The Washington times., 1930-10-07

Rose Girl of the Radio" will
be the feature over station VOL
this afternoon at o'clock Miss
Alexandra, a soprano of un-
usual talent. Is one of the head
liners In the Fanchon and Marco
"Gyp, Gyp, Gypsy" Idea, now
current on the stage at the Fox
Theater.
Ford Frick, who is sending
the world series with Graham
MacNamee on the N.B.C. net
work, talks almost as fast as
Floyd Gibbons. And Frick Ger.
tainly knows his baseball.
With Graham McNamee and
William c. "Bill" Munday as the
announcers, the National Broad.
casting Company will report the
Navy-NotrP Dame and the Army
Swarthmore football games
through extensive networks Satur-
day afternoon.
The Navy-Notre Dame game,
which McNamee will report, will
dedicate the new Dotre-Dame Sta
dium at South Bend. Ind. It
marks the first outstanding con-
test in history that a Knute
Rockne eleven has played at home.
McNamee will begin the broad
cast at 2:45 o'clock, Eastern stand
ard time, Is minutes before the
scheduled start of the game. with
a pre-battle account of the as
sembling crowd and lineup of
! the opposing teams. An N.BC.-
WIZ network will take the ac-
count Of the game, which is ex-
pected' to continue until approx
mately $50 o'clock.
The -Swarthmore contest
will be played at West Point, N. Y.
Munday will describe the battle,
taking his stand at the micro
phone at 2:15 o'clock, Is minutes
earlier than the game is due to be-
gin. This report will go through
NBC.-WEAF network, and is ex-
pecte to end about S o'clock.
Ginger Rogers and Willie How.
ard, musical comedy and screen
players, will be the guest artists
in the inaugural A. S. Beck
Breverties broadcast, which has
It's debut over the Columbia net
work and WMAL next Thursday
at to 1880 p. m.
This program will originate at
Philadelphia. where Miss Rogers
and Mr.. Howard are appearing
in the new musical comedy, Girl
Crazy" They will feature songs
and skits from that production,
assisted by Robert Golden's Or
chestra.
The Philco Symphony Orches-
ira has temporarily turned the
position of program director over
to the listening public, and to-
night will play an all-request pro
gram consisting entirely of those
compositions which have received
the greatest number of requests
from hstenerS-ir. Hundreds Of
letters have been received in
response to request for program
suggestions, and those numbers
receiving the greatest support will
occupy a place on this and sew
eral succeeding programs.
The program will be broadcast
from station WMAL and the Co.
lumbia network at $50 p. M,
with Howard Barlow conducting
Highlights on today's radio pro-
grams are:
8P, M.
WNIAL-Here are four songs
not often heard on the air:
"Down on the Farm" "She May
, Have Seen Better Days" by the
Sea-" and Down Went McGinty
to the Bottom of the Sea-" Frank
Crumit, who co-stars with Julia
Sanderson on the Blackstone
program has resurrected them
for his old-timer's medley.
WRC-A medley of old tradi-
tional Russian folk songs will
be played by the Balalaika orches-
ira under the direction of Alex
ander Kirilloff during the Troika
Bells program. Nine. Genia
\ Fonariova, soprano soloist, will
sing Bessarabin's Autumn Wind"
'"The Spinning Wheel" by
Schmoll, will be played by Nicho-
las Kovakoff, domra soloist.
$3.50 r. M.
WMAL-1f you want to hear
Just what music the radio au-
dience likes. tune in to Howard
Barlow's Philco Symphony Or
chestra tonight, for the program
has temporarily been turned over
to its listeners. Programs are
selected on the basis of fan
mail requests.
WRC-A group of Scotch songs
as arranged by Frank Black will
be a feature or the Happy Won
der Bakers program.
The "Barcarolle,' from the
'Tales of Hoffman," by Often
bach, will be played by the sing
ing violins. The trio's number
will be in strictly modern tempo,
"Out of Clear Sky" the song hit
from the current "Vanities."
1918 p. Nj.
) WMAL-Life on cannibal
island, as depicted in music oy
two composers. Victor Herbert and
Walter Donaldson, will share the
spotlight with cycle of Vincent
Youmans' melodies on the Para
n1ount-P -Publix Radio program.
Jerry Closeup" Madison will
continue his interesting gossip
about the screen and it's person