Evening star., 1929-12-14
CHRISTMAS RADIO
PROGRAM FOR BYRD
Entertainment Arranged by
The Star Will Originate
in Washington.

A special radio program designed as
a Christmas party for Comdr. Richard
E. Byrd and his South Pole expedition
in Little America will be broadcast to-
night by WRC simultaneously as it goes
out from WGY'S Short-wave transmitter
on 9,00O-mile journey to Antarctica.
The program, arranged by The Star,
will originate in Washington. A special
circuit will carry it to Schenectady for
transmission via short wave to the
South Polar regions.
Secretary of Navy Adams, the stars
of Earl Carroll's "Vanities," the Marine
and Navy Bands and others will take
part in the program. Secretary Adams
for the first time will convey orally to
Comdr. Byrd and his men the felicita-
tions of the Navy for the daring con-
quest of the South Pole. Oliver Owen
Kuhn, managing editor of The Star,
will read a digest of press comment
revealing to Comdr. Byrd what America
thinks of his expedition. Rear Admiral
A. L. Willard, commandant of the
washington Navy Yard, also will speak
a few words of greeting to the little
party in the Antarctic.
Contributions by Stars.
Outstanding among the entertainment
features will be contributions by Doro-
thy Britton, w. G.. Fields and other
stars of the "VanitieS," selections by the
Imperial Male Quartet and a special
chorus commemorating the South Pole
flight, written by r. Deane Shure,
Washington composer, and sung by a
male chorus from the Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
The Byrd program will follow WRC's
regular attractions, chief among them
being the weekly concert by the General
Electric Symphony Orchestra, directed
by Walter DamroSch; the Launderland
Lyrics program and the New Business
World period, conducted by Merle
Thorpe, editor of Nations Business.
The speciality in the symphony concert
will be the Fifth Symphony" of
Alexandra GleZounow, noted Russian
composer, who will be a guest in the
broadcasting studio during its preSenta-
ton. The composition will be played
in its entirety.
Duets Feature Program.
Two QuetS, WIN a BONG III MY
Heart" and "Tea For Two" will be
sung by Bernice Taylor and Fred
Waldner in the Launderland program.
The orchestral features include "At
Dawning," ITO Be in Love-" and "Baby'S
Awake Now" from Spring Is Here"
In the New Business World broadcast,
Thorpe will discuss the opportunities of
small business in the United States.
The usual array of Columbia Broad
casting System attractions and variety
of local features make up the program
tonight of WMAL. OF the Columbia
presentations, the GulbranSen hour, with
Henry Hadley and his symphony orches-
ira, and the Paramount-Fublix Radio
hour are outstanding.
A talk by John II. Small, chairman
of the harbor and waterways committee
of the Washington Chamber of Com
merce, on washington Port and Its
Future" will be one of WMAL's local
features. Another is half hour con-
cert by the Glee Club of the University
of South Carolina.
Pauline Loria, blues singer, and
Walter T. Holt a master of fretted
instruments, will contribute to the
musical portion of VOLS program.
WJSV has scheduled its usual variety
of features. These include concerts by
the WAIKIKI Harmony Boys and the
Alexandria Humming Birds and har-
monica and guitar solos by Charles
Wolf.