Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1926, Page 11

RADIO ANNOUNCERS DRAWING PROTEST Neglect of Call Lettnrs and Lack of Education Cited hy Fans. Now that the fans are apparently | getting the type of entertaimment | they like and broudcasting itself is| belng presented in an approved | manner, seems that the time most propifious 1o advocate a much needed reform in the gentle art of radio announcing There has been the announcers and their style in the past, much of it too mild, however, to | have any decided influence on the nowers that be” in the broadeast | world, except, perhaps, among some of the older stations which have taken perticular pains to select and school thefr official spokesmen. It is really surprising that few of these men who actually make the contact for their statlons and artists with the thousands of listeners are | not better educated, trained and re- | hearsed before they are permitted to | £0 on the air. livery profession yet known trains its embryo artists artisans before they are licensed permitted to actually operate. Fven in, the studio speakers and Well s musicians who are not skilled | in broadcasting, are given tests or an | opportunity to pr e before intro- duction tha fans. Accompuanists to practice their selections, many to submit a writter it permitied to be roade but the announcers seem | unhampered and unpracticed. One critic says there are three types | of announcers that he despises: Those who drive the DX fans crazy by never nnouncing the - call letters, except mdybe, s every hour or two; the kind that is forever talking, and finally, those who don't talk ver mueh, but what they ay is un- | grammatical, inaccurate and often- | times mispronounced. However, there | are some good announcers, and it is | hoped that the general run will im- prove in 19 Wants Call Letters, on this subject of it will not be am attention to a letter which the radio editor's mail bag today. buried beneath an avalanche of | protests against code and other sorts of interference. The writer is William | £. Bryant, 4606 Thirteenth street He says: ‘As one of the unaligned listen- ersin, T am writing on the subject of applause card sending. We Jisteners do appreciate good pro- grams, but to whom shall we send our acknowledgements when, in spite of interference of all sorts, we do not get a good number? There is no telling in most cases where the number comes from, for an- nouncements are few and far be- tween, and the announcers seem to think their call letters, when given, as of no importance, for they get them out as quickly as possible—slurred together so that’ they sound like a train dispatcher’s announcement. “Let us have frequent announce- ments and clear pronunciation of the call lette is some eriticism of have speakers wation hefor have While nouncing, poor ar to call ame in Protests against the unusual type of interference first reported by W. W. Massey continue to grow. First con- fined to a small area within visible | distance of the White House, the com plaints now are coming from the up- town residential sections. Rdwin J. Shadle, 1653 Hobart street, and John . Haley, 3214 Thirteenth street, are the latest to complain. The latter suggested a possible source of the trouble. He thinks that the old street | arc lamps still in use in certain sec- tions may be the cause. Referring to the interference, say: T have heard it so many times that, like atmospherics, ‘bloopers,’ and other radio nuisances, I had accepted it as a condition to be tolerated in silence. Both the tempo and character of sound sug gest to me the ‘feed’ of an ar lamp, and as I am only a block from Fourteenth and Kenyon streets, 1 have believed that to be the source. I believe that u c: of the city will show if all parts are equally affected, and if not so, if it is more noticeable In those parts where arc lamps are still used for street lighting.” The blanket that has laid over the ether channels most of weelk lifted somewhat last night and made reception of distant stations fatrly audible. Conditions improved ! as the night wore on and between 11 o'clock and midnight it was possible 10 bring in stations in the Middle West with clarity and volume. The