Quiz mania and TV brains fuel summer entertainment
Radio and television push quizzes as education while economy drives contestants. Milton Berle and Marie Antoinette lore mingle with Latin origins as viewers store up trivia. CBS TV’s General Electric Guest House shifts hosts from Oscar Levant to Durward Kirby, amid a season of quiz shows and studio banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daly
Oak Ridge
Milton Berle
Marie Antoinette
Marie
General Electric Guest House
Cbs-Tv
Oscar Levant
Levant
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Durward Kirby
Garry Moore
Straight On
Television Schedule grainy: Chisholm Trail and News
TV lineup lists programs including Chisholm Trail at :00 and Farm Review at 7:30, News at 7:45, Wake Up Canton at 8:00, Reverend N Powell at :30, Tymr Time at 8:45, and Nick and Nack at 7:00, reflecting a local station’s daytime evening slate.
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Canton
Rev. N. Powell
Tymr
Nick ‘and
Nack
Billington
Melody Lane
David ,Rose
Bing Crosby
Air Force Orch
Frank Parker
Fred Robbins
Phil Spittiny
Music Unlimited
Radio and TV Listings for Tonight and Tomorrow
Early listings note mules priced at thirty dollars a pair in the old Southwest. Radio and TV schedules feature The Ohio Story about James Bennett at 6:30 on WHBC, The Marcoui Plan on CBS WGAR, The Hidden Truth on MBS WHK, and multiple sports and drama programs across WHBC CBS NBC and WBEN stations, plus film and theater features on WNBK WXEL and WEWS with guest emcees and star appearances.
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James Bennett
East Liverpool
Ohio
WHBC
Rocky Jordan
Marcoui
Cbs-Wgar
Gladiator
Cbswgar
Horace Lockhart
Johnny Dollar
Nbc-Wtam
Jimmy Durante
June Haver
Family Theater
Mbs-Whk
Kansas
Henrik Ibsen
Hedda Gabler
Hilda McKay
WNBK
Television Theater
WEWS
Edward Arnold
Bert Parks
Entertainment quiz show dazzles with wit and southern charm
The piece reviews radio entertainment with Miss Skinner performing a Romeo and Juliet monologue in a southern style. It highlights a lively quiz show Down You Go on DuMont 8 pm EST Thursdays, hosted by Bergen Evans with panelists Toni Gilman Carmelita Pope and Francis Coughlin.
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Miss Skinner
Southland
Wendy Barrie
William Gaxton
Toni Gilman
Carmelita Pope
Francis Coughlin
WGN
Chicago
Dick Cathcart Chosen For Pete Kellys Blues Role
Dick Cathcart, 26, a cornetist on Pete Kellys Blues, was selected for the part because his playing sounds close to Bix Beiderbecke. Frank Worth, a radio musical conductor, predicts ballet in the modern manner will be the biggest new trend in entertainment. To join the all girl chorus and band on Music With the Girl, applicants must be at least 21 and unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Cathcart
Pete Kelly
Bix Beiderbecke
Frank Worth
Allgirl Chorus
Fisher Quills and the Quill-Pelt Mystery
The fisher is described as immune to porcupine quills, yet almost every mature fisher carried several quills embedded in its fur, suggesting a curious predator interaction and unusual coat conditions observed in the species.
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Carol
Melody Magic
Melody
Mary M. WinDinda
Mary M
Frances
WTAM
WHE
WGAR
National Mutual Columbia American
Rew
Mercury Byron Wade
Mercury News
Ralph Flanagan
Mindy Carson
Weather
Tressete
Cochran Waxworks
Fulton Lewis
Robert Q
Ohio Story
News of World
Waxworks
Melody Ranch
One Man
Don Hollenbeck
Fulton Lewis J. Pete Kelly
the Falcon
America
Cleveland Indians
Washington Senators
Morgans
Rex Saunders
Frank Edwards Morgans
Guy Lombardo
Manning
Joe Mulvibil
Morgan
Joe Mulvihill
George A. Sloan News
Is Magic
Daylight World News
Marti AM
Haley Bill Gordon
Bill Mayer
Haley Bill Mayer
Tom Haley
Bill Gordon
Gordon Bill Mayer
Mercury Magic Broadway
Travelers Music For
Travelers Music & News
Arthur Godfrey
Bank
Bing
Grocer
the Bank Grand Slap Magazine
Jack Berch
Dave Garroway
Evelyn Winters
Edward Wallace
eNews
Wendy Warren
David Amity
Aunt Jenny
Eleanor Roosevelt
Helen Trent
Cedric Foster
Big Sister
Ma Perkins
Nancy Dixon
Esko Townell
Dr. Malone
Guiding Light Eye
Young Esko Townell
Mre
Burts
Perry Mason
Nora Drake
Muste
Hilltop — McBride
Pepper Young
Reg
Henry
Stella Dallas Pill
Gordon Reg
Family Circle
Young Widder Brown
Bill Morgan
Vic Damone
Nem
Chisholm
Farm Review
Rev. Mitchell
Channel 4
Ernie Kovac
Ullen Lewes
Cleveland
Washington
Beneke
Serenade World News
Fullon Lewis Jp
Gabriel Heatter
Ron Cochran
Robert Q’s
Truitts
California Caravans
California
Dragnet Candlelight
Silve
Idea Shop
Roundup
Dway
Br’dway
Haley
Frank Edwards Morgan
America Speaks
Playhous
Morgan’s Inn
Tom Manning
Cowboy Playhouse
Gal Inc
Dixie Music
Morgan’s Inc
Dream Harbor
America Loves
James Melton
Freddy Martin
WCMW
David Rose
Wews—Channel
Steve Allen
Ter
Sons of Pioneers
Michael O’brien
WXEL
Bob Rowley
Chance of Lifetime
Northwest Patrol
Corliss Archer
Warren Guthrie
A. J. Hotz
Soupy Hines
Alice Weston
Grant Wilson
Cyclone Malone
Burns & Allen
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Radio Tonight
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American Red Cross
George A. Sloan
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National Gallery of Art
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The
New York Herald Tribune
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Pete Westmore
Hollywood
Mercedes McCambridge
Frances Scully
ABC Whbc
Frank Albertson
Walter Kiernan
Caroline Burke
Alaska
Ann Klem
Robin Chandler
Road OF Life
Abby Lewis
Ada Overton
Mr. Evans
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Popular
Guy Mitchell
Hank Williams
Mario Lanza
Cole Trio
I'm
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April Stevens
Sylvania TV
Ations
Fulton RD
Motorola
Tune In Wand Daily
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Dbi
Phoenix Reg
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Belden
Speedex
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Ravenna
AVE Arts
Wee Tal
Nick and
Art’s Dept. Stores
DIAL
Mac’s Television
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Philco
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