Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1930, Page 62

Meetings This Week: ‘Wednesday—Department bership committee, board District Building, 8 p.m. ‘Thursday—Eight and Forty— May day party, United States Marine Barracks, 8 to 12. mem- room, With the annual department ball a success and now a matter of history, the members of the Department of the District of Columbia, the American Legion, will now turn their activities toward the commander’s membership drive with a view to strengthening still further the ranks of the organization in the National Capital. William E. Spicer, chairman of the department membership committee, is Enlng all of the 26 posts comprising department, to reach the 100 per cent mark by May 17, prior to the de- parture from this city of Department Comdr. L. E. Atkins, who is leaving for duty with the United States Army in Alaska. ‘The posts have been divided into three groups. In group 1 Lincoln Post is leading the fleld, followed by Ser- geant Jasper, Stephen P. McGroarty, Lafayette, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Second Division. Jane A. De- lano, National Press Club, Cooley-Mc- Cullough, Quentin Roosevelt, Belleau ‘Wood, Tank Corps and George E, Kil- . leen posts. In group 2 Augustus P. Gardner is holding first position, with the follow- ing posts in close order: Kenneth H. Nash, U. S. 8. Jacob Jones, George Washington, James E. Walker, Stuart Walcott, Henry C. Spengler and James Reese Europe. ‘The two largest posts in the depart- ment are in group 3, with Vincent B. Costello Post leading by a small margin over Victory Post. The drive has been on for the past four weeks and Chair- man Spicer is looking for & big jump in paid-up members for 1930 during the remainder of the time left for the event. © ‘The annual May day party, under the auspices of the Des Huit Chapeaux et Quarante Femmes, will take place again this year at the United States Marine Barracks, Eighth and G streets southeast, next Thursday night, with dancing from 8 to 13 o'clock. ‘The early part of the evening will be devoted to pole dancing and a doll dance by the young children. During an intermission Arthur Witcomb, cornet soloist of the United States Marine Band, will render several selections. National Vice Comdr. John J. Dugan of - Delaware, will be present and partici- te in the activities of the evening. partment Comdr. L. E. Atkins will deliver the address of welcome at the opening of the exercises. Members of the Forty and Eight will also be present throughout the evening. ‘The remainder of the evening, fol- Jowing the children’s program, will be devoted to dancing, until 12¢ o'clock. Legionnaires from the various posts are invited to attend the affair. ‘The committee in charge of the pro- gram of exercises is composed of Mrs. Mary Esther Kolhos, chairman; Mrs. Carolyn Herman and Miss Mc- Intosh. ‘The regular business meeting for April was held at the Hotel Wash- ington, at which time Department Comdr. L. J. Atkins of the Ameri- lon and his official tkins was al Committeeman McGahan, Senior Vice Comdr. and De lent Quar- ers were obligated. ‘They are ] Staub and Charlotte gur; of the U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, 0. 2. Past Department Comdr. Harlan ‘Wood has been selected by Department Comdr, L. E. Atkins to re] it the . Mary Virginia Macrea, national dent of the American Legion Aux- ry, looking forward to the issuance of & charter to the District of Columbia Dz-nment of the auxiliary. making the appointment Depart- ment Comdr. Atkins said: “I do not belleve there is any one in the depart- ment who has more intimate knowl- edge of the situation in which the American Legion Auxmhl‘l’ty finds itself. department of the auxiliary seem to be on the point of bearing fruit.” Dej ent Adjutant Howard S. Fisk Ras n advised by National Adjutant James F. Barton that an airplane, the " left Boston, Mass., on Saturday, April 19, on a visit to 75 of the leading cities east of the Rocky Mountains and will end at Bostop on ay 16. ‘The object of the flight is to “boost” the Massachusetts tercentenary year and also the American Legion conven- tion to be held in that city on October 6, 7, 8 and 9. On arrival in this city, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 4, 8t 4:30 pm,, the plane will be met by !z&lonnlu-eu of this department. The pllot will have with him letters from Gov. Frank G. Allen of Massachusetts, Carroll J. Swan, president of the Amer- ican Legion Convention Corporation, and Mayor James M. Curley of Boston. The plane will remain over night and at 11:30 o'clock Monday morning will for Annapolis, Md., for a two- hour stop and then hop on to Balti- more for a two-hour visit to the legion- Daires of the Department of Maryland. Russell Boardman, known as the “cowboy aviator,” is the pilot of the lane and he is being accompanied on trip by a radio engineer, a mechanic and a representative of the American In connection with the flight there will be a national broadcast from the airplane at an altitude of several thousand feet. Boston is expecting about 300,000 people for the legion con- vention and the most extensive plans in the history of the organizgation