Chicago stations, notably WIAZ, WFWF, WBCN and WIS could be heard with a finesse of pre. cise tuning. Attention was called to the inaccurate time report given by the announcer at WEFWE, On the stroke of midnight lastern standard time, he announced to the world that it was 1 o'clock. Central standard tme; o'clock, Iastern standard tme. and 10 o'clock, Pacific tim An hour's difference in time means noth ing 1o radio fans, but what about th Western farmers who set their clucks by WFW 'S studio clock The reception of WPG Atlantic iy, WGy Schenectady. wi marred by e characteristic fading The sfgnuls of WJIZ, New York faded considerabl the ot pro which ished by Der Our g e in b this WEAF., which dance program his orchestra duets by he wing wax being fuyr '8 Orchestra WO w We was by by Vincent interspersed the Keiler enport, low: ) howe wtion vor icasting Lopez and | with vocal | Sisters. | Pretentic New grams will Provic both Washington's br Wi WMAL. NAA also scheduled a rhort patriotic program which wil L from the of fice of Secretary Wilbur The big f will be the tolling of the famous old Liberty bell in.In- | dependence Hall, in Philadelphia, to mark the passing of the old year and | the birth of the new. WRC will joir with WEAR ar ssociated e | i roadeast of Navy “ture | | | i | i | | LONG RANGE RADIO FRIDAY, DECEM THE EVENING ENTERTAINMENT BER 31, 1926. Programs of Distant Staflons Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time 4.00—New York News bulleting Uncle : Robert's Pas Bulttmore: WBAL Orihestra Detroit: News: markets: weatlier York: Astor Concert Orchestra Wopioris: " The ” Mystery Beginn spo 5 TO G P 5:00—New York Ensemble . chestra New York New York Chicago Davenport Minucapolis Seville String Astor Osburn'a Cre Re: rt ports ¢ Orchestr Orchestra Club market rep ents; yiolin organ 1t ders 6 710 7 Violin duo: organ recital: Ost York: Waldorf-Astoria Orchestrs Goldkett: s Enscmbie: soloists WBAL Sandman Circie: WB St renorts s news: i si school lesson “The Mibiioi markets: ne Benjamin Frank! Ditroit Bajtimore Sehonectady nationa Chicago: Pian Detroit: Taller Phiiadelphia Kot reports Cleveland: | Gill's * Ohistra Detroit: Dinner coneert Chicago: News bulletine Prttsoureh s KDKA S(ring Soringtield: Lenox Ensemb Nimneapoijs: Enildrenia” hour. market ¥ Newark: Sporta: Bretton Hail String — N Foric Hrman - Neutman > pimics Flanngan Brothers, Trish Phitadeiphia: Adelphia Dance New” York: Golden s McAlpin O Chicago: Organ tal: birthday betroit: Farmer's proxram Davenport: Chimes coucert; sport news TO 8 P soloists market rej Ieanomn Orcist Weath market nsemb 615 i i 6:45 Goldkette's Orchestr. Chicago: Supperbell program Club: Sherman s Orchestra Philadeiphia; Bedtime stories by Si New York: Talk: Golden's Orchestra . chestra New York City Newark : chestra Pittsburgh 7.00—Detroit 0y Flanagan Brothers, police reports: Leon Simon retton Hall String Quartct m Kadio ' Clut orc String ensembie Chicago: Bedtime stories: (o d: Sanborn'a Orchestia: phia. Bedtime story: roll veland: Tall: studio proxram wenectady : V 5 Orchestra talk: WGY Market Drake WhAL Tom i York contraito New York “hestra hicako: Organ vecital Kansas City® Markel widress: Riley's Prestdent Atlantic City: News bulletin, ner’ convert BO—Philadelphia: Svivan New York: Atlantic Dallas: Texas Rar Philadelphia: Snel Detroit: Old Dr. Dunn: New York: Fairyland Minneapolis: St. - Paul 7:45—Atlant and Jerry s Enter Harmony s wid Gnomes; ier ropor chestra organ rec « Orchestra; seicnes nsemble s arg Instriment children’s prograt Aesociation’ ‘eon lantic gity's 8 TO 9 P. ‘ orlk 00— Atlan iy Trio... New Happiness Boye Sundial Serenaders Casine Dance Orchestra Lawrence Pla solos A tlantic Philadelphia Curlox York City me WRAL Michigan and Blackst Laght hour: X m o ot i anniversary program Springficld: Kerbstone Fours Violinist: chicago’ Family hour % Pittsburgh : Orchestra concert Newark: Daci, cowboy compose ecital: fojoist York: Brooklyn Yol Apartn Brooklyn Wanc Chicago: New Vear 8.30—Louisville: Studio Low Angeles: Mus <2 Ralel Z'Moorman Melody Mixers Vaugeville sletch. “Whe as Youne ' Yvenne de Treville, sop Detroit: Friendly hour Fort Philadelph Minneapolis: New. York . Hohner hour, Wi