The Washington times., 1924-02-08
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Journey to Coast and Cuba
Will Last One Hour and
Ten Minutes.

Two big features are on tap
for local radio fans tonight.
Feeling the need of a trip you
may tune in WCAP tonight at
1895 and let them take you by
telephone through the snowbound
north to sunny California, then
down to Havana, Cuba, back to
Washington, then to New York
to be finally returned to Chicago
where the Bond Club is enter
tanning Gen. J. j. Carthy, vice
president Of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company.
. Start in Chicago.
Starting at the Congress Hotel,
Chicago, you will be able to hear
the telephone circuits built up
at different points as the voice of
General Carthy starts on its way
around the United States.
Reaching San Francisco you will
hear an entertainment there before
starting for Havana, Cuba. Another
event has been planned for you
there using the recently completed
Havana cable.
Going up the Atlantic seaboard
you will pass through Washington,
New York and back to Chicago.
The whole trip is expected to
cover an hour and ten minutes,
during which time seven of the
biggest stations of this country
and Cuba will be linked up.
This will without doubt establish
record for crystal set owners.
Marine Night Planned.
Marine Corps night is planned
by WCR, featuring the Marine
Band and a talk by Col. James c.
Breckenridge, U. S. M. G. Colonel
Breckinridge's talk is entitled, 1.-The
Minute Men of Music" The band
will play a classical program with
numbers by some of its prominent
soloists, after which the newly
organized jazz orchestra made up
from members Of the band. will
give a program of dance numbers.
This dance orchestra has been
creating quite a furore since it's
formation.
Boy Scout Nights are predominant
all around the circuit tonight, in
celebration Of the scouts ami
versary. Some of the stations tax.
ing part in this celebration are,
KDKA Pittsburgh, WEAF New
York, WGI Medford Hillside, and
WNAC Boston.
Beside the Boy Scout program,
WEAF has booked the Happiness
Boys" Billy Jones and Ernest
Hare; the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
weekly Digest" by H. V. Kalten-
born; "Astor Coffee" dance orches-
ira, and Ethel B. Mckay, soprano.
Lopez in Buffalo.
Vincent Lopez and his orchestra
are "strutting their stuff" from
Buffalo two or three times tonight,
with banquet by the 1910 law
class of Buffalo University, and a
concert by the city mission sand
wiched in between
Carroll c. Clark, baritone, and
Olive Hopkins, soprano, feature the
afternoon program WOR, Newark.
They will give a classical recital,
Of the kind for which they have es-
tablished an enviable reputation.
Continuing their series of Half
Hours with Successful Women"
Which has become a feature, WOR
has booked Mary Kirkpatrick, pro.
ducer of "Roseanne," the current
attraction at Punch and Judy The.
ater, New York.
Even KDKA seems to have an
eceptionally mediocre program, with
a concert by artist students from
the Lyman Perkins Studio heading
the bill. Everybody seems to be
leaving 1t for the telephone COM
pany tonight.
Good old Schenectady, WGY, is
staging a radio drama tonight, lice.
pound. a drama In three acts by
oven Davis and played by the
WGK players. Later a musical pro.
gram.
The same late programs are
booked for tonight that we have
had for a couple Of weeks, Chicago,
Kansas City. Atlanta, and a couple
OF others.