The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-08

Might and Day"
 Great Moments in Music," hear Wednesdays at 10 D. m.. over CBS will not only present Q variety c outstanding selections from gran opera, operettas and musical come dies during the current season, bu will also feature variety of gueS conductors. Gaetano Merola, con ductor- director of the San Francis co Opera, will wield the baton ol several of the weekly broadcasts George Sebastian, current maestro on the series, will do likewise, ant other guest conductors will be chos en to conduct the type of must, for which each is individually bes suited.
 Major Bowes' Shower of Stars, new au-musical series, featurinl Morton Gould and his orchestra and weekly guest stars drawn from the ranks of successful graduates of the Majors Amateur Hour, makes It's debut over CBS tonight 9:00-9:30 o'clock. Opening nigh guest is Regina ReSnik, young dra- matic soprano who made such { sensational short-notice debut at the Metropolitan Opera House earlier this season.
 Recent broadcastS in Major Bowes' Thursday night time were devoted, through the courtesy of the sponsor, Chrysler Corporation, t6 the March of Dimes and to special Army, Navy and Red Cross shows Thursdays "Gag- g-of-the-Day"
 A friend of band leader Phi Harris used to do 8 circus act with his wife. The act was a simple one The actor would put a cobblestone on his Wife's head, step back, swing his hammer and bring 1t down so that the cobblestone was smashed into bits. Then, he and his wife would bow, disappear, and two hours later repeat the stunt.
 A couple of days ago the man came to Harris and asked him for job as gardener. Why, whats happened to your act?" asked Phil
 "All washed up. The wife re- fused to go on with it."
 Gave her headaches, eh?"
 No. Broke her arches down."
 The Writers War Board will 1n- clude Kate Smiths ringing toler- ance speech, made on a recent We the People" broadcast, in one of it's forthcoming issues of "Brie1 Items" a service to Army and Navy publications and Industria House Organs. This is high tribute to Kate, inasmuch as Brief Items" practically blankets the entire pub lication field of the war effort.
 John Baker, noted Met baritone who's star of "Steel Horizons" over MES Sundays, has been invited to open officially the Red Cross Drive on Monday, February 10, at the Grand Ballroom of New York's Hotel Waldorf-Astoria. by singing the Star Spangled Banner.
 Ed Gardner, your host of "Duffy's Tavern makes a guest appearance on the Hall of Fame" broadcast on February 25. He teams up with Nigel Bruce, the Dr. Watson of the Sherlock Holmes" series, for the occasion.
 Ted Osborn, who plays the psy- chiatrist in Joyce Jordan, M. D." over CBS, is handling some of the same problems in real life. Having studied and attended specialized classes with the American Theater Wing. he is now lecturing to wo- mems groups and clubs on the re- mobilization of returned warriors and the problems facing us as more and more come home from the battlefields.
 Harriet Hilliard has been left a farm by distant relative She had mt seen for many years. The farm Is in Connecticut, and she and her husband, Ozzie Nelson, are now making excited plans to make 8 re- turn visit to the East this coming summer when "T'he Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" goes off the air, to see what the place is like.