The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06
WAVELETS
By ED LEAMY

With Soviet forces already across
the Polish border, news about the
Russian front is of even more i'm
portance. Just returned to this
country, Commander Victor A.
Blakseslee, U. S. Assistant Naval and
Air Attache at Moscow, will report
to March of Time listeners on the
latest news of the Russian fighting
The program will be broadcast to-
night at 1890 over NBC.
An additional feature of the pro-
gram will be the dramatization of
play submitted by a private of
Fort Meads, Maryland, in the re-
Gently concluded contest conducted
for members of the armed forces
here and overseas by the American
Theater Wing. AS previously an
nounced, Russian movie star Anna
Stem will also appear on the March
of Time. Miss Stem will read Rus
sian mothers New Years letter to
an American housewife. This letter
Is one of the first to be received
in answer TO letters written by
American women to Russians of
similar interest.
Wendell Willkie will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the Opera Vic
tory Rally to be broadcast from
the Metropolitan Opera House on
Saturday, Jan. 8, at 1886 p. M,
EWT, over the BLUE Network.
Willkie will base his talk on The
Road to Lasting Peace" which is
the general theme of the current
series of rallies. 1t will be heard
during the second intermission of
Lucia Di Lammermoor." Chair
man will be Mrs. Joseph r. Trues-
dale, president Of the Metropolitan
Opera Guild.
First intermisSion feature will be
Opera Forum Quiz" at 2:45 p. m,
EWT, with DIN Downes, DR.. Sig
mund Spaeth. Robert Bagar, and
Huntington Watts on the board of
musical experts. The opera will 60
on the air at p. m, EWT. Mil
ton j. Cross will be the commenta-
tor.
Opera to be broadcast on Satur-
day, Jan. Is, will be Verdis The
Masked Ball." with Jap Peerce as
Richard. Leonard Warren as Rena-
to, Zinka Milanov as Amelia, Kers-
tin Therborg as Ulrica, Frances
Greer as Oscar, John Baker as
Sylvan, Norman Gordon as Samuel
Nicola Moscona as Thomas, John
Dudley as judge and Lodovico
Oiiviero as the servant of Amelia
Bruno Walter will conduct.
''Your America" a weekly half
hour radio series celebrating the
Union Pacific's 18th anniversary, will
be heard over Station VITO be-
ginning Saturday, January 8, from
5:00-5:30 p. m.
The program will feature a vocal
ensemble and orchestra under the
direction Of Josef Koestner, Story
teller Nelson Olmsted. guests, SOLO
lists and featured workers from the
railroad personnel. Governors of the
states served by the Union Pacific
also will be heard. beginning with
Governor Dwight Griswold of Ne
braska on the opener.
For the most part, the broadcast
will be produced in Omaha, ma
tional headquarters of the Union
Pacific. However, a variety Of pick
ups from points along the line of U
p. operation also will be heard.
Lyle DeMoSs will direct and Ray
Olson will be the announcer.
The broadcast is unusual in sew
eral respects. 1t is the first time
since the late Empire Builder series
on NBC that railroad has used
a transcontinental radio hookup
Interest also has been aroused be-
cause the formal indicates def
mite cultural trend in the broadcast
an item Of importance since the
origination point is one Of yester-
years frontier towns.
Another in the series of recorded
broadcaStS by Connecticut boys ir
training at the Infantry Replace.
ment Center, Camp Wheeler, Georgis
will be presented by VITO at 9:3(
next Sunday morning.
Those who will take part are Pri-
Yates Milton L. Brown, 1853 Prospect
avenue, Hartford; Raymond Char.
ron. A WaterVille street, Waterbury
Thomas DeLucia, 80 Haven street
New Haven; Sherman L. Bogdanoff
40 Baldwin street, New Haven, aTlC
Edward A. Milton, - Calumet road
Holyoke, Massachusetts.
John J. Anthony, mentor of Mu.
tual's Good VIII Hour. heard oyel
Station WATR at 1918 p. m. every
Sunday. Is the Henry Ford Of Goot
WILL" He turns 1t out by mass pro.
duction methods.
Born in New York City on Sep
TENDER !, 1895, Mr.. Anthony has de.
voted a good portion Of his life b
helping other people with their trou'
blcs. He resigned his position as /
laxicab driver ii his younger day
"a atafIu law. and ha ann beam.