Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1935, Page 55

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHIN@JON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 8, 1935—PART FOUR. RADIO DUE FOR WIDER USE.IN NEXT CAMPAIGN Politicians Warming Up For Spirited Air Fight Roosevelt Is Expected to Rely on Broadcast Medium Even More Than in 1932 Election. Chorus Girl, School Teacher and Swimmer on Air Broadway Looses Whisper- Campaign Against Bowes Major Accused of Getting Rich by Enslave- ment of Ambitious Young Radio Performers. e By the Radio Editor. OLITICAL batteries are warm- ing up for what promises to be the most spirited radio campaign in history. Even though the presidential election is more than a year away, there are signs of new activity in both Demo- cratic and Republican National Com- mittee headquarters, with radio Navy colleges have courses in wireless communications and methods and regularly hear lectures by outstanding scientists and leaders in the radio field such as David Sarnoff, president Sarnoff, many of the industry’s lead- | ers are also in the American Military Reserve. The Pine Camp maneuvers, in of Radio Corp. of America. Like Mr. | | which the various Army units took speechinaking again destined to carry | the brunt of the campaigning load. With the election of Harding in 1920, radio was introduced to poli- tics. That was the year in which | regularly-scheduled broadcasting was born. KDKA, Pittsburgh, on the night of November 2, 1920, broad- | cast the election returns of the Harding-Cox contest. This broad- cast was not only the genesis of po- litical broadcasting, but, more im- portant, the birth of broadcasting as | several hundred short-wave trans- mitters into “battle” with them, un- covered some glaring weaknesses in the Signal Corps’ radio set-up, whilh | of course is the military’s own “trade secret,” but which its technicians must now set about to rectify. Bro&d- cast by a battery of several dozen an- nouncers and engineers of one of the big networks, the maneuvers also re- vealed the utter impossibility of | “covering” such extensive activities satisfactorily for the radio audience. an industry. In the Coolidge-Davis campaign of 1924 radio played an important role in bringing in the returns, but was used only slightly for actual campaign- | ing. But in 1928, during the Hoover- | Smith contest, radio really camg into its own, because the network method | of broadcasting had been introduced | two years previous to the campaign. It was found that radio, requiring a | far different technique than the soap- box or rostrum, was an effective in- | strumentality of political campaign- | ing. More votes were cast during that | election than in any other. Herbert Hoover, regarded as a rather poor con- | ventional type of campaigner. worked | ‘wonders over the air with his even, measured phrases, while Al Smith, a past master at the art of fire and| ¢ brimstone oratory before an audience, | didn’t do so well before a microphone, where arm swinging and offside re- marks do not register with the un- seen audience. FOR one thing, the Signal Corps’ transmitters set up considerable interference with the ultra-short wave mobile transmitters carried by the broadcast reporters. For example, the small one-watt transmitter car- ried on the back of the announcer following the infantry had to send its reports to a telephone station for wire relay to New York. The weak signal was ‘easily interefered with. More than that, with the announcers know- ing nothing of the next tactical maneuvers, they were able only to re- port what they saw in their imme- diate line of vision—and that might have been an unimportant part of the battle as a whole. Thus it seems altogether unlikely hat the Italian radio audience, or the American, will hear anything impor- tant direct from the Ethiopian front if and when war gets under way there. If any broadcasts are done, they will be by commentators speaking from headquarters rather than from