Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1930, Page 55

TAE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 29, 1930—PART FOUR. N.B. C. STATIONS T0 HONOR KERN Lewis James Will Be Soloist on Program Featuring Best Works. ‘The Atwater Kent half hour tonight over WRC and a network of associated National Broadcasting Co. stations will honor Jerome Kern by presenting a program made up entirely of excerpts from his best known works. Lewis James, tenor of the famous Revelers’ Quartet, will be the soloist. The concert will include selections from “Sally,” “Once in a Blue Moon,” from “Stepping Stones”: “They Didn't Believe Me,” from “The Girl from Utah,” and the “Siren Song,” from “Leave It to Jane.” A tabloid version of the musical com- edy, “Castles in the Air,” will be a fea- ture of the Chase & Sanborn presen- tation. The two-piano specialty of Ohman _and Arden will be “On the Sunny Side of the Street.” Russia at Prayer and Play. Old Russia at prayer and at play will be pictured by the Russian Cathe- dral Choir. The “Ancient Chant of tury,” “Eugene Onegin” and “Song of the Harvesters.” Sam Herman, xylophonist, will g‘l‘y & group of popular melodies in which are found “A Year From Today,” “Melancholy Baby” and “Telling It to the Daisies.” The Iodent Big Brother Club will observe “nautical night” and present a_dramatic version of the scene aboard Drake’s ship Golden Hind where Queen Elizabeth knighted the daring salor while a Spanish minister demanded his head. ‘The Majestic Theater hour tonight, over WMAL and other Columbia Broad- casting System stations, will have a dis- tinct rural atmosphere. The program will be bullt around a barn-raising frolic, with the participants providing the entertainment program. Rogers and Sale Features. Another concert by Mayhew Lake and his band and the weekly programs by Will Rogers and Chic Sale are out- standing among WMAL's other attrac- tions. In the afternoon the station will broadcast the ceremonies incident to the dedication of the aviation beacon in tribute to Rear Admiral Byrd's ex- plorations at the South Pole, and an- other “Conclave of Nations” program, in which Austria will be honored. Edgar L. G. Prochnik, Austrian Minister to the United States, will be the speaker. Benator Walsh of Massachusetts will in- troduce him. The program will be framed by music of famous Austrian eomposers. A half hour of sacred music and the evening service of the First Church of Christ Scientist are the major presen- tations tonight of WJSV. There also will be selections by a string trio, a quartet and a piano recital by J. W. Sweeney. WOL will broadecast the morning 3ervice at the New York Avenue Pres- byterian Church. It will be preceded an hour's musical program. TRADE BALAI LANCE SHOWN International Communications Are Profitable, Report Reveals. Even in the flelds of international eemmunications — cablegrams, radi grams and radio-telephone convers: tions—the United States showed a fa- vorable “balance of trade” in 1929. ‘The annual report of the Department of Commerce on the balance of inter- national payments of the United States, just issued, shows that collections by he seven American companies operat- ing in these flelds amounted to $27,070,~ 814, while payments to. foreign coun- tries aggregated $19,014,657. In other words, foreigners spent $8,056,157 more to communicate by cable and radio with the United States than Americans spent to communicate with them. e Growing Tired of Radio. “Are you growing tired of your radio?” was the question asked of 7,175 rsons in & recent radio survey of the ;n"cmc Coast. Seven per cent answered Pianomakers Look to Radio. Hard hit by a decline in the demand for their product, piano manufacturers have been casting covetous eyes toward radio. One big piano company, with headquarters in Chicago and plant at Grand Haven, Mich., has gone into the manufacture of radio sets in & big way. New Schedule of Signals. ‘The new schedule of radio signals of standard frequencies, which can tuned in by the public within a radius of 1,000 miles of the Bureau of Stand- ards radio station WWV, is now avail- able from the bureau. These signals can be used to calibr: for transmit- ting and receiving apparatus. —_— Michigan Expands Programs. University of Michigan is expanding fts one-hour weekly programs carried bw; remote cointrol from Ann Arbor to JR, Detroit, and during 1930-31 will offer half-hourly lectures four after~ MeAFEE - Marion McAfee, young American soprano, who has been signed to sing System, will be the featured soloist this afternoon in the Ballad Hour. WRC and other National Broadeastin Frances Williams, noted stage star, will casting Co. network. JOMNANSEN- STAGE AND CONCERT STARS IN MAJOR RADIO PROGRAMS FRANCES WILLIAMS - g exclusively with the Columbia Broadeasting The Pacific Feature Hour Friday afternoon over Co. stations will present Gunnar Johansen, Danish pianist, now in San Francisco, be the guest artist in the Camel Hour Wednesday night over a National Broad- Today on the Radio (All time p.m., unless otherwise indicated.) LOCAL STATIONS. 