Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 December 1937 — Page 26

High Federal Officials Spoke Over NBC 340 Times During 1937, Survey Shows; * WFBM Mobile Unit Gets U.S. Approval "SUBMARINE DRAMA TO GO ON AR [Lovell Thoms I Si

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| TONIGHT 7:00~“Cavalcade of : America,” CBS-WFBM. . 7:30—Eddie Cantor, CBS-WFBM. 8:00—Andre Kostelanetz with Rose Bampton, CBS-WFBM. (See “Good Radio Music”).

9:00—Hollywood - Parade, NBC-

{ A ; = iy fi i : LR 3 Cre i | NX 11:00—Guy Lombardo, NBC-WIRE. SAN 11:30—Paul Whiteman, WLW, RR : Hd : / i 3 ; N : I j : How much does our national Gov= ernment use the radio for its purposes, political and otherwise? What type of program is heard over the air waves? What is radio doing for religion and education? What, in general, are the public services radio performs? . These and many other’ questions that have been asked of NBC are to be answered in a series of findings by the network’s statisticians. | The first of these reports was made public yestarday. Of course, ° NBC can speak only for itself as a national organization. Similar data on local stations is not available now. But, inasmuch as there has been an increased interest in national affairs during the past few

; Dick Powell (right), the “Hollywood Paratle” master of ceremonies, will present Pat O'Brien and other film celebrities ‘tonight in an air version of “Submarine D-1,” in which Mr. O’Brien was seen recently at the Lyric. Other screen guests will be Henry Fonda, Wayne Morris and Jane Bryant. The program is at 9 o'clock on NBC-WIRE.

RADIO THIS EVENING

(The Indianapolis Times is not responsible for inaccuracies in vrogram ane nouncements caused by station changes after press time.)

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cal” year. His 1937 broadcasts brought his total of NBC ‘microphone addresses to 110 for the five years since his first inauguration in March, 1933. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, however, was the speaker who led the list of high Federal officials. He spoke over NBC outlets 22 times during the year. Postmaster General Farley, spoke 16 times. During 1936, he was the most frequently heard cabinet member over the radio. The third leading cabinet officer was Secretary of State Hull with seven broadcasts. Secretary of the Interior Ickes and Attorney General Cummings came next with six each. One of the most attention-com-pelling broadcasts by a Government executive was delivered by Associate Justice Hugo L. Black, upon his return from a trip abroad during which widespread charges arose that he was once a member

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Sunshine Timo Music Bos | 10° months of 1937 show that Vice wo President Gamer made three radio appearances; various cabinet memGood Morning, | ors. 68; assistant cabinet members, Vv. Lindighr 19; senators, 141; and representa- - tives, 89, with the President's 20 broadcasts, the total was 340 addresses by high Federal officials. During the same -period last year the same group of officials made 505 radio appearances. - : elodies Total program: production. for the year amounted to 19,400 hours. an a 322 5m increase of 197 hours over 1936, due Suin Ryan to the addition of new stations and a Fro , the inclusion of their programs in Man on Strect | DEtWOIk reports. ”» 3 t ” 2 ” The NBC program content anal-

ysis for the year reveals some interesting .data that may provide

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Tonight you may hear the Andre Kostelanetz on his “Listeners’

has taken her from the depths of the contralto registér up through the mezzo soprano ranks. Now she has landed on the tonal peaks, a full-fledged soprano. To prove it, she is going to sing tonight the aria, “O Patria Mia” from “Aida,” as well as songs by Charles and Hageman. ’ : - On a European guest-appearance tour - this summer, Miss Bampton tried out her new range and repertoire on Central European audiences,. On her return, she confessed that it had been a hard job. Becoming a soprano isn’t just a matter of singing in a higher range, Miss Bampton said. In the first place, there are many hew roles to learn—and costumes to buy. And an equally difficult task is to forget

LET'S EXPLORE YOUR MIND—By Dr, Albert Edward

VPI Amen ie QUINTDPLETS 1

GROW UR, WILL THEY REGRET NOT HAVING HAD A NORMAL CHILDHOOD? YESORNO—

. YES, 1 THINK the quints will surely regret that they were deprived of all the normal activities and relationships that other ‘children will tell them about. They

have been literally reared in a glass |-

house and must suppose that all children fiave thousands of -people

° gazing at them and applauding at

~—and taking’ the risks of normal

their least gesture. But all this will not make up for lack of seeing the outside world, making childhood friends—the best we ever have

‘children. Maybe I am wrong. I

would be greatly interested if you will write me your opinion. ~~ : in | a ss ot - 3: PRICISELY. Everybody has 44 far more ability than he thinks he has, but the fear of failing keeps all of us from doing half what we' could. Our chief fear is

only seli-esteem,

lems would put us to the fest, and we might fail. 80, we spend our

success ‘by’ assuring ourselves do not have the ability. - + - Laan 8 =» © : ‘my ‘HOLLYWOOD stars are forced * auch of the: time to dress for their screen parts: but when; off the screen, -I think: they are just like other women and you cannot assign any one single motive as: to why they dress ‘their best—their motives are not only mixed all the

times. A vast deal of the time I think women dress because they love. beauty, they love to be beautiful for its -own sake, and love to feel they have a part in the beauty of life and the world.

