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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-02-27, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., FEB. 27, 1941 \t1 1'JnuUGttt�lil Rli"mnmmu fl' Riga DAPHNE DU MAURIER author of "Rebecca" will speak from London in a special broadcast to Canada "The Britain Behind the Headlines" Saturday, March lst, 1941 '6.45 P.M. E.S.T. 5.45 P.M., C.S.T. 4,45 P.M., M.S.T. "The Britain Behind the Headlines" to make 14 Ir. Gibbon's earlier series, "Canadian Mosaic", an outstanding success and for many seasons he has been a 'favourite concert artist in Canada. As a member of they Toronto Trio, appearing in Toronto in the winters and . at Banff during the summer months, Mr. Crerar has been identi- fied with fine music sincehisdebut on the air in 1925. He had come to this country only the year before, having been born and educated in 'London. England, where he entered the banking world as a junior in the Midland Bank head office. During his school and business years in the Empire's capital he studied music and received his ALCM. On arrival in Canada, he decided to do something with his degree, but he took a year in the insurance business to get his bearings, settled in Toronto and did his first programme under rather amusing circumstances at OKNC, the very same studio in which he is play- ing accompaniments for "Heritage of Song." will be described by Miss Daphne du Maurier, the brilliant young English novelist, in a radio broadcast from London on Saturday evening, March lst. Thousands of Canadians have been' fascinated by her prize-winning novel "Rebecca". They lave read the book, seen the film, and will now be able to hear the voice of this well- known author in her first broadcast to Canada. Daphne du Maurieris the wife of the youngest brigadier in the British Army and mother of three small children. Seekingtouse the gifts of her pen for national service, Miss du Maurier has turned from fiction to write true stories of men and women in Britain who have stood fire under fire. She has seen romance in the lives of these loyal workers be- hind the headlines of Britain — the shiners, the housewives, the mothers 'who have given their sons to serve, the doctors, and the tradesmen, who in following the common daily round, have turned the dangers and diffi- culties of war -time into opportunities to spread a spirit of victory on the Home Front. Froin her experienees with these Velmle she has written her latest book "Come Wind, Come Weather", which in a few months has become the war's best seller in 'Britain, and It is of 'these wren eind women that she will speak to Canada over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's network on Saturday, March lst, at 6.45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. "Heritage of Song" The musical settings which will be heard during the fourth programme he the "Heritage of Song" series, like those of the three programs already presented, will have sensitive and ar- tistic interpretation by Louis Crerar. Mr. Crerar is one of Canada's most accomplished ,musicians, and it is not just a happy coincidence that he is pianist in this new progranune fea- ture, designed for the CBC by John. Murray Gibson. His able work helped A healthy, hungry, fast-growing chick eats only 2 pounds of Roe Vitafood Chick Starter in its first 6 weeks! Why take any chances with your 1942 chicks, when so little of this complete, farm -proven feed will ensure hie and vigor? It's made fresh daily—is always fresh when you get it. Give your baby chicks Roe Vita - food Chick Starter, the tested food which means so much to their fast growth, future health and egg -laying ability. See your Roe Feeds dealer next time you're in town. Ash for the free Roe booklet on raising chicks for profit. CHICK STARTER Sold by: CHARLESWORTH Clinton HAROLD BOGIE Auburn 4 But that first appearance before a microphone was different. Louis was accompanying a Scottish comedian in a repertoire of typical Harry Lauder ballads. The artist, a veteran per- former, suddenly forgot the lines of his song, raced down the full length of the studio to the piano, studied the Words over Louis' shoulder, reached the "mike" again as that unruffled gentleman came to the chorus, and they finished together with fine ef- fect. Mr. Crerar admits he was am- azed at his own composure, has felt very much more nervous as his know- ledge of microphones increased. He has been on the air now hundreds of tines, likes best to broadcast at night, rehearse in the mornings, has happy memories of accompanying guest ar- tists on "Melodic Strings", recalls with pride that he was selected as pianist by Geoffrey Waddington for one of the most successful programs in the early days of Canadian broad- casting. Por