Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1929, Page 35

® THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. % 36 C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1929. SOUSA WILL HEAD * RADID PROGRAN Famous Band Again to Be| General Motors “Family Party” Faature. John Philip Sousa and his famous band will again present the General | Motors “family party” program tonight | over WRC and associated National Broadcasting Cp. -stations. Merle Al- operatic contralto, will progra: characteristically Sousa, giving ent place to the music of Amerl cams One of the chief features, ver, will be Victor Herbert'stone “Pan Amer- icana,” providing an opportunity for the “March King to promote his twin hobbies—American composers .~ and music dealing with America. Miss Al- cock’s contributions consist of & of songs of widely divergent character -—“He Shall Feed His Flock." from Hany del's “The Messiah:" Del Riego’s “The Green Hills of Ireland.” “The LuNaby’ of Brahms, and “Habanera,” ‘from Bizet's “Carmen. Teditation” from “Thais.” “Meditation” from “Thais” will be a high spot of the A & P Gypsies broad- cast over WRC at 8:30 c.lock. The Gypsy tenor will feature several groups that are very popular n and the World Is and “One Alone” Song.” The latest style in dance tunes and rhythms will be offered by Buck and Wing, the small-time vaudeville team | who will be heard over WRC at 17 o'clock. The selections include, “So Are om “Show Boat,” ‘Perhaps,” “The Wi “In the Hills of Kentucky That I'm Asking Is Sympathy. Grantland Rice to Talk. Grantland Rice, widely known sports | authority. .will take a prominent part in the Burns Pantela County Club broadeast tonight over WMAL and other | Columbia Broadcasting Co. _stations Music for the program will be furnished | by _Larry Siry's Orchestr Bob Haring's Orchestra, and Louis Katzman’s Orchestra will provide the | Brunswick Brevities program scheduled | o'clock. Hits from popular Broadway revues constitute a major portion of the program. The CeCo Couriers, the Physical Culture hour and another evening in Paris episode are among WMAL's other outstanding attractions. The Couriers | program as usual will be varied in “Remarkable and ROYAL MODEL 210 $152 KENNEDY LIFE TONE /% « beinn is the revelation of r;'dio! New! Ultra! Distinctly a Kennedy that marks the tun of a new page in radio history! + + + Just what is Kennedy Lire TONE? Words cannot tell you. You alone can recognize it by listening to a Kennedy . . . . When you hear it, radio vanishes. In its place you see and feel end hear the sparkle and buoyancy of life itself! Not merely reproduction. Not merely excellent tone. But, more than you ever dreamed was possible in radio. e7+Learn what Kennedy LI TONE really is. Hear a Kennedy, by all means. Your dealerwill demonstrate. - - ColinB. Kennedy Corporation.... South Bend, Indiana, K_EN%EDY. 714 12th S b T character dominating. The Physical Culture hour song hits. will make her first microphone appear- [ S Chain” Features 7:30—Piano Twins—WRC and N. B. C. network. 8:30—White House concert; Ma- riana _ Orchestra — WJZ, ‘WBZ, WLW, WJR, KWK, KDKA, WIOD, WJAX, KYW and WBT. 8:30—CeCo Courlers — WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 9:30—“Family Party”: John Philip Sousa and his band —WRC and N. B. C. net- work. 9:30-—Real Folks: sketch of small life — WJZ, WBZ, WHAM, KDKA. KWK, KYW, WREN, WLW and WIR. 10:00—Pantela Country Club: Grantland__ Rice, _sports writer—WMAL and C. B. S. network. 10:30—Fioyd Gibbons—WRC and N. B. C. network. 10:30—Empire Builders; histor- ical sketch—WJZ, WB2, WBZA, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, KYW and others. 11:00—"Amos 'n’ Andy"—WRC and N. B. C. network. 11:30—Paul Specht's Orchestra; dance music—WMAL and C. B. S. network. with orchestral selections lso consists chiefly of musical selec- ions, many of which are the latest Irma De Baun, soprano, nce her return from Europe in TWELFTH & G STS. WE ARE' DISPLAYING THE LATEST MODEL RaAbIOS Victor— Majestic— * Atwater Kent— Radiola— Sparton— Stromberg-Carlson— and others. $10 Delivers Any of the Above Balance payable in 12 monthly payments — including De Moll's nteed Radio Service. the Evening in Parf§ the difficult “Cara opera “Rigoletto.” Musical Saw on Program. Horton McLennan, the musical saw virtuoso, will give another program to- night over WOL. Mildred McClary will accompany him on the piano. The , singing ome” from the | station's other features include a din- ner concert and a program by the “Dazzle Pianoteers.” Mary Davis and Virginia Wade Rider will present a playlet as a feature of the program of WJSV. The st tion’s musical attractions include con- certs by the Honoluluans and the Vir- ginians and recitals by Clarence Walker | and Harold King, tenors. OPEN AIR MAIL LINE. New Service Inaugurated Between Argentina and United States. BUENOS AIRES, October 14 (#).