Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1929, Page 31

. THANKSEIVING DAY PROGRAN S VARIED Grid Game, Opera and Davis; Address in Forum Are Radio Features. A gala Thanksgiving day program ‘Wwhich runs the entire gamut of enter- tainment, with a gridiron classic, & grand opera and the National Radio Forum as the outstanding features, is #cheduled today by Washington's radio tations. e The foot ball game will be the Uni- Wersity of Pennsylvania-Cornell battle Bt Pranklin Field, Philadelphia. Both WRC and WMAL will broadcast a play- by-play description of this event. The opera, a tabloid version of “Samson and Dalilah” by the National Grand Opera ©o., is scheduled by WRC, which flls‘o will broadcast the first of the season’s mew series of Victor programs, in which John McCormack, vlmxl;lfl-famous tenor, will be the guest soloist. WMAL's major contributions to the holiday program will be the weekly radio forum, arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting Bystem, and_an_electrically recorded “international good will” program of two hours’ duration, introducing the fa- mous military bands. orchestras, ensem- bles and choruses of the United States and nine foreign countries. Davis Is Forum Speaker. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, who has served in the cabinets of three Presidents, will be the radio forum speaker. “The Greatest Business Man-' Bger in the World” is Secretary Davis’ topic. His broadcast tonight will mark his second trip to the microphone in $he forum series, his first being on Labor day, when he surprised a national radio Rudience by singing a little Welsh song e used to sing when a schoolboy in his ative country. * Forty-two stations in deltiflsl to 'WMAL will broadcast the special “good will,” electrically transcribed program, sponsored by the General Baking Co. to mark the birthday anniversary of one of its products. Each station will op- erate independently without a chlén ook-up, since the program was record- Ed s portable sound studio taken around in September and October to collect the performances of the famous military bands, orchestras, choruses and ensembles. In the program will be heard, in the order named, the band of His Majesty's Royal Air Forces of London, the Buda- pest Gypsy Orchestra, the band of the Garde Republicaine of France, the St. Germain Chamber Orchestra of Paris, the Swisslander Brass Ensemble, the original Lanner Schramme] Quartet and odd street musicians of Vienna, the National Band of Germany, the Berlin Manner- chor under Dr. Felix Schmidt, an or- chestra from La Scala Opera, Milan, Atiilio Parelli conducting; the Irish Guards' band, the pipers of His Maj- esty’s Scots Guards and John Philip Bousa and his band in three numbers. McCormack Offers Two Groups. * McCormack, who has not faced a mi- crophone since January 1, 1927, will eontribute two groups of three numbers each to the Victor program. The first group is made up of Rachmaninofl’s “To the Children,” “Bird Songs at Eventide” and “Kathleen Mavourneen.” In the second group are “Mary Dear,” &n old Londonderry air; “Bantry Boy” and “Thanks Be to God.” The orches- tral portion of the program will be provided by a salon orchestra under the direction of Nathaniel Shilkret. Me- Cormack will broadcast through Sta- tion KFI in Los Angeles, where he is #t work on a motion picture. A dramatization of a detective story based on the activities of United States operatives in uncovering a plot to over- throw the government of Mexico and a late dance program by the Paramount Orchestra are among WMAL'’s other major attractions. The remaining fea- tures of WRC include the Jack Frost Melody Moments, which is to be an op- eratic program, and a special Thanks- giving program by the Seiberling Sing- ers. Thanksgiving services arranged by the Y. M. C. A. will be broadcast by WISV fn addition to a variety of musical fea- tures. WOL's program contains its usual attractions. —— . FREIGHT SHIPS RUSHED. North Gefman Lloyd Line An- nounces New Schedule. BREMEN. Germany, November 28 (#).