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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

WHEN YOU PASS A PRISON

camp or the cOnvicts working on
the highway in their stripes with
guards standing over them with
guns, do you ever wonder at the
GOODNESS, firmneS and poSitivcness
that the supervisors must Guilt
vatc and wonder how it affects
them when they lay down their
duties, go home and minglc with
others?
Noting the activity and sympa-
thy manifested when an cmployc
was killed by train recently, |
asked T.. r.. Henderson. who for
several years has been associated
in various capacities with the pri-
son camp and other highways
forces of Henderson county, and
elsewhere, about the sympathy
and helpfulneSs Of the employees
and their relations to each other.
He said the relations and fellow
ship were Of the very highest
type and that such was always
evidenced in the finest way when
tnelc was IIouDlc' ulS'icSS OF neeu
i'm any form known TO the force.
Their feelings and relations are
the very best and they all respect
each other and love their superior,
f.. II. Webb, district engineer,
who maintains a fine working re-
lation with not only the employees
but with the public.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
LIQUOR HABIT-DEATH

Liquor stores in Eastern North Carolina have
sold more than five and half million dollars worth
of liquor since they were established in the sum-
mer of 1885. 1t seems that might have quenched a
lot of thrsts, doesn't it? But it didn't. People of
the state apparently thirstier than ever, More
liquor stores will be opened this summer, and boot
leggers are also said to be doing we'll Drinking
grows on people. The more they drink the more
they want to drink. Liquor stores don't cure them
of the habit. Bootleggers don't cure them of the
habit Death is usually the one who does the trick.
-Redsvle Review.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

Look at what we have done and
are doing. Consider that in spite
of all we know about the futility
and the deviltry of war, the ma
tions are still planning war. Look
at the mess the brightest brains
of this nation have made of the
economic situation. Look at the
turmoil in our government. Look
at the conflict between capital and
labor. Look at the corruption in
our politics. Look at the way we
destroy when we should build.
See haw we have wasted our nat
ural resources. Look at our fool
ish greed that manifests no more
intelligence than the dog which,
walking across stream on a
plank with a bone in his mouth,
grabbed at the bones reflection
in the water and lost his bone.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
BY RODNEY. ,TCllER
NEk Service Stnfr Correspondent

NEh Service Stnr Correspondent
WJASHINGTON-Only a tiny
w dribble of the mail now COM
ng to Congress from its consttu-
,nts mentions the Supreme Court.
The largest patches Of it have 10
10 with issues of war and peace.
The volume isn't anywhere near
IS large as the Supreme Court
nail of a few weeks ago, but 1t IS
persistent and substantial.
Highest on the mail count,
among the three main issues in
he war-peace field, is the reSolu-
lion of Congressman Louis Lud-
Iow for a referendum on declara-
lions of war and for the elimina-
lion of war profits. Nearly all the
letters being received are in favor
Of it.
Ludlow's proposed amendment
would make the power of Con-
greSs to declare war contingent
upon a popular referendum, eX-
cept in the event of an invasion
Of the United States or its terri
torial possessions which involved
attack on American citizens. Con-
gress, when it deemed "a national
crisis. to exist, could refer for a
national popular vote the question,
"ShaB the United States declare
war on -" Without favorable
vote, war couldn't be declared.
Upon declaration of war the
President would be required i'm
mediately to conscript "all the
public and private war properties,
yards, factories and supplies" fix
ing compensation at not more than
4 per cent on tax values.
Ludlow has 100 signatures for a
petition to discharge the resolution
from the House Judiciary Com
mittee, but 218 are required.
The other measures are the
Sheppard-Hill bill, which gives
the President power to establish
an economic dictatorship in case
of declaration of war, and the
Nye-Kvale bill, which would deny
federal funds to land grant col.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
THE NEW D E A L
IN WASHIN GTON
by RODNEY BUTCHER

