Radio Digest, 1931-1932
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SUMMER NUMBER, 1931 25 Cents Lily Pons, CBS Vhat Sinister Natives are back of BIG WAVE GRAB — FALSE TEETH ARE A GREAT INVENTION BUT KEEP YOUR OWN AS LONG AS YOU CAN fMASSAGIMGI GUMS CLEANING I TEETH What is "pyorrhea" that millions dread it so? teeth you have IT'S a pretty grim statement, but the rhea softens the gums, loosens the teeth Protect the truth is half the people who wear in their very sockets, until extraction Your own teeth are far better than any- false teeth must do so because they is essential to preserve the health. thing you can get to replace them. failed to guard against pyorrhea, which But do not wait for these warnings. Perhaps you do not realize what a bless- is responsible for one-half of all adult Take care of good teeth while you have ing they are, so long as they are firm teeth lost. them. See your dentist regularly—be- and your gums are in good health. But Visit at least They cannot, however, be entirely fore trouble develops. him do not risk the unhappy experience of for their line-drawn lips and twice year. blamed a losing them. There is no finer denti- sunken cheeks—those telltale marks of And in your home, brush your teeth, frice than Forhan's—no better protec- artificial teeth. massage your gums with Forhan's. This tion for gleaming teeth and the mouth For pyorrhea, which comes to four dentifrice is unique in that it contains of youth. By all means, make Forhan's people out of five past the age of forty, the benefits of an ethical preparation your dentifrice—you can make no bet- is sly, insidious disease. It which in the health of your a may infect developed by Dr. R. J. Forhan, ter investment your gums early in life, and lurk there thousands of dentists use in the treat- mouth and the safety of your teeth. for years before you become aware of ment of pyorrhea. Forhan Company, Inc., New York; its dangerous presence. Forhan's Ltd., Montreal. Do not wait for gums NOW ON THE AIR! to bleed FORHAN'S New Forhan program—featuring Evan- YOUR TEETH ARE ONLY AS HEALTHY AS YOUR GUMS The first warnings of pyorrhea geline Adams, world-famous astrologer every Monday and Wednesday at 7.30 are tenderness and bleeding of False teeth often follow pyorrhea, which comes P. M. Eastern Daylight Saving Time the gums. If neglected, pyor- to four people out of five past the age of 40 Columbia network. ' — Radio Digest FOLLOW MY STARS OF YOUTH TO A LiearenP yixter yfoa i) Frances Ingram herself tells how to keep the skin lovely at its 6 vital places YOU are just as young and attractive, or just as old, as your skin looks," I told a charming woman who recently came to consult me. "Keep your skin im- maculately clean . Keep it youthful at my . ' six stars . And you are youthfully lovely Then I explained to her my method with Milkweed Cream. "To cleanse the skin, spread my Milk- weed Cream generously over your face and neck. Let it remain for several min- utes, to allow the delicate oils to pene- trate deeply into the pores, and then remove every vestige of it with soft linen. "Now—apply a fresh film of the Milk- weed Cream. With outward and upward strokes pat it into the skin at the six points starred on my mannequin. "There are special toning ingredients in this Milkweed Cream. These penetrate the cleansed pores and defend the skin against blemishes and aging lines and leave it clear,111soft and lovely." This charming woman came back to see me, a day or two ago. Her skin looked marvelously clear and soft and fresh! She looked at least five years younger—and said she felt it! 111 STUDY MY mAHNKQriN A.\l> Mil; "STABS" TO K\UM UIIV I have recommended my Milkweed Cream and my method to so many women, and Onlii a lieaitnii skin can staii uounq I have seen their skin grow fresh, clear, young. Won't you follow my six stars to To guard against Hues in; a clearer, softer, younger skin? THE FOREHEAD THROAT — To keep your throat from and wrinkles here, apply Milkweed Cream, fiabbiness, cover with a film if Milt If you have any special questions to ask stroking with fingertips, outward from the and smooth gently downward, ending with about skin care, write for a copy of my center of your brow. rotary movt mt >;: .. booklet, "Why Only A Healthy Skin Can i Stay Young." Or tune in on my radio , THE EYES— // you would avoid aging iron's in m ck 2 /". */ . taggin . about the eyes, stroke hour, "Through The Looking Glass feet, smooth Ingram's a linn trote with li with a feather touch outward, beneath eyes with Mill :. With Frances Ingram," Tuesdays, 