Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1929, Page 78

12 FIVAL STOKDHSK CONCERT TODAY French Program Arranged by Noted Composer—Many Other Features Listed. ‘The third and final concert of the special Philco series by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, directed by Leo- pold Stokowski, will be broadcast from 5:30 to 6:30 o'clock today by WRC and an extensive network of National Broad- casting Co. stations. Stokowski has arranged an all-French program for the concluding broadcast which, as in two preceding concerts, will originate in Philadelphia. The spe- clalty will be Cesar Franck's “Symphony in D Minor,” a work of ‘great power and imagination which reaches its height of beauty in the allegretto. The other selections will be Berlioz' “Hun- garian March” from “The Damnation of Faust,” and Debussy’'s nocturne, “Pestivities.” Artists Share Hoxgd Katherine Meisle, contralio of the Chicago Civic Opera Co., will share honors with Toscha Seidel, noted violin- ist, in the Atwater Kent hour tonight over WRC. The Atwater Kent Or- chestra will be directed by William Mengelberg, conductor of the famous Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. The four Frohne sisters, harmony singers, will be featured with a galaxy of prominent radio artists in_the Capi- tol “family” program at 7:30 o'clock. ‘Wesley Eddy, who is appearing as mas- ter of ceremcnies at the Capitol Thea- ter, also will be heard in this program. Charles XII, the brilliant and almost superhuman King of Sweden, who in the early eighteenth century dominated the political map of Western Europe, will be the subject of the “Heroes of the World” dramatic sketch to be broadcast at 7 oclock. The Chase & Sanborn program at 8:30 o'clock will feature Mary McCoy, petite soprano, who is starring in the operetta “A Wonderful Night.” Phil Ohman and Victor Arden, the piano duo, and Welcome Lewis, con- tralto crooner, also will be heard in this program. The Studebaker Champions announce a varied program, featuring a special orchestral version of “Love, Your Spell is Everywhere,” the song which Today on 475.9—WMAL—630. (Washington Radio Forum.) 10:00 to 11:00a—Watch tower service. 2:00—Ballad hour. 3:00—Symphonic_hour. 4:00—Cathedral hour; sacred musical service. 5:00—News reel of the afr. 5:30 to 6:00—Sermons by Rev. Donald Grey Barnhouse of Philadelphia. 6:30—Accousticon program. 7:00—Our Romantic Ancestors. 7:30—French Trio. 7:45—"The World's Business,” by Dr. Julius Klein, 8:00—Correct time. 8:01—La Palina Rhapsodizers. 8:30—Sonatron program. 9:00—Majestic Theater of the Air, featuring George Gershwin. 10:00—The Royal hour, with Jesse Crawford, organist, 10:30—Arabesque; dramatic sketch. 11:00 to 12:00—Back Home hour. Early Program Tomorrow. 9:00a—“Opening the Morning Mail.” 9:30a—Blue Monday Gloom Chasers. 10:00a—"Radio Home Makers,” by Ida Bailey Allen. 10:30a—Harmonies and Contrasts. 10:45a—High Gear. 11:00a—Ben and Helen talk it over. 11:30a—The Children’s Corner. 11:45a—The Mixing Bowl. 12:00—Columbia Revue. 12:30—Piano Syncopators. 12:45—Yoeng’s Orchestra. 1:30—Ambassador Orchestra. 2:00 to 3:00—Variety program. 315.6—WRC—960. (National Broadcasting Co.) 8:00a—The Sunday Symphonet. 9:00a—Balladeers Male Quartet. 9:30 to 10:00a—The Recitalists. 11:00a—Service from Calvary Baptist Church; sermon by Rev. Willlam S. Abernethy, pastor. 12:30—Metropolitan Echoes. 1:00—The Nomads. 1:30—The . 2:00—Roxy symphony concert. 3:00—Jewish hour. 4:00—Service from Washington Cathe- ral; sermon by Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. 5:30—Philco hour; Philadelphia Sym- phony, under direction of Leo- pold Stokowski. 