Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1930, Page 46

FINANCIAL STATUS OF RADI EXAMINED Broadcasting in Red Ink, Ac- cording to Certain Ether Companies. Broadcasting's books are being bal-| anced by the Federal radio authorities to learn what it costs to give to the Nation its radi> entertainment, and to #se just how much money the structure as a whole is making or losing. This mformation is being obtained threugh financial forms sent to the en- tire roster of 600-odd stations by the Federal Radio Commission, with in- structions that they be filled out by} August 20, Profits and losses of sta-, tions, amounts expended for program entertainment, capital behind stations, 2nd all other pertinent fiscal data are being sought in this first financial sur- vey ever undertaken by the commission or by any other public cr private agency. Broadcasting in Red Ink. By and large, broadcasting has been in the red ink since its advent, nine years ago, according to the broadcasi- ers themselves. An analysis made by €he commission last December at the request of the Senate, but based on. meager information, was to the effect that the industry is not yet self-sus- taining, but is gradually nearing that| point, while numerous stations are real- izing profits. Already there Lave been flarebacks| from broadcasting to_this new survey | of the commission. Some of the sta-| tions apparently feel that the commi: sion is prying into affairs of the sta- tions with which they should have no: concern. | taking the project in accordance with! th. terms of the radio law itself. The| information will be held strictly confi- dential, and is sought only to better en- TEE SUNbAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 3, 1930—PART THREE. 5 MISS ROSA BELLE MORRIS But the commission says it is under-, of Fitzgerald, Ga., who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. W. Balley, jr., at 1900 F street northwest. gential, and i sousnt only to better en| \V TV JAN DUNCAN AND NILS ASTHER MARRIED AFTER BROKEN ROMANCE of edministering radio. As a matter of fact, the financial survey is not to bel restricted to broadcasting alone, for the commission later intends to send finan- cial forms to all other licensed users of the ether. Following Radie Act of 1927. “We are secking this financial infor- mation from stations pursuant to the terms of the radio act of 1927 said/ Commissicner William D. L. Starbuck in commenting on the survey. “The| commission intends to keep this infor- mation confidential, and it will not be op:n for general public inspection. The commission wants it 5o that it can keep abreast of the growth of this remark- able industry, as it is required to do by law. To-learn the financial status of | stations will enable us to do our job| in a more complete and effective man- ner, and should rebound to the benefit of the public and the industry alike. “With this informaticn at hand, for the first time we will know the actual profits and losses of stations and their| physical values. ~We will know the| combined value of broadcasting stations in the country and the amount of money expended to afford the American people the radio programs to which they listen.” The analysis transmitted to the Senate by the commission last Decem- ber was d _on reports from 340 “average” broadcasting stations. Of this total 172 lost money in amounts ranging up to $10,000 or more over a one-year period. The remaining 168/ stations realized profits over the same monetary range, «Copyright, 1930, by Consolidated Press.) —— BARNES REFUSES TALK ON BUSINESS DECLINE People’s Lobby Imvitation Brings Comment He Judges Others by Own Superiority. NEW YGORK (N.AN.A).— Business fcquaintances _are amused over the fact that the People's Lobby, consisting partly of “radicals” and interested in ending the unemployment situation, asked Julius H. Barnes to address a conference and speak on the assigned subject “Why Has Business Broken Down?” Of course he declined. “The trouble with a man like Barnes,” says one “radical,” concern- ing the chairman of the Board of the United States Chamber of Commerce, “is that he insists upon judging the action of all men by his own high standard of ability and his physical endurance. At 13 he had to go to work as an office boy at $20 a month. His father had died, and the family depended upon young Julius, so he took on two other jobs. He was up at 2 o'clock in the morning running a press feeder. That brought him $1.75 a week. From the office job he hurried to & theater and got 25 cents a night as an usher. “Barnes did that and didn't break down. but not many boys could stand it. although many are and have been up against such responsibilities. Pos- eibly because Barnes made that stiff €rade, the existence of the grade itself doesn’t appear to be so unfortunate. | It is, though, just the same.” | Seeks Peasant Money. ANGORA ().—Enticing of $3,000,000 | in Turkich gold coins from the stockings | of Anzt-lian peasants, who have hoarded | the gold since the World War, has been | undertaken by the new Turkish state | bank. The bank holds the government’s | gold reserve. “Pa” and “Ma” Forbidden. KINGSTON, England (#).