Show STUDIO VISITS WITH TWINKLING STARS IN RADIO FIRMAMENT modern modem smalltown small town afe 1 fe Is being portrayed in friendship town a new program series inaugurated over an NBC coast to coast net work an all tar cast including edwin whitney don carney pick malone and pat blach face comedians virginia gardiner edith spencer and harry salters salter s orches tra depict the various characters making up the country village bofto of to day there are scenes in the drug store the academy of music u up p stairs the garage opera house and other local points of interest in friendship town local politics play a large part in the general theme with love interest supplied by a pair of young sweethearts vocal ci elections are provided weekly by frank prank luther tenor star ray perkin radio bunster says there are a lot of men today who v when they think of business get a slump in the throat marcella shields who plays varied roles is proud of a naive tribute to her ability as a delineator of chil dren following a recent broadcast tn in which the former vaudeville ac tress played a littlee little girl she received dozens of letters from chil dren who thought she really was a child A soldier who has been in the united states veterans hosp tal tat since the world war recently wrote to elaine page fashion expert on the woman s had rad 0 review for instructions for crocheting a scarf described in one of her broadcasts i the veteran explained he could i stick to knitting ike 1 ke many of his comrades but he preferred to do ir I 1 something d efferent i many celebrities are nervous be tore fore a microphone but not frank A buck the man who brings em back 1 alive from the Jul juggles igles buck who I 1 was recently interviewed by grant laud land pice rice over over a national network admits he was jumpy during re hearsay but perfectly at ease case when i 11 he faced the mike I 1 the quintet of hawaiian sere naders hails halls from the south sea Is lands joseph rodgers the d rector x picked up the other four members 4 and brought them to america they are william joseph frank antisell Ant Anti iserI serl jim kint and samson akaka will rogers according to frank w luther tenor Is the only great comedian who never looks for gags for his next stage appearance lu ther traveled with rogers through 1 the south and west on a flood relief 1 tour and declares the humorist Is h never at a loss for the correct an awer to any question le rious or hu I 1 i the other night on the cantor pro gram I 1 wallington hey eddie eddiel in china ley they grow pumpkins so big they the y cut em in two and each halt makes a cradle for a baby admiral cantor huh I 1 that s nothing I 1 back home they grow eatables so large that three cops sleep on one beet I 1 rai L 1 crumit and julia dropped in on rudy vallee at the pennsylvania grill recently vallee suddenly broke into his routine and called on crumit to sing his gay caballero Cabat lero frank got up cleared his throat hesitated and had to ad mit that at the moment he could not remember the words of one of the most famous of the songs sons written bv by none other than mr biank crumit some quick prompting by miss bliss san derson saved the day dorothy berliner radio pianist writes as well as plays her book I 1 making an orchestra has just been selected by the child study association aci one of the best children childre a si volumes published in 1 1931 one of he most enthus thus aftic ad of dean ean gleason I 1 archer who broida broadcasts ests talks on law over a national ne network weekly Is an elder ly IV all id man who sends gifts rang i ing from rale rare books on colon al his tory to boxes of fruit i |