Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1924, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 25 1924. PRIZE FOR AMATEUR | 'gypreEN MINUTES OF RADIO EAcH DAy | | DOZEN ORCHESTRAS STAR’'S RADIO APPRECIATION CARD Home to Stimulate Watchfulness Whiteman, Lopez, Specht and Oth- WRC—Radio Corporation of America, 19th St. axd Park Rd. N.W. I" - regarding what is to be done about | tuning operation does not take as w' All Rights Reserved. Reproduction Prohibited and Ge* Explorer’s ers to Be Heard Thank you for the very excellent program rendered from your the annoyance caused by the use of | nch time as in the case of the more | N The chief friendly suggestion I wish to make is: .... 4 BOWDOIN NOW ICE-BOUND |resenerative sets that radiate energy | complicated double-circuit set resenting the greatest assemblage ] HEARING MAcM".LAN By JOSEPH CALCATERRA, ON ONE PROGRAM WCAP—Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., 723 13th St. N.W. u“l””“’“'“ '” Il h ' Messages. At this time there seems to be,| control and the rheosiat control. A Through W3IZ. broadeasting station on ......e....... o Vb e e e into the ether and produce whistling In the beginning fans were of lm\dlm; orchestras and famous “““”“H] [ Radio Editor of Popular Science Monthly y ,W’ ‘ and rightly so, considerable agitation | station is easier to pick up, so that the interference in neighboring receivers. | advised to tune by the “zera Man, estions have been thod. Thi: hod % recording artists which radio broad- Y sugE method. 9 method consisted : s or ; et Longer Polar Day Makes Recep-|brought forward with the purpose| setting the receiver into oscillation | SAStNE has ever known, station WJZ 3 i of doing something to curb the|and tuning in the desired station |Of the Radio Corporation of America tion Difficult. nuisance. Some “fixers” have taken | “between whistles” At that time, | will transmit the entire program of e usual beaten path and have SUE-| when receivers were few and far be- | the annual banquet and entertain- i ested that lcgislation be enacted | tyeen, that 0d Was not obnoxious. £ the Talk sriegiy One hundred dollars in gold to the | Prohibiting the use of receivers that | Now, however, with 8o many receivers| Ment of the ing Men an o first amateur who succeeds in picking | &T¢ GApable of radiating energy caus- | in operation, that method of tuning- | Men, Inc. Wednesday evening, April ing this type of interference. in a station is little short of criminal. | 30, direct grand ballroom of up the Donald MacMillan station | 1t Is now generally conceded that| The hest was o tune in o sation G5 Rl s WNP, on the schoone ow | It is practically impossible to enforce | with the filament of th s burning | (e Hotel Pénnsylvania. Through e K“‘,:”“h“"r :“B”“_“m"";w legisiation that In its very nature | Jow - that t cwith: sot rome PUEMRE | the courtesy of the American Associa- Respectfully, e e grees of the | g ypesforceable. In view of the large | rheostat resistance possible cut| tion of Authors, Compozers and Pub- North Pole. This offer is made by [ number of such receivers that arc|into the filument circuil The sta- | lishers, WJZ sill be abic to broad- tierrmann, managing director | Row ll;“:js :tnd—;x;m‘m OC'J_:"':- tion can 'l’llwn ba‘broughr in as clearly t all hers controlled by the 2 i > Show |0US_types CULLS | 4y possible with the other adjust- | pyrights, Ins _Radio Manufacturers’ Show | Thich use that principle as the basis, | mente and o s eaat o rl)lf :h:er!\::o_ ‘;n‘:(ler'x‘l:;r'uumiv:olflfxn‘z‘; ilan, whi il conduct radio | such legislation would work consid- | gtat cut down gradually till the signal | unequalled enteriainment. in New York and Chicago this :m;;w:}r:hfi\ S_;!:ea:dhgg‘; Te: | reaches full strength without causing | Among tho orchestras and enter- | “AMERICANIZATION” TALK.