Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1926, Page 52

4 MEN ARE PIONEERS IN RADIO LISTENING Women Content With Good Programs, Possibly Prov- ing Superiority. BY CAK H. BUIMAN. Radio. perhaps as nothing else, ap- peals to the two sexes in almost i metrically opposcd ways. Men prefer distance from a lirze number of sta “tions when possible and like to tinker with the sel with a view toward pos sible improvements. On the othu hand. the women like good programs. | If they met a sood local station. they | are disposed to let well eavush alone, | possibly for the entire evenin«. Only | when the local broadeasier has noth- | ing entertaining or instruciive does a member of the [air sex attempt to tune in outside stations first gopd program s wel matter Where it comes from | Defending themselves, the woman fans say that they like (o hear at least a few musical numbers or o tures before the dials are moved caustically addinz that men seem to prefer call lett espeeially distapt ones, unless a fight or o ball gume is on the air. To this, let me say. per haps it is due to the inquisitive and adventurous make-up of us men thut wa seek new stations in the unex plored and distant reaches of the ether: that we want (o know what we ean get before we settle down. or huw ations can be fished oni of the 1 whirlpools at a sittinz Distant Stations Harder. Although not unkindly intended, may we not suggest that while any one can get a local, it is a little dif- | fleult to tune in a .distant station, | particularly if there are others oper- ating on approximately the same { channel, the statfe is bad. It takes considerable patience to get 100-watt” stations a thousand miles away, and there is a bit of a thrill in getting the real low-powered distant | broadcasters and in listing 25 or more in a reasonably short time. In rebuttal. the ladies point out that their husban fathers and brothers actually heat up the bear | ings by constantly twisting the dials | and burn out the filaments with con tinual readjustment. When the facile female hand is on the throttle, so to speak. the lamps glow steadily, the coils never heat up and the dials stay set. if a good program is coming in. | Somehow. they never seem to have | much luck with distant stations, how ever. i i Charging the masculine fans with | being speed and distance hounds, with radios as well as autos, the femaie of the species insists the opposite sex | never seems satisfied unless thrilled v etherial travels over thousands of miles with 20 to 40 brief stops an eve- ning. Just ask any an what he heard, the: T, proud Iy, including some ts, and in Canada, Cuba no and Mexic Call Letters Vary. The actual cail letters, of course, | vary with the home town: none within | a thousand miles or so of home ever counts in the evening's score. ©One woman friend says that no male ever absorbed anything he hears except the station’s call letters and location, un- less Will Rogers, Graham MacNamee or J. Andrew White was speaking. Seldom can a masculine listener tell the name of an artist or the title of a number presented. “Time is nothing to the men, though the women sit by all evening nezlected and uninterested in the bits of numbers from various stations snatched momentarily from the air.” one radio sex psychologist points out. The later it gets, the bet- ter the men seem to enjoy it: a long log is the indication of a happy eve- | ning. Women are content to listen to one program on a single or eight tube | set. i They actually enjoy the entertain. | ment itself—most of them. Some of the vounger ones are conient to dance while they listen. and many can tell You .what they heard, be it a song. story, recipe or lecture. The feminine mind seems to possess the sole faculty of ‘getting something good and let- ting it run, whereas we men can't learn anything or be amused via radio. except by twirling the dials ang adjusting the reostats. We can't keep our fingers still. they say. ere is hut one solution. as far s the writer can see, and that is the simple one of having two sets—one long-distance. “he-man” affair, with well ofled bearings and plenty of power, i another for the gentler | sex with ngle soft tube, or per- haps a lowly crystal and a pair of head phones 1 i In our defense, let us have the last { word this time. We say. perhaps rudely and selfishly—"Well, who made or bought this sel anyhow, who keeps it in shape and who else can get a given station and hold it when a special feature is des; You know the answer. Let's together, boys! i ! stick President’s Camp Has Radio. President Coolidge will not have to take one of the White Iouse radio receivers up to the Adirondacks this Summer, ax White Pine Camp is al- eady equipped with s fine broadeast rveceiver, which should bring in any gtation in the country the President wants when the static is not bad. . Foolproof Receiver Designed. A radio expert in Great Britain has destgned « fool-proof automatic re- ceiver: all that the fan does s to turn 1t on and off. It is calculated 1o please many unskilled listeners. who desire only the local station. When it is in- stalled and wired up. the dials are set and clamped in place. The. operator <imply plugs in the loud speaker when he wishes entertainment, and when he is through he pulls the plug out. e While the distance between Cairo, Egypt, and Khartum, capital of the Sudan. is only a little more than that fram New York to Chicago.'a journey hetween the two requires four days of continuous travel. RADIO'S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. Musical *program by Maj. Edward Bowes and the “Cap- itol Family,” direct from the Capitol Theater, New York iCity, WCAP and other sta- tions, 6:20 to 8:15 o'clock. Historic play with music, MGeorge Washington,” WGBS, 8:30 to 10:30 o'clock. ! Atwater Kent program iea- turing Allen McQuhae. tenor, land orchestra, WCAP and lother stations, 8:15 to 8:45 lo'clock. Night Club at the Missouri Theater, KMOX. 10 o'clock. ¢ Palmer Little Symphony Or- ichestra, WO, 10:30 to '11:30 Jo'clack. i | | | | | the | 1 1 LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SUNDA_\E. JULY_ 4, 1920 I 8 TO w York: Clildren’s . & Movseheart. I Cathol rogra » TO y sehool by Meth pCstant chureh serv Cipistian_Science Churel thany Presbyterian B0—Cincinnati ! S S com o church serv Programs of Distant Stations Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time ” A stories s 10 A odist 1 services | Church xem iies ' W musie N wLw WJID Bz WOO Book Concern of Ciicago Church services iy Employuieat. Opnortuin 10 T0 D0 New Yok Dt Bl Preshvterion Caureh Sehencctady Dittsurzh Chureh 1o 10 i ! Baptist 10:45 cin iy Seventh Christ. 1 10 1 E. Fourth Avenue Preshytor Westminster Pre<hyteri; Presbyterian Church 12 NOON Preshyterian Chur to chiliren 1 11 Firet 12 Eizhth Church of Christ. Seientist First Preshytorian: Church services ties” 1AM services sorvices 3 t erviees services Scientist.. eervices .. 12 NOON. Church services ian 'Church serv an_ Chureh services wervices TO P hserviees tist Church ser i w0 Alemite String Trio: pianist 1710 00—Clicazo: O Chicazo: Vo ~eliwart 1 reatal T Orzan recital Musical exercises from 2 TO Ghase, hall e Symphony New York: Federation of Chu Detroit” Nows Orchestrs -Atlantie City: Seaside Hotel Trio L, Uhieago: Shenard time for kidfies 30—Mooseheart, TI1.: Graduation 3 TO M—Chicago: Fellowshin cert: eervices from Ch New York: Instrumental xed Quartet a0 Gospel Dallae: Farmer _ Ohicaga. Ch 45— Louisville VLo 1 TO 00—Louisvilie. “Pladee of Reconseoratio hicago: Vocal solos: Alemite B Gongert program 13—Atiantic City: Vocal and instrumental B0-—New York: “Stephen Foster." by the 5 TO 00— New vocal ~Phil & Yorlk adelphia ago Orchestra concert Organ _recital Orzan recital: whorts .\ s Chicazo: Organ recital: WGN Studio 35—Boston . Base hall results: newa: srezational Church services 6 TO 00—Schenectady - Park Avenue Baptist . Pennsylvamia Orchestra .o New York: Ernie Gollen s Hotel MoA (micago: WLS Littla Brown Chureh'i Atlanta: Sacrad ‘concert .. ... Cinednnati = Alvin Roehr's Orclissira . New York: Program same as WGY 15—Pittshurgh: Base hall results: church 20--New York : Mol ““Canitol Fan; WWJ. KSD. WJAR. WTAG Chicago! 30—Chicago: Vesper ‘concert . Philadelphia: Presbyterian Chireh 7 TO Council: ind 00—Chicago: Youns Women's Band_and choir: sermon as: Radio Bible class ago: “The Million Sing": W York: Stephen Foster program York: Talk: violinist 5 Springfield: Copley Plaza Hotei Orc Chigage: WLS™ Little Brown ‘¢ Eveni_song Cleveland: Park Theater Davenport: Base ball results Chicago: Artist program i B0—Cincinnati: Fies byterian Church Baltimor a Boston: ““The New York: Hotel Ma Philadelphia: Bonwit- Atlantic City son Orchest:s ller Ensemble ptist Churc 8 TO 8'00—Cleveland - Musical program New York: Talk: viols : Drake Hote k. Atwater K . tenor. and o . WGN. WCCO and KSD. elody hour: Crawford's € vocal and’ instrumental Book review: pianiet: sol : Harry Sory's Entertainers . phia Hotél Ambassador Orc i Historic play. with music usical program ... Crosley. Ensemble Orches : Godfrey Ludlow. violin Goldman Band concert. WSATL from ... .. Pat’ Conway's Hand 9 TO 1 adio _hou 9:00-—Chicago: St. Louis Atlantic Ciy mental © Music Rooi News: ert creen “hour . “lassical - coneert Memorial Methodist ptist Churcn sey 1 concert sermon ind mussionary nrogram weather: Park Sireet Con 1 program by Maj. Edward Bowes an from_Capitol Theater Punch and JTady musical program dway cmble and Blackstone String Quinte estra, WEEL WGR. from losts . urth Chureh of Clirit. " o an recital 1 and organ concert: Sunshine hour . Bethany Sundas 3 P, Cubs ve. Pittshurgh Orchestra: soloist WG| WOC WEAF WHAR Aerial Giris . WHT PR ’ orchestra con- 1 Tabernacle xram: vespers by the Federation 1on Independence Day Palmer House Orchestra 1 coneert wPG Stratford Male Quartet W 6 Py, soloist W W00 WBBM SWLIB Ac Ensemble P Church Carillon: -Hatel WGY ipin Orchestra WMCA n'the Vale. WLS Trio ervices 1. the WCAP, WEAF WGN WHT WFI WEEIL WCAE. from services’ 8 P.M. concert by Tabernacle ‘Drajie ‘Hotel Ensemble . Milton Cross. tenor enira: Golden Rule hoar the Vale: soloist e A Orchestra . WGY and h services ® P.M. & t WGN featuring Allen M WCAP. WWJ, WEAF Osbum’s Or- 5 W ur, Orehesira Eoloists hestra - . “George’ Washington™ W tra: soloist ist, WGY and . WEEL WJAR. WTAG WGN ntist, (KMOX base ball results: voeal*and’ ngtru’ Chu ces hattan Doublo Quartet . S String Tno 10 TO 10:00—New York: Ducik cowboy composer St Louis: EINDT o oo Chicago Henry | ‘musical p; Hot Springs: Mcfer Davis' Orchestra Cincinnati: Swisd Garden Irolic: vocal TR Gt —Davenvort - Paimer’ Littie 'Symphony Chicago: Requegt progrem Atlantic’ Oity: Organ and H 1 TO 12 11:00—Cincinnati - Swisp Garden frolic 11:30—Chicago: Back-{ome hour: Paul Rad: Chapel staff ... .. 