Radio Guide M IKE ROSCOPE ALBUM &/' LOG BOO

1935

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FRED ALLEN

I{~D ..\LLe:" -although he has b~en :1(cu,ed \':lrloLbly of re,embling :"C\\, , York's former mayor Jamcs j. Walker, Gene Tunney, and the late Frank E. • F Camphell. the undertaker-considcrs the charges nlere:y part of the hnards of the profess:on, "As a matter of I act'" he 'insist>, "it i," the ,ame old face I' ve alwan u,ed !" Fred Allen's real name i, Fred Sulli\'an, l ie \\'as born in Cambridg~, ,\b;sa­ chu,etb, fort ,,' years agCl on .\\:tv 31, l :-1 l )5, I Ie declares I-,e was an after-t!1u !ght to .\\ emo,ial Day, Peuple sti :1 can't forget him' Stage debut \\'a, made at the age of ten in an an,ateur production uf .. ['he I hree \Vi se .~l en," gi\'en hy hi s church, Il is lines \\'ere: "Sorro\\' is sigh;ng, hrl::lth­ ing, dYIng-sealed in this cold, , tone tomb," They are the on lv se riou, [in~, he's e\'er recited, and tbey a ln:ost encbl his theatrical ,·a reer. ,-\fter fini shing ,chuo!. he found it job in a harcll\'are store in Boston, Stil l he is trying to figure out \ 1 hether there are more nuts in a hard\\'are store or on the ,tage, Professional ,tage career made II h ~il he sub,rituted for a friend I\'ho Iud becn hooked into a local \'audc\'ille home at fil'c dollars per--\'eek.- not day I The friend got cold feet, so Fred went on in hi, place, l ie lI'as bilkd :1, " Paul I [uc\;'c­ European Entertainer," and becau,e he I\'as a ,uh,tinitc, he rt:cei\'cd only threc doll ars, h'ed li\;ed the work so much that he quit hi s job in the hardl\'a re ,to:e to become " !-'red St. James, W or[d.., \\'or,t Juggle r, " To n',;\;e matters Il or,e, he I\'orc :t red lI'ig \\'hi le he juggled, :\llcn OlV ns mo re than one thousand \'olumes of boe,ks on comedy, Ii i, i, one of the greatest coll ections in the \\'orld, ,\nd he makcs excell ent me of it beL:lu,e, ZI, he says, "Good joke, nt:I'er di,', Their structure remain, the ,ame no marter hOI\' many changes take place as thc years go by." lie i, the only gag-Ill an \l'ho admits that he reads hi s jokes in books, Recently he has been so busy that he can't spare the time to dig up hi s lines in anc:ent tome" so he has employcd writers to help him prepare material fo r his rad:o broJdc:r,ts, He is in bed by tl\'O o'clock e\'ery mo rning, :lI1d up by ten, , :-:el'er does he smoke, but occasionally chell'S tobacco-drinks modcrately- takes snulT to clear hi s head, Some o ne told him that Caruso used , nun for the same purpo,e, f red believes, hOIl'el'e r, that snuff does not impro\'e the \'o:ce, [ [e's a nut about exercise, and \'isits a gymnasium e\'cry day, Hc beli e\'es hand ball and ro\\'ing mach;nes im­ pro\'e o ne's health, and is a mark for :tIl kinds of "'1'\\'0 Years :\go [ \\ 'as Puny, i3ut Look At Me Noll'" ads, heel is a shre\\'d bu siness man, ' I hat', lI'hy he changed hi s namc, On returning to America after three years' engagement i 1 :\ustralia- where h : rcce i\'e d ::;85 a week- he knell' that the Keith oflice proba bly lI'ould gi\'e him the S:l me here, l ie changed hi s n:lIl,e so the booking office \\'ouldn't kn Ol\' him , burro\l'i ng the last namc of hi s agent, edgar All en, Eelga r \\'asn't so sure about the I\'isdom of adding heel to the Allen clan, But it has \\' o rked sa ti sfactorily, , !'i-ed's back teeth are a [[ chippeel, They became so from a trick he lbeci to do while juggling, He's co nscious of approaching b:tldne5S, and religiously takes scalp treatments, l ie likcs to be alone, . hut people usual[ y croll'd ,lI'

Page 6 -- GRACIE ALL,EN I ~ A C I E A LL E~, born in Sa n Francisco, Calif., on July 26, bu t yea r unk nown, "I'm as old as my little fin ge r and a little older th an my tee th," she says, G Her Pa and three sisters, but not her broth er, we re in sholl' busin ess, I twas a fo regone conclusion therefore th at she'd land in the bus in ess herself. She did, At • th ree she made her stage debut si nging and dancing, Gracie attended publ ic chool and a conve nt in San Francisco, Duri ng Summer vacations she played outlyin g vaudevi ll e houses in Los Angeles and Oakland, also in her native city. She did a sin gle turn-dancin g and si nging, Her mother ac ted as her "dresse r," and also peeked out from behin d the curtain to see why the house didn't applaud Gracie more energetica ll y. A mon th after she was graduated fro m sc hool Gracie met Larry Rei ll y, who was doin g an I ri sh mu sical sketch in th e home town. She join ed the act, playi ng the "love interes t," and came to New York with it. The biggest thrill she ever had was seei ng New York for th e fir st ti me. She's still thrill ed by \lew York when­ e\'er she retu rn s. The act was bi ll ed as "Larry Rei ll y and Co." One day the "Co." \\'as left off the bill ing, So Grac ie quit. After that she wa ited for ma nagers to co me to her. They didn't, so she laid otf for a year. I n the meantime Gracie took a stenographic course; never completed it. Nex t Gracie went to Uni on Hill , N, j., to visit some f ri ends playing at the local vaudev ill e house, On the bill was a tea m, Burn, and Lorrai ne, who were to sp lit up in a few weeks, Gra(ie ,aw the act and liked Burns better than Lorraine, ' he arranged to be introduced, T hat hi stori c meeting between George Burns and Gracie :-\II en \\'as satisfaclorv to both, They signed as partners, After rehea rsing for two weeks they we nt to 1I'0rk in tht IIi/I st, th ea ter, ~e \\' a r k, at the magnifi ce nt, breath-ta ki ng sala ry of 815,00 for three days for th e tea m, -I he next \\'ee k they pl ayed one day in Bonton, :\, j., fo r $10, That was thi rteen years ago, After th ey had bee n pl ay in g togethe r for three years, Gracie took to go in g out with another man, G e0t~e disco\'e red that he was jealous, His proposal was in these words: "Either we get married wi thi n ten days or bu st up the act." Gracie bega n to cry, She fi gured that if George coul d brin g tears to her eyes she mus t lo\'c him, So she married him, They\'e been happy e\'e r si nce, Next to Geo rge Burns, Grac ie li kes steak (med ium ), stewe d tomatoes and cot­ tage fri ed potatoes, Sh e does a lot of talking about food but in reality is a \'ery small eater, She eats hardly enough to keep a fl y ali ve, She doesn't smoke ; takes an occasional cocktail , bu t never straight drink s, Goe, in for cockta il s according to their colors, Prefers gree n and pink drinks, She jus t dotes on mO\' ies, but her eyes \\'on't stand lTIu ch : entertain s herself by playin g so litai re; kn O\\'s e\'ery solitai re game in exi stence, more th an a hundred, She says she also pl ays bri dge, but George Burn s deni es th is, I-;er ambiti on is to be a lady of leis ure-to fo rget the cloc k, curtain cal ls :lIll1 ea rl y lTI orning film ings, She lo\'es clothes, expe nsive ones, and any kind of furs, bU l !> he doesn't go in much for je\\'c lry, "T ha nk hea \' en," com ments George Burns, She is nu ts about pe rfumes, Il a, no particular preference for scents ju,t so long as the bottles are pretty, Also likes fl o\\'ers, Gracie is a sound sleeper, She must ha\'e eight hou rs' slee p e\'ery night : can do \'ery we ll on fo urteen, She sleeps \\'it h a pill ow o\'er 'her face, George and she use twin beds, She \\'ears t ra iling night go\\' nS-a la LYlm Fon tann e, She has a passion for negl igee and loun gin g pajamas, And for their recently adopted baby girl. Sa ndra, /-I eI' pet na me fo r George is ":--':a tty," George says this is not hecau,e his middle name is :--': at, but because he's such a swell dresser, "S he spells ':--'::It ' with all"i nitial 'G'," he adds, Ilis pet name for her i, "Coogie," T he name is embrO;c1ered on all her undies, PEGGY ALLENBY HE wit and the stamina of the Irish, tempereJ by the langour a nd romanCe of old · Spain-that's the combination which makes Peggy All enby one of the T stage's and radio's most dependable actresses (and one of their most lovable). '

Iler first \:ew York engagement \\·:1S in "The Little Spitfire." and she IHO\·ed to be all that the name implied as she dashed from studio to studio attempting to se ll her talents. Persistence won, and when all else failed she found her I

L BETTY BARTHELL

F BETTY BARTHELL couldn't sing a note, she sti ll Vlould be the eighth wonder • of radio. ' She probably is the only feminine warbler in .~ m e ri ca who literall y had I to be shanghaied trom her home, at whi ch she arrived on April 16, 1909, to take a microphone test. While girls wi thout a semblance of a \'oice lI'ere storming audition boards, Betty lurked behind a portiere, fearful lest the talent scouts trail her to her hiding place. They did-and listeners still owe them a \'ote of thanks. The sudden whirl to radio acclaim and to residence in l\ew York was the direct result of an old Southem custom. Because of her charm, Betty was the core around which the youthful Nashville society life wound itself. ~\fter her graduation from Ward-Belmont school in her home to\\'n, l\ash\'ille, Tenn,. the Barthell home became a Sunday rendezvous for a large group of eligible lads \\'ith \'er)' definite fixations · about Miss Betty. The typical Dixie hospitality, augmented b\' Betty', local talent and skill at the piano, did the business. On one of these traditional Sunday e\'enings Bob Carson, staff pianist at WLAC, was among the \'isitors \\'ho popped in, Impressed by Betty's artistry, he arranged for an audition the follo\l'ing Jfternoon. The audition \I'as lifted out of the ordinary class Jnd scheduled as an event because of Bob Carson's elaborJte descriptions of Betty. Which was all very well except that the principal, o\'ercome by shyness, failed to appear, Carson \I'as right­ fully embarrassed. IZather than stand t he gibes of the studio executi\'es, he deter­ mined to produce the reluctant lass. He drove out to the Barthell home, seil.ed the missing ingredient by the arm, and hustled back to the station, to present his fin d as promised, Il aH' an hour after the audition the bewildered Betty lIas a member of the WLAC staff. Her trip to New York was almost a repetition of the original scene. A CBS executive, on a tour of Southern stations, heard Betty and adjudged her excellent susta ining material, as well as potential bait for some exacting sponsor. He guessed right on both counts. Betty's background in music goes back to her father's love for Nevin's The Rosary. He was so enamo red of the melody that he wanted someone a round the house to be able to render it for him \I'hene\'er he fe lt the urge. So when his only daughter became twelve (that was in 192 1) he arranged for piano instructions for her. His only demands on her tutor were that \I'hile the remainder of her lessons were to be orthodox, she was to be taught his song of songs e:uly in the procedure. Betty couldn't estimate how many times she played and sang ,The Rosary' in her father's presence, or how many times she waited for him to turn his back so that she might break into the current hits of the day. T bey are her true metier. So rapid has been her trip to fame that Betty hasn't had time to give to se rious affairs of the heart. She Ins done a little shado\\' boxing \I'ith them and sparred a round or two with C upid, but is still u nattached so far as the public knows. Perhaps because she is tall herself, lofty buildings stultify her, so to escape the inhibition she takes long rides on a bus or in the subway. :-\ 5 a spectator she adore s hockey, and as participant goes in lu stil y for aquatics, She is counted a keen bridge player but has an unfair ad\'antage o\'er her oppo­ nents. They gaze at her wavy, dark bobbed hair and d rink in the light from her blue eyes-and aces get trumped and o\'erbids are made with utter abandon. When Betty is in the game the other players ail are automatically nIinerable. JACK BENNY '[ T neve r was the intention of J ack Benny to be the in souciant comedian whose subtle style has brought him national radio fame. By nature and experie nce he , is a rapid-fire, or "patter," comedian. But ennui, brought on by constan t fu t il e aUd itioning for p rospective sponsors, fo stered the langorous type of presen tation which has made him outstanding among the leading jesters of the day. He con­ ceived the techniq ue one day out of sheer boredom. It won him a contract, whe reas his natu ral style had left him hors-de-combat. He wouldn't desert it now fo r any consideration.

Nor would he desert M ary Li vingstone, his cha rming wife and stooge, \\" ho has been the icing on the Ben ny c:lke e\'er sin ce J ack won his lirst comme rcia l rad io account.

J ack wasn't born "Benny." It's a t rade name adopted when Jack dec ided tint t he stage was his metier. He decided that the fam ily tag, i(ubelsky, wouldn't d rag the customers into a theater. He wanted them to come ill and la ugh- not stand out under the ma rque and chuckl e. Vaudeville engagements, none too lucra tive, foll owed his service hitch, but in a few years brighter engagements ensued. T hen the movie magnates determined that Benny was just what the fil ms needed. But it was in radio tha t J ack Benny found his natural outlet, and f rom an ordin ary salary in pi ctures he has ri se n to an eleva­ tion where even the most extravagant sponsors ha\'e call ed strategy conferences in order to mee t his terms.

J ack has none of t he appearance of a comedian. In fact he has all the savoir­ fai re of a successfu l broker. At that he is a comedian onl y 30 minutes each week. The remaining 6690 waking moments find him a somber, bu sin essli ke sleuth, keell on the scent of any si tuation which he can turn in to a gag, with t he able help of his materi al prop and moral supporter, Harry Conn. lie plays a \ io lin as would a he:O\'ed maestro. ( Y~ah ?) I.o\·e ill Bl oom is hi s hnll"ite , el ec tIOn.

J ack is five feet, ten and one-half inches tall and weighs aroulld olle hu nch'ed and eign ty pounds. H is clothes a re meticul o usly sel ec ted ; he wea rs them wi th a na tural grace. He could gi\"e an Englishman cords and t\\'eeds and beat him at hi s own ga me. His once dark hair has grayed al m os t completely, adding to his air of a ri stocracy and offering unimpeachable evidence o f his torturous search fo r the elusi\'e jest. The Benn ys ha\'e an adopted girl baby, J oan. J ack was bo rn on the shores of Lake Michigan in the yea r 189-1 on a date later made auspicious in Chicago by one of the most dramatic crime sto ri es in hi sto r\', I ~ cbruaf\ ' I-Ith . the celebrated Valentine's Day ga ng m Jssa.;re.

, t~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page J 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BEN BERNIE

ECAUSE he "I'as too f rai l fo r the iob, Ben Bernie couldn't fall all' hi s rather's trade, blac ksmithing, Yet, , tan;ng 'o n :In entirel y oppo,ile ca reer, he ha, ham­ Bm ered away at a far more dllI gentl)' tha n he ever \I'o u!..1 ha\'c had to at shaping iron footwea r fo r ho rses. A nd of all the people in the theatrical \I'o rl cla safely can be saicl of the Old l\ l aestro t hat the :1I l\'il s ne\'e r ha ve resou nded to the mention of his name.

I. ucky fe ll ow- many say, Lo\'el.I' fe ll ow i, the re:ti re,b on, S\\'eet i, a dangerous wmd \\'ith \\'hi ch to toy in the de,c ription o f :tn)' m an, but it can be ascri bed to Ben \I'itho ut so much as ch:ln ce fOI' mi su nLi erstJnLiing. Theatrical :llIdi cnces note it; radio li "teners sense it :tnd thuse who meet him, e\'en casu:tik, come '1 ll'ay com pletely swayed b.\ ' that particul a r ph:lse of hi s pe rsonality , .\I ore acc ura tely , it's a pleasing g r:lciousne" o f manner.

I t is o bvio us that Ben ne\'er in hi s life made a sin gle motion calculated to wi n someone's approval or fri endship, yet in e\'ery stratum of life through which he has passed he has left for poste rity la sting imprints of hi s bl al.ing magneti sm , Perhaps it is a merging o f a ringing sincerty and a sto ut honesty, but most certainly something exi sts which draws a wo rld to hi s circle; makes sy cophants of those who are themsel ves accustomed to adulation and the fawning of the mob. There is a ring of inspiration in the \'oice o f e\'ery guest star who appears on hi s progra ms, a nd it is doubtful if a nyone e\'er asked so to perform, has rejected the privilege fo r reasons within human control. All o f these characteristics lend to hi s enduring po pularity in every field in which he is active. But they are not the basic elements, Back of the Bernie fund of humor and good-fellowship is a wealth of human understanding, the realization that e\'en the mO S't brilliant of the stars loses its luster if too persistently exposed, So Ben wiseiy does not hog the limelig ht. Like Rudy Vallee and JacK Benny, whose fame has lost any tinge of impermanency, he is thoro ughly unselfi sh, averse to ag­ grandizing himself,

Anybody who works with Ben gets mo re than a n even break. lie IS no extro\'ert, but he has the confidence in himself to which years of success ha\'e entitled him­ a nd he fears not to sh are hi s pl a udits with those with whom he surrounds himself professionall y. A comparison to several artists wh o ha\'e reached the heights in radio only to drop to semi-obsc urity, will reveal tha t whil e Ben was dividing the spo il s, those ego-intoxicated lumina ri es \I'ere cente ring the spotligh t exclusively on themsel ves. That all-encompassing understanding of Ben's is the fruit of the struggle fo r achievemen t. The fin ancially secure o rchestra d irec tor of today presents no pi cture of the so rdi d beginning whi ch was Ben's lot . There \I'as g rim irony fo r t he Ancelevitz ( Ben's surname) family of Bayonne, New j ersey, in the \vhimsical charm wi th whic h Longfell ow in vested the smi th and hi s fo rge. T o Ben's fa ther, with hi s wife and ele\'e n children, it was a g rim and battering trade del'oid of a nything sa\'e back-breaklll g and a lmo; t frui tless toil. As hi s son Benjamin re:Jc hed the age where hi s futu:e became an issue, it i s not surprisi ng tha t the labor-worn fathe r found a ready alIbi for shunt ing hlm ,off IIl to a nother fie ld of endeavor. 1\1 usic seemed to be of hi s fib e r, so suffi cient funds were eked f rom the limited income to gi ve Ben hi s sta rt. T he sto ry of his e\'elnf ul rise to a violini st a t suffi cient merit to earn him a place in the theater, has been repeated until it is frayed, But the story of his ever- ready helping hand, his quiet m unificence and his endless sL!bj ugat ion of self III beh alf of others, takes on new statu re WIt h e\'e n ' telli ng, lie is m a rried, has one SO il , j ason, to wholl: he is :timost chil di shlv de\'oted, Ben was fo rty-one yea rs old Decorat ion Day, 193J , CONNIE BOSWELL ONNIE 130SWELL as a child was crippled from the waist down by infantile paralysis Yet she managed to overcome a handicap which to most would C prove insurmountable. And to top it off, she's one" of the happiest persons alive. In her wo rk she has found peace and solace from bodily ills. Alt)-,ough her manager carries her around like a baby, she's not the least bil sorry for herself. On the contrary, she's usually gay. She has a good busi ness head and is full of energy. She is the leader of the team composed of herself and two sisters, not only because she is the most appealing and has the best voice- but be­ calise she's a natural born leader. She might have made a fo rtune in any other field of endeavor. Connie has a lovely figure. Sht is five feet four inches tall , weighs 100 pounds and is the thinnest of the three Boswell sisters. Vet, whose real name is Helvitia, we ighs 114 pounds for her five feet four, whil e Martha, who is five three, weighs 117. The sisters were born in New Orleans. It is not necessary to write that fact, however, because their accents immediately give them .away. It is difficult to tell which is prettiest. Although Connie now is 25 years old (birthday, December 3), she is still partial to dolls and teddy bears. Her rooms are full of them, and she takes as much care of her toys as she would a child. She has one other hobby. That is the radio. The Boswell kids inherited their musical ability from their parents, both of whom are musical. The three children early played instruments. The original Bos­ ""ell trio, almo t twenty years ago, consisted of Connie and her miniature cello. Vet and her violin, and Martha at the piano. The only audience was the fami ly. They learned their way of singing from the colored folks. This is how the Boswell Sisters became professionals: At the c1~se of the war an amateur contest was held in a local theater. First prize was to be fifty dollars in cash and a week's work at the New Orleans Palace. The three kids faltered out to the center of the stage. They were very nervous. The act preceding them had departed under a barrage of overripe vegetables. But when the Boswell sisters played and sang, there were no tomatoes. I nstead, the house rocked with applause, and the kids were fifty do lIars richer. There folIowed a vaudevilIe engagement which took them as far away as Mobile, Alabama. The kids were going to school. They evaded the stern hand of the truant officer by taking a week off, then going back to cl asses for a week, studying twice as hard, and then repeating the routine. But the grind was tough and the kids didn't like it. The BoswelI sisters make their own song arrangements. They never write any­ thing down. All three have amazing memones, but Connie's is the best. She knows more than 400 tunes. They are hard workers, often rehearsing in the privacy of their apartment until 4 a. m. Neighbors used to complain, but now they realize they are hearing art in the making, so they don't say anything. That's a relief to Connie, who hates to annoy people. Like most stage people, the sisters are extremely superstitious. They never tell anyone their business before a deal is complete. They're sure that this is the easiest way to jinx oneself. They cross their fingers before they sfart to sing a new tune. They've found that their new songs always go over o.k. tltat way, but should one forget the finger-cross, then everything is sure to be ruined. Despite their long radi o experience, they're still nervous whenever they appear before a mike. They all sit on a bench when they broadcast. Martha, of course, plays the piano. Connie and Vet sit on either side with their three pretty heads touching. Casual observers have difficulty in deciding which is lovelier, their voices or their fa ces. EDDIE CANTOR

HERE is a disposi tion among skeptics to tw it Eddie Ca ntor about his frequent references to Ida, his wife and th eir fi ve da ughters, Perhap s if the public T understood the bea uti ful love story between Mrs, Ca nto r and her comedi an­ hu sband, thert wou ld be less of criticism and mo re of recogn ition of I:: dd ie's tributes to hi s loval li fe partner, •

, Ili s frequent reference to his fami ly, pa rt icu la rl y Ida, is not an effo rt 10 aggrand­ Ize her or them, It is Eddie's only wa y of ack nowledging publicly- as all of these sagas of wifel y loyalty should be- the trcmendous debt whi ch he owes he r for her moral support, not alone since th ey began married li fe but in the hard il nd exa cting davs of their co urtship, It is natura! to "iell' th e pop-e\'ed jester as a millionaire wh ose liie is made sweet hy public "cclai m and the possess ion of all the requi red co mforts of life, Bu t th at's just a l a t ~ phase of the Cantor caree r; its promin cnce is apt to hedim th e struggles hy I\'hic h he 2cquired hi s present status,

And th ose lI'e re th e davs \I'hen he \I'as hu sy piling up a moral obli ga tio n to Ida tint no amou nt of puhli c o r pril'ate adul ati on cou ld diss ip ate, So, when Eddie lauds he r or refers to her on his program , it isn't pride ta lking-it 's gratitude, Eddie's success of recen t I"eJrs on1l' renec ts th e l' ici,si tuLi es he had to endure to attain it. But m'er hi s entire life shi nes th e glm\' of "I I rs, Cantor's endless en­ couragement and ahiding fait h in th e el'entua l conquest of the lI'orld hI' "her man," Eddie once dete rm ined to turn his back on th e th ealer in (>:'ller tha t he might win the gi rl whom he idolized, It lI'as a sacrifi ce ha rd to unde rstand hy anyone not a\\'are of e llltor's natural inclina ti on for the stage, Iii, c/OII' ning i, i! lhe ren t. To hi m the theater wasn't a me re exped ient heca u,e it offered an outlet for a h u bh!i i ~g humur. It \\'as hi s med ium an d he kn e\l' it. ~() n c other I\Jl ul d do, Yet he unhesitatingll' sa id no to his impul ses wh en he lea rn ed that if he pe rsisted in his de termi na ti on to go on the stage, Ida's parents would forel'er han the uni on I\'hich the t IVO youn gsters from the Ghetto, h.e an d Ida , planned and yea rn ed for, Yet it was Ida herse lf who altered the tide of his ca reer, Wh en she real ized that he was a misfi t in the co mm ercial wo rl d, It was she \l ho de manded that he aband o:: it and fo li o\\' the pu rsu it for which he was eq ui pped so wh O'esomely, It wo uld mea !l th e dea th of romance, Edd ie argued, as he refused, It wou ld be the birth of happiness, Ida retorted , An d she planned to Ill arry him in spi te of th e fi rml y knit devotion to her parents whi ch is th e heritage oi Jewi sh chi ldren, Domes ti c di ctates were one thing, bu t th e happin ess of t\\'O people was el'en more to be considered, ' f ortunateiy any threa tened rift I\'as aye rted lI'hen Ida fo ll ol\'e d the dictate, of her hea rt, marri ed her girlhood swee theart and made him accept a tendered European thea trical contrac t, But though that rif t foll owed, she still would hal'e made the choice, So nun\' \\' ins wh ose guidance has led husbands to th e heigh ts, ha l'e b;;eil relegated to the background or ahandoned entirely, that Eddie Ca ntor defies pre­ cedent by not o)1 ly clin gin g to hi s faithful mate but by lry}ng to reneet upon her at least a share of th e gl ory in whi ch he basks, 11 is the sort of gratitude whi ch some express in memorial hal b, endowm ents or showy monuments, But Eddi e just happens to sub sc ribe to the theory th at the tim e to ex press apprec iation i, whil e the rec ipie nt of it still can enj o\' the mani fe, t :1 - tiO;l , Eddie was bo rn .l a;lLla rl' 31. 1892, l ie has passed forti', but fo r Eddie li fe did no t hegin th e r ~, Eddie and Ida IlJ l'e en joyed life and rom"an ce for manl' years, BOAKE CARTER OAKE CARTER, the CBS news commentator, \Vas born September 28, 1899, in Baku; Russia-and christencd Boake in honor of hi s. natal ci ty, Ever since he B has been able to contempl atc the consequences, he has been grateful for the fact that hi s birth didn't occur in !\ishnii Novgorod, a bit farther north in the Soviet Republic, Parents, so inspircd, could ha\'e con jured up a lot of all'eSOIllC name combinations out of that. But in spite of the ci rcum stances of hi s birth and the fact that he has risen to radio fame steppe by steppe, there is naught of the M. uscovite about Carter. That Oxonian accent is rightfully his own as he not only is a product of Christ College, Cambridge, but by lineage is an admixture of British (including E ri n), His Russian advent is accounted for by the fact that his father was in the British consul ar se n 'ice located in Baku when hi s son was born, It Il'ould not be dimcult to guess that back of Carter's lear ned, if sometimes con­ tentious, editorializing is a wealth of experi ence in which ad\'Cnture and enterprise are equally divided, As a newspaper man and foreig'n correspondent for press as­ sociations, Carter not only saw much of the world but learned to study the political and cconomic situations in whalcl'er country chancc placed him, He has a most retentil'e and analytical mind , and as a res ult he made it hi s business everYII'here to seck out famous personalities upon whom to polish up his readily formed opinions, ,\ sidc from the Lindbergh kidnaping, th rough which he becamc nationally knoll'n for his narratil'e skill. Carter probably has found the crash of 1929 one of the most fertile of editorial topics, Strangely enough, howel"er, three crashes of hi s Oll'n, sustained Il'hile he was in the British air force during the \\ 'orld War, h:l l'e pro­ \'ided him very little material for hi s radio talks, That's because he's normailv reticent about his personal ac hiel"emenIS-hc' c:luse there Ivcre many splendid decds interlarded with the spill s, examples of the so rt of heroism for Il'hich Engl ish nyers were noted, Another Carter secret, a special sort of light hidden under a bushel of com men­ tatil'e locution, is the fact that Boakc is one of this country's better portrait painters, !\nd he's no mere dilettante, no dabbler in the arts, I Ie is a n honor student of an English and an American academy and hi s paintings, including more than a hundred portraits, hal"e receil'ed special notice in Eastern exhibits, And (don't look now)­ but Boake Carter is a demon with a skillet, He can concoct more culinan" master- pieces than you could eat in a week. .