6:30—0ld Company Songalogu Gloria Swanson sang in her recent broadcast. Composer at Piano. A program of the compositions of George Gershwin, with the composer appearing as the piano soloist and di- rector of Arnold Johnson's Orchestra, will be presented in the Majestic Thea- ter of the Air over WMAL and 46 other Columbia Broadcasting System stations. “South Sea Isles,” “Stairway to Paradise” and the “Rhapsody in Blue” are some of the outstanding num- TS = In the Arabesque dramatic period there will be a tabloid version of “De- cision,” a play which deals with a man’s problems in loving a woman he couldn’t marry. It will be followed by the weekly organ recital by Jesse Crawford, who will feature “Herbertiana,” a med- ley of six selections drawn from the works of Victor Herbert. Selections from Grieg's “Peer Gynt Buite,” a medley of Civil War songs and Von Tilzer's “Over the River to Queens” will serve to introduce three of the widely scattered locations to be visited in the McKesson Newsreel of the Afr program at 5 o'clock. The Accousticon program at 6:30 o'clock will recall memories and music of a comic opera hit of 25 years ago—“The Isle of Bong Bong.” An orchestra, the Ritz Quartet and two soloists, Irma De Baun, soprano, and Joseph Howard, tenor, will provide program. Another WMAL attraction, the La Palina Rhapsodizers, will play a variety of compositions. The solo numbers by Miss La Palina will be “Caro Nome,” from “Rigoletto,” and Roland Farleys “Pipes of Pan.” Miss Yocum in Recital. Miss Florence Yocum, soprano, Dis- trict winner in the 1929 Atwater Kent radio audition, and Miss Paige Bur- roughs, contralto, will give a joint re- cital at 10:30 o'clock this morning ac WOL. A broadcast of the morning services at the Church of Epiphany will follow. An hour’s program by the Volunteers of America will be broadcast tonight by WJSV in lleu of its weekly hymn sing. The station, however, has retained all of its other regular Sunday features. BROADCASTERS MAY PAY FOR REGULATON Radio Commission Drafting Pro-| posed Schedule of License Fees. A move to make broadcasters defray the costs of Government regulation of radio will be made at the current ses- sion of Congress. A proposed schedule of license fees to be imposed on all stations is being drafted by the Federal Radio Commis- sion at the request of the Senate. Sev- eral mopths ago the commission dis- cussed with Senator Dill of Washington, one of the authors of the radio act, a tentative proposal for a wattage tax on broadcasting stations and flat license {fee rates for commercial communication companies. Judge Ira E. Robinson, chairman of the commission, told the Senate com- mittee on interstate commerce that he favored the imposition of license fees, declaring it would induce broadcasters 1o realize more fully their obligations to the public. He said that the increased cost of administration made it expedi- ent to assess charges upon licensees. ‘The cost of radio regulation is esti- mated at $750,000 annually and it is predicted that the increased work in- cidental to technical development will eoon bring expenditures to $1,000,000. Senator Dill says the license fee plan probably will be considered as a part of the Couzens bill for the creation of a communications commission to regulate radio, telephone and telegraph trans- mission. ‘Waterloo Station 500-Watter. Station WMT, Waterloo, Iowa, is the latest addition to the Columbia Broad- casting System’s network. It is a 500- watter and transmits on a frequency of 600 kilocycles. Gift of Better Reception for the Whole €amily 7:00—Heroes of the worl ‘Charles XII, King of Sweden. 7:30—Correct time. 7:31—Musical program by Maj. Ed- ward Bowes' family, from the Capitol Theater, New York. 8:30—Chase & Sanborn Choral Or- chestra. 