Montana labor news., 1937-04-15

DR.. ThOrnwen Jacobs, president of Ogle-
thorpe University; Dave irwin, VINO
mushed $500 miles along through Arcuc
wastes, and Anna and Emma Briggs, taen-
teal twins, Will be among the guests on
Phillip Lords We the People program,
Sunday, April Is, over kGIR at sou p. m.
DR.. Jacobs will tell of the museum he IS
planning for the year SllS, when recorded
history will be twice as old as 1t is To-Day.
When the Fred Astaire program went on
the air over NBC last week, soprano
Franica White did not know which of two
songs she was to sing. She had originally
planned to do maids of Cadiz," but an
attack of l%aryngitis made it advisable TO
substitute something less difficult. she
selected "Carmila' and orchestral orange
ments were prepared. NBC encountered
unexpected delay in clearing broadcast
rights to "Carmila" and as the program
went on the air, Francia reinstated "Maids
of Cadiz-p Two minutes before the So
pranO's turn, the NBC representative
Slipped in with the required permission,
the orchestra hastily switched music ana
Francia sang "Carmlla."
MIR. FARLEY OUGHT TO LIKE THIS:
Harry Kogen, who will conduct the new
NBC Club Matinee six days a week, is
doing so many things by correspondence
that he thinks some day he may attempt
to conduct an orchestra this way. For
years Harry, an expert chess player, has
played other chess enthusiasts ny. cor
respOndence, and he is now engaged IN a
match with a player in England. NOW
comes word, however, that KOgen Gin
Chicago) is composing songs in collabOra-
ton with Gene Sickel, a lyrieist who IS
in New York. Harry composes the music
and sends il to Sickel, who writes the
lyrics and sends the completed song back
TO Kogen for revision and approval.
Jim and Marian Jordan, better known
as Fibber MCGEE and Molly, will go to
New York for a guest appearance Thurs-
- --.X IL 4afL DaWr not and 1
orchestra on the All-Star Cycle program
over KGIR at 9:15 p. m. April Is also
happens to be the birthday OF Marian
Jordan, so Fibber and Molly are making
big plans TO celebrate the occasion in
New York.
Elsie Hitz, NBC actress, now heard daily
in the role of Jean Page in Follow the
Moon, KGIR every afternoon Monday
through Fridays at 2:3O, was sui a hlgh
school student when she began her pro-
fessional career, playing stock in Cleve-
land with her sister, Gertrude Hitz, VINO
also has starred in b presentations
at the age of Is Elsie crashed Broadway
Ia sps %as playing aS!si leads 8 '''i' OS New : YORK York
productions include "The Butter and Egg
Man." "The Spider" and Restless Wom-
en- toured the country in "The CAT
and the Canary and for a year played
leads with the Boston Stock Co. came
to radio in 1887 to co-star witt Lionel
AtwilI in a special radio adaptation OF
edna Ferber's "Show Boat MISS Hltz
is 5 feet 312 inches tall, weighs ITO pounds,
has dark brown eyes, medium hair and
an olive complexion . she enjoys the
theater, as a spectator loves to dance,
drive a car and so to football games.
GEORGE BURNS AND oracle ALLEN
got off to a good start on their new
Grapenuts broadcast over KGIR Monday
evening at 1880. You may rest as
sured that every Monday evening at 1880,
you'll find them in hi-speed repartee, and
you'1 enjoy the music of Ray Mobiles
orchestra.