Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 68

2 RADID NOW LINKS TZIE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO RADIO’S MOST POPULAR ENTERTAINERS . OLD-NEW WORLDS Given Boomerang Send-Off[ by Naval Parley Broadcast. Launched on a boomersng send-off with the rebroadcastng of the Five- Power Naval Limitations Conference now being held in London, interna- tional program exchange has become a permanent feature on American net- work _stations. i ‘While future foreign . ms may not be of such huge in- | progra ternational scope, Bow be international good will. Officials of both networks confirmed | Teports that upon the completion of the daily reports transmitted by special observers ‘at the Naval Conference in England, from England, Ger- many Holland will hold a promi- nent place on weekly schedules. Ar- rangements for future foreign con- cert broadcasts are now in the making, and officers of both companies assert that 1930 marks the beginning of a new era in program presentation, durs ing which programs of an international scope will have a prominent place. Tremendous Interest Created. Broadcasts from the Five-Power Naval Conference which began with the ( Tebrodticasting of the opening sessions of the parley and the transmission of King George V's message on January 21, have created tremendous interest among radio listeners. Both the N. B. C. and the C. B. S. have received thousands of letters from persons who srose at 5:45 am. to tune in on the international event and have followed the daily summaries broadcast by the radio- observers since the opening of the conference. During “the last two weeks listeners beve heard the voices of all the dele- gation leaders to the conference, in- cluding Prime Minister J. Ramsay Mac- donald of Great Britain, Andre Tardieu, French premier; Dino Grandi, Italian foreign minister; Reijiro Wakatsuki, former premier of Japan, and Henry L. St , Secretary of State of the United States. In addition, reports from special observers sent to the con- | from the studios, is also the haven for ference by both of the broadcasting companies have been transmitted prac- tically every day since the opening of the parley. William Hard, observer for the N. B. C., has brought before the London microphone, which was con- nected to e American network through an elaborate systenr of wire and radio circuits, and introduced the lead- ers of each of the delegation to listen- ers in Both the United States and Can- ada. Frederic Willlam Wile, air re- porter for the C. B. C., has given sum- maries of the sessions of the conference on the days of meeting. Now On Practical Basis. Both representatives of the broad- casting companies will, throughout the conference, before the American listeners the voices of dignitaries and commentators. The clear voices of both these interpreters of international af- fairs will supplement the comment made by the statesmen. International program exchange has been under consideration by both net- works for the last two years, but not until the recent achievement was it said to have reached a practical basis. Previous casts have 1 or two exceptions, the broadcasts only place when reception was clear enough for retransmission. In such cases no previous announcement was made. However.’:.fl:‘:llm h&t:‘bmg- casting engi- neers mm the technical prpblems involved and have devised a system for retransmission which will operate at the Summer months, when static may cause too much interference with short- ‘wave receptions of the foreign stations. The mnmmhllmhl.:f bi:emmnlodml pg- gram ex n rapid, gain- its first momentum on February 1, 1929, when the N. B. C. with less than hours’ notice atlantic rel had been made, but the quality of reception was so poor that engineers hesitated to call them . _On_ one occasion the Big Ben in London were clearly heard, but the British announc- er's voice was lost when the signals from the English broadcasting station faded out of reception. During the last year several rebroad- casts have been offered to American listeners, the results of which “have been successful. In July of last year services for the recovery of King George, who made his first public ut- terance since his illness at the Naval Parley last week, were broadcast in the United States. The ceremony was held in Westminster Abbey, London. The s2me morning a program originating in Sydney. Australia, was picked up and ‘went on the American network. A climax of the international program exchange experiments was reached when the N. B. C. successfully rebroad- cast concerts originating in Holland, Germany and England just before Christmas last year. The entertainment, ‘which was placed on the air for a two- hour period, originated in the studios of three foreign broadcasting compa- nies and was arranged solely for the benefit of American listeners. On New Year eve a similar- rebroadcast was transmitted by the same network. With the knowledge obtained from all these previous rebroadcasting at- tempts the National Broadcasting Co., when the Naval Conference opened, was prepared to rebroadcast the sessions. ‘The Columbia Broadcasting System, working with the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and using the trans- atlantic -telephone which links the United States with England. was also assured of good retransmission. Rebroadcasting of the London Con- ference has proved to engineers and officials of the broadcasting com- panies the feasibility of international program exchange, and plans for a reg- ular schedule of exchange with Hol- Jand. Germany and England are being arranged both networks to follow when the conference completes its work, thus ending the rebroadcasting of daily summaries. - Plan to Broadcast Banquet. HARTFORD, Conn. (#).—A special four-hour broadcast of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce banquet is to be made by WTIC Wednesday evening. ‘The speaker will be J. J. Pelley, presi- dent of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Raflroad. hRus‘h is now one of the world's el ing_machinery. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. arrangements are ing made by both the National roadcasting Co. and the Columbia Broadcasting: System for regular ex- changes of entertainment to promote “Sho,” here’s “Amos 'n’ Andy,” but sans blackface. J. Gosden, alias “Amos.” The other, of microphone is Charles Correll. On the left is Freeman | course, is “Andy,” who away from the | “Graham McNamee Speaking—" OME of the artists were compar- ing hobbies the other day, and | several interesting ones were dis- | closed. In case any one is look- ing for a new hobby these days. I'll pass some of them on to my read- ers. Vaughn de Leath's passion for earrings is well known around the stu- | dios. She has been collecting them for | years. Most of those she picks up nowadays come from antique woLops, | but when she can’t find a pair to go with a new gown, she often makes some from 10-cent-store jewelry. She keeps | them on hooks in an Italian antique | cabinet. D Norman Sweetser has taken up pot- tery. He went to a class in making it not long ago, and now he is turning out ash trays by the dozen. When he mas- | ters this form of the art he intends to take up book ends, and maybe jugs and vases. His apartment, only four blocks all homeless cats in the vicinity. A ccuple of months ago he bought an ice box, and I give you my word it has con- tained nothing but milk and meat for his pets. She Has Two Hobbies. May Singhi Breen has two hobbies. One is a collection of ukuleles, but that must be ruled out as rather profes- sional. The other is china and pottery animals. Cows, camels, dogs, elephanis, donkeys, horses and birds are in her iest users of American road-build- | cabinets. She even makes her husband, Peter De Rose, keep his cigarettes in a china frog. Kelvin Keech, the announcer, used to make his living playing the ukulele for the British Broadcasting Corpora- tion when he was in London, but now it has become just & hobby. He keeps one in his desk and strums it in his off hours. Incidentally, he and his brother Alwyn, who, so far as I know, has never broadcast over the networks in this country, are sald to have taught the Prince of Wales to play the uku- lele. Kelvin says it was his brother, but Miss Breen says Alvin told her it was Kelvin. And the present hobby of Mildred Hunt, who is just returning to the air after crooning her way from coast to coast in vaudeville, is finding persuading Che Gwner of hex apamin le owner of a) ent house to hire him. o Disagrees With Dictionaries, Several years ago, when I was new at announcing, I used to lie awake at nights worrying when some one would take exception to the pronunci- ation I had given a certain word, but 1 finally decided, after pawing several dictionaries to pieces, to forget about it. Dictionaries dj as to the pronunciation of a large number of words that are in general use, and I decided to pronounce the disputed words as I had always pronounced urmm. That, at least, had the virtue of_co: cy. It did not, however, spare me several hundred letters, over a period of sev- eral years, taking me to task for my er- rors. But one becomes hical in this business, even though the announcers I know still turn to their battery of dictionaries every ttme some |1 one calls them on a word they haven't traced to its lair. ‘The other day Edward Thorgersen had occasion to use the word “obesity.” His pronunciation was questioned and y arose. One said it was “obeesity” and the other held out for “obessity.” Dictionaries were consulted and experts were called in, but the dispute got nowhere. Makes a Test Case. PFinally, just to make a test case of | it, the program directors suggested tel- egraphing a large group of educators, philologists and lexicographers for help. When the replies came in the question was as much up in the air as before. “Obessity” and “obeesity” seemed to have about equal weights of authority behind them. ‘This is only one of a group of words where the same situation exists. There is another large group of words upon whose pi pronunciation the au- Free. but which are almost never pronounced that way, even by men and women who are noted as pur- ists in speech. In time, of course, the makers of the dictionaries, whose busi- ness it is to be conservative in giving approval to innovations in the lauguage, | will have to recognize the forms in common use. But all this doesn’t help | the puzzled announcer very much. Broadcasters May Help. Perhaps the broadcasters, who :;e now coming to be looked upon as the youngest generation’s instructors in speecn‘s will have to set up a body of their own to pass upon all disputed points. That would at least give us uniformity. There are three men around our stu- d'os, all doing different jobs, but all best known. as “noise.” Arthur Fasig, the sound effects man. comes by the name honestly enough, but it's a differ- ent matter with Harold McGee and Bradley Barker. McGee, an actor by profession, is assistant to Gerald Stopp, who produces a large number of dra- matie programs. McGee often has defi- nite roles in them, but nearly every week the script calls for “noise and voices” to help put across some scene, and McGee. in his capacity as assist- ant, always comes in as the nolse. . If he isn't helping work the different sound instruments, he is shouting or stamping his feet to add to the tumult. Profession of Noise. Barker makes a profession of noise these days, although it hasn’t all been on the radio. He directed Morton Downey in his sound picture, “Mother’s Boy,” and his noises are well known on phonograph records. While he special- izes in imitating animals with his voice, he can slso use sound effects parapher- nalia with the best of them. Barker has taken pmmls“e?t‘p;:u n leven: radio programs, ve never yel heard Kln speak a line. And the pro- | duction man always has to be careful that Barker isn't standing where one of the dctors can see him—uiis facial contortions are likely to dJdisturb the proper gravity of the occasion Personally, I much prefer to watch Barker doing the braying of a mule, but after one experience I have found it safer to do my watching on the other side of a glass window, In all these years in _tl studios I have not yet letely mastered the art of silent mflm. Phil Carlin professes a lean- | grams conducted by. the other. ing to Barker's pig “oinks” but I do jnot think they can compare with Percy Hemus' imitation of a pig under a gate. And, speaking of plain_noise | again, I must not forget Harry Edison. He and his gadgets are about half the trains_you have ever heard over the | air. I suppose he produces the best train noises that can be found any- where. They certainly are the loudest. Concerning King George. King George V of England may not know it, but he was indirectly respon- sible for a most embarrassing error on the morning when his address opening the London Naval Conference was broadcast throughout the United States. Admiral Bradley Fiske, retired, and Col. E. A. Green, commanding the Ma- rines at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, were scheduled to arrive at the studios about 5 o'clock in the morning to hear the King's address as it came into the studios from the receiving station av Riverhead, Long Island. A member of the executive staff was delegated to meet them. It happened that the man selected lives more than an hour’s tcip from the studios, and on iae right preceding the speech extra work in re- lation to the broadcast kept nim busy until long after midnight. It was much too late to go home, and he decided he might as well stay up all night and clean up some odds and ends of work. Around 3 o'clock, how- ever, he fell asleep at his desk, in spite of the quarts of coffee he had been drinking. At 4:30 one of the night porters awakened him and served him & light breakfast obtained from an all- night lunch room. Officers of the deasting company were _expected to arrive early to hear the King and meet the distinguished guests, and the one-man reception committee, after learning that no one had arrived yet, straightened his cravat