9:00—“Our Government,” by David wrence. 454.3—WEAF New York—660. 4:00—Cathedral hour — Also WEEI, WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WRVA, WPTF, WSAI, WJAX, WSM, WSB, WHAS, WBT. 5:30—Stokowski Orchestra— Also WHAS, WSM, WSB, WAPL 6:30—Songalogue—Also WEEI, WCSH, WTAG, WJAR, WGY, WGR, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, the__ Radio ‘PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1929. (ideters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right. All time p.m. unless otherwise indicated.) e LOCAL STATIONS. 9:15—Atwater Kent hour, featuring Katherine Meisle, contralto, and ‘Toscha Seidel, violinist. 5—Sam Herman, xylophonist. 00—Weather forecast. Early Program Tomorrow. :45a—Tower health exercises. 0a—Studio program. a—Three Little Maids. 5a—Radlio Household Institute. 0a—Songs by Pauline Haggard. 5a—Bridge talk by Mrs. John Munce, jr. 0m—Farm_flashes. 0—Lotus Orchestra. 1:45—Organ recital. :30—The Melody Three. 228.9—WOL—1,310. (American Broadcasting Co.) :00a—Musical program. :30a—Paige Burroughs, contralto, and Florence Yocum, Soprano. :00a—Services of the Church of the Epiphany; sermon by Rev. Z. B. Phillips, pastor. :15—Birthdays. :18—Public Service Man. 12:30—Full Gospel Instrumentalists, from Alexandria, Va. Early Program Tomorrow." 7:30a—Revellle. 7:35a—Musical clock. 8:00a—Birthdays. 8:15a—Breakfast Brevities. 10:00a—Househald chat Clarke. 10:15a—Music. by 205.4—WJISV—1,460. (Independent Publishing Co.) 0 to 11 onc—h!:‘vnnzeluuc service. ofr. 0—Gospel Melody Trio. 5—Clark and Gourley, Gospel sing- ers. 10:30 to 11:30—Program by the Volun- teers of America. Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00 to 10:00a—Helpful hints to house- wives; ‘music. 11:30a—National Farm program. 1 a—Current events. 12:00m—Time signals. 0 to 5:00—Midafternoon musicale. OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern Standard time. 7:30—French Trio — Also WMAL, WBRC, WEP% WJAS, WGHP, WWNC, 7:45—Dr. Klien—Also WEAN, WHP, ‘WNAC, WBRC, WJAS, WKRC, ', WKRC, W, WMAK, WGHP, WSPD, WHK. 8:30—~Wayne King's Orchestra — Also WCAU, WEAN, WFBL, WCAO, WJIAS, WEKRC, 3 3 . WHEK, WLBW, WNAC, WGHP, WMAK, 7:00—Heroes of World—Alfo WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WWJ, WSAI, WRVA, Bowes' Family; Four Sisters — Also WJAR, WCAE, WWJ, WSAIL WIOD, WHAS, WSB, " orchestra—Also WTIC, WBT, WFL 9:00—"“Our Government,” by David Lawrence—Also WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WGY, WCAE, WHAS, 3?&“‘ WGR, WSB, WBT, WWJ, 9:15—A. K. hour; three guest artists— Also WEEL, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, 'WSAL WGN, WSM, WSB, WBT, WHAS, WAPL. 10:15—Champions’ Orchestra; Fred Waldner, tenor—Also WTIC, WTAG, WCSH, WFI, WGY, WGR, WCAE, WTAM, WWJ, ‘WGN, WJAR. 10:45—Seth Parker—Also WCAE, WHAS, WJAX, WWJ, WFJC, WIOD, WGY. 11:15—Russian Choir; Sam Herman— Also WWJ, WGY. 348.6—~WABC New York—860. 5:00—News reel—Also WNAC, WEAN, WFBL, WKBW, WJAS, WADC, 5:30—Sermon by Dr. Barnhouse—Also WMAL, WKBW, WEAN, WNAC, WKRC, WJAS, WFBL, WLBW, ‘WCAU, WCAO, WADC, WHP. 6:00—The Fur Trappers’ Orchestra— Also WCAU, WNAC, WHK. 6:30—Popular—Also WJAS, WNAC, WEAN, WHK, WSPD, WCAU, ‘WFBL, WKBW, WADC, WKRC, WGHP, WLBW, WMAQ. 7:00—Vocal and orchestra—WABC only; Our Romantic Ancestors— Only to’ WHP, WJAS, WGHP, ‘WWNC, WLBW, WCAO, WDBJ, ‘WKEN. ‘WSPD. 9:00—Theater of the Air—Also WCAU, WNAC, WEAN, WFBL, WMAK, WCAO. WJAS, WADC, WKRC, WGHP, WSPD, WHK, WLBW, WLAC, WDBJ, WTAR, WWNC, ‘WDOD, WBRC, CFRB, CKAC, ‘WDEL, WSAZ. 10:00—Arabésque—Also WKBW, WWNC, WKRC, WGHP, WMAL, WCAO, WSPD, WADC, WJAS, WEAN, WNAC, WHK, WHP, WDOD, WDBJ, WKBN. 10:30—Poet of the organ—Also WCAU, WNAC, WEAN, WFBL, WKBW, WCAO, WJAS, WADC, ‘WKRC, WGHP, WMAQ, WSPD, WHK, ‘WLBW. 11:00—Back _home hour—Also WGHP, WSPD, WKBW, WCAU, WEAN, WN;?, WHP, WDOD, WLBW, ‘WDBJ. 12:00—Coral Islanders; midnight organ melodies (1 hour). 