The Washington times., 1929-05-01
SEC. RAY WILBUR
To MAKE AIR
SPEECH

Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary Of
the Interior, will make May Day
speech, over a national network of
the N. B. c. System at Z p. m. to.
night.
Secretary Wilbur has announced
that his subject THE Value Of May
Day to the Nations Children. will
be of five minutes duration.
Gen. Charles g. Dawes former
Vice President of the United States
will be heard over the radio for the
first time since his appointment as
ambassador to the court of ST.
James. The general will be the
principal speaker at a banquet OF
the LawrencevilIe School for Boys,
Lawrenceville, N. j., where his son
| is a student. The address will come
over WIZ from the Park Lane
Hotel, New York City.
The last dinner concert from the
historic Waldorf Astoria, New York,
will be broadcast over the N. B. @.
System tonight at the usual time,
effected according to daylight saw.
ing time. After tonight, dinner con.
certs will be broadcast by Sherry's.
Wilfred Glenn, affectionatefy
called "The All-American Basso" by
radio editors-whose voice possesses
the remarkable ability to fall two
and a half octaves from F sharp to
C below the bass clef, will be the
guest artist of the Happy Wonder
Bakers tonight, through WRC. Mr..
Glenn will sing three selections,
Bohannon's big Bass Viol," Nous
sorgeky's "Song of the Flea" and
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The trio will be heard in "Yo.Ho"
Mary" Orchestral numbers will
complete the program.
May Day Music
Arthur Schutt, pianist and
arranger of the Ipana Troubadourss
will be featured in medley from
Spring is Here" Another APP
propriate May Day selection is the
waltz melody "Will You Re-
member" A "Showboat" medley
and the popular numbers, "Some
Sweet Day." Mean To Me" and
Building a Nest For Mary" will
also be offered.
Paul oliver and Olive Palmer
will sing "Cherie" in duet as q
musical feature of the Palmolive
Hour. Mr.. oliver will be heard in
Schubert's "Serenade" my Jean"
and "Dengoza" Miss oliver has
selected "A May Morning" and
Chinese Lullaby" as her solo num-
bers.
The riotous mood of carnival will
color the Slumber Music Hour when
Massenet's "Fete Boheme'' is broad.
cast. The overture to Auber's
"Masaniello" and Maduro's "Melodie
Creole are other special attrac-
tions.
Dance music will come through
i this station with the Gold Strand
Orchestra and Rolfe's Palais Dor
Orchestra.
The four melody makers Of the
Van Heusen hour will be heard
through WMAL in "Pickin' Cotton"
and II Got Religion" the first a
modern popular number savoring
Of Dixie and the second a rarely
heard negro spiritual.
The orchestra will play q number
Of current hits as Every Moons a
Honeymoon and Underneath the
| Moon"
HiIl.BiIIy Act
'"The Cloud Movers" an original
Hill-Billy act, will be presented by
Dale Wimbrow, Henry Burbig and
Billy Jordan as a feature OF the
La Palma Smoker. La Palma will
be heard in "Just An Old Love
Affair" when Summer is Gone, 70
I'm Walking in the Sunshine" and
I'm Still Caring"
The holster program through
| WMAL will open with Massenet's
Scene Picturesque and will also
| include the finale to Saint -Saens'
Symphony in A Minor and the
rondo from Mozart's "String Quar-
tet No. S." 1.-THE Swan Song'' and
Lohengrin's farewell will be
featured in this concert by Bernard
Levitow and his orchestra.
1.-THE Little Magnet" an exciting
melodrama by Shepherd will be
presented by the Showboat Com
pany. This thriller of the Kondfke
will be offered in four acts. Special.
ties will cover the intermissions.
Duke Ellington's Orchestra will
be heard in it's usually fine dance
program. The Kansas Frolickers
and the DIX request program round
out the broadcast by WMAL.
| The Washington.New York base
ball game broadcast from the studio
Of The washington Times, will come
over VOL. Hook Kennedy, the
Jolly Scot, will feature the evening
program. He will be accompanied
at the piano by Grace Stanley
Stevens. Two hours Of music from
the Wardman Park Hotel is the
regular Wednesday night sign-off
for this station.
Chick Godfrey and Fran Trappo,
well-known radio entertainers. will
be featured at WJSV. The Hawaiian
Melody Boys will also be on the
! program.
Suburban. Power Firm