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Twenty our Roanoke Times and World News Radio Station 3224 930 (All rrrrm Ax CoIbibM Ketwwk Cnlr Othtrie Slated) CHAIN KEY STATIONS 4 1 Lyne Serenade Maurice Brown 'Celllrt 5undtv Mornmj At Aunt Siktn Russian Operatic Program from Moscow 10:00 Church of the Air Press Radio News Beethoven Sonata Serie' Alexander Semmlrr Pianist irst Prrsbvtenan Church Service Dr A Lapsley Jr Pastor 13:00 Salt Lk Tabernace Choir and Organ Romany Trail 12 CBS RENCH Pierre de Lanux from Pans 1:00 Church of the Musical ootnotes Kaltenborn Edits the News 2:00 Sunday Afternoon Varieties Local Studio True Local Studio 2:30 The Local Studio amily Loca Studio New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Elsie Thompson at the Organ 530 Sacred Salem Baptist Church Studio Hour of Phil Spltal ny's Girl Orchestra sports Review Local Studio Pop Local Studio Associated Press News Local Studio All Star Harry Richman Tom Howard and George Shelton Local Studio Phil Baker with Hal Ort Local Studio The World Lud Gluskln and His Orchestra 8 To Be Announced The Sunday Evening Hour weekly Community irst Baptist Church (Colored) Rev A James Pastor Press Radio News 11:05 Vincent Travers and His Orchestra Isham Jones and His Orchestra 0 (Eastern Standard Time) Note: All progitms to key and basic chains or groups thereof unless specified coast io coast to ci designation In cludes ail available stations Stations reserve right to change pro grams without previous notice A NBC WEA NETWORK Melody Hour by Soloists Mexican Marimbas Orchestra 9:30 Concert Ensemble Chor 10:00 Sermon from Dr Cadman Music and American Youth Press Radio News Period Ward and Muzzy Pianos Rudd Rogers Major Bowes Arlington Time Signals of Roundtable Talk CBS ABC NETWORK Reveille of Organ Serenade Maury Brown Sunday with Aunt Susan Moscow Operatic Sermon in Church of Air Press Radio News Period HE'S I By PHILBAKGR? TONIGHT Z' 'X 7:30 to 8:00 (GUL) WDBJ Meters 5000 49 83 4959 4910 3155 3138 3130 3113 3043 2560 2553 2551 2540 25 28 2520 1984 1982 1974 1963 16 86 may be Beethoven Sonata Series Reflection frem Cleveland Salt Lake City Choir and Organ 12:30 Romany Tra'l Orchestra 12 45 Transatlantic Exchange NBC WJZ NETWORK William Meeder at Organ Pictures in Tone Vocals Coast to Coast on a Bus The Southernalres Quartet The unnies 11:00 Press Radio News Period Alice Remson Song Program 11:15 Neighbor Nell's Program Brown String Ensemble Arlington Time Signals The Youth Pageant 12 Radio Citv Symphony Orchestra WEEKLY OREIGN SHORT WAVE SCHEDULE no Most short wave stations au in Ot nd lUUIlU UH llrt bandfl amateur phones on 20 80 and 160 meters police transmitters on 120 and 175 meters and airplane dispatchers 55 (day) and 100 (night' meters These bands are Interspersed with other stations of various classifications NBC WEA NETWORK (Ll'tlrg Subject To Change Wit tied Station Mega RV50 Moscow 600 DJC Berlin 602 GSA London 6 05 GSL London 11 GSB London 9 51 DJA Berlin 9 56 GSC London 9 58 I2RO Rome 9 63 EAQ Madrid 986 YA Paris 11 72 GSD London 1375 DJD Berlin 1176 I2RO Rome 81 GSE London 1168 YA Pans 1100 HJV Vatican 15 12 GS London 1514 DJB Berlin 1520 YA Paris GSG London 1770 Road to Romany Music While City Sleeps 1:45 Vanderbilt Jr 2 Matinee of Melody Orchestra 2:30 Peter Absolute Dramatic 3:00 Harry Rrscr Eskimos 3:30 Opera Auditions The Widow's Sons Serial Chicago A Cappella Choir Pop Concert Word and Music Program 6 Catholic Program 6 Lou Breese Orchestra 7 Secret Story Recital from the ireside 7:45 Sunset Dreams 2 Trios Maj Bowes Amateurs Merry Go Round Album of Music Sunday Evening Symphony The Master of Melody Press Radio News Period Art Jarrett and Orchestra Ray Pearl and Orchestra Sammv Orchestra CBS NETWORK Sermon in Church of Air Musical ootnotes Talk 2:00 Leslie Howard's Matinee Jose Manzanares Orchestra Philharmonic 5:00 Organ Crumlt Sanderson Phil Spitalny Girls 0:30 McConnell Rosewood and Ivory Eddie Cantor and Company Phil Baker Show Gluskin's 830 To Be Announced Detroit Symphony reddie Rich's Penthouse 10:30 Terror at Night Drama 11:00 Press Radio News Period Travers