Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1930, Page 66

The Emperor - Of America ™™™ Copyright, 1930, by North American Newscaper Service. SYNOPSIS. Comdr. Drake Roscoe of the United Btates Navy is on the trail of a mysteri- Ous criminal band known as the Zomes @nd directed by o chief called “Head Centre.” Roscoe himself is marked for death, 0 he assumes a disouise and is known as Ramon de Sa, a dancer from the Arcentine. With the aid of a friend, Dr. Stopford. he makes his investiga- tions. He thinks that he has seen ““Head Centre” when the latter darinoly ap- Peared at a tea under the name of Gas- ton Pascal. Roscoe at the time remarked that the man bore a remarkable resem- blance to Napoleon. Roscoe's latest in- vestigations takes him to the home of Page Sutton, a wealthy man, who is the most recent object of attack. Sutton has two house ouests—Dr. Cross and Molly O'Hay. niece of the deputy commissioner o/ police and a friend of June Sutton. Stopjord. Ned Regan, a private detective, and Roscoe complete the group. TENTH INSTALLMENT. ROADWAY was a wedge of cabs and cars heading from hotels and restaurants toward theaters. Fifth avenue was nearly as bad. | Sixih - venue, as the most con- gested ar.ory serving the heart of the city, prescnted a solid mass of vehicles. A’ cloudless iummer sky glowed as the skies glow above Stromboli or Vesuvius in eruption. From Hoboken on the west, and Brooklyn on the east, down from the Bronx, up from the Battery—New York's millions herded to | that inner circle bisected by the White yet removed from it, aloft and cloof, in a silent room, dark as the | chambers of the Great Pyramid, a speck of red light glowed venomously and a voice spoke. ‘Report of Group Master 4" said the voice. “Sector 3 A 3. Inside the Page Sutton home: Roscoe and Stopford are remaining the night, also Ned W. Regan. Latter is butler. Group master reports difficulty in obtaining particulars; believes Chris- topoulos to be suspicious. Mrs. Dean, housekeeper, has not yet allotted rooms. Timed eight-thirty. Report ends.” Fully a minute passed in silence, then: ‘Report of Sector 3 A 3,” said & mu- 1 voice in the darkness. ‘Report to hand,” came the reply immediately. “Sector Captain 3 A 3.' covering the Sutton home, advises that | all attempts on the dogs have failed. | Christopoulos, the butler, has countered every move. Consignment from chief chemist safely to hand. Suitable tree located, and group master detached for special duty awalts orders. Failing Comdr. Rosecoe's allocation on water front, sector captain standing by for in- structions. Report ends.” 1f a minute of silence, then: ‘Connect Zone Officer 2 A,” the mu- sical voice directed, “immediately I have completed my present order. Instruct garage controller to dispatch his fastest car to the Hotel Plaza. He will be called in the name of Raymond. He will re- ceive further orders from the officer joining him there. Two more cars are 10 be placed at disposal of H. Q. patrols. e s et terval then:. r_brie! rval, then: gflne 2-A," said a soft feminine Woue. That other voice out of the dark- ness replied: "zan: Officer 2-A,” said the speaker, and now he spoke in Prench, “you wi proceed to the Plaza. A car will meet . The chauffeur's name is Raymond. truct him to drive you to the Page Sutton_country home, Which you know. He is to break down at the gates. You are to obtain hospitality for the night. Use your own discretion. You under- stand?” 3 “I understand,” hhe woman'’s voice , & little wearily. l"?"coed‘ed the other flymunued. “As you Jeave the elevator of your apartment a |go man will meet you. Give him the key: and directly you are in the Page Sutton +eme call your own number. This offi- cer will answer you. Further instruc- tions will reach you later. You under- stand?” T understand.” ‘Await the oflcler‘;i lrg:'slgu He'!'fll €all you from the lobby. nnect. Thyx:e seconds elapsed. The red light glowed on. Then: said a sing-song voice. Q. patrol, to pro- apartment on home is to report watching Christopoulous, thel | no shooting tonight. Your presence re- | You are staying, I understand?” ill | ing_June uttered a stified cry. By Newspaper Alliance and Metropolitan los,” said Regan; “he was in the room at _the time.” | "Roscoe glanced the aker. | didn't suggest Christopoulos,” he | | replied. | “But sharply at you distrust him.” “I admit that. He is very clever, but his behavior isn't normal. Let’s have a | brief conference; then, I suppose, we | | must rejoin the ladies. Naturally, they know there’s something afoot and must | be feeling uneasy.” Through the French windows the search party entered the room. It was | now in complete darkness. : | “Don’t light up for a moment!” Ros- coe said. The four grouped in the darkened room, then | “Where's your safe, Sutton?” Roscoe asked abruptly “The safe in which I have the map?" “Yes | 2 | here “Ah,” Roscoe mused aloud, “is there any one else in the house who knows or suspects the fact?” “Not a soul.” “I'm open to lay a million dollars, | which I don't happen to possess, to a | moldy peanut that the Zone chief, Head Center, knows the map is here!” said | Regan. | “He not only knows,” Roscoe inter- rupted grimly, “but he is personally | watching this house!” | “What!" Page Sutton cried. i He stopped abruptly. Some one had | rapped on the door. | “Wait!” Roscoe whispered. “I'm go- | ing out onto the lawn. Give me time | to_get