Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1924, Page 37

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D O, MAY 11, 1924—PART 1 5 M RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS PLANS TO PROVIDE “SHUT-INS” RADIOS Additional Details Will Be Broad- cast From WCAP This Evening. NO ONE TO BE OVERLOOKED Kope to Give Every Deserving Per- son a Set. Additional details of the pian for Installing a radio receiving set in the home of every “shut-in” in the Di trict who cannot afford to purchase ene of the little “magic boxes,” will be broadcast from WCAP tonight by lLeroy immediately after *“Roxie” “signs off” with his familiar "Good bye, God bless you, pleasant dreams.” Mr. Mark last Sunday night told the audience of broadeast listeners of the mavement to give ev: ry poor and needy bedridden person in Washin ton a radio set, and appealed to the listeners-in to send him the names of the “shut-ins” known to them. As A result he received the names of 387 such persons, together with hundreds of letters describing pathetic condi- tlons in the homes of some of the shut-ins,” where a radfo set. it is bolieved, ‘would bring a ray of sun- shine. Many of the communications came from long distances. Once Wealthy—Now Poor. One of the letters read: “T am a widow of a once wealthy man who lost everything. My only daughter works at a meager alary ttin enough to give us barely the n sities of 1if T am eighty vears of age. and have been ‘ twelve years past totally blind and | an incurable cripple. My only pleasure is hearing my daughter's voice upon her return home cach | evening, when [ can be moved to| another spot as 1 am compelled to remain in a chair all day long, seeing nothing, hearing nothing, and can't even move without assistance. 1 hawe heard of the wonderful radio, and before 1 pass to the great be- Yond, which I hope will be soon, it will help me in my solitary confinement. Our poverty compels us to cook, eat| and sleep in one small room, and your charitable assistance will help me bear my burden. Mr. Mark's scheme for giving overy “shut-in” a radio set depends entirely for its success on the gen- erosity of Washington radio fans who have outlived the crystal | stage, It is the belief of Mr. ) that hundreds of radio enthusiasts who bought erystal sets when was in its infancy, later replacing them with the more expensive and more powerful reccivers employing audion tubes still have the small range scts in their possession and are willing to donate them to the He has arranged to hav Peoples drug store Wiggly ax e ght for | o donatc are urged to take stores in their respective munities, with their nam E in some manner, in order that their receipt can be acknowledged. The sets will be collected and placed in a central warchouse awaiting dis- tribution. Scouts Will Instzll Sets. ts will not be given to any upon an order sigmed by minister. priest, rabbi o an The more tha 3,000 D in Washington, through Shaw, scout executive, teered to install the ts without cost. Virtually all of the scouts. Mr. Shaw pointed out, are sufficiently familiar | with the technique of radio to_install the scts sa orily. Besides the discarded crvstal sets. | Mr. Mark will appeal for headphoi and funds with which to purchas the requisite antenna equipment. Ar- | rangememts have-been made to pur- chase this equipment at cost from | three Washington radio dealers. Checks should be made payable to William R. Baum, president of | the Mount Vernon Savings Bank, h tached The one excey uts Long Range Radio Entertainment SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1924 The Programs of the Following Distant Stations Are Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time 9 TO 10 AM. Distas Meters. in miles. 