.\ \ rs, Carter doesn't mind hi s puttenng around the kitchen When he's pla '~'ing at belllg chef she and their two children at least kno\V \Vhere he is, Which is some­ thing, 111 light o f the things a lot of husbands and fathers cook up away from home, Some people's success is ascribed to follo\Ving the sun, Boake Carter's can be traced to his tendenc\' to follow hi s father. When the elder Carter was dispatched to l\l ex ico, hi s talented son was not long pursuing him, Thus he entered the United tates bl' the back door: but once here , he determined to adopt the nation, He started hi s American career as a Philadelphia newspaperman, and because of the soundness of hi s conclusions was evenutall y called upon to.discoursc on \Vorld el'ents Ol'c r the air, l ie fir st was sponso red by a retail chain-store company with onl y a local Quaker City outlet. but the lI'orld heard hi s I'oice and he was made a nation-wide feature b\' hi s prese nt sponsor three years ago, I-li S news broadcasts hal'e become something of an institution that has taken theedge off the sale of late editions of the !lell 'S papers Il'hich he sen'ed so fal thfulh' ea rlier In hi S career, BING CROSBY I:\G C RUS BY sin g, as he do es hecause he ha s a lillie grl)\\th hc t\\ 2en his \'ncai chords, That little gro\qh is \mrth thousa nds and thomancls of dollars to him, B for it gi\'es his \'oice that hu;, ky, unu sual qual ity wh ich 5cb femin ine , pi nes aquivering 'in sympathetic rh ythm, When dodors told h ~m they could remQ\'e the precious little abnormality safely and eJsi ly , Bing dared them to try it l Harry Li lli s Crosby, Juniur, crooned hi s fir st note just 31 years ago-on .\ Iay 2, 190-l- in Tacoma, Washington, Il is fo lk s are hardy Amer icans fro m away back, and Bin g, fo r a ll hi s crooni ng, is \'ery much of a he-m an, He \\'as a li fe-guard at twelve, and a sort of junior lum be rjack just a ycar or so later ! l ie co mcs by this vigor honestly ; a\\'ay bac k in '49 hi s great-grand fa the r sa il ed a boat from .\ Iain e to ' Frisco , In th ose days that mea nt a long ha za rdou s sail arou nd the entire South Am eri ca n co ntinf'n t, pass in g th ro ugh the terrible Strai ts of Mage ll an , whose waters have smothered the buhbling groan of many a sea man, Of such stuff is this r:ldio crooner made, Even wh ile pursuing truth at Go nzaga sc hool-a hi gh school and co ll ege co m­ bi ned- Bi ng work ed at odd jobs, During these days he gathered sca rs on both legs whil e brush-clea ring in a lumber ca mp, His little \\'oodm an 's axe slippcd in his inexpert hands, While d rum ming in th e hi gh sc hool band, J uni or Cros by saved enough money­ ea rn ed by after- sc hool \\'or k in th e pos t office-to bu y him self a set of traps out of a mail -o rd er ca tal og, With a piano- pla\'i ng pa l named Al Rin ke r, he then organized a fi\ 'e-piece ba nd \vhi ch played at sc huol and cl ub da nces, Afte r studyin g law fo r three years :I t Gonzaga school Bing got a job, along \\'ith Ri nker, sin ging in a loc al thea te r. T hi s ga\'e them big ideas; so on money borrowed from Bin g's mother th ey bought a tired old fli vver and went to Los Angeles-walk ing after the fl i\'\'e r die,l un de r them, T here Rin ker's sister, \\'id ely know n as .\ Iild red Bail ey, put them up at her home and got them a job at the T ent t afe wi th ,\ Iik e Lyman, b ro ther of the famous Abe, Cros by and Ri nker were di scovered by Pa ul Whiteman at th e Metropolitan T hea ter in Los Angel es, He put th em with I-i:lr ry ILl lT is, to form the Three Rh ythm Boys_ Bing is ma;- ri ed to Dixi e I,ce, sc reen actrf'SS and sin ge r. She \\'Qul dn't marry him at fi rst-said he \\'as too \\'il d, So he became a changed man and won the gal. T hey ha \'e three children, all boys_ T \\'o of them are twins Bing's nickname, his fa th er rela tes, wa s given him brcause, when a tiny boy, he used to be \'ery fond of a newspaper comic strip called "The I~ing\ ' ill e 13 uai e," He occasionally wou ld \\'a\'e in people's faces a copy of the newspa per containing it , and shout " Bingl Bing l" Cute? T oday, no t comic strips bu t golf is hi s pet craye , Crosb,\' is fi\ 'e fe et nin e ;nches tal l, \vc igh s around 175 and alrcady ha, hegun to \\'orry ahout his \\'aistlinc, At lunch he ne\'er eats more than a sand\\'ich, Il is hair is bro\\'n, c\'es hlue, l ie is probably the \\'or ld's laziest ma n, and adm its it chee rful h '; says he prefcrs radio tu pictures because rad io is less \\'ork, and interferes less \\'ith his go lf, C ro,hy ne\'er sin gs before a mi ke without a hat on: ne\'er reh ea rses for a b; ~oad c a s t morc than on cc \\'ith hi s band, lie che\ys gum- and does n't bother to remo\'c it \\'hen he sings: just parks it in one chee k till "h e's through ! Bing's fa\'ori te singers are ,\\ o rton Downey and Ethel " 'atcrs: hi s fa\'mite co me­ cli a llS, Bu rn .; and ,-\llen, and hi s fa\'ori te band, Pau l Wh iteman's, lie's quite satisfi ed \\'ith hi s \-oice just as it is, " I'm go in g to keep on sin gi ng ti ll I" dic," he says, " I I' nobody el;,e wil l li sten t G me, I' ll do it just for my ow n amu se­ ment ." JESSICA DRAGONETTE

ESS ICA DRAGONETTE is a girl of a milli on persol:" lit ies. She decided not so long ago that eac h indi vidu al who hea rs a rad io s i l~gcr's voice fro m hi s loud­ Jspeaker, pictures the arti st in his mi nd's eye difrerelltly. T hus to one listener a sIIl ger IS bl onde, to another brunette, to a third fat and \'oluptuous, to a fo urth thin, anemic and cold. T o satisfy all these various \'ie\\ points. j essiCJ. is tryi ng to be all things to all people. But to this obsen'er Mi ss Dragonette, as seen throi!gh the 1\1 11< Eroscope, re­ sembles the gi rl bac k ho me, the dainty miss who is esco r:ed proudly to the season's first big footb:d l game. Jessica Dragonette's fir st New York job ca me \I'hell she lIas chosen by Max Reinhardt for the onl y so lo pal t in the onginal American production of "The Miracle." Later she played I

In "The [vl iracle" j essica first learned lI' hat it's like to si ng to an in\·jsible audience. She sa ng the part of an angel, suspended far abo\'e "the clouds." " 1 sup­ pose it's th~ . ~c:ne st I'll l'\'er get to IkaHIl ." she remarked. Iler so ng was without accompaniment. most dimcult to keep on pitch. Feodor Chaliapin heard her, re­ marked on the beauty of the un see n angel's \·oiee. jessica desc ribes he. eyes as '·plaid." She's fair and hlunde. fi\'e feet tll'O inches tall. and weighs le s, than a hundred pounds. She likes all kin cb of :Irt-music. pai nting. sculpture. poetry. She does a great deal of reading. prcferri'lg the acknolliedged masters. When , he isn't in such a highbrow mood. she bOIl·I,. She has a hie!de!l \·ice. \V1'en no une is looking she ,neak, 00' and writes \'erse. She even had some of her poems published. Iler fa\'o rite colors are beige ;w el red. She doesn't go in much fur jelwlry, but cloes like pea rl s. She adores furs. Fan mai l is one of the joys of her life. She recei\'es from 750 to 1.000 letters e\'ery \\'eek. Many of these she ansll'ers ;11 her O\\'n ham\. So nun}' of her letters are proposals of marriage tilat she has come to the conclusion that people are \'e ry romantic. EJch letter is sac red to hpr. Her full name is j essica \ 'alen ti!1J Dragonette. but she ne\'e r uses her middle name profess ionally: it was given her becau se she was born on St. \'Jlentine's DJ),. j essica \\'as born in Calcutta. India, of Amel;can pa rents. ane! tra\'e led lIith them until she lI'as six. Then she \\'as se nt to the L2ke1\00d . 0:ew jersey, co nl'e nt. She re members not hing of the Orient, uf co urse. bu t the Orient has left its unmis­ takable impress on her person in he r deep, s!lining. liquid e~'e; lI'hich seem to con ­ tain all the my,rcries of the un fathomable East. RUTH ETliNG

UTII ETTIJ\G was born 33 years ago in a little rented house on a forlorn farm near David City, Nebraska. Her girlhood memories were so pleasant that R when ~he grew up and became rich she bought the old homestead for her • parents in order to be able to go back "home" every Su miller for a visit. Althought she has lots of money and is one of the richest women in show busi­ ness, R.uth still lives in the utmost si mplicity. She is the Hettie Green of the theater, except that she's more charitable. Long before she ever owned an auto she was a famous Ziegfeld star, and then it was a Buick which she thought the height of ultra­ magnificence. H.uth Etting is a tireless worker. SjJe's always doing two or three things a t once. Making records, appearing in shows, sc reening shorts, si nging on the radio. She is very artistic. A great deal of her spare time she spends drawing pictures -but seldom does she draw checks; every cent she gets goes into U. S. bonds. Ruth designs all her own clothes. In every show she appears she c reates her costumes­ several sets, in fact. For more than a dozen years Ruth has been married to a fa mous Chicagoan, Colonel Snyder. The Colonel has devoted all his time and all his undoubted busi­ ness genius to her. He is her manager, indefatigable and very exacting. Ruth was a chorus girl in a basement cabaret in Chicago when she met the Colonel. The place was "The States." She danced as one of eight chorus girls. The name of another member of that octet was Helen Morgan. Although the members of the Colonel's family all are orthodox J ews and Ruth is a Christian by birth and choice, her husband's old-folks are devoted to her. Every­ body else who has come into contact with her, likes her. Ruth eats and li ves with al most indescribable simplicity. Neve~ ·does she live in swanky hotels. She's constantly in and out of New York, but usually she'll be found registered at the Hotel Picadilly, off Broadway. She eats in side street res­ taurants, eschewing the more famous places where other celebrities of equal rank gather. Her kind of food, quoting the Colonel, "isn't fancy, but it's filling." The subject of this mikeroscope scouting is a petite little thing about five feet two inches tall. She weighs about 108 pounds. She's a terrific eater but never gains weight. Never does she have to diet. Absence of the necessity is something in her constitution. R.uth goes in for extremely plain clothes-no sables, no ermines, no mink.s. For color she prefers blue. The hats she wears are those that do not shout. Her clothes are so modest and ' self-effacing that she is passed on the street without anyone ever realizing that she is a noted star, and a woman worth more than a million post-depression dollars as well. The high peak of R.uth's life is being engaged by the late Flo Z;egfeld for his Follies. True, she later broke with him because of terms, because the Colonel is a most exacting manager. But her high point had been achieved. The greatest dis­ appointment of her life was when Samuel Goldwyn cut her song down almost to nothing in the motion picture "Roman Scandals." • The young lady has a n:1tural voice. It was never trailied, but just grew up­ something like Topsy. Now that she's rich and successful she's takillg \'ocal lessons. Hut she does not want to be an opera singer. She's satisfied with her o\\'n type of song. AccordII1g to her fan mad her radlO lIsteners certaInly are. I{uth's eyes are brownish, her hair natural blonde, her features sm:111. Her lunds are beautiful. Never does she liSt' make-up, except for the screen. JANE FROMAN L \ ZI:\G beauty and a salill -, n,ooth contr,t/to I'oice ;lre j ane I'roman', e:-;te rn al clai m, LO fame, Gut her real fo rte is fortitu de, I)('t h ,piritual and material. B The brier saga of her ca ree r II'ould be "They ,aid it couldn't he done, hut ,he .did it!"

Natu re, :b though to on'sc t its lal'is hness with perso l' al char m, put in hcr II'ay {lil e of th e sel'ere,t obstacl es that cI'er confronted a pe r,on othenl'i,e equippcd to sin g or speak in public. I t made her a stutterer- not iu,t the common or ga rden va ri ety, but an e:-; plos il'c stammerer. '

I n her ea rly ,choo l days it inhi bited her tremend ously; , 0 muc h so that she determin ed on a ca ree r as a newspaper 1I'0man , figurin g th at she co uld do produ ctil'e 1I'0rk in a sil cnce th at II'ould minimi l.e the opportun iti es for cru el emba rrass ment. She permitted nothing to swel"\'e her from th e noti on, Throughout her school cl ays in St, Loui s, where she was born , Novem be r 10, 1907, she nu rsed the news­ paper id ea, taking it with her Il'hen she matri culated at the Lnil'e rsit.l' of Mi ssouri, I t wa s a secret tragedy, He re wa s a girl of striking appeal':lnCe with a I'oice of rare qu ality, marked by Fate to make song a mere al'ocation , Determination wa s the background with whi ch she worked, As she pursued her cu rricu lar work she caroled endl ess ly- :lt study, on th e campus and under her breath in the cla ss roo ms, AI th ough she did nor kllOl\' it then, the pot of Fame was beginning to bubble, Fell ow students, 10l'ing her fo r her graciou s manner and her beauty, were struck with the quality of her \'oice, She was urged to take parr in a campus mu sical shol\', Mu sic mOI'ed her-shyness held her back, But she relu ctantly accepted the rol e, and to her surprise was a complete success, She had begun to li ck the .bugaboo that bedeviled her, at least so far as singi ng wa s co ncerned, She learned that rhythm controlled the defect alm ost to a poin t of eradication, That's wh y she frequentl., swings one foot as she sings, It wa s her fir st experi ence with grit as an ally, an d it stirred her to foll ow through. When Sr. Loui s failed to rel'eal an opportunity for J budding so b-sister, J ane wa s adl'ised to go to Cincin na ti. Was it her fault that at a party at hi s home to which a mutual friend inl'ited her, Powell C!'CIs ler, J r .. radio manufac turer and station executi ve , heard her sing ? Maybe it was; but whatever brought It about, Crosley recogni zed her talent an d urged her to try out ol'e r the WL \V microphones . Paul Whiteman was destiny' second ary tool. While on a concert tour he heard her at WLW and was similarly struck with the ri ch, warm contralto quality of her voice. I-Ie proposed that she journey to Chicago. It didn't take a grea t deal of inducement as Don l~o ss, for whom she late r lI'a 5 to say " I do," had Sll'lIm into her ken . And he too IV as Chicago boun d, Fi nally eve n Chi cago beca me too cramped fo r her expanding talents. so shc accepted a network program in New Yo rk. In the thrill and ample return from her conquest of the air . she had qUite lost sight of the shadow that dogged her. That is-until she was ofl ered a part last year in Ziegfeld's F o lli e ~ For th e second time in her li fe she was ca ll ed upon to lay a troubleso me ghos t, and this time she left it 'hors-de-co mbJt on the field of battl e. . She co nquered visibl e audiences as co mpletely as she ,li d radio li steners. and went through her ro le leavi ng her admirers entirely un awa re of the thing which so had men aced her career. WENDELL HALL

HEN the Questions and Answers vogue was epidemic, a Chicago Artists Bureau fathered a set of 34 queries to test the krtbwledge of radio listeners. W I t ran the gamut from who made the first radio tour in history, through who has written over one thousand songs with both words and music of his own composition, up to who has been in the music business fifteen years, and whose fans have purchased over 21 ,000,000 music products bearing his name. The answer to all of the 34 questions was Wendell Hall. Those questions revealed one of the most amazing histories in the story of American entertainment. It is doubtful if any other artist has so many accom­ plishments deserving superlatives as has this red-headed master of the ukulele. To many who spend their Summers close to nature, the name of Wendell Hall is anathema. That's because he happened to author It Ain't Gonna Rain No More, which became the song, not for just a day, not for just a week, not for just a year, but always. Every lake shore picnic grounds and campfire echoed its strains the year Hall first etched it upon public consciousness. His technique with the ukulele brought the Tom Thumb guitars out of Poly­ nesian obscurity and made them the physical symbol of adolescence. No handy reference guide exists, but the record of young people slain by nerve-wracked parents must have exceeded all existing marks during the post-Wendell ukulele era. Today, under Hall's influence, the instrument has attained adult dignity, but there are still those who mutter darkly and get a hunted look when a ukulele is plunked in the dark or in a passing car. One of the breed, sponsored by the singer, sells for $25, and that automatically entitles it to as much respect ·.as Florida lots. A popular fallacy is that Hall is a Southerner. On the contrary, he was born August 3, 1896, in ' St. George, Kansas, not sufficiently remote from the border to prevent the typical Mi ssouri drawl from drifting oyer and getting all tangled up in the natives' speech. Wendell's slurred syllables are the result of this migratory idiom. Hall started his professional career as The Singing Xylophonist in vaudeville at 21. He was overcome with the martial spirit shortly after his debut, and served throughout the war on French soil with the Fifth Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun corps. This cured him of his taste for percussion instruments, so upon his return to this country he began toying with the stringed ones. In 1921 he began to scent the potentialities of radio, and made his bow that year over KYW. Chicago. Right then and there the ukulele and chatter song flood began to creep up on the spill gates. It wasn't, however, until a few years later that the inundation set in. By 1924 Hall had migrated to WEAF in New York where he added to his mounting list of firsts by being one of the principals in the grand-daddy of all the radio weddings. With four stations attuned to. the rites, he wed Marion Martin, of Chicago. They have two sons, Wendell, JUnIor, and Lowell. Wendell is tall, lank and a trifle stooped. J:lis genial smile represents a key to his endless popularity on the stage and over the aIr. He has "a weakness for villainous­ looking black cigars, of which he smokes about a dozen a day. He is a prolific writer of music and is the perennial god-father. More than 100 boys have been named for him by admiring parents-which somewhat squares up the age of mayhem which he precipitated by "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More."

======Pag, J4 ======ANNETTE HANSHAW NNeTT E H ANSHAW is a giggly youngster. She gives the impression of being much younger e\'en than her 24 years. But she is only 24. She ad­ A mits ' being born October 18, 1910, birthplace, New York City-and proud of it. Annette asked this reporter to say that she's nice. And being a gentleman, he promised he would. But he would anyway. She is nice, despite the fact that her family discovered she could sing when she lI'as sixteen mCllths old. You can picture her-a squawking youngster seated atop a piano, si nging popular tunes. Early in her teens he knew the choruses of 25 songs. The subject of this M I KEroscope never took a single lesson. She lI'anted to be an artist and studied at the l\:ational Academy of Design. But in a class of 100 incipient portrait painters there were 99 II'ho could paint better than she. So a t the tender age of 16 years Annette started si nging professionally by appearing at parties gi\'en in t he homes of such soc ial lions as the Va nderbilts, the Cushings, the untermeyers. She played her O\\'n accompaniment those days. Papa Hanshal\' oll'ned an inn at Mt. Ki sco, N. Y. , at the time ..-\ nnette opened a music shop in the same tOll'n. I t was great fun. Shl' demonstrated, swept out, and occasionally made a sale. But one day the shop lI'a<; visited by an official of a phonograph company. He heard the girl's voice. He advised her to make a phono­ graph test. Annette did, and clicked immediately. She was gil'en a job. Since then more than four million of her records have been made under four different n:lllles-"Gay Ellis," "Dot Dare," " Patsy Young" and her oll'n. Iler entry into radio came about in this manner: in 1930 she was ilwited to appear as a guest artist on the Cl iquot Club Eskimo program. The next clay a manager phoned her with an offer of a coillmerciai. She accepted. Since then she has been on the air intermittently. . \nnette is five feet tll'O in ches tall (she hopes) . She II'e ighs 103 pound,. She has blonde hair, not too light, and her eyes I'ariously are gray, green or blue, de­ pending upon the clothes she's \\·earing. She \\'ea rs a size ele\'en junior dress and size three and one-half shoes. She used to wear size two and one-half, but her feet have grown a whole size during the past year. She goes in for soft colors, pastel shades of blue, gray and brown; but she loathes green, orange and tan. She usually dresses in sports clothes il~ the daytime and evel~ing clothes at night. She appears very cute. Her favorite foods are banana splits, chocolate pudding, ca\'iar and fried ch ic ken She's nuts about sweets, but she can't eat them on the day she si ngs because they affect her throat. It just about ki ll s her to go through a s\\'eetless day. She never drinks alcoholic liquor or smokes. . Annette never keeps regular hours. Her main passion in life is to sleep late. She is a sound sleeper. She sleeps in nighties-blues, whites, and fle sh color pre­ ferred; undies are the sa ille colors. She \\'ears step-ins, hand made ones. T he young singer never has been on the stage. She tu rned a deaf ear e\'en to the coaxings of the great Ziegfeld. "I'm a-scared," she confided. Annette is an extremely nen'ous individual. Despite :lll her experience, she's alll'ays frightened before a mike. She dictates persGnal answers to all her fan mail, and signs all letters herself. It gives her writers' cramp, but she loves it. Her most enthusiastic admirer is the Prince of Wales. who has a standing order for all her phonograph records. I ler first "ffair of t he Iwart came \\'hen she \\'as in high school. I t was puppy love. She fell in and out of love rapidly tho. e days. But no\\' it's different. She's happil v married to her manager. LITTLE JACKIE HELLER ITTL l J -\ C I-': IE IIELL EI<.. II'orl,l" s champ ion fl y-we ight bari ton e. rode into Ame rican consciousne,s on the ukul ele Ivave. Fortunatel y he outlived the L destructive inunda tio n. lie is not a fo reigner, as many ass um e. Perh aps the • mi sa pp re hension ari ses from the fac t that hi s life story is" Al ge ri an (i loratio ) . I-[e was a littl e st ree t Arah- on th e sidewalks of Pittsbu rgh , born May I. I 90S. Son of th e Ca nto r of Beth J acob Temple in th e steel ca pital, J acob I-[ell er, who looked more like a II'atch-charm than a newsie, peddled hi s Worlds and TelLies on the hills that fron t the Will ia m Penn Hotel and the ven erable Nixo n Theater. With his 2 uke in one hand and hi s papers in the other, he di d more bu sin ess as t rouba­ dour tha n ,a!esman . Shrew d beyond his .I·ea rs, youn g J acob, one day to be re­ christened J ac ki e, knell' th at in his voice he had a pay lode if mined prope rl y. Neighbo rhood socials, outlying thea ters and amateu r contests we re his med ia in the fo rm atil'e yea rs. He detested newspaper selling and knew that the onl y way to th row off the shackles was to bring in the shekels. As he approached adolescence and fo und that if he wa nted a lu crative co rn er he had to fi ght th e bigge r boys for it. he reali zed that along II'ith his I'oice his bice ps II'e re expanding. So he tried boxi ng with the lead ing Penn sylvania fl Y-II'eights ane! li cked th em, mu ch to hi s deli ght. T he turn in hi s aff airs came when Eddi e Ca ntor visi ted Pittsburgh in a show . ..\ customer of J ac ki e wh o kn ell' the co med ian, induced Eddi e to li sten to th e tiny news hawk. J ac ki e took one look at Cantor and shrugged hi s shoul ders. "Nu," he sa id, "he's no bi gger th an I am. What can he do th at I ca n't ?" Wh ich must have refl ec ted Eddie's oll'n opinion, as the wide-orbed jes ter provided Jac ki e lI' ith funds for travel and orde red him to go to New York. There he was to look up J ac k Kriendell , then Cantor's manager.. li e did, and in hi s fir t long-pants suit, the only articl e except a toothbrush and a cle an shirt th at had bee n in the shabby bag he carried to the metropoli s, Jackie fo une! himse lf on the second night of hi s arrival singing in T ex Gu inan's club. There, as the worl d's fir st marath on stool-sitter, he endured for tll'O months. ~ o t wanting to be anchored, he moved abou t from club to club. Chicago lured hi m in 1927, an d he went West to sing ch oru ses for Benn y Krue­ ger's orchestra at the Uptown and Til'oli theaters. T hi s went on for seven month s, during which time J acki e beca me chu mm y with a pretty fair young fidd ler in the Krueger organization. You may hal'e hea rd him . Stop me if you hal·e. His name is Victor Young. He's good, too. Heimweh attacked him th en. and he trekked back East where a fell' square, of N\ amma's cocoanut ca ke did wonde rs for hi s nostalgia. Back to Goth am he went for another round of night club and theatrical appearances, whi ch went on until 1932. Then fate, in the form of J ac kie's all- time !do!. Ben Berni e, stepped in to alter the current of his li fe. Ben, the old pos tman, then playing at the Stee l Pi er, wandered to the 500 Club on his ni ght off and beca me enamored of .I ackie 's style and personality. He made a firm bid for the I [ell er se n ·ices. brought hi s .protege to Chicago. and th ere he has remained. J ac kie weigh s 114 pou nd s and is h e fee t and an in ch tall. I [e lI as born ,\ I a)" I, 1908. and hi s father, hlother. three broth ers and three sisters compri se hi s proud fa mily. He is the essen ce of liberality. but smart about perso nal man age ment. He lived fo r many years in th e Squirrel Hill di strict of Pittsburgh- hut if you think that was infec ti ou s, just try a fa st one l' n him som e time.

;;;;======Pa ge 38 ;;;;:;;;======;;;; -- EDWIN C. HILL ow I C. I-II LL, whom el'en nell',papermcn ca ll ":'\e\l' York ', greate,t rep()rter." has become a regu lar radio fea ture since hi s memorablc L.i t2rary Diges t broad­ E cast a few years ago, In all popularity poll s, including llw,e conducted by RAIJ IO GUIDE, listencrs votc hi m a\\'ay up fr ont II'ith crool,)ers, jaZl orchestra leaders and blackface comedians, In fac t h ~ ,cems to be th e only nell's paperm:ln \\'ith radi o sex appeal. Hill , famous all over America for !li s newspaper and radio \l'ork, co ntinues to be true to hi s fir st love, lie has \\'ithstood all oITers, so me running up into the six figure s, to gil'e up repo rtorial \\'ork permanently for \\'hat others cal l "bigger jobs," Ed, like many another newspaperman , bel ieves there is no bigger job than "reportcr." Once it see med that he was lI'eakening, lie accepted a de,k and comfortable swivel chair out in Hollywood as story editor for Fox Films, But only for a short time, lie mi sse d the cxcitement of a hot story, the ctai ly struggle Il'ith the battercd typewriter in the nell'sroom, the smell of ink, the roar of the press es at edition time, the sati sfaction of seeing big news appear under hi s name, IlolI)'\\'ood hel d him for less than a year. Then he retu rn ed to new spa per \\'ork, lie nOlI' divides hi s time between writing a syndic;:ted column for the Hearst organi zation, broadcastin g and newsreel repo rting, l ie co nsiders rad io commentating just another form of reportorial activity, No radio commentator attained popularity as quickly as Ed Il ili. Impartial surveys in dicate that his broadcasts on the " Human Side of the News" are one ot' the most popular of radio features and that when he speaks from 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 people li sten, He literall y has taken the nation by its ears, Hill is a Iloosier. I-Ie was born in Aurora, In diana, April 23. 1885, He looks several years youn ger than he is, As a good Indianian hi s fal' orite so ng is " By t!lC Banks of the Wabash"; as an ed ucated Indiani an-Hill attended Ind iana Cnil'ersity and Butler College-it was foreordained that he would grow up to'·be a writer, Young Ed left co ll ege to go to wo rk on the Indianapolis J au rn al. But New York ca ll ed him, Like so many other small-tow n newspapermen he directed hi s steps to the big ci ty, :\nd it wa s to the New York Sun that he \\'ent in sea rch of a Job, Il ill ha s coI'c red nea rl y el'e ry important big story in twcnty yea rs, lie is a friend or acquaintance of most of the world's great. I f the Su ltan of Sulu, or [ mm a Goldman, or General Coxey, or Dr. Cook or the Prince of Wales are in the neil'S, Hill ca n write tl\'O columns of facts about them out of hi s store of ex p ~ ri ences, li e sha res this remarbble talent and background with onl y one oth er li vin g reporter, J ack Lait. Among Ed Hill's books, two especiall y are noteworthy, They a re "The ,\meri­ can Scene," an inside story of what happened behind th e news sce nes of 1932 , and "The I ron' Horse," a nOI'el based on th e conques t of the West by the rai lroad builders, Il lS fav orite actress is J une Gai l, the fo rm er sc ree n star, She is 1\'\1'5, Ilil \' Il is favorite statesman is Franklin 0, Roosevelt. Hill "discoI'e red" the President long before he was Gove rn or of New York, Ed keeps fa irl y regulal hours and has as steady habits-as is possible for a nell's­ paperman" lie is nuts about New York City, He no lon,ger gets nervous before a mike, When he talk s to you face to face, he speaks rapidly-the thoughts see m to tumble from hi s mind- but he has learned to adopt a slowcr and more measured pace when talking OI'er the air, ,\ \ rs, l-lill ca ll s him "B ill "-whl', no one kn oll's- :I nd has to rememher things for him , But he nel'e r forgets a fact or a story I

;;;;;;;;;;;;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::==;;;;; Page 40 ;;;;;;;==;;:::=;;:::;;:::=;;:::;;:::;;:::==;;;;; RICHARD HIMBER QL',\I ,I.Y :It homc ma ki ng melody o r mak in g magic, Ri cha rd I-limbc r, youngest of the , importa;1t orchcs tr:1 leaders, has what is term ed Radiodom's mos t • E val uahle fi nge rs, TIl:1 t" s I'athe r a broad statement, b u ~ it's true, Disrega rdin g the fac t tint Il im be r directs the twenty mcn on hi s Studeba ker Champ :o ns broadclsts with his fin ge rs, that he co axes , 01 0 and, enscm bl e passages from hi , inst rumentalists bl' the deftness and dcxterity of them, Di ck is a violin ,oloi,t who rank:, with the bes t ; an expert rin e , hot : a ma n 'el at slcight-of-hand ; it crack bi ll ia rd s performer: and a mas te r of the piano and ce les te, Il imbe r hai ls fr om i'\el\'ark, 01, J" where he stu died violin , harmony in all its hranches, and pia no: this berore he In d becn graduated from public sc hool I It's just as wel l that he did get hi s theo reti cal musical ed uca ti on early, bec ause Di ck left home beforc he lI'as fiftec n, ;I nd join ed Sophie Tucker's vaudev il le act, I n the elel'en years tha t ha l'e foll owed, ll imbc r has at so me time or other ( I ) di rected a dance ba nd, (2) perform ed as a vaudevill e violin ist, (3) waved the baton at the head of a SIlI ;dl ,\'mp hony group and (·n played in the nits of hundreds of difTerent ~ hea ter" ,\ hout fil 'e YC:lr, aftel' he h:ld join ed j\ liss Tucker's act, Di ck applied at the \:ew York Paramount Theater fo r a job as pit violinist, The Pa ramount then wa s the he,t-payi ng joh in the busin ess, [ I'eryone laughed wh en Di ck ca me to New York cold, and inform ed his fell' friends that he was go in g to ge t a job there.