2 : \ G 12:00—Chicago . The Natty Club: WBBM staff with Charlie Garl Dallas: Ligon $mith's Orchestra . B i Borgn: Wemey Relves's O Ace Brigode's 14 Vi WGBS 1nPM WGBS K rogram and instrumental cele Orchestra vocal ‘recital . MIDNIGHT. inians WKRC er and National Radio E s site 8 WHT T TO 1 AM. 3 land WBBM WFAA A WKRC rehestra .. The Sosq!contcnnl:\l anniversary of the birth6f American independence today also marks the third birthday ry of Washington's first ered broadcasting station, The first lusty output of WCAP wasan Independence day program, July 4, 1923, broadeast jointly with its sister station, WEAF, in_New York. Since that time it has achieved quite an enviable record among the broadeasting stations of the country, and probably can boast of having had more prominent men and women speak into its microphone than any other station. L& WCAP also has had the distinct privilege of brondcasting the ad- Qreses of the President of the United States on numerous occasions, while wo former Chicf Executives, Wood- row Wilson and Warren G. Harding, made a number of speeches before its icrophone. The voice of President Coolidge has undoubtedly been heard by more people—due to this station's|. radio and telephone connections—than any other man in the history of the world. : Few outstanding events of national interest have escaped WCAP'S pro- grams in the last three vears. Vir- tually all importapt local events also have been broadcast to the Wash- ington audience. , The management of the station has modestly refrained from arranging a special birthday program. The usual Sunday attractions make up its sched- ule today. Radio to Follow President. The Independence day celebration at the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia tomorrow, which fea- tures an address by President Cool- idge, will be broadcast by a score of stations as far West as Kansas City. WRC will serve the program to the ‘Washington audience, connected with WJZ in New York. The American Broadcasting Co. 'will use its custom- ary 16-station hookup, excluding WCAP, to carry the program through the East and Middle West. Several Philadelphis stations also will have their microphones at the exposition. WRC Schedules Phitharmonic Concerts. The Summer concerts of the liew York Philharmonic Orchestra in the Lewisohn Stadium will be broadcast by WRC In conjunction with WJZ. The concerts will be given every Wed- nesday and Saturday nights, but WRC will participate only on Satur- day night. The initial program will be broad- cast by WJZ Wednesday night. WRC has scheduled the second concert Sat- urday night. The New York Philharmonic is the second oldest orchestral. organization in the world, the London Philhar- monic organized in the 19th century, being its only senior. KFounded April 2, 1842, the New York Philharmonic has never canceled a single concert of -thesymore-than,-2,000.4t. schieduled, and only two have been postpone one on account of the death of Presi- dent Lincoln and the other because of the sudden death of its conductor, Anton Seidel. WPG Gets New Set. WPG, the municipal station at Atlantic City, is now operating with the first of the new Western Electric 5,000-watt adcast transmitters. This station, however, is not au- thorized to use full power, although an application is on file with the Department of Commerce. The new set is considered a fine piece of apparatus. It is designed to operate on any wave length from 200 to 600 meters, but is adjusted to send on 299.8 .meters of 1,000 kilo- cycles. The transmitter is set at its standard frequency and does not vary, due to a frequency stabilizer. It is tuned very sharply and is the first station capable of transmitting the notes of a kettle-drum successfully. From the new Summer studio on the Steel Pier 16 remote control stations are handled, permitting the picking up of many orchestras and bands. National Radio Map Designed. The Department of Commerce is making a large radio map of the United States for display at the Sesquicentennial Exposition at Phila- delphia. Every broadcasting station in the country will be designated by a colored marker, which will indicate the approximate power of the trans- mitter. A red is used to mark the location of all broadcasters of 5,000 watts or ,over; a red marker will designate all stations between 500 and 5,000 watts, and a blue marker, those below 500 watts in power. Citizens from different States will be able to find their local broad- casters, and observe how well their city or town is represented on the radio map. California is represented by 24 dif- Terent cities, as is Illinois. New York follows with 20, and Pennsylvania is next with 18. Texas shows 17 cities where radio broadcasts are sent out, Ohio, Towa and Michigan each boast 16, Indlana has 12 and Wiscon- sin 11. Washington, Missouri, New Jersey and Massachusetts show 10 each and then the list diminishes down to one each for Delaware, Ken- tucky. South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming. Nebraska is the only State unrepresented by a city on this radio map. As to numbers of stations by cities, Chicago still leads, followed by New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Capt. Blackshare Resigns. Resignation of Capt. Wilbur M. Blackshare, Army Medical Corps, sta- tioned at the General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark., has been accepted by the President, to take effect August 1. R RN " “Automobiles_are becoming popular Jin-Riga, - Latvide i | Smith’s is eu illing that his fellow fans s ning eaperiences i No. il—Improving the Output. | “See you've put the radio in a new ‘corner,” 1 commented upon the re- {arrangement of the furniture in living room when visiting him the other evening. he replied: looks better 1 “Mrs. Smith | i it in the new i pesition.” “It does look