Word: star
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cincinnati Times-Star...
...star-snatching, which prompted Variety to call CBS "Paley's Comet," is a one-man triumph for dapper William S. Paley, 47. Born in Chicago and educated at the University of Pennsylvania, Paley was doing all right (vice president in charge of advertising) in his family's Congress Cigar Co. when he decided there was money in radio. Impressed because radio plugs boosted his La Palina cigar sales by 150%, in 1928 he bought control of CBS for $300,000. Since he took charge, the network has grown from 20 stations...
Telephone Hour (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Guest star: John Charles Thomas...
Battery men who have been working in the Cage with him for the past week admire him for his patience and individualized instruction. "He goes from one player to another," one pitcher observes, "regardless of whether that man happens to be a star." That's the way Stuffy wants it. "The most obscure boy may be a future great," he points out. "Take Bob Feller. There were only 13 boys in his senior class at high school." If there are any Fellers at Harvard, the new coach will probably find them. He's had plenty of experience...
...number one man Jim Bacon will have to face Joe Heutz, tall, rangy Wesleyan star who last year boat almost everyone in prep school circles. The game will be a contrast between Hentz' quick, dazzling style versus Baoon's slow, plugging game...