Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1930, Page 58

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON D 1930—PART FOUR Veterans of Great War THE AMERICAN LEGION. METTINGS THIS WEEK. Monday—U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue northwest, 8 pm. Monday—Lincoln Post, New Amsterdam Hotel, 2701 Four- teenth street northwest, 8 p.m. Tuesday—Victory Post, W. O. W. Hall, 935 Grant place north- west, 8 p.m. Tuesday—James Reese Europe Post, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth and T streets northwest, 8 p.m. Wednesday—Department mem- bership committee, board room, District Building, 7:30 p.m. Thursday—James _E. Walker Post, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth and T streets northwest, 8 p.m. National Executive Committeeman Paul J. McGahan, chairman of the committee on trophies and awards of the Department of the District of Co- Jumbia, the American Legion, is advis- ing all posts comprising this depart- ment to make a “garrison finish” the national membership campaign, which terminates at midnight June 15. On that date, according to the mem- bership standing of this_department, will depend the position of the depart- ment in the annual parade, at Boston, in October, and the degree of excel- lence of the hotel accommodations and also location of the delegation in the | convention hall. By the addition of 250 more paid-up members this depart- ment will have reached the quota set by national headquarters of 3.908. Up to the present time 38 departments throughout the country have attained their quotas and N Bodenhamer is_de: of s National Capital Legionnaires top” before the ! date. This time last year the depa: . ‘was leading all of the departments in the United States, and with a little pressure at this_time the local organization can jump well out in front in the “big parade.” All of the remaining depart- ments which have not reached their quotas have assured the national com- mander that they will be there when the gong sounds on June 15. Chairman McGahan goes national headquarters | one better, and urges that 4,000 mem- | bers be the goal, and with & little ef- | fort he feels that this figure can be seached by June 15. { Attention is invited to the fact that | two trophies are available on the basis | of the department’s membership on June 15. One is the trophy donated by Past National Comdr. Edward E. Spafford, which is now held by the James E. Walker Post of this depart- | ment, and the Paul J. McGahan trophy, | now being held by Victory Post, No. 4, of_this department. The Spafford trophy is awarded to that post which has, on the basis of its membership as of June 15, paid up | in department headquarters on that | date, the largest percentage of increase over the average membership of that | post for the past three years. | The McGahan Trophy is awarded to that post which has, on the basis of its membership as of June 15, paid up in department membership, the largest per- centage of increase over the average membership of that post for the past four years. These two cups are awarded on a percentage basis and not cn the basis of a bulk increase in membership. Next week the exact standing of each post in the race for these trophies will be an- nounced. In concluding an appeal to the various posts he urges every one to get busy and bring in the 250 members as soon as possible so that the depart- ment meets the call of the national commander by attaining its national | quota figures and also the relaying of the information that two of the score of trophies awarded annually in the de- partment are awarded on the basis of the post membership figures as of | June 15. The American Legion exceeded the 800,000 mark in 1930 membership on May 26, according to Robert ¥. mith, general manager of the American Legion Monthly Magazine, who reported to the xaticsal commander 800.C54 as the total sub-iption cards having been received up to that date. It is ex- pected that the total national figures of 825,000 will be Teached before June 15 from the present outlook. A total of 850,000 is expected for the year 1930. Department Comdr. Charles H. Knight | has received the following message from the national commander relative to the accomplishment of the national organ- ization in reaching the 800,000 quota | for the year 1930: “I am personally grateful to you for your loyalty and service. The spirit of the organization is fine. All activities sre progressing. Still greater accom- plishments are to be realized and June 15 will show a still greater membership. The real legionism which has been dis- played on every hand is most gratify- ing. We are making Legion history.” “over the The annual Flag day exercises, under the auspices of the Washington Lodge | of Elks. No. 15, will be heid Sunday. | June 15, at 3 oclock in the Central High School. One of the fcalures will be the massing of the colors and in this connection American Legicn posts have been invited to participate, There will be three bands in the sine of a shert parade which is peing arranged for that occasion. Harry J. Davis, a Legionnaire of this department, is chairman of the Elks committee in charge of the exercises., One of the last acts of Past Depart- ment Comdr. L. E. Atkins prior to his sailing for Alaska last week, where he | has been detailed by the War Depart- ment, was to mail a letter to Depart- | ment Adjut. Howard S. Fisk expressing | appreciation for services rendered hmm during his_term of department com- mander and which