the field of battle itself. IT WAS during the last campaign— in 1932—when radio dssumed major proportions as an electioneering medium. Franklin D. Rooscvelt, always Ethiopia, incidentally, has practi- | cally fio radio services at all. The | | Italians will undoubtedly bring mo- bile units, carried on trucks, on imposing on the rostrum, proved him- | horseback or on a man’s back, and | self a master of radio oratory. One | these will contact a central station million dollars was spent by the two | which will probably be established on By Peter Dixon. AJ. EDWARD BOWES is being penalized for producing the most popular program on the air. Broadway has turned loose a whispering campaign against him. Which is a typical Broadway gesture toward any one who is suc- cessful. The stories being circulated | about Kemp's band rehearsals are usually | conducted between 2 in the morning | and sunrise. . SUGGBST you listen to Neila Goo- delle, who makes her debut on her own program over an N. B. C. network tonight. The producers of | the program are really stressing the idea that Miss Goodelle is a guest N L | the major aren’t pleasant ones. These|in the average living room—which whispers picture the major as an ogre | is What every radio entertainer really .getting rich through the enslavement | is, in spite of the noisy studio audi- of ambitious young performers. Spe-| ences . . . Glad Gracie Allen and cifically, the whispers say that the| George Burns will continue on the air. young performers in the major’s trav-| And I hope their new sponsor lets eling units are paid such small sal-| Gracie sing two songs on every pro- aries that they find that instead of | 8ram ... Voice of Experience is back making a small salary, it actually|on the air! ... David Broekman, now costs them money to play the thea-| conducting the California Melodies ters throughout the country. Ofther | Program from the coast, may move whispers tell you that performers who | t0 Manhattan in October . . . Count are paricularly bad are kept that way; | Basil Foheen, who must be a new- that no attempt is made to teach|COmer to radio, is planning an or- chestra entirely of pianos and ac- cordions . Tonita Dane is the | name of a very lovely and talented ! young singer who'll have her chance on one of the biggest programs. No one has ever heard of her before, yet her prospective sponsor is ready to gamble many thousands of dollars on her ability to make good . . . Beetle | and Bottle will be back with Phil = | Baker when he returns to the air them anything; that they are used to SePtember 29. give an amateur “flavor” to the per- formance. HOPE Gertrude Berg does carry out her plan to present “The Rise of the Goldbergs” as a legitimate play I DON'T believe these stories. But I believe it is only to fair to put them down in this column. I doubt whether the major takes this whisper- ing campaign at all serjously. I think he should take it seriously. I think he should completely blast the lies that are being spread about him, and. if possible, the persons responsible for the whispering campaign. In many instances it is good policy to ignore scurrilous stories. In this case it is a simple matter for the major to prove to the complete satis- faction of every one that his amateurs are getting a square deal. I think on Broadway this Fall . . . Carl Hoff, + the band leader, has just had a book published called “The Art of Ar- ranging.” And it is an art . .. A new night club is being planned as a back- ground for Vincent Lopez and his crew when he returns to New York in a few weeks . . . Joey Nash due to 80 to Hollywood to make a picture in November . . . Paul Sabin gone to Hollywood where he'll sing at the famous Cocoanut Grove . . . Mary Small goes back on her Sunday after- noon air program this month . . . »The Westerners, a singing unit com- posed of four men and & girl, will be he should drag that whispering cam- | heard regularly on the Showboat pro- paign right out in the open and stamp gram after