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I TV Resume 25. I'M Akron Beacon Journal 'lkc Silcift Iff! Audio And Vidro 1 WNTK, FMl'ive Keefe sn-i Eleanor ToweU in "Sensations." Sl'MIW. Al ii. WAKK-TV llOLLWVOOO (IN?) Trc5-Mvnl EiM'iilunver, who prefets we.stern movies, eaw "Th Little WorM of Don Camillo," the con-troversml accused of bein bnlh pro-or-antl Communistic depending; on who ltxiked at it. If the President, had a comment, he didn't make it public.

30 Of TV Sets Here Converted Channel 49 9:00 Feature Film 10:80 ThU Is The Life 11:00 11:10 porta 11:15 Weather Teat 'attrrn 6:30 Cowtniy O-Men 7:00 News-Sports 7:15 Star Room 7:80 Feature lllm .1 4:30 WNFK, Zco Parade: A 'march down Main st. I 8 WNBK, Recital Hail: IManlst Ellen Ballon, soloist. 5:30 WNF.K. American Forum: Benjamin McKelway of the Washington Star, James Kerney of the Renton Times, Alan Chellas i of People Today and John of the New York Daily News MXBK-TV hannel 4 WEWS-TV Chaniwl 5 WXEUTV Channel 9 Lllre Rihl 1 I iWifJi j. ts 4 By ART CTLLISOX Reseoa JaarnsJ Radia-TV Writer WAKR-TV came up with a surprise announcement Saturday, that almost one-third of Akron area television viewers have converted their sets to receive the UHF Channel 49.

The results are unexpectedly frcJ because ether cities where VHF channels were already available have been slow In converting sets ta receive the UHF channels. WAKR-TVs figures are authentic because they were made by an outside firm of certified public ac- Test Pattern Kuh for Today Christophers Better Living Club LoiIidud Neas Dusout Views indians (lame Film Fetivl You Asked For It Wh Exrlusue All-Star News Gerald Johnso Rocky King Plalnclothesman Death Vellev Devi Feature Flint 10 30 Tfit Psitern 30 11 no Rf, minus Fi.ni 11 13 11 30 Western Kl 'n 11 43 13 00 Ciene Carroll 12 00 1 CO Poika Fsrsna la 10 1 0 Feature Kuin 1 00 5 oo snip Unto vy Fret 1 15 30 Man Of Wee 1 30 00 Amenture 6 30 7 00 Rangf 00 7 30 Your Pisvttma 7 30 00 Tosstof Toa I 00 00 Thester 4S 3ft Arthur Murray 00 in Pft Fnrenn Intturue 30 Jfl hstaMvLiue iooo 11 (10 News in 30 jnj Film 13.30 Nes 10 00 10 30 11 00 11 30 00 30 1 00 3 3(1 3 15 3 30 4 00 4 -JO 0(1 6 30 00 30 7 00 i 00 00 10 00 10 30 11 00 VMt'A Sf rite Mr Wuard Tim Tv er Luck Sur plavhoiiNe Csiholic hour Fiim Ffsture Film Indirv Parade John Acton Wster Shortage Zoo Parerte Recit.l Hail American Forum Meet The Presa Rov Rogers Aisgmt. Tomorrow Pavotf TV Plavhnuoe Nothing But Bent rnteron Astg mt. Feature Film lull mil ll.nijlum.ii..'" nun. waayr A I 4jC' 0): 1 jusl JANE HARVEY, whose records made with Benny Goodman's band and sextet have now become collectors' items, is heard on "On a Sunday Afternoon" at 4:30 p.

m. today. Today's Cleveland Indiana-St Louis Browns doublehead-. er will be aired by WAKR and WXEL, starting at 1:25 p. m.

TELEVISION SERVICE (AILS discuss "Is Freedom of the Press in Danger?" WEWS, Man of the Week: Ralph F. Lapp, formerly of the Atomic Energy Commission, faces the newsmen. WEWS, Adventure! Indian Life in Brazil; Mcahie, the chimpanzee, and a museum expedition at work. 6:30 WAKR-TV, Cowboy G-Men: "Hang Fire 7:30 WAKR-TV, Feature Film: Neil Hamilton and Madge Evans in "Army Girl" WXEL. Wash- inpton Exclusive: Former Sens.

