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KAKRISBURG Ford Motor Company will star Jessica Dragonette in its summer replacement series beginning with the May 17th broadcast. TELEGRAPH SAVE THIS SECTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1940 SAVE THIS SECTION Kl WMIP "SEC My SB AK1E" Stars of Film And Footlights On WHP Screen star Miriam Hopkins; "Two for the Show" star Betty Hutton; "Margin for Error" star Sam Levene, and folk music stars Frank Luther and Zora Layman join master of ceremonies star Burgess Meredith and star director Norman Corwin in "Pursuit of Happiness" on Columbia network and WHP Sunday, February 25, at approximately 4.30 p. m. (immedi ately following the close of the Philharmonic Symphony broad cast). Miss Hopkins is to heard in an American historical dramatization.

Miss Hutton, who has made something of a national anthem of her singing of "Little Miss Muf fet" in the new Broadway revue, is to spread the ditty throughout the 48 states and adjoining terrain. Sam Levene, already Broadway's favorite (if theatrical) policeman, is to be heard in a comedy skit which more or less gently lampoons the popular idea of a newspaper editor. Frank Luther and Zora Layman present two American folk songs out of their repertoire of several hundred. For "Pursuit of Happiness," they have chosen two old California favorites, "A balone" and "Betsy from Pike." Maestro Mark Warnow conducts the "Pursuit of Happiness'' Orchestra for Miss Hutton'ssong and furnishes the background music for the entire program. Present Day "Pan" to Toot Flute For WHP Show Listeners to the Mary Nickolas "Sing and Swing" program next Wednesday night at 7.30 p.

will hear a sample of the luring music which lead the sparrows out of Syracuse. Guest starring on the Nickolas Show this week is Russ Brinkley, now a member of the WHP announcing staff, who last season gained nationwide publicity in staging a modern performance of Pan for bird invested Syracuse, N. Y. At the request of the City Fathers, Brinkley piloted his plane over the city, leaned from the cockpit, and played on his tin flute. The army of sparrows which had raided the city, took wing, gave chase and were lead from the city.

Once beyond the city line Brinkley "gunned' his plane and left the sparrows far behind, much to the joy of the plagued people of Syracuse. Bernarr MacFadden "Hobby Lobby" Guest "Bernarr MacFadden, the magazine publisher who, at the age of 71, is reputed, to be the oldest airplane pilot in the country, headlines Dave 1 a n's Lobby" on WHP Sunday, February 25. Other hobbyists who will tell of their unique avocations include Leon Hillman and Tracy Petredies, who handle model airplanes by remote radio control, and Sculptress Bonnie McLeary, whose studio is furnished with articles which once belonged to such famous personalities as Lucrezia Borgia, Eleanore Duse, Sarah Bernhardt and Hetty Green, once known as the "richest woman in the world." Since taking up flying, McFad den has owned 15 airplanes. He has flown with Douglas Corrigan, Amelia Earhart and other flying celebrities. The publisher became interested in aviation as a hobby when he saw an early flight of the Wright brothers in Chicago.

Announcer Carl Frank assists Elman in interviews. Music is by Harry Salter and his orchestra. SUNDAY CALLER EDWARD G. ROBINSON Edward G. Robinson, star of CBS's "Big Town;" Joseph Calleia, Leatrice Joy and Isabel Jewell, four of Hollywood's finest players, are presented by the "Screen Guild Theatre" in James Warwick's hit play, "Blind Alley," over Columbia network Sunday, February 25 (WABC CBS, 7.30 to 8 p.

EST). The "Screen Guild Theatre" production is under the direction of Roger Pryor. Robinson, just returned to Hollywood from an extended stay in the East, plays a role much to his liking in "Blind Alley" the part of a psychology professor at a middle western college. Robinson's own hobby is psychology. The thrilling plot of the "Screen Guild" presentation is built around a crazed killer who holds the professor and his family prisoners in their own home so that he can evade the police.

During his stay, the desperate man kills a visitor and beats a maid unmercifully when she attempts to summon aid With the realization that the de mented fugitive will wipe out his family, Robinson resorts to psy chology in an effort to convince the killer that his only salvation is to destroy himself. A stirring sequence then brings "Blind Alley" to its climax. Oscar Bradley and his orchestra and John Conte also are featured on the program which includes Hollywood's newest game, "The Question Box," in which the stars must answer questions correctly or pay a humorous forfeit. Air Drama Set ForBroadcast On Sunday Director star Orson Welles brings Joan Blondell before the Campbell Playhouse microphone on Sunday, February 25, to give WHP audiences a radio version of the famous Howard Hawks aviation story, "Only Angels Have Wings" (8 to 8.55 p. The story is that of a benign Dutchman who owns a tiny com mercial airport in an equally tiny South American seaport.

He has surrounded himself with a group of reckless and restless pilots who carry the mail over the hazardous Andean airlanes. To the little banana port of Barranca cornea a New York show girl. From then on, complications develop rapidly, most of them cen tering about the show girl, a cynical chief pilot and a replacement pilot who arrives with his wife. The replacement pilot is recognized as one who bailed out and let a mechanic die in a plane crash. The wife also is recognized as the chief pilot's former sweetheart.

