Springfield News-Sun from Springfield, Ohio • 27

-A SUNDAY MARCH 31V THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS-SUN SOCIETY SECTION' PAGE 7 WLW RADIO ARTISTS WILL BE IN SPRINGFIELD FOR THREE DAYS popularity of JACK AND GENE SHOWN BY HAN Aa a proof that radio listeners are Interested In the artists they hear on the air the case of Jake CRIME FLASH IS MEETING PROTEST Measure Proposed in Massachusetts Legislature Makes contended that" the use of radio would facilitate the enforcement of lew by keeping every police officer In dose touch with news of crime end criminal! In all parts of the state ARTISTS FAVORED Action Mandatory BOSTON March A bill to provide for compulsory broad-canting of police bulletins by tlie Massachusetts department of public safety end providing for the equipment of police stations witb receivers Is meeting with some opposition In the Bay state legislature Proponents said it would coordinate activity of the police In the detection of crime Capt Csnney of Cambridge representing the Massachusetts Police Chiefs association has appeared publicly against tin bill charging it to be a thinly veiled means of giving the commissioner of public safety full and untrammelled supervision and "overlord of all police departments In the commonwealth The provision to which exception by the policies taken makes it obligatory for all police officials to turn over to the state commissioner of public safety the details of their Investigation of "crime and criminals" These details under the proposed law could be broadcast from a central radio station at the commissioner's will The opponents say the measure would mean stripping town and city law enforcement officers of discretion and would thwart and Impede criminals Investigations Those favoring tlie measure have GENE CARROLL JACK GRADY Announcer Graduates to Microphone From Giving Battery Names to Fans mascot of Jack end Gene la convincing This comedy character wee worked Into their act mainly to please the children during Kid dice Hour Jake bee proved himself so popular however that adults as well as children In their letters have demanded that they hear him oftener To comply with their requests Jack and Gena called upon their mascot more and more to aid them And now Jake ranks with them In popularity "Who la JakeT" la the one question which appears In nearly every letter sent In to Jack and Gene At first they were going to disclose his identity over the air but the radio audience has been so Interested In this character that they deckled to Include Jake with them on their bill at the Fairbanks theater for three days starting Bun-day The mystery of hie Identity will be eolved at the Fairbanks this week Of course Lena will accompany Jake to the show DEVOUPOPfiLAR AS SONG WRITER Many Numbers Art Exclusive For Jack and Gene Radio Entertainers Cel De Voll song and continuity writer for Jack and Gene the Happy Harmony Boys made quite a reputation for himself before he Joined up with the team of popular radio start "Alabama Lullaby" How Do You Do" "Sweetest Little Rose In Tennessee" "Lazy River" and Lonesome But Me" are a few popular selections that De Voll has written In addition to preparing acts tor a number of well known vaudeville stars Do Voll to fond of lullaby tongs and many of these have been written by him When Jack and Gene or Jake sing a kiddles' song nine times out of ten It was prepared for them by De VolL All around the Happy Harmony studios may be found pieces of Cal's manuscripts that he has discarded and many more that he has found acceptable for Jack and Oene programs When team la one the sir every day end expected to furnish good deal of new material each for a hour their continuity writer has a big Job on his hands De Voll has the happy faculty of being able to understand children's wishes end then be eble to put hie thoughts in verses and songs that will please them De Voll understands children end around this understanding la built a great deal of the success of the Happy Harmony team De Voll wouldn't bo much of a hit himself when it comes to singing but when Jack end Gene sing his songs and especially his kiddles' songs they Immediately become popular with the children wlu hear them The World's Tour the Tour of the States which delighted children all over the country were written for Jack and Gene by De Voll From the huge number of complimentary letters that were received after these songs had been presented It wee nay to see that they were popular with the children The Five and Ten program recently put on the air by Jack end Gene another piece of De Voll'e work and has proven popular It la full of comedy and melodious tonga "Pals of the Little Red Is recent addition of the repertoire of Jack end Gene It was written one night in the Happy Harmony studio by De Voll with the eld of Jack end Gene This song like many others has not been publish ed as yet but la used exclusively by Jack and Gene PICTURES IN THE AIR Television programs era now being broadcast on a regular dally schedule from W1KAY Lexington Maaa Pictures are being sent from W8XAV Pittsburgh W3XAF Schenectady end WJXK Washington IX three times a week Listen In With A CROSLEY RADIO fx Thla week you can enjoy those popular radio artists JACK and GENE at Uie Fairbanks Theater but If you have a Crosley Radio In your home you can hear them Just aa vividly end reallstlcly every Ume they broadcast aa you can this week when you see them tn person To get the service you are entitled to when you