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'Hit Parade' Signs New Song Star it tern ft Be MARGARET WHITING One of radio's choice vocal plums, th role of soloist on Hit Parade," has fallen to. an almost unknown nineteen year old miss from California. Margaret Whiting is the young woman, and he begins her chores on the pro gram tonight a to 9.45 p. over WHP. Margaret is one more child of a parent in show business making a bid to outstrip the fame of her forebear.

She is the daughter of the late Dick Whiting, one of America's' top notch song writers. Born in Detroit, she was moved five years later to Hollywood, Vhere her fattier was writing music for the early talkies. Although Miss Whiting showed talent for singing even before she reached her teens, it was only two years ago that a friend introduced her to a radio producer on the staff of a Hollywood Station. Hearing her sing, he proffered her a sustaining spot. In turn, CBS officials heard and engaged her for similar work on Columbia's Pacific Network.

Other than the fact that she recently performed at 60 United States Army camps in a two month period, has auburn hair and blue eyes, has one younger sister and collects symphonic records, everything has been said. Unless people care to hear that she is simply thr illed. WHP RADIO PROGRAMS FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK STARTING NOVEMBER 2, 1941 Jean Hersholt Starts Fifth Year as Radio's 6Dr. Christian' With the 154th episode of "Dr. Christian," Jean Hersholt begins his fifth consecutive year as the beloved physician of River End in a drama entitled Grandma Streamlined" Wednesday, 8.30 to 8.55, over WHP.

The "Dr. Christian" stories, starring the noted Danish movie actor, were introduced over CBS in November, 1937, and became so popular that movies of the same name, with Hersholt in the title role, were subsequently produced. Lurene Tuttle is currently heard as Judy Price, the doctor's faithful secretary who projects him from scheming folk and who helps him crot tha 'vii7iicfrll. .1.0.. mere medicine can't cure.

When Hersholt hersholt makes his yearly trip to New York, Helen i iaire taxes over tne Judy role. This year Mr. and Mrs. Hersholt arrive in New York from Holly wood during Christmas week. The actor is to be at the microphone New Year's Eve, winding up his broadcast just five minutes before midnight.

Joan Cannon, who produces the "Dr. Christian" dramas in the studios of KNX in Hollywood, was recently married to Perry King, announcer. Ivan Ditmars plays the organ theme and transitional music for the stories, which are usually light and gay, and always warmly human and sympathetic. MARTHA SCOTT Martha Scott stars in Charles Martin's adaptation of Jo Swerl ing's screen play, "Made For Each Other," on "The Philip Morris Playhouse" Friday, 9.00 to 9.30 p. m.

WHP, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 MORNING 6.30 HBG Sunrise Roundup Penna. Department of Agriculture 6.55 WHP Farmer's Tips Morton Salt Co. 7.00 HBG Morning Alarm 7.15 HBG News Bulletins Peter Paul 7.20 HBG Morning Alarm Music Time Weather at 7.30 7.45 HBG "Bond's Breakfast Bulletins" Bond Clothes 8.00 CBS European News Roundup 8.15 CBS Organ Moods 8.30 CBS Sunrise Serenade 8.45 HBG Morning Devotions 9.00 HBG "Nine O'Clock News" 9.05 HBG Morning Melodies 9.15 CBS "School of the Air" 9.45 CBS "Stories America Loves" General Mills 10.00 CBS Hvmns of All Churches General Mills 10.15 CBS "Myrt and Marge" Super Suds 10.30 CBS "Stepmother" Presented by Colgate Palmolive Company 10.45 HBG Standard Bred Horse Auction 11.00 HBG News Reports 11.05 HBG Rough Riders 11.15 CBS "The Man I Married" Campbell Soup 11.30 CBS "Bright Horizon" Silver Dust 11.45 CBS "Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories" Spry 12.00 CBS "Kate Smith Speaks" Grape Nuts AFTERNOON 12.15 CBS "Big Sister" Rinso 12.30 HBG Noonday News 12.40 HBG Weather Report, U. S. Weather Bureau 12.45 CBS "Our Gal Sunday" Anacin 1.00 CBS "Life Can Be Beautiful" Ivory Flakes 10.35 HBG Lew White Trio 1.15 CBS "Woman in White" Oxydol 1.30 CBS "Right to Happiness" Crisco 1.45 CBS "Road of Life" Presented by Chipso 2.00 CBS "Young Doctor Malone" Post Toasties 2.15 CBS "Joyce Jordan" La France and Satina 2.30 HBG News Reports 2.35 HBG Erwin Yeo, Organist 2.45 CBS "Kate Hopkins" Angel of Mercy House Coffee 3.00 CBS Caesar Petrillo's Orchestra 6.30 HBG Sunrise Roundup Penna.