O'Mahoney, Pepper, Thomas, Brewster and Cain discuss "What Policy Should the U. S. Take in the UN in Korea?" WEWS. Your Play Time: A Western sheriff disconsolately follows the trail of his own son. 8 WEWS, Toast of the Town: Roberta refers, the DeMarco Sisters and Ray Anthony, guests WXEL, All-Star News: Roundup of the week's events.

9 WAKR-TV, Feature Films: Peggy Ann Gamer and Charles Ruggles in "Lovable Cheat." WNBK, TV Playhouse: Hedda Hopper, Sydney Blackmer and Ernest Truex in two half-hour plays WXEL, Rocky King: 'The Final Curtain." WEWS, Theater: J. Carrol Naish in "Wedding Day." 9:30 WXEL, Plalnclothesman: "A Talr of Shoes." WEWS, Arthur Murray: Helen O'Connell and Don Cornell, guests. 10 WXEL, Death Valley Days: Tales of the desert. 10:30 WAKR-TV, This Is the Life: Big-time gamblers move in Doren discuss "Joseph's Life In the Land of Egypt." 1:30 WTAM, Chicago Round-table: "Use and Abuse of the Fifth Amendment." 3:80 TAM, Trans Atlantic Briefing: A special report from Rabat, Morocco, 6:30 WHKK, 20 Questions: The old parlor game. 7 WAKR, Drew Pearson: At this hour or directly after the ball game.

8:30 WADC, My Little Margie: Gale Storm turns matchmaker. 9 WAKR. Taylor Grant: News and comments WADC, Decem on a high school basketball tournament WXEL, Feature Film, John Lodge and Antoinette Collier in "10th Man." 11 WAKR-TV, News and Sports: Roundup of the day's WNBK. Feature Film: ber Bride: Spring; Bylngton meets Southern gentleman. 10:45 WAKR, Eddie Fisher: Music and light humor.

DRAMA 12:15 WCUE, Hour of St. Francis: "The Shy Apostle." 5 WHKK, Shadow: "Green Star of Lhaasa." 5:30 WCUE, So Proudly We Hail: "Three Strikes and WHKK, True Detective: "Riddle of the Careful Killer." 6 WHKK, Nick Carter: "The Caae of the Would-Be Ghost," 7:30 WADC, Richard Diamond: 'The Hollywood Story." 10 WTAM, Barrie Craig: "Dig Another Grave." To Homes S3.95 Night and Sunday Calls, $5.00 Channel i Strip Canverslen, 1 1 A-' countants, Chilton, Stump and Da-verio, which baa no Interests in the station. The accountants found that there were "26,121 or more" sets capable of tuning in Channel 49 in the WAKR-TV viewing area, as ot July SI. This was only two I Including Lynne Roberts and Russell Hay- MIDTOWN Radle, Televlsioa Sarylea, Ina. weeks after the station started 11 X.

SUMMIT ST. JE-91M 24-Hour Telephone Service its programs. BROADWAY PLAYERS (left to right) Phyllis Hill, Joe Brown Jr. and Walter Brooke have the leads in WNBK's aerial, "Three Steps to Heaven," daily at 11:30 a. m.

It the story of a small-town girl's adventures in New York. S. Bernard Berk, WAKR-TV president, estimates there were more than 30.000 converted sets on that date. The survey covered only the sales of nationally-advertised sets, converters, "strips," and not the sales of some LAST TWO DAYS MON. AND TUES.

"private label" units, Berk ex plained. There are approximately 100,000 them should he get a hurry-up call from CBS to substitute for Arthur Godfrey. Jack O'Brian calls this an "act of Godfrey" clause. TV receivers the Akron area. Servicemen continue to report they are very busy converting aen in bona of Adventure.

Radio Resume MUSIC 12:30 WAKR, Classics Corner: Half -hour of recorded serious mustc. 1 WCUE, Music Room: Rlm-sky-Korakoffs "Seheh.erar.ade" played by the San Francisco Symphony. 2 WADC, String Serenade: Strauss' Waltz." 2:30 WADC, World Music Festivals: All-Mozart program from Salburg, Austria. 6:30 WADC, Summer in St. Louis: Music from "Kiss Me, Kate." 7:15 WAKR, Singing ralths At a different time.

