Show 1 S E CREEH no Released by western by-western Western Newspaper Union By VIRGINIA VALE VALET T HE radio industry's been THE JL breaking out in a rash of birthday and anniversary celebrations like the Highways Highways Highways High ways in Melody cocktail party at New Forks Fork's 21 when the program began its year on the air But the nicest one was just for fun fun fun-a a luncheon at the Plaza given by NBC for K Kay y Kyser The College of Musical Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge Knowl Knowl- edge man is wonderful when hes he's turned loose among friends a topnotch topnotch topnotch top- top topI I notch entertainer a delightful per per- son He got laughs from even the I N. N s' s t r J z f KAY KYSER hardest boiled hardest newspaper people who write about radio year in and year ear out and are definitely allergic to everything but the best broadcasts broadcasts broadcasts broad broad- casts and sometimes even to those 6 No matter where you turn theres there's Bob Hope Hope in in pictures doing benefits benefits benefits bene bene- fits and guest shots starring in his own program Hes He's pretty pleased about hitting the top in the Hoover- Hoover repeatedly because people wondered whether he could reconvert reconvert reconvert recon recon- vert to civilian audiences after his concentrating on entertaining servicemen servicemen servicemen icemen and war workers for so long It took a little time but hes he's done it h Cute Gale Storm has been seeing New York in n company with her husband and New Yorks York's been seeing seeing seeing see see- ing Allied Artists It Happened on Fifth Avenue in which Gale stars Born Josephine Cottle of Texas she won the feminine division of of- of Jesse Jcsse Lash Lasky's Gateway to Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood radio talent search back in 1939 In 1942 she signed a seven- seven year ear contract with Monogram and she's definitely on her way up All of us who've been missing Jean Arthur during her absence from the screen are arc cheering loudly because at last she's going to make another picture Sounds like a perfect perfect perfect per per- role for her too too too-In in Foreign Affairs shell she'll be bo an American congresswoman congresswoman congresswoman con- con Investigating the morale morale morale mo mo- rale of U. 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