9:00—Aunual communion breakfast of the Foly Name Society; musical program by national ville 5: speakers . = 9:30—Sunday School conducted by the edi Sunduy school publications of the Book Concern | SiEaees Services of the Bethany Prisbytesian Churen Mother's day services of the Brondway Methodlt » Viplscopal Church: organ music: chorus choir.. WGY 9:45—Rervices of the Clurch of the Unity; male quar- tet; organ music %) 10 TO 11 AM. 10:00—Services of St. Thomas' Episeopal Charch pohapel services of the Omaha croacle ... JWEAF New York 482 309 509 380 Cincinnati Philadeiphia L WLW W00 Schenectady .WBZ Spriogfleld ...W3Z New York .WOAW Omaba IWOC Davenport 204 “ | 6:00—powie o himes concert . Episcopal Ohu Services of the Cathedral of St. Paul 10:57—Organ music S 11:00—Central Church service rvices of St ‘s Episcopal Oathed vices of the d of the Chus t of the Plymouth Congregations] musical program IWCBD Zion, T CKDEA Pittsburgh WNAC Boston CWHAS Touisville LKYW Chicago .WWJ Detroit .WHAS TLouisville {.WLW _<Cinclonati _WLAG Minneapolis Baptist Churcl Chur 12 M. TO 1 P.M. 12:00—Services of the al program by {he Arcad: s Musical ‘progran 0—Railrond men's memorial from King's G Bible clas Organ_ rec dist under "the York Quartet: ryice New mixed ne MeNeill . WGY Simphotiy Orchest instrunental _solos Orchestra concert program Charches Hun Dr._.ioh; Arthyr bari 3 TO 4 3:00—Organ recital ... Concert program . Detroit News Orchesira . Doubie quartet <o 3:30—Josepis C. Wolfe, buritone Services from the ¢erma Cliapel services of the I'i ren: chor ......... = Musical program; sddress 3:45-—Vesper services Churcn 35 4TO 5 4:00—Twlk on “Mother's ton 2 Radio Seivices e _ Vocul and instramental eoneert ...l 4:15—Waltee K tenor; dance selectio 4:45—Servic 5 TO 6 First Christian Church ...... 170 2 P.M. 1:00—8ermon from the KHJ studio by Rev. W. Isett. *hapel Federation other soloists: address by chimes; vocal” of ‘the Shadyside Presbyterian * by Miss Etta £ the Hoase of Hope Chureh, St. .WEAP Fort Worth .KHJ Tos Angeles WDAR Philadelphia VOO _ Philadeiphia CWNAC Boston <WIY New York .KMJ Lo Angeles TKDEA Pittsburgh _WEAF New York WCAE KPO WHY WOO. Pittsburgh San Francisco New York Philudelphia 5 Obicago ausp! of Rillings ....WEAF New York and ~--WGY Schenectady 380 WOC Davenport 484 192 BN, ~eemeeees EDEA Pittsburgh TITTTWTAS Rigin, I 286 T WWI Detroit 517 WIY sNew York 406 N New York 580 Philadelphia 509 .WFL Philagel WOBD Zian, I ..EDEA Pittsburgh 326 328 5 345 P V. Leigh WHY New York WCX Detroit CEAO Montreal WHN New York IWLAG Minnespolis 360 7 42 260 07 P.M. 5:00-United choirs of Crestwood: Mrs. Neal Loames, soprano. amd Miss Mary Ernest Poore, an coneeri Program by the tra: voeal and batl s Athlet 5 Sorvices of 30— Vespers on U Dinner cone % : 6 TO 7 chorus m from tie Capitol Tl of the Holy Trinity Chure Abas and his onchestra recital: chureh services narter 6:45—Serv 770 8 T:00—General Conference of the Methodist rehi: addresses . o nary serviee of the Chicag: i of Charcir Hibie Ancial bas and Kis orchestra - modora Orchestra 1111 d Choreh ‘of Christ Boardway Methodist 15 0Services o O—Servives of Ehurel) ; S Coi Pluza Orchestra 745 8 TO 9 §:00—Meetine of the Chicagzo Ecening Club. First Baptist Chureh . Catholic Charities of of New York: organ music: the 2 instrimenta West, Histo olos i Service street and Massachusetts avenue, who has been appointed treasurer of the | fund. They will be acknowledsed “over the air’ through WCAP. | Washington business men and prominent members of the Calvary Baptist Church, where Mr. Mark for- | merly attended. have commended him on his movement to give the “shut- ILL VISIT HERE TOMORROW Plan to Install Radio Sets in All Military Hospitals of Country. the radio sucoess of his receiving ap- Confident of plan to install paratus in the Army and ¢ hos: pitals in the east, S. Rothafel (Roxie) will come to Washington to- morrow to confer with government radio experts as to the feasibility of extending the movement to inciude all of the bled service men's hospitals from coast to coast and from the Canadian horder to the Gulf of Mexico. Although many of the citie which the veterans’ hospitals Jocated are not within range of “Roxie’s” broadcasting voioe. the | American Telephon, Telegraph Company. it ning to connect up with special long- distance telephone circuits th erful broadcasting stations distant cities, fo that the great radio impresario’s appeal for funds will reach every community in which the institutions are locate Those with®whom “Roxie” will con- for include Le Roy M chairman of the committee which arranged | The installation of radio sets in Wal- ter Reed, Mount Alto and the naval hospitals: Surgeon General Ireland of the Army, Surgeon General Stitt of the !Navy, Commander Joseph B Kaufman, cxecutivé officor