—An airplane of the Pan-American-Grace Airways, Inc., left here at 7 am. Satur- day for Santlago, Chile, with a heavy consignment of mail to inaugurate the new through service to the United States. Average time of mail transi- tion between Argentina and the United States will be reduced from 18 to 9 days. Elaborate ceremonies are planned for Monday when the first mail from the North is due. The route covers a dis- tance of about 4,500 mile: where values are at Wardman's, 1 complete information. to Baltimore Pike, Cheverl; {ie L T The Raoyalty ‘@ Of Radio Street N. W. - . Carroll Electric Co. nan's big new development of the Northeast— v and prices o Phon. To reach Cheve then on to Defense Highway and bear right to feature! A major achievement D0 INDUSTRY TOBON TOEDSON Plans to Take Part in Fiftieth § g . -Anniversary Celebration ~of Light Inventor. BY MARTIN CODEL. One of radio’s grandfathers is Thomas | Edison, for it was a phenomenon he ! discovered nearly a_ half century ago that made it possible for Dr. Lee De Forrest, justly called the father of radio, to perfect the vacuum tube. | “The so-called “Edfson effect.” the bombardment of electrons that occurs between the filament and plate in a vacuum tube, really laid the corner stone for modern radio and led also to the talking movies, long-distance tele- phony and picture transmission by wire and wireless, according to S. O. S. Cald- well, the former Federal radic ‘com- missioner. L | Mr. Caldwell pays tribute to the Wizard of Menlo Park by calling atten- tion to one of his least known but | | | | trated folder and t Maryland Avenue | throughout your set. New York effect inside the bulb that to the aver rectified short “gushes” were trans- e it Quite similar to the mitted through it in one direction at a rate corresponding to the frequency of the transmitting spark. This Fleming tube (or valve), however, never found greatest contributions to mankind on the approach of the fiftieth anniversary of his invention of the incandescent electric ldmp. - The anniversary will be| celebrated October 21, the radio indus- try Jjoining with the electrical to pay advances toward the practical utiliza- | tion of radio. It made possible ampli- | fication bo:‘ :Imo%’| mfla.luctm;‘l sl:l;\‘:lnlmn;“mmn ‘glr:twd to to audibility. us e radio signal | lighting possi . received on an antenna, representing (Coprisht. 1929, by e Ameien News- practical use as a detector, because it|less than a billionth of a watt in power, | e homage to Mr. Edison. lacked sensitivity. sometimes measured as “fly power,” can 2 ol Elisiren Piovitia M Dr. Lee De Forrest improved upon|be amplified and reproduced to almost Courts Being Burlesqued. et i Fleming's results in 1906 by introducing | any desired strength. With certain| 1o17vyWOOD (#).—In the movies as It was in 1883 that, Edison,having | the grid of wires one sees mounted be- | modifications, the tube also made Possi- | i, ‘jiterature, few successful and popular invented the incandescent light bulb,|tween the filament and plate of a radio | ble the generation of continuous waves | nroquctions can escape being burlesqued was pursuing further researches intd its | tube. He charged the grid, and the and paved the way to modern broad- | b satirized sooner or later. Just now action. He found that if a piece of|slightest change in this charge had a | casting | it 15 the courtroom and murder mystery positively charged metal were mounted | powerful effect on the flow of electrons| Dr. De Forrest, like Edison, is still | school of screen fiction that is under in this lamp, near but not touching the | between filament and plate. This de- | living to see the fruits of his inventive | fire in ‘Murder Will Out,” with Monte filament, a current passed in one direc- | vice succeeded not only in detecting sig- | genius enjoyed by millions. Like Edi- | Blye and Lois Wilson. And in another ton. 'Though positively charged, the| nals but in amplifying them so that|son also, he is still engaged in research | picture, a short talking travesty called plate showed that a negative charge was | they could be heard in a telephone and development. To Edison he has|“The Fatal Forceps,’ the dignified collecting upon Edison, puzzled, told | receiver. frequently given due credit for carly| courtroom of the murder trial has been others about it, but no one suspected | PR NSl 'dlscovery of the electron bombardment | designed in futuristic style. the magic that might be accomplished The De Forrest development was per- | with that electron bombardment. haps t] it_im) , it of Have You Heard Them? electric In 1904 Prof. J. A. 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