ENGINE'S ALREADY OFF. te C Q\

THEN PUT 'ER IN GEAR, AND) WHEE SLAM ON THE BRAKES! LOOK

$ Se

MMM. RR

aii) \ NAN

3 r

WALLIS, STEP IN

MYRA NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE

NM AS MUIKH TO BLAME ~ 1 SEDULD HAVE NOTICED! { COME ON! WE'LL HAVE TO LOSE THEM --THE SERGEANT MAY BE SUSPICIOUS, IF HE EXAMINES THAT GUN!

} ANTON. 1. OM, HOW J STUPID OF ME... I ( LEFT MY RIFLE BACK THEKE IN THAT BURN-

ING PN <

FOR GOSH SAKES, MZ

3 WE GOTTA HERE, /KAVE A TALK, ——

THAT'LL TAKE US

—By Crane

~ ne WHUT'S WRONG? T'M JUST | THAT'S JUST | YOU'RE \ WE (2 TRAININ' FER ME FIGHT / IT. WE'LL ROE FIND

PAY YOU $50 | THE j TO TRAIN IN /BETTING /BODY TO PRIVATE,

—By Thompson and Coll

LOOK! THERE'S A SIDEWALK

CAFE ..WE SHOULD BE SAFE

ALLEY = THEN MAKE } FOR THE NEAREST

ROMAN LADIES ONCE USED TOILET POWDER. MADE FROM FINELY GROUND CUTTLE-BONE, THE INTERNAL SHELL OF THE CUTTLEFISH,

HUOMMING BIRDS PREFER. RED FLOWERS, AND MOST OF THE DEEP-THROATED FLOWERS, WHICH MUST DEPEND ON HUMMING ARDS FOR FERTILIZATION,

a ue CARPENTER-WASP BUILDS ITS NEST IN SOLID WOOD AND DIVIDES THE LONG TUNNEL INTO SEPARATE ROOMS BY CONSTRUCTING MWD PARTITIONS. whe THE shell of the cuttlefish is located under the skin of the back. This product is often hung up in bird cages, that the birds may peck

at it and obtain grit. Before the invention of blotting paper, pulverized cuttle-bone was used to absorb wet ink. v

* w 0%

YES, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK THIS THING OVER AND LAY DEFINITE

DN REATHING HEAVILY, THE PAIR, 2) TRY TO MAKE THEIR WAY UNOBTRUSIVELY TO A QUIET TABLE.

PURE IMAGIN = ATION, My

DEAR 3")

ANTON! IT SEEMS AS) IF EVERYONE 1S STARING AT US /

1S THE GENERAL BELIEF JUSTIFIED THAT BEING A TiC 16 SOMETHING TO BE

4 ASHAMED OF ? VES ORNO em

WEN A= oN SNS

NT 1S BENEATH NY 10 FIGHT,"

Ge TRUTH \

IN HIS delightful book, “Be Glad Youre Neurotic,” Dr. Louis E. Bisch, psychiatrist, takes this most encouraging view. He says (paraphrased) I'm delighted to be a neurotic . . . because I know what being neurotic means. The neurotic is of course never insane. Instead of being handicapped the neurotic is in possession of an asset. He maintains that the selfanalysis through which the neurotic

goes enables him to discover his unsuspected powers, gives him new and Dr. Bisch shows

YOUR OPINION cn

yan be achieved.

LET'S EXPLORE YOUR MIND

By DR. ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM

no”

HE TELUNG

A LARGE SCHOOL OF BOYS

|=) AND GIRLS IN THEIR TEENS WERE WARNED THAT FALLING IN LOVE WOULD

BE CONSIDERED A M EANOR.

