The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-27

A4 NuAAa BAN1AAAJ 0AOA0 DAA0AAAN come waiting its way in your di- fection this evening, please speak kindly to 1t, for 1t will be I, mourn ing the fact that Duffy's Tavern t closing for the summer. According to the experts, war shortage of fre- on air-conditioning-gas has pre- vented Ed (Archie) Gardner from turning on the cooling system in the joint where the elite meet to eat, and SO tonight Duffy's Tavern will bid good bye to WATR and the Blue, until the fall
 Tonight at S:S0 Archie will also bid good bye to Eddie (the waiter) Green, Charlie (Clifton Finnegan) Cantor, songstress Yvette, and Joe venuti, his hot fiddle and his band At the same time he will interview Ransom Sherman who will be head man on the Mt Wit Court Show which replaces Duffy's for the sum- mer. I have been told that Judge Sherman plans to do a little inter- viewing himself. He intends to find out from Archie if there'll be any dough on pay days. Don't forget the tn1ie, WATR, S:30 p. m.
 The great thing about being vol atile, and Irish is how swiftly the mood changes from despairful darkness. to the lightness of daffo- dils waving in a green field. And all this is due Dick Mooney who's do- ing a superb job in Steve Han- nagan'S publicity shop. Dick mailed me . cut 10 gal which you will find reproduced no this page. Her name is June Barton and she's scheduled to appear on the Victory Pardae of Spotlight Bands over WATR and the Blue, Thursdya night July 6. And that little pic oi June has warmed the cookies oi my heart. For in it she is the cpl tome of charm and loveliness, and the dispeller of dark clouds. If her voice-which I never heard-comes up to her looks, my hand will go out to grasp the hand of loneliness which is always with me, and there will be comfort and loveliness for us both.
 we knew we had something to blow about when we signed Screen Actress Gall Patrick to play Star Playhouse's Marked Woman" air. fly remarks Producer Les Mitchell. And when we got Film and Radio Actress Gale Page for our version of Dark Victory" we were equally sure we could breeze right through this story, tool'
 Starting Monday, July 3, the popular series, which offers radio serializations of screen hits, will star Gale Page as permanent leading lady aided by male film stars as guest leading men. On that date, Star Playhouse" expends to full coast-to-coast NEG network and at a new time: l2:30 p. rn., EWT.
 That unseen member of the Moore -Durante comedy show-the guy they always talk about but who never talks back-has become the unofficial gremlin of their CBS Fri- day program. He's 'Umbriago." Jimmy Durante's imaginary friend, his presidential campaign manager and star of his newest song. When- ever script, music, baton or what. not is missing at rehearsal or broad cast, the stock answer always is: "Umhriago took ftp
 Harry W. Flannery, OBS war commentator and author, helped open the Fifth War Loan Drive by touring all airplane factories in the Los Angeles area. Flannery, bas- ing his talks on his radlo interviews, gave five addresses at Douglas, four at Lockheed and six at North Amer ican Aviation.
 Here are some astonishing statis- tics on Bob Hawks Thanks To The Tanks" program: Hawk averages 66 ad lib gags per broadcast; he speaks 264 words per minute and an aver age of 4.1eo words spill from his glib tongue each time the popular quiz goes on the air!
 What are the first things you're going to buy after the war? Answer ing the question for coming Look magazine interview, Conductor Don Bryan listed a television set, dozen peacetime golf balls and two quarts of heavy sweet cream-in that or der!
 As a special feature of the broad- cast of The Listening Post over WATR and the Blue Network to- morrow at 10:45 a. m., an interview will be aired with Sergeant Charles E. CCommando') Kelly, noted war hero.
 The major portion of the broad cast will be a dramatization of 'One Mans War" the story of Com mando" Kelly's exploits as told to Pete Martin for next weeks Eatur- day Evening Post. Speaking from Columbus, Georgia, Commando" Kelly will be interviewed by Mar tin, who will be in the Blue Net works New York studios.
 There's a father who runs a feed store in Sandusky, Ohio, who is go- ing to get a very expensive pen and pencil set in the mail next week, and it's all because his daughter, Miss Jane VetZ, a SPAR knew that Maurice Barrymore was the late John Barrymore's father. When Quizmaster Phil Baker asked her if she had sent her dad a Fathers Day present. she nodded, and Baker told her that her father was going to get another present.
 Pee Wee King. leader of the Golden West Cowboys who are often heard as guest artists on the Grand Ole Opry" Saturdays over NEG, has purchased a night club near his home in Nashville, and will be able to stay closer home in the future