The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-08

Judy Canova, who stars In her
own Obs show, deserves sponsor
for the winter months she's
much better than the stuff we've
had to take from recent winter
series her script writers know
her style and do her justice E.
Here's a story she tells about her
self Recently she took her
watch to jeweler for repairs.
When he called her by name, she
beamed, "HOw fiattering. You must
have seen one of my pictures" The
jeweler said: No, ma am, your name
is inscribed in the watch!'
Wendell Niles was unable to get
overseas passage with Bob Hope so
he will stay home to be actor-an-
nouncer on Johnny MERGERS Music
Shop. This is the summer replace
ment for Hopes program over NBC
on Tuesday nights. Dennis Day,
Jack Benny's singing nemesis, was
guestar on June goth traded comedy
lines and music with the BLACK
Magic" and "Blues In The Night"
songWriter. Bob Hopes wire to
Mercer on his premiere was the
bellylaugh of the show: Il asked
you to fill my time-not kill It'll"
Who will run Rudy ValIee's store
while he's away with the U. s.
Coast Guard? Joan Davis, the new
,to ri y-iuhf in, 1Vin o
troubles about that on the pro-
gram tonight NBC, $3.50 p. m.
Joan wants Jack Haley to help
her but Jack, that purveyor of an
cient jokes, doesn't want the job.
So Miss Davis plans to interview a
string of applicants, all Of whom
must be able to sing.
Three glamour girl dates for men
in the armed service are the en-
gaging prices to be offered on
Blind Date" novel radio program
which has it's debut, tonight NBC,
300 p. m.
DIR. Lin Yutang, outstanding
Chinese author, Philosopher and
sociOIogist, and Anna May Wong,
Oriental screen actress, join in a
salute to the brave Chinese, on the
"Stage Door Canteen," at $3.50 p.
M, over Station CHS. They will be
joined by the dialect comedian
Willie Howard, making another re-
turn appearance on the series; and
Mary Jane Walsh, musical comedy
singing star, plus the Double Daters,
sensational new swing quartet.
The professor of the old Kraft
Music Hall, Bing Crosby, has in
vited the visiting scholar from I'm
formation Pleases,". Franklin P.
Adams, to appear at his round
table on the program to be aired
tonight, at 900 p. m, over NBC.
The General Motors Corporation
and the National BrOadcasting
Company, today announced that the
NBC Symphony Orchestra's Sunday
brOadcasts under the batons of Ar
turo TOscanini, Leopold StOkOwskI
and Frank Black will be sponsored
on the full NBC network for year
by General Motors. First broadcast
under the General Motors banner
will be on Sunday, August l (NBC,
500 to 900 p. M, EWT.)
Since its forma ton six years ago,
the NBC Symphony has been a sus-
tanning public service feature or
the network and has earned, in Its
short span of existence, the status
of one of the worlds greatest sym
phonic organizations. 1t has been
under the joint leadership of Tos-
canini, for whom the orchestra was
assembled upon his return from
semi retirement in 1887; Leopold
Stokowski, and a long list of other
eminent conductors. The series,
under General Motors, will con-
tinue at the present 500 to 800 p.
M, Sunday Hour.
Mary Margaret Mcbride, MICS
colmnist OF the air, has killed the
legend that witches were burned at
the stake in Salem. A recent guest
was Esther Forbes, who wrote "A
Mirror For Witches" and insisted
that they were never burned any
place in America. "In Europe how
ever. they died at the stake" ex-