The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-31

ngtty Lou SAySs "NOW ltS easy hOr . little girl to pronounce Dussel- dOrf, Germany even if M Is . long word. Cause last week our Fly ing FOrtresses broke 1t up into sylla- bles."
 From the stage of the Orpheum theater, Los Angeles, where he is making personal appearance, Tommy Dorsey, backed by his musi- clans and singers Barbara Canvin, Dick Haynes and The Sentimental ists, will air another half-hour of top Dorsey music tonight, NEG, S:30.
 Highspot of the broadcast will be Dorsey'S performance of There Are Such Things" which has passed its millionth platter sale, The millionth pressing, now gold plated, will be presented to Dorsey by Harry Mey- erson, West Coast Victor rcpresen- tative. during the program. q
 The q. $. Navy Yard at Mare island, San Francisco. will be the setting for Eay Kyscr's College of Musical Knowledge" broadcast to- night, NEG, 10 o'clock.
 When Betty Hutton sings she doesn't fool aroundl By the time she finished her comedy song, "Mur- der, He Says" on the Rudy Val lee Igogram recently, the sound en- gineer was Q wreck. Betty's effer- vescent yelps and shrieks as she sold" the song had the volume needle doing a dervish dance all over the dial.
 once" said the engineer, "the darn thing practically jumped out and stabbed mel"
 Freedom on the sea Is the sub stance of the story to be unfOlded on the "John Freedom" broadcast, tonight at 800, over the Blue Net work.
 Eleanor Powers, new girl staff an- nouncer at WNEW, will be high lighted in a career story in next months issue of Romantic Stories. EleanOr'S family is well-known in the theater and radio. Her mother was recently seen on Broadway with Ethel Barrymore in Kingdom of God" and her brother, now in the Navy, was associate director of the Kate Smith program. Eleanor has been on the stage since early girl hood, and has been heard on the air in such network series as Big Sister" Aunt Jenny" Johns Other Wife and numerous others.
 Many requests have come in for the pronunciation of Victor BOrge. It Is B0r-guh with the accent on the first syllable.
 There's a new twist to Sammy Kaye'S popular "So You Want to Lead Q Band" Kaye finds 1t works like c charm "loosening up" his studio audience (not to mention himself and the boys in the band) before their Old Gold Show with Red Barber which is heard over the Columbia network every Wednesday at 800 p. m.
 Maurice Hart, popular young plat ter jockey who Is heard 6 number of times daily over Station WNEW, has just been appointed announcer on Dorothy ThompsOn's Blue Nett work commentary series, which Is heard Sunday evenings.
 Announcer Don Wilson has pre- sented his prized binoculars to the Navy. It was through their power- fil lenses that Don brought six of the famous Rose Bowl football broadcastS to the ears of djaleTx during the years Don was 6 sports announcer.
 Wounded American veterans of the Allied campaign in Tunisia, presently cOnvalescing in the Brit ish Isles, will tell the story of their meeting with ROmmeI's Afrika KOrps during the "Men of the Land, Sea and Air" broadcast over the BLUE network, today, at 4:3O ?. m.
 There's some unfinished business Oeorgie Jessel wants to clear up on the Sammy Kaye-Red Barber Show to be heard tonight at 800. over the Columbia network. Jessel's last visit to the show brought Kaye an offer to give up radio in favor of vaudeville.
 Senators Joseph H. Ball, on Min nesOta. and Carl A. Hatch, of New Mexico, two of the sponsors of 8 resolution that would establish ie- gal machinery for a lasting world peace, will discuss their plan over the BLUE Network, tonight, during the National Radio. Forum broad east ct lO:36 ?. m.
 Band Leader Spike Jones offers a new war version of the meanest thief: the one who stole 20 records of Der Fuehrer's Face" which Jones autographed for presentation to the 90 Fullerton students selling the most war bonds at 8 Victory Rally. The records were taken from backstage of the high school Audi torlum while Jones was announcing the winners.
 In his final concert at Los Angeles before assuming hls duties as head of the Blue NetwoFl music depart. ment, Paul Whiteman win feature Alec. Templet0n's. "Ansect. Suite"