better,” I agreed, “hut ihow does it sound?” Smith had not considered this. “I don’t know that it would sound any better one place than another,” he said. “When it comes to acoustics you had better leave me out.” “You don’t have to know anything bout acoustics to know whether re. ception s better under one condition than another,” 1 answered. “Use your ears. Use your head. It ought to be evident to you that the loudspeaker should point toward the place wheie the greatest number of your guests are to sit, if they are to catch ever: word of a lecture or vocal _number. Your loudspeuker isn't pointifk toward the divan and that is where your guests usually si 1t should be noted that Smith, like many other radio fans, uses his pliono graph as a_loudspeaker. Mrs. Smith rather liked the looks of the phono- graph in its new position, but, in order to make its horn point in the proper direction it was necessary to turn the instrument in such a way that it looked awkward. “1 think vou will soon move radio set and phonograph loudspeaker back where they were before.” I ventured to predict. “The way it is now vou're not getting the most out of the out put.” This idea of getting more out ef the output was something he had not considered before, e always has at- tributed the matter of volume and quality to the set itself. Now he was to learn that much can be done to improve reception after the output is ziven forth : “You are very particular about the input.” T reminded him. “But what do you do about the output?”’ Particular About Input. “You are very particular about what happens to the input during its con version to output. The batteries must be up to par at all times. Connec- tions must be tight. The tubes are inspected regularly and spare ones are kept on hand so that not a minute will be lost if one burns out. You give considerable attention to skillful operation of the set in order to get the best out of it. And then what do vou do with what you get? Much good reception is spoiled by Smith has a faculty for “finding out things’ it will pay radio devotces to follow him in The Sunday Star each week. John Smith and His Radio BY FREDERICK C, RUSSELL Car owners throughout the world have followed John Smith in his daily motoring—and have benefited thereby. He also is a radio fan, and hould be amused and profit by his " 50 bad loudspeakers or faulty bad placing of speakers. It makes a difference “where the spealer 1o cated in the room. 17 you place it on tones will be more hollow and real, whereas if you pad the base of the speaker a little and give it a background of drapery the tones will be softer. You can overdo it In either direction. The best re: usually are somewhere between two. un. the oor Brings Out Overtones. Now when you use a phonograph attachment the general location of your apparatus is important, because you cant move the phonogreph all over creation. 1t makes a difference, however, whether your phonograph is standing on bare floor or on a rug. The difference very pro nounced with a piano. Sometimes if vop will try one of the loudsp: built of wood on the box plan you ‘can make the experiment of placing it on the bare floor. You will then find that the floor acts as a splendid sounding board. This is a part of the secret of one of the new phono graphs, and if the outpugof your set is run through one of them. the sound comes out near the floor, float- ing up as well as out. It you to catch more of Some phonographs fronts with silk covers, some of the box..ype radio joudspeak ers. Ior certain kinds of music it improves reception to allow the tones to filler through this silk, but for speech reproduction it is better to open the fronts. Bear in mind that the biz advantage in using your phonograph as the horn for your speaker s in the excellent design of the tone chamber and the quality of the materfals used. “There are tim vour loudspeake have grilled ind so do I imagine, when attachment is not tightly inserted in the neck of the phonograph horn. You can spoil a lot_of the output at this point. Man adio fans spoil output permanently by attaching the speaker, at the wrong point. Finally, don't forget to against having clocks, chandeliers and other articles of fuurniture in the room vibrate and jingle in tune with the output from your set. Noise, too, is vibration. And any vibration that interferes with the output of the set helps (o spoil reception just as ef. fectively as a poor antenna « a noisy battery.” uard Next Week, No. Really Test. <Copyright by the Ullman Feature Service.) 72—Tests that LocalRadioEntertainment Sunday, July 4, 1926. NAA—Naval Radio Station, Radio, Va. (435.5 Meters) a.m. and 10:05 p.m.--Weather ~Time signals. WCAP—Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. (168.5 Meters). ervice from F it Baptist Church, Rev. Samuel Judson Porter, pastor. P b m.—Outdoat service at the Peace Cross, Washingtcn Cathedral. 6:20 to 8:15 p.m.—Musical program by Maj. Edward Bowes and the “Capl- tol Family,” direct from the Capitol Theater, New York City. The first part of the program will be taken di rect from the stage of the theater and will consist of musit by the Capitol Grand Orchestra and the featured | artists. The second part of the p gram will consist of a special pres. entation by Maj. Bowes of vocul and instrumental artists direct from the brpadeasting studio in the theat :15_to 8:45 p.m.