—The North German Lloyd Line " has decided to expand its freight service after January, 1930, by increasing the number of sailings and the freight capacity of ships. The company will place 11 vessels in eommission on the Bremerhaven-New York route in January, 8 in February and 10 in March. Express freight will be carried by the Bremen, speed queen of the At- lantic, the Europa, sister ship of the Bremen, and the Columbus The service from Bremen to Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Norfolk and New- port News will be divided into two Toutes, one serving only Philadelphia and touching at New York going and coming, and the other touching New York only on the westward trip. The ships of this second route will go to Baltimore, Ncrfolk and Savannah from New York, and return direct to Bremer- haven. The ships will take on and dis- charge freight at both Bremen and Hamburg. SCOTT GETS CITATION. Bwarded by War Department for Gallantry. A citation for gallantry in action has been awarded by the War Department to Col. Don E. Scott of Graham, N. C., formerly lieutenant colonel, 120th In- fantry, 30th Division, A. E. F. Accord- ing to the citation, Col. Scott personally directed his battalion in the action at Bellincourt, France, September 29, 1918, and captured a network of trenches and about 1,000 prisoners. The 120th In- fantry was operating with the 4th Brit- #sh Army at the time. 2 ““, = » Major “Chain” Features TONIGHT. 7:30—May Singhi Breen and Peter de Rose; novelty vocal and instrumental selections—WJZ, WREN, KWK and KFAB. 8:00—Sunshine hour; Rudy Vallee and his orchestra— WRC and N. B. C. net- work. 8:15—Frederic William Wil ‘WMAL and C. B. S. net- work. 8:30—Champion Sparkers; sports drama—WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA., WLW, WLS, KWK and REN. Wi A 9:30—True Detective Mystery; dramatization — WMAL and C. B. S. network. 10:00—Victor program; John McCormack, tenor—WRC and N. B. C. network. 10:00—Atwater Kent program; dance music—WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, WJR, KWK, WREN, KDKA and WGN. 10:30—National Radio Forum; Secretary of Labor James J. Davis—WMAL and C. B. S. network. 11:00—National Grand Opera Ci ‘Samson and De- 1ilal ‘WRC and N. B. C. network. I Today on 475.9—WMAL—630. (Washington Radio Forum.) 1:45—Penn-Cornell foot ball game. 4:00—Bond's Thanksgiving festival— Presenting famous musical or- ganizations in erica and Europe. 6:00—Correct time. 6:01—Flashes from The Evening Star. 6:15—“Why We Count Fence Posts,” " ”_by sclzrl:;lflc: Service. :30—Whispe: Flames. 7:00—Paul Specflvn Orchestra, 7:30—Gude’s Garden of Melodies. 8:00—The Towerizers. 8:15—"The Political Situation in ‘Washington Tonight,” by Fred- eric Willlam Wil ‘Wile, 8:30—The Columbians. pl 10:30—National Radio Forum—Speaker, m&ry of Labor James J. i 11:00—Dream boat. 11:30 to 12:00—Paramount Orchestra. Early Program Tomorrow. 11:00a—Nell Vinick, beauty adviser. { 11:15a—Columbia Salon 11:45a—Radio Beauty School. 12:15—Columbia Salon Orchestra. 12:30—Yoeng's Orchestra. hestra. to 3:00—Patterns in print—Va- riety program. 228.9—WOL—1,310. (American Broadcasting Co.) : ing results. 6:00—"“What's on the Air Tonight.” 6:03—Dinner music. 6:20—"Sound Investments,” by Louis Rothschild, director of Better A 3‘)_B\m.n‘a,:fl Bureau. :30—Elsie le Lang, soprano, 7:00—Jimmie Harbison, pianist. 10:00 to 12:00—Dance program. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Reveille, 7:35a—The musical clock. !:W&;:ilnhd.lyn—A thought for the y. 8:05a—Musical clock (continued). 8:15a—Breakfast Brevities. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1929. the Radio PROGRAM FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1929. - (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on -'~ht, AW 2 otherwise indicated.) 2 p.m. unless LOCAL STATIONS. 315.6~WRC—950. 1 “_(r;mmumanl)’m}u:u:&cfl) 3 enn-Cornell foof 5 g:!l)—'l‘wlughxt ;n&nr. b e :00—Radio-Keith-Orpheum matinee. ggo—"’rm u"o}““ Door.” s B program, feati John McCormack, tenor. 11:00—Weather forecast. 