Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1929, Page 25

VAREDPROGRANS ON AR TONGHT Drama of Building of Napo- leon’s Coach Will Feature WRC Broadcast. A novel radio presentation, the drama of the building of the coronation coach | which Napoleon believed was to play n important part in his life, will be adcast tonight by WRC and its as- :Cnc:mcs in the National Broadcasting o ‘The story of the coach, dramatized by William Ford Manley and Henry Fisk Carlton, will be produced by Ger- ald Stopp and his National Broadcast- ing Co. players during the General Mo- tors weekly “family party.” There will bz incidenal music, with introduction | finale, appropriate to the drama. utstanding among WRC's musical features will be a tabloid version by the Naticnal Grand Opera Co. of Ver- di's “The Masked Ball”; the weekly ocncert of the A. & P. Gypsies and the Voice of Firestone. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTO Today“ on _t_he Radio MAJOR “CHAIN" FEATURES TONIGHT. 7:30—A & P Gypsies; semi- classic compositions—WRC and NBC network. 8:00—Edison program; favorite music of Henry Ford—WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, KDKA, KYW, WJR and others. | 8:30—Vitaphorie Jubilee; Irene | | Beasley, “blues” singer—WMAL and C. B. S. network. 0—“Family party” — dra- matic radio sketch—WRC -and N. B. C. network. 9:00—Pantela Pageant: Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit— WMAL and C. B. S. network. 10:00—National Girand Opera Co.; “The Masked Ball"—WRC and N. B. C. network. PROGRAM FOR MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1929. (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles un right. All time p.m. unless otherwise indicatec.) LOCAL STATIONS 315.6—WRC—950. 475.9—WMAL—630. (National Broadcasting Co.) (Washington Radio Forum). ky Sketche: Short Stories on Wealth,” by = 3:30—The Masqueraders. Irving Fisher. 4:00—Katherine Havill, mezzo-soprano, 4:00—Bob Fallon's Orchestra, 4:30—Closing market prices. 4:30—Jolly Bill and Jane. 45—Children’s program. 5:00—Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra. 5:30—Ruth Kobbe, contralto. 5:55—Motion Picture Guide. 5:45—Capital City monumental musi- | 5:57—Base Ball scores. cal feature. 6:00—Aster Orchestra. 6:00—Correct time. 6:30—Correct time. 6:00—Flashes from The Evening Star, | 1—Roxy and His Gang. 6:15—Gude’s Floral Ensemble. 7:00—The Voice of Firestone. 6:45—Jimmy and Jane. 7:30—A. & P. Gypsies (N. B. C.). 7:00—Musical vignettes—Italy. 8:30—General Motors Family Party. 7:30—CeCo Couriers, featuring Henry 9:30—Empire Builders. Burbig, humorist. 10:00—Weather forecast. 8:00—Physical culture hour. 10:01—National Grand Opera Company,| 8:30—Vitaphone jubllee, featuring | “The Masked Ball.” Irene Beasley, popular singer of 11:00—Phil Spitalny's Orchestra. “blues” songs. H 9:00—Burns’ Panatelas. 12:00—Radiograms. 9:30—Night club romance. Early Program Tomorrow. 10:00 to 11:00—Swanee Syncopators. 6:45a—Tower health exercises. 7:15a—Federation Morning Devotions. 7:30a—Cheerio. 7:50a—Parnassus Trio. 115 | 45— | 4l 379.5—~WGY Schenectady—790 5:30—Dinner music and talk. 6:25—Scores; mystery play. 7:00—WEAF programs (4 hours). 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990 5:00—MAC forum; orchestra. 5:30—News; orchestra; R. W. McNeel. | 6:00—Meadows program. | 6:30—WJZ programs (1 hour). 7:30—Back Stage Life. 8:00—WJZ programs (1 hour). 9:00—Universal Male Quartet. 9:30—Sports; Guyer's Troubadours. 10:00—News; Guyer’s Troubadours. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN. Early Program Tomorrow. 