WRC, WTAM, WCAE, WWJ and WL The Sdison Glep” Club. ews: Mildred Care’ of the H © prograu 470 5 PO organ i Loew's” Orchestra. Radio 'l:n»m' « “reader Stations. Meters. Levine's Orchestra; recital iinis T Kla Gray P Forest Hilla Or and piano recifal recital M. arm's Orchestra ai tabivid AL m WBBM WEAF X WBAL WGY WGN WGHD wip WTAM WWJ KYW RDKA WIZ WO WOR O ren estra ¢ dnter Sink Iin Orcheatra; mar Orchest eports uartet market reports WNY WFL WMCA W it wou WIR ports; WLS' Sports 3446 394.5 a41 526 LS Jim WIT Division Street Or- WMCA nusic: ' “Know Your baritone Chin LWOR KDKA KYW WBZ Wi WTAM health Lee's” Or- ATt he: v reporis songs arm’ news; & WGY am; " Punch’ “and WGN WBAL WHN WJZ WE! ... WDAF elburne din- et ngers: Frances Sper Paul J Spechits O orts hedtime sio i e TS ita! ® hews. .. i\ m. Kehitévemenis. ... M. €2 "Coben's” Jeweln weAt \(Il Bty Wi Simni Quintet | WLIE e talin: hymu culture 1alk: 1834 L laks: road Teports; New Year T e ' "Old "New * prano EEL WGR] 1B, from... 9 TO 10 PO 9:00-—New ith Sea Islanders, Nash-Fineh * Band Philadelplia: _WOO Orchestra New York: Vocal soloist; Detrojt: Studio program Des Moines: Musical progt Tos Angeles: Talks: news: m York: Play review: music York: Piano recital: Iecture ewark: Organ _reeital; soloist Franeiseo: Children's program: Orchestra, Springfield -l “program: Schenectady: Two o Pittsburgh: “Teaberr; Chicago: Musical ore” Musical York: from Minneapol | Drokran Leest mar i Wi Diano revital g0 Dianis: 4 Kansas City: Varied iusical progripi Memphis: Mississippi Valley facts: Cooy Chicago® Musical progran: the Zion. TIL.: Zion Choir and ‘Band: Atlantje City: Chelsea and Ambassador New York: Brever hour. WRC and Phifudelohia: Melody Makers: Sam Go bagitone ... .. 30—New York: L WTAM. W CAE, Lox Angelés: Children's our: stories Dalla=: Vocal and_instrumenial _artisis 9:45—Richmond, Va.: ‘The Artists 10 TO 11 Wh Auglo Persians, WE WRC, WCAE. WTAM. W from Baldwin hour, WGY New Year eve progr fusical program Studio program Stvers Musical Urehestra, KSD, WOC New York WGR! anid ngeles 1 City Philadelphiz Chicago: Bisn hestra il Arch o ve Orchiestra Chicags: Classical | conces Newark: Least String T Erancisco: Lind s Or New Yok 1 and her ork Cide < Balalaika B wiFd T spOTts strumenital ente z Kariival Kings 10 B0—Davennort New York Minneni Chicag. Orchestid Violin b of New ¥ Fort Worth [ 2 MID. d Hears: the Music yrehestia Weather Jal ot iesica Orian vecital Mushel progran Gruasgrill s Or hestia: b t: Congress Car Ve services iro Sornkfield tional New York bals Angeles Atlantic City Frivolity Club Ne Vocal and insirine Garden Pier' Dance O ure program hezzo-soprand ity Chirel Bersien ear program —New Yor Slhenectady Newark: Ros Springs: New W Carn 1 Alpin Entertainers Stipper Orchestra daiiee Grolies from al M Silve Reien Memih Now Y o—Kansu Miller's Orchestra pex from Gri 1 Highthawk frolic: Plantaii 2 T0 3 i Wolohan's Californians FARMERS LIKE RADIO. Are Brcadeasting Programs. 34 States Co-operating in | '® Thirty-four States are cooperating WTAG, Salernos oloists . WEETL I Nero Holivess Church brogram Box : Al WLIT and KSD. am mandolinist Steng Trio ket reports: Lind's Voual “solos Players 1 GY O’ Years per Edtertainers r ‘Oretiesira . murmuring, = WGK, 'WLIT, nd WDAF," from music 5 i, “the Quarter” v EL WJAR K5, WIAG 7 WO i1 Pier’ Orcliestra itects. .. ecital: Harus' " Ur WBBM L WHY CWENR WEHAL w7 KYW WO KPO caudevitic: Roseli Dancc Oreiestca ROl veDorts: and rtaitiers: volice WY + Orchestra icers NIGHT. Bible Long's ading DOy Or WOR KYW .WBZ and " hix ine . ival m Soth Congrei &G o Loloista wiiver 1 it i entra Shipe: P A B3 New' Yeur watih Voeal and instru WEM( WABC WGY WOR/ MIDNIGHT TO t AM. WM A < Orchestra the hour sougs i i Players 'S AL Radio Paper in Belgium. Belgium has a daily radio paper, d to the listeners each evening hy secial announcer. It is called urnale Parle,” literally, the spoken it is said to be quite popular, 905 | into _her arms. ot ¢ STAR, WASHINGTON, J D. €, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1926. DIRECT LARGEST BROADCASTING CHAIN operates WEAF and manages WiZ mul W I(l Davis, chairman of the board of the newly president of the Nationa RIA(IPNuII and