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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

Woulo never listen to the program again." P.S. she doesn't get the money!
 Rags Ragland, comedian star in the new movie "DuBarry Was Lady" will be Bing Crosby's guest on the program to be aired tonight at 9 o'clock over NEG.
 When the Bristol Company was awarded the coveted Army Navy "E" this afternoon, WATR announcers and engineers were on hand to re- cord the ceremonies on one of those huge platters known in radio as an electrical transcription. Tonight at 7:30 that transcription will be played on the air so that Bristol company employees, as well as the regular radio listening audience, will have an opportunity to listen to the remarks of the distinguished speak CTS who participated.
 Joseph E. Talbot, Congressman from the 5th District, will be heard as master of ceremonies. Among the prominent personages introduced by him during the course of the half hour broadcast are Governor Ray tnond E. Baldwin, Commander Ed ward N Parker, U. s. Navy Capt. G. O. Waeterling, U. s. Army, and Howard H. Bristol, president of the Bristol Company.
 Music during the broadcast will ba I,,,{ Lo D,.;, to1 Band and Miss Betty Maher, soloist.
 Penny Single ton, radios "BlOndie," reveals that when a girl pulls line there's usually church bell at the other end of it!
 Jean Hersholt, radios "Dr. Chris tian" and president for the past six years of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, commented at Screen Guild Players" rehearsal for his recent guest appearance in Men in White" "Ah yes! I remember when I made that picture for MGM nine years ago. That was when was young man"
 Hersholt, be it noted, has been making pictures since 1912!
 A new afternoon feature, which has been on the BLUE Network but a few short weeks. will come to Wa terbury next week when WATR will begin broadcasting Ladies. Be Seated" Mondays through Fridays, 2:30 to 3.
 "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, the boxing champion turned comedian, joins with other stars of the enter tainment world to celebrate the first air anniversary of Stage Door Canteen." (tonight at 9:3O p. m. over CBS. Others to be heard include Carole Landis and Monty Wooley of the films, the Andrews Sisters, and Ruth Bizzell, editor of Movie-Radio Guide, who will present plaque to Helen Menken, chairman of the Radio Division of the American The ater Wing, in recognition of the programs designation as the out standing war effort broadcast series, in a recent poll conducted by the 
 IF: It's the biggest two-letter word in the dictionary, especially when applied to the modern idiOm of radio. If Johnny Mercer had made good his first try at Broadway as an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29
PRESS AGENT FANCIES

The war, thank heavens, has cur tailed a great deal of Hollywood press agent whimsey. Fabulous yarns about Petunia Seed paying S5 .0OO for a rare necklace of beer bottle caps and Homer Pigeon sav- kyaak off Catalina Island are out ing the lives of 15 Filipinos in for the duration. The press agents are dreaming these days along less exciting but more constructive lines For instance, this little gem from RKO:
 Beet the most imaginative movie fan in the country. Hes George Popol of Monroe, U. C." whose film favorite is Olivia de Havilland. Popol planted his vic tory garden so that from above 1t forms a pretty good likeness of the star. In letter to her, Popol said he usually planted his de Havilland garden in flowers. This year, being patriotic, he put in vegetables. He said he hoped she didn't mind"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

Gladys Cooper, Henry Stephenson and Florence Bates are also in i'm portant roles.
 The second hit on the program is "Yanks Ahoy," a mirthful comedy with those two rollicking comedians, William Tracy and Joe Sawyer, in their best comedy to date.
 Be sure to see these two great features at our Early Bird Show, which is presented every Saturday morning at 10 a. m. for the benefit of defense workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

