Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
BUILDING PROGRAM
is FORUM THEME
Assistant Secretary of Treas
ury to Reveal Plan to Aid
Unemployed.

The National Radio Forum, arranged
by The Star and sponsored by the Co
lumbia Broadcasting System, will pre-
sent tonight Ferry L. Heath, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, who has
charge of the Governments great Ma
tion-wide building program.
Mr.. Heath will speak over WMAL
and a coaSt-to-coast network of Column
bia stations from 1890 to IL o'clock,
revealing to the country how the Gov
eminent is pushing forward its gigantic
building program. He also will discuss
the plans of the Government for using
its own construction program to aid the
unemployment situation.
Another outstanding broadcast by
WNdAL and associated stations will be
the weekly resume by Frederic William
Vile from London on the program of
the Five-Power Naval Conference.
Short waves will carry his message
across the Atlantic.
New Program Over WMAL.
The Vagabonds and the Manhattan
Entertainers will provide WMAL's prin-
cipal musical features. In addition the
station has scheduled a new program,
called Devoe's Redskins. 1t will be pro-
vided by Ben Selvin's Orchestra, with
The initial broadcast is made up of a
number of popular melodies.
The Manhattan program is to feature
a review of Broadway successes, includ-
ing the Red Mill" Sweet Adeline,"
Naughty Marietta" and The Vagabond
King This feature will be presented
by Columbia'S combined dance and
symphonic orchestraS and a group of
SoloiStS.
A front-page mystery story of Nation
wide prominence-the capture of the
murderers of Patrolman James Master
son of the New York police department
will be dramatized in the True Detec-
tive Mystery broadcast. The sketch will
be based on a description of the case
by Detective Thomas Martin, one Of the
men who investigated it.
Aside from the Columbia attractions.
WMAL will broadcast tonight a portion
of the proceedings of the banquet of
the Cosmopolitan Club at the Carlton
to the outstanding resident of the Dis
trict in the past year will be awarded.
This feature is scheduled from 10 to
1890 o'clock.
Dainty Marilyn Miller, Americas IA
vorite musical comedy star, will assist
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut YAM
KEGS tonight in presenting the FleiSch-
mann Sunshine hour over WRC and a
network of other National Broadcasting
Co. stations Miss Miller'S contribution
will be two song hits from her recent
Broadway succeSSes-'Look for the Sill
yer Lining" from Sally" and "Who?"
from sunny" Vallee's Orchestra will
vary its usual program of sentimental
numbers with a fiery tango, La Tri-
guena,' and group of college fraternity
songs. chosen from the musical selec-
tons of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
The r. c. A.-Victor hour will be pre-
sented by Mime. Maria Jeritza, operate
soprano of international fame. and a
thaniel Shilkret. Mime. Jaritza has
o1oSer. for her radio recital the out
standing arias of several Wagnerian
heroines. 'Lohengrin" will be repre-
sented by "Elsa's Dream Tam
hauser" by ''Elizabeth's Prayer" and
Die Walkure" by two Brunhilde arias.
In the instrumental portion of the pro-
gram the orchestra will play the Tam
hauser Overture" 'gThe Ride of the
Valkyrie.' the Wedding March" from
'Lohengrin" and THE Magic Flute"
from die Walkure" Other Wagnerian
compositions will be played by violin
and cello soloists.
Other Features on WRC.
WrO Otner musical features include
condensed version of Gounod's
Romeo and Juliet by the National
Grand Opera Co., the Jack Frost Mel
oGy Moments and the Soldering Sing
ers. A vocal reading of the humorous
melody big Bass Viol'' will be given by
Wilfred Glenn, bass, as the speciality in
the Soldering program. James Melton,
tenor, will sing the Romance" from
BiZet's THE Pearl Fishers" The Jack
Frost broadcast includes q medley from
Sunny Side Up" and a review Of the
show hits of 1902. made up of selections
from The Prince of Pilsen" and THE
Wizard of o."
A musical program by the Veterans
Of Foreign Wars heads the broadcast to-
night OF VOL. There also will be a
dinner concert and a talk by Louis
Rothschild, director of WaShington's
Better Business Bureau
A Christian Science hymn program
and a broadcast by the Washington
College Of Law are among the features
scheduled tonight by WJSV. The Ko-
hala Melody Boys and Walter Hollis
String Artists Ensemble also will be
heard from this station