The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-12

The girl who looks out at ypu from
the newest Red Cross poster asking
for volunteers for the dieticians'
drive, is Actress Lesley Woods, heard
on Bright Horizon" Artist William
Malherb chose Lesley, shown here,
for her strong and unusual features.
and surfs, and cut roads through a
molasses Of mud. 1nvasions in ali
theaters Of action are launched from
bee-constructed jumping-oft
points, and, as fast as assault forces
advance, Navy Construction Batta-
lions consolidate the gains by set.
ting up new springboards for attack.
Since Island x, mythical destina-
ton Of all Seabees, must frequently
be wrested or defended from the
enemy, the military side Of Seabees'
training is given full share Of en-
phasis at Camp Endicott.
A murderer who makes trouble
for Ellery Queen will have his prob
lem weighed by Mr.. Anthony when
John J. himself, Of the Good Will
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Guys sister, are armchair detec-
tives for Ellery's Adventure Of the
Chinese Puzzle" Saturday, May 10,
at 1880 p. M, over NBC.
Mr.. Anthony will make q half
hour psychological study Of violent
human emotions in brutal killing
on the Queen murder mystery show,
q wide contrast to the helpful ad-
vice he dispenses to belIigerent
sp0uses, Tilted lovers and recaIci-
trant adolescentS on his Sunday
night parade of woe.
The Good Will confidenant Misc
LOmbardo will ponder three strange
ly-phraSed, unsigned m essag es,
which start Ellery off on search
for an Oriental. A mysterious
"bundle," whose secret only the
slick sIeuth seems to know, Is in
volved in the tense drama, climax
ed by the staying Of q vaudeville
actor in cheap theatrical roOming
house in New York.
This thriller finds EIlery sharing
honors with his faithful colleagues,
for his dad, Inspector Queen, and
the charming Nikkd Porter also try
to guess the solution, and one Of
them Is right.
Corp. George Montgomery will be
the most extensively shod soldier in
the army one Of these days-when
his bride, Dinah Shore, finishes
knitting the pair Of $1,000 socks"
she is making for him between radio
rehearsals and movie scenes. The di-
rector on Dinah's Belle Of the Yu-
kon" set has been kidding Dinah,
telling her that she has already
held up 5000 worth of production
time while welding the needles on
that one pair of tootsie-warmers. It
seems that whenever Dinah is called
for a scene she replies: 'Just wait
till I finish this row.
Gr0uch0 Marx was telling the cast
of blue Ribbon Town" about the
biggest laughs he ever received from
studio audience. "The African
hunter routine was probably the
most laugh provoking" declared
GrOuchO. The routine went like this:
did 1 ever tell you how shot
wild rhinOcer0s in my pajamas?
How he ever got in my pajamas, I'll
never KNOW"
During the eight days that Jimmy
Durante, heard over CHS Friday
nights with Garry Moore, was work
ing on the MGM lot, he would meet
a grey-haired gentleman every
morning. He would say Good morn
ing, Jimmy And, Jimmy who Is
always rushing, would just wave to
him and call, Hi" This procedure
continued until one morning jim
my's manager, Lou Clayton, was
along and when he noticed Jimmy's
quick hello to the gentleman he
turned to Jimmy and said: Jimmy,
do you know who that fellow ISL"
Jimmy's reply was: Nav, dunno
his name, he's probably just one OF
the studio woikers!' With that Clay
ton told him that the supposed
studio employe" happened to be
the fellow who paid him every week;
Louis B. Mayerl Jimmy did an
about-face and ran after Mayer for
several blocks and when he finally
did catch him he apologized TO May
er in typical Durante style.
A sailor, who won quite q sum on
Jay G. Fiippln's Saturday CHS
show, Correction, Please" received
the money from FIippen, who re-
marked, Nov you have money 10
burn"
That's swell" returned the sailor.
I'm gonna see II ] can't vet some
gals heart on fire."
While members OF tile Parker
Family" Fridays at 1915 y. m, over
the Blue network, have 10 be con-
tent with taking their vacations IN
dinky doses, Scripter Priscilla Kent
blithly closed her typewriter desk
and sailed forth on q ten-day holl'
day,
In order to holiday without the
usual worries about next weekg
script. Priscilla buekied down and
turned out five guarter-honF pro-
grams - just In ease her vacation
spot Is too Ideal 10 leave,
However, II won't be all play and
no work the RnthoFess chose
q small upstate New York town.
resembling the PARKER mythical
Weston, feeling that the towns.
people and their activities might
result IN q few euH notes on later
scripts. Who said Q vacation meant
getting away from II ALE
Amsriean . sound apparatus. e