Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1925, Page 9

WRC TO BROADCAST | BUNK-BUNK' MUSIC Ballet Accompaniment Hungarian Opera to Be on Air Tonight. of Ballet music Opera House second dance from the Manhattan in New York and thé program by Vincent Lopez and his orchestra from the Mayflower Hotel are the principal features on WRC's program tonight. The Lopez dance ensemble will go on the air tonight for the second time thls week, playing in the Italian garden of the new Mayflower Hotel Its program will lastefor 1 hour and 15 minutes, beginning at 10 o'clock Again making use of their land lines, WRC, WJZ and WGY will broadeast the ballet music of Hungarian opera, “Bunk-Bunk,” the Manhattan Opera Hou York City. This opera, known as “The Romance of Ilonka.” will be under the direction of Julia Hudak, and the or- chestra will be composed of 35 picked musicians. Al of the music will be by Hungarian composers. WRC's program will be opened by the great-grandniece of George Wash- ington, Mrs. Ileanor Washingtc Howard, who will uss the life of George Washington. This will be the talk for February scheduled by the | Daughters of the American Revolu- tion under the National heroes’ series. | The remaining features will include | the Saturday evening Bible talk by Representative John C. Box of Texa a talk on “Our Engineer Presidents’ by Morris Bien. president of the American , Association of Engineers, and Brig. Gen. George Richards, U. S. M. C., will tell the radio audience about the official celebration of George Washington’s birthday, which will be held at the Washington Audi- torium on Monday morning. WRC also will broadcast the monies attendant upon this celebration, be- ginning at 9:30 am Phyllis Howe Price, soprano soloist of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, and “Hook” Kennedy will furnish the vo- cal part of the evening's entertain- ment. Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, pianist, will give another of her piano recitals at 9:15 o'clock Trving Boernstein and his Hotel Washington Concert Orchestra will give its usual Saturday evening din- | ner concert betwe 7 and 7:45 | o'clock, while Otto 1. Beck will close the progtam with a recital on the organ at Crandall’s Tivoli Theater. Local Radio Entertainment Saturday, February 21, 1925, NAA—Nnval R 4 3:45 p.m—Weather Bureau reports. 10:05 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports io Station, Radie, Va. Meters). WCAP — Chesapeake Telephone Co. Silent and Potomac (468.5 Meters). WRC—Radio Corporntion of ,\merlrhl (468, Meters). 6:45 p.m.—Nationul heroes series “George Washington,” by Eleanor | Washington Howard, under the aus- pices of the Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution, 7 p.m.—Dinner music, by the Irv- ing Boernstein Hotel Washington Orchestra, broadcast from the Hulc-l‘ Washington. 1 7:45 p.m.—Phyllis Howe Price, so-!| prano soloist at All Saint's Episcopal Church; George H. Wilson at thel piano. 8 p.m. “hristianit and Womar hood,” a Bible talk by Representativ John C. Box of Texas 8:15 p.m.—Ballet music, from the| Hungarian Opera, “Bunk-Bunk, or 3:00—Paul Epp's Revelers......... Tom Snead’s Ramblers TR al and instrumental prog Yocal'and_instrumental program . Reading of Neripts The Detroit > Shephard Colonial Dance Orches Hortense Dorvalie, dramatic sopra vdla B. Marsh, soloist Ca Rtecord Orchestr 3:30—Musical program: talks; Musical ~progran : 5-—Musical program from Concert program....... . & 0-—Weather and markef reports. cie orchestra oew’s ‘Theater. ... 4:00—Harmonical Quartet: solos: trio.... eiger's Fuirmont Hotel Orchestra musie by Haggas Collegians. ... .. Solos: Morgan's Nerenaders 3 Dauce program by Willie Irung's Orchestr musical program. ...... program............ ng recital.. L i 4:30—Musical program by Star's Orchestra Sherry's tea music. . E Dance program by the Cotton Pickers Police reports: grand org: and instrumental program......... Melody Roys adway 02 markets: eadings Cone Organ 5:30—Musica ocal and instry . piane selectio y @ market reports; news. .. i and instrumental program. nner concert ncert neert TTaliprrd i Waid by from Children’s st Dinner co Lo Kol Dinner Tlie 0« Clul Alabam Orchestra progra Dinner program by Cameo Col Meyer Davis Concert Orchestra. Dinner R i Violin solos hy Oleoft Vail AT —AgT Chimes concert. 