Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-15
DALHART FEATURES
BAKERS PROGRAM
Opera Singer Who Popular.
lied Prisoners Song to Be
Heard Over WRC.

Vernon Dalhart, who trained for
opera, sang in it for a while, but be-
came famous as the man who popular
lied THE Prisoners Song" will be the
guest artist of the Happy Wonder
Bakers program tonight over WRC and
other National Broadcasting Co. sta
tions.
The appearance of Dalhart will mark
the introduction of a new series OF
broadcasts by the Happy Bakers. IN
which opponents and composers OF pop
ular music will appear as stars. Dali
hart is a singer of songs written after
the manner of the hill-billy muSic-the
craze for which was started by The
Prisoners Song" In his radio program
he will sing four numbers, including
Cant You Hear Me Calling, Caroline?
1.-THE Prisoners Song" and Putin On
Style"
The guest soloist with Emo Rapee's
Concert Orchestra in the Mobiloil
broadcast over WRC will be Beatrice
Belkin, popular radio soprano. She will
sing Delibes' melodiouIs Bell Song,
from "Lakme The orchestral spe-
cialties will be Butterfly" and Polo
naise in A Major" two of Chopin's out
standing compositions.
Motion" a descrlp tive and modernistic
composition Illustrating that elusive
physical force long sought by science,
will be the highlight of the Chicago
Little Symphony Orchestra's contribu-
ton to the Halsey-Stuart program at
9 o'clock. The orchestra also will play
selections from Friml's THE Three
Musketeers" and the finale from Ros-
sini's overture to William Tell"
PaImolive Program Featured.
The Palmolive hour, another WRC
attraction, will present Gustave Haen-
schen's Orchestra, the Revelers Quartet
and the two regular SoloiSts-Paul
Oliver, tenor, and Olive Palmer, So
prano-in a varied program of classical
and semi-classical selections. Miss
Palmer's solo will be Listen to the
Mocking Bird" Oliver will sing Bart
will be Should ~" and Moonlight and
Roses"
The Gold Medal Fast Freight" will
pull into WNAL and AZ associated Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System stations
tonight, announced by the whistle of q
locomotive and all other sounds asso-
ciated with the arrival of train. The
new program will be broadcast from 8
to $50 o'clock, featuring the Wheaties
Quartet, which recently concluded its
third year on the air from WCCO, and
an organist.
Excerpts from Leoncavallo's 1T Pagl-
iacci" and other classical compositions
of Verdi Mozart and Glinka form the
grand opera program scheduled by
WMAL at 1890 o'clock. A symphony
orchestra and a group of prominent
radio singers will take part. The Kol-
ster hour preceding the grand opera
concert will feature RUDE Bloom,
pianist-composer, who wrote "Solilo-
Bayou" He will play "Soliloquy."
Selections from current musical COM
edies and talking pictures dominate the
orchestral portion of the program.
Frances Shelly, star of Wake Up
and Dream" will sing the hit number
of the show, What Is This Thing
Called Love?" during the La Palma
broadcast at $50 o'clock. The Hank
Simmons Show Boat production at IL
O'Clock will be the four-act comedy
drama of New York's East Side, 1.-The
Old Clothes Man.
WMAL's attractions of local origin
include the weekly program OF Radio
Joe and his Budget Boys, the mer-
chants dinner concert and recital by
Floyd Williams, tenor. Fun, Froiic
and FoolishnesS" Is the title of Radio
Joe's broadcast.
VIII Tell Of Red Cross.
DR.. Thomas E. Green, director of the
speakers bureau Of the American Red
Cross, will speak from VOL tonight on
What Your Red Cross Membership
Means to the Community" The sta
tons musical features include a pro-
gram by Edith Reeds Entertainers an1
recitals by Julie march,, pianist, and
Rose Krick, soprano.
The United States Army Band will
give its weeks concert over WJSV to-
night from 7:30 to o'clock Other
musical features include a recital by
Kathryn Crowley. pianist, and dance
program by the Shenandoah Ramblers.