New Britain herald., 1929-10-12

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 Today is Columbus Day, and to- night Challenges, which is heard at eight o'clock over the WEAF chain of the NEG system, will dramatiAe the great challenge of his life - one of the first men with vision. Even in these days of Lindbergh (misspelled in the press releases) epics, the story of Columbus is d story of undimmed brilliance. It will never lose it's lustre.
 Columbus sought the aid of Spain but that is q familiar story. The rest of the too -many-timcs-re -retold tale will be heard tonight if the jazz bands do not drown it out.
 Old Salts, now spending their de- clining years in the various seamen'S missions in and about the metropoli- tan area have adopted the Half Seas Over program from WOR every Saturday night as their very own. Letters have reached the sta ton demanding to know the director of the program. But the director, Postley Sinclair, has never been to sea and he has never even been aboard a full rigger. However, he does have a marked love for ships and an accentuated fondness for sea chanties of which he has one of the best collections inexistence. He num- bers among his acquaintances scores of old time sailors, many of whom have furnished him with the words and music of chanties that are heard on the program.
 This evening the program starts at 7:45. Four old timers are to be heard; Juicy, What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor, Hcave Away, and The Dreadnaught.
 Moran and Mack. the Two Black Crows of stage and screen will be the feature attraction on the regular Paramount Radio hour to be broad cast over WABC and the cBS net work at ten o'clock tonight. These l two funny men who have kept mil. | lions in convulsions by their witty sayings, are to be heard in two diff l ferent acts during the 60 minutes o1 entertainment.
 Although the program will be broadcast from station WABC, New | York, the controls will be switched | to Hollywood for the Moran and Mack sketches. Also on the pro- gram will be heard David Mendoza and an orchestra, Anne Dorothy Boughman, soprano; and Veronica Wiggins, contralto.
 A special short wave program for South and Central American countries will be broadcast by WGY's short wave transmitters W2XAD this afternoon at 5:45 tc celebrate Columbus Day. A feature of the program will be an addres: by Dr. Leo s. Rowe, director gen eral of the Pan-American Union a Washington.
 The Blades program throuel WIZ and associated stations at 9:30 which is now broadcast Saturda, nights instead of Friday, tonight vii offer a musical menu by an orches tra conducted by Sam Lanin.
 The sixth episode of Mr. and MrS or Joe and Vi will be broadcast thi evening at nine o'clock from WAB( and the CBS chain.
 These sketches are snatches iron the lives of Joe and Vi, supposedl the typical married couple. Tn characters are based on the car toons by Claire Briggs, and hay been brought to life by the wei known radio playwrights, Henr Fisk Carlton and William F. ManleS The sketch of this evening is calle Prosperity Plus. Joe has heard
 great deal about the power of think ing onself into prosperity and ha just received the well deserved rais that he has been long expecting.
 The heavens instead of a wris watch as a time piece will be tn subject of radio talk by Paul Sol lenberger who keeps the nation time. MT. Sollenberger will spea over the WEAF chain of the NE o{ 4 ], .. astronomer in charge of the time d vision of the United States Navf Observatory.
 He will tell how the astronomer scientists keep tab on the move ments of the stellar bodies, the Zc 1 diac and other heavenly bodies fc the purpose of Keeping correct tin
 as well as predicting eclipses an similar events. He will also inforl radio listeners how the naval ol ; servatory time service correc
 thousands of clocks throughout tf
 nation daily.
 f Leonara Cori, young America ''i NoAo 'i I'' ' sup dllO, lo u
 one of the features stars of the r
 cital hour at WOR this evening
 S:30. Born in New York city, sl
 made her initial debut with the S.
 Carlo Opera company in the exactil
 roles of Gretel, in Hansel and Crete
 Musetta in Boheme; Micaella in Ca
 men and others In her appearanc
 at the Century theater in New Yo \ she was heartily acclaimed, both f
 her beautiful fresh clear voice a
 for her dramatic ability. For thr ; years she was featured soloist wi
 stage units. During the summer S l. gave recitals of operatic arias