—"Atwater Kent Half Hour,” featuring Allen McQuhae. Irish tenor, and the Atwater Kent Orchestra from New York. Program follows: *Recessional” (Kipling-de Koven), Allen McQuhae and orchestra: “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (Howe), Allen McQuhae and orchestra; ““American Fantasie” (Victor Herbert), Atwater Kent Orchestra; “Annie Laurle” (Douglas and Lady John Scott), Allen McJuhae and orchestrat “My Little Gray Home in the West" (Herman Lohr), Allen McQuhae and orchestra; “Now the Day Is Over” (Barnby), Allen McQuhae and Orchestra. 45 to 9:45 p.m.— Musie.” eaper Hour of WRC—Radio Corporation of America (468.5 Meters). Silent. Early Program Tomorrow. 10 a.m.—Sesquicentennial Independ- ence day celebration, broadcast with WJZ from Philadelphia. Speech by President Coolidge. 12:15 p.m.—Organ recital by George F. Ross, from Kitt studio. 1 p.m.—Meyer Davis Willard Hotel Orchestra. WOMAN LEADERS AT BAR T0 ATTEND CONVENTION Washington Will Be Well Repre- sented at Sessions of Phi Delta Delta July 8 to 13. ‘Washington will be represented by some of the most prominent women of the' legal profession at the national conveption of the Phi Delta DeHa, national organization of woman law- vers, to be held in Estes Park, Colo., July 8 to 13. Among the Washington contingent to attend the convention will be Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General and national presi- dent of the organization; Judge Mary 0O'Toole of the Municipal Court of the District; Annabel Matthews, attorney in the office of the Solicitor of In- ternal Revenue; Kathleen Duggan, at- torney in the Veteran's Bureau, and Lois G. Gorman, examiner in the In- terstate Commerce Commission. In addition to the local group, prom- fnent woman judges, police court Jjustices, States’ attorneys, legal edi- tors and members of State Legisla- tures from all sections of the country will attend the convention. | American COOPER T0 ATTEND ' WORLD SESSIONS Washington Secretary, With Son, Sails for Finland Conference. William Knowles Cooper, general cretary of the Washington Y. M. C left New York vesterday on the Drottningholm of the Swedish Line to attend the nine teenth _world conference of Young Men's Christian Associdtion at Helsingfors, Finland, from August 1 to 6. He was accompanied by his son, William Knowles Cooper, jr., who also goes as u delegate. Mr. Cooper and his son are included in the ap proximately 260 delegates who are at tending the convention from the United States. While they are going as delegates to the world convention, the Coopers will_include in their itinerary visits to Norway, Sweden and possibly Deu- mark. They also intend to visit the North Cape, the most northerly point of the European continent, returning to Washington about August 21. First Session in 13 Years. The conference this year at Helsing. fors is the first which has been called in 13 years, and many changes have taken place in the world and tion problems since the last one in 1913. This year's conference in the capital of Finland will bring together assoclation workers from all parts of the world. ‘The program will be made up of ad dresses and discussions, the latter predominating, and will be built upon the conclusions of hundreds of groups of boys and young men in 30 different nations. These groups have been pre paring for the conference for the last two years. The principal themes be- fore the convention will be the atti tude of young men and boys toward personal and organized relizion, the Christian way of life in social and in ternation relations, and the resnonsi- bility of the association in evangelism and religious education. Of the 260 delegates from United States, approximately one. third of them are older boys and voung men under 21 years of aze, one-third representing employed of- ficers of the Y. M. C. A. and the other third being representative members of the national council, State commit- tees, boards of directors and associa- tion committee. The delegates will be entertained as guests of the Finnish committee in the homes and public buildings of Helsingfors. A 8. the ELKS TO HOLD ANNUAL OUTING FOR ORPHANS Children From Local Asylums to Be Taken to Glen Echo Wednes- day—1,500 Expected. The Elks of the Washington Lodge on next Wednesday will take the chil- dren of the local orphan asylums on the annual outing at Glen Echo Park. Fifteen hundred boys and girls of the institutions are expected this year, which will be the twenty-first outing provided by the Elks. PHOTOGRAPHER WEDS. Andrew J. May, Dean of White House Men, Is Married. Andrew J. May, dean of the White House photographers in length of service at the Executive Mansion, was married yesterday affernoon at Catons- ville, Md., to Mary H. Allen of Wash- ington. May, who is better known as “Buck,” was an employe of The Star for several years before entering the employ of Harris & Ewing, the firm with which he is now associated. He } has “‘covered” in his capacity of pho- tographer, all the big events in Wash- ington for nearly a g?ade. The ceremony performed by Rev. Ignatius Feely, S. J., a lifelong friend of the groom. Leo Shugrue of the Washington Times was best man. After the wedding the couple left for a tour through New England and New Fork State (R Special street cars, furnished by William F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, will collect the children at 9 a.m., meeting at 10 o'clock in line of procession at Eleventh and F streets for the trip to the park. The Elks band of 50 pieces and the Elks clown band will be added to the usual features of the park, for the amusement of the children. Sand- wiches, lemonade. “hot. dogs,” ice cream and cake will be served. Officer Ordered