Ilim be r carted hi s I'iolin d Oli' ;] to the Paran lO un, pLtl'ed, san g and da nced for Pa ul As h'-:Ind got the joh I lie held it ro r a year, Then a youn g, curl y-h eaded lad with a fla ir for sin ging, bv name \ 'a ll ee, was booked into the Paramount, and hrought hi s (j wnJland with him , Wh en Rudy Vall ee ca me, I-limber went.

That is IliI11ber lI'e nt, right up to Vall ee and asked for a job j'n~ hi s orchestra. Tlut lI'as im possibl e, Rudy ex pl ained to the pl easant-fa ced, red-headed kid, But if Di ck wanted to stick around, \ 'a llce W:1 S , ure he co uld use him on several pri va te dance jobs. II iI11ber stuck,

\\'hen \ 'a ll ec II':IS at the pe

So 1':1 I' cI 'cryth i ng lI'ent lI'ell. exce pt tha t the bi g I11 onc\' lI'as still I'ery mu ch in the onlng, Bu t when Di ck got the Spa rton radio hour, th at started him, Later augm entin g Sparton with the Pure Oil prog ram (aided by Rudy Vallee's recoillmen­ dation ) he caI11 e close, And wh en Studebaker final: y ,elcc te.. 1 Il imber's froI11 all of radio's he,t-known bands, Di ck wa s I11 ade, The \'oun g mae,tro's hobbi es are c;lrd tricks, and he is unusua ll y profi cient in them, I k doesn't drink or smoke, but engages period icall y in ice-crea m soda im­ bibing, \I'hic h worries hiI11 cOll sid era bl y, Il c' s on a diet most of the time, fo r he do'es n'r lI

" HARRY HORLICK BOUT ele,'cn yea rs ago a young Russ ian of worried mi en pre,ented himself to the program board of WEAF, then owned by the ;\meric\Il T elephone and A Telegraph Company in New York, • "My name is Ilorli ck," hc announced in hi s fun ereal fa shi on, "No malted milk today," countered a facetious execu ti'T, " I am an orche,tra leader" IlorlI ck persisted, " I W'lnt to co nduct a b;\I1d on your chai n." "Nets to you:' S,lIl! the program chi"fs, and Ii a rry has bccn on 11 network e"cr sin ce, In addition to corrallin g a multitude of li steners, he ha s sc t up a record for sustai ned appearances, Il l' is not a Cq1sy-at lea st not by tribal ani li ation, l3ut in hi s ,earch for the uni quc in the mU 'lc d t\\'O COl li :1~ClltS , he iI:1 S led :1 Ncmad life, thus doubling hi s cx­ perience in I\olllad's land, Il is !irst ofilcl:!1 (ssay at w:llldc ri ng ca mc ,,'hcn he ,"ent Romanofr to eschcw thc \ 'olga and ,eek the relin cd , By t rai ning Il orlick is a I"io!inist, a l ~d so proficient a' one tint he literally fiddled hi s way ou t of ' ib eria to a place, by co mm and, in the ,\ \oscow Sym ph ony Orchestra, That was " 'hen, as a member of the White Arm y, hc lVa s imprisoned by th e rc,'olu­ tioni sts and slated for t', e salt mines, ,\ skeptical judgc, un impressed by Ilarry', cLti ms thllt hc '\'as a :,lusician , ord ered him to play in (Ourl. \!atural talent plus thc so!el:lnit\ of the nCL:IS;On ga"c hi s solo such "cn'c that he was ordered to ,\ \os- • CO" " T o th e CI'I!.I! li,[cncr Ilurlic!, is just li:e co nductor of the grocery firm', Gypsies, l3ut to those In the kllO'\', he is one of the ablest lll usicians in thc countrl', Ilc has a bewitching touc h '\'ith music and possesses the added gift of being able -to impart hi s 1":I,t kno,,'ledge to his m ~n, It's nothing to scc the enti re orchestr.. playing num­ ber after nUI11I'er , ..

il E mailing room of the "iational Broadcasti ng Company in 0Jell' York provides two receptacles for Shi rl ey Howard's mail. This is not solely be­ T ca use of its I·olumc. One reason is that as much mail comes to her as "The • \ 'oice with a T e::tr and a Smil e" as com es under her name! That's how widespread h:I S bccome the rather ponderous title bestowed upon this youthful contralto.

Shirley 11 00l ard's , uccess breeds o ne of those paradoxcs whi ch seem nCl er to reach a solution. The problem is, did Rudy Vallee aid in her achielemcn\S, or h,b her artistry helped to build up the Vallee prestige? Whateve r the answer, it was R udy who call ed the a ttention o f network offi cia ls to her brilliant loice. l ie heard her ove r a local Philadelphia station , and her notes scarcel y Ind di ed lI'hen \ 'all ee had hi s agents on the phone to learn so m ethi ng about her . Through hi s inten 'ention she was reques ted to appear in New Yo rk. and a week later had signed a contract for tll'O susta ining programs a \\'eek. But Vallee was not the only one intrigued by her lush no tes, Three weeks later the executive of a brewing company chanced to tune her in, and he di dn't even stop to dall y with agents, He appeared in person at 0JBC studios. The next week Shirley had made her profess io nal bow. And that's just about the bac kbone of Shi rl ey's ri se to the top, It has been so progressively rapid that she hasn' t had time to count the steps, but she must be of uncomillon fiber because it hasn't left her the least bit dizzy. At twenty-three she still has the naive sweetness of a sixteen-year-old, an adoles, cent quality not particularly compatible with her frust ration numbers, songs which she does in a style that implies a series of bitter experiences. Perhaps her poise is the outcome of her frank acknowledgment that luck has been a dependable element in her success, While she has worked h a~d. always point­ ing toward a radio career, she is the first to confess that only the blend of her talents with an extra jigger of good fortune can account for her accomplishments in so short a time. "All that [ am [ oll'e to my teacher," is one platitude which never will flow ofl' Shirley's tongue. She hasn' t had a singing lesson in her li fe, [n Brook[yn, New York, her natil'e heath, she IVas just a singing kid going back and forth from school. As she re ached high school age the quavering quality of childhood [eft her I'oice and in its stead there remained a throaty, rich tone made to order for the current hallad trend. Added to :I ll of this she is a veritable little vocal heretic, She abso[utely has no ambition ever to appear in concert or opera, and wou ld rather sing a blues song than own the l(ohinoor diamond. She's been flirting wi th a threatened nervous bre,lkdown fo r a year or more now, has harbored plans many times for a vacation to find surcease f rolll the turmoil of conti nuous labors-is, in fact, as sound as a young colt and would die of ennui about the third day of a rest cure, On onl' of the occasions on which she was about to depart for Bermuda, she met Vincent Lopez, who inducted her into the mysteries of his hobby, numerology, and conl'lnced her she v:as destIned for endless good health. But she finally got t hat Bermuda trip in during the Winter of [93 -l .

Radio is her hobby. ~ext to being on a good p rog rttm, she prefers to li sten to one, Her weakness is a hot dance band. She is adept at bridge, and has an odd penchant for thinking up and concocting new culll1 ary mixtures. She t ri es them on her guests-but, after all, for the privilege of a few moments with Shirley Howard what harm in a couple d pains in the tummy? - , Send her a birthday card on July 23. WAYNE KING

F A PU:\SOR o r a booker came along on Frid:IY, the 13th. \\·ith one of tl1< he nea r-millio n-d oll a r co ntracts to \\ 11I ch he I ~ , 0 accli stomed \\ ,I) ne l'lng·, 11I gh h I developed commercial in , tin cl pl obabl) \\ () uld Impel T11m to 'lgn up \\ Itl'(lut rec koning the possibili.ty of a bal eful influence. Bu t he thOi o ughl y di sappro\·cs (Jf h:I \·ing his band photographed. o n the :hSU Ill P­ ti on tha t it might be unlucky. Tha( ~ a n in expensi\·e superstition \\·i1i ch he c:ln in­ dulge as a sop to hi s tepid beli ef in occul t o r othe rexternal influences. "lIlg hardh· could have , pcnt so much o f hi s time a round theatrical folk s w i tl ~ ()ut absorbing sO lll e of their characteri sti cs-bllt it is allllost a certaint\· tlut s~cr eth · h~ disli:J ins feti shes in fa\·o r o f :1 solid faith in the efli cacy o f hard work a nd culllp fe te tl ~ o r ou gh­ ness.

Ilis ele\·ation to wealth a nd fa ill e h:ts bee ;l t he direct result of that \·en· for­ mula. Surely Wa.\·ne hardly could be cha rged \\·ith ha\·ing enjoyed a luxu ri .(itted trip to achie\·ement. He t\·pically is se lf- made, a nd the fini shed product is a tribute to hi s flai r for perfec tio n.

Some pe rsons req uire a lifeti me to round out a job of this so n . l'ing has ac­ co mpl ished it within the spa n of hi s 34 years. Unquestionably he is the busies t o r­ chestra d irector in the coun t ry today--save possibl y Rudy Vall ee- and it is da ubt­ fu l if Rudy has to spot t he Chi cagoan a ny thing in the matter of a nnual earnings. King, known to his intimates as Ila roid Wayne King, had a ra ther g rubby sort of start in life. His mother d ied when he was a seven-year-old boy in hi s home town of Savannah, Illinois, a nd as his fa ther, a railroad man, was co mpell ed to be away a great deal, the y oungste r was robbed of the idea l home setting \d1 ic h no rma ll y is es ential as a background in the success pattern . Fortunately, there \\·e re a g ra nd father and a g ra ndmother and the usu:d host o f aunts a nd uncles to foster the fo ur mothe rl ess boys, but at best home was a tra nsi ­ tory a lTa ir dictated so by the econom ic status o f each particul a r glOUp. Wayne·s dad, se nsing the unbalancing eITec t of this mi gratory style of Ii \·ing, rounded up hi s brood and m ade a home fo r them in Misso uri. At an ea rl y age Wayne demonstl a ted ,Ill excellent mU Sical se nse, but \\·as robbed of the opport unity to develop It bv t he necessity fo r contributing hi s pa rt in the upkeep of the fa mil y. He earned 75 ce lits weekl y as a physician's offi ce boy. The call of the ra il s bro ught a f resh series of uphea\·als to the boys as their father mo \· ed frequntly, but something of permanency was in their trek to Iowa. There Wayne worked fi rst as garage mechani c and later as bank clerk, all the wh ile de\·elopilJ g hi s skill on the cl a rinet which was a 15th-birthday gift frolll hi s Dad, a nd whi ch later he was to disca rd for t he saxopho ne that has brought him so much fa me. But that cla rinet contributed m uch to the l, ing story o f success. With it he managed to earn his way t hrough Valparaiso Uni\·ersi ty. and to layaway suffi cient excess to fin a nce hi s earl y days in C hicago. While King was ha rbored in a neighbor­ hood Y.M .CA. he decided the saxophone was the coming instrument fo r the toot ensemble. Because o f neighbo rl y protests, he was compell ed to practice in to a pi llow but that fail ed to cramp his sty le. He practiced assiduously at nigh ts and wo rked in the d.aytime, but the musica l pa th to fame already had been ca rved out for him. Eventuall y he found his feet upon it by way of a band Job. I-liS selectIOn to lead a new o rchestra III process of o raan ization by his employer, was recogllltlOn of hi S a rtistry-and It opened for h i ~ the door to all tha t is hi s today.

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RALPH KIRBERY

ON'T stop me if you've heard this one-there are lots of people who haven't. • It's the one about "Dream Singer" R alph Kirbery being awakened during a D hotel fire and bursting into song, t h inking he was once again at the micro­ phone doing his pre-dawn stint. Ray Perkins vouches for it-and the Perkinses don't lie, suh! The curse of that Witching Hour warbli ng will pursue Ki rbery as long as folks of anecdotal tendencies follow their tale-weaving. His was the li lting baritone voice which used to break forth upon the stilly night with dance bands to the right of him, dance bands to the left of him, hi s bu t to do or die for dear old N Be. The songster was born August 24, 1900, in Paterson, N. j., where he lived and at­ tended school until he was eighteen. He is a little reticent about admitting that it took a world upheaval to get him out of high sc hool, but he's proud of the fact that he deserted his classes to join the army in 1917. For reasons unexplained, he ap­ pealed to recruiting chieftains as ideal material for the tank corps; 0 that's where he landed and where he remained until the end of hostilities. Between spells of con­ veying his cast-iron sedan over shell pits, he entertained his fellow warriors with sna tches of song. Those mates-in-arms were enjoying gratis what was destined one day to cost sponsors and networks plenty of money; more money per day in fact than Ralph was earning a month as chauffeur of a 19 17-model juggernaut. The return to civil life had its general post-war effect on Kirbery. He was mis­ cast in several commercial roles before he la nded on his feet in front of a micro­ phone. As an oil magnate in Ranger, Texas, he was considerably like the wells in which he was interested-anything but flush.

I larking back to his experience with the snorting chariots of \~ar , he decided to try automobile selling; but the talent which he already was harboring found no outlet in his discourses on horse-power and free wheeling. At the behest or a friend he became a flour broker, but was never able to get into the big dough. He aban­ doned the field broker, but wi.;;er. Back at home he whiled away the tedium by singing again for hi s Legion bud­ dies of the Paterson Post. The professional butterfly was beginning to stir in the drab business cocoon, and it emerged shortly in full brilliance. I.ocal ,tations, sens­ ing the appeal for the impressionable sex in Ralph's voice, urged him to sing before the microphone. From then on it was only a step to a New York sustaining program, and co.m­ mercials inevitably followed. Even astute network officials capitulated, and NBC tendered Kirbery the contract which led to the midnight broadcasts and the ap­ pealing tag, "Dream Singer." The name is purely titular, because Ralph is not of the stuff that Dreams are made of. He is a robust, compact lad weighing 185 pounds, thoroughly masculine and reaching an altitude of six feet. He is brown haired, with eyes to match; and doesn't particularly rel ish his lure for the ladies, save as it contributes to the ex­ chequer.

Many a dilatory ~usband , lagging .homeward in f~ar of a shrewish greeting at I a. m., has been surprIsed by the affabJ!Jty of hIS wIfe s welcome not knowin a that the mood was the soothing effect of Kirbery's ballads. When r~cogn i t i on is-bbeing parceled out, it might not be an unsound idea for the Manied Men's Benevolent P.rotective Association to run up some sort of suitable tribute to Ralph Kirbery. ROSEMARY LANE

OSEM A RY LA:\E was b rought up in a coll ege tOIYll , it's true. b ut t he p rom­ in ent fea ture of her knowledge is her gla mour schvol educati on. She was a R cum la ude stude nt in tha t b ranch of learning, a nd will go on through life re­ flec ti ng credi t on her alm a ma ter. She is j ust a quarter of t he most unusual feminine team that ever o ri gin ated in o ne fa mil y, but by any standards she is the All-American qua rte r. Born I\ \ ullican out in Indianola. Iowa, she adopted the name La ne which her sisters long sin ce had aggrand ized by their own brilliant achievements. i3 ut Rosemary nCI'cr was dcstined to shine in reOcc tcd glory. Nat u re, el'idcntly feeling tha t it was just about running out the I\ \ ulli can string, decided to give r~oselllary all that the other girls had, plus a lot of cmhell ish ments overl ooked, in pa rt, in the fashi oning of her sisters. Tha t name Mu ll ican was a lmost p ropheti c. The four girls ( there is a fifth, but less-k nown sister) have had a n entire lution in a stew ever si nce t heir graduated public appe:Hances. I r Rosema ry coul dn't sing a note she wouldn' t have to worry about tomorrow's groce ri es. Artists in sea rch of perfection in their models, also fashiona ble d ressmakers, keep the Lanes' Manhattan telephone busy asking the boon o f a few moments' modeling by the shimmering, alluring Rosema ry. To many who have read glowing descriptions of both Rosemary and her seven­ teen-year-old sister P riscill a, it always has seemed strange that the girl s have not been featured :n motion pictures. \\fell- it's no fault o f t he film cxecuti ves that they haven't. Both the gi rl s hal'e been soli cited fo r the ta lki es-tcmpted with fin ancial bait that would wither the souls of film st ars of the si le nt days. But Ro'Selll a ry has held out fo r an extension of her present act iv ities, radio and the stage, until she has wea ri ed of them. After all she still is young; she was bo rn out there in the shadow o f t he tall corn a nd under the restric ting inOu ence o f Sim pson Coll ege, on Ap ril 4, 1916. So she calculates that when she has wo rn down her appeal fo r her p resent audi­ ences she can take up the Ill otion-picture fie ld as an enti rely new ca reer-and she is a c;: reer woman with a n ingrained capacity for a rrivin g at her p redetermined goal. She was not much more than six years old when she began to pu rsuc music with a definite aim in mind. Long before her voice had matured sumcientl y fo r its quality to be appra ised, she was becoming proficie. nt at t he piano. . Something of her spirit of application and determinatio n is revealed by the lact that even at so ea rl y an age she thought nothing .of p racti cin g six to eight hours a day. T hat really comes unde r the head of doggednes s, and was more clearly dis­ played du ring her ea rl v teens when she was adjudged f rai l and in need of outdoor exe rcise. On a swingi ng bar in her own back yard she t.ook up the int ri cacies of the Oyi ng t rapeze, taught her sister the rudiments of tumblIng and together wi th the younger lass fo rmed an athletic team that won p rizes in stiff competition in several fie lds of sport . So that she not onl y Oi es through the ai r with fhe Illuch publicized ease, but she can ma intain the same pace in the water-and on t he ci nder path . What price mere beauty to a gi rl li ke that ? She reall y has what it takes vocall\, spi rituall y, mental ly and physicall y. Yes, nature was in a prodigal mood that meri1~ mabie Spring out in Indianola, Iowa.

======Page 52 ======.... JEANIE LANG

EA,'\ IE L\:\G is th e last of a I'ani shing race, She doesn't smoke or drink, hav ing taken the p~ed ge se l'cr;i1 years ago at th e in stigation of her grandma who is a state superintendent of the W e. r ,L'. Whcn she's in New York she li ves in an J:lpa rtment hotel run in co njunction with a chu rc h, arl

Then Papa I :tng haJ :1 hrilliant idea, S:lid he to .\ \ alllma Lang, "Let' s take Jeanie to Iloll\'\\ood and ,holl' her I\hat a terri hie time actors h:II 'e of it. " So thel' Ilent to Il oll\'\\'oOlI. \ 'i siting the studio I\'here Paul \\'hitcmal1 Il'as making "The King of .Ia Zl., " Jeanie wa s int rod uccd to the great maestro, l ie sa id to her, " Do yo u sing ?" Jea nie ansl\'ered "Yes," Il'hile her folk s interrupted with shocked noes, Paul W:lS loo king for a young girl , hOll'el'e l' , and in sisted that Jeanie take a mike test, lie taught her " lbgaJl1uflln I{om eo ," li e liked thc playback so much that he engaged her immedi­ ately, Jea nie reacted in a typical femi nin e fashion, She fainted, That Il'as three years ago, She II'asn 't 20 then, After "The King of Jazz" she made 35 shorts for Warner Brothers, Il er ra dio debut Il'as ma de on Earl Antholly'S L.os Angeles station, While broadcasting late one ni ght she Il'as heard in New York by .l ack Denm' Il'ho had just co me \ 0 the Waldorf. Dennl' wi red her: "Come East :1 t once," Aga in Jeanie fa inted, She usuall y faints when anythin& good happens, She arril'ed in :\ell' York .Jlll y II. IOJ?, Il er arrilal Il'as accom panied by ch:!! s I and f el'e rs, I J e:1n ie is fil'e fe et one in her heel s--I ery high heel s, She refu ses to co mmi t her­ self as to her exact height in stoc king fee t, She tips the sca les, unadorned, at 100 exac tl y, Her hair is bl ack in Winter and dark brown in Summer Il'hen the sun gets at it. i Ie I' eyes a re ext reme i." dark, prac ti ca ll y black, Jeanie likes white clothes, She usua ll y goes in for t,rilored stuff. Her el'ening II gO II'ns, hOII'el'e r, mu st be fluA'y, Her parents I'is:t her el'ery three mon ths, She's still Mama and Papa La,ng's ' girl , except- she' s married to Arthur Lang, her second try at matrimonial happiness, Ar t will tell you she's panick v abou t mOl' ies, alrr o<;l el'ery pi cture se nding th rill s of pleasure up her spine, I f Clark Gable is in the picture the thrills not only go up her spine, hut down , zigzag and cri ssc ross, In addition to Gable, Jeanie also likes pp.rfume, mos tl y Sha lima r, \\'hen she wa s on the Coast she used to get ,'25 bottles in fr om ,\ gua Cali ente for SII. So her burea u dra\\'e rs are ju,;t full of Shali­ Inar. j e

After a ll , Frances still is only 22 years old and she's bee n all ay fr om her ho me at Lakeland, Flori da, for more than th ree years, Not all of th e lyrics about the lu re of Di xie are pred icated on a nl:l udlin th eme, There mus t have bee n so methin g that pro mpted the se nti ment in the first pl ace, so it's natural to assu me tha t Frances really longs for th e su nn y South,

A rapid glim pse arou nd her apartment, to \\'hi ch , he wou ld far ra th er' re tire to read than run arou nd on pa rties, will he lp to c r ysta lli z~ the assumption , Il ere and th ere in th e apartmen t are tropical plants potted and bl oom in g, and in a speciall y const ruc ted aquarium near a window is an all iga tor, NOI\', F rances doesn't go in for Sau ri an pets, Floll'ers, after all , cia grOll' in hot-houses-but an alli gator is a defi ni te li nk with her natil'e st:lte-and so that 'ga tor is in stall ed in regal sp lendor, I-Ie's home fo lks , Frances has come a long way sin ce the me morable day when Rudy Vallee first hea rd her sin gin g in her full con tralto tones over a Florida stali on, But part of the way was the direct res ult of that chance hearin g, Ru dy was so ce rtain that she was destined fo r bigger things th at he prac ti ca ll y co mm anded her to go to :'\lew York. He made her debut signi fic an t by arrangin g it as a fea tu re of one of hi s T hursday ni ght Va ri ety hours, That kind of sponsorshi p didn 't do anythi ng to hin de r the youn g sin ger's ca reer, but it was by no means th e so le key to her success, Back of it all she has a stirrin g \'D ice and an unusu:l1 style of vocal ex pression, plu s a perso nality or striking charm, Il er shyness al ready has bee n expl ained in part, but it is a her itage, also, from the days when she was a popul ar singer at Sou thern Co ll ege, She was asked to do a so lo on so many occasions that she beca me afraid the oth er girl s wo uld thi nk she had se t out to ex pl oit herself. Doubtl ess her fe ll ow students we re prouder than she of her talent- but :l t that they must hal'e bee n surprised wh en th e soprano they knell' blossomed forth in the limelig ht as a co ntralto, T hat goes bac k to a surgeon's scalpel, or Il'hatever ins t rument it is th at they use to de tach ailing tonsil s, As a youngster Frances always had bee n troubled Il' ith en larged tonsil s, and once it was deter mi ned that mu sic should be her career, it became im perati ve that the offending organs be re moved, "Nothing to it," rhey sai d, "I t's no more than havin g a cold," But there \I'as more to it- muc h more, For three \\'eeks 16-\'ear-old Fr~l1lces nursed a sore throat. T hen ca me the urge to si ng again , Selecting one of her falo rite nu mbers, she ventured a fel\' notes, T o he r they sou ndecl positi \'eh' ,ub­ terranean, ,'\ n en ti re nation kn ows th e qual ity of those tones tocla\', so Il'hile they may hal'e amazecl 1\1 iss La ngford for it \\'hil e, they \I'e re good enough for IZudy \ 'a ll ee, ,-\ncl he ought to kno\\' his way arou ncl the scales, At 22 I ~ r'ances still is single, and despite her Southern origin she is decidedl,l' not lazy, She is an energetic 1I'0rker, While fea tured in a _stellar role in :\ 111 Lhi.:al comedy she car ri ed three commercial radio prog rams a lI'eek, Ln like many of her sis ters-at-Iarge, she simply yearns to put on \Ieight, But pounds somehol\' elude her, and desp ite her hea rty appetite she (annat excced lOa, She is fil'e feet three and one-half inches ta ll , dusky, has hlack hair: \I'as born -\pril -1, IlJl3 - pa--

ANN LEAF IIE1' named her ",\litey" ,\nn Leaf because shc's only four feet elel'cn inches tal l- or Il'ould \ 'OU call it short ? ,\nn I\'as born in Omaha in the year A, 0, T 1906 of a June 28th , all<1 when only fi\'e yedrs old she began to sho\I' an interest in mLh ic that was more than mere chi ldi sh curiosit\" She would listen to her older sistc l' practicing thc pi ano and then afterwards, whcn everyone left the room, she would climb up onto the bench and entirely by ear p:ck out with one small-and usu:i1h' st ick and grillly- finger the pieces she had just heard, 'I hi, Il'cnt on for ,el'eral Ill onths until finally the cracker crumbs on the bench and the keys sticky with jam incrimin:tted her, Instead of spanking her, Ann 's father lOok her to a children's recital at the studio of one of the leading piano in­ strllctors in Omaha, ,\ prize was to be awarded to the one \\'ho played a chosen se lec tio ll hest. i\fter listening to them all, Ann asked , to play, Who do you think II'on? \\'ell, you're IHong, :\nn didn't win, but her performance sholl'ed such a fin e musical taient that soon afterward she began studying in earnest. The next few I'ears Il'ere occupied Il'ith academic and musical studies at home and in ~e\V York, 'It Il'as not until after her graduation from sc hool that shc started studying the organ, She mastered it in one Summer. \\'hen it came tim e to look f()!' a position ,\nn di sco\'e rcd that her tiny size wa , against her. E\'en in her big sister's clothes she sti ll looked like a kid, She did, hOIVcI'er, lanel a job at I,bt in a 1,05 ,\ngeles mOl'ie house, accompanying the then silent filnb, Il er ca ree r shot fOI'\\'.Ird I]uickly, :I nd she soo n I\'as organist fo r the large, ( pi cture palace in (0\\'11 , Then, unfortunateii' for her mu , ica l carecr, 10l'e came into her life, Ann got marricd and traded the' organ for dOlllcsticitl', When she found that it took all her day to prepare a simp'e Illeal, she ,Iecidcd to go hack to Ill usic, She and hcr hu sband cou ld e:l t in restaurants, arter all. :\nlOng her outside accompli ,llIncnts she hoasts a good game of golf and bad games of tennis and bridge, Shc ca n't sll'im hut does IOl'e to duck in the ocean, More often she gets ducked, I ler hobbies are buying loungin g pajamas-any color as long as theY' I'e loud-and writing poetr)' about roaches ancl people, She feel s thcre is some kind of philosophic connccti on between the tl\'O, ,\nn keeps fairly regu lar hours and i, a so und sleepcr, Shc geb se ttled fOI-'.the night and sleeps right through Il'ithout turning or snoring, She is formed like a little Venus, She has raven bl ack hair, dark, penetrating c\'es, ancl a swee t 'Illi le, She makes fricnd, easi h' and likes people, ,\nd most p·eople like her, ;'\ell' York is her Lt\'l)ritL' cit)', She ,till gels a li'eillendous ki ck out of it. She lik es el'e rything co nnected Il'it h the ci t\" its noi se, !' ush, hCl stie and hu stle, But she ha s tIl'll griel'anccs again st bl'Oadcasting, One"is hcr abso rptio n in her \\'o rk, which clull s the pleasure of he r other occu pations alKi pastimcs, The other is the indigcstion she gets from the pop-corn and maple su gar one of her adillirers sends her by Illail. and \Ihich ",\ Iite,\'" si mpl\' CJll not refrain from c:lling, LITTLE JACK LITTLE IST ENE RS who become devotees of Little J ack Little-and most o f them do­ see m automatically to adopt the slogan, Little or Nothing. That's because they L have lea rn ed to expect so much of him-and all he gives them is Little. Who • could ask fo r any thing more? It's all \'ery pa radoxical a nd only a ri ses from a youth's ambiti on t o find a job at a time when his ow n name was just so much poison to the persons from whom he was seeki ng the job. They were the offi cials of the Keith vaudeville circuit, who a t that t ime we re wa rring with the Shubert theatrical faction over riva l a ttrac ti ons in a nd around New Yo rk City. John J ames Leonard, late of W aterl oo, Iowa, a nd a nati ve o f Lond o n, E ngl a nd, had just fini shed a swing around the Keith's M anhattan ci rcuit as a singer and pian ist. f or the immedia.te future he was all washed up, so fa r as Keit h time was concerned . Va ri ety acts we re so plentiful in those days that return engagements coul d be fa r between. So J ohn .l ames of London and W aterl oo decided La brave the Sh u bert offi ces. "Stay away," he was wa rned by the more experi enced, "'Or, better yet, change your na ill e and tell them \'ou\'e ne\'er played in New Yo rk befo re," "Who'll I tell 'em I :lm-Paderewski?" asked the piani st. "Naw," said his li teral-minded adviser, "D on't t ry to be a big shot. T a ke some lit tle naille they never heard of. " Little name ! There was the answer in pell et form, so J ohn J ames Leona rd became, for the sa ke of ca kes and T ea-although T ea doesn't come into the picture until bter- Li ttle J ack Little, T he T ea ma tter might just as well be disposed of right here, That's the given naill e of the young lady to whom J ack was married around eight years ago. And T ea Li t tle has been hi s constant inspirati on ever sin ce, Odd ly enough, he never fo r a mo men t has had a cloud to distu rb the coillplete peace of marital ad venture­ yet the most popula r song he ever composed (and he wri tes many hits) was J ealous. funny how some guys can make capital ou t of the other fe ll ow's troubles! But that situati on reverses itse lf, too, Much t rouble has been made out o f the other fe ll ow's capititl , which is what occu rred Il'hen .l ad , u li wit tingly laun ched on the public hi s di tty, r\ Sha nty in Old Shanty T OI\'ll , T he piece becaill e the standard trial for every radio aud itioner for about t\I'O years. The tunes T ing-a-ling, Because T hey All Lo\'e You, and o thers fro lll hi s fac il e pen all rati onalized themselves ~lIld ser\'ed Ill erely to increase his increill ent and est abl ish his \'ersa t il i ty, Probably so long as radio endures it nel'er wi ll produce a stranger story than the \'C ry un usual case o f Li ttle J ack Littl e, Almost sin ce ether entertain ment became national in scope, J ack has been on t he air. But in spite of a t reillendous popUla ri ty, Al ways a Sustainer, :\e\'er a Prize, seemed to be the cross he was desti ned to bear. Listeners and rad io execut ives loved his highly individua l style-but na ry a sponsor woul d walk up to the wicket a nd lay dOI\'n his cash, It was all \'ery di scou raging, so after SU lllmarizing his situation, Little decided that what he needed was a band as a background , So he o rgani zed one, I\'e nt in to a f'.:e l\' Yo rk hotel Ivith it-and awaited a commercial San ta Claus. •

