Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 June 1937 — Page 21

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ____ 0 iii i i PAGE 21 JASPER By Frank Owen | A| Pearce Program Tonight—as Usual— Will Be Great Fun, Rehearsed to Second: ~ CBS Promises Jolson Viva Villa’ Repeat “STAR'S RISE CINDERELLA STORY |[Jack Oakie's R

TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1937

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WE WANT CHINCHILLAS, UNDERSTAND! LIVE ONES!

REAL ONES! ALL YOU CAN GET? AND FOR EACH ONE TURNED IN, THERE'S A BONUS OF 200 PESOS.

MYRA NORTH

KNIFE, GUN, GOATS, LLAMAS,

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CHANGED THE "AMERICAN FLAG DESIGN FROM S/IX-POINTED STARS TO F/IVEPOINTED ONES/ TODAY, WE AUTOMATICALLY THINKL..OF STARS AS ACTUALLY HAVING POINTS.

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When George Washington, Robert Morris and Gen. Ross called at the home of Betsy Ross. they showed her a sketch of a flag and asked her if she would make it for them. They had selected a six-pninted star because they. thought it was easier to make. a five-pointed star when she showed them how to make this type with one clip of the scissors.

a a . NEXT—How far can a grasshopper jump?

Betsy won them over to

WE TRAVEL LIGHT AND HEAD DUE NORTA!Y STA ON YOUR TOES! LET'S gor Nit VAMOS

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WAY THEY GO ON THE MOST HOPEFUL, MOST DETERMINED CHINCHILLA EXPEDITION IN 20 YEARS.

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LET'S EXPLORE YOUR MIND

By DR. ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM

ASSUREDLY. In my judgment every state should have a clearly defined scale of compensation for the disgrace and mental suffering inflicted upon people wrongly tried for crime. they be acquitted it usually casts a stigma upon both the accused and his family and since the people, through their officers, have inflicted this unmerited suffering, they should pay for it. I can see no other rational view. 2 2 ”

THIS IS just another form of the old, old question, are characteristics and habits acquired by children he by their children? Forty years of experimental biology

Even if:

IF PARENTS EDUCATE THEM" SELVES IN 5|C WILL THIS 2 MAKE THEIR CHILDREN NATURALLY MORE MUSICALS YES OR NO wee 3 MANY THOUSANDS OF OUR BOOKLETS HOW JO BE HAPPILY MARRIED," HAVE BEEN REQUESTED © BUT ALMOST

THAN MEN FEEL THEY ARE UNHAPPILY MARRIED? YOUR OPINION

has answered this question—when put in this form—in the absolute negative. This is very fortunate because if good education and habits were handed down, bad education and habits would likewise be inher= ited. Fortunately, man cannot tamper with such gay freedom and with his superlative ignorance, with the laws of his own evolution. ” o ”

I THINK it indicates three things: First, that more women than men have time to reflect on their marital troubles and the more you think about your troubles and try to throw them off the worse they get; second, more womgn than men ‘are introverts. and introverts reflect

on their troubles more than do extraverts; third, more women than men are victims of sex maladjustment—far more—due chiefly to the unbelievable ignorance that most men have of the whole sex psychology and physiology of women. I think these are the chief reasons.

Next: Do men like the wisecracking woman?

COMMON ERRORS

Never say, “He came nearly getting hit”; say “came near.”

To the beréaved I give my warmest sympathy but anew the slogan must be “Nevertheless, Forward.”— Former Kaiser Wilhelm, after Hindenburg zeppelin disaster.

Nurses can inspire love, stimulate learning, and create beauty. . They can prevent spiritual delay and consequent physical relapse.— Dr. S. E. Garth, Youngstown, O.

Best Short Waves

TUESDAY

SCHENECTADY—4:35 p. m. Short Wave Mail Bog. W2XAF, 9.53 meg. LONDON—5:30 p. m. “Hawick Common Riding.” GSP. 15.31 met GSO, 15.18 meg.; GSD, 11.75.: GSB, 9:51 meg. SANTIAGO, CHILE—8:15 p. m. Songs. Chilean Music. CN960, 9.60 meg. : LONDON—7 p. m. “To Be lished Shortly.” GSI. 15.26 meg.; GSF, 15.14 meg. GSD, 11.75 meg. €.58 meg. f BERLIN—9:25 p. m. Technical Tips. DJD. 11.77 mes. 5 | BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINE— 10 p. m. Dance Music. LRX, 9.66 meg. TOKYO—11:15 p.. m. Talk by Professor Yone Noguchi of Keip University. JZJ, 11.80 meg. SASKATOON—11:30 Time Frolic. CJRO, CJRX, 11.72 meg.

There's a Cinderella story behind Trudy Wood’s featured spot on Johnny Green's NBC-WIRE Tuesday evening show which replaces the Fred Astaire program for the summer. 20-year-old girl auditioned for a place in a chorus being organized for Astaire’s show, and one week later she was asked to sing with the singer-dancer weekly. Now she heads Green's large cast of vocalists.

