NEWSBROADCASTS

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Trans-Canada Nelwork:I~OO. 9:00 •.In. 1:00,6:30.

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Times given in this Schedule are Central Standard DATE OF ISSUE APRIL 12, 1947.

PRAIRIE REGION Week 01 April 20th, 1947 612 Telephone Bldg., Winnipeg, Canada

No Bed Of Roses IsLife Of CBC Producer

Arranging Network Programs In­volves Much Detail

An average lay opinion as to howradio programs get on the air mightbe stated roughly as follows:

"Someone has a brain-wave, hiresan orchestra and a singer or two,and maybe a comedian-and thereyou are."

Well, it's not quite so simple a.<;that, according to CBC producers,especially if it happens to be a net­work program. First of all, one hasto give some thought to the matterof placing the program in the intri­cate jig-saw puzzle of the networkprogram schedule. Before somethingnew is put into this solidly bookedtime list, something old has to comeout. And it will not do to drop theprogram in just anywhere. Supposeit happens to be a musical varietyprogram. If the program immediatelyfollowing or preceding it is also musi­cal variety, CBC program plannersmight wish to rearrange it.

Then there is the matter of music.Programs often nul in series-four,or thirteen, or twenty-six weeks, asthe case may be. The orchestra can't.as in Allen's Alley. keep playing thesame thing over and over again. Sothe CBC music library must be con­sulted. Producers and conductorsmust get together and select musicwhich they think will be suited tothe program. Then the singer maycome along with a nice song he orshe wants to sing, and you, the lis­tener, arc not going to be satisfiedwith just a piano accompaniment.So the accompaniment has to bescored tor orchestra, and that takestime and work. Above all, the pro­ducer must keep plenty at musicavailable well in advance, so that hewon't run short and have to com­pile a hodge-podge in a hurry. AlleBC programs are carefully planned,not just thrown together.

Let us suppose, then, that we havesome very nice music picked out,some pleasant chit-chat written forthe announcer, and cheerful patterfor the comedian. What then? Well,there is the little matter of timing.Network programs run to a closeschedule. If your program is to lasthalf an hour, then it must be halfan hour and no more. In fact, it mustbe a little less, to allow for stationbreaks. It comes down to a matterof seconds, so the program must berun over once or twice to see how ittimes out. And that brings up thematter of rehearsals.

Let us not go into this rehearsalbusiness too deeply. It has its pain­ful aspects. It involves, for example,

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Coming of Age

Swiss CorrespondentLikes CBC Shortwave

cess through CBe InternationalService headquarters at Montreal, toSackville, N.B., where the transmit­

"Almost. As If I Were Speaking In ters are located. Broadcast there, itGeneva St.udio," Says Paul Ladame is recorded by the Swiss Broadcast.

A Swiss correspondent broadcast- ing Corporation tor re·broadcastinging over CBC's International Serv- on Swiss stations. The final recep­ice to his horne country, has re- tion is 50 good, according to Mr.ported on the basis of mail response Ladame. "that it is almost as if Ito his regular broadcasts on the work were speaking in the stUdio at Gen·of the United Nations Organization, eva." He added that this is "a re­that the CBC shortwave signal is re- markable compliment for the CBCceived in Switzerland almost as Sackville transmitters."clearly as the ordinary Swiss Mr. Ladame said that he was bas-mediwn·wave stations. ing his report on 14,OOO~odd letters

The correspondent is Paul La- receiVed from listeners in Europedame, one of the numerous radio since he began broadcasting fromcommentators whose reports go out the UN assembly last fall, His Budi·regularly over CBC's shortwave ence resides not only in Switzerland,transmitters during a daily period but in France, Belgium, Luxem­allotted to the United Nations for bourg, the Netherlands, Great Bri­official use. "Only three or four tain, Italy. Yugoslavia and' Ger·transmissiol'\S out of more than a many.hundred were poorly received," he "I am glad," Mr. Ladame said, "tosaid. have lh1s opportunity of expressing

Mr. Ladame's voice, like that of my deep gratitude to the CBe for itsother UN correspondents using the co~operation in the truly intema­pOwerful Canadian transmitters, is Itional spirit which we are aU tryingcarried by land line from Lake SUc- to promote."

Back From West

Qualities and PricesHigh At Western Fairsesc Farm Commentator Back r:'romCalgary, Regina and Brandon Meet-

ings

Qualities and prices were bothhigher at Western Canada's threeprincipal winter fairs this year,according to Bob Knowles, CBC'sassistant farm commentator inthe Prairie Region, who returnedlast week after visits to Calgary,Regina and Brandon, duringMarch and early ApriL

Bob attended the CalgarySpring Bull Sale March 17-21,largest event of its kind on thiscontinent; the SaskatchewanWinter Fair at Regina, March24-28; and the Manitoba WinterFair at Brandon, March 31­April 3.

Herefords PredominateHerefords predominated at Cal­

gary, he said, and to a considerable I

degree also at the other fairs. In Ithree days of continuous selling byfour auctioneers, 850 bulls were soldat Calgary, of which 550 were Here-,fords. The highest price paid was$4,000. The Grand Champion Here­ford brought $3,400 and the Re­serve Champion $3,800. All thesebulls were sold individually on thehalter, and Ute vast majority wentto Alberta purchasers. Only about100 went out of the province. I

Bob took a detour by automobilethrough Lethbridge and district on

Continued on page 2 On the occasiQn oj her twenty·ftrst birthday, Monday, April 21, H.R.H.PRINCESS ELIZADETI-I will speak on CBC's Tra7ts-Canada network from BBC

in the BBC news period, at 11 :00 a.m.

BOB KNOWLES, assistant commenta·tor lor the CBC'!p Prairie RegionFarm Broadcast department, whohas 1ust returned to his Winnipegheadquarters Irom visiting winterfairs at Calgary, Regina, and

Brandon.

Page 2 CB PROGRAM SCIIEDULE Prairie Region

. The. Bach Festival on CBe f~om Vancouver during April and May is aImaJor musical event oj the sprmg season. The programs are heard on Sun­days at 11 :00 p.m. Here are some of the participating musicians and pro­ducers. Above: CARDO SM...LLEY, violinist; ALBERT ST£lNBEnG. violinist and

• conductor. Below: JOHN AVISON, orchestral conductor; andALAN THOMPSON, producer.

All times given aTe Central Standard; jor Mountain time deduct one hour.

Freedom In Burma.. Burma todayis free to shape her own destiny.Britain is standing by, to help herin every way possible, whatever de­cision Burma may make.-GeorgeAppleton. on BBC.

According to Mr. Mitchell thecoyotes made heavy inroads into theantelope population in the MedicineHat area this winter. Possibly be­cause the snows were heavy, foodscarce, and the antelope weak fromhunger, they seemed to tall easy vic­tims. Two of his cowboys rode acrossthe "British Block," n huge tractof 600,000 acres of wild land in theSurrey district north of MedicineHat along the Saskatchewan River,and counted more than 1,000 car­casses of dead antelope. The blizzardmay have got some of them, butmost were certainly victims ofcoyotes. Except for the odd calf,coyotes do not molest cattle, Mr.Mitchell said.

The "British Block" was used dur­ing the war as a training ground forchemical warfare, and for maneu­vres.

Popular Taste.-The CBC believesthat popular taste is a lot betterthan some people think, and that inorder to please the public you don'thave to play down to tt.-From "Thisis the CBC."

Festival Musicians

QUALITY, PRICE-Concluded

111s way to Regina, and found thespring well advanced there on March22, with gophers and wild ducks inevidence, and hints of green. AtRegina, prices and' qualities wereagain better than last year's. Thehighest price was $1,700. ProvincialHereford, Angus and Shorthorn As­sociations met during the fairs.

COljote Hunting By Air

Bob had an interesting interviewwith Hargrave Mitchell, large-scalerancher or the Medicine Hat district,during 111s trip. Mr. Mitchell had re­cently taken up coyote hunting as ahobby, which is nothing new in ranchcountry, but his method was unique.He hunted his coyotes from the air,with a private cabin aeroplane.Working with a neighbour, he bagged200 coyotes during the winter, 19in one morning. The method is tofly over the coyote country, pickup tracks on the snow, and followthem at about 70 miles an hour, fly­ing low. They shot the coyotes [romthe air, with shotguns, which didn'tseem to spoil the pelts. Havingbagged the game, they would landon the Alberta prairie-which, as theCommonwealth Air Training fliersused to say, is just one big landingfield-and take [rom 3 to 5 minutesto skin it and toss the pelt into thecabin.

PARLOW STRING QUARTET(9:30 p.m.)