Things didn't cha nge a bit until one day not ,0 lung ago-I\'hen who should come riding out of the East like young Lochin var but an advertiser bent on seizing .l ack as an attraction ' The band? O h, no-not by a jugful l, l ie \I'anted nothing but Little .l ack I. it tl e Il'ith hi, I\'hispering ha ritone and that magic pia no' So J ac k did a solo for the ,p(1I1,Or, ~tfter all tho,e I'e:l rs of lI'aili ng, MARY LIVINGSTONE AI( Y LI VINGST ONE had accept ed Jack Benny "for beller or for \vorse." One day when he. needed a stooge for his vaudeville act, and elected her M because she was hIs wIfe and the first person at hand, she consented. She figured that nothing could be worse than stooging. That" was six years ago. She's been stooging professionally for Jack Ben ny ever since. But in private life he's her stooge. Mary was born in Seattle, Washingto n . She has one brother a nd one si~ l er. Iler sister is married to a theatrical man. M a ry blames her sister's husband for launch­ ing her on a stage career. She went to sch ool in Vancouver, and was graduated from high at the age of fifteen. Then her folks moved to Los Angeles, where she went to business college. She used to be able to type a hundred words a minute, but nOli" she says it takes her five minutes to pick ou t one word. When she was seventeen Mary took a job as a hosiery and lingerie buyer. She liked that. She has a passion for lingerie, tailored stuff; has drawers and drawers full of filmy things now-pinks and bl ues especially. After a year Mary quit her job and became a home girl. She was always a popular kid, invited to a different party every night; l iked to dance, and still does on every occasion. She never tries to lead her partner, but gives him a dirty look if he steps on her feet. J ack is a divine dancer. Jack first crossed her path when he was appearing in the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. M ary's brother-in-law in troduced them. .l ack took her out a few times, but the conversation was not particularly se rious. M ary didn't think so much of her future husband the first time she saw him. But she adores him now. Her radio debut came about in this manner : A couple of years ago, shortly after Jack first went on the air with George Olsen and Ethel Shutta, the script was short one night. Jack decided to fill in with their vaudevi ll e act. I-Ie and Mary did. After that Mary remained off the air fo r a few weeks, but when pe6ple wrote in to ask who the girl was, she got her part back. In Winter Mary goes in for somber colors, bu t lets herself run away with pastels in Summer. There are 40 pairs of shoes and 30 hats always in her closet. She doesn't get a chance to wear half of them. Mary dresses according to her own individual taste. 'The style can be hanged," she says, and wears whatever looks good on her. She gets into a 12 dress, 5 shoes and 21 1-2 hat. Mary is especially fond of furs-min ks and ermines attract her and look well on her; she loves jewelry, mostly diamonds. That's why J ack thinks she's a little extravagant. Her first piece of jewelry was a ring her father gave her fo r graduation. I I I t had a tiny diamond, but she thought it was the biggest thing in the world . Now she has a lot of diamonds. She loathes night clubs, but spends most of her time at the movies. Joan Crawford is her favorite actress. As for men, Herbert Marshall makes her heart thump the loudest. Mary is an inveterate card piayer, not so good at contract, but she can play Russian bank all day and night. She's a terrIfic gambler, especially when it comes to roulette. Travel is one of her hobbies. She loves London and Honolulu, but thinks no place in the world compares with New York. Mary goes in for plain food. Her favorite meat is broiled steak, rare; not much on desserts, prefers fruit. She likes candy but doesn't eat- much, in order to keep weight down. Weighs 118, and is five feet and a halL inch tall . Outside of forsaking candy, she doesn't have to do anyth1!1g to control weight. Her closest friends are Mrs. J ack Pearl and Gracie Allen. Gracie lives immediately above her, and if they had a dumb waiter they could c~rry on dumb-waiter conversations. This way they han to use the hou se phone. Attractive dark brown hair, large brown eyes and dark complected-that's Mary. Send her a birthday card on ~O\·elllber ?7. - VINCENT LOPEZ I NCI::i\T LO P EZ i, a LlIl fur numemlogy. lie·, been , tuuyin g the occ ult science fur years, until by now he l{nOlI·, as Illu ch about num ber, as a nyone V alive. Numerology ha, done him loads of good. he find s. Onc lucky break was that he didn't have to change hi s own namc. The letters in it \I·ere auspi cious, o r whatcver it's call ed, and so he succeeded in life without hal·in g tu make any majo r alterations in hi, monicker. \ ·in ccnt is 36 years o ld. lie was born Decem ber 30, 1898; he \I·eighed ten pound s a t birth. I ii, f ~ ,thcr lIa, I'orlllgesc. hi , m o thcr Spani, h, and a baronc" at that. But he and hi , one si, ter, J\ \arie, both are j\mcricans. They \I·e re born in Brooklyn.

The quietudc o f hi , ea rly surroundings h ~b p ursued him to the present. Al ­ though he earns hi , li ving by leading :t n o rchcst ra and play ing musi.:: in crowded night resorts, hi , favori te pastime is , illi:lg at homc, alone, listeni ng to p honograph records. His fa ,·orite recording orche,tra is Vi ncent Lope/. Perhaps his music is so good because he's ambidextrous. Il c can hold t he baton in either hand, but usuall y it's the right. T he orchestca watches hi s left, however, because the right is a sha m. lie really di rects with his left. Vince's first Broadway job was at the old Peki n n t staurant, \I·he re for ' 35 a week he pl ayed the pi ano \I·hile t he orchestra restcd. 'Jow hi s earnings are more than a hundred times that. The o rches tra leader is an exceptio n am ong successes. lie doesn' t say to inter­ viewers, "The way to reach the top is through ha rd work!" I n fac t Vincent doesn't believe in ha rd work. He rises at 10 a. m. , spends a few hours in hi s o ffi ce a nswerin g mai l and holding aud itions, then t akes it easy for the les t of the day till it's time to play at his mght spot . Lopez introduced the rhumba to Ame ri ca. lie prides himself on the achi evement. . He is se ntim ental--in the same way as is a young girl just out o f. ·flnishing school who saves old p rograms, trinkets, letters, and dance ca rds. Lopez al so keep a dia ry. Vincent has been married once. Also divorced. Girl s go fo r him in a big way. He goes for girls in the same way. He p refers blondes. But he doesn't like gi rl s who smoke. I f you want to get in good standing with Lopez, tel! him hc looks like a life­ gua rd. You see, he has a naturall y pall id complexion : tries to get sun-tan ned- beach in Su mmer, alpi ne lamp in Winter. If a girl raves about his tan, he fall s like that! He is five feet six inches tall. Weighs a bou t 160. Is conscious of his shortness, so he wea rs shoes with high heels. Wears dark clothes, e'·en in Sum me r, and di slikes people who wear li ght clothes. A canard about him is· that he closes his eyes like a lovesick swan kissi ng his sweet heart while broadcasting. He rea ll y doesn' t close hi s eyes; it's just that he has such long eyela hes t hat fro m a distance his eyes always look closed . I-Ie doesn't even close his eyes while kissing. Lopez seldom laughs, but occasionall y smiles. He wea rs glasses while reading. M yopia is h is t rouble. Can't recognize friends on the street because he's near-sighted. He studied the guitar, mandolin a nd piano as a kid. At the age of 13 he went to St. M ary's School, Dunkirk, . Y. Family wanted him to be a "ma n of the cloth." Studied there fo r three and a half years, after whith he pl ayed piano in a Brooklyn cafe. His favorite food is dessert. Often he sta rts a meal wi th sweets. He's crazy about honey, preferring it out of the comb. His middle name is Joseph. -..-

JAMES MELTON·

IMMY MELTON is a Southern gentleman, born January 22, 1904, in Moultrie, Georgia, where some of the to\\'nrolk still re-fight the battles or the Civil War J over their mint-juleps. He enrolled at the University of Florida, later attended the University of Georgia, and then was advised to study voice. This he did at Ward Belmont, in Nashville, a fashionable girls' school, but there he had the excellent coaching of Gaetano de Luca, the opera singer and celebrated teacher. He made pin money meantime piaying the saxophone in college dance bands. School days finally over, the youthful tenor-saxophQne player deci ded that New York would afford his best opportunity. Someone had told him that he was just what they needed in New York, a tenor-saxophonist. Jimmy believed implicitly­ until he arrived on Broadway. I t was harder to get an audition with Roxy, he found, than it was to break through a football line. He thought for a while of going back to the football line, professionally. But after a week of pounding at Roxy's door he wore down that great man's resistance and got his audition. P. S.-He also got the job, and was added to Roxy's gang. Jimmy Melton is tall and dark. But his favorite type of companion of the rair sex 'is several inches shorter than he; also she should have light hair.· He is happily married to a wife who meets the above description. She is a writer. Jimmy married Marjorie Louise McClure, of Akron, Ohio, in June, 1929, after meeting her at a concert in the home of Frank A. Seiberling, sponsor of the program of that name. Jimmy's entry into show business was in 1927, the year he came to Manhattan. It was his voice that sang Erno Rapee's then popular compositions, "Seventh Heaven" and "Diane," the incidental music to the screen productions of "Seventh Heaven" a)1d "What Price Glory" as presented by Roxy. After joinin g the Revelers Quartet, of radio fame, Jimmy withdrew entirely from the stage. His reason was simple: he feared that the arduous grind of theatri­ cal life, especially that experienced in a presentation house of the type presided over by Roxy where there were four or five performances a day, 1V0uid ruin hi s voice. He best likes to sing American ballads. That is one reason he is so tremendously popular over the air. Radio audiences, a survey has shown, prefer familiar American folk music, and Jimmy is enough of a psychologist to know that. Melton is a sound sleeper. He sleeps in pajamas. FRANK MUNN

IIERE is no dependable data on Frank Munn's first rel'elatio;l of a magnetic tenor voice. Some biographer tends toward the belief that it all hap pened at • T the time Frank, while sledding, \Vas run over by a h!!'er truck. He is said to have murmured "0 Sole Mio" so so ulfully that the I talian truck-driver abse nt-mind­ edly took him to a lew York conservatory of music in stead of a hospital. But there is no getting around the fact that he has a magneti c I'oice, rega rdless of the circumstances of its discovery. I t is so appealing, in fact, that in the past ten years Munn has been on the air at least once a week without a si ngle interrup­ tion. Most weeks he has broadcast many more times than once. If he seems to display a preference for the tear-stained d itty, In the Baggage Coa-:h Ahead, that should not prejudice the listener. One phase of hi s career was devoted to rail road engineering and Frank is charged with making all his hauls in reverse just so that he could intone the dirge as he fingered t he throttle. T hat auto­ matically put the baggage coach up ahead and justified the tune. It should be apparent from hi s singing that Munn is Iri sh. He is a p roduct of the Bronx, New York, where he was born on February 27, 1895. He is the son of a policeman. Because of the early death of his mother, he. was raised by his father and grandmother. But theirs were merely the guiding hands, as frank did most of his own rea ring in the fashion peculiar to husky lads brought up in a busy and crowded metropolis. Munn's first job had a tremendous influence for rhythm in his life. He was shuttle boy in a n embroidery factory; he hummed in cadence with the precisely timed machinery as it turned out its quota of edgings and fichus. Humming led to singing, and the sin ging led to the realization that his voice was one o,f ra re quality. As a boy Frank had done very little singing in the bathtub for the sitnple reason­ well, he was just a boy growing up, and maybe his grandmother wasn't always on hand Saturday nights. So word drifted back to his family that he was blessed with talent, and it was arranged for him to take vocal lessons. He studied under Dudlel' Buck. Before long he was a favorite artist in church minstrels and similar media of social en­ tertainment. When he was 25 years old, and radio hadn't grown beyond its embryonic stages. he was asked to perform before the microphone. Even the inefficient equipment of that day failed to distort his ringing tones. From that time on Munn was not con­ cerned about remuneration or engagements. His records have been best sellets ever si nce.

Radio fame came to him when he was introduced as Paul Ol iver 011 a soap program. The synthetic title was compounded to build up the name of the product. He later held out for his own name-and that's how he's known to millions today. Frank's figure is as nicely rounded as his voice. Only five feet a nd seven inches in stature, he weighs 220 pounds; when he sings he puts every ounce of that pound­ age into his work. Maybe that's the reason football is his favorite sport, and se\'eral gridi ron stars his particular heroes. Truly of the city, Munn characteristically craves rurarlife and surroundings, and seeks them at every possible opportunity. Being single, he can indulge his bu­ colic yearnings at will. He meets at least half of Celtic specifications, as he has black hair but eyes that are brown instead of blue. - OZZIE NELSON

IIAT NAM E Ozzie, by which Band leade r Nelson is known so \\'idely, proved a boomerang to hi s father and mother. On the Ides of March back in 1906 T in J ersey City, the parents held a cribside council over their newly-born son. " I want him to have a name that will forever bar hi s being nicknamed," • declared his ·mother. " 1 agree with you on that," added Nfl son, Seni or. And they selected Oswald, because for the life of them they didn't see how anyone could ni ck that. And on t he first clay that the youngster toddled ofT to school at the age of six, he was christened OZL ie by his class ma tes. That's the one thing the folk s had over­ looked completely-a \'eritable .-\ chill es' heel in the naming over wh ich they had wrestled so earnestly. The maestro himself takes fierce pride in the nickname. lie always has had a dread of being saluted as "O-h-11 Oswald I" on the grounds that it is practically a term of deri sion and implies somethi ng \\'hich would make any regular fellow roll up hi s sleeves. How, in his thirtieth year, he manages to have a leading orchestra, one made up of a group of artists who would do or die for dear old Ozzie, it is necessary to dig back into Nel son's fo rmative years to learn. From h is prep-sc hool days Ollie was a natural-born executive, the sort of chap whose personality a nd understanding ma ke of him an ac knowledged superior. When eventually he matricul ated at Rutgers he not only carried that sense of leadership with him but backed it up with notable courage and physical prowess. He developed to a championship degree the athletic bent which, while he was fou rteen years old, had helped him attain the status of youngest Eagle Scout in t he country. T hat was the year his troup was selected to attend t he Olympic games in Belgium, a trip which reached its cl imax for Ollie when he and hi s brother sang before the late King Albert. At Rutgers Nelson became a four-letter man, starring in football and adding to the university's prestige by hi s victories in boxing, swimming and lacrosse. But I academic progress paralleled athletic, and in his senior year Ozzie captured the school's oratorical crown. That decl amatory skill was later to be the foundation for his legal aspirations. Like so many men who have made successes in other I fields, Nelson launched his career as a ba rriste r. Other coll ege acti vities found him captaining the seni or debating team, acting I as art editor of the famous Rutgers Cballticleer, associate editor of Tbe Scarlet Letter, contributing a rticl es to a national magazine and accepting the presidency of the Student Council. But try as he would, he cou ld never make the Rutgers Glee I Club. . Of course, the honors had been important perquisites to OZlie, but the re were I some essen ti als whi ch came first-specifi cally, eating and the matter of tuition about which, naturall y, the university was somewhat soli citous. So to earn hi s bed a nd board and education Ollie organized a student orchestra which played for dances. His earnings met all emergencies. His present band is just an elaboration on that group of fellow students, with the result that it is a natural breeder of college spirit. That's why Nelson's band is in year-around demand for proms and other smart college..afTa i rs. In Nell' York theaters his youthful unit is a tremendous drawing card. Mana­ gers figh t to book it. . Ozzie is perennially youthful, is si ngle and has \\'avy blond hair. His hobbies include s\\'i mming. tennis, boxing, fast dri\'ing-and Harriet Hilliard. March 15 is the day he eats hi s birthda\' c:lke. GERTRUDE NIESEN E I ~ name is Gertrude l"ie,cn, Don't call her C retchen , G reta or Certie, Th ",~ arc fighting word, to he l', She \I'as born 23 years; ;r go o n a boat H coming from England. Iler folks had heen sUillmering in E Ul"Ope a nd mis­ calcu lated the time, T he ;. hip Il'as three da)'s fro m shore, Gert rud e ye:led a ll the way to the clock, T hat mu, t he hUll' , he dCI'elope,1 her pUII'e rful I'o ice, She began using it on J uly S, 19 12, • Shc lil'cd it> I3 rookly n most of he l' li fe, Ilent to school at the I3 J'O oklyn Ileights Seminal Y; ,las a noi sy kid and liked to he a !'OII 'd)' at pa rtie" :\evc r did she thi nk of bcing a p rofessional cntc rt a iner- until 193 1, T he n, a fter hang ing around the house with nothing to do and getting good an d tired doin g not h ing, , he fi na ll y thumbed th rough the class ified phonc directory , picked (,ut a dozcl1 likely booking age nts, and went to visit t hcm, I t was no go at thc fi rst elel'en, but t he ofli ce hoy at Lou I m in 's took pity on her a nd gave her a card to the "30G" Club, T hc gcnial ho't there , " Fect" Edson, gave hcr he r fi rst job, he wa sn't ha lf bad as a wa rblcr, She soon ;Itt racted a lot of at t cn ti o n, 13 road­ 'way was in thc dold ru ms, bu t Ge rtrude see l11 ed to pull in somc b u s in ess, Came her fir,t radio engagement on I{udy \ 'a ll ee:, Flei schm a n n ho ur, Some timc later she appea red on Colum bia Il'ith :l com mercia!' Shc's doin g 0, K" if fan mail is a crite ri o n, Gertrude is fil 'e feet , tll'l) in cJ~c s ta ll and Il'eighs 11-1 po unds, all o f it a nim ation and pep, She has da rk broll'n hair a nd eyes t hat l'a riou , II ' a rc g ree n, g rey 0 1' blue, depending on thc II'eather. She's cra zy a hout el'ening clothes and ex treme , purts Il'car, Shc gets in to size f ou rteen dress, Iler hobbies include tennis, riciing and fi shing, She fi "he-; fur fl o under an d oc­ casiona ll y ma kes a catch, She dotes on mush roOIll S, Gertrude is a sound sleeper-claim s that she nel'e r ;, no res-sleeps in blue pa­ Jamas, Her main a rticle o f li nge ri e consists of panties, usuall y peach o r pink, She admi ts h;]v in g bec n in 10l'e, but hasn' t had time for the tend e r passion since she's been in show busin ess, She's very carecr-conscious at the presen t time, Even­ tua ll y she' ll get ma rried, bu t she's not intrigued by the idea ri ght 11 011', " Do you like to pet?" Miss Neisen was asked, "Of course," she replied , "Who doesn't ?" Gertrude doesn't like cave-men, She prefe rs only ni ce people, She visits the movies frequently and goes for C ha rl es Laughton in a big way, She likes his type, When sin gin g on the radio Gertrude often fin ds that she's mike nervous, In that case she looks at her announce r, Pa ul Douglas, He then makes funny faces. at her, she begins to laugh, and after tha t every thing is 0, 1< , Although she has been working in ni ght clubs fqr fo ur years, she still gets a big ki ck out of them , Af ter her evening's work is completed Gertrude often can be found in the a udience of some other club. Gertrude smokes, finds that it doesn' t interfere with her voice, She drinks slightly, As for swearing-she's apt to pop off a t any moment and sear the sky with a rain o f very hot and very colo rful words, I t's t he way she gets ri d of her pent-up energy, The sin ger stays up late, She loathes sleep, and onl y retires eariy when she expects to go fi shing the next morning, • She is an extremely ha rd worker and takes her prof es~on seriously, Rehearsal s mean more than a job to her. They a re a means of lea rning how to do the thing right, She is anxi ous to improve her voice and techniquc, She li stens to every wo'rd of complaint and criticism, and tries to better her renditio ns when she feels they've been faulty , Gertrude is a showman, o r rather woman, to her finger tips, She has a na tural fl air fo r putting a song over, She has personali ty, She al so has freckles, - DOROTHY PAGE

H E0J a film beauty, by virtue of her personal charm Jnd what sketchil y passes for talent. moves u pward II1 to the realm of radio-it is just the W natural order of things a sserting itself. But when a radio a rtist has sufficient beauty and ability to cras h the mystic circl e in" Hollywood-then there's really something to pen panegyrics about. Well-one of our girls made it-Dorothy Page, to bc exact, or as they knO\\i h er best a round the olel home to\\'n, Northhamp­ ton, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Lillian S toffiett. No one would blame a lass fo r shunling off that name, particularly at a time when she wisely was beginning to g auge the alphabetical potentialities of a theater marquee electric sign. Dorothy really is young-but she thinks. Howeve" she could ha rdl y say herself what she thought that day l\ieysa McJ\\ein. the illustrator, told her: "Dorothy, you're pertectly beautiful ... Will you pose for me some time?" She knows she kep t her balance long enough to nod assent but for a while after that, in fact until the artist's picture of her appeared on a national magazine, Dorothy mentally was swimming about in something resembling a haze. Miss McMein's proposal followed Dot's natural \vinning of a beauty contest among the feminine employees of t he Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia. where she was a sec retary-a sort of frustrated artist whose musical training had gone to naugh~ in the face of a financial condition which required her to help main­ tain the family. Dorothy really had trained hard and diligently for a career in music. She attended Penn Hall School for Gi r1 s and there, in addition to routin~ training she polished up her 1V0rk as a member of the glee club and with parts in col lege dramatics. It was while she still attended finishing'school that this sparkling gi rl, then only 16 years old, first directed toward herself the public eye. Utilizin u the Red Cross life-saving tests which she had passed as part of the school curriculum, she rescued a drowning gi rl from the Lehigh River. I t is most fitting that only a fel\' years later she was selected as the Illodel for a poster to aid in the soli citation for Red Cross funds. And oniy six years after the life-saving episode this earnest miss was to recei\'c wider acclaim as winner of Paul Whiteman's Detroit audition, the achiel'ement that led to her eventful rise in radio and the contract by which she has become tempor­ arily wedded to Hollywood and its lone art. The Whiteman triumph came in 1932 . shortly after her twenty-second bi rthday on March 4. That's almost a symbolic date since it marked Dot's inaugural in affairs that count. The robust starmaket thought so well of his audition winner that he signed her up for a succeeding week in Buffalo, New York. There Paul began to scent the spoor of talent scouts, so he hastily signed Dorothy up as a soloist with his band. That meant lots of travel and more work than the slender girl believed she 1V0uid absorb, but she thrived on it and began to roll up popularity as well as experience that was to stand her in good stead. As to physical particulars, she is the answer to every normal male's dreams. She is alluringly slender and graceful, of medium height; -and she has shimmerIng blonde hair and blue-gray eyes. If she is at all consciolLS of her beauty she is a master at concealment. She trains on sauerbraten and potato pancakes, but can be tempted with fried chicken. She offsets any possible effects of the Teutonic diet by rigorous exercisi ng. which includes everything from swimming to roller-skating and bicvcle riding.

- \~\ VIRGINIA PAYNE

H E little Payne girl ba rely missed bei ng t oo p rofound for her own good. As T it is,.she pOssesses a philosophy of life fa r beyond t he usual limits of a twenty­ fo ur-yea r-old las, . Anci radio d rama of t he homely type is he r st ro ngest wea kness. tim e~ m e ll owed ,

She fi rst saw the light of day in Cincinna ti. O hio, june 19, 19 10. Scientists ru n in t he fa mily. On her father's side they are a ll in some branch of it, from Doctor john Lewis Payne, the pa ternal parent himself, who is a well-known physician and holds the chai r of pha rmacology in Cin ci nn ati M edical Coll ege, to Uncle Connell y T. Payne, noted chemist of London, E ngland, a nd to the myri ad cousins and a b rother who a re studying medicine o r a re a lready in the profess ion. , The mother's fa mily has a reputa tion of long sta nd ing fo r talent in m usic and literature; seve ral members a re fin e m usicians. Virginia st udied music with dramatic art, took the A rtists' Certificate in Piano a t the Cincinnati Coll ege of Music, a nd became the first mem ber of t he fa mily ever to be interested in acting. As a student in dra ma tic school she made he r fi rst appea rance before a micro­ phone. Tha t was eight years ago, and the play in which Miss Payne was heard, as an I ndian girl, was titled- of all things-Little Scarface. She says, " I never had an auditio n. just came in and acted."

I ~ r om that time on Virginia embraced every opportunity to appea r behind the micropho ne. T here was no pay, b ut whenever a radio play was mentioned at school she begged to be in it, olTering to sla m doo rs. read announcements or even to pay the sta tion to a ll ow her to perform.

Soon she was chosen to pl ay the leadi ng lady in the fi rst radi o myste ry serial ev~ r b roadcast- T he Step o n t he Stairs. I t was written by Fred Smith, then man­ ager of WLW, who later wrote the M a rch of Time. It was broadcast over a score of stat io ns f rom coast to coast.

Her fi rst competitil·e audition brought Virginia her first comm e r ~ i a l progra m, in which she played the speaking voice of j ane Froman. Both II·e re supposed to be Southern ers; but then, Miss Payne is the kind o f person wh o receives g rea test joy in playin g parts that everyone thinks she can't pl ay. She had ma ny oppo rtunities to in d ul ge this pl easure d u ri ng the three years she pl ayed most of t he fe mini ne leads of the \V L \V staff plays. F requently Virginia was call ed upon to be I tali an, Germa n and I ndia n in one half-hom's broadcast of the story of the opera . .\l any radio d ra matizations of literary epics came from the pen of Virginia Payne when she was taking her A.B. and M .A. degrees at the University of CincIn­ nati. She speaks fou r languages, has appeared in several theatrical productions, and is president of Omega Upsilon, national dramatic sorority. It was inevitable that one of the networks should claim her. characterYou sepaldorts.m hear her n:l t ural voice on the ai r, fo r she is best I\nOlln for elderly

Yes, Vi rginia Payne is in the big time where ~ he belonEs no\\' ..\n d her philo­ sophy has grown with her. She is one act ress who can make a drama ti c role live naturally and huma nl y without seeming elTo rt or a rtificia ll'ty. And she is one per­ fOrme l", with he r soft brown hair, fair complex ion a nd neat fi gure, who is as easy to see as she is to hea r. I n spi te of so much achievement crammed into such a few brief years, Virginia loves everyday thin gs a nd wi ll nel·e r become a I·ict im of the m(l nster, Conceit.

