New Britain herald., 1929-06-15
Through the Static

Sol Rubin's quintet will contrib bute a program of dinner music at 6:30 this evening, as the opening 1 feature of Saturday nights broad cast from station WTIC, Hartford. This concert will be interrupted for five minutes at seven o'clock in or der that the results of the days baseball games may be read to the sports fans. Alfred H. Swayne, first vice president of the national auto- mobile Chamber of Commerce will be the speaker in the Universal Safety Series broadcast at 7:15. 1 His topic will be The Automobile and Safety. Phil spitanly will offer an half hour of syncopated dinner l music at 7:30, while The Cavalcade, radios all-star musical revue, will i occupy the ether at eight o'clock. Nathaniel Shilkret will direct his l orchestra at nine o'clock and at 9:30 B. A. Roife's orchestra will be on the air An added half hour of dance music will be provided by Emil Heimberger's orchestra at II o'clock.
 Miss Gladys Mathieu, who recent ly returned from a successful sea- son in Paris to resume her concert and recital work in these United States Is the singer to be heard in the Recital Hour (S:30 p. m.) through station WOR this evening. Paired with her will be Joseph Wohl. pianist-composer. Miss Math- leu was formerly in musical comedy and light opera on the New York stage.
 1 Famous explorers will talk to Commander Richard E. Byrd and his men in Little America. Antarc- tica, in their own language this 1 evening, when WGY, Schenectady, and it's short wave stations will broadcast feature program to the ice bound men at II o'clock. The Explorers club in New York city will be connected to the station by wire and men who know of the hardship of exploration will send their greetings to the American | party.
 Carveth Wells, explorer in many lands, lecturer and writer. will per- form as master of ceremonies and will introduce. among others, Cap tain Robert A. Bartlett, active in Peary's expedition to he pole: Gen. eral D. L. Brainard. deailed for several arctic expeditions; Anthony F'iala. member of many Polar ex- petitions and with Roosevelt in the Brazilian jungle in 1913: George K. Cheerio. veteran South American explorer and field naturalist; Rob- ert c. Murphy. curate of the Amer ican Museum of Natural History; Charles Wellington, first American to explore Tripoli, and Walter HiR- ton, in command of one of the fa- nous NC planes which crossed the Atlantic. Many artists will also be on the program.
 Veterans Of the Spanish American war will find themselves in familiar atmosphere when they tune on sta ton WLW this evening at nine o'clock. when the sinking of the Merrimac in the harbor of Santi- ago will be recreated as one of the Historical Highlight series. The principal character will be Lieut.. Richard Hobson. whose daring ven- ture with the Merrimac was com- memorated in public proclama- ton read by President William M.- | kinley.
 Men Who Knew Lincoln might be the title of a notable broadcast over 1 the coast to coast neworks of the N. B. C. system this evening when talks by national figures at the in- auguration dinner of the Abraham Lincoln foundation will be broad cast direct from the St. Regis ho- tel. New York. at eight o'cvlock. Major George Haven Putnam. Miss Ida Tarbell, Dr. Mary E. Woody, U. s. Attorney Charles H. Futile of the Southern District. New York. will all participate in the broadcast. Dr. John H. Finley. will preside as mas ter of ceremonies.
 The FlUentine string ensemble Of New York city directed by Joseph l Di Fibre. is to be heard from WOR this evening at 9:30. All members Of the string section of the ensem-