475.9 Meters. WMAL 630 Kilocycles. 9:00 to 10:00a—Watch tower services. 11:30 to 11:45a—Rebroadcast from Lon- don. alk by Bill Tilden on ;’!’he American Sportsman in urope.” 1:00—Ballad hour. 3 n recital by Ann Leaf, 2:30—Conclave of Nations. 3:00—Dedication of the Rear Admiral Byrd Aviation Beacon. 4:00—Crockett Mountaineers. 4:30 to 5:00—Sermon by Rev. Donald Grey Barnhouse of Philadelphia. | 5:30—The Globe Trot..r. | 6:00—Columbia String Symphony. 6:30—Jesse Crawford, organist. 6:45—"The Potency of Invisible Pay- ments,” by Dr. Julius Klein, 7:00—Correct time. 7:01—Mayhew Lake and his band. 7:30—"Kaltenborn Edits the News," 7:45—"Chic” Sale, humorist. 8:00—Majestic Theater of the Air, 9:00—Will Rogers. 9:30—Around the Samovar. 10:00—Back-home hour. 11:00-—Coral Islanders. 11:30 to 12:00—Nocturne. Early Program Tomorrow. Something for every one. Blue Monday Gloom Chasers. “Our Government.” by Senator Capper of Kansas. 10:30a—Frank W. Young, ?lmm. 10:40a—Cutting the food bill. 10:45a—Solos on fretted instruments, by Sophocles Papas. 11:00a—Columbia Revue. 11:15a—*“Your Neighbor Next Door.” 11:20a—Columbia Revue. 11:30a—Manhattan Towers Orchestra. 12:30—Ambassador Orchestra. 1:00—The Honolulans. 1:30—Orgar recital by Ann Leaf. 2:00—Columbia Ensemble. 2:30—Women's forum. 3:00—The Merrymakers. 4:00 to €:30—Dancing Troubadours, Kilocycles. 2:15 to 3:45—Patriotic Protestant Evan- gelical Association. 6:00—Gospel Spreading Association, 7:00—James Marshall and Paul King. 7:30—~Time signal. 7:31—James W. Sweeney, planist. 7:35—Service of Pirst Church of Christ Scientist. 9 :gb—l:r.nelurnn 9:30—Quartet, 10:00—String trio. 10:30 to 11:00—Sacred music. 453—WEAF New York—660 (N. B. C. Chain.) 7:00a—Melody hour. 8:00a—Balladeers. 8:30a—Recitalists. 11:30a—String quartet. 12:00—Pilgrims. 12:30—Spanish dreams: noons a week, with an additional halt hour on Sundays, addressed to the parent-teacher associations of Michi “National Radio Week.” ‘The week of the annual Radio World' Fair at New York City, Sep tember 22, has been designated as “Na- tional Radio week” by a joint commit- tee of the Radio Manufacturers’ Asso- clation and the National Federation of Radio Associations. Major “Chain” Features TODAY. 2:30—Conclave of Nations; pro- ustria gram in honor of At —WMAL snd C. B. 8, work. 7:30—Choral Orchestra; popu- lar program with Gitla Erstinn, rano, and Elizabeth Davenport, con- tralto—WRC and N. B. C. network. 7:45—"“Chic” Sale, ‘WMAL and , comedian— C. B. S. net- s "_::d t:ur B. !.‘nelmk!.‘ 2 wat ent hour; Ji -WRC 12:45—The Fusiliers. 1:00—Metropolitan echoes. L e ‘ orks of great com| 3 unday . o 0—Cho: 00—“Our Government.” 8:15—Half hour concert. ‘Time of Roses. 5—Champions’ Orchestra. 9:45—Seth Parker. —Russian Choir. 10:45—Sam Herman, xylophonist (15 min.). 348.6—WABC New York—860 (C. B. 8. Chain.) 7:00a—Heroes of the Church, 8:00a—Morning musicale. 9 Wl—l‘n;l o“.chke Believe. . Fle 2:00—Ann Leaf at the organ. 2:30—Conclave of Nations. Wil 9:30—Around Samovar. 10:00—Back Home Hour. 11:00—Choral ganist. 272.6—~WPG Atlantic City—1,100. 5:00—Hymns (30 m.); WABC (30 m.). l:oo—olrscmm 45 m); ABC (15 m.). 8:15—Orchestra; soprano and tenor. 9:30—WABC (30 m.); Wandering Poet. 10:15—Atlantic City on Parade. 315.6 M WRC 7:00a—Tone pic 4:00—Service 8:00—"Our Gov Lawrence. Lewis Ji 10:15—Russian C: 7:15a—Morning 7:30a—Cheerio. 8:15a—Morning 9:00a—Hits and 10:00a—Old Comj 10:30a—Studio fe 10:45a—"Canny ‘Wishard. 11:00a—"On Winj 112:10—Palais d'O: 12:45—National 11 3:00—The Moxie WOL Presbyte: 12:00m—Birthday: 8:00a—Birthdays, 8:15a—Breakfast 10:30a—Today’s b 11:00a—Helpful hi 11:30a—Halt 394.5—-WIZ (N. B. 8:15—Atwater Kent hour, 10:45—Sam Herm 11:00 to 11:02—Wq Early Program Tomorrow. 6:45a—Tower health exercises. eters. 950 Kilocycles. tures. 8:00 to 9:00a—Children's hour. 11:30a—American Pro-Art String Quar- tet. 12:30—Neapolitan Nights, 1:00—Roxy symphony concert. 2:00—Works of great composers. 3:00—National Sunday Forum, featur- ing Dr. Ralph W. Sockman. from _the Washington Cathedral—Sermon by Right Rev. G. Freeland Peter, canon of Washington. 5:00—Catholic_hour. 6:00—Todent Big Brother Club. 6:30—Correct time. 6:31—Capitol Theater “Family.” :30—Chase & Sanborn Orchestra. vernment,” by David featuring ames, tenor. 