- - JOE PENNER HE most famou s duck sa lesman in th e \\'orld-who has ,01 I Dil ly one du ck­ but whose sa lesmanship r:1lSed hi s pal' l wm ~8 a week to many thousands­ T that is j oe Penner! lie cned hl111 ,ell Into Ihe II !2 ht 01 d.lY '\u\cJ11be , . II , 1()Ui-l, without ever a thought that hi s birthday \\ould. iI le\\ veal~, latel, 111 ,: 11; the o ffi cial end of th e \\'o rld's greatest \\'ar. Il is hirthplace \\'as '\adgybeck, Ilungary, b ut yo u don't have to sit up all ll1ght tryin g to ~ay so, j oe «lll't pronounce it hiJ11,el f. J oe's gra ndfather WilS rector of a I{eforilled Church, h'om hi s fifth yeilr un ti l his ninth, young Penner, \\'hose r 'al name i:i so me­ thing in Ilungarian that sounds like pin til. \\'as origi!lally a frog sales man. He ca ught frogs and sold them to \'illagers who dicln 't lik e I'."ding the , wamps to ca tch their o\\'n frogs-or co ld s, Before he \\'itS tell year, old. Joe \\ -m , hipped to the United States, to Detroi t, where hi s parents alrCildy h~d adop te d thc name of Pcnn er. 'I hey never got around to ,aying "Pinta" as it should he , aid in Engli sh, j oe, e\'e r cogn izant of his selli ng \\'ay,;, took up th ~ " de of l1 e\\'Spapers, but it wasn't so profit able as duck-selling later turned out to be. Joe fi gu red he wou ld become a sin ge r, which proved di s,btrous, for shortly a.f ter he had joined St. Mary's Cathedral choir hi S \'oice changed prematurely, Joe, undaunted, visi ted reg ul arly a burlesq ue house of th e \\'or,t \'ariet)' eve ry \\'eek, on amateur nights, mindful and hopeful of the 25 prize which awaited the winner. Once joe found himself ,tranded \\'ith it carnival show in Ill inois, All he had \\'as a fiddle and an appetite. By chance he found a duck which had esc aped fr0111 a co ncessionaire's cage, And Joe sold it back to the o\\'ner-and atp, lie had as ked so many people "do you wanna buy a duck?" before the own er , aid ",\es" that the lin e stuck in hi s memory, , Through many ups and down s foe continued, until he \\'as d~s co\ ' er ed as an eccentric comic by Mike Porter of the RADIO GU ID E staff, in the Gayety Theater, Baltimore. j oe was given his fir st \\Tite-up, wh ich se nt him into another company and got him a rai se from 88 to . 50 a \\'eek . By a singular coi ncidence, this same writer gave Penner hi s fir st radio write-up july 13, 1933 , when Pen ne r made hi s air debut with Rudy Va ll ee, He met with in stantaneous success. j oe reall y li sps, and more ~ \cutely \\'h en exc ited, lie :. mokes cigars continu­ ously. Married a gal he met in the GreeJl\\'ich Fol li es. She \\'as Elin or JV\ae Vogt, and very easy to gaze upon. Hi s wife handles hi s fan mail , and his ducks. She makes him wear long underwear in damp weather. Joe helps write hi s o\\'n songs. which are protected from publ ic use. l ie i:i the world's fir st and only so ng-de-plugger ; that is, the on ly ow ner of songs wh o doesn't want them published or popularized, lie plays a fidd le, but not by reading music. He putters around the hOllse with a tool chest and builds all sorts of ridiculou s and useless things, j oe lo ngs, secretly. to write dramas, I f he e\'er \\'rites one, it ought to be kept a secret. lie ne\'er c!o\\' ns at home, ne\u uses a tag line whi le off stage; wears conventional hats, but won't relinqui sh the stooge ha t he wears on stage, in pi ctu res and in front of the mike, Success has not changed him, except to relie\'e his \\'orries abou t where the next buck, or duck, is coming from, lie's an earnest, se riou ': co n\'e rsa tionali st ; do~sn't go for go lf or oth er outdoor relaxation , but 10\'es fast dri\'i'ng : li\'es in apartments now, but as a matter of fact is really more at home in a !..atel: likes being waited upon. Still has a lot of troubl e with hi gher Engli sh; doesn't lik e to hear people re­ peating hi s lines, but gets a laugh when professional mimics try it. He seems to know that no other human can quite ape hi s peculi ar inflections . . joe is sho rt, he avil y built, \\'ith dark eyes and smooth face. lie is awkward on the stage. an ad\'antage \\'he;l he aS,U lll es his fa\'orite role of half-\\'itted hick. - MICHAEL RAFFETTO

DOL PH I-IIT LER today is characteri zed as th e fi reb rand (If Europe; the astute M ussoIini is viewed as a potential fac t" r in the peace of the co nti ­ A nent, and the statesmen and di plomats of the other major European powers practicall y co ntrol those unse ttl ed peoples ab road, Bu t apparently more "i ni ster than all of these is Elwy n Crei Thru n ( Mike) Rai­ fet to, prod uce r and star of One l\ l an's Fa mily, :\0 one seems to doubt th at if l\ li ke suddenl y were to abandon his role and hi s part in the presentation of this amaz in g serial, th ere Il'ould be a rebelli on around the L'nited States that \I oul d dwarf the most sa nguina ry uprisings of the entire Eastern hemisphere, Howeve r, Mi ke is more sinister than sin ning, And the chances of his abdication are pretty sie nc!e r. I Ie is Il'elded to the role not alone by natiunal demand but by a deep-rooted loye for his association with the popular drama of the hearthside, So mu ch a pa rt of it is he that many persons credit him with writin g t he scripts, As a matter of iact the au th or is Carleton Morse, but the wil y Morse so has se nsed Raf­ fe tto's gri p on the listeners that he has made POIII Barbollr, the cha racter enac ted by Mike, the core about whic h the deli ghtful sto ry is Il'ound, - T he onl y da nger so far as Ra fT etto is co nce rn ed is th at his pe rsonal ide ntity may have become entirely absorbed by that of Paul, So th oroughl y does he live the ro le, so na tural is hi s assu mption of the charac ter of the Barbour family's mentor, th at he has become a t ru e enti ty to th e milli ons who crol\'(l the loudspeakers du ring the week ly p r~se n t:\t i o n of One J\l an's Family, And IIh ile all of thi s is highl y Oa tte ri ng and the sou rce of untold gratifica tion to ,\ Ii ke, it in no way fo ll oll's the pattern whic h he designed for hi; caree r, lie spent endless time and effort on the busin ess of buil din g up an impre; iY e pe rso nality for him self-and nOlI' he is co mpletely subservient to a make-hcli el'e cha rac ter, It i, alm ost as th ough he had crea ted a mode rn Fra nke nstein, In hi s you th th is desce nda nt of a highly respected and II' idel." knoll'n Cali fo rni a pioneer fami l,l ' faced a problem II' hi ch mos t boys fo rtun ately are "pa red, Il is el'ery instinc t ca ll ed upon him to fo ll oll' the st:tge-but strong family ties dircc ted his foo t­ steps into co mm erce, T he Bri tish -Itali an forebea r" from II'ho m he had sp rung we re instrumen ta: in the prog ress of the Golden State, and members of ,\'l ike's imm ed iate fa mil y urged hi m to carryon the trad ition, So hc compromi sed by centering on a legal ca ree r, goi ng so far as to take Il i, degree and el'entuall y open an office, Bu t he had tempo rized with the drama dlJri ng hi s days at the Unil'ersity of California, and eventua ll y he found a ba rri ster's cubicle little mo re than a re ndezl'ous for the ghosts of the thea ter, So lI'as a brilli ant you ng lawyc r lured from 1he bar-and the stage and the air con;.equent lv enriched by a pe rso nali ty prolifi c in magnetism, Rarretlo doesn't a;.sul11e an attitude of resignation to his part in One J\lan', Family, Spurred by its une:-;pected sucee,s, he is I'il'idly concerned about it, wo rk­ ing wi th endless fen'or with both the author and the , tudio c:-;eeutil'es to slprpcn its perfection,

lI e has a right to be counted an authori ty 011 family J ife, a" he i, married and has tll'O daughters of his 011' 11 , At eight and fil'e years of age they are begi nning to assume the p roportion, of a domestic pwblem-but I\'i th them :\1ike is just an on­ looker. T heir cases are firmly handled by l\'lrs, Rafletto, the former Pauline Traylor whom l\ l ike mt'l on the campus of his alma mater. -

LEAH RAY EAII R.-\ Y is, next to Baby Rose M arie, one of radio's youngest stars. She \\'as born twen ty years ago ( Februa ry 16, 19 15 ) in Norfolk, Virginia, and has a L cute Southern accent to substantiate the fact. Ambition a -; a kid led her to wa nt to be a lite rary q ·it ic. She was most ent hu sed about D ickens a nd T hackeray. But now she's glad she didn't pu rs ue the pen, because she makes as mu ch on one radio broadca"t as most literary cri tics make in a year. W hen seventeen y ears old she was taken by her m other to Los Angeles, where she \\'as to fi ni sh schOOl. She was all p repared to enroll in the Holl ywood H ig h School on a M onda\', when on the pre\'ious Friday her u ncle, who is in the mu sic bu siness, introduced her to Phil Il arris. This was when Harris played at the Cocoa­ nut Grove. Phi l needed a gi rl singer. Leah used to sing at parties so she asked for an audition. ~\ ft e r heari ng her \'o'ice Phil hire d her. \-I er fir st salary was $50 a week. So it transpired t hat the world lost a literary critic. Greatest th ri ll in her life came \\ hen Ha rri s brought he r to New York. Fre­ quen tly she had vi sited the big to\I'n as a kid; all\'ays had dreamed of the day when she'd Ii \'e there. Leah likes to kni t. Sweaters and m umers are her pa,sion. She also reads, and adores music, but her hours in the night clubs or theaters lI'here she's appearing, prevent her f ro m visi ting opera or concert hal l. '1 remendous appetite makes her eat el'erythi ng she can get. .\\other tries to keep her in check because o\'ereating an-eels her weight. She's just ri ght now fo r he r fi ve feet, six in ches in height. weighing 120 pound s, but if she ever lets go she might blow up like a mountain. Candy, nuts and pop-corn a re her special weakness. Leah is a happy chi ld: has absolu tely no dislikes. She goes in for extreme styles in cl othes and hats, but lI'ears only black and whi te. Once in a while her accessories are in pastel shades. Il er ho bby is collecting hair-ribbons in a ll colo rs a nd patterns. She usuall y lI'ears hair-ri bbons in publi c. I t makes Inn look cute. She li kes all f ussy things. Iler only real love afrai r ca me when she was in high sc hool. It's all over no\\'. Leah p refers tall men, bu t has no set ideas :l bout their complex ions. Bl onds, brunets-t hey're all t he s al~l e to he r. despite the fac t that her o\\'n hair is bl ack. She doesn' t ca re hall' old the me n are, ei ther, j ust ,0 lo ng as they are companionable a nd do not jar her. Bu t , he's nel'er going to nn rry. She'd rather \\·ork. Leah has regu lar ha bits, and keeps a strict routine. \:el'er does she smoke o r d rink ; she gets tl) bed imll1etii:ltel.v after the sho\\'o ''j'm just a hill bi ll y a t heart," she insi sts. She p refers dancing almost to any thing in the lI'o rl d ; gets a dreamy look in her 101'ely dark eyes lI'hen ,he dances. Leah is a sound sleepe r ; nel'er snores; sleeps in pajamas, pink ones. Iler lIl\dics a re si mp le, usuall y pl ~linll · hite. She likes ( ostume jewelry and diamo nds. Ambition d ri \'es he r continuall y. She'd like to lI'ork in pictures; appeared in " Bedtime Sto ry" lI'ith C heva lier, and has made a fell' sh0 rts. She got a kick when she saw "Bob Hope and Leah Ray in 'Going Spanish' .. ach 'e rtise d in lights on Broad­ way ; laughed fo r a full day after seeing the sign. "Can you imagine me in li ghts !" she said to herse lf again and again. Iler favo ri te mOI' ie act ress i, 10 :111 Crawford, but she has no fa\'o rite actor. She 101'es t hem all. Il a rdi l' el'er lIoes she listen to t he radio. She's crazy about animals, but li l'i ng in a big ~ e ll York hotel all oll's her to} ha l'e 11 0 pets. She com­ pro mises lI' it h a big, stu rred dog lI'hi ch she keeps in hel roolll . Leah is sweet, unassumin g a nd chil dlike. When she li \'ed at home two years ago she was a popular kid ; had illl'itati ons to parri es e\'ery night. 1\0 11 ' ma l1 Y o f her friends are in New Yo rk goi ng to coll ege. She sees them I\'heneve r she can, bo th boys and girl s . .- \bou t o ll e t hing is she set: She doesn't I':ant to se ttle down. She is heart frec at the p resent ti me. :t nd likes it. She doesn't pet. "That', ki d stu ff ," she says. EDWARD REESE SPLEND ID bedside m anner must have been lost to the medical p rofession when Edwa rd Reese decided no t to become a docto r, That was twenty-odd A years ago, when young Edward decided that it woul d be more fun to work as a mUlllmer than a medi co, So in pl ace of sawi ng Qld bones, he boned up on old saws, and t ri ed to become a comedian, He got a job-not as a comic at first-with a stock company in C lel'eland, and t here was nothi ng funny about the IO-a-week sala ry he receivcd fo r displaying his youthf ul handso meness on the stage, and running errands fo r the stage ma nagers, I::\u t it was better, he t hought, than running errands fo r sick sto mac hs, This veteran acto r was born in Baltimore in 1891. Ilis famil y is of the sort of M ary la nd stock whi ch coul d not concede that the stage a fTo rds an ideal p rofes­ sion fo r a gentlema n, Edwa rd's adolescent y ea rni ngs for the-to them-wrong side of the fo otligh ts, Il'ere put down to the fli ghti ness o f youth, " He'll get over it," they said, whil e the young man \\'as fi nishing at Dutchma n's Preparatory School. " l le'll be a fin e doctor. The boy is developing an excellent p resence," The excell ent presence became a stage p resence when Edll'ard ducked out of a slated entra nce to J ohns Hopkins, and got himself that ten-a-wcek job, T oday, radio li stene rs se nse much of that stage presence they ,cannot see, when Reese's fl exible voice brings them the part of Spencer D ean, foor Reese is a splendid ex­ a m ple of a radio truth ; namely , that thoroughl y-train ed ac tors of the legit imate stage sec m a bl e to give to d ra matIc rad io pa rts a depth and richness not within t he scope of t he average radio perfo rmer, Dou btless that is why the I{eese I'oice has been hC:lrd ol'er the :\ BC netwo rks on scvcral programs, , Of the 20 years during whi ch th is thespia n stalked the boards

1\ l any are call ed by this siren-lure, bu t fell' are c1~o s e n by Broadway's fi ckle crowds to a n at tainment of t hc gla mour Jnd the fin an cia l ,ecu rity of which t hey have dreamed, O f the thousa nds of stage-stru ck YO ullgsters who annually st ri ke the theatrical M ain Stem , the m ajority fai ls to get CI'C Ii a ,inglc engagemen t" , IZeese we nt OI'er thi s first hu rd le, He hung on long enough to land a job as leading man I That sounds imp ressil'e- un til it is fu rther rel'ea led that hi s salary lI'as S20 per week I I::\u t nOli' cO lll es the shock o f the u nusual. Stage people are notoriously illl­ p rol'ident, IZ ccsc was not. lie actually sal'ed money out of that mo, t mcagcl- , al:II'\ " ,\n actor of talent who saves money is as much an anom aly a, a rolling 'lone of high poli sh but sprouting moss, Edll'ard IZee se has succeedcd, Perh aps his abilit y to S:\I'e lI'as encouragcd by t he , implicit." of hi s tastes,

lie prefers heal'Y exercise to heal,)' eating, anti is , 11~ c~p e rt tenni s pl ayer, r\ nd he woul d sooner swim in the ocean tha n- fi guratil'ely- t he pu nch bOil'!. In fact he once held the ~ ZO - ya r d South At lantic SlI'imllling record,

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IRENE RICH

HATE \ ' ER else there is to be ~ id about her, Irene Rich is, above all things, a \\ om an. W Now 43 years old, she has been m a rried three times-hasn't heard a \\'o rd from any of the former spouses since ~he went on the air-and is simply dying with curiosity about whether a ny of them listen to her program s. . Aside from thi s typicall y fc mi nine cha racteri sti c, the cha rming mother and actress has ta ken life in reverse, so to speak. Perhaps it's the result of having be~ n born on F ri day the thi rteenth in October, I 91. Instead of attain ing success fi rst and then using motherhood for publi city, she discreet ly became the mother of two da ughters in old-fashioned pri\'acy- and then bcgan her career. Li kewise, in place of begi nni ng on the stage a nd graduating to the screcn and radio, she started wi th the fil ms and succeeded to the remaining fi elds o f entertainment. Nor does she think she is thro ugh with moti on pictures, She firmly beli eves that her greatest success in fi lm s is still ahead of her. She even had her dress on backwards the day she made her fin al radio audition. There is no hi story o f a theat rical trend in ei ther her mothe r' s o r her fa the r's fa mil y. I3 ecause success is her hobby to the excl usion o f everything elsc, she simpl y decided at sixteen that the stage offe red the greatest opportunity, so she determined to become an actress. An episode in m at rimony and a subsequent o ne in ma te rnity sty mied her fo r a whil c, but am bition na med forth a new a fter the b irth o f her second daughter. I3 y that t ime she p rac tically had disposed of ma trimo ny and progeneration, but al so she had vee red a bit in hcr choice o f goal s. I t was t hen 1918 a nd t he motion pictu re fi eld boasted the grecnest grass of a ll t he lu sh amusement pastures. So I rene m igrated to Hollywood. E\'idently the wo rd had got around that film s o ff e rcd ;1 future, because the ambitious mother found that the expected oppo r.tunities had been taken ca re of admi rably. ' •

Catin g, no t acting, \\' as her immed iate p ro blem, ,0 , he \\'cm to \\'ork fu r a real­ e,tate firm. rhe land boom de,t ined to become a n hi sto ric jest \\',IS just ge tting under \\'a \', ,0 sh e p ro fit ed sumciently to perm it hanging on fo r the golden chance, I t came as ;1 resu It of her persistellcc and char m. f oll owing tl:e usual steps from the ex tra ranks th rough bit P1rts, she \\'o n her \\'a\' to stardom :I nd has appea red as featured player with most of the film lumi­ naries. Bll t she Ius \\'ithstood both success and Ii oll ywood, and with ca nny sagacit\' has huilt up a hulwark of wealth against non-producti ve days.

She has attained e\'ery mother's secret ambition- the means with w hic~ to indulge her children's plans fo r a caree r, and to save them the pri vati ons o f her own youth Frances. her elder da ughter, is no\\' in Pa ris study ing scul ptu re and it's all ri ght with I rene. She'd let the girl s be veterin a ries if that we re their bcnt. Miss R ich C:l n a n' ort to boast of her age, She looks only about half of it, is stunningly altrac ti\'e and weighs less than she did when, as sixteen-year-old I rene Sutter of isolated Sti tes, I dallo, she conceived he r ca ree r. She was born in Buffalo, New Yo rk, a nd her fat her mO\'ed to the frontier town. 1\ !iss R ich hasn't had to \\ o() \'outh, It is hers by \'irtue of her sty le of li ving. You could n' t lu re her into a ni ght club. a nd b ri dge IS hex. pa rticular abomina ti on. She is athletic a nd likes to pa rticipate as \\'ell as to watch. he rides and swim s and simply dotes on Ill o\'ies and the stage. An overwhelm ing passio n fo r shoes is her onl y concession to \·anity. Whil c is her favorite shade, and uacker,; and milk at midnight he r maddest di ssipation.

~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 86 ~======- HARRY RICHMAN A1ZJ{Y lZ1CI1MA N is known as "The Bea u of Broac!I\·ay.·' lie gets th:lt monicker for tllO rea,ons. I ~ ir ' t - · his clothes a re the most stJrtl ing in town. H Second- more than any man in ;'\J e\I' York. he finds his name romantical ly linked with members of the so-ca l! ed frJil sex. RichmJn doesn't talk about hi s clothes. They spe ,~k for themsell·es. But a, for an'airs of the heart, h2 ,ays hc doesn't plan to ma rry again until he retires from the stage. And that \\'on't be until he has paid up hi s mi!lion-doll ar annuity. lie \1 ':IS married once. Also di\·orccd. During the past threc years i larry Richman has been engaged-according to the gossip columnists-to at least fi \'e hundred WOl11en. Among thcm was Clara Bow. Rich man doesn't like it. But the ladies do. Most of them are proud to be mentioned with him. That's because he is \'ery much of a ladies' man. The Beau of Broadway was bol'll 800 miles away from the lVl ai n Stem-in Cin­ cinnati-on August 10, 1895. lie didn' t see BroJdl\'ay until twenty years later. Harry's stage career started in 19 11. He made hi s debut then as a mcmber of the team of Remington and Reichman, violin and pi ano. He was the Reichman. He played the pia no. I{ emington a nd Reichman first appeared before the footlights at an amateur night in Chicago. rewer over-ripe to'm;,toes wel'e hurled at them than at the other tyros on the bill . So they obtained a cuntract. New York first saw the young singer as a member of the J ewel City trio direct from the Panama- Pacifi c Exposition in rrisco in 1915. Gut he d idn 't hit the Palace Theater untii six years later. T hat wa s in 19~1 when he appeared with M ae West. I-Ie played the piano, sang and did bits. This W:lS the sa n~e year he was headlined on the old Orpheum circuit. Stardom came in 1926. He was In George White's Scandals whcn New York finally decided that he belonged in the top rank of theatrical luminJrics. He has remained there ever since. Harry Richman is one of the oldest radio entertJincrs in point of se rvicc in the country. He sang over WI-IN in New York in 1921 when he was appcaring at the old " Wigwam." He has been on the air steadily e\'el since; for nuny years he broadcast from the Club Richman. The singer seldom eats meat. His chief article of diet consists of fresh vegetables and fruit juices. He finds that a vegetable d:et helps him kcep his health and his voice. His favorite color in wearing apparel is green, but he goes in for anything loud and flashy. You may see him in a light tan sui t, size 38; dark blue shirt; cuffless trousers; and tan suede shoes, size 7 1/ 2. I-Ie wears nothing in bed. This makes him sleep more soundly. Harry is athletically inclined. He fli es hi s own plane, and goes in for swimmi,1g and boating. Sports keep him looking young. I-Ie appears eight years younger than he really is. Not a trace of grey is in hi s black hair, which he keeps well greased, but not enough to take out the curls. I-Ie smokes cigarets incessantly. They don't bother his throat. He is a very light drinker. When he drinks it's mostly beer. His greatest passion is swearing. He can swear all evening without repeating himself on Ct. rinds that it gives hil11 immense relief. He gets so tired being the suave fellow. nameHarry. will not play in any cabaret in Nell' York City.unless it bears his own He weighs 175 pounds and is five feet, eleven and a h'!1.lf inches tall. At first glance you think he is several inches shorter. Jewelry is a passion with him. lie \\'ears too much of it; but it's nothing to what he's going to wear when he gets the million-dollar annuity all paid up. Then he:s really going to live.

- ADELE RONSON

N ADD I 1'1 00: to bei ng one of the reallv great radio per,onalit ic" ,\dele I ~ o l bo n serves a national utilitJ ri an purpose, She di , provc <; the myth that Yonkers, Nel\' I York, is just a gag name de\'ise d to gi ve comedians a locale fu r their rural jests, I t was in Yonkers that Adele made her theatrical .Iehut with a ;, LO ck company at the age of 17, Iler bow was a brief one as she wa s ill when she launched her career ; it lastcd only a \I'eek, to be fo ll owed by three n,onths in a hospital. 1I eI' second \'enture had ju, t as dismal a climax, After , he had rt:c uperated she began to take ad va ntage of whateve r opportunity came a long to di spl ay her talents, and as a result Il'on a sc holarshi p in the Ameri ca n Labo ratory Theater, She sca rcely h ad h ad opportunity to begin her studies when the executi ves o f this simon-pure a mateur o rgani La tion learned t hat she had decided to embrace the theat er pro­ fessionally, They pro mptly canceled the scholarship a nd Adele found hersel f back in the storm), sea of life with o nl y her abilit\' fo r a life-belt, New York's reputed hospita lity to struggling youth didn't baffle Adele, In fact she was born in M a nh attan, but Iud been a resident of Tuba, Okl ahoma, where she attended school Il'hil e her fa ther dabbled in the o il business, I t was when he died in 1925 (and she was still 16) that she realized she would ha\'e to use her budding acting a bility fo r economi c purposes, That \\'as when she returned to New Yo rk (and Yonkers), I n the year before she joi ned the ;, tock company she had earned her way through the dra matics departmen t of Columbia U ni ve rsity and City College as a model in a depa rtment store, After her adl'cnture wi th the dramati c puri, ts she va ried her occupations d anc­ ing with the Provincetown Players and acting roles in the Legend of Leonora, The Road to Rome, Mrs, Bumpstead-Leigh, Skidding, and Gold Braid , The theatrical background provided a chance to take pa rt in some of the movie s then being made on Long Isla nd, but she fai led to photograph with any particul a r appeal. In fact she was so unimpressed with her film eO'orts that she m ade an arrangement with theaters showing her pi ctures, to make personal a ppea rances con­ current with the running of the film , so that she might o fl' set an\' unfavorable im­ pressions, Suddenly, and unannounced, she made her \\'a1' into radio on one of the fi rst nationa ll y broadcast p rogra ms, I t was a Sunday night show ;, ponsored by one of the leading fi ve-cent weekli es, and it wasn't long before everyone was as king, " Who is the girl \\'jt h the m a n 'elous \'oi ce?" Almost any persi;, tent radi o li , tene r nOlI kno\\', a ll ahout Adele and th at ri ch, impressi \'c \'oice, hut fir st-timers , till a re im- pressed by her vel vety tones and diction, . Fo r the past t\\'o y~a r s she Ius been the seducti ve c, nd daring Wi/lil a Deerill g o f the Buch Rogers radio se ri es, and her Ouid voice st ill holds lis teners spellbound, Adele is just as gentle as her tones are appealing, She maintains their robust quality by tempered indulgence in riding, swimming and golf, but goes for the sedenta ry sports a bit a lso, She knits avidly and collects fi rst editions, Not even the no rmal liking fo r publicity will p rompt her to permit the usual stories about liking to cook, She abhors a kitchen a nd "is pointedly non-domestic. Her plan is eventually to open and operate an exclusive layette shop, She figures that her friendship with Walter Winchell will help her to get ad vance tips and steal a march on her competitors, Miss Ronson is fi ve feet, fi ve and one-half inches tall, weighs 11 6 pounds, has hair of a reddish-brown tinge, and birthday s e\'ery July 18, ROXY

O FAR no one has del'ised a dependable formula for lush living \\; thout toil­ but around l\\anhattJn there is a known way to court the lu xuries of life, It is S once to han worked diligently and loyall y for Sam'\.lel L. Rothafel (Roxy)­ to have pleased h il~l bv deed or gesture-and won hi s friendship, Withal that Roxy spends little more on himself than is needed fOI decent exist­ ence, he is knoll'n far and wide as Broadway's most notable ·s pendthrift. Ilis extral'agJnces arc lal'ished on his friends- not the panhandlers who haunt Gotham's streets and shadow the successful and the great-bllt those to whom he has become endeared b.v some di splav of loyalty or devotion, O ne of the beneficia ri es of hi s impu'se to return good in kind, was Ya scha Bunchuk, cellist. who stood bl' the impresario's side during the launching of one of hi s great New York en terprises. When el'il days fe ll upon the I'enture Bunchuk went over to the enemy, but any hint of desertion was di ss ipated in the brilliant li ght of recoll ectio n, and in the light of Roxy's o ffering on the altar of friendship. This was one of t he most expensive and beautiful watches obtain able at a fashionable jeweler's. It is reputed to hal'e cost $1,500. The quality exemplified is just one of the brill iant facets of a personality that has lifted the Stillwater. Minnesota, boy to a place in the theatrical sun. Ilis b ril­ liant showmanship is a development from his experiences in the entertain ment world, but hi s color is something inl'ested in him by nature, an d particularly typical of the beloved maestro. As is the case wi th most men who rise above the mediocre Roxy has a deep per­ ception of h uman nature and a thorough understanding of the problems and the normal distractions of those with whom he works. I n the throes of production he is .a demon at application--a Simon Legree dominating the slaves ' df the theater­ but once the task of the moment is over (and it isn' t over until his idea of perfec­ tion has been attained) he is the fi rst to sit down with hi s harassed minions and literall y cry with them OI'er their worn muscles, ther weary hearts and their uncer­ tain minds, I Ie's that way-first the driving force, then the haven ot co mfort for those whom he has pressed al!l10st beyond human endurance. And I'O U could not help 101'e a guy like that l I t is these phases of his winsome personality that he projects across the :lrr­ Il'al'es to reach into the hea rts of the privileged as well as the oppressed: the adult. the adolescent and the tots who haven't yet learned to discriminate between right and wrong. but who know without hesi tation Il'hat appeals to them, In the shadoll' of the repellent glay penitentia ry in his native town. Roxy might hal'e followed in his father's trade as a shoe merchant. But back in those middle eighties. as a small boy. he thrilled to any touch of the dramatic, abandoning sc hool and household chores to folloll' a brass b:md, and il1l'::rriably turning up as the in sti­ gator of those one-cent admissio:l shows which are an era in the life of el'ery normal youth, The family eventually migrated to Brooklyn, New York. and in 1900. when Samuel was IS years old. he signed on for a hitch in the J\'\ arine Corps, I lere hi s capacity for management won him continual promotions, and before he had con­ cluded hi s sel'en-year enlistment he had ri sen from the drea y pril'ate's status to the rank 0f Li eutenant Colonel. His later life has been marked by sudden changes from the heights to the depths. but no amount of calamity or disappointment ever has slowed down the dynamo of hi s faith . hi s boundless optimism or his irresistible personal magnetism. - :

ETHEL SHUTTA

TIIEI , SIIL ·TT.-\ (p n)J ~o l!n(eci th at 11"ilyl i, une 01 tho,e girl, wi~') will fight with a guy. m:lr r.\ him :1I1d then rei"Lhc to hattie him ,li~:Jin. She ,In d Band­ E leader George Olsen IUI'e thc reputation of hal'i nti attained ahsolute marital ,erenit\·. But it took a quarrel to Ihing them together.

I t was dU I"ing Ethel's Follie, day,;. She II':" doing a numher. :1 ill I Geu rge and !li, band were accompanists. "That guy mlht he gu: ng to the ra ce,." the hlonde so ng ­ stress co mplained to the imperturbable Flo: "Can't \'ou , lOll' him down tu my tempo?" "Can't you?" coun tered Zi!!gie. " 1 don't CI en knOll' him." ,he replied, but , he didn't let that hamper her.

She w:ly laid him after the shOll and a,ked him h(m he got tint \\:1)'. "Your time is ml' time." retorted the Sca ndil, al'iail hatoneer. "ohmil' knoll, if m not Rud\' \ 'alfee had any scouts around to record the co ncili :l torl' r·cp ly . 13ut the co n­ cessi'o n mu, t hal'e been mutu:J! because nenhcr noll' h:ls time for :Jnl'one cbc 5:II'e their two so ns, Charles. 8. and George Jr .. ;. . Perhaps prel'ious misacil'entures with marriages .h:ld taught hoth Ccorge and Ethel that adjusted tempos make for uIHllflltd nnrital ,ympl;oilic,. Bllt more likely their happiness rel'ob'es about th at sun shi:l\, per,onality tint has marked Ethel's climb to fame from a mos t humble beginning.

