The Washington times., 1931-04-28
NEWS-GOSSIP
OF RADIO
WORLD
BY BROADCASTER

10 Cne tune Oh AuAQ LANG 0yIe
which hope is not significant
Uncle Abe and David have
faded off the air. I am not
among the mourners.
A sour old Yankee character was
hard to digest with the asparagus
and it was a nuisance having to
leave the dinner table to turn
these Skowhegan folks off.
Phillips Lord is a clever enter
tainer and Seth Parker is more
in his line. Incidentally Mr.. Lord
has been captured by the movies,
hieing to Hollywood for picture,
some time in August.
Musicians in the broadcasting
studios are among the highest
paid in the profession. Only
Hollywood melody makers who
put the tunes in the screen
stories get more. Out on the
coast the average for run-of-
the-mine film musician is $3.50
a week.
In the New York headquarters
of N.B.C. and Columbia $3.50 and
$500 week is an ordinary wage
for the first-class musicians who
are regularly employed.
In Chicago the musicians Of
N.B.C. have just been placed on
a Six-day-five-hours-a-week sched-
ule. The new contract went into
effect yesterday.
Two types of orchestras are
considered in the contract. Play.
ing members of a commercial or
chestra, working in conjunction
with an advertising program, are
to receive a minimum of $3.50 a
week for 80 hours work. The
leader will get 5000 a week. An
overtime scale of $40 an hour is
provided.
The other type is the sustain
ing orchestra provided by the
broadcasting company to fill in
between advertising programs.
The contract calls for a scale Of
$120 a week for the members and
$240 a week for the leader of this
type of orchestra. An hourly
scale of SO is provided for over
time.
The Prince of Wales and Prime
Minister James Ramsay Mac
Donald are scheduled to be heard
in the United States over the
To1,,roh;o roo4u,orlz H1h,1rcIaU onI
Saturday, May 81 and %, re-
spectively.
The Princes voice will be
picked up from dinner in Dor
chester House, London, in con-
nection with the Buenos Aires
trade exposition, which he visited
to open the British exhibit.
Empire Day falling on a Sun
day, observances in Britain and
the empire will take place the
Saturday preceding, and tn e
prime minister will be heard in
connection with this event. Owing
to the important changes that
recently have taken place in
the relative status of the diff
ferent portions of the empire,
notably India, Canada and the
Irish Free State, Macdonald is
expected to use the occasion for
statement of his administra-
tons future policy.
The Prince of Wales program
has been listed from 4:20 to 5
o. m. Eastern daylight saving
time, and the premier's talk from
3:45 to 4 p. m.
The New York critics were
not crazy about Charming Pol
locks new play. NotwithStand-
ing, the public likes it. for
House Beautiful" has been def
nitely listed as a Broadway nit,
Now is the chance for the
radio public to judge. He will
present outstanding scenes from
"The House Beautiful" with the
stage cast, on the Five Arts pro-
gram of the Radio Home-Makers'
Club, at IL a. M, E. D. S. T.,
Thursday, April 30, over the Co
lumbia network. The cast Will
include Roy Gordon, Raymond
Walburn, Mary Phillips, James
Bell, Joseph Baird, Lionel Stan
der, Jane Seymour, Reed Brown,
jr., and Laurie Jacques.
Mary Phillips, featured player,
began her stage career in Charles
Dillingham's musical apple
Blossoms" Her first speaking
part in "The Old Soak" was fol
lowed by an important role in
Marc Connelly's THE Wisdom
Tooth" Later, she appeared in
1.-TWO Girls Wanted" Last sea-
son, Miss Phillips played the
lead for George M. Cohan in
Gambling" and in his revivals
of ''The Tavern" and "The Song
and Dance Man" She also
played the leading role in "Oh,
Promise Me-" which she left to