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Harrisburg Telegraph from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 22

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HARRISBURG schmidt, of Natick, heard last week's program ask for Robert's whereabouts. His father, James Day, had been killed in a Newark building accident in June and Robert was the only heir to his estate. Mrs. Hammerschmidt immediately communicated with the "Court" and investigators for the program traced Robert to Camp Edwards. The investigators learned that Robert's mother and father had separated when he was five.

His mother died. An uncle took Robert to Massachusetts and, without his father's knowledge, turned the boy over to the State as a ward. Whn he 12, Robert was placed with Mrs. Hammerschmidt, the State paying her to take care of him. At 16, he took a job at the Fram ingham Police Barracks, where he remained until his induction with the National Guard into the regular Army.

Day is thfc 57th heir traced by the "Court" since its CBS debut December 19, 1939. The total of their legacies exceed $371,000. "The Shadow" Meets a Ghost Sunday "The Ghost of Caleb McKenzie" is the title of The Shadow thriller on Sunday, 5.30 p. over WHP. Caleb McKenzie, afraid of being buried alive like his father, arranges to have a fog horn placed in his coffin at his death.

Two nights after his burial, the fog horn sounds and when his family examine the vault, the body is gone. While investigating the body's disappearance, two of Caleb's children are murdered. The Shadow, interested in the strange story, uncovers the murderer too late to prevent the death of Caleb's children. Bill Johnstone and Marjorie Anderson star in the series. Hawk to Tour South With Quiz Series Bob Hawk, the genial quizmaster of "Take It or Leave It," goes on the road again, starting with his Columbia network broadcast of Sunday.

Bob and his program are to make a seven week tour of the major cities south of the Mason Dixon Line. The "Take It or Leave It" itinerary includes Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans, Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas, Oklahoma City, Oklar. The show will return to New York Citylin time for its Sunday, March 23, broadcast before starting another tour of Pacific Coast cities. David Ross is the announcer for "Take It or Leave It," with music under the supervision of Ray Block. "Take It or Leave It" is heard over WHP and the Columbia network every Sunday evening, 10 to 10.30.

PAULETTE GODDARD TELEGRAPH SAVE THIS SECTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 SAVE THIS SECTION Kl Soldier Heir to Estate of Missing Father Robert Day, 20 year old U. S. Army private, has just learned through Columbia network's "Court of Missing Heirs," that his father whom he hadn't seen for 15 years, died leaving him a $5000 estate. Day, attached to Company 101st Quartermaster Regiment, was granted permission to leave Camp Edwards, Falmouth, to appear on the "Court" broadcast from New York City Tuesday, 8 to 8.30 p. over WHP.

A friend. Mrs. Ada Hammpr Star of a Sunday Night HELEN HAYES A Star of the stare and a Star of the screen hold the spotlight on Sunday night daring the presentation of the popular wur dramatic feature, "Screen Guild" and "Helen Hayes Theatres." They are Helen Hayes and Paulette Goddard and both ironically tells stories of similar setting. Western Theme Predominates Sunday Dramas Over WHP The Greeley influence is to be found in Sunday radio dramatic features the Screen Guild Theatre and the Helen Hayes Theatre heard through WHP and the Columbia Broadcasting System. Both broadcasts have western settings even though one originates from New York and the other from Hollywood.

Here are the details of both dramas The wild and woolly West lives again on the "Screen Guild Theatre" broadcast over WHP and the Columbia network Sunday at 7.30 p. when Screen stars Paulette Goddard, Henry Fonda, Walter Brennan and Lloyd Nolan will star in a radio version of the recent motion picture success, "Destry Rides Again." Miss Goddard will be heard in the role of the vivacious "Frenchy," portrayed on the screen by Marlene Dietrich. Her romance with Tom Destry (Henry Fonda) is beset with plenty of gun play in the western town of Bottleneck, where Elmo Slade (Lloyd Nolan) rules with an iron hand, and disposes of sheriffs as fast as the public elects them. Helen Hayes stars as the heroine of a stirring drama of covered wagon days in a radio adaptation of Daniel Totheroh's play, "Distant Drums," over WHP end the Columbia network Sunday, 8 to 8.30 p. m.

In this play, nineteenth in the series on the "Helen Hayes Theatre" over CBS, Miss Hayes again displays her great versatility as an actress" in the role of a young girl who joins a savage band of marauding Indians to save the lives of her pioneer companions. Therese Lewis adapted the play for radio. Mark Warnow conducts the music. 'Report to the Nation' Gives Complete Washington News "Non partisan and unbiased," a new series of programs on the inside workings of the United States Ci over men biggest business on earth is to be presented by the Columbia Broadcasting svstem over WHP and its coast to coast network. Radio Series For 'Little Congress' A little Congress for the nation is to go on the air over WHP and the Columbia Broadcasting Sys tern.