of the naval hospital aj. Joseph Mau- hourgne, office chirge of the Sig- nal Corps at the bureau of standards, and Maj. John W. Sherwood, re ation officer at Walter Reed Fo: The work of installing the r apparatus in the three service men's hospitals in Washington, purcha with the radio fund raised by “Roxi and “his gang." is progressing rapid- jy. Within a few weeks it ix hoped 1o have ali of the apparatus in oper- ation. The men installing the appa- yatus at Walter Reed have a tre- mendous task in wiring the 132 acres. CARDINAL TO SPEAK. Archbishop of New York on WCAF Program Tonight. A pro new in the annals of radio will_be broadcast simultane- ously tonight stations WCAP in Washington, WEAF in New York and WJAR in Providence, R- L For the first time the new Cardinal- Arahbishop of New .York, His Emi- nenee Patrick Cardinal Hayes, will b t a message on the Catholic oharities; the boys' choir of St. Steph- en's Charch, New York city, will vender a program of sacred choral wnusic; several appropriate organ se- Yections will be heard from the Skin- ner organ studios, and arrangements At under way to secure a noted singer. - The newly returned cardinal and these choristers will come to the Nudlos of WEAFR and the program wil: - be broadcast simultaneously 1hrough the above-mentioned stations. in are rk, Sercices of the First Presbsterian Chu Herbuveanx's Orchestra; vocal solos Sport mews et Serviees of the Firet Ruptist Church Ben Stad and his symphony orchestra: Templ pinnist: A. Cruz 9 TO 10 Victor Bovihart. baritone ............ Concert by artis Music memory Orchestra al by Marjorie S 3 S s of tie First Baptist Choreh ontest: erviees by the Portland Council of Church 9:30—Art Hickman's Orchestra 10:00—Hymns. by Mrs, Mildred B, Paddock . Musical chapel ‘services of the Roentse Lutheran Church: vocal solos George Olsen’s Concert Orchestra Organ_recital . 5 10:15—Concert program Sonz recital ... Weather foreeast zrim Baptist Ce 10:30—Musical program 10:45>—Grace Methodist Orchestra 11:00—Special Program .. Talk on “"Music Week Orehestra % 12:00—Crockett's Texans' Orchestra .. program for High School Orches- cs of the Point Breeze Presbylerian Church und: Presbyterian Church: 1070 11B.M. concert by Rudy Seiger's 12 PM. TO 1AM vie! WHAS Louisville WHAP Fort Worth .. WDAF Ksusms City 411 KDEA Pittsbargh 326 WNAC Boston WRZ Springfield WCAE Pittsburgh ¥ PN, WBAP Fort Warth WSE _ Atlanta F New York Philadelphia & New York Philadeiphia Pittsburgh Wiz WEI SDKA .. Bpiscopal ... WBZ LKYW o IWFAA Springfield 337 Chicago Schenectady Dalias 405 47 WIY New York WLAG Minneapolis Auna Pinto, harpist, and Nora Helms, soprane. P - EYW TLwoc Davenport 484 WEAF New York WLW Cinclonati WJZ New York New York New York 492 Jefferson Oity 4 WTAS Elgio, TII. " WOU Davenport 484 WLAG Minneapolis 417 organ re- ;---WIP Philadelphia 509 and his .. WFAA Datias 48 P.M. Wiz WGN KAI WIY WO EGW KBS New York Chicago Loa Angeles 395 New York 405 Davenport 484 Portl'd, Oreg. 492 Los Angeles 395 WHAA Tows City" 484 WOAW Omaba KGW Porti\d, Oreg. fi KHJ Los Angeles. ;:-"I Chieago Dalias 476 417 451 476 455 370 Davenpart Dallas --KHJ Los Aogeles 395 ---...KPQ SanTruneisco 423 WBAP Fort Worth 476 WHB _Kenss City 411 942 _—_—nm—m—mm OO STAR’S RADIO APPRECIATION CARD WCAP—Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., 723 13th St. N.W. WRC—Radio Corporation of America, 14th St. and Park Rd. N.W. Thank you for the very excellent program rendered from your broadeasting station on . The chief friendly suggestion I wish to make is: ............ Nambers especially appreciated were: 1 would like to hear agein: .......ccecrnnnan RELICS ARE PRESENTED. Letter From Washington Given to Mount Vernon Association. Several valuable historical relics were presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Uniop at their sccond session last week at Mount Vernon. They included a sword which be- longed to Gen. Washington and which had been on exhibition at Mount Vernon for several years, presented by Miss Riggs, her sister and nephew, and a bronze medal struck in_com- memoration of the victory of Ad- miral Lord Vernon, at Portobello, presented_by Mrs. William Vernon. Another Vernon medal, similar to the one presented vesterday, was dug up in a garden at Dover, Del., several years ago and given by Mrs. Comegys, ‘mother of the present regent of the iation. 