The Washington times., 1930-11-29

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Radio
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The Russian symphonic Choir,
under the direction OF Basile
Kibalchich, and Mischa Levitzki
distinguished pianist, will be pre.
sented during the General Elec.
trio Hour. which Walter Damrosch
will direct over a National Broad.
casting Company network, from
8 to 10 p. m.
There was a time when, to
hear a concert by a choir, was
to spend an entire evening listen.
ing to church music, religious
chants and hymns, and the classi.
cal choral works of Handel and
Bach. Later, folk-songs became
a conspicuous part of such choral
programs and introduced q note
Of variety and popular appeal.
The Russian Symphonic Choir
introduced a new kind Of choral
music. In addition to church
music and folk-songs, the choir
offers arrangements of popular
light classics, originally written for
the piano and known to every
AAAuoAI 4ONCAs
A penchant for musical compo-
sition which one of Americas
leading industrial executives has
cultivated secretly for years. will
be revealed to radio listeners
Tuesday night, December 2, in A
group Of works by william H,
Woodin, president of the Amer.
ican Car and Foundry Company.
The famous executives compo-
sitions will be introduced during
NR.C.'s "A Musical Moment" pe- !
riod, which will be broadcast over
WIZ and associated stations at |
$50 o'clock, Eastern Standard
Time. Nathaniel Shilkret will di.
rect the orchestra.
The American Car and Foun-
dry head, who is many times a
millionaire, has been composing |
since his early youth, but never |
took his work seriously. He
looked upon it only as a diver
sion and an escape from business
worries, resisted the attempts of |
his friends to have some of his |
songs orchestrated and published, |
and still hesitates at having them |
played in public.
An unique feature of the "Chev.
rolet Chronicles" is promised for |
this week when one Of only three
war nurses who received the dis
tinquished Service Cross is heard |
locally as a part of a great |
national Broadcast, over station
VMAL tonight, at 7:30 p. m.
The nurse, Miss Hele.- G. Nc.
Clelland, of 807 Spruce ST., Phila.
delphia, is the only woman to
appear in this patriotic series Of |
air features sponsored weekly by
Chevrolet dealers. in which liv-
ing war veterans decorated for |
extraordinary valor in action, re-
late their experiences in the in.
tereSt Of a greater national ap- |
probation for patriotism, heroism
and self-sacrifice.
Miss McClelland's citation fol |
lowed events the night of August |
II, 1917, when enemy aircraft |
bombed the British area in which
she was stationed. An aerial |
bomb, landing on a cookhouse
20 feet away, made shreds of the
tent housing Miss McClelland
and another reserve nurse, Miss
Beatrice Mcdonald, inflicting
wounds on the latter which re-
suited in permanent disability. |
Miss McClelland remained at her
post under fire and cared for
Miss McDonald's wounds.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
veteran Suffragette and women's
leader, will speak over a National
Broadcasting Company hook-up,
Wednesday, December 3, on The
Place of Women in Public Life
Today"
Mrs. Gait is the 1880 winner of
the Pictorial Review award to the
outstanding woman in national
life. For 40 years she has worked
as writer and speaker in the
cause of women. She has organ
lied innumerable clubs, speak
ers' school, and the Woman Suf-
frage party.
The talk will be heard over an
N.B.C.-WJZ network, Wednesday