2 ©:00—Weather report and_news bulletin The Detroit News Orchestr 5 Bedtime stories: “Sunny Jim. the Kiddies : bedtime stors; nd_instrumentai tor I program; stories; addresses ner concert by Selinsky Instrumental %, financial apd final market reports. t by Harold's Orchestra Children’s stories in French and English Hotel St. Franels Concert Orchestra 7:30—Windsor Hotel Orchestra...... Redtime story and lullabs Addrexs: Burt's radio taiks Children's stories by Un Arcadia_Concert Orchestra Tea dansant by Cene J Stories for boya: artist recital ... Concert by Hotel Kimball Trio .. ... Wimble, the Wanderer: Bible taik Police feports: the Chateau Four TH45—"Ford City.” by 8. W Orvitt 5 Tolice bulletins R oxide hour; musical program S i " by E. P. Cooke = v and Fred Steel! solos Chatean Four .. Harvard vs. Dartmouth, hockey eal und instrumeatal program ... ri from Cougress Hotel 1 Trio % : tean Laurier Hotel Ore auer_concert by Ralpl rt for Laymen™: vor Musical prog Sunday_ school Lallaby time: barn dance: d news bulletins oa Corby program; sol 1 instrumental program: ‘The Phantom Drum™: vocal solc re Americans Afraid to Fly Fxaminer news bulletins Program by Cuban Teleph Concert by “Dix’s Bluegrass Serensders” “Tamplight” .............. Studio variety’ program L Vocal and instrumental program Special program ....... . New York Police Quartet ... Ntrund Roof Entertainers 8:45—*'Patriotism_and_Evolutlon'" Harry Von Tilzer, composer .. Concert by St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Talks: Washingfon Square Plasers Varied program, vocal and instrumenta! Art Hickman's Concert Orchestra Fireside Philosophes™ .. **An Hour With Our Boys at the Nary Yard 0 solos: Johnson's Orchestra ..... Vocal and instrumental program ... .. storia Concert Orchestra ... by WTAM Orchestra . Musical program, vocal and instrumenta Campfire GIrls' PrOKFAM ............... 9:30—Vocal and instrumental program .. .. Movie talk; vo the Romance of Ilonka,” by Julia Hudak and Symphony Orchestra, | broadeast jointly with stations WJZ| and WGY from the Manhattan Opera | House in New York City. i 9 p.m.—"“Our Engineer Presld?nls."l by Morris Bien, president of the American Assoclation of Engineers. | 9:15 pm.—Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, pianist. 9:30 p.m.—A George Richards, U George Washington bration. 0 p.m.— Hook Scotch songs. 10 pan.—Dance program, by Vin- cent Lopez and his orchestra, broad- cast from the Mayflower Hotel. 11:16 p.m.—Organ recital, by Otto | 1. Beck, broadcast from Crandall's Tiveli Theater. Brig. Gen. M. C.. on the birthday cele- talk b s Kennedy, in| RADIO QIERIES Iadio Editor Iii order that I may fill out a few blahks on my log I would like to know the distance from Washington to.the following stations: WFBL, Syracuse, N. Y.; WHO, Des Moines, Towa: WSAT Cincinnati, and CNRM, Montreal. 1 also would Itke to know the power of CKAC, CNRM and NAA when trans- ! mitting on 435 meters. What are the| call letters and wave length and power of the Bliss Electrical School station fn Takoma Park—ALVIN PLANT. WIBL is 288 miles from Washing- ton, WHO 895 miles, WSAT 403 miles and CNRM 489 n The power of CKAC is 2.000 watts, CNRM 2,000 watts and NAA 500 watts. WBES are the call letters of the Bliss Electrical School station. It is a 100-watt sta- tion and transmits 222-meter wave. a on Radio Editor: T heard a station at 12:15 o' lock last Sunday morning I know it was a foreign station, for the announcer spoke in a strange language. 1 heard in English, however, the following: “For the henefit of our friends in the United State Then the static blotted out the call letters. The sig- nals came in faintly on my fourrtube reflex set, so 1 know the station was quite a distance from Washington. T judge that it was broadcasting on about a 500-meter wave. Maybe you or some of the DX fans can identify Yocal and instrumental program Memphis Plect Surprise program Children’s program’: Southern Methodist University bai Concert by talent from Ouachita Fil Romano's 9:45—"The Texans” . Guy Hunter, blin; ollege . 