Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1929, Page 66

D s NDIANAPOLIS ASKS FOR POLICE RADID Will Be Third City to Use.New » Method in_Hunt for Criminals. The increasing use of radio commu- nication as an aid to law enforcement is emphasized by the application filed last weck with the Federal Radio Com- mission by the police department of Indianapols, Ind., which is seeking a construction permit for ‘a short-wave station there. Chicago and Detroit already have in- stalled radio equipment to aid their respective police departments, and the idea is said to be receiving favorable consideration in other cities on the basis of information reaching the com- mission. ‘The principal use so far devised for police radio systems is that of main- taining continuous liaison between headquarters and automobiles carrying officers in remote parts of the city in search of criminals. Liaison between headquarters and outlying precincts is maintained, of course, by telephone and telegraph, even though here there is a possible field for wireless communica- tion in the event the wires should be cut in some major disturbance. Mobile Sets Used. Mobile receiving sets mounted on po- lice automobiles are used to keep the officers constantly informed as to what is happening at headquarters. The ad- vantages of this system are obvious. For instance, if a searching party is sent to the forthwest section of a city in .search of an escaped priscner or suspect, it sometimes happens that headquarters recelves a tip that the person wanted is in some other locality. Without wireless communication it is impossible to reach the searching party until it either returns or telephones in, and that may be too late. " w b In times of serious disorder, when it is desirable to keep squads of police continuously moving about in the dis- turbed areas, radio communication is an invaluable aid. The mobile squads can_keep on the move constantly and| at the same time can be informed from headquarters of any outbreak in any particular locality. Resources Just Tapped. . . ‘Those who have ,lven some thought to the possibility of a more extensive use of wireless communication in the JANE CARROLL- A — YOLANDE. LANGWORTHY- N Miss Carroll, contralto of the Metropolitan Opera Co., who will sing a group of-ballads in the Atwater Kent hour tonight over WRC and associated stations. The Majestic Theater, a WMAL-Columbia Broadcasting System feature to- night, will introduce Dalhart, singer of Southern melodies, who also is adept with the mouth organ and jews’ harp. Poet, author, oducer and actor, Mme. Langworthy has a major role in a drama of cast mn&’m by WMAL and other Columbia stations. sion of criminals are convinced that the resources of this agency have so fsr been merely tapped. It has been noint- ed_out that in addition to broadcasting vefbal descriptions of persons sought for crime, the radio in its various fields of development may also be used to broadcast actual pictures.and finger- prints. Not only may this be done’ from a city headquarters to its outlying siation houses, but it may also be done on prac- tically a world-wide basis. As modern methods of transportation facilitate the escape of a criminal, modern methods of communication increase the chances for his capture. Some super-criminal of tomorrow may seek safety in a transatlantic air- plane flight, only to find himself greet- ed abroad by a ppliceman bearing the criminal's picture and fingerprints which preceded him by wireless. (Copsright, 1929, by the Consolidated Press.) SECOND RECEPTION AT STATION WISV “Open House” Will Be Observed This Afternoon From 8 to 5 0'Clock. Station WJSV will hold the second of a series of public receptions at its main studio, at Mount Vernon Hills, Va., from 3 to 5 o'clock this afternoon. The station is located on the Mount Vernon boulevard south of Alexandria. The “open house” policy was intro- duced last Sunday and, according to the station’s officials, more than 5,000 per- her own n, ‘“Arabesque,” to be broad- sons inspected the broadcasting studio and transmitting equipment. Like last Sunday, a special program has been arranged for broadecasting so that visit- ors may see the artists as they appear before the microphone. WJSV is a superpower station and is authorized to use 10,000-watt power. Its plant at Mount Vernon Hills is lo- cated on & of the historic estate once owned by George Washington. Radio Adviser Named. Capt. Kenneth B. Warner of the American Radio Relay League, Hart- ford, Conn., has been named techmical adviser to the American delegation to the International Technical Consulta- tive Commission on radio communica- {.’l:m '!o be held at The Hague Septem- T 18. he ht of his last earance O nl.ud into the lg by a young, ping page, having all but He tried to succumbed to & terrible illness. finish his pi fafled. Several days later he died One of the hostesses found the small page, with