The program, a brand new idea in radio, will be called "No Poli tics" and will be just that there will be a "Speaker of the House" in the little Congress to keep poli tics out, or try, at least. Tentative starting date for "No Politics" is Saturday. Februarv 1 and the time is expected to be 1.30 P. EST. 'No Politics" will follow the procedure of a session of Coneress and its talent will be drawn from members of the national legisla ture themselves officials versed in parliamentary rules.

or the nation listeners, there win be all the fun with the in iormauon, too or sitting in on a radio session of Congress attended by actual members of Congress with the "Speaker" holriine a firm gavel over the nroceedinss. Sessions to be held on the "No Politics" program will be called to order just as a session of Con gress. The actint? as mas ter of ceremonies, will outline the order of the business of the day and proceed to recognize the various "gentlemen from Questions from all parts of the country will be used on the pro gram and will be slanted toward problems of national and inter national scope and in a "non partisan" sense. But the "Speaker" may have his hands full maintaining the program's name "No Politics" to the letter. Scheduled to appear on the first broadcast of 'No Politics" are the following members of the House of Representatives: Clarence Brown of Ohio.

Roh ert Ramspeck of Georgia, August Andresen of Minnesota and John jCoffee of Washington. imrrvi it kvi nlLIULIb WHP 1430 Kilocycles WHP, SUNDAY, FEB. 2 (STANDARD TlftJE) MORNING 9.00 CBS News of Europe 9.15 CBS U. S. Weather Forecast 9.20 CBS Over the Hills 9.30 CBS Wings Over Jordan 10.00 CBS Church of the Air 10.30 CBS Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 11.00 HBG Market Square Presbyterian Church Services AFTERNOON 12.15 CBS Major Bowes Family 12.30 CBS Salt Lake City Tabernacle Service 1.00 HBG News Reports Burche Co.

1.15 HBG Songs of the Islands 1.30 CBS "March of Games" 2.00 CBS Going South 2.30 CBS "The World Today" 3.00 CBS New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra 4.30 HBG Fireside Melodies 5.00 HBG "The Question Bee" EVENING 5.30 HBG "The Shadow" presented by Blue Coal 6.00 HBG WHP Studio Orchestra 6.30 HBG Your Radio News Extra presented by Styletex Clothes 6.45 HBG Lew White Trio 7.00 HBG Diana Gayle, Songs 7.15 CBS "Headlines and Bylines" 7.30 CBS Screen Guild Show presented by Gulf 8.00 CBS Helen Hayes Theatre presented by Lipton's Tea 8.30 HBG Allen Roth Presents 8.55 CBS Elmer Davis News 9.00 CBS Ford Sunday Evening Hour Ford Orchestra and Chorus 10.00 CBS "Take It or Leave It" Eversharp, Inc. 10.30 CBS Columbia Workshop 11.00 CBS News Reports 11.05 CBS "Meet the Music" 11.30 CBS Joe Reichman and His Orchestra 12.00 CBS Enoch Light and His Orchestra 12.30 CBS Bob Knight and His Orchestra 12.55 CBS News Summary and Sign off The programs, which have been given the title of "Report to the Nation," will be heard on Satur days from 6.00 to 6.30 p. m. Explaining the purpose of the new series. W.

B. Lewis. CRS Vice President in charge of broadcasts, said: "The government of the United States is the agent of the people in the conduct of their national interests. This being a government of, by and for the people it is both the duty and the privilege of the people to know how those interests are being furthered. Thus the Columbia Broadcasting System has decided to present programs each Saturday to report f)NB6 wmmmS 8 lilBliMllliiawiilBIMMMaJ ALBERT WARNER When "Report to the Nation" goes on the air two of Columbia's Washington news stars Albert Warner and John Charles Daly will act as narrators.

on the operation of the government in connection with a prob lem or event uppermost in the public interest. "This weekly 'Report to the Nation' over CBS is to be nonpartisan and unbiased. It is to be informal and factual. It aims to bring the people the story behind the story of the biggest business on earth the United States govern ment a business in which the people are the stockholders." Functions of Fori eral agencies, such as the National JUauor Relations Board and the Securities and Exchange Commis sion, are to be explored tonight. when Attorney General Robert Jackson's new plan for improving procedure of these agencies is the subject of the Columbia network's tenth "Report to the The Attorney General's nlnn.

submitted to Congress last Friday, is the product of nearly two years Of study by a Erouo of lawyers and scholars headed by Dean Acheson, Assistant becretary of Slate. The plan proposes new machinery to bring speedier adjudication of disputes between private interests and government agencies. I he broadcast originates in the studios of WJSV, Columbia's station for the nation's capital. John Charles Daly and Albert Warner are to be the narrators. Brewster Morgan directs.

In the scriDt of nolumhiVc "T.if Can Be Beautiful." Pana David's adopted daughter, Chichi, discovered an early love of Paoa David's a picture of Sylvia Schwartz, a aancer, in tights. And now, Ralph Locke, who plays Papa David, has a memento of that broadcast picture of a "Life Can Be Beauti ful" fan named Sylvia Schwartz but not in tights!.

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