The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

ing born thirty years too sOOni
 Music Halls and Vaudeville are g thing of the past. Instead we have Movies and Radios and Quiz shows, some of which are sinking to such a nadir of stupidity that its diffi- cult to understand why they have not been mobbed. Of course. many of them are o. K, which reminds me that Earle Ferris has passed me on some interesting sideiights on Bob Hawks. host of CBS Thanks to the Yanks."
 "You'd think" Earle writes. ''thas a quiznaster would want to do any, thing but ask himself questions tn his free time. but that's not the cast with Bob Hawk, Bob has a statis- ticai mind, and likes to ferret out facts and figures concerning Thanks to the Yanks.' He frequently digs through his shows flies. hunting fer the answers to questions he has in his mind about such things as ms contestants occupations. their Tome states, and how well they made out with the queries he tossed at them And he has come up with some tn- teresting incidental intelligence.
 For instance, Hawk found that in the less than two years he's been witmastev of the show. he has had contestants from 47 out of the 4a states and from eight foreign couf,- tries, including Australia, Belgium, Wales and South Africa,
 These folks who have come from all over the world for a chance te swap quips with Bob, have answered a total of il2e different nestions, 7s2 of them correctly,
 Bob has entertained l22 service men on his eigarette5sponsored ar parties, and 43 service women, plus one ah0ut-to.be-WAc who yas go' ing Into the service the next day,
 Thanks to the Yanks' paTtie,' pants have come from l57 different oeenpational fields, some as routine as salesmep and typlsts, But tbeff have been g plumber of very uDusua jobs represented too, Bob once quizzed g man who makes 2 living by sliding down chute to dlsloaRf packages when they get stuck hf crossed mental swords Rn0theF tlnls with Q fellow who blows a whistle all day every day ip Q lumber camp and he has queFied seYeral tFuaDl officers, lady butchers, animal keep' ers and window, ,shade hangers,
 'sFhanks to the Yanks" FeeordI show that he averages 66 ad lihs pel broadcast -, and that's . lot of af lihsl It's 8 record that puts binl Tar ahead Of any other gulalnRsteT or the air, Of the 30 minutes thal Thanks to the Kanks' Is heard Aaef Monday, Bob himself fills an avef' age of lk minutes and bS seconds,
 With his ilqulFlng eye eonstaptll open, Bob HaWk can give you thl right ansWeF to most Of the gepeTe things you might ask him, but Oni subject you een pc sure heU Qeyel miss 0n, Is thst of his ewn baby "Thsnks to the Y.nss'
 When DlHah Shore was lD NeE York just before going oversees, neWspapeTmap dropped Into her hol tel ts Interview her, While he we there the maid brought in twe let tegg for DlnRh, She looked at one saw lt Was from her husband, ane put ll aside, Eagerly, she ktaTtei opening the other one, commenting DI hope this Is what ! think lt k, After she had opened the letter an saw the contents she heaVed g sigl of relief, The curious reported ask Cd what C was all about, ' Jus rot my bobby plnE," said Dlnab, ! seems that bobby pins are seaFeel ln Hollywood than FloFida orange and Before Dinah had left slle'l lent them to n friend on the prom lse they would be mailed to her .