Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1930, Page 63

- LANDS ON PROGRAM Powell, Composer - Pianist, and Simmons, Baritone, to Perform Tonight. | John Powell, composer-planist, and Willlam Simmons, baritone, share the _Atwater Kent hour tonight over WRC and & network of other National Broad- casting Co. stations. The program is made up of the music of many lands, ranging from Chopin's pianoforte com- Ppositions to light American ballads. A variety of the popular favorites of the moment will be presented in the Chase & Sanborn program by Gitla ‘Erstinn, Russian soprano, and Frank Luther, tenor. A background of inci- dental solos also will be contributed by Elizabeth Davenport, contralto; Jack Parker, tenor; Phil Dewey, Yaritone, and James Stanley, bass. ‘The - Capitol “Family” will have Joseph Green, xylophonist, as the guest soloist. He will play one of his own ‘compositions, “Dancing Stars.” ‘Two Features Added. ‘The readjustment of WRC's schedule, due to daylight-saving time in New ‘York, brings two new afternoon features =& concert to be known as “Spanish Dreams,” featuring Julian Oliver, tenor, and an orchestra under the direction of Frank Vagnoni, and a 15-minute sketch, “Calliope and Mis' Kath'rine,” by Kath- erine Tift-Jones. The changes, how- ever, have caused a cancellation of the Tegular productions of the National Light Opera Co. he only rebroadcast from London today will come over WMAL and other Columbia network stations from 11:30 1 to 11:45 o'clock this morning. Ray- mond Gram Swing, head of the London bureau of the New York Evening Post, will be the speaker. His topic is “The London Conference—What Next?” ‘The regular “Conclave of Nations'” gro'rlm will be dedicated to Portugal. iscount D'Alte, Portuguese Minister to the United States, will be the speaker. Representative Free of California will introduce him. Portuguese musical se- Jections will be pldyed. Male Quartet to Sing. A male quartet, Arnold Johnston's Orchestra and three popular radio solo- ists, Redferne Hollinshead, Muriel La France and Grace LaMar, will provide the Majestic Theater of the Air pro- gram. It will be an unusual broadcast, made up of selections requested by the radio audience. Thus the Majestic pro- gram makers describe it is a “Vox Pop” Ppresentation. ‘The daylight saving schedule in New York has enabled WMAL to add new late attractions to its program—a con- « cert by the Coral Islanders and a new feature, to be known as Midnight Melo- dies. Hawaiian music will be played by_the Coral Islanders. ‘WOL’s program consists of an hour’s musical program and a broadcast of the morning services at the Church of the Epiphany. WJSV has scheduled a N . . i e MARILYN == MILLER- Clara Bow is to make her radio debut Saturday night in the Paramount-Pub- lix hour. The popular musical comedy star, Barbara Newberry, will be heard in a talk on Spring and Summer fashions Friday morning in connection with the Radio Home Maker Club’s first fashion show. The General Motors “family party” tomorrow night will present Mme. Maria Kurenko as the guest solo- ist. Marilyn Miller will take the prin- cipal part in a radio version of her stage and screen success, “Sally,” in the Del Monte program Saturday night. Wilfred Glenn, bass, will be the soloist in the Raleigh Revue Friday night. Today on (All time p.m., unless 315.6 Meters. special program by the Epworth League of Winchester, Va., and a broadcast of the evening service at the First Church ©of Christ Scientist. —— STATIONS GET PERMITS FOR KILLING OF INSECTS Bpray Concern’s Renewal Plan Claims Marvelous Plant Growth Stimulation. Licenses to operate two low-powered stations for “the extermination of in- sects” have been granted by the Federal Radio Commission to & spray concern ©f Wenatchee, Wash. ‘The licenses are for a three-month period and call for operation from 3 am. to 6 pm. ‘Fhe concern, which was granted licenses for experimental pu about & year ago, in its petition for renewal claimed not only the killing of insects by radio, but