The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-17

letta when La Traviata" is broad cast over WATR and the Blue Net work today from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House. The opera begins at 200 p. m.
 Jan Peerce will sing Alfredo and Lawrence Tibbett will be heard as Germont. Others in the cast, under the baton of Cesare Sodero, include Thelma Votipka, Thelma Altman, Lodovico Oliviero, George Chenov- sky, John Baker and Lorenzo AL vary.
 Elmer boosts his popularity with the women and becomes hero, too, all thanks to a five dollar suitcase he buys at an auction, on the Al Pearce comedy broadcast, Saturday, Feb ruary IT, at 10:15 p. m, over CBS stations. The money for the suitcase, which had belonged to crook who had failed to reclaim 1t from a hook shop, had originally been given to Elmer to buy food for party at the Puny Plaza Hotel All is forgiven, though, when it's discovered that the suitcase contains fifty pairs of pre-war nylons. Elmer'S popularity with the hotels female tenants scars but the crook appears and threat ems Elmer in an effort to get the nylons back. Arlene Harris, the hu- man chatterbox, stops chattering long enough to get the police, who arrest the crook, and Elmer be- comes hero.
 An outstanding hit ballad, "Mom- my, Please Stay Home With Me-" is sung by the composer himself when Eddy Arnold, accompanied by the Tennessee Plowboys, appears as the guest star on Grand Ole Opry," Saturday, February IT, at 10:30 p. m., over NEG stations. Roy Acuff is featured in two favoriteS, We Planted Flowers On Our Darling's Grave" and Picture On The Wall". Other musical highSpots include Eighth Of January" played by the Smoky Mountain Boys; My Dar- ling Nellie Gray", harmonized by the Old Hickory Singers; Mack Mo Garrs mandolin solo, Florida Blues; Rachel and Oswald duet, Roll On, Jordan" and "Fiddler's Dream" played by Tommy Magness. The Duke of Paducah (Whitey Ford) tells of the woes of dieting, and Minnie Pearl recounts the latest doings at Grinders Switch.
 The hind-the-sceneS workings of the Japanese espionage machine are revealed by "The FBI in Peace and War;" when American law en- forcement agents crack down on the Trouble in the Vest, on Saturday, February IT, at 8:30 p. m., over CBS stations. The inside story of how Jap spies almost succeeded in wrecking our defense plans is based on Frederick L. Collins famous book The FBI in Peace and War"
 Two men match wits against each other over Legacy for a Corpse" and Jim Lawton and Gloria Dean, Hollywood Mystery Time" sleuths. inherit bequeSt of bloodshed on Sunday, Feb. Is, at 9:15 p. m., over station WATR. It all starts when a man barges into the office of the finn producer-detCctive and demands to know from Jim and Gloria where his wife is. The mans spouse is an actress who works for Jim under an assumed name, and the revelation of her true identity is an invitation to death, fatal struggle between two men of her legacy. Carleton Young and Gloria Blondell co-star in the chlller-diller
 Honorably discharged from the l army as 8 psyche neurotic, an ex- soldier tries to find employment, | an,! is turned down because of the | unfounded fear that he will be | mentally unsuited for the job. That | story, repeated hundreds of times throughout the country, will be dramatized on Assignment Home," the Army Service Forces program, Saturday, Feb. IT, at 4:3O p. m., over CBS stations. One of the biggest | problems faced by Army Service Forces in the rehabilitatlon of dis | charged veterans is educating t,e public to the fact that a discharge | for psycho- o-neuroses does not imply | mental instability, but merely indi- cates that the dischargee'S nervous | system no longer can stand the ter rife strain of battle. Most men re- lieved of army duties on this basis are perfectly suited, mentally, for civilian life.
 "The Old Square Dance Is Back | Again." That Old Feeling" that | old maid of the Bob Hope show, Vera Vague, and Gabby Hayes, old- timer cowboy comic, add an aged in-the-wood note to the Andrews | Sisters Show, in the broadcast Sun day, Feb. 18, at 4:30 p. m., over sta tion WATR. The girls sing the | Square Dance" number, along with | one of their best-selling record hits, Victory Polka" Three Caballeros" from the new Walt Disney film, and | I'm In Love With You, Honey" Patty's solo is That Old Feeling" The trio joins with the Riders of the Purple Sage to sing: Great Day." Gabby Hayes and Alamo (DeWey l Markham) join Vera Vague and the | Andrews Sisters in the programs comedy.
 Soprano Star Marjorie Lawrence will be guest soloiSt on '"The Met l ropolitan Opera Presents Sunday | February 18, at 5:30 p. m., over Sta ton WATR with Wilfrid Pelletier | and the Metropolitan Opera orches- tra. Edward Johnson will be mas ter of ceremonies and an outStand- ing young singer will make his | coast-to-coast auditor for a Met | contract.
 Cupid knocks Riley for loop | when his spouse receives a raptur- ous Valentines Day card from an l unknown admirer and he becomes |