Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1929, Page 34

RECORD ORCAESTRA ON WRG TONIHT Fifty Musicians to Play Concert of Seiberling Hour. A 50-piece concert orchestra, the largest ever organized for regular spon- sored radio broadcasts, will make its debut during the Seiberling hour to- night over WRC and 37 associated sta- tions, stretching from Maine to the Golden Gate. The orchestra, under the direction of Rapee, famous maestro and com- rfl!fl‘ will inaugurate a new Seiber- ing serfes. It promises as its first in- strumental origination a medley of the | best known melodies of Fritz Kreisler | especially arranged and transcribed by | Rapee under the title of “Kreisleriana. It promises, too, ar arrangement for fiv clarinets c¢f Burleigh’s “Deep River,” and the appearance of a new radio rtist, Elizabeth Lennox, operatic con- who will sing Saint-Saens’ Viens Alder,” from *i on and “Just a'Wearyin' for | You,” by Carrie Jacobs Bond. Phil| Ohman end Victor Arden, the two- piano team, also will take part in the P am by playing “Sonny Boy.” The Halsey-Stuart hour, the Hoover Bentinels and Forhan's Song 8hop are | E}"am!ntnt among WRC's remaining at- ctions. The musical portion of the Halsey- Stuart broadcast includes a group of | seven orchestral selections, ranging to hits from cutrent | Kreisler's “The Old d “Come West, Little Girl,” from “Whoopee,” are the out- standing coptrasting numbers. Vincent Youmans, the “baby” of| Broadway producers, will be the star of the Song Shop period. He will play on the piano three of his latest son: 0 Am I” “The One Girl” an "I Want a Man.” The Sentinels present their usual type of musical rograms. Light opera, symphonic jazz and pop- ular music and drama will be offered in the varied Erorram scheduled to- night by WMAL. The operetta will be a condensed version of Rossini's “The Barber of Seville.” It will be sung by the usual United Light Opera Co. cast. The Columbians will lymphcmc jazz program, featuring a m rhythmic interpreutlon of ky-Korukofl s “Hymn to the Sun.” The program .1 open with this well known selection from ‘“Coe d'Or and will be followed by the Russian | clety, | Iulans. Sir Bernard Pares, 8:30 o'clock in Gaston Hall, open to the public. substitute for Dr. Edmund A. Walsh of the Foreign Service School in the present the | latter's serles of Russian lectures. Radio’s Major Features TONIGHT. Shop; vocal variety— ; , ' WTIC, W.IAR, WTAG, WFI, WRC, WGY, WDH WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, 8: ao——&nnmw Hazel Rawson Cades — WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM KDKA, WLW, WJR, Ox’lo—-Snnorg hour; famous re- cording artists—WABC, WOR, WFAN, WNAC, WEAN, WP'BL WKBW, WCAO, WJAS, WADC, WEKRC, WGHP, WSPD, WHK, WLBW, WMAL, WTAR,WWNC, WLAC, D. 10:00—O1d Counselor; advice and music — WEAF, WEEI, WTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WFI, WRC, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WWJ, KYW, WHAS, WBT, WSB. 8:00—Son W) Gypsy song, “Two Guitars,” The rest of the program wil! be light and popu- lar in tone, consisting symphonic versions of “Dardanella,” “The Song I Love” and “Manhattan Serenade.” .Close ups, another WMAL attraction, will be a drama of the snowy regions of Canada with a moving picture com- pany on location there. WJBV will open its evening program | with” the regular weekly children’s pe- riod. The subsequent attractions fea. ture a_program by the National S Children of the American Reve and a concert by the Hono: WOL has scheduled its regu- lar musical attractions, the outstand- ing being a dinner concert by the Carl- ton Orchestra, lution, {AUTHORITY ON RUSSIA |TO TALK AT GEORGETOWN i British Writer, ‘Will Lecture Tomorow Night at Gaston Hall. 8ir Bernard Pares, distinguished Brit- ish authority on Russian affairs and director of the School of Slavonic Studies of London University, has ar- ill | rived in Washington to fulfill a lec- ture engagement at Georgetown Uni- versity. One of his lectures, tonight at will be Prof. Pares will Prof. Pares, who is stopping at the Cosmos Club, is one of the best known writers on Russia, is editor-in-chief of the Slavonic Review and served his country on several diplomatic missions to Russia. THE EVENING STILL INVESTIGATE RADIO‘MONOPOLY Senator Dill Says Department of Justice Is Studying Trust Case. BY MARTIN CODEL. Important new angles of the uncer- tain and highly complex status of radio in relations to Government are fur- nished by proceedings current in Wash- ington. A remark by Senator Dill that the Department of Justice is now deter- mining from the evidence at hand whether the Government should take action to “dissolve” the so-called “radio trust” has been found upon inquiry to be based on the fact that Assistant At- torney General Donovan still has under investigation the many serious charges that have been made against the Radio Corporation of America. The statement by Senator Dill, who {has been vigorous in his denunciation | of certain trade practices in radio, indi- | cated that the recent dismissal of the complaint against the Radio Corpora- tion of America and affiliated companies by the Federal Trade Commission has not ended the anti-trust Inquiry. It was learned that B. M. Webster, special assistant to the Attorney General, is making a special study of the evidence, but the Department of Justice states that this is simply pursuing an inquiry into complaints of many years' stand- 8. Col. Manton Davis, vice president and general attorney of the Radio Corpora- tion of America, told the Senate com- mittee that he had heard only “hear- say” reports and “rumors” that the Denartment of Justice had not finished with the matter. The subjects of radio communication and .radio trade have become so confused in the minds of the public and of the lawmakers that either the Department of Justice or the Fed- eral Radio Commission, or both, should be expected to clarify the legal differ- ences that are not as .evident as the cifferences of facts. Enemies Charge Monopoly. The Radio Corporation of America, now separating its virtual monopoly of transoceanic radio from its many other lines of activity, is insistently pointing out that any effort to wound its foreign radio system, now connecting this coun- try with 30 foreign nations, will mean crippling American trade and its strate- gic position in world radio communica- tion. At the same time the avowed enemies of the Radio Corporation of America_are firm in their determina- STAR, WASHINGTON, lengths taken away if anti-trust viola-|on tions are found, according to Oswald Schuette, who heads the opposing group. An effort must be made to keep the radio trade situation clear of thc ut- terly different problem presented by the internal and international radio com- munication, out of which the program radio of today suddenly sprang as a by- product. But the big money being earned in radio is in the sale of sets, tubes and parts; and the deep animosi- ties are in that field. Unbiased observ- ers are generally agreed that the radio trade and the radio communications problems ought not to be confused, yet !hz radio law itself is confusing on that Radm broadcasting stations are like heat, water, light and power companies. They furnish an intangible commodity in_the form of instruction and enter- tainments. Their services, therefore, should be without discrimination as be- tween various classes of listeners, and the tastes, needs and desires of all sub- stantial groups of the listening public must be met in some way by a weil rounded program. Priority Rights. Thus Louis G. Caldwell, retiring chief counsel of the Federal Radio Commis- sion, seeks to clarify the public utility character of broadcasting stations in a brief in the tri-cornered Chicago broad- casting case, involving stations WENR, WLS and WCBD, which has just been filed in the Court of Appeals here. Cer- tain fundamental principles respecting priority and other rights of stations are set forth in the brief for the first time. “In such a scheme,” Mr. Caldwell points out, “there is no room for the operation of broadcasting stations ex- clusively by or in the private interest of individuals or groups, so far as the nature of programs is concerned. There is not room in the broadcast band for every school of thought, religious, po- litical, social or economic, each to have its separate broadcasting station. “Therefore, propaganda stations have claims which are inferior to stations which are giving a general public serv- ice to all classes of people.” It is held that WENR, operated by the Insull public utility interests, should not be regarded as a propaganda sta-| tion, the commission having found there was “nothing in the evidence to support this claim, and that there was nothing wrong in a public utility ene gaging in advertising its business to the same extent as other business ad- vertises by this method.” Nevertheless, the commission’s deci- sion, under the recent reallocation and as the result of a public hearing, is upheld by the counsel. Station WENR got two-sevenths time on the air, or the equivalent of two operating days; WLS, controlled by a farm magazine and the Sears-Roebuck Co,, obtained five-sev- enchs time on the same channel, and WCBD, owned by the Zion City Church, headed by Wilbur Glenn Voliva, ob- tained daylight operating hours only