Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1927, Page 23

. * SPECIAL SESSION URGED FOR RADID Bloom, Despite Opposition, . Wants Funds Provided for Commission. Although he opposed the radio bill Svhen it was before Congress, Repre- sentative Sol Bloom ev ¢ thinks that it w one of the measures of butstanding importanc he late Congress. In fact, the New eYork Representative thinks the pres- nt turn the radio control situation as taken is fmportant enough in it pelf to warrant the caliing of a special pession of Congress It fs Mr. Bloom’s contention that the Federal Radio Commission has no authority to meet, as four of its five members propose to do ext week, in view of the failure of Congress to provide it with funds. The failure of the commission’s ap- propriation on account of the recent flibuster in the Senate, he wves it without s money, hence without le power, because no person can work for the Government without y To that effe bert Hoove statement of the merce that the ¢ tion regardless o the commiissioner: their sal: Secretary issue with the ecretary of Com- mission can fune ck of fund re willing to awa taki Hoover has offered expert and rical aid from his department to help the commi along Mr. Bloom calls ¢ Hoover's tention to the fac wio licenses autor 1y expi n the radio act b law, Feb 3, and that i ms for new s must be made’ within 60 da The self,” he appropria cannot ¢ Radio Co: iary lice presenting it Without an Commission event of the . being able to organize, there is no one to reissue licenses, since no individual in the De- partment of Commerce has authority 4 10 issue licenses during the ‘life’ of the Radio Commission. Thus it would an- pear thot the adio authority was out of business for one vear and 60 days, or until such time as the Seventieth Congress appropriates money which will give the commission life. “You no doubt acquainted with the law which prevents any person working for the Government of the es without pay. They can- not work for nothing, so if there is nothing appropriated for them to even buy an official seal for their commis s this: the Radio th on ar | on and not one penny to start the 1 would like to | know from you, my dear Mr. Secre- | ¢ommission working, tary, how on and after April 24 any person or any broadcaster will be able to broadcast under the present exist- ing condition. “The complications in which radio administration is involved as a result of the failure of the second deficiency Dbill to pass the Sisty-ninth Congress is only one of many rgsulting from the omission of the Senate to act on thig* important measure. The sum of these embarrassments threatens so se- riously as to indicate a possibility of no’ escape from them except through $he call by the Precident of an extra sesslon of Congress. Mr. Bloom obviously overlooks the tacit intent of Congress to have the ‘commission function by its passage of the radio act and by the Senate’s con- firmation of three of the commission- ers. Administration opinion on the legal merit of his opinion on the radio situation is withheld, but it is prac- tically a certainty that the commis- sion will go ahead. Nor is President Coolidge likely to deviate from the de- ! termination not to call an extra ses. sion of Congress on the score raised by Mr. Bloom. Now that “Roxy” has returned to he broadcast arena and promises to “Roxyize” the ether regularly every Monday night, the critics are begin- ning to unloose their pent-up feelings concerning his most worthy successor at the Capitel Theater; Maj. Edward Bowes by name. While some of the complaints center about the alleged similarity of the Sunday night broadcasts from the Capitol Theater, the chief shaft of eritieism is aimed directly at the good- natured impresario. It seems that Maj. Bowes waxes too loquacious be- fore the microphone to please certain of his Washington listeners. Several communications condemning Maj. Bowes' practice of discoursing animatedly before the microphone have come to the radio department of The Star in the last few days. Prom.inent among these critics is Walter R. Me Callum, 3716 R street, an ardent radio fan and golfer. Here are his views: Can it be that Maj. Bowes, the