fun and recreation he reads, walks, goes to the theatre and plays a creditable game of golf. He loves to travel, and that is fortunate be- cause he has crossed Canada from ocean to ocean five times, done three quarters of the trip nearly every year for fourteen years. As he chose Can- ada to work in, he chooses England, the clear land of his childhood, for a mythical retirement. He would settle down happily in Devon—the Devon that Robert Herrick, the poet, immor- talized in gracious verse—the Devon which captured the love of that ard- ent Londoner of the 17th century, made him complain at 84 that life was all too short, the Devon whose beauty enriches our heritage of song. On Sunday, March 2, at 2.00 pan. EST, "Heritage of Song", wilI feature a programme of songs by Robert Ilerrick, and Mr. Crerar will play the famous musical settings which have been written by composers from Her- rick's friend and companion, Henry Lawes, to his present-day admirer, C, Armstrong Gibbs. ad's, absent from their homes an ac- tive service, will contribute to a na- tion-wide ation wide radio feature. designed to bring them into closer touch with their families and friends. Soldiers, sailors and airmen will provide the song . in these weekly informal con- certs, staged at many of the famous training centres across Canada. The :first programme, presented on Tues- day, February 25, at 7.00 to 7,30 p.m. EST, originated in Camp Debert, the second, on March 4, will be stag- ed at Can AIdershot, •the third will feature theboys at the Naval Dock- yard in Halifax and the fourth will star birdmen in training at Moncton. George Young of the CB C will conduct the sing -songs at the larger military, naval and air bases across the country. Mr. Young is nostrang- er to the military camps. Prior' to the first Great War, he was in Tor- onto's 48th Highlanders Regiment. I,n 1916 he became a pilot in the Royal Flying "Corps, which became the Royal "Air Force, and he arranged many camp concerts for his fellow airmen. In. 1937 he travelled across Canada for the CBO to arrange sing- songs in all the leading cities. Before that, he originated CBC's now famous variety programme "Let's Go to the Music Hall". His headquarters is in Halifax, where he has been Maritime Regional Representative of the OBC for the past two years. Broadcast From ,O.A.C. Fair On Wednesday, March 5, the Farm Broadcast is moving into the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph for a portion of the programme. One of the big annual events of the year at the O.A.P. is the College Royal Live- stock and Farm Produce Show. This. event has become a miniature Royal Winter Fair, and with the cancella- tion of its mother exposition, has assumed an even more important role n provincial agrieultural circles. Some of the best animals in the Do- minion will be paraded by the stud- ent body before hundreds of farmera and spectators from the surrounding country. Don Fairbairn is going to take the Farm Broadcast microphone right into the judging ring and tell listeners what's going on. And he will interview some of the competitors and out-of-town guests. This will be a feature of the regular Farnn Broad- cast heard in Ontario and Qu.ebee at 12.30 pan. Standard Time, or 1.30 p.m. EDST. %hWWeH MHW$ifHHefeelele a WHt HMWtH. 3 14 Direct From England P4 titti4...44:H rHW HCH WHIM ff4.01.+,H_ t. �i i. t'. '*a is eteale M%Hatalaaiti to la aesi "ee SILK OF GLASS 4= i awayo. Iiospital and Nurses' Home, Rhodesia, will consist of. British -made glass silk. Going Out From Britain to Save World Fuel Supply Glass silk is now being sent over- seas from Great Britain in increasing quantities. The manufacturer export- ed, 250 per cent more of it last year than in 1939. I' PI 1'Etl ll It is used for saving heat. Not less than seventy five par Cent of the heat created each year by millionsof tons of fuel is wasted. This spec- ially manufactured glass silk is per- haps the most efficient material for stopping such wastage in domestic equipment like boilers, pipes and in stoves. In the last few months, this glass silk insulating material, which is unaffected by temperatures up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit, has been shipped from Great Britain to South Africa and Calcutta in the form of blankets; as mattresses to East India (for railway locomotives) and to North-west India (for insulating pet- rol wagons): in rigid sections to New Zealand, Trinidad and Portugal, and, in sheets, for separting the positive and negative plates of electric ac- cumulators, to Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Eire. Various other glass silk products have been recently despatched to Ar- abia and the whole of the insulating material required for the new Bul- Women un the Air Canadian