Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1930, Page 54

) RADIO CHIEFS USE ~ ORDINARY SETS Members of Commission and Others Conservative in Receiver Sets. ‘There are no frills or furbelows on the radio recetving sets used by the men who regulate American radio. Nary a one of them uses a highly ex< nsive set, although most of them Ve two or more, and a few tinker with short-wave recelvers. For the most part, however, the members of the Federal Radio Commission and other Federal radio officials use the same makes of radio sets that are found in average American homes. Chairman Saltzman, the only tech- nical radio man on the commission and the only one who can read the telegraph code, relates reluctantly how he has been forced by the pressure of duty to give up & former pastime—the building of his own sets. Having been identified with radio since 1905, he has bullt scores of radio sets of all kinds. But today he uses a_commercial super- heterodyne in his home, and hasn't even any relics left of his early ef- forts. Judge Robinson's Sets. Judge Ira E. Robinson has an ordi- nary medium-priced set in his apart- ment in Washington and at his home in West Virginia has two sets, one a very_low-priced model. Commissioner W.'D. L. Starbuck has a four-tube screen-grid set in his apartment here and in his New York City home uses | &n old-type superheterodyne. Both Commissioners Sykes and La- fount have short-wave receivers in RD comes from Hollywood that studio workers yt:\’ere, who wouldn’t bat an eye if ?lofl: g‘w;nmn breezed in, forget eir jobs and crane thelr necks at the mere whisper of the presence of Amos and Andy. The place is reeking with celebrities, but even blase Hollywood gets excited over the radio stars. It's not surprising, at that. The presence of Amos and Andy or Rudy Vallee in the broadcasting studios causes only a mlid flutter of interest, and then only amo the newer re- and every executive in the place finds himself minus a secretary. I have written, I think, about the near-mob- bing that greeted Ramon Novarro when he went on the air, and the same thing happened the other night with Nancy Carroll. As she passed along the corridors everywhere there were whispers of “There! The girl in the yellow dress!” And until studio doors clipped the pro- cession like a pair of scissors she and her escort headed a parade. For a time curtains had to be vn over the observation windows to make the corridor on which they open passable. A dozen or two screen stars could create an equal furor, but—and this is probably really unfortunate—there aren't half a dozen great singers, actors or musicians who could equal it. erewski and Fritz Kreisler would be greeted with great interest, mixed with Teverence, but they couldn't start a riot. John McCormack and Harry I am sure that Maude Adams, even with her long retirement from the stage, would “panic 'em” in the studics. A prophet is not without honor save in his own country, and all that sort of thing, but most of the stars of the stage and musical worlds might just as their homes here, and both confess to & wenkness for “fooling around” with them occasionally. In addition, each has one medium and one low-priced set at home. A wide variety of makes is nted among the commission- ers, no preference shown for any rrumhr brand unless it be the super- eterodynt ‘William .. D. Terrell, radio chief of the ent of Commerce, has s seven-tubed a. ¢. set and a tuned r. f. set of an old make in his home across the Potomac from Washington on the Virginia side. He also has & super- heterodye. He is the only one of the rulers of radio who admits he cares anything about DX-ing, but he says he tunes distance not for the number of stations he can log, but for the pro- grams he can get and for the game of “detecting interference.” As a matter of fact, they are just average radio listeners—these men who rule American radio. Their aca- demic interest in radio ends when they get home from a long day’s work at the offices of the commission. The program and the program alone is what they tune-in for, and most of them confine their tuning to the local stations. No Television Experiment. experimenting 35 e, although Gerad en as yet, al C. Cross, short- larly tunes in