Tip-top- time seller for WOR, George Schmidt, Vincent Connolly of Mary Margaret McBride's fame, and Radio Producer Murray D. Mor- rison were visiting Clifton Webb, star of Broadway's favorite BLYTHE SPIRIT. During the course of the conversation they talked about this, that and the other, including Tallulah Bankhead, who lives across the acres from Webb. .. Well, to get on with our story, a spider was crawling over Webb's jacket and Connolly warned: There's a spider on your lapel, Cliff." To which Schmidt quipped: Oh, leave the poor thing alone-it's probably just trying to make Webb"
 Johnny Mercer, embarrassed when anyone refers to his work on NBC's Music Shop each Tuesday as sing ing, has finally found a description he likes for his musical patters. He calls it recitation on rhythm" and says he'll leave the vocal acrobatics to his pal, Bing Groaner Crosby. Mercer, whose show is the summer replacement for Bob Hopes pro- gram, says unsteady it's case of faith, hope and charity. He ex- plains: You can have faith in Bing's vocalizing. a little hope in Bob's but I need all the charity I can get!'
 Irving Berlin, paid debt of thanks to Barry Wood, star of NBC's "Million Dollar Band" pro- gram. by a surprise visit to the broadcast last Saturday. Berlin, in New York after the completion of the film of "This Is the Army" in Hollywood, came to the microphone to thank Barry for introducing "Any Bonds Today?" and for making the song the popular bond seller it is. Tn tribute, Barry sang "This Is the Army, MT. Jones'" and wished Ber- lin success with his new motion pie ture.
 Spencer Tracy may be loaned to 20th Century-FoX to play the role of Wendell Willkie in Willkie's ONE WORLD. George Jean Nathan, defining Art declared: Art is some thing which the ingenuity of dicta- tors never can destroy. Bach, Bee thoven, Shakespeare-they can nav CT be bombed out. Because they're art"
 Two Marines wearing campaign ribbons dashed for taxi but reached it too late. A young, short Army Colonel got there first, and told the driver: Waldorf Astoria The Marines began to walk away mumbling: Swivel-chair officers with their fancy hotels.' The Colonel jumped from the cab and command cd the Marines to halt. Then they noticed the ribbons he wore-Purple Heart, Oak Leaf Cluster, Distin- guished Service Cross, and other decorations signifying his wor at Bataan. Salute" the Colonel -l Carlos P. Romulo commanded. The Marines meekly did so. Now get into this cab," Col. Romulo or- dered them. They entered "and now," grinned Col. RomuIo, "where would you like to go-Ill take you there."
 Gertrude Berg, creator and Mol ly' of radios family serial "The Goldbergs," has been swamped by letters of protest, concerning one of the situations on the serial. It | seems that "Molly's'' supposed | daughter-in-law needed money and Rosie" gave her an insurance check which was to be used for "Rosie's" further education. The daughter-in- law obviously is fraud and the letters from the listening audience unanimously protested that If "she used poor 'Rosie's money they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29
- In -
 Hollywood.
BY ERsKINE JOHNSON NEA Staff Correspondent

our walls the other day about various types of cinema palace pests found a sympathetic reader Tn Ken Englund, the scenarist, who has also suffered too long at the moves Englund has decided to lobby for national theater law embodying the following vital provisions:
 Every picture patron before talk ing their seat would be required to have his or her throat sprayed py the usher. Rowing around the thea- ter would be an atetndant armed with a long stick with which 10 knock off womens hats. strong vicious bouncers would keep an eagle eye out for persons who poo- bed around in their seats-ottenoers would immediately be clubbed un- conscious and removed.
 Off the lobby would be installed a "Necking Room" for lovers. place where they could get it all out of their systems before com ing in to see the show. There would be a special classroom for the more backward among the audience those in the habit of winning, ! don't get it." But why doesn't she take him back if she loves hlm? "Why is ne doing that to her she's innocent?"-ad nauseam. Here in the classroom the movie they were going to see would be em- plained to them by means of one syllable words and blackboard dia- grams. Once permitted in the the ater if they so much as whispered, a trap door would open under their seats, dropping them into bed or quicklime.
 q regret" says Englund, but l cannot help but feel that the only permanent solution to the prob lem is to simply keep the public o,,+ of +loa +baaterc a1toUether
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29
NO TIME FOR WORK

George Sanders is generally con- sidered the laziest man in Holly wood. But he vehemently denies the charge He claims he has merely learned the valuable art of complete relaxation. That, he says, is the reason he sleeps so much on the set between scenes. Other day. talking about his new contract which he will submit to the studio whe,s he completes "The Night Is Ending" George said:
 "In my next contract I'll ar- range it so the studio can only call me for work by vernal equinoctial time. Since that only means once year, I believe I can make it, As soon as get on the set we change to Greenwich time. Five minutes later 1t is lunch time. Im- mediately after lunch, we change to Pacific war time time. As this is eight hours later than Greenwich time, 1t is time to go home'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29
K v Listening?
with CHARLES MANN.

