Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1929, Page 32

MONOPOLY SOUGHT | INRADIO CONTROL Britain’s Position, With Joint Ownership, Cited as Need for U. S. Merger. BY MARTIN CODEL. Por the first time since the British * cable-radio merger was voted frank ex- pression has been given before a con- gressional committee to a belief that has been growing perceptibly among certain American communication in- terests. It holds that the position of the United States in world radio can best be maintained by a monopoly. Indicating how battle lines are being drawn to wrest ‘‘om this country its supremacy in international radio com- munications, Col. Manton Davis' state- ment before the House committee prob- ing radio explained that Great Britain's world-wide wireless and cable sy: will be placed in a superior position to | the separated American cable and radio | units in trading for trafic volume and fixing rates. The vice president and general at- torney for the Radio Corporation of America disavowed any purpose of ac- tively seeking repeal of the section of the radio act which precludes wire and . radio mergers in this country. However, he did insist, answering the questions | put by Representative Davis of Tennes- see, that competition between American international communications groups | “will benefit no Americans, but for- eigners only.” Col. Davis' testimony opened a sub- Ject that is likely to be one of the ir portant issues before the Hoover at ministration. The principle of the com- petition between wire and wireless ser ices is written into the present law. Must the Amercan Government com- promise with the principle in order to meet an exigency created by the action of a foreign government? Will the “cartel movement” in foreign radio be the reason for a similar movement in this country? A virtual monopoly now exists in in- ternational radio, the communications ?hl.se being considered entirely apart rom all other phases. The Radio Cor- poration of -America is the only Ameri- can company operating transoceanic ra- dio circuits by arrangements with gov- ernment and private radio administra- tion in 30 foreign countries. The Mac- kay systems propose and have been Evtn wave lengths to enter the field, ut have not yet begum active opera- tions. Owen D. Young wa represented at the House hearing as stating that in- ternational competition gnust be between the radio and cables and as favoring “a Government monopoly rather than com- petition among radio companies.” It is no secret that cable and radio groups would like to merge their inter- national facilities to meet the British merger. A fusion of Radio Corporation of America and Western Union has long been in the air. The law has always appeared as a barrier, although the kay interests appear to be going forward with their plans to operate transoceanic radio along with their ca- bles in the face of the radio act. Meanwhile, although facing the same menace in the international field, the radio and cable interests, have been waging a spirited competition between themselves. has become so acute in some instances that it has been im- possible for the Radio Corporation of America to reach a traffic agreement with the Western Union and the Postal uti radio here, too, 1t domestic radio-telegraphy becomes 8 fact,. there is little or no likelihood that it will be established as a monop- oly, either joined to the wire system or sufficient untg. itself. The domestic -problem-is. to. the international one, but tHe principle‘of competition in inland services is som that Con- gress will certainly not compromise at this stage of American economic de- velopment. The sensational gyrations of Radio ration of America stock that re- cently amazed the speculative markets occurred in the face of the fact that no dividends have ever been paid by that company, except on its preferred stock. Yarious patis of cxpunlon the company paths of expansion company has taken, the most recent of which was the m with Victor, ‘The attention of the House committee