buy a act you should Buy Your Radio From a Radio Store Com in and Arrant for a Demonstration THE RADIO ELECTRIC STORE PHONE MAIN 471 14 HIGH BT approached Billy Evers manager of the Cleveland Indians for permission to broadcast horns games Evens consented with the understanding that he was to broadcast the first game end en announcer picked by him the games thereafter Manning got Hie Job because he "knew his He rose from the ranks wasn't too highbrow knew every player In the league was a former player and manager and could interpret every play on the Evana explains One thing Evans taught Manning was never to umpire a game Bo Tom leaves that part to the umps and goes about Ills business of announcing "Red" also does turns In front of the microphone announcing musical programs dances humor' otia skits and other entertainments But every fight at the Public Hall finds him with his brilliant red hair forming a vivid contrast to his Mack "tux" Introducing more or leu famous ring celebrities RADIO EASES MONOTONY1 OF LONG TRAIN RIDES Chair Cars on Route Between Boston and Montreal Equipped With Radio ST ALBANS Vt' March -Radio-equipped chair cars have made a hit on one of the crack trains running between Boston and Montreal 8o popular has the radio equipment become with travelers that they more than Justify their continuance on the Ambassador international day train says Han' ley general freight and passenger agent of the Central Vermont railway The chair can on this train are especially wired for radla BY CHICAGO FANS Detailed Programs Offered by Happy Harmony Boys Demanded by Listeners "Send detail program of your station specifying exact times Jack and Gene are on WLW ao that thousands of faux who tuned them In regularly while appearing at WLS here can keep up with them WLW comes In like local listeners demand news of them Tlie foregoing request was received by tlie program department of tlie Crosley radio station recently from the radio editor of a Chicago newspaper In a letter which fol lowed he explained that the wavs of protest which came from tlie fans when the Happy Harmony Boys left Chicago to appear in Cincinnati has changed to another protest because the Chicago programs do not carry sufficient information about the team Finding that the broadcast! of the Cincinnati station with 50000 kilowatts behind them are being received in all parte of the Chicago area with volume and clarity equal to that of tlie local stations the fans do not mind having their favorites ao far sway from their old stand Companies rstrrrtny Balloon Correspondence Crows With Each Broadcast 1000 I Letters Received Daily The popularity of Jack and Dene can not be questioned The only possible way to de termlne Just bow popular a radio artist has become is to glance at his nail There Is no chance as there is on the stage of hearing the applause of the audience How they are "getting over with the public must be determined entirely by their mail Jack and Gene have been heard ever WLW for more than three months In that time they have received letters averaging far more than 1000 a day During ttftir first week at WLW Jack and Gene drew average of 400 letters a day Their mall constantly increased un- til Jan 1 it had reached close to the 1000 mark In spite of the fact that an act's popularity usually drops away after a lengthy appearance there was no let-up In the amount of mall that 7 the Happy Harmony Boys received After an engagement of three months at the Crosley station they an still receiving mom than 1000 letters a day Several days a week their mail amounts to nearly gpoo pieces but a conservative estimate Li would place it at an average of belt tween 1500 and 1400 a day 2 During the time they have been heard on WLW they have establish-ed a reputation that has made them known all over the United States They have received hundreds of let- ten from every state In the union end as many mon from Mexico Canada and Cuba Gifts from all parts of the country have been re-I- celved by the Happy Harmony Boys Tangerines and oranges from Florida grapefruit and raisins from California a piece of petrified tree from Arlsona and from it everywhen else In America During the last few weeks the boys' eulte has assumed the appear- ence of a combined curio and fruit 7 Shop with one owner devoted to candy and cakes Plenty of candy the real nice kind homemade fudge I end taffy cookies from so many parts of the country that Jack who Just loves cookies dedans that it is impassible to decide Just which eec- tion makes the best Jake and Lena also have received many tokens from their friends TEAM ORIGINATED i IN SOIOOL DAYS Jack Grady and Gens Carroll Were Childhood Playmates In Chicago Not many yean ago on the west side of Chicago two boys practiced harmony Both loved music and their voices even in childhood blended Through their early school days they wen constant companions It was not un (il they went away to college that they wen separated Then many years later In an Omaha theater these two school companions met Eugene Carroll was one and Jack Grady the other They were billed at the theater the came week A friendship wee n-i newed end from a talk that they i had In a hotel room In Omaha the teem of Jack end Gene who ere known as well to the audience of WLW was formed They made their first important appearance as radio singers over WLS at Chicago Ptom WLS the boys went to Cincinnati to play an engagement They have been there since the middle of December and hi that time have gained