394.5—WJZ New York—760. 5:30—National religious service—Also WBZ, WBAL, ‘WAPI. 6:30—Anglo Persians — Also WBZ, WBAL, WAM. KDKA, WLW, WJR, K 7:00—Travelogue—WJZ only; In the Spotlight—Only WJR. 7:30—At the piano—Also WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, WJR, WLW, WSM, WHAS, WSB. 8:00—Melodies—Also WBZ, WHAM, WJR, WLW, WHAS, WsM, ‘WSB, KDKA. 8:15—Uncle Henry's Magazine—Also WBZ, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, W, KYW. 9:15—Parisienne Romance — Also WBZ, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, KYW. 9:45—The Brush Man—Also WBZ, WHAM, KDKA, WJR, KYW. 10:15—Master Musicians, vocal orchestra—Also WHAM. 11:00—“My South,” Katherine Tift- Jones—Also KDKA. 11:15—1Islanders (30 minutes); quar- tet (15 minutes)—Also KDKA. 282.8—WBAL Baltimore—1,060. 5:30—Same as WJZ (1} hours). 7:00—Reveries (30 minutes); WJZ (30 and minutes). dewrs Graduates WANTED Every week we receive calls *|lot of this old-time stuff Peggy | DECEMBER 8, AYS gone by are often the sub- ject of fireside conversations, and the newspapers and the stage find it interesting to re- create and recall to mind the drama of the past. In my mail last ‘week was a letter from C. R. Randall of Paterson, N. J., with these pertinent remarks: “It seems to me that the people who are running the radio are doing it all for the benefit of young people. You have all this dance music and jazz music and smart Alec things for the youngsters and not much for older people. I am getting on in years and I feel considerably out of it when I listen to the radio. For instance, you have these new-fangled dramas, but whilll don't you put on a good, old- fashioned minstrel show? I know there is something of the kind being put on but I'd like the interlocutor, the end men and the jokes and all the rest of it. Don't you think, Mr. McNamee, it would be a good idea to put on an Old- ! Timers’ night once in a while, with a o While this isn't exactly a question, it is interesting and provocative. The sug- gestion for an Old-Timers' night ap- peols to me and I shall pass it on. I am somewhat of an old-timer myself and I can think of lots of golden moments of my youth which I would like to see recaptured by the radio. There are passages in “The Count of Monte Cris- to” and “Ingomar the Barbarian” and a half dozen other old plays of the tank 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100. 5:15—Religlous services. 7:00—Special Sunday concert. 9:15—Hotel concert orchestra. 10:00—News; old-time hymns. 10:30—Galen Hall Trio. 11:00—Organ concert. 282.8—WTIC Hartford—1,060. 8:30—Same as WEAF (45 minutes). 9:15—The Enchanted Hour. 10:15—Same as WEAF (30 minutes). 422.3—WOR Newark—710. 5:00—Dr. Payne; forum. 6:00—Cathedral Saga. 7:00—Hotel concert orchestra. 8:00—Choir Invisible. 9:00—Manhattan Symphony. 10:30—Halsey Street Play House. 11:30—Moonbeams. 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170. 5:30—Same as WABC (133 hours). 7:00—H. and F.; Pioneers. 8:00—WABC programs (2 hours). 10:00—Feature; WABC (30 minutes). 11:00—Style “Masters (15 minutes); ‘WABC. > 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980. 6:30—Same as WJZ (30 minutes). 7:00—Calvary Episcopal Church. 8:00—WJZ programs (2% hours). 10:15—Pipes o’ Pan (15 minutes) ;WJZ. 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150. 5:30—Same as WJZ (112 hours). 7:00—Fireside Forum. 7:30—WJZ programs (3% hours). 379.5—~WGY Schenectady—790. 5:30—Same as WEAF (6); hours). 302.8—WBZ Springfield—990. 5:30—Same as WJZ (1% hours). 