Evening star., 1934-06-09
|HARMON|CA BOUT
ON SHORT WAVES
Navy Answers Byrd ChaI.
Ienge, and Event Is on
Wednesday Radio.

10.000-mile harmonica tilt will
~ ride the short waves during
~ the broadcast to and from
1 \ the Byrd Antarctic Expedition
over the Columbia network
Wednesday. At that time the cham
pion harmonica player of the United
States Navy will take up the chal-
lenge hurled from Little America by
Alphonse Carbone, expedition cook,
ex-marine and mouth-organ virtuoso
AIS def was sent. during a recent
broadcast in which Navy men with
the Byrd expedition saluted Uncle
Sans sailors in New York.
The Navy Immediately cleared
decks for action, and Lieut.. Harold
Zemmer, assistant communications
officer attached to Admiral Sellers
staff, sent out a general call to every
ship in the line for harmonica ex-
perts. The best from each ship will
report on the deck of the u. S. S.
California for an elimination contest.
The winner will Immediately 90 into
training for the bout with Carbone
The Navy is confident of victory,
but Little America Except for AID is
frankly worried. Charley Murphy,
expedition communications officer,
radioed to New York this week: "Al
Carbone practicing for international
harmonica contest, but it looks like
Waterloo for the Marine Corps"
FAMOUS theatrical stars of yester-
L day will revive their best loved
roles and scenes for radio listen
erS in Famous Acts of the American
Theater, special full hour broad
cast to be heard over an N. B. c..
coast-to-coast network June 16.
De Wolf Hopper, FRITZ Schef1, Gus
Edwards, Cissie LOTUS, Donald Brian
and Ethel Jackson - all stars who
shine in the memory of theatergoers
OF yesterday, as well as those of today
will face the microphone in a spe-
cial one-time broadcast from the
Radio City studios.
De Wolf Hopper, veteran comedy
star, will be heard in a scene from
one Of the many Gilbert and Sulli-
van operettas in which he was fea-
tured years ago and for a curtain
call will present his famous recita-
ton, Casey at the Bat"
FRITZ Scheff. of course. will sing
kiss Me Again" from Victor Her
bert's Mile. Modiste." in which she
starred at the Knickerbocker Thea
ter in New York in 1905, and Dom
aid Brian and Ethel Jackson will
offer a scene from Franz Lehars
| Merry Widow" in which they were
starred.
Cissie LOTUS will impersonate other
celebrated actors and actresses of the
American theater Of the early twen-
tieth century. Gus Edwards, discov-
erer of Eddie Cantor, George Jessel
the Duncan Sisters and many other
stage celebrities, will act as master
of ceremonies, while Abe Lymans
Orchestra supplies the music.
WITH most of Uncle Sans naval
w force remaining in New York's
part of the Hudson for some
more days, broadcasters are turning
their attention to the possibilities of
getting some microphone activity
from the ships.
They have arranged to do several
| features. the most outstanding OF
which is to be the ceremonies at
tendant upon the transfer by Ad-
miral David Foote Sellers of the
command of the feet to Admiral
Joseph NJ Reeves. This broadcast
will come from the flagship Pennsyl-
vania, Friday morning. via. both
N. B. c. and C. B. S. Admiral Sell
lers is leaving the feet to take COM
mand of the Naval Academy at An
napolis.