8:45—In the Time of Roses. 9:15—Studebaker Champions. 9:45—"Sunday at Seth Parker's.” ‘athedral Choir. xylophonist. er forecast. devotions. 8:00a—The Crackles Man. melodies. Bits. pany program. 10:15a—Radio Household Institute. ature. Cook,” by Winifred gs of Song.” 12:00m—Farm flashes. r Orchestra. arm and home hour. 1:30—Organ recital from Kitt studios. | 2:30—Studio feature. Hostess, 228.9 Meters. 1,310 Kilocycles. 10:00a—Musical program. 11:00a—Service of the New York Avenue rian Church, 5. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:30a—Reveille and musical clock. brevities, 110:00a—Talk by Peggy Clarke. right spots. ints to parents. hour with great com- posers, 12:00—Musical program. OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS. Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern Standard time. (Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right.) New York—760 C. Chain.) 7:00a—Tone Pictures. 8:00a—Children’s Hour (until 9). 11:30a—Nomads, Balalaika Orchestra, 12:00a—Southland Sketches. 12:30—Neapolitan Nights. 1:00—Roxy Symphony Orchestra. 2:00—Priendly Hour. 3:00—Sterling Singers. 3:30—Don Carlos Marimba Band. 4:00—Twilight Reveries. 5:00—Echoes of the Orient. 5:15—Masked Tenor. 5:30—Lew White 8:85—Scores; El Organ Recital. ‘Tango. 8:30—Josef Koestner Orchestra. 7:00—Melodies by mixed quartet. 7:15—8panish M¢ elodies. 7:30—Goldman Band, 8:16—"“Love in a Village.” 8:45—Shakespearean Hour, and Juliet. “Romeo 9:45—South Sea Islanders, native string music. 10:16—Nocturne, instrumental trio. 10:30—Reminiscences (30 min.). by male quartet 282.8—WTIC Hartford—1,060, 8:30—Wizard; 9:15—WEAF (30 10:00—The Merry m.); strings. ‘Madcaps. 422.3—WOR Newark—710. _Bltlb—ullfll; orche:ttn:dehnlr. :00—String quartet and soprano, 8 oo—mmw“mr hou: 8:30—Organ _reci 9:30—Playhouse; T, tal; life stories. beams. Moon! 3 256.3—WCAU Philsdelphia—1,170, 5:00—Hour from WABC. 6:00—] ic; Pioneers; music. 7:30—Same as WABC (2% hrs). 10:00—Styles (15 m.); music, 305.9—KDKA Pittsburgh—080. 7:00—Same 10:15—Sports; 260.7~WHAM 6:00—Sax Smith 6:30—Same as Isianders; Ann Leat, or- H o e as WJZ (3% hrs). ; WJZ program. Rochester—1,150, Cavaliers. WJZ (3% hours). 379.5—~WGY Schenectady—790. 5:00—Same as WEAF (5% hours), 3% (3% hours). i ; players, Vhltnud#l RADIO PROPAGANDA Huge Stations for Broad- casting Across National Lines Reported Possible. Stations of tremendous power blan- keting iarge portions of the globe with propaganda could be establithed with- out transgressing international laws governing radio. This is revealed by Federal Radio Commissioner Harold A. Lafount, fol- lowing close scrutiny of international conventions dealing with radio. It is | conceivable, he points out, that a sta- | tion could be set up in Mexico and with booming power pervade the entire American continent with information of any character and yet, legally, nothing could be done about it. As a matter of | fact, there has been rumor to the ef- fect that certain interests proposed building a “superstation” just beyond the American border for an insidious radio campaign against American prin- | ciples and policies. Similarly, the commissioner said, | Soviet Russia could erect a station with | power ranging in the millions of watts | and broadcast to the world the pre- cepts of Communism. And this, too, has been reported as the intention of the Soviet government. “Military administrations of all large nations, I understand,” declared the commissioner, “are giving deep thought to the popular problem presented by radio broadcasting as a means of prop- aganda and counter-propaganda in war time. Censorship, which is generally invoked on all modes of communication in national emergency, would have lit- tle effect on broadcasting, since radio knows no barriers and booming power will carry t..r,:e voice over expanses of territory.’ Actually, the commissioner pointed out, the question of censorship of inter- national programs has never arisen. It was purposely avoided at the Interna- tional Radiotelegraph Conference held here in 1927, since it involved the \deli- cate issue of sovereign rights of nations. But since then radio has been developed technically to a marked degree, and the problem today is infinitely greater than it was then. “Because there is no international regulation regarding censorship there is nothing to prevent the wholesale dis- semination of propeganda anywhere,” Mr., Lafount declared. Commissioner Lafount pointed out, however, that such practices might. be construed as ill-advised under the gen- eral laws of “friendliness” among na- tions. It probably is far-fetched, from the technical standpoint, that a station even with 50,000,000-watts power, as compared to the present maximum per- mitted in this country of only 50,000 watts, could reach the millions of lis- teners the world over. With. far less power, however, said the commissioner, a broadcasting station- located in the Soviet Union eou{d cover the entire ropean continent. s, S station, as a station nplnhud‘w in the broadcast band, could be internationally with compara- tively low power. (Copyright, 1930, by the Consolidated Press.) | ) AND SO STATIONS. 