clear.” He passed through an open French window and disappeared. Thereupon; “Come in!” Sutton cried. ‘The door opened and June Sutton entered. “Why! you are all in the dark!” she cried. “We've been watching the sunset, Miss June,” Regan growled. “Switch up the light, Doc.” Stopford made for the switch, but| June reached it before him, and the room became brightly illuminated. Molly O'Hay followed her friend. The pair made & very charming picture, which was ruined by the appearance of Dr. Cross, with his good-humoredly, ugly face. 53 hope, Mr. Regan,” Dr. Cross de- clared facetiously, “that there will be in my bed room, directly above ssures all of us, however, tremendously. “Yes.” Regan glanced at him sharply. “I am staying tonight. “Oh, June!” What a wonderful light in the sky!” cried Molly, and drew her friend forward. “I can just see it lbgve the trees. Do let's go out and peep! “There’s just time, girls,” said Sutton. | In another 10 minutes we lock up.; After that it won't be safe for anybody out of steel armor to move around there. Listen! Can you hear 'em? All stood still listening. From some place at the rear of the house came the remote but terrifying chorus of the dogs. The two girls went out through the open French window and Dr. Cross followed them. “In half an hour in my study!” Page Sutton whispered earnestly to Stopford. “Put Roscoe wise when he comes back and tell Regan Almost before he had ceased speak- “What's that?” Her father sprang toward the win- % the tree” she said and pointed. In that g‘:;—beyongkme :‘l;\mke:;!”! saw somet] . ... like & Stopford l:lged past the girls through the open window. Rez‘:enh(ollowed, Page Sutton at his 1s, H hefi;lexe.e ndndd cried June, “don't ! I'm terrified. Sutton halted. Dr. Cross watched two figures retreating in the growing darkness and then, contemplating June, said: u"‘lle'll stay, too. It's a false alarm, way.” msympylurd was heading across the lawns for an opening in the tall hedge communicating with the drive. Regan overtook him at the gap and side by side they doubled out onto the graveled sweep. Th‘:y ‘were almost come to the gates when Regan pulled up. So did Stop- ford. A man was just entering. He raised his hand, waving them back. ‘It's Roscos!” said Regan. ‘About turn!” said Stopford. They turned around, breathless, and began slowly to walk back. Roscoe overtook them by the hedge gap. vals. Reinforce all Division A stations mrom Division B. All units not engaged under schedules 5 and 9 are to stand by. This is 8 General Emergency Order.” ‘The red light disappeared. Darkness claimed the room high above the clamor of New York where men and women, | boys and girls hurried in quest of Ppleasure. Above this noisy, careless world re- 1axed, one grim, relentless giant intellect remained focussed, poisonously concen- trated—the spider at the heart of a web stretching over all those heedless files below and competent at any mo- ment to enmesh them. “False alarm.’ said Ned Regan. “Not a bit of it!” Stopford cried in- dignantly. “T said, and I say again, that | some one was lurkin' in the bushes, lis- tenin’ in on us.” “But not a trace of him"—from Sut- | ton, breathlessly. “Yet"—Roscoe was the speaker— *“Stopford is right. There’s a spy amongst us. “Ic”couldn'c have been Christopou- Spanish War Veterans MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Richard J. Harden Camp, Thursday night, Pythian Temple. hn Jacob Astor Auxiliary, sday night, 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Lineal Society of the Spanish War, Wednesday night, Pythian ‘The District dej ent will hold & eard party April. 12 -at Northeast Masonic Temple. Comdr, L. C. Nelson in general orders announced that .each camp will observe annual muster day at the meeting falling on or at the nearest date to April 21. John McLaren, United States Navy, and Charles J. Lewis, 14th United States Infantry, were mustered in as active members by Richard J. Harden Camp. James W. Tierney, United Statcs Navy, was elected to membership and will be mustered at a later meeting. The officers have arranged for July 17 for the Santiago day excursion to Mar- shall Hal George White was granted a transfer to the Col. John Jacob Astor Camp. A communication from Commissioner of Pensions Earl D. Church was read, stating that he would render assistance | to Jacob Orken, recently appointed service officer. William O. Ohm, chairman of the relief committee, reported John W. Rutledge and Henry G. Davies in the United States Soldiers’ Home Hospital, Case Martin in Ward C, Naval Hospital, and John T. Hilleary ill at his home. ‘The adjutant reported the death of Isador Nordstran in California. Taps was sounded and the usual period of silent prayer was observed. Past Comdr. Bernard P, Donnelly made an address. W. Lawton Camp |and lebrated its ith birthday anni: cel o versary mw-nm . m%m of {from outside. “There's a_car oming along the road. Do you hear Something tells me that it is com- ing here.” s “What of it?” Regan growled. “I want to know what’s up that tre I don’t care two hoots about the car. “But I do,” Roscoe replied. “And if it will relieve your mind, I was up that tree.” “What!” Stopford eried. “gailors can climb, you know,” Ros- coe laughed. “I had reasons for climb- \n?nthlt tree. Do you know what I think?” “No,” sald Regan bluntly. “I think the patrol by the wolf dogs and Sutton's other precautions have made it