Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1930, Page 66

MEETINGS THIS WEEK. MIO—U.S.LJMJ Post, Thomas 8 p.m. March 11—Vietory Post, Wood- men’s Hall, 935 Grant place northwest, 8 p.m. March 11-—James Reese Europe Fost, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth lnd T streets northwest, Mnrch ll—-Jlmel E. Walker Post, . A, Twelfth lnd : 3 As & result of recent activities of communists in the National Capital and throughout the country at the meet- ing last week of the executive commit- rtment of the District American Legion, mfl A'.Int f all f ',be’“dt a mee of al o Americanization officers d.hgl?- the matter and present the executive committee fcrp:?‘m It was suggested that the matter be taken with the_school l:xdthnrme.u-h and pos- e and high schools along Americaniza- tion lines. The committee on trophies and awards is also worl out a m- which will prove of interes pnblln uhool children, which pm- be merged with that of the Amerlumntlnn committee. National Executive Committeeman Paul J. Mc- Gahan is chairman of the trophies and . awards committee. Z head the list of f the ball. Chatrman E, H i Hale of the depart- ment ball committee reported that the mnull ball this year will be held in )nyflnwet Hotel, April 23, -m\ dancing from 9 to 1 o'clock. F. Praser, wmmlnder of Sergeant Juper Post, has been as treasurer of Vhe committee. l’rendent l.nd Mrs. Herbert Hoove'r have consented to patrons and patron- esses of Mrs. Mary . A. Hickey, department child welfare officer, will attend the annual nm child welfare conference for area B, to be h!ld in New York City, March 14 and 1 Department wel(m ‘and Relief Di- * vector Austin S. Imirie explained in 5 dennhhe'urkbelnuurmdunwuw Legion in connection with : the i Aflkflfl"fl!l Fisk American In the absence of Department Fi- Madison L. Hill, who is confined to his home as the result of an accident on January 1, sznmum ted the re- presen port of the financial condition of the The execut.m committee granted per- : will be given g ne‘:t m far reaching mdunu include the following: Denies the Controller General the power to revise a-decision of the di- Tector of the United States Veterans' Bureau. andel Lh-t gop-r wnlldenuan bv umtolumedlmlmhlninnd- Judicating veterans’ Extends the time 'hen sulu may be brought on insurance to one year after approval of the bill. Broadens the presumptive provisions of the act so that any veteran who held, prior to January 1, 1925, a dis- ability developing at a 10 per cent de- gree or more, shall be presumed to have acquired his_disability in the service | Horst: or to have suffered an aggravation of a drape the casket is provided for every veteran who cause of death. $50 arrested tuberculosis award not only amended to avercome the 'r's decision, but in addition »d rating is authorized ‘\\nns of 25 per cent permanent a or arrested tuberculosis; active s is to receive a minimum of H“m tal $50 a month. ‘World War veterans hospitalized for more than one month for non-service connected disability, who have an an- nual income of less than $1,000, shall recelve dependency compensation dur- the period of their continuous hos- and for two calendar months thereafter of $30 a month for & wife, $40 a month for a wife and child, with 86 for each additional child; d $20 a month if there is a child but no |t 8ul wife: $30 a month for two motherless children, $40 a month for three moth- erless children. and $6 a month for edch additional child. Costello Post, No. 15, mec 'nnudsy evening in the board room of the Dis- triet butlding. W. , Louis G: Novito and Louis E. Grumback were elected to mem| A resolution em.r’::"fi. metmollhn police, of m profound faith of the members of post in his erlth. service persons in the organization and | the m up of the various em- p agencies for the benefit of Wofld er veterans, is the subject of a recommendation made to Secre- tary of Labor James J. Davis by Wat- son B. Miller, American re- habilitation chairm: regular Pell'y Ship wfll be held :;‘l t:e Badleu. rines’ Clul Crumbaker was elected chaplain lnd lnnnled ‘This election was made necessary by the recent death | of Shipmate F. C. Pauro, 2 ‘The annual pfl;flmm to the i of Admiral Robert E. Peary will be dlx- | cussed at the next meetln‘ This af- | fnir is held annually on April 6. Kenneth M. Nash Unit, No. 8, met on ‘Wednesday evening, in the gold room of the Hlmlllon Hotel. After a brief ness meeting, & lecture on “Social Hy- glene,” illustrated by moving pictures, was dellvered by Dr. Howard r of the District of Columbia Health Depart- ment. Members from Jane Delano and t | Jacob Jones Posts were guests of the by unit. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. ‘Tuesday- —National Capitol Post and N-uannl c-plm u&u Aux- iliary, Pythian Tem ‘Team, Hines Junior High School. Thursday—Potomac Post and Potomac Post Ladies’ Auxiliary, Smoldblerl, Sallors and Marines’ ub. Department Comdr. Harvey L. Miller announces the a tment of Past Post Comdr. Oscar % of Nlflml Olp“fl Post, ent chief of staff, vice Maj. Alexander M. Lochwitzky. Maj. Lochwitzky has been transferred to the Army Aircraft Serv- ice at Dayton, Ohio. Past Department Comdr. Joseph F. Beattie has been made chairman of the 1830 national encampment committee, with authority to lwotnt other mem- bers of his committee. The function of this committee will be to contact en- campment officials at Baltimore. ‘The Veterans of Foreign Wars will present an indoor circus at Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New ;!lm-k -vuug on '.he evenings of March A business meeflnl of the Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps was held at Soldiers, Saflors and Ma- rines’ Club on Friday evening, at which meeting steps were taken toward fur- ther tncrenlnc the band and toward arranging for drills in connection with the mmur‘y“ rmun-thn of band. The Overseas turned y evening at me Willard in the gesture Poppy nual jami ;n | hood and the entire band of 114 took the floor as a surprise numl out Hotel | In the ‘women carry heavy baskets of fish upon ll&n. . Overseas Drum and Bugle Corps, (Continued From Eleventh Page.) Washington heno(fihe!ur Woman's Club_of Bethesds.—The . Reginald B. Looker c’mhah-llmtl;I ‘of hostesses at the tea fol- wing program. On Thursday evening a Dutch su) the 'I{l and m¢ benefit of the club- The evening, ‘women | of t.hbse university. me in Edgemoor on the first Mon- day in April. dies, regardiess success! last !Iturflny evening. Quota Club.—The board of dlrecwru met 'mudly evenlrlnnx at Mrs. Wll ‘reltdelln! lel,lvc work is in various lines, the report of the ttee being especially street, lu | to & monologue recited 18 | pistrict of Colum ‘monthly - meeting of | g T his _mics debut—! | think it was back in 1923—no one, Ed there National c.pl'ol Post, No. 127, went on record as indorsing James G. Yaden of Washington for commissioner to fill Departm Hooley of Front Line Post, Comdr delia and others gave brief talks. The seventh birthday annive the local Military om:r of :‘ggot% will be held March 18. Tlckel‘ for non-members, which have been limited to 100, are being distributed. A pro- m:d of entertainment is being ar- The regular mnm.hly meeting of the S. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will be held tomorrow night at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, l‘":d ocl:c;u Refreshments will be se an hoped - b — e N is called to the Braill class, which meets on the first, thll’; and (when there is one) fifth Tuesdays of the month. This night has been 'lz:,l‘ned u': ';‘.he Jacob Jones Post. bers of the post afe requested e poct heid e | pos| ld its urd rty last Monday night at the All snpfi‘a Hotel. The advisory council met Thursday :::g.\( at the home of Comrade zu- Recipe for a Graceful Carriage. ‘The most casual observer traveling through Portugal will notice that the women are generally graceful in their carriage, no matter what their social sphere may be. They are erect and light on their feet and the explanation is said to be in the fact that they e-rryul'.heirbundlummh-m villages along the coast the o mar] and cal ir p‘;‘odu‘eu in mkmfin’mk T.m- along through crowded streets, surefooted as the mule and as mcml A8 & swan. uuoxunon.cmp- section Xl.nflm as_ Expressed Coml] Fabrics,” will be illustrated. A large attendance of the members and flmr friends is urged. dmmu Club its 'fl?"'-hold its annual March 17, hmmm wmntmhmw’% ldwnfl Conner., There will be a talk on twelfth . District Sunshine and Community So- ceity met in the home of Mrs. Parker Cook on March 3. Assisting hostesses Cook, Mrs. Scott and were Mrs. Mrs. A. O. Tingley. mpr-l«nt.nn y | James Underwood, presented Mrs. Vir- :Inh ‘White Speel, who gave a talk on foundation fund. Mrs. Charles thn ‘Wood, another guest, gave a shurt talk on some of her travels. Sneel Mrs, Wood, Mrs. Charles 8. l-nyden. J. C. Rau, Mrs. Tracey and Mr, Phflll)‘l were l\lll'l Rutland Court Woman's Club held Lamasure, who gave an wrmnm; mvelo(ue of some of the o leud-knmm places in England and Hol- y Club.