The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-30
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Army Band Dance Orchestra
viii Be on WRc Pro-
gram Tonight

A discussion Of the recent visit
Of Mars to the United States will
be delivered from WRC tonight at
$3.50 o'clock by Doctor David
Todd, former professor Of as
tronony ut Amherst College,
leading exponent Of the theory
that the big red planet is in
habited.
Doctor Todd win talk Of the
experiments carried out by him
and observations made last week
when Mars made its nearest APP
proach to the United States in
500 years. It was at his sugges-
ton and request that many broad
casting stations maintained q
silence during the Marian visit
in order to permit him and other
scientists to listen for signals
from the visiting planet.
Subject Of Talk.
The subject announced for Doc.
tor Todd's address is. "Is Mars In
habited?'
The Army Band Dance Orchestra
that played last night from WCAP
will make its second appearance
this week on wRC's night bin. The
orchestra viii take the air following
Doctor Todd's address and win play
until 10 o'clock. The program Of
selections will be made up largely
OF request numbers.
A second talk on the evening pro.
gram will be delivered hy Robert
Leslie Bellem, radio editor Of The
Washington Herald, who will speak
on Keeping Radio Sets In, Order"
Bible Talk.
The opening number OF the pro
gram will be the weekly Bible talk
under the auspices of the Mems
Organized Bible Class Association.
conducted tonight by Arthur p.
Black.
Following the Bible talk, Mildred
Ensign, Of the Lovette School of
Music. win offer the first group In
a piano recital. Miss Ensign re.
Gently returned to Washington after
a recital at Carnegie Hall, New
York city. Among the selections to
be played by her tonight wiz be
three Chopin compositions, the q
minor ballad, q nocturne and an
impromptu.
The morning church services to
be broadcast tomorrow by WCAP
will be taken from the First Con.
gregational Church where Doctor
Fred w. Norwood, of the City Tenn.
Afternoon services at the Peace
Cross, Mt. st. Albau, where the
Reverend &. Pr Delany, pastor Of
New York, will deliver the sermon
also will be broadcast by WCAP.
Concerts Tomorrow.
The regular Sunday night concert
from the Capitol Theater, New York,
will come on the air tomorrow night
at $40 o'clock, to be followed at
SI5 by the concert from the Skin
ner Organ Studio, New York.
Tonight's distant entertainment
will be featured by concert by the
Westinghouse Band. at Pittsburgh,
and a concert at WBZ, Springfield,
the details of which will be an.
nounced by radio,
WGY, Schenectady, will broadcast
Its Saturday night dance program by
the Clover Club Orchestra, begin.
ming at $3.50 O'Clock.
WIS, Chicago, will present its
weekly barn dance from 8 o'clock
to midnight, while other Chicago
stations, WEBB and WMAQ, win
offer popular concerts.
Among the late entertainments
viii be a program Of dance music by
Freda Sanker's Ragamuffins from
WSAI, Cincinnati, at midnight: the
Rainbow Garden Orchestra from
WQJ, Chicago, which will last until
2 o'clock, and the WTAM dance
orchestra which will play from Cleve.
land from 8 to IL o'clock.
Wendell Hall is g chAduled to
broadcast from KPO, San Francisco.