The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-29
SEA DRAMA IS
RADIO HIT

( K 2 T.. ~
n BIZ 81 noise here and there
md considerable interference
rather complicated tuning IN most
direction last evening even though
loud speakers were eloquent with
reports from stations III the Mid
West that are not often heard
from. Reception was Just q bit
freAlklah, taken as whole, and
very snOtty. Code interference
was found at al points Of the
dials.
Boxing matches, education. a real
drama Of the sea. international az
fairs, ana conclusive evidence that
broadcast program builders never.
by any chance, listen to radio pro-
grams not even from their own
stations Furnished the chief output
Of loud speakers last evening. The
boxing tournaments were availabls
for listeners mostly during the mid
die ana late evening and came from
Indianapolis. New York, and St.
Louis in blow.by-blow detail, with
one knockout to make things inter
esting durlng the American Legion
bouts 1t indianapolis.
The chief entertainment feature
1t the evening was the third re-
cital during an Eyeready hour Is
red Christensen, the New York
taxi driver, OF his experiences when
stranded At sea and on Galapagos
Island. With considerable help from
q well built scenario, many assist
ants in the studio and IN orchestra
the taxi driver told Il most dra.
matte story OF sailing from Ans
traIia, being caught in the calm OF
the equatorial doldruIns. abandon
Ing ship after five months, to land
on q lump OF lava in the Pacific
and live on turtles several months
more before rescue was possible
The story has been presented by
the Eveready group twice before
but last nights effort was the best
Of the three. in point of good pro
j ductior. The assisted. recital Of
an actual experience but showed
! how fact may be helped BY careful
presentation and good scenario to-
make itself impressive az well al
dramatic fiction.
MUSIC CLUB
ARTISTS SCORE
Washington listeners possibly re-
ceived more enjoyment from the
Radio Movie Club OF WMAI4 last
3 evening than has been produced by
that program for many weeks
largely because Of the unusual man
doIin performances OF Bernardo de-
Pace and the singing Of Katherine
Irwin, soprano, and Charles farley,
tenor-to say nothing OF the expert
accompaniment payed by Lee Gro.
mean and the very pleasing and
much improved voice Of Eddie Miss
1itz, soprano. De Pace Ii in class
By himself AZ q mandolin artist and
achieves musical effects with the in
strumenf most Of US never believed
It capable Of producing.
The early programs came very
early starting at s o'clock with
the broadcast Of a session Of the
National Education convention in
children organized In orchestra and
chorus played and sang about as
school children do play and sing
TOR exhibition purposes.
In the Soldering prOgran1-pre.
scented by the Jewellers quartet and
orchestra--two numbers were intro.
duced az being presented for the
first time to radio audiences both
Of which have been heard before
several times. One of them, four.
voice arrangement OF KreisIer's ga.
price Viennois," having been broad
cast by the National Broadcasting
Company itself within the last two
weeks. In the Voters Service en-
deavor Senator Frederick Gillett OF
Massachusetts, and Chairman Nc.
Donald, Of the Foreign Policy Assoc
citation, discussed the world court.