INDIANAPOLIS WFBM 1230 (CBS Net.)

Tea Time Willson’s Or.

McGregor Interviews

News-Sports Hall’s Or.

RADIO THIS EVENING

(The Indianapolis Times is not responsible for {naccuracies in program an- f nouncements caused by station changes after press time.) INDIANAPOLIS WIRE 1400 (NBC Net.)

CINCINNATI WLW 700 (NBC-Mutual) Larry-Sve

CHICAGO WGN 720 (Mutual Net.) Swing .It Melodies Sally Nelson

Lowell Thomas Orphan Annie

Easy Aces Vocal Var. Sports Slants Jimmie Allen

Echoes Chr. Science A. Wollcott News

Concert Or. Dance Or. . Sports Concert Or.

Johnsons Varieties Lum-Abner Bob Newhall

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Tom-Dick-Harry Music Moments Rhythms,

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Tonic Time Big Idea Jim Fidler Vic-Sade

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Northerners ” ”

Melodies Len Riley Arden’s Or. Music Moods

Amos-Andy Harry Bason Music Moment Baseball

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WEDNESDAY

INDIANAPOLIS WFBM 1230 (CBS Net.)

Chuck Wagon

(NBC Net.)

Devotions Music Clock

Early Birds

Varieties

Mrs. Wiggs Other Wife Plain Bill Children

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Bob Carter. Better Health Cadets Sextet

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PROGRAMS

CINCINNATI Ww 0 (NBC-Mutual) Home Songs :

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CHICAGO WGN 20 (Mutual Net.) Golden Hour

Deter Gram » » evotions Aunt Mary Good Morning Chandler Jr. ea

Sweethearts Main Box Get Thin Alice Blue

Don Pedro Children Grimm's Daughter, Store Woman

Next Door Len Salvo

ru We Are Four Bob Elson

Tom-Dick-Harry Seryice 4

Hymns Hope Alden Virginians Next Door

‘Linda’s Love Personals Live Again Gospel Singer Girl Alone Markets Marshalls Allen Warner

Carl Freed Tom-Dick-Harry Markets Farm Hour

Big Sister Markets Farm Circle Myrt-Marge

Music Revue

” ” ” ” Variety Time Betty-Bob

Concert Or. Painted Dreams Lucky Girl Romances

Police News Varieties

Kadoodlers

-News Apron Strings Questions Poetic Strings

Wife-Secretary June Baker Unannounced

Pepper Young Ma Perkins Vic-Sade O’Neills

Julia Blake Kitty Kelly Dorr’s Or. Academy

Lorenzo Jones Varieties ” ”

Wives’ School Library Woman's News Funny Things

Harry Bason Dari| Dan Don Winslow

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Tea Time Kogen’s Or.

McGregor Interviews

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Headliners Ralph Nyland Baseball Kitty Keene ” ” Follow Moon 1» " Guiding Light » ”

. Mary Marlin ” ” Mary Sothern 9 a. Sing Lady noo» Orphan Annie if 1 Toy Band Swing It Tommy-Betty Melodies In-Laws ‘Sally Nelson Lowell Thomas Orphan Annie

Where to find other stations: Chicago, WBBM 770; WENR 870; _

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

Good Radio Music By JAMES THRASHER

“Serious music”’—so called—has ceased to be a seasonal thing. Time was, and not so long ago, when musical activity ceased abruptly with

the summer months. mostly of light music.

Then came open-air concerts and summer opera, Park concert audiences seldom heard anything

heavier than Strauss waltzes or, ocasionally, the Tschaikowsky “1812

Overture,” complete with cannon. Today, very little barometric pres-

sure is brought to bear on program builders. The Lewisohn Stadium concerts in New York, which begin their 19th season this month, will include a concert version of Wagner's “Ring” operas, among other things. These will be conducted by Fritz Reiner, widely known Wagnerian authority, former conductor of the Cincinngl Symphony Orchestra and at Present on the Curtis Institute faculty in Philadelphia.

Complete plans for the eight-week series have not been announced, but radio listeners should know, if they don’t already, that CBS has secured exclusive ~~ broadcasting rights. The conductors, besides Mr. Reiner, will be Vladimir Golschmann of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, for two weeks; George King Raudenbusch, young founder and conductor of the Harrisburg, Pa., Symphony, one week, and Willem van Hoogstraten, who has been conducting Stadium concerts since 1922, for the final fortnight. These concerts have grown from a wartime expgriment in light summer music, especially designed for the entertainment of soldiers and sailors, to a point where they attract 300,000 persons each season. Arnold Volpe was the fimst conductor, remaining two years. Then came the

late Walter Henry Rothwell for one season, and after him Victor Herr bert and Henry Hadley. Ensuing seasons have found such figures as Sokoloff, Ganz, Molinari, Stock and Monteux on the podium, and recent conductors have, included Leon Barzin, Kindler, Iturbi, Ormandy and Paul Kirby. Alexander Smallens has been in charge of ballet productions during the past two summers, and will continue in that capacity this year. . The New York PhilharmonicSymphony ‘seasons in the Stadium are but one example, of course. There are similar presentations df worthwhile music in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Detroit and elsewhere.