1 and instrumental t Northern Trio .. e's_Californian Solos; Silvertone Trio Musical program, White's Californians Studio program ... e Vodal and instrumental p; i Music: humorous sketches; *'Congress Benjamin Franklin Dunce Orchestra Copley Plaza Hotel Orchestra . 3 Louls Connor and his dance o £ “New York's Public School System* . 1 and instrumental program; trio 10:10—*The Future of New York” ......... Washington's Birthday program: ban 9—Police and weather reports - Vocal and instrumental progran Windsor Hotel Dance Orchestr 4 Dance program by Joe Pegyer's Orchestra Joseph Kneeht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra Enterpean Club_concert .......... 10:45—"'Income Tax,” by John Riley The Book Shelf ... program . Ralph Williams and his Skylarks: harmony _singers; the Melodians, voeal al program: talk, ime melodies Vincent Lopes and_his orchestra . Organ recital by Karl Bonawitz . Vincent Rose and his dance orchestra program from New Arlington Hotel program .. program: " taiks . Clarke and his entertainers . 0—Roscland Dance Orchestra . Radio Philosophe: :00—Orlole Orchestra: solos; readings; stories Los Angeles Exuminer program - Entertainers from Oapitol Th ; Frank Hodek and his Omaha Nightingales. 0—Organ recital by Arthur Hays 45—*‘Nighthawk Frolic'’; Plantation 1:00—Dance program from St. Francis Hotel ... Radio Club | Art Hickman's Dance Orchestra ‘ongress Carnival’ ncert, vocal and instrumental Colburn’s Melody Men ........ the Little Skylarks .. 0—Tost Angels of Los Angeles -.. station I heard in Panama between 12 and 12:30 o'clock (Sunday morning). Please give its wave band and mileage from Washington—E. J. N. Have no record of the Panama sta- tion. Perhaps some of the fane can an- Nellle Miles, ‘pian! od trumpets. .. 5 TO 6 P. culture, live stock and produce markets. ... 7 TO 8 P.M. 11 B.M. TO 12 MIDNIGHT 11:00—Voeal and fnstrumental program; Spanish solos. THE EVENING LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1925. Programs of Following Dis:ant xtations Scheduled for Bastern Standard Time Meters. Miles WFBH New York lwie WGRS st 4 TO 5 P.M. nee ‘program by the Marco Melody Boys.... W0 WEAF " LWHN IWHAS WHAM 6 TO T B.M. SWoc CNRO WHAR nes’ Orchiostra .. Henith talk; Hotel Carlton Terrace Orchestra .... 8 TO 9 P.M. s72zz%822 3737222 z373gzaas EEPoE 9 TO 10 P.M. 9:00—Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Trio ............... I and instrumental program . 10 TO 11 P.M. ... KFI s0l0s: harmonic war by ' Fitapatrick Brothers... .. 12 MIDNIGHT TO 1 AM. Flayers. . 170 2 AM. 2:00—Frolic of the Midnight Sons. who hold *Night Court” KYW The Hotsy-Totsy hour with the Ginger Man and Tor SUKHY Swiar Phi‘adelphia ew York ludelphin an Francisco Detroit 3 Boston Newark Roston Newark Lok Angeles Minneapolis Boston New York Detroit New York Sun Francisco Philadelph Philadelphin New York New York Touisville Rochester Lox Angeles Sun Francisco New York New York New York Detroit Buffalo, N. Y. New hilu Detroi New York Pittsburgh Sprongticid Cloveland Newark ork Iphia * New York New York Philadelphia Raston New York Philadelphia Davenport Davenport Detroit Chicago. Philadelp Philadelpn Cinclnnati Chicago delphia runcisco York atield borch Chicago Philadelpliia New York New York Springfleld ew York Chicazo tlantic Cit Oriawa Chicago New York Philadelphia Davenport Roston Chicngo Chicazo Los Angeles Newark Romvie, N.v. Philudelphia Newark o5 Angeles Havana Louisyille New York Montreal New York ittsburgh ew York w York riladelphia Newark Atlant St Tou “w York Chicago Los Angeles Minneapolie hiladelphia New York New York New York New York Cleveland Chicago Newark ewark New York New York Memph ‘”lm:‘nv‘om Los Angeles Dallas © Hot 8pa., Ark. chenectady New York New York Los Angeles New York New York Tos Angeles w York Omana Los Angeles Atlantle City New York Chicago ladelphia Boston' 3812 526 Montreal Minneapolis W York ort Worth Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles Chicago Denver, Colo, Los Angeles ew Yori New York ludelphia New York Hot Sps., Ark. Atlantic City Onkland, C: Los Angeles Dall Om Kansas City