9:30a—Jewel radio hour. Feature Herbert's Works. A group of semi-classic compositions | in which Victor Herbert is well repre-| gented makes up a major portion of | the program of the Gypsies. These | include Herbert's he Dream Melod! end gems from “Miss Dolly Dollars’ vorak's “Humresque” and Nevin's enetian Love Song” and his “Gondo- both taken from “A Day in Ven- dce A feature of the Firestone pro- gram will be a—the immortal “Sere- Dade” of Schubert, sung by Franklyn Baur, tenor, who also will sing the! popular “Memory Lane” and Del Riego’s “Homing.” The weekly historical episode of WRC, offered during the Empire Builders period, will depict tonight the settlement and development of the Wenatchee Valley, in the State of Washington. The program will include a dramatization of the voyage of the Astorians on their way to what became later the port of Astoria at the mouth ©of the Columbia River. Jubilee Heads WMAL Program. ‘The regular Columbia Broadcasting Bystem attractions dominate the pro- gram of WMAL. Chief among them are the Vitaphone Jubilee, the Panatela Pageant, Musical Vignettes and the CeCo Couriers. Irene Beasley, popular singer of *blues” songs, will be the featured en- tertainment in the Vitaphone broad- cast. The Panatela program again has its principal artists Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson, who will sing a group of solo and duet numbers. The Couriers will present Henry Burbig, humorist, in a burlesque on Robert Service’s poem, “On the Wire.” Bo- hemian m;;stilctvm predominate on the Musical Vignettes program. A talk by Senator Nye of North Da- kota on “what National Origin Means to the Country” will be broadcast 8t | 9:15 o'clock tonight by station WJSV. Justice 47. A. Van Orsdel of the Dis- trict Court of Appeals will preced BSenator Nye with a talk on the pur- poses and activities of the Sons of the American Revolution. In addition to its regular features, WOL has added several specialties to- night. These include a talk by Mrs. Harry N. Stull on “The Summer Round- Up” end a_concert by the American University Quartet, com of Leon K. Bryner, first tenor; Barrett Fuchs, second tenor; R. C. McLaughlin, first bass, and J. Harold Riggle, second bass. Miss Bernice Field will be the accom- peani: . BIG GROUP TO GAIN SIX RADIO STATIONS Cleveland Plant Is Latest Addition to List for National Service. The year 1929 should see at least six more stations in various sections of the country take the air with the maximum broadcasting power of 50,000 watts, en- abling them to serve broad expanses_of territory with good signal s N Station WTAM, at Cleveland. is the lat- est broadcaster granted permission to constructta transmitter of this output for “national” service. There are now actually operating in the country five stations broadcasting with the top allowable power. The trend has been toward bigger and bet- ter stations for operation on cleared channels, despite the opposition of some members of Congress and the chairman of the commission, Ira E. Robinson. Rural Listeners’ Position. Engineering opinion is almost unani- mous for high power if there are to be cleared channels, and there are 40 of them, although a movement is afoot Jooking to their elimination if syn- chronization experiments prove ef- fective. Engineers likewise are united in the view that synchronization is not here on a practical basis and that the only way the rural listener can be served is by packing a power “wallop” on _each cleared channel. ‘The commission granted the applica- tion of WTAM, operated by WTAM and ‘WEAR, Inc., of Cleveland, without hesi- tation. Ben Lane, representative of the station, filed the application in person. ‘The new station will be built outside of Cleveland, pursuant to engineering advice against the location of super- wered transmitters within city limits. ig stations are being crowded into the suburbs to eliminate the blanketing out of distance reception by the booming strength of the high-powered “local.” Serve Large Audience. ‘WTAM should be a noteworthy 50,000~ ‘watter if WLW, Cincinnati, and WENR, Chicago, can be taken as criteria. These