The only string quartet writtenby the modern French composer,Maurice Ravel, will be played on thenext broadcast concert by the Par­low String Quartet, tonight. TheQuartet in F Major, is one of thecomposer's earliest works, completedin 1903 when he was 28 years old.Its movements are scored AllegroModerato, Assez Vif, Tres Lent, andVif et Agite. The Parlow StringQuartet includes Kathleen Parlow,director and first violinist; SamuelHersenhoren, second violinist; Stan­ley Solomon, violist; and Isaac Ma­mott, ·cellist.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE?(Dam. 7 :00 p.m.)

Children's early training has agreat deal to do with their abilityas adults to achieve a happy mar­riage, in the opinion of Dr, R. O.Jones, head of the child guidanceclinic at Dalhousie University, Hali­fax, who will be the next speakerin this weekly CBC series. Dr. Jones'talk will be the second in a newradio series designed to point theway to success in marriage.

RELIGIOUS PERIOD (1 :30 p.m.)

Rev. A. B. Moore. Principal, St.Andrew's COllege, Saskatoon, will beheard.

SUNDAY SERENADE (10:30 p.m.)

Percy Harvey and the concert or­chestra, with Cora James, soprano"are heard in this series. Cora James'numbers have sUll to be announced.The orchestral selections include:Alt Wien (Godowsky) , Berceuse(Godard), Apache Dance (Offen­bach), Bank Holiday (Ketelbey), AlFresco (Herbert), and Cossack Lul­laby (Jiranek).

CHURCH OF THE AIR (3:30 p.m.)

Rev. F. G. Stewart, St. Andrew'sPresbyterian Church, Kingston, ant.,will conduct the service.

CAPITAL REPORT (1 :03 p.m.)

Speakers to be heard today in­clude Thomas Reynolds [rom Wash­ington, Matthew Halton from Lon­don, and \Varren Baldwin from Ot­tawa.

Britain a.nd Europe.~All our dif_ficulties spring from a single as­sumption that Is now out of date:that dangers come to us fromEurope and that we are secure inthe outer world. The opposite Istrue: dangers, especially economicdangers, come to us from the outerworld; security can come to us fromEurope.-A. J. p. Taylor, Of). BBC.

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TRANS-CANADA(Programs 0/ the Trans-Canada net­work offered to Prairie Region net~

works or stations. not carried onCBK)

9:00 CBC NEWS (Cent. stns.)(3 Mins.)

9:45 HARMONY HARBOUR(Cent. stns.) (15 Mins.>

STATION CBK, WATROUS10:00 CBC NEWS10:02 NEIGHBORLY NEWS FROM

THE PRAffiIES

10:15 PRAIRIE GARDENER10:30 THE CONCERT ALBUM11:00 BBC NEWS AND

COMMENTARY11:15 THEY CAME TO CANADA11:30 THE MAN OF PROPERTY11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY

OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL12:00 CALLING ALL CHILDREN12: 15 JUST MARY12:30 TO BE ANNOUNCED1: 00 CBC NEWS1:03 CAPITAL REPORT1 :30 RELIGIOUS PERIOD2:00 N.Y. PHILHARMONIC3:30 CHURCH OF THE AIR4:00 CBC NEWS4:03 JOHN FISHER4:15 WEEK-END REVIEW4:30 SINGING STARS OF

TOMORROW5:00 OZZIE AND HARRIET5:30 CBC NEWS5:33 PRAIRIE WEATHER FORE­

CAST5:38 MUSICAL PROGRAM5:45 CANADIAN SHORT

STORIES8:00 MUSIC FOR ROMANCE6:30 YOUR MUSIC7:00 BERGEN AND McCARTHY7:30 STAGE 478:30 ALBUM OF FAMILIAR

MUSIC9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS9:10 THE OLD SONGS9:30 PARLOW STRING

QUARTET10:00 THE READERS TAKE OVER10:30 SUNDAY SERENADE11:00 BACH FESTIVAL12:00 CBC NEWS12:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER FORE­

CAST12:15 MARY ANN MERCER12:30 PRELUDE TO MIDNIGHT

DOMINION(Pro!lTams of the Dominion networkoffered to Prairie Regton networks OT

stations, not carried on CBK)7:00 WHAT ABOUR YOUR

MARRIAGE (15 Mins.>7:15 GISELE LA FLECHE

(15 Mins.>7:30 FRED ALLEN (30 Mins.)8:00 MEET CORLISS ARCHER

(30 Mins.)8:30 TONY, MARTIN SHOW

(30 Mins.)9:00 TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

(30 Mins.)9:30 EDMUND HOCKRIDGE

(30 Mins.)10:00 CBC NEWS AND COMMEN·

TARY (15 Mins.>10:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA

(30 Mins.)

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Pmirie Region ene PROCRAM SCHEDULE Page 3

All times given are CentTal Standard; jor Mountain time deduct one hOUT.

of works by the celebrated Russianpianist and composer, Sergei Rach­maninoff. Her selections are: Melodiein E Major, Prelude in E Flat Major,Prelude in G Sharp Minor. Elegy inE Flat Minor.

WALTER MACNUTT, ORGANIST(11,15 p.m.)

For the concluding program ofhis present series, the organist andchoirmaster of All Saints' AnglicanChurch, Winnipeg, has chosen thefollowing selections: Scherzetto,from a group of 24 pieces for organby a blind French composer, LouisVierne; Agnus Dei, a stately move­ment from the early First Mass byMozart; Bourree and Minuet (Han­del) • and Now Is Salvation Come, byJ. S. Bach, one of the short choralpreludes, founded on the hymnknown to many as the ConfessionalHymn of the Reformation.

Suggests Canada-lessBritannic Alliance

What I do think possible is aBritannic a1l1ance-not for Canada,because the French-Canadians wouldveto it-but for Australia. New Zea­land, possibly South Africa, certainlySouthern Rhodesia, perhaps New­foundland, and perhaps some of theAsiatic countries Which are nowpassing from the Empire into freenationhood. The important thing Isto break with the idea that all thedominions must have the same rela­tion to Great Britain. For thatmeans that no one of them can haveany closer relation to us thanCanada has, although, otherwise.more than one of them might wishto do so.-R. C. K. Ensor, on BBC.

"Gangster"

An original member 01 the HappyGang, KATHLEEN STOKES has beenplaying the organ and contributingto the general merriment 01 thisdaily program since June, 1937. Be­fore joining this group she was activeas a pianist and theatre organist inToronto. She is heard with theHappy Gang Monday to Friday, at12:15 p.m. over the CBC Trans-

Canada network.

RECITAL (Dom. 8:15 p.m.)

George Kent, Winnipeg tenor,wUl be heard in a program of song;tby Canadian composers. His selec·lions are: COOl and Silent Is TheLake, by Gladys Davenport of Van­couver; From My Tent, and MaLIttle Banjo, by the late WilliamDichmont at Vancouver, rormerly ofWinnipeg; Take Me to a Green Isle,by Walter MacNutt at Winnipeg;and three songs, Sighs, Restless, andThe Half Moon, by Margaret Dry.nan of Toronto.

By Miss Gibson, When You LeftMe, My Heart Sings, from AnchorsAweigh; and When I Grow Too Oldto Dream. By the pianos, MidnightIn Paris, paso doble in three-quar­ter time; Hora Staccato (Dinicu),and Flying Down to Rio.

GEORGE KENT, Winnipeg tenor, willsing a program of songs by Canadiancomposers in his CBC recital onMonday, April 21, at 8:15 p.m. on theDominion network. The composersrepresented are Gladys Davenportof Vancouver: Walter McNutt ofVancouver; the late William Dich­mont of Vancouver and Winnipeg,'and Margaret Drynan 01 Toronto.

Canadian Songs

MUSIC FOR YOU (T-C 10,00 p.m.)

The orchestra under Richard Sea­born, with Grace Lowery, soprano,and Kerr Wilson. baritone, as solo­ists, will be heard in a program oflight concert and ballad music. Theorchestral program includes: Sche­herazade (Rimsky-Korsakov); WeCOUld Make Such Beautiful Music(Manners), Managua, Nicaragua(Fields), Dark Eyes (Russian GypsyAir), Jazz Legato (L. Anderson),and Stay As Sweet As You Are (Gor­don-Revel>. Grace Lowery will singSpring, by Handel, and Wilson'ssolo is The English Rose, tromMerry England (Edward Gennan).The two vocalists will join in a duet,As I Went Roaming, by May H.Brahe.

RECiTAL (11 :00 p.m.)