11:01 to 11:58—"Samson and Delilah,” by National Grand Opera Co. Early Program Tomorrow. :Edflw-—'rower health exercises. o the 8: 8:15a—Morning devotions. 8:30—Cheerio. - 9:00a—Morning melodies. 10:00a—Hits and_Bits. 10:30a—National Home hour. 11:00—sSalon . 12:00m—Farm flashes. 12:10—Evening Stars. 1:00—National Farm and Home hour. 1:45—Organ recital. 2:30—The Melody Three. 3:15—Rochester Philharmonic Orch- 205.4—WJISV—1,460. (Independent Publishing Co. 3:00 to 5:00—Midafternoon mus;cne. 6:30—Dinner music. 7:30—Th;x‘1u¢1;'1n§h services, under auspices C. 3 8:00—Studio feature, o o 8:30—Theater Arts School presenta- tion. 8:45—Jeanette McCaffrey, soprano. 9:00—"“Tripoli Days and Knights,” by Miss Quincy Smith. 9:15—Ken Coffman, piano-accordion- ist. 9:30—The Balster Sisters. 9:45—Special feature. 10:00 to 11:00—Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Club. Early Progrant Tomorrow. 8:00 to 10:00a—Helpful hints to house- 11:300—Nettonst ot srogram. : a larm - 11:45a—Current evenf&.n 12:00m—Time signals. 3:00 to 5:00—Midafternoon musical. 434.5—NAA—690. (Washington Navy Yard). 8:45a—Weather Dll“ll:, npom? 9:55—Time signals. 10:05—Weather Bureau reports, OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Schedule.. for Eastern ¢ 454.3—WEAF New York—660. 6:00—Black and Gold Room Dinner - Orchestra—Also WCAE, WWJ, WTAG. 7:00—Midweek hymn sing, mixed Quariet—Also WCSE, WHAS 7:30—Comfort music, string quartet— Also WEEL, "WJAR, ~WTAG, 8:00—Sunshine hour, Rudy Vallee and his orchestra — Also WTAG, WJAR, WCSH, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WWJ, WPTF, WBT, WFI, WFJC, JAX, WHAS, WSM, 11:00—Grand opera—Also WFI, WGY, WGR, WTAM, WWJ, WRVA, 12:00—Hal Kemp's Orchestra in an hour of dance music. 348.6—~WABC New York—860. 6:30—Plays—Also C, WKRC, v‘vvx‘.:;w, ‘WDOD, ', WCAO, 7:00—Orchestra—WABC _only; _Paul s’npech'.'l Orecl to WWNC, WKRC, WLAC, WLBW, WJAS, WFBL, WADC, ), WEBW, WHK, WCAO, 8:30—Columbians—Also WBRC, ‘WWNC, WKRC, WLAC, WLBW, WJAS, WFBL, WADC, WDOD, WKEBW, WSPD, WCAO, WEAN, WNAC, WKBN. 9:00—Detective mysteries—Also WCAU, WNAC, WEAN, WFBL, WKBW, WCAO, WJAS, WLBW, WSPD, WHK, WADC, WGHP, WKRC. 9:30—Romany Patteran—Also WWNC, WKRC, WLBW, WFBL, WDOD, WSPD, WEAN, WKBN, WLAC, ‘WJAS, WADC, WKBW, WCAO, WHP. 10:00—Music_of the air—Also WCAU, WNAC, WEAN, WFBL, WJAS, WADC, WGHP, WSPD, WHK, ‘WLBW, WKRC, WKBW, WCAO, WCAH. 10:30—National Forum from Washing- Special Thanksgiving Program TONITE “A Musical - Journey Through Dixie with Gude’s Garden of Melodies” °* Station WMAL 7:30 to 8 o’clock -2 time. ton—Also WFAN, WWNC, WLAC, WJAS, WADC, WHK, WCAO, WDBJ. 12:00—Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra; mid- night organ melodies. 394.5—WJIZ New York—760. 6:00—Old Man Sunshine, Bob Plerce; hotel dance orchestra. e 7:00—Amos ‘n’ _Andy— Also WBZ, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, KYW, 'l:u—;g;mig Thanks,” Raymond 7:30—May Singhi Breen and Peter de Rose—WJZ; dance—also WBZ, WJR. 8:00—Beauty Serenade—Also WBZ, WHAM, KDKA, KYW, WBAL, 9:30—Concert orchestra and “Bill” Munday— Also WBZ, WBAL, WHAS, Wor. " Wor” WIAK, WRVA, WSB, KYW, © 0 X 10:00—Atwater Kent e midweek hour— T music, (1 hour)—Also KDKA. 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060, 7:&“:;!'?.,02 Marylanders. o programs (3 hours). 11:00—Musical Memories; ornn) (1 hr). Adams 3803 4 5 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100, 9:15—Little Club Entertainers. 9:45—Fox’s Clubs; Subway Boys. 10:30—Reeves Brotliters; Serenaders. 11:15—Dance music (45 minutes). 282.83—WTIC Hartford—1,060. 5:30—Sunset hour; news. 6:30—Hotel trio (30 minutes). 422.3—WOR Newark—710. 5:30—Trio; Tea Garden Orchestra. 6:30—Uncle Don's stories. 7:00—Scores; Minute Men. 8:00—Little Symphony and soprano. 9:00—WQR _repertory; music rack. 10:00—Red Lacquer and Jade. 10:30—Janssen’s Orchestra. 11:00—News; dance; moonbeams. 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170. 6:00—Melodies; news; features, 7:00—Baker Boys; orchestra. 8:00—Ebony Inn; Fur Trappers. 9:00—Same as WABC (30 minutes). 9:30—Chicken Pickers. 10:00—WABC (30 minutes); orchestra. 