Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-12-15
Yule Program
For children
Is arranged
Officials Son
To Broadcast
Next Sunday

Some of the Capitals very young
set are getting excited about that
special international feature OF every
Yuletide season, the Christmas
broadcast. For the 18th year in sue
cession cabinet officials child and
the children of diplomats will send
greetings over the radio to all parts
of the world.
The program, under the sponsor
shin of the Greater National Capital
Committee of the washington
Board of Trade, in cooperation with
the National Broadcasting Co., VIA
he staged this year at Wardman
park Hotel. It will take place on
sunday, December %, from a :30 to
S o'clock and will be broadcast To-
cally over WRC, as, well as being
carried on a coast o-coast hookup
and to foreign countries. by short
wave.
For the first time in history the
program will be televized, SO tnat
wherever there are television re-
ceiying sets the children may be
seen in their .colorful costumes.
Each of the young broadcasters Will
be CARRIED in his or her native dress.
The cabinet officials child VINO
will represent the United States TINS
wear is James Allan Krug, son OF the
Secretary of the Interior ana MIS-.
Julius A. Krug. He is blond, 8 years
Old and in the third grade at West
brook School in Maryland, which Is
near the Krug home. Despite the
fact that this will be Jim's nrst
broadcast. and he is thrilled about
going on the air, he seems pretty
sure of himself. AS the young most
of the broadcast, he viii extend
greetings. in his own words, to chill
dren of foreign lands.
All the other children will bring
Christmas greetings to the children
of America from their native lands.
They will speak in either their ma
tive tongues or in English, and eacn
will be limited to 80 words.
+ A festive air will be added to this
affair by the Marine Band Sym
phonv orchestra, which will play
christmas music before and during
the program. Another new feature
will be added to this years broad
cast. In addition to decorating the
continental room at Wardman, the
Florists Telegraph Delivery Associa-
ton will wire complimentary flow
ers to a Government official in the
homeland of each participant to-
gether with a message from the
child.
The children of diplomats par
ticipating are Maria Lila ZubiaurTe,
Argentina; Anne Oldham, Australia;
Claude van Bellinghen, Belgium;
Diane Dick, Canada; Maria Donoso,
Chile: Ines SAM de Santamarla,
Colombia; Oscar Arturo Vargas,
Costa Rica; Katka Houdek, Czecho-
slovakia; Rikke Kjoelsen, Denmark;
Emilia Rodriguez, Dominican Re-
public; Abel Ragab, Egypt; Helen
Won Numers, Finland; Irene Lacoste,
France; Timothy Edwards, Great
Britain; Sergio Tepichin, Guate-
.mala;, Eva Borsody, Hungary; Thor
Thors. Iceland; Francesca Silver
strelli, Italy; Gabriel KaJeckas,
Lithuania; Norbert LIE Calais,
Luxembourg; Consolation. Sanchez
Gavito, Mexico; Sally Reid, New
Zealand; Martha Acosta, Paraguay;
Gloria Ramos, Philippine Islands;
Christopher LANCE, Poland; Maria
Rocheta, Portugal; Anuri Chinta-
kananda, Siam; Alicia Baraibar,
Spain; Alexandra de Aminoff, Swe-
den: Cecile Fuchss, Switzerland;
Ilham Zurayk, Syria; Lydia An
drews, Union of South Africa; EN-
ma Gladys Mora, Uruguay, and
Mako Zore, Yugoslavia.