Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1929, Page 67

¥ & AMATEURS GIVEN EXPLORATION FIELD Experiments to Be Made by: Licensed Operators With Radiotelephony. ‘The “hams,” that hardy lot of radio amateurs who transformed what was, regarded radio’'s “graveyard” into an | immensely valuable medium of world- wide communication, have gained entry | into the new fleld for exploration—the international radiotelephone frequencies. Upon recommendation of the Depart- ment of Commerce and of its own en- gineering division, the Federal Radio Commission has opened the band 14,100 to 14,300 kilocycles for amateur experi- ‘mentation with voice, Upon these chan- | nels it is ible during daylight to communicate the world over by tele- phone without wires. But the dan of disturbing other modes of high-: quency communication by code is great, and the commission has restricted the rations of the amateurs to the se- t few who hold expert licenses Of_ the army of 17,000 amateurs in | the United States, some 50-odd hold “extra first-class amateur operators’ licenses.” To this group the interna- tional radiotelephonic communications will be restricted, except to those who can show “special technical qualific tions and ability to operate within chai nel limitations.” Secretary’s Request. Commission action follows the request of K. B. Warner, secretary of the Amer- ican Radio Relay League, that the band of 14,000 to 14,400 kilocycles, which is located in the amateur radiotelegraph preserve, be opened up to telephony. ‘This request was filed with W. D. Ter- rell, chief of the Radio Division of the Commerce Department, who referred it to the commission with recommenda- tions. The commission's engineering division delayed final action until con- clusion of the international discussions of the Radio Technical Consultative Committee held at The Hague last month, since the subject of amateurs was to be discussed there. 1 In its recommendations to the com- mission e radio division suggested that the Yicenses for international tele- phone communication be not entirely restricted to extra first-class amateur operators for the reason that there also are many amateurs who have the nec- essary technical qualifications to oper- ate a phone set, but who cannot qualify 88 expert code operators; as is required for the expert amateur license. “The probability of interference re- sulting from telephone transmission is greater than from continuous-wave code transmission, and unless the transmit- ters are equipped with modern fre- quency-control apparatus, there will unquestionably be some interference to commercial service,” the commission’s engineering division stated in its re- port to the commission. “Actually, this amateur band has space for only 13.2 per cent channels. The frequencies in this of the spectrum are useful only for long-distance communication and will, therefore, be heard throughout the world. The importance of keeping the amateurs in their assigned bands cannot be overemphasized, Band Is Restricted. “The engineering division therefore recommends as & compromise the granting of amateur telephony only in the band 14,100 to 14,300. The effect of this recommendation is to provide a 100-kilocycle guard band on each side of the telephone band in which only amateur céde transmission will be per- mitted. Mr. Warner has agreed to'sup- port this compromise, admitting that the limitation is sound from an engi- neering point of yiew. ‘The commlsslog adopted the recom- mendation and thus granted the ama- teurs the authority to invade the high- frequency band for telephone communi- cations. Commercial companies, like the American Tel & Telegraph Co., maintain radiotelephone communi- cations virtually around the world now, but the objective of the amateur is to open up new frequencies for such service. Up to the present, the amateurs have been restricted to thres bands for their radiotelephone comm tions. - None of them, however, are ipted for inter- national work, and the select groupcof amateurs experimenting e communiéation long save sought au- thority %0 get into the international field. (Copyright, 1929, by the Consolidated Press.) ——— Her Spare Moments. LENORE ULRIC, stage and screen star, whose first talking picture is “Frozen Justice,” admits she has a kin- dred feeling for the sailor who spends his shore leave in a public rowboat, or the cabby who drives around in another fellow’s hack when looking for recrea- tion; that is to say, the actress gives herself no time off, but watches other actors. “Whenever T have a half hour to spare I slip into a theater,” Miss Ulric recently stated. “All I think of is theater, theater, theater, morning, noon and night. And, Heaven help me, that's ali I want to think of. “Since childhood plays and acting have fascinated me. Thep, again, T feel that I should always keep abreast of the drama, studying its new develop- ments, observing how other performers read their lines. And I'm always learn- ln!