terminated with Lis Tesignation on May 15. In his letter he says: “Upon leaving in | er of the evening was Miss Marjorie Prevest, secretary of area B, who gave & talk on child welfare accomplishments throughout the American Legion and also work within the area, which in- cludes the District of Columbia. Mrs. C. Louise Fisk presided. Later in the evening refreshments were served. The George E. Killeen Unit had a card party at Mount Alto Hospital last | Monday, the last of the season. Each | boy presented with a pack of ciga- | rettes by the president, Mrs. Mary K. Killeen. The unit received thanks for the Mother's day cards presented to | each boy to send his mother. | The unit will in the future hold its | meetings at 1316 Wisconsin avenue, | headquarters of the Killeen Post. The unit will meet June 11. The June meeting of U. §. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will be held tomorrow at 8 pm. at the Thomas Circle Club, | 1326 Massachusetts avenue. There will | be_initiation of new members, Mrs. Stuart Northup of the Silver- smiths’ Guild_will give a talk on “Sil- | ver and the History of the Sflversmiths in_America.” The post has but one more night for | the Braille class_ this season—that is, | June 17 Mrs. Rule requests that the | post be well represented at the last meeting. | The advisory council met Thursday | night at_the” home of the assistant | finance officer, Lula Stephens, 911 Noyes drive, Woodside Park, Silver Spring, Md. Comrades Stephens, Becke, O'Hara, Hammond and Esther Hall acted as hostesses. The drill team meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock at the Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets. Re- cruits are needed for this team. Recognizing the increasing need for the extension of the rehabilitation service of the American Legion to dis- | abled World War veterans, the Le- gion’s national executive committee at \’iL‘ recent meeting at national head- | quarters authorized the appointment of committee to investigate and devise ways and means of raising additional funds to extend this work. The action of the executive group fol- |lowed statements showing that the num- | ber of disabled veterans is increasing, | which has meant_a corresponding in- crease in the number of claims for vet- erans handled by the rehabilitation serv- ice. It was pointed out that the work has now become so heavy that it is necessary to extend the Legion rehabili- tation facilities in order that the claims of veterans may be properly cared for and the same high standard of Legion service maintained. A plea for addi- tional funds to give this increased serv- ice was made by John Vivian of Denver, Colo., area E rehabilitation chairman. It Wwas estimated by Watson B. Miller, national rehabilitation chairman, that more than 50,000 claims of disabled vet- erans are now pending_in the local national rehabilitation office of the Le- gion. He also estimated that eventually the Legion may look forward to spend- ing approximately $250,000 a year in this service as the need increases. This work will continue to grow heavier each year, he said, and will not reach the peak load before 1947. The Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing Post will hold its last meeting of the season tomorrow night at Red Armyand Navy News Army. Of the more than three score in- ternes who will complete their year of internship training in the various Army hospitals on July 1, together with' the successful applicants who will undergo the examination for appoint- ment as first lieutenans in the Medical Corps of the Regular Army from June 23 to 27, it is expected that the 45 existing vacancies in the commissioned strength of the Medical Corps will be filled. Should all the vacancies be filled, it will be the fust time in sev- eral years that the commissioned com- plement of the Army Medical Corps has been at its authorized figure of 983 officers. | More than one-fourth of the Army | internes are undergoing their training at Walter Reed in this city. Those at Walter Reed are as follows: Robert J. Bogan, John H. Fountain, Alexander O. Haff, Jasper N. Knox, Russell S. Leone, Lawrence A. Matternes, Rober! E. Peyton, Harold H. Twitchell, Harold A. Whitacre, Charles L. Baird, Samuel L. Cooke, Kenneth G. Gould, John A.| Isherwood, George E. Leone, Emmett | | B. Litteral. George D. Newton, Arthur | L. Streeter and Wendell A. Weller. | The central Medical Department board, headed by Brig. Gen. Carl R. Darnall, assistant to the surgeon gen- | eral of the Army, will be engaged du ing the next few weeks in reviewing | the examination papers of applicants | for commissions in the Dental Corps, Veterinary Corps and Medical Corps (\f‘ the Regular Army. ‘The board is| meeting at the Army Medical School, Army Medical _Center, Washington, . C. In addition to Brig. Gen. Darnall, the board is composed of the following officers: Col. Julien R. Bern- heim, D. C.; Col. Walter Fraser, V. C.: Col. Charles F. Craig, M. C.; Maj. John W. Meehan, M. C.; Maj. Raymond A Kelser, V. C.; Maj. Leroy Hartley, D. C.; Capt. William L. Thompson, | M. C. and Capt. Thomas G. Hester, M. A'C. Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry, chief of Cavalry. has been appointed president of the Army retiring board that will shortly be convened for the examina- tion of such officers as may be ordered before it. The board will meet at the War Department. In addition to Gen. Henry, the board will be composed of the following officers: Brig. Gen. Henty C. Fisher, assistant to the surgaon gen- eral of the Army: Col. Reynolds J. Burt, Infantry; Col. Harry L. Steecle, C. A. C.; | Col. Lorenzo D. Gasser, Infantry; Col. Charles C. Allen, Infantry; Col. James D. Fife, M. C.. and Maj. John W. Mee- han, M. C. The recorder of the board will be Capt. John D. Goodrich, Q. M. C. In addition, Majs. Charles C. Hill- man and William S. Culpepper, both Medical Corps officers, will be the medical examiners and witnesses before the board. Navy. Eight captains of the Navy will short ly arrive in Washington for duty at the Navy Department. Capt. Julius F. Hell- weg, who has been in command of the U. §. 8. Oklahoma, will be assigned to duty as superintendent of the Naval Observatory. His duties on that vessel | have been taken over by Capt. Jobn D. Men's Hall, 713 D street. The chief event of interest will be the election of delegates to the department conven- tion to be held in August. The post expects to take a large part in the convention parade, and plans therefor will be discussed. At its last meeting the post inaugurated s monthly spell- ing bee schedule, The post is in receipt of commend: tions for the dignified and orderly con- duct of its memorial exercises in the bureau lobby on May 29. At the in- vitation of the director of the bureau the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury spoke. The post placed a memorial wreath on thé grave of each of its deceased members and was instru- mental in decorating the graves of the veterans buried in St. Mary's Cemetery. Veterans of Foreign Wars. Meetings This Week: Monday—Front Line Post and Auxiliary, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club. ‘Tuesday—National Capital Post and_ Auxiliary, Pythian Temple. ‘Wednesday—Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, 7:15 pm. Station WOL, An- napolis Hotel, broadcast. Wednesday—Follow Me Post, 1129 Abbey place northeast. Thursday—7:15 p.m., 1L Rosts and colors, Overseas Band and Drum_Corps, Thirteenth street and Florida avenue northeast, to Department Encampment. Friday — 7:45 pam., Stuart Junior High School, all posts, De- partment Encampment. Saturday—7:45 pm. Stuart Junior High School, all posts, De- partment Encampment. Sunday, June 15—2 p.m., Six- teenth sireet and Columbia road northwest, Overseas Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, all post colors, Elks’ flag day ceremony. Front Line Post and Auxiliary will meet_at the Soldiers, Sailors d Ma- rines' Club tomorrow night, for the purpose of dedicating the new stands of colors of Front Line Auxiliary. The meeting will be a joint affair of both the post and auxiliary. Dept. Comdr. Harvey L. Miller will make the colors dedicatory address. National Capital Post and Auxiliary will meet at Pythian Temple next Tuesday evening. Follow Me Post will meet at 1120 Abbey place northeast Wednesday evening. ‘The Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps will broadcast over Station WOL at 7:15 p.m., Wednesday. ‘The Overseas Military Band, Drum the office of departm:nt commander I wish to express to you my sincere thank< for the able way in which you have carried on the duties of department jutant. I feel that whatever success this department of the Americon Legion has had during the past year has been due to the work that you have flice that yoa have occmied. Ever since I ve known you L have admired the way in which you have lived for ths American Tegion and T do not know of any one in this department who. during the years since the time when you were one of the femaders of the first post, has rendered such distinguished serv- ice to the American Legion and it is my hope that you may have many ears of accomplishment Legion circles.” Tocal department hndqunu-? have been advised that September 18 to 28 have been selected as the dates for. the eleventh annual convention of the P.| I. D. A. C. and the sixth annual con~ vention of the F. I. D. A. C. Auxfllar¥. which will be held simultaneously thls year in the United States. The work- ing sessions will open in this city on September 22 and last through Septem- ber 24, after which the delegates from foreign countries will visit the Eastern United States. 1. D. A. C. is com- posed of 89 ex-service organizations of allied countries, the American Legion being the member society in the United States. Maj. Julius I Peyser, past com- mander of the Department of the Dis- trict of Columbia, the American Legion, was elected vice president of the F. I. D. A C. last Summer while abroad and will have charge of th> program during the visit of the delegates. Henry C. Spengler Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary held its last meeting on May 28, at the residence of Mrs. J. Jerome Lightfoot, 4551 Wiscon- sin avenue, and it proved a most delight- ful affair. the meeting was held indoors. At the conclusion of the business of | their great work during the year, Owing to the cool weather and Bugle Corps, with the massed col- | ors of all V. F. W. posts, will fall in at |2 pm., at Sixteenth street and Colum- | bia road for the march to Central High School Stadium for the Elks' annual | massing of the colors celebration June ‘The Overseas Military Band Drum and Bugle Corps, with all post delega- tions and post colors, headed by detach- ments from the Army, Navy and Ma- | rine Corps and Coast Guard, will fall |in at 7:15 p.m. Thursday evening at | Thirteenth street and Florida avenue northeast for the parade preceding the eleventh annual encampment of the District of Columbia