radio has women "ambas- sadors", too. Lotta Dempsey, the first woman radio commentator to visit Canadian military camps to see how young soldiers and trainees were enjoying life under canvas and away from the fancily dining table, will pay a visit to the American Military Ctunp at Fort Niagara, Youngstown, N.Y. and she will be the guest of the head- quarters staff there. On Monday, March 3 at 6.45 p.m. LEST, Miss Dempsey will tell Canadian listeners her impressions of our cousins in training. She is snaking the trip with the permission of the U.S. War De- partment. Later in the month, she will start another unusual series of broadcasts; she will visit some of the great war plants in Canada so that she can give eye -witness accounts of Industry's part in the war. Sage Of Aviation Is Theme Of Broadcast Over CBC Network Time, speed end scientific invention have contracted continents and mighty oceans into the war giant's toy. "There Is No Atlantic" is a start- ling expression, but so close to real- ity that the CBC Features Depart- ment has trade it the subject of a special broadcast dealing with the history of aviation from the clays of the first Great War and before, to this moment of flying fortresses. "There Is No Atlantic", written by William Strange and scheduled for Friday, March 7 at 8.00 to 8.45 pin. EST, will be produced by J. Frank Willis. The development of wings—from Silver Arrow to Spitfire, from the laborious preparations and trail -blaz- ing courage of Baldwin, McCurdy and Graham Bell to the R.A.F', heroes of Britain, 1941; from the 1920's, when the North American continent lay safe beyond the Atlantic, to the pres- ent, when breakfast -to -tea separates Canada from her enemies and any minute she may face a front line on two oceans . . . this is the story of "There Is No Atlantic." Shining pages in the brief and ex- citing history of flying have con- tributed to the broadcast script which will highlight the vital part to be played by aviation in bringing victory to democracy, and„:gieater progress inthe field: of civil aviation when, that victory is won. ' the two -piano team of Snider and Ross - . . R. B. Farrell, "Between Ourselves",. will talk about Byron and the Greeks, on Sunday, March 2 at 11.15 a.m. EST, from Ottawa, and on Monday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m. EST, National Network listeners will hear the ar- tistic two -piano arrangements of Madeline Bone and Elsie Bennett, playing from CBC'c Toronto studios, These gifted young artists are among Canada's' best-known concert per- foxeners. Monica Mugan is another woman commentator who is seeing Canada at war and reporting to CBG listeners. Prom cabinet-makers in Toronto's "village" to the smartly appointed and efficient headquarters of the Norwegian airmen at "Little Nor- way" on Toronto Bay, Miss Mugan covers her stories in person, unearth- ing human interest in unexpected places and telling it all at 10.45 a.m. EST each day (except Saturday and Sunday) over C'BL. Here And There . , . The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Ernest MacMillan conducting, will have as guest soloist, Jean Danser - eau, the brilliant French-Canadian pianist, on Tuesday, March 4. The programme willbe broadcast from Massey Hall, Toronto, at 9.00 to 10.00 p.m. EST. The appearance of M. Dansereau, who played with' the Sym- phony just a year ago, is eagerly awaited by Toronto music lovers. Foe the broadcast portion of the concert he will play the Tschaikowsky Con- certo in B flat minor , . . Canadians of gallant Viking origin will be honoured, in the second pro- gramme of "Canadians All", which will be presented: from Winnipeg, on Wednesday March 5 at 9.30 p.m, EST', The Icelandic Canadians will have as their spokesman on that date a Can- adian whose claim to that title is' perhaps as strong as any living mares. He is John W. Defoe, for 40 years editor of, the Winnipeg Free Press, anti dean of Canadian jburnal- ists. He is considered one of the great authorities on British constitu- tional practice "The Saving Grate" not a word of diplomacy at an unfortunate mom- ent; .but a word about thrift, and woman's part in saving for the war. Kathleen Bowker will' be the speaker Tuesday, March. 