Margaret Fetherstonhaugh, Win·nipeg pianist, will continue her re.ettal series tonight wIth a program

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(Programs oj the Dominion networkoffered to Prairie Region networks OT

stations, not carried on CBK)

2:45 BARRY PHILLIPS(Midw. stns.) (15 Mins.)

7:00 SERENADE FOR STRINGS(30 Mins.>

8:00 PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS(Man. stns.> (15 Mtns.>

8: 15 RECITAL (Man. stns.>(15 MtnsJ

8:30 SO YOU WANT TO LEAD ABAND (30 Mins.)

9:00 CONTENTED HOUR(30 Mins.)

9:30 INSTRUMENTAL RECITAL(30 Mins.)

10:00 CBC NEWS (10 MinsJ10: 10 INTERLUDE (5 Mins.)

DOMINION

MORNING DEVOTIONS(9:45 a.m.)

This week's morning devotions willbe conducted by the Rev. W. G.Berry, of King Memorial UnitedChurch, Winnipeg.

4:30 SONGS TO REMEMBER(Midw. stns.) (15 Mins.>

5:00 COWBOY TROUBADOUR(Midw. stns.) (15 Mins.)

5:15 MIRROR FOR WOMEN(Midwest stns.) (1S Mins.)

5:30 SERENADE{Midwest stns.> (I5 Mins.)

5:45 BBC NEWS(Midwest stns.) (10 Mins.>

5:55 NEWS COMMENTARY(Midw. stns.) (5 Mins.)

7:00 CANADIAN CAVALCADE(30 Mins.)

10:00 MUSIC FOR YOU(Cent. stns.) (30 Mins.)

SERENADE FOR STRINGS(Dom. 7 :00 p.m.)

Works by Beethoven, VaughanWilliams, Tschaikowsky and Sini­gaglia will be played by the orches­tra under Jean Deslauriers. MatheLapoInte, soprano, who has been theguest soloist with the orchestrathroughout the month ot April, willbe heard in songs by modern Frenchcomposers. Fantasia, from Sir Johnin Love, by Vaughan Wllliams, Bee­thoven's Variations on a Theme,La Cl Darem La Mano, and Valse(Serenade), by Tchaikowsky, areamong the orchestral selections.Chere nUit, by Bachelet, Les ber­ceaux, by Faure, and Nicolette, byRavel, will be sung by Miss Lapointe.

RHYTHM AND ROMANCE(7,45 p.m.)

Mitchell Parks and Percy Burdett.Winnipeg duo pianists, with LoisGibson, vocalist, are heard in thisseries. Tonight·s program includes:

MONDAY, April 21st, 1947

STATION CBK, WATROUS8:00 aBC NEWS8:05 MUSICAL PROGRAM8:15 BREAKFAST CLUB8:45 THE CLOCKWATCHER9:00 CBC NEWS9:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER FORE-

CAST9:15 THE CLOCKWATCHER9:30 ETHELWYN HOBBES9:35 MORNING COMMENT9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS

10:00 ROAD OF LIFE10: 15 BIG SISTER10:30 GEORGE'S WIFE10:40 INTERLUDE10:45 LAURA LIMITED11:00 TALK BY PRINCESS

ELIZABETH11: 15 LUCY LINTON11:30 MORNING CONCERT11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY

OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL12:00 R.C.M.P. BULLErINS AND

PROGRAM NEWS12:15 THE HAPPY GANG12:45 THEY TELL ME1: 00 CBC NEWS1:15 MARCHING WITH THE

BAND1:30 PRAIRIE FARM BROAD-

CAST AND WEATHER2:00 LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL2:15 MA PERKINS2:30 PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY2:45 EASY LISTENING3:00 CONCERT HOUR3:30 RECITAL3:45 WOMEN'S NEWS COM-

MENTARY3:48 NOVEL CHAPTERS4:00 FEATURE CONCERT4:15 FAMILY FAVORITES4:30 WORLD OF RADIO4:45 DON MESSER5:00 LA CHANSON FRANCAISE5: 15 ClS:LESTE ET VALENTIN5:30 UN HOMME ET SON PlS:CHll5:45 RADIO JOURNAL6:00 CHICO VALLE6:15 JACK SMITH6:30 CBC NEWS6:40 PRAIRIE WEATHER FORE-

CAST6:45 STORY TIME7:00 TOP BANDS7:30 LET'S WALTZ7:45 RHYTHM AND ROMANCE8:00 RADIO THEATRE9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS9:15 CBC NEWS ROUNDUP9:30 SUMMERFALLOW

10:00 CANADIAN CAVALCADE10:30 HARMONY HOUSE11 :00 RECITAL11:15 WALTER MacNUTr,

ORGANIST11:30 FANTASY IN MELODY12:00 CBC NEWS12:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER FORE­

CAST12:15 MILTON CHARLES12:30 PACIFIC PIANOFORTE

TRANS·CANADA(Programs of the Trans-Canada net­work Offered to Prairie Region net­works OT "lotion., not carried on

CBK)

8:45 OFF THE RECORD(Midw. stUB'> U5 Min!.>

9:15 PARADE OF BANDS(Mldw. 5tnS.) <15 MfnsJ

12:00 MUSICAL PROGRAM(Mldw. stns.) (15 Min•.)

Page 4 eRe PROGRAM SCHEDULE Prairie Region

Programs .-During the fiscal year1945-46, the cac broadcast 55,934programs, taking up more than17,062 hours of broadcasting.

IThe Prairie Gardener ISummary 01 Broadcast 0/ April 13,

1947.Growing Bedding and Vegetable

Plants:

1. Transplanting from seed Ilatto growing Ilat;

(a) Time to transplant is whenseedlings acquire their first set oftrue leaves (not to be confused withseed-leaves) .

(b) Caution: Do not transplantwhen too dryas they will wilt qUicklyand some may not recover. Seed flatshoUld be watered a few hours previ­(US to transplanting operations.

(c) Soil for the growing flat shouldbe fairly porous and enriched withrotted manure or a complete chemi­cal fertilizer. A good mixture is gar­den loam, rotted manure, peat orleaf mold or rotted sod, and sharpsand in the ratio of 2:1';1:1. Siftthrough quarter-inch mesh into flat,fill corners and sides a little fullerthan rest of the box and fhm witha piece of board.

(d) Distance apart of plants de­pends on kinds of plants and howlong they are to remain in the flat.Overcrowding should be avoided.The minimum space per plant Is twoinches by two inches (snaps andasters) and some strong growingplants may require more.-(e) Water with a fine SP'Fa1/ assoon as a box is filled with trans­plants and keep in a cool placeaway from direct sunlight for 24hours.

(!) Direct sunlight. a moderatetem.perature 55 to 65 degrees, regularwatering as required, and ventila­tion without draughts, are the chiefractors reqUiring attention duringthe growing period.

2. Transplanting to the garden:

(a) A hardening period in a coldframe or sheltered yard is necessaryfor a week to ten days before trans­planting. During this period plantsshOUld have exposure to outdoorconditions (unless severe frostthreatens) and no over-watering.

(b) Water plants thoroughly a fewhours before transplanting.

(c) If possible avoid transplantingin the heat 0/ the day. Cloudy, coolweather is best or on sunny dayschoose the late afternoon and eve­ning.

(d) When removing plants fromthe flat cut the soil into squares witha sharp knife and move plants withas much earth undisturbed as pos­sible.

(e) Make planting holes with atrowel and half fHl holes with water.When water has soaked in set plantsin place and firm soil level aboutthem.

(f) If plants sho" signs of exces­sive wilting shade With a shingle orpaper.

YOUR INCOME TAX (11 :16 p.m.)

What deductions are now allowedin making out income tax returns?Who is affected by the 1946 changesin tax regulations? These are two ofthe questions to be answered forCBC Trans-Canada network listen­ers tonight. This will be the secondof three weekly radio talks in whichLancelot J. Smith, member of a Tor­onto firm of chartered accountants,is attempting to lessen the difficul­ties which most people encounter inpreparing their income tax returns.

Manit(j,ba TeachersSee Demonstration

RECITAL (Dam. 10:45 p.m.)

Zoella Carroll, organist, will beheard from Saskatoon. Tonight'sprogram includes: I've Told EveryLittle Star, from Music In The Air(Kern); When You Wish Upon aStar, from Pinocchlo (Washington­Harl1ng); Stardust (Carmichael);Liebestraum (Liszt) ; One Kiss, fromNew Moon (Romberg), and CarryMe Back To Old Vlrginny (Bland).

RECITAL (11 :00 p.m.)

