Evening star., 1927-10-12
PROGRAM ON RADIO
TO MARK NAVY DAY
Special Features Planned as
Part of Celebration
October II.

Navy day. to he celebrated through
out the country October "a, viii be re-
plete with broadcast and other radio
activity. according to plans of the
NAVY League. Through the co-opera-
ton of the naval communication serV
ice the American Radio Relay League
and the National Broadcasting Co.
many features of that day. which also
Is the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt.
will be available ITO radio listeners.
In the evening the National Broad
casting Co will transmit special pro-
gram, commencing at 10 and extend
ing a fun hour. during which Secre-
tarv Wilbur, Admiral Jones and
Comdr. Byrd. and. it is hoped, Gen.
Pershing. will speak. The prosram
will ne interspersed with music from
the Navy Orchestra and Sneciai
rlee club from the Naval Academy.
This program will be broadcast over
both the Red and Blue networks in
the Fast A special program emanat-
ing from San Francisco will be car,
ried hv the Pacific Coast chain. SEN
ator Hiram Johnson will be the chief
speaker on that program.
During the day six of the naval
ehort.wave transmitting stations VIII
dispatch messages from naval ana
other officials to amateurs, VINO IN
turn will copy the messages and hie
their reports with the American Radio
Relay League. The operators who
turn in the best copies will receive
letters of commendation from the Sec
reary of the Navy. These messages
will he sent out by Secretary. Wiibat
and Naval Reserve radio officials from
NAA, Washington. u. c.; NRRG,
Winter Park. Fla; NRRL. Madison.
Wis; NPC, Puget Sound, WASH;
NKG, San Francisco. and LAW. Hart
ford Conn. Lieut.. Comdr. Hiram
Percy Maxim. L. S. n. r.. also presi-
dent of the Radio Relay League, will
be the author of the message to anna
teurs sent from Hartford.
The commanding officer of the L.
s. s. Detroit in European waters also
will transmit Navy day message TO
American flag vessels in foreign
waters from NISP. and several naval
long-wave stations will carry the
Navy's greetings to the American
they may be.
The Goodrich Upper Orchestra.
comprising nationally known artists.
who at the outset will be unnamed
individuals makes it's debut tonight
in the regular Goodrich hour at $3.50
o'clock over WRC and affiliated sta;
TORS of the National BroadcastinS
Co. The Goodrich Quartet, which was
formerly known as the Sllvertone-
Quartet. will likewise be heard. while
the Goodrich Orchestra and the silver
masked tenor leave their radio audi
ence temporarily and begin another
personal appearance tour of the
country.
The Gilbert & Sullivan light opera,
"Iolanthe," will be presented by the
National Light Opera Co., under the
direction of Cesare Sodero, at 1880
o'clock. The cast will include the fol-
lowing soloists: Adele Parkhurst, So
prano; Frances Paperte, mezzo so
prano; Paula Heminghaus, contralto;
George O'Brien, tenor; Harvey Hind
ermeyer, tenor; Theodore Webb, bari.
tone. and John Oakley, basso
A 5-minute talk on a subject of cur
rent interest, presented by John 3.
Kennedy. associate editor of Golfers
magazine, will be broadcast at 7:25
o'clock. Other features on this eve-
ning's program include the Waldorf
Astoria Orchestra. George Halls Or
chestra, Aeolian recital, Ipana Trouba-
dours and the Swanee Syncopators.
The Brunswick Hour. concert by
the United States Army Band, and
a novelty program by the Carbauh
Concert Co. are the only attractions
scheduled tonight by WMAL, aside
from the usual opening and closing
broadcast of late news events. The
program will start at tbs o'clock and
conclude about 1915.
1.-THE Beggar's Opera" the first mu
sical show to be produced in America
then the Colonies, will be revived for
presentation tonight during the Max
well Hour, a National Broadcasting
Co. blue network feature. The opera
written 200 years ago by John Gay.
is a satire on the criminal laws of
Sir Robert Walpole's regime as prim6
minister of England.
Ted Lewis and his famous band
will make their first appearance be
fore the microphone at 9 o'clock to-
night as feature of the Columbia
Hour, which will be broadcast by the
stations affiliated with the Columbis
Broadcasting System. Assisting
Lewis will be Miss Lee Morse, con-
tralto, acclaimed az 0ne of Americas
most artistic blues" singers.
Reception of out-of town stations
was confined last night principally to
the superpower broadcasters.
thick atmosphere seemed to block
the signals of the weaker stations, as
only few of them within radius
of about 500 miles responded with
sufficient volume for loud speaker re-
production. The high powered sta
tons, on the other hand, appeared to
lack none of their usual volume.
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