Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1929, Page 34

COLUMBIA OFFERS SNGER I DEBUT May Peterson of Grand Opera Fame Heads Chain Attractions Tonight. May Peterson, famous sornnn and former star of the Metropolitan Opera Co., will make her radio debut tonight in the Kodak hour, a prominent Colum- bia Broadcasting System attraction coming into Washington over Station WMAL. . For the Metro important r in i “Traviata,” armen’ d *“Manon." She also has starred in the renowned Opera Comigque in Paris, the World War cutting short her engagement there. In addition to Miss Peterson's reeital, the program includes a popular concert by Nat Shilkret's Orchestra. Another outstanding musical offering ©of WMAL will be a special presentation by the United Choral Singers of Liza Lehmann's famous song cycle, “In a Persian Garden.” This popalar work is based on the verse nf Omar Khay- am. it “Sunshowers and Rsilibows” a new feature, in which songs about April showers and the ensuing rainbows form the basis for the program: the weekly True Story Hour and “Doc” West, the philosopher, are among the remaining WMAL attractions. An orchestra, quar- tet, sister team and vocal soloists will participate in the “Sunshowers and Rainbows” broadcast. The scene for the True Story hour will be laid on a ranch along the flontinental Divide, where Mary and Bob, the characters, will be entertaine:l with an impromptu concert by a group of cowboys. Aside from its regular array of Na- tional Broadcasting Co. musical’ fea- tures, WRC's program tonight includes the weekly “Half Hours With the Sen- ate,” during which there will be dis- cussions by Attorney General William D. Mitchell and Senator Robinson of Indiana. The musical portion of the program will be provided by the Raybestos Twins, the Cities Service Orchestra and Cavaliers, the Schradértown Band and Hal Kemp's Orchestra. A group of sylvan dances by Fletcher and several Scandinavian compositions are featured in the Cities Service hour, while the ‘Twins will introduce several new com- edy songs. ‘The Roosevelt Trio and Bill Thomp- son's Fiddlers will have a conspicuous part in the program tonight of WJSV, ‘while WOL is featuring three piano re- citals, one by Howard S. Green, another by Gertrude Brooks Trumbly and the third by Catherine Lawrence. In addi- tion, this station has scheduled another program by Morgan Kiley, the old-time fiddler. STATIC BLANKETS PART OF ARIZONA Radio Sets Almost Useless Eight Months of Year in South- ern Section. politan she has sung “Lak: ‘Boheme,” By the Associated Press. Down in Southern Arizona, a region that has evclved from stage coach to air liner and from gunmen to grape- | fruit growers, radio fans soon will be 1tiflng their receiving sets in moth alls. For nature.made static, the perennial pest of reception that has defied all at- tempts of man to subdue it, renders a radio set almost as useless as an over- coat in that torrid country for about! eight months of the year. The etic effect of ore in the hills end the long periods of extreme heat with the sun bombarding the at- mosphere with electrical particles are blamed for the heavy Arizona static, Static also is a seasonal irritant to listeners in Florida and other States on the Gulf of Mexico, where tropical or semi-tropical weather prevails. Radlo men here who have worked on boats in the Gulf say it comes into the sets with 2 sound like hot fat sizzling in & frying pan. From late in March until the middle of November the owner of a set of aver- 8ge power and selectivity is unable to hear with regularity the programs broadcast in other ites or even in distant parts of his own State. For | ers in mest parts of the country, static does not become much of a nuisance until the middle of Msy and early in June, but there is not much they can do about it when it does. About that time of the year let- ters begin to pour into the Radio Com- mission