The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-02

Lieut.. General Alexander A. Van
degrift, newly appointed Command
ant Of the Marine Corps and Lieut..
General Thomas Holcomb, the re-
firing commander, will appear on
the March of Time tonight. Cen
eral Holcomb will hand over the
reins of office to General Vande-
grift whose appointment as head Of
the Marine Corps was announced
Tuesday.
General Vandegrift, who directed
the Marine invasion of Bougain-
vile and was also in command Of
the first Marine assault on Guadal"
canal, will report on the recent
landings on the Gilbert Islands.
The program goes on the air over
NBC at 1890 p. m.
In Western Canada there Is a
huge secret American air base
where our flyers are hard at work
training and fighting. There they
are being taught combat flying. and
to them there the Victory Parade
of Spotlight Bands" will pay trib-
ute on the program to be heard
over WATR and the Blue Network
tonight, at $3.50.
The program, heard Monday
through Saturday, will feature the
music Of Mart Kenney and his
Western Gentlemen.
This is not the first time the
Spotlight" shows have paid tribute
to men in the service at undisclosed
bases. About year ago an Or
chestra was flown to a secret ELS
land X' in the Pacific, and only
recently another Naval base far
off in the Pacific was the scene Of
q broadcast.
Did you know? Gertrude Law
renee grows vegetables on her
apartment terrace and distributes
them to her radio cast Meyer
Davis, the millionaire maestro, can
wiggle his ears Charles Martin
Is taking Yoga exercises Leon
ard Keller, the young genius who
inspired the CLOS Marching With
Johnny" plays the violin behind
his back Maestro Johnny Cart
would like to become a ballet dan
Ger The Duncan Sisters are
planning another Horseaneat Party
their first made social history.
Raymond Scott wants to build a
house with ten cellars Johnny
the Call Boy whose autograph
collection Is the largest in the
world, has met more movie stars
than anyone in Hollywood The
Hartrans, Paul and Grace, read
anthropology textbooks for dance
inspirations Superstitious Jack
Carson won't whistle in a kitchen
Simms Is cfurning her own
butter these days.
One of the busiest men in all
Chicago land Is Marvin Mueller
the Coronee story-teller, heard each
Sunday at 6:45 O'Clock, over Station
WATR.
A member Of the Coast Guard
Temporary Reserve, q. A A. student
flyer, narrator heard on all Navy
pilot training films and many
others, radio announcer and dialec-
tician, Mueller now has one Of the
most fascinating jobs Of all as Cor
onet story-teller.
Marvin's dialects range from Eng
lish to Indian, which he claims Is
as far as any man can go. Along
with this ability he can readily take
the part Of a boy of ten or dod-
dering old man. In announcing he
boasts the ability to perform for
dignified institutional shows, for
punch-copy parts, for shows d.
rected specifically at women, and
for children's shows.
At home, he finds time for his
wife and son, and to be an avid col
lector of anything and everything"
He has a collection of over ITO al
buns of symphonic music and con-
certs at the Mueller domain are not
uncommon. He is fond Of reading
and his library contains hundreds
OF volumes Of the latest works.
OF all his collections, he regards
most valuable the file cabinets full
Of scripts for shows on which he
has worked. This script collection"
says Mueller, gives a good cross
section view of contemporary radio"
And considering the variety Of
shows he has worked on, it probably
does.
Everett Sloane, radios DR.. Ben
jamin Ordway of the Crime
Doctor" series, celebrated his 18th
year in radio on Sunday November
18th, and PAGES the field as the
highest salary-earner on the air.
Redhaired Sloane is regular on
ten shows. In addition to playing
the title role on Crime Doctor" he
doubles the same night Sunday on
the Gertrude Lawrence show and Is
in the cast Of the March of Time,
Open Door, Mr.. District Attorney,
CHS Playhouse, Inner Sanctum, Ell
lery Queen, Famous Jury Trials and
Noble Mystery Theater. Although
these shows add up to q fancy
figure, Sloane doesn't loaf in be-
tween and slips In q SOAP opera or