Department at ‘Stuart Juniof High Bchool Thursday, Friday and. Ssturday evenings. Addresses by distinguished guests rom the ‘Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, her with ad- | drésses Wy = District Commissioners | Rejchelderter and Crosby, will feature the encampment’s opening evening. Interest centers around the election | of the rrew department commander. J. | Allen Praether, present junior vice | commander; O. W. Hollingsworth, pres- |ent chief of staff, and Willam L. Thomas, present deputy department judge advocate, are the three candidates. They represent Columbia, National Capitol and Equality Walter Reed Posts, respectively. Joseph B. Gardella, past commander of both National Capitol and Front Line Posts and past depart- ment inspector, is & candidate for senior vice commander of the department. In his final departmental general order, Comdr. Harvey L. Miller, outgoing department head, thanked the various for his efforts on behalf of the band and drum corps, Comrade E. F. Clark for his photographic work, Comrades Abe Grudd, James J. Lake and Jack Mullane for their support in staging theatrical affairs. The past year has been the greatest in the history of the Veterans of For- eign Wars locally, and Comdr. Miller, | in his final order, gives full meed of | credit to each and every post in the Distriet of Columbia. At the regular business meeting of Follow Me Post, held at Winston Hotel, the new by-laws were read and slight changes made. Two new members were added to the post’s charter, and Comdr. | Kelly is gratified at the enthusiastic co-operation of the members of his post. Follow Me Post, although only about a month old, has already won hearty support from _the brother posts in the department. ! posts and the department council have of post flags. The honor guest of las meeting was Department Junior Vice Comdr. Allen Praether. The next meeting of this post will be a social June 11 at the home of Com- rade Busada. A delegation of officers and members of the Harrisonburg Post of the Veterans | ‘of Foreign Wars, will go to Front Royal next Thursday evening to participate in | the installation of a new post of the organization at that place. which will take place at the Masonic Temple. The post will be instituted by Russell L. Stultz of New Market, Department Comdr. of the V. F. W., with other de- partment officers assisting in the exer- cises. The Front Royal unit will be known as Col. Samuel R. Miller Post, No. 1860, having been named for the late Col.| Miller, a distinguished World War | veteran, whose death occurred several months’ ago. | Rainbow Division Veterans. The France reunion committee, under | the leadership of Maj. M. Manning| Marcus, has received numerous inquiries, while a number of the members of the District of Columbia Chapter, Rainbow (42d) Divislon Veterans, have already| made final arrangements for attending| the convention to be held in France| next month. All comrades anticipating this trip should communicate with Maj. Marcus within the next few days, so that additional reservations may be se- cured. Capt. Walker H. Colston, president of the local chapter, is making final ar- rangements for the “Tri-State” dinner to be held in this city July 14 by the members who are unable to attend the reunion. The Maryland and Virginia chapters will take an active part in the activities on this day, and have prom- ised banner delegations. The monthly meeting will be held in | the Rainbow room of the Arlington | Hotel June 21. It is requested that all| members attend, as a final report from | these two committees will be rendered | at this time, | American War Mothers, District of Columbia Chapter, Amer- ican War Mothers, will hold a business meeting at the Hamilton Hotel, June 13 at 8 g.m Soclal meetings are dis- continued until the Fall. Veterans at the various hospitals will be entertained with an additional boat excursion and lawn fete. The national board meeting will be held at Aurora, Colo., the latter part of June. Mrs. Katie Morrison, presi- dent of the District Chapter, a member of the national board, will leave Wash- ington June 22 via the Pennsylvania Railroad and will meet the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania delega- tion en route. Two members have been reported se- riously ill, Mrs. Marie M. Carroll of Silver Spring, and Mrs. Viola Thomp- son of Congress Heights. Mrs. Katie Perkins, who recently was operated upon at the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, is improved and Mrs. Edmonston, who has been ill for several months, is improv- ing. Two members of the chapter died during the past week, Mrs. Mae E. Lewis, a “Blue Star” mother, and Mrs. Gertrude Loeb, wife of Rabbi Loeb, a “Gold Star” mother. Mrs. Lewis was buried in Glenwood Cemetery and Mrs. Loeb was buried beside her soldier son posts, individual members and ladies’ auxiliaries for their co-operation and support during the past year. Comdr. Miller's final general order commends Comdr. J. Allen Praether for his work in_the Armistice day ball and on Memorial day, Comdr. Hollingsworth for his work as chairman of the 1930 poppy_drive, the Indies” suxiliaries for it. the unit Representative Albert John-|H. F. Volkman for his excellent publicity gon of Washington, chairman of 'the| work, the newspapers and radio stations House immigration and naturalization for their courtesy and support, Tommy committee, addressed the large gather- Creighton for his work in promoting ‘ ing present. Another guest andspeak- radio