tears rolling-down his cheeks, tolling over a tear-smudged poem which he was writing in memory of his dead friend. I shall long remember the look of desolation in the lad’s face. John Daniel was only 29 years old. Radio broadcasting still is in its first decade, and this is the first break in the ranks of the small p of men who ioneered the new wilderness of the air. glecuuruy we were thrown into intimate associations. Thus knowing John Daniel as we did, we mourn his , passing mh‘l’s pay him tribute. We shall | treasure memory. Apropos of recent discussions in this column re the few ‘sports which have not been broadcast, including golf, I have recelved two letters JOk vlin 1 t but | T whether bull fighting has ever been put on the air. So far as I could learn, it has never been broadcast, but while I w-s looking it up I received a third X 'm a Brooklyn citizen—eloquent nraise of the radio possibilities of i/ of entertainment, as follows: & 0{]“‘8" by fl:ge gle;ap.pen where this V] ney Franklin t hurt fighting bulls overyin 8 ;-1 ":‘ & plumber now, but once I was a well driller down on the Canal Zone. when they, first started digging the canal, and saw a lot of bull fights, both at Ancon ard Panama. I am writing to say that I think the ‘public would be glad to get a lot of good bull fights on the air. I know they don't have them in this country, but they ought to, and if they don't start them the radio firms ought to get them up. Now, Mac, I've been around a lot, and I'm telling you it makes a grand sight when you get some tough hombre with a red cloak in a ring with a rampaging, long-horned bull. I'e heard you swallow your Adam'’s apple at one of these schoolboy foot ball games. If you were to broad- c‘uc a bull fight you'd turn inside out. I'd go a long ‘way to see one of those limber, long-legged spigs jump clean over abig bull. Why don’t you and the rest of the boys start some bull fighting, so us fans won't have to wait until they dig asking | another canal before we see one.—Ed. | 228 " f temperamental udder to think of with a bull fight. Makes Mikes Talk. :g ul;zp:film and black figures prom- crystal ball is rouns and 5 attention of a hypnotic subject. Maybe that's why the mike seems to so many persons to have disturbing hyp- notic powers, and maybe, in adopting a new shape for the mike, radio is un- consciously deferring to tradition. ‘There are two of these new mikes now in use in the studio of the Na- tional Broadcasting Co., and they are proving a tremendous success. They are oblong in shape—something like a beautifuliy lacquered Japanese lantern— and, for.some unexplained reason, far less’ diequieting to the beginner in broadcasting. Their real efficiency, how- ever, is due to a new and scientifically perfected mechanism. Sousa has said that he has found their effectiveness, in richness and clarity of tone, ‘“unbe- lievable.” They cost $500 each, while the old ones cost about $85. Thus, money talks—the more the louder. McNAMEE’S QUESTION BOX. (Graham McNamee receives of mail, but each week he will publish questions holding the general interest. All accompanied by envelope and dent answers o those the Sreatest amount of tions should ped, self-addressed ever heard of a square focus for- gremsed to Graham McNamee in care of ihis ‘newspaper. Please make your ques- Q. Can you tell me how those aston- ishing imitations of a savage polar bear are done in the “Harbor Lights” drama? ~—Mrs. Fred Easley, Newark, N, J. A. The bear: in this instance is a small, elderly, professorial little ma who all his life has had the gift of im. personating a bear. It is a thrilling sight to watch the professor, a man of great dignity, growling, roaring and panting into the microphone. It is al case of a highly speciali ability gen-| erously rewarded. Q. Did Kurt Magnus and the other Germans who recently visited Washing- ton with regard to an international ex-| change of programs indicate what es- pecially ‘interested them in America— what kind of programs they would ex- pect from us? "I am curious as to what Germany, with its ovn competence in the musical world and its own special- ized taste, would especially want from America.—Mrs. Franklin Higginbotham, Philadelphia. A. The Germans are especially inter- ested in American folk songs and folk music. They want Negro melodies, cow- boy songs—in fact, all the indigenous songs and music such as have been col- lected in the anthologies of Carl Sand- burg and others. ~All Europe, in fact, is intensely interested in our basic art of all kinds. In my opinion, this critique of other na- tions, as embodied in their radio selec- tions, will have a highly stimulating effect on America herseif in making her realize what a wealth of cultural material she has. (Copyright, 1929.) AN SEPTEMBER! RADIO SALE HE month of September finds our floors crowded with many makes of radio sets. 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