two stations, both centrally lo- cated, made their debuts as 50-kilo- watters since last November, and both have been performing excellently. Be- ing located inland, these stations serve a larger audience than do the stations of the same power on the coast, because none of their signal strength is lost in the ocean. Radio waves travel in cir- cles and thus the service range of & station centrally located is in all direc- tions. Station WTAM has as & “roommate” on_the 1070 kilocycle channel station WEAR, also in Cleveland, and owned by the same company. The former sta- tion uses 3,500 watts at present and WEAR 1,000 watts. Just what arrange- ment will be made for WEAR later is not divulged. WTAM subscribes to the National Broadcasting Co. network. (Copyright, 1929, by the Consolidated Press.) BUSINESS MAN A SUICIDE. Seots Fire to Office, Swallows Poison, Then Shoots Self. NEW_OLREANS, April 29 (@) — James B. Otis, prominent business man, died here yesterday as the result of self-administered poison and a gunshot wound Saturday. He also set fire to his office before attempting suicide he told hospital attendants. Otis wes found in a critical condition in the office of the J. S. Otis Mahogany Co., Inc., yesterday afternoon after persons living nearby had been attracted 10 the place and smashed a door to gain entrance. He was sald by those first to arrive to have begged them to let him die. Financial troubles were considered by | 8:15a—Harry Merker 10:00a—Radio home-makers. 10:30a—Topaz Ensemble. 11:00 to 12:00—Opening of seventeenth | annual meeting of United States Chamber of Commerce. Speak- ers: Julius H. Barnes, former president of United States Chamber of Commerce. Keynote address: Earl Elijah, master farmer of Clarence, Iowa, “The Relation of Business to Agri- | culture.” 1:30—Theronoid piano syncopator. 1:45—Theronoid health talk. ~3:00—L’Apres Midi talks. 8:00a—Milt Coleman, songs. and his 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700 6:30—Diners orchestra. :00—City government; orchestra. 0—To be announced. Prof. Kyrock; organ. chestra. b 9:00a—Dr. Royal S. Copeland. 9:30a—La Salle String Quartet, 9:45a—Fleischman Food Club. 10:00a—Parnassus String Trio. 10:15a—Radio Household Institute. 10:30a—Pictorial Review program. 10:45a—"Around the House,” by Han- nah Wing. 11:00a—Parnassus String Trio. 11:30a—George F. Ross, planist. 11:45a—Pennsylvania -Orchestra. 12:45—Organ recital. 1:15—“Farm and Home Facts,” by the Department of Agriculture. 1:30—Mayflower Orchestra. 2:00—Play - by - play account of the Washington-New York base ball | game. —The Club; orchestra. 11:00—Yesterday and today. 12:00—Orchestra; W. L. & W. (1 hour). 398.3—WCX-WJR Detroit—750 6:00—Features and melody. 7:30—WJZ (30 minutes); minstrels, 8:00—Hour from WJZ, 9:00—Veterans; Aeolians. 10:00—Emerald Isle; Amos; orchestra. 10:55—News; easy chair. i 11:30—Dance (13 hours). H 405.2—WSB Atlanta—740 :30—WJZ and WEAF (one hour). :30—Harry Pomar’s Orchestra. :30—WEAF programs (114 hour: :45—Neil Weldon’s Orchestra. 263—WAPI Birmingham—1,140 00—Hour from WEAF. :00—Newscasting; markets. :15—Ferdinand Dunkey. :00—Rambling Fiddlers. 365.6—WHAS Louisville—820 :00—WEAF program (30 minutes). :30—Virginia Barry Yeager. :00—Mrs. C. H. Miller. :30—WEAF programs (2% hours). :00—News; Virginia's entertainers. 461.3—WSM Nashville—650 :30—WJZ and WEAF (1 hour). :30—Feature; newscasting. :00—Craig’s Orchestra. :30—Hour from WJZ. :30—Studio program; feature. :30—WSM Orchestra (30 minutes). 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110 :00—Byrd Trio; Amos and Andy. :00—WEAF and WJZ (13 hours). :30—Quartet program. 00—History; serenaders; pianist. :00—WEAF hour. :00—Hotel Orchestra hour. 258.5—~WWVA Wheeling—1,160 6:00—Organ recital. 