October 1. on it hard. major political parties in their radio | the seacoast. -At present the only A 4 campaigning, and radio time, valued | nearby radio station.is the big one on Betty Lou Gerson (left), 21-year-old Southern girl. who gave up a at a like figure, was donated to the | the seashore at Merganishi, in Italian | teaching job to join the “Flying Time" cast on N. B. C. In the center two parties. It was actually a polit- | Samoliland. This can communicat is Eleanor Holm, now Mrs. Art Jarrett, who is a ring as a vocalist ical battle via the wave lengths, for | direct with Rome. ® d t y S Hoover found himself pitted against a | | SIS merous radio engagements on both N. B. C. and Columbla. Edna Strong | THAT world peaceways p,mm,t Twins at 74 Years of Age. (right), a petite chorus girl, who is taking part in the musical revues which promises to be the most| It was a great surprise, not only to of “N. T. G. and His Girls” on N. B. C. ambitious radio effort of the new | her 76-year-old husband but w all with her husband’s band at the Fox Theater. The couple also have nu- season, starts September 19. And thejnhabitants of a small village near here’s a hope that it will really help | Canton, China, when a 74-year-old this Nation keep out of the present | woman presented him with twins. campaigner who was even more adept | R & in his radio technique. | Raadio CenSO Advance indications are that the forthcoming campaign will see radio used even more extensively. President Roosevelt naturally is expected to rely upon radio even more than he did rship Studied. STILL extremely wary of permitting possible libelous utterances to be broadcast, especially in view of the big political campaign in the offing, radio stations these days are leaning international mess . . . Enoch Light has been selected to conduct the music for an important commercial | program. Given an opportunity, I i 2 | believe Light will rank among the Climaxing @ series of outdoor pub- | 105 19 musical conductors on the air MAJOR FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES. Lim Pak.Chan had been childless. All their lives they have worked in their §{nai»]7pad§y:fi‘ at their rice crop. RENOVIZE. .. your home Renovizing that s mot commonplace i | lic concerts in Grant Park, Chicago, both intelligence and imag- Eastern Standard Time.| 3, A7 0 dcast at 9:30 a speciai | 1S, J1as both intelligence and 1 e WOL 1310k four years ago. As President, he has over backward to avoid getting. into | Sunday, September 8. | : A. A “1‘ concert by the combmed\chlcago baritone, owns an Italian medal of | ] - V.| symphony Orchestra, the ' Chicago | ponor presented to him by Musso- | EBERLY S : SONS made greater use of the air than any ' legal troubles on that score. Just how of his predecessors. His microphone f; th i = appearances, featured by his hall- | Civil Libertics ’i?é’i’o":f'n'.'s“’ uAtm;l:tmé'A'M" ERC20 dozen “fireside chats,” have com- | discover through its attorney, Miss| 8:00 /Balladeers manded greater audiences than any | Minna F. Kassner of New York, who 8:18 (Gould and Shefter other features on the air. |is canvassing radio stations to deter-| 8:30 |Peerless Trio In addition to the presidential mine how much censorship prevails. | _8:45 Alden Elkins fampaighing to begin early next year,| The union, stanch guardian of per- | 9:00 | Sabbath Reveries there will be the congressional elec- | sonal rights, has frequently demanded | 9:15 T tions. Whereas the presidential cam- | freedom of the radio. On their part,| 9:30 |This 'n’ That paigning will be done largely on the | the radio managers would like to ses Nailon-wlile ]networll(s, State office this principle established, but have seekers will rely largely upon local sta- | feared reprisals in the courts if they tivus or State-wide hook-ups. To in-!