The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-25
R. U-Listening?
With CHARLES MANN.

With CHART
 When Alec Templeton accepted has new Blue Network series, he cancelled plans for a nationwide concert tour. This week he visited the Sperry Gyroscope Company to entertain defense workers and end- ed up by booking one of the few concerts he will play this season. He will be Soloist at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on March 27th- with the Sperry Gyroscope Orches- tra. The musicians are now defense workers who used to play with Paul Whiteman, Duke Ellington, Paul Ash and the Metropolitan Opera Company.
 Ad0lph MenjOu, suave, fashion plate film star, visits Ransom Shcr- man and other regular cast mem- berS at Grapevine RanchO," to- night at 8, over CBS. Carlos Rami- ez Colombian baritone twill feature a native South American song, not yet selected.
 Command performances in radio are not uncommon, command aud- fences, on the other hand, are rare. An unusual instance of the latter case occurred last Thursday on a train running from Harrisburg, Pa. ot New York City. A second lieuten- ant aboard the train deployed his frtenas to all sections of it to ask everyone with 8 portable raio to tune in CBS at that time. His nam02 Gilbert Roland. The pro- gram2 The stage Door Canteen." The reason for the command aud- ience2 Constance Bennett-Mrs. Ro- land in private life!-was a guest star on the show.
 Jean Tennyson, soprano star of "Great Moments in Music, spends at least three hours a day answer. ing letters from servicemen in all parts of the country. Jean has kept up correspondence with almost 75 boys for over year.
 Murray Morrison. director of sum- mer stock, saw some plays per- formed by professional Organi- zatiOns, the leading rlOes of which were created by Gertrude Lawrence Morrison wrote to her requesting her to see them because they were trying to initiate her technique, and were doing a very bad job of 1t. To which she wired back: On what grounds can sue them?" Morrison replied: "AlienatiOn of infiectiOn!"
 Sammy Kaye's orchestra, heard every Wednesday over the Columbia network, was little skeptical when they heard a girl singer would join them. The boys from other bands had them pretty frightened with stories of "temperamental fem sing ers". They were pleasantly sur prised when little Nancy Norman turned up with sweet as apple pie" disposition.
 Santa Ana, Calif., March 19-The amazing exploit of plucky Ameri- can bombardier, who took over the controls of a badly riddled Flying Fortress after the pilot and co-pilot had been put out of action. and brought the crippled ship home, will be the "Wings to Victory" drame tonight at 10:30, over the BLUE Network.
 Charlie Mccarthy and Mortimer Snerd gave dress preview on the ureyious Sundays Chase and Sam born show of the outfits with which they expected to astOund the na- lives of Mexico City when they briadcast from there last Sunday. Charles was the ''gay caballerO" while Mortimer, always on the short end of any cOstuming, ap- peared as g lOwIy peOn.
 Fabulous Frank Morgan In his continued search for a believer in his unbelievable feats, finds himself against a stone wall of disbelief in the persons of Frank Tours and John Conte in another fun-spree on Maxwell House Coffee Time. to- night, NEG, 800.
 COMMAND PERFORMANCE: If you build . better mouse trap, etc. Also ik you cry 8 better baby cry. At least that's the moral yOu can draw from this story about Dolores GlIIen, NEG actress who makes money by making with the baby cries. She appeared on the Baby Institute with Mrs. Roosevelt, and was asked to perform for her. "Ex- traOrdinary," said the First Lady, 'T dOn't know how you do it."
 WaIly Maher, the "Wilbur" of the Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou' show. recently donated his services to the Navy for e broadcast of the Bataan saga, ''They Were Dependable.
 Bert LaIir, who's been getting around quite C bit these days radio wise, hurries back to visit Bing Crosby again on the Kraft Music FEal1 tonight. Trudy Erwin, Ken Carpenter, The Charioteers, and John Scott Trotter's band will all an a,marflr nwNr MnG ak 9s6A.