The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09

ARMY NURSE" series of four dramatic programs devoted to the
 work of nurses overseas, will be pre- sented by WATR and the Blue Net work in cooperation with the Amer ican Red Cross. beginning Friday, February 9.
 The courageous nurses, whose stories will be dramatized. will be picked up from their overseas sta- lions at the end of each program, according to present plans.
 The series will be heard February 3, IS, and 8, and March ?, from 8:30 to 300 p. m.
 Nick and Nora Charles get hep to the tive and tackle The Case of the Boogie Woogie Murder" on Columbia's Adventures of the Thin Man" tonight (WABC-CBS), 8:30-8:55 p. m. They step in when the papa of pretty boogie woogle pianist is mistakenly jailed on murder charge. Les Tremayne and Claudia Morgan are co-starred as Nick and Nora
 IAuritz Melchior almost broke up the Yeheasal of the Metropolitan Opera Presents" last Sunday The great tenor, who is almost as famous for his jokes as he is for his sing ing. wandered in from the program on which he was guest starring across the hall just as Rise Stevens, soloast on the Met broadcast, began to sing the Habanera from Car men," Immediately, he began to burlesQue in pantomime the actions of the gypsy cigarette girl. Neither Rise Stevens TOT Conductor Will frid Pelletier could see him but the orchestra could Manfully, they tried to keep straight faces, but it was a losing struggle. They began to smile, then chuckle and finally, despite the growing storm on Pelle- tiers face, broke into roars of laugh ter-AS did Pelly and Rise Stevens when they turned around in time to see Melchior coyly toss non exstant rose at an equally invisible Don Jose.
 Roscoe Drummond, who will maintain that America is not ln danger of going Fascist when he appears as an Americas Town Meeting" speaker Thursday, Feb ruary IS, holds the office of Pres ident of Overseas Writers, in addi- tion to heading the Washington Bureau of the Christian Science Monitor. Formerly European Edi- torial Manager for the Monitor, Drummond returned to Washington with the start of the war, to write on national and international af- fairs.
 Blonde fever gets Ed (Archie) Gardner when Betty Hutton visits 'Duffys Tavern" tonight, NEG, S:30 D. m., Betty and Miss Duffy (Sandra Gould get together to defiate Archie's ego, while Clifton Finnegan (Charlie Cantor) and Eddie Green the waiter, come to the aid of their pal.
 Bob Hope, fresh from his Eastern and Southern conquests, will carry on from the U. 8. Army Air Base at Muroc, near Mojave, Cal, Tues day. February 1S, NEG, 10:00 p. m
 Frances Langford, Vera Vague. Jerry Colona, Skinnay Ennis or chestra and Wendell Niles complete the cast.
 An Anecdote of the present war, titled "A SergeAnt'S Joy Ride" and describing how Sergeant Thomas Gannmon's motorcycle ride ended in the capture of more than 800 Ger mans, will be narrated by Marvin | Miller during the WATR-Blue Net works Coronet Storyteller Friday, | February 9, ct 0:55 p. m.
 Tenor Frank Mum and the Am- gterdam Chorus open NBC's Waltz Time" program Friday, February g, 300 ?. n1., with "Sweet Dreams, 
 They sing also 'Every Time We pay GOOUOyCp AllAS 11EdAL VI Mine" and There Goes That Song Again." Contralto Evelyn MacGre- gor solos in My Dreams Are Get ting Better All The Time" and T Dream Of You" Abe Lymans or chestra presents T Can't Tell Why Love You" and After Awhile"
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