and combed his hair. He was still very much asleep and probably saying unpleasant things about the King for picking such an hour for his address, when another porter, hired only that day, stopped his work of cleaning up long enough to tell the receptionist that a gentleman out in the foyer wanted to see him. With & Iast rub of the eyes, he hurried out toward the elevator. He spotted a set of highly polished brass buttons, and they weren't worn by Admiral Fiske, whom he knewy “You must be Col. Green,” he said, exetnding his hand. ““Who, me?” replied the other. “Don't try to kid me; I'm the night building superintendent.” ~ But that isn’t all. I am told that the man who made a mistake after waiting all night to greet a colonel of Marines served in the Ma- rine Corps during the war. McNAMEE'S ' QUESTION' Q. Please tell me if Alwyn Bach, Marley Sherris and Curt Peterson, the 5 led. born Januarv.24, 1898; Peterson, Feb- rg::y 12, 1898, and Sherris, June 23, Q. What has become of the Keystone Duo, which we used to hear over WJZ? —Eleanor Mills, Syracuse, N. ¥. A. Steel Jamison, the tenor, and Darl Bethmann, the baritone, of the duo, are still on the air, but they, are heard in quartets and larger ensembles and as soloists. Both have had impor- tant roles in productions of the Na- tional Grand Opera Co. Q. Are Frank Black and Gus Haen- schen the same man?—L, O. R., Red- field, N. Y. A. By no means, Black and Haen- schen 'are business partners and each usually has something to do l’l"’;{prn\ aen- schen specializes more on popular mu- sic than Black does, but both men can handle almost any type of orchestra equally well. Black also is featured as piano soloist in several programs. Q. Kindly let me know what has be- come of the Ipana Troubadours. Will their concerts be broadcast over WRC any time in the future>—M. E. C., Washington, D. C. A. The Ipana Troubadours are still broadcasting through a large number of stations, but the A, & P. Gypsies have taken their place on WRC and are scheduled there for some time to come. I know of no plans for change. You might try getting the Ipana Trou- badours or their alternates, the In- gram Shavers, through WRVA, Rich- mond, or WLW, Cincinnati, Q. If I were to ask Rudy Vallee to play & request number, where should I write him?—Marjorie ‘Livingston, Na- tick, Mass. A. You may write Rudy Vallee in care of the station through which you ordinarily hear him or in care of the National Broadcasting Co., 711 Fifth avenue, New York City. However, most of the well known orchestra leaders re- celve 50 many requests that they could not possibly play all of them. The ordinary procedure is to keep track of the requests for particular numbers, and these are scheduled in request pro- grams or given prominent spots in regu- lar programs. Q. Who is the author of the “Mystery House” programs?—W. E. M., Sacra- mento, Call 3 A. Finis Farr, jr, a young man who says he hasn't had so much fun inhis life as he. gets these days in figuring out terrible situations into which he plunges his hero and heroine. He used to be a magazine writer and is pointed o;xghn one of the coming writers for radlo. Q Where can I get Station KUKU on the dial?>—B. M., Port Arthur, Tex. A. KUKU isn't a station, but an in- describable state of mind. Those let- ters are the mythical call letters of the station supposed to be broadcastin burlesque ~program called “Cuck which goes on the networks weekly. A large number of regular stations broad- cast it. (Convrieht. 1930.) LOOSE LEAF Accounting System Binders' For: | week of the encampment would District National Guard Organization commanders of the local National Guard have been directed to make preparations for a series of field maneuvers to be held during the annual encampments this year in compliance witk instructions “from the . Militia Bureau of the War Department. The department recently made it known that it was going to have boards of officers at the various camps during the coming Summer to ascertain first hand just ‘what could be expected of the National Guard as a part of the fight- ing machine of the Government should it be necessary to call it into the field. The commanders have been told to cause suitable exercises to be prepared as a part of the routine field training of the unit and announced that a period of two or three days during the second be devoted to the execution of these tests. At the same time they also were given orders to provide for an inspection to be conducted under the entire super- vision and control of the National Guard commanders, such inspections to be held in full field equipment, including the pitching of shelter tents and dis- play of equipment on the last full day of the camp. Examinations