on the channel. Each appealed to the court for more and more favorable hours. Aside from the merits of the cases, DISON AN D RADIO-PHONOGRAPH DIO COMBINATIONS Both Sides of 7th at K Street Aemnu lnvlud Exclusive Washington Department Store Representative Come, See and Hear the Marvelous Edison Radio at 'GOLDENBERG'S Washington’s Popular Shopping Center for the Edison Radio Radio Department— Fourth Floor Buy Your Edison on Our Budget Plan— No Interest or Extras D. C, which the commissioners were di- vlded evenly, Judge Robinson'not vot- ing because he opposed the realloca- tion, certain salient principles govern- ing the rights of broadcasting stations to wave lengths are laid down by Mr. Caldwell, with the unanimous concur- rence of the commission. These reveal the immense amount of discretion that rests with the Federal regulatory body under existing law. Mr. c-ldwell lays down the general rule that as between two broadcasting stations with otherwise equal claims for privileges the station with the longest record of continuous service has the superfor right. He makes clear, how- ever, that this is not to be construed as doctrine of vested rights or an extension of property law to the use of the ether.” The plenary er of the United States to regulate interstate crl)mmerce is regarded as full and com- plete. ‘Where contesting stations do not have equal claims the principle of priority ‘is second to zone or State quotas and dis- | parity in services rendered. In ather words, a junior station in a zone or State not having its equal share of radio facilities may have priority over an older station in an overcro zone. Moreover, an older station whose service is deemed to be “slipping” may lose out t) a younger ane with better service. Radio assignments are not “frozen” or free from change. It is further held that “advertising must be limited in amount and char- acter, so as to preserve the largest amount of service for the public. The commission recognizes that without ad- vertising broadcasting might not exist. ‘The final point is that evidence con- cerning the comparative popularity of stations, such as letters, telegrams and petitions often solicited over the radio, is “exceedingly untrustworthy.” (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alllance) U. S.-CANADA RADIO AGREEMENT REACHED | Regulates Messages by 16,000 Amateur Operators in This Country. Transmission of messages by the 16,000 amateur radio operators in the United States is regulated under the terms of an agreement reached by this country and Canada on the han of private communications. The compact provides for the han- Radio Trouble? Call ADAMS 4673 Capitol Radio Service 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. N.W. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1929.' dliing by radio operators of messages between Canada and the United States and the possessions of this country which would not normally be sent by other means of electrical communica- tion, or between isolated points where there is no other means of communica-~ tion or emergency messages. agreement stipulates that no tolls 'r? u:‘ be chn;zed for ‘melsfingu sent by privat rators an at messages from né'&' stations in isolated points are to be handed to the local office of the telegraph company by the amateur recelving station for transmission to final destination. This will be the pro- cedure in handling messages from ex- Redmom in remote places such as the reti Messages recelved by amateur sta- tions in cases of emergency, such as floods or hurricanes, are to be handed to the nearest point on the established commercial telegraph system remaining in operation. The exchange of communications be- tween private experimental stations of different countries are to be forbidden if the administration of one of the in- terested countries has given notice of its opposition to the exchange. ‘When this exchange is permitted, the communications must, unless the coun- tries have entered into other agree- ments among themselves, be carried on in plain language and be limited to messages bearing upon the experiments and to remarks of a private nature. et this man show you the Model “A” Ford Chrysler “52” (Four) Chrysler “62” (Six) Chrysler “65” (Six) Chrysler “72” Insurance 50c per trip. ew 7c Per Mile, Plus 30c Per Hour 8c Per Mile, Plus 35c Per Hour 9c Per Mile, Plus 35¢c Per Hour 10c Per Mile, Plus 35c Per Hour 1lc Per Mile, Plus 40c Per Hour Gas and oil included in above rates. No minimum mileage required Saunders Systefi Washington Company 628 Penn. Ave. S.E. Phone Lincoln 4771 E. J. Weidman Mgr. 1320 N. Y. Ave. N.W. 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