Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-31
SENATOR TO TALK
ON CROPS IN FORUM
Smith of South Carolina to
Discuss Planting and Sur
pluSeS on Radio.

The National Radio Forum, arranged
by The Washington Star and broadcast
by WNdAL and coast-to-coast network
of the Columbia BroadcaSting System
will present tonight o discussion by
Senator Smith of South Carolina on
Crop Planting and Crop SURPRISES"
Senator Smith Is q member Of the
Senate Committee on Agriculture, and
long has been q student Of the problems
facing the cotton and grain farmers OF
the country. He also has worked out q
plan under which farmers would be
able to buy cotton or wheat from the
Federal Farm Board at the present mar
ket price and hold for q rise In prices.
Immediately following the forum
WNAAL and its Columbia associates will
broadcast a special Red Cross program,
featuring Will Rogers and i've unnamed
sufferers in the drought area. who will
give a graphic human experience pic
ture of the impoverished conditions in
that region. A farmer and farmers
wife and boy and girl are included In
this group.
Tenor 70 Give Program
Starting at Z o'clock, Morton Downey,
tenor, assisted by Freddie Rtch'S Or
chestra, will present q popular pro-
next feature will be the weekly series
called THE Romance of American In
dustry," during which John B. Gordon
will discuss the vegetable Oil industries.
The speaker in the Chronicles series
at 1880 O'Clock will be Lieut.. c. Frank
Schilt, who won the Congressional
Medal of Honor for flying to the aid Of
10 Marines wounded in Nicaragua in
January, 1928. The musical portion Of
this program will be under direction Of
Frank Black and Gustave HaenSchen.
Ann Leaf, organiSt, will open her
joint program with Ben Alley, tenor, at
o'clock, with a selection from GerSh-
wins Song of the Flame" Alley will
follow with a vocal version Of THE Old
Refrain" of Kreisler. Other selections
by Miss Leaf include Alice Blue" the
march from Aida" and Blooms Song
Of the Bayou"
Dance music constitutes the remain
der of WMAL's program. The partici-
pating orchestras will be those of Jack
Denny, Herb Gordon, Guy Lombardo
and Fletcher Henderson.
Weber and Fields, Broadway'S most
famous croSs-flre comedians, make their
debut tonight over WRC and other Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. stations in a
new series of radio programs. Their
presentation is scheduled from 8 to 8:15
o'clock
Selections from musical shows of sew
eral years ago are to be featured in the
Varieties program. with Bugs Baer as
the master of ceremonies. "One Alone, "
from The Desert Song; The Little
Things in Life" and excerpts from Hit
the Deck" are the principal numbers.
Harold Won Emburgh and Welcome
Lewis will be the soloistS.
Orchestra Features.
Excerpts from symphonies by Russian
composers and selections in q lighter
strain will be played by Walter Dam
rosch and his symphony orchestra in
the Electric hour. The program Is made
up Of the 'Marche Joyeuse" of Cha
brier, the First Movement" from
Tschaikowsky'S Symphony No. in 3
Minor" the "Bolero" of Ravel, the
Dance of the SylphS" of Verlioz Cham
inade's Scarf Dance" and the Finale
from symphony No. in B Fiat" Of
Glazounow.
The wilkins Orchestra, directed by
Harold Veo. will give its usual popular
program. There will, however, be a
dash of the classical in the Scarf
Dance" of Chaminade Marguerite
Clark Cromwell and Lewis Smith will
be the soloistS.
Grace Linger, contralto, and Dorothy
Wilson, alto, will be heard in a joint
recital tonight over VOL. The sta
tons other musical features include
mandolin and guitar solos by Walter T.
Holt and recital by Seba Christie,
tenor.