are now under way. Albert N, Schroder, department hos- ization officer, is confined to his , 2536 Eleventh street, with a broken arm, the result of an accident & few days ago while cranking his au- tomobile. Yankee Division Club. ‘The annual banquet, entertainment and dance of the Yankee Division Club of Washington will be held Tuesday at the Army, Navy and Marine Corpe Country Club, in Arlington County, Va., “m ':.'m William P. Con: ntative 3 nery, ¥., of Massachusetts will be in charge of the entertainment program. Col. Pelham D. Glassford, the president, who commanded the division's artillery bri- gade in France, will be master of cere- monies. ‘The committee in charge of the af- falr is composed of Gen. George 8. Bimonds, James W. Boyer, jr.; Raymond J. Queenin and Joseph P. Quinlan. The entertainment program includes un- usual features. —e DARNING LESS IN U. S. Frenchwomen Sew, but Without “@pirit of Independence.” MIAMI (#).—Independence of Ameri- ean women precludes consideration of darning and mending as a duty, believes %)A Thenault, French war er. On the other hand, the French wife ®ews for her husband without protest, but lacks the charm of the American irl, engendered as it is by her “spirit, eedom and independence,” he said. Maj. Thenault, who commanded the Lafayette Escadrille during the World War, now is air and military attache et the French embassy in Washington. He married an American the former Miss Barah Spencer, . Monday—Front Line Post, at ‘Winston Hotel; Front Line Auxiliary, at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club; Federal Post and Auxiliary, at Thomas Circle Club. ‘Tuesday—Equality Water Reed Post, at Pythian Temple. ‘Wednesday — Oversees Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, at 20th Marine Armory, 458 Louisiana avenue northwest; Ladies’ Auxiliary Drill Team at Hine Junior High School. PFriday—V. F. W. Buddy Poj Committee, Soldlers, Bli’an and Marines’ Club. The next meeting of the Council of Administration, District of Columbia Department, Veterans of Forelgn Wars, will take place in the squad room of the ict Building May 5. On the same E:s‘:r :he G. A,'fl., Memorial day com- mittee will meet in the board room of the District Building. The V. F. W. buddy poppy committee, Chief of Staff Oscar W. Hollingsworth presiding, will meet at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines' Club Friday eve- ning. In response to the V. F. W. broad- casts ove‘;osmflon ‘WOL, 100 radio head sets have been donated by listeners-in for distribution to bed patients at Naval Hospital. The broadcasts will be con- tinued over WOL until each bed at Naval Hospital is equipped with a head set. The V. F. W. programs of musi- cal and vocal features appear on the WOL program regularly in charge of | Tommy Creighton, V. F. W. radio an- nouncer, formerly of Chicago. The ladies of Front Line Post Auxiliary, in charge of Mary B. Guillermain, last Tuesday distributed the first supply of head sets at Naval Hospital. The Oversena; korchefitln, V. ,re:\vx lead by Ray Gicker, will appear 3 larly this Summer at Herald Harbor. The Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, showing the full strength of 114 men, preceded by a color section of 20 massed stands of colors, escorted Miss Suzanne Pollard, Queen Shenandoah VII, in the Pageant of Petals at the Winchester Apple Blos- som Festival last Fridsy afternoon. The Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps will turn out May 18, heading the parade of the Advertising Clubs of America when the organiza- tion meets in annual convention here. Prior to this formation battalion re- view and dress parade will be held in honor of four distinguished V. F. W. service awards to be made. On the occasion the annual recruiting cham- pionship streamer, awarded for the post making the highest increase in paid-up membership from March 31, 1929, to March 31, 1930, will be awarded to Pront Line Post No. 1401, Harry J. Hooley, commander. Front Line made a net gain in membership of 110 per cent. The quarterly re- cruiting award, the Gen. Anton Stephan loving cup, will at the same time be awarded to Potomac Post. The quar- terly distinguished service medal, awarded to the comrade securing the highest number of recruits, will be awarded to Comrade Eli Busada of Follow Me Post. A V. F. W. certificate of merit, in recognition of his many courtesies etxended to needy veterans, will be awrded to Comrade B. C. MacNeil of Front Line Post. After the above awards have been made the Overseas Military Corps will pass in review in honor of the posts and members receiving the above men- tioned awards. Junior Vice Comdr. J. Allen Praether last Thursday instalied the officers of the new Follow Me Post. The newly elected officers are Lloyd E. Kelly, com- mander; Selby C. Harr, senior vice commander; William E. Melton, junior vice commander; Fred C. Kelly, chap- lain; Eli Busada, quartermaster; 8ij mund Milbrandt, officer of the da R. Campbell, surgeon; Henry P. Ewing, post advocate; ‘Thomas E. Fawcett, Manuel J. Martufi, William 8. Downs; adjutant, Philip R. Belt. Chief of Staff Oscar W. n:dqxnu- worth last Thursday install the newly elected