7:30 WAKR, American Music Hall: A tribute to Hoagy Car-michael. 9:30 WHKK, Enchanted Honr: Bach's "Prelude No. Xi" and Bruch's "Concerto No. In Minor." 10 WHKK, Brevard Festival: Overtures to Beethoven's "Eg-mont" and Barber's "School for Scandal." VARIETY-TALKS 12:30 WTAM, Eternal Light: Maurice Samuel and Mark Van sets. "UNITED" RECONSTRUCTED nn tl SUNDAY, AUG.

23 (PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGS WITHOUT JtOTICI) "This amazingly rapid change-ever of sets to WAKR-TV shows that our programs are receiving the overwhelming approval of Akron area viewers," Berk said. "Local news, sports and special events such as the Soap Box Derby coverage, feature films early in the evening have already developed a very substantial audience." The WAKR-TV program schedule will be expanded next month. 1 ly, too. On Mondays, people the town over are discussing "TV Playhouse" and on Tuesdays, Robert Montgomery or "Studio One." These "critics" look into more than the play Itself and the acting. The good and ths bad points about the lighting, or the sound effects, or the -costuming are debated just as much as the performances.

FRED ALLEN, tha man who lampooned quiz shows for years but finally introduced one of his own on TV last week, held out to the very end against them. Grcacho Marx, it is rumored around New York, talked Allen into the step and even helped Allen with the test film made for prospective sponsors Robert Q. Lewis has a clause in all his contracts with night clubs and theaters which cancels U.U;Ld WADC (1350), WAKR (1590) WTAM (1100) WHKK (640) Columbia American National Mutual 7:00 Concert Hall Songs For Sundar WUdwood Church Sunrlst Melodlee 1:15 Concert HaU Songs For Sunday WUawood Church Sunrise Melodlee 7:10 Rer. Wiseman Haven Of Rest WUdwood Church Sunrise Melodies 1 7:45 Re. Wiseman Haven Ot Rest WUdwood-Newa Sunrise Melodlee 1:00 News Kenmort Baotlst Your Btory Hour Cos Del In Song 8:15 EUB Churches Kenmora Baotiat Tour Slorr Hour Gosoe In Song 1:30 Brotherhood Pastor's Studv Manhattan Musi Barberton Weslere Brotherhood Thayer Bt.

Mission Melody Moments Barberton Wcslcyon when the station Joins the ABC Hooa Tor Todav Hone For Tod ar Back To Ood Back To God News Thesa Troths Carnival Of Books Museum Sketches :00 Renfro Valle :15 Renfro Valler 9:30 Renfro Valler 45 Christ Scienca News-Salvation Salvation srmt Wings Of Heallne Wings Of Healing Peoole's Gosoel People's Gosoel Volca Of ProDheor Voice Of Proohecr Nat Radio Pulnii Nst'l Radio PulDis Bini Sinia News 10:00 News-Cosmop. 10:15 Cosmop. Akroa 10:30 Hungarian Hr. 10:45 Hungarian Hr. News Rev.

Bllllnrton Rev. Btlllneton Rev. Billtnaton 11:00 Cafr. BantUt WUdwood Church WUdwood Church Thaver St. Church Thaver St.

Church Art Of Livlns Viewpoint TJ6A TJN Is Mv Beat About Your Mini First Methodist First Methodist First Methodist First Methodist Gone With Wind' 11:15 Calv. Baotlst 11:30 News-Music 11:45 Sundav Must Detail Is Okayed television network and moves into its $500,000 Television Center on Copley rd. NBC WILL MARK its eighth year of independent television news-on-film production with a special anniversary program on WNBK from 7 to 8 tonight "Assignment: Tomorrow" will be a cavalcade of news events during 1945-53, compiled from the 15 million feet of news film In ths NBC library. James Fleming, formerly seen on 'Today," will be editor and narrator. The inception of NBC news film coincided with the beginning of the atomic age.

It was during the month In which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima that NBC originated Its own film news unit HOLLYWOOD David O. Selz- nick has held his first conference with Marge and Gower Champion about doing the choreography and playing roles in his musical stage version of "Gone With the Wind." SH-1151 ADMIRAL Equipped For TT.H.F. 2 YEAR WRITTEN GUARANTEE Your choice Hoover Model 102 manufactured in 1019 or Electrolux Model 11 manufactured in 1031. Reconstructed and modernized with new United parts by United experts. Phone FR-7137 for free home trlaL The Champions wouldn't play HOME TRIAL Rhett and Scarlett but would fill roles to be added to Margaret Mitchell's original cast of characters.

