Evening star., 1932-01-04
TIBBETT To OPEN
SER|ES0VER n. B. c.
Famous Baritone Includes
Variety in Program for
Tonight.

Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan Opera
Co. baritone, will make his initial
appearance in series of performances
before the nicrophone on the weekly
program broadcast starting tonight over
a National Broadcasting Co. network
WEAF-which includes WRC for this
area. He will be the first active Metro
politan star to engage in continuous
series of such performances.
A varied program has been selected
by Tibbett for this program, which will
be broadcast at $50 pm. He Will sing
1.-The Peanut Vender," "OP Man River"
'Believe Me, If All Those Epdearing
Young Charms" and the "Toreador
Song" from Carmen"
Other entertainers will be William
Merrigan DAILY and his orchestra and
the male quartet
WCAE to be Dedicated.
A gay variety entertainment, inter
sperSed by several addresses, will mark
the dedication program OF station
WCAE, Pittsburgh, which will be carried
at 1890 pm by WRC and a network
of the National Broadcasting Co.
The musical program will include
numbers by Reinald WerTenrath, BARI
tone; James Melton, tenor; Mabel Jack
son, soprano; Marion Harris, contralto;
Tito Coral, South American baritone,
and Emo Rapee's Concert Orchestra.
Addresses will be made by William Ran
dolf Hearst and Harry M. Bitner,
newspaper executive, and M. H. Ayles-
worth, president of National Broadcast
ing Co. Walter Winchen and Bugs
Baer, newspaper columnist will contr1-
butte other features.
Representative Henry T. Rainey of
Illinois, majority leader of the House,
will be interviewed by William Hard,
political commentator, in a program
broadcast by WRC at 10 O'Clock tonight.
Mr. Rainey will be questioned concerning
impending legislation and is expected
to give additional details of his partys
tax program, proposed as substitute
for the Administration program.
Singers to Be Heard.
A group of singers, headed by Amy
Goldsmith, soprano, and Douglas STAN
bury, baritone, will be heard over WRC
at $50 O'Clock in the Parade of States
program, in which Delaware Will be
honored Emo Rapee will lead the
orchestra in "Rodneys Ride" composed
especially for this program, describing
the ride of Caesar Rodney from his
he cast the deciding vote for ratifica-
ton of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence.
In the program of the Gypsies, at 8
O'Clock over WRC, a feature will be a
trio arrangement Of by the Lake"
from TschaikoWsky's ballet, lie Cygne,
played on violin, cello and harp.
Alex. Gray, baritone, singing the
songs of Broadway which won him
career on stage and screen, will appear
with Nat Shilkret and his orchestra
at 1890 o'clock tonight over WMAL
and a Columbia network In the pre-
miere Of q program TO be broadcast
six nights each week.
The Broadway hits will include This
Is the MiSSus," from the Scandals"
In contrast will be special arrangement
of 'Stauss' TIE Blue Danube" waltz.
Interview is Feature.
Mrs. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte,
socially prominent in this country and
abroad, will by interviewed Margaret
Santry, authoreSS in the premiere OF
series of new programs, to be known as
1.-THE Bath Club" tonight at o'clock
over WNIAL and other Columbia sta
tionS.
Musical comedy hits will be played
by the Frank Ventree Orchestra, and
Barbara Maurel, formerly leading con-
tralto with the Boston Opera Co., and
q male quartet will sing.
The opening of another new series
will be heard over WMAL at 9:15, when
Mildred Hunt, "blueS" singer, will offer