Orchestra 11:30 Isham Orchestra rank Orchestra Sosnik's Orchestra NBC JZ XI TWORK National Youth Conference 2 Magic Key of Radio 3 00 Your English Dramatical Harold Nagel Rhumba Orchestra Lafayette College Choir Vespers with osdick 4:30 One Design for Listening Rose and Drums Serial 5:30 Malcolm La Prude's Talk 6:45 To Be Announced Hcnry King and Orchestra Drcam Singer Dreams of Long Ago Play Jack Benny and Mary etc Robert Ripley 8:00 Melody Llngcra On Orchestra Charles Previn Orchestra 9304 Walt Winchell's Column Paul Whiteman's 9 Sunday with Seth Parker The Dandles of Yesterday Press Radio News Period Shandor and His Violin Paul Whiteman Henderson Orchestra Tom Orchestra i NOKION HUM IIAS SWITCH INTEREST Norton March 21 Change in one of Norton's most active business houses was completed last week when Allen Snodgrass purchased the Norton eed Company stock owned by Olen Gibson The purchase by Mr Snodgrass leaves him and Bolling as own ers of all the stock of the whole sale grocery and feed company with Mr Snodgrass the predomlnenl stock holder Mr Gibson says he has several projects under consideration I WISH I KNEW BOW YOU IND $0 MUCH (TIME OR PLEASURE MY WAR I GO MARKING ONLY ro I ONCE A WEEK i thanks to aay I lMjMBb I aS I I liH I $9950 and Up ''J Model GKO 50 All Price Include Delivery Invtiliatioa One leir ree Service Greatly increased maWe capacity! 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New startling features auch as Shelvador Storadrawer Crisper eather Touch Knee Ac tion Door Handle Ice Tray Release Shelvador Glass' Jars and many others You'll have to see the new Shelvador to fully appreciate its orld leading value There's a model "for every need and plirse Come in and look them over THE MOST BEAUTIUL RERIGERATOR Richardson Wayland Elec Corp 122 Church Aye Phone 6266 dissociate Dealers: lleiionimus Co Way nick urniture Co THE ROANOKE TIMES ROANOKE VIRGINIA: SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 22 1936 Radio News and Notes Spring Preview BRING YOUR AILING SONGSTER to our MARCH 23rd to 28th S479 HARTZ MOUNTAIN BALANCED DIET Silver DUAL RELEASE WRINGER EASY WDBJ Highlights or Today WAS by contact on Another Wait MW lAL'1 RES The ELECTRIC SHOP Phone 5359 501 South Jefferson Street lituini Murray noted stage find comedian Phil Regan tenor Bird "Auf Hacnschen look for a 4 A rehearsing on GOVERNMENT URGED TO REPLACE AKRON CLAWS CLIPPEDNO CHARGE The CBS Radio Playhouse audience attending the premiere of the new was requested not to ap plaud while the program was on the air Obediently they clasped their Mary Pickford concluding her sec ond broadcast during a fortnight's visit in New York sped to Newark airport and hopped off Tuesday night March 17 for Hollywood and her home Pickfair which doubles as a CBS studio for her at Pick Miss Pickford almost crossed paths with Benay Venuta who had stepped out of a plane at Newark that morning Mier a flight from Hol lywood Benay played a night 'club engagement and made several guest appearances on major broadcasts on the West Coast Third CBS traveler of late Is Ed Wynn although he only went to Atlantic City to visit his mother and to sniff' some good salt air In the Pet Department Mr Burr noted bird expert will answer questions and hold lecture courses on the care of your Canary Ask him for the REE 32 page booklet on Canary Care children everywhere slept right from the of Great Big Piece of Little Rock" will be the title of an amazing spectacle in natural colors to be presented by Phil Baker In honor of Little Rock (Arkansas) Night on the "Great American Tourist Series" over the Columbia network from 7:30 to 8:00 in Baker describes his original crea tion ns "a beautiful pageant a riot of color depleting the debacle of glorious spring In the Ozarks 1 have spared every expense in beautiful costumes and natural scenic effects" added the Good Grey Impresario Washington March 21 Gov ernment construction of a fleet of commercial llghter than atr craft and replacement of the ill fated Akron and Macon with new airships for joint army and navy use was recom mended to a senate air safety com mittee