The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-08

counting the radio audience which
listened to the Presidents opening
address to Congress last Friday
night, the Neg York Telephone
Co. estimated that calls were ap-
proximately 40 per cent below
normal during the hour in which
the speech was broadcast.
DRECEDING the President by
Il a few hours, tonight, Henry H.
Curran, director of the National
Economy League and a persistent
critic of the administrations A.
nancial policies, will speak on
"The Presidents 1896 Budget" at
GAS via NBC-WJZ.
The March of Time program is
not to be discontinued as was
announced previously. WFBM is
carrying the CHS feature nightly
at $3.50 this week, and the pro-
gram Is soon to be resumed as
30-minute weekly program. The
10 best moving pictures of 1885 as
selected in the Film Daily poll
are to be discussed on tomorrow
nights program.
A quarrel and tense family
climax are in store for followers
of One Mans Family broadcast
tonight at on the NBC-WEAF
network. Those devotees of the
series should be interested to know
that more than 1,256,000 words
have been written to chronicle the
doings Of the Barbour family.
Also at 7, Public Service of
Women" will be the theme of the
"Calvalcade of America" program
will be broadcast over the WABC-
Columbia network.
RACIE Allen will toss all New
NJ Year resolutions into the dis
card and sing on the CHS pro-
gram with George Burns at 1880.
If given a chance by Oracle, JAG
ques Renard's orchestra will play
"All's Well" and Beautiful Lady
in Blue"
Two favorite excerpts from
George Gershwin's opera, "Porgy
and BeSs," will be the highlightS
Of the program with Lily Pons
and Andre Kostelanetz' orchestra
over the nation wide CHS net
work at 8 tonight. They are
Summertime" and 81 Got Plenty
of Nothin'." The popular soprano
will sing two other coloratura
airs, the "OrientaIe" by Cui and
shadow Song" from Meyerbeer's
opera, "Dinorah."
Two crime prevention programs
are to be on the air tonight. Lewis
E. Lawes, warden of Sing Sing
prison has selected unto the
Least of These" for his 10000
Years in Sing Sing series at $3.50
over NBC-WJz. Gang Busters"
Phillips Lords new series of true
dramatizations of thrilling police
department. exploits in the war,
will be inaugurated over CHS at 9.
CLIzABETHAN music by the
II London Madrigal Group will
be featured on the NBC Music
Guild program at $50 T. B.
Lawrence, conductor, assisted by
Suzanne Block and Karl Dol
metsch. will be featured as guest
performer.
Shirley Heller, singing
sister of MICS Jackie Heller,
made her radio debut Monday
over station WMAQ and will be
heard tonight and tomorrow night
at 1918 from the same station.
Songs from Wendell Halls Old
Fashioned Scrap Book, to be fea-
tured over the Red Headed Music
Makers program tomorrow morn
ing at 1915 include I'm Sorry I
Made You Cry" Roll Along,
Prairie Moon" and THE Oregon
Trail"
Loretta Lee is the hit of all Hit
Parade programs. With the pres
entation of another Hit Parade
program on the CHS network,
Miss Lee becomes the featured
vocalist on three different net
works, since she sings on similar
program for NBC and is the fea-
tured performer on the Mutual
Broadcasting Systems sc o d
Evening Serenade."
EDDIE House, popular singing
IL ganist, has returned to
WBBM with a three a week
series to be heard Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays at 6:l5
p. m. Well known in the theatre
cal and radio world. House began
his career at the San Francisco
Exposition.
Durelle Alexander, who has been
signed to sing on the new Paul
Whiteman program starting Sun
day, is only II and has never
studied voice.
Al Pearce and his Gang will
broadcast their popular variety
show program each Friday at 8
over a NBC-WJZ network. The
program has been on the air on
Friday afternoons, but the Shift is