The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
WAVELETS .
By BILL HARRINGTON

CBS this evening, June 12, at
 p. m.
 A fine portrait of a beautiful lady
 brings sudden and violent death to
 succession of owners. The mys-
 tery is finally cleared only when a
 woman makes up her stubborn
 mind to own the art treasure, and
 succeeds in tracking down the
 source of disaster.
 The opening stanza of ''The Man
 Called x" (NBC, Tuesdays, 10 p. m, EWT) starring Herbert Marsh
 all, on Tuesday, June 18th, will be a chilling ,eerie, little tale laid in a graveyard in France. It all starts
 when MT. x and his faithful stay at-home girl Nancy are seeing a newsreel.. Suddenly. Nancy is elec- trified to recognize her sweetheart on the screen in the garb of a Nazi prisoner of war. Mir x rushes from the theater, then things start pop ping as the master sleuth steps into a situation fraught with interest and hand grenades.
 No wonder many of the members of the Armed Forces are SO keen on Nal Hallette. The popular or chestra leader, who will visit The Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands" program on Tuesday, June 12, at 9:30 p. m. over the Blue network, was an old friend of many of the boys who are now in uniform. Nal and his orchestra played for more college proms than any other band in the country Since the war, he has been catching up with many of his admirers who are now in khaki and blue.
 Now that Fibber has cleaned out his hall closet and taken inventory. he faces the problem of disposing of all the bric-a-brac that he has &C., cumulated through the years. on the Fibber McGee and Molly" broadcast tonight NEG, 9:3O D. m.
 Mrs. Carstairs, played by Bee Benaderet, will get more ribbing from Fibber and Arthur I. Bryan. as Doe Gamble vii be on hand for the ridicule session. Shirley Mitchell and the Kings Men com plete the cast, with Harlow Wilcox 
 When the governor of state can't get in to see broadcast that's a packed house! Gov. Frank Lauche of Ohio, who was a prom lnent member of the local host con- mlttee for the Americas Town Meeting" broadcast Thursday from Columbus, O.. got not farther than the door, when he arrived late at the broadcast and found that all available seats and standing room were taken. Earlier, he had said that he would be unable to attend the broadcast, so that no provisions had been made for seating him.
 Marilyn Day, featured thrush on Ounninger's NEG Friday series, is being tested for Milton Berle's forthcoming Broadway musical. 'Sprlngtime in Brazil"
 Carleton Young, who as the sleuth, Jim Lawton," in the Hollywood Mystery Time" thriller 1ramas, has more hair-raising ad- Ientures in the script ill a year han a real detective bureau has in century, says that in real noth- ng ever happens to him. He lives luletly in Hollywood with his wife md three children, plays golf regu- arly in the eighties and sometimes breaks into the seventies; plays the | 'lan. for his own entertainment: lates wet bath mats, and has a | oenchant for fine leathers-a taste | developed from his fathers trade | IS a harness maker.
 Columbia Masterworks has re- orded Robert Weede and Ira Pet ma in an album of highlights from 3roadways hit operetta, Song of | 1oraway." MT. Weede is heard We'd | lesday as baritone of the Great | Moments in Music" program over LBS. Miss Pettina is the star of he operetta, which is still playing | o capacity audiences.
 Ned Wever, that sophisticated | leuth on CBS' Two On A Clue" 'roves he's tops in the field of sports | IS well as radio. He's just won the irst round of the June Handicap | iolf Tournament at his club in )ld Greenwich, Conn.
 The ovation greeting Al Jolson 'hen he appeared on Let Yourself