The Washington times., 1928-04-17
! By GARDNER MACK
'W|NAL DELIVERS.
MUSIC WIG
S|LENCES

Esuecially clear reception Of
unusual volume from the Mid.
West. vet marked on the high
and low wave lengths with ul1-
usually pronounced interference,
yVaa the distinguishing Characters
tic Of IOud-speaIxer deliveries last
evening. Both code and overlap
ming wave lengths caused such
disturbances ais were noted. There
were all sorts Of static noises,
h,It most Of them could be tuned
ant because Of the good volume
OF bPOadcasts.
Perhaps it is because single sta
tons may step in and do things
where chain hookups fear TO clank,
but when Announcer John Daniels
politely transferred the audience Of
WRC to New York while Nine.
Phradie Wells, OF the Metropolitan
Opera, sang for the d. a. r. last
night, Announcer Milton Baker Of
WMAL kept his hand away from his
n,icrophone switches and the WMAL
audience heard everything Nine
Wells. had to offer. And it was quite
4 lot. Such lot OF fine singing,
that were it not for the fact that
President Coolidge talked right out
in meeting about private and Gov.
eminent ownership, and Ambassador
Esne Howard of Great Britain pre-
sented the daughters with q British
flag. it would have been the biggest
thing on the entire evening program.
Az it was the singing OF the Kirk.
vile, Mo-, Revolutionary daughter
was quite the most important mu-
steal happening Of the evening.
AS President Coolidge's rather
startling announcement OF his
ideas win be found spread all over
the news pages and, perhaps, edi-
toriaI pages, and the other items
of d. A. r. interest that happened
along the wavelengths will be
treated with equal generosity as
news, the great singing of Nine.
Wells and the rather poor playing
of the United States Marine Band
Orchestra during the proceedings
are all we have to do with.
OPERA STARS
SECOND RADIO CONCERT
Last night was the second time
the famous Metropolitan opera So
prano has shng for radio audiences
and her second appearance was by
TAR her best, as she did not do kerr
self justice in the General Motors
rush of a few weeks ago. Last
evening she gave full value to every
musical idea with glorious. rich.
fun voice and added to- the conn
poser's intent her own great musi-
cal intelligence.
The d. A. r. affair rather
eclipsed other loud-speaker efforts
by spreading itself fairly well over
the evening Of broadcasting. From
WRC in the early hours an excel
lent program was presented by
Nation Boyce's Peoples Home Or
chestra, very ably assisted by
Juanita Hart, contralto, who pro-
vided two excellent song groups.
The temerity of WRC with regard
to Nine. Wells likewise provided
listeners with an opportunity to
hear the very fine baritone voice
of George Buechler and a piano
recital by Katherine FIoecker Gull
len. The General Motors affair,
presented by the Hall johnson
Jubilee Singers, seemed a sort of
anti-clinax as entertainment, not
particularly well presented as music.
McAlister Coleman, of the Social.
list party, told Of the nomination of
Norman Thomas for President of
the United States yesterday from
WEAF. Thomas is remembered as
the able reporter who reviewed the
Socialist convention the first three
nights OF its course for WEAF
listeners. The WEAF announcers
also said elaborate preparations are
being made to report the arrival of
the airplane Bremen in New York.