—The executive Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff, chairman announced that ‘Charles Ed- program, ward Russell, writer and a member of the Elihu Root Commission that went to Russia, appointed by President Wood- row Wilson, will be the speaker for'the next meeting of the Political Study Club Saturday, March 15, at 2:30 p.m., at the ‘Washington Club. Mr. Russell will speak on “Russia.” Salome Alger, so- pn.nu, wfll :lve several sel S mmbenh&eommmu. submitted the following Iadies for mcm e Olm“ IIYI. John Mrs. John A. Hl-!y Mrs. May B. Collins Vories, Mrs. A. Everett Turner and . 1. Alliance Francaise.—On Wednesday, March 12, at 4:30, at the La Fa etu Hotel, the Alllance Prancaise will atinee artisque given by M. -nd Perrin Paris. Two one-act nhyl in one act ven in addition M. E. Perrin. basis 'lth men. Maj. Jullus 1. Peyser, &ruuknt of the v Association, was the xmkerl who paid tribute to Mrs. luded Walter ), m:‘whetuurmmn of Columbia Bar, Judge )nry O'Toole, ‘Miss Annabel Matthews, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Miss Goodikoonts, Mrs. 1o | william Wolff Smith, Miss Pear] McCall, Dr. Edward Dutton, Riley and Mrs. Bessie man. Mrs. Mary Catherine Lewis, of the Soroptimist Club, presided, an e-lud upon Mrs. Hzlm D. lued to -ct toastmistress. rcllm:nry emoer of tha Soropamist ub. Mrs. Gertrude Lyons gave a musical . The ‘was broadeast Mrs. Grace Hays Parker Brugge- W ~ | man he could nmf included, e: ‘would be any difficulty hbout it. He was just to come to the studios, stand in tmnc o!n mlcro- rhme and tell a few funny storis dea was a grand one, work out that way. Suddenly Becomes Confused. 'ynn stepped up to the mlcrophune when nu time came and started off he had been broadcasting all his ll!e utlllo(nlufllen he began to look if he Iwfl just come from a banquet o( nem apples. The wise-cracks began to falter and n delivered them as if he felt that he really knew bener but that some one was standing behind him with ‘d shotgun and he was testify- under duress. ose of us who were watching h\m through the window saw hlm turn pale. Big beads of sweat began w roll off his forehead. Hnllly he waved hhundwmeontrolmlnhmnofl hone, Those were in the easy days when a couple of vacant mlmlus bothered no_one, and Past | the control operator complied. to the nearest staff grabbed him by the lapels and crled “For God’s sake, get somebody to laugh at me! Maybe it isn’t funny, but if I can't see somebody laughing 1 can’t go on.” Laughs Were Provided. ‘We rounded up everybody around the studios, hostesses, pages, engi- neers and half a dozen munld.nru Or- ders were to laugh every. time Wynn m;vrd for breath. Well, it worked! I s :«Imm" ""dnswtr‘ p:nrt g ¢l pure I‘l‘:llnrl‘lnee so fast. And I don‘z I have ever heard Wynn be qulu 50 since as hg ‘was in the last part of that ‘That delnlnd for the appreciative | g lllllh still exists. I have seen such “mike” veterans as Billy. Jones and mle Hare in rehearsal glanee at the dio engineer to see how he took that last joke. If they can amuse that control man, who has heard several mmndbjoku,mdmdhd.m joke stays in the program. He doesn't hl'e to hu‘h but if the control man even smiles Jones and Hare have had| dashes Do e Lroatonst kaing_” the appreciation which no | radio or whatnot, can do without. * * * * -Announcers’ Troubles Outlined. I read ers o( ‘various professions bel forced to work under extreme difficulties now and then. You see little about the trouble radio announcers encounter. Usually we never think to talk about it, inasmuch as the craft has always accepted these little things as more or less in the daily course of events.' This is all a sort of prelude, because I'm going to tell about the only time I ever from flat on my back with people stepping all over me. ‘When Lindl th arrived in Wash- ingwn on the cruiser Memphis, which %Ilc.kzd l'AI:l up ‘::l lm frl:: Paris triumphs, I was assign. he le. I had my microphone on the dock. A huge crowd was at my back, held behind police ropes by a small army o( blueeo-u. remember wondering a bit about tha then ecldafl that it pollee line. but uld hold m cruiser siid up to the dock. ’l'he “1'1'”1'{'4: dmber:hfl"v‘;'n.;: )lnulv geline boarded the cruiser before it docked. ‘The crowd cheered wildly and I talked away at my microphone. ‘When Lindbergh Appeared. peared. The crowd went wild. I al- most had to shout to lift my voice above the roar from behind. Sud- denly I heard a rush, and the next I knew I had been knocked down and the crowd was swarming