7:00—Boy Scouts; Aunt Jane. 8:00—Studio programs (2 hours). The large numbers of new sikyscrapers which have been added to the business 228.9—WOL—1,310. (American Broadcasting Co.) 5:45—The town crier. 6:03—Public service man. 6:10—Warner Kennedy, planist. 6:20—Fan mail bag. 6:30—Dinner music. 6:45—American University Quartet. | 7:00—"*The Summer Round-Up,” by | Mrs. Harry N. Stull of the D. C. | Congress of Parents and Teach- 9:00—Talk by Justice J. A. Van Orsdel ers. of the D. C. Court of Appeals| 7:11—“Amos 'n’ Andy.” under auspices of the Sons of | 7:21—David Martin, baritone. 11 the American Revolution. 110:00 to 12:00—Colonial Dance Orches- | 9:15—"What National Origin Means to tra. the Country,” by Senator Nye of Early P = Tomorrow, North Dakota. 9:30—The Virginians. 7:30a—Musical clock. 7:55a—Birthdays. 9:45—The Taylor Sisters, 10:15—Request program. 8:00a—Bits of news. 00a—Musical progr: 11:00—Weather report. Early Program Tomorrow. 9 am. 10:00a—Household chat by Peggy arke. 10:30a—The public service man. 12:30 to 1:30—Current events, news and music. 10:35a—"The Scrap Book and the Na- tional Exhibit,” by Mrs. E. R. 434.5—NAA—690. (Washington Navy Yard.) Kalmbach. 11:00a—Beauty Question Box, conduct- ed by Bertha Parker. 205.4—WJISV—1,460. (Independent Publishing Co.) 6:30—Clvic program. 8:00—Paul F. Grove, reader. 8:15—Bennings Trio. 8:30—Roosevelt Trio. farm 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. 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170 5:20—Scores; Musical Furriers. 6:00—Hour of orchestras. 7:00—WOR programs (3 hours). 10:00—News; dance hour. 305.9—KDEA Pittsburgh—980 5:30—Hotel orchestra; scores. 6:00—Special dinners. 454.3—WEAF New York—6860 5:00—Waldorf-Astoria dinner music. 5:25—Base ball scores and the Step- pers in novelty program. 6:30—"The Wdrld Today” and Frances Paperte, mezzo soprano. 7:00—Choristers and orchestra. Vaughn de Leath and districts of cities throughout the United States in the past year have increased | the percentage of vacancies to 11.44 in- | stead of the normal 10 per cent. | Baur. 7:10—-0{::!5: program of orchestra 30—Fami ff;mp.m' tati 8: presentation; sym- phony orchestra, directed by Adrian Schubert. :30—Empire Builders’ sketch. :00—National Grand Opera; “The Masked Ball.” . 0—WJZ programs 1(21,4 hours). program. Smith’s Cavaliers, hour from WJZ. 9 10 9:00—Auto 9:30—Sax 394.5—WJZ New York—1760 10:30_Half 5:00—Hour of dancing from Palais 6:00—Base ball _scores—WJZ only; South Islands uth Sea lers. 6:30—Roxy and His Gang; hour of music features. 7:30—Hugo Mariani concert orchestra. 8:00—Orchestra favorites. 8:30—Real Folks sketch. 9:00—Concert Bureau program. 9:30—Hal Kemp's Dance Orchestra. 10:00—Slumber music. 4223—WOR Newark—710 6:00—Uncle Don's 30 minutes for chil- . dren. 7:00—Frolickers. T and fun, 8:00—Physical culture. 8:30—Movie stars. The favorite musie ot HENRY §:00—Orchestra. 9:30—Musical vignettes. 348.6—WABC New York—860 4:45—Children’s program. 5:30—Duke Ellington’s Orchestra. 6:00—Thirty minutes of sunshine. 6:30—Effle and Laura. 7:30—Thirty Minute Men. 8:00—International hour. i 9:00—Cellar Knights. J 0—In a Spanish garden. 00—Dance music hour. / 272.6—WLWL New York—1,100 5:00—Musical . programs. 5:55—Music; book suggestions. 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100 4:30—Twilight organ recital; news. 7:00—Scores; dinner music. 7:30—Honolulu duo; musical jays. 8:00—Concert orchestra; studio. 9:00—Music Masters; minstrels. 10:00—News; dance hour. 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060 6:00—Dinner music hour. 7:00—WJZ program (30 minutes). 7:30—WBAL String Quartet. 8:00—WJZ programs (1 hour). 9:00—The Marylanders. 