428.3—WLW Cincinnati—700. :00—Story of an opera. ::HO—WJ;..’ (30 minutes); orchestra. 7:30—Orchestra; variety program. 8:45—Orchestra; concert; variety. 10:30—Variety programs (2 hours). 398.8—WJR Detroit—750, 6:15—Same as WJZ. (2% . hours). McConnell 45— ; Mummers. 46—WJZ (30 minutes); Happy pro- 10:00—Suartet; dance (1% hours). 405.2—WSB Atlanta—T740. 7:00—WJZ and WEAF programs. 9 o as WEAF (30 minutes). 10:15—Journal Orchestra. 11:15—Bright Spot Hour; organ. 277.6—~WBT Charlotte—1,080. 6:00—Hour from WABC. :00—WJZ (15 minutes); WABC. ;:ao—wnr (16 minutes) ; WABC (15 minutes). 9:30—Same as WABC (3% hours). 365.6—WHAS Loulsville—820. :00—WJZ (15 minutes); scores, ;:u—wur( and music (3 hours). 10:15—Studio; 3 10:40—The Homing Hour. 461.3—WSM Nashville—850. :00—WJZ (15 min.); sacred music. :l,:ts—orchem (30 minutes); WEAF (30 minutes). o :45—Pirst Presbyterian Church. ::db—lhl! hour from WEAF. 270.1—WRVA Richmond—1,110, :00—WJZ (30 min.); dinner music $ 00—WJZ (15 min.); dinner musie, 30—Half RESTRICTION WEAK = successful tests of two- ay telephone - television conducted by the American Telephone and Tele;n&h Co., has revived interest in the possible influence this develop- ment will have on radio enter- tainment of the future through the introduction into the Ameri- can home, first, of wired radio and eventually of wired radio plus wired television. ] Wired radio has been lurking around the corner for the last stx years. Various plans have been set forth from time to time and experiments have gone quietly forward by two of the foremost utility companies —the North American Co., which is interested in sending programs over electric light wires, and the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., which would utilize its tremen- dous network of telephone lines to provide entertalnment inde- pendent of the broadcast stations. The North American Co, through its subsidiary, Wired Ra- dio, Inc., has installed. in Cleve- land experimental apparatus in two substations of the city’s elec- trical supply, and all that stands in the way of realization of the long-looked-for wired amusement is the installation of home equip- ment for receiving the programs, The plan involves supplying three types of programs simulta- neously—one of concert music, one of poPular variety and one educational in character. A veil of mystery, however, sur- rounds the progress being made by the American Telephone and Talefilph Co, in its development of wired radio supplied b‘y means of ‘the telephone lines into the home. Anywhere from one to three years is cited as the time which must elapse before wired radio over either system L] reality. * * % % ADIC may gain a new protag- onist in the United States Senate with the elevation to that body of Representative Wallace White, jr., whose recent victory in the Republican primaries of rock- ribbed Republican Maine is tan- tamount to election. Whether Mr. White can wrest the leadership in radio legislation from Senator Dill, a Democrat, albeit he is slated to be a staunch affiliate of the Republican admin- | istration, while Senator Dill re- mains classed among the Progres- sives, is quite another gquestion. Most observers cf radio from the Washington angle are rather du- bious abcut the prospect. Mr. White was co-author of the radio act of 1927 with Senator Dill. ' Although he is chairman of the House committee on marine | and fisheries, which has charge of |radio, he has been rather quies- | cent on radio subjects since that time. Meanwhile, Senator Dill | has kept himself to the forefront |in_radio. Moreover, Senator Dill is a member of the Senate committee on interstate commerce, which has charge of radio in the Upper Chamber. It will be an unexpect- ed break for Mr. White, when he first ascends to the BSenate, to procure an assignment on that highly important committee. n the House the mantle of leadership in radio will fall on the shoulders of Representative Frederick R. Lehlbach of New Jersey, who will succeed Mr. Behind the Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. White as chairman of the radio committee. Representative Ewen Davis of Tennessee will continue as ranking