latest major domo of the Capitol Theater, is o enamored of his own voice that he must believe he thrills radio listeners with its dul- cet tones while he explaine volubly, voluminously and at_interminable length the virtues of his motion- pleture program? Does he think his unseen audlence—the millions who cannot see his feature picture and wouldn't zo to see it, in all probability, if they could—care even a little bit about what his pic- ture is to show, or what his very meritorious orchestra is to play? Why must radio listeners who eppreciate the Capitol Theater pro- grams and who are fond of the really good musle that comes from portions of them, listen to the so- norous volce of this announcer, for, after all, that 1s all he is? And one of the fi duties of an an- nouncer is to tell his story in as few words as possible, thus giving the worth-while features of the program ruvre time in a scant in- terval devoted to entertainment and not to speak Maj Bowes but he embelli ¥ heart-touching such redun- dancy of phrase and expression &nd such a poor-speaking voice that 1, perhaps selfishly, shut off the et while the worthy major is speaking his little plece, to turn on the juice *ve and hope he will have relinquished the microphone to some more worthy performer. Sunday night he rambled on for 11 minutes, £ of his pleture and his orche and_other mat- ters connected with his theater. Yet all tho radio conferences have and indorced the idea that shall not be it with such heard over the air If Ma). Bowes believes his voice i a good advertisement, he must be mistaken. Nor are his words, when they be distinguished, golden iom. I, for prefer music poor radio voice of interest to say. will Introduce to new weekly feature tonight, which it announces as “The Perfect Dianiond Entertainers.” It 1s another sponsored program, of course, and its participants, sald to be prominent Washington singers, will appear incognito. Frederic William Wils, Washington newspaper correspondent, whose voice is familiar to millions of radio listen- ors 88 & result of four vears of activ- ity before the microphone, is scheduled o present his weekly resume of “The Political Situation in Washington"” at 645 o'clock. His talk also will be broadcast by WEAF, New York. The remainder of WRC’S program will be made up of the usual Wednes- Aey night attractions—the lpana Trou- R lsdours, the National Cavallers, ghe if he chooses Ll | 4:40—pm { | cted upon by i | New York | New York: infbrmally | argues, | nd | | 6:45—phi i Davenport t he was written Her-| the next Congress, | | | | | | | | 12:45—Kansas City | 7:00- | LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1927. Py Programs, of Distant Stations Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time 47O FPM. Stations, Meters. Miles. 390 Entertafners: Eisenboure's Sinfonfans phia: Organ recital icat mus Uncle Robert ¢: Aadio Ramblcrs, son News; markets and weal er Waldorf-Astoria_Concert Or nd his music purveyors ; studio,_recital w York Philadelphia ladelphia: Edd Househs Police o Wilking d b Teports; orean from ai " program: ” soloists. . Methodist na his pals. .. : pianist reports . . estra trumpets.. . 5 TO 6 P.M. ful { A Idren’s hour; i chestra; algebra 4 2 solos: ( reading 6 TO “The Million Children's Club: storic MWaldort Astoria Or: re 6:00—Ch Detroit Detroit m fdo Venic nst: markets Unele Geebee: Ha ¢ Concert, by Sprin Aupt S Philadelphia: Weather songs: market reports A | Columbus, Ohio: Twilight musical 6:15—Philadeiphia: Peunsylvania Orchestr Minneapolig: Childr Lour ewark: Shelton E Iphia: Holst's Chimes 111 News r Business men's diges New York Pittsh my mt Mooseheart Chicago: Detroit: « Detroit 1. Or Palmer Sy Bedtime v:_ Congr Sport news: ' Voss v ton Ensemble: King's United Synagogiie ser ket Teport: Sh Sh folic songs: S wome Orchestra stori i Adelphia Orchestr WPCH LLWEAF WAID WOCo WGN WERM tra tion box Spanish ¢ "t Orc WGBS KDKA news WHZ reliestra - L WIP WAIU WCAU LLWCCO JLUWOR J.WFI WOoC WD CEYW WIR ather Teport harmony singers Orchestra’ coneert Orcliestra 5. . Punch and Judy: buirg Mal st Radio epor pianist. ... “Passion’ Play cinnati : New York: Des Moine r and_wea s Little tall ailiny Ban| e Miami_Beach. ‘Announcements Dan Dug: Ihiladelphia; Dream Dadd eveland: Talks ... ... 