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Joan Blaine Opens New Drama Series OnCBSThisWeek Lincoln Cathedral Choir To Be Heard Over Columbia Network In Series Six Broadcasts 'Valiant Lady" Starts On KFAB Monday; Mutual To Dramatize Best Works Of Noted Authors I HE return of Joan Blaine, one of radio's leading actresses, to the air Monday headlines a radio week marked by the premieres of four new network programs and another array of guest stars. Miss Blaine will be starred in a new dramatic serial titled which will be broadcast over KFAB and CBS as part of the Gold Medal hour at 12:45 p. m. Mondays through Fridays. The story.

Miss first since leaving the air with six months ago, revolves about a talented actress who gives up her career for friends and family. Another dramatic venture, this one sponsored by the Federal Theater project, comes to the Mutual mike over KFOR tonight at 7 o'clock. It is titled Greatest and will be a series of radio adaptations of the works of American and English authors from Bret Harte to Dorothy Parker and William Faulkner. The first story is For the written by Herbert C. Lewis.

New Variety Shows. A new half hour weekly variety show comes to the air riday starring George orchestra, Tim and Irene, Uncle Happy, Graham McNamee and the Golden Gate quartet. It will be heard over KOIL and the NBC blue network at 8 p. m. Another variety show, also heard over KOIL and the NBC blue network, starts Saturday at 9:30 p.

m. and will feature the songs of Annette King, a Josh Higgins I hvmn singing period, comments by Joe Du Mond, a weekly guest who has been a success in agriculture, and Joseph orchestra. A special program to be broadcast over KOIL, NBC blue, anil KFAB and CBS today at 10 a. m. is the fourth annual Interconti- Luther Hour Pastor nental concert, a radio salute from Australia that will send the call of the famous kookaburra, the chants of aborigines and music of modern composers to U.

S. listeners. Monday night W. C. Fields returns to the air in the CBS Radio version of Fields, of course, will play the role of Prof.

Eustace McGargle, a role that made him famous on the screen and stage. It wull be aired over KFAB at 8 p. m. Journal Star Radio Programs Program Extending Through Lenten Season Will Portray Musical "Pictures" Of Youth Seeking Great Cathedral Where All Faiths May Worship; To Start Friday. --------------T HE Lincoln Cathedral choir will be presented in a series of six broadcasts over the Columbia network starting next Friday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock.

The program will be aired locally over KFOR. The programs, extending through the Lenten season, will be typical of the ideal of building a cathedral in which youth of all religions may worship. Youth will be portrayed starting on a pilgrimage for the realization of a great cathedral where all mankind may gather to worship. Youth the Bible story of Ruth portrayed as a series of pictures. He sings on his way, and as he sings he a spiritual interpretation from these pictures.

In each program he comes a little nearer realization of his dream. At last he will come to the portals of his great cathedral, which, on entering, he joins in the processional in a song of praise and John M. Rosborough, choir director, said. The lines fob the broadcasts were written by Mrs. Edward A.

Gehrke of Lincoln. Broadcast Titles. The titles of the broadcasts are: Youth begins his pilgrimage, renunciation, Ruth gleas in the field, song of happiness, prayer of thanksgiving, and youth sings his song of resurrection. The program marks the first time any Nebraska organization has appeared on a regular network series. The Cr.thedral choir, however, has appeared on both NBC and CBS previously.

The organization, perhaps ablest exponent of music, is well known in the midwest and ip the east, having made several excursions to New York and other points during the Christmas holidays. The choir was organized 18 years ago by its present director, John Rosborough, and the singers are drawn from the University of Nebraska student body. They sing entirely a cappella (with accompaniment.) Another recruit from the films to join the dramatic parade on the airlanes is Jean Rodgers, currently featured in 'Those We Love'' heard over the NBC blue network. Nan Grey of the films has the leading role in this romantic serial heard weekly. Listener Approval Proves Real Censor Of Radio Programs o- Tncidents' Over Ether Help Broadcasters Formulate Suitable Code Of Ethics KFOR Mutual and Columbia 1210 Kilocycles KOIL NBC and Mutual 1260 KFAB Columbia Basic 770 Kilocycles WOW NBC Red Network 590 Kilocycles SUNDAY MORNING Has Wide Following Dr.

