The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Coming Movie to Be Reviewed;
Opera Listeners Are to Hear
Familiar Voices in Breakfasts
Case Against Mrs. Ames'
Selected to Feature
Hollywood Hour.

eral other radio singing stars an
opportunity to be heard on Holly
wood Hotel, CHS (WFBM) at 7
tonight. Newest guest master of
ceremonies is James Melton, who
tonight is to be in command of the
program and sing several numbers.
1t will be his first radio appearance
since going to the coast for new
motion picture work.
Also to be featured on the vari-
ETY. show are Madeleine Carroll and
George Brent. They are to pre-
view THE Case Against Mrs
Ames," their new movie which is
TO be shown here at the Circle be-
ginning next Friday. Although Mr.
Brent has been frequent per-
former on Hollywood Hotel. Miss
Carroll is to make her first appear
ance tonight
NBC, an organization which has
grown from an infant to a giant
in 10 years, is to celebrate its tenth
anniversary with series of special
broadcasts beginning this month
and lasting to Nov. /, the actual
birthday.
Programs from every corner of
the world, prepared with corpora
ton of foreign broadcasting COM
panies as we'll as by MICS own
personnel from coast to coast and
the 81 affiliated NBC stations, are
to be. presented weekly throughout
the celebration.
Famous artists, stars of opera,
stage or screen, conductors of
world famous symphonies and
dance bands and other radio cele-
brities who grew up" with NBC
are to participate in the programs.
NBC was incorporated Nov. /,
1926. It's first broadcast, over
network of % stations reaching
from Boston to Kansas City, lasted
four hours. Details of the celebra-
ton programs are to be announced
as plans are completed during the
summer and fall.
Lucky man is Boake Carter, CHS
commentator, who can vacation in
Bermuda and continue his daily
work. The newscaster is to sail
today from New York, and is not
expected to miss single broadcast.
His ships short wave equipment is
to relay his talks while he travels.
He later is to visit Cuba, then fly
to Miami and Philadelphia for
other broadcasts. Mr.. Carter is
heard on CHS each weekday after,
noon at 5:45
That brilliant radio team of
Glen Mccarthy and Edwin C. Hill,
which aired for NBC the Joe
Louis Make Baer fight, is to de-
scribe the Louis-Max Schmeling
heavyweight encounter June Is
over the same network. The fight
is to be aired by both the WEAF
and WIZ networks as sponsored
program Mr.. Mccarthy and Mr.
Hill are heard regularly on NBC,
and both are well-known for their
movie news reel running comments.
Another NBC major sports broad
cast is to be a description of the
500-mile race from the local Speed
way May 80. The first program is TO
originate at 3:i5 on race morning
when Col Eddie Rickenbacker will
spin around the oval in radio
equipped car to describe track con-
ditionS, entries, the crowds and 9TH
er aspects of the test of men and
automobiles.
Rickenbacker will fly low over the
track to describe the progress of the
race, with a description, of the track
and crowds from the air Graham
McNamee is to be at the micro
phone to broadcast the finish.
Radio Footnotes-SOphie Tucker
now has her own orchestra playing
at a Chicago hotel with a Mutual
Network wire through WGN.
Oracle Allen as a gag proposed a
Housewives Union to keep husbands
home nights, and now. all over The
country, Oracle reports, unions are
being organized. One of the bylaws
of Gracie's organization is that
women study archery so they may
shoot their husbands without dis
turbing the neighbors. And no wife
can hold membership in more than
one union-unless she's supporting
more than one husband.
Graham. I'm as happy as the
prodigal son welcomed back to the
bosom of his family" liSped Ed
Wynn. the Perfect Fool, after mis-
first NBC performance with an
nouncer Graham McNamee as
Stooge.
Ruth Etting, in semi-retirement
after many seasons on radio, will be
guest star for Richard Himbcr
NBC-WEAF (WLW) at 8 tonight.
Carmen Lombardo, brother Of
Guy, won trip to Italy in a prize
contest, but can't accept it because
the band is booked solidly for three
years. (By r. M