would never listen to the program again." P.S. she doesn't get the money!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

Spencer Tracy may be loaned to 20th Century Fox to play the role of Wendell Willkie in Willkie's ONE WORLD. George Jean Nathan, defining Art declared: Art is some thing which the ingenuity of dicta- tors never can destroy Bach, Bee thoven, Shakespeare-they can nav er be bombed out Because they're art"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

Penny Singleton radios "BlOndie," reveals that when a girl pulls a line there's usually a church bell at the other end of it!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-29

IF: It's the biggest two-letter word in the dictionary, especially when applied to the modern idiOm of radio. If Johnny Mercer had made good his first try at Broadway as an
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26

ley, who is returning TO M-G-M
for series of shorts, if going to
Harvard contributed to his be-
ing a humorist. Brother" said
Benchley, when you 60 to Har-
ward you either come out a hu-
morist or a Princeton man" :.
Bob Hope would like to CO.
star in a film with Groucho
Marx and vice versa. They're
looking for suitable story.
NEW SONGBIRD
Walter Brennan, who has new
er sung outside the privacy of
his shower. will MARBLE for the
first time in Sam Goldwyn's
The North Star" Incidentally,
Anne Baxter, working in the
same picture, hits the ceiling
when anyone suggests a nose
bobbing. (She broke it as child
and the bump still shows.) II
like that bump" she says. 1T
keeps me from being cast in gla-
mor-girl roles, which / detest "
Sudden thought: Louis
Armstrong deserves testimon-
ial dinner for his long musical
career. Twenty-seven years in
the business and still the tops. :.
Hollywood's latest domestic
rift resulted in a quick reconcil-
iation for Connie Moore and her
agent husband, Johnny Maschio.
They were separated just 70
hours
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
BY PETER EDISON


The height of something or
other in lame-duck appoint
ments was achieved when the
Honorable Josh Lee, senator
from Oklahoma, was named as a
member of the Civil Aeronautics
Board.
Up TO the time he was put on
the board he had never been up
in an airplane.
When he went TO Mexico City
TO attend a recent international
conference on air travel, he
went by train.
The official explanation is
that the new board member S
family doesn't want him to fly.
But Josh has tackled his new
job with vim and enthusiasm,
has hired smart young lawyer
as his assistant, and is boning up
on all that pertains to aviation,
though strictly on ground
school, pre-flight basis.
Almost any day now, you can
expect Josh to make his maiden
flight in one of them airyplanes.
Maybe they're here to stay.
All honest storekeepers now
admit that rationing is the only
correct method to deal with food
shortages, but one of the more
statistically minded retailers has
just estimated what it costs
stores to handle the job on can
ned goods alone.
There are l44 stamps a year
to be handled for each of l25
million people holding ration
books. That multiplies to ID
billion stamps year, all of
which have to be pasted on cards
before they can be turned in for
new supplies of canned goods.
The government prints the
cards, each of which holds so
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
FOR GRAVE STAKES

The fote of the world may hang upon the coal con-
troct porleys now under way in New York. The issue
which John L. Lewis has preoipitoted must result in
one Of three outcomes, two Of which would be DISCS
trous and the third is highly undesirable
If Lewis wins any substantial pay boost for his 49,
900 bitunoinous miners - he is asking tor what
amounts to between So and 50 day, top Of the
present ST q day before overtime-then our national
struggle against initiation is lost.
On the scale Of spending involved in this conflict,
that could easily cause the bankruptcy Of the one no.
ton upon which the worlds postwar rehabilitation de-
ponds.
II Lewis is denied on acceptable wage increase and
coils strike in the btuminous mines, and his coll is
needed generally then the arsenal Of democracy must
shut down until coal production can be resumed.
This year is so critical n'litory that such shut
down could proone the by years or even, God for
bid, could lose it to democracy.
The third alternative would be presidential action
taking over the mines with the Army, as was done not
obIy in the North American Aviation strike in l94l-
protecting loyal workmen against 9on9ster terrorism
and relying upon their patriotism to bring them back
to work Notwithstanding Mr.. Lewis obstructonism.
This alternative is preferable to either Of the 9TH
ers if the unoneer insists But it is infinitely undesro
bIe and by no conclusive in its results The
North American experiment ended quickly because
the Government gave the union what wos asked,
thereby throwing the wage structure OF the orPone
industry into ferment and forcing pay increases oil
along the line.
OPA Administrator Prentss Brown tells clearly and
accurately what will happen if either the operators
now or the government later gives in to Mr.. Lewis.
Then Presidents Murray Of the C.l.O and Green Of
the AF Of L. will be forced in sefdeense, to demond
e;no;lor roiees for their members
II they do, and ore as hord-boi|ed as Mr. Lewis,
they will have his precedent to assure them that they
can VIM If they do not, then Mr.. Lewis will have
achieved his major purpose by demonstrating that
he can and does get pay boosts for his men when his
rivals con not or do not
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Service staff Correspondent