Dr. M. H. Aylesworth, | to right: I F. W. ‘\ e: formed National B 1 Broadeasting Co. (Standing), | | through W' A. N. Goldsmith, consulting engineers. | THE GIRL IN THE SECOND CABI BY E. (Copyright SYNO! ibull, in order to b Adirondacks instead of tak- in a health trip, hires his old coilege and war-days chum, Billy Trask, to make the gea trip In his place and ' promises liom $1.000 'and_expenses if he fakes his place under the eve and cara of Keelor, a mi nurse, who is a stranger to both, and thus fulfill the Trumbull’s father's dclan. aboard the Gulf ) . ‘and no soomer 1§ i on deck by Keelcr than he beholds “kodd he dubs a %o girl with Who takes at once to . despite her dragon of Meanwhite, Keeler to Sidney Sands. Uarcond eabin, concealing hin iden . <k breaks boinds and e nes. daughter of an absent-minded profs Wwho has missed the leaving hev continue his scientifi { w . His ac “Trask the captain th really @ mental case prain threatons to put them off when the vessel reachos Key Wost determines 1o defcat the can. tain’s_parpose and stay avoard, in which Miss Sands aids lim. Spencer T his girl in the Tr: Str push a gl her & mania for n > interested an an aunt, Miss Grim makes Nimself b » makes the inval (Continued Marooned! ER hair was in disarra her cheeks. Anoth garbed would h resented “‘Misery But there was different about Sidney animation that lighted changed the whole picture. : “Isn’t it thrilling?” she exclaimed as her glance roved about the wrecked cabln. “Can’t vou fust imaging the | excitement while all this was being done? Lverything going topsy-turvy and crashing and smashing and the water pouring in and the captain bel lowing orders—oh, it must have been tremendous:” e are lo: as he staggere quoted, with u put tragedy into her voice and a ges ture toward the companionway. Her eves instinctively followed the gesture and her glance became fixed there “Billy! Look! On the step, just above the level of the water, crouched a miserable little object, wet, frightened and shivering. “A kitten! Oh, bring it to me Trask waded ac the floor and | picked up the animal, carrying it over to the table. It was not a pretty Kitten, even if it had heen dried and | brushed and decorated with a ved rib {bon. Its fur was a nondescript mot- tling of black and white. There was | smudge on its white nose and its tail was scrawny. But the girl seized it with a delight “Here! Hold my hottle,” she com manded as she took the little creature “The poor thing! Just think of leaving it here! - The captain ought 0 be ashamed of himself!” omething ands. The her eyes | thought. the captain shouted, down the s near (e wrec | or exar | have carried thein loose strands were sweeping | | | { { There was no longer " she | ludicrous attempt to | | | | | | le: She tucked it inside her sou-wester | and hegan talking confidentially to it completely ignoring the presence of 1T“\l\' “It's purring,” lently. “I'm in she announced pres. love with it already. to my coliection.” | “Collection” “I have three cats and four kittens at home,” she explained, in a matter. t way. “Don’t you like cats?” about them! Trask, as if to make good his declara- tion, reached out a finger and began scratching the kitten’s ear. “nder the ear, you goose!” she or- . “I'm beginning to doubt your fascination for cats. : “It's a sudden one,” he admitied She smiled at the Kkitten, but | @id not look at Trask. A desire to pick her up, tuck her inside his goat | and stroke her softly under the chin, just as she stroked the kitten vermastered him. She was ver a kitten herself. Let’s explore some more,” she said uncurling her trousered legs and slid- ing down from the table. “Where do | those doors lead to?” He went to the nearest one, but found it locked. She held Lis candle while he braced his shoulder against it. At the second thrust it yielded suddenly and Trask plunged headlong through it. He serambled to his feet and found himself in a stateroom. She followed and glanced about with interest, the kitten still nestling in side’ her coat. “The captain’s room, T imagine,” he said, as he noted a chronometer in its case against the wall. The instru- ment was still ticking faithfully There was less disorder in this