Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-06
FUTURE AMERICA
TO Be PICTURED
Radio Forum Anniversary
Program to Be Broadcast
Over WMAL.

A gala one-hour program will bt
presented by the National Radio Forum
tonight over WMAL and the Columbis
Broadcasting Systems coast-to-coast
network in celebration of its first ami
yersary on the air.
iigures--Secretary of Agriculture Arthur
NJ. Hyde, Senator David l. Walsh oil
Massachusetts and Representative
James M. Beck of Pennsylvania--wil
contribute to the forums anniversary
broadcast Through them the country
will be given a prophetic picture OF
america Of the Future"
The Columbia Symphonic Ensemble
will augment the anniversary program
with a concert of patriotic airs. The
forum, a regular weekly Columbia at
traction, is arranged by The Star. The
hour set aside on the Columbia chain
for the first birthday celebration is
from 1880 to 1850 o'clock.
VILE Speech From London.
Another rebroadcast from London of
Frederic William Wile's weekly resume
of the Five-Power Naval Conference
and q True Detective Mystery dramati-
zation based on a story of the mysteri-
Gus happenings aboard the barkentine
Herbert Fuller which drifted into Hall
fax with the black flag of mutiny at
the masthead. are among the other
Columbia features scheduled by WMAL.
In addition there will be the weekly
program known as Manhattan Moods"
and concert by the DeVue REDSKINS.
The r. G. A.-Victor hour tonight over
WRC and other National Broadcasting
Co. stations will present condensed
version OF Gounod'S Faust" Three
members of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
will sing the major roles-Editha
Fleisher, Armand Tokatyan and Leon
Rothier Nathaniel Shilkret will direct
the production.
THE Men About Town" vocal trio,
will assist Rudy Vallee and his Con-
necticut Yankees in presenting the
Fleischmann Sunshine hour. The trio's
contributions include Rachmaninod' S
famous piano prelude woven into a
song, Some of These Days." and
''Moanin' Low" the song hit from 1.-THE
Little Show" The orchestra will play
a group Of sentimental ballads with
Vallee in his usual role, grooming and
saxophoning.
'sRigoIetto" to Be Given.
Faust" will be followed by another
opera, Verdi's "Rigoletto." to be sung by
the National Grand Opera Co. Theodore
Webb. Genia Zielinska, Julian Oliver
and Earl Waldo will have the principal
roles.
Ranging from current popular tunes
to operate selections, the Soldering
Singers present a varied program in
their broadcast at o'clock. James
Melton and Lewis James, tenors; Elliott
Shaw, baritone. and Wilfred Glenn,
bass, comprise the male quartet to be
heard In a program composed of 1.-THE
SNOWFALL Man" Flower Song" Hang
in on the Garden Gate" and "Only a
Rose" from 1.-THE Vagabond King"
The ninth in the series of musical
mosaics presented in Jack Frost's Mel
ody Moments revives show hits of 1904.
Victor Herbert is revealed as one of the
most popular composers of that year.
as selections from two of his operettas,
''It Happened in Nordland" and "Ba-
BETA" viii be featured. Eugene Or
mandy, conductor, and Oliver Smith,
tenor, will be the soloists
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and
Estelle Wentworth will present VOLS
outstanding features. Boots Huff's Vir-
GINA Revelers and the Capital City
Serenaders will contribute to the pro-
gram Of WJSV.