Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-03

happenings Some of them are in
soundproof booths and others are port
able. From them numerous features
besides the Inauguration and the pa
rade are to be presented, including a
description of an elaborate aerial dis
play by Army and Navy aviators.
Chief among the announcers to be
be Norman Brokenshire Of WCAU,
Philadelphia, who gave the radio story
of the Coolidge Inauguration in 1925.
Other voices will be those Of william S.
Hedges, manager of WMAQ, Chicago,
and head of the National Association
of Broadcasters, and Ralph Wentworth
and Ted Hussing of the Columbia staff.
In this chain will be the - regular
stations as we'll as numerous extras.
The system also will come on the air at
10 o'clock and remain until later in the
afternoon. WMAL will act as the key
station.
McNamee will watch the morning
callers at the White House for the
N. B. c. william Hedges Of Chicago
twill be stationed in q similar post for
Columbia. When the President elects
party leaves the White House for the
Capitol, the scene will be switched to
the Senate chamber, where David Law
renee will describe the swearing In Of
Vice President Curtis for the N. 3. G.
chain, while Frederic William vile,
Washington correspondent, will rarrate
the events for the Columbia chain.
Taft to Give Oath.
Then the controls will bring In the
ceremony before the Capitol plaza,
where vast throng will see Chief Jus
tice Taft read the oath of ONCE to
Herbert Hoover, while an audience Of
millions will hear these words and the
words Of the new Presidents inaugural
address via radio. Norman Broken
shire. who described the 1925 inaugural,
the first network broadcast of the his
toric quadrennial occasion, will be at
the microphone for the Columbia sys-
tenn and Milton Cross will announce
for the NJ B. c.
The Inauguration parade follows,
President Hoover and his party passing
the Peace Monument and swinging into
Pennsylvania avenue, followed by
four-mile parade. All along the line
| the announcers of both chains viii be
at mikes" to describe the colorful
pageant. Graham McNamee will be
heard again as the parade passes the
Treasury Building, with John Daniel
taking turns at the mike" Ralph
Wentworth will be at the mike" for
Columbia.
It Is expected that the parade will
not end until about 4 pm, and relief
will be furnished from the tedium that
may ensue through speeches by notables
in public life, either during or after
the pageant. The N. B. c. has not
announced those who will speak on its
program, but Columbia announces Sem
ator James Watson, probably the next
Senate floor leader; Judge Ira E. Rob-
inson, chairman of the Federal Radio
Commission, and Miss Belle Sherwin,
president of the National League Of
Women Voters, among others.
The social side Of the inaugural will
be taken up over the two systems at
10 or IL pm. Phillips Carlin will be in
charge of the N. B. G. as announcer,
describing the arrival of notables In the
Government and diplomatic corps at
the inaugural ball. Columbia has Sc
cured as its chief announcer Mrs. Elsie
Mccormick, daughter Of Mark Hanna
and newly elected Congresswoman from
Illinois, who will describe the gowns of
the women and the pageant Of the ball.