television Tecel engineer, Tegu- signals on two ercial the mission, uses a four-tube tuned r. f. well be a bunch of broadcasters for all the excitement they would arouse in the radio studios. Don't misunderstand me; they would be lfpncll'cd and their work admired, but it takes something more than that to start s panic among the potential ‘hero-worshipers. * % % % One of he most genial young men in radio is Walter Preston, who has sung over the alr in light and grand opers, concerts and in male quartets, but for months you could rile him just by say- ing “You're lucky.” It all happened this way: One day & truck hit his automobile and Preston’s shoulder was wrenched. “Lucky you weren't killed,” they told ‘Then came the bill for repairs— $1,180. “Lucky it wasn't $5,000,” said| the consolers. Just a few days later he contracted | tonsillitis just as he had to sing on an important program. “You're lucky the doctor didn't cut them out pronto,” said an_announcer. He had an sutomatic gas heater in- stalled in his Long Island home, and one day & pilot light went out. Walter went into the cellar to investigate. He opened all ‘the windows for ventilation. But he didn't wait long enough. When he tried to relight the burner, he lost his eyebrows and some of his hair. A neighbor told he was lucky it wasn't all be pretty lucky on busy baritoning it and he has been trade journal and & member of the :dlmrhl board of & nationai radio e. He has written lyrics for cruits. But let a movie star show up | Md. Pad- | Lauder might come nearer to it, and | set at his home and also has battery-operated three-tube ' Department of erce has erected a receiving station with a .tllunln".hn'hle lmhmo‘ range to 30,000 kilocycles. This is the Govern- station for observ- and foreign radio short and long h , Eng- . It is located near the exact center of the United States and is known as America’s “policeman ©f the air. CROWDED RECEPTION REMAINS PROBLEM Too Many Stations on Single Wave Lengths 8till Chief Difficulty. ‘The radio fan's dream of near-perfect Teception is still far from fulfillment. Engineers of the Pederal Radio Com- misison say that while considerable | progress is being made in reducing in- | terference, the crowding of stations on wave lengths remains the chief obstacle to clear broadcast reception. Although there were several consoli- dations of stations and a few others ‘were abandoned, commission records show 606 boradcasting stations now operating on the 89 channels as com- regener- ic_ usuall Keith Mc-~ songs—the music usually by s St , another WJZ veteran—an dict. blond, with blue straight back. His he a kick out of * % %% The New York radio editors—and maybe some in other cities, too—are still chuckling over the unenviable position of an advertising .‘enqL'hl’:ol: handles & cigarette accoun! huuod:"umcynmwfimms- papers the picture of a personage fea~ tured in the radio program advertising the cigarette, end the next morning the radio editors received frantic telegrams asking them to do everything in their powerwuer.hnevmeopyotthc picture was destroyed. The trouble was, you see, that the photogra) showed the radio person- age smoking, not a cigarette, but a big black cigar. Several of the editors by the wa; rhe‘;;eolvedmleuwohu to kill the . The inlid: story is to the effect that while the personage was willing to lend his talents to promoting the sale of cigarettes, he really prefers cigars, and when it came to having his picture taken in an informal pose, he naturally lighted up a Havana. !Them is also a story to the effect that another radio personage, dicker- ing with an official of one of the broad- casting companies, put over what might be called a fast one. His fee, he said, would be several thousand dollars a week for a projected series of programs. The official accepted the terms, but added, “Of course, you know, Mr. R——, that 10 per cent of this will go to your manager as his ee.” just couldn't know anything like | that,” replied the personage, “because my terms are always net.” The broadcasting official finally agreed to pay the manager's fee, %00, | neat New York on Sunday afternoons. | b pared with 600 & vear ago. The slight | and it wasn't until a week after the increase was due to the