the stimulation of plant h termed “marvelous.” The sys- Thused vll’l.s txiwt described. e application was opposed eral Mmingmeers whc?g 8s to the value of radio in this Jar fleld. They also held that the type of transmitter caused interferent o e STATIONS GIVE SCORES Many Broadcast Play-by-Play Ac- count of Games. Smacking base ball bats will have their usual reverberations on the radio. Numerous stations have set aside regular periods in which to broadcast the scores, some during the progress of the games, but most of them the evening hours. In addition, a number of stations will give daily play-by-play reports of home-town games. | WATCHES MAGNETIZED Owners Advised Not to Take Them to Radio Btations. NEW YORK (#).— Persons visiting transmitting stations such as the 5,000~ watter WABC are advised to leave their watches at home. ‘Watches when taken close to broad- cast transmitters which are in opera- tion have the habit of becoming mag- netized. Magnetized watches do queer things, such as gaining two or three hours one day and losing as many the n 3 ‘ . ““ 90 Major “Chain” Features TODAY. 11:30 to 11:45a — Rebroadcast from London; address by Raymond Gram Swing— ‘WMAL and C. B. 8. net= work. 3:00—Cathedral hour; _soloists and symphony orchestra— WMAL and C. B. S. net- ‘work. 7:00—Enna Jettick melodie: Ayres, mixed quartet and instr mental ensembles — WJZ, WBZ, WBAL, WJR, WLW and others. 7:15—Collier's_radio hour; Dr. Morris Fishbein and dra- matization with musical interlude — WJZ, KDKA, ‘WBZ, WPR and others. 7:30—Choral Orchestra: popu- lar program with Gitla Erstinn, _soprano, and Elizabeth Davenport, con- tralto—! and N. B. C. network. 8:00—Maljestic Theater; quartet, orchestra and _soloists— ‘WMAL and C. B. 8. net- work. 8:15—Atwater Kent hour; John Powell, pianist-composer, and Willlam Simmons, baritone—WRC and N. B. 9:00—Sauion pr win i us program; Rogers—WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 9:15—National Oratorio Society; “Stabat Mater” — WJZ, ~ 4:00=Service from Washington Cathe- WRC g5, Kilocycles. 7:00a—The melody hour. 8:00 to 9:00a—Children’s hour. 10:00a—sService of the Covenant Pres- byterian Church—Sermon Rev, Albert J. McCartney. 12:30—Spanish Dreams. 12:45—"Calliope and Miss Katherine.” 1:00—Roxy symphony concert. 2:00—Jewish hour. 3:00—Dr. S. Parks Cadman, dral — Sermon by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of ‘Washington. 5:00—Catholic religious service. 6:00—Iodent Big Brother Club. 6:30—Correct time. 6:31—Capitol Theater “Family.” 7:30—Chase & Sanborn Choral Or- chestra. 8:00—“Our Government,” by David Lawrence. 8:15—Atwater Kent hour, featuring John Powell, pianist, and Wil- liam Simmons, baritone. 9:15—Studebaker Champions. 9:45—Sunday at Seth Parker 10:15—Russian Cathedral Choir. 10:45—Sam Herman, xylophonist. 10:58 to 11:00—Weather forecast. Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower health exercises. 7:00a—The Crackles Man. 7:15a—Morning devotions. '7:30a—Cheerio. 8:00a—Morning melodies. 9:00a—Hits and Bits. 10:00a—The Blue Streaks. 10:15a—Radio Household Institute. 10:30a—Studio program, 10:45a—"‘Canny Cook,” by Winifred ‘Wishard. 11:00a—"On Wings of Song.” 12:00m—Farm flashes. 12:10—Lotus Orchestra. 12:45—National farm and home hour. 1:30—Organ recital by Otto Beck. 2:15—Garden talk. 2:30—Chicago Serenade. 3:00—The Moxie Hostess. 3:15—Pacific Vagabonds. 4:00 to 4:30—"The Lady Next Door.” WQL 2282 Meters. 1,310 Kilocycles. 10:00a—Musical program. 11:00a—Service of the Eplghn.ny—szrmon B. Phillips, pastor. Church of by Rev. Z. 454.3—WEAF New York—660 (NBC). 7:00a—Melody half hour. 8:00a—The Balladeers, 8:30a—The Recitalists. 11:30a—String quartet. 12:00—The Pilgrims. 12:30—Spanish Dreams. 12:45—Calliope and Katherine Tift- Jones. 1:00—Metropolitan Echoes. 1:30—Artists’ program. 2:00—The Jewish hour. 3:00—Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. 4:00—Vocal and organ. 5:00—Catholic hour. 6:00—Big Brother Club. 6:30—Maj. Bowes’ Family. 7:30—Choral_Orchestra. 8:00—"Our Government.” 