eomplaining about interference and asking immediate relief, Some listeners mistake atmospheric disturb- ances for station interference or man- made statie. ‘While so-called eliminators have been used with varying degrees of success in filtering the ‘atmospheric noises from | radio telegraph signals, no practical de- | vice has been developed for use with the broadcast receiving set. A slight degree of relief may be ob- tained, engineers of the commission say, if anfennas are pointed away from static regions. All antennas, they ex- pulaitn. are directional to & certain ex- nt. Some people believe they can detect the approach of a thunderstorm by the recurring crashes of static in their radio sets which become more frequent as the storm draws near. While it usually is an accompaniment of an electrical storm, static is not an infallible barome- ter, because “crackling” may be very severe during a dry period. For clarity of reception Sweden is a radio listener’s paradise. With a cool, clear atmosphere, the direct opposite of | the air in the tropics, the climate there | is probably the best in the world for Teception. BRITAIN ALLAYS FEARS. [ Bmallpox Does Not Greatly Exceed | Average, Health Ministry Says. | LONDON, April 26 (#)—The ministry of health, to allay fears at home and abroad eoncerning the extent of cases of smallpox which had led France to| impose & strict quarantine, issued a de- | tailed statement last night showing that such cases this year do not greatly ex-| ceed the average, The statement declared that rigorous measures now had removed any danger of infection from the cases resulting from outbreak of the disease on the steamship Tuscania. The English ports have been kept free and there has not been & single case at Southampton. - . Mount Etna averages about 17 erup- tions a century. Major “Chain” Features ‘TONIGHT. 7:00—~The Bonnie Laddies; male trio—WJZ, WREN, KOA. 8:00—Citles Service Hour; 8Syl- van dances—WRC and N. B. C. netwerk. 9:00—Wrigley Review; vocal and instrumental artists—WJZ, WBZ, WBAL. KDKA, WLW, WMC, WSB. WSM and others. 10:00-—Kodak Hour;: May Peter- son, soprano—WMAL and C. B. 8 netwerk. 10:30—Half hours with the Senate: Attorney General Mitchell d S or Robinson of Indiana —WRC and N. B. C. network. 10:30-—Doc West: phtiosophy— WMAL and C. B. 8. network. Today on PROGRAM FOR FR 315.6—~WRC—950. (National Broadcasting Co.) :00—Play-by-| account of . wm!nam base bal me. 5:00—Florida on the Alr. 5:30—Jolly Bill and Jane. b 7:30—Lotus Orecl chestra. 9:00—An evening in Paris. 9:30—Shradertown Brass Band. 10:00—Weather forecast. 10:01—Aster Orchestra. 10:29—Radiograms. 10:30 to 11:00—Half hour with the Senate, Speakers, Attorney General William D. Mitchell and Senator Robinson of Indiana. 11:00 to 12:00—Slumber music. Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower health exercises. 00a—Gotham String Trio. 8:15a—Federation morning devotions. 8:30a—Cheerio. 8:50a—Parnassus_Trio. 9:00a—Songs by Milt Coleman. 9:15a—Harry Merker and his orches- tra. 10:15a—La Salle String Quartet. 11:00a—Parnassus Trio. :15a—Radio Household Institute. 0a—Studio program. 12:00 noon—Parnassus Trio. 12:30—Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra. 0—Yoeng's Orchestra. 0—Gotham String Trio. 00—Play-by-play account of the ‘Washington-Boston base ball game, 2054—WJISV—1,460. (Independent Publishing Co.) 0—Civic program. 0—Base ball chat. :45—Talk by Chrissie J. Anderson on “State Flower Legends.” :00—Harmelody Boys. 5—Toots and Dan. 0—Roosevelt Trio. 0—David Martin, baritone. 9:15—Two Black Humming Birds. 9:30—.{11":!"1& ‘Tester, harmonica 30- oist. 9:45—The Gondoliers. 1 —Bill Thompson's Fiddlers, 11:00—Weather report. Early Program Tomorrow. 12:30 to 1:30—Farm news, current events and music. 454.3—WEAF New York—660 5:30—Jolly Bill and Jane. 0—Waldorf-Astoria dinner music. 0-—Mechanics of Mirth. 7:00—Scores, WEAF; Kemp's Orches- tra. 8:00—Orchestra and Cavaliers. 