NO, he is merely putting up an

he told the truth he would say, “I am afraid I would be defeated and if so I would have my ego punctured and lose my dignity.” And dignity itself, when one has to assert it, is a defense—a smoke screen one throws out to conceal his fear of his own weakness, un ” WAS 1t wise for King Canute to try to stay the tide by his command? This is about all the answer that is needed. No doubt this advice made falling in Jove seem

excuse for his own cowardice. If |

son would be more eager to find what it was like. What young people need is not suppression of their natural tendencies but intelligent training of them. Education means bringing the natural impulses under the control of intelligence, conscience and will. Young people need training and instruction in love more than in any other field of life—but they rarely get it.

Next—Can the dream of “the perfect love” be realized?

COMMON ERRORS

Never say, “We have quite a few books in our library”; say “a good many books.”

Women don’t want to be told about life as it is; they want to be told the world is what they would like it to be.—John Erskine, American novelist.

Best Short Waves

TUESDAY ROME, 5 P, M.—News, 2RO, 9.63 meg.

LONDON, 5:30 P. M.—“Music From Scottish Past.” GSD, 11.75 mes.; GSC. 9.58 meg.: GSB, 9.51 meg. BERLIN, 6:30 P. M.—German Life. DJD, 11.77 meg. BERLIN, 7:45 P. M. — German Army Program. DJD, 11.77 meg. LONDON, 8 P. M.—"World Affairs,” talk by H. Wickham Steed. GSD, 11.75 meg.; GSC. 9.58 megr.: GSB, 9.51 meg BOSTON. 8:15 P. M.—Harvard Lec ture Series. WI1XAL, 6.04 meg. CARACAS, 8:30 P. M.--Dance Orchestra. YV2RC, 58 mes. PARIS, 9:20 P. M.—News. TPA-4, 11.72 meg. WINNIPEG, 11 P. M. — Dramatic Hg CJRO, 6.15 meg.; CJRX, 11.792 meg.

Revel Reviews WPA Musio Doring Sisters Dictators’ Or.

Tea Tunes

Syncopators

Wilderness Road

Serenade Len Salvo RWirkpatrick Mar, ery Graham

Dick Tracy Jack Armstrong Singing Lady Orphan Annie

Del Casino Chr. Science Bohemians Kitty Kelly

Jimmy Allen Tom Thomas Sports Slants

Cub Reporters

Johnson Family Melodies Singing Lady Orpnan Anhie

Johnson Family Dick Abbott Sports Lowell Thomas

Sports Bohemians Woolicott News

Easy Aces Varieties Terry-Ted

Music Moments

Amos-Andy Chuck Wagon Varieties 4d " Lum-Abner

Bestor's Or.

Sports Ensemble

Musio Hall Dude Ranch

Al Jolson King's or.

Tom, Dick, Harry Music Moments Listen to This

Morgan's Or, "n ”

Edgar Guest

Al Pearce

Jack Oakie

Interviews

Fred Astaire (With

Lucas’ Or. Sanders’ Or. Carveth Wells Tribune-Sports

Bernie's Or.

Mysteries ”»n ”»

Polly Follies Jimmie Fidler

Carol Wyman

Poetic Melodies Amos-Andy News Music Olsen's Or, Harry Bason n » Dreams

Indiana Roof Brown's Or. McGrew's or.

Breeze's Or. » »

Deutsch's Or, Agnew's Or.

INDIANAPOLIS WFBM 1230 (CBS Net.)

Melodies Devotions

30 Almanac 45 Chuck Wagon

Conrad Thibault)

Follies i

Jimmie Fidler Bestor's Or,

Sinfonieta y Northerners Night Skies

Kyser's Or. Martin’s Or.

Paul Sullivan String Quartet Cummins’ or.

Moon River Heldt's Or, " " " " Funk's Or,

Hamilton's Or, Brigode's Or. "

WEDNESDAY PROGRAMS

INDIANAPOLIS WIRE 110 (NBC Net.)

CINCINNATI WLW 700 (NBC-Mutual)

CHICAGO WGN 20 (Mutual Net.)

