The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-04


 NBC. Meanwhile, brother Binr will listen to his good friend Hope while vacationing at his Nevada cattle ranch.
 The radio and movie star took his troupe of entertainers through North Africa, England and Sicily. In Sicily the comedian put on 8 show before l9,000 fighting men who had just returned from battle. As gesture of appreciation soldiers gave him scores of souvenirs such as dirks, Mussolini medals. and as 6 gag even offered Hope machine guns.
 Bernardine Flynn, in doing re- search for one of the stories on her program, stumbled across an oddity concerning the word "restaurant". She learned that It's original defin. ition was restorative" or strength. ing. Further, that 0 'restaura. teur" in the strict sense of the word still means Q "restorer" of paintings as well as the keeper of restaurant" especially In France. A pr. Palissy in the 18th century first gave 1t culinary significance when he applied 1t to special chicken broth he created, Q "restor. ative" beverage of sorts. Finally. Miss Flynn found that the first public dining place which was tagged with the term restaurant" was opened by 8 M. Boulanger in Paris in 1765. The sole dish was chick. en broth, but after @ while Bou. langer cautiously added stews, meats and other dishes and met with such astounding success he kept them permanently on the menus. OBS Department of Education announces list of 30 great books, classical and modern, to be dis cussed on the Invitation to Learn ing" program during the 30-weele period between Nov. 2 and May %, inclusive.
 Invitation to Learning" describ- cd by Time Magazine recently as "the pearl of all educational pro. grams, brings to Columbia network listeners each Sunday a group of distinguished scholars who inform ally discuss the merits of the book under consideration. The program is heard from ll:30 Q. m. to 1900 noon, EWT. A diamond ring with the sheerest color and perfection glittering from every facet will be 6 prize to one listener on every BLUE Network "Keepsakes" broadcast, Sundays. Until now the sponsors of the pro- gram, heard at 8:30 p. m. EWT, have sent a cheque of five dollars to everyone who sends in Q verse which can be matched appropriately with a muscial selection on the broadcast. This policy, which .wiv be continued, has been supplement- ed by the offer of the diamond ring for the best letter, accompanying the verse, which explains why the listener picked his or her particu- lar poem.
 Officially. it's titled "The Army Service Forces Present." but to Q certain extent, that Saturday night Blue network might be termed Q weekly get-together of the 'Mr. Dis- tsict Attorney" alumni association. Currently directing thS series is Jerry Devlne, director of MT. D. A. who has succeeded Capt. Ed Byron following Byron's transfer overseas Byron conceived the "Mr. District Attorney" Idea, and served as dir. ect0r and co-author until his enlist ment. Author of the Army Service Forces show iS It. Finis Farr, who used to cOllabOrate on ID. A, scripts with Byron. Music director Is Capt. Harry Salter, who conducted tAe orchestra on MT. ID. A." in its early days on the air. The casts uslaNy include members of the @D. As dramatic company. All these ele- ments. working together, give "T'he Army Service Forces Present" the same sort of expert treatment that has made MT. District Attorney radios most popular half hotE dramatic series.
 Tn appreciation of Cass Daley's sunny songs and happy hvsnor c feminine fan In Honolulu has named her Kona Nightingale after the comedienne and as soon as possible Is sending 1t to Cass.
 With pride, Cass told the news to Hubby Frank Kinsella who som- berly said: "Of course you know 8 Kona Nightingale is . Hawaiian Mule" aN
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