The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-29
FOR KATE SMITH ONLY

Dear aKte: Remember why you
turned down MGM's offer couple
of months ago to do the life of Ma
rie Dressler? You said you couldn't
act consequently would never be
able to do justice to the character
izatiOn. THEN WHY DON'T YOU
LAY OFF ACTIN DRAMATIC ON
THE AIR? Oh, Kate! If you only
knew what you souneed like on this
side of the mike! Pleeze stick to
singing-and leave acting to actors
on the radio too! We enjoy the
lump in the-thrOat mood you inject
in your sOngS-theyre terrific!
Headliners Make Smart Diners:
Monte Woolley and sculptor 10 Da-
wilson with their famous face
shrubs on 5th avenue, looking like
a Smith Brothers ad :. . Rise Stew
ems at the Mayan being introduced
by Morton Gould to swing fiddler
Joe Venuti. You two should know
each other" says Morton. Rise
sings for the Diamond Horseshoe at
the Met, and Joe plays for the
dime-a-dance kids at RoSeland Ball
room"
March of Time goes off the air
for siX-week summer vacation fol-
lowing next Thursday nights broad
cast, returning to the air on August
10 at the same hour, 1890 p. M.
EWT. over NBC. WestbrOOk Van
VOOrhis, famous "Voicc of Time,
will again serve as commentator.
During the past year, the show has
been streamlined to give listeners
first-hand reports on the war and
213 "people who make the news"
have appeared before the March of
Time micrOphOne.
A colorful review of the All
Transport Command, and how its
personnel is trained, will be told on
the Blue Networks This Nation at
War" over WAT'R tonight at 1890
First pickup will be from Morrison
Field, West Palm Beach, Florida,
where the processing officer and
head of the briefing unit will be in
tervieWed. From the hangar Inc of
the Glenn Martin Company plant
in Baltimore will come the story
behind the Martin B-26 "Marauder"
bombers. Interviews with Peyton
Magruder, designer of the plane, and
several others will follow. Climax
of the broadcast will be a demon
stration of the life raft, and the fl
nal talk to a B-26 crew before tax
ing off.
Three years old last Sunday, the
Quiz Kids program today claims a
following of 100000 listeners who
tune in each Sunday to the 107 Sta
tons of the Blue Network carrying
the brOadcasts.
Typically American, and develop
ing with the amazing rapidity of a
typically American idea, the Quiz
Kids show originated in the fertile
mind of Louis G. Cowan, a public
list who maintained that children can
do more to entertain than merely
singing and dancing.
In the past three years there have
been 1876 children on the show, with
Quizmaster Joe Kelly popping 1913
questions, 86.5 per cent being an
swered correctly. Listeners have
submitted 1-2 million questions.
The sponsor, Aka Settler, has
given away $4,000 War Bonds,
while the Kids aided in the pur-
chasing of millions of dollars in
bonds during War Bond rally shows.
Bonn Harmon, the Broadway sing
er now slated for big film build
up, prefers this Sam Goldwyn le-
gend. Said Sam during a story
conference: That Samson-he was
regular Hercules!"
The finger of guilt points to a
trio of suspects in Endowment for
Murder" or "Nick Carter Finds the
Con of Death" to be heard over
WATR tonight at $3.50. Nick Car
ter, portrayed by Lon Clark, traces
the disappearance of a $3.50, 900 en-
dOwment for a glasswOrks factory
fund and finds the murderer Of the
night Waterman.
Ann Thomas, who plays Casey
on "Abie's Irish Rose had the in
side track on the Miss Duffy role
vacated by Shirley Booth on Duff
fy's Tavern, but when Ed Gardner
couldn't make up his mind in time,
Ann was forced to choose between
waiting for him or signing with
Elmer Rice. She signed with Elmer
Rice and will appear IN his fall pro-
duction of "A New Life.
Tuned to the times will be "Ba tile
of the Sexes" Tonight, NBC. 900
p. m. when Butchers meet House.
wives on the field.
Mildred Crisis, top authorizes In the
Juvenile Biography field; Gertrude
Hatch, wife of Writer Eric Hatch
and Helen TweIvetrees. stage ant