The Washington times., 1927-12-17
VARIETY fills
AIR LANES

Bridge, jazz, the farm problem,
two symphony orchestras, arbitra-
ton, musical comedy. cellulose. an
harmorica band, Charles NJ. Schwab
but the list OF loud speaker prod
ucts for this afternoon and evening
is interminable in character as well
as quantity, for the deft dial twister
with a reasonably sensitive receiv-
ing set! Perhaps there have been
few evenings tnaL offered such an
easily tuned group of celebrities and
entertainment. Jazz is to be on
tap all the time from everywhere
especially from WRC where no less
than five orchestras produce it be-
tween noon and o'clock.
But there will also be another
distinctive feature on tap for Wash.
ington tuners when the hour of
Z 9:45 rolls around and the Catholic
University Glee Club sings its first
radio concert of the season from
WMAL. The club will be under the
& direction of DR.. Leo Behrendt. as
usual, and the accompaniments viii
be played by James Blaney. This
evening the program will be dis
tinguished by the introduction of
a double quartet unit recently or
ganized and trained by DR.. Beh-
rendt.
FARM PROBLEMS
AFTERNOON TOPIC
Early tuners will be able. to hear
what promises to be an interesting
discussion of the American farm
problem from WGBS beginning at
2 o'clock this afternoon with such
authorities as Secretary of Agri-
culture Jardine, Assistant Secretary
Meredith and Representatives
Franklin Fort, Of New Jersey, and
L. j. Dickinson. of Iowa. Half
an hour earlier Milton G. Work,
the bridge expert, will speak on
his favorite indoor sport before
the New York Advertising Club and
WIZ will broadcast the talk.
William Knowles Cooper, general
secretary of the Washington Y. M.
G. A., will open the WRC studio
program at $50 this evening with
q Bible talk. The Club st. Marks
and the Mayflower orchestras then
entertain until 8, when the weekly
lecture.concert by DR.. Walter Dam
rosch and the New York SYM
phony Orchestra will be heard. The
rather conventional and familiar
program-with the possible excep-
ton of two numbers, one of which
will be from Cesar F'ranck's
oratorio, Redemption" and the
other from Saint-Seans' little known
opera, Henry VIII"
JIMMY POWERS
MAKES MIKE DEBUT
The Philco hour will bring Jimmy
Powers to the microphone for his
radio debut in his old part IN
''Havana'-Jimmy being one OF
the old timers who theatergoers re-
member in a variety of roles made
especially enjoyable by Powers
Z unique personality. The Wardman
Park orchestra plays the final hour
of dance tunes. In the WMAL
evening DR.. Harrison e. Howe,
editor of Industrial and Engineers
/ Chemistry. win talk on cellulose as
the coming great raw material and
William Moore, pianist and former
musical editor of The Washington
Times, will accompany L. z. Phil
lips, trombonfst, and director OF
the Times Newsboys Band, in a
series Of special seiections
DR.. Francis B. Sayre of Harvard
will lecture on Arbitration" to the
audience Of WEAF at 1880 and at
. $50 o'clock WEAF will present one
act of "The Golden Dawn" from
the stage OF the new Hammerstein
Theater. The Boston Symphony
orchestra may be turned from WBZ
at $40 o'clock. The Pennsylvania
State Society Of New York holds
its annual dinner with Charles M.
Schwab as master Of ceremonies
this evening and at $50 o'clock the
entertainment program will be
broadcast by WNYC. Norman
.Brokenshire will appear as bride
groom-entertainer for half an hour
at WPG at 8 O'Clock.