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Paul de Kruif and Joseph de Lee 16 Need thousands of mothers die needlessly every year? Adventurer in Top Hat Berton Braley 18 Beginning the fascinating life of Lowell Thomas Kay Kyser's Musical Quiz 20 Step up, chillun, and see how smart you are Tony's Wife Pauline Swanson 22 Can Alice Faye and Tony Martin make their marriage work? The Gracie Allen Murder Case S S Van Dine 24 Philo Vance finds his hands full in this new fiction thriller :Ff Radio's Photo- Mirror First Romance for Deanna 28 TOUR FfNGvilrs! Radio's Greatest Season 30 Charlie McCarthy's Rival 32 new nail pol- Glazo brings you flattering "Come On and Hear" 34 fascinating beauty...created ish shades of A Photograph Finish 36 by the ex- by fashion experts... inspired Lum goes to Europe and gives Abner a double headache colors of lovely tropical flowers! quisite The Story of Music Rose Heylbut 38 Your hands take on a new and roman- How to enrich your listening hours when you wear these subtly tic allure For the Wife and Kiddies Adele Whitely Fletcher 39 enchanting Glazo colors! Meet Harry Von Zell who knew what he wanted! in TROPIC -A smoky ash -pink tone found Laughter by the Yard . Jerald Manning 40 a rare and gorgeous oriental Hibiscus. "Quip, Watson!" Exposing radio's gag writers CONGO -Captures the deep and luscious Hollywood Radio Whispers George Fischer 42 orchid -rose tint of the Kia -Ora petals. 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Merciful goodness, I didn't suppose there was the air and on this page. anybody left with such old -fashioned, moss -grown ideas! I. Can you name three radio stars born in Canada? 2. Who are Donnie and Ronnie? 3. Who appeared with Morton Downey on the famous Quarter Hours? ss 4. What fruit, expensive in the win- ter time, serves as an important radio sound effect? 5. Who directed the Capitol Theater Family program before Major Bowes? 6.