| WILL BROADCAST PLAY. the ®et to oscillate tainers wh i he esented to the dications are that such leglslation 2 0 will be presente 7 wdio audience in unbroken succession e R To th Xt amater oDt When tuning from one station to |l \ x . . o] ik “xfi:’rr‘u;\: ‘-“;:‘1‘1 :‘r v:hr;hr ports f:\ul?c_::o( be enforced even though |, FYeR tuning thia Nlarnent "“"““‘I;:‘;"v’r:mo;-lfim; ;%;:l‘;wulzngu “'.,:{‘-':’ Gen. Joyce Will Be on WEAF Pro- | Special Arrangement Made With | &icy ed reception of the rE paased. by increasing the rheos esistance, | PEOBTEIN, Whioh prx 3 L Millan expedition’s transmi 3 To scrap the large number of such | reduce the Cemiaemorit TESIStance | tiar midnight, will be Paul White- am Tomorrow. Author for Production. | iving sets that are now in us P regenerative control and | pun ard his orchestra, Selvin's Board Do r. receivin s E 4 © | the, o er station BRI £ S04TS- 3 " o ; ;i y MeDonald, jr., t OF 'to require that costly ad@itions | o5n.une in v T e o0 arry. | Walk Orchestra, Coleman's Mont- | Gen. Walter Irving Joyce, chair-| By special arrangement with Chan- Radlo - be used in connection with the sets | iz, 3" SETILES ¥ou find that carey- | marte Orchestra; Vincent Lopez and | man of the national Americanization | ning Pollack, the WGY Players wil Zenith to elim(nate thyinitstuos 18 authink } o “the signal to becomo mushy | 1, Cher rigons o SPOEhL S OToheS” | committee of the Veterans of For- |present “Such u Little Queen” as| of the one in use on the Bow- :h‘:”cm onforce st ‘:‘"fi;l‘;;g:: by ere is a tendency of the set| 5, > e 3 eign Wars, will give a talk through their weekly radio dramatic produc- Resmeaial loni ansAYC dnveeson ot it eal you will know t s W F on “Americanization.” tomor- | tion tonight at 7:45 o'clock from the To Stimulate Watchfulness. which are now estimated to be in tional Novelty Orchestra, Keat- | row evening. Schenectady station. A few weeks #go use, would tax limited governmental mblers Orchestra, California . Joyr : ¢ ; iy Drcacnced My The offers of Herrmann and Mr. | paco WO liable for such a pur- Marion Harris, Van and : ock's ¢ Jdward H. Smi a ade stimulate | PO L Above all do not twirl your diale. | & . Ricard, Trving Kautman, | work and 3 will play en, King of Bosnia, and e part of teurs ¢ there is a way out of | If You make vour adjustments slow! Moore, Brooke Johns, John| mittee, cl Rosaline n is cast in the part of ing the code mes- | KO unAtelY AMerS B O R emty of | and carefully you will be abla. t Brox sisters, Marcia Freer and | for several y No has been e Using violence | eliminate the greater part of such in. | Eddie Cantor. ducted similar work w iny ot foedtlid e of s n MacMillan parts ‘for o aae i torferenco. - national organis : £ | play on W Drogram tonight oflo| nd e this causes 5 0 _your part to make the Unit z A k ——— to the fact | terference States mafe for radfo and regencinr oy -Chorus of 250 Voices. loyalty to the f ry. now e To a great extent the nuisance Ve . ‘Associated with this No man can be happy without s now experi- receivers. e i . the ious dn,\'l‘l,;h't_ is due to carelessness, thoughtless- The concert to be given by the ' H ¥ :nd, nor be sure of him till he o two prizes hope that | ness or ignorance, These causes can _— Bridgeport Society in Carnegic Hall, | 4 E 2 3 De eliminated by patient missionary | Lectures on Brahms From WIAY. | New York, Wednesday night, will be | oo : A e et fan who causes such in-| The first of a series of twelve talks | Proadcast by WEAF. The conductors Open Evenings—By Mail 10c Exlra="“ ! terference does so because he does|On the life of Brahms and his com. | Of this event will be the world-fa not know how to operate his receiver | Positions will be broadcast by the | mous Perry Grainger and Frank Ka. ¥ g ow roperty. Woodward & Lothrop station WIAY [ schau. There will be a chorus of 2 0 wand Bas & Power | PTopERlY. 1+ with, let us consider the| tomorrow morning at 1045 o tosk, . ar plorer to conserve | relative culpabilities of so-called | The lectures will be broad siclans from Philhamiionsc heard regularly, | single-circuit and double-cirouit re- | Saturday morning at th icty and two well known solol parts of the | generative receivers in causing such troubles. 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