conducting the hearings on radio was called to this fact at about the same time that the Radio Corporation of America was announcing in New York that its 1928 surplus profits amounted to $18983.394 on a gross income of $100,530,720. This compared with 1927 earnings of $7,029,622 on a gross of $65,082,074. Col. Manton Davis, vice resident and general attorney of the Radio Cor- poration of America, told the House committee that the company has 18,000 shareholders, but that the influential voices in- the control of its policies are the General Electric and Westinghouse companies. The American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and United® Fruit Co. have not held Radio Corporation of America stock for several years, he said. Along with other companies, however, they contribute their radio patents un- der license arrangement to the Radio Corporation of America. Some of the large 6wners of the com- pany’s stock are not 'known, because brokerage houses are holding the stock intact for customers, according to Col. Davis. General Electric holdings as of August, 1928, were said to constitute 248,108 shares of common and 27,080 shares of preferred. Westinghouse has 27,780 shares of common and 50,000 lhfl‘m of preferred, hese figures were brought out in the course of the House hearings, which | are covering ell phases of radio, but which recently have stressed the com- | munications angle. The chief inquirer into the set-up of the Radio Corporation of America jis_Representative Davis l (Democrat) of Tennessee. It has been | indicated that membees of the commit- | tee will seck a contigmance of the in- quiry into the organiz: iion of radio and allied interests in the United States, General agreemen$ seems to prevail that the bil ending the life of the Radio Commission should be reported favorably, It is expected that it will be taken to the House the latter part of this week by Chairman White of Maine. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) | THE EVENING Today on the Radio PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1929. (Meters on left of call Ietl‘eu, kilocycles on right, All time p.m. unless otherwise indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS. 434.5—NAA—690. (Washington Navy Yard.) 3:45—Weather Bureau reports. 8:30—Concert by Gordon String Quar- tet of Chicago, broadcast from chamber music auditorium of the Library of Congress. 9:55—Arlington time signals. 10:05—Weather Bureau reports, 228.9—WOL—1,310. (American Broadcasting Co.) 5:45—The Town Crier. 00—Nuggets of Knowledge, 6:03—Dinner concert. 6:20—Talk on Washington'’s Commun- ity Chest. 6:30—Musical program, 7:00—Mullane’s Masqueraders, 7:00—"Amos 'n’ Andy.” 10:00 to 12:00—Colonial Dance Orches- | tra. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Musical clock. 10:00a—Household chat by Peggy Clarke. 10:30a—Advertisers’ period. 205.4—WJISV—1,460. (Independent Publishing Co.) 7:30—The Ballmore’s Orchestra. 8:00—Talk by Col. Winfield Scott, com- missioner of pensions. 8:15—Studio program. 8:45—Mrs. S. J. Choate, reader. 9:00—Trumpet Quartet. 9:15—S.E. Trio. 9:30—Siegel Concert Trio. 10:30—Silver String Revelers. 475.9—WMAL—630. (Washington Radio Forum.) 6:00—Motorists’ Question Box, con- ducted by George E. Keneipp, District manager of the A. A. A. 6:20—"Washington's Community Chest,” by Mrs. Charles Gold- smith. 6:30—Gude’s Flower Girl. 7:00—Thirty Club. 7:15—"Feminine Atmosphere Improves the Campus,” by Miss Adele Stamp, dean of women of the University of Maryland. 7:30—Correct time. 1—Radio Joe and his Budget Boys. “Monte Crjsto,” by Hank Sim- mons’ Show Boat (C. B. S.). 9:00—Dinner in honor of Question Mark fiyers; addresses by Maj. Spatz and other flyers; Postmas- ter General New, Assistant Sec- retary of War Davidson and Maj. Gen Fechet, chief of the U. S. Air Service (C. B. 8.). 10:00—Curtis Institute of Music pro- gram (C. B. 8. ). 11:00—Guy Lombardo_and his Royal Canadians (C. B. 8.) 12:00 to 12:15a—News flashes. Early Program Tomorrow. 