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Tests Convince lowans That Radio llis Cannot Be Cured by Method. Synchronization, which long has been yegarded a&s the cure-all for radio's numerous ills, is proving itself just an- other quack remedy. After four months of experimental operation, Stations WHO, at Des Moines, and WOC, at Davenport, Iowa, are ready to throw up the sponge. They have been operating together on the same channel with the aim of giving full-time service to listeners of both cities and their environs, whereas be- fore they had been forced to operate on alternate days, dividing time on the same channel. But these stations are satisfied that immensely improved service with no greater expense can be given the public with one 50.000-watt station centrally located, rather than with two 5,500~ watt stations tied together on the same channel. So they have joined the thundering herd of cleared channel sta- tions which are beseeching the Federal Radio Commission to permit the maximum power on all 40 of the cleared channels, rather than restrict it to one- half that number. Other Experiences Cited. The Iowa case is analogous to the experience of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., which for five years has synchronized Stations WBZ, st Springfield, Mass, and WBZA, at Boston, but wants to give it up as a hopeless job, and one that is tremend- ously expensive. Westinghouse, too, has plied for one high-powered station to (‘lfnpllce the two stations tled together by_wire. Thus the only two comprehensive tlon proved successful it would solve the em of congestion of the broadcast d. With stations operating in com- plete_harmony on the same channel with high power, it would be possible to *double-up” assignments, and thereby make more space available. ‘The commission heard this latest de- pressing story from officlals of the Central Broadcasting Co., operating the two Iowa stations. Expense Called Excessive. Dr. Prank W. Elliott, vice president and general manager of the company, told the commission that the results of the synchronization tests do not justify the expense. An area of more than 3,000 lgn miles about midway be- tween two stations gets practically no service from the synchronized sta- tions because it is in what he described ush region” of the simul- taneous operations of the' transmitters. ‘This means that 1,750,000 people are deprived of service. With a 50,000-watt transmitter, however, he said, it would THE have any too good luck this past Summer, according to the casual reports that come drifting in. James Melton, for instance, got pr’.l;:blcllly ‘shipwrecked on Lake Cham- plain. It was a beautiful night when he and his friends turned in, but a storm came up and Jimmie was awakened when he was tossed out of his bunk. After try- ing this and that to ease the little cruiser off a bit, they decided to run for shore and get behind a breakwater. It took them two hours to make fit, and then, feeling safe, they turned in again, in’ spite of the fact that there was still a heavy wind. In the morn- ing when they awoke the bow was tilted upward at & sharp angle. In spite of the shelter. the cruiser had managed to drag her anchor and pile up on some convenient rocks. B. A. Rolfe, the dance maestro, had his own troubles. One day he had an engagement to meet some of his friends on the Jersey coast to take them aboard his yacht for a party. Fifty yards away from the landing something went wrong with the yacht's power plant. Rolfe decided to join his friends on shore and wait until the damage had been re- paired. A motor boat took him close to the dock, but Rolfe discovered that low tide had left it high above the water. A small float was the only approach. Rolfe is a man of considerable girth, and he looked on that float with sus- plelon. It was the only way ashore, however, and he decided to take a chance. One foot on the float, and Rolfe was | in the water. Mortifiled and soaked to the skin, he waded ashore to meet the walting friends, in whose sympathy he | suspected more than a little hidden | mirth. It turned out the float had not | capsized, but had merely sunk under him. His pleasure in yachting has been reported considerably dimmed. * x ok X CURIOUSLY enough, one of the most vivid childhood memories of Lud- wig Laurler, the conductor of Slumber Music, has to do with sleeping. It hap- pened when he was a boy in Speyer Am Rhine. At 9 years old he was interested in all the sports that keep boys busy, especlally swimming. One evening, after he had been in and out of the water all day, his parents de- cided the children should go to some church service—a special occasion of *Edwig lee udwig was very sleepy, and asked his father if he might be permitted to view the services from the choir, intend- ing, of course, to snatch a few