11:00—~WABC (30 minutes); organ (30 minutes). ’ . 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980. 6:30—Musical sketch. Z:m)_wg (15 minutes) h mus)lc. 00— programs (4 hours). 12:00—Don Bestor’s Orchestra. 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150. 7:00—WJZ (tfl minutes); Saxophone Quartet, 7:30—Same as WJZ (3% hours). 11:00—Organ recital (1 hour). 379.5—WGY Schenectady—790. 5:00—Birth program (2 hours). 'l:(lo—Quu.k:l:y State Boys. 7:30—WGY agricultural program. 8:00—Same as WEAF (3 hours). 11:00—Dance and organ (1 hour). 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990, 6:00—Markets; dinner music. 6:30—Melodies; investment talk. 7:00—WJZ; Melodeers. 7:30—WJZ (3% hours); news. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN STATIONS. 405.2—WSB Atlanta—740. 7:00—Hour of features. 8:00—WEAF and WJZ (3 hours). 11:00—Concert 11:45—Sheldon %mi n recital. 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700. 6:00—Hour of orchestras. 7:00—! S ; scrap book. 7:30—Through the Jar. - 8:00—WJZ (30 m.); Sparkers. 9:00—Troupers (30 m.); WJZ (30 m.). 10:00—The Hall; orchestra. 11:00—Pianist; scrap book. 11:30—Los Amigos; orchestra. 280.2—WTAM-WEAR Cleveland—1,070. 6:15—Hotel orchestra. 7:00—Orchestra; Radioet. 8:00—Ed McConnell; feature. 9:00—WEAF (30 minutes); jester. 10:00—Music and features. 12:00—Organ and dance (1 hout). 398.8—WCX-WJIR Detroit—750. 5:00—Birthday program (2 hours) 7:00—Hour from WJZ. 8:00—Cigar Makers. 8:30—Same as WJZ (2!, hours). 11:00—News; dance; organ. 12:00—Hour of dance music. 277.6—~WBT Charlotte—1,080. 7:00—Thanksgiving program. 8:00—WEAF and WJZ (3 hours). 365.6—~WHAS Louisville—820. 7:00—Hymn_sing. 7:30—Book Man: orchestra. 8:00—WEAF and WJZ (3 hours), 11:00—Reporters; ukulele. 11:30—Homing program. 12:00—Dance music (1 hour). 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110. 6:30—Dinner music. 7:00—Band; current events. 8:00—WEAF and WJZ (4 hours). Radith'ervice\ Adams 3803 18th & Col. Rd. 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By the Assoclated Pross, LONDON, November 28.—Gales that began Saturday night still swept over Great Britain Tuesday, causing loss of life and extensive property damage. The rst effects have been felt in Wales and along the northern coasts. At Hoylake, Cheshire, a lifeboat bat- tled with mountainous seas throughout 7 ZZ 2 7 the ht searching for missing craft trommlgeulde. i o i South Wales and lives. Motorists in many districts in Wales found roads blocked with water 5 feet deep. Gangs of rallway men at Pontypridd have been busy since Sun- day repairing tracks. At Tiverton, Devonshire, two children were drowned. One effect of the floods at Swansea has been an invasion of armies of rats. People refuse to open their doors at night, and take turns sitting up to drive away the rodents. The Glamorganshiré colleries, in guuth Wales, have been forced to close lown. ‘The Missouri, claimed to be the largest river in the world, extends from its source to the Gulf of Mexico. WILL IMPROVE ROADS. - SACRAMENTO, Calif; November 28 () ~Approximately $88,030,000 will be spent on State and county roads in California during 1930, Bert B. Meek, director of the. State Department ot Public Works, estimated yesterday. In his report to Gov. C. C. Young's council Meek stated that this sum: in- cluded State highway expenditures es- timated at $38,030,000 and expenditures on county roads estimated at $50,000,000. 461.3—WSM bville—650, 17:00—Christine Lamb and orchestra. 11:00—Violinist and planist. 11:30—Minstrel entertainer, "SAVE *150 %500 on a Brand New HUDSON . ESSEX SUPER-SIX Down Payment as Low as BUYING OPPORTUNITY OF THE YEAR Stocks are limited—Come early to get the model of your choice LAMBERT-HUDSON MOTORS CO. DISTRIBUTORS—PHONE DECATUR 2070 Corner 14th and K Streets N.W. 205 Your present car accepted as cash and may be entire first payment. Easy monthly payments on balance. % 2 Service Station, 24th and M Streets N.W. Motor Co., Ine. . Ine, . Ave, . 4 t. 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