broadcasts, Comrade O. H. Kee in the Jewish Cemetery in Congress| Heights. Officers and members of the | chapter attended both funerals. Mrs. L. L. Howell, the second Gold Star mother of the chapter to make the pilgrimage to France was escorted to Unicn Station Tuesd: morning by the officers and friends. ‘The national flag | and the chapter banner was brought out for the occasion. Mrs, N. N. Nock, who has done so much to help the Gold Star mothers on the way to France, is now in Boston, where several new chapters of the Amer- | in-chief of the U. S. Fleet, will come to | Bureau of Naval Operations. | will come to duty in the Bureau of Yards | Warren, 1t is understood that three | donated sums for the func for purchase | { Wainwright. Capt. Arthur St. C. Smith has been detached from duty as chief of staff to the commander of the battle fleet, and he has been attached tempo- rarily to the Bureau of Navigation. Capt. James P. Lannon, who has been in com- mand of the U. S. S. Concord, will o to duty in the daval districts division, Bu- reau of Operations, as the relief of Capt. Charles W. Early,” who will attend the apt. l | next course at the War College. Neil E. Nichols, who has been on duty |in the Bureau of Navigation, will suc- | ceed Capt. Lannon in the command of the Concord. Capt. Harry A. Baldridge, who has been in command of the U. S. Rochester, will relieve Capt. Alfred W. Johnson in the Navy Department as di- rector of naval intelligence. Capt. Law- rence P. Treadwell, who has been on duty at the Navy Department in_ the Bureau of Engineering, will relieve Capt. Baldridge as the commander of the Rochester. Capt. William W. Smyth, on duty in the Bureau of Ordnance, has been assigned as assistant chief of that bureau as the relief of Capt. Andrew C. Pickens. The latter officer is under or- ders to command the U. S. S. Detroit. Capt. Frank D. Berrien, who will be re- lieved from command of the U. S. S. Lexington on June 20 by Capt. Ernest J. King, will be the new captain of the Washington Navy Yard and assistant uperintendent of the naval gun factory as the relief of Capt. Willls McDowell. Lieut. Comdr. Charles A. Pownall, who has been on duty with the battle fleet, will, on arrival on the Pacific Coast, proceed to Washington for duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics. Lieut. Comdr. Calvin T. Durgin, who has been on duty as aid on the staff of the commander- duty at the Navy Department in the Capt. Al- bert W. Johnson, who has been on duty at the department as director of naval intelligence, will be assigned to duty as supervisor of the Nicaraguan elections, and Comdr. Andrew S. Hickey will be detached from the naval intelligence office for duty with the national board of elections in Nicaragua. Capt. Edward T. Hoopes (S. C.), who has been on duty as fleet paymaster on the staff of the commander-in-chief of the U. S. Fleet, will come to duty in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, while Capt. Neal B, Farwell of that corps has been assigned to duty at the Washing- ton Navy Yard. Comdr. Ralph M. War- field (C. E. C.), who has been on duty with the National Guard of Nicaragua, and Docks some time during July. Lieut. Charles E. Rappolee, on duty aboard the U. S. S. Whitney, will go to duty in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts about July 20. S.[neuvers of the fleet below him and he | McNamee ’,\! Speaking— 'HERE'S no need to tell any one who | heard the broadcast account of their coat-tails twitched by Dr. Felix | President Hoover’s recent review of the | fleet that another announcer has made a name for himself. | ‘This time Some of his past work made it worth while to keep an eye on him, but now | he has definitely arrived. From the con- | trol cabin of the dirigible Los Angeles Kirchwey of Sing Sing Prison had Adler, the vigilant chairman of the meetin, Dwight W. Morrow, I might add, stayed well within his allotted it is George F. Hicks.|time, and the meeting ended, as we | say in the studios, “on the nose.” Speeches Shortening. Everybody knows, I imagine, that | This quartet sings in the Palmolive program, but Paul Oliver is really Frank | Munn, who sings only in that program | Munn' and Melton both sing solos in the Palmolive program. Q. Can you tell me where the Lone- | John White?—C. N.. Schenectady, N. Y. |""A. Well, he is still on_the air, but | his ‘schedule has been changed a bit | lately, and I can't tell just what hour | he is’ going to land in. His name is John White, and Washington, D. C. | where he used to write sports for news. | papers, is his home town. | fuse him with Joe White, the Silver | Masked Tenor, who specializes in Irish | ballads. | Q. Is Walter Damrosch a mative | American?—L. Jastrow, Mobile, Ala. | "A. No. He was born in Breslau, Ger- he gave one of the most vivid descrip- | broadcasting is making speeches shorter | many, but he came to the United States tions I have ever heard. He had a bird's-eye view of the ma- | be noticed that more public men are paying greater attention to their diction | and pithier, but it is also beginning to | when he was only 9 vears old. | Q. Tell me if the man who plays | Montegle in “Mystery House” and the made the most of it, but I was partic- | than they used to. The diction of an- |Capt. Wilson Bartlett of*" Harbor Lights” ularly impressed with the manner in |nouncers isn't always perfect, but on are the same?