impossible for the Zones to operate from inside the ground: “Well?” “They have found a way of operating Tonight we shall know what it s (To be Continued.) | music by the United States Army Band Orchestra and addresses by prominent veterans of the Spanish-American War. Past Comdr. in Chief Rice W. Means | and Brig. Gen. Edward L. King, | assistant chief of staff of the United States Army, were the principal speak- ers, The latter, who served with Gen. Lawton, told of his life and service. The camp will celebrate annual muster day at the April 7 meeting, when the Col. John Jacob Astor Camp will make an officlal visitation., The Lawton Camp will make its official visitation to Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp April 16, when a minent Fiver ‘an mem! of Congress will ad President Louise M. idress, Department Moore and staff made the annual visi- tation and inspection of the Gen. M. Emmet Urell Auxiliary, March 19. The auxiliary indorsed Bertha Cook for department president, and Catherine Huhn for department junior vice presi- dent, subject to the action of the con- vention to be held in June. ‘The meeting was addressed by De- partment President Louise Moore, Chief of Staff Margaret E. Burns, National ‘Treasurer Carrie E. Nolan and Nati Reporter Edna R. Summerfield. Follow- ing the business session refreshments were served. A meeting of the department council of administration of the Ladies' Auxil- fary will be held at 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast next Wednesday at 8 pm. The Col. James S. Pettit Auxiliary will meet in the Naval Lodge Hall Fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, April 14, at 7 o'clock. Be- ginning at 8 o'clock the auxiliary will Ml]:)de. card part: THE SUNDAY STAR, Armyand Navy News Navy. ‘With_the approach of the convening of the Navy line selection board at the Navy Department here in May, inter- est is being manifested not only in the | identity of the officers who will be selected for promotion, but also the anges that will be made in the as- signment of high ranking officers to and from the fleet. So far as concerns selection of senior captains for com- mand of ships, much depends upon the recommendations of the selection board, as the selection of captains due for sea for promo- tion and in some cases non-selection necessarily will ne- | cessitate & Tear- rangement of as- signments. The in- dications are that the slate of impor- tant changes to be made this year among the flag of- ficers of the Navy will not be ap- proved until Secre- tary Adams returns from the naval conference at Lon- » don. Adm, Including Ad- miral William V. Pratt, commander-in-chief of the United State fleet, there are 11 flag of- ficers who will be due for shore duty this Summer, as before the end of this year they all will have been at sea for w |ordered for this duty, tw | colonels and two majors, and upon the two years or more. No doubt some of these officers will come to duty here. | They are: Admiral Louis McC. Nulton, | Vice Admirals Lucius A. Bostwick an William C. Cole and Rear Admil’flls‘l Thomas J. Senn, Henry V. Butler, Orin | G. Murfin. Frank H. Clark, Frank H. | , Frank P. Upham and Arthur | rn. Tt is understood that most, | if not all, of these officers will be as signed to shore stations, and discussion | continues as to who will be selected to relieve them from their present sea as- signments. The prevailing service opin- lon is that Rear Admiral Jehu V. Chase, now on duty here at the Navy Depart ment as a member of the general board, will be assigned as commander-in-chief of the United States fleet. Rear Ad- miral Hepburn, it is understood, will be assigned to the next course at the Naval War College. ‘The tentative slate contemplates the assignment of the temporary rank of vice admiral to the commander of the cruiser divisions of the scouting fleet, with direct command of new division 3, which will consist of the Northampton (flagship), Salt Lake City and Pensa- cola and the Chester. Army. A new policy was inaugurated by the ‘War Department last week with respect to having permanent commanding offi- cers of the four Army transports which ply between United States ports and Panama, Hawaii, Alaska and the Phil- ippines.’ In the past the senior line officer aboard the transport has been the commanding officer of the transport during the period of the voyage, as a result of which a new commanding offi- cer was in command of the transport | on each trip. Under the new transport policy four Infantry officers have been lieutenant assumption of this new duty they will be the commanding officers of their spective transports for the next two years. They are as follows: Lieut. Cols. William A. Alfonte and Charles W. Mason and Majs. Joseph J. Koch and Robert E. Jones. Lieut. Col. Alfonte will command the Army transport Grant, which is sched- uled to sail from San Francisco May 29 for Honolulu; Lieut. Col. Mason will be in command of the Chateau Thierry, which will sail from New York for San Juan on June 12; Maj. Koch will com- mand the Somme, which will sail from San Francisco May 24 for Corinto; While Maj. Jones will be in command of the St. Mihiel, which is scheduled to sail from New York April 11 for Porto Rico and Panama. Nine officers of the Regular Army, all of whom are on duty here in the Militia Bureau of the War Department, will prepare papers on various military