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Show STAR DUST Bill Quinn Started Young By INEZ GERHARD BILL QUINN, radio's "Little Herman," Her-man," (ABC, Saturday evenings.) eve-nings.) made his debut In show business with Adolphe Menjou, Ruth Roland and Marion Davies, at the age of five. His mother was an ' extra In the early days of filmmaking, film-making, at Fort Lee. N. J., and ( : 1 ' A' BILL QUINN took Bill along. A stage career followed; came the depression, and he helped his mother and brother run a stationery store, perfect preparation for the setting of his radio show. His radio experience is extensive. Says Bill, "It there is a show that originated In New York In the past 12 or IS years that I haven't at least read a commercial com-mercial on, I don't know what it Is." Jerry Hausner Just returned from three months' tour of Europe; visited almost every country on the continent His first radio assignment as-signment when he returned plsy ing the part of a dug and a used car salesman on "The Great Gildersleeve." KuJd Weatherwax arrived at NBC the other day all white and shaking "This other cur bumped my stutlnn wagon and threw Lassie off the seat onto the floor." he explained "I rushed to look at the dog, of course; didn't pay any attention at-tention to damage on the car It's beginning to dawn on me that I told the other guy it was my fault I" Lassie ran easily pay the damage dama-ge William Wyler. producer-director ol Paramount'i 'The Heiress." Witchrd part ot World War I from his front yard as a boy; he lived In Mulhouse. France, a battle ground But he got into the last war In the air force |