Evening star., 1930-04-06
ROGERS Will OPEN
BROADCAST SERIES
Famous Baritone Will Share
WMAL With Cowboy
Wit Tonight.

Will Rogers. the famous wit of Bev-
erfy Hills, and John Charles Thomas,
American baritone, share the radio
casts. Rogers is to open special series
Of programs over WMAL and a trans
continental network of Columbia Broad
casting System stations, while Thomas
will be the guest soloiSt in the Atwater
Kent hour. over WRC and other Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. stations.
Advance information does not indi-
cate the topic or topics Rogers will dis
cusS humorously. Thomas, however, in
his program viii sing several operate
artas and a group of sentimental
ballads.
Frances Holcombe, contralto, will as
sist the regu,1r soloists and Gilman and
Arden, the piano duo. in presenting the
Chase d Sanborn program. A feature
Of this broadcast will be the famous
duet number, Wasn't 1t Wonderful
While 1t Lasted" from Flying High"
Erva Giles, soprano, and Frank Luther,
tenor, will sing this selection. Gilman
and Arden's contribution will be Tap
Dance
Martin L. Davey to Speak.
James Stanley, bass, and Walter Pres
ton, baritone. will present program
Of old favorites with a Scotch and
Spanish background in the Davey pro-
gram. There also will be a brief talk
by former Representative Martin l..
Davey on The Tragic Plight of Gen.
tral Park
Specially arranged show tunes, in
cluding Marianne" and Cant Help
Lovin' That Man." will be played by
Jean Goldkette's Orchestra in the
broadcast of the Studebaker Cham
pions. The featured artist in the Capt.
tol Theater family" presentation will
be Westell Gordon. tenor. He will sing
his latest composition, Fair as the
Dawn"
WRC's afternoon program includes a
radio version of the operetta, Paul
Jones'" by the National Light Opera
Co., and the Roxy Symphony Concert.
In the Jewish hour, Rabbi Stephen S.
Wise will speak on "A World Univer-
sity in Palestine"
In addition to Will Rogers broad
cast, WMAL will present its usual array
of Columbia attractions. These include
the Majestic Theater of the Air, fea-
turing Edmund Vance Cooke, poet,
philosopher and lecturer; the La Palma
Rhapsodizers and the Back Home hour,
from Buffalo. Ben Alley, tenor, will
sing Pale Hands I Love" in the pro-
gram of the Rhapsodizers and the or
chestra will play number of popular
melodies. Nobody Knows the Trouble
I've Seen," an old slave song of the
= Civil War, will be the musical feature
Of the Back Home hour.
Japan to Be HOnOred.
The regular concert of the Montreal
Symphony Orchestra and the Conclave
of Nations broadcast are WMAL'S prin-
cipal afternoon attractions. Japan will
be honored in the Conclave of Ma
tions. Katsuji Debuchi, Japanese Am
bassador to the United States, will be
the speaker. Gen. Charles NICK.
Saltzman. chairman of the Federal
Radio Commission, will introduce him.
what the Church Means to Italy"
viii be discussed by Rev. John Keating
Cartwright in a special Lenten sermon
which VOL will broadcast this after
noon from the Church of the Immacu-
late Conception. The service will be
preceded by musical program by the
Lowell Choral Club and assisting artists.
WJSV will broadcast tonight the
service of the First Church Of Christ
Scientist A number of musical at
fractions will follow