‘new thihgs.” iss Ulric's taste in entertainment are truly catholic. She is right now most interested in talking pictures, but any form of stagecraft seizes her im- agination. She avers she likes comedy and tragedy, satire and farce, musical comedy and opera. R g . Eagle Attacks Autoists. Attacking the occupants of an auto- moblle near Grenoble, France, recently, a large eagle was kilied after a severe struggle. e bird flew at the driver, and when he speeded up it attacked the passengers, who finally dispatched it with a heavy plece of wood. The eagle was much larger and of a different spe- Adlu than commonly seen in the French ps. By the proposed air service, traveling time between Rome and Turin, Italy, will be four hours, compared with 1 hours by rail 0/d Com, s Lehigh anthmgi‘};qmearfs Safe, Economical Heat Tine in the OLD l commwsl SINGERS every Sunday, 6.30 p.m. WEAF & Assoc. N. 8. C. Stations OLD N OME of my correspondents seem determired to get me into this argument which was stirred up by Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, playing ultra-modern music. Not only Mr. Stokowski's audiences, but particularly the radio listeners ana critics, seem to be excited about a first- class ‘symphony orgarization playing this kind of music. Although I am neither & musical critic nor a con- ductor, I have received many letters asking me what I think about it. It is as & rank outsider that I ven- ture timidly to state my owr purely personal views. First of all, I can't see the reason for all this shooting. M Stokowski is an artist of fine mu sicianship and great distinction. If he warts to play Stravinsky's “Sacre du Printemps” there is no reason why he shouldn’t, and probably he could offer a great many valid reasons why he should. There is no irreverence to the classics in this. I have made rote of this as possibly pertinent to & radio column on account of the fact thau many of my correspondents seem 10 think that, for some reasor, which they do not ' state, radio - broadcasters and program_directors ought to take a de- termined stand against what one Bos ton friend calls “the drownirg of the great music of the world in a din of wild-eyed cacophony.” It doesn’t seem to me to be as bad s all that. One fine thing about radio is that it has been wide cpen, not only for the great- est possible freedom of speech, but for all modernistic and_ experimental ven- tures in the arts. I'm a bit old-fash- foned about music myself, but, in my opinion, the Stravinskys and all the others ought to be allowéd to have their say, particularly when they gam the attention of such & fine and capa- ble musician as Leopold Stokowski. About Dressing for the “Mike.” Replying to & letter from Reginald C. Burgess of Binghamton, N. ¥, I am able to supply to a breathless worla some authentic news of how radio an- nouncers dress, Mr, Burgess' inquiry probably was apropos of a rewspaper story which reported most of the slaves of the mike as changing their clothes three or four times a day. The idea of this yarn, if any, seemed to be that, for psychological effects, & man must be J:-‘eued perfectly to suit the hour and the mood of his broadcast, if he is to do his best work. For this reason he was supposed to be busy climbing in and out of business suits, morning clothes and evening clothes. ‘While I know one or two announcers who are somewhat given to this sort of thing, on the whole, the dress of both artists and broadcasters conforms to the surface requirements of the occa- sion at the studio. Once in a while, with some unusually distinguished art- ists contributing a touch of extra for- mality, we members of the working crews take to morning coats, and it is not unusual to dress for evening broad- casts. But all this is more for the simple reason of not being conspicuous, rather than in the hope of steaming up the broadcast through sartorial excellence. In one radio drama I recall that one actor, playing the part of a rich broker, in a drawing-room scene, which, of course, would call for evening dress on the legitimate stage, had been fishing and rushed in at the last moment in & rough-and-tumble outing costume. As we viewed the action, it was a hjt in- congruous, but the actor was not in the least embarrassed by his failure to dress the part. Women, on the whole, seem rather more fussy about having just the right clothes than men, including both artists and announcers. I sugpone there is some slight hological ef- fect in correct attire. I have sometimes thought it would be interesting to broadcast the stock market in pajamas. Roper's Views on Victor§. Radlo addresses by ° Bill - Roper, Princeton coach, remind me of an im- promptu address by Mr. Roper several years ago which made me h at time that he could have the whole country for an audience. A rich patron of sports, living near Philadelphia, gave a ason dinner to a number of foot ball coaches; sports writers and