Oakiand, Cal. Los Angeles Tos Angeles Chiy Los Anzeles 2,300 il A IR e e P e P L s having two of them broadcasting on the same night, it would be a relief [ ways if they could possibly retire from the air a great deal earlier than they do most any night and not slight erys- tal set owners in the least. There STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.,, SATURDAY, ACTION OF CRYSTAL DETEGTOR, TOPLC Writer’s Idea of a “Cat Whisker’s” Operation in Catching Radio Signal. BY DR. E. E. FREE. In an interesting series of papers on the theory and practice of the crystal detector published in a Lon- don periodical, James Strachan sets forth a new idea of what it is that makes ‘a crystal and a cat whisker operate to detect a radio signal. The essential action of a crystal de- tector Ists, it will be remembered, in a rect ation of the electric cur- rent. Of the radio-frequency oscilla- tions that surge from both directions against the contact of the crystal and the cat whisker only those moving in one direction get through. The re- verse pulses are stopped. The erystal is ally, a one-w valve for the electric current. Discloses Ne The new rectifying gether in crystal Theory. theory assumes that this action takes place alto- the surface layers of the The molecules of galena, for example, are assumed to be & little less rigidly fixed in this surface layer than in the mass of the crystal These surface molecules can move around a little; can turn sometimes on their axes as a _cork on the sur- face of a river will turn over and over as it floats down stream. It is assumed, furthermore, that the elec- tgic properties of a galena molecule are not the same in all directions. It follows that if all the molecules in the surface layers are turned, say, on their ends, the conductivity across the surface will be different than when all the molecules are turned on their sides. Furthermore, if all the molecules are on end the conductivity may be greater in one direction than in the other, for the molecules may be more permeable to the current in this direction than in the reverse one. The molecules, -in other words, may themselves be tiny rectifiers. Mystery Begets Mystery. *To the casual observer it may seem that this suggestion merely substi- tutes tweedledum for tweedledee. For the mystery of why a crystal rectifies it merely substitutes the other mystery ) why a molecule rectifies. But this is not quite a fair criticlsm. Mr. ‘Strachan’s pupers—which contain, by the way, many useful facts about erystal detectors—will have perform- ed a real service if they focus the at- tention of crystal students on the im- portance of the surface layers, pos- sibly only three or four atoms deep, with which the cat whisker actually makes it contact 1t is somewhat in this surface laver that we will find the secret of crystal action. To the editor of this depart- ment it seems probable that the most important part of this surface layer is the film of absorbed ga On any solid surface, espe the surface of any metal a tightly attached atoms of gas, mostly the o: nitrogen gases of the air. attached gas—called the “absorbed” gas—so difficult to detach ddring evacuation from the tungsten parts of tubes. Layers of Absorbed Gas Cited. There is one of these layers of ub- sorbed gas two or three atoms thick on the jurface of every crystal and on every cat whisker point. The exact nature of the absorbed laver will de- pend on the chemical composition of the crystal, on the nature of its crys- tal surface just at that point and on its past historv—for example, on its cleanliness. Nobody knows how this layer of stuck-fast gas atoms will affect elec- tric conductivity across the gap. The matter should be studied by physicists and by radio engineers. (Copyright, 1925, Popular Radio, Inc.) layer gen and 1t is this Song Cycle Radio Feature. A Persian song cycle, “The D n,” will be broadcast tonight by WEAF as the chief feature of its program. It will be given by Bruno Huhn, fa- mous composer, assisted by several vocal artists. Use a porcelain tube when passing the aerial or ground wire through any wall, so that the wire will not touch anything. Two Cars in One "EBRUARY 