for candidates for the eligible list for second lieutenants of infantry will be held, beginning on the evening of February 25 and on suc- cessive drill nights, it was announced at brigade headquarters. These ex- aminations are held annually and those who successfully pass them have their names put on the list from which selections are made to fill vacancies in the commissioned grades as they occur. The examinations will be open to second lieutenants of other branches and also to enlisted men of the Guard who have completed the 'required service. Six months’ service as an enlisted man i a requisite to obtaining a commission in the local Guard. Applications for the examinations must be in the brigade headquarters by February 21. The examinations will be conducted under the provisions ef Army Regulations 140-31 and they will | be conducted by the following board: Lieut. Col. Charles B. Elliott, Infantry U. S. A.. inspector of the local Guard; | Maj. Edward H. Grove, commanding the headquarters troops, and Maj. George J. Allen, Medical Corps, State Staff. ¢ Orders have been issued for the par- ticipation by the Guard in the celebra- tion incident to the anniversary of the birth of George Washington to be held at Alexandria, Va, on February 22. Commanding officers have been in- structed to issue the necessary equip- | ment and the uniform has been set as follows: Service dress, with overcoa and ‘barrack caps, with arms but with- out packs. The parade will be counted as an armory drill. Preparations already are bein at the brigade headquarters for the par- ticipation by the officers and men of the 20th National Guard Division, stationed here, in the division exercises to be held at Fort George G. Meade, Md,, begin- ning on July 7. The officers here There are all kinds of cars at all kinds of prices—but no other car can give you performance comparable to the brilliant speed and pick-up of a new Multi-Range Chrysler. With larger and far more powerful engines, with new Down-Draft carbure- tion such as is found in modern air- planes—and with the sensational Multi- Range 4-speed transmission and gear shift—Chrysler gives motoring newvigor. MULTI-RANGE Executive Offices and Service 1612-22 You St. N.W. And Analysis Livingston, Inc. 722 13th St. NW. Boswell Motor Company Garage made | | | | | units have some shortages ..Mount Raniler, Md. e, just received personnel tables from the |q commander of the 3d Army Corps Area re, n < officers and men required for participation in the exercises. Orders are expected to be issued next week for the annual encampments of the various Units composing the National Guard of the District of Columbia, it was indicated at the brigade headquar- ters. Of course, it has been known for some time that the division troops would 80 to Meade. It had been expected that the 121st Regiment of Engineers would 30 to Camp Albert C. Ritchie at Cascade, Md., where they have participated in maneuvers during the past two years, but it is understood, although it has not been announced officially, that this or- ganization will, this coming Summer, go again to Fort Humphreys, Va., the Army's Eastern engineer -post. ‘This information will be received with some regret by both officers and men, it is said, as they have thoroughly en- joyed their camps at the Maryland mountain camp, which is close to sev- eral popular Summer resorts. They also have there on the reservation many rec- reational features, including a lake for boating and swimming. Sanitary ar- rangements also have been provided ::zrehmch as :ot, and cold wnteflr for le showers, and permanent tent floors. It has not been indicated just where the troops will camp at Humphreys, but ‘when they were there before they occu-~ pled as quarters the old- war-built bar- racks, on which a great deal of money always had to be spent each year to put them in any kind of habitable condition. The troops do not have any such rec- reational facilities at the Virginia post as they enjoyed at the Maryland camp. There is another objection which has always been made by the enlisted per- | sonnel particularly, and that is thatsthe post is so close to Washington that it really does not provide them with any kind of trip. The 372d Infantry, the colored unit of the Guard, however, will return to Cas- cade, it was sald. It has not been deter- mined whether the 260th Coast Artillery will again go to Fort Monroe, Va., where it has always taken its training. There is some talk in Guard circles of its going to some New York Artillery post. How- ever, it was pointed out that the Vir- ginia post provides every kind of facility for training, and there is salt water || bathing and Summer resorts nearby. The importance of company