granting of | contract had been signed that he dis- covered the manager In question was the rsonage’s nephew. s e Enow it is the truth licenses to new stations. ‘The situation has been improved, however, in the last three years. When the commisison took over the regulation of radio in 1827 there were 732 stations. | Some of these were operating without licenses and on “chaos on the air.” Besides the reduction in the num- ber of stations, insistence by the com- mission that stations stay on assigned wave lengths was aided by improved broadcasting apparatus. celving sets also have contributed to better reception. While the commission believes that ryeception could be improved immeasur- ably by taking 200 or 300 stations off the air, such drastic action is considered out of the question. The courts have made it plain that the commission must have strong evidence that a sta- tion 16 operating contrary to public in- terest before they will uphold revoca- tion of a license. CUBA’S BROADCASTS CUT Zisteners Given Opportunity to Hear U. 8. Programs. Government orders often _prohibit broadcasting in Cuba in order to enable Cuban radio listeners to tune in pro- grams from the United States, especial- ly when favorite operatic programs are on the air. Impelled by the need of | a stronger control over broadcasting, the Cuban government has establiched a radio bureau in its department of communications, according to a report to the Department of Commerce from its Havana office. More than 60 broadcasting stations, many of them having an amateur status, have congested the radio chan- nels, especially in and around Havana, Improved re- | I also happen to am the that an important sponsored pro| changed networks and the type of program because the celebrated radio appropriated wave ' stars taking part in it refused to sign | lengths, resulting in what was termed un again except at a big boost in sal- | ary—waived by the same stars the year before in consideration of the fact that the program's net work was ex- tended to the Pacific Coast. However, Floyd Gibbons booked on a short con- | tract, nsked about double his pay for & renewal, and got it. High prices for the bigtimers show 1o sign of dropping off, in spite of slow business elsewhere. *x % % I told you a few weeks ago about a little boy who missed a licking because one of Vaughn De Leath's songs amused his mother, but now comes along Henry Burbig, who admits that he was clown- {ing & little more than usual in one of his recent broadcasts. “Will the little girl out in Ohio please stop biting her nails?” he requested. | A hostess at Station WHK, in Cleve- |land, Ohio, was really biting her nails at the time and has been sitting on her hands ever since, the station man- ager writes Burbig. Bill Hay's “Here they are!” in an- nouncing Amos and Andy has actually announced guests at the front door in at least a dozen homes, write owners of recelving sets whose neighbors had bad luck with tubes just as the come- dians went on the air, Remember when Jullus Tannen { broadcast his famous monologue “Co- hen on the Telephone” a few months ago? Well, two radio program officials, lholdlnx a telephone conversation from their homes, both happened to have | their radio sets going when the program began. What with trying to listen to each other and to Tannen at the same in the last two years. Accordingly, the Cuban government has sensed the need of regulating them under licenses for the use of wave lengths. The new radio bureau will issue licenses, allot frequencies, power and hours of trans- mission, order “silence” periods for the Teception of American programs Wfll Cuba in conferences with countries on radio matters. time, their conversation quickly became as hopelessly involved as the comedian’s and they decided to leave their business until morning. A few listeners may remember a oro- glm called “The Cabin Door,” which, featured Phil and Cook. Cook, line, ' knockin® at de cabin door?” THE SUNDAY |a letter from a Louisiana trapper testi- fying to another of those coincidences. The trapper said it turned out to be the installment collector. McNAMEE’S QUESTION BOX Q. Will you please tell me why Floyd Gibbons wears a shield over his eye?