The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
WAVELETS
BY ED LEAMY

" 4 u v i
By ED
News questions news minded
America is asking will be answered
in q lively new radio series, "The
Peoples Reporter" starring editor
author Fulton Oursler over WATR
and the Yankee Network beginning
Monday, November Is, 8:15 to $3.50
p. m. Scheduled Mondays through
Fridays, "The Peoples Reporter"
will be sponsored by Metro Gold
wyn. Mayer, Inc, the first film COM
pany to sponsor a news analysis.
Lieutenant r. c. Reagan, a gum
merry officer aboard the celebrated
"Battleship X" will be the hon.
ored guest of the melodic mariners
who man the bluejacket variety
show, Meet Your Navy" during its
WATR and the Blue Network broad
cast tonight at $3.50 p. M, EWT.
"Battleship X" now known as the
U. S. S. South Dakota, represents
the latest developments in Naval
warfare, and was commissioned
secretly ahead of schedule. In the
battle of Santa Cruz "Battleship
K" shot down 80 Jap planes. Lieu
tenant Reagan valorous conduct in
that action will be re-enacted dur
ing the dramatized portion of the
program.
When Phil Spitalny and his Hour
Of Charm" troupe, heard Sundays
over NBC at 10 p. M, EWT., visit
hospitals for the armed forces they
take along hymn books for the
convalescentS. Spitalny, who ends
his program each week with hymn
selected by service men, has found
that hymns are extremely popular
with our fighting forces both here
and abroad.
If Roy Acuff, singing star of
Grand Ole Glory, is elected gov
ernor Of Tennessee friends
have petitioned him to be a candi-
date he won't be the only one
In his family to hold political office.
Roy'S dad is Neill Acuff a general
sessions court judge.
Bob Burns was extra glad to meet
and have as his guest John Brown
lee, of the Metropolitan Opera, on
a recent Arkansas Traveller" pro-
gram. Il used to be boy soprano
IN girls choir" Burns confessed,
until just when I got old enough
to enjoy the situation, my voice
changed and they made me sing
with the boys!"
Some years ago Peter Van Steed-
EN-, maestro on "Mr. District Attor-
ney,' composed a song called Home
and 1t was big hit. After a while it
faded from the public mind. Now 1t
is being revived and is getting a
tremendous play on the networks.
It's a ballad which was first given
Its start by Kate Smith.
Lima ROmay, singer featured with
Xavier Cugat's orchestra on "Your
DubOnnete Date" over the Blue net.
work Saturdays at IL a. M, EWT.,
Is going to be married. However,
after the ceremony she'll stay with
the orchestra and will honeymoon
In New York when Cugat brings
his troupe east from Hollywood for
an engagement at the Waldorf-As-
tOria Hotel. Lina's groom will be
Lawrence Adams and the wedding
takes place Nov. FL.
Requests have been sent in to DR..
Frank Black from dialers to his
Friday night NBC concert series
asking him to elaborate on the FRO
grams theme, which DR.. Black COM
posed, for symphonic orchestration.
DR.. Black, If he II Is the time, will
go to work on it and possibly in
troduce the completed work when
he resumes batoning the NBC SYM
phcny next spring.
Alec Templeton, of the CHS Gar
nival," Is wondering If the laundry
situation Is really responsible for
the absence Of Starched shirts at
his Philadelphia Orchestra concert,
the other evening. When he called
for improvisations, the audience
screamed for pistol Packin' Ma
NAL"
"Allouette," catchy French Cana
dian novelty tune, will be given orig
inal treatment by the Sportsmen,
ace quartet, on the United Airlines
show Nov. IA.
Harry w. Flannery. CHS news
commentator, just back from a
group Of lectures in and around San
Francisco, returns to the Golden
Gate city, Nov. %, to speak before
the California Teachers Association,
Bay section.
Redlands, Calf, Is the weekend
destination OF Felix Mil Burns
and Allen maestro, nowadays, for
his youngest boy, Mac. who's in the
U. s. Navy has just been trans
ferred there from his nautical stud
Les at U. @. L. A.
Bernardinc Flynn observes: Many
people are so busy telling the world
what Is wrong with 1t, they haven't
time to improve It'll