com- manders checking their property losses once a year has been called to their attention in a memorandum from the brigade headquarters which points out that these losses are not cumulative. It was explained that the losses cannot be carried forward from year to year. In this connection the ‘headquarters points out that it is believed that all and surpluses in items other than clothing. With this in mind unit commanders, under the supervision of regimental and battalion commanders, should make an inventory of the property within their units at an early date. Upon completion of these, it was said, the United States property and disbursing officer will endeavor to lts CHRYSLER- CHRYSLER Never before have you performance—such brisk aliveness of pick-up—such speed with silky smooth- ness—such ease, quickness and non- clashing quietness of gear-s such fast time up hills. And added to the thrill of this new performance is the splendid pride appeal of new and larger bodies— richly upholstered—jewelry-fine interior fitments executed by Cartier et Cie. Thus today, more than ever, a Chrysler inspires a pride all its own. D. . FEBRUARY 9, 1930—PART FOUR of the various units on proximately actual value as far as prac- ticable. tling property accounts at the present time and %fimt charges against officers and men for lost prop- erty which is actually in the organiza- tion. A mee of the Council of Admin- Ismuon.”a‘gh-nded unit fund, is sched- uled to be held at the armory imme- diately following the close of the drill perfod on Tuesday, to consider certain expenditures from the fund. It was explained at the brigade headquarters that the real purpose of the meeting is to provide for an allotment of the amounts in the fund, fixing a maxi- mum limit for each armory. The funds an originally- returned to the local or- munizations were by individual units, ot these were ordered turned into a central fund and have been kept in a bank since that time. No expenditures have been allowed from the fund, as it was said to be the ‘rurpme of holding all of the money until it could be spent for the use of the organization as a whole on something that would benefit all. It is the purpose now to allot the funds in accordance with the units in the separate armories. This does not mean that any expenditures are con- templated at this time, it was said, but merely indicates that the amounts for each armory will be allotted. Corp. J. Harry Pryor, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, has been honor- ably discharged to permit him to enlist in the United States Army. The appointment of Second Lieut. Pearson C. Conlyn, Company A, 121st Engineers, as a first lieutenant in the Engineer Corps was made and he was detailed as adjutant of the 1st Battalion of the Engineer Regiment. There was a noticeable increase lasf week in the number of organizations classed as unsatisfactory in the matter of attendance, as compared with previ- ous weeks, according to report of drill attendance just made public. Five or- ganizations were found in this class when the report was issued at the brigade headquarters. However, three units succeeded in reaching the classification of superior in attendance, as compared with four | 1ast week. They were, with their per- , _as follows: 29th Division Police Company, 100.00; Med- ical ment Detachment, 260th Coast. tillery, 92.30; Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, 91.66. The other organizations in their respective flmmuflom, with percenetages, fol- low: Excellent—Quartermaster Corps De- tachment, 83.33; Company C, 121st En- gineers, 80.82. Very satisfactory—Headquarters De- tachment and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery, 77.13; Band, 121st En- gineers, 76.47; Company F, 121st En- gineers, 74 13; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 73.69. Satisfactory—Headquarters and Serv- ice Company, 121st Engineers, 69.38; Company B, 121st Engineers, 67.1 Company A, 121st Engineers, 63.3: Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 61 entages, Military DISTRIBUTORS ws % | Parental “No" Is Disproved by Disobedient Son, and Tradition Is Thrown for Loss NEW YORK (A%.