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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1937

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Fred Allen to Bring New Vibro Violin To Listeners of ‘Town Hall’ Tonight; Cantor Signs for 6 Years at Big Salary

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| | By RALPH NORMAN Fred . Allen brings to tonight’s “Towh Hall” listeners a new electrical musical instrument, the vibroviolin, to be played by its inventor, Bert Lynne. : The mechanical fiddle, according to NBC program notes, will imitate

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WIRE at 7:15 o'clock tonight will repeat NBC's transcription made

at the Hindenburg disaster. The

local station has carried the unique

recording previously, and NBC broke its rigid rule banning transcriptions to carry Announcer Herbert Morrison's description of what he expected to be a routine dirigible landing.

Mr. Morrison (left) is shown

listening to his transcription, while

Charles Nehlsen, NBC engineer who was with him at Lakehurst, looks on.

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THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson i a a Ealac a> 3] 9 ee << Fro GREAT STONE FACE IMMORTALIZED BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1S THE NATURAL STONE FORMATION IN FRANCONIA NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. KNOWN AS 2

*THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN."

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THE COMMON PLANT KNOWN AS RATTLES SNAKE ELANTAIN Is AN

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ABOUT the year 1900, the Old Man of the Mountain was found to be slipping, and in danger of rolling down the mountainside. But in 1918, chains were anchored to the great boulder that forms his forehead. Later. he was saved in another way, when $400,000 was donated to place him and the 600 acres of surrounding mountains under the protection of the staté of New Hampshire. ; : » *® *

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16 IT COLDER WHEN THEIND 15 BLOWING- THAN WHEN THE AIR 16 STILL? YES OR NO ——

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JRVIN coBp KNOCKS INTO A COCKED HAT THE NOTION THAT YOu HAVE TO BE"BORN A WRITER BEFORE YOU CAN WAITE-, "| DO YOU AGREE WITH MLCOBSS

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EVERY day you see a bunch of men freezing or stewing or get-

ting soaking wet in the rain wait-

ing for five women ahead to go through the following elaborate ceremony: Each in turn opens her hand bag and takes out her purse and closes her bag. Then she opens her purse and takes out a quarter and closes her purse and hands the coin to the driver. Next she opens her purse and puts back the change and «closes her purse. Next she opens her handbag and puts in the purse and closes her hard hag— and then drops the nickle in the slot. . : Each woman waits until the other is entirely through before she begins. By .this time the traffic lights have closed and one of the men has

missed his train. They all finally jump aboard, swearing—righteously —and hand their fare instantly to the driver—only to see the same thing happen again at the next stop. ” u ” NO. The wind does not drive down the thermometer on either a cold or hot day. It seems colder simply because the wind causes more rapid evaporation from the skin... © : # nn wa : AS a matter of fact Mr. Cobb did not knock this notion into a cocked hat or anything else. He said—paraphrased—People are born with the instinct or aptitude for writing, Some people learn easier than others. Some must work hard

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West. Nothing is said of Mr. version of “Thé Bee.” | Doubtless Mr. Allen will have some- | thing to say about that tonight. An Irishman succeeds an Irishman .on “Town Hall Tonight” when Walter - Keefe takes over for Mr. Allen and spouse, Portland Hoffa, beginning July 7. Mr. O'Keefe will have his -first permanent assign{ment since he left the “Saturday Night Party” in a huff, though guest appearances have kept him busy through winter and spring. ” 2 =n O'Keefe, incidentally, attended Notre Dame University while Charlie Butterworth, also .a radio headliner, was a student at the northern Indiana institution, and he lived at Knute Rockne’s home. A job on the Fort Wayne NewsSentines followed graduation, but infantile paralysis struck him, and it was during long months of recuperation he decided. bn a stage career. He helped pass the time by writing comedy lyrics and dramatic sketches, and once well, carried out his dream of Broadway and footlights. Several successful productions indicate his success, and his radio appearances have been frequent since NBC first signed him for its “Magic Carpet” series. The “Magic Carpet,” if you've forgotten, was forerunner of the current “Your Hit Parade.” : ” n " 7 Fred Allen-Portland Hoffa radio plans are indefinite and subject to change. First it was reported Fred | was through with radio, after the’ current. series closes, and that he would remain in Hollywood indefinitely for picture making. Other reports had it the Allens would go to Hollywood for the summer, rest briefly in Maine, and return to the networks from New York next fall. This much I know— NBC announces Mr. O'Keefe will fill in during the Allens’ “summer holiday from their Wednesday night

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weeks, with option clauses so the sponsor could continue the show if it clicked. Jack Benny broke precedent with a three-season contract—no option clauses—with a salary, totaling around a million dollars. Eddie Cantor's new agreement with his sponsor is even more unusual. This fall he starts a sixyear contract, with salary at about $15,000 weekly and with no cancellation clauses. With Eddie also devoting much time to movies and other enterprises, Ida and the girls ought to get along! ” 8 ” : WIRE officials today confirmed reports that refusal of Sheriff Otto Ray to allow prisoners in the Marion County jail to participate was responsible for discontinuance of a radio broadcast sponsored by Chief Morrissey. A statement by Chief Morrissey will be read over WIRE at 7 o'clock tonight, the period the program was scheduled for broadcast. Four alleged slayers and a group of other prisoners participated in a broadcast last Wednesday from the showup room at police headquarters. Sheriff. Ray said he was unaware that the prisoners were to participate in a “comic opera” and that henceforth they would not be available for such purposes. ” 7 z Myrtle Vail, author and costar of the “Myrte and Marge” NBC

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to produce. Others never learn and give up in disgust. In any case they have to develop: their talent by many tedious hours of practice. Certainly this is a very fair view of the heredity-environment -complex. If you look at it one way, writers are born, not made; in another way they are made, not born.