— M. M, Mount Washington, Baltimore, A. Gibbons WAs & newspaper corre- spondent at the front during the World War and was shot in the eye. Is Uncle Abe, in the Goodrich pro- gram, played by Phillips Lord? And is David the man who was Gus in “Gt and Louie™ L. Wightma: A A. Phillips Lord, who writes “Uncle | Abe and David,” pl is played by Arthur Allen, who also played Gus in Schradertown. Q. Have WPG and WCAU formed a chain?—L. M. G,, Lorton, Va. | A, Not exactly, but WPG and WCAU both carry Columbia Broadcasting System programs. WPG is a compara- tively recent addition, Q. To settle an argument, will you please tell me if Seth Parker’s and Matt Thompkins' parties are one and the same?—George Mitchell, Dome Mines, South Porcupine, Ontario. A. No. There is not a person in either program_who takes part in the other. Phillips Lord is Seth and George Frame Brown is Matt, and because both their programs have rural settings they take particular care not to overlap on per- sonnel. Q. Can you tell me where Robert Simmons, the tenor, was born?—Mabel Vernon, Detroit, Mich. A. He was born in Fairplay, Mo, Q. Is Elinor Smith, the girl fiyer, to be a regular announcer? What pro- grams can we hear her on?—Mrs. 8. Vincent, Denver, Colo. A. Miss Smith has not gone into radio as a regular announcer, but it is quite probable that she will take part in a great many aviation broadcasts when her nts t. The qualities that make her juable as the only woman announcer of such events keep her busy filling dates to speak. Q.- Is Andy Sannella an Italian?— M. F., Chicago, Il A. Itallan parentage, but born in Brooklyn, N. Y. Q. Can you tell me anything about Muriel Pollock, the planist?—L. J. Bus- sey, New York City. A. Born in Kingsbridge, N. Y.. Be- gan studying piano when 6, and started playing the piano in a movie theater when 14, and kept at it for eight years, which also included five years of inten- sive study. Composed a musical comedy for amateur production when 16, but it wasn't copyrighted and several of the numbers were lifted by professionals. Played the piano in Ziegfeld’s “Rio Rita,” and later came her own musical show, “Pleasure Bourid.” Has toured from x}!’: to coast ul;l.v-udevme. but keeps on composing. Q. Are Curt Peterson and Alma Peterson related?—R. J. D., Pass Chris- tian, Miss. . Both were born in Minnesota, but if they are related it is distan Q. What are the names of the “Men About Town”?—Marion Sutorius, South Bend, Ind. A. Jack Parker, first tenor: Frank Luther, second tenor, and Phil Dewey, baritone. Q. How many networks does the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. run?—J. T. McC., Amherst, Mass. A.'It has two major networks op- erating from New York, and the Pa- cific Coast ' network, with headquar- ters in San Francisco. The latter is frequently joined with either of the Eastern networks. In addition, the two Eastern networks can be deprived of r | stations to form another network once, and in ad studios can be sending out two other programs locally. Normal evening op- eration, )ww'::‘n, ulhl for only two concurrent series of programs. Q. Where is Pred Vettel singing now?—Gerald Costello, Lawrence, Kans. A. You may hear him on the Para- mount-Publix hour. Q. How many persons can take part in & program in a broadcasting studio?—R. 8. E., Portland, Oreg. A As many ss the studio cau hold On one occasion I saw an orchestra of more than 100 musicians playing from a studlo, and on another occasion & orchestra and a big chorus, num- perhaps 125 all told, worked from the same studio, as well as & dozen or so soloists. (Copyright, 1930.) —_— LEAGUE OFFERS HELP TO AMATEURS IN RADIO HARTFORD, Conn. (#).