—Arthur Allen took a job on the radio against the wishes of his mother. “Don’t you do it,” she admonished. “You know you haven't the voice.” Thus, there is on record one of the few cases of disobedience of & parental injunction that did not have a serious outcome. Allen is one of the. few en- tertainers who can portray the down- East Yankee correctly. Since making her objection, . the mother, who is in her eighty-first year, has changed her mind. She listens only occasionally to the radio, but when she | heard her son in one of his programs, she promptly wrote: “You were real Allen’s home town is Gowanda, N. Y. There, all of the folks gather around their radio sets every time he is to ap- pear in a sketch, usually about some happenings in New England, where his ancestors originated. It is this New England background that probably makes it so easy for him to go into character. Twice each week his high-pitched querulous voice comes to the N. B. C. chain, on Tuesday nights in the his- torical sketches, and on PFriday nights as the determined, and sometimes old- fashioned bachelor, Gus, in Gus ani Occasionally he plays in other radio dramas. In the past he was Jeff Peters in Retold Tales, an O. Henry series, and ;‘: & member of the cast in Wayside Allen started on the stage. In Au- gust, 1927, radio sought him. He is considered a pretty good pianist and organist. In his spare time he teaches others desiring to be radio actors. Short and slender in stature, Allen says he tries to “live” his characteriza- tions. In his ordinary conversation, there is only a trace of the voice so fa- miliar to radio. But a magie-like change in the position of his lips, with a gradual shift of the fanrial muscles. and Gus, or somel from the New England Coast, has come into existence. The roles he takes do not reflect the man. He is the opposite of the “cranky” down-Easterner or the quarrelsome Gus known to radio. “Gus, why he’s impossible,” Allen ejaculated. “I wouldn't live with that man five minutes.” Company E, 121st Engineers, 60.65. Unsatisfactory — Headquarters De- tachment, 29th Division Special Troops, 57.14; Company A, 372d Infantry, 55.55; Medical Department Detachment, 121st Engineers, 55.00; Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 54. Company D, 121st En- gineers, 52.38. ‘The following have been transferred from the reserve to the active list of Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery: Pvts. Gayle E. Barr, John S. Farquhar and Lester C. McLeary. Staff Sergt. Charles S. East, Head- quarters Detachment, 29th Division, left here Priday to report to the com- mandant of the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga., as a student for the course commencing tomorrow and end- ing on June 6. B Dr. Joseph W. Voelker was appointed a first lieutenant in the Dental Corps of the National Guard. ed ment of the 260th Coast Artillery. First Lieut. Hugh Everett, jr, has been transferred from Company D, 121st Engineers, to the Headquarters, 2d Battalion, same regiment, and assigned to duty as adjutant. He re- lieved First Lieut. Walter A. Knig.ut, who has been transferred to Company D, Engineer Regiment. Sergt. Caspar M. Roemer has been appointed supply sergeant of the 29th Division Military Police Company. The following have been promoted 1o privates, first class, in the 29th Division Military Police Company: Millard J. Boteler, Albert R. Burton, James E. Foley and Clifford M. Garrison. Pvt. Bernard J. Cassassa has been transferred from the active to the re- serve list of the Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, on account of business interference with the performance of military duty. following have been transferred from the reserve to the active lists ot their respective organizations: Pvts. James J. Skelly, Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, and James H. Smallwood, Company E, 121st Engineers. A redistribution of personnel allow- ances for the units of the local Guard has just been published. While it does not provide for an increase in the total strength, there has been some juggling of the figures for the various units. The maximum set in the new tables for the various organizations follows: State staff, 15; Headquarters Detach- ment, 29th Division Special Troops, 8; Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi~ sion, 48; 20th- Division, Military Police Company, 60; Medical Department De- tachment, 121st Engineers, 20; Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, including oand, 83; Com- pany A, 121st Engineers, 62; Compan; B, 121st Engineers, 64; Company O, 121st Engineers, 73; Company D, 121st Engineers, 63; Company E, 121st Engi- neers, 63; Company P, 121st Engineers, 62; Medical Department Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery, 13; Rcaty=ar- ters Detachment and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery, 35; Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 60; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 60; Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 60; Company A, 372d Infantry, 72. James Stanley on WEAF, James Stanley, “rollicking” baritone, is to be guest artist on WEAF and net- work Tuesday. Page Boy Broadcasts. 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