Sing, Neighbor

Silent News n

Early Birds Musical Clock

’ ”» ’ ”»

aval a

Chandler Chats Mail Bag Cheerio "

Good Morning Wak: U Golden Hour

' Streamliners

Sunny Rave

Mrs. Wiges Other Wife » Plain Bill " » Children

Serenade Apron Strings

Gold Medal

David Harum Melodies Women Only Party Line

Mary Baker Mary Marlin Linda's Love Sen.

Magazine Mrs, Farrell

Gumps Hope Alden Helen Trent Darling

Way Down East Farm Bureau Farm Circle Life Stories

dh | lk fk

Farm Hour

Yio

Reporter Music Revue

nga We

Big Sister Air | School

Myrt-Marge

Serenade "» "

Symphonette Jack Baker

ls ok

News McGregor Matinee Charity Couch

Curtis Inst.

Www

Varieties ”» ”»

O'Mahoney

Children’s Books

Hymns " » Hope Alden Lamplighter Kitty Keene

Linda's Children We Live Again Gospel Singers

Lamplighter Good Morning

Len Salvo Children Harold Turner Cooking School Get Thin

Cactus Kate Don Pedro

Love

Livestock Personal Column Gloria Dale Voice of Exp.

Len Salve Tom, Dick, Harry Bob Elson We Are Four

Girl Alone om, Dick, Farm-Home

Harry

» » Texas Music . n Wife-Secretary Merkets

Variety Time Mid-Day Service

Beostor’'s Or.

Air School

” ” ”» ”

Concert Or. Salerno Painted Dreams Marriage Bureau

Molly June Baker Concert ’ Or.

Pepper Young Ma Perkins Vie and Sade O'Neills

» » Eamon De Valera Blackbirds Women’s Clubs

P.-T. A. Talk

Follow Moon Harry Bason

Way Down East Mary Sothern Good Health Harold Turner

Rich's Or. Mary Sothern Betiy-Bob Guiding Light

Dari-Dan Emerald Isle Wattanahe Homestead

«3

Tea Tu nes

Women’s News Wilderness Road

acoan | wane =a a now

Orchestra Bible Stories Three Graces Margery Graham

Dick Tracey Jack Armstrong Singing Lady Orrhan Annie

Where to find other stations:

Chicago, WBBM, 770; WENR, 870,

WMAQ, 670; Louisville, WHAS, 820; Detroit, WIR, 750; Gary, WIND, 560.

tomorrow's daylight hours.

satile and popular divas, Lily Pons and Grace Moore, will be back on commercial programs shortly. Miss Moore will hook up with Vincent Lopez and his orchestra next Saturday night on the CBS-WFBM “Speed Show” program at 7 o'clock. Floyd Gibbons, who has been sharing the spotlight with the Lopez outfit, will drop out the following week. It has been stated here earlier that Miss Pons, whose Sunday recital at English's is still being spoken of in glowing terms around town, will join the Andre Kostelanetz program on April 14. Miss Pons stated in an interview Saturday that she has recordings of every broadcast she has made. That includes not only the performances from the Metropolitan stage, but her former cigaret-sponsored commer= cials. She says the records not only give her an objective slant on her operatic interpretations, but reveal if she is standing too near the “meecrophone,” or if the engineer is not “mixing” things properly. If you heard Miss Pons in “Lucia di Lammermoor” from the Metropolitan March 6, you might be interested to know that she considers

it the best Lucia she ever sang.

Good Radio Music By JAMES THRASHER

Diligent search fails to turn anything musical for this evening and So just sit back and enjoy Messrs. Woollcott, Astaire, Jolson, Oakie and the others. Meanwhile, this is as good a time as any to set ringing some operatic overtones.