today by aviation experts Among the" witnesses was Com mander Charles Rosendahl who Guy Lombardo calls his speedy yacht the Tempo James Melton's is named the Melody Now friends of Ed Wynn are persuading the come dian to name his trim craft the Sea Gulliver over the complete Columbia network YOUR NEXT SHOPPING TRIP VISIT MODERN ELECTRIC SHOP SAETY New type re lease shields wringer rolls functions at once get Into a voice called over the telephone to Reynolds Brooks CBS music clearance director if von play Sunday over the air Brooks' check showed that A incent Lopez had it listed for a pro gram an hour later Hastily Brooks called the publisher got permission to perform the song on the radio and then learned that it was all a joke Copyright clearance had been made a week before and somebody 'd been kidding him But a gloomy pay off came later Lopez' arranger got sick while orchestrating it and the singer had to be replaced on the program at the last minute also because of ill ness Members of Columbia's WQAM staff at Miami la one day last week put the finishing touches to an elaborate exhibit at the Dade County air opening within an hour Huge displays traced the history of micro phones photographs of handsome CBS stars caught the eye and all was set Just then the sky grew dark and In a few moments a twister blew down sweeping WQAM men off their feet collapsing the tent Dam age estimate: $50000 Comnfent: local boys said it was arranged by jealous neighbors up North All emlnlne Request Program Phil Spltalny's all girl orchestra and chorus will offer numbers most ircquently requested by their femi nine audience during the "Hour of program over the Columbia network from 6:00 to 6:30 The selections show a decided trend toward ballads lullabys and songs popular in days past The mlstress of ccremonles Arlene rancis will Introduce Maxine and the vocal trio of the "Three Little Words" In the humorous composition of Wolfe Bread" and "A Little Rendezvous in Honolulu" Ro chelle and Lola will take their places at two pianos and play a special Interpretation of the romantic and sultry Russian song Eyes" Other highlights will be instru mental Interludes by Evelyn Kay violinist Pat Harrington trumpeter and Gypslc Cooper saxophonist They will step up to the microphone to do a turn during the orchestral of ferings of "I'm Always Chasing Rain bows" a medley consisting of and Roses" "Roses of Picardy" and "The World Is Walting fqr the the old favorite Can't Give You Anything but Love" Birthday Party" the stirring Chord" and the lullaby "Rock a bye DUAL RELEASE Throws wringer rolls wide apart on contact from any direction Weeks after its dramatization of the predicament of the sleepy Hindu who had even a cat nap in months the of office Is still receiving suggestions for his relief from sympathetic listeners All letters are forwarded to Calcutta To date not a one has suggested counting sheep No matter what the calendars say spring is here according to Maxine who is seen choosing her Easter bon net at Lilly Dache's famous New York salon According to the pretty vocalist this is going to be a very feminine year of style and so she has decided to lead the Easter pa rade in this soft black cloche with starched veil and a glazed white flower Maxine is heard on the "Hour of Charm" program with Phil Spltalny's all girl orchestra and chorus over WDBJ and the Columbia network each Sunday from 6:00 to 6:30 in Ken screen and Russ Morgan's orchestra will head the cast of a new series of half hour programs to be Inaugurated over WDBJ and the nation wide Columbia network on Tuesday March 24 from 8:30 to 9:00 Murray has been one of the topnotch revue and vaudeville headliners for many years and has been featured in sev eral cf mo't outstanding production? He ill have as sup porting foils Evo Arden mid "Sassa fras" who shared honors with him a season or two ago in Earl Cerroll's "Sketch Book" Phil Regan former Brooklyn policeman skyrocketed to fame on the air several years ago and has appeared in several pictures Radford Negro Women Es tablish Unusual Record or Longevity survived the crash of the Ill fated