—A helping hand has been extended to the radio enthusiast desiring to become a key- pounding amateur. The American Radio Relay League, with headquarters here, has announced the compilation of & booklet entitled “How to Become a Radio Amateur.” It gives the essentials of short-wave radio together with instructions for the building and operation of a simple ama~ teur transmitter and receiver. In addition there is data on license requirements, and other information valuable to the prospective amateur. o Consider $250,000 Station. HAVANA () —Construction of & 50,000-watt broadcasting station here | is being considered by Cuban telephone interests, a large American broadcasting company and the Cuban tourist com- mission The station would cost | $250.000. | LA NE | Starbuck Making Flying Tour. Commissioner W. D. L. Starbuck of the Federal Radio Commission is now on a flying tour of the major airways | of the United States, studying the oper- | ations of the aviation radio plan re- cently adopted in co-operation with the radio engineers of the leading air trans- port lines. He returns to Washington the first week in September. Marconi to Broadcast on Ship. Speaking directl from his yacht Electra ln‘the Medif ean, Guglielmo Marconi, the radio inventor, ad- dress members of the Institute of Radio Engineers during the August 20 session of their annual convention in Toronto. . ‘West Due to Get Trade Show. Prospects favor the selection of a Western city for radio’s annual trade show next year, with Pittsburgh, Cleve- land, Detroit, Chicago and St. Louls all bidding for it. _Atlantic City, scene of the show last June and the first East- ern city to have it, is seeking it again. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. [JIAIR] ?flu’.‘flplfl ! [ElV [PIRIEIS|AIGIE] WL E TS A it Phil has | . | Loutsvil STAR, WASHINGTON, | MILWAUKEE STATION ASKS POWER MAXIMUM WTMJ One of 21 Applicants for 50,000-Watt Permit to Be Heard by Radio Commission. First of the non-cleared channel sta- tions to join the rush for maximum power is WTMJ, Milwaukee, which has applied to the Federal Radio Commis- sion for an increase in power to 50,000 watts and & shift from its present regional frequency to the frequency of 870 kilocycles on which WLS ‘and WENR, Chicago, are now dividing time. With formal applications also on hand from WBBM, Chicago, and KOA, Den- ver, the list of stations seeking 50,000 watts power, all of whose hearings have been set for the week of September 15, has swelled to 21 and is expected to mount higher before that date. The other stations whose applications for maximum power are pending hearing are: WOR, Newark; WBZ, - Springfleld, Mass.; WCAU, Philadelphis WHAS, WBT, Charlotte; Atlanta; WHAM, Rochester; Richmond; WAPI, Birmingham; WSM, Nashville; WHO-WOC, Des Moines- Dubuque; KTNT, Muscatine; WCCO, Minneapolis; WMAQ, KYW and WCFL, Chicago; KGOi Oakland, Calif, and es. KHJ, Los Angeles. In addition, the following stations have indicated their intentions of seek- ing 50,000 watts and, although the applications of some are on file, they have not yet been docketed for the hearings of the week of September 15: WFBM, Indianapolis; WWJ, Detroit; WOWO, Fort Wayne; KVOO, Tulsa; KLS, Salt Lake City, and KFRC, San Francisco. Station KWKH, Shreveport, has modified its application to 30,000 watts, and is scheduled for hearing |September 22. To aid the farmer, the Italian gov- ernment has ordered that all foodstuffs for army horses, mules and other live stock be purchased direct from farmers’ federations. ' Md.; Do ‘The 313th Fleld Artillery, led by their regimental commander, Col. Leroy W. Herron, departed from Washington last | Monday for Camp Tobyhanna, Pa., where they their lldlyl:lql‘l: tive duty training. ‘The District Fleld Artillery Reservists will participate in the 80th Division tactical school ex- ercise, which will consist of map work, outpost, out- guard and other theoretical _prob- lems. In addition to Col. Herron, the the regiment are participating in the exercises: Ma. Charles L. Ladson, Ballston, Va., and Capts. Frank W. McCarthy, Berwyn, Milton J. Landvoight, 1807 A street southeast; Edwin S. Bettelheim, La Salle Apartments; Ferguson Fague, 6316 Seventh street. The first lieutenants undergoing this training are: James R. Craighill, 2d, 3064 Q street; Vern J. Munger, chap- lain Reserve, Baltimore, Md.; Carlyle Van Buren Funke, 1601 Argonne place; Julian T. Cromelin, 5420 Connecticut avenue; Edwin F. Fogerty, 1161 Fifth street northeast; Roy W. Harkness, 4114 Fessenden street, Alexander L. Craig- hill, 3064 Q street, Thomas F. Collins, 324 H street northeast, and Byron T. Gardner, 2119 H street. ‘The second lleutenants taking the training are: Herman T. Johnson, 600 Twentieth street; Willlam S. Brady, 3000 Connecticut avenue; Louls G, Car- mick, jr., 302 Hammond Courts; Arta H. Hadfield, Bureau