The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15
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By BILL HARRINGTON

Village Store" regulars as Penny Cartwright (Sharon Douglass and Blossom Blimp (Verna Felton,, while musically the program offers vocalist Dave Street, Eddie Paul and lis orchestra and the Fountain naireS.
 Secretary of the Interior Harold l.. Ickes, and Sidney Hillman, chair man of the Political Action Com mittee of the CIO and Chairman Of the American Labor Party will speak in connection with the party's j945 annual dinner, over the Co., .umbia network, tonight, March Is, WABC-CBS, 11:30 D. m.-l2 Mid. The program will originate at the Hotel Commodore, New York city, liillman, Who will have returned rom overseas shortly before the event, will introduce Secretary Ickes.
 Roy Rogers Is having a special dressing room built down at the Mutual Broadcasting System stu dios. It will be bit different from the usual as there will be no furniture in 1t, no windows, and the only entrance will be a door seven feet high. The reason for the peculiar arrangements is that 1t is for his horse, Trigger, who frequently accompanies Roy to the Tuesday night broadcasts of the Roy Rogers Show"
 Frank Morgan really lets go as he recounts his featS of daring as an explorer on the hilarious Max well House Coffee Time" program tonight NBC-8:00 D. m,, 8:30 D. m.
 The lovcablc bloWhard rccreateS a startling picture of his adventures in the jungle for Cass Daley, Car los Ramirez and Eric Blore. He is snapped out of his daydrcaming, however, when Emcee John Conte suggests he play nurse-maid to a boa constructor. It takes all of Franks cleverness to save himself.
 On the Cologne Plain, the CTS managed to get laugh right in the thick of action, CBS corres- pondent Bill Downs reports. An artillery outfit moved up near q town and found they had to corral half-dozen horses before they could begin shooting. Then some orc got an idea. A bulldozer was communicated and 1t cut a circle of turf around the edge of the field. Some of the artillerymen vol unteered as jockeys. and horse race was staged right in the middle Of the Cologne Plain. The betting was heavy, with roan plough horse called Marjorie winning all hearts"
 Someone may be off the beam but it isn't Bennett Kilpack, Colum- bias MT. Keen. Tracer of Lost Persons" who tackles one of his most exciting and unusual assign mcnts in "The Case of the Ab- scnt-Minded Professor" over CBS Thursday, March l5, 7:3o-8:00 D m.
 Jim Kelly plays Mike Clancy, MT Keens assistant; Irene Hubbard Is Miss Ellis, the sleuth's secretary.
 A mustache with a cigar nearly smothers the Dinah Shore show un" til hostess Dinah persuades guest atar Groucho Marx to lay aside the stogie and join her in an i'm promptu duet of Good-Good- Good during "Dinah Shores Open House" tonight, March IS, at 8:30 D. m over NEG.
 Dirah joins with the zany pro- lessor and Harry Won zell In q series of quick tests which, though designed to prove that Professor Marx is a "ladies man." leaves the southern thrush puzzled win ner.
 Jeff Alexander. whose rhythm' rrovide the background for the Lew "Jerry Wayne Show" on tho Ilue Network, attributes his success tul musical career to the efforts ot his mother, who started him in mu sic with practically his first lisp. His mother was an organist and music teacher.
 Dinah Shore who spent her last