The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-16
ITODAY'S RADIO PROGRAMS

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 IA new half hour program enti- fled saOpinions," which solicits the reactions of listeners on current controversial issues will have It's premiere at g p, m. Wednesday over WQxR. Each week, both sides o1 d timely issue will be presented through transcription. Listeners will be asked to send a dime month to the program, and will be entitled to four weekly ballots on which they may register their af- firmative or negative opinions on inc questions presented. The sub jects to be discussed on the first four Opinions" programs are ssShould the Law Forbid Ransom Payment to Kidnapers?", Should America Join England and France in Defense of Democracy?", Do We Oe Our Young People a Job?" and s'Must the United States Arm to the Teeth?" "Opinions" will be present. ed as feature of WORKS mcreas- ed schedule of vital discussions. This new radio feature, to be broadcast exclusively by WQXR in New York, will be on the air throughout the country and will be known as "The Dime -a-Month Club"
 Almost 400 stars of stage,
 screen and radio will be heard
 over WHN on Wednesday eve-
 ming, when they broadcast from
 the Might of Stars" benefit
 performance at Madison Square
 Garden which will be given un-
 der the auspices of the United
 Palestine Appeal. Representing
 the combined efforts of every
 branch of the amusement in-
 dustry, the entire show will be
 under the guidance of WINS
 managing director. Louis K.
 Sidney who is chairman of the
 producing committee, and Ben
 A. BOyar who is associate chair
 man. The broadcast will begin at 9 D. m., and will be heard
 until 10 o'clock. At 11:15 p. m.,
 the program will be resumed
 and will continue until 2 a. m.,
 the following morning. A par
 tial list of those who will appear
 include Abbott and Costello,
 Milton Berle, Block and Sully,
 Eddie Cantor, Kitty Carlisle,
 Eddie Davis, Jack Dempsey, Jay
 C. Flippen, Eddie Gar, Lillian
 GiSh, Hank Greenberg, Harry
 HershfieId, George Jessell, Al
 Jolson, Irving Kaufman, Dennis
 King, Benny Leonard, Lucy
 Monroe, Olson and Johnson.
 Jan Peerce, Molly PicOn, Bill
 Robinson, Vivienne Segal, Phil
 Spitalny. Maxine Sullivan, Or
 son WeIles, Toby Wing, Henny
 YOungman and scores of others. The first act of Wagner's To hengrin,' with Kristen Flagstead and Rene Maison, Metropolitan Opera stars, in the leading roles, will be broadcast from the stage of tho Chicago Opera. House on Mon- day, November 21, from 800 to 10:00 D. m., EST, over the NBC- Blue Network, during the Chicago City Opera Company's performance of the famous music drama. Sup porting Mime. Flagstead, as Elsa, and Maison as Lohengrin, will be Emanuel List, Metropolitan baSso, as King Henry. Henry Weber will conduct. A highlight of the broad cast portion of the opera will be Mime. Flagstead's rendition of "El- sas Dream" one of the most popu lar soprano arias in Wagnerian opera.
 Charles Dickens, celebrated
 English novelist, will be the
 subject of the Adventures in
 Rading program Monday, Now ember 21, at 200 p. m., EST, <. ever the NBC-Blue Network.
 Born in Portsea, on February
 1872, Dickens early displayed
 writing ability with his Pick
 wick Papers, begun in 1856.
 Among his best known books
 are "Oliver Twist" "A Christi
 mas Carol" "The Cricket on the
 Hearth,' David Copperfield"
 and "A Tale of Two Cities"
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