Il er ori gin wa s not humble in the se nse that it was ,;b,cure. I n fact it 11 ':1' prac­ ticall y a public el·ent. The ch ild of old troupers, she made her a(iI'cnt on th e , tage at th e ripe old age of three. She was a danci ng I'eteran at ,ix. :Iild had ,c:trcely passed the li sping age when she found so ng as her medium. It W :h th e origin al happy medium. She has been sin gin g and laughing her II'a)' thr o~lg h life ever sin ce. Or perhaps Ethel's variegated ca reer fi tted her for tht' life of a peacea ble bride. Success with her wa s a matter of accomplishment. She didn't ha vf! it thrust upon her. I n fact, all that \I'as ever thrust un her I\'as the need for making her wa.v . It was, in cidentall y, a co ld day upon which she was born-December I. Early struggles found her in Chi cago hoofi ng it a bit, smiling a lot. and sin gin g wh ereve r an un soi led doll ar beckoned. With blonde hai r that looks for all the wo rld as though it mi ght ha ve been caressed by th e bewi tched ha nel of I, ing 1\1 idas. she gathered in the shekels as she prepared herse lf for higher places. Theaters and clu bs kn ew her during the yea rs she spent in the Middle West. /\ nd she wa s a pret ty consistent winner at so ng contests fo stered by music publish­ ers; prettI'. anyway. Finally she turned on th at dazzl in g perso nali ty wh il e a vaude­ I'ille booker wa s in th e neighborhood. Came the dawn. and Ethel found herse l f back on l 3roadw~y , the Mecca of the performers; II'here th ey ei th er lV\ecca girl or BreK ka. Someone all the prowl mentioned to Flo Zieg feld that there II'as a singer at hand all rea dy for th e glorification bath . Ethel and the producer both plunged, and she took it with a splash heard 'round the worlel. So success ful wa s she that she over­ whelmed el'e n the sa ti ated Ziggie and he, fea ring her talents might be wasted, booked her into t\I'O of hi s productions at once. That brought about the Olse n in cid ent. Ethel is neither old nor young in years, but she is the quintesse nce uf youth in ma nnL'r and perso nality. She is svelte and lithe. and so fa r-as her perfection of line is co·lcemee!. ha s nel'e r heard of th e lam b chop and th e pil~app l e. Il er e\'es ,uggest el'cning in th e Blue Grotto. She is a , mart dresser. While making co ncessions to her coloring by respecting the creami est of the pastel shades, she isn 't afraid to I'enture forth In so meth:ng sG arlet. And can she II'ear it? Don't be silly' ROBERT SIMMONS OB I,iu ll ched hi s career under protest. Il is dad thou ght it Ilouid be a gralld idea if the lad beCJ me a n ~ e mb er of th e church choir in Fa irplay, .\\ issouri , B wherc he was born . Bob had other id eas- but they did n't COU llt. lie resor ted to sou r notes all,1 oti1el' youthful subterfuges to eso pe the chore, '\one al'ailed and he graduall y fo un d dil'ersio n in singing. So mu ch so th at he courageously enl isted as a wo rk er in th e Dakota wheat fields to earn sufli ciellt monel' for hi s tu ition at the Boston Conse n 'atory of :v\ usic. ' During hi s fi rst term, teach ers rega rded him as the fair-h ai red boy among the pup il s, and insti ll ed in hilll the ambition to trek to Eu rope fo r co ncert and operJtlc training, , , By the perform ance of menia l tas ks of va rious kinds he fin all y ea rn ed sufli cient money to take him to Be rl in , , , The co nce rt stage J nd opera int rig ued rhe fancy or the youthful Sim mons at thi s time. and artists and teac hers Jss ured him th at it Il'as in this particul ar fi eld th at he would fin d fa ill e and fortunc , , , I ~ adi o at that pa rti cul ;lr time lI' as held in co ntempt by stars 'of the stage and opera, Si mm ons encou ntered ju st one excep ti on to the ru ic- Ric hard Croo ks, Croo ks too k a fan cy to th e ambitious Mi sso urian, and co nfid entially sugge sted that radio lV as predestined to a fT er a lu crJti ve future, Simmon, I\' as impressed Jnd upon hi s return to Am crica we nt di red to NBC II'h erc he made applicJ ti ons for an audition, lie hJ ci bc en inform cd that it wa s lutile to audition for anyone but th e program director, and when he drew an assistant fo r an audi ence he gal'e :1 half­ hearted performance,

,\ \uch to hi s surprisc he Ila, offered a contract and it ;IS been a featured artist on ~13C el'e r sinc c, lie has been heard with man y programs and is (linently heard as top tenor of th ~ Rel'el ers and as sol oist with Jess ica Dragonette, Simmons is unmarried, Claims that just wh en he thi nks he has dis coI'ered th e ideal7 - II'oman , along comes another just a wee bit more so, He birthdays Septemher -) ,

lie lI as tll'O pronoun ce d al'crsion s artists wh " 5: n:-; t h ~: r (h,n praise" :111(1 loud c!othcs lias nel'cr lost that streak of boy hood bashfulness, and thinks that pcople II'ho tell him that he hJS a grand I' oice arc either kidding or are ahout to sell him somcthing Oll'ns a place in th e co untry at COI'Il\I'al l-O :l-The-lludson , and plays po lo with th e mayo r of the tOll'n , , Goes in for horses and wire-haired fox terriers, and ha s thc reputation of being one of the best tree choppcrs in Orange County, ,

II JS a horror of b.

KATE SMITH

ATE S,\ I I"I"II , the songbird of the South, celebratcd her ~6th birthday ( May, 19J.+ i, and in starting her sewnd quartcr-century s h~ declared that she intends K to go c\'en further than heretofore in show business, Kate has been singing ever sin ce she \\'as a baby although she did not become a professional until nine yc:n s ago, Shc never practised, never had a le sson, but that enorillous chest and lungs of hers prO\'ided from the start a \'oice of unusual power and s\\'cetness,

I(ate is fi\'e fect ni ne inches tall , and weighs well o\'er ~OO pounds, J ust how much more, is a matter o f conjecture, beca use the prcss and public Il ever has been Ict in on that secret. Likc most stoutish people, Kate is foreve r in a good humor. She \\'as christened Kathryn Elizabeth, and always called Kathryn until a show manager cut it do\\'n to Kate to save electri c light bulbs on the Illarquee

Iler fair hair is permanently waved, She \\'cars tortoi,e shell rc , t gl :b ses awa\' f rom the stage, I ler eyes a re Sill a ll , her teeth lo\'ely an,d wh ite, She owns se\'ell dif­ ferent kinds of tooth-brushes, one for each da\' of thc week , Thcy are kept in a sterilize r in her bathroom.'

Kate's father was a doctor. The fami ly expected her to be ~l nurse, Shc was in training for two years in a Washington Ilospital. When she sa ng for the patients at one of the hospital benefits, Eddie Dowling, the actor-producc r, heard her, He went wildly enthusiastic about her \'oice and put her in his show, "I loneymoon Lanc," She clicked, Kate doesn't believe in earl\' marriages, That 's why she's single, Ea rl y mJr­ riages fill the di\'o rce courts, she says, Her life's ambition is to own a housc com­ plete with a piano, electri c ice-box, garden, husband and a few kids, ' • She keeps regular hours, getting into bed eve ry night by two and slecpi ng eight hours-lying on her stom ach, I n Winter she wears satin nighties, but during the su ltry Summers she leaves everything off, That's why she usually comes do\\'n with a Su mmer cold, she says, I( ate hites he r fingcr-nail s, adores frosted chocolatcs, and ne\'er eats grecn vege­ tables or fish, She's never tasted I iquor nor sllloked, ror rel axati on ,he goes to ball games a nd p ri ze fights, She plays tennis, despite her \\'eight- and lo\'cs it. Backgammon also is an cn thusiasm of hers; she finds the g:l llle more suitablc to her. She dri\'es her own ca r, and swi ms, Kate de\'eloped t he fan-mail busin ess to a science, She was one o r the first r:ldio stars to encourage it by making public com ments concerning t he rcquests se nt her. She gets thousands of letters, a nd reads them all. She is \'en' sincere, Always ,he means every \\'ord she says o\'er the mike, '

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LAWRENCE TIBBETT ill RTY yea rs ago a barefoot boy, all ears a nd legs, peddled newspapers and wa nted to grow strong and husky to s~ l .c:cee d hi s fathe r as the She nlT ot Kern T County, Cali fo rnia. l oday, Lawrence Ilbbett- no longer barcffoot o r ga n g li ~g - is t he hi ghest paid singc r on or ofT the ai r. He alone is eminen(tly successful III the fO llr fi elds, opera, conce rt, radio and the mO\·ies. And today hi s d ream is to bring m usic to all Americans a nd sing it so that they can understand it. l ie wants peopl e to hear music a nd cnjoy ~ t , so that t hey \\'ill not th ink o f it as a "thing apa rt" o r as something to be giggled bout. Yea rs ago, whcn the doctor sent him to the country because of wea k IU:lg S. it ne\'cr en tc red hi s head that some day girls woul d be threatening; t.o fall1 t at hi s rec ita ls if he didn' t answe r thci r letters. Nor did he have any suclll Id eas when he was just a plai n "gob," sc ru bbing t he decks of a navy shi p. Almost sin ce his seventh ycar-and the m urde r o f his fa the r. thc Sherin', by cattl e thie\'cs- Larry Tibbett has shifted for himself. He got t he ic!lea of becomll1 g an actor fro m watching cowboys put on their own entertainment. aI e began help­ ing in am ateur theatricals. When the war came, he tu rned down the jDb of Y.M .CA. entertain er to join the Naval Reserve, and the A rmistice fo und him

La rry beats time with hi s left foot wh ile singing. l ie 10\'Cs to disc uss the philo­ s0phy of a rt and enjoys inform al dehates on any subjec t. O ften he sings to his baby, Michael, who looks like hi s daddy and has ;J good pai r of lu ngs himseli.

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RUDY VALLEE N THE 34 years that have elapsed since R udy Va llre's firs t croon, which was mis­ taken by kmd neighbors for the angu ished cry of ill new-born babe, he constantly •I has been Llnder microscopes. Il is career began a ll July 28, 1901. Like everyone, Rudy would do anything else SOlD ner t h an what he's paid for doing. With Rudy it's ~1O,OOO.OO a week, by t he way . He'd rather swing on a flying trapeze than sing about it. Instead of being a ladies' man he'd prefer to be a tough egg. His first sweetheart, when he was a kid in Maine, had the name of Mabel Croker. One day she kissed him in front of a bunch of ki ds. The kids laughed. Rudy had his first fight tllen. He polished off al l of them scierrt ifically. Since then he has been jumping fro m stages to pun ch hecklers on the nose, and even has threatened to beat up a newspaperman for wni ting something he didn't like. The crooner is only too conscious of the fact tl'I at most men regard him as something dainty. He wants to impress the world !th at t h at appraisal of him is wrong. Therefore he swears at every opportunity ; mentions his many loves and conquests; tells what a tough guy he is. But really at /leart he isn't tough. He's just the little Hubert Vallee who was babied by a n over-indulgent mother. Rudy's beautiful, wavy, sandy hai r has been getting darker within the past few months. He has been applying too much grease in ;nn effort to get the wave out. He hates the wave. He'd sooner have severe straight hair, even if it meant losing half of his feminine audience; for the first gasp emitted by excited shop girls when they see him is "Ooh, just look at that lovely, divine hair." The crooner is a good subject for a M I KEroscope, because he likes to talk about himself, but he shies away from one thing. That is his unhappy marriage to Fay Webb. He is still in love with her. Or was. Rudy lives in a six-room apartment. The walls o f his bedroom are dark blue in orde'r not to interfere with his sleep. T here is a radio in every room, and. phonographs in the living room and dining room. Most of his records are by Rudy Vallee, whom he greatly admires. His main fad is motion pictures. He takes pictures wherever he goes. He also likes opera, but never gets a chance to go to it. He makes no pretense at being highbrow, and confines his reading to Western, mystery drama and crime stories. Rudy takes his fan mail seriously and regards it as sacred, gets anonymous let­ ters asking him to signal on the radio. Some persons write and ask for an old, worn­ out saxophone. These correspondents do not know that saxophones cost $500, and that Rudy Vallee was born in Vermont and raised in Maine; he has all the frugality that usually goes with the New Englander. He takes life hard and does only those things which are good for him; eats only what food faddists say shoul.d be eaten, smokes only infrequently, and seldom drinks; conserves his voice before an important broadcast by refusing to talk. But always he will swear if he's rubbed the wrong way. He tries to give the impression he prefers all kinds of lassies, but in truth he's only attracted to small, exotic looking brunets with big, black eyes. Alice Faye was the only exceptIOn. He tries to get to bed by 3 a. m., but usually is up much later. At noon he arises and eats a hurried breakfast while Manuel, his butler, helps him dress. Always he takes an active interest in the management of his persoml establishment; keeps the key for the liquor closet, in which there are a thousand. choice bottles, in his own pocket. He's methodical and painstaking in his work. Has a real executive mind; he wants some day to be an executive. Has occasional headaches because he is too vain to wear glasses. But he never coI,lplains. He '~ Spartan-like. Rudy would like to settle down and raise a family.

======;;;:;=====Page 102======;;:; CHARLES WINNINGER H,\lZLES \v1\:N INGER has been connected so long \\'ith sholl' boats, either real or mythical, that a utoma tically he is accepted , as a So utherner. The C vcry name, Sholl' Boat, , uggests the turbid MI ssIssIPPI and, sa\'e to the ma n." who abide' nea r its sho res, the father of Waters doesn't .;eem to exi st no rth of the .I\l ason and Dixon line,

But it is a fact that Winninger was born ivlay 28, 188-1. in Black Creek, \\'is­ consin , He had hi s fir st show boat expe rience \\'hen he joined t he personnel of the Cotton I3l 0sso lll , historic noating theater, at Keokuk, 100\'a, C harles' a mazingl\' \'aried theatri ~ al experiences date back to the overtIHO\\' of another tradition, lie did not seek the stage in violation of parental mandates, Rather he was literally pushed into the theater by hi s father- ordered forth with his four brothers from the \\'ings to do a good job-or else, fran z Winni nger, their dad, had that militaristic bent which is peculiarly Teutonic-so the boys did a good job, They knew too well the cost of fai lure, Oddly enough, this Spartan sire \\'a s not di rectly of the theater himself. He was a musician and an orchestra leader, but he had been in and around the theater so much that he eventually absol'bed its innuence, Finally he became manager of an Ashland, Wisconsin, showhouse, It \\'as there he l:llInched his training system on hi s children,

He organized his five sons into a \'ariety troupe and demanded of them that they be able to reproduce capably any act which played the theater, be it musical, gymnastic or dramatic, I t was a big order, but it made for versatility in his children.

That accounts for one phase of C harles Winninger's career when he was one of the mo'st notable mimics on the stage- and found it difficu lt to obtain a role which did not call for imitations of reigning stars, His first really·sensational suc­ cess in this line came through hi s black-faced imitation of Leo D itrichstein , in The Great Lover. That was in 19 16, and followed Charles' desertion of the fa!l1ily theatrical ventures and his experiences as a rambler of the ri\'ers, From that year on it \\'as just a series of successes in notable musicial comedies -a career which culminated in his riotous achiel'ements in the bright-starred pro­ duction, Show Boat, the musical pageant built upon Edna Ferber's best sel ler of the same name, This production \\'as hi s stepping-stone to the air, as Capt, Henry in the radio version of Showboat. ,\nd just by way of srressing his well rounded career it might be \I'ell to mention that back in' the days \\'hen motion pictures were in their formatil'e stage, Winninger Il'as earning 1>500 a Il'eek with a film company which also featured Charles Meighan and Raymond Griffith, ' From a standpoint or' height Winninger is small. as men go, He is fil 'e feet six in ches tall but inclines toward girth, He weighs 175 pounds, Although he already has passed the half century m ark, his ruddy face with its sih'er halo and gleaming blue eyes smacks of youth,

He is a natural enemy of all clay pigeons, J ust the sight of one on the wing arouses hi s phobia, He seizes hi s fJI'orite shotgun and in a moment the air is filled with nying bits of vitrified mud, On one (\f his orgies in connection with a N, y, Athletic Club tournament he destroyed 1.890 out 01 a possible 2,000 of the \\'hirling targets,

His second "great weakness" is motoring, a pleasure he plans to indulge f reely Il'hen he has reached retirement stage, Then he will maintain a ranch in California a,nd a city home in \:ell' York. dri ving between them as often as the impulse mOl'es him,

- TONYWONS

All men rate t he same with me, The Wise, t he fool , the slave, t he free; Fo r no man on this earth does know" What ma de him t hus, another so. -TONY WONS

N THAT little verse Tony Wons bares his soul. I t's the only poem he ever wrote; he who reads 'em by the thousands! Each line tells a tale about the character I of Tolerant Tony. First, "all men rate the same" with this beardless philosopher, because Tony has been all men. Born into a poor-proud family in Menasha, Wisconsin, on Decem­ ber 25 , 1891, he quit school at thirteen. When luckier kids are in high school, book­ loving Tony wandered, worked and read. He made chairs, labored in factories, mills. foundries, grocery and butcher shops. He was a cowpuncher in Phoenix, Arizona. Nights he read, taught himself musi c, later played traps in an orchestra. Scrimping through business school, he graduated to the white collar c1ass­ became an expert accountant, then a salesman-worked through college-turned ac­ tor! Then the war brought Tony glory-shrapnel wounds-months in the hospital. There he read endlessly, made his first scrapbook and learned to think. That shrap­ nel burst was a break-in more ways than one. He thought of the men he had known; wise, fools, slaves, free souls. Gradually it dawned upon him that every man is a little bit of each-that he, himself, was "wise . . . fool ... slave .. . free." No man to whom that truth has been revealed can thenceforward idolize or despise any man. That's the secret of Tony's philosophy. Sustained by this discovery, Tony broke into radio-new then-and did about everything. He put on an entire Shakespearean play-singlehanded! He wrote continuities, plays-directed, acted, announced, read crop reports. Finally he coaxed Chicago's WLS to air his Scrapbook. Every Wons enthusiast knows the rest ; an entertainment-seeking public loved it. Strange and lovable is the man behind the microphone voice of Tony Wons. To his friends a good fellow and boon companion, he is constantly at war within himself-always questioning, seeking. Student and thinker, he loves to work with his hands-especially building boats. Utterly fearless, he faddishly drinks a pint and a half of orange juice daily, to fend off colds. He is physically frail, yet hap­ pily at home in a factory, and he likes the camaraderie that exists among men who can do a good job well around machines. He is a lover of humanity; his pet hobby is taking care of stray animals. carrying sick ones to veterinaries. Ye t this lov~ of an imals didn't prevent him from being an excellent butcher, back in his Wisconsin days. His skilled machinist's hands play excellent violin music, and once when he was a baker for a month, housewives raved over his lemon pies. He loves solitude­ despite the fact that his chief study is mankind, and that he is married and father of a fourteen-year-old daughter. And he's a wow on a party. Sometimes he pretends to be hard boiled. But that's only because he's terribly sensitive. This teacher of tolerance shrinks wheT'} highbrows gibe at his stuff as bunk. When they panned his ingratiating: "Are yuh lisfenin', huh?" poor Tony suffered in soul. If only he realized that the sophisticates who sneer at him are the very ones who most need his gospel of kindness, he'd feel better. But Tony can't be cocksure about anything. You see, he has learned that " ... no man on this earth does know what makes him thus, another so." - - Call Ki :o­ Call Kilo­ Letters Location Watts cycles Letters Location Watts cycles BROADCASTING STATIONS KOB Albuquerque, N. Mex. 10,000 11 80 KWTO Springfield, :VIa. 1,000 560 KOH Reno, Nevada 500 1380 KWYO Sh eridan, "V yoming 100 1370 KOIL Oma ha, Neb. 2,500 1260 KXA Seattle, Wash. 500 760 OF THE UNITED STATES KOIN Portland, Oregon 5,000 940 KXL P ortland. Oregon 100 1420 (Arranged Alphabetically by Call Letters) KOL Seattle, Was h. 2,500 1270 KXO EI Centro, Ca li f. 100 1500 KXRO Aberde"n, Wash. Call Kilo- Call KOMA Oklahoma City, Okla. 5,000 1480 100 1310 Kilo- KXYZ Houston, Texas Letters Location Watts cyc le s Letters KOMO Seattle, Was h. 1,000 920 1,000 1440 Location Watts cycl es KONO San Antonio, Texas 100 1370 KYA San Fra ncisco, Calif. 1,000 1230 KA BC S'an Antonio, Texas 100 1420 KGCU KA BN M an ~ an, N. Dak. 250 1240 KOOS Marshfield , Oregon 250 1200 KYW Phjladelphi a, Pa. 10,000 1020 Aberdeen, S. Dak. 100 1420 KGCX Wolf Point, Mont. KA DA 250 1310 KORE Eugene, Oregon 100 1420 'wAAB Boston, Mass. 500 1410 Ad a, Okl ahom a 100 1200 KGDE Fergus Fall s, Minn. Pin e Bluff, Ark. 100 1500 WAAF Chi cago, III. 500 920 KAL E Portland, Oregon 250 1200 KOTN 500 1300 KGDM Stockton, Calif. Phocn:x, Ariz. 1,000 1390 Wf).AT J ersey City, N. J, 500 940 KA RK Little Hoc k, Ark . 250 1100 KOY 500 890 KGDY Huron, S. Dak. 250 1340 KPCB Seattle, Wash. 100 710 WAAW Omaha, Ne br. 500 660 KAS A Elk City, Ok lahom a 100 1210 KGEK Sterling, Co lo. KBTM 100 1200 KPJ M Prescott, Ariz. 100 1500 WABC New York, N. Y. 50, 000 860 Jonesboro, Ark. 100 1200 KGER Long Beach, Calif. KCMC 1,000 1360 KP O San Francisco, Cali f. 50,000 680 WABI Bangor, :VI e. 100 1200 Tex a rk ana, Ark.·Texas 100 1420 KGEZ Kali spe ll, Mont. 100 1310 KP OF Denver, Co lor ado 500 880 WABY Albany, 11:. Y. 100 1370 KCRC Enid, Okl a. 250 1370 KG FF Shaw nee, Okl a. KCR J 100 1420 KP PC P3S ade na, Cali f. 50 1210 WACO \\faco, T ex as 100 1420 J er ome. Arizona 100 1310 KGFG Oklahoma City, Okla. WADC KDB 100 1370 KPQ Wen atchee, Wash. 250 1500 Akron, Ohi o 2,500 1320 Sa nta Barbara, Cali f. 100 1500 KGFI Co rpus Chris ti , Texas WAGF KDFN 250 1500 KPRC HOll ston . Texas 5,OCO 920 Dothan, Al a. 100 1370 Casper, Wyo ming 500 1440 KGFJ Los Angeles, Calif. WAGM Pre squ e Isle, :lI e. KDKA 100 1200 KQV Pittsburgh, Pa. 500 1380 100 1420 Pittsburgh, Pa. 50,000 980 KGFK Moorhead, Min n. WAIU Columbus, Ohi o KDLR 100 1500 KQW San J ose, Calif. 1,000 1010 500 640 Devil s Lake, :-I. Dak. 100 1210 KG FW Kearney, Nebr. 100 131 0 WALA :Vlobile, Al a. 1,000 1380 KDYL Salt Lake City, Utah KR E Berkele.,·. Ca· if. 100 1370 1,000 1290 KGG C San Francisco, Calif. 100 1420 Santa An a, Cali f. 100 1500 WALR 7.a nesyill e. Ohi o 100 1210 KECA Los Angeles, Calif. KREG 1,000 1430 KGGF Coff eyv ille, Kans. 1,000 1010 KRGV \Ve slaco ,. Texas 500 1260 WAML Laurel, ;\!Iiss. 100 1310 KERN Bakersfi eld, Calif. 100 1370 KGGM Albuquerqu e, N. Mex. WAPI KEX 500 1230 KRKD Los An geles, Calif. 1,000 1120 Birmingh am . Al a. Portland, Oregon 5,000 1180 KG H F Pucblo, Colo. 500 1320 WARD Broo kl yn, l\. Y: 5, ~ Uci~ KFAB Lincoln, Nebrask a KRKO E" erett, IV as h. 50 1370 5,000 770 KGHI Li ttle Ro ck, Ark. 250 1200 WASH Grand R apids, :\lich. KFAC Los Angeles, Calif. KRLC Lewi ston , Idah o 100 1420 500 1270 1,000 1300 KG H L Bill ings, Mont. 2, 500 780 WATR \\'aler bury, Co nn. KFBB Gr ea t Fall s, :l1 0nl. KRLD Dalb.s, Texas 10,000 1040 100 1190 2,500 1280 KGIR Butte, Mont. 5,000 1360 ::: h re\" eport, La. 100 1310 WAVE Louis \'ill e, K entuck\' 1,000 940 KFBI Abilene, K ansas K RMD 5,000 1050 KGIW Al amosa, Colo. 100 1420 Des \Joines, 10\\" {1 WAWZ Za rephath, ;\. J . . KFBK Sacral1len to, Cali f. KRNT 1,000 1320 1,000 1350 100 1310 KGKB Tyler, Texas 100 1500 WAZL Hazelton , Pa. 100 1420 KFDM Beaumont, Texas K ROW Oakl and, Ca li f. 1,000 930 1,000 560 KG KL San Angelo. Texas 100 1370 Seat tie, Was h. 100 1130 WBAA IV est Lafa"ette, Ind. 500 1400 KFDY Brooki ngs. S. Dak. KRSC 1,000 780 KGKO IVichita Fall s. Texas 1,000 570 l\ l anh attan, K ansas WBA L Baltimore,' ~ I d. 10,000 1060 KFEL Denv er, Co lorado KS AC 1,000 580 500 920 KGKY Scottsbluff, ~ e b r . 100 1500 C.\ ! ~ o kc ) KFEQ 5t. Joseph , Mo. KSC J Sioux City, Iowa 2,500 1330 oper ate" on 760 2,500 680 KGNF North Platte, 'iebr. 1,000 143 0 Ft. \Y onh, Texas KFGQ Boone. Ion'a KSD Sl. Loui" :11 0. 1,000 550 WBAP 50,000 800 100 1310 KGNO Dodge City, Ka ns. 250 1340 500 890 \Yil kes- Barre, Pa. 100 1210 KFH \Vichita, K ansas KSEI Pocatell o. Iel aho WBA X 1,000 1300 KGO San Francisco, Ca lif. 7,500 790 KS L Sa lt Lake Cit)', Uta h 50,000 11 30 WBBC Brooklyn, :\. Y. 5eo 1 ' 0:1 KFI Los Angeles, Ca li f. 50,000 640 KGRS Amarillo, Texas · ... KFIO 2,500 141 0 f(S LM Salem, Oregon 100 1370 WBBL Ri chmond, Y ~l. 100 1210 Spokane, Was hington 100 1120 KGVO \1issoul a, \'I ont. 100 1200 KFIZ Fond Du Lac. Wi s. KSO Des \ioines, Iowa 500 1430 WBBM Ch i ca~o, I II. 50,000 770 100 1420 KGW Portland, Cregon 1.000 620 2,500 111 0 Brook lyn, :\. Y. KFJB ::VIarsh alltown ." Iowa KSOO Si oux Fall s, S. Dal< . WBBR 1,000 1300 250 1200 KGY Olympia, Washington 100 1210 KSTP St. P au l, i'l Iinn. 25,000 1460 WBBZ 1' 0>1",' Cit,·. Ok la. 100 1208 KFJI Klamath Fall s, Oregon 100 1210 KHJ KFJM Los 1\ ll1 Yo rk. Nebras ka 2.500 930 KOAC Co n 'ali s, Ore!!. 1,000 550