|permitted absol . ute fi = vade remote places, the electrical | ton" over tnorr o CrraPis: transcription method of recording preme Court of Nebraska several years (Copyright, 1935) WISV 1460k Elder Michaux WMAL 630k On a Bus Morning Melodies String Quartet Listening Post Neighbor Nell Southernaires Patterns in Harmony Songs of the Church Reflections Grand Opera Company and the Chi- | yin; for his services during the Com- | cago Women's Symphony Orchestra. | yunict strife in Italy in 1921. But | 3108 K N.W. DISTRICT 6557 - — concert. | . . . Wonder what will happen Sunday School Lesson A new variety program Teaturing | - yos penneg T | oor Wil happe /, UT Gospel Singer Vivian Della Chiesa, soprano; r-‘nnz' |At_the Console Ensemble will be broadcast by WISV | THE sponsors of the new Romberg R Dl Popular Rhythms | at 11:30 am. | series sent radio editors and critics| OFFICIAL PHILCO SERVICE Dixie Harmonies 10915 | Mendelssohn's “Song Without | an advance hearing of the new show | 5 e Mystery Girl 1 pella Choir with violin obligato, will be | Which was a very clever idea and | by WL, |Maj. Bowes’ Family Modern Melodies one of the features of the Temple of | the sample made this listener want . Edward Lamont, songs Tabernacle Choir Dr. Frederick Stock will direct the pe won't talk international poli-| Dionify your home. __ Phone “Everly's’ INews Flashes Imhof, tenor, and Ralph Ginsburgh's Piano Moods 10:30 | words,” sung by the Chicago A Ca- |on specially made phonograph dz.sk.s.,‘ 1443 P 5t.N.W. N0.8076 Opportunity Matinee Tabernacle Chotr speeches for delayed broadcasting un- | ago ruled a station jointly liable with questionably will be resorted to more than ever before. That is because of the increased popularity of transcrip- tions, plus the fact that this mode of transmission has been improved tech- nically almost to perfection. | THE Republicans have been the first to lay their plans for the oncom- ing campaign. Last June Thomas G. Sabin, sales manager of Station WBZ, Boston, was named radio director of the Republican National Committee. | velt speaks, or when Senators and | a speaker for libels uttered over its facilities, and so far, in the absence of any contrary State or Federal de- cisions, its ruling is regarded as a definite inhibition upon radio. Accordingly. most station and net- work managers demand the right to scrutinize copy before it is delivered over the air, although many are con- tent to teust to the responsibility of the speakers to whom they lend their facilities. When President Roose- Since then he has been arranging ; Congressmen and candidates for high political addresses by party adherents|offices go on the air, the impresarios iUnivemty of Chicago 5 W e |Samovar Serenade 1Chuxch of the Alr Music Hall of the Alr [Musical Footnotes Warren and Bodee _/Comdr. King-Hall 'Knights of Columbus AFTERNOON PROGRAMS . |Road to Romany |Words and Music [Music Hall of the Air _|Church of the Air | Bible Highlights Salon Music |News Flashes iCompixmky Trio Harris’ Orch. | Bible Drama Moods and Modes 'Temple of Song |Rosa Linda, pianist |Augustine’s Orch. Musical Interlude ~ i | Light Opera Co. e ~ |Watch Tower Mystery Girl The Old Timer Church of the Alr Columbia Orch. 00 |Levitow Ensemble Light Opera Co. Spires of Melody Underworld Cathedral Symphonic Hour e 5 Joe Brown's Kiddies “ w Song program on WRC at 1:45. Ruth | to hear more . . . A manufacturer = Lyon, soprano, will be the soloist. Lanny Ross will pay tribute to Jack Benny during the program on WMAL |at 6. He will sing “You Are My Lucky Star,” from Benny's new pic- ture, “Broadway Melody of 1936.” The history of the American mer- chant marine will be depicted during |the America’s Hour program on WJSV at 8. Niela Goodelle, radio’s new song | star, will present the first of a series | of informal musical entertainments | on WMAL at 8:45. A well-balanced program of early | | of a throat spray offered Ford Bond, the announcer, $1,500 for a testi- monial. Which would have been nice pickin’ for Mr. Bond, except he doesn't use throat sprays . . . Martha Mears, who finally had that baby, will be back on the air September 28 and at the same time starts work on a series