The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

:. Jerry Cooper, popular baritone, has been selected for the week of December IS as the substitute vo- calist on Songs From Morton Downey," over the Blue Network Monday through Friday afternoons.
 Cooper is the third artist to pinch hit for Downey, who is heading a unit entertaining members of the armed services.
 The career of Jan Savitt dis credits the old cliche that the gen. jus of child prodigy is short lived.
 Sevitt, whose orchestra will be heard from the 2nd Ferrying Com mand, Division of Air Transport, wilmington, Delaware, on ''The Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands" Thursday night (Dec. 21) over WATR and the Blue-9:30, embraced music as a baby. At the age of four he was coaxing strains of Tschaikowsky from top violin and at IS became the youngest member of Stokowski's Philadelphia orches- tra.
 Like all Spotlight Bands" broad casts during the week of December 18s the Savitt program will give a national salute to the spectacular aviation film Winged Victory"
 Bing Crosby will be cut in from Hollywood on the Vox Pop salute to the U. s. Navy WAVES, when Parks Johnson and Warren Hull go aboard the ''U. s. s. Hunter" Naval Train ing School (Women's Reserve), New York, Monday, December Is, at 8 D. m., over CBS.
 The Vox Peppers will interview a number of patriotic, young Amer ican women training for wartime service at Navy shore stations, re- placing men for active duty at sea with the feet
 The huge Naval center at New YorkS Hunter College has trained 73,774 WAVE recruits, and is the setting for Bing Crosbys new film, Here Come The WAVES"
 An opportunity for opera lovers to receive free an album of Victor recordings by Metropolitan Opera stars is being provided by the Texas Company, sponsor of the weekly WIZ Blue Network broadcasts of the opera matinees on Saturdays.
 As part of each broadcast, Olin Downes, chairman, and a panel of experts answers questions on opera sent in by listeners. This has proven one of the most popular features of the weekly presentation. In ac- cofdance with the Texas Company'S offer, every listener whose question or, questions are selected to be ans- wered by the experts will receive an album.
 Questions should be sent to the Texas Company, 135 East 42nd street New York IT, New York. The offer is indefinite during the season.
 The ordeal of the American Rev. Olution at Valley Forge, is the next chapter in the NEG University of the Air history series, We Came This Way" tomorrow, December IS (NBC, 11:30 p. m) Clifton Utley, wen-known commentator on foreign affairs is narrator.
 
 Morton Wishengrad's script is set in the Snows of Pennsylvania in the Winter of TIT. It is story of the suffering endured by the men and officers under General Washington. It relates their dire need for food, medicines, clothing and ammuni- tion. Tired, sick, many of the men deserted, but the soldiers with whom WiShengrad deals stuck out the bitter winter. And in the Spring apparent miracles were wrought-they found food in the rivers, and reborn under Steuben's discipline, became a trained army.
 The NEG University of the Air Is directed by Sterling Fisher.
 Thursdays ''Gag-of . the Day.: Singer Dick Haynes dim-wit friend Luther Twitch, has his troubles with the English language. Meet ing Haynes outside the NEG stu- dinS TlIther asked taTell me what's