The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19

AAAS kAA4A1 RAV8A 1hAA " " hAS84- cast by Town Meeting of the Air since that program came under the aegis of The Readers Digest Asso. ciation will originate from Denver on Thursday, September 2i, at S:30 ?. m, over WATR and the Blue Network. The topic to be dis cussed will be the highly proyaca- tive question - "Is the Political Action Committee an Asset or Lia- bility to Democracy"
 Speakers scheduled 70 support the affirmative are Max Lerner, author and chief editorial writer of the New York newspaper, PPM" and J. Raymond walsh, Research Director, C.I.O. Political Action Committee. one of the speakers to oppose the proposition will be Ben. jalnin Stolberg, writer on political and economic subjects.
 Exploits of freedoms heroes - men and women who have fought through the centuries for the ideals of democracy-wtlI be drar1atized on We Came This Way" new NEG University of the Afr program which will be heard Friday nights starting October 6 (11:30 ?. m).
 The men and the women who have struggled to gain recognition for the rights of the common man will be the subjects of the broad. casts. we Came This Way will start with the Magma Carta and trace the subsequent victories of de. mocracy down to the present time.
 This new historical series, which replaces Pursuit of Learning" in a new time, will be accompanied by handbook of background material to be published by Columbia Unt- yerSity Press. Helen Hiett. editor of publications ard in charge of re- search for the NEG University, has written the book.
 Excerpts from one of the worlds greates operas, Don Giovanni by Mozart, will be presented on Great Moments in Music" tomorrow (WABC-CBS, 10:00-l0:30 p. m).
 Jean Tennyson. soprano. and tenor Jan Peerce, regular members of the cast, will be joined by Earl Wrightson, baritone. and Virgtlio Lazzari, bass, for the performance. The orchestra is to be conducted by William Steinberg, founder and former conductor of the Palestine Symphony.
 Jerry Wayne. who crccns his way every Friday evening at TOO p. m. through the role of Prince Richard on I'd wynn,s Happy Island pro- gram over WATR and the Blue Net work, is finishing up in the money in a current tennis tournament.
 Wayne. who was oTice lnter-coi- legiate tennis champ and who once won the title in Buffalo. his home town, has reached the quarter finals in the Invitation Tournament or the Jackson Heights (Queens) Ten- his Club and while on the subject of Happy Island you may be interested to know that the scenery and cos- tunes which present a novel visual treat for studio audiences are some thing that might have been expect ed of the winsome comedian, for his entire career is studded with a stag gering series of ..firsts."
 Wynn was the first actor. for ex- ample. to be invited by the Govern ment to entertain in army camps in World War The was again hon. ored by being the first to be asked to entertain the D. s. troops in this war.
 He Is also responsible for the first radio studio audiences. before Wynn's experiment an unheard or notion - he just likes to hear people laugh.
 Wynn started the use of facial makeup during hroadcasts. and was the first to change costumes while on the air.
 He originated comedy advertis- ing and led the way in charging admissions to broadcasts for the sake of charity benefits.
 Before him no one had ever coEIa- bined starring in a stage play and having a radio show, too. Wynn would just shut up stage the night of the broadcast.
 Probably the only time it was done in the theater. Wynn once starred in two shows ct once when he played concurrently in Doing Our Bits at Brcadway's winter Garden and ''Over The TOpl' at the Nora Bayes Theater. Even Wynn's radio debut in iezz established a precedent-he proaa- s.'at &es nssasNa ~fsrsns ffsHaA saETam WHk.