8:15—A. K. hour. 9:15—Champion’s Orchestra. —Seth Parker. 10:15—Russian Cathedral Choir. 10:45—Sam Harman, Xylophonist. 348.6—~WABC New York—860 (C. B. 8. Chain) a—Heroes of the Church. ‘WSPD, WBRC, WDOD, WLAC. 9:00a—Land o' Make Believe—Also WEAN, WNAg. ‘WJAS, WBRC, ‘WDOD, WLAC. 9:50a—Talk by Dr. Charles Fleischer— Also WEA WERC, WDOD, WLAC. 10:00a—West_End Presbyterian Church —WABC only. 11:30a—Jewish program—Also WCAU. 1 -Aztecs. 5 AS, 2:30—Conclave of nations. 3:00—Cathedral hour. 4:00—Quiet harmonies. 4:30—Sermon by Dr. Barnhouse. 5:00—Fur Trappers' Orchestra. 5:30—The Gauchos. 6:00—Orchestra. 6:30—The Twins. 6:45—Dr. Julius Klein. KWK and WHAM. 9:45—"Sunday at Seth Park- er's”; rural sketch—WRC and N. B. C. network. 10:00—Back - home hour from - Churchill Tabernacle at Buffalo— WMAL and C. B. 8. network. 7:00—Rhapsodizers. 7:30—Around the Samovar. 8:00—Theater of the Air. 9:00—Will Rogers. 9:30—Arabesque. 10:00—Back Home Hour. - 11:00—Choral Islanders; Midnight Mel- odies. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, NS FROW AN muors 7o srowcists | TELEVISION STAGE WILFRED GLENN- MOVIES AND LECTURE BY RADIO SYNCHRONIZED OLEVELAND, Ohio (#).— Lecturing by radio as his listeners watched a mov- ing picture visualizing his subject, Car- veth Wells, noted explorer, participated here in a successful synchronization of the movies and radio. Mr. Wells was talking over WHK, and the movies were shown in several Cleve- land schools, with radio receivers oper- ating at the same time. The speaker was in the auditorium in John Hay High School facing a microphone. After a few introductory remarks, he said the word that started movlnfl picture ma- chines in the other schools. All the machines were started and finished less than 10 seconds apart. Each operator had a loud speaker in his booth, enabling him to speed or slow up the film to keep pace with the speaker, the Radio otherwise indicdted.) LOCAL STATIONS. 475.9 Meters. WMAL 630 Kilocycles 9:00 to 10:00a—Watch tower services. 11:30 to é;lh—fiemmt from Lon- 1:00—Ballad hour. 2:00—Columbia Male Chorus. 2:30—Conclave of Nations—“Portugal.” 3:00—Cathedral hour. 4:00—Quiet Harmonies. 4:30 to 5:00—Sermon by Rev. Donald Gréy Barnhouse of Philadelphia. 5:30—The Gauchos. 6:30—Twinplex Twins. 6:45—The World's Business,” by Dr. Julius Klein. zers. 7:30—Around the Samovar. 8:00—Majestic Theater of the Air. 9:00—W1ll Rogers. ! besque—Dramatic sketch. 10:00—Back-home hour. 11:00 to 12:00—Midnight melodies. Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—Something for every one. 8:30a—Blue Monday Gloom Chasers. 9:00a—Radio Home Makers. 9:30a—"Opening_the Morning Mail.” 10:00a—Ben and Helen talk it over. 10:15a—"Timely Topics,” Capper of Kansas. 10:30a—The children’s corner. 11:30a—Yoeng's Orchestra. 12:30—Piano Syncopators. 12:45—Ambassador Orchestra. 1:00—The Honolulans. 2:00—Columbia Ensemble. 2:30—Women’s Forum. 3:00 to 4:00—United States Navy Band. WISV 2054 Meters. 1,460 Kilocycles. 2:15 to 3:45—Patriotic Protestant Evan- gelical Association. 6:00—Gospel Spreading Association. 7:00—Hymns by John Clark. 7:15—Studio feature. 7:30—Time signal. 7:31—Musical interlude. 7:55—Service of First Church of o H gram by 0] e of Winchester, Va. = 9:20—Sacred quartet. 10:00—Chick Godfrey, tenor. 10:30 to 11:00—Gospel Melody Trio. OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern Standard time. (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right.) 394.5—WJZ New York—760. (N. B. C. Chain.) 17:00a—Tone pictures. 8:00a—Children’s hour. 11:30a—Neapolitan Nights. 12:00a—National Light Opera. 1:00—Roxy Symphony. 2:00—National Youth 3:00—Southland Singers. 8:30—Duo Disc_Duo. 4:00—National Religious Service, 5:00—Echoes of the Orient, 5:15—The Wandering Bard. 5:30—Organ. 5:55—Scores; Travelogue. 6:30—Josef Koestner Orchestra, 7:00—Melodies. 7:15—Uncle Henry's Magazine. 8:15—"“La Poupee.” 8:45—Penrod and Sam. 9:15—National Oratorio “Stabat Mater.” 10:15—South Bea Islanders. 10:30—Armchair Quartet (30 minutes). 