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Independent from Long Beach, California • 80

Publication:
Independenti
Location:
Long Beach, California
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80
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PefifeSfar ijz- '('5 r-'-vS-'- After 30 ygjjatxhurcftsocials, -smokers; Paul Whiteman's orchestra, vaudeville, Hollywood, night dubs, hotel sbpper rooms and radio, Morton JDowney emerges in 1949 as a major light in television. Michael Downey, i Gets Around Solne, Too Michael IIj 'iib lager Morton Downey, made owwivai Radio Veteran Anne WWtfieldLifc growing upt r.The petite star who plays dauri terPhyUig1 xr-theJTIarris-Faye ShflwT. heard Sunday nwr WBV, Is criebratlng four jfears on as she climbs over 660th time He-hasrwithstood-the-senaflon- last-minute witch la plan this al-rages-faAofher-sini long that fg1 is taken tOf; granted as a singular, permanent symbol of eAtertainnt admits had morg mileage out of my. voice than any Singer In the business" tV before -the mike. -tbe hclght of which she has yet.

to As Anne reflects upon her seve runnmg-roles, 18 leads, and 1m now find himself enrolled at Notre Dame a 77, Already signed and sealed'to enter young Downey struck np aa acquaint anee with aeveral Notre. Dame fndeats on slOpboard Whlle re taming from Europe a few weekaagandtbe boys fronr South Bead did lueh a good aell-ing Job that Michael changed hlo plans. V--' When Paul Whiteman discqy-ered "the chubby Jjttle-feHow from Coring singing-inhis exceptionally high, sweet. voice at the Sheridan Square Theater in Greenwich Village in 1919 Downey looked like an unfrocked altar hoy. He still does.

Some people-don't grow upi Morton did, intact. Crosby pays the only idif- ferenre between Downey them and now-la noWj lookriike the oldest choir boy In the world.1,;, couldn't play any His horn was mere window dressing until the moment he rose to sing. by King probably enter Ubiey. who has a king for: a bookihg agent After his Pabn Bftch period. I Dowhey, began (be, ppacn penoftiiwwncyipeguUiW'w; pressive number of- radio appear anoes during these years the air she- finds-her-role as-the Harris younger daughter most delight fuT, because of her adora tion cd Alice' and Phil.

When she passed her 11th birth- day last month young Anne was already veteran'' radio, Topping; (he cclebra-tionof her entree into 1 ftfth yearx with the; medium ato A. hover and featurexitonr in'TladlorrMfe and' has appejfonAearly -everys 'gomedy'and 'dramatieCahoworijk. atihg in Haywood since that tlme. addlWtOcSifeeoatk of a PhUiai on 7.th? ShowT mother running roles have S.im,v!T!isco. IddbtjTlSlaV.Hqnor W)nie and J.vPauL.-,'-' Harris selected Anne as ona'iCl, ot bM "beuae.1;; said.

-tShe; Jalka jiwt llkeour fittle'phillievahd Phillle talktr i lust' like. SheJovhs 'dupisieatea 'r7: PayeSsasieW1 smokeJKrtlfchts Mrprtitiat Tailies-emi'church k.kpicnks. -Hei foubd obf7hb owii StrengthL4henid.c-itt opened hj'Walli A'if v-ythe onMlrtplwlT3 i should: 5WV i kifSiTin.ikili I firit oJ me 30 comtinenUl LPd, Belgium llked hini so ainnTyrQ niQch it1 1 1 nisht jilull i Ipdoi (where. het sangou iTookit Advantage II tfihriTone sdghi had'iint ttngaged'by jthe' Royal PWac Hotel, ST OrtendiLi-' -f -Burin a mfcrofthonifor the, first; time. Working1 In1 a London studio be tween Noel Coward fend Sir.Harry the Brit-ishf Biotdttinf f-ObmX William paleV, head 6f (ilumbla' Brpad-castlng' Bi'stem.

sent him en, offer to 'go on the 'kir lnv Amertc Oppoi-site Amos and Andy, hardly a spot anyone would care tu be in during those days' Ddwney goftag lie as 95,000 le tters a wee anything "the flittfeil fknesr; 'He. start whist! AX i hint V-Thepeaf ter he made' S3 an 1 engagemen tw and 7 was I iKhey most pcmular kid in th elass at recess. quit high school as, a senior, JtOolc a Job ss a butcher by IbfcNeifcTorlC' i v-. if ew. Haven and Hkrtfpra fttilraid IWMi? eqiiixnent aid mikeV, and readi far-out intospaceior ofthe eanwras smaller 18 mnk movif Camens are Zworykin- Just of devekypmentaverowdingfijnto: the a lie Isthetop tenor.

oiE; the7lAiy with '1800 theatrical engagements behind hinv hii NBC7Tuesday, Thursday. and Saturday night yadio Show for the Cbcos-Cola Col, and i European tour Jn prospect, his brainchild i has ihbfMst, endless capacities Dir; Vladimir' Zworykin, vice-, presidentand technical' consultant lab oratories, Princeton.N. sketched broad use- fieldsfor video in a Lpa Angflc Interview' Vision possible-by Inventing kinescope and Jinmoacoperhnike and kl-; Television is an extenaion of to all phases of life" Zworykin already uad video to lnstructr students' lit therintricate techniques, of operatlng.TThe new medium ran be used for countless educational purposes, Zworykin added. un Whitematt-enterpriseraiidgivena saxophone Thorn-were shedays 7 7irr: taxo when RUBBER 7 Ceylon will seek higher production per worker to bring Its rub-ber tradeback no one in a band was considered any good unless he played twohr three Downey; Gardner Siqns FwkTV lUghfT Tbs contract" signed by Ed Gardnef roonsor for Duffys Tavern on NBC Thursday nights is for S3 weeks. It also gives the sponsor eadustveTV "rights to the series.

1 IX F'LrL' w. The tniht-in antenna is bringing'4'' tderiskm to thestagvprogress- standardized bf That was the statement. Satur day of Hugh Young, sales nianager': r. of Gough Industries, Inc, distributors of Philco for Long Beach, 77 Orange and the harbor '3. I i Many radio "owners today can still recall old days of Aut-'T.

I door antennas for every radio in JTThese Owners can compare that situation with today's universal' use oCTjullt-in antennas for every type 'of radio from the smallest lypjaUU to the largest cop. itIlISS QOTHluG To steps iWere necessary In built-in' antennsOPraf iwi fof radio: l' properly andKtremrly efficient': built-lf antenna meth-anism. Second, the usd bjr broadcast- ing statlbns of large power out puts 7, givdng grester signal strength over much larger areas than before' -J Today. wc are. seeing a.

repetU tion of this pattern In telrvisiortr' Vntn recently the trade-marfcNf the'l televislon owner was the ungainly- atrueture-tm-- his -roof, but-kw Inventive Ifigenixity-ta a6ilitSUCCedinR1ndoiny-swayr. wWrtheBCTwsightlwatnieturefc Itierdevciopmient eralnuy-e dent bvdlt-ln antenha for-tel Philco Oorpi gn 1950 modeb the first-real en-5 glnreredand fully effident-icom- Teeptkmpf.febviidon in any nor mat 1 gqdarea.C rr-v Sm. mi Filches, a ForFjshinq'Fnes Ted Meym. gehlal ktlj mm. has a hard time control-lingblhiaelf when It comes JoW-terviewtrtgnDRKQ In -their hats.

ardenMVbut. fisher rhWwirniea'WHhf; Ted is an Sfssiiuktfli! featfiersfilched or ladies has sucressfuQy wnTLTromTjljJ? they are fired of DE SOTO Soto was probably man to see Arkan-.

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