sub-. Jects which will be read before the an- nual Spring meeting of the Association of Adjutants General, that will be con- vened at the War Department on April 14, 15 and 16, The regulations govern- ing the National Guard will be up for discussion and no doubt changes for improving them will be recommended during the course of the meeting. ‘The officers who will address the meeting and the subject of their papers, are as follows: ‘“Transportation and Side Agreement ‘A,’ " by Col. Francis A. Pope, C. E.; “Hospitalization and Re- hospitalization,” by Col. Willlam N. Bis- pham, M. C.; “Use of Franking Privilege and National Guard Administration,” by Lieut. Col. A. W. Bradbury, Infantry: “Surveys and the Use of Inventory and Inspection Reports,” by Maj. Hugo D. Selton, Infantry; “Caretakers, Classifi- cation of Units, Replacement of Horses and National Guard Regulations 79,” by Maj. E. H. Hicks, F. A.; “National Guard Armory and Field Inspections,” by Maj. M. D. Welty, Infantry; “Disposition of Excess Property in the States,” by Capt. F. I Gilbert, O. D.; Capt. George H. Harrell, Q. M. C,, will discuss the “Re- issue and Maintenance of New and Old Uniforms,” and also the “Supply and Maintenance of and Instruments,” while Capt. Christian G. Foltz, C. A. C., will take up the “Promotion of Officers and Enlisted Men, Who Are Attending Service Schools.” Brig. Gen. Frank D. Beary, the adjutant general of Pennsyl- vania, president of the Adjutant General Assoctation, will preside. D. C. Naval Reserve While the official date for the an-) nual inspection of the 1st Battalion by | 2 board of officers of the regular serv-| ice, assigned from the Navy Depart- ment here, has not yet been set, it was learned yesterday that it will be in the latter part of May. It was pointed out that the official notice of the inspec- tion cannot be given until six weeks be- Tore the event so that, theoretically, the organization has that much time to prepare for the big event. However, the local battalion members have been preparing for many months for this inspection, and are brushing up on the defects found at the recent re- hearsal inspection, conducted by Lieut. Comdr. R. S. Field, commander of the destroyer Abel P. Upshur and inspector- instructor of the local battalion. Since that time every detail of the training has been closely watched by the offi- cers, with the hope this year that they will obtain a figure of merit that will lace the local organization both at the ead of the battalions and the divisions of the country when the final check up is made. The local reservists would like to capture at least one of the two trophies donated by the United States Naval Reserve Officers’ Association of the United States, one to be awarded to the fleet battalion attaining the highest figure of merit and the other to the fieet division getting the high merit mark at these annual inspections. It was indicated that the training ship of the local battalion, the U. S. destroyer Abel P. Upshur, moored at the Washington Navy Yard, will be in Washington at the time of the inspec- tion. She is scheduled to go to the Norfolk, Va., Navy Yard for her annual docking and overhaul, prior to starting out on the annual cruises, but it was said that she will remain here until after the inspections, so that the in- specting officers will be able to put the various divisions through a series of drills aboard the ship to ascertain the effectiveness of their training during| the year. % In order to make ready for this phase | of the inspection, Lieut. Samuel W.| Stinemetz, acting commander of the lo- cal battalion, with the arrival of fair weather, has issued orders for the drills to be held each Monday night aboard the destroyer, so0 that the men will all know their respective places when the inspectors give the word for a particu- iar drill. These drills aboard the train- ing ship will be kept up until after the inspections, when the vessel will pro- ceed to the Norfolk yard. Ernest D. Bushong, aviation th\el“ machinist'’s mate, has been transferred to the local Reserve from the 5th Naval | District, with headquarters at Hamp- ton Roads, Va. Sydney _G. Carter, Charles R. Wheeley, coxswain, and seaman, t class, have been relieved from active duty aboard the destroyer Upshur at their own requests. Walter Morgan, chief commissary steward, has been retired from active service after 30 years in both the Reg- ular establishment and the Reserve. ‘The aviation branch of the local Re- serves has been ordered to take 15 days of active training duty, beginning next week, at the Naval Air Station at Ana- costia. ‘The unit is commanded by Lieut. Comdr. Edward W. Rounds, who has been but recently promoted to that rank. In addition to Ensign Robert L. Earle, who is regularly attached to the division, Comdr. Rounds will have with him for training the following from the Volunteer branch of the Reserve: Lieut. Willlam G. Brombacher, Lieut. (junior grade) Harry H. Huester and Ensign Harcourt Sontaj Lieut. George M. Pulver, Communi- cations Reserve, has been ordered from this city to 15 days’ active duty aboard the battleship Florida. He will board the Patoka and proceed to Guantanamo, Cuba, to join the Florida. Joseph Lester Hutchins, fireman, first class, attached to the third fleet divi- sion, has been transferred to the avi- ation division in the grade of seaman, second class, and will join that