272.6—WPG Atlantic City—1,100. 6:00—Special Sunday concert. 8:15—Hotel concert orchestra. 9:00—News; contralto; trio. ‘Conference. Society, L, | 10:00—Organ concert. 282.83—WBAL Baltimore—1,060. 4:00—Same as WJZ (2 hrs.). 6:00—Elsa Baker and others, 6:30—Evening Reverfes. 7:00—WJZ (15 m.); Baltimoreans. 260.7—WHAM Rochester—1,150. 6:30—Same as WJZ (2% hrs.). 15 ince orchestra. IERCE ARROW Sedan Limousine, 1920 model 143, elght cylinders. Excellent, me- chanical condition—new the finish is black with green trim and ivory striping—tan broadcloth upholstery—center arm rest in rear. Original cost near $5,000. Now $2,500. is unusual opportunity and many other fine bargains at— PACKARD Kalorama Road at Seventeenth 1 by Senator /MME. MARIA KURENKO- Chain Air Programs Will Reach Capital Hour Earlier Today Schedules of all network broad- casting stations undergo a radical change today as a result of day- light-saving time in New York t y. All of the chain features broadcast by both WRC and WMAL will come into Washing- ton an hour earlier than hereto- fore. There also will be a re- adjustment in a number of these attractions during the week. Programs carried in The Star are scheduled for Eastern Stand- ard Time. 282.8—WTIC Hartford—1,060. 8:00—Organ recital; scores. 8:50—Orchestral gems. 9:15—WEAF (30 m.); baritone, 10:00—Merry Madcaps (1 hr.). 422.3—WOR Newark—710. 6:00—Jesters; choir. 7:00—Variety program. 7:30—To be announced. 8:00—Orchestra and organ recital. 9:00—Life of Walter Scott. 9:30—Halsey Street Players. 10:30—Moonbeams. 256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—1,170. 5:00—Same as WABC (13 hrs.). 6:45—Melody Furnishers. 7:00—WABC (30 m.); Pioneers. 8:00—From WABC (2 hrs.). 10:00—Stylemasters; Eance music. 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—980. 5:00—Orchestra; sports review. 8:00Calvary Episcopar Ghairch. 5 ‘alvary 0] ure! 7:00—WJZ programs (13 hrs.). 8:45—The Wplflrd o ] 9:15—Sports and WJZ (1% hrs). 379.5—WGY Schenectady—790. 4:00—Same as WEAF (5% hrs.). 5:30—American Legion; Chocolate Box. 6:30—Same as WJZ (27 hrs.). 8:45—Symphony Ensemble. 9:15—Sports; WBZ Players. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN STATIONS. 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700. 6:00—Orchestra (30 minutes); (30 minutes). e 17:00—Variety concert; orchestra. 11:00—Musicale Novelesque, 12:00—Farm Orchestra (30 minutes). 398.8—WJR Detroit—750. 6:00—Entertainers; feature. 0—Same as WJZ (3% hours). 5—Happy half hour. :00—News; quartet; dance music. 405.2—WSB Atlanta—740. 7:00—~WJZ and WEAF (2% hours). 5—Musica) Artg dyio. - ¢ ; 5—Half hour from WEAF. 5—Feature; Bright Spot. 5—Theater organ. 277.6—~WBT Charlotte—1,0! 6:00—Los Argentinas; organ. :00—WEAF (15 minutes); 7:30—WEAF (30 minutes) service. 9:00—Violin; organ recital. 365.6—WHAS Louisville—820. 7:00—WJZ and WEAF (2% hours). 9:15—Kentucky program (30 min- utes); WEAF. 10:15—Kenny & Nobody; news. 10:40—Homing hour. 461.3—WSM Nashville—650. 7:00—WJZ (15 minutes); sacred con- cert. 7:45—National Concert Orchestra. 8:15—Hour from WEAF. 9:15—Church services. 10:15—Craig’s Rhythm Symphony. 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110. 6:00—WEAF (30 minutes); dinner music. 7:30—Organ recital. 8:00—St. Mark’s Episcopal service. 9:00—Richmond Blues Band. 10:00—Fireside Reveries. . MERRYMAN PROMOTED Made Operation Supervisor of N. B. C. in Capital City. Phillip I. Merryman, control super- visor of the National Broadcasting Co. in Washington, has been promoted to operation supervisor. Donald H. Cooper succeeds Mr. Mer- ryman as senior control supervisor. Robert L. Terrell and Keith B. Wil- liams have been named junior control supervisors. Television Signals Delayed. CHICAGO (#).—Because more time will be required to install its television transmitter and to complete arrange- ments to transmit on short waves sight of some of its regular programs, WMA( reports that it will not be on the air with television signals for a month or s0. i C. B. §. Gets Station WPG. Control of station WPG has been ac- System, effect! ay 1. E IN THECITY PROPER ¢ DECATUR 0100 SWN | 1S EXPERIMENTAL Science Is Bending Every Ef- fort to Hasten Day of Success. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Television, that in- triguing subject, is making another try for recognition as an adjunct to broad- casting. ‘When it will succeed cannot be fore- cast, but scientists are bending every effort to hasten the day. Demonstra- tions designed to show just where tele- vision stands jndicate that considerable progress has ben made in the develop- ment of the more complicated appa- ratus as well as in the simple equip- ment. However, present television is largely of the experimental type. It might be compared to the crystal detector stage of radio or the movies when “one min- ute to change reels” was inportant. Radio fans, vitally interested in the day when they will be able to see and hear entertainers, probably will have to be satisfied for some time to come with simple apparatus and with views of heads onr)h Then, too, a pair of sets will be necessary to receive synchro- nized programs. One will be for sound and the other for vision. Television might be considered as the transmission of light rays. Actually, what is sent is a string of signals, representing lights and shadows, which, when put together in their proper se- quence, give the impression of a mov- ing picture. Vacuum Tubes Have Big Role. ‘Vacuum tubes play an important part. The television transmitting tube is the photoelectric cell, sensitive to light, which makes an electric photograph of the object being televised. The receiv- ing tube, or neon lamp, changes these electrical impulses back into light, func- »|ST. PAUL POLICE CARS quired by the Columbia Broadcasting ! tioning similarly to the loud speaker for sound. Some means of interrupting the light rays is necessary. This is the purpose of the scanning disk. It is a circular plate containing tiny holes, equally placed in the form of a spiral. Each hole admits a ray of light, its density determining the type of impulse. In most television systems, scanning disks are used both at the transmitter and the receiver. one at the re- ceiver must be kept in step with that at the transmitter. The disk is oper- ated at high speed, in front of the photoelectric cell or the neon lamp. In the receiver the looker is actually gaz- ing at a small plate in the neon lamp. Radio Transmitter Required. Lenses are used in transmission to intensify the light cast upon the object and reflected to the photoelectric cell; and in reception to amplify the picture, which, before being enlarged, is only an inch or two square. In addition to the television trans- mitter, a radio transmitter also is re- quired at the sending end, while at the receiver, a radio set with special ampli- fler must be used in addition to the tele¥ision reproducer. In the Bell laboratory’s demonstration of two-way television part of the suc- cess was attributed to the use of & 72-hole scanning disk which gives greater detail. This disk makes 18 revolutions per second, creating 18 photographs in that period and produc- ing a moving picture. With each revo- lution 72 electrical impulses are set up, or 1,296 per second. Five telephone circuits were the eon= necting links between the two television booths used in the test, although engi- neers explained that radio could have been employed. Behind each booth were concealed a receiver and a trans- mitter, each having its own scanning disk and driving motor. Twelve photo- electric cells, sensitive to a blue light, were hidden in the sides of the booths. The neon lamp in this case was a new type, being water cooled and with a “viewing” plate approximately 2 inches square. The blue light was used as the scanning beam, which bathes the face of the sitter and is reflected to the cells. Demonstration Experimental. The frequency band for each tele- vision circuit was 40,000 cycles, to the space juired by four broadcast stations, des two circuits for tele- vision, two others were used for the voice, and a fifth carried a 1257-cycle signal to keep the scanning disks in synchronization. ‘The demonstration, together with the elaborate equipment, while giving an in- sight into what the future may hold for telephonic communication, must be considered from no standpoint other than experimental. EQUIPPED WITH RADIO Twelve Squad Machines With Short-Wave Sets Are Put in Service. ST. PAUL (#).