Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1937, Page 55

Network “Discovers’”’ ‘Works of Shakespeare Columbia, in Announcing Series of One- Hour Presentations, Sees Excellent Air Material in Plays. By Chris I “‘discovered” by radio. eight one-hour Shakespearean product and screen “names” and more than be enhanced by musical backgrounds+ provided by a large symphony or-| chestra. | It will not be the first occasion on which the bard’s lines have been read in front of a microphone; there have been individual presentations and even series before, but Shakespeare never has been accorded such generous and conscientious treatment by a net- work. Particularly impressive is the fact that this latest venture is un- sponsored, takes position as a debit on the C. B. S. books, and, yet, the chain promises to engage the fore- most exponents of lead roles. Negotia- tians now are being completed in New York, Hollywood and London, an- ! nounces W. B. Lewis, Columbia’s vice | president in charge of programs. Englishman John Gielgud brought | his “Hamlet” to Broadway during the past season, scored an impressive triumph, essayed a short road tour. | Leslie Howard did well enough in | the same role, despite the overwhelm- | ing acclaim directed at the Londoner. Maurice Evans came up with “Rich- ard II” to make it a “double” for the | playwright who continues to stick in | “big time” theater. The enthusiastic | reception met by these productions ‘Was an important factor in prompting | Columbia’s decision, | Brewster Morgan, regarded as out- | standing among the younger Shake- spearean directors, and formerly as- sociated with England's Oxford The- | ater, has been placed in charge of | the series, which will include “Ham- Jet.” “Macbeth,” “King Lear. ? | Night,” “As You Like It | ing of the Shrew,” “Henry IV,” “Much Ado About Nothing.” Mor- RAan is a native of Kansas City, Kans., but garnered considerable experience in producing poetic dramas in Lon- don, and was the first American Rhodes scholar to act as director of Bhakespearean plays at Oxford. While | there he did “Macbeth,” starring Gwen Frangcon Davies, leading British Ibsen actress. Morgan also was affil- lated with Harry Moses in production of several Broadway successes, among them being “The Warrior's Husband," & Katharine Hepburn vehicle. “Shakespearean dramas are ideal for radio presentation,” declares Di- rector Morgan, “due to the fact that they originally were played with very little scenery. As a result, the play wright often included in the dialogue passages which suggest the setting. Perhaps the greatest advantage which radio will enjoy in the presentation of the bard's works is in the treat- ment of soliloquies. Radio allows play- ers to keep their voices at normal | pitch against backgrounds of clash- ing words, shouting mobs, etc., as the case may be. This brings out all the emotional shadings and poetic beau- ties of such speeches and allows the | listener almost to read the mind of | the character speaking in a way which was possible heretofore only in the | &mall Elizabethan playhouses for which such speeches originally were written.” Columbia promises much. It prom- Lses the finest actors and consum- mately judicious abridgment to bring the programs within the one-hour limit. ~ Director Morgan points out factors in his favor, and they ring true. The project looms as & poten- tial treat for lovers of Shakespeare and as a public service to the many Who have not had their introduction in the theater. ‘HE concluding broadcast of the promenade concert series for the current season, broadcast by WMAL at 7 o'clock, will present Lucrezia Borl, operatic soprano, and Joseph Bentonelli, tenor of the Metropolitan | Opera Company, as soloists with the | Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Otto Klemperer. The program follows: 1 Overture to “Concert Boheme = Che gelida manina, .. Bentonell| “MI chiamano Mimi.” Lucre- 7ia_Bori O soave fanciulla,” " zia Bori, Joseph Bentonell ST RO T - (8) “Who'll Buy My Lavender>” Germa ®) “1 Baclor ___________ AT Lucrezia Bori. ~--Debussy “Rienzi"_____ Wagner Presentation” of ‘La Puccini " Joseph Lucre- . “Petes” s Orchestra, 6. (8) “Balut! del from “Faust” __ ----Gounod Joseph Bentonelli. (b) “Gavotte,” from *Manon." Massenet eure.” P Lecrezia Bori. Meiry Waltz" ----Klemperer Orchestra. ISCHA LEVITSKI, concert pian- ist, appears as artist with the symphony orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy, during the Sunday Evening Hour tonight, a WISV feature, | at 8. The program follows: “Chorale and Fugue”______Zemachson Orchestra Andante and finale from ‘“Concerto T Y R S i Levitski and_orchestra. ““Jesu. Joy of Man's Desiring____Bach Chorus and_orchestra. “Jewels " of th Intermezzo o Wolf-Ferrari from BdonnwAt Lo oT Orchestra. “Fantasie Impromptu’ vitski and orches “Waltz in A Major'.