48 e vice regent for Maryland, Mrs. Henry W. Rogers, presented the fol- lowing autograph letter from Gen. T T T TS Messrs. Robinsoit, Sanderson and Rumney for their letter of 28th. Jan., in the present year. The last was accompanied with 1,400 flags - (flag- stones for flooring East Portico at Mount Vernon) which came with very little breakage and for your care of and attention to which I beg you to accept my sincere thanks. “On the 18th of November I enclosed you a —— on Walkis .and Welch Esq. for fifty pounds sterling and will before Mr. Sanderson leaves the country settle with him for the balance. “It gives me great pleasure to hear that we may. soon expect to seé, you in this country. “Wltshir great esteem and regard, I am ) “Yr. most obed and obliged: Hble. servant. G. WASHINGTON.” Jilted Girl Leaps to Death. NEW YORK, May 10.—Josie Lom- bardi, twenty-two years old, leaped seven floors to her death today from a window in the East 15th street Washington “to Mr. Rumney,” dated y 15, 1786: M‘““Blr” 1 am indebted to you for your favor of the 5th. tv(- and to factory where she was employed. Friends of thé girl, who vainly tried to pull her back from the ledge, told the police that Josic had been jfited. TALES OF BIG CIRCUS TO BE TOLD VIA RADIO Lew Graham, Famous Announcer, Will Broadcast From WCAP Tomorrow Night. Fascinating tales of the wonderous life with the biggest of all circuses will be broadcast from WCAP at 7:45 to- morrow night by Lew Graham, famous announcer with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Balley. It is estimated tagt this veteran of the circus world spoken to more than 50,000,000 peopie within_the confines of the canvas “blg top” during the thirty years he has spent trouping in America and Europe. Tomorrow night Mr. Graham will di- rect his talk particularly to the chil- dren. He will tell them what “Old John,” the veteran elephant, eats for breakfast, and all about the terrible time “Mary Ann" the giraffe, experi- enced when she contracted sore throat; what becomes of the clowns when they are not frolicking on the hippodrome track; all about the school which Mlle. Leitzel, the aerial queen, conducts for the children of the circus—the sons and daughters of the performers; what hap- pens to the baby elephants when they eat too many peanuts, and other inter- esting facts of the sawdust and tinsel world. S8 WS 5 ) Local Radio Entertainment Sunday, May 11, 1924. NAA—Naval Radio Statfon, Radio, > Va. (435 Meters). 10:05 a.m. and 10:05 p.m.—Weather reports. WMU—Doubleday-Hill Electric Com- pany (261 Meters). Stlent. WIAY—Woodward & Meters). Lothrop (273 Silent. Early Program Monday. 10:30 a.m.—Phonograph and piano | selections. WMD—Church of the Covemant (234 Metern). 10 am-—Evervgirls Bible Class, Miss Mabel N. Thurston, teacher; so- prano solo by Miss Edna E. Misslitz. 11 am-—Morning service, sermon by Rev. Charles Wood, “Springtime Reasons for Trust”; anthem by the quartet. 8 pan.—Bvening service, sermon by Rev. George B Howard of Princeton, N. J.; evening choir of 100 voices. WRO—Radio Corporation of America (460 Meters). Silent. Early Program Wonday. 3 p.m.—Fashion Developments of the Moment, prepared by Women's Wear. 3.10 p.m.—Song recital. 3:25 pm.—Current Topics, editor of the International 3 . 3:50 p.m— What Women Are Do- ing Today,” by Mrs. William Atherton Du Puy. 4 p.m.—Song recital 4:10 p.m—Book Review. under the auspices of the League of American Pen Women 5:15 p.m.—Instruction interna~ tional code 6 p.m.—Stories by Peggy Albion. 6:20 p.m.—A talk on education, un- der the auspices of the National Edu- cation Association by the inter- in for Children, WCAP—Chemapeake and _Potomme Telephone Company (469 Meters). 11 am.—Service at the New York Avenue Prisbvterian Church: Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo will deliver his first sermon as pastor of the church. 4 pm.—Service from Betheleahem Chapel of the National Cathedral of the Kpiscopal Church at Mount St. Alban. 0 to S p.m.