Gower Champion's current stint at the Cocoanut Grove with Marge, by the way, has special meaning fatal Saa UNITIO VACU0N I CtlANII el to the dancing star. Fifteen years ago he won an amateur dancing Isteftstrvcied Moevee -f 13.00 News News News Gosoel Mission 13:13 Poo Tunes Bint Sinn Instlt. Prof rajs Gosnel Mission 13:30 Nina Maine Classics Corua Eternal Llsht Gosoel Mission 13:45 Nina Magna Classics Corner Eternal Light Musical Matinee 1:00 Chaa. Fuller News Your Marmara Fred Vandeventer 1:15 Chaa. Fuller Dugout View Tour Manners Sundav Muslo 1:30 Chee.

Fuller L. Chic, Round Tabto Lutheran Hour I 1:45 Chaa. Fuller Baseball Game Chic. Round Table Lutheran Hour 3:00 Serenade Baseball Gam Catholic Hour Lakemore Church 15 Serenade Baseball Gama Cathollo Hour Lakemore Church 1:30 Music Festlral Baseball Gama Relaxing; Musla Guest Star 8:45 Music Festival Baseball Gama Elmo Roper Musical Matte 1 3 .00 Music Festival Baseball Gam News Ton Tunes 3:15 Music Festival Baseball Gama Celling Londoa TooTunea 3:30 Music Festival Baseball Gama Transatlantla BIllvGrahat 3:45 Music Festival Baseball Game Transatlan tie Billy Graham IT Baseball Gama Musie Bv Roth Music Hall 4:15 World Todar Baseball Gama Music Br Roth Music Hall 4:30 On A Sunder Baseball Gama News-Ken Colemaa Sundav Mutl 4:45 On A Sunday i Baseball Gama Grandstand Sundav Musie 5:00 On A Sunder Baseball Gama BrovAis-49ere Shadow 6:15 On A Sundav Baseball Gama Football Game Shadow 1 5:30 House OI Lore! Baseball Gama Football Game True Detective 6:45 Man Baseball Game FootbaU Game True Detective :00 Gene Autrr Baseball Gama Football Game Nick Carter 15GeneAutrr BsseballGame Football Gama NickCarter 30 St. L.

Summer Baseball Gama FootbaU Gama 30 fiuestiona 6:45 St. L. Summer 10th Inning Football Game 30 Questions 7:00 Guv Lombard Drew Pearson Football Oeme Weekly People 7:15 Guy Lombard Singing Faith FootbaU Gama Wallace Deuel 7 30 Rich. Diamond American Musi Scores Chamber Musie 7 45 Rich. Diamond American Musla BobConsldlna Chamber Musi :00 Junior Mia American Musla Tony Martia, Hawaii Call I 13 Junior Miss American Musi Tony Martia Hawaii Calls 1 1 30 Little Margl American Musi Best Playa Ooenel Crusader i 43 Little Margie American Musie Best Plays Gospel Crusaders 00 Dee.

Bride Taylor Grant Best Playa Marine Band :15 Dee. Brld Austin Klpllnger Best Play Marine Band I 0 30 Escape Rumbard Family Confession Enchanted Hmrr 1 46 Escape Humbard Family Confession Enchanted Hour 1 10:00 Musie Paul Harvey BsrrleCralf BTevard Festival 10:16 Muslo Evening Hour Barrle Craig Brevard Fetv4 10:30 News-Koree Evening Houf Meet The Pre WHKK SIGNS FT 10:45 John perr Eddlt Fisher McctTh Prase Pentecostal XX 11:00 News News News News 11:13 This Is Akron Evsnr.WUaoa Jim Fleming MusleliMagl 11:30 This Is Akron Ballroom Stars From Peril Music Is Ml 11:43 This Is Akron Ballroom Stars From Peril Music Is Magle XX Programs after m. aver WHK (1430). WCUE-AM (1160) contest in the same room. WE'RE GETTING INTO the time of year when football and baseball collide head-on.

Today's WAKR and WXEL. coverage of the Cleveland Indians-St Louis NAMC. Money paid in rent may be applied to purehan price later. AODRtSS- IT IT! i Hi i 43 S. MAIN ST.

CITY- I iiigassgaTT -r Extend Color TV Nationwide NEW YORK CP Ths National Broadcasting Co. plans to broad Medel MinXll. 3M.S Browns game, which starts st 1:25 p. will overlap with WTAM's broadcast of ths Cleveland Browns-San Francisco '49ers football fame, at 4:55 p. m.