4 at 4.45 p.m EST. . Betty Davis, 13 -year-old Toronto girl who made a hit as a popular songstress over the National' Network last year when she took part in a Sailors, Soldiers And Airmen In CDC Sing -Songs Like their brothers overseas, Can- adians on the home front are to par- ticipate in a 'special series of eamp. concert' broadcasts; arranged bythe CBC concert at Ebchiliition• Camp, will Canadian. Broadcasting Corpo atien.. be 'featured on her' own programme Each Tuesday .:until niid June, on Thursday; 'Marcli 6 at 5.30 pin, nietnbers of the armed forces in Can- 'CST. elle will' be accompanied by THE QUEEN'S THISTLES Give, Design- For Boom in British Pottery Thistles plucked from the Queen's, birthplace have been used foe the de- sign of one of the new table services on which British potters . are now working overtime to meet the,Domin- ions' demand. "Glamis Thistle" is rivalling fav- ourites from over the Border like "Old Chelsea", "Lowestoft Bouquet", English Posy", "Old Leaf Spray" and "Rosetime." Canada is leading the Dominions' demand for designs and colour schem- es in the tradition of the home coun- try. Eccentricities have gone out of fashion, Tableware is sent to Canada in large composite sets appropriate for the three meals of the day. Tureens are deep and so are "side dish" saucers which follow the Victorian shapes. In 1939 Canada alone bought from Britain two and a half million dollars worth of such goods and since the beginning of last year the largest maker of them has increased. exports by '75 per cent despite a visit from Goering's Luftwaffe. FOXTROTS "TRANSLATED" INTO TANGOES By British Musicians for South America "There'll Always Be An England" is one of the three favourites with which British music publishers are meeting a growing demand from the Dominions. The other two are "The Last Rose of Summer" and "I Hear You Calling Me." Australia in particular is asking .:r IT WAS A SHORT WAR FOR THEM Italian prisoners of war under arnied guard seen at a London rail- way terminus on their way to a E ritish internment camp, for more and more sheet music from Great Britain, the result of a visit paid to the Commonwealth last year by Peter Dawson and Brian Lawrence both of whom have done much to popularise British ballads. To -day, British music publishers are exporting as fast as paper sup- plies permit. Exports to South Am- eric are actually up by 300 per cent since the war began. The chief buy- ers are Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. Nowadays Buenos Aires musi.- lovers who want the latest thing in music are not sending to New York or Boston. They send to London. Music is four tines cheaper from London than New York; and it conies in half the time. It is the old fav- ourites that are in demand, melodies like the "Grasshopper's Dance", and the ballads of 25 years ago. Moreover, British musicians are adapting themselves to capture a market formerly held by Italy and Germany, and for South America they are "translating" their foxtrots and other dance music into tangoes. BRITAIN AFTER THE WAR Scientists' Novel Tests for Vast Re -Building British scientists are working hard for the day when the sound of the builder's hammer will succeed the thud of the bomb,. At the Building Research Station, Watford, near London, ,they are look- ing ahead to peace time when Britain will multiply by many times the £200,000,000 which she used to spend on building in a year. Their work ranges over materials, for quality and' suitability; over design, for light and warmth. They can tell, by consult- ing their Electric Man whether any given room, because of the materials of walls and ceiling requires much heating or little, This Electric Man is a cylinder with the same surface as an average human body. An electric current keeps him at body heat and a theme. static control keeps this temperature constant. Ile is wheeled into a roma and his consumption of eleetriety shows how much of it is needed to keep this constant. And they have a section of the; Universe itself set up in miniature in their Iaboratory at Watford. An art6» ficial sun is slotted in a vertical eof-, uinn and set at the appropriate alti- tudes of the changes of the seasons. A six-inch house model on a diger swung on pivots is orientated to sex - son, latitude, and time of day. So the heliodon, this ingenious lit. strument showing the earth moving round the sun, tells the architect how - the shadows will actually fall upon his finished house and show hint where he may amend his design to get all the sunshine there may be., For every man in uniform there must be a battalion of war workers and war savers at home Your family your whole family old and young........ will want to enroll in this home army, pledged to work and save and LEND to provide the war funds so urgently needed. Have every member of your household pledge to invest a definite part of his or her income in War Savings Certificates. Have the amount you pledge to lend deducted regularly—every week—everyi month --either from your pay envelope or your savings account. Your employer or bank manager will arrange for War Savings Certificates to be sent direct to you from Ottawa. Every Canadian should enrol to send fighting dollars into our defense line. BUY WAR SAVINGS CEgiTIF'i+: j TES THIS SPACE DONATED BY The Clinton Sows-Hocord