—Musical program direct from the Capitol Theater, New York city, by courtesy of the Capitol Theater management and S. L. Rotha- fel (Roxie). The first part of the program will be taken direct from the stage of the theater and will consist of music by the Capitol Grand Orchestra and selections by the fea- tured artists. The second part of the program will consist of a special presentation by Mr. Rothafel of vocal and instrumental artists direct from the broadcasting studio in the theater. S to §:15 p.m.—Frederic J. Haskin in a talk on “The American Gov- ernment.” 5:15 to 10 p.m.—Special program, under the auspices of the Catholic Chari- ties of the Archdiocese of New York. Program: Organ solo. “Largo” (Han- dle), by Maurice Garrabrant; sele tions from “Gallia” (Gounod), by St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church Choristers, Dr. John Philip Foley directin violin solos by Karl Klein, ‘“Forsaken” (Kaschat-Winter- nitz), panish Dance” (Rehfeld); vocal solos by Everett Clark, “Kash- miri Song” (Woodforde-Finden), “Macnishla” (Macmurrough), “Kitty O'Toole” (Protheroe), “Ave Mari; (Ardadelt), by St Stephen's Chor- isters: address by his eminence, Pat- rick Cardinal Hayes; organ solo by Maurice Garrabrant, “Agnus _Dei" (Bizet): violin solos by Karl Klein, “Le Deluge' 'Saint-Saens), “Old Irish Melodies” (transcription by Kreisler), “Tamborin Chinois” (Kreisler). “H sana” (Jules Granier) by St. Ste- phen's Choristers : vocal solos by Everett Clark, with violin obligato by Karl Klein, “Tho Old Refrain" (Kreisler), “Mother Machree” (Young-Olcott- Ball): “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” by St. Stephen’s Choristers; organ olo by Maurice Garrabrant. 10 to 10:15 p.m.—Additional details of the plan to install radio sets in the homes of “shut-ins” in the Dis- trict of Columbia, by Le Roy Mark. ‘RADIO APARTMENTS’ - ARE LATEST STYLE Tenants Have Choice of Plugging In on Four Different Stations. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, May 10.Radio equip- ment in every apartment is the latest style in apartment houses recently erected in New York, New Jersey and California, Electrical Merchandising announces in its current issue. The most complete apartment erect- ed in New York Is equipped with four separate receiving sets operated in the superintendent's office and kept tuned in on a like number of broad- casting stations. Four separate trunk lines are carried to each individual apartment living room, making it possible for any tenant to choose be- tween four programs by plugging in on one of the four trunk lines in his own apartment. In the installation of such a service each loud speaking outlet is so ar- ranged with a contact and coil that the circuit operates satisfactorily, whether the horn is plugged in or not. Provision also is made for a power amplifier of sufficient current- carrying capacity to supply any make of loud speaker and all apartments at once, if required. —— UTAH BACKS COOLIDGE. G, O. P. Selects Double Quota of Delegates, Each to Have Half Vote. OVO, Utah, May 10—Fourteen delegates at large, double ‘the state’s quota, were selected by acciamation at the Republican stats convention here yesterday to represent Utah at the-national convention at Cleveland, June 10. Bach delegate is to have half a vote. Likewise four delegates were selected from each Congressional dis- trict, each to have one-half vote. The pll.tlcornl!ld ‘I(lcbl)(el'i1 Inld:‘rled Presiden t Coolidge an pledged Utah's national delegation solidly to his support Broadcasting, thought to have reached its level last May, is again on the in- crease, as far as the number of stations is concerned. Today there are 577 sta- tions licensed to broadcast, compared to the peak of 591 last May. New stations are still coming in, twenty-seven hav- ing been added during the past month, while nineteen dropped out of the aerial entertaining profession. The gain in January was seven, February fourteen and March twenty. The distribution on May 1 was as follows: Class A. 371; class B, 52; class C, 152, and class D, development stations, 2. Wave lengths for Class B stations are exhausted, and practically all the wave lengths allocat- ed for class A stations have also reached the “saturation point in zome distribution. It ts probable that Secretary Hoover will ask for a reallocation of the elghty wave lengths now allotted to broadcasters, with a view to redis- tributing them in & better manner, if one can be found