The '49ers contest Is the first in series of Browns exhibition fames, which will include one with the Baltimore Colts Sept 17 at the Rubber Bowl. cast color television to all parts BE A 49-ER! JOIN THE WAKR-TV of the country starting Aug. 80. An NBC spokesman said a number of programs have been broadcast in color across the na 21" TV al M99.95 75c -USE RENTAL PLAN OTl Iq) La tion. Less than half a dozen stations were equipped to pass along the color portions of the signals.

Radio And TV on WNBK and 10:30 on WTAM, Met the Press: Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. faces the newsmen. THERE ARE thousands of drama critics in Akron, each one a televiewer. If television has done nothing else for America, it has interested in the theater people who have never seen a legitimate production. They take their dramas serious- 7:00 Good Faith 00 Victory Jublle Kenmore Church 30 Brown St.

Church 00 Florida Ave. Church 16 Guy And A Gal 30 Russ Morgan 10:00 Tabernacle 10:30 Sammy Kave 11:00 Guv Lombard 11:30 Tod Hits 1145 vistas Of Isreel 15:00 News 13:15 Hour of St. PraBele 13:30 Wavne King 1:00 Music Room 3 30 Vaughn Monro Muslo For Sunday 4 00 Tops In Pope 5 00 Msntovanl's Mutl 6 30 So Proudly We Hall 00 Dinner Date 7:00 Show Time 7:30 Romance Mutl 7:45 Guest Star 00 Romance Mutl 1:30 Sign Off STAKE YOUR RXevw 0vv5v to '490 IN GASH OFFERED wm mm EVERY DAY IN CHANNEL 49'S EXCITING NEW GAME! 10 PRIZES OF '49 EACH CAN BE WON DAILY! Nmv 1954 (2) "Emerson TV "Then Easy Rules. Compare uith aett selling for $300 NowatLeRoy'sforonly The "GOLD RUSH OF 49" Is On right here In the Akron area! Here's your chance to he a 49-er, and prospect for some of that "GOLD" that WAKR-TV Is offering each day. There Is nothing- to buy! Nothing- to send In! Here'i how you play WAKR-TV' thrilling new "GOLD RUSH" gome Several times each evening WAKR-TV will telecast the serial numbers of ten one-dollar bills, placed in circulation the preceding day by WAKR-TV.

Look at the serial numbers of the dollar bills you have In your pocket. You may have one of these "GOLD RtH DOLLARS" one with the same serial number telecast by WAKR-TV. IF SO, IT'S WORTH $49.00 IN CASH I That's all there Is to It! Just follow the simple rules printed elsewhere In this LOOK AT THESE FEATURES! One-Year Guarantee Wood Cabipet Curved Black Tube Super-Power-24 Tubes Controls on the side- 1WAKS-TT will ieleeael, enerel times aarh evening, th aerial numbers the in St BILLS, which were placed In circulation In the Akrnn area by WaKB-TV an tha preceding e'er. Anyone whe has ana of thea St Bills, hearing the eerlal number telecast by WAKR-TV, nay etchings it for 11900 In each, at WAKR-TV. 2 Winning II Sills most he presented hr the helder at the WAKR-TV Hutlneae Offices, located en tha Ground Floor of th First National Tower, between A.

M. and IM P. M. Mondays through Fridays, or between 6:00 A. M.

and 12:00 noon on Saturdays. 3 Winning 11 Bills must he presented within week from the orlflnal date on which their eerlal numbers were telecast by WAKE-TV. 4 It la not necessary to watch WAKR-TV. to participate In tha "GOLD RISH" contest. A list containing th serial numbers telecast each dar can he seen at the WAKR-TV orflces In th First National Tower, each week, dsy between 1:00 A.

M. and 8:00 F. M. 5Th "GOLD RUSH" contest Is open anyone, except members of th WAKR-TV and WAKR etaff, and Bomber their famllle. Anyone under tl years of age must accompanied by a parent or guardian, when claiming hi sward.

all get for UHF Saves space THlT Bm Optional mt Slight Additional Cott AKRON'S OWN STATION 01 EASY 1HW No Finance Companies to bother with. You deal DIRECTLY and ONLY with the friendly folks at LeROY'8. TERMS QUALITY JEWELERS CHANNEL 49 ENJOY 1IIAZIIISLY CLEAR RECEPTION ON CHANNEL 19.