Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
WILBUR ADDRESS
IS FORUM FEATURE
Interior Secretary win Tell of
Problems Confronting
His Department.

For the second time within a wear.
Secretary of Interior Wilbur will 60 be-
fore the microphone tonight as the
speaker in the National Radio Forum
arranged by The Star and sponsored by
the Columbia Broadcasting System.
Through Station WMAL and a coast
to-coaSt Columbia network, Secretary
Wilbur will speak at 1880 o'clock on
the important problems confronting the
Interior Department. He made his first
forum talk soon after he was appointed
to the Cabinet by President Hoover,
VINO has been his intimate friend since
the days when they were undergrad
yates at Stanford University
In addition to Secretary Wilbur's
talk, WMAL and its Columbia assc-
ciateS Will broadcast another resume
from Frederic William Vile, who is in
London. Mr.. Wile's voice will cross the
Atlantic via short waves.
Program Honors Conan.
WMAL's principal musical presenta-
tons will come during the periods oc-
cupied by the grand opera concert,
Manhattan Moods, and In a Russian
Village" The Manhattan program will
honor George M. Cohan. It contains a
group of songs that made him famous.
Among them are Give My Regards to
Broadway" Good-by Flo" It's a Grand
Old Flag" and Yankee Doodle Boy"
Helen Nugent, contralto, will sing the
vocal numbers, assisted by the Co
lumbia Symphony Orchestra. Peter
Biljo's Balalaika Orchestra, the VII
layers; quartet and Nine. Valentinova,
will present the Russian program.
The only dramatic presentation
scheduled by WMAL will be the weekly
True Detective Mystery sketch. It will
be based on the story ''Whoopsie Girl"
written by Felix B. DeMartini, formerly
Police Department.
Two outstanding musical attractions
are scheduled tonight by WRC and
other National Broadcatsing Co. sta
tons. The first will come during the
weekly r. G. A. Victor hour, in which
Nine. Amelia Galli-Curci, information
ally famous soprano is to be the guest
soloist. The National Grand Opera
Company will provide the other, with a
Fishers
The program arranged for Nine |
Galli-Curci is designed especially to |
bring into full play the beauty and |
hexibility of her voice. Varied in |
character, 1t ranges from the melodious |
philemon ct Baucis" of Gounod to the |
familiar La Paloma" Of Yradier and |
the simple charm of Home, Sweet |
Home" The orchestra win be under |
direction of two famous conductors, |
Rosario Bourbon and Nathaniel Shil- |
kret. Mr.. Bourbon will conduct the |
orchestral accompaniment to the stars |
solos, while Shilkret will take the baton |
for group Of modern compositions.
Vallee Is Featured.
The F1eischman Sunshine Hour with |
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yam
KEGS; the Jack Frost Melody Moments, |
featuring Eugene Ormandy'S Orchestra; |
The 7-1l's," consisting Of an orches-
ira, directed by Dave Grupp, and Billy |
Hillpot, soloist, and the Sieberling /
Singers are among WRC's other
Graham McNamee will desert his usual
role to become the guest soloist in the
FleiSchman program, which will be |
backgrounded against an imaginary /
night club. In the Jack Frost broad
cast Ormandy's Orchestra viii revive |
musical memories Of 80 years ago, when |
the reigning hits on Broadway were
THE Burgomaster" and THE Casino /
Girl" James Melton, tenor, and VIII
fred Glenn, bass, will be the SoloistS in
the Soldering program, which Is made
UP Of popular and semi-classical selec-
tons.
Capt. William ]. Stannard, leader Of
The United States Army Band, will direct
the Overseas As;l:sary Band of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars in its weekly
concert tonight over VOL. The pro-
gram will be made up of march music
composed by Capt. Stannard. inter-
sperstng the musical program will be q
talk by Mrs. Emma Steed, overseas war
worker, who had charge Of the canteen
ut Dion, France.
A music memory contest viii feature
the concert by the Citizens Band Of
Washington to be broadcast tonight by |
WJSV. Old-time tunes will be played
This station also announces as another
outstanding feature a concert by the
glee club Of the Arlington Hall Junior
College for Girls.