Jealousy, love and hatred have their moments in the plot with heroism finally triumphant. Miss Blondell originally had been scheduled with Welles on February 11, but last minute changes postponed her appearance until February 25. Another Broadway Star Joins Daily Daytime Dramas Donald Cook, a young man of romantic appearance and the dis tinction of having won stardom on both stage and screen, has joined the cast of Columbia's dramatic serial, "Life Begins," heard on WHP Mondays through Fridays, 11.15 to 11.30 a. m. In the role of the debonair play boy, Lloyd Crawford, Donald Cook brings romance into the everyday lives of the Craig household.

At present leading man in the Broadway success, 1 a Cook literally jumped to the boards from the lumber business He threw up a job as representative of a lumber company and in vaded Broadway where he won immediate attention as a coming star. Next he went to Hollywood where he established a record of 45 film successes, and now he's back to Broadway and radio. 7.30 8.00 8.55 9.00 Helen JMenken Starts in New Tuesday Series 'J 4 i iiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiii Hum Iwi inii'nrnnnnnriHuiinMiii mum urn ma "Confucius" Sayings Become Radio's New Craze Through WHP The ancient and wise obsei va' tions of old "Confucius" have in spired a modern craze and a new point of entertainment for WHP listeners. Nightly through WHP hear the latest and most clever Confucius sayings, and whats more even share in the programs with their own creations. At the beginning of the Confu cius craze WHP opened a new series of programs designed expressly for the presentation of these timely quips.

Sponsored by Caplan's, the series has been heard nightly, Monday through Friday, at 7.15 p. m. Since its beginning some ten thousand "sayings" have been re ceived. Those selected as winners were awarded prizes. Now in its fourth week the program is going bigger and better than ever and offering both pleasure for the listener, and valuable opportunity for those who contribute their own original "Confucius Sayings." PROGRAM SCHEDULE WHP 1430 Kilocycles SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 MORNING 9.00 CBS European News Roundup 9.15 HBG Morals For Motorists 9.30 CBS Wings Over Jordan 10.00 CBS Church of the Air 10.30 CBS March of Games 11.00 HBG Market Square Presbyterian Church Services AFTERNOON 12.15 CBS Major Bowes Capitol Theatre Family 12.30 CBS Salt Lake Ciiy Tabernacle Services 1.00 HBG Trans Radio News Reports 1.15 HBG The Mandolettes 1.30 HBG Howard Gale and His Orchestra 2.00 CBS Democracy in Action 2.30 HBG Carlisle High School Band 3.00 CBS New York Philharmonic Orchestra 4.30 CBS Pursuit of Happiness 5.00 CBS Hobby Lobby with Dave Elman presented by Fels Naptha 5.30 HBG "The Shadow" presented by Blue Coal EVENING 6.00 HBG Sunday Serenade Feme Burrell, Robert Tilberg and WHP Concert Orch.

6.30 HBG Your Radio News Extra presented by Styletex Clothes 6.45 HBG Lew White Trio 7.00 CBS "The World This Week" Paris, London. Berlin CBS "Screen Guild Show" presented by Gulf Gasoline CBS Orson Welles Playhouse Campbell Soup Company CBS News Comments CBS Ford Sunday Evening Hour Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Guest Artist 10.00 CBS The Adventures of Ellery Queen 10.30 CBS To Be Announced 11.00 HBG Trans Radio News Reports 11.05 HBG Melody by LaMarr 11.15 CBS Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra 11.30 CBS Henry Busse and His Orchestra 12.00 CBS Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra 12.30 CES Jan Garber and His Orchestra 1.00 HBG News Summary and Sign off Another outstanding radio show joins the WHP schedules this week. "Second Husband," long acclaimed one of radio's top bracket vehicles, starring Helen Menken, will now be heard as a regular Tuesday night feature of WHP, starting February 27, at 7.30 p. m. This attractive series has enjoyed tremendous popularity with Columbia network listeners for several seasons.

Its light, modern fast moving drama, brings definite relief to the dial. The story revolves about Brenda Cummings, played by Helen Menken, who holds an enviable position in the theatrical world as a triple threat star of stage, screen and radio. The broadcast is sponsored bv Bayer's Aspirin. 'Golden Age' Ballet on Philharmonic Sunday Concert The Suite from the 33 year old' Russian composer Shostakovitch's ballet, "The Golden Age," features a program of 18th, 19th and 20th century music to be played by the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra over WHP and the Columbia network Sunday, February 25. John Barbirolli is conductor and Deems Taylor intermission commentator, beginning at 3 p.

m. The program, revised since earlier announcements, opens with the "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 for Strings by Bach, after which Barbirolli conducts the Shostakovich work and finally Tschaikow sky's Symphony No. 4, in minor. "The Golden Age," described as "an athletic ballet," was published in 1935 and introduced in this country the following year.

It contains four movements marked Introduction, Adagio, Polka and Danse. Shostakovitch has been called the "composer laureate to the Soviet State" and is considered one of the most original talents of the present generation. Much of his music, which includes five symphonies and two operas, is based on political or sociological ideologies. He is now an instructor at the conservatory in Leningrad. I MORNING STAR i US' Donald Novls, leading radio tenor, continues to brighten the morning hours for WHP listeners.

In the daily Finkelstein series heard through WHP five days weekly at 10 a. m. Recognized as one of the forerunners of radio who has held his position with the leaders down through the years, Novls special ies In varying his dally pro rram with both the new songs of today and the song which shared with him a mutual rise to fame..