lives trying to secure the feeling of |.

time, but they vary .at ‘different |

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the roles one has learned before. ~ She said she almost ‘had to bite her tongue during several “Aida” performances to keep from coming in on Amneris’ gues. | There will be, of course, a number of orchestra selections on this evening's broadcast. Among them will be the “Cloudburst” from Ferde Crofe’s “Grand Canyon” Suite. This work is the latest in the series of American: compositions which Mr. Kostelanetz is giving a prominent weekly place, L Another orchestral fea ] the -Scherzo from Tschaikowsky's “Pathetic” Symphony. ® 8 = : Also on tonight's schedules is a | broadcast: by the Carol Society of New ‘Haven, Conn. --So far as is known, ‘this is the only group in existence organized for the sole purpose of carol singing. | The 300 singers are directed by Dean David: Stanley Smith of Yale's School of Music. Programs are made up: of little-known ‘songs whose only “entrance requirements” ‘are that they must be at least 100 ‘years old. 2 at | + Tonight’

Prog.

Lorenzo Jones

Minute Interviews Toyland //Do You Know?

. Concert Tr June Bak Good Health Rhythm Or. Concert Or, Ladv of Millions H. Turner Margery Graham

Ozark Minstrels

Pepper Young Ma Perkins Vie and Sade O'Neill's

Dr. Friendly Mary Sothern . Ma Hatterfields

Nurse Corps Saree 3, ng v Singing School ing »

. Chicago, WBBM 770; WENR 370,

WMAQ 670; Louisville, WHAS 820; Detroit, WIR 50; Gary, WIND 560.

Good Radio Music By JAMES THRASHER |

“new” Rose Bampton as soloist with

Digest” program on CBS-WFBM.

feature will be

Miss Bampton’s - songful carecro— ;

ous than was thought at first, and that he has! been forced to cancel his season’s engagements, including those as conductor. of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony’s concerts. John Barbirolli will conduct the first of six | concerts on Saturday morning, and the rest will be conducted by Rudolf Ganz. CBS is to broadcast the entire series. : Ef

CANADA EFFECTS "NEW RADIO BAN

Times Special i

“TORONTO, Dec. 15. — The Canadian Broadcasting Co. has taken definite action -with respect to two classes of programs in suspending the broadcasts of certain religious “leaders and in banning commercial advertising on Sunday hours, the latter step having been taken at

Alliance, representatives of which conferred with the Board of Governors on the subject. ; . .The religious issue came .to 8 head when: the Canadian chain suspended Rev. Morris Zeidman of Toronto, representing the Protest&nt Radio League, which move was followed by the withdrawal from the air of Father Lanphier, representing the Catholics. 2 “Under the new policy affecting Sunday’ programs, no comercial advertising is permitted in Canada

nanie ‘only of the sponsor can be

be the so-

on the play-by-play broadcasts of

.thoygh the athletic contest is being held. in the United States or other ‘countries... The. of fiunday

the request of the Lord's Day

with the bare exception that the.

mentioned at the opening and close | of a broadcast. There is also a ban.

any sport event on Sunday, even

critics with bouquets’ or brickbats, according to their particular interests. But it can leave no room for doubt. NBC has confessed in black and white. Company officials report that this year 59.1 per cent of their time was devoted to music; 17 per cent to literature; 8 per cent to talks; 3.6 per cent to news and special events; 15 per cent to sports; 3.6 per cent to comedy; 2.1 per cent to women's features; 3.2 per cent to children’s features, and 1.2 per. cent to religion. : Literature, talks and women's fea= tures showed gains for the year. Losses for other features were little more than fractional, however.

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The Federal Communications Commission in Washington has authorized WFBM to complete the construction of its mobile radio station. : ‘ . Mr. M. R. Williams, WFBM station engineer, said the unit will be equipped with a 40-watt short wave transmitter capable of contacting the station from a distance of 25 miles.

special events for rebroadcasting. Construction will be: completed in about two weeks, ‘Mr. Williams added. He expects it to be licensed

” ”® ” Around the Dial Tonight—Lowell Thomas has been signed by his sponsor for 1938. . . . Trudeau, son of the founder of the internationally famous tuberculosis sanitoria at Saranac Lake, N. Y,, will be a guest when the life of his father is dramatized on the “Cavalcade of America” at 7 p. m. over WFBM. . . . The second act of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, “Pirates of Penzance,” will be presented by WLW at 7:30 p. m. under the direction of William Stoess. .". . “My Country Tish of Thee,” an advenGlacier, National Park, Ji 3 @

Tish, Lizzie and Aggie, will be the | 10th of the series by the. WPA Federal Theater Radio Division over WFBM at 8:30 p. m. . . , Radios premier . anticrime show, “Gang

‘minister's sons — Phillips H. Lord,

nouncer.. “uy

NEW TELEVISION ~~ ~ OUTLET LICENSED

= WASHINGTON, Dee. 15 >. PP.) The Federal Communications Cd mission today authorized the oper= ation of experimental transmissions of facsimile by the National Bate

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