—The local burial board has banned use of “Pa” and “Ma” on tombstones, holding that they are childish words and that “father” and “zmher” would be better English. |Stage and Film Celebrities Start Honeymoon by Auto After Ceremony at Reno Court House. By the Assoclated Press. RENO, Nev, August 2.—Vivian Dun- can, Little Eva of the Duncan Sisters, stage team, and Nils Asther, Swedish film star, were honeymooning today, their interrupted romance of three years culminating in their marriage here yesterday. So-n after the wedding in the Washoe County District Court House, they left by automobile for an unannoun destination, reported, however, to be Lake Tahoe. ‘Attempts to keep the wedding secret failed. A license record in the county clerk’s office showed both gave ages of “over 21.” Neither had been married before. Tdentity' Is Denied. Half an hour after the ceremony the wedding party of five, including Rosetta Duncan, the bride’s sister, and another man and woman, was located in an automobile parked on a Reno streel While Vivian was denying her identity, Asther emerged from a post office and expressed indignation at being ques- tioned. “This is & private affair and we don’t want any publicity,” he said. ‘The marriage was the culmination of a romance begun three years ago when they met in New York. Miss Duncan Passengers Drink 42 Pect. of Ship’s Stores of Liquor By the Assoclited Press. - NEW YORK, . August 2.—The Anchor liner -California, which slipped out of port seven days ago on a “trip to nowhere,” re- turned yesterday with 7,880 bot- tles of ~her liquor stores still intact. Ship officers said that only 42.42 per cent of vessel’s liquor supply had been consumed by its 700 passengers during the voyage. There were 13,886 bottles, con- sisting of wine. liquor and beer, in the stores when the liner sailed. Drinking was moderate, officers said, with the wine and beer chiefly in demand. Custom Made Slip Covers Drastically Reduced We have about fifteen very desirable patterns of the best grade Belgian linen that we will close out by making a 3-piece set expertly tailored with five separate cushiens “” $25.95 Set In the better grade of im- ported Jaspe cloth in rose, blue, yellow, green, peach, orange and natural, that make desirable year-around covers, “” $31.50 Set Draperies, Window Shades, ‘Awni McDEVITT’S announced their engagement in 1927, but in 1928 it was terminated by mutunal consent, only to be reannounced in September the following year, Sev- eral tentative dates had been set for the wedding, followed by postpone- ments. Bride Recently Injured. > Miss Duncan recently was releases from a Los Angeles hospital, where she was treated for a black eye allegedly administered by Rex Lease, motion pic- ture actor, at the Malibu Beach home of Charles Farrell, film star. The inci- dent was the culmination of a Fourth of July party. Lease, whom Miss Dun- can alleged struck her when she re- fused to kiss him, was arrested on a battery charge, pleaded guilty and paid a $50 fine. b ST st ‘Wheat in Australia this season covers 17,000,000 acres, a gain of 2,500,000 over last_year. I cooling _system—c An unexeelied D‘tlfl-t.l-l of air every 1l minutes i 12:30 to 7:30 | 5-Cour: SUNDAY DINNER ¥ l " FRUIT COCKTAIL Choice of ROAST L. 1. DUCKLING c OF BEEF AU JUS VIRGINIA HAM , VEGETABLE DINNER We Make All of Our Own lce Creams and Desserts Fresh Peach Parfait Partait, Special Salad Courses for Those Not Desi Regular’ Dinner Columbia 5042 TALES OF WELL KNOWN FOLKS IN- SOCIAL AND OFFICIAL LIFE (Continued From Seventh Page.) the national amenities, but the second Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was never mis- tress of the White House. * kK % Lady Eileen Forbes, daughter of the Earl of Granard and Lady Granard, daughter of the late Ogden Mills, is the most important debutante an- nounced for the New York season and also that of the recent Spring season in London. -Lady Eileen has so many family connections in New York City that she will have a coming-out party in November which will be in all re- spects notable. The splendid estate of the late Ogden Mills at smuburih, Dutchess County, now owned by his son, the Undersecretary of the Treasury, Ogden Livingston Mills, will be the scene of & hunting party in honor of she candidate for social honors. The Earl and Lady Granard have made annual visits to this home their daughter has ridden to the hounds since she was able to reach the stirrups. Bt es the series of amenities which marked the presentation at court of this handsome young Anglo-American, e was in’ Paris with’ her mother for the late Summer festivities which are usually associated with the racing events, Lady Granard “inhegjted the massive hotel in Rue de Varennes as such edifices are called in the French capital from her father and she occupies it with the family jabout six weeks in the Autumn and the same period in the Summer, . It is a historic mansion and figures in all the happenings of the A.E. F, for it was the headquarters of Gen. Pershing and the scene of those dramatic events narrated by Clemen- ceau, by Marshal Foch and probably will be prominent in the mémoirs of the commander of the American forces now in the course of writing. - * K o % The Mexican Ambassador, Senor Manuel Tellez, dean of the corps, always insists that the finest flavored coffee :n the world comes from the high central