Shenandoah He pleaded with th: committee to put fear behind and look upon the zeppelin type craft as a necessary part of the sir transpor tation and defense system Backing up Rosendahl was the testimony of A Knowles of the Goodyear Zeppelin corporation of Akron and a statement by Paul Litchfield president of the Good year Tire and Rubber company The Goodyear organization built the Akron which crashed In a storm i Believed to belong to the Bronze Age 4000 years ago a skeleton waa found recently at Brough England With 2105 songs collectively in their repertoires the principals of "Lavender and Old Lace" on CBS propose a mythical song marathon with other programs The winner would be decided on according to the time it took him to sing his complete repertory abiding by these rules: 1 No note shall be held longer than it takes to cross Manhattan on a 42nd street trolley 2 No bellows or other mechanical aids shall be used 3 No time out for a breath or a nap Dopesters figure that Capt ritz1 Scheff of the with 500 songs to her credit Is easily good for 70 continuous hours Added to what can bo produced by Lucy Monroe rank Munn and Gus boosters of the program grand total of 167 hours Vvr ngrt Dft nd ho ppi Mtmp kp ywr Cooory hands and remained silent except for one forgivable lapse It occurred when at the completion of a selec tion Ed "Gulliver" Wynn rushed on stage guffawed into the mike and giggled over and see my show sometime!" Spectators overcame their bewilderment when they reflected that program and the show" are under the same sponsor ship As big a package as anyone would like to receive considering its con tents came to CBS Announcer Bob Trout one bleak day last week Stood on end it reached six feet to the top of head It weighed 53'2 pounds Bob cautiously opened it peered furtively inside and muttered appropriately enough "Aw oaloney" or Indeed it was just that The huge sausage was sent by Clyde Hunt an engineer at sta tion in the Capital Hunt won It by guessing its weight Said Hunt's ac companying card to Trout you can eat your own words" At no increase in price the new Spiralator EASY Washer gives you many new conven jences New Dual Release New Quiet Mechanism New Modern Beauty of Design are now combined with the fast gentle and economical Spiralator method of washina See it today! ASK OR A DEMONSTRATION Two known Weed" were recently sent to Leo Blech fa mous European conductor After listening to them Blech wrbte: you listen to them without prejudice and compare them with music of some twenty years ago we must ac knowledge the birth of a new or chestral sound which can be used as a soulful expression of the drama in all variety and shades These sound combinations are quite new The rhythms are new and new also is the unheard of wonderful perfection of the interpretation It is magnificent Boley McClintock frog voiced drummer of red Waring's Pennsyl vanians was heckled throughout an appearance at a New York theatre by ft man in the balcony who had an identical voice Poley?" the man frogged loudly and repeatedly hoo" Boley frogged compan ionably back from the stage doubling in frogs or croak youl" You can pay foe an BiSV with llie money you spend for Laundry ASK ABOUT THE GENEROUS TERMS AND THE TBADE 1N PLAN A call on the phone will bring a representative to jour home Radford March 21 An unusual longevity record has been established by Amanda and Celia Taylor two colored who recently celebrated their 85th birthday here Their mother was owned by Dr Hugh Kent of Christiansburg and they were bought while young by James Taylor whose name they adopted but later became the prop erty of the Radford family of this city They have always lived in this sec tion and always with or near each other Amanda lives with her second husband and Celia with her son just across the street When Radford (Central Depot) was bring shelled by Lieut James A Gar field from ort Hill in Pulaski county Amanda and Celia then about 11 years old ran from the Dr Radford home and hid down in the ravine of Connelly Run now Wildwood Park In the center of the city It was sometime after the bullets ceased flying that they returned to the house much to the relief of the Radford family They continued to stay with Dr Radford long after their freedom and until their marriage Amanda married Ed loyd who died and then Wil liam Murphy with whom she Is living today Amanda had no children by either marriage Celia married a man named Delaney and to this union 10 children were born Her second marriage was to Oscar Alexander by whom she had two children Celia now has 45 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren Both women are active and do their own housework Name Biillding Committee At a meeting Monday evening the irst Christian church appointed Whitt Dr McConnell A Jones Mottersherd Bird Stump and the pastor Rev Hassel vander as a building com mittee to supervise the construction of a new brick building to be lo cated at the corner of Clement street and Tyler avenue This location was purchased by the congregation sev eral years ago It is understood the work Is to begin around the first of April Radford's terraced situation held it Immune from water damage New river rose to about nine feet which just about fills its banks It is rumored that ground will be broken around April 1 for the new building at the Lynchburg oundry company plant where the new cen trifugal system of manufacturing Iron le will be added to the present core system It is to be a large ad dition and the building will be lo cated northeast of th? present build ings and near irst street Monday Denn Baldwin and James Higginbotham will be tried in cor poration court These youths are changed with the theft of City Man ager automobile from a garage in this city December 17 They were captured in Philadelphia Two police officers from the north ern city will be here as witnesses Blds will be opened March 31 by the state highway department for repairs and Improvements to the New river bridge in this city over which Les highway entfWbtbc city from the north It is understood the road bed Is to be widened three feet the south end of bridge elevated several feet and a walk way provided There is no way to detour traffic at this point and It is estimated the work will require several months time Hotels of Switzerland aye feeling keenly the drop in American patron age Mary Pickford hates the sea but loves the air and airplanes she re vealed at a luncheon in her honor at the Sherry Netherland Hotel during her recent visit to New York The star of "orties at PTck falr" declared that she cannot abide the sight or sound of the sea for very long It is so unconquerable it gives her a feeling of Inferiority and defeat But speaking of air travel she said woman should fly as often as she can Our country has to go ahead and we can only do so through the air Women have got to become air minded so that their may do the same I fly and feel so secure that I through my recent trip 1 Come see and oar WDBJ song sters i our Pet Shop 10:30 to 5:30 daily "or once our radio audience will enjoy an eyeful Remcmber two beautiful girls Agnes Mcorchend and Maxine Gray and three superb men Baker Beetle and Bottle" Vera Bnid ky and Harold Trlggs Vera Brodsky and Harold Triggs the noted two piano team will be the guest artists with the Symphony orchestra and chorus directed by Victor Kolar coast to coast from 9:00 to 10:00 The young guest artists will play first the brilliant Waltz" by ranz Liszt In the second half of the program they will perform three selections "RItmo" by Infante Jerome Kern's "I Dream Too from the film of the same name and a seldom heard composition entitled Banjo" by the nineteenth century American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk The ord Sunday Evening Hour will open with the orchestra playing the impressive "Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla" from Wagjter's opera "Das Rhein gold" The orchestra will also 'ac company the chorus in "The March of the Smugglers" from opera and will later play the "Cortege de Noces" from "Le Coq D'Or" by Rimsky Korsakov Other orchestral highlights will include the overture to Rossini's "William Tell" and with the chorus Croft's hymn "Our God Our Help in Ages Past" During the intermission Cam eron will speak briefly on a topic of current interest "King Lumberjack" "King written Stanley Young as another experi mental departure in radio drama will be presented over the Columbia net work from 8:30 to 9:00 Directed by Dwight Cooke "King marks a definite at tempt to Incorporate in convincing form for radio the spirit and fantasy that have inspired the "tall tales" of legcndiand story In this instance "King deals i with that legendary figure of the West the mighty Paul Bunyan his te'rrlflc tussle with his formidable foe Lars Larsen and some amusing adventures and misadventures with Paul's pet that vivacious blue ox named Babe Neil O'Malley Tex to "Bobby Ben son and Sunny Jim" listeners on CBS opened last week in a leading role in the Broadway play "We Bury the Dead" The Landt Trio and' White fea tured song and comedy team on the "Pick and Pat" series are the latest recruits to the Port Washington Yacht Club on Long Island of which Ed Wynn is a leading member The Landts and Pianist White hare bought a sea going yacht which named Rhythm And up at Mountain Lakes Stuart Churchill CBS tenor is rpending these week ends painting his summer home all by himself Mll'S INCASTLE incastle March 21 (Special) The incastle Garden club met at the home of Mrs A Simmons Tuesday afternoon Mrs Reid was joint hostess Miss Elizabeth Bolton daughter of Mr and Mrs Bolton of Char lotte has been elected May queen at Mary Baldwin College Staunton Mr Bolton Is a native of "incastle Adventure" is the name of the play which has been selected for production by the senior class of the iocal high school in April The amateur program which was scheduled for Saturday uight was postponed i i "'O The journal of Captain Cook's first voyage to the South Seas in 1768 written by Peter Briscoe was sold at auction recently In London Oz SUPER SAETY 100 AUTOMATIC ACTION No tension regulation no drain board adjustments you ieed the clothes and the EASY Wringer does the work reddie Bartholomew for his guest appearance at over CBS walked about the studio trying out the rench song he was to sing in the production "Sur le Pont L'on danse tout cn ronde he chanted When a fellow actor tried to hold a con versation with him in rench reddie shrugged his shoulders and asked for translation "I know any rench" he confessed Coinci dence Marjorie Bartlett author of "ive Star Jones" CBS se rial of a newspaper man's life re cently Introduced into the script a se quence based on a fictional tiiftt of secret naval plans The same day the ederal grand Jury began an in quiry into charges that spies obtained naval war secrets and sold them abroad of Andre best recordings "Chant of the and "Revenge With Music" SUPER Rolls slop revolving when release functions start only when wringer is reset 21 23 West Campbell Ave or your canary's protection insist on Genuine Hartz Mountain Bird ood oft the New Jersey coast and the Macon which made a forced landing In the ocean oft California a few months later MORE SNOW IN RUSSELL Lebanon March 21 A light snow fell here last night on top of toe deep snow falling earlier in the week "Mils leal Grand opera ballad and popular melody are represented on ootnotes" to be broadcast oyer the Columbia network from 1:30 to 1:45 Included among the selections to be sung by Vivian della Chiesa soprano and ranz Imhof tenor ac companied by the John Welcher En semble will be "Vest! la er! i i a 5rzNn'3 J1W4I8 AagHawa 4 4U4VVSS Singing" "All Alone" and Snalding with Mtnplmny Albert Spalding America's premier violinist will be the guest soloist with the New York Philharmonic Symphony orchestra conducted by Hans Lange in its concert broadcast over the combined nation wide Columbia and Canadian networks from 3:00 to 5:00 Spalding will play the Concerto In minor for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch Lange will open the pro gram with Hermann ZUcher's Rameau Suite OpuJ 76 ollowing the Bruch concerto the second half of the program will be devoted to Beethoven's Symphony No 2 In major and of by the 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