7:30—Pittsourgh : New York: 7:15— s Reco Dinner Calyary Baptist 1 X « Buffalo, N.' Y.: Spiritual meetin; Nasnville: Jackson Detroit: WGHP Light Opera Compan New York: lodents, WB! Chicago: Edgewater Be: Detroit: Musical program Detroit: Elks’ Band ...... New York: Roosevell Orches Des Moines: Christersen’s Orch State College, Pa.: Mandolin Club: Boston: Musical program by_WNAC_Players New York: Piano Twins Minneapolis: Talks Philadelphia: Unity Newark : Talk 8:30—Springficld: Home Quartet New York: Tal New York San Francisco: Children’s hour Louisville: Hillebrand's Orchestra New York: Davis Saxophone Octet, WRC, WCSH, WCAE and WTAM 9 TO 9:00—New_York: Ipana Troubadours, W, WLIB. KSD, WCCO, WDAF. San Francisco: ' Stories: m: New York: Bible talk: Lorr: New York: Amateurs: Case's Newark: Studo guild_program Phitadelphia: Feling' frolic_hou Chicago: Adyentures: songs: A ew York: Concert: trio: quarte Boston: Studio_concert orchestra Des Moine: New York: Piano, hour, WBZ, and New_ York: Maxwell WSB, WMC, WSM Cleveland: New York and pia Philadelph: Philadeiphi recital ... Address; * iFox Stanley ' program . ommunity _prog v Organ, _recital hicago: (oo Sandecs: s Angeles: S 9:16—Buffalo, 9:30—Kansas ‘Minnea) New or meeting e Eagle Bray String ~ ensemble . ork: Moment musical 10:00—New York: Oreste's Orchestra; New_York: Smith Brothers, 'WSAIL KSD, WOC, W Miami_Bé ) Chicago: Cineinnati : Richmond, Va. Nashville,' Tenn Philadelphia: Arcadia Philadelphia;_Fox cal “concert Heerman "55".{) H offman, rogram .. Cleveland: "Studio dow Yo e Rt Chais” Hou The ne; eting . ... . New York: Ipstrumant: Des Monies: New York: Soloists: police and Philadeiphia: Venetian Orchestra . : blue, ginger: New York: : K. of C. Los Angeles: Musical program Detroit: Murphy Hot Springs: Day San Francisco: Seige Plttsburgh; Reymer's B. i 19:38—Chicago: Vibrachone sol t ;30—Kansas : Cavaliers . T ? Davenport: Block Ligh . from Ofchestra Sinton Orchestra. Weather: Ericksor Sorings: ot SPrkeies: Banic_ program 105 APSHTNTG Pals: songs Newark., Hagan's Manger Orchestr Philadelphia: Cheer-Up Club prog: Nvew York: Club Circus eland: Gill's’ Orchestra New York: Barrere Ensemble Philadeiphia; *Dance program nati: T“TL"{IX\ Ql’l‘l‘l‘llll ‘Who: Kashville, Tenn.: Studio program R:m‘mond, Vv perkins String Trio Chicago: Classical concert New York: Spuddy Rou Chicago: Sam and Henry o etea™ Stidio pragram 11:20—Springfieid: Reisman’s Orchestra T el 11:30—New York: Bernie's Detroit: “The Merry Old Chief :00—San Francisco; Checkeri 12:00—4%% Anevien: Talk on ‘" L New York: Adamo Concert ¥ polis: ~Soloiets: ores Hinnedhok? Frivoiiy Chub: Orche bseheart, 11I.: Mooseheart MNignthawk frolic: Coon-S: Nutty Club: Taenater Orchest 00— O aro: Edeewater Bea Chicaro Lon Aneles Chicage R elon: Feature DrogTam Billy Long's Cabi anderbilt Orchestra: bedtime story n's Melody Boys ' orche Z, KDKA and KY W Orchestr WGY Lind’s Trio: vocal soloist chestra bian Nights' entertain soloiste Brothers Serenader s a: olOits . . nggrt, Orchestiy 1. Osburn's Orchest 12 MIDNIGHT soloists 170 2 AM. nders . Jinnistan Vale Orchesira movar Orchestra: Dixie Banjo 2 10 3 an: ‘Arnheim's Ambassador ther: French' lésso y_Orchestra Jackson ‘Orcl “Mrs. Dumbly €lub, s 8709 P. Stidio ‘program. Male Quartet, WIAR, WLIT, talk. Max Kaifus: ¢ Chicago: Drake Concert Ensemble: Ash farm lecture . thrift " tali. Pittsburgh: McDowell Ladies' Quartet 5 WEEL WJAR,’ From: | o< 0 P.M. . WGR, WCAE. WV nd WRC, from Orchesira WEAF KPO ment. . . WHO Quartet: Philbreck’s Orchesira violin and vocal #olos Mooseheart, 111 : Children's musical Bout: [ - 4y biic auditorium *progrom caramouche presents 2 WABC Play %: “In_the Shakespeare Country trio: children’s hour. GR, KSD, WWJ and. 10 TO 11 P.M. Booker Trio. WTAG, WG . CCO, WDAF and WRC, from. leciwood Dance Orchestra. .. .. 