officers of Potomac Post. They are Frank R. Heise, commander; P. 8. Wheeler, senior vice commander; Marshall Emmert, junior vice com- mander; Edward Warren, quarter- master; Stephen Uhlarik, surgeon; Robert Bonar, chaplain; Lawrence Loveland, post advocate; Harry Krich- ton, officer of the day; Frank Daly, Roy Beasley, M. I Bridges, trustees; Earl Woods, adjutant. Ladies’ Auxillary National Ca Post, No. 127, met April 22 at Pyt l::ll ;X;’e.ll'lebdle. AP'Dul' l{.:' mvfixben ‘were in- 1 report on visit 2 - beth’s on Easter & S of staff, was the guest of the auxiliary. At the’ close of the - At theclose ‘meeting refresh American War Mothers, The American War Mothers and Congressional Club are arrangin "h: program for the annual Mother's day ceremonies at Arlington Amphitheater to be held in the afternoon of May 11. The ceremonies will begin at 2 o'clock. War Mothers will gather from many States to participate in the solemn and g;rpre;lvae uunlmr'n}lea, and the patriotic lons of e Nation's wmlnlclpnz ot The committee on arrangements in- cludes Mrs. Virgil McClur, general hairman, national president, American ar Mothers; Mrs. Martha C. O'Nelll, national custodian of records, American War Mothers; Mrs. N. N. Nock, national Gold Star chairman, American War Mothers; Mrs. W. W. Morrison, presi- dent District of Columbia Chapter, American War Mothers; Mrs. Porter H. Dale, president of the Congressional Club; Representative Katherine Lan ley of Kentucky of the Congressional Club, Mrs. Danlel Reed of New York of the Congressional Club, Mrs. John C. Schafer of Wisconsin of the Congres- sional Club, Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff, Upited States Army; Ad- miral Charles F. Hughes, United States Navy; Maj. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, commandant, United States Marine Corps; Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, United States Coast Guard; Rear Ad- miral R. E. Coontz, United States Navy, retired; Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, United States Army, retired; Maj. Gen. John L. DeWitt, quartermaster general, United States Army; Col. W. R. Gibson, United States Army; Lieut. Col. Charles G. Mortimer, United States Army; Maj. John T. Harris. United States Army; Julian E. Yates, chief of Chaplains, United States Army; Sidney Key Evans, chief of Chaplains, United States Navy; Oapt. Morris 8. Daniel, jr, United States Army. Ranking officials of the Army and Navy and Congress, as well as members of the American War Mothers and the Congressional Club, will ‘contribute to the patriotic program. Boxes will be reserved for special guests, yet there will be adequate seat- ing arrangements for the general pub- lice, which is invited to attend. Daily Dozen Is Out. RIVIERA (N.AN.A).—Lady Mendl may be said to have started the physical Jerks craze. Last season she and sev- eral woman friends formed a little class for exercises and classical dancing. Be- fore the end of the season they were really accomplished acrobats. Now all the woman visitors are de- termined to follow Lady Mendl's lead and are going into really strenuous training. (Copyright, 1930.) — Uruguay will pay a bounty to all wheat growers who produced more than 2.000 ds of the grain in the 1928~ THE e ;'mt Is, it is 3 when a program oft the air right on the second there is cause for rejoici throughout the studios. Time and retime the pro- gram as you will, cut chorus and drop a couple of lines there, it never comes out on the air just the same length as it was in rehearsal. Nobody fusses much about a differ- ence of 10 seconds, but a broadcast that comes to an end exactly on the second is as rare as warts on an eel. But the other morning Bill Steinke, who is the Bill of Jolly Bill and Jane, achieved the ideal—inadvertently told As soon | the whole country about it. as he and little Jane—really Murie] Harbater, about 9 years old—had fin- ished the program, Bill dashed into the control booth to hear Pat Kell{.‘l closing announcement. As Kelly finished the last word, right on the second, the studio engineer, one eye on the electric clock above his dials and switches, re- marked: “Right on the nose, Billl" Jolly Bill, knowing that Jane would be just as glad to know they had come out exactly even, dashed into the studio to tell her. He flung the door open and yelled, “Wow, right on the nose!” And Just at that moment he caught the hos- tile eye of Kelly, who had thrown the mike switch open again to announce the call letters of the local station. All day long letters and telegrams came piling into the studios to ask who had been fighting and who had been hit on the nose. Bill had been worried when he learned that his indiscretion had to appear in the program log, but when he realized that every listener who had been tuned in, and they hap- ned to include that morning a num- r of officials, had heard him shout, he admitted that such a little matter as an entry in the log didn't make much difference. It reminded me of the time, several years ago, when I did something of the sort. -é: had very complicated switch- ing apparatus in” those days, and by mi I opened the mike instead of closing it for a bit of conversation