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IN and continuing until Sun
. day morning, will inaugurate the
Vnew 5000 watt broadcasUing plant
OF WMAQ. Chicago, tonight. Flor
ence Macbeth, coloratura soprano of
the Chicago Civic and Ravinia
Opera companies and nationally
known concert singer, will take part
in the brilliant program.
A succession of features by widely
Known artists and stage celebrities
will be opened at 7 by the Whitney
Trio, chamber musicians, and will
include Richard Wagner, cello;
Barre Hill, baritone; Amos N Andy
and others,
Schubert's "Marche Mliitaire No
vi" will open the program by the
United States Navy Band, directed
by Charles Bentler, which will be
broadcast through stations asso-
ciated with the NBC Blue network,
tonight at T.
The overture to NIassenet's opera,
'Phedre," a descriptive number
1.-THE Grasshopper Dance" by
Bucalossi, Victor Herbert's "Fantasie
American" and Brokenshire's march,
"Glory of the TrumpetS' will be
other numbers.
An hour of song comprising con-
cert and operaticarias will be pre-
scented by some of the finest young
singers of Baltimore i'll ensemble
under the direction of Frank Bib5,
distinguished pianist and vocal
coach of the Peabody Conservatory
of Music, tonight over VIDAL be-
ginning at o'clock. .
A new summer time schedule Of
religious programs by radio, on a
scale never before attempted during
the vacation months, will be in
augurated Sunday under the joint
sponsorship of the Federal Council
of Churches and the National
4 Broadcasting Company,
Existing programs through the
NBC chains, will be replaced this
week and next with entirely new
features possessing a wider variety
of appeal for listeners.
The Summer Radio Church, be-
ginning Sunday at 1 will provide a
with sermon, prayer and Scripture;
and Sixty Musical Minutes will con-
tain selections of unusually high
order played by a small symphony
orchestra.
The following Sunday two addi-
tional broadcasts will be added to
the summer schedule with 1.-THE
\ Friendly Hour" and Twilight
Reveries."
An all-Strauss program will be
played in the symphonic hour to be
broadcast by the Columbia System
at 2 Sunday afternoon. This concert
will be presented by the United
Symphony Orchestra, Howard Bar
low, conducting.
The name Of Strauss always has
been connected with musical compo-
sition, and in this program the
compositions of no less than six
individuals by the name of Strauss
will be played. These are Johann
A Strauss, ST., Johann Strauss, -,
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Josef Strauss and Oscar Strauss.
The Atwater Kent hour will be
presented by the male quartet, at
BIS Sunday night, with Z program
of old favorites, radiocast thrc ugh
the NBC Red network.
The program will be heard as
\ follows:
Polling Down to Ric" .......... German German
as ArP f 6T Atwater Kent quartet '-''
by Burleigh
~sweetly Blows the Breath Of Spring" -.
"A 14I Moon Of My Delight. lehman
Tenor Solo. Mr.. Raseley
la "scandalize Ny Name" Ar. by Burleigh
lbl "Tis Me. oh Lorop1 :Burleigh
when You and 1 Were Young.
."sospdifTi Miei'' jsighs Of Milej s:Bimbonji
~ Baritone solo, Mr.. Mulch .,
"The Old Refrain" .............. .Kreisler