minority member, be- coming chairman only if the Democrats secure control of the House—an eventuality unexpect- ed even by the most optimistic Democrats—in this Fall's elec- tions. All these shifts, of course, will not take place until the Seventy- second Congress convenes in De- cember, 1931. In the interim Senator Couzens, collaborating with Senator Dill, will press his Senate committee on interstate commerce and the Senate itself for passage of his commission on communications bill during the intervening short session of the present Congress, which meets next December and continues to March 4, 1931. He is highly con- fident of success in his efforts to replace the present Federal Radio Commission with a commission having much broader scope and power. With Congress adjourning its long session, the prospects in the short session are at least very ‘bnr:;]ht for agtu.ment of the pen.c}- ef n prop an amal- -fi’;.*' of the Radio e Department of Commerce with the Federal Radio Commission. Even the Sirovich bill, which would turn the Radio Commission over to the Radio Division rather than the other way around, is re- garded as looking to an eventual consolidation of some sort. * k% % INSTEAD of dumping the entire catalogue of patriotic music into the program hopper to be delivered to radio listeners July 4, the National Broadcasting Co. this year will avold using an over- supply of the tunes generally as- sociated with Independence day. While there will be a patriotic coloring to some of the programs, care will be taken not to bore lis- teners with a constant repetition of music in the same theme. A recent survey of listeners indi- cated that too much music or continuity based on any one holi- day soon becomes monotonous. Many of the programs will avoid use of patriotic airs entirely, while in others just one or two special holiday numbers will be introduced. “This licy of the National Broadcasting Co.,” a program offi- clal said, “is merely an expression | of our policy to give the listeners what they want, and not to make our program monotonous or tire- some through a constant harping on one theme.” * * & % | A QUESTION of royal etiquette arocse when Prince Alfonso, cousin of the King of Spain and a passenger on the Graf Zeppe- lin's recent transatlantic voyage, was about to be introduced over the Columbia Broldcutinf 8ys- tem during a visit to Washington. Don Alejandro Padilla, the ‘E{unlsh Ambassador, was sched- uled to introduce the prince to the radio audience, but he pro- tested at the last moment that such a procedure was improper because one cannot “introduce” & member of a royal family to anybody—the reverse always be- ing the rule. A resourceful exec- utive at WMAL saved the day when he suggested that the Am- | bassador simply “present” Prince | Alfonso. D. C. INVENTOR GETS TELEVISION PATENT New Receiver May Be Attached to Ordinary Radio Set Like Loud Speaker. A television receiver that can be a tached to an ordinary radio set like a loudspeaker, reproducing moving images from electrical impulses transmitted along a wave length employed for the simuitaneous broadcasting of speech and music, has just been patented by Chester Leslie Davis, 27-year-old Wash- ington inventor. With the issuance of the patent by the United States Patent Office, announcement was made that it has been assigned to Wired Radio, Ine. ‘The youthful inventor’s multiplex system of television and broadcasting ¢liminates the scanning disc and all movable parts at the receiver, thereby simplifying greatly the present methods of reproducing television images. The receiver is a large glass screen which, when not lighted, looks like a framed ‘windowpane into which longitudinally el wires have been imposed. "The as a system,” this method of tele employs the principle of estal voltage and anti- economy the use of wave bands is claimed for this system for, besides occupying the same frequency employed for the ac- companying speech or music, the tele- vision signals will not vary more than 500 cycles from that frequency, accord- ing to the inventor. Young Davis, a native of Missourl, came into inence in the radio world when he was barely 16. Operat- ing an amateur radio station at his home in Perry, Mo., he discovered that the Aurora Borealis produces an alter- anting current of extremely low quency, causing periodic fading of the received radio signal. Considerable dis- cussion was in scientific jour- nals at the the young “ham” nounced his discovery. Born in Revere, Mo., Davis studied electrical engineering at Iowa State College, wUnivenlty UO’i Da:mlt and George Washington University. While in military service from 1923 to 19: he erected the