The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

di id VIII uS SuIlS Dy Helcn lrduDeI, Metropolitan soprano, when she re- turns to the Telephone Hour" for her fourth appearance in the Great Artist Series" tonight (NBC, 9:O0).
 Ogden Nash will air a pet peeve of his - that of having his picture taken, when he appears on Guy Lombardo's "Three-R Ring Time" pro- gram, tonight at 10:30, over the Columbia network The witty versi- fer who is heard weekly on the half-hour show, describes the ordeal somewhat unhappily in these lines: Some hate broccoli some hate bacon, But I hate having my picture Oh, the fly in all domestic ointments Is affectionate people who make ap-
 pointments
 To have your teeth filled left and
 right
 Or your face reproduced in black
 and white
 George s. Kaufman was talking to Mary Margaret Mcbride at the Cafe Louis XIV and confessed that at one time he was poet. He added: But all my efforts in that direction were wiped out in one day - someone re- painted the telephone boOth."
 "1nformation Please" (NBC) Mon days, 10:30 p. m), celebrates five full years on the air with it's broad | cast tonight. With 260 consecutive weeks of broadcasts-a long run for | any entertainment venture - the | original program format remains as popular as ever.
 Information Please" started as sustaining program May IT, 1888. At the beginning, $2 was paid for ques- tlons used and $5 extra was award ed for questions which stumped the experts. Now $10 in War Stamps and the 12-volume set of the Junior Encyclopedia Britannica are given for each question used on the air. | When the experts fail, the question: CT $57 in War Bonds and Stamps, | the 24-volume Encyclopedia Britain mica and the Junior Encyclopedia as well.
 To listeners submitting questions have gone 1,142 encyclopedias and about 5000 After the first broad cast, 2,500 letters poured into NBCs | mail rooms but, during it's 26O-Week | run, the mail count has run as high | as 28,000 in single week. To "In- l formation Please offices in five | years have come some 100000 let | ters containing about 12,O0O,000 1 questions.
 Victor Young, music director for John Charles Thomas Westing-
 house program, believes that in
 President ROOse " elt's speeches
 there are the makings of outstand- ingly popular patriotic songs; phrases that literally "cry for
 melody"
 Ut Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., of | the Navy stopped into Ceruttis in New York for lunch the other day | with his wife. This is one of his favorite spots as he went to school . with Louis, the proprietors son. Frank Cerutti showed him a letter . he was writing to his son, a lieu | tenant in North Africa Young | Roosevelt took out his pen and . scraWled on the back page; Dear i Louis: Glad you're over there to | help pull out that knife in the back | that Dad spoke to us about on graduation day. Good luck. Sin cerely, F, D. R, Jr,"
 Oracle Fields, Britain's ambas- sadresS of good will to the world | will salute the courageous people l of Norway on her "VictOry Show" broadcast to be heard over the BLUE | Network tonight at 1O:l5.
 Joe E. Brown, famous film come dian who turned South Pacific Army and Navy camps entirely by air to entertain service men, is due to tell all about his trip when he appears in the Ceiling Unlimited" drama show on CBS at 7:15 p. m., tonight, in q Saw War"
 A. l.. Alcxander'S Mediation Board will have a psychiatrist as its guest tonight-not to mention a college president. Dr. Richard Hoffman is the psychiatric visitor. and Dr. Paul Dawson Eddy, president of Adelphl College will be his CO., mediator over WATR-ALltUal at 9:30.