The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
DIAL DOINGS
BY yTnF PARKER

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 Connecticut stations WELL, New Haven, and WNAB, Bridgeport, VIII join the Blue Network next week, with Bridg6pOrt's WICC slated to drop the Blue in favor of Mutual at the same time. Allen Prescott and Joe Rines, enncee and bandleader Of Blue,s afternoon feature, Prescott Presents" will make c thgeerday tour of New England as Q salute to the Blues new stations. Prescott and Rines will originate their show In the WELL studios next Wednes- day Another important New England change-over involves the shiftin gof WIZ, Boston, to the NBC-Red Network. In celebration of this event, Fred Waring will move his entire Pleasure Time" br0ads cast to the Hub City next week :. To help. in cutting down the number of telephonic inquiries whichc al- ways reach this department when @ daytime serial show changes time, here's advance notice that Mary Marlin, NBCs eight-year-old tale, will move tot 3 p. m. beginning June 20 With the signing of silent screen idol Francis x. Bushman to play tlhe role of John Marshall, father of Kit and Kathy, the cast oS "Those We Love" is now complete and ready to return tot the air as summer replacement for Eddie Can- tor on July.
 John Paul Dickson, who served
 as Mutual correspondent in Berlin until inteEmerd by the Nasis,
 collapsed last week after his ap-.
 pearance at the Overseas Press
 luncheon and entered . hospital
 for observation. His first radio
 appearance since his return to this
 country aboard the liner DTOtSing-
 holm, which was to have taken
 place on Double or Nothing" had
 to be cancelled. Dlckson's collapse
 Is 8 result of inadequate food and
 lack of necessary vtta m tns
 with which he, as well as others
 interned at Bad Nauheim, had to
 contend. The correspondent OK.
 pIained that his condition was ag-
 grayated by poor heating in the
 rooms of the Grand Hotel where
 he spent five months. As Q result
 of badly impaired transportation
 facilities, Dickson said, shhe NaxiS
 could not maintain . temperature
 of over 20 degrees In the hotel.
 Shedding further light on oondi-
 tiOnos in present -day Germany,
 the WATR- Mutual correspondent
 said that there ls . critical shORt-
 age In the Reich. Iodine and qui-
 nine, particularly, are most unOb.
 tainable.
 Watr's morning schedule under. goes @ few important changes next week. Among those worthy of note: John Metcalffe,s Choir Loft will move to a spot fifteen minutes later than the present one, l0:S0-l0:46. A new morning variety show, titled Yankee House Party" will replace the half hour of straight dance mu. sic by Andy Jacobson's Orchestra, now heard 11:30 to 12 each morning. The new program will feature an or. chestra, soloists, famous guests and special features, all knit ,togetaher by a well-knoWn master. -cerenno- nies. Present shows being dropped from the schedule include Melody Strings, Army Highlghts and Ruth Moss. Re-appearing in the II a. m spot, after an absence of several months, is the Mutual news com. mentator, Merritt Ruddock.
 Karl Z0mar's ScrapbO0k, dc.
 signed as respite for war-harTled
 listeners, will be heard via WATR
 at 12:l5 on Mondays, Wednesdays
 and Fridays, starting next week ... Superman, comic strip char acter who has reached radio list.
 eners by transcription in the past,
 will appear in the flesh on Mutual
 in new five-a-week series be-
 ginning at the end of August.
 MES has signed an exclusive five. year contract. for radio rights to the Superman character .. To.
 night, 6 to 9, WATR will broadcast
 "The Second Hurricane" Aaron
 CopeIand's opera based on . story
 by Edwin Denby. It concerns the
 adventures of high school boys and girls who volunteer to go with an
 aviator to help the victims of .
 hurricane and flood. Talented youngsters will sing the leading roles Film actOr Thomas Mitchell will fill one pair of guest
 shoes on the Bing Crosby show to-
 night. The other patr will be
 dOnned by representative of the U. s. Army Air Force .. Graucho Marx brings his own unique brand of humor to the Fannie Brice pro- gram tonight Constance Ben- nett and Joan Davis will compete for Rudy Valle's favor on t0nlght's NEG broadcast at 10 i'm . vacation
 sketch.
 Something to mark down in your date book for Sunday, June 2l |. On that date, Bette Davis will be heard in an Arch Oboler drama over NEG at 5:30 - A drama titled "Adolph and Mrs. Runyan." Oboler, srylktN Hafo @aAIivss, RAss avA A1vvAazk asVAf-