at the forthcoming conference. Instead of distributing them on the basis of frequencies, with a waste space between the wave lengths assigned, it is possiblo that a new method may be devised which, it is maid, would make a dozen more wave lengths available. ‘Another plan would be to eliminate the 152 Class C stations, which have been per- mitted to ‘continue on the original 360-meter wave or transfer them to A or B stations and make that wave length available for general use in the several zones. Reviving interest in the building of high-powered and high-class broadcastieg stations has eatrely ex- hausted &De available wave lengths between 303 and 546 meters. ~All wave lengths in this band, reserved for Class B stations, being assigned, it 1s impossible to give new B sta- tions exclusive waves, and as a con- Sequence wave lengths now in use must be shared by neighbering sta- tions, or, more exactly, operating time must be divided, as Is done by > and WCAP, which broadcast on alternate nights. There are fifty-two class B stations operating with 500 watts or more power, and brosdcasting high-class entertamment and features, but ap- plications for almost a dozen similar stations are on flle in the department. ive broadeasters, to secure Class B licenses from the government, are warned that they will have to operate part time and share wave lengths already assigned to ome or more stations, as is the practice with Class A stations, the department points out. Six new class A stations were add- ed to the list last week. They are: WCBY, Forks Electrical Shop, Buck Hill Falls, Pa., 268 meters, 10 watts. WCBZ, Coppotelli Brothers Music House, 'Chicago Heights, 11, 248 meters: 50 swatts. WDBD, Herman Edwin Burns, Mar- tinsburg, W. Va.. 268 meters WDBI,E. Budd Peddicord, leans. La. 242 meters; 10 watts. KFPX, First Presbyterian Church, Pine Bluff, Ark, 242 meters; 100 watts. WCBW, George P. Rankin, jr, Ma- con, Ga., 226 meters; 10 watts. Radio Cenference Planned. Secretary of Commerce Hoover will call a general radio conference in Washington soon after the adjourn- ment of Congress in an effort to se- cure co-operation of all radio in- terests in clearing up the ether and solving the problem of distributing wave lengths. A conference will be called whetheér or not new legisla- tion is enacted. The conference will be similar to those in the springs of 1922 and 1923, at which representatives of the m ufacturers, broadcasters, engineers. amateurs, commercial operators,, and broadcast listeners aided in drawing up voluntary regulations under which radio has been supervised ever since. Jt was in this manner that the dis- tribution of wave lengths for broad- casters and other interests was de- veloped. Present indications are that broad- casting stations will continue to in- crease,” although wave lengths avail- able for this use are practically ex- hausted and stations are doubling up. Even-time allotments in congested sec- tions are becoming difficult to make. Secretary Hoover believes con- gested conditions and _interference are getting worse. If present condi- tions comtinue, he is unable to see how we could operate five years from now, and as a consequence he in- tends taking advantage of such sug- gestions from representatives of the allied radio art and industry as may be made. If _the White bill is enacted, retary Hoover pointed out, new reg- ulations and prabably reallocations of wave lengths will have to be made, and if no legislation is passed this will still be the case: otherwise a condition such as prevailed two years ago confronts the radio public. “Hams, fans, ops” and the hoi pol- loi of radioland will be interested to know that the White radio bill final- 1y has been passed on by the radio subcommittee of which Representa- tive White Is chairman, and sent to the merchant marine and fisheries committee of the House. Mr. White bellieves that the general committee will soon report the bill favorably to the House, where he hopes it wiil pass this session. No one can proph- esy as to what the attitude of the Senate will be. Few changes were made in the bill, it is understocd, since the recent hearings: basically. it is practically as originally introduced. Amateurs Cross Pacific. ‘The belief that amateur radio in the United