Two of our mast attractive, ver-®

Nearly everyone I have talked to was as much impressed with Miss Pons’ personal charm as with her singing. In that connection, it might be weil to listen to the words of Wilfred Pelletier, Metropolitan Opera conductor, who has been listening to some 50 or 60 singers each week during the past two seasons for the Metropolitan Auditions of the Air, which WIRE carries on Sunday afternoons. Says Mr. Pelletier: “It might be an almost impossible task to select three soloists each week from among 50 or 60 candidates for Metropolitan honors, many of whom are endowed plentifully with vocal talent, were it not for the final consideration of personality. “This applies not only to the ‘voice’ personality, but to those little accidents of voice and gesture and the mannerisms that a singer unconsicously displays in the brief interview preparatory to the audition. “If the singer reveals a pleasing personality in answering questions during the introduction, it is more than likely that his singing personality will be generally faggyable, 100.” a

J . dl

s.nger long before he began officiat= ing at the mike, Thursday evening shows—Messrs. Vallee, Ross and Crosby and Kate Smith—are four examples of singers who were good enough but who earn far more now that they recite introductions as well as ballads. James Melton, who has sung on several different programs, has taken over NBC-WLW'’s “Saturday Night Party,” doing his share of the vocalizing besides directing the guest parade. But even now we have a reversal of this singer-to-master-of-cere= monies business. Jack Benny, long at the top with his Sunday show, apparently is seeking new honors, for he's taking up singing. But not, I hope, for long. " ” n There will be a Ben Bernie-Berg-Boswell combination on NBC-WLW at 8 o'clock tonight, and whether the alliteration was intentional or unintentional, the Old Maestro seems to rival Mr. Benny in publicizing “Bs.” The guests for Bernie's show are Gertrude Berg, who recently joined NBC's Hollywood colony, and Connie Boswell, whom we don’t hear much, now that she’s starring on a Pacific Coast program, n ”n ” If the Federal Communications Commission grants a WIRE request, the local station plans con= struction of shortwave broadcasting equipment for use in airing football games next fall. A portable transmitter would enable announcers to move about the gridiron and stands, and their descriptions and interviews would be re broadcast on WIRE's regular frequency. ”n » ” Jack Oakie, who heads one of Hollywood's big radio shows (CBS-WFBM at 8:30 o'clock tonight) for which he is rewarded financially in figures which seem quite large to most of us, likes to recall the days when he was glad to face the microphone for nothng. It was not more than eight years ago that Jack, in company with Polly Walker, was delighted to appear gratis on Paul Whiteman’s show to “plug” “Hit the Deck,” a Broadway musical comedy in which they were appearing. “But that was nothing,” says Jack. “At the same time, the advertising agency was worried because Whiteman's sponsor threatened to throw the show off the air if he didn’t remove a crooner from his lineup. The fellow’s name was Bing Crosby.” ” ” ” “Professor” Roy Atwell flew out to Hollywood from New York to lec ture on “The Art of Public Speaking, Oratory and Diction” at Mr, Oakie’s “college” tonight. If you're familiar with Mr. Atwell (and who isn't?) you know that he has been more than a little confused about this subject for many years. ” n ” ANDOM notes on program and personalities—Lum and Abner will leave Hollywood for Chicago Friday on a business trip; they will broadcast for several days from the Windy City before returning to the Coast . . . Jimmy Fidler begins a new series of newscasts from Holly= wood with his NBC-WLW program at 9:30 o'clock tonight. .. . “March of Time,” heard on CBS-WFBM at 9:30 o'clock Thursday nights, has been renewed for an additional 13 weeks, effective when the current series terminates April 8. . . . Re= newals of many shows which formerly left the air in April indicate listeners will hear much the same programs this summer as they've heard during the winter. . . Eamon De Valera, Irish Free State president, will deliver his annual St. Patrick's Day address to American listeners over CBS at 3:15 p. m. tomorrow . ... Parks Johnson and Wally Butterworth, NBC-WIRE's “Question« ers” you hear at 8 o'clock on Tuesday nights, so far have failed to find anyone who can name five

songs popular during the World War,