provinces of. his land. There are many who will uphold this opinion but it is many a year since it was im- ported to thic country. There are ex- pensive coffee p'antations belonging to citizens of Uncle Sam which will no doubt be returned to them in the gradual clearing of the titles resulting from the agrarian policy pursued after the expulsion of Diaz. These planta- tions were declared confiscated and t! State Department has almost a room full of protests firmly founded on in- ternational law. After payment of many back taxes, the owners will be able to claim their own again, or at least such is confidently e: . Mexico fur- nished a formidable portion of the coffee consumed in this country before 1910, and it was then possible to order a bag of most fragrant bean to be parched at will and ground daily for family use. This fine old custom “as greatly declined in this country to the unceasing regret of the older genera- tions of homekeepers. But in Mexico, according to the Ambassador, coffee is parched and ground daily and the avma and taste are ineffably more delicious than the beverage which re- sults from coffee purchased already ground ard placed in paper bags or even in tin cans. ®xx % Mr. John Galsworthy has been duly infornmed of the deferred apology which the Grand street section of New York City has recently tendered him and it is rumored is much amused. Some five years ago Mr. Galsworthy's play, “The Mob,” was produced by a prominent company in that teeming part of the great city and it proved such a phe- nomenal siccess that it is still a theme for animated discussion. But on the evening that play opened the author, who had come to New York for the purpose of superintending-the staging and other details, sauntered into the lobby and casually requested the door- keepers jo admit him. He was asked for his ticket, and on his reply that he was John Galsworthy, the author of “The Mob,” the guardian of the gate.| grinned and said in effect that maybe that was so and maybe not, and that also perhaps the visitor was King George of England. But it was the doorkeeper’s business to collect tickets from all who wished to enter ‘and, as the curtain was about to rise, Mr. Galsworthy was advised o be quick in following the rules. He did buy a ticket, but later h.,d the money refund- ed and received-ai-apology in behalf of all concerned, the doubting Thomas at the door included. Not very long ago the telephone company of Gotham found it necessary to install 8 new ex- change on Grand street, and, casting about for a'name. the traffic manager, remembering the classic tale of the production of “The Mob,” .named it'| Galsworthy. So that the author of the Forsyte Saga will soon find his name a household word, e,.en if his achieve- ments in the world of letters are but hazily recalled. * Ok ok K Lord Astor, as all the world knows, is a fervent advocate of temperance, and 3020 Dent P1. N.W. Just North of 30th & Q Streets 3 Rooms, Kitchen Bath and Porch, $40 pummmwynn IT"'SHERE OPPENHEIMER & SHAH’S ANNUAL ——SUMMER—— STOCK REDUCTION SALE Thousands of dollars worth of the finest WATCHES, SILVERWARE, VANITIES, BAGS, NOVELTY JEWELRY, Etc., has been caught in this great Jewelry disposal and marked to go at a bonafide—gmnaranteed You'll have to hurry! It only lasts 2 short weeks. DIAMONDS, Now 1s THE .TIME DON'T FORGET! OPPENHEIMER & SHAH—907 F St. N.W. 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But despite these attacks, which include hikewise a side blow from 1l Duce, the cocktail is & fad all over Europe, al- though in Italy and Germany those concocted of champagne and Rhine ‘wine are mor: popular than those cre- elleffs A Darie "Here Goes! Our Entire Stock of Summer Shoes Washington FASHION INSTITUT ated after the usual formula. Lord and Lady Astor are dry in practice, as well a8 in conviction, and they rarely make any concessions to established custom, even when dining the lofticst of the British social and political world. Gen. Dawes never serves wines or li uors at his banquets nor even at in- form.,] amenities at the embassy, and gradually this is what Europe now ex- ts when it is entertained at the pec | official homes of United States diplo- | mats. Widow Moves Into Palace. TOKIO (#).—The Dowager Empress Sadako, mother of the reigning sover- eign, has moved into a new palace in | the Gondawara district. It was built on strictly Japanese lines for the se- cluded widow of Emperor Taisho. She is 46 years old. The self-same ION NewYork | $6.35 Regularly $10 long at first-of-the-season prices—NOW two marvelous sale groups! BOASTS WISE GOOSE Newspaper Editor Claims Remark- able Trained Fowl as Pet. ST. GEORGE, S. C. (NANA).—If somebody calls you a “goose” it's a compliment, according to George Koes- ter, newspaper editor. Koester has & goose named Harry, and Harry's knowl- edge is uncanny. When his master calls his name from the house he quickly answers from the poultry yard. He will follow him about over the place like a faithful' dog. When there are young chickens in the lot, Harry at once assumes the Tespon- sibility of mothering them, And woe be the larger fowl that tries to interfere with the little ones. 1930. by North American News- paper Alliance.) 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