States is about to swing wide the doors of other nations, open- ing the way to private communica- tion between individuals in widely distributed sections of the globe, is given still greatér credemce by the { Calif. report that F. D. Bell, prominent New Zealand radio experimentor, has -heard 500 American amateur stations. The reception of signals from ama- teurs in this country ir becoming altogether “too easy,” says Mr. Bell, in a letter to the American Radio Relay League. “It has come to this, that any one with a single tube and a two-coll circuit can hear a dozen on any single night, and the recelver that won't bring them in is a ‘dud.’ T'm referring, of course, to the louder stations. For the very faint ones I am still a bellever in two, or even three, stages of radio frequency. During the last twelve months more than 500 Yanks have been log- ®ed at this station. The other day I went through my entire record and marked down the number of different nights (it any) on which each sta- tion had been heard. If a station was heard more than once in a single night I stlll counted it as one only. ““The operators at 6AHD (which is listed in the call book under the name of E. T. Plumer, Santa Monica. Callf.) share a five-watt lube be- tween them and both pushed their calls across the Pacific in quick suc- cession. The writer has listened once or twice in the region of 100 meters and heard a few Yanks on detector only. This short-wave work is cer- tainly wonderful. As ‘soon as the New Zealand ama- teurs are able to increase hteir range two-way communication probably will be common. Amateurw Time Cut. Broadcast listeners throughout the country will be glad to know that the time for evening amateur trans- mission has been moved forward an hour during the period of “daylight saving,” by a new order of the De- partment of Commerce. The nine district supervisors of radio have been instructed to advise all general, restricted and special umateurs that they are required to observe a silent period from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., local standard time, or from 8 p.m. to 11:20 | p.m., daylight saving time, and on Sundays during church services, from May 1 until October 1. Copies of the order have been sent to all licensed amateurs by the district supervisors of the department. The order was not issued by the department_until the approval of the American Radio Relay League was Tecsived, and it rebounds to the credit of that organization that it offered to co-operate with the depart- ment in an effort to prevent a repe- tition of the confusion and increased complaints which followed the adop- tion of daylight saving time in many sections of the country last year. Listeners-in should appreciate the Eift of an hour by the amateurs and the spirit of co-operation shown by their unselfish agreement The de- partment has issued the order affect- ing about 17.000 amateurs, with re- luctance, since it appreciates the work and interest of the amateurs, but no other method of preventing confusion of time and operating hours presented itseif. Nineteen Stations “Sign Of.” Nineteen class A and C broadcast- ing stations ended their broadcast services during April, according to statistics compiled last week by the Department of Commerce. They fol- low: KDYW, Phoenix, Calif.: : KFEJ. KDZF, Los Richmond, vash.; KFHS, Hawaii; Towanda, KFOB, Minneapolis, Minn.; Los Angeles, Calif; KSS, Long Calif.: KUS. Los Angeles, WABB. Harrisburg, Pa; Minneapolis, Minn.; WBBI, Ind.. WCAY. Milwau- kee, W AR. Baltimore, Md.; WJIA . Ind.; WMAW, Wah- peton D.: WMAZ. i WPAQ, Frostburg, Md. Beach, ‘WEAD, Indianapolis, Dry Cell Standards Underway. * ntatives of nine dry battery cturers, four electric _com- panies, two telephone companies, a railroad, the American Railway Asso- ciation, and nine government de- partments met at the bureau of stand- ards April 28 at a preliminary con- ference on dry cell standardization Standard performance tests for radio filament and plate batteries were adopted at the gonference, and the standardization ‘of B battery sizes. at least a standardization of the unit cells, was proposed. A spe- cial subcommittee w. ortly be ap- pointed by Dr. G. W. Vinal of the bureau of standards to make recom- mendations as to the B