to D. C. Capt. Edwin R. Petzing, Signal Corps, at Fort Monmowth, N. J., has been ordered to this city for duty in the office of the chief signal officer, War Department. ‘Warrant Officer Resigns. Resignation of Warrant Officer Samuel J. Mclntosh, United States Army, at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif., has-been. accepteds Fee phono- | graph attachments, and more through | a hard base such as a windowsill the | s | akers ! efables | the overtones. | the, Without missing a drill or training period, the National Guard of the District of Columbia, under well laid plans formulated under the. direction {of Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, com- {manding the organization, completed the movement of its heavy equipment nd field paraphernalia from its armory, at 472 L street, to the new { building which it will oceupy for drill ipurposes, the V-W Hotel, North Cap- {itol and D streets. | Al of the outfits, except Company 4724 Infantry, the colored con iingent, which ha¥ been given quai jters at 1200 U street, which were lin the L street armory, moved to the new location. These included the 121st Regiment of Engineers, the largest unit in the Guard; the Brigade Headquarters, the 29th Division Head quarters, the 29th Military Police Com- pany and the 29th Division Special Troop ~ The movement started Monday and it required four days to complete it One officer and six enlisted men from ch unit were ordered to duty fto ssist in the movement of their re- pective units, and these details were used in erecting necessary shelving and preparing the storercoms und company rooms, so that the (roops imay continue their drill work next | Tuesday without interruption. Quarters had heen previously signed, and each organization headquarters given necessary ters for (roops, storerooms and offices before the movement started, and each piece of equipment was tag ged so that the commercial movers knew just where to place each. The ceneral offices of the Guard, including the division and brigade headquar- wilt located on the ground and aquar- he While the quarters \ are nat entirely suitable for armory purposes, the the best of it, until they can convince Congress that a special armoyy build- ing should he erected for the local outfit, which should be the model suard of the country in every way. here is no drill hall in the present quarters which may be used during Inclement weather. However, it is expected that arrangements may he made to use the Railroad Y. M. C. A. audittorium in the Union Station dur- ing the Winter, and during good we- to light up with flood lights the nearby playground and use it as w drill field The Guard was practically into these quarters, as Congress not only failed to make provision for a special armory building to e erected, or even give the Guard sufficient rvental money which would enable it 1o hire a building sufficient to meet ity varied requirements in the train ing of troops for the field. However, it was pointed ouj that every effort will be made during the next session of Congress to convince the legislators of the need of a new building and of the handlcap that is being faced by the local soldiers in training them- selves for field service in time of a nal emergency is not expected that the G be allowed to remain here very long, and that a place will have to be provided. The land is on ground which Congress has authorized to be purchased to extend the Capitol grounds to the station plaza, and this undoubtedly will be followed by a tearing down of all buildings and turn the area into a parkway. In this event the Guard will be faced with the situation of again finding quar- ters. This problem, howeve: sented directly to the Public Buildings Commission. The Attorney General ruled that the Guard is such a ederal activity in the National Capi tal as.to come within the require- ments that the Building Commission find it space. forced will be pre When the local National Guard has completed its period of annual field trainin®, which fs soon to begin, it will have expended at least $29.863.14 for pay of officers and men, transpor- tation, fuel. light, subsistence and other camp expenses. This is the to tal amount which has been allotted to the Guard fom Federal funds by the Militia Bureau of the War Dep ment, and it has been apportioned as follows: Fort Humphreys, Va., 121st Regiment of _Engineers, $§17.314.87; Virginia Beach, Va: 29th Division Staff, Headquarters Detachment Spe- clal Troops, 29th Military Police Com- pany, $3,674.98: Fort Montoe, 260th Coast Artillery, $6.660.10, Saunders Range, Md., Company Infantry, §2,212.24. Capt. J. C. Jensen, Ordnance De- partment, local Guard, has been com- missioned a main in the Ordnance Reserve Corps, and Lieut. Homer Behne, Co. F, 121st Engineers, has heen commissioned in the Engineer Corps Reserve, it was announced. and A Since the policy has been estab lished of keeping the National Guard rifle range at Congress Heights, D. C., open daily and Sunday for the volun- teer practice of men who desired to avail themselves of it there has been an increased interest in this work, and the numbers taking advantage of it have constantly increased. Last Sun- day there were 75 members of the Guard who used the range. The monthly report of firing shows that 54 groups assembled at the range dur ing the calendar month total 648 per- sons. Of these 186 were members of the local Guard, 103 members were of the Regular Army, 72 were.members of the metropolitan police force of the District and 287 were civflians. Of the guardsmen who took their practice 76 completed the practice course, and nine of these completed their record cours Capt. J. C. Jensen, Ordnance De- partment. and Lieut, Thaddeus A. Riley, Company E, 121st Engineers, left for Seagirt, N. J.. Wednesday, where they will represent the local Guard in the small-bore rifle matches being held there. They will return to duty Tuesday. % The following enlisted men of the 121st Regiment of Engineers have bheen ordered transferred as privates to the Headquarters Detachment, Special Troops. 