—St. Paul police have added the radio-equipped automobile as a crime detector. Twelve squad cars carrying short- wave receivers have been put in service by the department. went out on the street, an ordinance t private cars carrying short-wave re- ceiving sets went into effect. The ordinance was put into effect to protect the thrill seeker, said Commis- sioner John Clancy. “Records of other cities, where indi- viduals are permitted to carry short- wave sets, show many accidents as a result of their efforts to arrive at the scene of a crime before, or with the police,” he declared. Raoul Walsh Lands a Trojan 'OHN WAYNE has been selected by Raoul Walsh to play the leading role of Breck Coleman in “The Big Trail,” a story of ploneer days and the winning of the West, written especially for the screen by Walsh and Hal G. Evarts, novelist. ‘The role of Breck Coleman survived 82 distinct tests by as many individuals | before Walsh made his final selection. ‘Wayne is a former Trojan, University of Southern California graduate, fa- mous in athletics, especially foot ball. One year ago he left the university, his mind bent on learning the rudiments of picture production. He secured a posi- tion at the Fox studios as an assistant property boy, and was making rapid when Walsh found him the progress type he was looking for. Does your set | “MEASURE UP* on RADIO TUBES D. C, APRIL 27, 1930—PART FOUR. Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. model radio receiving sets for the current year indi- cate a change in design to- ward blending the cabinet with the surrounding furniture. Few changes are to be made in elec- trical and mechanical construc- tion, although many manufac- turers are planning to market their products in cabinets of period design. Evidence of this trend was re- vealed at an official exhibit_last week in the office of a New York advertising agency at which chas- sis sets were installed in cabinets of various designs. More than a dozen receivers were shown in dif- ferent room settings, many of which had a modernistic trend. Several of the sets were installed in Colonial type cabinets, while others blended with more ancient periods, including Louis IX, Queen Anne and William and Mary. Another unique feature of the new cabinets is the design and shape to fit different sections of a room. Notable among these was a modernistic end table contain- ing a complete receiver and loud speaker. thers were tall cabi- nets to fit in corners or against the side walls. Mechanically, the new sets are being improved in minor techni- cal details to make them more compact. A number of them will feature three and four stages of screen grid radio frequency am- plification, power detection and a single stage power amplifier. Others will use two stages of the audio circuit with push-pull am- plification in the final stage. * % X % ! DVANCE information on new ’rflE melodramas produced by Hank Simmons and his troupe over WMAL and other Columbia stations are rehearsed a week be- fore being put on the air. The orchestra spends at least one day going over its share of the popular broadcast. The “Showboat” productions were originated by Harry C. Browne at the instigation of Julius Seebach, program manager of Columbia. That was nearly two years ago. The “Showboat” cast rehearses apart from the orchestra, which forms one of the important parts of the actual broadcast. At no time until the act goes on the air do the two come together. Yet the synchronization between the two while on the air is faultless. oKk ¥ LAST Sunday was really a “hap- py Easter” for