Army Cor] ATO} t | audion KENNELLY-HEAVISIDE LAYER PROOF REPORTED Radio Research Board of Great Britain Announces Discovery After Experiments. Direct experimental proof of the ex- istence of the Kennelly-Heaviside lay the jonized “ceiling” of the upper mosphere from which radio waves are refracted back to earth, is reported by the radio research board ®f the de- partment of scientific and industrial research of Great Britain. Exhaustive researches, begun in 1925 by Prof. E. V. Appleton of King's College, London, in co-operation with the British Broad- casting Corporation, re ed the ex- istence of this ‘“ceiling” and led to calculations that its height was about 80_kilometers, In the experiments, according to the newly released report, the wave length of a transmitter was changed continu- ously through a short range and the interference maxima and minima between the energy propagated along the surface of the ground and the en- ergy deviated downward from the up- per atmosphere were recorded by a hotographic apparatus at the recelv- fu station, about 80 miles away. Exhaustive research into atmospheric disturbances to radio transmi pherics, epartment worl automatic -writing recorders in- twl‘l‘\d at Lerwick, stalled dio station at Aldershot Aboukir and Bangalove (Indis). BUFFALO TANGLE CLEAR Another Newspaper Radio Station Probably Will Go On Air. Buffalo's broadcasting tangle appears to be clearing up, and another news- -owned radio 'station probably will paper: fre- | soon be on the air. ‘The Buffalo Broadcasting Corpora- tion, which has been using four wave lengths for as many stations under its contral, has proposed to the Federal Radio Commission that it be permitted to dispose of one of its stations to the Buffalo Evening News, thus ending the court litigation growing out of “the newspaper’s charges of monopoly of the local broadcasting situation. The commission had granted the Buffalo News authority to use the wave length, but the newspaper had been restrained from constructing its m&. court injunction. The pro- pudm tion is regarded as a happy one New Feature for WBAL. Amer- 15-minute of musical mwmi has %M by fea- ture. program crier in Heu of an announcer. Inventor to Attend Show. Dr. Lee De Forest, inventor of the tube, heart of radio, will attend the Pacific Coast'’s annual radio trade vision of | rieq HE two announcers who described the arrival of the Graf Zeppelin at Lakehurst last month learned only the other night how a ple’ and natural act of theirs set the New York studios agog and snatched one of their colleagues out of a deep sleep. The Graf arrived the morning after Memorial day, and the men assigned to cover it, James Wal- lington of the New York studios and Herluf Provensen from Washington, had Memorial day assignments a long from the scene of the projected broadcast. Wallington announced President Hoo- ver's address, and Provensen was kept busy in Washington. “Skeets” Miller, in charge at Lakehurst, arranged for a car to meet the two men in Philadel. phia, where they were to arrive sepa rately. They were expected to arrive at Lakehurst a little after midnight. About 11 o'clock in the evening word reached New York that a certain tele- gram to Provensen had not reached him. The program executives on duty that night in New.York, not realizing that Miller had confirmed his arrange- ments by telephone, felt sure that Pro. vensen hadn’t received his travel or. ders, and when, nearly an hour later, an engineer at Lakehurst informed New York control room that the an- nouncers hadn't arrived on the scene from Philade], orders went out to rush another man by car from New York to_Lakehurst. Ford Bond was selected, and a hur- call dragged him out of bed and to the studios. Just before he was to start, however, a message (which no one has since been able to trace) came through saying Provensen and Walling- ton had'reached Lakehurst, As a matter of fact, they hadn't, and at 3 o'clock in the morning Miller and some of the engineers set out from the Lakehurst hangar on an automobile hunt. An hour later they located the two men sound asleep at the Lakewood Country Club, where they had gone for a shott nap. Their awakening, I hear; was unceremonious, but at that they were the onjy members of the crew who got any sleep .that night. Bond, of course, - got the really ‘bad break—he lost his' sleep and he missed the intér- esting l.!cnmem.‘ i Rainy nights in New :York are hard on the theater crowds who are trying to get home, but they are sometimes even harder on announcers, especially when ‘they are trying to get from one Job to another. Ford Bond had an es- pectally tough time of it one wet night not long ago. He had half an hour to get from the studios to the New Yorker Hotel, which is about & mile downtown and half a mile across town. Not a cab was In sight when Bond started out and in spite of the rain he hurried ?