The Washington times., 1930-09-29
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with Graham McNamee, veteran
announcer, at the microphone.
The st. Louis Cardinals op-
pose the Philadelphia Athletics,
winners of the American League
pennant.
The world series broadcast will
60 over an N.B.C. coast-to-coast
network with WEAF and WIZ
serving the metropolitan area.
The opening game Of the series
will be held at Shibe Field, Phila-
delphia, Wednesday, beginning at
1870 o'clock. The tentative sched-
ule calls for the playing of the
first two games at Philadelphia
and the next three games at st.
Louis. Then, If neither team has
won the necessary four games,
the play will be resumed at Phila-
delphia.
McNamee's appearance befoie
the microphone will mark his
eighth year as announcer Of World
Series games. He made radios
first world series broadcast in 1923
and since that time has announced
thirty-eight world series games. An
announcer to assist McNamee Will
be selected later.
The inside story Of Americas
part in the World War, prepared
from the confidential files Of New
ton D. Baker, Secretary Of War in
the Wilson Cabinet, will be pre-
sented to listeners throughout the
country by Frederick Palmer, Ia
nous war correspondent and au-
thor, in a series Of twelve pro-
grams which will be broadcast by
the National Broadcasting Com
pany.
Baker, the only man in the
country familiar, by reason OF his
position, with all the aspects OF
the conduct of the war, has turned
over to Palmer twenty looselea1
volumes of his private papers. Civ
ing Palmer a free hand in prepar-
ing from them the narrative Of his
administration. Baker will not see
the manuscript until it appears in
print.
Highlights of this story will be
brought before the microphone
once each month, beginning Sun
day ewing. october 26. Palmer
will present them through a coast
to-coast .-WEAF network from
1880 to 800 o'clock. The National
Broadcasting Company and the
American Legion Monthly, in
which excerpts from the forth
coming book will appear, are CO.
operating in this series.
J. Ramsay Macdonald, prime
minister of England, will renew ac-
ouaintance with the American
radio audience Wednesday after
noon. according to plans for an in
ternational rebroadcast announc-
ed by the National Broadcasting
Company.
The voice of the British leader,
which became familiar to listeners
on this side of the Atlantic during
his American visit last year and
later through MICS rebroadcast
reports from the London Naval
Arms Conference, is expected to
bridge the Atlantic Wednesday af-
ternoon at 1855 o'clock, Eastern
standard time.
The premier will discuss for 20
minutes the forthcoming imperial
conference, which will be held in
London late in October. This con-
ference will bring to the capital Of
the empire all prime ministers and
other leading citizens of British
possessions throughout the world.
It is expected that MacDonald's
address Wednesday will be an ad-
vance message to the dominionS
on the purpose and program Of
the meeting.
Highlights on today's radio
programs are:
$3.50 p. M.
WRC-Appropriate with the
advent of autumn, the A. & P.
Gypsies play Victor Herbert's In
dian Summer" during the broad.
cast.
Under the direction of Harry
Horlick the orchestra opens the
program with the overture to
Strauss die Fledermaus," while
the quartet by way of contrast
sings There's a Hole in the
Bottom of the Sea-" by Lake.
Other numbers included during
this program are Sweet Moth.
ings," "All Through the Night" /"
I'll Be Blue Thinking of You"
and "Sweeter Than Sweet"
$3.50 p. M.
WRC-Music which it's com
poser probably never thought
would be arranged for a quartet,
"Entr'acte," from Naughty
Marietta" by Victor Herbert, is
one Of the numbers the Briga-
diers Quartet will sing during the
General Motors Family Party.
Elliott Shaw, baritone, will be the
soloiSt during the program. He
will be heard in two numbers,
Three for Jack" and when You
Were Sweet Sixteen"
1880 p. M.
WRC-A medley of Art Kas-
sells compositions will be played
by the orchestra directed by him
during the Sign of the Shell
broadcast from an N.B.C. net.
work and WRC. Wendell Hall
master Of ceremonies, and Raw
Perkins, radio entertainer, will be
heard in this feature.