Evening star., 1937-12-24
CHRISTMAS THEME
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Broadcasts, Regular and
Special, Adopt YuIe
Pattern.

Pattern.
Y VERY few are the programs
~ scheduled for tonight and to-
" morrow that are not either
regular features which have
adopted Yuletide pattern or special
broadcasts arranged in connection
with the worldwide celebration of
Christmas. AS striking example of
the almost universal recognition of
the holiday, the Tommy Dorsey pro-
gram (WMAL at $500 will be swing
less" Tommy having decided to desert
the more strenuous rhythms for this
show only. A trombone solo of Co.
ing Home" is the high light.
Of greater interest, perhaps, is the
resumption of tradition by N. B. c.
For many years, Nine. Schumann-
Heink ushered in Christmas Day over
the combined red and blue networks
with her singing of Silent Night"
The ceremony was not heard last
year; the beloved star of opera and
concert stage was dead. Tonight,
however, it will be resumed, with
Kristen Flagstad of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Co. offering the tender
hymn at 11:57 (WRC and WMAL).
CLIFFORD j. MacGREGOR, COM
mander of an Arctic expedition
based less than 600 miles from the
North Pole, will exchange greetings
with DR.. William Hall Holden, ex-
ploring the wilds of British Guiana,
WMAL carrying the program at 10
o'clock. Relatives of members of both
expeditions are to speak from Radio
City, and Eskimos and Indians also
will be heard. N. B. c. completes its
Christmas eve array with a special
program By the Tuskegee Institute
Choir (WMAL at 1D, the annual San
Francisco Community Sing (WRC at
12:30, the First Nighter presentation
of Little Town of Bethlehem" (WRC
at 100.
WJSV, of course, could not be ex-
pected to be less cognizant of the
date. and it is not. canon De Valera,
President of the Irish Free State,
sends his message to the Irish and
Irish-Americans at 6:45; members of
the American Legion hear from their
national C m m mander, Daniel c.
Dougherty, at 7:l5, to be followed by
a Christmas playlet, when the
Chimes Rang" Carols will ring out
for a full hour, beginning at 1880,
and Columbia closes its broadcasting
day with the annual carol service,
utilizing symphony orchestra, at
1890.
REARING no particular relationship
to Christmas eve, but holding
promise of an interesting hour, is the
third annual Twelve Crowded d
Months" dramatization, re-enacting
the dozen news stories that carried
the largest headlines longest during
the year (WJSV at g.. 1t will be
counterpointed on WMAL by the VAR
sity Show for half of its course. pre-
senting talent chosen from among
that heard on previous broadcasts in
the series.
A glance at VOLS schedule reveals
Christmas in the Arctic" (8:45);
carols sung by the young people of
the Church of the Pilgrims, William
Wright, Elsie May Turner Iona May
Mcneil, June Mudd, with Director
George Pigueron as soloist G1:30):
midnight mass from st. Peters
Cathedral in. Cincinnati 11:45).
Then back to WJSV to find that the
English Singers will be on the Song
Shop program at 10; Lucy Monroe,
John Griffi1. and Art Gentry, singers,
and the Vienna Choir Boys join the
Hammerstein Music Hall show e
o'clock; Manuel Quezon, President of
the Philippine Commonwealth, dis
cusses complete independence for the
islands at $50.
AS IS fitting, tomorrow's listings
are possessed of an even more
definite Christmas tone. WMAL pre-
sents Swedish church service from
Minnesota at am; King George vi
is heard delivering his greetings to
the British Empire at 10 (all stations
will pick up his words. by the waO,
''The Gift of the Magi" is "layed at
1890, the Metropolitan Opera Co.
presents Romeo and Juliet 1:55).
WRC has scheduled Christmas in a
Migratory Camp" I1:30 ann, pro-
gram from the Vatican Il o'clock,
Christmas on Battleship" q
o'clock, cat Home With Mrs. Santa
Claus" 6 o'clock, Twelve Thousand
Miles of Christmas" a o'clock. Other
items tomorrow: Greetings from Halle
Selassie (WJSV, 12:3O, Pontiflcal
Mass (WJSV at u, American Chill
dren's Christmas Abroad" (WJSV y.
&C. A. M.