The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-10

Harte's Heather Chinee: Their ways are peculiar" Anyway lt sounds as if the show should be a lot of fun.
 Turning to the more serious side of radio, Theatre of Today, will present its i50th drama next Sat- urday over CHS, at i2 noon. Mar tha Scott, stage and screen actress, wtll play the lead role. She. Earle Ferris tells me. is helping to make radio history during her visit east from Hollywood. Last Friday she was present for the second anni- versary of Stage Door Canteen, and she Is starring on a shows l50th milestone as mentioned above.
 Henry Grady, former Assistant Secretary of State. will be one of the four speakers. when Americas Town Meeting of the Air" broad- casts over Station WATR on Thurs day, Aguust l7 at e:30 p. m. in a public discussion originating In Santa Barbara, Calf. Grady, with Stewart Ward, prominent magazine writer. will uphold the affirmative in a discussion of the topic. should the United Nations Impose Eco- homie and Political Sanctions upon Argentina Now2" Speaking for the negative will be Hubert Herring, executive director of the Commis- sion on Cultural Relations with Latin America. and Professor Engel Sluiter. professor of history at the University of California. George v. Denny, founder of the Town Meeting. presides as mod orator over this session in which the public will be invited to voice it's opinions.
 Mack McGarr, the talented man. dolin player. who is heard on the NEG Grand Ole Opry" each Sat- urday night. not only used to be a coal miner down in Kentucky, but once was a semi-profesisonal prize fighter. Mack says he got to hearing the birdies SO often at the end of his fights. that he took mp fiddling and learned to play Listen to the Mocking Bird" as his special number. That way, the whole audience was able to hear the birds with him. But Mack says as he grew older and softened up, the soft strains of the mandolin were more suitable to his quieter mature, and now he features this instrument almost exclusively.
 Thanks to the Yanks" has gone to the dogs! Ae least so it seemed during last Mondays broadcast. In the audience was a tiny mongrel pup. proudly wearing a U. s. Coast Guard Identification tag proclaim ing her as 'iQueen," mascot of the U. s. s. Annapolis. She came to the show escorted by Seaman 2-c Robert Henry. U. S. c. o.. and listened att tentiyely to Bob Hawks quips. bark ing enthusiastically when the rest of the spectators laughed.
 Arlene Francis, femece Of the Blind Date," WATR, Blue network program. is quick with her repartee when interviewing contestants. At last Monday nights show one of the boys told her his first name was Oscar. Arlen looked over the handsome chap, Oscar B. Porter Of the U. s. Navy, then sighed and commented: "XOur mother took one look at you and gave you that Hollywood award right away"
 Jimmy CSchnozz0la) Druante, Of the M0ore-Durante radio team, will "eKeeute" Q new novelty song ep- titled '"Toscapint .Iturbi and Me" in his new MGM flicker, Music For Millions.
 When Ca6s Daley, the singing e0medienne Of films and radio, re- turns to the air as eo-staT with Comedian Prank Morgan in the FFi- day "coffee Time" show this fall, the comic couple wtll be joined by Erie Blore, famed funny man of the screen, known to film fans for his dToD roles as a butler and valet, Thus the Daley-Morgap, Blore comedy comho will be one Of the first network airerS to feature three t0p,fligbt laugh pToyokeFs as regular members of the cast.
 ID spite Of a spinal Injury, R hrokS en arm whose improper setting SepL him out Of the army, and a blow on the nose which later resulted in a painful respiratory operation, Met Baritone John Baker, who will be heard Sunday, Aug, B, on World of Song (s:30 D, m, oyer WATR and the Blue netYork) kept firmly on the uphill road to fame, Win ming the Ambitions Of the Air and Q coveted Met contract last year changed his luck, and Baker is nov launched on what bids taiT to be s brilliant eaTeeT,