21, 1925. FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RADIO EACH DAY BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA, Noted Authority on Radio. ALl Rights Beserved. Reproduotion Prohibited. Receiving and Transmitting With a Condenser. J Many fans believe that it is im- traction between the bodles charged oppositely, the effect prodyced is that of causing a force of attraction possible to transform the high fre-|Detween the two plates and this forcs quency current present in the an- |Of attraction is varied in proportion tenng, circuit of a receiver without|!0 the charge caused by the modu- having some means of detection in lated radlo frequency current in the the form of a crystal detector or clrcult. vacuum tube detector to change the| The varying charge produced by high frequency impulses into audio |the Varying current in the circuit frequency impulses and then use the | Produces the mechanical vibration of common type of phone to transform |the diaphragm, which results in the electrical energy into mechanical [ sound. energy, which appears as sound| A condenser type of telephone transmitter is one in which the variation in the impulses transmitted is obtalned through a change of ca- pacity In the circuit. Instead of using a variable resistance to control the output of the transmitter s is done with the carbon type of trans- mitter, a condenser transmitter, in which a flexible plate is used as one plate of a condenser, is used. Sound waves produce a motion of the flex- ible plate and the varfation in pacity of tha condenser due to the varylug intemsity and movement caused by the voice vibrations, is used as a factor to control the out- put current. ) A through the action of the s 4 diaphragm. It is possible, however, to use the phenomenon of attraction and repul- slon of like and unlike electric charges as present in a condenser inserted into the oscillatory circuit to produce audible sounds by the action of the like and unlike charges produced by the action of the modu- lated frequency current in the cir- cuit The apparatus that makes use of this phenomenon to produce audible sound direct from the modulated radio frequency current is called an | “electrostatic telephone.” In this type of telephone receiver, a condenser Is used in which one plate of the condenser is §astened rigidly in the frame of the receiver and the other plate of the condenser is a flexible metal diaphragm spaced a very short distance from the other plate and suspended above the first plate. Cause of Varying Charges. The varying charges in the circuit caused by the difference in the po- tentials, which are in turn caused by the modulation applied to the radio frequency current by the voice cur- rent, cauxe varying charges on the plates of the condenser, which in turn cause the plates to attract each other with varying intensity and cause the movable plate to move to a greater or lesser extent in step with the intensity of the applied charges. This phone VICTOR—NIEHT FNOUNCED WCAP, Not Listed Among Broadcast Stations. The fifth be broadc Washington However, Victor presentation will st Thursday night, but radio fans will not hear it direct through WCAP. The list of stations scheduled to broadcast the concert by famous opera singers does not include the Chesapeake and Po- tomac Telephone Co. broadcaster. Giuseppe de Luca, baritone, and one of the most distinguished members of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and Mme. Toti Dal Monte, coloratura so- prano of the same organization, are featured in the forthcoming program. Will Attempt to Reach Warsaw. ‘WIP will attempt to hurl to faraway Warsaw, Russia, tonight, & epectal con- cert by Maria Dormont and Fabein Se- vitzky, former stars of the Russian Im- perial Opera. Members of the immediate families of these famous artists, in Warsaw, who have not heard their voices for many vears, have made ar- rangements to endeavor to pick up be grasped very|the concert easily by referring to the diagram In this diagram, A is the fixed plate of the condenser d B is the movable plate. When this condenser 1% connected into a high frequency circuit the application of a potential