in- cidental to the program. One after the other, half a dozen members of the ed to me and whis- ham, did you know that ir?” And as many times , “Yes, I know it,” all the time fishing for the right switches to get the set-up right again. At the end of procession_came an announcer named Lluffrio. It was the last straw. I lost my temper and exclaimed, “Lluf- frio, get away from here or I'll break your neck,”—and just at that particular moment I had thrown the last switch necessary to put me back on the air again. The next day I got a flood of letters and wires much like those Jolly Bill received—except that there weren't quite s0 many listeners in those days to ask why I wanted to assault Lluffrio. Another of the familiar voices ot radio is stilled. It was only last Sum- mer that John B. Daniel, a veteran of the microphone at 28, died suddenly Now it is William S. Lynch, who, at thc age of 23, had spent six years in broad- casting. He had become well knowr as an announcer, in the last few month: specializing in unusual and timely broadcasts. Recently he had been made sponsored program Tepresentative of the National Broadcasting Co., a job of so much responsibility that ordinarily it would have been assigned to a much older man than Bill Lynch. Lynch entered radio as an announce: at WAAT, in Jersey City, and later wa: at WRNY, New York, and WOR, New ark, where he became assistant progran director before he joined the N. B. C His first assignment was to the Wash ington studios, and while he was ther: he introduced President Coolidge to the radio audience 14 times. Because of his familiarity with the city he was assigned, at the time of the broadcast Copyright 1930 by Dedgs Brothers Corperation DODGE BROTHERS SIX 835 F AN of President Hoover's inauguration, to fly over Washington in a plane and cail the roll of the announcers stationed at strategic points beneath him. From that time on Lynch became known as “the flying announcer.” He broadcast from a plane several times afterward, and among his other notable jobs were the motor boat races at Miami, the recent Mardl Gras broad- cast from New Orleans and the arrival of the Graf Zeppelin at Lakehurst at the end of its around-the world flight. On that occasion he had the mike in the hany pulled into its berth, and he did one of the finest descriptive jobs I have ever heard. e We are going to miss Bill Lynch a great deal. He was a fine fellow per- sonally, the kind that never lets the station or his co-workers down. You could count on him to stick, to be al- | ways up to snuff, even when one had to walt all night lol’:g' to come off, as on the Graf Zeppelin job. Lynch was a fine-looking man, too. About 6 feet tall, he had black hair, slightly curly; a complexion tinged with olive and features that would have graced a collar ad, except that he was much more virile in appearance. He leaves a young widow and 2-year-old son. This is a strenuous world in which we live. People think nothing of hop- ping off for the ends of the earth in airplanes, and there is no place on *he globe from which, by virtue of short- wave radio, you can’t communicate with any other spot in one-seventh of a second or less. Fast steamships make the crossing of the Atlantic a mere oleasure jaunt. Everything is bigger ind better, and even our crimes are as well organized as they are startling. The modern fever has even attacked | the very much younger generation, it seems, Madge Tucker, who directs a children’s program called “The Lady Next Door,” frequently asks her young isteners to suggest things they'd like to xperience during imaginary radio ourneys that make up the program. Che other day she had a letter from a mall girl in the South, who wrote: “I vant to go up in a Zeppelin and crash.” At that, it seems as if the people who think up programs that are out of the ordinary will have to sweat their brains to keep on finding something new to D ure, gar as the great ship was being | in for a_broadcast | SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 27, 1930—PART FOUR. . spice up the ether entertainment. We have had a parachute jumper describe -his sensations as he stood bal- anced on & girder at the top of the newest skyscraper. We have also éo c fiyer to describe his progress while in midocean, but I imagine the engineers will be able to fix us up on that before too many months. It might also be a good stunt, if there were some way of handling it, to have a diver walk out into New York harbor to give us a fish-eye view of the events of the day maritime circles. But these stunts are only the hors d'oeuvres of the broadcasters’ schedules. They are a lot of fun for those taking part, as well as for the listeners, and maybe some day the little girl in the South may be able to hear a Zeppelin crashed for the special benefit of the radio audience, just as the movie folks some- times smash things up for the films. Daytime programs have just as many interesting people taking part in them as the evening broadcasts, and one of the most interesting of them all is Arthur Bagley, who has just celebrated his fifth anniversary broadcasting the morning setting-up exercises. Bagley talks so much before