The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
WAVELETS
, By ED LEAMY

LEAMY
 days of his leave to visit the Duke and sak him to confirm the story, in case any sailors ever questioned him!
 Usually on Blind Date," Blue network program, it is only the boys in uniform competing for dates with one of the pretty girls on the broad cast who are complete novices to a mike, but recently, lovely eighteen year-old Alice Blue was making her radio debut, too. And Alice thought it was such fun that now she plans to become professional radio act- reSS.
 Cyril Armbrister, director of Isabel Manning Hewson's Land of the Lost" on the Blue network, is now directing the Spanish version of "Counterspy" for the Office of War Information.
 Benay Venuta is continuing her | favorite summer sport throughout the cold weather. The songstress of "Duffy's," an expert swimmer and holder of several trophies, sand wiches in dip in a New York hotel pool between rehearsals every Tues day-says it makes her feel "all popped up" by air time.
 Lud Gluskin, maestro of the CBS Suspense" thrill airshow, had plenty of suspense and thrills in airshows of his own about 25 years ago. He was fighter pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille in World War ] and had frequent bouts with Rich thofen's Flying Circus and other top German squadrons of that era.
 It looks like & busy season for Maestro Don Bryan. Now composer conductor on Radio Readers Di- gest," he's soon to start work in a series of film sl1orts-theyu be capsule musical comedies.
 The Fawcett Aviation Award for 1943 was presented to Igor Sikorsky on we, the People" and when the inventor went before the micro phone, Major Al Williams handed him a huge silver trophy. Before starting his talk, Sikorsky gave the trophy fond pat, but when Will Hams harded him check for 5000 that goes with the award, Sikorsky saluted the Fawcett people who were sitting in CBS control room
 Kate Smiths program is a big favorite in England. A CBS off, cial who recently returned iron overseas said that variety programs are most popular, with the Kate Smith Hour, Jack Benny and Bot Hope heading the list. The Kate Smith Hour is beamed overseas via shortwave every Friday night.
 Spring came early to Camp Santa Anita. It was a warm sunny day in California and the boys in the Ordnance Training Center took one whiff of the orange blossoms anc chose Nora Martin, Songbird of the Eddie Cantor radio show, as "tht girl they would most like to lear with during 1914" The occasion was last weeks broadcast of the Ed die Cantor show from the Ordnance Center and the gesture included 6 huge Valentine.
 Effective Feb. IA, NBCs "Stal Playhouse" has a new producer, Lel Mitchell, formerly of Chicago, nov a resident of Hollywood. Pau Pierce, ex-producer, is IA for serv' ice, having passed his pphysical ex' animation.
 First civilian to appear on "Cor. rection, Please" along with member of the service since the format wa recently changed to include then was Tony Pulcinsh, a New Yorl butcher. He proved himself a req buddy. When another contestant Coast Guardsman v. E. Caldwell lost all his money by giving tn, wrong answer, Tony insisted oi lending him $10 so that Caldwell could continue bidding. And tn sailor didn't let him down. H not only won back the morey he haG lost but also enough to pocket $3l for himself.
 Eddie Cantor sold $37, ,630,075 ii war bonds in "A hours the othe day Martha Eggerth and Jai Kiepura will be parents in fou months Constantin Alajalov the ''New York" cartoonist, illus trates Gloria Vanderbilt DiCicco' forthcoming newspaper column Red Cross Lieutenant Gertrude Law renee urged Moss Hart to add lin' about blood plasma to Winged Vic tory" Laird Cregar consumed three complete dinners, a bottle O champagne. bottle of sauterne an. four scotches in one sitting at { New York night club. .. Washing ton correspondent George E. Reed! to head Q morale building civilian committee restoring confidence | nr.ana,o ,aofes1af evoF 1Ientiv,na TaoAdl