Walter A. Maier, professor at the Concordia seminary at St. Louis, came to the air five years ago over two stations. Today 60 stations carry his talks and lis- 7:00 Silent 7:15 Bilent 7:20 I Bilent 7-45 1 Silent Silent ..............................6 llent ilent Meeder Mieder Ensemble News 8:00 15 1:30 45 Top Morning Top Morning United Church United Church Joast to Coast Joast to Coast Joast to Coast to Coast Vlngs Over Jordan Over Jordan kubade Cooperation Turn Back Clock Tom Terris Ghapel Chapel Services 9 00 9 13 9:30 9 45 Star Parade Star Parade Star Parade Star Parade Russian 1 Russian Hour Golden Hour Church of the Air Church of the Air W. Brown Robert Chapel Services Chapel Services Chapel Services Garden of Memory 10:00 10 15 10 30 10 45 Sport spotlite Star Parade Star Parade rarade Australian concert Australian concert Felix Kniht Bill Stein Australian concert Australian concert Major Bowes Major Bowes Garden of Memory Thesaurus Angler Hunter Norsemen 11:00 11.11 Bowei 11-30 1 Balt City 11 45 i salt CUr OrganUt Melody Lane Melody First Plymouth ptist Plymouth Fust Plymouth First Plymouth NBC Symphony NBC Symphony Round Table Round Table SUNDAY AFTERNOON 12 00 Church of 13 15 Church of 12 10 i Funny Paper 12 4S Funny Paper Comics George Johnson Gems of Melody Melodies Foreign News Poet', Gold Al to Smoke Dreams Smoke Dreams 1:00 Newa 1:15 Home ISO Jumping 1-451 Ski Jumping Magic Key Magic Key Magtc Key Magic Key of Melody Committee of 1,000 Dr.

Christian Dr. Christian Orchestra Orchestra Thatcher Colt Thatcher Colt 2:00 I White Spot 2:15 White Spot 2:30 Millard 2 45 1 Amer. Beene White Spot White Spot Armeo band Armco band N- Y. N. Y.

Symphony N. Y. Symphony N- Y. Symphony Radio News Radio News Nebraska Parade Nebraska Parade 2:00 N.U. Symphony 1 15 N.U.

Symphony 3 30 N.U. Symphony I N.U. Symphony rather Coughlin Father Coughlin Jean Ellington Ranch N. Y. N.

Y. Lutheran Hour Lutheran Hour John Hix Romance Methodist Radio Methodist Radto Choir 4:15 1 Heilmann Choir 4 30 i Heilmann Choir 4 45 Cong Luckey Opera Opera Ed McConnell Magazine of Magazine of Oov. Cochran Commedy Stars Marion Talley Marion Talley Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse 9 00 1 In Hollywood 1 In Hollywood 30 6 45 1 Choral George Jessel George Jessel Bob Burns Joe Penner joe Penner Everythin! Everythin! Catholic Hour Catholic Hour Tale of Today Tale of Today BEHIND cMIKE BY BRUCE NICOLL teners send in as many as 7,000 letters a week praising his Lutheran Hour talks Sunday afternoons. His of the has been lauded by many denominations. A graduate of Harvard, Dr.

Maier refuses payment for his broadcasts which are sponsored by the Lutheran League in cooperation with the International Walther League and the Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska and other states. Nearly a half-million letters have been received by Dr. Maier since he started on the air five years ago, and most of them, particularly letters have been answered by him personally. The service is heard over KFAB at 3:30 p. m.

