The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-30
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with CHARLES MANN :

transferred from the bas. e
A poll showd the fighting lads
musical preferences as follows: The
Fifth Symphonies of Dvorak, Beet
hoven and TchaikovSky among
major works. And Bach "Toccata
and Fugue in D Minor" among
short Solo Selections"
During its five years on CHS, the
"Silver Theater", which returns to
the air Sunday, July 4, presented
one of the greatest arrays of motion
picture guest stars in radio history.
Practically every well-knOwn actor
and actress of the screen appeared
from time to time on the series.
Duke Ellington, whose orchestra
is a part of the jazz history of
American music, and Seaman &c
George Massoud, one of the heroic
Sailars who was wounded at his
battle station in the sea battle Off
Guadalcanal, will be guest contest
ants on Wally Butterworth's ''Take-
A-Card" quiz over WATR tonight
at $3.50. In addition, two women
who are doing man-size jobs-Irene
Nacak, strong woman of "Spangles,"
the summer circus at Madison
Square Garden, and lady train
man of the Pennsylvania railroad
will also participate.
"Planing for a Postwar Peace"
will be the topic of discussion on the
National Radio Forum tonight over
WATR and the BLUE Network at
1885. Speakers will be Rep. Sol
Bloom of New York and Rep. Char
les A. Eaton Of New Jersey.
A recent Photographic magazine
wanted to record the finger action
Of Ethel Smith the noted rhumba-
Samba organist, star of the Saturday
Night Hit Parade, while she was
playing the fast Samba "Tico, Tico."
They couldn't get a camera that
could catch the action of Miss
Smiths hands and had to send for
special high speed cameras used
only to record racing events.
youdeSBE.uuldqfiG Ulyy
Joel MCrea will make return APP
pearance when he guests with Joan
Blondell in an original dramatiza-
ton on the "SOldiers With Wings"
broadcast over WATR tonight at
$3.50. Major Eddie Dunstedter and
his Air Corps orchestra supply the
musical background for this top
soldier show which originates in
the West Coast Air Force Training
Center at Santa Ana, Calf.
Hal Mcintyre and Americas
Newest and Grandest Band return
to New York. July End to open at
tae famous Strand Theater on that
day. AS fitting tribute to his
meteroic rise to fame, Mcintyre was
just awarded ther Billboard Award
for the BEST new band In 1943."
One hundred thirty-one colleges
participated in the voting and the
election of Mcintyre was unani-
nous.
incidentally, the Hal McIntyres
have been bleSSed-evented with
seven pound baby boy, this week.
The baby was born in Hal McIn-
tyres own home town Cromwell,
Connecticut!
John b. Hughes is an astonishing
ly efficient craftsman with words.
The WATR-Mutual cOmmentato tor
has a reputation from coast to coast
for distinguished rhetoric and good
speech. Yet the 37-year- old Nebras-
ka native completed only three
years of high schoOl-and that after
having been booted out many tines
for his unwiIlingness to conform 10
conventional rOutines. Hughes lack
of formal education was more than
compensated for in the fact that
both his parents were school teach
ers who saw to his instruction per-
sonally. Abe Lincoln may have said
about the same thing long before
Hughes was born, but John means
1t sincerely when he says:
Whatever 1 may have accom-
plished in this scheme Of things is
due, almost entirely, to my mother.
Her training in speech and writing
Is all I've ever had of any value"
Hughes Is heard ON WATR We'd
nesday, Friday, Saturday and Sun
day at 10 ID. m.