7:00—Around the Campfire. 7:30—WJZ programs (2% hours). 10:15—WBZ Players; news. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN STATIONS. 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700. 5:30—Same as WJZ (1% hours). 7:00—Hotel orchestra. 7:30—WJZ programs (13; hours). 9:15—?‘\10 (15 minutes); symphony our. 10:30—Great adventurers. 11:00—Musical noveleque (1 hour). 280.2—WTAM-WEAR Cleveland—1,070. 0—Musical programs (1}, hours). 8:00—Same as WEAF (30 minutes). 8:30—Etchings; Ed McConnell. 5—WEAF programs (1% hours). 10:45—News; dance music. 11:20—Melodies; dance (1% hours). 398.8—WCX-WJR Detreit—750. 6:00—Jewels in song. 6:30—WJZ (30 minutes); popcorn. 7:15—Same as WJZ (3 hours). 10:15—The Little Church. 10:45—Quartet; Troubadour: 11:30—Request organ recit: 12:00—Dance music hour. 405.2—WSB Atlanta—74( 7:00—WEAF and WJZ (3% hours). 10:15—Bright spot hour. 277.6—~WBT Charlette—1,080. 6:30—Twilight program. 7:00—WEAF (30 minutes); Baptist Church. 8:30—Same as WEAF (1% hours). 10:15—Organ recital. 365.6—~WHAS Louisville—820. 7:00—~WEAF and WJZ (3!, hours). 10:15—Kentucky program. 10:45—WEAF (30 minutes); reporters. 11:25—The Royal Hungarians. 461.3—WSM Nashville—650. 7:00—WEAP and WJZ (1% hours). 8:15—Evening church services. 9:15—Hour from WEAF. 10:15—WSM Rhythm Symphony. 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110. for Men and Women to fill HoteL POSITIONS Lewls Hotel Training Schools are being called upon for MORE Men and Women to fill important $2,500 to $10,000 a year jobs in Hotels, Clubs, Schools, Institu- tions, Tea Rooms, Restaurants, Cafeterias, etc. Now YOU can have the fine condi- tions, fascinating work and amazing op- portunities of this billion-dollar Industry. 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LEWIS HOTEL TRAINING SCHOOLS Fennaylvanla Avenue at 23rd Strect (Washington Circle)—Phome: West 2192 7:00—~WEAF (30 minutes); organ (30 minutes), 8:00—St. Mark's service. BERRRR AR IR Harry C. Grove 1INC. 523 11th St. N'W. Atwater ent RADIO with tubes and ready to use...as low as. .. '132° There’s nothing you will enjoy more at Christmas than one of these radios . . . come in and let us demon- strate. Can be purchased on convenient monthly in- stallments. Harry C. Grove | 523 11th St. N.W. P sl e et o] circuit which I would like to see again. ‘There is that priceless monologue of “The Dude Detective,” and all sorts of things which I can think of without half trying. And, as Mr. Randall sug- gests, a lar old-fashioned minstrel show wouldn’t be so bad. I should be pl"t!}fl‘: to hear from my correspondents on this. Radio and Speech Habits. Last Sunday I discussed the radio war in England over dialects, and several days ago I was chatting with a friend, a radio engineer who has just completed a tour of the South and the Middle West. We were discussing the effect of radio on the national speech habits of this country. It has, of course, fre- quently been observed that radio is tending to obliterate speech differences, but I had never fully realized how rap- idly this is taking place until my friend gave me definite instances in which sec- tional speech has succumbed to the ra- dio pattern. “I noted it more in the South than in the West,” he said, “and I observed the changes particularly among young people. In Atlanta a school teacher at a school where radio has been used a great deal told me she had witnessed a most astonishing change in speech habits, which she ascribed to the radio. ‘The children, she said, were picking up the missing g's and no longer saying ‘runnin’ or ‘jumpin’’ She sald she frequently made some radio selection a model for a little talk on good grammar, pointing out the errors that the broad- caster might