rooun. Most of its fixtures were still in their places and the bed was neatly made, an incongruity in sharp contrast with the wreckage in the cabin. There were some photographs on the wall, {one of a woman with two children at her knees. “T'm glad he wus | ney, as she looked at it. { T suppose.” I'rom this stateroom they wandered {into an adjoining one, the door of which was _unfastened. There two berths here, one above the other. i she v like said Sid- 're his, ved.' "he almost | urse, I shall keep it and add it | | Tennessee Tornado feit a rouzh {ed into the J. RATH. 1926, by ;. Howard Wait.) prowled about the girl in- Ior an hour they in ge below deck curious concerning each discoy demanding frequent ex planations sk, being no sailor, served poorly as a guide; but when he faltered, she supplied her own conje ture: fy tently wonder where they keep the ship’s papers,” she said. “I've always read about ship’s papers; they sount dreadfully mysterious and important. Some is demandin; ining them, or searching them something with them ev happens, Let's or doin time anything find them But their e and Trask finally sion that the capt se & unsuccessful, hazarded the conclu of the bark must ith him when he Sidney was plainly rded them left the disappoir as an e adventure, Trask stepped agair tain’s room, looke and warned her vessel o tial 1 particularly Ay her into own the cap- 1t the chronomete that it was nearly 11 wround the Then aft a : iid with a sigh. I'll come back for the kitten, ang that we'll signal for Keeler It was easier to move about than when they came abourd, evidence that the sea was still further subsiding idney reached the deck first gclanced about her. The moor higher now and the light b L vestige « direction where final tri th She looked in th the Guif Stream lay. For_nearly a minue she studied ti steamer, led expression cn he fac called sharply K emerged from the way, having lingered iy the light a tresh candle “There’s something aue ship,” she said pointin Something was que Stream no longer rode with her bow pointed toward her sea anchor. She had swung broadsid that from stem 10 stern her brilliant lights 4 visible. Against the moonlit sky they could see a column of black smoke emerging from her funnel. She seemed Lo be strangely distant them, much farther away than wher they had struggled out of the breeches buoy and made their way to the deck of the derelict. Aboard the »d panting Iy she Sy com cabin to about The i e hand on his shoulder. He turned and look face of a seaman been monkeying demanded the sa the rope that ands amusing Strean the Gult against “You buoy? pointed t Keeler's “Just ‘Kecler “Well, The s with the he in was still i admittec i 1l amuse you . drew hack k clenched his fist. Keeler tion, sighed resignedly the rope. The fist head of th clined itself three inches id the fist went over multaneously an arm ward from Keeler's side man, staggering back feet, sat down abruptly “You irm and the mo dropped and The ) i side lder up: dozer toward his Tennesseo T orns his she flashed nd th baif amusing murmured | Keeler, | tellow to wait | | ! thudding were | half that The man blinked light, then reached for was suspended from a neck and blew a series of sArill blasts There was a sound of hurrying feet on the deck and several dark forms appeared. One of them was an oflicer The sailor pointed up at Keeler who was leaning back against the rail “Monkeying with the buoy, sir spluttered the sailor. “He just slug ged me. " e officer 3 \\l and pe him in whistle rd about his leaped forward with a red into Keeler's face Making troubie. eh?” he snarl ‘All right, here's some more’ He did precisely as the seuman had don wl his straight-arm lead clove the softenight air. Half ¢ ond later the officer was sitting the deck beside his predecessor spit eut a tooth. “You guys i F also He alike d Keeler reprovingly e examined his knuckles. “Yon telegraph what you're going to ind then expect a i get it Why don’t i1 It's cheape The officer was on his feet and returned stubbornly charge, this time not lone. ilors were ambling for ger for a share of the fray. One them went shooting backward out of the battle line and sagged limply to the deck. An instant