-—Miss H. M. Cushing, which he put across the suspense and excitement. when Lieut. Comdr. Nich- | the whole it sets a much higher stand- ard than is regularly found in public Washington, D. C. A. No. Harvey Hays, “the Old Pio- olson was trying to hook his plane to|life, and a good many men are becom- | neer.” plays Montegle, while Joe Granby, the bottom of the soaring airship. ing conscious of the fact that they whose voice greatly resembles that of It wasn't the first time Hicks distin- | do not stand up well in comparison to | Hays, played Capt. Bartlett. guished himself as an announcer of big | broadcasts. His first big assignment | was a part in the description of the | arrival of the Graf Zeppelin at Lake- | hurst last Summer, and he did a first- | rate job from his position on the roof | of the hangar. He did the Giants'| opening game in New York this Spring | and he was one of the men picked to | see that the American delegates to the | London Naval Conference got home | under proper radio auspices. He has a pleasant_voice, & quick eye and a re- | sourceful brain. He is very good on | base ball—he had his initiation at the world series last Fall—and he also is one of the best men in the studios at handling poetic continuity. New at the Job. Hicks has been on the air only since September, 1928. After leaving the College of Puget Sound—his home is in Tacoma, Wash., where his father is a| dentist—he had 12 jobs, none of which he liked, in a very short time. He had | once been turned down after an audi- tion for announcers, but when he hap- pened to stroll by our WRC studios in | Washington, D. C., one day he de- cided, on an impulse, to go in and ask for a job. He got it, and went to work next day. He did excellent work in Washington, and it was this that got him his chances at the world series and the Graf Zep- pelin. And last Winter he was trans- ferred to New York. As for looks, he's tall and handsome, with brown curly hair. He wears glasses, but with an air. He isn't married. Muzzles have been suggested for some of our production men, to be worn at all moments when they aren't actually at work, and to be effective until the last traces of Spring fever, or something like that, wear off. Student Recitals (Continued From Fourth Page.) mann, Brahms, Liszt, Chopin, Grieg, MacDowell, Reinhold, Scharwenka, Pol- dini, Schutt, Iljinsky and Schytte will be played by Olive Rickard, Mary An- nette Mulligan, Eunice Smith, Nancy Glover, Charles Glover, Bertha Miller, Anna Miller, Jean Rassier, Lucy Frank, Jacqueline Churchill, Chester Morrill, Rachel Clarke, Julia Fischer, Eleanor Callan Craun, Helene Finnacom, Hugh Virginia Shull. Phila Belle Burk, Margaret Venable and Jessie Blaisdell. La Salle Spier will present Jacqueline Churchill and Chester Morrill, aged 13 and 15, respectively, in individual re- citals at the University Women's Club, 1634 I street northwest, Saturday eve- ning at 8:15. All those interested in musical education are cordially invited to be present. ‘The program will include: MISS CHURCHILL. “Prelude and Fughetta, A Minor”.... “Sonata. OP. 14, No. 2., ... Allegro. andante. allegro asghi. orning Mood, Solveig's Son B eetho (from Peer ach ven oo s OTIOR Mendeissonn Mozart cond ‘piano. Mr. Spier at s CH! MORRILL,. F M ESTER Drelude and Fughetta, Bach ‘Fantasie. C Minor Mozart 3 Schibe; et O a Waterlily ¢ From Woodland Sketches), MacDowell ; Beethoven e cond piano. Autumn.”"( Concerto, B Fla 7 AHET con bito (Arse moven “ir. Spier at th Dorothy Russell Todd will present students in a plano recital Friday at Gunton-Temple Presbyterian Church, Monroe and Sixteenth streets northwest, at 8:15 p.m. Assisting soloists will be Helen Le Fevre Lyon, violinist, and Joanna Best Russell, soprano. Students participating include Mar- garet_Russell, Ruth Hild, Timmy Pax- ton, Eleanor Callbeck, Helen Hounsom, Mary Doris Wilkinson, Francis Garrett, Catherine Duvall, Marion Talbert and Barbara Moore. Gertrude Smallwood Mockbee pre- sented students in her eleventh annual piano recital at Gunton-Temple Pres- byterian Church last night. Those participating included: Soloists, Frances Keyser, Irwin Steele and Mrs. Mockbee; those playing in duets, Mar- garet Ann Bopp, Marjorie Plitt, Fred- erick Plitt, Rosalyn Buchanan, Evans Buchanan, Norma Cummiford, Emily Kinsman, Mozelle Johnson, Marjorie Wine, Thelma Markwood, Violet Kar- chem, Norma Curtis, Mary Wright, Lois Ernest, Mary Scott, Cecelia Catts, Dor- othy Karchem, Peggy McMillan, Helen Alden and Frances Robinson. The assisting soloist was Leonard Davis, baritone, who sang two groups of songs. Marie Howe Spurr will present Dor- othy Graham Talbott in a piano re- cital Saturday at 8 p.m. at her studio, 1317 New York avenue northwest. Music lovers are cordially invited. Miss Talbott will be assisted by Clar- ence Ruebsam, & reader who specializes in_Shakespeare, The young pianist will play “Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Major,” Bach; “Sonata in D Minor,” Beethoven; three preludes, a nocturne and @ scherzo by Chopin, Grieg's “Concerto in A Minor,” with Mrs. Spurr at the second piano for the orchestral part. Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Potter present their pupils in a June festival concert uesday night at 8 o'clock at the Cal- Methodist Church, Columbia road near Fifteenth street northwest. There will be piano, organ and vocal solos and ensemble piano and organ se- lections. Cello obbligatos and solos will | dom are they serious enough to affect The reasons are several, and here | are some of them: Ed Whitney, who plays Capt. Jimmy Norton of “Harbor Lights” when he isn’t busy producing, swears he saw one of the secretaries leaning pensively on her desk, eyeing & big pink rose. He contemplated the association of Spring, and flowers and love, and hesitated to break in on the beautiful dreams of youth. But. finally, in a solicitous manner, he asked her {o tell him all. And she told him she wanted something: nothing less, in fact, than a corpse. Shocked, Whitney in- quired the reason. Good Reason. “Well,” she said, “I'm_going to my | home in Denver, and I hate to spend the money for a ticket. I know that when a vorpse is transported by train, somebody has to go with it. Il take| a job as accompanist. If you know | somebody who's going to die about June | 1st and go to Denver, let me know, will | you?” Ed says he gasped and agreed. And then there's Bennett Larson. who is production man on some of Nat | Shilkret's programs, among others. He | announced solemniy to Bill Rainey, | chief of our production men, that at| last he had discovered the difference between a toothache and a production | man. Rainey was informed, in fact, that while a toothache prevents one from working the gums, a production man keeps one from gumming the | works. i Ray Perkins, the production man who, also appears on the air as Old Topper, announced that during the first or second week of June he is going to bring the big doorman who stands in front of the building into the studios to give a doorman a good view of a microphone, and to enable himself to give the radio audience a braid-by-braid description of the uniform. Speaking of doormen, Tom McAvity, | production man on Eveready and as- sistant to Bill Rainey, reports that the inner doorman, who guards the elev: tors, asked a musician the other night if he had a building permit. The musician, forgetting about the little blue card that gives ready admission to the studios, replied that he hadn't, and, furthermore, he had no intention of building anything—not even a repu- tation—Iif people didn’t quit bothering him with fool questions. I think I have said in the past that displays of temperament almost never take place in the studios. This is cor- rect, but sometimes they happen. Sel- the broadcasting of the program it- self—although one prima donna I know tried unsuccessfully one night to throw | a hated rival out of her stride. Th( two women were taking part in the #ame program, and while one of them was singing the microphone, the other paced the floor in front of her, humming snatches from an entirely different aria. The singer on the air, however, never faltered, and when I sympathized with her at the end of the program and asked her how she managed to keep her poise, she confided that she had closed her eyes so she couldn't see the pacing, and anyway, the other woman's voice was so bad that she never considered it singing, and it didn’t bother her! And the microphone, the engineer on duty as- sured me, didn't pick up any of the competin rformance. Rev:l .t‘tl?:s of temperament in the studios are rare, because the singers know the time schedules are so rigld that if they were to attempt to “hold the curtain” that would mean the end of offers of broadcasting engagements. | But long rehearsals and bad weather are hard on anybody's merves, and in | the last tense moments before a pro- | gram goes on the air frazzled nerves sometimes give way and some one makes a scene. ‘Women Hold Temperament. ‘Women are more frequently accused be played by Louis Potter, jr. The public is cordially invited. Those participating will be Catherine Williams, Robert McCullough, Evelyn Traynam, Virginia Shankland, Anna G. Paul, Clara Bowers, Virginia Plugge, ‘Theodor Morgan, John Wells, Wesley Parish, Roberta Harstin, Ruth Thomas, Blaine Cornwell, Mirlam Rivers and Mrs. Ida Moore. PHOTORADIO PRACTICAL Services Available Between London and New York Are Example. Electrical Review of London reports that photoradio services, already avail- able between New York and London, are entering the practical stage for trans- mission along the British beam wireless circuits. ‘The sending of photographs between London and Cape Town and between London and Australia is the beginning of an empire system which will enable England and its colonies to exchange pictures for newspaper publication and otherwise almost instantaneously. Radio Is Alarm Cla_ck. NEW YORK. (#)—Radio gets the three Landt brothers and Howard White out of bed at 5 a.m. daily. The four must crawl out that early for their daily program, Their schedule calls for ar- rival at the N. B. A. studios at 6:45 so that they will have an hour to rehearse before their Morning Showers program ifcan War Mothers will be mstituted. 1s broadcast. of temperament than men, but how- ever that may be, they never display it when only women are present. I suppose it 18 because so many of them have been brought up to believe that they can make men do what they want by making things uncomfortable for them. Fathers who spoil their daugh- ters are, I suppose, to blame for this. And s0 when a woman star begins to act up at rehearsal the studio is cleared of practically all the men, on some excuse or other, and Miss Bertha Brainard, our Eastern program man- ager, strolls over to the agitated star and asks her calmly if there is any trouble. Miss Brainard is a red-head, incidentally, and has a temper of her own she can use when she wants to. But the answer is always a calm reply that nothing is the matter. And that's the end of the temperament. In the days when banquets were un- trammeled and