have made, but didn’t. It appeared to me that most of these changes were unconscious, although I found one Southern girl speaking with a carefully nurtured Bryn Mawr ac- cent, and I learned from her friends that she had studiously cultivated this with the radio as a pattern.” Bill Mundy’s Speech. ‘When I hear Bill Mundy broadcasting foot ball I am & little skeptical about our Northern speech ever overcoming the South. It seems more likely that Bill will have all the rest of us talking like Southern colonels. There is the tale of the young Harvard graduate who |’ engaged a professor to cure his Ger- man immigrant father of his accent. Going abroad and returning a year later, he asked the professor how his fathe was getting along with his English stud- des. “Vell, your fadder iss doing very well,” said the professor. These speech habits are stubborn. Several weeks ago I printed in this column a letter from a Pennsylvania miner complaining that the radio was driving out of the mines the “Tommy Knockers,” the friendly little sprites who warn the miners of danger. The reaction has been to me a surprising reminder of the fringe of mysticism which surrounds even such an audience of everyday folks as the radio crowd. It seems that among the delvers into the occult there is genuine alarm about the ethereal disturbances now going on. have at hand a long and elaboraic thesis from ‘“Professor” Bernstein of Philadelphia, which I confess looks mostly like static to me. His main ar- gument, which requires two hours to pass a given point—if it has any given point—appears to be based on certamn #hcient Egyptian symbols, setting up the boundaries which man must not pass in his explorations of earth and air. I had tossed in the Pennsylvania document as a rather quaint contribu- tion, but an astonishing number of cor- respondents have treated it seriously. Here is one sensible note from Boston, signed “L. R. B.” Brains in Radio Development. “A great deal of medievalism still exists in any large mass of people, even our own enlightened populace. The mere fact that apprehension about the effect of the radio on spirits is men- tioned in connection with such a tri- umph of liberated intelligence as the loud speaker is a dramatic reminder of the fact that the constructive imagina- tion of the few always far outruns the intelligence and comprehension of the many. The mass mind doesn’t change a great deal. The great victory of rad will come when it has an audience Model 92 plus four tuned stages of radio- Absolutely no hum and no oscillation at utomatic seasitivity any wave length. A: 1929—PART FOUR. which to match up with the brains that have gone into the devel- opment of this marvelous. instrumen®.” Commenting recently on a clever new sound box which will yield any desired noises or imitations for radio drama, I ascribed the invention to “engineers at Schenectady, N. Y.” I am now reminded by Albert J. Sin- ton of Binghamton, N. Y., that it was he who contrived the magic box. I take pleasure in printing a portion of his letter, with which he submits aniple proofs of his statement: “I am taking this opportunity of in- forming you that I am the fellow re- sponsible for the designing and build- ing of the sound cabinets you refer to, having performed the service for Sta- tion WGY in June of this year.” ‘With more and more national hook- ups, the problem of finding just the right minute to hit the entire country with a broadcast becomes more acute. When it's just the “shank of the eve- nin'” in New York, a nice time to catch the home folks with something interesting and important, it is still working time on the Pacific Coast. If you set the hour to catch the Coast fans, it's past bedtime