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BY FREQUENCY OR WAVE-LENGTH DIAL SETTI:r-I G ...... DIAL SETTING ...... 670 447.S WMAQ Chicago, Ill. 5,000 800 374.8 WBAP Fort Worth, Tex. 50,000 800 374.8 WFAA Dall as. Tex. 50 ,000 Kilo- Me- Call Kilo- Me- Call 800 374.8 WTBO Cumberland, Md. 250 cycles ters Letters Locatien Watts cycles ters cetters Lo cation Watts DIAL SETTI~G ...... 680 440.9 KFEQ 51. J oseph. :11 o. 2.5"'') DIAL SETTING ...... DIAL SETTING ...... DIA L SETTIX G ...... 680 440.9 KPO San Francisco, Calif. SO,OOO 590 508.2 KHQ Spokane, Wa sIl. 2,500 680 440.9 WPTF Ralei gh,:-<. C. 5.0:0 . 810 370.2 WCCO Minn eapol is, Minll. 50.000 550 545.1 KFUO St. Lou is, ~I o . 1.000 810 370.2 WNYC I\'e\\' York. :-<. Y. 500 550545.1 KFYR Bi smarck, \. Dak. 5,OOG 590 508 .2 WEE I Boston, ~I ass. 1,000 550 545.1 KOAC COI"\'a lli s, Oreg. 1,000 590 508.2 WKZO Kalam azoo. Mich . 1,000 590 508.2 WOW Omaha, ~ebr. 1,000 550 545.1 KSD St. Louis, ~I o. LODe DIAL SETTING ...... 550 545.1 KTSA San Antoni o. Tcx 5.000 690 434. 5 NAA Arlin gton. Va. 1.000 DIAL SETTING ...... 550 545.1 WDEV \Vaterburv. Vt. SOD 820 36S.6 WHAS Louis,·ille. Ky. 50,000 550545.1 WGR Buffalo, N. Y. 1,000 550 545.1 WKRC Cincinnati. Ohio 1.000 DIAL SETTING ...... 550545.1 WSVA Stanton. \'a. 500 600 499.7 KFSD San [)i ~o, Ca li f. 1,000 DIAL SETTING ...... 600 499.7 WCA C Storrs, Conn . 500 700 428.3 WLW Cincinnati. Ohio 500.0GO DIAL SETTING ...... 600 499.7 WCAO Baltim ore, Md. 1,000 830 361.2 KOA Der"'er, Co lo. SO,OOO 600 499.7 WICC Bridgeport. Conn. 1.000 830 361.2 WEEU Reading. Pa. 1,000 DIAL SETTING ...... 830 361.2 WH DH Boston. ~Iass. 1,000 600 499.7 WMT Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2.500 DIAL SETTING ... . _. 560 535.4 KFDM Beaumont. Texas 1.000 600 499.7 WRE C Memphi s, Tenn. 2.50::; 830 361.2 WRUF Gain es\·ille. Fl a. 5,000 560 535.4 KLZ Dell\·er. Colorado 1,000 710 422.3 KMPC Beverly Hill s, Calif. 500 560 535.4 KTAB San Francisco, Cal if. 1,000 710 422.3 KPCB Seatt:e. Wash. 250 710 422.3 WOR Newark, N. J. 50,000 560 535.4 KWTO Sprindield , Mo. 1.000 DL\L SETTING ...... 560 535.4 WFIL Philadelphia, Pa. 1.000 850 3152.7 KIEV Glend ale . Calif. 250 560 535.4 WIN D Gary, Ind. 2,500 DIAL SETTI~G ...... 610 491.5 KFRC San Francisco, Calif. 5,000 850 3'52.7 WESG Elmira. '(. Y. 1,000 560 534.4 WNOX Knoxville, Tenn. 2.000 DIAL SETTING ...... 850 352.7 WWL New Orleans, La. 10,000 560 535.4 WQAM Miami. Fl a. 1.000 610 491.5 WDA F Kansas City, ~1 o . 5,000 610 491.S WIP Philadelphia. Pa. l,OOG 720 416.4 WGN Chicago. III. 50.000 850 352.7 WWPA Carion. Pa. 250 610 491.5 WJAV Cleveland. Ohio sea DUL SETTING ...... DIAL SETTIXG ...... DIAL SETTING ..... : 570 526.0 KG KO \richita Falls, Tex. 1,000 740 405.2 KMMJ CIa,' Center. '(ebr. 1.000 860 348.6 WABC \ew York, '(. Y. 58.0CO 570 526.0 KMTR Hollywood, Calif. 1,COO DIAL SETTIXG ...... 740 405.2 KTR B \lo~lesto, ·Calif. 250 860 348.6 WH B Kansas City, ~Io. 1,000 570 526.0 KVI Tacoma, Wash . 1, COO 740405.2 WHEB Portsmouth, ~. H. 250 570526.0 WKBN Youngstown, Ohio 620 483 .6 KGW Portland, Oregon 5,000 SOD 620 483.6 KTAR Phoenix. Ariz. 740 405.2 WSB Atlanta, Ga. 50 .GO] 570 526.0 WMCA '(ew York, '(. Y. 500 1.000 570 526.0 WNAX Yankton. S. Dak. 620 483.6 WFLA Clearwater, Fla. S,OOO 2.500 620 483.6 WHJ B Greensburf!. Pa. DIAL SETTING ...... 570 526.0 WOSU Co lumbus, Ohio 1,000 250 870 344.6 WEN R Chicago. III. 50,000 570 526.0 WSY R Syracuse. '(. Y. 620 483.6 WLBZ Ban£or, ~Ie . 1,000 DIAL SETTIXG ...... 250 620 483.6 WSUflI St. Peler;burf!. Fla. 5,000 .870 344.6 WLS Chicago. III. 50.080 570 526.0 WSYU Syracuse, N. Y. 250 750 399.8 WJ R Detroit. ~J:ch. 10,000 620 483.6 WTMJ ~Iilwaukee. \\'is. 570 526 a WWN C Asheville, '(. C. 1,000 S,OOO DlA L SETTI:r-I G ...... DIAL SETTING ...... 760 394.5 KXA Seattle, \\· ash. 500 880 340.7 KFKA Greele,·. Colo. 1.000 DIA L SETTIN G ...... DIAL SETTING ...... 760 394.5 WEW SI. Louis. "0. 1.000 880 340.7 KLX Oakland, Cali f. 1,000 580 516.9 KMJ Fresno, Calif. 1.0:0 630 475.9 KFRU Columbia, ~I o. 1,000 760 394.5 WJZ '(ew York, ~. Y. 50,000 880 340.7 KPOF Dell\w. Colo. 500 580 516.9 KSAC ~!Jnhattan, Kans. 1,0~0 630 475.9 KG FX Pierre, S. Dak. 200 880 340.7 WCOC Meridian, ~Ii ss. 1.000 580 516.9 WCHS Cha rleston. \\' . Va. 1.000 630 47S.9 WGBF Evans"ille, Ind . 500 880 340.7 WGBI Scranton, Pa. 500 580 516.9 WDBO Orlal";o. Fl a. 1,000 630 475 .9 WMAL Was hi ngton, D. C. 500 DIAL SETTING ...... 880 340.7 WPH R Petersburg, Va. 500 580 516.9 WIBW Topek a, Kansas 5,000 630 475.9 WOS J efferson City. ~I o. 500 770 389.4 KFAB Li ncoln, Xebr. 5.000 880 340.7 WQAN Scranton, Pa. 250 580 516.9 WTAG Worcester, Mass. 500 630 475.9 WPRO Providence. R. I. 250 770 389.4 WBBM Chicago, Ill. SO,OOO 880 340.7 WSUI Iowa City. Iowa 1.000

======;;;;==~ Page 112 ======;;;;=====;;;- Kilo- Me- Call Watts Kilo- Me- Call Loc ation Watts cycles ters Letters Loc ation Kilo- Me- Call Kilo- Me- Call cy cles ters Letters 100 cyc les ters Letters Lo cation Watt, cycles ters Letters location Watts 1200 249.9 KMLB Mon roe. La. 1200 249.9 KOOS Marshfield, Orcg . 250 1200 249.9 KSUN Bisbee, A riz. 100 DIAL SETTING ...... 1200 249.9 KVOS Bell ingham. \\' ,,,h. 100 DIAL SETTING ...... DIAL SETTING ...... 1200 249.9 KWG Stockton, Calif. 100 11 10 270.1 KSOO Sioux Fall s, ,5. Dak. ~ '. 6~ 100 890 336.9 KARK Little Rock , Ark . 500 990 302.8 WBZ Boston. Mass. 50.000 )110 270.1 WRVA Ric hmo nd. \ a. 1200 249.9 WABI · B an~or. l\ Ic. 890 336.9 KFN F Shenandoah, Iowa 1,000 990 302.8 W BZA Springfield, Mass. 1,000 1200 249.9 WBBZ POll ca Cit". Okl a. 100 890 336.9 KSEI Poc atell o, Idaho 500 1200 249.9 WBHS ll ullts\'i ll c. Ala. 100 890 336.9 KUSD Vermilli on. S. D. 500 1200 249.9 W,!3NO C\ e\\' Orleans. La. IOC 890 336.9 WBAA West Lafaye tte, Ind. 1,000 DIAL SETTING ...... 1200 249.9 WCAT Rapid City, S. Dak. 100 120 267 .7 KFiO Spokane. Wa,h . . IOC Burlington, Vt. 100 890 336.9 WGST Atlanta, Ga. 1,000 DIAL SETTING ...... 1,000 1200 249.9 WCAX \ 120 267 .7 KFSG Los Angeles, Cahf. J anes \'illc. " ·i ... . 100 890 336.9 WILL Urbana, Ill. 1,000 1000 299.8 KFVD Los Angeles, Calif. 250 1,000 1200 249.9 WCLO 890 336.9 WJAR Pro vidence, R. I. 500 1000 299.8 WHO Des Moines, Ia. 50,000 1120 267.7 KRKD Los Ange l ~s, Cahf. 1200 249.9 WFAM Suut h Bend. I nd. 100 1120 267.7 KRSC Sea ttle. II a

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Ark . lCO 1370 21 8.8 WIBM J ac kson, Mich. 2'50 1220 245.8 KWSC Pullman, Was h. 2,eOO 1290 232.4 WEBC Su·perior, Wis. 2,500 1370 21 8.8 WATL Atlant a, Ga. 100 1220 245.8 WCAD Canton, New York 5eO 1290 232 .4 WJAS Pittsburgh, Pa. 2,500 1370 21 8.8 WLLH Lowell , Mass. 250 1220 245.8 WCAE Pittsbu rgh. Pa. 1.000 1290 232.4 WNBZ Saranac Lake, N. Y. 100 DIA L SETTIN G ...... 1370 21 8.8 WMBR J ac ksonvill e. Fl a. 100 1220 245.8 WDAE Tampa, F'l a. 2.500 1330 225.4 KG B San Diego, Calif. 1,000 1370 21 8.8 WMFD \Vilmington, N. C. 100 1220 245.8 WREN Lawrence, Kans. 5,000 1330 225.4 KMO Taco ma. Wash. 250 1370 218.8 WOC Davenport. Iowa 100 DIAL SETTING . . __ . _ 1330 225.4 KSCJ Sioux City, Iow a 2,500 1370 21 8.8 WPFB Hatties burg, Miss. 100 100 1300 230.6 KALE Portland. Orego n 500 1330 225.4 KTRH Houston, Texa 2.500 137() 218.8 WQDM SI. Albans, Vt . 1,000 1330 225.4 WD RC Hartford, Conn . 2,500 1370 218.8 WRAK Willi amsport. Pa. 100 1300 230.6 KFAC Los Angeles, Calif. 100 DIAL SETTING ...... 1300 230.6 KFH Wi chi ta. Kans. 1.000 1330 225 .4 WSAI Cincinnati, Oh io 2,500 1370 218.8 WRDO Au gusla. Me. 1230 243.8 KGGM Al buqu erque, N. M. 500 1330 225.4 WTAQ Eau Claire. Wi ,. 1.000 1370 218.8 WRJN Racine. \Vi s. 100 1300 230.6 KFJ R Portland, Oregon 500 SO 1230 243 .8 KYA Sa n Francisco, Calif. 1,000 1300 230.6 WBBR Brook lyn, N. Y. 1.000 1370 218.8 WSVS Buffalo, ?\ . Y. 1230 243 .8 WFBM Indianapo li s. In d. 1.000 1300 230.6 WEVD New Yor k, N Y. 1.000 1230 243.8 WNAC Bos to n. Mass. 1.000 1300 230.6 WFAB New York. N. Y. 1,000 D1A L SETTIN G ...... 1300 230.6 WFBC Greenville, S. C. 5,000 1340 223.7 KF PY Spokane, Wash. 1,000 DIAL SETTING ...... 1300 230.6 WHAZ Troy. N. Y. 500 1340 223.7 KG DY Hu ro n, S. Dak. 250 1380 217.3 KOH Reno. -" eyada 500 DIAL SETTING ...... 1300 230.6 WIOD Miam i. Fl a. 1.000' 1340223.7 KGN O Dodge Cit\,. ](an <. 250 1380217.3 KQV Pittsburgh, Pa. 500 1240 241.8 KGCU Mandan, N. Dak . 250 1340 223.7 WCOA Pen sacola. Fl a. 500 1380 217.3 WALA Mobil e, Ala. 1' 000 1240 241.8 KLPM Minot, N. Dak. 250 DIAL SETTING . ... -- 1340 223.7 WFEA Manc hester, N. H. 1,000 1380 217.3 WKBH La Crosse. Wi s. }OOO 1240 241.8 KTAT Fort .Worth . Tex. 1,000 1340 223.7 WSPD Toledo, Ohio 1.000 1380 217.3 WMFE Sew Britain. Con n. 250 1240 241.8 KTFI Tl\'in Fall s. Idaho 1.000 1310 228 .9 KCRJ Jerome. Ari z. 100 1380 217.3 WSMK Da,·lo n.· Ohio 200 1240 241.8 WXYZ Detroit. :ll ich. 1. COO 1310 228 .9 KFBK Sacramento, Calif. 100 1310 228.9 KFPL Dubl in. Tex . 100 1310 228.9 KFPM Green,·i ll e. Tex. 15 DIAL SETTING ...... 1310 228.9 KFXR Ok lahom a City , Okl a. 2SC 1350 222 .1 KIDO Boise, Idaho 2,500 DIAL SETTING ...... DIAL SETTING ...... 1310 228.9 KFYO Lubbock. Tex. 250 1350 222.1 KWK St. Loui s, il Ia. 2,500 1390 215.7 KLRA Lli ti e Rock . Ark . 2.500 1250 239.9 KFOX Long Beach, Calif. 1,000 1310 228.9 KG BX Springfi eld, :11 0. 100 1350 222 .1 WAWZ Zarcph ath, N. J . 1.000 1390 215 .7 KOY Phoenix. Ariz. 1,000 1250 239.9 WCAL 1\orthfi eld. Min n. 2.500 1310 228.9 KGCX Wolf Poin t, :IIont. 250 1350 222.1 WBNX S ew York. :-I . Y. 2SC 1390 215.7 WHK CleYe land. Oh io 1.000 1250 239 .9 WOSU Sel\' Orl ea ns. La. 1. 000 1310 228.9 KGEZ Kali spell. Mont. 100 1250 239 .9 WHBI -" e,,·a rk. "I. ,J. 2.500 Bl0 228.9 KGFW Kearney, Nebr. 100 1250 239 .9 WLB :llinn ea polis, :\Iin n. 1,000 1310 228.9 KIT Yakima, Was h. 250 1250 239.9 WN EW Nel\'ark, N. J. 2.500 1310 228.9 KIUJ Santa Fe. -". :1 1. 100 DIAL SETTIl\G ...... DI.\L SETTING ...... 500 1250 239.9 WTCN ~ I i nne a p o li s, :llinn. 5,000 1310 228.9 KMED II ledford • .oregon 25 1360 220.4 KG E R Long Beach, Calif. 1,000 1400 214.2 KLO Ogden Ut ah 1310 228 .9 KRMD Shreveport, La. 100 1360 220.4 KGIR Bulte. ;\I ont. 5, 000 1400 214.2 KTUL Tulsa . Okl a. 500 1310 228 .9 KTSM EI Pa,o. Tex. 100 1369 220.4 WCSC Ch arlesto n. S. C. 1,CGO 1400 214 .2 WARD Brook l\'n. N. Y. 500 1310 228.9 KXRO Aberd ee n. \\·ash. 100 1360 220.4 WFBL Sy ra cuse, 1\ . Y. 2.500 1400 214 .2 WBBC Broo kl yn . N. Y. 500 DIA L SETTIN G ...... 1310 228.9 WAML Laurel. :IIi ". l OC 1360 220.4 WG ES Chicag o, Il l. 1,000 1400 214 .2 WIRE Indi anapolis. Ind. 1,~ 1260 238.0 KG VO Mi ssoula, 111 on I. 1,000 1310 228.9 WBEO Jl larQu ett e. :ll ic h. 100 1360 220.4 WQBC \'icksbu rg. ~Ii ss . 1.000 1400 214 .2 WL TH Brook lyn, N. Y. 1260 238.0 KOIL Council Bluffs, Iowa 2, 500 131 0 228.9 WBOW Terre lI aute Ind . 100 1360 220.4 WSBT Soulh Bend. In,\. 500 1400 21 4.2 WV FW Brooklyn, N. Y. 500 ' 1260 238.0 KPAC Port Art hur. Texa s SOD 1310 228.9 WBRE Wi lkes· Barre. Pa. 10C 1260 238.0 KRGV lVeslaco. Tex . 500 1310 228.9 WCLS J oli et. 1!1. 100 1260 238.0 KUOA F aye tt~Y ill e . Ark. 1.000 1310 228.9 WDAH EI Paso . Tex . 100 DIAL SETTING ...... DIAL SETTING ...... 1260 238 .0 KVOA Tucson . Ariz. 500 1310 228 .9 WEBR Buffa!o. -" . Y. 250 1370 218 .8 KCRC Enid, Okl a. 250 1'410 212.6 KGRS Am ari ll o. Tex. 2,500 1260 238 .0 WH 10 Dadon. Oh io 1. 000 1310 228 .9 WEXL Royal Oak . :II ich. 5 1370 218 .8 KERN Bakersfield, Calif. 100 500 1260 238.0 WN BX Ilrindield. \ '1. I.COO 1310 228.9 WFBG Altoona. Pa. 100 1410 212.6 WAAB Boston , Mass. 1370 218.8 KFGQ 13 00 ne. la. 100 1410 212.6 WBCM Bay City, Mi ch. 500 1260 238.0 WTOC Sa ,·annah. Ga. 1.000 1310 228.9 WFDF Flint. ~ I ich. 100 1370 218.8 KFJM Grand Fork s, N. Dak. 100 2.500 1310 228.9 WGH Newport Ne l\' s, Va. ,250 1410 212.6 WDAG Amarill o. Tex . 1370 218.8 KFJ Z Fort Wort h. Tex. 100 1410 212.6 WHBL Sheboygan , Wis. 500 1310 228.9 WHAT Philadelph ia. Pa. 100 1370 218 .8 KFRO Lo ng View. Tex. 100 500 DIAL SETTING ...... 1310 228.9 WJAC John stol\'n. Pa. 100 1410 212.6 WHIS Bluefi eld. IV . Va. 1270 236.1 KG CA Decorah. 10l\'a 100 1370 218.8 KGAR Tu cson , Ari z. 250 1410 212.6 WRB X Roanoke, Va. 500 1310 228.9 WLBC ~I unci e . Ind . 100 1370 218.8 KGFG Ok lahom a Cit,·. Okl a. 100 500 1270 236.1 KOL Seattle, Wash. 2,500 1310 228.9 WLNH Laconia. S. H. 100 1410 212.6 WROK Rockford. Ill . 1270 236 .1 KVOR Co lo. Spri ngs. Colo. 1370 218.8 KGFL Roswe ll. 1\. M. 100 1410 212.6 WSFA Mont go mery. Ala. 1.000 1. 000 1310 228 .9 WMBO Au burn. S. Y. 100 1370 218.8 KGKL Sa n An gelo. Tex . 100 1270 236.1 KWLC Deco rah. Iowa 100 1310 228.9 WMFF Pl attsbu rg, S. Y. 100 1270 236.1 WASH Gran d Rapid s. ~ I ic h . 500 1310 228.9 WN BH New Bedford, IIl as s. 250 1370 218.8 KICA Clo\' is. N. ~ 1. ~~O 1270 236. 1 WFBR Baltimo re, Md. 500 1370 218.8 KLUF Gah'eston, Tex. "-" DIAL SETTING ...... 1310 228.9 WOL Was hi ngton, D. C. 250 1370 218.8 KMAC San Antonio. Tex . 100 1270 236.1 WJD X J ac kso n. ~Ii ss . 2.500 100 1310 228. 9 WRAW R e ad i n~ . Pa. 100 1370 218.8 KONO San Antonio. Tex. 100 1420 21 1.1 KABC San Antonio, Tex. 1270 236. 1 WOO 0 Grand Rapids. ~ I ich. 500 1310 228.9 WROL KnoX\' ill e. Tenn. 100 1420 211.1 KABR Aberdeen, S. Dak. 100 1370 218.8 KRE Berk eley, Calif. 100 100 1310 228.9 WSAJ Grove Cit ;· , Pa. 100 1370 218.8 KRKO Ev erett. Wasl1. 50 1420 211 .1 K BPS Portland, Oregon 1310 228.9 WSGN Birmingham. Al a. 250 1420 211.1 KCMC Texarkan a, Ark. 100 1370 218.8 KSLM Sa lem . Orego n 100 100 DIAL SETTING ...... 1310 228.9 WSJS Wi nston-Salem . -" . C. 100 137021 8.8 KUJ Wall a Wa!la. Wash. 100 1420 211.1 KFIZ Fond Du Lac , Wis. 1280 234.2 KFB B Grea t Fall s, ~I ont. 2,500 1310 228.9 WTEL Philadelphi a. Pa. 100 1420 211.1 KGF F Shawnee, Okla. 100 1370 218.8 KV L Seattl e, Wash. 100 100 1280 234.2 WCAM Ca mden . N. J. sea 1310 228.9 WTJS J ac kson, Tenn. 250 1370 218.8 KWKC Kan sas City. ~I o . 100 1420 211.1 KGGC San Francisco, Calif. 1280 234 .2 WCAP Asbury Park. N. J. 500 1310 228.9 WTRC Elkh art, Ind. 100 1420 211.1 KGIW Alamosa, Colo. 100 1370 218.8 KWYO Sheridan . Wyo. 100 250 1280 234.2 WOOD Ch attanooga, Tenn. 5,000 1370 218.8 WABY Alba n,'. N. Y. 100 1420 211 .1 KGIX Las Vegas, Nev. 1280 234.2 WIBA Madison , Wi s. 1,000 1420 211. 1 KIDW Lam ar. Colo. 100 DIAL SETTING. _.. . . . 1370 218.8 WAGF Doth an. Al a. 100 100 1280 234.2 WORC Worcester, Mass. 500 1370 218.8 WBTM Danville, Va. 2SD 1420 211. 1 KORE Eugene, Oregon 1280 234.2 WRR Dall as, Tex . 500 1320 227 .1 KG H F Puc b' o. Co~o. 500 1420 211.1 K R LC Lewiston , Ida ho 100 1370 21 8.8 WCBM Baltimore, Md. 250 100 1280 234 .2 WTNJ Trenton. N. J . 5JO 1320 227 .1 KID Idah0 Fall s, Ida ho 520 1370 218.8 WDAS Phi ladelph ia, Pa. 250 1420 211.1 KUMA Yuma. Ariz. ======Pa ge 116======;;;;;;;:;;;;;:======Page 11 7======Kilo- Me- Call Kilo· Me· Call Phoenix KTAR CONNECTICUT Joliet WCLS cyc les ters Letters Location W atts cycles ters Letters Lo cation Watts Prescott KPJM Bridgeport WICC . Peoria ' WMBD Tucson KGAR 1420211.1 KXL Baton Rouge, L a . lOG Hartford WDRC Quincy WTAD Tucson KVOA 1420 211.1 WACO Ironwood, Mich. 100 Hartford WTIC Rockford WROK Yuma KUMA 1420211.1 WAGM Cicero, Ill. 100 DIAL SETTING ...... Storrs WCAC Rock Island WHBF 1420 211.1 WAZL Lexington, K y. 250 1470 204.0 KGA Spokane, Wash. 5,000 Waterbury WATR Springfield WCBS 1420 211.1 WCBS K ansas City, Kans. 100 1470 204.0 WLAC Nashville, Tenn. 5,000 ARKANSAS Waterbury W1XBS Springfield WTAX Tuscola WDZ 1420211.1 WEED Erie, Pa. 250 Fayetteville KUOA Urbana WILL 1420 211.1 WEH'C Springfi eld, Mass. 250 Fort Smith KFPW DELAWARE Waukegan WCBD 1420211.1 WEHS Detroit, Mich. 250 Hot Springs KTHS Wilmington WDEL 1420 211.1 WELL Joplin, Mo. 250 DIAL SETTING, ..... Jonesboro KBTM Wilmington WILM INDIANA 1420 211.1 WG PC Daytona Beach, Fla. 100 1480 202.6 KOMA Oklahoma City, Okla. 5,000 Little Rock KARK 1420 211.1 WHDL Muscle Shoals, Ala. 100 1480 202.6 WKBW Buffalo, N. Y. 5,000 Little Rock KGHI DIST. OF COLUM. Anderson WHBU 1420 211.1 WHFC P aducah, Ky. 100 Little Rock KLRA Washington WJSV E lkhart WTRC 1420 211.1 WILM Portland, Oregon 100 Pille Bluff KOTN Washington WMAL Evansville WGBF 1420 211.1 WJBO Waco, Texas 100 DIAL SETTING ...... Texarkana KCMC Washin~ton WOL Ft. Wayne WGl 1420 211.1 WJMS Presque Isle, Me. 100 Washington WRC Ft. Wayne WOWO 1420 211.1 WKBI H azleton, Pa. 100 1490 201.2 WCKY Covington, Ky . 5,000 CALIFORNIA Gary WIND 1420 211.1 WLAP Springfield, Ill. 100 FLORIDA Hammond WWAE 1420 211.1 WLBF Rocky Mount, N. C. 100 Bakersfield KERN WFLA Indianapolis WFBM 1420 211.1 WLEU Charlottesville, Va. 250 Bakersfield W6XAI Clearwater DIAL SETTING ...... Gainesville WRUF Indianapolis WIRE 1420 211.1 WMAS Cicero, Ill. 100 Berkeley KRE Muncie WLBC 1500 199.9 KDB Santa Barbara, Cali f. 100 Jacksonville WJAX 1420 211.1 WMBC Battle Creek, Mich. 100 Beverly Hills KMPC Richmond WKBV 1500 199.9 KGFI Corpus Ch risti. Tex. 250 Jacksonville WMBR 1420 211.1 WMBH Albany, Ga. 100 EI Centro KXO South Bend WFAM 1500 199.9 KGFK Moorehead, Minn. 100 Miami WIOD 1420 211.1 WMFJ Olean, N. Y. 100 Eureka KIEM South Bend WSBT 1500 199.9 KGKB Tyler, Texas 100 Miami WQAM 1420 211.1 WN RA Cicero, Ill. 100 Fresno KMJ Terre H aute WBOW 1500 199.9 KGKY Scottsbluff, Nebr. 250 Orlando WDBO 1420 211.1 WPAD Wilmington, Del. 100 Glendale KIEV W. Lafayette WBAA 1500 199.9 KNOW Austin, Tex. 100 H ollywood KMTR Pensacola WCOA 1500 199.9 KOTN Pille Bluff, Ark. 100 Long Beach KFOX St. Petersburg WSUN 1500 199.9 KPJM Prescott, Ariz. 100 IOWA Long Beach KGER Tampa WDAE DIAL SETTING ...... 1500 199.9 KPQ Wenatchee, Wash. 250 Ames WOI Los Angeles KECA 1430 209.7 KECA Los Angeles, Calif. 1,000 Boone KFGQ 1500 199.9 KREG Santa Ana, Calif. 100 Los Angeles KFAC GEORGIA 1430 209.7 KGNF North Platte, Nebr. 1,000 Cedar Rapids WMT 1500 199.9 KXO EI Centro, Calif. 100 Los Angeles KFI Athens WTFI 1430 200.7 KSO Des Moines, Iowa 500 Council Bluffs KOIl 1500 199.9 WCNW Brooklyn. N. Y. 250 Los Angeles KFSG Atlanta WGST 1430 209.7 WBNS Columbus, Ohio 1,000 Davenport WOC 1500 199.9 WDNC Durham, N. C. l W Los Angeles KFVD Atlanta WJTL . 1430 209.7 WHEC Rochester, N. Y. 1,000 Des Moines KRNT 1500 199.9 WDRW Augusta, Ga. 100 Los Angeles KFWB Atlanta WSB 1430 200.7 WH P Harrisbure:. Pa. 1.000 Des Moines KSO 1500 199.9 WGAL Lancaster, Pa. 250 Los Angeles KGFJ Augusta WRDW 1430 209.7 WNBR Memphis, Tenn. 1,000 Des Moines WHO 1500 199.9 WJBK Detroit, Mich. 100 KHJ Columbus WRBl 1430 209.7 WOKO Albany, N. Y. 1,000 Los Angeles Dubuque WKBB 1500 199.9 WKBB E. Dubuqlll', Ill. 100 KNX Griffin WKEU Los Angeles Iowa City WSUI 1500 199.9 WKBV Richmond, I nd. 100 Los Angeles KRKD Macon WMAZ Marshalltown KFJB 1500 199.9 WKBZ Muskegon. Mich. 250 Los Angeles KTM Rome WRGA DIAL SETTING . .. . , Shenandoah KFNF 1500 199.9 WKEU Griffin, Ga. 100 Oakland KLS Savannah WTOC 1440 208.2 KDFN Casper, Wyo. 500 Shenandoah KMA 1500 199.9 WMBQ Brooklyn, N. Y. 100 Oakland KLX Thomasville WPAX 1440 208.2 K LS Oakland, Calif. 250 1500 199.9 WMEX Boston, Mass. 250 Sioux City KSCJ 1440 208.2 KXYZ Houston, Tex. 500 Oakland KROW 1500 199.9 WNBF Binghamton, l\. Y. 250 Pasadena KPPC IDAHO 1440208.2 WBIG Greensboro. 1\. C. 1.000 1500 199.9 WOPI Bristol, Tenn. 100 KANSAS Sacramento KFBK Boise KIDO 1440 208.2 WCBA All entown, Pa. 500 1500 199.9 WRGA Rome, Ga. 100 KFBI San Bernardino KFXM Idaho Falls KID Abilene 1440 208.2 WMBD Peoria. III . 1.000 1500 199.9 WSYB Rutland, Vt. 100 Coffeyville KGGF San Diego KFSD KRLC 1440 208.2 WSAN Allentown, Pa . 500 1500 199.9 WTMV E. S t. Louis, III. 100 Lewiston KGNO San Diego KGB Nampa Dodge City 1500 199.9 WWRL Wood side, C'l' . Y. 250 KFXD WLBF San Francisco KFRC KSEI Kansas City 1500 199.9 WWSW P ittsburgh, P a . 250 Pocatello Lawrence KFKU DIAL SETTING. San Francisco KGGC Twin Falls KTFl Lawrence WREN 1450 206.8 KTBS Shreveport, La. 1,000 San Francisco KGO Manhattan KSAC 1450 206 .8 WGAR Cleveland, Ohio 1,000 San Francisco KJBS ILLINOIS Topeka WIBW 1450 206.8 WHOM J ersey City, N. J . 250 DIAL SETTING ...... San Francisco KPO KTAB Bloomington WJBC Wichita KFH 1450 206.8 WSA R Fall River, Mass. 250 1530 196.0 W1XBS Waterbury, Conn. 1.000 San Francisco San Francisco KYA Carthage WCAZ 1450 206.8 WTFI Athens. Ga. 500 1530 196.0 W9XBY K am as City, Mo. 1,000 Chicago WAAF San Jose KQW KENTUCKY Santa Ana KREG Chicago WBBM Covington WCKY Santa Barbara KDB Chicago WCFL Lexington WLAP DIAL SETTING ...... WCRW Stockton KGDM Chicago Louisville WAVE 1460 205.4 KSTP 5t. Paul-Mpls., Min n. 25,000 DIAL SETTING .. , . . . WEDC Stockton KWG Chicago Louisville WHAS 1460 2 ~ 5.4 WJSV \\'.,hin gton. D. C. 1 0.0~ 1550 193.4 W6XAI Baker sfi cl cl. Cal if. 1,000 WENR Chicago P aducah WPAD COLORADO Chicago WGES Chicago WGN LOUISIANA U. S. BROADCASTERS ARRANGED Alamosa KGIW Chicago WJJD Colorado Springs KVOR Chicago WLS Baton Rouge WJBO Denver KFEL Chicago WMAQ Monroe KMLB ACCORDING TO LOCATION Denver KLZ Chicago WMBI New Orleans WBNO Denver KOA Chicago WSBC New Orleans WDSU Denver KPOF Cicero WEHS New Orleans WJBW Dothan ALABA~L\ WAGF ARIZONA Denver KVOD Cicero WHFC New Orleans WSMB Gadsden WJBY Grand Junction KFXJ Cicero WKBI New Orleans WWL B rmingham WAPI Mobile WALA Bi,bee KSUN Greeley KFKA Decatur WJBL Shreveport KRMD B I'mingh am WBRC Montgomer y WSFA J erome KCRJ Pueblo KGHF E. St, Louis WTMV Shreveport KTBS B rm inzham WSG N ~l us cl e Shoals WNRA Phoenix KOY Sterling KGEK Harrisburg WEBQ Shreveport KWKH ======;;;;_=PLl!.!,<' 118======--:-; ;;;;_;;;;;;======;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;=;;;;;;;;;=Page 119======;;;;; - Sodl Lake Cil\" K DYL J effersoll City - RHODE ISLAND ' l AINE WOS Brook lyn WCN W ~lollnt Or ab WHB D Lake Cit;' KSL ,Joplin 'all Augusta WRDO WMBH I3 r ook lyn WLTH Toledo WSPD Pro"idence WEAN K a nsas Cit y Ballgor WABI KMB C I3l' ooklnl WMBQ youngstowu WKB tI Pl'oddence WJA R VERMONT K a nsas Citv Bangor WLB Z KWK C 13 I'ookI»n WVF W Zanesdlle WAL R Pl'o\'idence W PRO J3urlinglon WCAX Por tl and WCSH K ansas City WDAF l3uffalo WBE N Rulland WSYB Kansas City Presque lsle WA GM WHB l3uffalo WEB R t. Albans WQD M K ansas City CAROLINA W9X BY Buffalo WGR OKLA HOMA SOUTH Springfield WNB X St. Joseph KFEQ l3uffalo WKB W "ARYL1\ND KAD A Ch~rlcstoll WCS C Waterbury WDE V Sl. Loui s KFUO Canton WCAD Ada Elk Cily KAS A Co!umbi:.1 WIS Baltimore W BAL St. Louis KMO X Chc')ter WGN Y WFB C • , Baltimore WCAO Enid KCR C Greenville VIRGINIA St. Louis KSD "Elmira WES G WSPA dOPI B altimore WCBM Norman WNAD Spartanburg Bristol St. Louis KW I< Freeport WGBB KFXR Charlottes"ille WEHC Baltimore WFBR St. Louis WEW ,J iJlllestown WOCL Oklahoma City Ok lahoma City KGFG Dandll e WBT M Cumberl and WTBO St. Louis WIL \'ew York City WAB C SOUTH DAKOTA Hagerstown WJEJ Oklahoma Cily KOM A Ly'nchbul'g W LVA Springfield KGB X \' ell York City WBN X KABP WGH Springfi eld Oklahoma Cily WKY Aberdeen Newport i\ e\\'s KWTO \' ell' York City WEAF WBBl Brookin gs KFD Y Norfolk WTAR MASSACHUSETTS \' ew York City WEVD Ponca City Shawnee KGF F Huron KGD Y Petersburg W PHR Boston MONTANA \'ew York City WFAB WAAB Tulsa KTU L Rapid City WCAT Ric hmond WBBL Boston WBZ Billings KGHL \' ew York 'City WHN KVO O Sioux Fall s KSOO Richmond WMBG Boston !\ew Tulsa WEEI Butte KGIR York City WINS Vermillion KUSD Richmond WRVA Boston X ew WHDH Great Fall s KFBB York City WJZ \Valerlown KWTN Roanoke WDBJ Bos ton {\ ew York City - WMEX Kalispell KGEZ WLWL OREGON Yankton WNAX Roanoke WRBX Boston WNAC Mi ssoula KGVO Kew York City WMCA Fall Rinr WSAR Wolf Point KGCX 1\ ew York City WNYC Con'ali" KOA C WASHINGTON Eugene KOR E TENNESSEE Lowell WlLH Xel\' York City WOV Aberdeen KXRO Needham WBSO NEBRASKA Olean WHDL Klamath Falls KFJ I Bristol WOPI KVOS KOOS WDOD Belli ng!lalll New Bedford WNBH Platt,burg WMFF Marshfield Chattanooga E,'erelt KRKO Springfield Clay Center KMMJ Rochester WHAM Medford KMED J ackson WTJS WBZA Kearney Olympia KGY Springfield WMAS KGFW Rochester WHEC Portland KAL E Knoxvill e WNOX Li ncoln KFAB Pullman KWSC Worcester WORC Sc henectady WGY Portland KEX Knoxvill e WROL KJR Lincoln KFOR Portland KFJ R WHBQ Seattle Worcester WTAG Syracuse WFBL Memphis Sealtle KOL Norfolk WJAG Syracuse WSYR Portland KGW Memphis WMC North Platte Seattle KOMO MICHIGAN KGNF Syracuse WSYU Portland KOIN Memphi s WNBR Oma ha KOll Seattle KPCB Troy WHAZ Portl and KWJJ Memphis WREC KRSC Battle Creek WELL Omaha WAAW KXL Seattle Bay City Utica WIBX Portland Nashville WlAC KTW WBCM Omaha WOW Salem KSLM WSM Seattle Ca lumet WHDF White Plains WFAS Nash ville Seattle KVL Scottsbluff KGKY Woodside WWRL Springfi eld WSIX Detroit WJBK YOlk KGBZ Seattle KXA Detroit WJR Spokane KFiO ~ORTR CAROLINA PE~NSYL VANIA Detroit WMBC NEVADA TEXAS Spokane KFPY Detroit Ashevill e WWNC All entol\'n WCBA Spokane KGA WWJ Reno KOH KGRS De troit WXYZ Charl otte WBT Allentown WSAN Amarill o Spokane KHQ E, Lansing Charlolte Altoona WFBG Amarillo WDAG KMO WKAR NEW HAMPSHIRE WSOC KNOW ' Tacoma Flint Durham WDNC Glenside WIBG Austin KVI WFDF KFDM T acoma Grand Rapids Laconia WLNH Greensboro WBIG Greensburg WHJB Beaumont Wall a Walla KUJ WASH WTAW Grand Rapids Manchester WFEA Raleigh WPTF Grove City WSAJ College Sta, Wenatchee KPQ WOOD KGFI Ironwood Portsmouth WHEB Rocky Mount WEED Harrisburg WHP COI'lJU s Christi Yakima KIT WJMS KRLD Jackson WIBM Win ston-Salem WSJS Harrisburg WKBO Dallas Kalamazoo NEW JERSEY Hazleton WAZl Dallas WFAA WEST VIRGINIA WKZO WRR Lan sing WJIM Asbu ry Park WeAP ~ORTH DAKOTA Johnsto\\ n WJAC Dall as Bluefield WHIS WGAL Dubli n KFPL Marquette WBEO Atlantic City WPG Bi smarck KFYR Lancaster Charleston WCHS Muskego n Camden Lancaster WKJe EI Paso KTSM WMMN WKBZ WCAM Devi ls Lake KDLR WDAH F airmont J ersey City WAAT Philadelphia KYW EI Paso Huntington WSAZ Fargo WDAY WCAU Fort Worth KFJZ MINNESOTA J ersey City WHOM Grand Forks KFJM Philadelphia " 'heelin g WWVA Newark Philadelphia WDAS Fort Worth KTAT Duluth WEBC WHBI ~' I andan KGCU WBAP Newark WNEW Philadelphia WFIL Fort Worth WI SC O~ S I N Fergus Fall s KGDE Minot KlPM WHAT Houston. KPRC Minne, & St. Newark WOR Philadelphia Eau Claire WTAQ Paul KSTP WIP Houston KTRH Minn e, & 51. n ed Ba nk WBRB Philadelphia Fond Du Lac KFIZ Paul WCCO OHIO Philadelphia WPEN Houston KXYl Minne, & 51. T renton WTNJ Green Bay WHB Y Paul WDG Y Akron WADC Philadelphia WRAX Longview KFRO Minne, & 51. Pau l Zarephath WAWZ Janesv ille WCLO WLB Akron WJW Philadelphia WTEL Lubbock KFYO Minn n, & 51. Paul WTCN KGKL La Crosse WKBH NEW MEXICO Canton WHBC Pittsburgh KDKA San Angelo Mad ison WHA Moorehead KGFK Cincinnati WFBE San Antonio KABC Pittsburgh KQV ~[ ad i son WIBA Northfield WeAL ,\Ibuquerque KGGM Cincinnati WKRC San Antonio KMAe Albuquerque I( OB Pittsburgh WC~E Manitowoc WOMT Lincinnati WLW Pittsburgh WJ S San Antonio KONO MISSISSIPPI C'o \·is KICA KTSA Mi lwaukee WISN ~iJlcinnati WSAI Pittsburgh WWSW Sail Antonio WTMJ Gulfport WGCM Santa Fe I(!UJ San Antonio WOAI ~[ilw aukee Cle,'eland WGAR Reading WEEU Poynette WIBU I! attiesbu r~ WPFB Cleveland WHK WRAW Texa rkana KCMC J ack son WJDX NEW YORK R ead in ~ KGKB R;cill e WRJN Cleveland WJAY Scranton WGBI Tyler Sheboygan WHBL Laurel WAML Alban), WAB Y Clneland WTAM WQA N Waco WACO Scranton StE~\'e n s P oint WLBL ~I&idiall WCOC Albany WOKO Columbus WAlU Silveri" ,'en WNBO Weslaco KRGV ricksbul'g WQBC S uperior WEBC Auburn WMBO Columbus WBNS Sunbun" WKOK Wi chita Fall s KG KO Binghamton WNBF Co lumbus WCOL Wilkes-'Barre W6AX WYOM ING MI SSOURI Brooklyn Columbus WOSU WARD Wil kes-Barre WBRE UTAH Casper KDFN ,Cape Girardeau KFVS Brooklyn WBBC Da~ · ton WHIO WRAK \V illi Toronto So uthwes tern Gro up COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM WDAF ...... Kansas City KPRC ...... Hou ston WEA F ...... New York Southeastern G rou p KTBS ...... Shreveport NETWORK STATIONS WEEI...... Boston WFLA · KTHS ...... Hot Springs WFB R ...... Baltimore WSUN ..... Tampa KVOO ...... Tulsa WGY ...... Schenectady WIOD ...... Miami WBA P ...... Fort Wor th Basic Network Stations WORC . . . .. Worcester Northwestern Group WHIO ...... Dayton WIS ...... _. Columbia WFAA ...... Dallas WOWO ....Fort Wayne KSCJ ...... ioux City WH O ...... Des Moines WJ AX ...... J acksonville W KY ...... Oklahoma City ~ KLW .... Detroit-Windsor WJAR ...... Providence WPG ...... Atlantic City WECO . ... . iMinneapolis W PTF ...... Raleigh WOAI...... San Antonio KFAB · .... Omaha-Lincoln WMAQ ...... Chicago WRVA ...... Richmond KMBC · .... Kansas City WSBT .... . South Bend WNAX .... . Yankton WOW ...... Omaha WSOC ...... Charlotte Mountain Grou p W RC ...... Washington KMOX . . . . . St. Louis WSMK ..... Dayton WOC ...... • Davenport WTAR ...... NorJolk KDYL...... Sa lt Lake City WSAI...... Cincinnati KRNT .... . Des Moines WWVA .•.. Wheeling WWNC ..... AshHilic KOA ...... Den ver Canad ian Group WTAG ...... Worcester \ WABC ..... New York WTAM ...... Cleveland South Central Group Bas ic Pacific Coast Ne twork WADC ...... Akron Hawaiian Service CFRB .... . Toronto WTIC ...... Hartford KFI...... Los Ange les WWJ ...... Detroit WAPI .•..... Birmingham WBBM .....Chicago KGMB .. . .. Honol ul u CKAC ...... iMontreal WAVE ...... Loui sville KGW ...... Portl and KH Q ...... Spokane ... . . Baltimore ALTERNATE STATIONS WJDX ...... J ackson WCAO KOMO ...... Seattle WCAU · . ... Philadelphia Southcentral Group Southwestern G rou p AVAILABLE TO RED OR WMC ...... Memphis WSB ...... Atlanta KPO ...... San Francisco WDRC · . .. . Hartford BLUE WALA ..... Mobile KFH ...... Wichita WSM ...... Nashville Pacific Coast Supplementary WEAN · . . . . Providence WiRE ...... Indianapolis WSMB ...... New Orleans WBRC . .... Birmingham KGKO . ... . Wichita Fall s KFSD .... .• . San Diego WFBM · .•.. Indianapolis WLW ...... Cincinnati WCOA · . ... Pensacola KLRA .. . . . Little Rock Northwestern Group KTAR ...... Phoenix WFBL ..... Syrac use KOMA ... . . Oklahoma City SUPPLEMDiTARIES WDOD · . ...Chattanooga KFYR ...... Bismarck North Mountain Group WGR· KRLD . . . . . Dall as CARRYING RED OR BLUE WKBW .....Buffalo WDSU · . ... New Orleans KSTP ...... Minn .-SI. Paul KGHL ...... Billings KTRH .... .Hou ston SERVICE WDAY ...... Fargo WHAS ... .. Louisville WGST ..... Atlan ta KGIR ...... Butte KTSA ...... San Antonio WEBC ...... Duluth-S uperior WHK ...... Cleveland WLAC ..... Nashville Canadian WIBA ...... Madison Sp ecial Hawaiian Serv ic e KTUL ...... Tulsa WJAS ...... Pittsburgh WNOX .... . Knoxville CFCF ...... Montreal WTMJ ...... Mil waukee f( G U ...... Honolulu KWKH . .. Shreveport WJSV ...... Wa shington WREC .... . Memphis WACO ... .. Waco WKRC ..... Cincinnati WSFA ..... Montgomery WIBW .... . Topeka WNAC .... . Boston INDEPENDENT NETWORKS Southeastern G rou p WOKO .... . Albany Mounta in Group WSPD .... . Toledo WBIG .. . .. Greensboro AND THEIR STATIONS WBT ...... Charlotte K LZ ...... ~ Oenver Basic Supple men tary Grou p WDBJ ..... Ro anoke KOH ...... Reno COLORADO RADIO WELL ..... Battle Creek KOMA ... . . O!da . .City WBNS . .. . . Columbus WDNC ..... Durham KSL ...... Salt Lake City NETWORK WFDF .....F li nt KRLD . .... Dalbs WIBM .. ... Jackson KTAT ...... Fort Worth WMBG ..... Richmond KVOR .... . Colorado Springs KFEL-KVOD Dcnver WFEA ..... Manchester KGHF ..... Pu eblo WJIM ...... Lansing KTRH .... . Houston WHEC '" .Rochester WSJS ...... Win ston-Salem KVOR ..... Colorado SpriIlgs WKZO . .... Kalamazoo KTSA ...... San Antonio Pacifi c Coas t Grou p WHP ...... Harrisburg WTOC ..... Savannah DON LEE BROADCASTING WOOD · WACO ..... Waco WASH ... . . Grand Rapids WRR ..... D al las WIBX .. , .. Utica KFPY ...... Spokane SYSTEM Florid a Group California Group WXY Z .....Detroit Supplementary Stations WICC ...... Bridgeport KFRC ...... San Francisco KDB ...... Santa Barbara MUTUAL BR.oADCASTING KFDM ..... Beaumont WKBN ..... Youngstown WDAE ..... Tampa KGB ...... San Diego KERN .... Bakersfield SYSTEM KGKO ..... Wichita Falls KG RS . . . . . Amarillo WLBZ ..••. Bangor WDBO ..... Orlando KHJ ...... Los Angeles KFBK .. ... Sacramento WGN ...... Chicago KFRC ...... Sa ll Francisco WLW ...... Cincinnati KLRA ..... Little Rock WMAS •.• •. Springfield KOIN ...... Portland WQAM . ... . Miami KGB ...... San Diego WOR ...... Newark KWKH .... Shreveport WMBD ••••• Peoria WMB R .... Jacksonville KOL-KVI .. Seattle-Tacoma KHJ ...... Los An ge les WXYZ . . ... Detroit WISCONSIN LEAGUE OF KMJ ...... Fresno NEW ENGLAND RADIO STATIONS KWG ...... Stoc kton NETWORK WCLO ..... J anesville No rthwestern Group WCSH .....Portland, Me. WHBL ..... Sheboygan NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY KFPY . . ... Spokane WEEI ...... Bo ston, Mass. WH BY ..... Green Bay KOIN ...... Portland WJAR .. ... Providence, Il.. I. WI BU .....Poynette KOL .. Seattle WTAG ..... Worcester, Mass. WKBH .... La Crosse NETWORK STATIONS KVI ...... Tacoma WTIC ...... Hartford , Conn. WR J N ..... Rac in e Mou ntain Grou p N. CALIF. BROADCASTING WTAQ .. . .. Eau Claire SYSTEM THE YANKEE NETWORK STATIONS TAKIN G THE WCKY ...... Covington Wrt EN ...... L awrence KLZ .. Denver KOH ...... Reno KJ BS ...... San Francisco WAAB ..... Boston BLUE SERVICE WENR·WLS .Chicago 'NSY R ...... Syracuse KSL ...... Salt Like City K QW ...... San Jose WDRC .... . Hartford W FI L ...... Philadelphia MASON DI XON RADIO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEAN . . . . . Prov idence KDKA ...... Pittsburgh GROUP NETWORK WFEA .....'Ianchester KOIL...... Council Bluffs WGAR ...... Cleveland STATIONS TAKING THE WAZ L ..... Haze lton, Pa. KFO X ..... Lon g Beach WICC ...... Bridgeport KSO ...... Des Moines WHAM ..... Rochester RED SERVICE WDEL . . .. Wilmington, Del. KFWB ... . .Lo s Angeles, Cal. WLB Z . . .. . Bangor KFXM ..... San Bernardino WLLH .... . Lowell KWK ...... 51. Louis WGAL ... .. Lancaster, Pa. WJR ...... Detroit KSD ...... 51. Louis WILM . .. .. Wilminl';ton, Del. KM PC ..... 13e\'erly Hills WMAS .... .springfield WBAL...... Baltimore WJ Z ...... New York KYW ...... Philadelphia WOR K ..... York, Pa. SOUTH WEST BROADCA ST- WNAC ..... Boston WBZ ...... Boston WMA L ....•. Washington WBEN ...... Buffalo MICHIGAN RADIO ING SYSTEM WN BH .... .'1 ew Bedford WORC \Yorcester WBZA ...... Springfield WMT ...... Cedar Rapids NETWORK Basic Network WCAE...... Pittsburgh WBCM .... ]3ay City KN OW .....Austin W RD O ..\ lleliSla