When Greer Carson Is asked
how she's interpreting Marie
Curie on the screen-With en-
phasis on the woman or the SCI
enlist in M-G-M'S Madame
Curie," she refers to three ran
dom notes left by Madame Curie
on the margins of family cook
book and in linen-covered
school notebook. All were 1rit-
ten within a period of a hsS
days. The first was a recipe f29r
making gooseberry jenv yThe
second told about the discovery
of polonium and right after it.
the third announced the men,
orable appearance of daughter
Irene's first tooth. There" says
Greer, you have a perfect pic
ture of Marie. A housewife, the
brilliant scientist making a sim
pie, routine report of great
discovery, and the proud young
mother"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
THE KING IS DEAD

Time was, not long since, when the death Of J..
P. Morgan would have crowded any war out Of the
top heodIines and might have shaken the nations
financial structure to it's depths The greet banker
lived so long that his passing, when it came, was just
O good news story.
In the old doys Wall Street was the money cop
to Of the richest nation in the world and the House
of Morgan wos the hub Of Wall Street The Morgan
firm virtually financed the allies in World War |
Sunt this notion entered, and octed os their purchos-
ing oeent.
Nov Wall Street is just diney canyon in down.
town New York, where lot Of struggling firms have
office spoce Washington is the financial, CONNER
eio industrial eopitol Of the world
The King of Wall Street is deod But even be-
fore he died, he had become little more than q very
rich relic Of other doys.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
. SO THEY SAY

The private who is out there
getting shot at does most of the
work in this war. He gets little
credit out Of it, too. A man can
be as fcrocious as the devil back
home on three hot meals a day,
but il takes CUTS TO live in fox
hole in the rain eating cold ra-
tons.
Lieut.. Gen. George S. Pat
ton, Jr.
When spiritual responsibility
does not keep pace with mate
rial discovery and invention
true progress ceases.
Leslie D. Weatherhead, Brit.
iSh pastor.
Right cannot be. determined
by the criterion of whether it is
useful or otherwise. The rights
of the individual as those of the
society are limited by eterna,
justice.
Bishop Of Berlin.
Postwar America must be z
land where private enterprise is
secure. where the individual will
be willing to venture, where the
hope of reward for individual in
itiativc will outweigh the fear Of
loss. 1t is that spirit Of ven.
ture, Of taking chance, that ha;
built America.
Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio
No navy will be sufficient
which permits less than the most
ships and planes, equipped witt
the hardest hitting weapons ano
manned by the best trained Off
GERS and men, in any area
throughout the world where en-
envy forces may be met
Navy Secretary Frank Knox
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
RECAP THOSE TIRES

With spring rounding the corner and hot wealth
er just ahead, now is the time for every automobile
owner to see whether any Of his tires need reoopPne
Government experts estnnote thot out Of every
four on passenger cors do need attention. There ore
no fornooties Just give the order to your tire deal
er.
Those who ore careless run the risk Of having
their tires get into such condition tho they not
be soved at all There ore no requirements for tires
thus destroyed Their loss will mean that the has
to be laid up, probably until Iote 1914 some time
in l945, if not longer.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26

four-level over South's four
heart bid, despite the fact that it
was Vests turn to bid.
Under the old laws East's bid
would be void and West would
be barred for the balance of the
auction. However, when West
made his opening lead, he could
calmly lead his partners suit,
the suit he had learned about
through the illegal bid. This
hardly provides the proper in
demnity for North and South,
the non-offending pair.
Under the new laws both East
and West will be barred from
the auction, and South will have
the further advantage of being
able to call the lead from the
West hand. In this particular
case, he would call a club lead,
and then after drawing trumps.
would discard one of dummys
losing spades on the fourth
club.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
. BARBS