here and nice stay-at-home families begin to kick be- cause we demoralize the kids—set them yammering to stay up late and hear this or that. Put On Two Performances. About the only way out seems to be to fix up two broadcasts and I hear lots of talk about this being the next move. Amos 'n’ Andy, proprietors of that visionary Harlem taxicab com- pany, already have met the difficulty in this way. At first, they went on at 11 o'clock in the evening. This brought an uproar about the kids wanting to stay up late. They then switched to 7 o'clock and there was a swift comeback from the Coast. It was only 4 o'clock in the afternoon there and the work- a-day world was losing out on the broadcast. Mr. Gosden and Mr. Cor- rell solved it by putting on two per- formances, one at 7 o'clock for the gl;: and one at 10:45 o'clock for the McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX Q. Is Joe Miller, now with Rudy Valee’s Connecticut Yankees, the same Miller who worked with Rudy four or five years ago?—Warren R. Cutting, Richmond, Va. A. Yes. However, it was six years | ago that Rudy Valee and Joc Miller first teamed up in band music. Q. Who are Amos 'm’ Andy. and | where do they come from?—C. L. Mc- Cord, Hoboken, N. J. A. They are Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J. Correll. Mr. Gosden is from Illinois and Mr. Correll from Vir- ginia. Both were in vaudeville before | entering radio work. Q. A few months ago you had a plece in your column about a “jungle radio” group of Nigerians, assembled by Miss Caroline Dudly in New York. They could communicate over long distances by the low rumble of a drum. I was much interested in them, and will ap- preciate it if you can tell me what be- came of them—Agnes R. Best, Wash- ington, D. C. A. Several of the jungle boys have landed back in Nigeria and others have {of the New York Music We given up their drumming. and off somewhere or other. Miss found that they were just a little too much of the real thing. While they put on a strange, wild and hair-raising show. they could not be tamed suff- clently to make théir show usable either discov- ered that the moon wasn't in the it phase, or something like that, and the rehearsal was off. All their work had to be done under the strict laws of jungle magic, and it just didn't it in with gn:xkp as they are in little old New ork. Q. Can you tell me something about ‘Walter Preston, the baritone who sings on the radio>—Mrs. Emma C. Weleh, Portland, Oreg. A. Mr. Preston was born at Quincy, IIL, and before entering radio work was engaged in the publishing business. He is one of the soundest and most thor- oughly trained musiclans in the radio | ranks, being a pianist as well as a singer. He was awarded the gold medal Associa- tion in its contest at Carnegie Hall, He also won first prize in a contest of the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs, a fellowship in the Juilliard Musi- cal Foundation and a scholarship in the Master School of Music in Brooklyn. He sings in grand opera and is & mem- ber of the New Yorkers' Quartet, (Copyrisht, 1929.) g o Station Studios Study French. SAN FRANCISCO (#).—Announcers of the N. B. C. West Coast studios are spending an hour dally studying Prench. ¢ PALAIS ROYAL 11th and G Sts. N. W. " This Poole Model 55 $132 Comple! Telephone District 4400 The Famous Atwater Kent RADIO 113 eccee but what is the price of such a famous radio?” you ask. There are many prices and there is sure to be one to fit your budget or income should you be figuring on an Atwater Kent Prices for a Christmas present. Ranging From $118 to $246 complete attached to your aerial You can buy the ajestic . 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