Eileen' Arnold, Winnipeg pianist, istonight's recitalist. She will play:a prelude from the Holberg Suite byEdward Orieg; two etudes by Chopin,Op, 25, No.1, and Op, 25, NO.5;and Valse Impromptu by FranzLiszt.

CBC Producer Directs "SchoolBroadcast" At Winnipeg Convention

An interesting event in the pro­gram of the Manitoba Teachers' Con­vention at Winnipeg on Tuesday.April 8, was a demonstration of how

YOUNG ARTISTS OF TOMORROW a school broadcast 1s produced, done(3:30 p.m.) by people who actually take part in

Lucie Beaudet, a 'teen-age sopra- the broadcasts from Winnipeg. Inno from Montreal, will make a sec- charge of the demonstration, whichond appearance today. This time she was done through a public addressw1ll slng Danza, danza, fanciulla, by system for more than 250 teachersDurante; SolitUde, by Schumann; I' assembled at the session, was DanEs traumte mir, by Brahms; Off~ Cameron, CBC's Talks and Educa­rande, by Hahn; In the Folds of My ; tional Producer 1n the Prairie Re­Embrace, by Wolff; Le revoir, by :gion.Baton, and Tout gai, by Rodel. Preceding the broadcast, Miss

Gertrude McCance, director of schoolbroadcasts in the Manitoba depart­ment of education, addressed thedelegates on the subject of schoolbroadcasts generally. Miss McCancestressed the importance of reportsreceived from teachers, both fromthe standpoint of the departmentand of the CBC.

The demonstration was regardedas impressive by many teachers, bothin showing how school broadcastsare produced, and in indicating thevery considerable number of per­sons involved in the production. TheKing Edward School Choir of Win­nipeg were present, and took partin the demonstration.

12:00 MUSIC BY GOODMAN(Midw. 5tn5.) (15 Mins.)

5:00 COWBOY TROUBADOUR(Midw. stns.) (15 Mins.)

5:15 SERENADE TO AMERICA(Midwest stns.) (15 Mins.)

5:30 SERENADE(Midwest stns.) OS Mins.)

5:45 BBC NEWS(Midwest stns.) (10 Mins.)

5:55 NEWS COMMENTARY{Midw. stns. (5 Mins.)

7:00 BIG TOWN (Cent. stns.>(30 Mins.)

10:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA<Cent. stns.> (15 MI1t8'>

DOMINION(Programs of the Dominion networkoffered to Prairie Region networks or

stations, not carried on CBK)

2:45 BARRY PHILLIPS(Midw. stns.) (15 Mi1t8.)

7:30 McCREADY'S MANSIONS(30 Mins.)

8:00 TO BE ANNOUNCED(GO Mins.)

9:00 BOB HOPE (30 Mi1t8.)9:30 THE CHUCKWAGON

(30 Mins.)10:00 CBC NEWS (10 MI1t8,)10: 10 INTERLUDE (5 Mi1t8'>10:30 YOUR UNITED NATIONS

(Central stns.) (30 Mins.)10:30 PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS

(Sask. stns.) (15 Mins.)10:30 PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS

(Alta. stns.) (15 Mins.)10:45 RECITAL (Mtn. stns.>

(15 Min•.)

LEICESTER SQUARE TO BROAD­WAY (9,30 p.m.)

Selections from The FortuneTeller, by Victor Herbert, wi1l be per~

formed by the entire cast, includingHarry Pryce and the orchestra, vo­calists Belle McEwan and WilliamCarr, the Barbershop Quartet, andEric Vale as the Old stager. Othernumbers will be Red Wing, Adeline,The World Is Waiting for the Sun­rise, Hyacinth Rag, and BeautifulOhio.

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WINNIPEG STRINGORCHESTRA (10:00 p.m.)

Percy Harvey will conduct theWinnipeg String Orchestra in thefollowing program: String Suite No. CSC's OwnerS,-The CBC is owned2, from Suite in D (J. S. Bach); Iby the people of Canada. The BoardEnglish Landscape (Gordon Jacob), of Governors of the CEC acts asand An Elizabethan Suite (arr. Bar- Itrustee for all radio listeners, thebirolll). Ipeople who pay the license fees.

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CAST9:15 THE CLOCK WATCHER9:30 ETHELWYN HOBBES9:35 MORNING COMMENT9:4, MORNING DEVOTIONS

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CAST AND WEATHER2:00 LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL2:15 MA PERKINS2:30 PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY2:45 EASY LISTENING3:00 CONCERT HOUR3:30 ARTISTS OF TOMORROW3:45 WOMEN'S NEWS COM-

MENTARY3:48 ETHELWYN HOBBES4:00 FEATURE CONCERT4:15 FAMILY FAVORITES4:30 LET'S DANCE4:45 WESTERN FIVE5:00 LA CHANSON FRANCAISE5:15 L'ECOLE DES PARENTS5:45 RADIO JOURNAL6:00 GISELE LA FLECHE6:15 JACK SMITH6:30 CBC NEWS6:40 PRAIRIE WEATHER FORE-

CAST6:45 JAMES AND JOHN7:00 MELODIES FOR JUNIORS7:30 STRING STYLINGS8:00 AMOS 'N ANDY8:30 FIBBER McGEE AND

MOLLY9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS9:15 CBC NEWS ROUNDUP9:30 LEICESTER SQUARE TO

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CAST12:15 MILTON CHARLES12: 30 LET'S DANCE12:55 INTERLUDE

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the Editor of the Northern Mail. Iread of it in Winnipeg newspapers,and many of the old timers too areworried about that little black bookthat most men buy for ten cents andcarry in their pockets. But the mostconcerned are the Chlpewyan In.dians. Their very lives may dependon the notebook. The Chipewyannre the only Indian tribe Who liveexclusively on caribou meat away upin the barren lands. They live sideby side with the Eskimo, yet they donot associate with each other.

I heard the story of their greatpatriarch and leader, Charlie Duck.They do not live long, these slimagile braves, for life is too hard inthe barren lands. Charlie Duck wasdUTerent--he was over sixty. andthat made him more revered.Charlie had more education thanmost Indians in this wild country,and so he wrote down the tribe's his-'tory. He recorded the wisdom of theancients, and for the hunters he toldthe cycles of the fox, the beaver, theermine. Most important or all, hekept a record of how the mightycaribou herds moved, for the caribousweeps across Canada's Northland inmysterious migrations. The Chipe­wyans wait lor them. If they missthe migration, they may face winter­long starvation. Charlie Duck heldthe learning of the tribe in his note­book. They relied on him. TheirgUidebook to life was written downpainstakingly in a little black note­book.

Then one day a few months ago,Charlie Duck took ill-the whitedoctor said it was tuberculosis. Downfrom the barrens the Chipewyan wassent-hundreds of miles he travelled,till at last he was in a strange bed,and white-fracked nurses attendE;dhim. Winnipeg hospital did all itcould for this Indian wise man, butlife had been hard for him-he couldnot fight the white plague. Theymoved him to The Pas-closer to hisbeloved North. He died there, and isburied in the Indian cemetery out­side The Pas. The Chipewyans awayup at Duck Lake mourned-theirleader was gone, but they still hadthe history and the secrets of thewild life, and especially the caribou.The little black notebook would betheir guide. They went through theold man's effects, confident, and thenbewildered! The little black notebookwas missing. Their secrets were lost.That's why the government, theMounted Police, the missionaries,are today scouring the Northlandfor that little black notebook. Thehospitals at Winnipeg and The Pashave been searched-it's no laughingmatter. The very lives of a wholeIndian tribe may depend on thefinding of that ten-cent scribbler.

A Useless, Frivolous Rose. Thishappens to be the first time formany years in which the owrters ofEnglish gardens have felt free topush back the brussels sprouts frombeside the porch and plant a use­less, frivolous English rose instead.-Gordon Glover, on BBC.

ture; Ballade in A Flat Major, Opus47; a Polish dance entitled Mazurkain A Minor, Opus 67, No.4, and twoprelUdes-in A Major and F Major.