organ- ization in time to take the period of field training at the Naval Air Sta- tion at Anacostia. ‘While the dates for the annual cruises have been made public by the Navy Department for the local and Baltimore, Md., Naval Reserves, the itineraries and liberty ports for the middle of the cruises _have not been made public. The Baltimore outfit always cruises with the Washington unit_each year, the former coming to the National Capital to join the ship. The first of the cruises will begin on July 5, the second on July 26 and the third on August 16. This gives 15 days for each cruise with a week layover in port here at the end of each for the purpose of making any minor repairs and replenishing stores. Comdr. Finney Bascom Smith, before he relinquished command of the local organization owing to his departure from the city, made a bid to the de- partment to have the local outfit sent to New York or some other large port for liberty. For the past several years the vessel on the Saturday and Sunday in the middle of the cruise has put into some small New England seacoast town. While it was pointed out that the men enjoyed this for awhile, they now want to go to some big city for liberties where there is more oppor- tunity for. recreation and enjoyment than is found in a small town. So far no action has been taken on the request. Organized Reserves Reserve officers of the District of Co-, lumbia will be interested in a ruling last | week of Mai. Gen. C. H. Bridges, adju- | tant general of the Army, with respect | to prior service. For example, a Re- | serve officer (whose grade eligibility for original appointment in the Infantry Reserve was second lieutenant), ap- pcinted as a first lieutenant, Medical Administrative Corps Reserve, December 13, 1925, who accepted December 24, 1925_1is transferred to the Infantry Re- serve July 13, 1929, His service from December 2¢, 1925, to December 24, 1928, (three years) made him eligible in point of service under the requirements of the regulations. That service, having been credited for the purpose of trans- fer, cannot again be credited for the purpose of promotion, as to do so would give him an advantage over one who ac- cepts original appointment in the re- stricted section and must serve the re- quired number of years to establish eligibility for each successive promotion. Although this policy has heretofore been strictly enforced by the War De- partment, recommendations for promo- tion in behalf of Reserve officers indi- cate that this principle is not clearly understood. To avoid misunderstanding in the future, the War Department de- sires that hereafter in each application for transfer between sections, or for ap- pointment under paragraph 8b (5), Army Regulations 140-5, where prior service is credited to acquire eligibility for the transfer, or appointment in any section, the applicant will be informed that service so credited cannot be used in determining eligibility for promotion. ‘There will be no class in equitation at Fort Myer today. Members of the 428th Infantry will hold their instructional conference at it Paddmt Louise Moore | Washingto: staff will make the official visita- tion and inspection of the auxiliary at the April 28 meeting. ing tomorrow eve- inder the direction of . Andres Infantry. The uqmmtry ning, Loes, will meet Tuesday evening at head- quarters to take up the same subject. The same evening, officers of the District s lected for the corps command post e: ercises will hold a conference, conducted by Lieut. Col. Charles B. Moore, corps command post instructor. Wednendl¥ evening the 313th Field Artillery will hold their conference un- der the direction of Maj. John M. Mc- Dowell, F. A, Members of the 364th Medical Regi- mept_will meet Friday at the Red Cross Hut, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, conducted by . Albert N. Baggs, Medical Re- serve. The 2d Squadron .of the 306th Cavalry will meet the same evening at headquarters for their conference, which will be conducted by Lieut. Col. Arthur G. Hixson, Cavalry, squadron instructor. Training camp dates have heen designated for the following Washing- ton units and those in the vicinity ot Washington. Those local Reservists who will be assigned to the various District units can tell at a glance the period and camp at which they will undergo their 1930 active duty training: ‘The 313the Field Artillery will train at Tobyhanna, Pa., during the period from August 3 to 16 for service practice. The members of this regiment will then ac- company the 16th Field Artillery, a‘reg- ular artillery regiment, on. the march from Tobyhanna to Lancaster, Pa., from which point the officers of the 313th Regiment will conclude their active duty training and will depart for their homes in Washington. The 16th Regiment will continue on the march to Fort Myer, Va. The 320th Infantry will train at Fort George C. Meade, Md., from Al t 17 to 30, and will attend there the school of tactical exercises of the 80th Division. trict ed to the WASHINGTON. D. C. MARCH CLASSIC SINGER LIKES JAZZ TUNES; Adele Vasa Laments Her In- ability to Sing Croon- ing Songs. 