The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-27

| 2:45-3: 100 FRANKIE MASTERS,
Station KIM, Hollywood.
Atlantic Spotlight" new series
Of international exchange programs
of British origination,
will have its debut over NBC Satur-
day, Jan. 12:30 p. m, EWT). Irv-
ing Berlin and Anna Neagle, film
star who will act as mistress of GER
emonies, will be heard from London
on the premiere.
The program is designed to bring
together widely known theatrical
and motion picture stars of both
England and America and to spot
light their characteristic types of en-
tertainment, devoting IS minutes Of
each program to each country. cat
lantic Spotlight" is being produced
in cooperation with the, British
Broadcasting Corporation.
On the English end of the first
program, two songs written by Ber-
lin for the English version of "This
Is the Army which is playing to
packed houses in London, will be
sung by the author and Miss Neagle.
They are my British Buddy" and
MY Yankee Buddy"
Among those to be heard from
the United States on the premiere
will be the AAF Band, under direc-
ton of Capt. Glenn Miller, and
Brigadier General William R. Ar
mold, Chief of Chaplains of the U.
S. Army, who will read a prayer in
difference to President Roosevelt's
proclamation that New Years Day
be day of prayer for America.
A visiting service man also will
appear and pickups from various
parts Of the country are planned to
help BritisherS better understand
various aspects of American life.
Master of ceremonies for Uncle
Sans contribution to the program,
written by Gerald Holland, will be
announced. Joe Mansfield, NBC pro-
Queer, will direct.
Grace Moore, soprano of the screen
and radio, again appears with DON
aid voorhees, and the Bell Symptom
lc Orchestra as guest SoloiSt on the
Telephone Hours "Great Artists
Series Monday, Jan. (NBC, 900
p. M, EWT). Miss Moore's featured
selection will be the lovely aria ''Ad-
dio" from Puccini's LA Boheme,"
which is one of her principal roles
at the Metropolitan Opera.
Donald Voorhees, opens the pro-
gram with medley of Gershwin
tunes. Miss Moore sings "Phidyle"
by Duparc, "a Kiss in the Dark" by
Herbert and the Puccini aria. Voor-
hees' other selections with the Or
chestra are the Skaters Waltz" by
Waldteufel and the Storm Music"
from THE Maid of Pskov" by Rim
sky Korsakov.
Miss West VA of 1914 is Miss
Lois Mae Nolte, popular singing mis-
tress of ceremonies of the Musical
Steelmakers," heard each Sunday on
the Blue network at $50 p. m. NJ, E.
w. T. The luscious Lois was recently
crowned on the stage of the Capt.
toll Theater in Wheeling by Carl c.
Wyman, Commander of the first
American Legion Post in the coun-
try.
John Laing, announcer of the
leading daytime dramatic series, the
NBC Star Playhouse" is an avid
want ad reader. He swears he caught
this one the other day in the Los
Angeles Times: SWAP: Girl on
swing shift who has a cute boy
friend would like to share same with
girl on graveyard shift owning
alarm clock in good repair"
Jimmy Cash, Burns and Allen vo-
calist, has been asked to select his
ten favorite Irish songs for an al
bum of tunes from Erin to be re-
corded by outstanding radio sing
erS.
Henry Roe, 95-year-old war work.
er who served Abraham Lincoln as
messenger boy, showed up at the
Obs theater one hour before air
time for 1--WE, the People" on which
he was a recent guest. Il was never
late for work in my life." he beamed
to EN- Gee Milo Boulton.
Kul"Csg HDU
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| picturesque language Blondes"