\‘e)l: to Sixth avenue, hoping for better uck. Even over there the cabs were pretty scarce, since most of them were busy with the theater crowds. Finally he caught 8 rickety old rattle-trap and they started merrily down the stieet with Bond bouncing about on the back seat. The cab hadn't covered two blocks before a tire went very, very flat. The announcer paid the driver and hurried off to find another cab. Time was get- ting short and there was a microphone waiung for him at a distance he could not possibly cover on foot. Bond tried hailing private cars but it wasn't any go. He hadn't expected he'd have any luck, but by this time he was ready to try anything. And all the time the rain was coming down in a steady drizzle. Even his raincoat didn’t quite protect the stiff white col- lar of his evening clothes. Finally Bond spotted a small open truck which was running slowly down Sixth avenue. It didn't seem to be in & hurry to get anywhere and he hailed it. The truckman, it turned out, was on his way to Brooklyn and he had his wife and two small sons in the front with him. In a moment Bond explained the trouble he was in and the truckman saw the point. He'd be glad to oblige, but he hadn't any room. That made no difference to Bond. He climbed to the platform in the rear, gave the ad- dress ot the New Yorker and hung on the stakes for dear life as he was driven through the streets, more or less like a mglw market. e reached the New Yorker more than a minute ahead of time, but b spectators must have wondered why he | held one hand to his neck while he made his announcements. It was be- cause he hadn't time to change the rain-soaked collar. * “‘Every time I get near that darned thing I want to go out and buy a package of hemlock bark,” remarked “Doc” Rockwell the other night while he was waiting to go on the air. Rock- well, as theatergoers know, has no trouble with his comedy while he is on the stage, but it worries him when he has to take it before a microphone. Two years or more ago he made one broadcast, and he hasn't been at all anxious to do any more of it. The story goes that before he would sign his present contract three men had to drive him into a corner and pretty nearly overpower him. Rockwell, for the benefit of those who haven't seen him, is slightly below medium height, and is rather slight of build. He's an active sort of person, and when he does get before the micro- phone to be master of ceremonies he wriggles his shoulders, gesticulates broadly, and dances a little in his ex- citement. nerves, but sometimes he mops his fore- head' hastily at the end of his lines. At present he is spending most of his Harbor, Me,, ready for the Summer season. He spends only the day of the broadcast in };:wu:l:flh'e lfldk on* tlhe ‘way down on tl makes volu- minous notes on the ""F;;:” 1‘: xo!.az to use in the program. n he gets on the air he forgets he has them—or is too nervous to read them—and clowns his way through the whole hour ex- temporaneously. A moment before he is scheduled to speak he can usually be found hiding behind Reinald Wer- renrath. as if he thought the announcer program _Rockwell caught the mike ‘with both hands. When a cautlous engineer, ' fearing damage, drew him away, Rockwell admitted he was trying to choke the darned thing for being so hard to * ok ok % Another man who confesses to & hatred of the microphone in his early broadcasts is Charles Warburton, the English actor who plays in “Mystery House,” “East of Cairo,” “Neapolitan Nights” and two or three other pro- grams. At the end of his first broad- cast, four or five years ago—in which, by the way, he did a first-rate job, he gave the mike one of the prettiest rights from the shouider I have ever seen. m’l;l;e mp;theuc engineers didn't even e uy a new one. ‘Warburton has been on the air stead- ily now for about a year, and he plans to_remain in ica_for His Radio Service Phone Natl. 8139 Anything in Radio Radio Television Co. Open Evenings 716 14th St. N.W. :000““00000 * He professes to be utterly without | time getting his hotel at Booth Bay (8. would let him off if he couldn't find | him. In the dress rehearsal for his first | son was born in this country, and most of his friends in London were killed during the war, in which he alsg served. There's nothing on the alr, Warbure. ton opinos, to compare with the traine ing young actors used to get on the English stage. The beginner soon be- came an expert in many things, and