Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
KENTUCKY DERBY
! | TO Be BROADCAST
Columbia and National Sys-
TENS Will Garry Descrip-
ton of Turf Classic.

Networks of the Columbia and Ma
late today graphic description Of
Americas annual turf classic, the Ken
lucky Derby. WMAL and WRC will
be linke'. in their respective chains
for this special broadcast, which is
scheduled to begin at $50 o'clock.
Graham NcNamee, assisted by Glenn
Mccarthy. turf authority, will be at the
microphone for the N. B. c. Columbia s
description of the race will be given by
Ted Husing, who will be stationed in a
specially constructed glass booth oppo-
site the starting line. The N. B. G.
also has microphone booths at the
starting post and finish line. and a
microphone in the box of Lord Derby.
fifth Earl of Derby and descendant of
the man for whom the race was named.
Plans have been made to have Lord
Derby make a brief radio address at the
close of the race.
WRC has scheduled another outstand-
ing event tonight broadcast of the
spelling bee between Washington's men
and women newspaper correspondents
ut the National Press Club. The wom-
ans team will be composed of Martha
Strayer, Kate Scott Brooks, Elizabeth
May Craig. Catherine Hackett Turling.
ton. Nell Ray Clarke Harrington. StellS
McCord, Maud McDougall and Mari
McCracken Jones. The honor of thu
newspaper men will be upheld by RN3
Tucker, winner of the recent congress
sional-newspaper spelling contest Far
mer Murphy, David Rankin Barbee
Wilbur Forrest, Floyd S. RooSa, Fred
Emery, Paul Anderson and John D..
Rhodes. James d. Preston, superin-
tendent of the Senate press gallery, will
act as "schoolmaster." Judges will be
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Mrs Alfred
J. Brosseau and Senator Tom Connally
Of Texas
The General Electric hour, with WAL
Der Damroschs Symphony Orchestra,
has been reduced to half-hour broad
cast on account of the spelling bee
The orchestral feature is announced as
Sir Edward Cigars Enigma"
IF Had a Girl Like You" and the
spiritual Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
frame the 15-minute program by Lennie
Ross, THE Troubadour of the Noon
Melodrama Scheduled by WMAL.
BARLEY Campbell's five-act melo-
drama, THE Danites," will be produced
tonight by Hank Simmons Show Boat
troupe in its weekly presentation over
WMAL and associated Columbia sta
VionS. Inc play Is based on band OF
revengeful ruffians who overran the
Western frontiers in pioneer days.
The Paramount Publix radio hour will
feature special arrangement of THE
Moonlight Reminds Me of YOU" to be
played by an augmented symphonic or
chestra under the direction of David
Mendoza. The selection is the latest
composition of Mrs. Jesse Crawford.
Soloists to be heard in this hour in
clude Marcia Freer, soprano, and Paul
Small tenor.
WMAL's features of local origin in
clude a talk by Charles w. Darr on
Washington's 1880 Cleanup week"
End a program by Yeomans and Nc
Clure, novelty entertainers.
Woman to Speak Over VOL.
Doris Stevens, chairman of the Inter-
American Commission of Women. will
speak over VOL at GAS o'clock. on
The Hague Conference" The sta
tons musical features will be provided
by the Crescen6o Male Chorus and the
Kohalo Melody Boys.
Kakiki Harmony Boys on WJSV.
A concert by the Kaikiki Harmony
Roys will be one of the musical fea-
lures tonight of WJSV. The stations
program also include another broad
east by Big Eds Squirrel Hunters"
and concert by Jewel Jennifer's Jubi-