__ 2 Levitski and “orchestra. “Second Hungarian Rhapsody' ___Liszt Orchestra. *Faith of Our Fathers’ _Hemy-Walton Chorus and orchestra. ~Chopin Levitski MR. ROBERT HENRY steps up to register a complaint. Mr, Hen- ry listens to the radio from time to time and declares that, for the most part, he is content to remain at peace with the networks and independent stations alike. Sometimes, however, he finds it rather difficult. There was 8 week ago yesterday, for instance. Listener Henry, being one of the most rabid of rabid horse racing devotees, went into conference with his loud- speaker for purposes of hearing a de- scription of the Suburban Handicap, which is a horse race. The broadcast was scheduled for 3 o’clock, but at the hour mentioned nothing resem- bling a description of a horse race was to be heard. “I kept on listening,” says Mr. Henry, “and, finally, the announcer |55 broke in and began to call the race, but it was half over. The excuse given was that the horses had been at the post only 30 seconds.” Complainant submits that nothing can be said in extenuation of the pro- gram’s failure to commence in time for a complete description; that the switch should have been made to the track in time to catch the start even though the post delay was a mere second. If Mr. Henry states the fact correctly, he will find ready support here. When a network sets about catering to a definite class of listeners, it is treading a precarious course, at best, for that definite class is tuned in for one thing, a satisfac~ | L) Mathisen. HAT fellow who came down from Stratford-on-Avon to London town a few centuries ago and turned out some passable efforts in the play line, which still are being enacted on stages here and there, has been Columbia announces a Summer series of lons, enlisting the talents of 25 stage 100 established supporting players, to tory presentation of its particular in- terest, be it opera, drama or sports. The slip need be but a slight one to turn the interest into antagonism. Persons listening to a program of general interest are but slightly an- noyed, as a general rule, when the period is interrupted for a special feature, but the gnashing of teeth is vigorous and protracted among opera lovers when a slice is taken out of the last act of “Il Trovatore,” among base ball fans when the broad- cast is halted with bases full in the | ninth inning, among followers of the | “sport of kings” when they hear but half a race. That network which has been wooing race enthusiasts with frequent airings from the Na- tion's tracks should realize a chance to build up a sizable, if specialized, group of listeners, who would fre- quently leave their dials untouched after the finish of the race. It will head for the radio “dog house” if it doesn't give them all there is of in- terest. "THE warm weather is here, and With its advent comes evidences of a most solicitous attitude on the part of the advertising agency boys | with respect to the well-being of those who write about radio for newspa- pers for pay. The approach is about the same—"guest” colums by popu- lar radio stars, offered for use dur- ing vacations, “free for nothing.” The grist to date has comprised plead- ings from no less than-six agencies presenting their respective lists of substitute writers. Among the names TODAY'S PROGRAM WMAL—630k | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 6, 1937—PART FOUR. Pretty Girls Are N Novelty in the Studios networks. Peg La Centra (left) Benny Goodman's Orchestra, wh: Oakie's College and is appearing In support of the statement that beauty is usual in radio are presented these three charmers, heard regularly over the is the featured vocalist with ich supplies the music for Jack at the Earle Theater this week. Joan Winters (center) has been an N. B. C. actr starring currently in the “Girl Alone” serial. (right) is one of those popular Pickens sisters, but she is doing a “single” on the Sunday Night Party at present. ess for five years, Jane Pickens are those of Eddie Cantor, Gracie | Allen, Al Jolson, Guy Lombardo, Jack Oakie, Lanny Ross, Kate Smith, Jes- sica Dragonette, Al Goodman and more, and more. One outfit attempts