a following aa big aa any in the radio field BRUTAL MEN DENOUNCED OKLAHOMA CITY March the Improvements which prohibition is alleged to have performed with men's morels they still beat their wives and should be put behind the bars for long sentences District Judge Wjrley Jones believes "No Justification can be found for a man striking his wife" the Judge says "Marriage contracts do not give the man ownership or the right to abuse" TUBE MAKER WILL INCREASE OUTPUT Production of Vacuum Tubes Fell Far Behind in 1928 Is Report NEW YORK March reproduction of vacuum tubes "the heart of any radio set" fell far behind the demand In 1928 This year manufacturers propose to keep their supply at a higher peak Last year was a record breaking one as far ax It concerned the sale of radio tubes Plans for tits new season call for an Increase In pro ducllon of 150 per cent over 1928 by one of the country' biggest tube makers To do this factory additions are to be made to Increase floor space for tube production to 186 scree in the Bloomfield Newark and Cleveland factories In these plants 5080 men and woman are engaged hi making tubes exclusive of tlie laboratory forces The year 1938 developed a demand for vacuum lubes that exceeded Hie fondest expectations" said Ray vice president of the RCA in charge of sales November and December our reserve Inventories wrro wiped out and a tube shortage developed We are planning our tube production for 1939 to prevent recurrence of that situation In the first six montlis we expect to produce os many tubes ax we did in the entire year of 1928 We plan to produce approximately 150 per cent more than last year to build up our reserve Inventories" Third Floor Annex received an offer from WJAY Cleveland "That was the biggest thrjjl of all" he says "It was a great sensation to get there In front of the mike and feel that the audience you wore addressing didn't happen to be Just a few thousand people In the grandstand I wee talking to the whole world end anyone who would listen "Naturally I was a little shaky at first but that gradually wore off and I got along went along covering base' ball basketball football and boxing He got so he knew every play er In the basketball leagues that play here in Cleveland He pepped up his enouncing with an accurate description of each game Yet the feature of hts 'announcing was that he left personal opinion entirely out of it "I let each manager manege his teem" la the way explains it "While my knowledge of players and managers enabled me in the majority of cases to anticipate a play I never game any advance information or hints of what the coming play might be "However that same knowledge enabled me to get a line oil what the logical play would be with the runner on first and third and the Yankees in town could get It all on the Up of my tongue and when It did happen I could rattle it right Last year WTAM-WEAR Inc Radio Dept No Finance toixrrurtru CLEVELAND March 30-Until a year or ao ago red-headed Tom Manning used to bellow out to the crowds in the grandstands the batteries and changes of baseball teams meeting at Dunn Field here He used a megaphone as large as he wee Today he has graduated from that megaphone to the microphone end radio station WTAM-WEAR has gained the services of one of the mast likeable sports announcers in the country Whet has gained this young man his fame as a sports announcer Is not only his Intensive knowledge of sports and the men participating in it but his ability to report the events exactly as he sees them adding no reflections of his own and omitting no Important detail Active participation In amateur baseball announcing of American League games it Dunn Field for six years end hie managership of two champion amateur baseball teams enabled Tom "to know his racket" as he puts It His acceptable megaphone and micro-voice he "cultivated" on a newspaper route out-yelling his competl tors in his neighborhood It was ssndlot baseball however that realty started "Red" as he la called on hie baseball career He developed Into a first class third baseman and outfielder and his hopes ran high of making the big league grades until he broke an arm He then gave up active participation in the game and turned to managing amateur teams For two years his teams won the world's amateur championship In their class winning a stretch of S3 consecutlva games between 1923 and 1935 His active end managerial experience In the gems helped Mm store up a lot of valuable knowledge that serves him in good steed now Evenings he used to announce prise fights at smokers It was st one of these that Walter McNichols secretary of the Cleveland Baseball Club offered "Red" the Job of announcing at Dunn Field That was back In 1931 and "Red" then a lad of 19 snatched at the chance Between 1921 end 1927 "Red" announced at the majority of games played at Dunn Field Hie presence on the field In the same dugout with the Mayers end manager made him intimately acquainted with everyone hi the league He sew new recruits come In make the grade and then fade out He got to know thero men so he could tell any of them anywhere on the field "And that my racket' probably did more toward landing me a Job as radio sports announcer than anything else" says "Red" His first Job of announcing over the radio came in 1917 when he CADILLAC IS JACK and GENE The Happy Harmony Boys From WLW The Crosley Radio Cod Playing 3 Days Starting Sunday At The Fairbanks Theater! 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