Evening star., 1938-04-12
i. .S.POST SYSTEM !
T0BE EDRAMAT|zED
Postmaster General Farley
to Speak on Program
at 10 TONIGHT.

The many-sided workings of the
United States postal system will be
dramatized in a special full-hour pro-
gram to be broadcast by WMAL to-
night at 10 o'clock. Postmaster Gen.
eral Farley is to speak during the
period which is to present Graham
McNamee as narrator. N. B. c. micro
phones placed at strategic points
throughout the country will be cut
In to bring audiences a word picture
OF how the mails go through" Pick
ups will be made from railway post
ofnces, mail planes and metropolitan
postal sorting rooms.
Numerous dramatic features have
been scheduled for tonight, two more
Of them being on the informative side.
On VOL at 7:30 the story of mutiny
in the Continental Army stationed at
Morristown, N. j., in 1780 and 1881,
which threatened to end the Colonies
fight for freedom, will be dramatized
by a cast composed of Washington
Civic Theater players in the second
~ OSA GILL VA a SCl lto
the auspices Of the National Park
Service. Edward G. Robinson's weekly
expose Of racket deals with the op-
erations Of shyster lawyers in divorce
cases CWJSV, 81.
Mysterious Death Featured.
Still dealing with microphone drama,
We come to 1t May Have Happened
(WMAL, 800, which presents a pos
slble solution to the mystery of the
death of Capt. Meriwether Lewis OF
the Lewis and Clark expedition who
was found in a Tennessee cabin sew.
eral years after completion of his ex-
ploration Of the Northwest. Tho
Grail and the Spear" legend appropri-
ate to the Easter season, is the Witch's
Tale (WOL, 10:30). How a dock
worker rescued an elderly crane op-
orator from perilous perch during a
ship fire will be dramatized during
the Russ Morgan program (WRC, 81.
Other features-Joan Edwards. niece
OF Star Maker Gus Edwards, is the
guest of AL Pearce (WJSV, g. AL
Jolson plays host to Franciska Gaal
of the films (WJSV, $500 Rep
resentative Hill Of Washington dis
cusses Defense or Profits (WOL,
9:45) . Horace Heidi introduces
Orville Race, tenor, and Buddy
Williams, 14-year-old accordionist
tWMAL, 81 :. Victor Bay devotes
his musical essay to Easter, the selec-
tions being the Good Friday music
from Wagners "Parsifal," "Sinfonia
to Church Cantata No. A." by Bach,
and Rimsky-Korsakoff's Russian
Easter Overture" (WJSV, 10).
Gardening Is Topic.
Tomorrow-Spring gardening is dis
cussed during the Let's Talk 1t Over
program CWMAL, 2:15) Irene
Wicker, the Singing Lady, concludes
her series Of episodes from Alice
Through the Looking Glass" (WMAL,
$500 :. The series of broadcasts on
the topic, Youth in a Modern Com
munlty,' is concluded (WMAL, 4:3O)
=. An imaginary visit to the Argen-
tine fruit lands features the School of
the Air program (WJSV, 2:3o)
The Curtis Institute of Music presents
program by woodwind ensembles
| (WJSV, 3;45).
Network notes-Skinnay Ennis, orig
lnal drummer-vocalist with Hal
Kemp's Band. will bring his own out.
| fit to the networks in few days, PLAN
ming to feature three and four part
trombone work 4. Maxine Sullivan,
the sepia swingstress who began the
business of giving old Scottish melodies
shot of the swing serum, has been
signed for a twice-weekly stint on
Columbia beginning soon. c. A. NJ.