in the circift will cause a positive charge to appear on one plate of the condenseér, shown by the plus marks and a negative charge to ap- pear on the opposite plate. Since unlike charges tend to produce at- action can Don't Let Wire Touch Metal. en though the lead-in wire is in- ulated, never let it touch metal ob- jects such as the coping around the roof, vent pipes or fire escapes, as en- ergy will leak through the insulation and cause partial short-circuits and weak signals. Run all wire through porcelain tubing when there is any possibility of it touching metal. DEPARTMENT STORES UNITE FOR ECONOMY For Associated Retailers of America—Follow Hoover Ap- peal. Following closely the appeal for reduced distribution costs by Her- bert C. Hoover, Becretary of Com- merce, before the distributinn eon. ference just held by the Chamber STUDEBAKER Duplex Phaeton Y $3.50 Philadelphia $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington AND RETURN SUNDAY March 1, 15, 29 SPECIAL TRAIN Washington (Union Station) 0 AL ilmington 10.05 A.M.. Philadeiphi AM. ves Broad Street Sta- tion, P.0M., West Philadel- phis 7.38 P.M., Chester 7.59 P.M., Wilmington 8:19 P.M. % Tickets on ssle tws duys preceding cursion Similar Excursion Bunday, April 26 Pennsylvania Railroad The Standard Railroad of the World Chester Broad of Commerce of the United Statea nine department stores daing an an- nual business of $100,000,000 have formed a ca-operative group to de- velop greater economies in ‘serving ithe consumer. This group will.be }known as the Assoclated Retailers of [ Amerlica. To exchange inférmation for the purpose of reducing the coat of retal] distributtjon and to develop a mer- chandising plan that will result in real savings to the consuming public | is the announced object of the for- mation of this organjzatior. The “following Important department .stores form the nucleuz for the &roup: (i Bloomingdale Brothers, New +York; Glichrist Company, Boston; (the Outlet, Providence, R. L; The :Boston Btore, Milwaukee. Win.; The Golden Rule, §. Paul, Minn.: Lans-, burgh & Rro., Washington, D. C.: Bernheimer-Leader, Baltimore, M. Howland Dry Goods Co., Bfld;mfn.; Conn.; Engiana Bros.. Pittsfleld. uss, 18 The officers of the group eclected i; at a meeting today follow: Presi- | dent, Felix Vorenberg, the Glichrist Co., Boston; vice president and.jy treasurer, Samuel Bloomingdale, ; Bloomingdale Bros., New York; sac- retary, Andrew M. Cooper, Howland Dry Goods Co., Bridgeport. The of- ficers also constitute the egecutiv: Mr. committee. “The research cfforts of the Asso- clated Rétailers of America, ‘Vorenberg, “will be directed said TWO INNOVATIONS INRADIO DETAILED Successful Scrambling and Unscrambling of Waves De- scribed by Expert. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, February 20.—Two important revelations were an- nounced by Dr. E. F. W. Alexander- son, General Electric Co radio ex pert, addressing the American Insti- tute of Electrical Engineers here last night. The first is a system of short r: waves projecting high into the which are not heard until they scend to the earth again. The ond is the successful scrambling unserambling of radio waves Dr. Alexanderson alsotofd how practically all static has been elir nated by the construction of an an- tenna system consisting of two an- tennas 10 miles long, joined by a trans- mission line. alr, de. and Long radio waves, such ax are sent out from popular broadcasting stas tions, cling close to the earth’s sur- face, Dr. Alexanderson said So long a8 we are working with carthbound waves we must use long waves for long distances, because the earth absorption of the long waves'is comparatively small,” he added “When, on the other hand, we high-angle * radfation with short waves; we utilize a different form of wave propagation. These new tracks in the ether are being explored by systematic research work, as well as by commercial communication. Thus a new phenomenon or law of nature has been established, though we are not able to give an adequate ex- planation. The short wave lengths give us an almost inexhaustible scale of wave lengths provided we utilize it to full advantage.” Speaking