battery speci- fications. The committes decided not to re- quire a “noise” test of batteries, since they were not believed responsible for sufficient noises to make these tests worth whil The committee was also instructed to recommend a standard set of des- ignations for all types of dry cells, %0 as to do away with the present confusion resulting from the fact that each manufacturer uses his own des- ignations. = Program by Soprano. Mise Marjorie Stuart, internation- ally known coloratura soprano, will give her second radio recital tonight from WJY. As a result of her first recital broadcast by WJZ, Miss Stuart received hundreds of letters from more than twenty States requesting a return engagement before the micro- rEyEwo PAins g6 65 Scientific Phones Navy type $2.09 Siratteea Genuine R, C. A. Tubes. Brandes Superior Phones.. 16-5trand Copper Wire.. HAM ADAMS RADIO, %0Z G St. N.W. 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WEAF, New York, WCAP, Washi ton, and WJAR, Providen 6:29 to 8 p.m. Special program under the auspicies ~ of the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, WEAF, WCAP and WJAR, 8 to 10 p.m. 'Jan Webers cello_quartet, WJZ, New York, 8:25 pm. Symphonic program by Ben Stad’'s_ Symphony Orchestra, ‘WIP, Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m. Recital by Marjorie Stuart, internationally famous colora- ture soprano, WJY, New York, 9 pm. BULLET KILLS WIFE. Meant to Frighten Her After Quar- rel, Prisoner Explains, Trying to “frighten” her, he said, Scott Winfield White, colored, thirty- nine years old. 335 tis C. White, yesterda her. Trouble, he said, was brought about by his wife attending dances and gambling. Gertrude Burke, twelv year-old stepdaughter of the con- fossed slayer, informed Policeman Edgar Downs, desk sergeant at N 4 precinct, of the shooting about o'clock this morning. Sergt. J. I. Bobo and > A. Strobel, W. H. Mc h and dgar Downs. accompanied | In A Jackson, patrol driver, met White on the street and placed him under ar- rest. He professed ignorance of the shot having taken effect ‘The bullet struck the woman the abdomen, and her body wa: on the floor when Dr. Ira 1. Warf went there in response to an emer- gency call. White is a mattpess maker. He came hers two vears ago from Topeka, Kan - s s W ‘Woman’s Society Elects. The Woman's ciety of the Ver- mont Avenue Christian Church at its annual election, held last week, chose the following officers: Missionary de- partment—>Mrs. J. G. Ci Mrs. J. D. Fall, vice president E. D. Pugh, secretary: Mr: W Magruder, treasurer: Mrs. A, E. o librarian. Work department-— Mrs. W. P. Sterns, president; Mrs. James B. Cunningham, vice president; Mrs. T. P. Russell, secretary; Mrs. 0. G. ‘Whitlow, treasurer; Mrs. W. Y. Han- dy, auditor. The terms of the news officers begin Suly 1. Policemen \| The most | Grant, | most of the selections will be solo | duets and quartets. |ing is scheduled for §:30 p.m., east- WPAB COMIC OPERA. State College Students Heard in Program. Special Dispateh to The TATE COLLEX to Be star, Pa.. May 10.- ambitious’ musical feature ever attempted from the radio broad- casting studio of the Pennsylvania e (ollege will take place night, May 19, when student talent will offer the comic opera, “H, M. S. Pinafor Members of the men's and women's glee clubs have been rehearsing for weeks on this opera, which was a fe ture of music week observance on the campus. The broadcasting will take place under the direction of R. W ad of the college department Owing to the small size WPAB studio, only the princi in the cast will be used and Mo of mus of the pals The broadcast- rn standard time, following the usual farm and garden program at 8 o'clock “The Vanished Glory,” Topic. ‘"The Vanished Glory” will be the sub- Ject of the sermon by Dr. Ulysses B | this Pierce, minister of All Souls’ hurch, morning at 16th and Harvard streets. The new church will be open for sitors from 4 to § o'clock. From 5 to 5:30 o'clock there will be a quiet | period with music on the Green memo. C street south- | west, shot and killed his wife, Lot- | He de- | clared he had no intention of harming | the 11 a.m. services at Gra | in | found | | | rial organ Rev. Poppen to Occupy Pulpit. Rev. 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