later four men in_elose embrace were rolling about the forward planking of the lf Stream. There was grunting and of blows and an adequate quantity of profanity. It lasted for a full minute and | you use the m; again ¢ of fresh | seufaring |y, | fell entirely | struggling. ton them, | EVEREADY GROUP ON AIR AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT Another Muslcz\l Hour Will Be| Broadcast for Capital Fans | Through WRC. Another light, tuneful hour of music wil be presented by the Eveready entertainers Tuesday night, AT and jts “network” affiliated stations, which includes WRC. The program will be made up of | both orchestral and vecal numbers selected for their wide appeal, The Eveready Orchestra will play two sep- arate groups of numbers. Among the first will he a well khown Chopin waltz which, like all Chopin mus o-iginaily was a piano solo number. 1t has been arranged as a novelty or chestra number. In the second group will be a new arrangement of *“Goin’ Home,” from Dvorak's New World Symphony The Eveready quartet, recently re turned from London where they sang at one of the fashionable Knglish supper clubs as “The Revellers,” will be heard in several of their popular harmony numbers, Betsy Ayres will do a soprano solo or two and a due from one of the most popular re musical comedies, with Frank! Bauer, first tenor of the quartet Barbara_ Maurel, mezzo soprano be heard in duet with Louis James half pushing the still resist- m of the captive. it & minute!” panted Keeler. him heavily on the knees shook agair “That's all ht; I'm lick Tornado. “But it took Only 1 want to tell sailor_cuffed ind Keeler's vi the bunch. The officer ribs and the onward toward led helow “You got to listen!” gasped Keeler ou can pinch me, bu 1ed blow in his heaving group moved v companionway that i firs A Dlow landed on his mouth, “I tell you, there's other folks Biff! “You can murder Slam! The swaying mass staggered down the stairway. K voice smoth ered in the conflict. Along a corridor they dragged him, then down another stairway. Once he broke loose, but | only for an instant: vet he floored | of them before they closed fn on me, but-——-" him Lemme explain'” he shouted. | “There’s th the | from | hand h A sailor clapped mouth. The Tornado heard jingling of metal and something was snapped about his wrists. An instant more and his feet were shackled huck him int” growled the officer A door opened and Keeler was pro- lled into the blackness heyond. He forward on a rough board floc “Listen!” he yelled frantically. tell you—-" “Tell it to the captain in the morn ing!” answered the officer. “You big bun The door slammed behind him, and Reeler was alone in pitch darkness. (Continued in Tomorrow's = over Tennessee Star.) Women's shoes of half patent leather and half white kid are being introduced in Paris. of | 3 l\\ RC—Radio (urlmnl!l(m of America il LocalRadio Entertainment Friday, Dec. 31, 1926 | \\\—\u‘vll Radio _Station, Radio, (1345 Meters). | 8:30 to 9:45 p.m.—Patriotic program ‘l-uunlv‘l st from office of Secretary of | Navy Wilbur, 9:35 pan.—Time signals, | 10 p.m—Weather Bureau re ports | | WRHF—Washington Radio Hospital Fund (256 Meters). 11 to 12 noon~Current events; police reports (daily). (468, Meters.) Concert by the nd from the | | 330 ' United . Marin, | with to 5 pa states Marine Barracks. Broadeast jointly | WEAF from 3:30 to 430 pan. to 6 p.m—Mayflower Orchestra. 7 to T:d5 pam-—Beatrice Marsh, soprano. . Read 7:30 pan.—Hamilton Orchestra, $ to 330 p.n.—Viadimir Vasa, | | pianist. | g N30 pam.Hobner Harmony Hour | from WIEEAF, New York 9 p.m.—Paul Specht and his orches- | tra and entertainers from WJZ, Nt'wl York. 10 pam. WEAFR, 10:30 pam, - night clubs of | | 7:15 | Nina Book Reviews by Mrs. | Anglo-Persians from | from | from | Dance _program New York, “Tolling of Philadelphia, with WEAF. to 1 am Dance St. Mark’s. Early Program Tomorrow. 5 a.m.—Arlington time signal noon—Organ recital. 2 pan—Mayflower Orchestra. | WMAL—Washington Radio (293.9 Meters). ~Supper dance program | Mirador Orchestra, as- sisted by Phil Hayden, solofst. 8 10 8:20 pm.—Edith Reed, planist £:20 to 8:40 pm.