Fisher Relates TaleOf Missing Notebook

cac Story Teller VIsits The Pas OnWestern Tour

(John Fisher on CBC, March 23)

The Pas, Manitoba, is north ofParallel 53-far from the blase bigcities. The inhabitants are not blase,but nothing surprises them. Theyare too busy waiting for the nextthing to happen, and .anything islikely to happen in this Grandcentral Town of 3,000 permanentinhabitants. Anything - from sales­men selling aeroplanes as new as to­morrow to dinosaur bones as old astime itself. In the mining journalsof Canada the name Austin Me·Veigh is known for Lynn Lake nickeland big gold strikes, but one timeAustin prospected a graveyard ofdinosaurs. Up here, they have foundtropical snakes wound around tropic­al trees-petr11ied in stone. Anotherman from this country at Herb Lakefound the boundary of the great In­land Sea which once covered thewhole of the midwest. Here you canhave one foot on limestone which laybeneath the salt water, and yourother foot on pre-cambrian granite,which was the shoreline ml1l1ons ofyears ago. The great rock of Canadaswings by here - the same pre­Cambrian shield which has broughtwealth to Yellowknife, Red Lake,Sudbury, Cobalt Timmins, Noranda,Rouyn, Val Dar-it goes throughManitoba. Why, the leading hotel inThe Pas is called "Cambrian." Andin the lobby of that hotel you'll meetcharacters who are fortune hunting-you'll meet men just back fromthe muskrat farms, and Yanks whohave been shooting white whales atChurchill, or taking pictures of thecaribou further North. And thatbrings up a subject-Caribou. Forthat introduces a great hunt of theNorthland-the problem of the miss­ing notebook.

The )!issing NotebookI heard the story from Bob Taylor,

GWYN PRICE SINGS (11 :00 p.m.)

Gwyn Price. Vancouver baritone,opens his recital tonight with Gab­riel Faure's song Les Berceaux. Thisis followed by Psyche, by Paladllhe;Dedication, by Richard strauss; ADream, by Grieg; and Like L1l1es ina Pool, by Maurice Lowe.

SONS OF THE WEST (10:16 p.m.)

Ameen Ganam leads this Edmon­ton ensemble, with Dick Taylor andAI Melnyk as soloists, and a vocaltrio. Tonight's program includes:Ganam's Special No.4, Shine, andCross Bow Special, by the orchestra;Born to Lose and Make Room InYour Heart For a Friend, by thetrio; My Adobe Hacienda, by Al, andWhen There's Tears In the Eyes ofa Potato, by Dick.

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___A/6te.:.L1_--,STRING TIME (7:00 p.m.)

Jack Norton looks into the pastand the future in the opening num­bers of his program tonight. Thenumbers are Forgotten and Sep­tember in the Rain. The MontrealViolinist wlll also conduct his stringensemble in Tico Tico, The GirlThat I Marry and For Me and MyGal. Simonne wlll sing the lyrics toYou Should Know, The Thrill IsGone, and stars Fell on Alabama.

DOMINION(Programs 01 the Dominion networkoffered to Prairie Region networks or

stations, not carried on CBK)2:45 BARRY PHILLIPS

(Mldw. stnsJ (15 Mins.>7:00 JACK CARSON SHOW

(30 Mins.)8:00 DUFFY'S TAVERN

(30 Mins.>8:30 CURTAIN TIME (30 Min,.)9:00 BING CROSBY

(Cent. stns.) (30 Mins.)9:30 LATIN AMERICAN

SERENADE (30 Min'.)10:00 CBC NEWS (10 Min,.)10: 10 INTERLUDE (5 Min,.)10:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA

(30 Mins.)

THE LIVELY ARTS (7,46 p.m.)

Britain's plans for rebuilding herblitzed cities will be reviewed andanalyzed by Graham McInnes, Ot­tawa art critic, in his next fort­nightly talk in the CBC series, TheLively Arts. Mr. McInnes will speakon the three main themes of Archi­tecture, Planning and CommunityCentres in Britain. This broadcastwill be the last of six talks by Mr.McInnes on art activity in the Bri­tish Isles. He has been heard on al­ternate weeks with Paul Duval, arteditor of a Toronto weekly, who hasreviewed the arts in Canada. Mr.Duval's discussion of the Dominion'sarchitectural plans will be heard thefollowing week, on April 30.

DISTINGUISHED ARTISTSSERIES (9:30 p.m.)

Margaret Miller Brown, Torontopianist, will playa program of com­positions by Chopin, which will in­clude: Waltz in A Flat Major, Opus34, No.1; A Fantasy in F Minor,Opus 44, regarded as one of thegreat compositions of piano litera-

All times given are Central Standard; lor Mountain time deduct one hour.

3:00 CONCERT HOUR(Midwest stns.) (30 Mins.)

5:00 COWBOY TROUBADOUR(Midw. stns.) U5 Mins.)

5:15 SERENADE TO AMERICA(Midwest stns.) (15 Mins.)

5:30 SERENADE(Midwest stns.) (15 Mins.)

5:45 BBC NEWS (10 Mins.)(Midwest stns.)

5:55 NEWS COMMENTARY(Midw. stns.) (5 MinsJ

·111/ /I I WEDNESDAY, April 23rd, 1947

STATION CBK, WATROUS8:00 CBC NEWS8:05 MUSICAL PROGRAM8:15 BREAKFAST CLUB8:45 THE CLOCK WATCHER9:00 CBC NEWS9:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER

FORECAST9:15 THE CLOCK.WATCHER9:30 ETHELWYN HOBBES9:35 MORNING COMMENT9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS

10:00 ROAD OF LIFE10:15 BIG SISTER10:30 GEORGE'S WIFE10:40 INTERLUDE10:45 LAURA LIMITED11 :00 BBC NEWS11:15 LUCY LINTON11:30 MORNING CONCERT11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY

OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL12:00 R.C.M.P. BULLETINS AND

PROGRAM NEWS12:15 THE HAPPY GANG12:45 THEY TELL ME1:00 CBC NEWS1:15 MARCHING WITH THE

BAND1:30 PRAIRIE FARM BROAD-

CAST AND WEATHER2:00 LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL2:15 MA PERKINS2:30 PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY2:45 EASY LISTENING3:00 SASKATCHEWAN SCHOOL

BROADCAST3:30 MUSIC STYLED FOR

STRINGS3:45 WOMEN'S NEWS COM-

MENTARY3:48 NEW WORLD CALLING4:00 FEATURE CONCERT •4:15 FAMILY FAVOURITES4:30 SONGS TO REMEMBER4:45 DON MESSER5:00 LA CHANSON FRANCAISE5:15 C~LESTE ET VALENTIN5:30 UN HOMME ET SON P~CHE5:45 RADIO JOURNAL6:00 EDMUND HOCKRIDGE6:15 JACK SMITH6:30 CBC NEWS6:40 PRAIRIE WEATHER

FORECAST6:45 MAGGIE MUGGINS7:00 STRING TIME7:30 RENDEZVOUS ROOM7:45 THE LIVELY ARTS8:00 LONDON BY LAMPLIGHT8:30 TO BE ANNOUNCED9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS9:15 CBC NEWS ROUNDUP9:30 DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS

SERIES10:00 THE NATION'S BUSINESS10:15 SONS OF THE WEST10:30 INVITATION TO MUSIC11:00 GWYN PRICE SINGS11:15 MIDWEEK REVIEW11:30 MYSTERY MASTER12: 00 CBC NEWS12:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER FORE­

CAST12: 15 MILTON CHARLES12:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA

TRANS-CANADA(Programs 01 the Trans-Canada net­work offered to Prairie Region net­works or stations, not carded on

CBK)8:45 OFF THE RECORD

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DOMINION

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The Prairie Schooner.

I do not know that I am address­ing this bit of appreciation to theproper place, but I surely hope so.I should say we, because my hus­band also enjoys the Prairie Schoo­ner. We used to Hsten regularly onSaturday evening, but for a longtime past have not been able tolocate the program. Late last night(Friday, March 21) I happened torun on to a transcription (nearlyended), static interfered. I could notlearn the station, but I am promptedto write to thank you in Canada, notonly for this particular program,but for others we enjoy as well.­Mrs. V. A. Allen, Barberton, Ohio.U.S.A.

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Rich Man, Poor Man.

There is a certain class of peoplein Canada whose attitude towardthings done in Canada is exagger­atedly critical and even bitter. Manyof these people are young. Theyhave grown up here, but. have beencaptured by the glamour and mag·ni.ficence of our neighbour to thesouth, as re1lected 1n the numerousmagazines, journals, and radio pro­grams coming from across the line.Now. no one here, I am sure, wouldwish to deny the magnificence ofour rich neighbour, but the attitUdeof Ollr youthful critics is still hardlyedifying. They seem to say, speaking-as is undoubtedly the case in thelarge-to their own family. their ownfathers, mothers, brothers, sisters,etc.: "Oh, what good are you? Lookwhat the people across the way cando! You're hopeless! Why don't youJust retire, and lie down, and die?"What the critic forgets, in thesecases, is that the criticism reacts,not upon his struggling relativesalone. but upon himself. I thinksometimes of Shakespeare's phrase:

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New Hope in Calgary.

