S IX MUD FORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday. February 8, 1956
Television Has Come a Long Way Since
Spending Infancy at the Corner Bar
By WILLIAM EWALD
New York (U.PJ Televis
ion was conceived in the labora
tory but it spent its infancy in
the corner bar. It was nursed
by bartenders, and beer paid the
early doctor bills.
Back in 1946 most of the na
tion's 6,400 sets were in the New
York area and the majority were
perched at one end of saloons
where Milton Berle pulled in
more customers than a free
lunch.
One of its parents was Vladi
mir Zworykin of RCA who in
vented the original iconoscopic
electron tube the first electron
ic "eye" for the TV camera.
It happened in 1923. It made
. TV possible. i
Another parent was Dr. Allen
B. Du Mont, the Brooklyn-born
inventor who now heads the gi
ant Du Mont laboratories. Du
Mont, working with $500 capi
tal, turned a New Jersey garage
into a lab and invented a long-1
life cathode-ray tube.
It happened in. 1931. It made
TV probable.
TV had a long gestation perr
iod. There were transmissions
before World War n, but only
a handful of viewers.
The war kept TV in the womb.
Then came 1946.
But let's let Dr. Du Mont tell
about then and now
started, at least it did in New
York," Du Mont recalls. "I
would say that about . 50 per
Prompt Treatment of Tooth
Decay Prevents Discomfort
Editor's Note: This is another In
the series of articles on dental
health prepared for observing Na
tional Children's Dental Health
Week this week. The series was
prepared in cooperation with the
Southern Oregon Dental society.
'A child should be started
along the road to good dental
health habits by the time he is
three. - '
Tooth decay starts at an early
age and spreads rapidly. Fifty
per cent of all children have at
least one decayed tooth by the
time they celebrate their second
birthday.
Treated promptly, damage can
be repaired with a minimum of
discomfort, time and : expense.
Left untreated, the decayed area
may spread, causing extensive
damage, pain and possible loss
of the tooth.
But, some parents think, the
tooth is going to come out any
way, so why go to the trouble
of having it filled?
Good Condition
Aside from the fact that a
toothache in a first or "baby"
tooth can be just as painful as
ah ache in a permanent tooth, it
is important for the child's
health to maintain those first
teeth in good condition until the
second, set erupts.
In addition to chewing, the
first teeth are necessary for clear
speech; for- giving form and sym
metry to the face; for guiding
into the mouth the permanent
teeth which are forming beneath
them, and for general health.
There are 20 teethln the first
set. They begin to erupt about
the age of seven months, but the
tooth buds actually start to form
some three or four months before
birth.
Abut the time the child is en
tering first grade, at the age of
six, the second or permenent set
of teeth begins to appear. The
roots of the first teeth dissolve
so "baby" teeth shed easily. At
the 'same time, growth of the
jaws speeds up, creating spaces
between the first teeth in order
to make room for the larger
Permanent Teeth
When the child is about 12, all
of the permanent teeth except
the third molar will have erupt
ed and the child's head will have
grown almost "to adult size.
Probably the most important
tooth in the child's mouth is the
first permanent molar which
erupts at age six. It, is the key
stone which determines the
eventual position of the other
permanent teeth in the dental
arch. Since it does not replace a
first tooth, it is often mistaken
for one of the "baby" teeth. -
Loss of the six-year molar, or
a serious shifting in its position
because of premature loss of
nearby first teeth, can have dis
astrous effects on the entire set
of permanent teeth.
"The bar business got TV
bars,
cent of the sets were in
restaurants and so forth."
"In '46, the range of TV sta
tions was 30 or 40 miles. Today,
good sets get a station 75 to 100
miles away.
"In the early days, if $500
was spent on a program it was
about par. Now, no one thinks
anything of spending $100,000 or
better for a network show.
"The biggest change has been
in the expansion of the co-axial
cable. In 1946, all we had were
New York and Washington.
Now, we not only blanket the
country, but the possibility of a
real international TV isn't far
off."
That is the view of the inventor-businessman.
But what about
the viewpoint of one of the men
who puts shows together?
