Evening star., 1934-08-21
SIX BROADCASTS
DAILY OF CUP RACE
N. B. C. Completes Arrange
ments for Reporting Great
Yachting Event.

~ TX broadcasts a day over N. B.
G. coast-to-coast networks dur
ing the races for the America s
~ Cup, with graphic descriptions
of the start, progress and finish
of each race, were arranged today by
the National Broadcasting Co. The
broadcasts also will be relayed by short
wave to the British Broadcasting Corp,
so that English listeners, too, may
follow the yachts over the Nantucket
course.
Two outstanding yachting authori-
ties will assist N. B. c. Announcers
William Lundell and Ben Grauer in
describing the races and explaining
the tactical maneuvers of Skipper T.
o. M. Sopwith on the English yacht
Endeavour and his rival on the Amer
lean racer, as yet unsolicited.
Fred Gade, noted society sports
man and winner of many sailing races,
will be in one of the two mike posi-
tons aboard Coast Guard cutters
abreast Of the racing yachts. Rod
Stephens. well-known naval architect
and yachtsman, has been chosen tenta-
lively for the other position on the op-
posite side of the course.
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A RTHUR ALLEN and Parker Fem
Al nelly, two of radios Oldest and
best-known actors, who have
played side by side in numerous pro-
grams which have become microphone
classics, will be starred in a new dra-
matte series over an N. B. C. network
September 16.
The weekly 15-minute broadcasts
with Allen and Fennelly will take the
place of the Big Ben Dream Dramas
presented in former years.
Famed for their versatility as well
as for their faithful portrayal of rural
characters, Allen and Fennelly both
came to the air after long periods of
training on the legitimate stage. Allen,
native Of upstate New York, played
in amateur theatricals at Oberlin Col
lege and began his professional career
in a travelling stock company. Later
he jumped to Broadway, where he
played numerous character roles be-
fore transferring his activities to the
microphone.
Fennelly, a New Englander by birth,
began with a Shakesperean company
and played from coast-to-coast in
Hamlet, King Lear" and "Othello. 4"
In all, he spent Is years with stock
companies and on Broadway in sup
port of such stars as Walter Huston,
Roland Young and Arthur Byron, be-
fore he came to radio. Both Allen
and Fennelly write as well as perform
in microphone dramas.
DILLY BACHELOR and his famous
- twins, Peter and Pan, will be
back on the air with new series
Of sketches Monday.
Raymond Knight and his troupe of
supporting dramatic performers, who
inaugurated the Billy Bachelor pro-
grams two years ago, are going to re-
sumo their day-by-day dramas of
life each evening except Saturday and
Sunday.
knight, author and director of the
series, again will have the role of
Billy Bachelor, whose uncle died and
left him newspaper and set of
twins to look after, and Alice Daven-
port will continue as Janet Freeman,
associate editor of the News and now
Mrs. Billy Bachelor.
Bobby Jordan and Emily Vass; H.
year-old stage and radio stars, once
more will portray the twins, Peter and
Pan, respectively, and Maurice Ellis,
Negro radio actor, again will be Uncle
Hannibal. Clarence Straight will con-
tinue as Red" Harris, News reporter,
and knight. in addition to his role as
Billy Bachelor, will be heard from
time to time as Wellington Watts, man
of all work; Mr.. Perkins, the druggist,
and other characters,