Department of Agriculture 6.45 HBG Farm News Presented by P. Loril lard Co. 7.00 HBG Morning Alarm 7.15 HBG News Bulletins 7.20 HBG Morning Alarm Music Time Weather at 7.30 7.45 HBG "Bond's Breakfast Bulletins" Bond Clothes 8.00 CBS European News Roundup 8.15 CBS Tune Time 8.45 HBG Morning Devotions 9.00 HBG "Nine O'Clock News" 9.05 HBG Morning Melodies 9.15 CBS School of the Air 9.45 CBS By Kathleen Norris General Mills 10.00 CBS Hymns of All Churches General Mills 10.15 CBS "Myrt and Marge" Super Suds 10.30 CBS "Stepmother" Presented by Colgate Palmolive Company 10.45 HBG Rexall's "Parade of Stars" Rexall Drugs 11.00 HBG News Reports 11.05 HBG Rough Riders 11.15 CBS "The Man I Married" Campbell Soup 11.30 CBS "Bright Horizon" Silver Dust 11.45 CBS "Aunt Jennys Real Life Stories" Spry 12.00 CBS "Kate Smith Speaks" Grape Nuts AFTERNOON 12.15 CBS "Big Sister" Rinso 12.30 HBG Noonday News 12.40 HBG Weather Report, U. S. Weather Bureau 12.45 CBS "Our Gal Sunday" Anacin Two 'Star Features' Brighten Saturday Noonday Schedules Have you been hearing the double feature which now highlights the WHP schedule each Saturday at noon? If not, you have been missing two of radio's latest and best programs.

Both are filled with top stars of stage and screen and both are unique, timely and appropriate for midday pleasure. Starting at 12 noon, the curtainopens on the new "Armstrong Theatre of Today," which reports the latest news and immediately goes into a dramatic story based on some leading story of the news of the day. At 12.30 the scene shifts to Hollywood where movieland's greatest artists are presented in original radio dramas during the broadcast of "Stars over Hollywood." As an example of the star studded entertainment customarily heard during these S.15 HBG Ma Perkins Oxydol S.30 HBG "The Guiding Light" Camay 3.45 HBG Edwin Lemarr Trio 3.55 CBS News Reports 4.00 CBS Columbia Concert Hall 4.30 WHP Standard Bred Horse Auction 4.45 HBG "Superman" Stroehmann's Bread 5.00 CBS "Mary Marlin" Ivory 5.15 CBS "The Duz 5.30 CBS "The O'Neills" Ivory Soap 5.45 HBG "Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen" Mother's Oats EVENING 6.00 CBS Edwin C. Hill "The Human Side of the News" American Oil Company 6.10 CBS Frazier Hunt, News Johns Manville 6.15 HBG The Sport World Gulf 6.30 HBG Radio News Extra Styletex Clothes 6.45 CBS "The World Today" 7.00 HBG "Gifts For Listening" Miller's 7.15 HBG "Little Orphan Annie" Quaker Oats 7.30 HBG "Your Pet Peeve" 8.00 HBG Carlisle Army Post Program 8.30 CBS Jean Hersnolt as "Dr. Christian" Chesebrough Mfg.