Even Indianapolis’ brief venture in this field last summer was highly successful. i Semetimes I wonder if the listening public quite realizes its potentialities—recognizes that audiences more than musicians have made great music popular. A more conscious and co-ordinated use of this power would do much for, musical progress ai enjoyment. i

Last fall the tall, golden-haired, |

To a studio—or theater—audience, | Al Pearce’s shows look like all play ‘and no work. | Every cast members seems to have a swell time, and the weekly CBS- | WFBM presentations are so informal, it’s harg to believe they're rehearsed to the split second, as are

most network broadcasts. Some 1200 Hoosier Pearce] fans doubtless will | dial his broadcast tonight — WFBM at 7 o’clock—{feel~ ing pretty smug, for they know how the whole Gang § looks and acts as they gather around the CBS Eis microphone, this time in Chicago, where the program originates. | These 1200 persons—his sponsor's dealers and their families and friends—heard and saw a “Watch the Fun Go By” show here last week-end, Indianapolis being one of Pearce’s [stops on his transcontinental tour. Much of the show was | presented just as it is each Tuesday | evening over CBS, though there were additional acts which listeners 25: don’t" hear about. Informality be-

By RALPH NORMAN

Al Pearce °

In all his pictures, the portly and jolly comedian is " dressed in plain blue business suit, and Brad Brown, who works with him, likewise appears in business suit.. Lord Bilge- . water dresses as you would expect, | in formal morning | suit, with gray topper and cane. The | result is amusing, not formal, of | course. | Tizzie Lish, played - by William i Comstock, not only sounds like a | woman during the popular “Cooking | and Health Expert” act, but he looks | like a woman. For superstitious rea-

Nick Lucas

|f sons, he always wears the costume | he wore for his radio debut—turban | hat with veil, velvet jacket of pre- | war vintage with matching irt,

high shoes, cotton stockings and an | aged . ostrich-feathered @neckpiece. | The costume always is good for a | round of laughter in any studio.

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The singers dress up a little more, Nick Lucas, the “crooning troubadour,” and pretty Madge Marley wearing semi-formal evening clothes. \ Though her act requires her to babble nohsensically for five to eight minutes, “chatterbox” Arlene Harris is one of radio’s rare performers who never uses script at the microphone. She writes her material, at two-finger gait on her own typewriter, then presents it from memory.

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|| ing Pearce’s Ebb and Zebb skits and | the famous Elmer Blurp low-pres-{sure salesman act,

| copy. When Pearce, the other eve- || ning, discovered a | page missing

is read from

from the Blurp script, he merely

|| moved over to Miss Marley’s micro- || phone and read from her copy. Miss

Marley is the disgruntled housewife in the Blurp sketches. : There is no continuity in Pearce’s

"|| programs, and they resemble a vau- || deville show more than they do the '| customary radio program. Each act’ [is rehearsed individually,

while Maestro Carl Hoff, | who recently

| switched from “Your Hit Parade” to [| “Watch the Fun. Go By,” rehearses '| and directs the orchestra.

Mr. Hoff conducts with a minimum of effort, just las Mr. Pearce runs the program with a minimum

of effort.

I think it would be fun working

' | for Al Pearce. .

” ” n * themselves during radio interviews, But Barney Ross, welterweight title holder, is going to be asked a lot of questions about Jimmy Braddock when Len Riley interviews him at 9:15 o'clock tonight on WFBM. "Barney, who will tangle with Chuck Woods at Perry Stadium tomorrow night, has been up at Grand Beach, Mich, in the same camp where the heavyweight champion °s preparing to defend his crown against Joe Louis in Chicago this month. : 2 ” ”

Somebody out on the West Coast is playing tricks with radio program releases, so I can cite only a few possibilities on what you may hear tonight if you dial Al Jolson or Jack Oakie. : One release plainly says that Al, over CBS-WFBM at 6:30 o’clock, is to feature a repeat performance of a scene from “Viva Villa,” which Wallace Beery made famous on the screen. Al, according to CBS, literally was “snowed under” after his first performance of the piece, with requests for a repeat, and CBS promises it for tonight. : Another Jolson release reads he. will feature an original dramatic sketch, “Redemption,” written for him by Ray and Beth Buffum. It’s no better at the Oakie headquarters, where conflicting releases have both Frank Fay and Joe Penner as his program headliner tonight. It's Jack’s next to last program until fall, too, and his press

full season’s practice. 2 » ”

Oakie’s place after next week will be taken by the maestro whose band has been a program highlight all season, Benny Goodman. Despite many predictions that Goodman's popularity would not last out the past winter, he remains one of radio’s most popular orchestra leaders. His position during the warm months is even higher than it was during the winter and spring, when Oakie enjoyed most of the program’s

gins with clothes.

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