The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-16

enough of our Tin Pan Alleyisms.
 So declares Xavier Cugat, the bandIeader, 8 keen student of Latin- American music trends and the man who introduced South American and Mexican music in this country Cugat, starred on the Blue Network Saturday mornings, says the de- mand for our music has become so great in Mexico that radio stations there schedule from four to eight periods day, ranging in time from fifteen minutes to an hour, and com prising entirely recordings of U. S. songs.
 In contrast with the fiery tempos the Latin give us. Cugat finds that they, in turn, prefer our soft, so- phisticated tunes.
 Among the current favOrite i'm ports with the MeXicans are Paper Doll,' Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey,' "As Time Goes By" "In The Blue Of Evening"" People Will Say We're In Love" and "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning."
 In the interest displayed for mu- sic from north of the Rio Grande, Cugat finds two odd things. One is the fact that "Pistol Packin' Mama seems to have left the Mexicans cold and the Frank Sinatra swoon songs are practically unknown to them.
 Tn the past seven or eight years hundreds of thousands of people have contributed questions, jokes and last lines of limericks to great many radio programs. Lured by a chance to win cash or merchandise and the thrill of having their names aired from coast to coast, so many listeners have responded to announcers' appeals that replying to the letters has become a bus mess itself.
 Few of the letter writers, however have given much thought to the warning, invariably included with the invitations, that all suggestions become the property of the corpora tion sponsoring the broadcast.
 The reason is not that the adver- tiger wants bundles of ideas for no- thing. But the warning frees him from the obligation of mailing back the contributions.
 Actually, the right to use anyones writings or ideas cannot legally change hands without the implied or written permission of the creator. Ownersip of the letter itself, how ever, rests with the person or firm to whom it's addressed. In other words, anything you mail belongs to whom you send 1t, but you still keep the rights to print, broadcast or re- produce the contents in any form.
 These and other fascinating facts about letter writing to radio pro- grams were learned in an interview with Mae Le Beaux. who handles the mountain of letters that pour into the Blue Networks Sunday night "Keepsakes" program.
 Kurt Atterberg's Symphony No. in c Major"-the composition that won the $10O00 Schubert Mem orial Prize in 192S-will be per formed by Arturo TOscanini and the NEG Symphony Orchestra on the 18th anniversary of the works American premiere Sunday. Nov. 21 (NBC. 500 to 500 p. mD Rossini and Ravel compositions also will be heard on this General Motors Symphony of the Air" broadcast.
 Staff Sergeant Lester Miller, 26- year-old tail gunner of the Army Air Corps, one of fourteen Amer jeans recently repatriated from German prison camps, is the serv- iceman hero on Sammy Kayes "Everybody's Inn show on CBS to- morrow, November IT, 800 D. m.
 Flying aboard a B-26 Mirauder, the fighting tail gunner was re- turning from successful raid on a power plant i'll Holland when he was shot down into the sea by Nazi plnaeS. He was taken prisoner when the small Dutch fishing boat that picked him up turned out to be manned by Nazis.
 Entries have been received from school children in all 48 states in the waste paper drive being spon- sored by Ralph Edwards and his Truth or Consequences show NEG, 8:30 p. m., Saturdays.
 The contest, which closes Mon day, Nov. 24, is being conducted in conjunction with the War Produc- ton Board and the Office of War Information in an effort to relieve the paper shortage.
 It is open to every grade and high school in the nation, and Ralph will take his entire sfow to the school which gathers the most waste paper per pupil. It doesn't matter whether the school is in some prairie town or in the heart of great city.
 Fans who like to surround them selves with an aura of mystery are