Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-12
FEATURES ON RADIO
TO HONOR LINCOLN
Songs and Dramatic Sketches
viii Commemorate Great
Emancipation.

Special features commemorative Of
Iincoln's birthday anniversary dominate
the programs tonight Of both WRC and
WMAL. In music. dramatic sketche:
and talks the memory of the great
emancipation will be recalled.
Two of the Lincoln birthday broad
casts will be of local origin. Both are
on the schedule of WMAL. The first
will be a novel tour of the Lincoln
Museum. at sic Tenth street, conducted
historic building. Reynolds also viii
tell an original and heretofore publicly
untold story about President Lincoln
and Gen. Grant. The other program
will be provided by the Citizens Joint
Committee on National Representation
for the District. 1t will bring before
the microphone Representative Clyde
Kelly OF Pennsylvania, close student
OF the life of Lincoln, and the quartet
of the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. where Lincoln attended while
President. The quartet will sing a
group of Lincoln's favorite hymns. The
members will be introduced by Rev.
Joseph r. Si2oo, pastor of the church.
Dramatic Sketch Scheduled.
In addition to the local broadeaSts in
celebration Of Lincoln'S birthday,
WMAL has scheduled several other fea-
lures which are coming over the CO.
lumbia Broadcasting System network.
These include dramatic sketch depict
ing the life of Lincoln and a musical
extravaganza to be known as Rally
Round the Flag" The latter replaces
the usual Show Boat presentation,
which has been shifted to the Friday
night program.
WMAL's remaining Columbia attrac-
lions include the sketch of the Forty
Fathom TrawlerS, to be based on Robert
Louis StevenSon'S story, 1.-THE Ebb
Tide; the La Palma smoker, featuring
a popular program by Freddie Rich's
Orchestra and Ben Alley, and q play
by-play description of the Columbia
Pennsylvania basket ball game, which
the Philco hour will present in lieu of
Harry Whelan, nationally known song
writer, who was originally scheduled i'll
this broadcast.
Civil War Songs on Air.
One of the principal Lincoln BIRTH
day features of WRC and associated
National Broadcasting Co. stations will
be a group of melodies of Civil War
days, which Edna Kellogg, soprano. will
sing during the Mobiloil concert. A
male quartet and Nathaniel Shiikret's
Orchestra also will take part in this
program.
Olive Palmer, soprano: Paul Oliver,
tenor; Elizabeth Lenr OK, contTalto; the
RevelerS' Quartet and an orchestra di-
rected by Gustave Haenschen will COM
bine to present the PalmOliye hour
The program includes I'm Dreamer"
Crying for the Carolines," Song of
the Bayou" and Dance, Little Lady"
Another Lincoln birthday feature of
WRC will be broadcast of the pro-
ceedings at the annual dinner of the
Central Trades and Labor Council Of
greater New York William Green,
president of the American Federation of
Labor, will be the principal speaker.
Fred East Scheduled.
Fred East. popular Washington bari
tone and concert singer, will give a
special recital tonight over VOL He
will sing some of the songs that have
made him well known in concert circles.
VOLS program contains several other
musical features and a talk by Mrs. NJ
Florence Conway of the American Red
Cross on Surgical Dressings"
WJSV will broadcast late this after
noon the second of a series of programs
arranged by the Chamber Of Commerce
of Arlington County. Va. The special
feature of the evening program will be
talk by Representative Browning of
Tennessee on disabled veterans legisla-
ton.