Fred Coe, pioneer producer
in TV, probably is best qualified
to speak on behind-the-scenes
changes. His "Philco" dramas
and spectaculars like "Peter
Pan" were high-water marks in
the history of TV.
Coe tells it this way ,
"Ten years ago, there was no
budget to speak "of. TV drama
was in its experimental stages
The top fee for acting was $250
For smaller parts, a performer
was paid $5 to $15 including re
hearsals.
"There was no one way of do
ing things." Every new innova
tion was a precedent.
"Later on, stars appeared on
TV for as much as $2000 With
about $1000of it going to the
Equity actor's, fund. Now, some
one like, say, Mary Martin, gets
$40,000 to $50,000 for a single
shot." Her "Peter Pan" drew
63,0000,000 viewers.
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Around
Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
Hollywood (U.R) Gray
hair department: Darla Hood,
the button-nose cutie of the Hal
r- Roach "Our
Gang" com
edies, .is back
at work at
the Roach
studio as a
grown-up tel
evision act
ress. Darla, now
25, is launch-
Aune Mosby ing a new
career. And her first film TV
job landed her back at the studio
where she started to fame at the
age of 4. She's working in a
"Screen Directors' Playhouse"
drama starring Fred MacMur
ray that will be shown on NBC
TV next month.
"I want to get more acting
roles now," she said. "I love
show business and can't
away from it."
Darla curiously found
fame recently when the
Gang" comedies were released
on TV as "The Little Rascals."
Now, 20 years later, a manufac
turer is bringing out a Darla
doll. .
Mother Boosts Career
Darla's childhood followed
the pattern of other talented
kiddies whose mamas get them
careers. When the part-Cherokee
Indian child lived in Lee
dey, Okla., her mother drove her
150 miles to take singing - and
dancing lessons. Her dancing
teacher won her a successful
screen test with Roach. Darla's
father gave up his bank presi
dent's job and the family moved
to Hollywood.
In the "Our Gang" pictures,
Darla dimpled, curtsied and
sang "I'll Never Say Never
Again" and "Lookie, Lookie',
Lookie."
After nine years she wore
short dresses to disguise her age,
but Roach dropped her contract.
'Bad News' Broken
" "Mother was afraid to break
the bad news to me," smiled Dar
la. "I couldn't have been hap
pier. I said, 'Just think, I don't
have to be in pictures any more.
I can go to public school. I can
be normal'."
At a Los Angeles high school
she had a "terrible" adjustment.
"The other children thought
I was-a snob," she said. "I just
did not know how to talk to
them."
Later Darla married vocal ar
ranger Bob Decker. She sang in
Ken Murray's "Blackouts" on
TV and joined composer Jimmy
McHugh's night club act.
Darla still looks like she did
as a child star.
"It used to bother me, but
I've learned to live with my
type instead of trying to be what
I'm hot," she said. "I'm playing
a teenager in a U-I movie soon
Why fight my young face?"
Most Children
Gel Tar Sickness'
New York (U.R) Eighty
pet cent of all children get
"car sick" while riding in auto
mobiles, but most of the upsets
could be prevented by following
a few simple rules, a motoring
expert advises.
Car sickness has many causes,
but the most important one is
up and down motion, said Clau
dia Adison, director of women's
activities for a motor car com
pany (Packard). Fortunately, she
said, resistance to this affliction
improves with age and victims
gradually become "immune" to
it. '
Here are a few measures Miss
Addison recommends: . .
1. Eat lightly before setting
out on a trip .and take only
small snacks .during the day. It
is better to nibble small amounts
of food frequently than to eat
three heavy meals.
2. Use one of the many drugs
on the market that prevent mo
tion sickness.
3. Keep car windows open so
fresh air can circulate freely.
When driving in winter, use
blankets to keep warm, if nec
essary, but leave the windows
open.
Have the car checked care
fully before leaving home td
make sure no offensive oil or
gas fumes are seeping inside.
5. Drive smoothly. Quick sud
den stops and starts can upset
passengers susceptible to car
sickness.
6. Avoid prolonged reading or
writing while a car is in motion.
7. Stop for rest periods every
two hours so driver and pas
sengers can get out and stretch.
A little exercise is helpful,
Miss Addison said, even if it is
just a walk to and from a drink
ing fountain.
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