Evening star., 1933-08-08
keenan, IS SPEAKER
MFORUM TONIGHT
WM Reveal Plans of Govern.
nesN to Wipe Out Rackets
and KIDNAPPING.

special assistant to the Attorney
= General. the United States to-
NIGHT will learn firSt-hand Of the
ambitious plans of the Federal
Government to combat kidnapping ana
Acketeering.
keenan, will go before the microphone
during the National Radio Forum, from
$50 to 10, to make public for the nrst
time a number of the ideas ne mas
formulated in connection with the ne"
crusade against crime. The forum,
which The Washington Star arranges
weekly, will be broadcast by WRC and
other National BroadcaSting Co. stations
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
keenan, and ]. Edgar Hoover, director
Of the new division Of investigation OF
the Department of Justice, have oeen
appointed by Attorney General Cum
mings as the high command for the
drive to rid the country of gang terror
ism The declaration of war was mace
on orders of President Roosevelt.
A CONDENSED version of Trial by
n Jury" one of the lesser lights OF
Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, is
to be the musical piece de resistance on
WMAL tonight at T. This presentation
is one of the series of three Gilbert and
Sullivan works which Harold Sanford
arranged for broadcasting during
August.
Not to be outdone. WJSV also has
scheduled the Gilbert and Sullivan nau-
tical masterpiece, H. M. S. Plnafore>'
It will be broadcast at GAS as feature
of the regular Light Opera Gems pro-
gram The broadcast. however. will be
limited to the high lights of the first act.
nHILATELISTS and others will want
to hear Albert F. Kunze on VOL
aS6:45, when he tells the dramatic
story concerning the creation OF the
new recovery stamp. The stamp was
conceived designed and approved in the
short period of four hours, and Kunze,
who heads the Washington Stamp Club
of the Air, knows the story in every
detail The broadcast, incidentally, Will
be embellished with seven scenes OF
dialogue. members of the Stamp Club
taking the roles of the Government OIL
calls who approved the stamp.
ITO RUDY VALLEE goes the honor Of
i being the first radio artist whose
showmanship has been good enough
to make Broadway'S show builders take
q cue Week after week. the headllners
in Vallee's weekly variety broadcast on
WRC have been given one-Week runs IN
New York moving picture houses. Most
of the acts have used the same material
that Vallee chose for the air.
For instance, the Capitol Theater
booked. after broadcasts, such stars as
Robert Montgomery. Joan Blondel.
Ethel Waters, Leonore Uric, Ethel
Barrymore and Joe Penner. Mae West
appeared at the New York Paramount
Theater with her Frankie and Johnny"
rendition, which was designed especially
for her radio broadcast.
AT last, an explanation has come
"A through on the failure of Wash
tngtons own Hans Kinder to di-
lect the Philadelphia Orchestra con-
cert last Saturday. Advance publicity
had built up big audience in Wash
ington for Kinder and when the con-
cert went on the air Saul CASTOR was
handling the baton. Here's the eX-
PLANTATION from the National Symphony
Orchestra headquarters, in the Wood
ward Building:
Last Thursdays concert by the Phila-
delphia Orchestra. featuring the Hall
johnson Choir. was rained out and had
to be postponed until Friday. This
placed the orchestra one day behind
schedule, necessitating the omission of
Mr. Kindler's program for Saturday.
Kinder however, directed the Sunday
concert. and will again be in charge OF
the concerts this coming Saturday and
Sunday"
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EVERYTHING is all set for a new
IL variety series on the N. B. c. ''blue"
network in which Waiter O'Keefe
will be master Of ceremonies and Ethel
Shutta the soloiSt. Don Bestor's Or
chestra also will take part. The starting
date Is August 25. and the program Is
listed for a run of 80 weeks.