The Washington times., 1930-04-26

Movie stars will command the
attention of listeners tonight. On
the NBC. network will be John
Boles, featured In the Del Monte
program. The regular Paramount
PubliX Hour on Columbia Will
bring Clara Bow as mistress OF
ceremonies, introducing some OF
her Hollywood colleagues on the
Paramount lot.
Boles is listed to sing some Of
the theme ditties from his latest
pictures, songs written, If you
please, by Charles Wakefield Cad
man. This will be heard through
WRC at $3.50 p. m.
Flaming Clara is scheduled to
introduce Ruth Chatterton, Buddy
Rogers, Mary Brian, SkeetS Gal
lagher, Lillian Roth, Leon Enrol,
Zelma O'Neil, Gary Cooper and
some whose names are not quite
as familiar on WMAL at 10
o. m, if you are interested.
Passing the studio test for an
nouncers presents difficulties.
Last week Columbia tried out II
aspirants for jobs as studio chiefs
of the microphone. Not one rated
a better test mark than &C." which
means Bad" Another addition
will be held, and some whose
faults can be corrected Will win
another chance.
The story Of one of the out
standing track meets in American
amateur sports, the Penn relays
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia,
will be broadcast this afternoon
by N. B. c., locally by WRC.
Phillips Carlin, veteran sports
announcer, will be at the micro
phone for the broadcast, which
will be on the air from to $3.50
o'clock in the afternoon. The
meet is held under the auspices
of the University of Pennsylvania.
Carlin will have his microphone
near the finish line Of all events
and will speak from point where
he can describe every contest OF
the meet.
Among the events to be covered
in the N. B. c. broadcast will be
the one-mile intercollegiate race,
the Glass B high school mile
relay, the normal school mile
relay, the Middle Atlantic States
collegiate mile relay. the Philadel'
phia interacademic mile relay, the
Glass B intercollegiate mile relay,
the intercollegiate freshman mile
relay, the prep school mile relay,
the high school championship
mile relay, the final intercol-
legiate 100-yard dash, the Ameri-
can championship mile relay and
the American championship inter
collegiate four-mile relay.
Highlights on today'S program
are:
p. M.
WMAL-WRC-The Penn relay
track meet broadcast direct from
Franklin Field, Philadelphia.
5:55 p. M.
WRC-"Keeping Up With The
Times" news. flashes by William
Moore. feature editor.
$3.50 p. M.
WMAL-Th. Universalist Ma.
tional Memorial Church at Six
teenth and S Streets erected by
contributions of UniversaliSts in
all parts of the country, will
present the opening program IN
it's dedicatory exercises.
During the half hour period the
church choir under the direction
of DIR. Albert w. Harmed will sing
and the Rev. F. w. Perkins, pas.
tor of the national church, will
describe: the dedicatory cere.
monies to take place on the fol.
lowing day when many denomina.
tional leaders will be in attend
ance.
WRC-John Boles, popular mo.
ton picture star, presents a radio
version of his latest singing pic.
ture, Captain of the Guard" dur.
ing the Del Monte program.
9P. NJ.
WRC-Walter Damrosch's sym
phony orchestra will bring the
scherzo from Beethoven's third
symphony, "Eroica," to listeners
over coast-to-coaSt network. Bee.
thoven is said to have composed
the "Eroica" in honor of Napo.
leon, but that he was SO diSap-
pointed when the CorSican de.
clared himself Emperor that the
composer eliminated Napoleon s
name from the score.
WMAL-The great American
drama. "Davy Crockett" will be
enacted aboard the floating
theater 'Maybelle" and broad.
cast to the nation during Hank
Simmons Show Boat" period
The famous play has been
adapted to radio by Phil Maher
and Harry C. Browne.
1OP. M.
WMAL The greatest assem-.
blage of motion-picture stars ever
gathered together in the history
of radio will be heard from New
York and Hollywood during the
Paramount-Publix Hour.
Headed by Clara Bow, who
makes her radio debut at this