—Will 1. Kennedy, political writer for The Star, in the | thirteenth of a serfes of talks on mat- | y { ters of interest in the National Capi- tal—subject: “A lawless year aho#d.” %40 to 9 p.m.—William P. Shana-| | ban, tenor, accompanied by Pierrs Deffes at the plano. 4 to 10 p.m.—An hour of merriment with the guests of a New Year eve musical_party. 10 to 10:43 p.m.—City tra 10:45 to 11 p.m.—Intermission. 11 to 12 p.m.—Dance program from Valencia. TOOTH PASTE COSTLY. $11 Duty Placed on Each Tube in Russia. MOSCOW, December 31 (#).—Amer- ican tooth paste costs dearly in Rus- | sla. Six tu of it mailed to an American newspaper man here were | held up at the Soviet post office for | minute examination for diamonds, ‘guH or counter-revolutionar ]n‘nm-; ganda and then the correspondent was assessed a duty of $11 a tube. He contributed the paste to the gov- ernment instead, and now cleans his! teeth with common ashes, Liberty A from broadcast | Jointly 12 Club | usic from ; 11 12 Forum o 8 pan by the Clu “lub Orches- the | | no | Injured late 2 RADIO MAY END SECTION DIALEGTS Illinois Teacher Outlines Plan Used in England to Make Language Uniform. CHICAGO, December 31.—Out of the moutbs of loud speakers may come the leaven which will convert into a compact and uniform language the variances of American speech. Miss Belle Kennedy, lately of Lon don and now a teacher in Evanston, 1L, suggested yesterday to the Na tivnal Assocfation of cachers of Speech that the radio can be made to exert unifying influence on the American language which will rid it clal pronounciations and and. with a similar problem, ap pled radio to a solution with great success, she declared. Listeners chose a committee, including George Ber nard Shaw, to standardize pronouncl atlon. The committee decreed that “idy should be pronounced “iddle” to dis tinguish 1t from “idol” and “idle’ ruled that announcers should stress the first syllable in “garage,” “hos pital” and “despicable,” and set up many such commandments of speech Then they arranged the selection of radio announcers on u bhasis of fine diction and desivable qualities of voice and today, savs Miss Kennedy, every body who sits before a loud speaker in "England hears each word pro nced alike by every announcer. rof. John H. Muyskens of the Uni reity Michigan told the teachers affection of a brogue isn't “cute it's ignorant Andrew sity of Wisconsin, was e dent of the assocation, Hobgood, Simme lene, Tex., first T. Weaver, Untve reted presi Miss Olivia e University, Al vice president; It Borden, New York University, second | vice president: Alice G. Chapin, super. visor of speech in Los Angeles pubs lic schools. third vice president. H. L. Ewbank, Alblon College, Al blon, Mich., was named treasurer, and Louis Eick, University of Mich- igan, secretary. TWO KILLED IN WRECK « | Fifteen Reporled Injured in Texas City Junction Crash. GALVESTON Tex., December 31 ) —Two pe ons were killed and 15 ast night when a speefal i car from Houston and a freight train of the Texas City Termi- nal Railway Co. crashed at a crossing at Texas City Junction, according to reports reaching here this morning. interurban Appoint the Federal-American National as your Executor and Trustee A Dependable and Respons ble Bank for dependable and re- sponsible peop Resources Over 15 Milliona. ANYWHERE TO ANYWHERE—BY TELEPHONE There is a way to SAVE on your LONG DISTANCE CALLS IsN‘T ¢his about the way you make most of your long distance calls? When the operator answers you tell her *'I want 2o speak to JohnY . Evans, the Ajax Manufacturing Company 234 Pearl Street, New York City.” She must then con-| nect you wi th Mr. Evans and no one else. Here is 2 way-you can do much of your long distance telephoning for Jess money and with greater speed. Mr. Evans is probably in his office when you make your call and if not, someone else can talk for him. Then why not tedl the operator turing Company,’ “'I want anyone at the Aj ax Mmufu:- or simply give her their telephone' number if you know it. On a call of say 150 miles #0 & particular person, the charge is $1.20; the rate when we simply connect you 7o the out-of-town telsphons is 95c. The first way of calling is termed person-to-person s vice; theother and simpler way is station-to-station service oy i The latter makes less work for our operators with less use How to make a station-to-stat; If you know the number, operator : ““This is Franklin 1234. I want Chestnas 2468, Philadelphia." 