10:00 to 10:30a—National 'Rndl)o Home Makers’ Club (C. B. 8. 315.6—~WRC—950. (National Broadcasting Co.) 3:30—Mellow Melodies (N. B. C.). 4:00—U. S. Navy Band. 4:30—Auction Bridge Game (N. B. C.). 5:00—Sky Sketches (N. B. C.). 5:30—Jolly Bill and Jane (N. B. C.). 5:55—Motion picture guide. 6:00—Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra (N. B. C). 6:25—"The Community Chest,” by Joseph A. Burkhart. 6:30—Book of Washington program; Org.'ll;l recital by Mrs, Harvey L. ‘obb. 7:00—Voters’ Service; subject, “Paris Peace Pact: What It Is and How to Use It.” Speakers, Mrs. Car- the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War, and Bruce Bliven of the New Re- public (N. B. C.). 7:30—Lotus Orchestra. 8:00—"The Style of the 1929 Car,” by Raphael Semmes. 8:15—Genia Fonariova, (N. B. C). 8:30—Prophylactic program (N. B. C.). 9:00—Eveready hour (N. B. C.). 10:00—Clicquot Eskimos (N. B. C.). 10:30—Weather forecast. 10:31—New Madrillon Orchestra. | 11:00 to 12:00—Radio - Keith-Orpheum hour (N. B. C.) Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower health exercises (N. B. C. . 8:00a—On the 8:15 (N. B. C.). 8:15a—Federation morning devotions (N.B. C.). 8:30a—Cheerio (N. B. C.). 8:50a—Parnassus Trio (N. B. C.). 9:00a—Studio program (N. B. C.). 9:15a—Harry Merker and his orches- tra (N. B. C.). | 10:00a—National home hour (N. B. C.). 11:00a—Parnassus Trio (N. B. C.). 11:15!——Rndio) Household Institute (N. soprano B. C). 11:30a—Jean Dewar, contralto (N. B. i) |11:45a—"What the Home Builder Wants to Know.” by Gerald L. Kauf- man and Emily Kessler (N. B. C.). 12 (noon)—Farm flashes, 12:10—Organ recital. 1:15—"Farm and Home Facts,” by the Department of Agriculture. “The Outlook for Rye,” W. F. Callendar, chairman Federal Crop Reporting Board; “The Outlook for Oats and Barley,” ‘W. A. Wheeler, in charge feed, seed and hay division, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, _and “The -Outlook for Hay,” E. C. Parker, in charge of hay mar- keting investigations (N. B. C.). 1:30—Aster Orchestra. 2:00—Billy Rhodes, baritone (N. B, C.). 2:15—Orpheus Trio (N. B. C.). 3:15—"Trends of 1929,” by Joseph V. Hanna (N. B. C.), 3:30—Studio program (N. B. C.). OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern standard time. 454.3—WEAF New York—660 5:30—Bill and Jane. 6:00—Dinner hour. 7:00—Voters’ service. 7:30—Sketches. 8:00—Fonariova. 8:30—Popular half hour, 9:00—Diversified hour, 10:00—Eskimos. 10:30—Contraltones, 11:00—Feature. 394.5—WJZ New York—760 6:00—O0ld Man Sunshine, 6:30—Liner’s orchestra. 7:00—Smalle and Robertson, 7:30—Fundamentals of law. 8:00—=Sextet. 8:30—Tiremen, 9:00—Theater. 11:0v—Slumber hour. _ 422.3—WOR NWI*—-’ 2:30—Afternoon features, 0 6:00—John Thomas; N. ¥.., 6:25—Newscasting; harmol 6:45—Irma Duncan. ': . 7:00—Roy Smeck; Foolish Fititasy. 7:30—Gypsy Ensemble. - 8:00—Main street. . 9:00—Cabbies. 9:30—Aviation dinner. 10:00—Shades of Don Juan. 11:00—News; dance hour. 348.6—WABC New York—860 7:05—Piano; Rock Boys. 8:00—Show Boat. 9:00—Dinner to Question Mark fiyers. 10:00—Institute of Music. 11:00—Royal Canadians. 272.6—~WLWL New York—1,1 6:00—Fordham College hour. 6:55—Music and talk. 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100 8:00—Piano; Board of Education. 9:00—Dual trio. 10:00—Bridge game; musicale. 11:00—News; dance hour. 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060, 6:00—Sandman; dinner musie. 7:00—Motorists, 8:00—Sextet, 8:30—Tiremen. 9:00—Theater; Minstrels, 10:00—Sixteen singers. 10:30—Orchestradians, 236.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170 6:30—Orchestras (112 nours). 8:00—Rezd Birds. 8:30—Studio program. 10:00—Ramblers. 10:30—Dances; news. 11:00—Royal Canadians. 505.9—KDKA Pitisburgh—980 0—Charles W. Hamp. SERVICE on all kinds of RADIO RECEIVERS Intelligent Experienced Men Await Your Call Snithy 18th & Col. Rd. Fastést and Best Radio Service in Town Adam 3803-1. From WMAL tcmerrow at 10 a .m.