0; Ford ‘and ‘Glenn .. Smithers Hawaiian pianist ance Orchestra Togram .. New York - waldorl-Astoria Orchéstia Ni orl A Chicago. {}dfikwuur Beach Orchestra: song: n ; : \VHO Quartet: Fhilbreck' ? rehestra . Boston: Buckminster Dance oarD - reports: : Colored Ensemble: Tcherbans soncs: weather S8 gsests ean a 11 TO 12 MIDNIGHT. v feco: Atwater Kent artists B e Whozt . Enstman Orchest ‘dance program . coloist, .5 : Bible readiny TO 1AM, Ra® ot e =338 comaan &S Z233 G- @ “Boy! Reie “orchickira Davis Saxophone Octet, the Smith Brothers and the WEAF Light Opera Co., which will sing “Patience.” in addition to a concert by the Army Pand and a song festival by the George Washington University Glee Slub. Ol e of the selections to be plaved by the saxophone group is Mendels cohn's intriguing “Song Without Words.” The intermezzo from leria Husticana” also will be pla by artists using the oboe, three clari- nets, violin and piano. ery ether channel with a carrier wave responded with clari and good Volume last night and gave DX hunt- ers an excellent opportunity to pick up many out-of-town s ations. There was very little interference from stat- ic and heterodyning,but fading seemed to be more prevalent. Even the sig- nals of such high-powered stations as WLW, Cincinnati, and WJZ, Nev York, ‘were affected by this phenomena. ‘Washington's dialing activities were confined to stations with a range of 600 miles of the city. Among those |logged were KYW, WLS, and WEBH, Chicago; WJIJD, Mooseheart; WTAM, Cleveland; WPG, Atlantic City; WCX, WKBW, Buffalo; WLWL and New York. et R TR A passenger can ride 40 miles for one fare on Chicago street car lines ght remte. Dual Transmission Trial. Station WRNY, New York, is plan- ning to try out dual transmission on both its regular channel and a short wave below 50 meters, in an effort learn if the shorter channel will o distant points not reached the regular wave length. The double transmitter will be located outside the city. Another innovation in radio broadcasting, the Rogers underground antenna, also will be tried out soon by WRNY. RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS| TONIGHT. Concert by the United States Army Band, WRC and other stations, 7 to 8 o'clock. One-act play, “The Show Actress,” WNAC, 8:30 to 9 o'clock. Maxwell hour, WJZ, WBZ, KDKA, KYW, WHAS, WSB, WMC and WSM, 9 to 10 o'clock. “Patience,” by the WEAF Light Opera Co, WRC, WEAF and associated stations, 10:30 to 11:30 o'clock. STAR., WASHINGTON, FLORENCE POSTON WINS RADIO PRIZE Is Only Contestant to Get More Than 3 Stations Cor- rect in Week. 802 won Miss Florence Poston, Mary- land venue mortheast, The Star’s radio identification contest for the ninth week, which closed Sundey, according to a final tabulation of the returns today. She identified five sta tion and was the only contestant to name correctly more than three of the seven stations selected during the week. The stations picked up for jdenti- fication follow Mon lantie. City. Tuesday Tenn. Wednesday, lumbus, Ohio. y, March February 28: WPG, At- arch 1: WSM, Nashville, March WAIU, Co- 3: WOO, Phi WLIT, Phila- Trenton, winner failed to identify WJR and WOAX. The contestants who stations _correctly were Plant, First street; Buckley, Clifton Station, Mortimer D. Rathgeber, 35 Hampshire avenue. Four contestants identified two sta- tions, They were Thor A. ford, 725 Fern street; David C. ler, 4315 Third street; Mrs, H. Briggs, 2377 Rhode Island avenue northeast, and Mrs. L. B. Olmstead, Station H, Route 9, Washington. named three Alvin L. uidolph and New Irish Songs Over WRC. Perhaps there is nothing more ap- propriate than listening to an Irish- man in good voice sing Irish songs on St. Patrick’'s Day; at any rate Allen McQuhae, the Atwater Kent star, will offer a goodly round of old Irish songs, aided and isted by Marie Narelle, the so-called “Queen, of Irish Song.” Both these stars will be heard over * and a string of eighteen sta- D. 6, WEDN Orchestra in Hotel Is Identification Key In Listeners’ Contest The station selected for iden- tification Iast night in The Star's radio contest broadcast between 7:38 and 7:45 o'clock a group of popular_selections played by a hotel orchestra. Among them were “Muddy Waters” and “All That T VWant Ts You.” Each week The Star awards a cash of $10 to the con- testant identifying the greatest number of stations. The third station for the tenth contest week will be picked up tonight between 7:30 and 8 o'clock. Chinese Laundry Ticket Expose Is