9:00—An Evening in Paris; Irma de Baum, soprano. 9:30—Gus and Loule with the Town Band 00—Salon Singers; George Dilworth. 0—Half hour with the Senate. orchestra hour; Vincent Lopez, director. 394.5—WJZ New York—760 4:00—Pacific Little Symphony hour. 0—Talk, Edward McKernon; or- chestra; base ball scores. 7:00—Bonnie Laddies; Lou Noll, Charles Kenny, Jim Whalen. 7:15—Talk on health; “Diet.” 7:30—Uncle Bob's Circus. 8:00—Juliet La Carte; Old Man Don- aldson. 8:30—Quaker Girl and orchestra; Lois Bennett, soprano; male quartet. 00—Review in music; Lannie Ross and Dalhart Trio, 30—Memories, 00—Challengers. 30—Phil Spitainy’s Dance Orchest 11:00—€lumber music hour; orchestra. 422.3—WOR Newark—710 8:00—Persian Garden. 8:30—Ehowers and Rainbows. 9:00—Story hour. 10:00—The Album; dramatic reading and mus! 10:30—“Doc” West: Old Philosopher's ‘Words of Wisdom. 348.6—WABC New York—860 :30—Dr. Pleischer: Melodies, 0—Charles W. Hamp. 30—Jewels’ Orchestra. —Heroes of aviation. 30—Jewel Orchestra. 00—Ente: s, 30—In the dreammaker’s studio. 10:00—Negro achievement hour, 0—Hour of dancing. 272.6—~WLWL New York—1,100 00—Entertainers; talk. 00—Paulist League hour. 272.6—WPG Atiantie City—1,100 5:30—Twilight organ recital; news. 00—Hotel concert orchestra., :30—Health talk; feature. 6—Dance; musical feature, 10:00—Jean Wiener, organist, 11:00—News; dance hour. 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060 0—Sandman; the Councilors, —Feature program. 7:30—WJZ program (30 minutes). 8:00—Musical Art Gallery. 8:30—WJZ programs (2’ hours). 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170 6:2 mystic; melodies. 7:00—Orchestra; Penn Boys. 8:00—Feature program. 8:30—WOR programs (2% hours). 11:00—News; dance hour. 305.9—KDEKA Pittsburgh—980 6:30—Straight's Orchestra; scores, 7:00—Studio program. 7:15—WJZ programs (3% hours). 10:30—Scores; hotel orchestre. 11:00—Hour from WJZ, 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1. 6:30—Frank Skultety's Orehestra. 7:00—Newscasting; WJZ (15 minutes), 7:30—Minstrel program; featyre. 8:30—WJZ programs (3 hours), 10:30—Orchestra program. 'Radio Trouble? Call ADAMS 4673 Capitol Radio Service 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. N.W. | AGAINS MTONIGHT at 10:30 tune in on WI\[AL r COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM—the new favorite weekly Great night, at the same hour. Courtesy of the makers of Dr. West’s ] left of call letters, kilocycles on right. All time p.m. w St bl e otherwise indicated.) the 8:00—Cities Service Cavallers and Or- THE_EVENING BTAR. WASHINGTON, D. T. the Radio’ IDAY, APRIL 26, 1929. LOCAL STATIONS. 475.9—WMAL—63). (Washington Radio Forum.) 3:00—Play-by-play account of the ‘Washington-Boston base ball game by Denman Thompson, sports editor, The Star. 5:00—Talk by George Reith on auc- tion and contract bridge. 5:15—Studio program. 5:30—Frank Davis, English reader. 5:45—Columbia Heights Rambler. 6:00—Thirty Club. S5—Closing market prices. 6:30—Entre nous. 6:45—Enna Jettick melodies. 7:00—Fiashes from The Evening Star. 7:15—Jimmy and Jane, 7:30—Correct time, 7 Belle Haven entertainers. 1 Piano syncopators. 8:00—In a Persian Garden. 8:30—Sunshowers and Rainbows, 8:00—True Story hour. 10:00-—Kodak hour. 10:30—Doc West. 11:00—Paramount Orchestra. 11:30 to 12:00—Everglades Orchestra. Early Program Tomorrow. a—Children’s am. 30—Agricuitural program. -by-play sccount of the Washingion-Boston base bal! game by Denman Thompson, sports editor, The Star. 1} 228.9—WOL—1,310. (American Broadcasting Co.) —The Town Crier. b Public Service Man. 6:05—Dinner music. 6:15—Gertrude Brooks Trumbly, planist. 6:45—Howard 8. Green, pianist. 7:11—"Amos 'n’ Andy.” 7:20—Morgan Kiley, ol 5:4! 6 Colebach. 7:40—Catherine Lawrence, pianist. 10:00 to 12:00—Dance music. Early Program Temorrow. 7:30a—Musical clock. 7:55a—Birthdays. 8:00a—The Floorwalker. 8:30a—Musical clock. 