Evening star., 1937-12-26

songStreS VINO accompanies herself
on the guitar. and the Helsinki Uni
versity Chorus Of Finland also are
to be heard.
Mary Pickford plays opposite Don
Ameche in "A Kiss for Cinderella
WRC at 8 o'clock.
SPEC1AL-Christmas services at the
Church of the Nativity, built on
the supposed site of the birth Of Christ
in Bethlehem, will be heard over
WJSV at noon today The music of
the church choir and the ringing of
the Bethlehem bells are the high
lights.
THE WEEK.
MONDAY-Senator Robert F. Wag-
~ ner of New York discusses hous-
ing in the National Radio Forum. The
forum is. arranged by The Star and
broadcast through WMAL at 1890.
c. Powell Minnegerode, director of
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, speaks
in connection with The Stars Art
Appreciation WRC at
1880.
Madeleine Carroll and Brian Aherne
present Beloved Enemy" in the Ra-
dio Theater. The Contented Hour bids
"goodby' to Conductor Frank Black.
Lauritz Melchoir, Wagnerian tenor,
and Lucy Monroe, youthful soprano,
sing with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
TUESDAY-Ted Husing describes a
practice session Of the grid con-
testants who will meet in the Orange
Bowl clash on New Years Day. Will
Hays, "czar" of the motion picture
industry, speaks during the Story of
Industry program. Horace Heidi in
augurates new program series over
WMAL. Lum and Abner visit Holly
wood Mardi Gras.
WEDNEsDAY-Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt speaks in behalf of the
Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth.
Grover Whalen, director of New York
City's forthcoming worlds fair, is in
terviewed on the Hobby Lobby pro-
gram: other guests being a collector
of penny banks, a man who sings
while standing on his head, collector
of ludicrous New Year resolutions, a
champion bull litter, a collector of
cupid masks. man who makes vio-
lins from discarded wood; the life of
Nine. Schumann-Heink is dramatized
by the Cavalcade Of America; the story
Of Ford Bradshaw, Oklahoma's "brag-
ging bandit" is the Gang Busters fea-
ture: more than 100 headliners Of
sports gather for banquet and sew
eral will be introduced to the radio
audience. Edward G. Robinson and
Bob Hope join Your Hollywood Pa
rade.
THURSDAY-Neutrality vs.. inter-
vention by the United States with
respect to the situation in the Orient
will he debated by Upton Close, author,
journalist and lecturer, and Charles
c. Batchelder, diplomat, in Americas
Town Meeting of the Air: Lotte Leh-
mann, soprano Of the Metropolitan
Opera Co., is guest speaker on the
Let's Talk II Over program; Connie
Boswell, blues singer, and Louis Arm
strong, master of the hot trumpet,
are the guests of Bing Crosby; Colum-
oia Workshop presents the second half
Of Through the Looking Glass"
celebration that ush-
ers in a new year occupies the
attentions Of all networks, beginning
shortly before midnight and lasting
until what would be almost dawn if
it were summertime; Paul Whiteman
comes back to a regular spot and
Bing Crosby and Oliver Wake
field, comedian, as the guests on his
initial program.
6 CATURDAY-Bowls are in the spot
light. There Is the exclusive N.
B. G. description of the Rose Bowl
football game, Columbia's report on
The Cotton Bowl (Rice and Colorado)
and the Orange Bowl auburn and
Michigan State) and Mutuals cover
age of the annual East-West all-star
contest. Lotte Lehman, Wagnerian
soprano, is the guest of the Hit
Parade; Ezio Pima sings the title role
in the Metropolitan Opera Co. presen-
tation of don Giovanni"
News AND THINGs-Ronald Daw-
son, director of drama at VOL,
has been handling shows for the sta
ton for the past nine years. In that
time he has produced over 1000,
written approximately TOO. In addi-
ton. he has written shows for other
now works three days q week
In New York. has acted in film shorts.
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
former head Of the New Jersey State
police. will handle the interviewing on
the Gang Busters shows beginning
January II. -. John Barrymore and
Ted Fiorito's Band have been set for
a new show bowling in February. :.
Willie and Eugene Howard will be
back together on the air next month.
. Jim Ameche has followed his
brother Don into the lead role Of
Grand Hotel. :. Eddy Duchin's show
switches to Mutual Tuesday.