Promised by WOR An expose of the great mystery of the laundry ticket is among the things promised in a ra- dio talk from WOR Wednesday, March 16, at 8:45 p.m., when Henry G. McNeary, American silk ex- porter, fresh from Canton and Shanghai, will speak on his im pressions of the great Oriental re- publi Mr. McNeary, vark, N. J.. d * of the hierc deep as it appe is in reality a e numerals nds of a mah-jong hand. At the top of the average Chinese laundryman’s pink slip is the symbol for the north, south, east or west, hie prevailing winds, and at the bottom is a serial num- ber in duplicate. The wind symbol is used merely to prevent duplica- tlon of the numbers. The customer is given the end of the ticket bearing the serial num- ber, and it is by means of this number that the laundryman is able to locate a bundle of collar: Chinese whose home is in clares the “mys yphics is not as rs, for the ticket s hetween the N te | New Radio Patents Given. Evidently many phondgraph and radio cabinets « binations of the two are going to appear on market this summer or in the were no less than seven new patented last week for two aph companies, while a radio cturer has three new loud binet patents igned fall. Satisfaction Since 1859 the | | | ESDAY, MARCH 9. 1927. RADIO PROVES AID T0 1,000,000 FARMERS Department of Agriculture Reports Sets Are Becoming Indis- pensable Maohines. | By the Associated Pross Farmers are becoming to look upon the radio as an indispensable piece of farm machinery, in the belief of Agriculture Department officlals, who estimate that more than a 1,000,000 growers, with the best sets.available, are now receiving the Government Market News service through 95 broadeasting stations in This service, made avails stations via 7,700 miles of le graph wires, has been developed, an announcement said today, coincidental- with the development of radio broad- sting, and the farmers are described | as being strong in favor of it. “One ation in a recent six months' period,” it was sald “received more | than 5,000 letters of commendation of | the service from farmers, county bank ers, livestock shippers and merchants | in 12 agricultural states surrounding the station. Market news programs, the depart- | ment said, are being expanded and | revised continually to make them of | the greatest value to producers. In-| quiries by farmers and broadcasters for more specific market information, it was added, shows a steadily grow- ing use of radios by farmhers. ““It has been found,” the department reported, “that farmers usually have bought the best radio sets available. As early as 1923 a department survey showed the average cost of radio sets on more than 1,000 farms widely scattered over the country was $175. Since then the cost of radio equipment has decreased greatly.” sed tele- s officlal broadcaster is again | heard on the air. but only on Friday | between 8 and 9 pm. HHK comes | in pretty well in Washington, except | for some general interference and a | mean he! 'ne from WFHH, Clear- water, F situation is cl is anticipated that HHK will a wave length which is not used generally as is 361 meters. This can be done, as the Island is independent | of American and other channels and may choose its own frequencies, but naturally it prefers a clear one if it can be foun LocalRadioEntertaipment ‘Wednesday, March 9, 1927. NAA—Washington Navy Yard (1346 Meters). 3:45 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. 5 Arlington time signais. 10:05 p.m.—\W eather Bureau reports. WRHF—Washington Radio Hospital Fund (356 Meters). 11 to 12 noon—Current events and police reports. WMAL—Washington Radio (293.9 Meters). Forum Silent. | WRC—Radio_Corporstion of America (468.5 Mete “The Polit Tonight broade ington United ates Band, broadeast jointly with New York, from 7:30 to 8 p.m. & p.m. The Perfect Diamond En p.m.— hington m_ Wile, * from W 7 pam.gaThe ederic jolntly with D. Army WJZ 8:1 fonal Cavaliers, from A 530 p.m.—Davis Saxophone Octet, from WEAF. p.m.—Ipana Troubadours, WEAF. 30 p.m.—George Washington Uni versity Glee Club. 10 p.m.—Smith WEAF. 10:30 to 11:30 p.m.- tience, the WEAF Light Opera Co. 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