This week ten famed newscasters from the three major networks will foregather in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria to join in an aerial storytelling bee. Wired for sound by NBC, the tale-spinners' seminar will include such lights as Raymond Gram Swing, Elmer Davis, H. V. Kaltenborn, Walter Winchell. Purpose of the broad cast: to pay tribute to Lowell Thomas on his tenth anniversary in radio.
For popularity, Thomas has few rivals in the newscasting business. He persistently runs rings around most of his fellow workers in the radio polls, is currently addressing his folksy, gee-whiz comments for...