something rath- WRC—950k | er droll. On stationery impressed, “Committee for Radio Editors’ Sum- mer Relief,” it offers the services of the “members” of the “committee” in turning out columns. The good folk on the “committee,” of course, are | CAPITAL'S RADIO PROGRAMS JUNE 6, 1937. WISV—1,460k AM. Goldthwaite Ensemble | Children’s Concert Harold Nagel's Orch. |A Capella Choir Salutations | News Bulletins Waltz Themes 79:00 Russian Melodies :30 'String Quartet s : | Bible "l'hls | “ 'n’ That | Church of Christ Pianologues Dixie Harmonles High Lights Know Your Washington Church of the Air Gypsy Minstrel | Songs of the Church :00 News—Songs :15 'Hendrik Van Loon 0:30 |Autobal's Cubans Ward | Vogue: | Bravest of Brave ‘Watch Tower News Bulletins | Art Brown s and Vagaries | e B and Muzzy News Bulletins Christian Science Arthur Godfrey 0 Southerna 15 | - : :30 !Music Hall ires’ The Hour Glass Round Table Art Brown Church Services Arthur Godfrey Tabernacle Choir V. 00 ] 115 | :30 ‘Our Neighbors Music Hall lMoods Dance Invitation Midday Musicale |New Poetry Hour and Modes | Cantor Shapiro Church of the Air Sunday Players High | Thatcl Sunday Drivers Lights | Watch Tower her Colt Mysterles | 2 ‘ _ |Hawailan Echoes Art Brown, Organist | |Samuel K. Ratcliffe 'Words and Music Base Ball Game 80 |A Capella Choir :30 Confederate Program Melody Tapestry Widow's Sons Church of the Air Joe Brown's Kiddies \Base Ball Game 0 | National Vespers :30 Fishface and Figsbottie 45 | i | Red River Valley The World Is Yours | Joe Brown's Kiddies [News Bulletins {Ladies. of the Air 4:00 Roy Shields’ Orch. 4:15 5 4:30 Paul 4:45 | Martin's Music | Marion Talley ’smmng Ed Alpine Concert Forum Hour 5:00 Tea Time | 5:15 |Canadian Grenadiers 5:30 Golden Gate Band 52451 A Tale of Today National Catholic Hour Nye Mayhew's Orck. the Masters Music of i “ Base Ball Game Rubinoff T6:00 Helen Traubel 6:15 P | 6:30 | Ozzie Nelson’s Orchestra | 6:45 S Jack Benny Fireside Recital Jingle Program [Sports Resume {Waltz Themes Watch Tower |Benay Venuta Grace Vitality Arch McDonald Phil Baker 7:00 | Promenade Concert i 7:15 “ « 7:30 7:45 Edgar Bergen | Benay Venuta |Basil Formen's Orch. Victor Moore Eddie Stanley 8:00 8:15 8:30 | Walter Winchell 8:45 Organ Reveries Rippling Rhythm Merry Go Round Album of Familiar Music Five Star Final Music Time Sunday Evening Hour 79:00 |California Concert Sunday Night Party | Kay Kyser’s Party Viennese Medley |Duke Ellington’s Orch. | Community Sing Jerry Cooper’s Orch. Maureen O’Connor Judy and the Bunch | News King's Jesters Lou Bring's Orchestra |Organ Reveries |News—Lunceford |Jim Lunceford’s Orch. | Eddy Duchin's Orch, Griffi Willlams' Orch. Nat Brandwynne's Orch. [H. V. Kaltenborn |News Bulletins N. W. Terr. Anniversary Slumber H 7 Reggie Siga Oft Sports-Night Owl Ted Lewis’ Orch. Sign Off Bill McCunes Orch. News Bulletins Child’s Orch. Eddy Duchin’s Orch. Al Trace's Orch, Dick Jurgins' Orch. Griff Williams® Orch. Bill Carlson’s Orch. (Until 1 AM). | The Witching Hour News Bulletins Sign Oft > | LX) Gordon Hittenmark TOMORROW’S PROGRAMS JUNE 7, 1937. Morning Devotions Island Serenaders Cheerio aaa ' . Gordon Hittenmark Art Brown News—Art Brown News—Sun Dial Sun_Dial Sun Dial 7:00 " 7:15 7:30 7:45 Breakfast Club "Brenklnst Club—News 5858 58n35 &3S e i “ News—Hittenmark Gordon Hittenmark Art Brown News—Art Brown =800 8:15 8:30 8:45 Sun Dial Masked Caballero Bachelor's Children 8 Tim Healy Ma Perkins News Bulletins Myriad Voices oo onnn 2 o Mrs Wiggs John's Other Wife Just Plain Bill Today's Children Art Brown Choir Loft Marriage Clinic News—Police Flashes 9:00 9:15 9:30 9:45 Betty and Bob Hymns of All Churches Modern Cinderella John K. Watkins The O'Neills Personal Column Vic and Sade Edward MacHugh David Harum Backstage Wife How to Be Charming Myriad Voices Get Thin to Music Hits and Bits Barbara La Mair Old Timers 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 Magazine of the Air Big Sister Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe To Be Announced 'Grace and Scotty Ranch Boys Viennese Sextet Story Rosa Myriad Voices Three Marshalls of Mary Marlin (Waltz Themes Bill Lewis Lee, Soprano Morning Concert Love and Learn News Bulletins Farm and Home Hour News—Music Dan Harding’s Wife Words and Music Morning Concert News—Music [Dance Music Voice of Scripture 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 PM. 112:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 ‘The Gumps Your News Parade Helen Trent Romance Our Gal Sunday Make Believe Pretty