Company 8.55 CBS Elmer Davis, News Palmolive Soap 9.00 CBS "Texaco Star Theatre" Fred Allen 10.00 CBS Glenn Miller's Orchestra Presented by Chesterfield Cigarets 10.15 HBG King Cole Trio 10.30 HBG "News Ahead of the Headlines" David's 10.45 CBS News of the World 11.00 HBG Nobe Frank Sportcast Tech Beer 11.05 HBG World News Then and Now 11.14 HBG Weather Report 11.15 CBS Tommy Tucker and His Orchestra 11.30 CBS Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra 12.00 CBS Linton Wells, News 12.05CBS Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra 12.30 CBS Isham Jones and His Orchestra 12.55 CBS News Summary and Sign off WHP, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 2.35 HBG Accordion Aces 2.45 CBS "Kate Hopkins" Angel of Mercy Maxwell House Coffee 3.00 HBG Melodies Makers 3.15 HBG "Ma Perkins" Oxydol 3.30 HBG "The Guiding Light" Camay 3.45 HBG Singing Strings 3.55 CBS Press Radio News 4.00 CBS Cincinnati Conservatory 4.30 WHP Standard Bred Horse Auction 4.45 CBS Britain and U. S. Aircraft Program 5.00 CBS "Mary Martin" fvory 5.15 CBS "The Goldbergs" Duz 5.30 CBS "The O'Neills" Ivory Soap 5.45 HBG "Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen" Mother's Oats EVENING 6.00 CBS News of Washington Albert Warner 6.10 CBS Frazier Hunt, News Johns Manville 6.15 HBG The Sport World Gulf 6.30 HBG Radio News Extra Styletex Clothes 6.45 CBS "The World Today" 7.00 HBG "Gifts For Listening" Miller's 7.15 HBG "Little Orphan Annie" Quaker Oats 7.30 HBG WHP Concert Orchestra 8.00 CBS "Death Valiey Days" Borax 8.30 HBG Lud Gluskin's Music 8.55 CBS Elmer Davis, News Palmolive Soap 9.00 CBS Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour Chrysler Corporation 10.00 CBS Glenn Miller's Orchestra Presented by Chesterfield Cigarets 10.15 CBS W. Averell Harriman "Mission to Moscow" 10.30 CBS Out of the Night Comes Music 10.45 CBS News of the War 1.00 CBS "Life Can Be Beautiful" Ivory Flakes 11.00 HBG 1.15 CBS "Woman in White" Oxydol 1.30 CBS "Right to Happiness" Crisco 1.45 CBS "Road of Life" Presented by Chipso 2.00 CBS "Young Dr. Malone" Posts 40 Bran Flakes 2.15 CBS "Joyce Jordan Girl Interne" La France and Satina 2.30 HBG News Reports 11.05 HBG 11.14 HBG 11.15 CBS 11.30 CBS 12.00 CBS 12.05 CBS Nobe Frank Sportcast Tech Beer World News Then and Now Weather Report Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra Linton Wells, News Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra 12.30 CBS Bob Chester and His Orchestra 12.55 CBS News Summary and Sign off i two broadcasts, George Bryan today's listeners heard the following presentations.

Douglass Montgomery, stage and screen star, played tne leaaing role in "Armstrong's Theater of Today" in a drama written especi ally for the program, the locale of which is prompted by an important item in the week's news. George Bryan is the news reporter who sets the mood of the program with last minute bulletins. Tom Shirley is master of ceremonies. Margaret Lindsay, motion picture actress, played the leading role in "Stars Over Hollywood in "With Pen in Hand," written especially for the program by Arthur Lawrents. New Parade of Stars' to Brighten WHP i if MEREDITH WILLSON Latest entrant in the race for radio's popularity stake is "Pa rade of Stars," talent packed se ries of quarter hour programs which will be heard over Station WHP Sunday afternoon at 1.15, Tuesday and Thursday morning at 10.45 and Saturday morning at 11.15.

Lead off man among the celeb rities is Kenny Baker, the tenor, who won national recognition on Jack Benny's programs for a cou ple of seasons. Kenny is now heard regularly on the Fred Allen network shenanigans. The laugh department will be under the direction of cigar ing, keen witted Ken Murray. A veteran of stage, screen and radio, Murray has made up a new bag of tricks which will be opened to the public for the first time on this series. Ken and Kenny promise to set the world on fire with a special rib tickling routine.

However, that not all. There'll be scintillating music, too. Mere dith Willson, ace composer and conductor, will be the baton man who is set to knock out a couple of homers. Willson has one of the finest reputations in the country. Two of his latest popular songs.

"You and and "Two in Love" are in the "Hit Parade" register. The sponsor's representative will be Harlow Wilcox, super smooth mike saleman. "Parade of Stars" is heard semi annually for Rexall drugs. A Naval Academy plebe was awarded a free long distance phone call to Dorothy Lamour in Hollywood on Vox Pop at Annapolis. The movie star asked him to throw a kiss for her to the entire regiment of "3000.

He did..