The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-28

they inherently love music"
 MT. Kostelanetz, himself, has in- troduced to his radio listeners, music of different lands. He was among the first to bring the South American songs to the airwaves. Recently, on his return from the African and European theaters of war, he collected some unusual gypsy music. Several of these mel odieS already have been heard on his Sunday program.
 Dunninger, thought reader heard each Wednesday over WATR and the Blue Network at 300 D. m., has completed his road journeys and will broadcast in New York hereafter.
 Judges for the Nov. g broadcast will include Kathleen Winsor, famed author of the new best seller, For ever Amber" Fred Gehle, New York state chairman of the war finance committee, and Victoria Cordova, songstress of "Saludos Amigos"
 The flattering honor of being chosen as Pin Up Boy" has been awarded by a detachment of Spars to Jerry Wayne, handsome singing star of Ed Wynn's Happy Island program, heard Fridays at FOO p. m, over WATR and the Blue Net work.
 The Spars, stationed at the Man. haitian Beach, Brooklyn, U. s. Coast Guard station picked Jerry, it seems, because he has CD voice (2) a mustache, and (3) carries enough weight to indicate regular eating habits.
 Each comedian has his own par ticular technique for crashing Hol- lywood or radio. Fred Brady, new comedy star on the Oracle Fields Show heard Tuesday over WATR> and the Blue Network at 800 p. m., used a somewhat uncommon route to the cinema capital and subsequent fame in radio.
 Brady wrote his way to Holly wod, scripting his own movie test, and received contract from Metro Goldwyn-Mayer as consequence. Now the comedian has vaulted into the spotlight of radio comedy styl- iStS.
 The big six-foot New Yorker has hands calloused and hard from dig ging ditches, his first job, and from work in a steel mill, his second. But his voice is soft with a peal of laughter in it, and the warmth and sincerity of his comedy routine are difficult to resist.
 A level-headed young man in his early thirties, Brady launched his radio career as writer of radio plays right in New York City, where he was born. Leaping from one job to another after the 1929 crash and the death of his father, the comed- ian finally found his niche in writ- ing radio scripts
 At first he had worked on writ ing in his spare time, concentrating on script plays. In the meantime he did several shows with the Green wich Vilalge players. Signed to write for Uncle Walters Dog House" pro- gram in Chicago, Fred soon was playing bits and then important roles in comedy skits. He also con- tinued to write much of the show.
 Kate Smith. after hearing the pro- gram, signed him for her weekly broadcast. MGM talent scouts then brought him to Hollywood for screen test. He wrote his own script. ran through the performance like veteran, and was signed.
 If you've been believing that radio engineers are fellows who merely sit in the control room and twist dialS, you're in for a surprise-at least, as far as Robert Ward is con- cerned Bob, who rides the David Harding Counterspy" panel, is also chemist, physicist, machinist, min- eralogist, botanist, icthyologist, printer, amateur photographer, woodworker, an expert at animal husbandry and a sparetime gad- geteerl Ward mastered these arts and sciences without benefit of college education; he attended eve ming high school while working as an electricians apprentice. What ever free time he had left was spent in furthering his knowledge. Ward doesn't know everything, how- ever; f'rinstance. he can't cookl
 Louise Erickson, a young star of tA Date With Judy.n IS due for q