The Washington times., 1930-08-19

Two thousand trained voices
singing choruses, ranging from
compositions by Bach and Handel
to French Canadian folksongs,
win be heard in an international
broadcast, Saturday night, Au-
gust %. it was announced today
by the National Broadcasting
Company. WRC will take this
program.
The program will originate in
Toronto, Can, and win be picked
up and relayed to q network OF
NB.C. stations by station CKGW,
NB.C. outlet in Toronto. In the
New York area the program will
be heard through WEAF. The
broadcast is scheduled for $3.50
o'clock, eastern standard time.
The famous MendelSsohn choir
Of 500 voices, augmented by 1,500
additional singers, will make up
the, huge chorus which Is known
as the Exhibition Choir. The
choral offerings Of the 1000 sing
ers are features Of the Canadian
National Exposition, which opens
in Toronto, August a.
The Canada permanent Force
Band, one of the crack musical
organizations north Of the border.
will supply the instrumental back.
ground for the vocalists. Captain
Charles O'Niel is the conductor
Of the band.
A trolley system whereby micro
phones may be moved to any part
of studio has been designed and
installed in the World Studio Of
WABC. New York, by Edwin K.
Cohan, technical director Of the
Columbia Broadcasting System.
It consists of O. network Of
brass tracks provided with pulleys
and operating cords and the en-
tire contrivance is attached to the
studio ceiling. It is so arranged
that microphones suspended from
the pulleyS may be raised or low
cred or shifted into any spot de-
sired by the production engineer.
Control cords for all microphoneS
are operated from q point close
to the operators observation
booth.
Ring W. Lardner, short story
writer, playwright and newspaper
feature writer, will be interviewed
by Grantland Rice during the
Coca Cola program which will be
broadcast Wednesday night.
Lardner began his newspaper ca
Teer in South Bend, Ind, in 1905
as q reporter. From 1907 to 1910
he successfully wrote sports fol-
the Chicago Inter- Ocean, the Chi
cago Tribune and the Chicago Elk
aminer. He specialized in baseball
and football reporting. Later he
was. associated with Sportine 6
News, st. Louis, and for while
wrote sports for the Boston Amer.
ican. In 1919 he became a writer
for the Bell Syndicate and has
been conected with them since.
lie ding national magazines
have featured his short stories and
articles. Lardner'S works which
are more or less known by the
public include You Know Me, AL
'The Real Dope" Treat En-
Rough" What of It?" "The Big
Town." How to Write Short Sto
ries," and "Own Your Own Home. p
An all-String dance orchestrs
under the baton o: Leonard Joy
assisted by Chester Gaylord, vo
caliot, will supplement the pro
gram, which will be heard ovel
WEAF in the New York area.
Highlights on today's radio pro
grams are:
WMAL-One OF the most pop
ular topical numbers Of its day
Harry Won Tilzer's do You Take
This Woman FoF Your Lawful
Wife," is being revived as a solo by
Frank Crumit during the Black
stone program. Julia Sanderson
who co-stars with Mr.. Crumit on
the program, is also listed for two
solos, both Of which are much
more modern than Franks. The
first is Bring Back The Olden
LovesDayS," and the second, "The
Song I Love-"