Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-30
HOOVER'S ADDRESS
ON CHAINS TODAY
Concluding Laps of 500-MiIe
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Two outstanding Memorial day events
the exercises in the Arlington Gene
terry Amphitheater in honor of the Ma
tons war dead, and the finish of the
500-n1ile motor race on the Indian
apolis Speedway-will be broadcast to-
day by WRC. The microphoneS Of
WMAL and WJSV also will be in the
Arlington Amphitheater.
President Hoover will make the
principal address at the Arlington cere-
monies, which are scheduled to begin at
o'clock and continue for two Sl1ours.
The musical portion of the program will
be provided chiefly by the United
States Marine Band.
The last thrilling laps of the annual
S00-mile motor classic will be described
direct from the finish line beginning at
3 o'clock. Graham McNamee will be st
the track microphone
WRC's program tonight contains its
regular features. These include the
weekly HalSey-Stuart hour. the National
Broadcasting and Concert Bureau Hour
the Seiberling Singers: the Hoover Sen
tinels and Buck and Wing, comic
sketch of the trials and tribulations of
q small time" vaudeville team.
Special Memorial Program.
A special Memorial day program has
been arranged by the SentinelS. With
JeSSica Dragonette as the soloiSt, the
orchestra will be assisted by the regular
quartet. Pale Moon" and the Little
Gray Home in the West" will be Miss
Dragonette's contributions. The orches-
trail numbers include Dream of the
Big Parade" War Memories" and the
American Patrol"
In the Seiberling program. Frank
Black, composer pianist, will play his
own "Improvisations" as q piano solo.
There also will be solo, I'm Tiefen
Kellar," by Wilfred Glenn, bass. besides
the usual instrumental and orchestral
features.
Further financial advice in the realm
OF investment securities will be broad
cast in the Halsey-Stuart hour. The
musical background for this feature
will be provided by novelty orchestra.
Clyde Fitch's four-act drama Nathan
Hale" which was first produced in
1899 with Nat C. Goodwin and Maxine
Elliott in the leading roles. is announced
as the concert bureau Offering. The
drama is built on historical facts and
in a previous radio presentation proved
to be admirably adapted for the micro
phone.
Variety Of Features.
ASIDE from the Arlington exercises,
wNdAL has scheduled variety Of hol!-
day features In addition to group Of
the regular Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn presentations. An hours program
by the Columbians and the Rollickers,
and another true detective story are
among the Columbia offerings. The
latter will concern the events leading up
to the trapping of one OF Canada's
greatest dealers in drugs.
Flashes from The Evening Star" a
daily news review by Ralph McCaoe,
will open WMAL's evening program at
6 o'clock. A talk prepared by the
Science Service on 1.-The Tree as a
Record of Ancient Climates" will fol-
low. The subsequent features range
from Q joint recital by Violet Warren
Pierson, reader, and Dorothy Sherman
Pierson. soprano, to q concert by the
Belle Haven Entertainers.
VOLS program this evening contains
its regular features. Among them will
be q special presentation by Billy
Phelps, Of the National Theater Players.
and approximations by Florence Jane
Adams.
A Memorial day address by Represent
alive Strong of Kansas will be broad
cast tonight by WJSV. The musical
portion of the program will be furnished
principally by the Columbia Trio, the
Hawaiian Melody Boys and Howard
Jones, baritone.