Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-23
HARRIS AND BLACK
TO SPEAK IN FORUM.
Proposal That Commission
ers Try Dry Enforcement
Cases to Be Diseased.

Three members of Congress and
Frederic William Vile, in London COW
ering the five-power Naval Conference
for the Columbia Broadcasting System,
will contribute the principal features to
the program tonight of WMAL.
Two of the members of Congress, Sem
ator Harris of Georgia and Representa-
tive Black of New York, will speak
during the weekly National Radio Fo-
rum, arranged by The Star, while the
third, Senator Copeland of New York.
will be heard when WMAL broadcasts
a half an hour of the proceedings of
the annual dinner of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce at the May
flower Hotel.
The topic of discussion in the forum
will be recommendations made by Pres
ident Hoover and his Law Enforcement
Commission that United States Com
missionerS be used to hear cases of
minor violations of the prohibition law.
Senator Harris, who already has intro
duccd a bill embodying the principle of
this recommendation will support the
proposal, and Mr.. Black will speak in
opposition to it. In his Chamber of
Commerce speech Senator Copeland
will discuss problems of the District
confronting Congress.
Vile to Speak at 8:I5 PM.
MI. WIG EGSuIIlC OF DTORFeSS OF
the epoch-making naval parley will
come from London via short waves at
BIS O'Clock Washington time The
talk will be distributed over Columbia's
coaSt-to-coast network, as will the TO-
rum discussions.
The Philco hour, which will precede
the radio forum. announces as its guest
star Belle Baker, popular vaudeville
he7dliner, who now is engaged in MAX
inc fc1gif1d Fair he ~
sisted by Lois Bennett and William
Artzt's Orchestra. Miss Baker will sing
group of the songs in which she
scored her greatest hits on the vaude-
vile circuits-"JuSt Baby's Prayer at
Twilight" Alabsmy Bound" Wanting
You the Song of Love" and LET
Them Take Everything But You"
The dramatic piece de resistance of
WMALs program will be a condensed
version of the story of The Clue of the
Maroon Car" to be broadcast as the
True Detective Mysteries presentation
at O'Clock. The story reveals in de-
tail the police operations which led to
the capture and conviction of the per-
petrators of one of New York's most
atrocious crimes.
Dinner to Be Broadcast.
WRC'S rebroadcast from London will
come in the late afternoon. when the
National BroadcaSting Co. will pick up
an distribute over its network the pro-
ceedings at a dinner to be given in
honor OF the delegates to the five-power
naval conclave. Prime Minister Tar
dieu of France and Premier Ramsay
Macdonald of England viii be the prin-
cipal speakers.
The evening program of wRC con-
tsins the usual variety of National
Broadcasting Co. attractions. Chief
among them are the Fleischmann Sum
shine hour. featuring GLADYS Rice. So
prano, and Rudy ValIee and his Con-
nect1cut Yankees, tabloid version of
Romeo and Juliet" by the National
Grand Opera Co. and the r. C. A.
Victor hour, which will be presented by
four popular orchestras.
In addition there will be the regular
features provided by Eugene Ormandy's
Orchestra and Oliver Smith, tenor, in
the JACK Frost Melody Moments broad
cast, and the Seiberling Singers, whose
program is made up of numbers re-
que5ted by radio listeners.
Old Operetta Favorites.
Miss Rice will sing a number of old
operetta favorites and several popular
selections for her contribution to the
Fleischmann hour. Vallee has included
In his program special guess tunes"
number, in which the radio audience
will be asked to identify old melodies.
revival of the show hits" of 1898
Is to be the feature Of the Jack Frost
broadcast. The four orchestras to take
part in the r. c. A.-Victor hour are
Rudy Vallee's Connecticut Yankees. Leo
Reisman's. the High Hatters and Ma
thaniel Shilkret's Victor Orchestra. In
terspersing the musical portion of the
hour will be playlct. entitled ''You
Got to Show Me" MarceIla Shields
and Helene Hendin will take the lead
ing roles.