The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-15
r u Listening?
with CHARLES MANN

Alfred Wallenstein will mark the
Tooth anniversary of the birth OF
the great Norwegian composer Ed
ward Grieg, by presenting three Of
his compositions on "Sinfonietta" to
be heard over WMAC and the
Yankee Network tonight at 1880 p.
m.
Waterburians will get chance to
talk directly to Senator Robert A.
Taft next Sunday afternoon when
Wake Up America is heard over
WATR on a caoSt-to-coast hook-up
through the Blue Network at BIS.
Waterbury has been made the "tele-
phone city, of honor for the week,
and its history will be reviewed by
the moderator, DR.. Louis M. Hacker,
professor of Economics and History
at Columbia University, and Water
burians will be able to telephone
questions to Senator Taft and the
other two guest speakers, Albert A.
Gore, Congressman from Tennessee,
and Dr. o. Glenn Saxon, Professor
of Applied Economics at Yale Uni
versity, and the subject will be "Can
We Heard Off Serious Inflation?"
You may get out the wrong side
of bed in the morning, but Dor
Mcneil anrd his Breakfast Club
gang over WATR from 8 to 10 each
morning Mondays through Satur.
days will sure chase away your
grumps. To be able to get up at the
crack of dawn and prepare gags for
a funny show, one has to be forth
fled from birth with sturdy frame
such as Don hangs his hat on. Last
July, he began his tenth year as
conductor of the dizzy show which
has 'em laughing in their chow
from the rock bound coast Of Maine
to the sunny slopes of California,
as they put it on the floor of con-
greSS.
Dinah Shore, who will entertain
our boys in England and Ireland
sometime this summer" has been
invited to sing at the Allied Ma
tons Summer Fair in London. Pro-
ceeds of the fair are being devoted
to the Prisoners of War Fund of the
British Red Cross Society and the
Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Wally C'Take-ACard") Butter
worth defines snuff manufacturer
as man who goes around poking
his business in other peoples noses!
Garry Moore'S favorite moron
story is about the one who climbed
up on the chandelier to sleep be-
cause he was light sleeper :. Lyn
Murray's crusading for the use of
music to quell air raid panic has
borne fruit; Professor Harvey zor-
baugh of New York University ad-
dressed 300 delegate graduates of
the War Departments Schools at
EdgeWood Arsenal and Amherst COL
lege recently at a disaster con-
ference" One of his recommended
tons was familiar music which, he
said, ought to be sung at any occa-
sion where panic from air raid might
occur Jackie Kelk says COM
promise is what two people arrive
at to their mutual dissatisfaction
. Willie Howard is considering
writing a book called How to Be
Chef in Six Easy Lessons or
Twelve Hard Ones via CHS Stage
Door Canteen.', In his three guest
appearances on the program Willie
has been, in succession, diShWaSh-
err a bus-boy and potato-peeler!
. Tempus Fugit Note: At an old
time silent movie house Don Bryan
spotted a poster which starred Nor
ma Talmadge and featured Conrad
Nagel and William Farnum in "Du
Barry" Miss Talmadge has retired,
Farnum is playing bits. and Nagel
is still on top as the host on the
Radio Readers Digest programs.
Walter O'Keefes Battle of the
Sexes pits producers against &C
tresses tonight NBC, 900 p M.
Margalo Gilmore. stage actress;
Dorothy Fields, collaboration on the
book of Something for the Boys"
and retired musical comedy dancer,
and Vera Zorina, ballet and movie
star. will be on hand to respond to
OKeefe's questions.
Opposing them are Oscar Serlin,
Life with Father" producer, and
Hassard Short of lavish musicals
fame. The third masculine compe-
titor is yet to be chosen.
Raymond Clapper had to miss hi
own daughters stage debut last
Monday, because he was in London
to give his report to WATR List
eners OH what he had seen in Swe-
den. Janet Clapper, who has been
studying dramatic art In New York
appeared as wicked vamp In a
summer theater premiere of that
corny old nineteenth century melo-
drama Bertha. The Sewing Ma
chine Girl. Clapper, often called
"Mr. Average American" by his col.
leagues. would have liked ncthinL
better than to have been at tbs
opening. you can bet His sheFt
wave reports to Paul Sullivan car
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