IegeS where military training IS
made compulsory rather than OPP
tional. Most mail is in opposition
to the former bill md in favor of
the latter.
No one could ever add up ali
the Supreme Court mail anc
analyzc it, but there seems nc
question that the great bulk Of il
was in opposition 10 the PrCSi-
dents plan.
A MILITARY expert wa. ~.
"a planning TO a Senate military
affairs subcommittee why tho
army needed many more new
war planes. He had a map anc
pointed to Puget Sound and tho
state of Maine as the country's
ONLY points vulnerable to invasion,
picturing enemy armies entering
through both areas at once.
"Who's going to be marching in
on us like that?" Senator Gerald
Nve of North Dakota whispered
to Dick Russell of Georgia, chair
man of the Subcommittee.
"Hell! Don't you know?" re-
lplied Russell in mock seriousness.
ats the Canadians" -
DEGIONAL offices of the Ma
IL tional Labor Relations Board
are receiving about four times as
many cases a week as they did
before the Supreme Court decision
,mboldinp the Wagner Act. And
settling about three times as many
cases. a.,
cision the Board offices received
"A new charges and seven pcti.
tions for election. They issued one
comnlaint In the most recent
week for which figures are avail
able they received lit new
cbarees and AZ petitions for cleo
ton. and issued six complaints.
Settlements averaged 40 a month
prior to the date of the decision,
Now thew are being made at an
average of I4o q month -,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
FINDING A YARDSTICK TO MEASURE
PROGRESS
(By BRUCE CATION

(By BRUCE CATION
In order to measure progress, you have
to have some sort of yardstick. When you
try to measure the advance Tor otherwlse)
in the workers general state of well-be-
ing, the handiest thing to take is his scale
Of wages.
So a number of measurements have been
performed lately, contrasting average
wages as of today with the wages of 1929,
1928 or some other mystic year. After per-
forming them the engineers announce that
the worker is better Cor worse) off by
margin of so many cents per hour.
You can get better picture, though, by
using different kind of yardstick and APP
plying it over longer period of time. Such
a picture is provided in recent issue OF
the Department of Commerce reports, re-
produced from statistics compiled by the
Machinery and Allied Products Institute OF
Chicago.
The picture contrasts the factory work
er's status today with that of 1914. 1t does
it by expressing his purchasing power, not
in cash but in the number of hours he is
required to work to earn enough money to
buy the things he needs. Average hourly
earnings, from the National Industrial Con-
ference Board, are figured at PAT cents
per hour for 1914 and GA cents for 1886.
With this yardstick we get an unmis-
taxable measurement of considerable
rise in the standard of living.
For instance: years supply of clothing
for family of four cost SITS in 1914 and
S21S in 1886. But the 1914 worker had to
toll for 70S hours to earn that supply OF
clothing; todays worker gets it for 349
hours of work.
1t is the same all the way down the line
In 1914 the worker had to put in 1877 hours
of work to buy an electric washing ma
chine; today he gets it for 70 hours OF
work In 1914 it took him 1851 hours to
earn the price of an automobile; today he
can get it for $50 hours of work. If ne
wanted a hat in 1914, be had to drudge
for IL hours to pay for it; today the hat is
his after three and one-half hours of work
An ordinary electric light bulb took an
hour and AZ minutes of work to pay for,
in 1914; today it costs just II minutes OF
labor.
In the case of some of these commodi-
ties, the retail price today is higher than
in 1914; in the case of a few it is lower
But in all cases-and this study cites an
even score of commodities-the price is fan
lower now than it was in 1914, expressed
in the number of hours needed to earn the
purchase price.
The point of this is that simple com
parison of wages is not enough. The pro-
ductive machinery of America is working
more efficiently and is producing goods in
greater volume today than was the case in
1914. That means more goods-a higher
standard of living-for the average Amer
ican., And it indicates, too, that the road
to real prosperity is to be found through
this steady increase in our capacity to>pro-
duce the things we need. he Is
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
HOW LONG?

May Is was Saturday and only half day for
most businesses Therefore, the federal govern
ment paid out and took in less than ususal, the
receipts and expenditures for the day being
But even on half day, it will be noticed, the
tax-spenders managed to put out $3,256, 6O7.52
more than the tax-gatherers took in. Thus, the
deficit for the current fiscal year was increased by
so much. breaking into the new high ground of
80, 800, los, 951.41. No wonder men ask one an
other, "How long can it iast?"-Charlotte News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

of money, put himself up at an
expensive hotel and began passing
out fvc-dollar tips 20 impress the
help. He impressed them all right
but how? They were keen to
serve him just to get some Of
what they called that sucker
money"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

The word moron is rather free
ly used. JUST what does it mean?
The definition which seems to
cover the term is, a moderately
feeble-mindcd person.
The trouble with this world is
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