30, NEW YORK (#)—Adele Vasa sings the classics of the grand opera stage for | the radio, but not without a secret ambition. She would like to be a crooner of the liveliest jazz tunes. Yet she can't. Her voice, trained for a different type of vocalization, just will not co-operate with her desire to sing the modern love songs in the most peppy manner. The notes come out all right, but “dull and flat,” as she explains it. You know,” she said_confidentially, “I like jazz best of all. I would like to become a crooner, but I just do not know how. I can't make my voice behave when I try to sing that way.” Debut With Roxy. Miss Adele is one of the discoveries of Roxy’s Gang, the Monday night fea- ture that has run so long on WJZ and stations It was in that program that she made her radio debut, being called upon at the spur of the moment to sing before the microphone. Previous to that ap- pearance three years ago she had de V‘aud her attention to the grand opera stage. Since Roxy introduced her to the air- ways she has been in numerous pro- grams, including station WOR. La: Fall she joined the Columbia Broa casting System and now is an exclusive staff artist. She is a lyric soprano, ap- pearing regularly in the grand opera concert, the Voice of Columbia, the Cathedral hour and occasionally with the Old Stager (Philco hour). Native of New Jersey. She is a native of Newark, N. J., and gave her first public recital as a pianist when 12 years old. Not long afterward her ability to sing was de- veloped. Her vocal career has included an engagement with the American Grand Opera Co. Despite her years of experience on the radio, Miss Vasa still gets the shivers when she faces that cold and unresponsive apparatus. @he doesn't think she ever will be able to eliminate that first dreadful moment that she must go through in each program. It only lasts a second or two—this micro- phone fright—but it's one of those things many an entertainer has been unable to overcome entirely. SIZE NO AIR FACTOR Edith Thayer, Only 4-11, Tiptoes at Times for Microphone. NEW YORK, (#).—Size has little to do with _success in the radio studio. There's Ethel Thayer, only 4 feet 11 inches tall, who sometimes has to tip- toe to the microphone to make her voice register. Edith's voice becomes that of Jane McGrew in_Hank Simmons’ Showboat on the C. B. 8. chain and is that of Fanny in the Main Street sketches on WOR. Radio Show Grows. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (#)—Reser- vations for exhibition space at the an- nual convention and trade show of the Radio Manufacturers' Association here next June are reported in excess of past years. ‘Will Conclude Course. ‘The 1929-30 N. B. C. music appreci- ation courses, directed by Walter Dam- rosch, will close with the final concerts in series C and D Friday morning. The second season in the courses will begin October 10 and 17. Play Popular Program. A program of all popular selections will be played by Vincent Lopez’s Or- chestra for the program Tuesday over WJZ and network. Included will be a Victor Herbert medley. e i Nitwit Drama Announced. The Nitwits have decided that their dramatic group is qualified to present “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” so they have an- nounced that it will be in their bill for Saturday nights. Southeast Union met March 18 at 216 Fourth street southeast, with Mrs. Hat- tie Risler as hostess. Mrs. T. J. Turk- ington was elected to membership. Miss Norville, who has been engaged in mis- sionary and educational work in Latin ‘America for 38 years, made an address. Mrs. H. E. Doyle entertained the Chevy Chase Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union at luncheon March 26. Mrs, McCampbell spoke on prohibition. Mrs. Pollock, district president, and Mrs. Montgomery, recording secretary of the district, were guests of honor, Eckington W. C.'T. U. met Fuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Paul Richman on _ Sixth street northeast. Mrs, Alvin Day, president, presided. Mrs. W. C. Alden, Mrs. James Matthews, Mrs. Benjamin Wrightsman and Mrs. M. Pickering gave reports. Mrs. Edna Proctor, director for the District cir- culation of official papers, and Mrs. Bertie Farmer, who directs the District work for the bables, made addresses. Mrs. Richman was assisted in serving refreshments by her daughter, Miss Wilhelmina Richman. Edna Taylor Y. P. B. held its third annual banquet in Tally-Ho Tavern March 22. Carl Carlson acted as toast- master and Miss Katherine Fowler di- rected the singing. Mrs. Margaret Ca- rothers, Miss Vesta Pollock, Herbert Carothers and Emory Tarr gave selec- tions. Mrs. Margarét Schutz, District Y. P. B. secretary, gave readings. Henry Stanton, president, extended greetings. The address of the evening was given by D. Stewart Patterson, secretary of the Young People’s Department of the Methodist Church. ‘The Stella Clayton Union met Wed- nesday at the residence of Mrs. Anna Price. Mrs. Summers led the devo- tional exercises, Mrs, H. C. Bleam re- ported having sent a potted plant and flowers to Mrs. Bigelow, who was sick. Mrs, D. H. Edmunds, Mrs. Robert Hess and Mrs, T. C. Nelson were appointed to make pillows for the crippled sol- diers at Walter Reed Hospital. The following delegates to the quar- terly meeting were appointed: Mrs. A. V. Jeffries, Mrs. J. H. Smith, Mrs. T. . Nelson, Mrs. Arthur Fisher and Mrs. Clara Brown. Miss Rebecca Naomi Rhoads, director of the department of soldlers and sailors, gave an address. The quarterly convention of the union will be held April 4 at Waugh M. E. C)nl\lrch with sessions at 1 20 to August 2, while the 305th Ammu- nition Train will train at Fort Hoyle, Md., during the