9:00a-—Musical program., 10:00a—Household chat by Peggy Clarke. 10:30a—Public Service Man. 10:40a—Advertisers’ period. 434.5—NAA—696. (Washington Navy Yard) 3:45—Weather bureau reports. 9:55-—Arlington time signals. 10:05—Weather bureau reports. OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern standard time. 79.5—WGY' Scheneelady—790 7:30—Minstrels. 8:00—Concert orchestra hour. 9:00—WEAF programs (1 hour), 10:00—Concert orchestra. 10:30—WEAPF program (30 minutes), 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990 6:00—Dolan’s Orchestra, 6:30—News and features. 7:15—WJZ programs (45 minutes). 8:00—The Bing Family. 8:30—Same as WJZ (2 hours). 10:30—Sports; WJZ (30 minutes), 11:00—News; Morey's Orchestra. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN. 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700 6:30—Diners’ Orchestra, 7:15—~WJZ programs (45 minutes). 8:00—Musical feature. 8:30—WJZ programs (2 hours). 10°30—Radioet; hour from WJZ. 12:00—Dance; Jack and Gene (1 hour), 9:30—Priday frolic with quartet. 10:30—Harmony and dance (2’4 hours), 398.8—WCX-WIR Detroit—750 6:00—Hour of features, 7:00—The Editor's Desk, 5—WJZ program (45 minutes), 00—Concert; grocers’ program, 30—~WJZ programs (2 hour :30—To be announced; news, 11:00—Amos; dance music¢2 hous 4052—WSB Atlania—740 7:00—Harry Pomar's Orchestrs. 10 11:45—Hawalian ensemble. - 263—WAPI Birmingbam—1,140 7:00—University of Alabama, 7:30—Musical; vocal soloist. rt_orchestra (1Y T AT LAST A Nationally Known ALL-ELECTRIC SET LICENSED BY RCA Complete with SPEAKER AND TUBES Ne Eliminators or Batieries “Just Plug It In” COMPLETE §65:20...55,0 DPOWN OKAY RADIO CO. 417 11th St. NW. 1625 H 5t. N.W. 1d-time fiddler, | accompanied on guitar by Louis | MDD VCTOR N RCA SELNG ODY Subsidiary Takes Over All Sales Activities of the Merged Groups. BY MARTIN CODEL. ‘The Radio Corporation of America, the towering figure of the radio indus- try, evolves into a holding company of separate research, production and dis- tribution subisdiaries as the result of the incorporation of the Radio Victor Corporation of America under the laws of Maryland. Radio Victor, a 100 per ent subsidiary, takes over the sales activities of the Radio Corporation of America and the production and sales of the recently merged Victor Talking Machine Co. and its subsidiaries. ‘The combined business of the two companies last year amounted to nearly $170,000,000. The Radio Corporation’s 1928 sales of sets, tubes and other ap- paratus, which represented the last re- maining operating part of its business until the incorporation of the latest subsidiary, amounted to about $87,000, 000, or about 85 per cent of its gross income from all spurces. The early effect of the new combina- tion upon the buying public will un- doubtedly be the offering of new radio- phonograph combinations. named president of the corporation, J. L. Ray, formerly the sales vice presi- dent of the Radio Corporation of Amer- ica, announces that Radio-Victor will market this year a number of new models of radio sets and talking ma- chines developed i1 the laboratories of the two organizations and embodying radically new principles of design. Voted in January. ‘The merger with the Victor Talking Machine Co. was voted by the boards of the two companies last January. More than 99 per cent of the common stock of the phonograph company was deposited by Victor stockholders pur- suant to the plan. Radio Corporation's set production is practically all done by the General Electric and Westinghouse companies, but it produces tubes and various other apparatus in its own plants. The Gen- eral Electric and Westinghouse interests are well represented on the newly formed company’s board of directors, which includes H. P. Davis, Gen. James G. Harbord, J. L. Ray, Andrew W. Rob- ertson, David Sarnoff, Edward E. Shu- maker, Gerald Swope and Owen D, Young. Mr. Sarnoff becomes chairman C 'JZ program; studlo. 