radio_anmnouncers: ere were & num- ber of addresses stressing details of win- ni technique, Whooping up college spirit and all that, all in the stereotyped undergraduate vein. Then Mr. Roper . His ch was astonishingly ferent. He frankly admitted that any foot ball coach should, and of ne- cessity must, go out to win, but he drew the line between the do-or-die winning psychology and the prime reason or ex- cuse for college sports—to do something for the boys themselves. This sounds like an easy and obvious point, but Mr. Roper made it mean a lot. He showed that he had given a lot of intelligent thought to the bearing of sports on the general physical and moral development of the entire student body. This ad- dress remained vividly in my memory, and now, as Bill Roper tells his big radio audiences how to enjoy foot ball, his hearers may know that they are listening not ogz,y to & man who is tech- nically informed, but who sees college sport in all its larger and wider impli- cations. In broadcasting many foot ball games, it has my observation that large sections of the general run of audiences can stand a great deal of enlightenment Complete Showing of the New STEWART- WARNER RADIO “The Set With the Punch” Your Model at Your Price Is Here Phone for Home Demenatration ELIABLE ADIO CO. Adams 2445 18th 3216 St. N.W. OPEN EVENINGS P GET THE NEW '3 STEWART- WARNER RADIO AT GIBSON'S COMPANY'S LEHIGH ANTHRACITE ' N, 00, 198 | 917 G St. N.W. THE' SUNDAY STAR, |as to how to get the most out of the spectacle, and radlo audiences certainly should profit by the “tips” which M. Roper gave them. With just a_reason- able degree of understanding of the game, foot ball can become just about as exciting as any.sport which ever made or sought a crowd appeal. With ]mdlflmrent knowledge, particularly since | the swift, open game came in, it may | be just.a confusion and chaotic spec- | tacle. On the whole, I think we shou{% | chalk up one more score for radio, n | only in stimulating a wider interest in healthful sports, but in aiding the pub- |lic in & fuller and more intelligent ap- preciation. - ot Reisman “Distills” Music. I suppose & great many tons of paper have been used up and many writing wrists sprained in telling what radio has done and is doing in the cause of good music, but every once in a while T note something in this line that hasn't come to the surface. Old timers whose memories go back as far as “‘Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” will remember tha even up to recent years, fairly good ja: scores were embellished, or possibly ob- literated, with most outrageous nolse and dissonance. Squawkers, rattles, uncouth and ruiln( horns, barnyard noises and every known brand of gen- eral uproar and clatter were dragged in. It had a certain exciting effect, but it buried much of the better work in hideous noises. Leading radio artists, conducting orchestras, were the first to pipe down on all this and reveal the pattern of sound musicianship which underlies the best jazz compositions. A ploneer among these was Leo Reis- whose orchestra is now broadcast- from the Central Park Casino. See the "Set with the Punch’ at your STEWART-WARNER BLUE RIBBON DEALER listed below: B. & S. Radio Shop 3201 Mt. Pleasant St. N.W. Okay Radio Co. 1625 H St N.W. Okay Radio Co. 417 1lth St. N.W. Goldenberg’s Dept. Store 7th and K Sts. N.W. Capitol Radio Eng. 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SE. K. C. Sexton Co. 631 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. B. C.'Furr 706 G St. S.W. Patk Auto Sales Co. 305 Cedar St. Takoma Park, D. C, Bailey Motor Co. Mt. Rainier, Md. Boyer Motor Sales Co. Capitol Heights, Md. Potter Radio Co. Silver Spring, Md. Lindsey-Nicholson Corp. 110 King Street Alexandria, Va. Virginia Public Service Co. 524 King Street Alexandria, Va, WASHINGTON, D. .G, NOVEMBER 10, Several years ago he began combing ouf the yelps and putting on a fine work- maniike performance, without sacrific- ing any of the real quality of the music. | Mr. Reisman is one of the most dyna- | mic of orchestra conductors and lashes his players almost to a frenzy in win nowing out the last shred of excif ment in a jazs plece, but he doesn't have to bring in a boiler factory to do it. In passing, one may note a fortu- te circumstance. Good music—or at any rate, mellifivous and generally |'pleasing music goes better over the | radio than wild and dissonant music. Percussion and general uproar are apt to run wild when they get on the air. McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX. m McNamee receives a great deal but_each week he will publish ers to those questions holding the ount of general interest. Al Should "be accompanied by & self-addressed envelope and ad: raham McNamee. i Please make your ques- ped. dressed to this newspaper. tions brief.) Q. Is Giluseppe de Luca a native of grg;ntinl?