SUNDAY EVENING 00 1 choral IS I Plano Recital Madge West, Madge West a to i Lerrv Funk Ore Ome Nelson a I terry Nelson 1 00 i Greatest Stories 7 15 Greatest Stories 7 30 Lyn Murray 7.45 Lyn Murray I Open House House Musicale Musicale 1 1 eteettve Stories Detective Stories Sammy Kaye Sammy Kaye 00 fl News ----Hawaii Calls SO Brown Bisters 45 1 Whispers 00 1 Foreisn Legion 0 1 Forntn Legion 30 1 Revival 45 1 Revival JO 00 i Revival 1C II i Revival J0 30 Henderson 10 45 I Henderson JJ 00 i Oeorg- Olsen 11:15 1 George Olsen 11 30 Sign Off 1145 1 12 001 Tyrone Power power Walter I Irene Rich Paul Martin Paul Martin Revival Revival Revival Revival News Henry Bussa George Olsen George Olsen Kay Kyser Kay Kyser Sign Oil i Prog, from WBBM Prog, from W8EM Piog. from WBBM Prog, from WBBM Evening Hour Evening Hour Evening Hour Sun. Evening Hour Zenith Foundation Zenith Foundation Missing Musing Prog, from WBBM from WBBM from WBBM Horace Henderson Jack Ber.ny Jack Benny Neighbors Neighbors Don Ameehe Hour Don Ameche Hour Don Ameche Hour Don Ameche Hour Merry-go-round Merry-go-round Pririliar Music Familiar Music Musical Stars Musical Stars Norman Cloutier Norman Cloutier tarry Kent tarry Kent Bob Crosby Bob crosby Sign Off Orchestra Orchestra News Ballroom SPOTLIGHT FEATURES Ballroom John K. Chapel Orchestra Orchestra Music MONDAY MORNING 00 I Bilent IS Silent 30 Suent 45I Suent Silent Silent Put Wilson News 7:00 i Musical Clock 7:15 i Musical Clock 7:30 Musical Clock 7:46 Musical Clock II Almanac tee Francis tittle Chapel 30 45 9 00 Morning Moods I OSd Manuscripts 10 1 Oet Thin 45 Ctioreboy Musical Clock Musical Clock Musical Clock Breakfast Club Breakfast Club Breakfast Club Breakfast Club Margo Top Morning Top Morning Top Top Morning Morning Roundup Morning Roundup Rollin' Ahmg Chapel Service Hswaitans Farm Front I Thesaurus Coffee Pot Inn Roy, Lonnie, John Bachelor Children Lem and Martha News Musical Clock Musical Clock I Coffee Pot Eddie Butler Kitty Kelly I Party tine Aunt Jemm a Ttrry Golden Hour 10 00 Reminiscing 10 15 i Hit Si Encores so Pink Hunter 10:41 Swing Partner 11:00 1111 iGarden Club 30 Organ Recital 11 4ft i Moder News Belle Wtst Air Sweethearts tady Courageous Boy and Girl Walts Time Women in Modern News Myrt and Marge Tony Wons Weather Ruth Carhart Carol Kennedy Big Bister Rial Ufa Stories Moore Mrs. Wiggs John's other Wife I Just Plain Bi in White I David Harum Backstage Wife fM Charming Mary McBride Edwin Hill Helen Trent Our Oil Sunday.

of cheer ONeills Aunt Bally I Orchestre SUNDAY. ON 11 a.m.—Major Bowes Capitol Family. variety show. 2:00 of Nebraska Symphony concert. 7.00 p.m.—Their Greatest Stories, dram- atttattons of works of modern writers, new Federal Theater series.

ON 8:00 a to Coast on a Bus, children's program. 4:00 p.m.—Metropolitan Opera auditions enter round. 9:30 Fashioned Revival with Rev. Charles Fuller. ON 10 00 a from Australia.

2 00 p.m.—Ne York Philharmonic with Efrem zimballat, violinist, as guest soloist. 00 p.m.- Sunday Hour pre aents Giovanni Martlnelli as guest star. ON 11:30 a.m.—Chicago U. Round Table dis cusses British Foreign Policy 4 30 Mouse. Donald Duck and others on the air, 7:00 Ameche program with Adolphe Menjou visiting with Charlie McCgrthy.