participants in the National Broadcasting Co.'s Sunday morning children’s hour which WRC broadcasts. The 25 children in the studio divided more than $20 worth of candy, dozens of efgs and several crates of apples, addition to scores of toy Easter rabbits and chick- ens. All were gifts from radio listen- ers sent to Milton J. Cross, who announces the program. The dis- tribution was made at the close of the broadcast and came as a surprise to ule chfld:en. * ¥ REEMAN GOSDEN and Charles Correll, better known as “Amos 'n’ Andy,” have two more name- sakes. The popular radio comedians were notified last week that Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hopkins of Win- ston-Salem, N. C, had named their newly arrived son Charles Freeman Hopkins. . * Xk ¥ STATION WPG, Atlantic City, is to become a permanent link in the Columbia chain May 1. The station ogerates on a fre- quency of 1,100 kilocycles or 272.6 meters. It is on a full-time sched- ule except between 6 and 8 p.m., when it is silent. WPG has been on the air for seven years. It has connections in virtually all the well known places in Atlantic City, including the hotels and piers. THAT CARYOU WANT Can be seen today. Thirty- day warranty — three-day ex- change plan— fair terms—no profit sales plan. Just telephone Adams 7437 or visit our stors at 1700 Kalorama Road. PACKARD TNJATIONAL MUSIC WEEK, which begins May 4, will be ex- tensively observed by broadcast- ing stations throughout the coun- try. More than 2,000 cities and towns will take part in the gen- eral observance. Both the National and Colum- bia systems are planning elab- orate programs, which will include mostly American mu‘.sic. L JOE AND VI, the “Mr. and Mrs.” | of the Graybar program, have organized an Anti-Divorce League. Their slogan is “Laugh it off.” The first meeting of the league will be held at 10 o’clock Tuesday over the Columbia System. The idea originated in Joe and Vi’'s fan mail. They have received hundreds of letters from quarrel- some wives and husbands testi- fying that their own troubles seemed a little foolish after lis- tening to the squabbles of “Mr. and Mrs.,” broadcast every Tues- day night. “We were about decided to get a divorce until we listened in on your pmfirn.m and got to laughing at ourselves,” is the burden of these letters. And so the Anti-Divorce League was formed. Joe and Vi—Jack Smart and Jane Houston—are quite serious about it, and at the meeting on the air they will in- vite all harassed couples to use their sense of humor when they have their next tiff, and also to sign the league’s pledge, “Count ten—and then smile!” * k %k k AJ. J. ANDREW WHITE, a pioneer in broadcasting and wireless and one of the founders of the Columbia System, retires from the radio field May 1. The date marks his twentieth' year in radio. Maj. White resigned from all executive duties in the Columbia System but will retain his stock holdings. The first official Radio Corpo- ration of America station was built under the direction of Maj. White. struction of the first WJZ station in New York and WRC in Wash- ington. Since 1927 he has been one of the chief executives of Columbia. $ok CONVICT X46812, radio hero of the Columbus Penitentiary fire, it was revealed yesterday, is Otto V. Gardner, colored, a grad- uate of the Moody Bible Institute and secretary of the Protestant Church in the penitentiary. Gardner is a lifer, sentenced 12 years ago for first degree murder. He is 35 years old. William 8. Paley, president of the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem, sent him a check for $500 as a reward for his description of the fire, which he broadcast from the penitentiary Monday night and which was heard over the Colum- bia System’s Nation-wide coast- to-coast network. Tubes Called Lamps in France. CHICAGO (#).