Kitty Kelly The Wife Saver Real Life Stories ) |Farm and Home Hour U. 8. Navy Band Mary Character Forum Concert Orchestrs, Louise Wilcher Mason Quiet Sanctuary Through a Woman's Eyes; Afternoon Rhythms News Bulletins Myrt and Marge 1:00 1:15 1:30 U. 8. Navy Band Let's Talk It Over 5 | L Pepper Young’s Family | Ma Perkins Vic and Sade The O’Neills {Bpotlight Revue [Radioland Orchestra Wakeman's Sports Page Wakeman's Sports Page Col. Jack Major Pop Concert Club Matinee el Home ! Lorenzo Jones Follow the Moon The Guiding Lidflfi Queens Handicap Folks Frolie (News Bulletins Variety Program A (Wakeman's Sports Page Base Ball Game « . - - clients of the changed its writing paper for this particular latter. Another agency, however, comes out into the open and says that it is desirous of sending no guest columns, but rather a collection of news items. States the letter, ex- plaining that the practice of “name” columns had been discontinued sev- eral years ago, “when our ataff tried to write them wholesale, they sounded | very flat, and, when we asked stars ac- tually to write them themselves, for the most part, they turned in stuff we didn't care to offer you because we didn't think it was interesting.” Friends, you can take a bow! IOVANNI MARTINELLI of the Magic Key program today, heard through WMAL at 1 o'clock. Phil Spitalny's all-girl orchestra pre- sents two orchestral and two choir numbers, William Primrose, world- renowned violinist, demonstrates his | talent, accompanied by the N. B. C. Symphony Orchestra, under the direc- tion of Dr. Frank Black, and a scene from “Room Service,” late-season Broadway hit, is the dramatic offer- ing. Canada Adds Power. CANADA'S two most powerful broad- casting stations, each of 50,000 | watts, to be located at Montreal and Toronto, will be completed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. about October 1, Radio Told to Watch Sun agency which has| sings | from Milan, Italy, as a high light | Air Headliners Afternoon Programs. 1:00 p.m.—WMAL, “The Magic Key.” 4:00 p.m.—WRC, Marion Talley. Evening Programs. 6:00 p.m.—WRC, Jack Benny. 6:30 p.m.—WMAL, Ozzie Nelson and Bob Ripiey. 7:00 p.m.—WRC, Edgar Bergen; WMAL, Promenade Concert 7:30 p.m.—WJSV, Eddie Stanley. 8:00 pm.—WOL, “Five Star Final”; WJSV, Sun- day Evening Hour. 8:30 p.m.—WRC, American Al- bum of Familiar Mu- sic. 9:00 p.m.—WRC. Sunday Night Party: WJSV, Com- munity Sing; WOL, Kay Kyser's Surprise Party. Short-Wave Programs. 8:00 p.m.—BERLIN, Serge Gar- garin Sings, DJD, 254 m., 11.77 meg. 10:15 p.m.—LONDON, “Impres- sions of British Personalities”: GSI, 196 m., 1526 meg.; GSF, 198 m. 15.14 meg.; GSD, 255 m,, 1175 meg. Bureau of Standards Gives Pointers on Broadeast 8 IF the radio engineers did not already have troubles enough, the Bureau of Stand- ards has reported that the ra- dio people now are going to have to take into consideration such things as sunspots, seasons of the year and the hour of the day. Such things, it is explained, have a great deal to do with transmitting radio messages over long distances in the high frequencies or short wave lengths. After long investigation, the bureau has reported that higher frequencies may be used better during daylight in Winter than at any other season or time of day. In the Summer the best time is early evening. When sunspots break out on the solar face, frequen- cies may be raised; a higher frequency could be used in 1936, when the sun’s face was in a rash, than in 1933, when it was comparatively clear. The bureau's findings are based on observations of the jonosphere or Ken- Efficiency. | nelly-Heaviside layers, over a period | | of several years. Normal radio wnves" bounce back from these layers and this | | makes possible radio tranmission over | | long distances. If the wave length is | too short, the waves go completely through the layer and pass out into space, “and may not stop until they reach another planet, for all we know,” it is reported. The effect of the jonosphere upon radio transmission depends upon the amount of ionization and this, in turn depends upon ultraviolet light from the sun. The Bureau of Standards, through the use of & multifrequency Iswry of steei. Acme in Swing Music Is Promi sed for Air Benny Meroff Coming Back to Big Time With “Jibe” Rhythm, Which Sounds Like Somethin’. band did a atint on Eddie Cantor's show, has been absent from the air lanes for many months; but he is coming back. Benny has been BINNY MEROFF, who had a taste of the radio spotlight when his igned for a