MONDAY, ON 11:43 a.m.—Modern Moods, musical varl ties featuring the lekstrand Sisters. 1.41 Between the Bookenda with Ted Malone, now heard on Mutual. 9:30 p.m.—The Lone Rarger, western thriller series, ON 9:30 a Kegan, new serial starring Jim Ameche. 3 00 Matinee, hour long vs riety show 10:11 Highlights, given by Harry Johnson. ON Lady, new drama rial Joan Riaine, for merly Mary 00 Theater presents Field, Prof.

Eustace McGargle 'n 9 30 Brave New World, series de voted to South American his tory. ON WOW- 11 30 a Bally. 6:15 Ezra and Rosedale Family. 7 30 Speaks. soprano and Alfred WeUenstein ahestrs.

The networks put in something of a day of worry Thursday trying to figure out a way to get programs out of Hollywood. Flood conditions in Southern California left them without their usual wire facilities to and from Hollywood and Los Angeles. For NBC this turned out to be major crisis, since Thursday night is with Rudy Vallee, Good News of 1938 and Bing full hours the schedule. Someone thought it would be easiest to fly the casts to San Francisco and put them on the network from there. Another was to present a specially assembled program from the New York studios.

Late in the afternoon, however engineers said the programs would be picked up by KFI at Los Angeles, broadcast to San Francisco where the shows were picked up and put on the wires for national consumption. Earlier in the day, CBS had been using emergency short wave equipment to bring descriptions of the flood to listeners. Joan Blaine, shown above, returns to the air over the Columbia network Monday in a new dramatic serial titled "Valiant Lady." Often called the air's No. 1 actress, Miss Blaine has been off the airlanes for the past six months searching for a new dramatic serial. I Here is Lora Mario, whom NBC calls radio's "It" girl.

She is heard on several dramatic shows and one New York columnist recently proposed that the films look to radio and specifically Miss that roie (you know which) in "Gone With The Wind We know how it happened but just about the time the networks were having wire trouble out in Hollywood, CBS sent us a short note explaining that sixty thousand wire lines are used to keep 114 sta- tiofts together on a permanent basis. It also said that this flung uses amazing amount of electrical Now an amount of electrical in this quarter means, oh roughly, about a billion or several hundred million kilowatts. We were having a great time mulling over a string of ciphers when we came upon this clarifying item at the bottom of the page: to terms which could be understood by the average householder with a moderate electric at least one he wishes were moderate the electrical power consumed by these CBS stations could operate that receiving set three hours a day for 250,000 In case you understand this thing at least one it. QUESTIONS and cAnswers Radio listeners who may hava questions to ask about radio artlata and are Invited to send to The Radio Editor, Lincoln Star and Journal. Star If the requested information is available will appear on page the aucceeding Sunday.

Q. Is the Old Fashioned Revival Hour conducted by Dr. Charles E. Fuller transcribed? A. No.

Q. Approximately how many miles in each direction can KFAB be heard without other stations interfering? A. KFAB engineers say this is variable. The station is heard regularly by listeners as far as 2,000 miles away and over a broad midwest belt from Canada to the Gulf. In some areas local conditions may interfere with reception, while others nearby enjoy clear reception.

Q. Is it possible to attend the broadcast on Saturday night from Chicago from 8 to 9 p. A. Write for permission to WLb, Chicago, 111. Is Joan Blaine on the Tale of Today again? A.

No. Q. Why Aunt identity be known on Jen True Life program? A. The sponsor does not wish wishes he did by the amount of power needed to operate an electric shaver if all masculine faces were laid end to end. This of course has left us with a lot of loose wire around the office which we are going to braid into far-flung chains.

John Shafer, program director at KFOR, will leave the local studios March 18 to assume a new position at WKY, Oklahoma City. His work there will be sports and special events announcing. Shafer came to KFAB and KFOR about four and one-half years ago. He started in radio a year before at WJAG, Norfolk, his home town. Shafer is the No.

i announcer at the local studios, according to the rating in quarter. Q. Is Alice Faye on the radio now? A. She has no regular network If so when? How old Is program, Q. Where is Lyle De Moss going? A.

WOW, Omaha. Q. Why Nelson Eddy with Charlie McCarthy any more? A. Eddy left the program to fulfill a concert tour. Is Floyd Gibbons on the air? If not when will he return? A.