— Radio tubes have many names the world over. In France they are lamps, in Germany they are called “rohe,” while in England and :n‘:ny other countries they become [ves. OKOKOKOKOK OKOKOKOKOK Maijestic ELECTRIC RADIO Ask Mr. Scott District 3106 About Our LIBERAL ALLOWANCE Home Demonstrations ROXRO RORO RO RO ROXRO ROXO RO O OKAY RADIO CO. Phones 415 11th St. Mot. 8089 417 11th St. Met, 2711 K 1760Pa. Ave. Dist.3106 o= ORNONORNORNORNONO NONOXNORNONORO®D He supervised the con-|w. OKOKOKOK OK OKOKOKOKOK To 13 RADIO DECISIONS HELD IMPORTANT Court Rulings Affect Both Transmitting and Receiving in Broadcasting. Both ends of broadcasting—trans- mitting and receiving—figured in im- portant legal actions in Washington last week. The sweeping shift in assignments of two dozen stations—most of them of top rank—ordered by the Federal Radio Commission with the aim of ridding listeners of cross-talk interference, was all but toppled over, for the time being, by the issuance of an injunction against the commission. One of the most important patent cases in radio history, involving the basic ‘“‘plug-in” receiving set patents, popped into being again with the filing of unexpected suits by the Justice De- partment against the two young ventors who only a few months ago won a decisive victory over the Radio Corporation of America in the same case. The court held that R. C. A. and through it practically 90 per cent of the radio industry, had infringed these patents, and it was estimated that the successful plaintiffs would get :lb::: $20,000,000 in back royalties In the cleared channel reallocation case, Justice Willlam Hitz of the Su- preme Court of the District of Colum| granted a temporary injunction straining the commission from placing into effect on May 1 the proposed shift as it relates to Station WHAM, the 5.000-watter at Rochester, N. Y., oper- ated by the Stromberg-Carlson Tele- phone Manufacturing Co. Because of the interlocking nature of the shifts, however, which would see 26 stations swap assignments on 13 cleared chan- nels overnight, the injunction really ties up practically all of the changes. All eyes were turned to the Court of Appeals rather than the District Su- preme Court in this reallocation case. Two other stations involved in _the shifts, KYW, at Chicago, and WHAS, at Loulsville, had asked this court for stay orders to prevent the commission from carrying out its plan. Consequently the injunction from the lower court took the commission completely by 3 The “plug-in” set case reads 0t like a fairy tale. Two engineers, Francis . Dunmore, a radio physicist at the Bureau of Standards, drawing about $3.200 a year, and P. D. Lowell, now chief engineer of the A. H. Grebe Radio Co. of New York, invented the A. C. circuit in 1921, while both were working at the bureau. adopted the “plug- or set in 1925, and the follo year gan marketing it. R. C. A. ed the patent rights and cross-licensed the device to practically all other receiving set manufacturers, collecting tremen- ot o, e ngineers and their n 1927, the two e and backers, the Dublier Conder August ircuit Court at Wilmifigton rendered the decision ad- verse to R. C. A. a ‘bacl royalties to the men. In addition, un- der the patent laws they are allowed royalties until 1938, since the legal life of a patent grant is 17 years. The Justice Department, in a series of suits on the same case, now seeks to recover the patents from the engineers and their backers, on uus:md that they are the property of Govern- ment since they made their investiga- um:w u:t the Bureau of Standards labor- ator! (Copyright, 1930, by the Consolidated Press., OME-MAKERS I TUNE IN Menus..ReciPes. . SameLes Child Care hints...Other ideas galore! : RADIO HOUSEHOLD INSTITUTE Station WRC—10:15 EST every morning Suffer 2 With Gas ® If you are made miser- able with gas bloating and sour stomach due to ex- cess acid, obtain relief now. Grason’s Car-Minta, a scientific antacid in liquid form quickly neutralizes excess acid and overcomes disagreeable acid stom- ach symtoms. Obtain a 6-0z. bottle of this efficient remedy today and be free of that heavy, puffed-up feeling after eating. 75c at your druggist. 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