10:00—The Bohemians hour. TO-NIGHT) at 0 839, WMAL Liketolaughand listen to music with tuneful melody? Then hear the CeCo Couriers! FORD WBAL—9:00-9:30 . and the coast-to-coast NB C Network played and sung by Edison Recording Artists 9: » Tune in! Express' Yourself Through the Medium of There Is No Better Way! GUDE &™* Four Stores for Your Convenience B RS X % A N R T TUNE IN TODAY OVER STATION WMAL . _Starting today, Gude Bros. Floral Ensemble goes on the air Mondays at 6:15 to 6:45, instead of Tuesdays as heretofore. 1212 F. St 1102 Conn. Ave. Nat. 4278 3103 14th St. NW. Decatur 3146 Col. 3103 5016 Conn. Ave. N.W. R\ ENOWNED for Cleveland 1226 N, D. C. MONDAY, SENATE EXPECTED 100. K. RADIO MEN W. D. L. Starbuck and Gen. Saltzman Likely to Be Ratified Soon. BY MARTIN CODEL. Decisions on many broadcasting ap- pligations and on assignmen’ : of short wae channels may be expected from the Federal Radio Commission shortly after it begins to function with a ful membership. The appointment of Wil liam D. L. Starbuck, New York me. chanical engineer and patent attorney, has completed the personnel of the radio control body. Ratification by the Senate of his ap- | pointment _and that of Gen. Charles McK. Saltzman, nominated several weeks ago to represent the Middle Western zone, will enable the commis- sicn to break the stalemate t h: blocked its work. The Senate will prob- ably confirm both men this week witi- much opposition, although an in APRIT 29, 1929.° quiry may be made into Mr. Starbuck’s business affiliations and some questions may be asked Gen. Saltzmen about his stock holdings. One of the first tasks that will con- | front the reorganized commission wi |be to cast about for a new chief | engineer. | Capt. Hill Recalled. Capt. Guy Hill, acting chief engineer | | since the resignation of Dr. J. H. Del- linger of the Bureau of Standards. has been recalled to the Army Signal Corps on June 19. He is the last of the staff | engineers loaned to the commission on a full or port time basis by the militar; and other bureaus of the Government. | Then the commission must render | decisions on disputes, such as the effort of Station KVOO, Tulsa, |tain_the wave length now assigned to | KWKH, Shreveport, La. It may also | have before it the matter of clearing 10 or more broadcast channels in order lo provide additional services to stations nd States reduced under the alloca- tion. A notable example is Towa. in the short-wave band. There are | meny more applications for wave lengths than there are channels avail- able. For public and private point-to- point radio telegraph services, both national and international, the appli- | cants who are still awaiting allocations are the American Publishers commit- tee, Tepresenting the press interests; t Radio Corporation of America, Mackay Radio and Telegraph Co's. Inter-Cit Radlo Telegraph Co., and Wireless Teie graph & Communications Co., each BRINGS Okla., to ob-| The commission’s chief problem lies | sh a_domestic radio telegraph network, and the Western Radio Telegraph Co., owned by oil in- terests and planning a point-to-point system to handle their own traffic. Applicants for short waves for relay broadeasting include the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, which propcses to use WCFL as_the “key” of a Nation-wide network linked by short waves, and WENR, Chicago, which also propo ‘feed” its programs to other stations via the short waves. Miscella applicants for code uses | of short waves include air transport | companies, raflroads, ship and_shore tations, power companies, gesphysical | prospectors, agricultural groups and po- | lice and fire departments. | _ The new | starbuck, is a Democrat, and has the | backing of the two Senators from New York. He is a close personal friend of Col. William Donovan, former Assist- | ant_ Attorney General. He is 43 years | old and a native New Yorker. | tices in New York, but resides in Con- | necticut. | Mr. Starbuck is an engineering grad- | uate of Columbia University. He proposing to esta Mechanical Engincers. 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