—learn about “Three Cakes ai Once” Speed-baking is the newest thing. Can you make three entire batter? This is only one Litchen schemes worked Allen, internatio different cakes atonce from the same of the many ingenious out by Mrs. Ida Bailey liy famous food expert. Listen to Mrs. Allen every’ Wednesday morning—learn about speed-baking—learn why she uses and recommends Pillsbury products. Joinher National Home-Makers’ Club. Membership is free;itentitles you to prac tical help onany kitchen problem, and entitles you to enter the Club's prize recipe eont o cara of your stati end , simply write Mrs. Allen, self-addressed, stamped ion. envelope for the Club bulletin—or send twenty-five cents and receive it for the next twenty-five wecks! Best Fiouw ). 7:00—Educational; sacred songs. :00—Sextet. 9:30—Minstrels. 10:00—Dance ocrestra. 10:30—Orchestradians. 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150 6:30—Dinner music. 7:00—Newscasting; orchestra. 7:30—Fundamentals of law. 8:00—Sextet; Tiremen. 9:00—Ladies’ Vocal Trio. 9:30—Minstrels. 10:00—Major and Minor. 10:30—Orchestradians. 11:00—Organ requests; news. 379.5—~WGY Schenectady—790 6:30—Dinner music. 7:00—Voters' service; . sketchy : 8:00—! am. BZ S gfield—990 F s Of! tra. iner’s Quchestra. res-and- orchestra. 27" <% SOUTHERN. “5.2—w§n Atlanta—740 1;%gehesm; uestion bos, 08 Sextet: naighborhood, 9:08=-Diversified hour. | 05, %%7.6-—~WBT Charlotte—1,080 tudio prograi Our Low Priced Custom-Built CONE SPEAKERS Greatly Improve Old Sets Allowance on Old Speaker Will Demonstrate on Your Set BRENT DANIEL Shepherd 3044 (16 Years in Radio) rie Chapman Catt, chairman of | | Ra aeioh™ (i e se. ® Mt 1908 8 8:30—Studio program. 10:00—Eskimos. 365.6—~WHAS Louisville—820 7:00—Voters’ service, 7:30—Fundamentals; Sextet. 8:30—Studio concert. 9:00—Diversified hour. 10:00—Eskimos; sun hour. 44 :30—Slumber music. 461.3—WSM Nashville—650 7:00—Orchestra; newscasting. 7:30—Orchestra; sextet. 8:30—Studio. 9:00—Diversified hour. 10:00—Eskimos: musicale. 11:00—Ed McConnell. 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110 6:00—Orchestra. 7:00—Variety; Fundamentals, 8:00—Tire hour. 9:00—Play; Sandwich Islanders. 10:00—Venetian Troubadours. 10:30—Contraltones. 11:00—Dance hour. 258.5—WWVA Wheeling—1,160 6:00—Farm flashes; feature, CENTRAL. 293.9—KYW Chicago—1,020 10:00—Eskimos; Orchestradians. | 11:00—News; orchestra. 11:30—Orchestra; slumber music. 1:00a—Insomnia Club. 4164—WGN-WLIB Chicago—720 8:00—Radio floorwalker, 9:00—Diversified hour. 10:00—Dance orchestra; feature. 11:00—Features; popular (2!4 hours), 447.5—WMAQ-WQJ Chicago—670 10:00—Musical features. 11:00—Amos-Andy; orchestra. 11:25—DX Club; orchestra. 12:00—Dance music (3 hours). 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700 6:30—Diners, 7:00—Dog talk; Jack and Jean, 7:30—Cleveland program. 8:00—Symphony hour. 9:00—Theater; minstrels. 10:00—TFilimore’s Band. s 10:30—Cossacks; Singing School. 11:30—Trio; dance; Jack & Jean. 280.2—WTAM-WEAR Cleveland—1,070 6:00—Piano; hotel orchestra. 7:00—Songs; symphony orchestra. 00—Studio program. 9:00—Diversified hour. 10:00—Dance and features. 10:45—Dance orchestras. 398.8—WCX-WJR Detroit—750 6:00—Orchestra; feature. 7:00—Fur post. 7:30—Industrial Detroit; Air Boys. 8:00—Sextet; Tiremen. 9:00—Cigar Girls; minstrels. 10:00—Singing School. 10:30—Orchestradians. 11:00—Amos; news; amusement. 12:00—Dance hour. DINNER 10 FLYERS ON WAL TONIGHT New York Banquet to Ques- tion Mark’s Crew to Be Broadcast. WMAL will join with other stations in the Columbia network tonight to broadcast the proceedings at a dinner in New York in honor of the Question Mark flyers. The program of after- dinner speeches will bring before the microphone Maj. Spatz and other mem- bers of the tri-motored Fokker on its record-breaking endurance flight, Post- master General New, Assistant Secre- tary of War Davidson, Maj. Gen. Fechet, chief of the United States Air Service, and Mayor Walker of New York. Aside from these ceremonies, the pro- gram of WMAL and WRC also contain a variety of attractions. These include Guy Lumbardo and his Royal Cana- dians, which WMAL will broadcast; the second of