commercial series and he promises something distinctly new—*Jibe music.” latest form of “swing.” flat and uninteresting. According to ’ is. | talk much Benny’s press agent, who says it is, in seven years, { according to Benny, “ ‘Jibe’ is the rhythmic consummation of the musician’s innate desire for self-expression to the full extent of his instrumental virtuosity.” Basically, “jibin’” is what musicians do when they are among them- selves and ‘“let- ting themselves go.” It is wild, “hot” music, and Meroff thought it deserving of being brought out of smoke-filled rehearsal room: and tiny New York eateries, smoothed out a bit, served up to the general pub- lic. He has been trying it out in theaters and brief radio periods, in- terspersing between more tional renditions. When Meroff comes back to the networks “jibe” music will not close his programs, however. The final se- lection has and will be “Dianne,” a melodic “good night” to his 8-year- old daughter, Dianne. Dianne Merof!. A final blast from the treatise pre- | pared by Benny's publicist: “To the initiated, ‘out of the world’ formerly was synonomous with the New Or- leans wee-hour swingsters, who soared | througk musical skies on sulphurous waves of traumatic overtones. ‘Jibe,’ the contemporary equivalent of ‘out of the world,’ is a musical form tak- ing its inspiration purely from the performer’s native sense of rhythmic symmetry.” At that rate, it must “have some- thing” HELTON YOUNG, latest addition to the announcing staff at WISV, is a product of Baltimore, Md., where he saw service with WBAL. Follow- ing his graduation from the Uni- versity of Richmond, however, he played on Broadway in numerous stage successes before entering the radio fleld. Most important was his work with Katherine Cornell in “Ro- meo and Juliet.” In the duel se- quence, he represented the Montagues, with Tyrone Power holding forth in behalf of the Capulets. In one per- formance, Young advanced injudi- ciously in the encounter, meeting Power's weapon with his eye. While the show played = Chicago remained in a darkened hotel room, the optic heavily bandaged. CRITICS have talked of the power in Donall Dickson's baritone voice, but behind that power is a Before he became one of the stars of the Sunday Night Party, before he was signed by the Metropolitan Opera, before he made a name for himself as a singer in | Cleveland, he had learned how to “take it.” Out in Cleveland there is an or- ganization called the “Friends of the Opera,” which stages productions of grand opera. One of their singers for several years was Donald Dickson. On stage in opera costume, he looked much like other baritones, his chest development a little better, perhaps. He was also younger than most of the singers. Few of them knew what he did outside of singing opera. Few of them knew that he worked 12 hours a day in a Cleveland steel mill. slept 6 hours and spent 6 hours a day on music. For two years he did that, then decided he needed more time for music, so he got on the 8-hour shift, working at one of the heaviest jobs in the mill. Steel and, Donald Dickson were daily companions for five years, and at the end of that | period he had graduated from the rolling mill to the recorder’s office in a responsible position—at the age conven- | Young | “Jibe music” is described as the earliest and yet the It is alleged to make the currently accepted versions of this type of rhythm sound quites: Hasn't had a vacation BRIEFS—Pth Baker takes rank as the first radio performer to be starred in an all-technicolor motion picture, Announcer Harry Von Zel taking over his spot with a variety show as Baker departs for the Gold-" wyn lot the first week in July. . . . Walter O'Keefe is the “sub” for Fred Allen this Summer. . . . Horace Heidt and Co. moves to Mutual and a thrice weekly stunt, - Clem McCarthy will give the blow-by-blow at the Braddock-Louis fight. . . . Virginia | Verrill and Jack Haley step aboard the Show Boat July 8 . . . Claudette Colbert will be among the air “reg- | ulars” in the Fall . . The Singing Vass Family is to stick with Ben Bernie throughout the Summer. . . . Tony Martin succeeds Dick Foran on the Burns and Allen show to- morrow night, latter yanked by War- ners for picture duty. . . . Ray Noble, surprise comedian “find.” now sits in |on script conferences for the same show . . . Amos 'n' Andy will seek & New sponsor upon expiration of their present contract JDR- CHARLES COURBOIN, organ- i ist, has had a long and honorable career in the world of music. Born |in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1886, he gave his first concert at the age of 9, and eight years later became ore ganist at the Notre Dame Cathedral, in Antwerp. That same year, when only 17 years old, he made his Lon- don debut at the Royal Albert Hall before 16,000 enthusiast listeners. Dr. Courboin came to the United States in 1906, and for 10 vears was organist at St. Paul's Church, in Os- wego, N. Y. The next eight years he played at what is said to be the largest Baptist church in the United States, the First Baptist Church of Syracuse, N. Y. Dr. Courboin then served as the private organist of the late Rodman Wanamaker, the son of John Wanamaker and a noted patron of music. It was during this period that he gave a request concert for President and Mrs. Coolidge on an organ that Wanamaker installed for the occasion in the east wing of the White House. In recent years Dr. Courboin has given numerous recitals in this country and in Europe, and for the last two years has been a weekly radio feature. An American citzen, he has been internationally honored for his genius at the organ, and has fre- quently given command concerts for royalty. In 1925 the late King Albert of Belgium presented him with the knighthood of the Order of the Crown of Belgium. The musician lives quietly in an up- town New York apartment. He is married to one of his former pupils and has one son. Robert, who is a student at the Dwight School, in New York. | Bong Mystery Solved. | EVERY week Columbia gets a dozen or 0 phone calls from listeners ‘who have discovered a mystery they | want cleared up at once if not sooner. | It concerns the deep, authoritative | stroke of a gong. which is heard over C. B. S. stations every week day eve- ning at 5:30, every week Gay morning at 8 or 8:30 and every Sunday morn- ing at 10:30. “What," listeners in= | quire, “is the meaning of this melo- dious and isolated bong?" Here, straight from the production depart- ment, is the answer: The gong is struck in the New York studios to synchronize clocks in all stations on the chain. The system was initiated more than two years ago when the increasing | complexity of program schedules made split-second change-overs from WABC to out-of-town stations, and vice versa, an absolute necessity. automatic recorder, has kept hourly ionosphere records since May, 1933. Since that time other such observa- tions have been undertaken in vari- ous parts of the world. The results, it was explained, are expected to greatly increase “our understanding of world- wide fonosphere and radio transmis- sion conditions.” Can’t Rehearse Act. IT‘S truly a game of wits during Dr. Harry Hagen's spelling bee broad- casts, for not only do his two teams, each comprising 15 boys and girls and two alternates, match their abilities on words which spell victory or de- feat, but they present to Dr. Hagen the problem of finishing the match before the allotted hour has expired. How to have the last speller “spelled down” or be crowned champion before each program goes off the air is the poser, but Dr. Hagen, who is the orig- inator of the radio spelling bee, boasts he has never been stuck with an un- finished contest yet. He won't reveal his exact secret, but | says he thinks it is a combination of | psychology, an experienced judgment of what words can be spelled by cer- tain types and a great deal of luck. He is faced always with the uncer- tainty of what turn the situation will take, because spelling bees, unique in the history of radio, are the only programs which positively cannot be rehearsed. “You simply cannot rehearse a spell- ing bee,” declares Dr. Hagen. “There's no telling what children will do when they tangle with words like ‘squawk’ and ‘acquiesence’—but one can't spoil GENERAL MOTORS CONCERT T-8 TonicHr WMAL BROADCAST FROM NOLLYWO! 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Dickson’s back-breaking might have ruined all hope of a singing career for a youth without his ability to “take it.” But it only made Dickson tougher. He isn't big boned, looks like a foot ball player on the thin side, a speedy halfback. He's shy, doesn't ~ \. i £ i i Today Consult the Radio Prosram Compliments Washington Flour “DIME" AND MESSENGER SERVICE, INC. 622 K ST. N.W. schedule | — FORD SUNDAY EVENING HOUR MISCHA LEVITZKI Pianist Symphony Orch EUGENE ORMANDY CONDUCTOR TONIGHT—WJSV 81t 9 O'Clock E. S. T. Coast to coust Columbia Neticork °f 75 A new van-size truck for your every hauling end moving need. TRANSFER NA. 1070