—c. R. Ellsworth, Buffalo, A. Signor de Luca, baritore of the Metropolitan who recently broadcast on the radio, lived in Argen- tina and came to the United States from South America, but he is a native of Italy, ard began his professional career there. He sang for many years at the great La Scala Opera House In Milan. Q. Can you tell me who Paul Oliver is? * Is he’the tenor who went undér the name of “The Silver Mask Tenor"? Are Paul Oliver ar.d James Melton the same persons?—John J. Kerr, Lancas- ter, Mass, A. Paul Oliver, who is now broad- casting in a sponsored program, is the radio name of Frank Munr. The for- mer “Silver Mask Tenor” is Joseph M. White. Mr. White, since his silver mask days, has been highly successful in vaudeville and is now making a n enre of | tour of the courtry on one of the larger vaudeville circuits. Paul Oliver and James Melton are not the same. Q. Will you please tell me the life story of Miss Ruth Etting, stage and radio star? I should like to know her age and nationality, particularly.— Natalie Lamden, Lynn, Mass. A. Miss Etting is a New York girl, who began her professional career with Ziegfeld's “Follles." She was later starred with Eddie Cantor and has fre- quently performed in radio as a guest artist. She is 24 years old and of American birth. Q. To settte an argument, Will you please tell me when you first begamiparticular type of popular music pres- | broadcasting the world series?—Patrick C. Mulgrew, Charlotte, N. C. A. The series between the Giants and the Yankees in October, 1923. did not, however, broadcast.the entire series. In the fourth inning of the third game I was called in to relleve another announcer, & newspaper sports writer. I Broadcast the rest of the series. Q. Hearing the Sousa broadcast of Victor Herbert's “Pan-Americana, have been informed that Sousa and Herbert were collaborators in musical compositions. Is this correct?—(Mrs.) Abbie Entwhistle, St. Louls. A. Sousa and Herbert were intimate friends, but I cannot learn that they ever collaborated. Herbert, consider- ably younger than Sousa, is supposed to have received much of his musical in- spiration from the latter. (Copyright, 1920.) Belfast to Beautify. Belfast, Ireland, will soon start a city beautiful movement. A plot of grass and trees, surrounded by & neat plinth and railing, will enhance Custom House square and the custom house will have shrubbery in front. 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Each also listeners to mistake one for the other. ‘The debate started with these words from Rudy: I and my orchestra intend to go on, and for that reason, to any particular imitator or imitators who | may hav of Tadio broadcasting, taken our place 1|during our absence, I want to express | my sincere thanks, in that we will find | at’ the receiving end of our broadcasts all our old friends and many new ones.’ has the type of*voice that has led many | . in their adoption of our style | Rudy Vallee Tangles With Radio Rival \In Argument Over Originality of Rhythm. | The next afternoon Osborn came back | with: “I happened to be listening to Rudy Vallee's Orchestra on my radio last night. It now gives me great plea- sure” to state that our first broadcast was from a cafe in New York three years ago, before the gentleman in question was heard of by me. At that time my orchestra was made up of the same personnel and instrumenta- tion and my voice, which is a part of me and unchangeable, also was func- tioning in the same manner. I am by no means trying to insinuate that any one has appropriated an original idea of mine.” Aside from that the available data rec- ords show Rudy as playing his first pro- grams on the radio in London in 1926. York station about January, 1928. after completing his lchoolmg at Yale. Osborn_fixes his first broadcast from ‘WMCA, New York, some time in De- *| cember, 1926, or January, 1927. Just Like Other Girls. “AL’I‘!{OUGH her earnings are high, the nautch girl of India never has any money,” says Comdr. G. M. Dyott, whose talking motion picture; “Funting Tigers in India” is to b shown at the National Theater Novem- ber 17. “Every cent the nautch girl gets goes on her back of into jewels,” the com- mander . “While her dancing is a trifle disappointing, her orchestra is interesting, and for that matter so is she as an institution. The nautch girl is familiar to every Indian traveler, and few of the latter fail to contribute at least a few coins to her collector when he is encountered dancing on the street or in private. The wealthier natives, too, almost ariably toss a few coins to the dancer. So her income is not insignificant when measured by Indian standards.” A nautch dance is shown in “Hunting “Tlgcrs in Indi®” and a ‘close-up of the | dancer illustrates the commander’s re- {marks. Literally pounds of ornaments | adorn the performer, and perhaps it is | the weight of these trinkets that deter- | mines the decidedly slow tempo of her dance. ‘Warthausen Plans Flight. 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