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Radio Record, 8 July 1938, Page 24

[WAREK WEBER, Viennese, orchestra conductor, who is now on radio contract in America, adds an American slang expression to his vocabulary almost every day, even though he doesn’t always get its meaning clear, Weber heard his first trumpet player say, "Aw nertz," to his arranger during re hearsal, "What does. that mean?’ Weber asked his first violinist in German. The fellow was momentarily nonplussed,. then -he explained that ‘aw nertz’? meant-well-it just meant that it was of no importance-that it was of little consequence. At the performance later on in the evening, Weber, impeccable in evening clothes, was about to enter the studio when one of his musicians accosted him, apologising for something that had gone wrong with his playing during rehearsal. Smiling pleasantly, Weber stepped to the podium, then turned to reassure the worried fellow... "Aw nertz," he said earnestly !