29th Division Norman C. Copp, Company F Sergt. Hobart T. Walker, Company F. and_Private Ira . Krider, Com- pany E. Private Hobart T. Walker has been promoted to staff sergeant in the 29th Division, Special Troops:” Capt. Roy W. Keesee, commanding Company A, 121st Engineers, has tendered his resignation as an officer in the Guard, and it was said at head- quarters that he gave as his reasons pressure of his personal business. This company is the descendant of the Corcoran CadetS, and Capt, Keesee has been an incessant worker in at- tempting to build up this command to the highest notch in Guard hi tory, and there are many who heard of his resignation with regret. Lieut. William E. Buechler is sec- ond in command, and it was reported that, following his promotion, he will succeed to the command of the or- ganization. Pending the acceptance of Capt: Keesee's resignation by the ‘War Department he has been directed to turn his property over to Lieut. Buechler, the transfer tto be completed when the Guard is settled in the new armory. The following promotions of men in the 20th Division Headquarters Detachment have been ordered: Pri- vate David Ross, to be staff sergean Private W. A. Edwards, to be ser. geant, and Private C. de Lesdernier, o be corporal. Orders have been issued directing the honorable discharge, to permit them to enter the United States Naval Academy as cadets appointed from the local Guard, of First Sergt. George c.Dufl Company. E, 131st E; District National Guard || Guard officials are ¢ ined to make | ! officials are determined to make | approximately 40 per cent of the en | phoid amd paratyphoid fevers, | eagerness | Headquarters and ny, | 121st Engineers. Service Compa Pvt, Carl W. Himmler, Company E 121st Kngineers, has been ordered dropped from the Guard rolls as a de- serter as of February 6, he hav ing failed to report for drill since that date and all effort to locate him hav- ing failed. To enable the members of the rifle team to get a better eye on the tar- gets when ipating in match the Guard has just received a new spotting telescope, which has been | turned over to Capt. J. C. Jensen Ordnance Pepartment. Week end trips-of the 260th Coast Artillery soon will be started by that orgamization to Fort Washington. Md., for training with the coast defense guns still in place there. Per: has been given by the Regul officials for this training. The men will have the use of one of the bege rack buildings for sleeping #ccomune- dation on Saturday nights and fee the cooking of meals on night and Sunday. Stringent instructions to enable the Guard to defend itself against epi demics of smalipox, typhoid and para- typhoid fever while in the ftield this Summer for its annusl training exer cises have been issued by the Militia weau of the War Department. A close check-up will be made of officers and men in the local Guard in accord ince with the instructions, it w i In all cases where there is no positive evidence of successful the orders say, the operation for both purposes will be performed immedi ately after the completion of the en listment. The Guard srmory inspec tion report for 1925 shows tnat but inoculations, listed and 50 per cent of the commis. sioned personnel of the National Guard have been protected against ty- Naval Reserve. Report has been filed with the Sec retary of the Navy by the hoard of naval officers which recently conduct ed the annual inspections of the Naval teserve of the Distriet of Columbia and several other Reserve units on the Atlant aboard. It reported satis actory progress toward the ment of an efficient org: that generally there was ened interest in The high morale and enthusiasm of officers and men, their loyalty and 5 to build up their organiza tion were praised by the inspe officers, who state that the teserve eventually will be in same high state of efficiency as during the recent war, and wiil be the same asset as during that w It will be remembered that following the war the Regular Navy personnel, for vari ous reasons, buffeted the Reserve about until thousands who had per formed valorous sea service while the fleet was bottled up at Yorktown feft the service in.disgust. The service clamored for these Reservists then. and in the rush to keep their rank after the war forgot all about the Reserve. = The board reported aviation development tory. There is one aviation division in the District Reserve. The hoard found that none of the Reserve av tion divisions was completely or ganized. Lack of suitabler armories was given as being, in a large meas ure, responsible for this condition, Officers have been meeting on drill nights and have been given lectures in navigation and other subjects, but the lack of drill equipment, such as aviation engines, planes, etc., or a place to house such equipment has resulted in no attempts being made to recruit enlisted men to fill the di- visions to their authorized comple- ments In one naval district port says, the Reserve that un: the board’s re