The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06


 in the society of his day.
 Every person who uses bifoca1 glasses can thank Benjamin Frank lin, who grew weary of changing his spectacleS according to the distance of the object he ' arted to see.
 Laughton, appearing on "Caval- cade," will reenact several other highlights in the life of this 'lazy" man, who achieved international reputation both as statesman and inventor: whose writings still are quoted; and whose publication, the Saturday Evening Post, still is among the nations leading maga- zines.
 Most people are surprised to learn that the orchestra" supporting Jack Berch in Smilin' Jacks Mon- day-through- Friday WATR Blue Network series at HAS 8. m, isn't really an orchestra at all, but a group of three uncommonly talented instrumentalistS. The Trio, known as "The Three Suns" consists of Art and Morty NevinS, the two brothers who play the, accordion and the guitar, and Artie Dunn, who presideS at the console of the Ham, mond organ.
 This unusual combination man. ages to provide excellent accompani- ment for all the various types of songs that Jack sings on the pro gram, whether they happen to be the latest tive, catchy novelty tune, or some of the old, beloved ballads.
 The story of the trio's origin is unusual. The three boys were going uptown in New York one day in an automobile when they felt a song coming on. They began to harmon ize and 1t sounded so good that they instinctively looked at one another and said: Well, what are we wait ing for"
 Their success as entertainers in prominent hotels and on the radio has ben uninterrupted ever since.
 Here's a story on Hcw Radio Fooled the Japs, which I have clipped from Radio Daily, and which I think you'll enjoy reading:
 Spectacular radio operation was an instrumental factor in keeping the Japanese in the dark about the invasion of the Philippines. The story of the ruse in which all network correspondents participated was told in a dispatch received from war correspondents attached to General MacArthur's headquarters.
 Recordings made before the con- voy set sail for the islands were transmitted to American networks as regular broadcast during the per- iod of over a week when the corre- spondents were actually aboard ship in the convoy. As a result, Jap monitors in Western Dutch New Guinea, who listen regularly to the New Guinea Signal Corps trans hitter which beams broadcasts to the American networks, were un- aware of the correspondents ab- sence. An abrupt cessation of broad casts from New Guinea would have been an obvious tip-off.
 Quoting from one dispatch: Be- fore Clete Roberts, Arthur Feld- man, George Foster and others em- parked, they spent hours making recordings of undated featurized newscasts to be played during their absence at their regular broadcast periods. The operation was worked out so thoroughly that even the pre- broadcast service conversion and level checks with network control rooms in San Francisco were re- corded in advance.
 Signal Corps engineers who re- mained on duty during the period of the correspondents absence were thorouehly briefed in the procedure to be followed in talking with San Francisco. Thus the broadcasts movements were cloaked in military secrecy, and the JapS were fooled" :"
 Two solos, one by Jimmy Simms, Horace Heidt's great trombone player, and the other by Heidt's fine pianist, Mel Henke, will feature the WATR Blue Network broadcast of Heidt Time for Hires program, to- night at 700 D. m. While Henke's piano solo has not been chosen as yet, SimmS' trombone number will be "The Very Thought of You"
 Other specialties and numbers in- clude I've Got You Under My Skin." a Fred Lowery whistling solo on Whispering" and Gene Walsh's vocal version of Don't Fence Me In." The program concludes with Bob Matthews the Sweet Swingers, and the entire Heidt organization