of Light Houses; Willlam D. Mitchell, 1401 Columbia road; Cecil H. Stroup, 1627 K street; Francis G. Ebel, 1433 Fairmont street; Robert S. Milans, 3164 Eighteenth Col. L. W. Herron. IT’S WISE TO following officers ot | Ti! AUGUST 17, 1930—PART FOUR. Organized Reserves street, and Ornall C. Morris, 603 Gresh- am place. In addition to the above, the follow- ing officers have been attached to the regiment for the purpose of under- going the m!nh;g. ‘They are: Maj. John G. Sims, 637 Otis place; Lieut. Hunter H. Walkup, 1910 K street; Pirst Lieut. John W. Mann, Bethesda, Md., and Pirst Lieut. Enno G. Prue- wald, Blackstone, Va. A new policy has been inaugurated by the War Department relative to appointment in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. Under the new policy, vacan- cies are not required for appointments in the Officers’ Reserve Corps in the lowest grade of any section for the ter- assignment group. For ap- pointments in the lowest grade of any section for assignment in other than the territorial assignment group, ap- plications should be forwarded to the Adjutant General of the Army, this city, with appropriate recommendations and examinations will not be authorized Illfle:u approved by the War Depart- men The following Reserve officers, all residents of the District of Columbia and vicinity, departed from their homes today for Fort George G. Meade, Md., where they will participate in the tacti- cal school exercise which will be held there. The officers will be on 14 days active cduty and will return to their homes on August 30. Those taking this training are: Lieut. Cols. John V. Richards, James B. Jones, Frederick A. Livingstone, Willlam L. Peak, Z. Lewis Dalby and Davis G. Arnold. Majs. Albert H. Donderc, Ollie R. Mc- Guire, Robert A. Willlams, John G. Yenchar, Joseph A. Jordan, De Witt M. Evans and Jesse C. Sweeney. Capts, Willlam B. Whipple, Samuel M. Butler, Henry M. Jett, Harry M. Dengler, James E. Grainger, Harvey W. Huddleson, Robert A. Joyner, Oscar Let- terman, Joseph L. Rhodes, Chester M. Reich, August F. Schimmack, Merriott | Artillery Reserve, to the 315th Field Ar- uts. Jose) . Ji C. Moore, Lloyd W. Creason, ick W. Lounsbury, Eric C. Metzeroth, Roger | Pred D. Moore, Thomas A. Babbington, Fred M. Grant, John R. Brosnan, Alvin T. Basford, Harry C. Blackman, Reuben C. Muschilitz, Granger G. Sutton, Bush W. Locknane, John V. McKone, Ken- neth H. Sheelor, Raymond W. Short, Arthur Skarry, George E. Bouis and Washington I. Cleveland. Second Lieuts. Lisle Burroughs, James L. Brewring, Howard K. Chapman, Jr.; Leslie Gilla, jr.; Edward C. Jones, Ben C. Norton, Marvin L. Parler, jr.; Ed- ward A. Pisapia, Arthur J. Wondrack, Harold W. Lady, Morrls Ostrolenk, Henry M. Walter, Emanuel F. Zalesak, Willis J. Nolan, Francis E Teeling, Ber- nard J. Woods, Maurice R. Cooper, Jack J. Nichols, Leo H. Poindexter, Clarence Q. Graham, James A. De Marco, Mor- gan _MacM. Gilbert, Roger G. Horton, Chester L. Justus, John G. Ladd, Eber T. Le Gates, Willilam L. Peverill, Acors R. Thompson, Paul L. Doerr, Estill E. Ezell, Francis L. Gerdes, Maurice A. Hecht, Edward T. Johnson, Charles V. Koons, John R. Large, George M. McCauley, Frank C. Summers, Lewis W. Thomas, jr.; Wiltred P. Tiencken, Charles F. Kelley, Henry N. Spottswood, Thomas F. Ferry, Charles C. Castella, and Al-| fred F. Weirich. Capt. Henry H. Chapman, Field Ar-| tillery Reserve, 2236 Thirty-fifth ltrfl!l»f who has been promoted to the grade of major, Field Artillery Reserve, will re-| x’;”m‘l; asigned to the 305th Ammunition | ‘The following officers, having been as- signed to the 80th Division, are assigned to units as indicated: Second Lieut. Morris H. Mills, Signal Reserve, 1504 Upshur street, to the 80th Signal Com- | pany; Second Lieut. James M. Heil- | man, Ordnance Reserve, Y. M. C. A, to the 305th Ordnance Com- pany; second Lieuts. Jack Burks, 3327 Military road, and Jack B. Halle, United States Forest Service, both Field tillery. " The following Infantry Reserve | officers have been assigned to the 320th | Infantry: First Lieuts. Wilfrid P, Als,| 115 D street; Raymer H. Miller, 314 G | street; William H. Watts, 2025 1 street, and Second Lieuts. Harris B. 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