NEXT—Are wealthy women as likely to give money to educate other people as are men?

COMMON ERRORS

Never say, “I can’t hardly remember the words”; say, ‘can hardly.”

There may be countries that can afford democracy . .. but Germany will remain true. to the form that alone assures her life, the form in which there is less talk and much wore action.—Adolf Hitler.

The place to break up gangland is in the high chair, not the electric chair—C. Ray Hansen, former prosecuting attorney of Chicago.

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WEDNESDAY

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Chicago, WBBM 770, WENR 870, Detroit, WIR 750; Gary, WIND, 560.

Good Radio Music

By JAMES

THRASHER

Charles Kullmann, the young Metropolitan Opera tenor, is going around these days with a worried look on his face, yet proudly showing

a cablegram ‘that might be any The cablegram reads: “Can we singers,’ three ‘Falstaffs,” four It was sent from Salzburg, and that Toscanini. i

So the cable accounts for the pride, but the worried look comes from a lot of complicating radio ande————— —

motion picture agreements, and Mr.. Kullmann currently is wondering’ if he will be able to accept | what amounts to a command performance from the king of opera conductors. One of these complications is the Wednesday night broadcast series with Jessica Dragonette. And since this is supposed to be a radio column, it might be mentioned that the two singers tonight are to do Victor Herbert's “The Only Girl” on WFBM at 7:30 o'clock. “1'd gladly sacrifice. high radio

| fees to appear with Toscanini,” Mr.

Kullmann said in a recent interview. “He’s tops, you know, and. his overwhelming sincerity does things to a It would be a tremendous disappointment to me not to go. You see, a singer enjoys doing something really worth while without financial consideration.” | [ ” » 2 Yella Pessl, the brilliant young harpsichordist who was a frequent. broadcaster the past season, will return to the air tonight on Frank Black’s String Symphony program— WIRE at 7 o'clock. Miss Pessl will play the Bach Concerto in A Minor. Also booked for the program are

three pieces by Purcell; Beethoven's

singer’s most prized possession.

depend on you for three “‘Meister-

‘Magic Flutes’ and one Verdi ‘Requiem’?”

means that it’s from Maestro Arturo

variations on “La ci Darenf la Mano,” from Mozart's opera, “Don Giovanni,” and the Suite Op. 6 by Ernest Bloch. ; a a. 2 0 Can you imagine Lily Pons singing Brahms? Well, she is scheduled

to do so on her program with Andre

Kostelanetz ‘at 7 o'clock tonight over WFBM. But the selection is the thrice-familiar “Lullaby,” so the French coloratura isn't exactly embarking on a Lieder-singing

career. ” E-4 ”

An abbreviated version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” is to pe given by WGN at 8:30 o'clock tonight. A Chicago Civic Opera cast is advertised with Gladys Harless, Gordon Vorhees, Harold Davidson and Myrtle Weirauch included. ” J 2

| Richard Crooks is the “Hit

Parade” guest soloist en WIRE to- | night at 8 o'clock. Mr. Crooks made | his last appearance of the season on his regular program last night and will be off for a summer va- | cation after this evening’s guest | singing.

script shows, has no sympathy for the housewife. Don’t misunderstand her—she knows that housekeeping is. hard work, but she thinks it should be a pleasure with the networks broadcasting so many interesting daylight shows “Ask a few women who spend most of their time at home and they will tell you that 75 per cent of their favorite programs are on the air during the day, and they can enjoy them alone, without husband or children wanting to dial something else,” the radio author-actress says. : Perhaps so, Mrs. Vail, but I've heard many listeners express different opinion about daylight programs, particularly the se ‘als, which they seem to agree are. over saccharine and often insipid. = n s . Helen Menken, in a few weeks uf broadcasting, has concluded | that radio's dramatic possibilities are unlimited.” She admits thougi, she is anxious to try television, indicating she still likes to have her audi- - ence see as well as hear. The time element in radio drama, Miss Menken finds particularly stimulating. “The pace of the theater is comparatively leisurely, but in radio, maximum effect must be achieved in a minimum of time,” she explained. | “The ear is less patient than the eye. Radio drama, both in writing and acting, must be “stripped of nonessentials; it must be direct and proceed from its fundamental premise to a logical conclusion without loitering along the way. There’s one word that says it all— concentration—the kind of concentration that takes me out of myself completely: and leaves just | Brenda Williams.” > 2 Brenda Williams. of course, is the leading character of “Her Second Husband,” Miss Menken’s | serialdrama which NBC-Blue carries at 6:30 p. m. each Wednesday. |