New Britain herald., 1929-08-03
Through the Static

Amos m Andy, blackface come dians known from coast 10 coast, have signed an exclusive long term contract with the NEG to appear nightly over their network, it is an- nounced today.
 On August 19 the pair will in augurate 8 brand new network pro- gram based on the conception of , daily comic strip for the air. The series will bring two of Americas most famous radio artists before the microphone for a 15 minute perlod beginning at eleven o'clock every night. The programs are scheduled | for 52 weeks.
 The nightly programs of Amos m Andy will be put on the air from various parts of the country. The atrical tours will carry them into all parts of the United States, which will necessitate the microphone be- | ing carried to them wherever they happen to be when the time comes | to go on the air.
 T lStIldH 1OSuCI tillu Nllttl lCS J. Correll are the full names of Amos n Andy. whose droll Afro Ameri can witticisms have captivated the nation. Their tremendous popularity is pointed to by broadcasting off cials as complete evidence of the hold of radio on American people. They are wholly the products of the microphone and had never appear ed on the stage as black face come dians until radio made their names famous in all parts of the country. A recent tour of personal appear ances not only resulted in packed houses everywhere put made them central figures at civic receptions which rivalled those rendered to the heroes of war and peace.
 Out in Chicago they like to tell of the pair who burst into a broad casting studio and asked to have l i chance to go to work. They still reeked faintly of the stock yards. The manager of the station toll them to go ahead, but there would he no pay in it for them. Thus Sam and Henry, who soon became known to all Chicagoans, were born. Later they changed their names to Amos n Andy.
 At the present time the pair arr filling out their contract with WNAC, Boston.
 | Opening a new series over WABC and the CBS at six o'clock Sunday evening, the Fur Trappers introduce to widespread radio audience Erie Nelson, the crooning fur trap per, whose broadcasts in Boston and near by cities have earned him q reputation which bids to equal many other singers on the coast to coast networks.
 Nelson made his radio debut and his first appearance as a crooner at the same time and has become so popular with his radio audience that an honor formerly reserved for generals. trans Atlantic fliers and presidents has been accorded him. The latest arrival in one New England family has been name1 after him, which backs his abun- dant fan mail with a more concrete example of approval.
 Helen Barr, we'll known as a re- cording artist, and the Trappers' Little Big Sister, will be heard oh the same programs, along with tn" Four Harmonizers and the Trap pers' orchestra.
 The Fur Trappers were pioneers in radio entertainment and have blazed the way for many similar program presentations since their first appearance. CBS is offering the radio audience of the United States what has formerly been one of New England's radio high lights.
 For their first chain broadcast the Trappers have selected I've Got Feelin' I'm Fallin'. and Where the Sweet Forget -Me-Nots Remember ] Miss Barr contributing If I Had My , Way. and Sposin'. The Four Har- monizers will be heard in Some- ones Falling In Love, and Little Log Cabin of Dreams. while the or. chestra's specialities include To be in Love. Breakaway, and Do Some thing. WNAC leads the broadcast.
 A rhythmic version of the famous Second Hungarian Rhapsody ot l icyt will ha haaIs lar broadcast of Phil Spitalny's mu sic from the Hotel Pennsylvania roof this evening at 7:15. The pro- gram also will include It Amt Nc Fault of Mine, I Want to Meandet in the Meadow. I Love to Hea, You Singing, To be in Love, Louise Wabash Blues. and Dream Mother.
 Two Boys and Girl is the billing of a new act before WOR's micro. phones this evening at 9:30, tn. boys being Thompson B. Kerr anG Fred Woodruff, piano duo, and the girl being Nala Nardi, popular con tralto. Woodruff and Kerr wer. brought together through their mu. tual love for music and their real ization of the unbounded possibili ties of harm onic combinations fol two pianos. Kerr is a graduate o the New England Conservatory O Music and has specialized in mod ern compositions. He is an organis also, having officiated at the con sole in Boston church,
 Woodruff is product of the Damrosch school and most of hi experience has been gained in re