the series of Keith-Orpheum hours and the Eveready hour, both of which will come through WRC. The outstanding stars of the Keith- Orpheum vaudeville™hour will be the Duncan Sisters, Rosetta and Vivian, better known perhaps as Topsy and Eva. Fourteen Brick Tops, a crack jazz or- chestra of Titian-haired girls, will open the program. The Avon Comedy Four will follow the Duncan Sisters. The othcr artists include Gladys Rice, noted radio soprano; Georgie Price, Edith Evans and “Cowboy” Mayer, Muriel Pollack and Constance Mering, a piano duo; Joseph Regan, baritone; Billle Jones and Ernie Hare, the Happiness Boys, and Morton Downey, tenor. The Eveready hour will present Roy Chapman Andrews, explorer, who will tell of his strange adventures in mys- terious Mongolia. Dinosaur eggs, mos- quitoes 10,000,000 years old and ruins of villages of hitherto unknown “dune dwellers” who preceded King Tut-Ankh- Amen by 12,000 years are some of the discoveries of the Andrews’ expedition. WRC also will broadcast the weekly concert of the Cli -uot Eskimos and a recital by Genia Fonariova, who will sing a group of French songs which represent the works of Chaminade, Ravel, Gillet and Massenet. The pro- gram of the Eskimos will be woven around a meeting cf the Eskimo Cham- ber of Commerce. Hank Simmons’ Show Boat, present- Star on Radio EDITH EVANS, Who will croon sweet melodies while “Cowboy” Mayer plays the piano in the Keith-Orpheum Hour tonight through WRC and associated stations. ing a dramatic version of Dumas’ cele- brated novel, “Monte Cristo,” and a con- cert by the Curtis Institute of Music of Philadelphia will supplement WMAL’s broadcast of the dinner in honor of the Question Mark flyers. Agnes Davis, a young soprano and winner of the Curtis scholarship, will be the featured artist in the latter program. A musical program also will be broad- cast tenight by NAA. It will cc 1e from the chamber music auditorium of the Library of Congress, where the Gordon String Quartet of Chicago will give a concert. - The quartet is composed of Jacques Gordon and Walter Hancock, violins; Clarence Evans, viola, and Richard Wagner, violoncello. Rudolph Reuter is the pianist. WISV will broadcast tonight the first of a serfes of talks on Government ac- tivities. The speaker will be Col. Win- fleld Scott, commissioner of pensions. Radio Trouble? Call ADAMS 4673 Capitol Radio Service, 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. N.W. RADIO’S MAJOR FEATURES ‘TONIGHT. 7:00—Voters' Service; Multilateral ‘Treaty—WEAF, WTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WFI, WRC WY, WCAE, WHAS, WBT. 8:00—Sextet; Vocal Group—WJ. WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDK. WJR, KYW, WHAS, WsM, ‘WSB, WBT. 8:30—Popular Half Hour; Or- chestra—WEAF, WTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WFI, WEEI, | | WRC, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ. 9:00-—Dinner to Question Mark Flyers— WMAL, WFAN, WABC, WOWO, WNAC, WEAB, WFBL, WCAO, WJAS, WADC, WKRC, WGHP, KMOX. KMBC, KOIL, WSPD, WHK, WLBW, WMAL, WBDM. 9:30—Minstrels from the Past— WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, WLW, KYW. NEW GOVERNMENT PLANT . TO BE RADIO WATCH DOG Commerce Department Asks Funds for Station in Some Middle Western Area. A large constant frequency monitor- ing radio station, to be used by the Department of Commerce to test the use of the air by radio broadcasters, | TUNE IN TONIGHT 7.00 to 8.00 W-B-A-L Baltimore (1060K~283M) AMOCO MOTORISTS P ] wireless stations, aircraft and ships at sea, is expected to be erected in some Middle Western State within the next year. At the request of the Department of Commerce, Chairman Elliott of the House public building committee recent- ly introduced a bill to authorize the expenditure of $50,000 for the purchase of a site and bulldings for such a station. The station is to be operated to de- termine whether the air is being mis- used by any wireless or radio commu- nicators or broadcasters. 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