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CKAC 730 5,000 Montreal, Que. 600 CJOR Va n couver 500 1030 CFCN Ca lga ry 10,000 CFCN 1030 10,000 Calga ry, Alt. CK CD 1010 100 Vancouve r, B. C. 600 CRCW \\" indsor 1,0QO 1030 CKLW Win dso r 5,000 CFC O 1050 100 Chatham, Ont. CK CH 1210 100 Hull, Que. 63() CFCY e h ad ottetown 650 W50 CFCO Chatham 100 CFCT 1450 50 Victori a, B. C. CKCK 1010 500 Regina, Sask. 63 () CJG X Yo rkton 500 1050 CRCK Quebec 1,000 CFCY 630 650 Charl ottetown, P. E. I. CKCL 580 100 Toronto, Ont. 63() CKOV I< elowna 100 1100 CR CV Vancouver 500 CFJC 880 100 Kamloops, B. C. CKCO 1010 100 Ottawa, Ont. 69() CF RB Tor onto 10,000 1120 CHLP l\l onlr eaJ 100 CFLC 930 100 Prescott, Ont. CKCR 1510 100 Waterloo, Ont. 69() CJC J Calgar y 100 1120 CHSJ St. John 100 CFNB 550 1,000 Fredericton, N. B. CK CV 1310 50 Quebec, Que. Lo u don 100 1120 CK OC Hamilton 1,000 730 CFPL .(\ J CFPL 730 100 London, Ont. CKCW 1370 100 Monclon , N. B. 73() CJCA Ell m llllOI1 1. 0:0 11 20 CK X UrJllr!OIl CFQC 840 1,000 Saskatoon, Sask. CKFC 1410 50 I'ancouve r, B. C. 73() CKAC i\IOll t r ca l 5.onO 1200 CHAB Moose J aw 100 CFRB 690 10,000 Toro nto , Ont. CKGB 1420 100 Timm ins, Ont. 780 CHW K Chilli wack 100 1200 CKTB ~l. C.l tharillc-.. lCl CF RC 1510 100 Kingston, Ont. CKIC 1010 50 Wolfvi ll e, N. S. 84() CFQC S;.tska toon 1,000 1210 CKCH lI ull 100 CFRN 1260 100 Edmonton, Alta . CK LW 1030 5,000 Wind sor, Ont. 84() CRCT Toron to 5,000 1230 CJO C Lethbridge 100 CHA B 1200 100 Moose J aw, Sask. CKMO 1410 100 Vancouver, B. C. 880 CFJ C Kamlool's 100 1240 CJCB 5\'d ne\' 1,000 CHGS 1450 50 Summerside, P. E. I. CKN C 1420 100 Toronto, Ont. 88() CRCO Ottawa 1,000 1260 CFRN E"dmo;lton 100 CHLP 1120 100 Montrea l, Que. CKO C 1120 . 1,000 Ham ilton, Ont. 890 CJIC ::,a u:t ::,te. ~ 1 :1.rie I ~:J 1310 CJ KL Ki rk land Lake 100 CHM L 1010 50 Ham ilton, Ont. CKO V 630 100 Kelowna, B. C. Sl fJ CJ AT Trail Pl 131 0 CKCV Quebec 50 CHNS 930 1,000 Halifax, N. S. CKPC 930 100 Brantford, Ont. 9]() CR CM l\ lontreal 5,000 1370 CK CW ;\1 0 l1 ctol1 100 CHRC 580 100 Quebec, Que. CKPR 930 100 Fort William, Ont. 930 CFA C Ca lo'al'l' 10J 1390 CJ RC \Vin nipeg l Oa CHSJ 1120 100 St. John, N. B. CKT B 1200 100 51. Ca tharines, Onl. 93() CFCH NOI:'th' I3 <.1\" 100 1410 CKFC Vancou ver 50 CHWC 1010 500 Regina, Sask. CKUA 580 500 Edmon ton, Alla. 930 CF LC Prescott . 100 1410 CKMO Vancouver 100 CHW K 780 100 Chilliwack. B. C. CKWX 1010 100 Vancouver, B. C. 93 0 CHNS II ali fax 1,000 1420 CKGB Tim mins 100 CJ AT 910 250 Trail, B. C. CKX 1120 100 Brandon, ~Ian . 930 CKP C Brantford 100 1420 CKNC Toronto 100 CJ CA 730 1,000 Edmonton, Alta. CKY 960 15,000 Winnipeg, Man. 930 CK PR For t Wi lli am 100 1450 CFCT Yictoria 50 CJ CB 1240 1,000 Sydney, N. S. CRCK 1050 1,000 Quebec, Qu e. {'or CRCS Chicolllimi 100 1450 CHGS Summerside 50 CJCJ 690 100 Ca l ~ary, Alta. CRCM 910 5,000 \Iontreal, Qu e. 960 CK Y \Vinnipeg 15,000 151 0 CKCR Waterl oo 100 CJ GX 630 500 Yorkton, Sask. CRCO 880 1,000 Oltawa, Ont. 1010 CHML Hamilton 50 1510 CFRC l\i ngs ton 100 CJIC 890 100 S. Ste. Marie, Ont. CRCS 950 100 Chicoutimi, Qu e. CJKL' 131 0 100 Kirkl and Lake, Ont. CRCT 840 5,000 Toronto: Ont. CJOC 1230 100 Lelhbridge, Alta. CRCV 1100 500 Vanco uver, B. C. CJ OR 600 500 \'ancouver, B. C. CRC W 600 1,000 Windsor, On t. MEXICAN BROADCASTING ST AllONS ( Arranged A (phabetically by Call Letters) Ca:1 Kilo · Call Kilo- Location CANADIAN STATIONS BY LOCATION Letters cycl es Watts Location Letters cy cl es Watts XEA 1060 125 Guadalajara XEKL 920 500 Leo ll 121 0 7.5 Nuevo Laredo XEL 1370 50 Saltill o Alberta Moncton . . CKCW CRCT X EAB XEAE 980 250 T ijuana XEMA 1080 50 Tampi t.:o Calgary .... CFAC ~t. John .. CHSJ \\' ate rl oo ..... CKCR XEAF 1080 250 Nogales . XEMO 860 2, 500 Tijua na CFCN lVind ,or ...... CKLW Nova Scotia X EAI 1240 100 Mexico City XEMZ 1210 30 Ti jua ll a CJCJ CRCW 1,000 Mexico City XEN 71 0 1,000 Mex ico City Edmonton .... CFRN lI al ifax ...... CHNS XEAL 660 XEAO 560 250 Mexicali XENT 1120 150,000 Nuevo Laredo CJC A Sydney ...... CJ C B Prince Edward Isle ' Heynosa XEO X 640 250 Saltillo \\'olf l' ill e ...... CKIC XEAW 950 10,000 OOntario Sn mmerside ...... CHGS XEB 1030 10,000 Mexico City XEPN 590 100,000 Brit ish Col umbia 760 5,000 Aguas ' Cali entes XES 970 250 Tampico Quebec XEBC Montel'l' ey Chi ll iw ac k ...... CH WK Brantford ...... CK PC XECW 1310 10 Mexico City XET 690 500 Kam loops ...... CFJC Chailiam ...... CFCO Chicoutimi ...... C RC S . 1160 500 Guadalajara XETB 1310 125 Torreon XED Puebla Kel ow na . C KOV Fl. Willi am .... CK PR Hull ...... CKCH XEE 1210 50 Durango XETH 121 0 100 Trail ...... CJAT lI ami lton ...... CHML Monlre,d ...... CFCF Monterrey XETW 820 500 Mex ico City XEFB 1120 100 Mexico City Vancouver ...... CJ OR CKOC CHL P XEFC 131 0 100 Merida XETZ 850 500 CKCD Kingslon ...... CFRC CKAC NjleVO L('l l' edo XEU 980 250 Vera Cruz XEFE 1370 100 Me xico City CKFC Ki rk land Lake .... . CJ KL CRCM ~e x i co City XEW 890 50.000 XEFG 11 00 250 Mexico City CKMO Lo nd on ...... CFPL Q!TCOCC ...... CHRC XEFI 720 250 Chihuahu a XEWZ lISa 100 No rth Bay ...... CFCH CKCV Mon lerrey XEX 1310 125 Monterrey O

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• MY FAVORITE EVENING PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK

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H N Airplnne Frcqucllcif's 129 lIelpful Suggestions for the :\ ational Broadcasting Com­ A13:::.k311 bro , ldc3~tillg Tuning of Short-"-a\'O pany network stations 122 statioll~ 11 2 Sets 129 N .twork stations Jists 122 -1 23 Amateur freqUl'llciC's 129 1I0ms to Tune Short-\Yan p B stations 129 Police frequencies 129 Broncicastillg !'13t itJlls of- I Principal SharI-Wave sta- (anmb 124-125 lion of t1\1' \Yorld 127-128 J nuependent Mexico 125-126 network stations 123 United Slate, 108-121 s "-01'1(1. principal sharI-wave 127 K Short-Wave Stations, Prin- cipal of the World 117 Kilocycles to megacycles. Short-Wave Sets. Helpful C can version of 129 Call Lelters of- Suggestions for Tuning of 129 Canadian stations 124 L Ship frequencies 129 il lexican stations 125 Short-Wan stalions 127 l.ocation of- U_ S_ stations 108 Canadian slations 124 T Canadian broadcasting strt · Mexican stations 126 Tuning of Short-Wave Sets, tions by- Short-Wan stations 127 Helpful Suggestions for 129 call Jetlers 124 U . S_ stations 119 frequency 125 u location 1.2 4 United States, Broadcast- Columbia Broadcasting S,'stem :llegacycles to kilocycles. ing station. of the network stations . 122 108-121 can verSIOn of 129 by call letters 108 F Member statio,lS of- by frequency 112 Frequencies of- CBS network 122 by Ii cation 119 Canadian stalions 125 NBC network 122 iI [exicJn stations 126 I ndependent networks 123 w Shorl-Wa,-e stations 127 illeters to kilocycles, conversion of 129 " 'an-Lengths of- C, S. stations 112 l\Iexican broadcasting sta- Canadian slations 124-125 G tions by- ~ Mexican slations 125-126 Greenwich Meridian Time call letters 125 Short-Wave stations relation to EST, CST, frequency 126 127-128 ,[51' and PST 129 location 126 U. S. stations 108-121 This file including all text and images are from scans of a private personal collection and have been scanned for archival and research purposes. This file may be freely distributed. but not sold on ebay or on any commercial sites. catalogs. booths or kiosks. either as reprints or by electronic methods. This file may be downloaded without charge from the Radio Researchers Group website at http://www.otrr.org/

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