of the scrambling and un- sorambling process, Dr. Alexander- son said: “Signals from Europe are picked up in Belfast, Me, scrambled together and sent into one wave band by a single transmitter to Riverhead, Long Island. “At Riverhead they are unscrambled into a dozen signals which are fed into the long wave receiving sets, where they go through the usual pro- =s of detection and transmission to New York. “The signals so reproduced are exact replicas of the original and operators receiving them in New York are un- and unecrambled signals.” Dr. Alexanderson said the bling process is the dreams of John Hay many years ago. “The fight against atmospheric dis- turbances and stat has led us to build on Long Island a central re scram- realizations of Hammond, jr., | | | | to New | dinary able to distinguish whether they are | the original signals or the scrambied | RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT Ballad music from the Hun- garian opera, “Bunk-Bunk” of “The Romance of llonka,” by the Symphony Orchestra from Manhattan Upera House, New York City, WRC, Washing- ton; WIZ New York, and WGY, Schenectady, 8:13 to 9 o’clock. Dartmouth from Boston Springfield, 8 Harvard hockey game, arena, WBZ, o'cloc “An Hour With Our Boys at the Navy Yard,” in honor of Washingto birthday, WIP, Philadciphia, 9 to 10 o'clock. Dance program by Vincent Lopez and his orchestra, from Mayflower Hotel, WRC, Washington, 10 to 11 o'clock. Program in honor of Wash ington’s birthday by the Cor son Commandery Band, WOR Newark, 10:20 o'clock. ceiving station with an antenna sy= tem consisting of two antennas 10 miles long joined by a transmissior ~ Dr. "Alexanderson continued “This system eliminates practically 1 the static and intercepts on one Europ. an- from stations in automat than kir igna dozen rec nt b of distu does practical e derstorm in the neighborhood of the station on a which the signals come “To insure service this contin- gency a simliar large antenna system as built at Belfast which would immune to a thunderstorm on Long Island, whereas station on Long Island would be only elightly affected by a thunderstorm in Maine But the problem was how to get the signal down from Maine to Long Isiand It was to accomplish this that engi- neers of the Radio Corporation of America spent vears in study and ex- perimenting, resulting in the scram- bling and unscrambling process. WJZ ENGAGES VIOLINIST. = o Australian ow, famou st. h Godfrey Tud concert violir the staff of and wiil ager in the prep: musical t the first America internationaliy as a regu personnel Mr. Ludlow De Rougemont Stradivarius one of the six finest violins in the world It dated s va a $30,000 by lead ation broad ing ) secure famou member priceless LLLLLLLLELLLLLE GG GOOGHOOLOGOGGOOLOOY Again the Washington shopping public will be benefited by L&B aggressiveness. The news clipping reprinted on the left ap- peared in Women's Wear, a trade publication. on arecent date. : Lansburgh & Bro. are one of the organizers of this group of forward-moving department stores that have combined for tbe purpose of exchanging ideas with a view of attaining the maximum of efficiency in purchasing, distribution and general oper:ation. The stores mefltioned are numbered among the best in the United States. and we deem it a privilege and an honor to be associated with such a pro- gressive group of mercantile establish- ments, organized with' the idea of furthering such a wholesome and 1t.—THOMAS SHULL. Will leave this query to answer. is such a thing as too much of any- thing, no matter how good it may be as a whole. With the increase of transmission | Power 'many stations have already adopted, the prospect of more doing ikewlse, and slowly but steadily get- ting around to the superpower idea of driving all other stations off of the air, it will be, before long, a case of relegating good sets to the discard, anyhow, and securing a good “fifver set,” that will get local consistently every night and most all night by that time. ‘Where do manufacturers and deal- ers expect to get off when reception of practieally only locals is possible? At that timé, and cven now, in®fact, why the sets