over me. Fortu- nately, I grasped the microphone as I fell, and despite being flat on my back I don't think I missed a single word. I can’t say it was particularly pleas- ant; but, after all, the radio listeners have a rkm to hear about everything that is going on. Alwyn Bach, though, has me be-un on odd positions for announcing. ing & potmul convention while he wu announcing for WBZ he figured that the next loesl announcement he would have to make wouldn't come al for half an hour, and decided to But it came just after slipped into the water. An engineer had ‘::pm))? a ;;'mlk!" belo;e him weg: or the soap and announ w a ' waiting ‘world that the program was coming through WBZ. One Type of Cowboy. Every now and then I feel like bust- ing up some illusions. You might class it as a dirty trick, I lup})on bllt T jus | can't resist spilling the any & greai deal about the follow- | his A brief pause, then Lindbergh ap-|barn s comparative newcomer mm’t!ollfl'flmflndcy: o til after he had been a news- paper mw-mm&nnnc and when fi-;-mtwmnmsmtwmt brother’s dude ranch, in Arizona. the “cowboy” to whom I had tening ‘m,hy every conviction of reality until T saw him again in our studivs recently. John sings the old cowboy songs just as they were sung years ago, when cattle roamed ranges and cowboys really had to know how to ride, but he learned them from the ex-cowboys his brother hired as atmosphere for the dude ranch. Has One Ouistanding Merit. Natural or acquired, I don’t suppose it makes much difference, at thl'lh long as the stuff Robison an lite put over is entertaining. And it cer- tainly is that. There is a real hill-billy on the air. | him, Ymm air, putting dances, he led they ought to take a vacation and motor around the country. Well, they ended up in New York, on the networks, and they have been at it ever since, alternating be- tween New York and Chicago. “Dad” always carries a harp or two and a harmonica in his pocket, and the rest of the family always have gui- tars and fiddles handy. “Dad” will stage a concert any place, any time, on little provocation, or none at all. I've seen him walk across Pifth avenue playing the mouth organ, and when their car broke down in a little Ohio town when they were on their way East a few weeks ago “Dad” and the whole family staged an improm; the railroad station. I " told me that the station master was the most lpprecht!ve audience he ever had—he interested in the music that he urmmmn( up the mail sack for the train -nmn up on its way through. Penrod Maintaints Reputation. ‘That kid, Penrod—Howard uemu Seems | Detely into. “Benrod,” I his | coplous lu concert in uwlnm com- filled his young mouth to bursting from & water xmum in one of the studios and had then rushed at Jack with sounds of “Ummmmp! Glugt” Jltk reading his mind accurately, had taken to his heels with yells of frenzy and sprinted to the haven of a group of Radio Guild actors at_the end of the hall. In and out he darted, with many swingings around the a -dulu and after him came the alert Howard, still bll'rblm cheeks and glaring ahead n Jack in -eyed fas fashion. © Pinally Jack ook behind Florence Malone, whose bmuuful voice has mme her duunc- tive among radio actresses. “What began, but Penrod ben her to it. He aimed at Jack, but missed , and Miss Malone got the full head | drenching! McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX. Q. Please tell me who the man is who used to sing the “Slumber Song,” and what has happened to hhn?——-l! L. G, Washington, D. C. A. Milton J. Cross, the announcer, still sings the “Slumber Song,” the signature of the Slumber Music pro- gram, about three nights a week, and he is one of the reasons for the wide popularity of the hour. Another rea- son why this feature is such’a favorite may be attributed to its conductor; Lud- wig- Laurier, who personally selects all the mwe for the program. “The half of the hour is pllllml!ll‘ly sooth- musical make-up. Harry Swan, announcer, cavorts in the character of “Prof. R. U. Musclebound’ Twitch,” the cooking expert, Il by Chester Young, who nflm lorn,” Imz'-?‘ is [ "3 private life Bradford Browne. And does the Seiberling Quartet at any other hour?—G. N. W., Niles, ©Ohio. A. James Melton is the first tenor of the heard £ 8 it 28§ se g 7 i the average, it will for an audition at Q. Does Rudy Vallee play on other besides the Fleischmann Intter Emn?—llnnor mch. umnea Kans: Only programs of late dance mu- llc, lpelklnl in New York time. 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