of movie shorts + + ® ELEN HAYES plans a round-trip ‘ FREE INSPECTIONS ON_ANY_ MAKE RADIO BY OUR RADIO EXPERTS SPECIAL_PRICES ON ALL-WAVE AERIALS | | 938 F ST. N.W. on the Normandie before start- | ing her N. B. C. air serfes. Inci- dentally, they're putting as much though$ and hard work into the Hayes and quietly has been laying plans for | seldom if ever ask to see their speeches the heavy campaigning next year. In|in advance—never, of course, in the advance of the mational conventions | case of the President of the United next year, when the party standard | States. bearers will be named, the actual | Currently the censorship issue has campaigning will not begin. In the | again been raised by the Civil Liber- | meantime, however, the byplay deals | ties Union in charges filed with the only with the programs, policies and | Federal Communications Commission accomplishments of the two major |that WLW, the super-power Cincin- parties, with the minorities soundingy nati station, owned and operated by off every nd and then. | Powel Crosley, jr., the radio manufac- The Democratic National Commit- | turer, has issued secret orders to its tee, headed by Postmaster General |staff to make “no reference to strikes Farley, it is learned, already has be- | on any news bulletin broadcast over gun drafting its campaign plans. The |our station.” Mr. Crosley also oper- board of strategy comprises Farley. ates WSAI Cincinnati, and the order Emil Hurja, vice chairman of the|is said to prohibit mentioning student EVENING PROGRAMS. committee, and Charles Michelson, its | strikes and school walk-outs, as well| 6:00 |Scores—Music Lanny Ross Vivian Della Chiesa director of public relations. In the | as labor strikes. 6:15 |Bulletin Board [ B campaigning in 1932 Herbert L. Pettey, | Denials that such orders exist have Fireside Recitals secretary of the Federal Communica- | been made by John L. Clark, mana- Sunset Dreams tions Commission, was the radio di- |ger of WLW and WSAI but the Civil Bowes' Amateur Hour |Bill Coyle rector of the committee, and handled | Liberties Union insists that it is ac- - . Evening Album all radio engagements and arrange- | tually a policy of the stations and| 7- el String Symphony ments. He assumed the Government | produces photostats of copies of the | .S Henrik W. Van Loon post following the elections. It is|alleged order. Merry-Go-Round Silken Strings o . ol likely that Pettey will leave the F. C. o C. to return to’ th ittee : Gen “« P B A Wk Wlter Winchet s - e Yo et perhaps for the duration of the cam- paign. LIKE Mary and her little lamb, 5- Seth Parker Wayne King’s Orchestra | Good Will Court “ . Sk Penthouse Serenade Sunday Vespers “ w5 @ SoLy and modern classics will be played by | gir production as is usually put into | Victor Bay's Symphony Orchestra | proggway play . . » The Fred War- during the Symphonic Hour on WISV | g Bang has grown from & unit of at 2:15. The selections include the | got men * In 1919 there were Fred | | “Mozartine ds;;te INO' ;,"Tby E:Ch{:' and his brother Tom, Poley McClin- People’ kowsky, and Ravel's “Le Tombeau de | tocy and one other musician. The B Yom?'g = s g c";g:‘;i&; Eataiimans piantet wm|instrumems were two banjos, snare e |5 ke 45| be the soloist with_ the ‘Music 1 Hnléi?&?f:u;“fmfi;?""a e Srot S— Symphony Orchestra on a i ow listen to ’em OSchesteal Oonicers | i30iam. she wil pisy. the last| o A O i Dot o movement of Rachmaninoff’s “Con-| gn, gets another chance as a star certo No. 2 in C Minor (opus 18)." | comedian on a C. B. S. series start- Freddie Rich’s “Penthouse Party,” | i o september 12. Bergman had his starring Benay Venuta, “blues” SINger, | snance at stardom several years ago will make its debut on WISV at 6. | and missed. This time I think he'll | The famous prologme to Leon- | stay out in front ... So they've made Dance Music cavallo's opera, “I Pagliacci,” will be | a movie actor out of Edgar Guest! Arch McDonald Sk a feature of the “Tent Show"” on WRC | [ Summer _Serenade Old Tolerable at 9. Conrad Thibault will sing the | xx 710 says radio isn't powerful? . . . Rhythms at Eight The Pennywinkles selection. Jack and Loretta Clemens Ted Husing and Les Quailey are | LA ST also will contribute to this program | ;" quing foot ball in anticipa- Four Squires the new novelty tune, “The Gentle- | tion of & busy Fall schedule. Husing Sidney Smith, tenor man_Obviously Doesn't Believe in|iOf Of 3 YoV %, FE0rC iont think “Five Star Final” :00 | Love.” i anrouncer prepares for & A - “Scenes From the Scoltish High | ;:If r:n‘;reuseriously tha: h‘: does . . .