of wonderful selec ivity, ;lnrlly‘ d\‘olumc and ow loss” we ear and read so much about thes. days? As to the 22" mus welle. e sure you use only the genuine some ltke It and some don't, and in | Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, marked that respect jazz is not uniike most |- with the Bayer Cross, which' can be anything else; but even it wouldn't | had in tin of twelve_ tablets be 50 bad in itself if they could only | for fow cents. come to a stopping place within some ayer Tablets reasonable limit of time. It so often ’ swer your other question. i worth-while aim. ¢ * in Tonsilitis Cut This Out and Save if Subject to Sore Throat A harmless and effective gargle is to dissolve two Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in four tablespoonfuls of water, and l“'i“ throat thoroughly. Repeat in two hours if necessary. b totward the collection of compre- hensive information on market con- dititons, merchandise resourc-z, store methods and sales promotion. Thy Tagion on thess. prebjoms e ore { SEal Srgh i Swhich "o the Although final plans of organization were per- located In New York, will cqnduat? ambitious investigations' of all new | fected as late as Tuesday, Feb. 10th, a New York developments In retall distribuation. . A . buymg organization has been formed, office space Radio Editor: : An article in Monday's paper by B. F., a DX Fan” concerning the probability of both local stations be- ing on the air every night on a dif- Radio Editor: Sunday morning 1 claim 1 heard the St. Francis Hotel at San Francisco sign off at 1 am. Pacific time, or 4 am. Sastern standard time. 1 also heard Los : E:aglel‘;: sign off at 2 am.. Pacific time, :alren;rlx‘-dv.e'vlognx;‘hshr‘:e;;r‘l:,t‘mr‘ngmt‘t_w 5 am. Eastern standard ttme. Most [ join g . of my friends think 1 am saying this A'urr‘mg X:x};‘.?n:fv!.}“r:ha:; sit:\::sth::o t for publicity. [ have ouly a two- | ownin {3; e!.pbul will admit that after a |throw them out nr&d S.""‘"';' !gs‘:: week’s use of iy batteries T cannot be- [ to any of the 5 and 10w and sccute gin to get the same stations. San Fran- | ample materlal for 4 crystel st 40 @lsco came in much clearer than Los An- | We can gonsistently get plenty of (he geles, although further away, and 1 was | local stations. There s plenty of Very lucky to get Los Angéles signing | the local broadeast as it is now, and off, as Louisville, Ky., was interfering. [ it will surely be a case of too much 1 ‘could give more particulars in re- | fs more than plenty then. The lo«ln xard to the announcements, but 1 think | statlons’ programs are gencrully this fs sufficient. Don't you?—MARTIN [ meritorious, and many people are A MURPHY. using crystal sets exclusively: and ‘As further proof of your reception of | there is, therefore, an opportunity for the Pacific Coast stations to show your | every one having any kind ef a set skeptical friends why not write to them [ to have the use of same. Do many for confirmation, of the users of radio sets want to sit through local programs from 7 untfl 12:45, perhaps later, as Fre- for me the station 1|quently as that length of program is now forced upon us? Even with se lective sets these loc; comb_in cver s. Without ‘Co-operative buying of merchan. ' dise stocks and supplies will be an. other important phase of our activi- ties. - The nine stores whicii have formed the group have a combinec purchasing power of $100,000,000 an- nually. Phis tremendous buying. force will be brought to,beir as a unit te.secure the most ad: ous prices and ternia from_ manufactur- :;.po'r:mni':“:‘" ly will welcome the unity to compete for 3/ ume commitments.” Jates ol 1 leased and action has begun. May we suggest that this is just another instance of our constant effort to attain perfection in storekeeping that redounds to L&B customers’ benefit. Radio Editor: Please identify heard between 9 and 10 o'clock last Sat- wrday night. The station broadcast - wiulele music. Also identify for me the | a \y’l’le _qur{d on t}:o thing to stop, and call it a job even at & quarter fo 1 am. W. W. MASSEY. seems to hurt or be painful or some- ey e e o ey R R R R e R TTRDTEETDTD BB OPPCPRPOPDPPDE grpc i . o