period from August 17 to 31. The 306th Cavalry will undergo their active duty training at Fort Myer, Va., from July 5 to 18, while the 305th Medical Regiment of the 80th Division will train at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., dur- ing the period from July 6 to 19. The 305th Engineers of ths 8th Division and the 343d Engineers (General Service) will train at Fort Humphreys, Va., from Dist Reservists assigns 80th Division quartermaster trains will | The officers at the Holabird depot, Camp Holabird, Md., from July, 1930—PART FOUR.. THE other day I saw a newspaper picture of Roark Bradford, the man who rewrote the old Bible stories into Negro sermons and delighted the book- ish and a couple of other worlds, and in it he looked just as sacred as he did the first time he ever broadcast, some- thing more than a year ago. Apparently it is as much of an ordeal for him to face a_camera as it is to confront a microphone. Bradford's first book, “Old Man Adam and His Chillun,” had just come out, and we arranged to have him read some selections from it one after- noon. The author, who once was the city editor of a New Orleans newspaper, and who had gone through some rather thrilling experiences as an Army officer in Panama during the war, looked a little nervous when he arrived at the studios, and a lot more so as his turn to go before the mike approached. Bradford has a stubborn jaw, so he set it and announced he was ready to go on. I happened to be watching through the control booth window, and Bradford's back was toward me as the announcer on duty sat him down at a table and pushed the mike over to him. With Bradford's very first words, it was obvi- ous that he'd have preferred to be back at his home on Jackson square, down in New Orleans. He stumbled along for a few minutes, and then he seemed to get the swing of the thing, and he went along in great shape to the finish, right on the dot %of his allotted time. But when it was over and Bradford came into the booth the engineer remarked that he didn’t remember that story in the book. “You're durned tootin’ you " remarked Bradford. “That story hasn't ever been writien. Looking at that mean-faced microphone dingus got me so nervous I got all mixed up trying to read it. So I happened to think of a story, and I closed my eyes anc let her slither. But let me tell you this: The next person that gets me in front of that thing has got to be good.” Several persons must have been good, for we had Bradford on the air three times more before he left New York for New Orleans again. I hope he comes back soon: I'd like to hear more of his stories. And I'd also like to see him matched against Floyd Gibbons in a rn-spinning contest. They are both rn story-tellers. Not a Player-Piano. ‘The other day an announcer and a program executive stepped into an ap- parently vacant studio, but from a piano in the corner the strains of Chopin’s “Minute Waltz” were issuing. “What the Sam Hill!" exclaimed the program man, “There aren’t supposed to be any player-pianos around the studios!” Be- fore he could investigate, a surprised and somewhat aggrieved face appeared above the plano. “What's that you said about this sounding like a player- piano?” the owner of the face de- manded. - And he had a right to be annoyed, for the hidden player was none other than Alexander Brailowsky, the Russian pianist, known throughout the concert world for his interpreta- tions of Chopin. He was holding a re- hearsal for a program all by himself. Explanations and apologies followed, but the program man’s error was un- derstandable. Much of the time when Brailowsky is playing he bends so far forward that his face is only two or three inches above his flying fingers. You can't see him at all from the other end of the piano. Incidentally, when Brailowsky played over the air that night he was as much at ease as if he had been on the concert platform, al- though he had broadcast only a few times previously. He won't broadcast in Europe—his home is in Paris—until the stations there are much improved. He believes that justice is done to de- cent artistry on the air only in America. He speaks good English, which he learned making - concert tours of America; prefers his own cooking to any he can get anywhere in the world, and despises outbursts of temperament, call- | matter of course. His manner is_rather ing them a smoke screen to cover bad artistry. Krishnamurti Cool. An even cooler customer before the microphone is Krishnamurti, the the- osophist, who faced an American micro- | any phone for the first time recently. He hmm,vholmmdmmw :nd music -&gq‘:flmw bracer or_starting ] Each of his listeners, Cheerio L hu;dcflnlt;!duo{w&:t'hh-u program comes off the air, and that his own personality is something entirely, np-n‘;emm the real Cheerio. M ‘That may sound rather involved, but wlutlmg‘emunhmtcheerh to have the illusions of of his listeners disturbed by u;' had broadcast to small audiences in |has India, but, according to John B. Ken- nedy, who introduced him, he took address to an audience of millions as & aloof, but his radio voice is excellent, as many of you can testify. Addressing an audience is a matter of indifference to him, with the message the only thing counting. Mysticism and the mechanics of a broadcasting studio are not in- congruous to him—the mechanism, to him, hardly exists, so there can be no degree, for he also