the microphone that almost all his conversation for a couple of hours afterward is in mono- syllables. He doesn’t really become talkative again until after luncheon. His voice sounds so much different over the telephone that he has often been accused of employing a double to take |all his calls for him. Bagley has to make sure that he will always be at his microphone in plenty of time for his first broadcast, at 6:45 in the morning. Just to make sure he won't miss, the following daily routine has been set up: The hotel clerk calls his room at 5:45. At 5:50 an especially loud alarm clock rings, and two more follow at 5-minute intervals. To make sure he hasn't thrown shoes at all three clocks, the hotel clerk calls again at 6:05. Since he is about the only early riser at his hotel, it is possible to have an elevator waiting for him at his floor everv morning, and another is waiting to take him up to the studio in the Metropolitan Tower. In spite of his early hours there is one thing that takes the joy out of life for him, and that is to have someone write in asking if he isn't really taking his ease on a couch O. B. FAC while he is putting his listeners through their daily broadcasts. As a matter of fact, when he isn't actually going through the exercises he describes he is getting much more ex- ercise working sound effects tha go with the program. He believes that & menu of hay, oats and water is the ideal diet, but since it doesn’t appeal to him personally he has never recom- mended it to the members of his health classes. Bagley’s own breakfast always consists of fruit, cereal and chocolate. He thinks morning exercises are only a starter, and that to be healthy a normal person needs a good deal more throughout the day. He is so active in the studio that he occasionally as- saults the microphone, and it is neces- sary to replace his mike twice as often | as they are replaced anywhere else. McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX. Q. What has become of Mary Mc- Coy? Has she quit broadcasting?— L. T. F., Columbus, Ohio. A. Miss McCoy has gone to Chicago to appear in “A Wonderful Night.” She was playing in this operetta during the New York run, and the Chicago roduction made it necessary to drop er work in New York for a time. It 1s possible she may appear in programs from the Chicago studios. Q. Where can I reach Obed Pickard by mail?—E. V. Phelps, Nashville, Tenn. A. Dad and all the family are in Chicago. You may reach him by ad- dressing the Natlonal Broadcasting Co., Chicago. Mall addressed to any of the stations through which the Pickards are heard also will reach him eventually. Q. How many male quartets are there in programs from New York?—S. M., Sacramento, Calif. A. I'm not sure just what you mean, but if you want to know how many dif- ferent male quartets there are, I should say about a dozen. Offhand I can think | of the Revelers, the Rollickers, the Na. tional Cavaliers, the Armchair Quarte the American Singers, the New Yorkers, the Ramblers, the Serenaders and the Guardsmen. There also are a couple of TORY And occasionally there are what you might call guest quartets. Perhaps I mnfi thg figure a dozen and a Q. Has the Canadim government any programs on the air in the United States?—Alison Dorr, Fort Erie, Ontario. A. No, but the Canadian Pacific Rail. way has just started two new series, produced in the studios of CKGW, in Toronto, and broadcast throughout the United States. One series will present ballad operas and the other will fea- ture a dance orchestra. They will benefit Canada, I think, as much as they will the railroad. I consider these broadcasts highly significant, and I am especially glad that the entertainment is coming from the other side of the border. Even at this early date the programs are winning a good deal of applause in this country. Q. Is it possible to obtain copies of plays given over the radlo, so that they can be put entertain- ment?—Mrs. D. H. B, Baltimore, Md. A. In some cases, yes, but since the copyright law does not adequately cover radio scripts most of the stations and broadcasting companies are reluctant to issue such permission for fear that by so doing they would be releasing ail rights to the material. Aside from the fact that there are a number of com- plicated legal problems involved, there is also a very strong feeling that, since most of the plays were written especial- ly for the microphone, it would take an expert to put them in shape for visual presentation. If there are any particu- lar shows you have in mind you might write the station through which you heard them to find out if it is possible to obtain copies. But I should advise you that usually it isn't. Q. Is there any one on the air who can talk faster than Floyd Gibbons?— J. Beronine, New Haven, Conn. A. I can't think of any, unless ft may be Jack Filman, who does hockey imes locally. Floyd piled up an aver- age of 217 words a minute one night, which is pretty nearly a record for a 15-minute talk. (Copyright, 1930.) MORE ROOM FOR THE FAMILY -MORE CAR FOR THE MONEY There is extra head-room, leg-room dnd luggage-roomin the Dodge Six. 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