No, Question Editor knows of no program being readied for Gibbons. Q. Buck Jones was on the air last summer, will he return A. Networks have announced no plans for a Buck Jones program, Q. Did the Dae Girl that is with Waring ever live in Fair- bury? A.

Question Editor is informed Miss Dae lived only in Omaha and Lincoln in Nebraska. She is 16. Q. Where was Jeanette MacDonald born? When? Any brothers or sisters? A. Philadelphia.

June 18, 1907. One sister. Q. Could you please tell me where to write to get pictures of these orchestras: Guy Lombardo, Benny Goodman, Wayne King and Shep Fields? A. Suggest you write the Columbia Broadcasting System, 410 North Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111.

Q. Please give us the time for each of the Professor Quiz programs? A. The first is over CBS and KFAB at 8 p. Saturdays. The repeat broadcast (try KSL, 1130 kilos.) is heard same night at 11:30 p.

m. Q. Where may I hear the Voice of Experience? A. Try KOIL daily at 12:45 p. Q.

Will you please tell us at what age Milan Lambert began the study of the piano? The organ? Does he play any other instruments? How old is A. He started piano when six, organ at 15, and plays trumpet. He says he is 28 years old. Q. What are the names of the announcers at KFAB and KFOR? A.

Chet Gowan, John Shafer, Bob Moon, Cliff Conaway, Chuck Miller, Earl Williams and Jack Hanssen. Q. What happened to Cheerio who used to broadcast over NBC every morning at A. Cheerio is heard over the NBC blue networks Sunday night at 9:30 Station list unavailable. Q.

Is Ray Suber on the air now? Will he return to the Musical Clock A. This information unavailable. He will not return to the Musical Clock. Q. Would you please tell me when the Walter Damrosch program comes on? A.

Fridays, 1 p. red and blue NBC networks. Station list not available, Q. Please tell me the name of Sunny Jim who sings over KFAB? 1 A. Gene Tenhulzen.

MODERN broadcasting moves into its seventeenth year of existence, the unlike other arts which developed much earlier is beset with the difficult problem of formulating a suitable code of ethics. Just as broadcasters today are still pioneering the technical development of radio, so too are they pioneers in adopting, by the trial and error method, a degree of self-regulation of programs that will produce the greatest good will from listeners. Two recent have projected radio censorship into the public limelight. Ban Johnson's Talk. The first concerned discussion of social diseases over the airwaves.

Last November, Gen. Hugh Johnson was to have brought the matter to the fireside loudspeaker during one of his regular commentary periods over the NBC network. Instead his program became a musical interlude with the general making only a brief statement on what his broadcast was to have been. The banning of the subject led to statements from both sides, in which each indicated they could understand the posi tion of the other. The network said: NBC is in entire sympathy with the war on social diseases, but has not yet found a way for radio to con tribute to this campaign without seriously embarrassing the family General Johnson said: re spect the policies of NBC and have attempted never to infringe them.

was not informed of any such policy as this. In fact, it had been my understanding that the policy had been About a week later, the network decided to go into the sub ject, calling Dr. Morris Fishbein editor of the Journal of the Ameri can Medical association, to the microphone to do so. In inviting Dr. Fishbein, NBC told him: is our feeling that only persons who like yourself are authoritative on the subject and who also are experienced in speaking on it are qualified to present the material in terms which the general listener can Second Storm Center.

The second concerned a skit titled and between Don Ameche and Movie Actress Mae West. The program provoked a storm of protest from listeners, particularly church groups, on the grounds that the broadcast was to re ligious Soon after the started rolling in, president Lenox R. Lohr publicly apologized in a letter to the Federal Com munications commission in which he said human error in judgment was made and represents an exception (to our high standard) which we promptly and publicly FCC Chairman Frank R. McNinch wrote NBC that view of your recognition of the objectionable character of the program the commission has decided to take no further action at this but added that the skit far below even the minimum standards which should control in the selection and production of broadcast Since 1922, U. S.

broadcasting has been relatively free of such incidents as these two. Most of them have occurred since 1930. Other ''Incidents." During the last presidential campaign there was the affair in which Senator address in Chicago was interrupted because the Michigan senator employed phonograph records of the voice of the president. Another censorship experience of recent weeks followed an address by the Japanese ambassador to this country over the networks. After the speech, the broadcasting company learned that the talk had been made without approval of the state department.