banqueters could be trusted to listen for hours on end with never a protest speeches ran on until the bitter end, even if it took until after midnight. But, with so many big banquets golng on the air, the practice of coat-tail jerking has come into great vogue with toastmasters. The boss of a banquet takes good care to entertain the visible listeners, but he also remembers that the speeches will have an even greater effect if the radio audience hears them all. And 50 today's speeches are governed in length by the space of time avail- able on the air. The other evening a mass meeting was held in a broadcasting studio, and such personages as Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, and former Warden George announcers who are trained to speak clearly, naturally and correctly. There also is the probability that within a few years radio will somewhat standardize the speech of the whole country. When this results in the sup- pression of certain undesirable lo- calisms there will be cause for rejoic- ing. but even the strictest precisionist, I am sure, would hate to see it result in the passing of all the variations from standard use and pronunciation which make our American speech so colorful, | McNAMEE’S QUESTION BOX. Q. Who are the actors who play Mary | :;‘m Bob in n:; T{}xe Story hgu{? ;fi‘ ey man and wife?—Ethel C. Elkridge, Md. RS A. Bill Brenton and Nora Stirlin, They are not married. Q. Why not stop the public discussion | about Rudy Vallee and Will Osborne by | E;mllng l{lg facts as to whether or not | ey are the same person?—M. A. B, | Charlotte, N, G, * A. Well, I've seen them both, and they are really two different persons. Any- way, Rudy is so busy being himself he hasn't time to be Will, too, and I sup- pose it's the same the other way 'Tound. And not long ago they were appearing at two separate theaters in New York, with their performances scheduled for almost the same moment. And if you will listen_carefully, you will note a distinct difference in their voices. Q. Please tell me if James Melton, the Seiberling tenor, is the same person as Paul Oliver, who sings on the Palm- olive program.—Carl Thorsen, Omaha, Nebr. James Melton is first tenor g. Q. Are the interviews in the Coca- Cola program prepared in advance?— | P. B. Plerce, Houston, Tex. A. Practically _always. Grantland Rice goes over the material with the sports celebrity who is to be interviewed, and it is written out before the pro- gram. This is necessary, not only be- cause the program must be timed ex- actly, but also because Rice can never be sure that his celebrity will be able | to talk freely before a microphone with- out written aid. With a girl like | Elinor Smith, however, it would be dif-| ferent. She isn't scared of the mike, and he might even have difficulty in | stopping her. You know how women are. . Was Phil Carlin ever an actor?— Frances Filkins, Newark, N. J. A. Not before he got into broad: casting. He was known as the boy ora. tor of Brooklyn when he was in high school, and since he has been in radjo he has taken part in dialogue produf- tions, but I don't think he really quali- fies as an actor. Q. _When will Paul Whiteman return on the Old Gold Hour?—L. T. Youngstown, Ohio. A. So far as I can learn, there are no plans for his return. His future broadcasting plans have not been an- nounced. . Is Baby Rose Marie only 5 years old?—Persis Willilams, Utica, N. Y. A. She will be 6 in August. Q. Will Admiral Byrd talk over the radio when he gets back?>—N. 8., Lex- ington, Ky. A. Arrangements were made for him to speak before he left for the Antarctic. He will go on the air soon after he re- turns to New York. The details will be announced later. (Covyrisht. 1930, Germany exported nearly $28,000,000 A. No. in quartet known as the Revelers. vorth of rayon and silk yarn last year. THE NEW RM some Cowboy sings and if his name is| Don't_con- | DIRECTORS USE RADIO Special License Granted for Filming of Airplane Picture. To aid in directing a new aviation picture now in course of production, Warner Brothers have secured a special license from the Federal Radio Com- mission to use a 100-watt short wave station in Hollywood until June 20. Loud speakers are frequently used by movie directors in handling mob scenes, but directing airplanes being “shot” by tle camera by radio is a new wrinkle even for Hollywood. SALTZrMAiN, JR.’:RE<SIGNS Quits Army Engineers to Serve New York Telephone Co. Licut. Charles E. Saltzman, son of Maj. Gen. Charles McK. Saltzman, former chief of the Army Signal Corps, and now chairman of the Federal Radio Commission, has resigned from the Army Engineering Corps to join the staft of the New York Telephone Co. Licut. Saltzman is a 1925 graduate of Cornell and was Rhodes scholar at OX- ford from 1925 to 1928. He was serving as White House aide when his resigna- tion became effective last week. RISES FROM KITCHEN Sweeney, Hotel Owner, Once Was Scullery Boy. | NEW YORK (N.AN.A).—The Forty- | second Street Association, which does | its best to direct the destiny of the | thoroughfare in the way in which the members think it ought to go, is headed by George Sweeney, who at 13 began working in hotels, Tose to be a scullery | boy at $50 a month with meals, and rose some more until now he controls more than a dozen hotels that are more like small cities. He has been decorated by France, Italy and Belgium for services of in- ternational value as head of the Inter- | national Hotel Alliance. 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