8:30—Hour from WJZ. 9:30—Best plays; Tea Timers. 10:30—Dance music. 365.6—WHAS—Louisville—820 00—Hotel dinner music. 30—WJZ programs (1 hour). ‘Hiram Summers, baritone. —WJZ and WEAF (2 hours). 12:00—News; dance music hour. 461.3—WSM Nashville—850 270.1—-WRVA Richmond—1,110 6:00—Sports review; Byrd Trio. 7:00—Amos-Andy; Movie News, 7:40—Orchestra program; talk, 8:30—Musical program. 9:00—WJZ (30 minutes) ; quartet. 10:00—WJZ program (30 minutes). 10:30—Hotel orchestra; j, TUNE IN and HEAR WMAL—Every Friday at 6:45 “Enna Jettick” Shoes exclusively at 7th & K 3212 14th 1207 F NN NN Ib‘anes Alda O, Ve JoresE AUDIONS # over the Columbia Tune on station WMAL DE DI DeForest Audions : Colonial Wholesalers, Inc. fet. 2150 806 12th St. NW. The Robt. C. Rogers Co. 1223 Eye Street N.W. DISTRIBUTORS De Forest Audions The newly | o of the board, with Mr. Ray as president of the company. Having divested itself of the actual operating activities, the Radio Corpora- tion of America emerges as a holding company, owning in whole the Radis Victor Corporation, the Radio Corpora- tion of America Communications, Inc.; the Radio Marine Corporation of Ame! fca and the Radio Corporation of America Photophone, Inc. Their branches of activity are indicated by their names. The Radio-Victor unit will doubtless ocontinue, for the present at least, to be the greatest source of income. The transoceanic and ship communications businesses, now highly profitable, will | be sold to the International Telephone & Telegraph Co. if Congress can be Ka‘nnded to amend the present pro- ibitive law. Interest in Keith Circuit. In the talking motion picture field | the corporation also has a substantial interest in the Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation under a contract for the use of patents, exchange of services and co-operation in research and in the amusement field. Stock owned by the corporation in F. B. O. productions, a motion picture producing concern, last year was also exchanged for stock in Radio-Keith-Orpheum. In addition the hold'ng company owns 50 per cent of the stock of the National Broadcasting Co., the radio program chain now linking 67 stations and covering practically the whole country. ‘There are numerous other corporate subsidiaries, both in htis country and abroad, of the various operating units that now make up the Radio Corpora- tion of America. The Radio-Victor, for example, has many branch connections through sub- sidiary companies, poration of America and Radio Cor- - | poration of America Communication Inc, have subsidiaries of their own, the latter particularly participating in several foreign radio communications enterprises. (holding company is inestimable. Pre- sumably 21l patents will be made avail- able to all subsidiaries, while no change is anticipated in the policy of licensing other companies to use the patents. Last year's report of the Ra- dio Corporation of America listed its patent assets at only $1. The same re- port revealed an income of $6,392,282 from patent royalties. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliane —_—— ‘The highest waterfall in the world has been discovered on the French Island of Nukuhiva, one of the largest of the Marquesas. ‘The Radio Marine | The patent strengih of the huge| SUNDAY 2 TO 11 P.M. ; FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1929." GLADYS PUGH Ot the “Blossem Time” company, who will take a prominent part in a special Schubert to be broadcast Su | program | day night by Station WOL. NEW VOICE TO BE HEARD BY EUROPEAN LISTENERS Opening Ceremony of Radio Beo- grad, 455 Meters, Attended by Notables. BELGRADE (P).—A new voice is to be heard in Europe, that of Radio Beograd, 455 meters. The opening ceremony was held in the presence of many notables, includ- ing the King’s representative, ministers, diplomats, bishops and professors. 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