Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-18
LEGION PROGRAM
ON RADIO TONIGHT
Three Famous Singers to Be
Heard on National
Network.

A speoial program dedicated to the
American legion f1atJ"ing three Of
Americas grcatc-t singers, Nine. Sch--
Nam -Heinl;. Martha Atwood and Rel
raid Werren.oth, viii he broadcast dur
ing the r. c. A. hour t9night ever WRC
AM a network Of other National Bread
casting Co. stations.
Nine American cities, from Maine TO
California. will be linked for the pro-
gram Governors of six of the nine
States Will be heard in brief addresses
Allen of Massachusetts,, Gardiner Of
Maine Carlton of Florida, Moody Of
Texas. Young of California, Norblad of
Oregon and Lieut. Gov. Sterling Of
Illinois.
The program will begin at 9 o'clock
and continue fer an hour and half.
Crack Legion bands will play regional
airs and Legion oho.uscs will sing war
time songs. A dramatic feature viii be
a seric5 Of sketches PORTE ing the birth
ana preservation CT the lIetica.
LIE cad yc-loc.
Little Jcc,s L.te:e, dirl.nutive CONF
dian CT radio and vaudeville fame. VIII
assist Rudy Vallec end his Connecticut
Yankees in presenting the Flsischmann
SYnchine hour. Little will announce his
own numbers which he will choose from
among his old favorites and new Broad
way songs.
The Arco Birthday Party will have
as its reincarnated guest DR.. Samuel
Johnson, the great wit and literary
critic who dominated English literature
during the eighteenth century, and
James Boswell, his biographer. The
musical portion of the program features
John MonodiefT, basso, and Harold
Hansen, tenor and the Rondoliers'
Quartet
Eugene Ormandy's Orchestra and
Oliver Smith, tenor. again feature the
Jack Frost Melody broadcast. divers
principal contribution will be Doni-
zetti's "Un Furtiva Lagrima." The or
chestral highlights will be Flotow's
"Stradolla" overture and Sullivan's The
Moon and I"
Fidac Convention Opening.
wNIAL and other Columbia Broad
casting System stations will broadcast
tonight the formal opening of the Fidac
Conference from Memorial Continental
Hall. The principal speakers will be
Gen. John j. Pershing, Maj, Q. l.,
Bodenhamer. national commander Of
the American Legion, and Col. Thad H.
Brown, general counsel of the Federal
Radio Commission. Music will be pro-
vided by the United States Marine
Band.
The second of the series of Column
bias radio Political rallies will be in
charge of the Republican National Com
Mite Representative VIII r. Wood
of Indiana, chairman Of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee, will
be the speaker His topic Is American
Business and Democratic Bunk"
Another outstanding WMAL-Colun-
bia presentation will be the first Of a
new series Of Ven Heusen programs.
Norman Brokenshire will serve as the
master OF ceremonies. Annette Han
shaw. contralto crooner; a quartet and
Billy Artz's Orcestra will take part.
Little Red Riding Hood"
Henry Burbigs version of Little Red
Riding Hood" will be featured on pro-
gram with Nat Brusiloff's Orchestra
and the Master Singers Quartet in the
Burbigs Syncopated History presenta-
ton.
The Olmstead Trio viii present a
half-hour concert tonight over VOL.
This station also has scheduled a Com
murity Chest program and dinner con-
cert.
The Bellhops' Orchestra, the Kalua
Boys ami Walter Holt's Fret Ensemble
will be the principal contributors TO the
prgram Of WJSV.