The Washington times., 1929-07-11
FAMOUS | RIALS
Of HISTORY
At WRC

Famous trials of history. whose
outcomes swayed the destiny Of
nations. will be re-created for radio
listeners In a unique series Of
broadcasts. Historic Trials" over
the N.B.C. system tonight at 500
o'clock.
The inaugural program Is the
trial Of Socrates, father OF western
thought and teacher of Plato. who
was forced to drink the fatal cup
Of hemlock for his blasphemy in
daring to challenge the existence Of
the pagan gods.
AS for as scholarly research per-
nnits, dramatic dialogue from actual
testimony In the trial viii be re-
produced In this and succeeding
broadcasts, in order to make the
series an Interpretation OF history
Thes new series IL the work OF
Edward Hale Blerstadt, perhaps
best known to radio listeners as
the author OF dramatic episodes In
The Empire Builders. =
Radio Revue
A radio revue OF well known
microphone entertainers will be
staged as the Concert Bureau fea.
ture tonight at $3.50 o'clock. Familiar
favorites to be heard include Erva
Giles. soprano; Richard Maxwell,
tenor; Mildred Hunt, contralto: the
Piano Twins and Howard Phillips,
tenor; Phil Napoleon. trumpeter;
and q dance orchestra with Hugo
Mariani conducting.
Moya's Song of Songs" win be
sung by James Melton, tenor, during
the Seiberiing hour at o'clock. He
win also be heard in "Ah, Moon Of
My Delight" from Lehman's Per
sian Garden"
The quartet has selected tSwing
Along" "A Dream" and "If / Had
You" The Singing Violins win rem
der MacDoweIl's aAt an Old Tryst-
ing Place" Yes, indeed, Frank Black
will do his piano speciality.
At WMAL, the True Detective
Story hour win be the thrilling
drama Of the escape of John p. Car.
roll from Leavenworth prison and
the simultaneous escape of his wife
from the Federal women's peniten-
tiary at Iced, Mo. This popular
broadcast is doubly assured Df ap.
plause tonight, since the tale is one
OF the most astounding events In the
history Of master minds.
Russian Music
A Cossack folk song, Maxim
Zaleznak" will be a feature of I'm
a Russian Village" at $50 o'clock
over WMAL. Maxim was the chief
Of Ukrainia during the seventeenth
century. He freed part OF UlSrainia
from the invasion OF the Poles and
led the siege Of the city OF Uman
with 40, 900 Cossacks This song paws
tribute to the hero. 1t win be sung
BY the quartet. Many other Cossack
songs and music by the Balalaika
Orchestra will complete the program.
Grand opera, semi-classics and sew.
eral dance tunes will make up the
Voice of Columbia program at 8
o'clock. Featured among the selec.
tions to be heard are an aria from
Mozart's Don Giovanni" Weber's
Invitation to the Dance Masse-
nets Vision Fugitive" an orches-
tral arrangement of Friml's Russian
Peasant Dance" and "I'll Get BY"
A series Of short talks on Sound
Investment and Advice to Those
Who Would Invest" win be inaugu.
rated tonight at $40 o'clock over
VOL by Louis Rothschild, secretary
OF the Better Business Bureau.
Mr.. Rothschild Is perhaps the best
authority on investment in Wash.
ington, and his talks will undoubt.
edly interest many. The Washington
Cleveland game win be broadcast as
usual at o'clock from the studio OF
The Washington Times. And don't
forget Peggy Clarke's comments on
the 1S-day diet tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock.