Radio Variety Schedule Highlights From August Broadcasts
Daily station WHAF schedule lists a dense lineup of concerts and programs across August. Notable entries include Carl Betn and Fred Young performances, National String Orchestra, Buckley and Dobbin vocalists, and major string ensembles. The Week features morning devotions, NBC Studio programs, hotel dinners, and weather reports.
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Carl Betn
Radio Church
Bixty Nustcal
Ifred
Winifred Young Cornish
National String Orchestra
David Lawler
Kent Radio Hour
Noa
Lew White
Bea
Federation
Parnassus
Cheerio
Robertina Robinson
Centralto
Radio Household Institute
NBC
Leonard Barron
Orpneus
Joseph Kayser
Yan and
Hhe
Palais D'Or
Frank Dobbin
Health Service Bureau
Kate Speak Penney
Hardesty Johnston
Esterle Waterman
Don Hancock
Hollywood
Manhattan Trio
Samuel B. Wright
Bob Fallon
Joly Bil
Jane
Waldorf
Irving Fisher
National String Quartet
Frank O'Neil
National String Quartette
O'Cedar Shining Hour
D P. Gypsies
Motors Family Party
The
Cabin Poor
Park Central eVnetion Gondoliers
Ion
Frarnassuse
Heerlo
Arthur Bryan
June Dunham
Orpheus
Emily Wooley
Soprang
Walker
Pennsylva
Muasic Child Study Association
Parnassus Trio
Velma Phillips
Carlton Boxtll
van Aml
Bily Rhodes
Greta] Palmer
Parnassus Tria
W Jewone
Carpenter
Hazel Kirk
Wolfe
Manhattan Tris
John J. Apatow
Village Growers
Tony Bincaldane
Rose Room
Waldorf-Astorian
St. Hesls Wetel
Bpana Troubadours
Howard
National Light Opera
Waltort-Astoria
Mildred Garcia
Champ Randolph
Myrtle Leonard
Keyes Porter
Winter Russell
Marionettes
Jolly Bill and Jane
Rose Room of Waldorf
Astra
Federation Hymn
Coward
Hoover
Goldman
Halsey-Stuart
Bratler
Pennsylvanians
Johnny Johns
Central Venetian Gondoliers
Tower
Charles Gralk
Edna Sparkman
William Sweeney
Van
Palais Dor
Elsie Harmon
National Broadcasting and Concert Bureau
St. Regis Hotel
R Day
Avenet
Tower Health
Exercis Federation
Nassus
Cele Green
Richard Maxwell
Waldorf-Astoria
Art
Jolly Bill
Statler'a Pennsylvanians
Johnny Johnson
Keystone
Lewisohn Stadium
Park Central
High School Class Dives Into Civil War Songs
A history class discussed Civil War songs with students debating a tune inspired by John Brown. One student exclaimed John Brown's body lies over the ocean, highlighting the lively classroom exchange.
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John Brown
Hidden car ruse leaves bystander amused
A passerby asks about a broken down car as a pair of legs under the vehicle appear. A muffled voice jokes that they are playing hide and seek with the works and explains a forty horse power car with thirty-nine horses bolted and the last one too upset to answer.
The Man Without Feeling Display Amazes Crowd
A German from Württemberg known as the man without feeling endures nail through the tongue and pins through eyelids neck and jaw without injury or bleeding. He has performed many exhibitions without leaving a scar or pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wurtenburg
Death of Lord Asquith Inspires Anecdotes On Erudition
Pierre Van Passen recalls Lord Asquith and the Asquith family in a vivid Atlanta Constitution tribute. The piece highlights Anthony Asquith's playful questions and backward derby wins, Lord Oxford's steadfast knowledge, and Jowett's tutoring role alongside social tensions among countryside matchmakers.
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Asquith
Castelrose
Lord Asquith
Anthony Asquith
Lord Oxford
College of Heralds
Beerbohm
Zuleika Dobson
Lord Castlerose
Aequith
Lord
Portsmouth
Doctor Jowett
Lord Lymington
Claim to Veneration Based on Learning, Not Age
An old age claim to respect is challenged. The piece argues that knowledge comes from lifelong learning and mutual teaching between young and old. It condemns demanding attention by years alone while urging tender treatment of aging weaknesses and recognition of earned wisdom.
Flying Lizards of Australia Skip From Trees
Native islanders near Ron and Badu report lizards that glide from treetops using parchmentlike skin stretched to their fore limbs. A missionary examined one and confirmed controlled flight with precise landings. a hiss and sharp claws can strike when gaze breaks. Previously locals presented a snake that can move forward or backward with ease.
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Ron
Badu
Australia
Discordant Note and Helmholtz on Musical Dissonance
The text explains Helmholtz’s view that dissonance arises from rapid beats between tones. It notes consonant tones flow together, while dissonant tones create separate pulses that may be perceptually indistinct yet felt as rough interruptions by the auditory nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parenu
Stanauras
Helmholtz
Etna Forms Impressive Eruptive Pine Above Crater
The article notes Etna spawning an eruptive pine or cloud tree directly over its central crater during a recent outbreak. It compares the phenomenon to Vesuvius during Pompeii and describes the pine rising about 10,000 feet above the crater, with winds finally blowing it away and darkening the sun.
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Mount Etna
Crater
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Etna
Colors of Iron from Iron Oxide Rocks
The article notes that mixing oxides yields many colors and that all rainbow hues occur in rocks whose colors mainly come from iron oxide. It emphasizes iron oxide as the source of color variety in minerals.
Optimist humor and quick exchanges on social status
A sequence of brief witticisms contrasts optimism with ambition and social rank. A Queen marriage implies kingship, a flivver dies on the road, a fire inspector visits a girls' school, and a noblewoman asserts her lineage while a physician’s son claims status.
Explaining Wind and March Air Pressure in the U S
The wind results from unequal air distribution caused by temperature differences. In March the temperature gap between the U S south and north is largest, creating the strongest pressure differences and winds mainly from west to east due to Earth's rotation.
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United States
Artificial Lace Weaving by Machine Produces Unalterable Fabric
The article explains artificial lace is made without weaving by a machine using a cuproammoniacal cellulose solution on an engraved cylinder and a coagulation bath. The material fixes in the pattern, yielding a durable, dyeable textile that is waterproof and less combustible than traditional lace.
Amusement puzzle uses digits 1 to 9 lossless trick
A vintage Padfinder Magazine teaser presents a digit trick. Choose a digit from 1 to 9 except 8, multiply by 9, then multiply 12845679 by the result. The final number ends up containing the chosen digit nine times in a row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padfinder
Young Chicago Girl Makes Solo Transatlantic Crossing
Elizabeth Hoschen, aged 24, may be the youngest person to cross the Atlantic alone. Detained with measles when her parents left for America, she stayed with her grandmother and has now reunited with her Chicago family after completing the solo voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hoschen
Atlantic
America
Chicago
Living with Adversity and Hope in Life’s Ring
The piece urges accepting life’s lot with composure yet resisting crushing adversity. It counsels fighting the foe, doing one’s best, then resting content regardless of outcome. It notes experiences vary from bitter to sweet, and stresses intelligent honest living and cherishing vivid memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True Story Magazine
Rain Gauges Through History and Modern Designs
The article traces early rain measures from Korea in the fifteenth century to England in 1695 with Hooke using a funnel and flask weight to convert to inches. It notes G. J. Symons’s 1891 storm gauge with an inch represented by 24 inch in the tube, plus float readings to prevent overflow and ensure accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Galileo
Christopher Wren
England
Hooke
G. J. Symons
Gentleman Complains Of Night Noise From Rail Shunting
A resident who bought near the station writes to the railway company about nightly shunting noise. He lists engines dinging and danging and panting and grinding and whistling and roaring all night long, asking why the trains disturb the quiet.
Weasel Fights Pests Across the Globe
Nature Magazine notes the white winter coat of the weasel and its wide range from Arctic to tropics. It suggests the species acts as a natural regulator, evolving into sizes from tiny burrow explorers to large forms near mink and marten, preying on mice and other rodents.
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Arctic
Tropics
Nature Magazine
Nature
Lwow Pronunciation Puzzle Unearths Local Speech Quirk
A reader explains how residents of Lwow differ in pronouncing the city name. Various languages heard on its streets meet a local twist in saying Lvoof with a pressed tongue and biting lip sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lwow
Travelling Schools May Define Next Education Step
The article profiles Sonia Meroff who predicts travel based learning will advance future education in New York City. She advocates cross country train classes for geography history and social studies, arguing travel fosters practical understanding of world resources and social consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Sonia Meroff
Sonia
Washington
Middle West
West
South
Northwest
Clon
Random Thoughts on Politics and Economics
A San Diego Union quote weighs in on political skill and diplomacy. The piece notes a farmer’s challenge to convert agricultural output into manufactured goods at fair value, highlighting economic frictions in trade.
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San Diego
Union
World’s Best Literature Poker Night in a Bollywood Library
A party of men plays poker in a posh director’s Bollywood library. A guest requests to sit out a few hands, claiming it might change his luck, joking he will “cut the shelves of some of our books here” as the host looks on.
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New York
666 Cures Malaria and Relieves Biliousness and Headaches
A historic advert claims 666 cures malaria and quickly eases biliousness headaches and dizziness from temporary constipation. It touts toxin elimination and urges copious watery evacuations as proof of efficacy and value.
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