10:15 and over eyelids. the can and patting firmly all along the A. M., E. S.T., over and Associated WJZ jaw contours. Stations. the mouth — Drooping lines are easily de- ; feated by filming the fingertips with ni) cream the sum i i>i us T brnrn < and sliding them upward oicr the mouth and •k are /'.. then outward toward the i. ni. uartit tilth MM • J massage uith the middle oj the chin. IJVGRAM'S ream Frances Ingram, Dept. R-UO 108 Washington St., NY ( Please semi meyoui tcii- booklet, "Why Only i Healthy Skin Can Stay Young," which tells in complete detail how t>> care i>» the --Kin and to guard the six vital spots of youth, .Sua. 1 \W JUL ^5 2 (£>C B 130492 THE NATIONAL BROADCAST AUTHORITY Harold P. Brown, Charles R. Tighe, Managing Editor Associate Editor Nellie Revell, Henry J. Wright, Advisory Editor Associate Editor Including RADIO REVUE and RADIO BROADCAST Raymond Bill, Editor summer issueIs July- August^ I <?3 CONTENTS COVER DESIGN—Portrait of Lily Pons. Jose M. Recoder HARRY HORLICK—Climbs from Starving Refu- gee to success as A & P Gypsy Batoneer. Ted Deglin 6 LITTLE JACK LITTLE—Tiny, but Oh My.' IONA MULL is best Strong men couldn't Slay 'em as He Does. 9 DOROTHY 1 known for her super- EMPIRE BUILDERS—Making Choo-Choo and KNAPP has a perfect television face, lative soprano perform- Ding-Dong for Champion Sound-effects Script. E. N. Train 11 ances with NBC and Dr. the NBC engineers say ADAM'S APPLE — Watching MAN . Scholl's Ramblers. Be- LUCKY . not to mention her G. W. Hill, Cigarette King, build Your Programs. Douglas Gilbert 16 fore New York she was a figure Since winning Schumann-H eink pupil CHICAGO AS RADIO CAPITAL— NBC the title of Miss Amer- and a Great Bender— President puts Windy City ahead of New York. Merlin H. Aylesworth 20 ica at Atlantic City not a contortionist, but she's been a Broadway GABALOGUE—Stage Whispers and Inside Stuff a Kansan from the city star. Coming soon 'bout Radio-Stagers by the Voice of Radio Digest. Nellie Revell 23 with the stoop-over name. a cover picture of her. WHAT IS THE SECRET OF CHARM?— Four Assorted Charmers Reveal their Recipes. Lillian G. Genn 24 JULIA AND FRANK—Life is just a Love Song to Crumit and Sanderson—Happy though Married. Duke Parry 26 FIGHT THAT WAVE GRAB—Will the Peo- ple allow Politicians to Throttle Radio? Doty Hobart 28 BETTY'S BIG THRILL—She Braved the Desert to Reach a Harem and talk to the Emir. Betty Ross 31 AUNT AND UNCLE MIKE—Ail about the Radio Relatives who inspire Ten Million Youngsters. Evans E. Plummer 45 GOOD-BYE GLOOM—Genera! Depression Sur- renders to Colonel and Budd, new Network Stars. Nelson S. Hesse 50 TUNEFUL TOPICS—Kindly Gossip about the Songs of the Month and their Writers by ... Rudy Vallee 53 MORTON DOWNEY—Humorous Sidelights on his Metamorphosis from "Hired Help" to Plutocrat. Grenville Richards 60 HARRY GLICK—He Mixes Chuckles and Exer- cise at WMCA to keep the Ladies Slender. Muriel Allen 63 THEY LEAVE THEIR COMFY BEDS FOR HIM—Arthur Q. Bagley, Tower Health Leaguer. Bruce Gray 66 CHAIN GANG CHATTER—Paragraph Peeps into the Lives of Radio's Great and Near Great. Janet Dublon 69 SWEET SIX-TY—Edna Wallace Hopper takes to Acrobatic/ Dancing at age when Others Take to Bed! Anne B. Lazar 72 Coming and Going (p. 4) Editorial (52) Radiographs (55) Marcella (57) Voice of the Listener (64) Station News (begins 68) Women's Section (begins 72) Hits, Quips and Slips (76) Chain Calendar Features (78) Stations Alphabetically Listed (83) Radio Digest, 420 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. Phone Mohawk 4-1760. Radio Digest will not BROWN CARTER . HELEN be held responsible for unsolicited manuscripts received through the mail. All manuscripts submitted ANN may be back home in Cleve- a Queen should be accompanied by return postage. Business Staff: Business Manager, Lee Robinson, 420 one moment and a cho- Lexington Ave., New York; National Advertising Representatives, R. G. Maxwell & Co., 420 Lexing- land from Hollywood rus girl the next. In fact, ton Ave., New York City, and Mailers Bldg., Chicago. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. with a few beauty prizes she may be from two to and titles . found it eight different people in Radio Digest. Volume XXVII, No. 3. July- August. 1931. Published monthly ten months of the year and bi-monthly a bore to do nothing, so in July and August, by Radio Corporation. 420 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. Subscription rates Digest Publishing but just one "March of yearly, Three Dollars; Foreign Postage, One Dollar additional; single copies.