How Isaac would have enjoyed the Sermon on
the Mount! Isaac's second well can be a compan-
ion piece to Jesus second mile. Matt. SAD As
write this note there is much talk of disarmament,
League of Nations warships, bombing airpanes,
etc. But no one seems to have discovered this wise
old patriarch who solved the whole problem Of the
worlds prosperity and happiness in digging AN
other wsll."-William H. Ridgway in S. S. Times.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

that it is a mo-
ronic world. It's
inhabita n t S, by
and large, are in
some respects -
if not in all re-
S pc c t S - mo-
ronS.
Even the smart
est person has a
moronic side. If
you want proof
Of the morOnic
character of Us
human bel n e $,
look at our rec
OrdS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
MALL, UNPRETENTIOUS

plants here and there greatly en-
nance place in material worth,
which is always in evidence as
people seek investments in resi-
Dental properties. Seeds to the
vaIu Of quarter and a little cf-
fort will transform the average
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
LIQUOR REFERENDUM

NASHVILLE, May %. up
The senate today approved a bill
calling for a statewide rcfercn-
dun on the question of repeating
the states prohibition law by Il
vote Of % to 10.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

A midwesterf woman lecturer revealed
she saw both good and bad in tour OF
Russia, proving that Soviets are human, af-
ter all.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
SPECIAL ABILITY

SPECIAL ABILITY
eve have an exceptional cook
at our house." said BilkinS. "The
other day / brough home pack
age of prepared pudding powder
which said on the label that it
simply couldn't be made lumpy,
but our cook did it,"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
ONE CRASH; Is LAW SUITS

AUBURN, Ne. CUP sOut of
a single automobile accident here.
no fewer than ID law suits devcI-
opcd. Damages Sough, totalcd
$4,000. Fifteen persons were in
VOWED i'm the crash.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

A Cleveland lads school absences were
found to coincide with the Indian baseball
clubs home dates, proving that youth still
must have it's inning.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

A Detroit hat factory closed its doors,
strangely, just about the time so many
folks went wild over the Kentucky Derby.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

Touched, perhaps, by the anti-burlesque
epidemic, Detroit police arrested man for
using a siren on his truck.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

Judging from amnuities reported settled
on the Duke of Windsor, he should be able
to live like king, anyway. 4ara
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

A Columbus, Ohio, hospital says Amer
ica's nervous tension keeps many physi-
clans from starving. Or from getting the
filters like the rest of us.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

President Roosevelt probably found the
unhappy part of his Gulf fishing trip was
unsnarling the backlash at Washington.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22

THEY THOUGHT HIM SILLY
A man who had suddenly come
into possession of a large amount
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-22
BIBLE THOUGHT

CHE DIGGED ANOTHER WELL;
and for that they strove not: and he called
Rehoboth." (Gen. 26:22)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

Judy Garland youthful personal ity singer, starts every broadcast with a reassuring smile to Proxy Oakie. Then, before each trip to the mike, she crosses the index and middle fingers of her left hand, for luck. Ronald (Won) Drake (Niles), announcer of the Burns and Allen show has adventures in the air, other than those that fall to his lot as Gracie's heart-interest of the kilocycles. Drake has bought new piano, undaunted by crash he ex- perienced just one year ago. Kate Smith, who introduced "Carelessly," number one hit song, is interested in the follow-up melody, Whatever Happened to You" written by the same song-smiths, Nick and Charles Kneny, with Bernie Maltin collabo- rating.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18
DRUGGIST AWAIT
 JUNE CONVENTION
Waterbury to Send Dozen to State Sessions in
 New London

A two day convention of the Con- necticut Pharmaceutical association will open at the Hotel Griswold, New London, June 29, with more than a dozen local pharmacists in attendance. Among the local per- sons to attend will be William J. Dunphy, first vice president of the association.
 Annual elections will be held the second day of the convention, June 30, and the annual banquet that evening will bring the convention to close. A dance and entertainment will be features of the initial night.
 Spakers will include Dr. J. Leon LascofT, winner of the Remington medal as the nations outstanding pharmacist; Frank Delgado of the department of commerce.; Dr. A. B. Dayton, former assistant dean of the Yale school of medicine; Dr. Charles Prohaska, state supervisor of health and safety education for the state department of education; and Charles Oakoum, lecturer in New York Post Graduate hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

When Proxy Jack Oakie of Oakie College was still being taught his three R's, his mother, Mrs. Evelyn Ofiield was an elO- cution teacher. In their town, Sedalia, Mo, a young minister had difficulty getting his ser- mons across. Jacks mother offered lessons in speech and ad- ministered them for two years at no expense to the young pas tor. He pr0spered and became moderator of the Presbyterian assembly. He helped Mrs. Off, field to obtain her first New York position, teaching at the exclusive Scudder School for Girls. Last week she received letter from him commenting on Jacks radio program. He is Dr. J. Ross Stevenson of Prince ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

don't delay! Start at once to collect your com plete set. Just turn to the page on which the coupon appears. Clip it. Do the same thing each day until you have the six differently numbered coupons required with 3oc to get your volume.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

