The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-08
WAVELETS
BY ED LEAMY

WHO ~ reg uldE guy on the OflaiflD-
er Music Society Of Lower Basin
Street" shows over WATR and Blue
Network starting December S, brings
q gold-plated background to the
series. At the age OF Is, he and ar
equally young friends gained par
entail permission and spent a Sum.
nler vacation placer mining along
the Fraser River in British Colum-
bia. They PANIED SO cent a day ir
gold dust.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Will
celebrate a third anniversary OF
their first camp appearance just the
way they'd prefer.
The popular radio and movie
comedians actually started tn c
practice Of stars visiting camps for
personal appearances back IN 1910
on December 9Th, when they did a
gala show for the servicemen at
Fort Macarthur So on Monday
night. December 9Th, their first per-
Soral appearance of the season will
be made, at the Hollywood Canteen.
Since LOUIS extended illness, his
doctors have up to now refused to
allow the pair to take their radio
shows to camps, fearing a relapse
Bud Abbott would not go without
his partner, knowing low despon-
dent Lou would feel if he were left
behind on such q miSSion--aS both
men greatly enjoy doing everything
In their power to bring amusement
70 service men.
Consequently, when Lou asked his
medical advisors this week and was
granted permission to do an extra
show, provided it did not entail a
,ong trip, he seized the chance to
appear at the Canteen. The mothers
If Bud and Lou spend every Mon
lay evening at the Canteen. They
10Th belong to the group of film
tars' mothers who serve in kitchen
Ind snack bar on that evening. Now
Mrs. Costello, who has answered
thousands Of boys questions at the
Canteen about the health Of her
,on, will have the proof to show
hem that Lou is well on his way to
eing hale and hearty again.
There is one best way to learn
what sort of entertainment our
fighting men want. Frances Lang
ford used that system the hard
way. She went TO them Travelled
thousands of miles over icy peaks
md across blistering desserts.
She tells of what she saw in an
81 1of
If The American Magazine.
Miss Langford, soloist on Bob
Hopes NBC comedy show, gives
vivid account of her journey with
Hope to the war fronts. Also a
caustic reminder to that woman on
the home front who is so busy
looking down discontentedly at her
legs, which used to be sheathed in
nylon, that she seems to. have for
gotten what the nylon is really used
for
She calls her article II Saw Him
Fighting For You" The title is APP
propriate. There were times when
her voice choked back sobs as she
visited men in hospitals. Some were
horribly burned. Yet they smiled at
ner when a smile meant pain.
Miss Langford doesn't try to hide
any Of the horrors OF war. She
writes of what she saw and some OF
ths. sights would move any man, let
alone q woman.
She tells of visiting a hospital at
Kairouan where a young flyer lay
a sheet stretched to his neck.
why don't you sing Night And
Day, for him2" Bob asked.
The singer had already decided
on "Embraceable You" She didn't
notice Hopes look of despair. When
she finished she realized that the
flyer had lost both his arms.
The commentator of the new
presenting Jim Boring" program
(NBC, except WEAF. Mondays
through Fridays, $40 p. M, was
decorated by King Zog OF Albania
in pre-war days when the American
was conducting tours to that little
visited country.
Don Cope, producer Of 1.-THE Mil
lion Dollar Band" (NBC, Saturdays
1000 D. No., knows every phase OF
radio because he's done 1t himself
He once held a job where he was
control room engineer, staff vlollnlst
and writer, director and actor OF
series of radio plays.
Leopold Stokowski has made a
change in one of the numbers OF
his seasons first General Motors
symphony of the Air" concert Sun
day, Dec. IL (NBC), 500 p. m. The
Chorale- Christ Lay In
the Bonds of Death" is being ad-
ded to the program to replace Pre-
Jude in E Flat Minor"
Leopold Stokowski conducts the
NBC symphony Orchestra in the
first of his series of twelve conse-
cutive concerts on the Genera
Motors Symphony of the Air Sun
day, Dec. IL (NBC, 500 p. m.
EWT). The program will include
the conductors symphonic trans.
criptions OF Bach's prelude in f
Flat Minor" and "Toccata and Flu
que In D Minor" \ modern work
"Prayer-194?," by William Schu-
man, will conclude the concert.
Perhaps no other personality ir
the show business can come any
where near the mark set by Kay
Kyser In doing shows for those ir
service. Kay and his college Of
Musical knowledge" troupe have
already presented more than 1,7o(
shows exclusively for those in the
armed forces. In addition, Kay
and his NBC entertainers have roll
led up an astounding total in bono
sales. The Treasury Department
credits them with having sole
three hundred million dollars worth
~ hoY,dc apart from those sole