Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
DEBENTURE DEBATE
ON FORUM TONIGHT
Brookhart and Fort to Dis
cuss, Pro and Con, Farm
Relief Plan.

A debate on the discussed export
debenture plan, which the Senate insert
ed in the farm relief bill, will feature the
Seekly National Radio Forum arranged
by The Evening Star, to be broadcast
tonight by WMAL and the usual coast
forecast network of Columbia Broad
casting System stations.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa, one of
the leaders in the Senate for farm re-
lief, will champion the merits of the
debenture plan. The opposing argyll
ments will be made by Representative
fort CT New Jersey, who, as member
Of the House committee on agriculture,
has taken an active part in drafting
farm relief legislation.
The forum discussions will be broad
cast during the regular period reserved
for this feature-9 to $50 o'clock. A
half-hour program of dance music by
George Olsen's Orchestra will follow.
In conjunction with its associates in
the Columbia System WMAL also will
broadcast tonight the Temple of the Air,
presented each week by the Green
Brothers Novelty Marimba Band, and
two late dance programs, to be provided
by the King Covert Vagabonds and the
Club Plaza Orchestra. The Temple pro-
gram will consist largely of the latest
popular hits. These include Dancing
Stars" Late" "Tear Drops" and
Sweet Seventeen"
Industrial Development.
All of WMALs early attractions will
come from its own studio. Outstand-
ing among them are a musical program
by the Tuesday Evening Music Club
and a talk by John A. Eckert, chairman
OF the committee on manufactures of
the Washington Chamber of Commerce,
on Industrial Development in Wash
angton and Vicinity"
The outstanding broadcast of WRC
today will be the description of the
Kentucky Derby, the American turf
classic, scheduled to go on the air at
$3.50 o'clock, Washington time. Fifty
one National Broadcasting Co. sta
tons will be linked together for this
event. Microphones have been sta
toned at strategic points around the
race track for the description of the
race. Credo Harris of WHAS, Graham
McNamee and Glen Mccarthy, veteran
phones.
Another stellar WRC feature will be
the broadcast Of the speech of Nine
Ernestine Schumann- Heink, world
famous prima donna, in the weekly
Universal Safety Series. She will dis
cuSS the problem OF Safety in the
Home"
Damrosch to Conduct.
The WRC schedule also includes the
regular weekly program of the General
Electric Symphony Orchestra, under the
direction Of Walter Damrosch: the
Lucky Strike dance hour, and a new
feature, to be presented by Rita Gould
and o dance orchestra. The Damrosch
program has not been announced, but
the Lucky Strike Orchestra will play a
cycle of romantic airs of the past and
present in addition to a number Of
popular selections. Miss Gould's pro-
gram also includes several popular
numbers.
Representative McKeown of Oklahoma
viii speak from WJSV tonight on New
Discoveries" The stations musical fea-
lures viii be provided chiefly by the
Shenandoah Ramblers, the Catskill
Trio, the Loudon Rangers and the
d. @. Trio.
r. H. Greenwich, banjoist, will be |
VOLS principal soloist this evening. |
Raymond Rapp will accompany him. |
In addition there will be a concert by
the Silver String Revelers, and q pro- |
gram by the Castilians Orchestra.