P. M.
 Sketch.
 wOR-Texas Jim Lewis WJZ-Club Matinee-Va- riety Show.
 wABC-Hartford Inter- High School a Cappella Choir. 4:15-WEAF-Pers Column of the Air.
 woR-News; Variety Show. WABC-Among Our Souv- 4:sO-wEAF-Follow the Moon wABCWstudio Program. 4:45-WEAF-The Guiding Light wABcMstudio Program. 5:00-WEAF-Top Hatters Orch. WOR-Melody Moments. WJZ-Story of Mary Marlin. WABC-Salvation Army Staff Band 5:15-WEAF-Adve of Dari Dan.
 woR-vincent Connolly, Comment.
 WJZ-Singing Lady. WABC-From Geneva: Henry I. Hartman, Em- ployers' Delegate From U. s. to International Labor Office. 5:30-WEAF-Don Winslow of woR-Red Star Rangers. WABC-Doris Kerr, Songs. 5:45-WEAF-Littl Orphan Annie Sketch.
 WOR-Junior G-Men- Sketch.
 WJZ-Jackie Heller, Tenor. WABC-Funny Things Nora Stirling. -WEAF-Education in the News.
 WOR-Uncle Don. WJZ-News; Dinner Music.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

And that is only the half of it! The real benefits are yet to come in the days and years ahead, when on countless occasions, reference will be made to any of the 10000 subjects covering the $500 pages of this 10-volume set of the Worlds Popular Encyclopedia. So
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

which ultimately gave her her first film contract.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

By dipping auto headlights that have been cleaned and polished into a new re-silvering solution that was recently placed on the market the refiectors arc made ike new.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

WJZ-Elizs schalIert Pre- views.
 WABC-To be announced. ii 1:00-WEAF-News in Washing ton.
 WOR-News: Albert Orch. WyZ-News; Promenade WJZ-News; Promenade - Concert.
 WABC--Andre Baruch, Com mentator. il 11:05-WABC-Da Music (ro 1:15 a. m.) 11:15-WEAF-Jean Sabion, Songs, 1:30--WEAF--Dan Music (To 1 woRMbance Music CTo 2 a. m.) 12:00-WJZ-Dance Music (To a. nn.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18
BY RAx FITzRAERICK

Despite the D. 6. Weather Bu- xeau and any and all of the alma nacs, June 21st is not the longest day in the year. There are days of waiting, suffering, expectancy, and hard work which are often hours longer than the proverbial day. Kate Smiths longest day was Sep tember IS, 1884. It was the day be- fore she returned to New York, after nine months tour. to her new apartment which she had com pletely furnished before she left but had never lived in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

Arthur Godfrey waited for the doctors verdict on May IS, 1892. He had been in a bad auto smashup and the hospital stan was consulting, on the basis of various blood tests, whether it would be necessary to ampu- tate his right leg. George Burns has December II, 1926, in his memory book. The days before he had asked Oracle to marry him and she asked for day to think it over. Gracie's longest day was the same for she had to stall to give him the answer she had already decided the moment he asked her.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