Anyway. there's little danger
OF biting off more than we can
chew.
Germany plans TO move time
up one hour on March 20. It'll
be one Of the few advances
they've been able TO make.
Knowing our flyers. it's no
puzzle as TO how they've been
able to raid the Reich. Just a
riddle!
When telephone poles and
curbstones make auto drivers
stop and think, it's too late!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
CLOSE SHAVE

SEATTLE - For once, a bar
Der was speechless.
A soldier edited newspaper
from a Pacific outpost told this
story:
At dance for soldiers, Pvt.
Tony (The B b err Lembo
sought the young woman who
had promised him the next
dance. Finding her in converse
ton with another man, he slap
ped his rival on the back, and
prepared to sweep onto the
floor with the feminine charm
err.
Tony almost swooned when
the other man turned around.
II was Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
IRREPARABLE LOSS

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Mrs. A.
B. Learned of Trenton, KY, lost
her baggage in a mixup here.
1t later was found, opened and
rifled.
Money and several other VAL
uables we're still there.
Missing new pair OF silk
hose.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

stamps. Divide ID billion by so
and you get total of $50 mil
lion cards to be pasted up.
Tests have shown that one
clerk can paste up 20 cards an
hour. Divide $50 million cards
by 20 and you get ID million
hours of labor required, just to
paste stamps in books. II clerks
are paid so cents an hour, that
means SO million labor cost for
stamp pasting.
CONTRACTS EXPIRING
Watch for a shift i'm War Man.
power Commissions present or
derS that no new war contracts
may be placed in areas where
there are tight labor situations
and actual manpower shortages.
Reason is that some contracts on
which manufacturers are now
working may soon run out. If
new contracts can't be placed in
these areas, or if there is no
backlog of contracts for future
deliveries on which the manu-
facturers can plan and rely, they
my be forced to lay off employees
or, in the case of smaller plants,
be forced TO shut down, thus
causing actual unemployment in
areas where there are supposed
to be labor shortages.
Part of the job of -schedul-
ing war contracts, on which War
Production Boards new Vice
Chairman Charles E. Wilson is
concentrating, will take care of
these situations, see that there is
no production capacity lost for
mere lack of contract.
Said Senator Francis Maloney
of Meriden, Conn, discussing
this problem with WPB Vice
Chairman Wilson; Il don't envy
you your position"
Said Wilson in reply: Il don't
think much of it myself
OVERTIME is CHECK
Washington manpoWer Off
Gals expect the 48-hour week
order to be largely self-policing.
The order is effective March 81
in 80 critical labor areas and in
the lumber and non-ferrous met
ais mining industries generally,
but War Manpower Commission
people believe that any employ
er who doesn't abide by the or
der will probably be reported by
his employees, who will natural
ly be interested in collecting all
that extra overtime.
1t is the intention of the
WMPC, however, to grant
number of exemptions. Banks
and retail stores, for instance,
might be given blanket exemp-
ton in any area, if they can
show that lengthening the work
week TO 48 hours will unneces-
sarily increase costs, provide no
extra service, and release no en-
ployes for war production. But
it will be up to every employer
to prove his own case and get Of
fetal permission to work less
than 48 hours in the critical
areas. The area and regional
manpower directors are to be
the ones who will decide every
case-not Washington.
Where the 48-hour week or
der will be most binding is in
industries holding fixed-price
war contract, which will claim
their contracts should be renego-
tiatcd to allow for higher labor
costs made necessary by paying
extra overtime. The headache
for enforcement here will fall
on Office of Price Administra-
ton, not on WMPC. Already,
OPA has indicated that it be-
lieves the steel industry is MAX
ing enough money so that it can
pay the overtime without having
its prices raised.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-26
THAT'S HIS FIELD

KANSA CITY, Mo. - DR.
ID. T. Van Del, an obstetrician
got his c card from the ration
ing board all right.
On the form was listed:
Observation-Disclosures Spe-
cialist."