The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-05

Who makes the most successful
quiz contestant
Bob Hawk, the man with the ques-
tions on Saturdays Obs Thanks
TO The Yanks", is ready to hand
the loving-cup TO the modest house,
wife. In the face Of dozens OF coll
lege professors, writers and teach
ers who have appeared on the show,
the average housewife has establish
ed a reputation as a walking ency- |
colepdia. BY answering Hawks
rapid fire teasers, she's helped SEND
thousands upon thousands Of smokes
to our boys in uniform. However,
the ever-dependable knowledge OF
the housewife has the quizzer him.
self bewildered. II thought there
was q shortage of domestic help"
puzzles Bob. where do they find
the time to get to know so much7"
Whenever Producer Oliver Bar
bour needs q teen-age actor for his
Parker Family" program, heard
Fridays at 8:15 p. M, over the Blue
Network, he calls upon Mia Mack,
the Let's Pretend" writer director,
for advice and recommendation. He
has implicit faith in her judgment,
for 1t was Mia who developed the
acting talents Of Michael O'Day
and Patricia Ryan, the two young
heads Of the Parker Family. Both
began their careers on Let's Pre-
tend" broadcasts when they were
FIVE years old.
Recently q new character '"Talkie
Walkie" Walker, was written into
the script and again Baron asked
Miss Mack's advice. She suggested
Peter Fernandez, who was recently
seen in the Broadway stage hit,
watch on The Rhine" Barbour
auditioned the boy, liked his charac-
terization and signed him for the
role.
Rosemary DeCamp, who plays
Mildred" in "Of Human Bondage"
on the NBC Star Playhouse" says
there is a schoolboy In her neigh
borhood who Is eagerly awaiting the
conclusion Of this drama on June 2.
It seems Rosemary has been rising
at 6 a. m. every weekday In order
to be on time for the early broad
cast - and she's gal who likes to
sleep late. So she has hired the
youngster, beginning June 5, to ring
her doorbell every morning at 6 and
call out mfr. Mitchell, the producer,
wants to know II Miss DeCamp is
ready for the broadcast"
- xa,lala1a AAa1aa.. St
will reply: Tell Mr.. Mitchell to go
Jump In the lakel" Whereupon she'll
turn over for another snoozel
Raymond Gram Swing, one Of the
nations foremost news analysts,
gives q concise and forceful presen-
tation Of the news, four nights
weekly over Station WATR and the
Blue Network.
Veteran Of twenty one years as a
foreign correspondent, and eight
years Of international renown as one
OF the microphone's most command
ing speakers, Swing Is heard Mon-
days through Thursdays at 10 D. m.
Born in Cortland, New York,
March rs, 1887, Swing received his
Journalistic baptism in 1906, at the
age Of 10, starting as q reporter on
the Cleveland Press. Son Of DR..
Albert Temple Swing, his choice OF
profession crossed family tradition.
Since the 1630s, when members OF
his line first settled in America, no
generation until his had failed to
produce at least one clergyman.
At twenty, the future commenta-
tor became editor of O small-town
Ohio weekly. At twenty three, he
became managing editor Of the In
dianapolis Sun, holding that spot
until 1912 when failing health, fol-
lowing an operation, made a years
rest and travel in Europe essential.
A gifted composer as well as mu-
sician, Swing settled down in Berlin
because Of the opportunities afford
ed for improving his musical talent.
That decision proved the turning
point Of his future for in the Spring
OF 1913 the Berlin correspondent OF
the Chicago Daily News retired and
Swing got the job.
He was one of the first to detect
the ominous rumble of war. His first
inkling came while attending
rather dull session of the Reichstag
IN 1913. He heard Chancellor Won
Bethman- Hollweg introduce legis-
lation calling for a / per cent levy
on capital and came up with a
start. The Chancellor,s explanation
convinced him further that history
was in the making. The levy was
intended to raise two additional
army corps to protect Germany's
ally, Austria Hungary, from a Serb
ian threat.
Swings clear-thinking, dispas-
sionate analysis OF the unprece-
dented action and its Significance
convinced him that World War I
was in its birth throes. He dis
patched his views to his paper but
war was a very remote possibility
to the distant editors and his dis
patch did not appear until four
months later-completely shorn of
its ominous portent.
When war broke out in 1914.
Swing almost felt indicated. His
editors, aroused by their correspon-
dents apparent omniscience, soon
had him running helter-skelter
about the continent for other
scoops. His roofing brought forth
the details of Germany's great mys-
terry gun-the Big Bertha. His
method of transmission is a Journal
istic classic. He had a travelling
American student. enroute home,
memorize a 600-word dispatch and
paid him $25 for delivering it per-
sonally to the Chicago News city
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