| lands,” 8 suite for strings, is included Youw'll probably enjoy Jules Lande's in the String Symphony Program ON | nugc if proadcasts from the St. M e Regis are resumed. He takes the | (Musical l?‘ilry Rhythm Makers Clgi Willard Robison's Orch. |St. Louis Parade Pedro Via's Orch. - 2 “« . Joe Brown'’s Kiddies w w Foster Melodies - Rhythm Symphony 0 |Dream Drama {Lucille Manners Catholic, Hour Roses and Drums |Chats About Dogs |Oswaldo Mazzuchi |Tea Time Grenadiers Guards Band Grand Hotel “ T Amateur Night Ed McConnell Dictators Sundown Revue College Sweethearts “MAGIC EYE" “MAGIC BRAIN" RCA VICTOR NOW at KITT'S 1330 G Strect News—Music Voice of the People Headliners America’s Hour Familiar yune The Tent Show i ADIO'S role in another war, should it come, is a natural subject of speculation in military and radio cir- cles these days, particularly in the light of its various uses in the recent American Army maneuvers at Pine Camp, N. Y. The report, too, that the great radio inventor, Marconi, hns,‘ perfected an ultra-short wave “death ray” that can put airplane and motor car ignition systems out of commis- sion—and the announcement that Marconi himself is going to join Italy’s forces in Ethiopia as director of com- nmunications—also have focused at- tention on the way radio will make the next war even more horrible by making it so much more efficient. Every military chieftain admits that the enormous advances made in ra- dio since the World War will require many changes in modern methods of warfare. Even in the World War, radio ‘guided transport ships across the seas, discovered the whereabouts cf U-boats so that not a single Amer- ican vessel was sunk, provided con- tacts between aircraft in flight and the ground, and even made it pos- %ible to maintain communications witht Cavalry units in the field. This was quite apart from its widespread use for transoceanic and other point- to-point telegraphic communications. Smcl that time much more has been learned about radio and its| methods have become more refined. Indeed, its manifold uses are regarded year-old Jean Darlington, daugh- ter of one of General Electric Co.’s pioneer radio engineers, is followed | wherever she goes by a radio, Her daddy bullt it for her and she trundles | it behind her in a small cart when- ever she goes out to play in the neigh- | borhood of her home in Scotia, N. Y. The set is permanently tuned to her | father's amateur radio station, and | when daddy or mother wants Jean to come home, she simply gets her in- structions via the radio. When Jean was an infant Mr. Darlington devised a system which automatically turned on a phonograph in her bed room when she awoke at night. His own by a loud speaker and when she awakened he merely touched a con- trol button and the strains of a lullaby from the phonograph soon lulled her back to sleep. Helen Hayea ifl E\IYOPQ- [ ELEN HAYES, distinguished Amer- - Tican actress, has gone to Europe for a brief vacation before beginning her new weekly radio series on N. B. C. October 1. Before leaving she con- ducted fnal auditions for merabers of her supporting cast. Popeye's Debut Tuesday. POPBYE, famous and mighty muscled films, will make his radio debut on N. B. C. Tuesday. Vic Irwin and his @ 50 important that the Army and’band will support him. & e n - - PE— Grant Park Concért Salon Moderne [Elder Rosa Horn News Bulletins |News Flashes Glen Lee's Oren. - 2 |Boulanger’s