Phil Spitalny will never forget how September 12, 1883, dragged. He had fooled a prospective spon- sor by auditioning via the micro phone a girls band instead of the customary mems unit. He was ter rified the sponsor might discover the subterfuge before he signed the con- tract. Andre Kostelanetz's longest was February 3, 1920. It was his first day as chorus master of the Petrograd Grand Opera House. Guns were fired in the street. The the ater was unheated and he hadn't eaten for three days. He thought the rehearsal would never end.
 Al J0Ison thought July 2, 1929
 would never finish. Ruby opened
 that night in Ziegfeld's "Show-
 girl" It seemed as if the curtain
 would never go up and after
 that they waited up all night
 fer the critics reviews in the
 morning papers. Robert L.
 Ripley gets i'll when he thinks
 of October 4, 1883. On that day
 he was the guest of an African
 sect near Marakesh whose cus-
 tom it was, when entertaining
 guest, to serve strange foods
 from dawn to dusk. And good
 guest tasted everything that was
 placed before him.
 Eddie Cantor respectfully red-cir- cles October 8, 1928. He was waiting for his fifth child and had hope fully decided to make him Eddie, Jr. But after the baby was born her name was Janet. Gertrude Mes en nominates April 3, 1886. She had taken her first movie test and was waiting for the films to be developed so that she might get the verdict
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18
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Tenors ReVelerg Quartet Orch. Rosario Bourbon, woR~Himber Orch: Songs. WJZ-Piay, Snake God. with Irene Rich.
 wABC-oscar Shaw, Bari- tone; Elizabeth Lennox, Contralto; Carmella Pom selle, Soprano; Arden Orch. S:15-WJZ-The National Com mencement Address-Dr. Robert M. Hutchins. Presi- dent, University of Chi- cago. S:30-WOR-Talk by Dale Carr negie--Author.
 WJz-Death Valley Days WABC~Kemp Orch; Kay Thompson and the Rhythm Singers. s:45-WoR..charioteers Quartet. woR-Gabriel Heater. Com mentator.
 wJZ-Eddie Green and Gee Gee James, Comedy; Arm strong Orch.
 WABC-Hollywood Hotel: The Last Train from Madrid, with Gilbert Ro- land, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill and Lew Ayres. -WOR-HaenScnen Orcn. 9:3O-WEAF-Cour of Human Relations.
 WOR-Symphony Orch., Leon BarZin, Conductor; Harry Davis, Piano. WJZ-Variety Show-Deems Taylor, Master of Cere- monies. 10: :00-WEAF-Play, Eyes That See Not; Les Tremayne, Barbara Luddy.
 wOR-The Listener Speaks. WJZ-Jack Pearl, Comedian. WABC-Grofe Orch. -Gossip-Jimmie Fidler.
 WOR-Concert Orch, Alfred Wallenstein, Conductor; Genevieve Rowe, Soprano. WJZ-To be announced. WABC-Babe Ruth's Pros 10:45-WEAF-Vic and Sade-- C1xntch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

WABc-Howard Phillips. 6:15-WEAF-News; Barry McKin- ley, Songs.
 WABC-Hollywoo Reminis- cences-Hobart Bosworth. 6:30-WEAF-Press-Radio News. WOR-Conn Orch.
 WJZ-Press- Radio News. WABC-Press- Radio News. 6:S5-WEAF-Today's Sports WJZ-Revelers Quartet. WABC-Sports Resume Paul Douglas. 6:45-WEAF--Billy and Betty Sketch.
 WJZ-Lowell Thomas, Com wABC-Gogo De Lys, Songs 00-WEAF-Amos n Andy Sketch.
 wJZ-Mary Small, Songs. v WABG-5ack A Fulton, Tlt, e9os Tenor. WoR-The PwA in New Jersey-Senator A. Harry WJz-Fray and Braggiotti, wABC0Ma and Pa-sketch. 7:30-WEAF-Movie Pilot-Frank Critic, The New York
 Times.
 WOR-The Lone Ranger Sketch.
 WJZ-Lum and Abner- Sketch.
 WABC-DeI Casino, Tenor; Milton Hirth, Organ,
 Guest; Block Orch. 7:45-WEAF-Vari Musicale. WJZ-East and Dumke,
 Comedians.
 WABC-Boake Carter, Con- mentator. 0-WEAF--Lucille Manners, Soprano; Robert Simmons,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

Benny Goodman, Dean of Swing will play cross s-c0untry engagements winding up in Hol- lywOod the day before he takes over the summer session of Oakie College, beginning with the broadcast Tuesday, June 29. Martha Rave rehearses endless ly for her numbers on the JOl- son shows. Those hi-de-ho "breaks" sound easy, but they have to synchronize three ways La Kaye, Victor Y0ung's or chestra, and the accompanying chorus group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18
WELI-New Havep-9OO

IF. M.
 3:00-Ball Game. 5:00-Paramount Program. 5:30-Clementi-Giglio Players. 5:45-Pasquale Corolla. 6:0O-Radio Spotlight of Events. 6:30-Bob Lancraft. 6:45-Musical Moments, No. 339. 7:O0-Poli Riddle Revue. 7.30-Tim's Rancho Adventures,
 No. IS. 7:45-Safety Program. S:OO-Hal McEntyre's Orch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18

Alec TempletOn, blind English pianist of the Universal Rhythm" programs, presents one of his amusing vocal impressions, that of a tenor singing Schubert's Ave Maria" as heard by short wave broadcast from Vienna. Temple ton is a regular feature of the series, which, commencing June 20, will be heard each Sunday over a WABC-C Columbia network for a full hour from 300 to 10:O0 p. m., EDST. Others on the show are Richard Bonelli, Metr0poli- tan Opera baritone; Carolyn Ur- banek, soprano, and Rex Chand- ler's orchestra.