The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-28

Limericks have caught on again as result of their popularity on Guy Lombardo's Three Ring Time" program. Ogden Nash, com poser of witty limericks, will bring new collection of his favorite five lines to the ariwaves for the pro gram to be heard tonight, at l0:30 over the Columbia network
 Already, some of the Nash liner ickS heard on Three Ring Time" are collectors favorites. Represen- tative among them are:
 There was a brave girl of
 Connecticut
 who Tagged the express with her
 pecticut,
 Which the ladies defined
 As presence of mind,
 But deploraIble absence of ecticut."
 Carmen Lombardo recently found himself in whimsical Nash liner ick:
 "A saxophone player named
 Carmen
 Rehearsed song that was
 charmin'
 But when he started to play
 On the air one day
 He hiccOughed the result was
 alarmin'."
 Columnist Hedda Hopper, who was previously scheduled to appear on the program, will not be heard. Reported Miss Hopper: Sorry l couldn't get to New York to present the Motion Picture Magazine award for the best picture to Sol Lesser for Stage Door Canteen" on the Guy Lombardo show. Am I weep ing! Imagine having a chance to fly to New York and being too busy to do it."
 Realizing that with gasoline ra- tioning and other wartime resric- tiOnS on travel more people will turn to their radios for entertain ment this summer than ever before, the sponsors of the Chase and San born program decided decided to present a summer replacement show that would look big even on the winter schedule. For example, the talent line up on Paul Whiteman Presents Starring Dinah Shore,' Sundays, includes such well-known names as William GaXtOn and Nlc- tor Moore and Tommy Dorsey.
 Summer, as Chaucer once re- marked, is icumen in, and as IS usual at this time of the year, most of radios big stars are going out, to enjoy their vacations while sum mer replacement shows take over.
 One of the most noteworthy eX- captions ot the general rule Is the "Screen Guild Players" series, which will continue to present top flight I'm actors in radio adaptations of hit motion pictures, on year around basis.
 Such luminaries as Gary Cooper, Frank Morgan and Mickey Rooney are just a few of the great names from the studios who are slated for early appearances in this outstand? ing series, which is heard Mondays at 10 a. m, over CBS.
 The "InfOrmatiOn Please" brain trusters are going on tour again on behalf of the Treasury Depart ment's War Bond camyaign and will appear in Chicago tonight NEG. 1O:3O D. m.
 Miss Dabby Fitzgerald hat check girl at the Crillon Restau- rant in New York City, was a con teStant on Tanks to the YankSP How are the tipS?" asked quiz master Bob Hawk.
 Well, replied Miss Fitzgerald, the usual tip is dime. If they pinch my cheek, they give me quarter. The other day man gave me dollar-and I gave it right back 10 him!'
 "Sky NurSe,'. starring Maureen O'Sullivan, a thrilling drama of the evacuation of our wounded fighters by air in the new Air Evacuation Transport Service of the II. s. Army. will he heard on the "Cavalcade of America" tonight, NEG. 500.
 Mutual's War Services and News Division recently sent a group of its radio workers to the Naugatuck plant of the U. S. Rubber Company to record a special program which will be heard via WATR tomorrow afternoon at 1:15. Titled From the Scrap Heap to the Road" 1t will be an -the-spot study of how scrap rubber is processed in three major steps for re-capping. After describ- ing the essential steps whereby the scrap rubber is processed from its discarded forms to rubber slabs in Naugatuck, the Mutual reporters will move to the U s. Rubber plant at Chicopee Falls, Mass, for cover age of the chemical processing method by which the vital material is turned into sheet form in it's final curing stage.
 The radio reporters spared no ef-