For many of us here in Calgary,it is cheering aod inspiring to knowthat soon we shall have a CBC sta­tion near at hand which w11l bringus the good Canadian programs,which for years have been deniedus. We have lived here for ten yearsin a sort of radio blackout. Our localstation and its newspaper associatesseem to eat, drink, read. and thinkabout nothing but commerce andimported commercial programs. ODeof the "funny columnists'· said re­cently that there were no Canadianradio programs on in the wintertime, but only in the summer! Thatmay give you some idea of the con­ditions under which listeners carryon here. Not long ago I paid a visit.to some relatives in Saskatoon, andthere I was able to get Station CBKand listen to some of its fine pro­grams. I was amazed at what we hadbeen missing.~llfrs. K. R. L., Cal­gary, Alta.

Charles Millercompleted when war broke out, andhe was a member of the first Cana­dian squadron to go overseas.

DIscharged from t.he R.CA.F. In1941 on medical grounds, MUler re~

surned voice and drama studies inOttawa. He got his first chance ata m.1crophone when the Wartimelniormation Board hired him for aseries of I5-minute talks. An an­nouncer's Job at CKCH, HUll, fol­lowed immediately. After gainingfurther experience, at CKCO, Ot­tawa, he joined the CBC in thespring of 1943. .

His network assignments have in­cluded the Way of the Spirit series,Serenade for Strings, actuality re­ports of the return ot Montreal regi·ments from overseas, and, recently,a description of the funeral servicefor the late Cardinal Villeneuve fromthe Baslliea In Quebec City.

In spIte of his busy schedule,Miller still finds time for greasepaint and footlights. For the lasttwo years he has taught a Montrealchildren's theatre group, and hasplayed leading roles in a numberof local stage productIons.

School ValedictoryInspired Announcer

Charles Miller Of Montreal BeganAnnouncing Career Early

At the end of his hlgh~schooldays.Charles (Ted) Miller was chosenvaledictorian of his class, and hehas used his voice to make his wayin the world almost ever since. Nowonc of Montreal's top announcers, heIs heard regularly over station CBMand the CBC networks.

Born in Cupar, Saskatchewan,Miller moved to Regina with hisfamily during his early school years.His high-school valedictory addressdetermined his future, for it con·firmed a long-standing desire to be­come an actor. Miller enrolled atRegina College for two years' tuitionin voice and drama. Advised that heshould be more practical, he alsostudied medicine and engineering,for two years each-but the campusplayshop got more attention thanhis studies.

Through with college in 1938,Miller enlisted in the peacetimeR.C.A.F. in the hope of seeing a bitof the world. His training had been

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5:45 BBC NEWS(Midwest stns.J (10 Min•.)

5:55 NEWS COMMENTARY(Midw. stns.) (5 Min!,)

WOMEN'S WAY (3:48 p.m.)

Women tn Africa w1l1 be discussedin a second talk to be given by Mrs.Mercedes McKay. from Montreal.Mrs. McKay spenT. 12 years in Afrtcain newspaper work and in operatinga radio station Bnd is well versed inthe conditions and the customs ofEast, West and South Africa. Shehas been a guest on many occasionsin native African homes and hasattended many African traditionaltribal ceremonies.

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station" not carried. on CBK)

2:45 BARRY PHILLIPS(Mldw. stns.J (15 Mi1l.l.J

8:00 DICK HAYMES SHOW(30 Min••)

9:00 WORLD SECURITY WORK­SHOP (30 Mim.)

9:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA(Cent. stns.> (30 Mins.)

9:30 BING CROSBY<Mtn. stns.J (30 Mi1l.l.J

10:00 CBC NEWS (10 M11l.I.J10:10 INTERLUDE (5 MI1l.I.)10:30 GEMS FOR THOUGHT

(5 Min•. )10:35 DANCE ORCHESTRA

(25 Min•. )

VANCOUVER DRAMA (10:00 p.m.)

Doug Haskins will take the titlerole this week in a satirical comedyby Chester Glucroft, entitled ArthurAtom. With the announcement thathe Is tired ot going around in circlesas he has been doing for millions ofyears, Arthur Atom threatens to goon strike. In spite of persuasion onthe part of all the otber atoms,Arthur carries out his plan, and inso doing ushers in the splitting upof the atom, and the beginning ofthe atomic age. Spec1a.l backgroundmusic composed by John Av!son willbe presented by an ensemble underhis direction.

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PRAIRIE COMMENT (4:30 p.m.)

Marjorie K. Stiles will speak fromCalgary today In the first of a groupof two talks. Under the title of, AFarm Boy Goes Off To High SChool,Mrs. Stiles will tell listeners of theproblems to be taken care of whenfarm children leave home in orderto attend high school. The selectionof the school and whether the stu­dent w1l1 live In the dormitory, boardin a private home or batch are someDC the things to be decided, Mrs.Stiles found out from her own ex·pertence.

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STATION CBK, WATROUS8:00 CBC NEWS8:05 MUSICAL PROGRAM8:15 BREAKFAST CLUB8:45 CLOCK WATC'HER9:00 CBC NEWS9:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER

FORECAST9:15 THE CLOCK WATCHER9:30 ETHELWYN HOBBES9:35 MORNING COMMENT9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS

10:00 ROAD OF LIFE10:15 BIG SISTER10:30 GEORGE'S WIFE10:40 INTERLUDE10:45 LAURA LIMITED11:00 BBC NEWS11:15 LUCY LINTON11:30 MORNING CONCERT11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY

OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL12:00 R.CMP. BULLETINS AND

PROGRAM NEWS12:15 THE HAPPY GANG12:45 WALTZES OF THE WORLD1:00 CBC NEWS1:15 MELODY ROUNDUP1:30 PRAIRIE FARM BROAD-

CAST AND WEATHER2:00 LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL2:15 MA PERKINS2:30 PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY2:45 EASY LISTENING3:00 CONCERT HOUR3 :30 RECITAL3:45 WOMEN'S NEWS COM-

MENTARY3:48 WOMEN'S WAY4:00 FEATURE CONCERT4:15 FAMILY FAVORITES4:30 PRAIRIE COMMENT4:45 WESTERN FIVE5:00 LA CHANSON FRANCAISE5:15 LES VOIX DU PAYS5:45 RADIO JOURNAL6:00 TONY THE TROUBADOUR6:15 JACK SMITH6:30 CBC NEWS6:40 PRAIRIE WEATHER

FORECAST6:45 TALES OF TEXAS7:00 MONTREAL DRAMA7:30 JOHN AND JUDy6:00 MUSIC HALL6:30 WAYNE AND SHUSTER

SHOW9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS9:15 CBC NEWS ROUNDUP9:30 EVENTIDE

10:00 VANCOUVER DRAMA10:30 THE STORY OF MUSIC11:00 CBC SPORTS REVIEW11:15 POINTS OF VIEW11:30 PACIFIC SHOWCASE12:00 CBC NEWS12:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER FORE­

CAST12:15 MILTON CHARLES12:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA

TRANS-CANADA(Programs 01 the Trans-Canada net­work offered to Prairie Region net­works or stattons, not carried on

CBK)8:45 OFF THE RECORD

(Mldw. stns.) (15 Mf1l.l.)9:15 PARADE OF BANDS

(Mldw. stns.J (15 MI1l.I.)12:00 MUSIC BY GOODMAN

(Mldw. stns.J (15 Mlm.J5:00 COWBOY TROUBADOUR

(Mldw. stns.) (15 Mf1l.l.)5:15 SERENADE TO AMERICA

CMldw. stns.) (15 Mf1l.l.)5:30 SERENADE

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FRIDAY, April 25th, 1947·~IIIIISTATION CBK, WATROUS

8:00 CBC NEWS8:05 MUSICAL PROGRAM8:15 BREAKFAST CLUB8:45 THE CLOCKWATCHER9:00 CBC NEWS9:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER

FORECAST9:15 THE CLOCK WATCHER9:30 E:rHELWYN HOBBES9:35 MORNING COMMENT9:45 MORNING DEVarIONS

10:00 ROAD OF LIFE10:15 BIG SISTER10:30 GEORGE'S WIFE10:40 INTERLUDE10:45 LAURA LIMITED11 :00 BBC NEWS11:15 LUCY LINTON11:30 MORNING CONCERT11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY

OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL12:00 R.CMP. BULLETINS AND

