The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-02

cheStra provides the music. Green, and Harry Won Zell, who serves the dual role of announcer and actor.
 A current ballad favorite sung by Johnnie Johnston, and music by Paul Weston's orchestra, round out tlie weekly laugh session.
 In packed Halifax, Nova Scotia, throbbing nerve center of the North Atlantic convoy, the Un- ited Nations most important life line, the Vox Pop program will commence it's 18th year on the air, Monday. November 8, at 8 p. m. EWT, over CBS. (9:30 p. m. PWT) Parks Johnson and Warren Hull, conductors of radios original audi ence-participation show, will inter- view officers and men of the spec tacular and heroic Royal Canadian Navy, which is turning the wheels of victory in the Battle of the North Atlantic. clearing the sea lanes of enemy U-Boats and handling half VA SAN WAVAO NVAVVy JVUs
 Few Americans know that Cam ada has Navy; fewer still realize that the Canadian Navy, virtually started from scratch in 1889, stood between us and disaster for many desperate months. This weeks lift ing of the rigid dim-out regulations in coastal areas, can be attributed in no small measure to the epic performance of Canada's fighting seamen in tough and bouncing GOV. cites and other small war craft of their miraculous, powerful death- dealing, sheep dog navy.
 The Vox Peppers interviews with | Canadian sailors who have fought and suffered in the Battle of the North Atlantic, will be held aboard" the H. M. c. s. "Stadacona". a ship that never goes to sea but hous- es sea-going submarine hunters at one of the worlds greatest naval bases.
 Halifax is Canada's only actual operational war front from which the enemy is being actively and con- stantly engaged. Thrilling history is being made in this wartime boom town. It is city of romance, a rendezvous of sailors, merchant and navy, of all the Allied nations.
 A special Armistice day program will be the order of the day when Miss Josephine Antoine is heard with Percy Faiths orchestra on their regular "Contented Hour" broadcast on Monday evening, November 8 at 10 p. m. (EWT) over the NEG network.
 Miss Antoine has chosen to sing for the special occaslon one of the fav- orite numbers of the soldiers and sailors for whom she has sung on her many USO camp show visits. The song is Roses in Picardy".
 Two Hook alike" in Hollywood are Bobby Armbruster, maestro on the Groucho Marx Blue Ribbon Town program, and Bobby Dolan, batoneer for the Dinah Shore show. The pair are so similar in appearance that Armbruster once innocently spirited away six of Dolan's musicians and almost runide a program.
 The conductors had rehearsals in adjoining studios, Armbruster mo- ticed several Strnage musicians standing around during a break in his drilling. Then the orchestra "captain" for Dolan rushed out fran tically.
 Why aren't you fellows rehears- ingp" he demanded of the loung- CTS.
 We're just waiting for Dolan." they said, motioning toward Arm bruster. "Knew you couldn't re- hearse without the conductorl"
 Xavier Cugat, conductor of the 'Dubonnet Date" program, is . man with more careers than he can shake a stick - or a baton - at. He's already establashide his skill as Q comic actor, which came to light In the Astaire film, "You Were Never Lovelier," and in "Tropicana," Mae Vests comeback cinemusical. He's now professional caricaturist hav- Ing . nationally syndicated daily drawing to contribute, which may rob sozne of the time he has man.