The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-05
By yTAr PARKRR

AANlAk 2GAAAkA AAU0 REGAA AQACSA VI postpone his radio interview with Dorothy Kilgallen, scheduled for to- night. He's too busy with the musi- cal show he is producing for the government WATR will broad cast the statewide program from a Hartford theater which will open the "Sign Up For Victory pledge campaign on Friday night ct l0:30. Talent includes Tommy Dorseys orchestra, the Orpheus and Bacchus Glee Club of Yale and Gene and Glenn. Speakers are Governor Hur- ley and Philip Hewes, deputy ad- ministrator of the war savings staff Beginning tonight, Glenn Mil- ler;s Moonlight Serenade" moves to a new spot, 7:15 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays The Moylan Sisters will continue on the air throughout the summer months, according to the terms of @ newly signed contract. Despite their ten- der ages, the sisters have been broadcasting four years.
 Street SfnigeF Arthur Tracy
 recommends the ratiening of mel-
 anchOIy songs for the duration,
 and it's not q bad idea. He sug-
 gests that the old tea-jerkers be
 limited i'm the proportion Of one
 in every five numbers Pearson
 and Aliens Battle Cry for 'A2"
 winners won't be announced until
 next Sunday. The commentators
 received more entries than they
 bargaihed for and need extra time
 in which to check them The
 final ''What Are We Fighting
 FOr?" broadcast over CBS on May
 2 will feature Sergeant Alvin c.
 York discussing "A Freedom
 Worth Fighting For"
 Horace Heidt hasn't found 6 guc- cessor for Larry Cotton, who left for the army. The berth probably won't be filled until the Treasure Chest" maestro completes his pres- ent tour . Even though Spotlight Bands" has faded, tonights 9:3O spot over WATR will bring dialers the music of one of Americas great bands-Kay Kyser's Bing Crosby evidently believes in keeping 1t in the family. He'll turn his chores over to brother Bob when he leaves the Thursday night show for a few weeks this summer John Reed King. the male half of WATERS Whats My Name?" team, will take over Harry von Zell's announcing duties on We, the People" until Harry returns from HolYywod |. A quick shift finds WATERS ''Dou- ble or Nothing" moving to 9:30 on Fridays, effective this week. The show has been Sunday night fea- ture for about year.
 The curtain will be held on
 Thursdays Broadway performance
 of "POrgy and Bess" while mem.
 bers of the cast open WATR-Mu-
 tuaPs American Opera Festival
 from 8 to g.. Freddy Martin exc
 plains the lack of . girl vocalist
 with his band as follows: He
 claims that most of them are in-
 tereSted in catching . rich hus-
 band, rather than in a career. In
 other words, they don't want to
 make gOOd-they want to make
 good! That familiar voice you
 hear announcing the new Nelson
 Eddy programs belongs to Neil
 Hamilton, one of the biggest names
 i'm silent pictures. HamiltOn's
 voice wasn't considered smooth
 enough for talkles, but hc teok the
 radio job away from three dozen
 veteran annOuncers Fibber Me.
 Gee has a solution to the rubber
 shortage, and win reveal the facts
 during his NEG broadcast tonight.
 The Mutual Broadcasting System has completed arrangements with the American Red Cross and the Australian Broadcasting Commission for the presentation to families of troops in Australia of recordings of the soldiers voices as brought to America by short wave from Down Under" Through the new CO., operative plan, Mutual will pick up the daily broadcasts short-waved from Australia and will feed the pro. grams to its affiliate stations from coast-to-coast. Member stations will make recordings of the portions of these broadcasts devoted to nlessag- es from American service men to their families back home. These