PROGRAM NEWS12:15 THE HAPPY GANG12:45 THEY TELL ME1:00 CBC NEWS1:15 MARCHING WITH THE

BAND1:30 PRAffiIE FARM BROAD-

CAST AND WEATHER2:00 LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL2: 15 MA PERKINS2:30 PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY2:45 EASY LISTENING3:00 NATIONAL SCHOOL

CAST3:30 RECITAL3:45 WOMEN'S NEWS COM-

MENTARY3:48 NEEDLEPOINTERS4:00 FEATURE CONCERT4:15 FAMILY FAVORITES4:30 SONGS TO REMEMBER4:45 DON MESSER5:00 LA CHANSON FRANCAISE5: 15 CltLESTE ET VALENTIN5:30 UN"ROMME ET SON Pltmm5:45 RADIO JOURNAL6:00 ED McCURDY SINGS8:15 JACK SMITH6:30 CBC NEWS6:40 PRAIRIE WEATHER

FORECAST6:45 SLEEPY TIME STORY

TELLER7:00 CONCERT ORCHESTRA7:30 RECITAL8:00 ALAN AND ME8:30 WALTZ TIME9:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS9:15 CBC NEWS ROUNDUP9:30 HERITAGE OF MUSIC

10:00 PRAIRIE SCHOONERclO:30 WINNIPEG DRAMA11:00 CONTINENTAL VARIETIES11 :30 THREE SUNS TRIO11:45 LEE SIMS11:55 SOLO SPOTLIGHT12:00 CBC NEWS12:10 PRAffiIE WEATHER

FORECAST2:15 MILTON CHARLES

12:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA

TRANS-CANADA(Programs 01 the Trans-Canada net­work offered to Prairie Regien net­works OT stations. not carried on

CBK)8:45 OFF THE RECORD

(Midw. stnsJ U5 /lfim.)9:15 PARADE OF BANDS

12:00 MUSICAL PROGRAMCMtdw. stnsJ (IS Mins.)

5:00 COWBOY TROUBADOUR(Mldw. stnsJ (15 Mins.)

III ~II·5:15 SERENADE TO AMERICA

(Midwest stnsJ (15 Min!.>5:30 SERENADE

(Midwest stnsJ (15 Mins.)5:45 BBC NEWS

(Midwest stnsJ (10 Afins.)5:55 NEWS COMMENTARY

(Mldw. stnsJ (5 MinsJ

DOMINION<Progra7Tl1 0/ the Dominion networko/leree! to Prairie Region network! or

stations. not carried on CBK)2:45 BARRY PHILLIPS

(Mldw. stns.> (15 Mins.>7:30 LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS

(30 Mins.)8:00 LIGHT UP AND LclSTEN

(30 Mins.)8:30 WESTERN TRAILS

(30 Mins.)9:00 CHAMPIONSffiP FIGHT

(60 Mim.)10:00 CBC NEWS (10 MinsJ10 '10 INTERLUDE (5 Mins.)

__A!c,te.J,.1__NATIONAL SCHOOL BROADCAST(3:00 p.m)

Lawren Harris. pre~ident. of t.heFederation of Canadian Artists. willbe the subject of today's dramatized.story In the CBC's National SchoolBroadcast series on "The Adventuresof Canadian Painting." The programis the fourth in a series of five "por­traits" of leading contempOraryartists. The half-hour radio storywill deal with the painter's leader­ship in the cause of Canadian art,as well as with his Hfe and work asan artist. An original member of theGroup of Seven, in whlch he was aprime mover, Lawren Harris ha:>been contlnuously a centre of con­troversy as a result of his constantexperimentation. He is also well­known as a poet, lecturer and writer.Now living in Vancouver, he re­cently returned to Toronto, hisfonner home, to preside over a na­tional meeting of the Federation otCanadian Artists. The picture chosenfor close study in today's broadcastwill be Harris's North Shore, LakeSuperior.

CONCERT ORCHESTRA (7,00 p.m.)

Alexander Brott, Montreal com­pOser-conductor, will direct the firstsix broadcasts of this new orchestralseries. The series will continue onthe CBC Trans-Canada networkduring the summer season and Willpresent light concert music directedby prominent Montreal conductorsassisted by solo artists.

THE PRAIRIE SCHOONER(10:00 p.m.)

In the old Scottish sword dances,the dancer hopped with bare feetabout two crossed blades which couldgive him a nasty cut tt he happenedto make a misstep. But the Fin­landers have a dance just as dan­gerous in its way - the Harvest

"HopplI"

Here at IQ.3t, after most elaborate andlen?thy perS'Uasio~/or he is veryshy-is HoPPY, that whimsical ellwho enlivens the lales told by CBC'sSleepy time Storyteller on Fridays at6:45 p.m. The phbtographer caughthim in an informal moment on top0/ a CBC microphone. The StOTl/­t,ller is Stan Chapman 01 Campbell­town, N.B , whose conversations withHoppy have been amusing Canadianchildren from one end to the other

0/ CBC's vast networks.

Dance, which. Jimmy Gowler andt.he orchestra will play tonight. Sixcouples take part, standing besideeach other, the boys with scythesover their left shoulders, the girlswith rakes over their lett shoulders.Jimmy's other selections for tonightare widely varied: Miss McLeod'sReel; Hiawatha Indian Intermezzo;A Flemish dance tune; a UkrainianKo}omeyka, named after the town ofKolomeya; Yellow Roses, a Polishwaltz; the Cincinnati Hornpipe; theAccordion Polka; and Lady MaryRamsay, a Scottish strathspey.

MAlL BAG-Concluded

"A poor thing, but mine own 1" Alittle ot that spirit might help inCanada, and it might result in the"poor" Canadian thing becoming, intime, not so poor. No matter howrich your neighbour may be, you, ifyou nre honest and willing, mayhave your place in the world, andyour right, and your dignity.-J. M.McK., Lethbridge, Alta.

CBC Policies. - The CBC carriesout policies that are the expressedwill of the Canadian people-policiesthat have been arrived at bydemocratic means through d1scussionand argument by all political partiesand other ihterested persons.

Parents And ChildrenCan Join In "Co-Study"

While CBC school broadcasts aredesigned primarily for classroom use,parents, too, may be interested inhearing the same lesson their Chil­dren arc hearing in school.

The Idea behind this Is that bothmay cont.lnue to explore and add tothe information contained in theprogram after school hours. Thissharing of Interest in radio lessonsis usually referred to as "co-study."Co-study does not require a highlydeveloped teaching skill or special­ized knowledge on the part ot theparents, but depends for its successon t.he development, between parentsand children, of a RTOUp of commoninterests and enthusiasms.

One of the national school broad­cast programs which offers an op­pOrtuntty for co-study 15 The Ad­venture of Canadian Painting, heardon the cac's Trans-Canada networkon Fridays at 3:00 p.m. Somemethods suggested for carrying outco-study projects in connection withthis series are: secure a set of thecolor prints issued by t.he NationalGallery oC Canada, Ott.awa; discussthe broadcasts at the first opportun­ity and compare not.es; if possiblevisit art galleries or picture exhibits;discuss art generally and the reasonsfor one's likes and dislikes.

NO BED OF ROSES-Concluded

costs, artists' fees, studio time, opera­tors. etc. CBC producers work onbUdgets, and they knOW-in fact,they are let know in the most viVidand impressive manner-that theyare spending the listeners' money.Costs are matters they bear continu­ously and earnestly in mind.

But it is not merely the expense.Rehearsals are not mechanical af­fairs. They involve human beings.and human being often of the mostsensitive and high-strung sort­artists, musicians. Performlng a pieceof good music is not a mechanicalproposit.ion. It is a Ulyssean journey,an adventure, a passage fraughtwith perUs and pitfalls. One way oranot.her. by flattery, by cajolery, bytoil and sweat and tears, even byoccasional bullying, the producermust coax the very best out of hisperformers. If they are young andtimid, he must reassure and sup­pOrt them. If they are tired andblase, he must re-inspire and stirthem to new enthusiasm. Often,when a program is over and the jobdone, you may flnd the producerslumped in a ehair in a state ofutter exhaustion. It is no job for aweakling.

These are a few of the things en­countered Defore a CBC programgets on the air. What is heard on theair may seem smooth and sweet andpleasant, but much anxiety. muchtrouble, strain, and toU, goes on inthe stUdio, behind the microphone.

Miss Verna ~. r ni 'r,SE'lGE:I,

Alta.

CRC PROGRAM SCHEDULEPage 8

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..tIl times given are Central Standard; for Mountain time deduct one hour.