knows that he has shown thousands how to begin the day in a pleasant frame of mind. He has dozens of letters from people who say he has cheered them from illness into incongruity. But as one watches him there is no mistaking the fact that he has a practiced microphone technique. “Have you heard the latest about Amos n’ Andy?” is becoming a favorite opening for conversation in New York, and that in circles that have nothing to do with radio. I hadn't intended to say anything more about them for weeks, but I find that I can't ignore them. At the studios no one pays much attention any more if a listener sends in a dog for the pair, and it didn't create much of a stir when & packing case full of taxicab parts ar- rived the other day. Several listeners have proved that if you address a letter merely by using some of the stock phrases from their program it will reach them safely. hear that traffic in the Washington telephone exchanges drops off heavily while Amos 'n’ Andy are on the air, but I have seen several interesting things in the mail addressed to them at the studios. One letter said that when the writer had asked a Baltimore minister to marry him at 7 o'clock on a certain evening, the minister asked him to set the wedding half an hour later, as he did not wish to miss Amos 'n’ Andy. I also have seen a letter from the superintendent of nurses at a hospital in Paterson, N. J.. in which she told of a young man, with no chance to live, who asked t6 hear Amos 'n’ Andy once again before he died. They let him hear the program by means of ear- phones, and a few minutes after the program was over he died, thoroughly content. A carpenter in a small town adver- tised that he would not answer his phone during that program, but that at all other times of the day or night “T would be glad to consider your prop- olition.” Some of the Harlem telephone numbers they used on the air proved to be real ones and the subscribers got so many calls that they protested to the telephone company. Four numbers on the Harlem exchange have been set aside for use only in these programs and persons calling them now will re- ceive no answer. And when I get to the office in the morning I bet I'll hear two or three more. ‘Who is Cheerio? Several times on my travels about the country I have been asked if I kne Cheerio, and what he looked like, and whether he was young or old, and whether he was some well known per- son who wished to be anonymous. Some even went so far as to hazard a guess as to his identity. My reply to these lways been about the . know him, but I respect his wish to keep his own personality en- tirely in the background. I can say no more about him than that he is a very fine man, who presents these pi s six times a week without a cent of compensation, and whose sole interest is in providing what might be called spiritual and mental setting-up exer- cises. Cheerio was conceived as a pro- gnm for the benefit ®f shut-ins, and ‘heerio himself was rather surprised when he discovered after a few broad- casts that 90 per cent of his letters were coming not from the disabled and the sick, but from men and women in good 1t is no news to | Hawai w | 880 McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX. Q. Please tell me who is the an- nouncer for the Amecitan Home Bafie quet? He has such a sad voice. Wa¥ he a World War veteran?—Mrs. N. L. J., Franklin, N, Y, A. The announcer is Kelvin Keech, and I can't imagine what makes his voice seem sad. He isn't, really. was graduated Franklin and Marshall College in Penn- sylvania, put in a year in vaudeville, singing and playing the ukulele, served in the United States Signal Corps on the Somme front during the war, taught the Prince of Wales to play the ukulele, and was a radio artist in England be- fore returning to America, where: he shortly became an announcer. . Can you tell me what instrument Will Osborne plays?—A. J. Paglino, ‘Washington, D. C. A. I understand that he can play the piano, but he never plays any instru- ment in his b He devotes all his time to g and con- ducting. Q. What is the nationality of Marthin Provensen, the announcer? Has he a brother?—M. Korsajow, College Station, Tex. A. He was born in Elkhorn, Iows, of Danish ancestry. He has lived all of his life in this country, except for a short visit to Denmark, and another period in London, where he studied voice. His brother, Herluf, is an an- nouncer in our Washington studios, where Marthin was stationed before his qun&f%h to New Yu&k‘é 3 0 wrote signature unfi “The Voice of the RKO"”?—Mary Lowell, Omaha, Nebr. . Why did we hear what sounded hen Rear Admiral Byrd spoke from New Zealand? Was the echo in the room, or was it a trick of the radio waves?—M. D, Serviss, To- ronto, Ontario. . Right the second time. The echo , better known throughout the Middle West as “Al and Pete.” (Copyrisht, 1830.) Sore Throat Health authorities report increasing numbers of sore throat cases. Danger lurks in every one that is neg- lected. “Common sore throat’ can lead to some serious sickness before you know it. case of sore throat lightly! infection by gargling. the most effective gargle for this purpose. Don’t treat the lightest Check inflammation and Doctors regard Bayer Aspirin You just crush two tablets in four tablespoons of water and gargle thors oughly. Repeat until every bit of soreness is gone. 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