Warburton, who had his first experie ence in the company of Sir Frank Benson, a Shakespearean actor, pro- fesses himself an expert on the best ways of getting into and out of suits of armor. In those plays a beginner might walk on in one scene in a collection of tine plate and buckles—Warburton savs he still has callouses from all the armor he worn—in the next scene in a beard, and he might come on in the end as an old hag, if the company happened to be short of women. Training in the art of armor wearing ought to be required even of radio ac- tors, Warburton says, pointing out that there’s nothing like it for developi sense of resourcefulness. No one “walks on” in radio plays. Every one in the |cast has a part to speak, and there aren't any costumes; but, says Warbur~ ton, a good armor buckler is equal to i |any emergencies caused by sudden cuts in _the script or muffed cues. Personally, I think a couple of good suits of armor would be handy around the studios. They would be great pro= tection against porters moving xyloe phones and . McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX. Q. Who are the actors in the “Mys= [ tery House” program?—Della Saunders, East Syracuse, N. Y. A. The cast usually includes Harvey Hays, Harry Neville, Harry Humphries, John' McGovern, Charles Warburton, T. Daniel Frawley, Agnes Moorehead and Virginia Gardner. Q. Is Arthur Allen on the air at pres« ent?—Mrs, P. R. T, Cleveland, Ohio. A. Yes. He is playing in “The Sune set Trail,” among other programs. Q. Does Lucille Wall play in any other programs besides Coller's?— Archie Devine, Fonda, N. Y. A. Yes. She has been playing the lead in “The Adventures of Polly Pres- ton” and she also has been in “East of Cairo” and several others. Q. Is it true that Andy Sannella isn' conducting the "Old Counctlor” program orchestra any more?—s. N., Mobile, Als. A. The program no longer comes from the New York studios, so Sannells does not conduct the orchestra. George Dasch and his orchestra play from Chicago. Q. Can you tell me anything about Neel Enslen, the announcer?—Nell Er- win, Toronto, Ontario. A. Born in Delphos, Ohio, and was gtaduated from Ohio State University, He studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N. Y. and after | that took up piano and voice at Bush Conservatory, Chicago. He was one of the first 12 singers selected by George Eastman for the American Opera Co. Later he taught piano and voice in Chicago, and sang in “Princess Flavia” for the Schuberts. He came to New York in February, 1929, and sang in Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick's Park Ave. nue Church. He has been announcer since May of the same year, and i |one of the very few men to get such a job without previous radio experience of any kind. His wife, whom he met while they were both students in Roche ‘esmr‘ was formerly Beatrice Kneale, | who scored in “My Maryland.” | Q Has Sophie Tucker been on the air?—T. D., Los Angeles, Calif. A. Several times as guest artist, but never regularly. Q. Is there a _romance between the two people in “The Cub Reporter”?— Mrs. 8. Berman, St. Louis, Mo A. Peter Dixon and Aline Berry are really man and wife, and it looks as it the romance were still holding out. ‘They have a young son, David. | Q. Is it true that many leaders of | dance orchestras are not musiclans?— Dorothy Swanson, Newark, N. J. A. Most of them are really musicians, but there are a few specialized cases where the leaders are not. Bernie Cum= mins learned to play the drums after he had become the boss of an orches- tra, but he didn't conduct until three or four years later, Howard Phillips was a singer before he was a leader, A conductor was needed who could sin |well end make a good appearance. Al | that time it seemed easier to teach & | singer how to conduct than to teach & conductor how to sing. In addition Phillips was able to entertain restaurant | patrons by a bit of fancy dancing bee | tween choruses. Q. Why do some singers cup one ear when they are broadcesting?—J. C. C., Bronxville, N. Y. A. There are two reasons. When one is singing in a very “dead” studio (one which has been treated to prevent sound reflection) it helps a singer to hear his own voice, and thus to res main on pitch more easily. When there is an orchestral accompaniment it also | helps the singer to hear his own voice in spite of the noise around him. Stu- dios today are not quite so dead as they |used to be, and the practice is rare | among the newer recruits to broadcast~ ng. Does the award for good diction on the radio carry a cash prize, too?— .AT. C., Bt. Petersburg, and the honor. 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