1f you don’t know the number of the desired telephone, say < of our lines and we ion call: ings along to you. tell the 5 2 pass the sav.! Think of this when you are making long distance calls,either businessorsocial. Telephoneusers are turning more and more to sta- tion-to station service as a speedier and cheaper way of doing their astin through their and-grant college broad ters social | through commercial stations A1, [ing to the Department of Ag ¢ | which points out that this is the tions in broadeasting o broag Earlic the even hour and then, with the Swill take ite audience 1his event 5 WRC Breye: did of WE tou n*mhml a pause only when two move | b, men joined the tightly locked Eroup. | ,J;,',,';A{;:":,";" o e Then' there was u disentangling of |* % legs and arms, and the officer rose i s up out of the human pile. His nose | The furnishings were plain and solid | |and did not seem to have been {damaged. “Pull that ana | |RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS o | TONIGHT. ure, | Paul Specht and his orchestra in ¢ will chair over here, Billy on a of mod. A the New York night clubs Asks Gov. Smith to Listen In. WABS, the Atlantic Broadcasting Corporation’s station of New York, plans to broadcast vaudeyille s=ketch, “The of New York™ and Gov. Smith please liste Wednesday eve ning, January Theatrical Costumer, 82, Dies. DEERIFIELD, Mass., December ).—Augustus E. Lawrene, 82, found- er of the first anti-Mormon newspaper in Salt Lake City, Utah, and later for 0 vears theatrical costumer in Rrook lyn, N. Y., died yesterday. 31| knowl eco . disseminating and ho mathod of agriculture n nomics. Fourteen tions own survey shows. Statc-supported institu- their own transmitters, a while commercial o1 | privately owned stations in 10 oth including New York and Oklahon w0 co-operate in this work regularly. other States broadeast occasional on the Great popularity in these broadeasts is said {10 have heen created recently among | whe farmers and residents of the communities where there are no in | stitutions of higher learning. Russia_has more than 1,200,000 un. | emploved, 200,000 more than a vear 4BO. h l and entertainers, 9to 10 o'clock WRC, New Year cve musical party, WMAL, 9 to 10 o'clock. Musical sketch, “Memories of the Old Year,” WBAL, 9 o'clock. The Artists Quartet, WRVA, 9:45t0 1N 0\||)LL “Tolling of Liberty Bell,” irom Philadelphia, WRC, WEAF and_ other stations, 11:45 to 12 o'clock. | she saic When he had dore it and felt around carefully | upper berth. “It’s quite dry,” she observed with satisfaction. “Now, I'm going to put you to bed for p while, Kitty. | T'll_come back for you—sure!” She tucked the animal in under the | covers, gave it a final pat and then {led the way in further exploration. There were two other apartments {on the opposite side of the cabin, one |used as a stateroom and the other | apparently as a sort of men's den. The forward part of the cabin opened into a small pantry, where there was |& chaos of broken dishes and glass- ware. Beyond the pantry was a Kkitchen. The fire in the stove was dead and the pjace was flonded, she mounted in the But | l was twisted sidewise and he was nursing it tenderly. Four men sat on the prost of the Tennessee Tornado, whos were half closed, but whose lips were moving grimly. There was something irregular about it, he knew in a dazed W instinctively he was registering his protest. “Claim a_foul! “Hit me low. Hey, referee, I The officer made a signal and the deckhands yanked Keeler to his feet, still tightly gripping him. le wab- bled a bit, shook his head and forced his mind back Into full consclousness. “‘Below with him!” commanded the officer. The group surged fovward, hatf e form » eye: he muttered. Seconds in the ring. the telephone s listed, say: ‘I wish o speak to Mr. A. B. Smith." How to make a person-to-person call: After giving the operator the tele- phone number or the name under which ate on this basis. long distance telephoning. Over half the messages we now handle