The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-26

Fran Carlon plays the roles of Steve and Lorelei.
 No one in radio leads a buster life than Metropolitan Opera Bari tone, John Baker, singing star ot Steel Horizons MES Sunday program heard at 9 p. m., E.W.T. Take this week, for instance, as average: Baker tee'd off Sunday with solo in Hackensack's Uni- tarian church. Then came rehear- sals for Steel Horizons" the board- cast itself-followed by a hurried jump to Carnegie Hall where he appeared as soloist with the John Harms Chorus. Mid-week finds him at the Times Square Rally .stimu- lating war bond sales and come Friday he'll sing the role of Count Ceprano' in "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan. Saturday, when other singers are beginning a rectful weekend, the Steel Horizons bari tone appears again at the Met this time as the Sergeant" in 'La Boheme."
 Giving folks time to wash the din- ner dishes, and get comfortably re- faxed, red Waring and His Penn Sylvanians move their big half hour musical from TOO to 10:0O D. m., over WATR and the Blue Network, effective with the broadcast of Thursday, Jan.. 1.
 There's nothing supefstitious about radio stars when 1t comes to signing new contracts. Most of the ne wpactS are for period of 13 weeks but that bugaboo number has yet to scare a single notable from signing. Latest to be offered a new 13-week renewal and one which they eagerly accepted are NBCs MT. and Mrs. North" played by Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin on Wednesday nights. It is effec- tive Dec. 29 and takes the thrilling crime and comedy series into its third successful year. Resolved for 1914 by MT. and Mrs. North; Big ger and better murders for dialers!
 
 Jack Benny and his NEG crew win head east after their Jan. ' broadcast to Spearhead the March of Dimes" campaign in three spe- cial shows fro mNew York, Phila- delphia and Boston.
 According to nnouncement from the National Foundation for In- fantle Paralysis, Benny will act as emcee of star-studded programs at Carnegie Hall, New York, on Jan. 20; at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, Jan. g, and at Boston Sym phony Hall Jan. 29. He will have luncheon with President Roosevelt ir Washington on Jan. 30 and re- turn to Ne wYork for four-net- work broadcast that night.
 Regular NEG broadcasts of the Jack Benny program on Jan. IA, 21, 28 and Feb. 4 will originate at Radio City. New York, or at service camps nearby.
 The tune that wasn't good enough ten years ago has become the cur rent No. 1 record favorite. That would be Don't Fence Me h." a song the great Cole Porter wrote for a musical comedy some ten years ago. The producer, for some reason best known to himself, didn't like the number and ordered 1t out Of the show. Now, recently recorded by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sis- ters, 1t has become the nations fav- orite. Bing and the Andrews Sisters will sing the number on the Andrews Sister Show when this new WATR Blue Network program makes it de- but at 4:30 p. m. on Sunday, De- cember 3l.
 Tuesdays "Gag-of- the-Day"
 Nowadays, there seems to be a greater variety of reasons for di- vorce, as chanteuse Helen Forrest of NBC's .'Everything for the Boys" discovered the other day. At the ill- vitation of her uncle. Los Angeles judge, she was sitting in as an in terested observer, when a deter mined little lady told the judge she wanted a divorce because her hus- band ate ice cream in bed.,
 He constantly ate chocolate" she complained to the court, "and he knows I hate chocolate. I only like vanilla"
 All America is familiar with the legendary lease" with which the FBI solves the most difficult crime problems. But behind -the-scenes feats of courage and miracles of laboratory skill required to track down Americas public enemies is being dramatized for the first time on the new CBS Saturday series, 'aThe FBI in Peace and War" The series is taken from the book of the same name by Frederick L. Collins.
 Two debutants Of the current season at the Metropolitan Opera, Martha Lipton. American Inezzo soprano, and Richard Manning, Canadian tenor, will be the artists sIt.I