The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-14

quizzed Haynes.
 T was invited to be a polar bear at funeral, but wont do thatI"
 Charles Kullman, tenor star of the Metropolitan Opera, who will be yuest soloist on 'The Metropolitan Opera Presents" Sunday, Dec. IT at 5:30 D. m, over WATR and the Blue network, was lured into his first "profeSsional" engagement by false promises and thoroughly gypped by a fellow artist.
 Kullman was then of Sunday school age. One day a classmate suggested that he join the boys choir, adding, as'lure, that he would give Kullman half of the fifty cents he got for each new recruit he brought in. Naturally, joined" says Kullman, "but when I tried to collect, the fellow just laughed at me. discovered, however, that choir boys were paid the munifi- cent fee of 5 cents 8 performance, So I decided to remain" The choir master was so pleased with Charles voice-it was soprano then-that he soon raised his salary to 2 cents performance.
 Kullman wanted to be 8 doctor and with this idea in mind after graduation from high school he en- tered Yale University. There his voice again stood him in good ste Id He had to work his way through school and his singing engagements helped considerably. However, it was not until he completed his pre- medical course and found that fi- nancial difficulties would prevent his going to medical school that he decided to adopt singing as a car- eer.
 Take two sound men, give them three turntables and a score of assorted gadgets to manipulate and you'll have a pretty good idea of the physical effort behind Grand Central Station" drama.
 The boys vince when they are given a script which reads: "All ac- bIOIl tdACso NldCC OA1 OAlC SA oAA1s " means that they must use almost a dozen records in addition to man. ual effects sound of wheels clack- ing, railroad whistles in operation, compartment doors being used, etc. and the records have to be kept working throughout the half-hour drama! While they keep an eye on the turntables, the boys are busy with footsteps, occasional gun shots, sounds of physical scuffling and all the other details a script writer can think of to keep the action from slowing down to mere converse tion piece.
 It's pretty good exercise, though, for when the show is over, they have managed to lose an average of three pounds apiece!
 While visiting service mems con- valescent center recently Kay Ky ser, radios "Ole Professor" of the College of Musicrl Knowledge" was introduced to Q youngster who was very seriously injured by German hand grenade. The soldier remark ed: '"The last show saI before zoe ing overseas was the College of Musical Knowledge, the last pro gram, heard before leaving Eng land fer France vraS a rebroadcaSt of one of yours, the last man I shook hands with in England was Bob Hope and the first broadcast l heard after retu- ming home was yours. With me, I guess radios first, last and alwayS.
 If at first you don't succeed, try, try again! That ay'om worked in the case of Kathleen, young alto saxophonist in Phil Spitalny's Hour of Charm" all-girl orchestra.
 Kathleen, a native of Warren, O., began studying her instrument when she was a girl in pig-tails. Turned down in her first addition for the aIl-girl orchestra, Kathleen returned to her studies, and after four years of intensive work. auditioned again On her second try, she earned pos ition in the "Eour of Charm" or cheStra.
 Carleton Young, Hollywood Mystery Time" sleuth, is going to think twice before he takes his mail too seriously again.
 The other day, the Blues star amateur detective received mys- terious letter. On it was a dla- gram of the dirt lot on street near Young's home, and over one spot marked K" was this note: Here's where the loot is buried. My conscience has been bothering me ever since I did the dirty deed" It was signed "Looie". The only one Young knew by that name was his neighbor's pet, a cocker spaniel but since there was nothing to lose. he grabbed a shpade and hastened to the scene of the treasure" Fol- lowing the diagram directions, he soon found the exact spot and be- gan to dig feverishly. Three feet deeper, with Young sweating, his spade started to clink against something. He got down on his I1duQS dklO k14CCo dA4A oVOAA 4neSA NAV foot" in his grasp :. a well-gnawed bone! Now someone's in the dog house!
 Bob Nolan, director-producer of Miss Hattie" the WATR Blue net work program which stars Ethel Barrymore, and several colleagues have been experimenting with a theory which may completely revo- lutionize radio casting. It is based on the vibration frequency of the human voice. Since radio depends completely on aural effects and it is known that certain tones pro- duce certain reactions in the nearer, Nolan contends that the most ef- fective way to "set" a radio charac- ter is by the tone of his or her voice and it's relation to other voices