Orchestra |News Bulletins Eddie South's Orch. Public Opinion |Adelaide Joy Seymour Simon's Orch. |Johnny Tucker Frank Dailey’s Orch. mfiy C'l_rclo Bick Fiddler’s Orch. Sammy Kaye's Orch. Sign oft Gustave & Greta Heintze Slumber Hour [Morning Glories (Cheerio Gotd_m Hittenmark 2R Breakfast Club Frankie Master’s Orch. charls Bind'l Orch. Dick Messner's Orch. Irving Rose's Orch. Sign : 7 |Sign Off EARLY PROGRAMS TOMORROW. Gordon Hittenmark room was connected with her nursery | “7.00 |Gordon Hittenmark | R F.D. Sun_Dial “ un Dial Tt comedian. of the comic strips and | 13:00 | Gordon Hittenmark Girl Alone Breen and De Rose News-City Voices Yodeling Philosopher Today’s Children News Bulletins [Honeymooners Wendall Hall 0. S, Navy Band Sun Dial Piano Selections Harmonles in Contrast [Radio Novelties hboard |Police Flashes e St 0O ack Ward, organist “Famious Babies” ~|The Balladeers Blanch Sweet Linds and Johann Sandra Brown Variety and Value Just Plain Bill Views of the News f rience George Meyer, dongs Voice of Experien 'mpo'tho' . (Varieties Morning Concert . place of Johnny Green, now West Broadcast Experiment. B! 8. seekers after truth have dis- * covered that the number 13 is| nothing to be a-scared of after all| and they're going to tell it to the| Nation-wide network in a lucky broad- | cast entitled “Friday the 13th—a | | starts his regular series October 6 | and there’ll be stuff on his program Preview” Thursday. This broadcast, under the direction of Courtenay Savage, director of con- tinuity and dramatics at Columbia, will be in the nature of an experi- mental drama embracing the series of sketches by Charles Tazewell, well- known radio writer. In it he will trace the history of the superstition surrounding Friday the 13th and point out its absurdities in entertaining dramatic formi. The sketches will be performéd by a large cast of Broad- way actors supported by the orchestra under the direction of Mark War- now, whose arrangement of “Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” will be a feature of several appropriate orchestra selections. Antenna to Be Discussed. ROADCAST antenna will be dis- cussed by T. A, M. Craven, con- sulting engineer, at a meeting of the Washington section of the Institute of Radio Engineers in the auditorium of 700 | the Potomac Electric Power Co. Build- ing Thursday at 8 pm. The meeting 0 | will be preceded by & dinner-at Sholl's Cafe at 1319 G street. 1Y Coast bound . . . Winchell is back on the air, which is grand, but there aren’t any more of those programs by Cornelia Otis Skinner, who was very, very swell indeed . . . Annette Hanshaw back from a vacation in Canada but no program set for the Fall . . . Believe-It-Or-Not Ripley to make your hair curl! TH!: career of Vivian Della Chiesa, who starts & C. B. S. series to- day, will be worth watching. She's an amateur who has made good. And & really fine soprano . . . It'll be Ruth Chatterton in “Petticoat Influence” in the Radio Theater tomorrow. She’s 8 fine actress, but this-writer’s recol- lection of the play isn't a favorable ene.. . . Ben Bernie has taken his band back to Chicago for a month . . . Shirley Howard set in a new com- mercial series this Fall . . . Thornton Fisher of the Saturday night Sports Review will be heard in a feries of movie shorts . . . Xavier Cugat and his band leave Manhattan Tuesday | for a six“weeks' tour. VIRGINIA VERRILL couldn’t get into pictures when her home was in Los Angeles. She came East, made good on the air and now the movie folk want to talk business . .. Eddie Duchin and his band will be in Fort Worth, Tex., this week. Due back in New York October 1 ... Hal ' You'll enjoy “MUsICAL ' TOOTNOTES” A triple-star radio program featuring % VIVIAN della CHIESA Sensational lyric soprano % FRANZ IMHOF. Famous operatic tenor % RALPH GINSBURGH Distinguished. violinist, with hig string ensemble Every Sunday WISV 12:30 P.M. presented by the makers of | FOOT SAVER SHOES sold exclusively in WASHINGTON by ! F JTREET AT I0TH B e e