The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-29

days Of radio, battery sets, and sep
arate loud speakers and all that, and
incidentally costing lot Of old ma
zumolala. Sopranos the horror Of
the listener in the afternoons were
welcomed by the long-suffering re-
pair men. When they came to fix
your set they always tuned in on
them. Once in that tir1id little way
for which I am noted, I ventured
to enquire. "Wister," said the
horny-handed son Of toll and trou-
BILE, when q soprano comes in good
on any set repair, I know it's re-
paired"
It's always nice to hear from Fred
Coll, who'll be quite surprised 10
find that Ed Leamy instead Of
Charlie Mann, who's gone down to
New York, because all good young
men, or nearly all good young men
60 down 70 New York, Is running
this alleged radio column. It's al
ways nice to hear from him, and
when I'm down In New York again
/ hope 10 run into him In . certain
spot where many Of tho radloteers
cOngregate. He sent this along
about Louis BrOmfieId:
Louis BrOmfield, host TO Parks
johnson and Warren Hull when VOx
Pop originates on his Lucas. Ohio,
farm, Monday, October 4, strug-
giles between two desires - 70 write
and to farm. On one side he has
written many articles, plays, and
novels, among the best known Of
which Is early Autumn" his Pullt.
ger Prize winner, and on the other
he operates an l,1OO acre farm
which Is so Self-sufflclent he could
throw away his ration books.
Chester Lauck, Jr., 4-year old son
Of "Lum" Of "Lum and Abner,"
has lost the limp he acquired on a
recent vacation visit to Pine Ridge,
Ark, where he started aping a
cousin who had twisted an ankle.
Chester dropped 1t when he mashed
a thumb In an automobile door and
found he had real trouble to draw
sympathy.
Radio and Film Coincidence Cas-
Daley this week took her hectic hill
arity and comedy-song fare to
Santa Ana Army Air Base where
she appeared with Herbert Mar
shall on the Soldiers With Wings"
program.
Az od,,artls,tv1.v NAV &noL o1,ti
Baker by storm when he ratified
through the answers concerning
bodies of waters so rapidly that
the "Take It or Leave It" quiz
master forgot to ask him the SIG
question so he got $64 for only
$50 worth of questions. Then, too
top 1t all off, he won the jackpot
question. His name? Jack Loucks
Of New York city.
Local Station WBRY Is putting on
some pretty swell shows these even
ings. Ditto WATR. And likewise
VITO. DiaIers around here have q
better choice Of stations than many
q big set owner has in New York.
Ever watch the Gabriel Heater
fansP Crouched around the radio,
goggle-eyed, either to praise or to
tear apart they have one thing in
common. When Heater says, his
voice dropping away, at the end of
his program, And now Dane
:" They all rise, and someone
clicks the radio of.
When Parks johnson and Warren
Hull interviewed paratroopers on
Vox Pop at the Laurinburg- Maxton
Air Base, North Carolina, they
found a former Pennsylvania coal
miner who prefers his present Job.
The neutrality-suspicious. told them
when you go down you don't
know If you'll come up, but when
you go up you know you'll come
down."
Harry Sobol and Ted Hartman
are responsible for this:
"Jack Carson tells OF the new test
for sobriety In Hollywood. A motor
list accused Of intoxication Is asked
to shut his eyes and touch his nose
with his thumb. When the Holly
woodite fails TO pass the test, he's
handed a ticketl"
Remember the line from the In
goldsby Legends: He put his thumb
unto his nose and spread the I'm
gers out" Or don't you care for
those superb poems.
Evanston, Ill. (UP) - The Wo.
mans Christian Temperance Union
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