aviation division had progressed no further than paper | tion. although s the in spection was made some progress is reported. ~With respect to Reserve | flight facilities a Reserve aviation unit | has been operating in one of the dis- | tricts for three ve The site whick has been available was totally inade- quate for the purpose, making ope tion extremely difficult. A fur complication existed in that all planes had to be turned over to the State police reserve for its use over the week ends. This was declared to be a serjous handicap to successful ope tion, and the arrangement was not at all satisfactory. As a result of the whole, the fnspection board recom mended that the Reserve unit be either moved to a new location or else abandoned compietely. In the mean- time negotiations were under way to obtain a new location, and these ne- gotiations have since been successfully accomplished, and real progress is now being made by this unit. The suitability of armories and the equipment available for training the | Naval Reserve varies greatly in dif. ferent localities, the board reported. Generally, for those organizations where the dual status of naval mili and Naval Reserve maintain armory facilities are provided by the State, either exclusively for the use of the | naval unit or shared in common with s | | er lto ! several | complement { only long e |ing c | | while | now existing were found to b of the other excellent. In ma localities, where the or- ganization was solely 4 Naval Reserye one, the contrast was found to be most marked. the armory being a rented drill hall, often unsuitable, and equipment inadequate, and in some in stanves almost entirely lacking. There appears to have been in the past little or no method or plan in the issue of €quipment to the Naval Reserve. The \blishy of « standard allowance Naval Reserve units, recently by the Bureau of Navigation Navy Department, should, the says, do much toward improv- situation in regard to equip- t. Steps huve already been taken remedy the drill hall situation in localities where the conspicuously poor I's report made pub- these places, it is local Reserve is one ted in an old build wshinzion Navy Yard yway from its training s destrover Allen N 1l stoves for tim st Winter it it short or abandon this condition. The board reports the transition from the old Naval Reserve force to the new Naval Reserve and the de velopment tter is progressing From the numbs of new men in mang of the organiz tions, in some ¢ approximately 75 per cent of the it would appesr that prior to the reorganization the Reserve in many places aas but skeleton orgar the permane p: the organization being cor posed for the most part of office: and pett officers, and v neies 1 being filled with ne s @ rule, just prior to the cruis Many of these men. r e tely. entirely los old law there was ne practical way of getting rid of men who had ceased to take an interest in the organization, or who came to life ugh to make the tr This system could not pro. duce an efficient Reserve organization the board reported Virtually all of this dead wood, the report continues, has now heen wee. ed out: recruiting has heen good though there were o few locati where murked deficiencies were noted er the enlisted strength of divisions mutes to the quotas allowe The di grades, ho diffe ¢ in exc the board ing th me! ilities While the lic did not known that the; ing at several | hip, th fa the W United St The building has heat, and many Was necessary i drills because o men, & nxg son roliing often im of. Under t solely cruis . stzht ribution ¢ ever. varies Some men in pay v in the e greatly o higher gr: ve deficiencies in thess all divisions are de third and fourth grades petty office ond #8 in the hers hs grades rl ficient in th that is. in and third class there was & gineering number and marked ratings F fency in en the excess grade ratings heritance from is_reduced. no chief petty ied development of the u will be serious: Iy handicapped, for until this reduc tion has been accomvlished there can be little or no prospect of advance. went to any ratings, to the conse. quent detriment of the morale of that organization The adjustment « sonnel to provide for of the proper quota flicers to fleet divisions had been pro gressing slowl ome of the units have already 'developed a balanced complement, but there still remain in many localities fleet Reserve officers greatly in excess of the requirements while ‘in other localities there exi not only a deficiency of fleet officers. but a lack of appropriate material. The board said that while not pre. tending to make a material inspection of the Naval Reserve vessels, these vessels were all inspected as to thei general condition «nd as to their suita bility 1 adaptability for training purposes. The board was pleased to note their general leanliness and ex. ert upkeep. Until v i the old tably in officers organizati the ratir the well rc ts conceriied the officer per. the assignment of fleet Reserve Do Not Do This to Your Radio Set! We maintain a staff of experts who will repair vour set at v reasonable prices! And at once ! Batteries installed! Aerials installed! Repairing! Star Radio Co. 409 11th St. N.W. Call Franklin 8848 DAY| EXCURSION ['%5* vi a Atlantic Coast Line Leave»‘ Washington July 16th Savannah, Ga... Jacksonville . St. Augustine.. Daytona ..... Fort Myer: Fort Pierce..... West Palm Beac Miami ........ St. Petersburg. Tampa ....... Hollywood ..... Fort Lauderdale.. Orlando . 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