Consequently when a Chinese official sought to make a radio address giving his views, he was denied air time. One classic example stands out in sports broadcasting. It happened when Ted Husing used the word to describe a Harvard sports performance. It created much misery in the hearts of Harvardilcs and the school has never felt so kindly toward him since. These examples, and many other minor ones that have marked and development of a code of ethics, i demonstrates rather clearly that there really any radio censorship in this country.

Radio Is Arbiter. The only real comes from the broadcasters. All programs of the major chains pass through censorship offices but they called that. The chains reserve the right to be final arbiters on what is fit and what fit for American ears. The National Broadcasting com- i pany puts it this way: continuities, including the words of all songs or spoken lines as well as the wording of ail mercial announcements and the list of the cast, are subject to the approval of the National Broadcasting company, which the right to reject any program or announcement in whole or In Among things for which the chains will not stand are: and off-color songs or jokes, oaths and all other language of use of the name, except when used reverently or as part of a standard classical work.

suggestions which are offensive to religious views, racial traits, and the like. About the only programs that escape censorship are those where no scripts are reporting of sporting and other events where reliance must be placed in the judgment of the announcer. No Official Censorship. The Federal Communications commission has no censorship powers, except that it can revoke license if the station is deemed to be operating against the public interest. In all the history of U.

S. radio, the FCC has been drastic only once. That was when it forbade Dr. John R. Brinkley of Milford, Gland to continue broadcasting.

(Dr. Brinkley solved the problem later by setting up a much more powerful station on the Mexican side of the border, and his messages continue to roll into American radio The storm of comment aroused by the Mae West program last January eventually found its way into congress where today Sen. Clyde Herrings of Iowa is now reported to be preparing a bill providing for stricter supervision of radio programs by the government. About his till Sen. said: do not believe in censorship as a general principle and think it should be avoided wherever possible.

But experience has demonstrated that the use of radio air channels cannot be safely entrusted to commercial broadcasters without regulation and control by some regularly constituted public "Listener Control." Commander T. A. M. Craven, member of the FCC, in a recent broadcast over CBS, expressed another view when he said in part: my part I would prefer to entrust this progressive improvement to the collective judgment of the great mass of radio listeners rather than undertake to authorize any governmental agency to lay down fixed and rigid requirements of program content. there is ample opportunity for the improvement of radio programs.

The stations are not licensed by the United States government for the sole benefit of advertisers, and if the latter are to secure the best return from the use of radio it would appear essential that they, as well as station licensees, recognize the advantages of the good will of the public in sustaining interest in Perhaps the healthiest aspect of radio censorship in this country is that it generates from the listeners themselves. Recent show how gingerly radio treads over the ear drums of its clientele. There any radio censorship, officially, in America because when radio says something It then is N. Spot Program. The Lincoln Burlington Band and the Lincoln Chorus directed by Dr.

R. E. Sturdevant will feature a White Spot program over KFOR. KOIL, KMMJ, and WJAG at 2:30 p. m.

today. Children's Theater. The Theater will present the second episode in Tale of Two over KFAB next Saturday at 10:30 a. m. N.

U. Symphony On Air. The University of symphony concert at the coliseum today will be aired over KFOR from 3 to 4:15 p. m. and on KOIL from 3:30 to 4 p.

m. Gloves Finals On MBS. Finals of the New York Golden Gloves tourney will be aired by KFOR and MBS Monday at 10:30 p. and the Chicago finals on Friday at 10:30 p. m.

over ths same sation. Time Chasers On KFOR. Time Chasers, new program replacing the Musical Clock, is now heard daily over KFOR from 7 to 8 a. m. Chuck Miller is master of ceremonies and an instrumental group will supply the music.

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