The Washington times., 1931-04-08
NEW
OF RADIO
WORLD
BY BROADCASTER

Late this afternoon (o'lo OH
VOL Howard Thurston, master
magician, will reminiSce for
radio listeners. He will be intro
duced by Andrew r. Kelley, dra.
matte editor of The Washington
Times.
This feature, Confessions Of a
Magician" ought to be interest
ing. 1t comes from an entertainer
who never knows what 1t Is to suf-
fer a losing week in the theater
and a man who has played in his
time to more than 100000 chill
dren. He exacts but $1.50 for
best seats to see his performance,
another thing which makes him
unique and distinctive in these
days of ticket SpeculatorS and
Broadway brigands.
hope he includes in his con-
fessions how he makes a woman
vanish in thin air, or perhaps, how
pigeons are netted from anywhere
and everywhere. These are tricks
that have us all perplexed.
Thurston is the volunteer god
father of crippled children, or
phans and war veterans. He has
been host at more than 5000 such
parties in the last decade, q score
of these under the auspices Of the
Hearst newspapers. Tune in at
Sis if you crave something d1t.
ferent in the talk line.
Radio Joe will have a baseball
night next Tuesday with George
Christian, Postmaster w. w.
Mooney and other fans providing
the chatter. Clark Griffith has
been invited and there will be
speakers who will devote their at
tention to the Muddy Ruel testi-
monial, this latter project being
sponsored by the sports depart
ment of the Times. This program
will be on WMAL at 1880 p. m.
Montague Glass, creator Of Pot
ash and Perlmutter, and a self
made pianist, will be introduced
by Sigmund Spaeth during the
N.B.C. Keys to Happiness" pro-
gram Saturday morning, April II,
and together with Spaeth, will
participate at the piano in a
four-handed rendition of the
sprightly Hungarian Dance No.
2, by Brahms.
Testimonial speeches in honor
of DR.. James H. Kimball, aSso-
ciate meterologist of the United
States Weather Bureau. to be
given at a dinner rendered by
transatlantic filters Thursday,
April 9, will be broadcast over an
N.BC. network.
The broadcast will originate at
the Hotel Roosevelt, where the
dinner is being given, and at
which many of the notable avia
tion figures of today will Sbe in at
tendance. All the transatlantic
fliers have been aided by DR.. Kim
ball in securing weather reports
for their flights, as have aviators
the world over.
Many of those prominent in
aviation will speak during the
evening. They include Rear Ad-
miral Richard E. Byrd, Capt.
Lewis A. Yancey. Bert Balchen,
Miss Amelia Earhart, Miss Ruth
Elder. Col. James Fitzmaurice and
Clarence Chamberlin.
Hack Wilson, home-run king
of the National League. will
appear with Richly Craig. Jr.. in
the Tuesday, April IA, broadcast
of the Blue Ribbon Malt Jester,
over the Columbia network, 1915
to 1890 p. m.
Fresh from WrigIey Field and
the Cubs first game of 1881,
Hack will be called on for some
inside information or his am
bition to better his 1890 record
of fifty-six homers. The rotund
star of baseball and the star of
the wiSecracking profess sion
promise fifteen minutes of team
work on blended hilarity and
diamond information.
John Maynard Keynes, noted
English economist, will discuss
causes of worldwide depression,
and suggested remedies to relieve
it, during Columbia's internation-
al broadcast Sunday, April IL.
Speaking in London. he will be
heard over WABC and a nation
wide network at 1870 u m.