SATURDAY, April 26th, 1947'I~IIIISTATION CBK, WATROUS8:00 CBC NEWS8:05 MORNING MELODIES8:30 NOVELTY IN MELODY8:45 THE CLOCKWATCHER9:00 CBC NEWS9:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER

FORECAST9:15 THE CLOCK WATCHER9:30 CURTAIN CALLS9:45 MORNING DEVOTIONS

10:00 MUSIC MAKERS10:15 CHILDREN'S PROGRAM10:30 MUSICAL COMEDY TIME11: 00 BBC NEWS11:15 JUNIOR CONCERT11:30 THE LAND OF SUPPOSING11:59 DOMINION OBSERVATORY

OFFICIAL TIME SIGNAL12:00 R.C.M.P. BULLETINS AND

PROGRAM NEWS12:15 WORLD CHURCH NEWS12:30 MELODY ROUNDUP12:45 CBC NEWS12:55 PRAIRIE WEATHER

FORECAST1:00 MUSIC MAKES PICTURES2:00 ON TIlE TEEl'; :3EI..T2: 30 JIVE HIVE3:00 MUSICAL PROGRAM4:00 NOTRE FRANQAIS SUR LE

VIP4:15 QUESTIONNAIRE DE LA

JEUNESSE4:45 LA BONNE CHANSON4:55 BULLETIN DE NOUVELLES5:00 EL RITMO TROPICAL5:15 CBC NEWS5:25 MUSICAL PROGRAM5:30 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

MUSIC5:45 TO BE ANOUNCED6:00 HAWAII CALLS8:30 SPORTS COLLEGE6:45 SWINGTIME7:00 TONIGHT AT TIMBER

LODGE7:30 SHARE THE WEALTH8:00 esc NEWS8:05 TO BE ANNOUNCED9:30 ORGAN MUSIC

10:00 RED RIVER BARN DANCE10:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA11 :00 JULIETTE11:15 THIS WEEK11:30 CELLO RECITAL12:00 CBC NEWS12:10 PRAIRIE WEATHER

FORECAST12:15 HOLLYWOOD BARN DANCE12:45 ORGAN INTERLUDE

TRANS-CANADA(Program of the Trans-Canada net­work offered to Prairl.e Region net­works or ,tations,· not carried on

OBK)8:30 MUSIC FOR MADAME

(Mldw. stns.) (30 Min.o.)9:15 FOLK DANCE FROLIC

(Midwest stns.) <I5 Mins.)12:00 BANDSTAND

(Midw. stns.> (15 Mins.)12:30 MUSICAL PROGRAM

fM1dwest stns.) (15 Mins.)4:00 SATURDAY CONCERT

(Mldw. stns.) (60 Mins.)

lU·DOMINION

(Programs 0/ the Dominion networkoffered to Prairie Region networks or

stations, not carried on CBK)4:45 KING COLE TRIO (15 Min,.)6:00 CUCKOO CLOCK HOUSE

(30 Mins.>7:00 TWENTY QUESTIONS

(30 Min,.)7:30 MAYOR OF THE TOWN

(25 Mins.>7:55 INTERLUDE (5 Min.o.l8:00 THE MIGHTY CASEY

(30 Mins.>9:00 MART KENNEY

(30 Mins.)9:30 ART HALLMAN (30 Min,.)

10: 00 CBC NEWS ANDCOMMENTARY US Mins.>

10:30 DANCE ORCHESTRA<30 Mins.)

_-,))(}fejJ--_RED RIVER BARN I)ANCE(1/):00 p.m.)

The Fiddlers under Pete Couture,with Wilf DaVidson, Marjorie Dillerand Ben Schram as vocalists, con­tinue their famous series from theancient fork of the rivers of theprairie, which has been the centreof western Canadian history formore than a hundred years. To~

night's fiddlers' specials include:The Clay Pipe, Good for the Tongue.Monopol Polka, Beautiful LadyWaltz, a Polish Dance, Polka a laRusse, Rig a Jig Jig, and The CrookedStovepipe. Schram's solo is Rose ofthe Rio. Marjorie will sing DownTumble Weed Trail, and Davidson'snumber is Dusty Road. The studio

I audience will join in the weekly: sing-song. this time a venerable

favourite of the early 1900's, In theShade of the Old Apple Tree.

THIS WEEK (11 :16 p.m.)Dr. Arnold Gesell, founder and di­

rector of the Yale Clinic of ChildDevelopment. will be ~tonight'sspeaker. Child Behaviour will be thesubject of Dr. Gesell's talk. Dr.Gesell is known in the United Statesand Canada as the author of a greatnumber of books on child psychology.Among his widely read works areInfant Behaviour-Its Genesis andGrowth, The Psychology of EarlyGrowth and The First Five Years.

AUDREY PIGGOTT (11 :30 p,m.)

Audrey Piggott, Vancouver 'cellist,will devote her program tonight to asingle work by Dohnanyi-his Son­ata in B Flat Minor. Ira Swartzwlll be her piano accompanist.

Group of Seven

,-.p'" "'i" !'r''''~ " .... ~.' r... ..In' .. ?ItO'"famous artists to the microphoneon Friday, April 25. LAWREN HARRIS

will talk about his own life and thephilosophy of his paintings. The pro­gram is one in the National SchoolBroadcast series heard on Fridays at3 p.m. over western stations of theCBC's Trans-Canada network. Mr.Harris is one of the founders 0/ thefamous Group 0/ Seven. He willspeak from Vancouver where he nowmakes his home. He will tell some­thing of his work in the Lake Super­ior country and Of his adventu.resin the Arctic with fellow painter

A. Y. Jackson.

Junior Period OnCBC Farm Broadcast

Boys' and Girls' Clubs To Have Spe­cial Five-Minute Spot On Thursdays

A special five-minute period onthe CBC Farm Broadca.c;t from Win­nipeg on Thursdays, commencingApril 10, will be devoted to the workof the "Junior Fanners," the Boys'and Girls' Clubs in the prairieproVInces.

These clubs have been an import­ant educational feature of westernagriculture for many years, and areorganized under the provincial de­partments of agriculture. Clubs con­cern themselves with various depart­ments of work on the farm, such ashomecraft, poultry, swine, beef,grain, bees, etc.

The CBC broadcasts will be carriedregularly on Thursdays, the yearround. The broadcasts will beplanned six months in advance withthe club directors. News, interviews

CorrectionsFor Prairie Region Schedule dated

April 13, 1947

MONDAY, APRIL 145: 55-6 p.m. (T-C)

Kill: Canadian Commentaries.Schedule: News Commentary.

MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS WEEKLY

7:30-7:45 p.m. (OBK)Schedule: Let's Waltz.

WEEKLY

8-8:30 p.m. (Dom.)Kill: To Be Announced.

WEEKLY10:30-11 p.m. (nom.>

Kill: To Be Announced.WEEKLY

TUESDAY, APRIL 1512:45-1 p.m. (OBK)

Kill: Musical Program.Schedule: Waltzes of the World.

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS WEEKLY

lO:30-10:45 p.m. (nom.)Schedule: Provincial Affairs

(Sask.). Hon. J. W, Corman,Attorney-General

THIS OCCASION ONLY

FRIDAY. APRIL 187:30-8 p.m. (CBK)

Kill: Recital..:>cneuule: rt.aQIO It.r~ U.ttl1t:L

THIS OcCASION ONLY

SATURDAY, APRIL 195:45-6 p.m. (CBK)Kill: Wes McKnight.Schedule: To Be Announced.

WEEKLY7-7:30 p.m. (CBK)Kill: Playhouse Party.Schedule: Tonight at. Timber

Lodge.WEEKLY

with club leaders, talks on cltizen­ship, club ralHes, and many othersubjects will be inclUded. The broad­casts will not be technical, but willdeal rather with the social aspects ofclub work, and general news of clubactivities.

CBC OWNED STATIONCBK WATROUS, SASK. (60,000

watts) 640 Kes.

TRANS-CANADANETWORK Kes.

CBK, WATROUS 640CKY, WINNIPEG m. 990CJCA, EDMONTON 930CFAC, CALGARy................ .•.. 960CJOC, LETHBRIDGE 1060

DOMINION NETWORKCKRC, WINNIPEG •__ 630CKX, BRANDON m 1150CJGX, YORKTON 00 940CKRM, REQINA mm m 980CHAB, MOOSE JAW 800CFQC, SASKATOON 600CKSI, PRINCE ALBERT ... 900CFCN, CALGARY _..~ 1010CFRN, EDMONTON ... m 1260

OTHER STATIONSCFAR, FLIN FLON ,. 590CKUA, EDMONTON 580CJCJ, CALGARY 1230CFQP, GRANDE PRAIRIE 001050CKCK, REGINA m 620

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