winks. SOM! of the radio yachtsmen didn’t napping. Several hours later he awoke. The church was dark and deserted and in | the faint light the organ pipes had a pressing Lo i Tt & moment he | lown on him. Ina 7 ; moment he ‘With a shriek the boy dashed down the stairs and to the door of the church. His poundings and cries awakened the sexton who let him out to run home to his anxious parents. And ever after he was exceedingly \wide-awake | church. Middle West are making for_high power before WMAQ, at most popular laimed, through edges, that be enabl an Now, virtually every who frequently takes part in radio pro- grams, remembers a different childhood experience. At the age of 11, a gawky flrl, she was wm:;:e her first pub- appearance s at a strawberry festival at her home town, Wellfleet, S ates with 8 crepe Tal and’ ribbons, "and_Tolding & box of strawberries, she was to sing “Who'll Buy My Strawberries?” At the last moment it all seemed very silly to her and she tried to run away. But her mother caught her, gave her a severe spanking before all the villagers and to the platform to sing. h the song, got _ throug] in | but she says she really didnt sing it in k:’.‘openu tion, bltlat, u:. money well spent” for the entertainment of thenublu.m (Copyright, 1930, by the Consolidated Press.) Musigraphs At the first meeting, under Kurt Het- | gide 2el, of the chorus being coached for the Priday sevening director, Gurle Luise Corey. Sidney Resnick was soloist at the ‘wedding which took place last Sunday. Prances Gutelius was hostess Friday by Gretchen Hood; Mrs. Olaf La Cour Olsen, pianist: Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hodge, and Mr. Wilfred Smith, tenor. Miss Gutelius accompanied Mrs. Rich- ‘rld:. and Mr. Smith and played piano | solos. ‘The Church of the Ascension, Twelfth street and Massachusetts avenue north- west, will have a special musical serv- ice, with , quartets, choruses and violin _selections, ht at 8 o'clock. The soloists will be Netta Craig Turking- ton, Sue Gardner and Ella Mintz, so- : Dorothy Sinnott and Gene-|IS pranos: vieve Gerritts, contraltos; Leslie Coyle, tenor; Roy Sabean, bass, apd Louise Bernheimer, violinist. Esther Li l:ins has been engaged to train a junior chorus, with rehearsals Saturday at 2 p.m. The Schubert Choral Club will hold | its first rehearsal in the gold room of the Hotel La Fayette, Sixteenth and I streets northwest, Monday evening, Octo- ber 13, st 7:45 o'clock. Mrs. Emily Dickinson and Mrs. Charlotte Lippitt, sudition committee, will hear applicants before the rehearsal. As in the past two seasons, Mrs. Blair, guest conductor, will come from Boston several times during the Winter to be with the club. ‘The weekly rehearsals of the Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra were resumed for the present season last ‘Tuesday ing at the studios of the ‘Walter T. Holt School of mandolin, banjo and gultar. An active program of events has been arranged for his at all, for she was only able to get the words out at odd moments between the sobs. To this day she admits & prej- udice against strawberries. * x % % N my travels about the country, particularly on concert tours, I have had some rather odd introductions to audiences, but one of the most ridicu- lous I ember was performed by Phil Carlin, when the a visit to Peace Bridge at be dedicated and the le. There were many anxious moments. Broadcasting was much younger than it is todsy and every one was worried over the outcome of such a difficult task | as_we were about to perform. Phil | had been waiting with a microphone at | a van! point. Every moment he had e to see the prince and his party approach. Pinally he spotted an automobile rfi! approaching, apparently with no ttle formality. “Here he comes!” Carlin announced | enthusiastically, and followed with a running ption of the car’s prog- ress and the actions of the crowd along the way. And then he spotted me sitting in the seat he had accorded to the prince. And there wasn’t a prince in sight. You should have seen the complete disgust on his face as he turned to the micro- w and said, “I'm sorry, it's only amee.” Phil's error was understandable. On )| that day it was almost impossible to certain move within bounds. All sorts of precautions had been taken to assure the safety of the famous persons who were to be there, 1 had tried on foot to get to my post to prepare for going on the air, but I could make no impression. Somewhat desperate, I got the most impressive- | looking car I could find, explained my plight to a sympathetic official far enough away from the scene to the rea- given this Sunday evening, when Lavoy Annis, tenor, will appear as a guest Mr. Annis will sing “My Hope in the Everlasting,” from “The Daughter of Jairus,” by Stainer. Charlotte Klein, F. A. G. O, dean of | the District of Columbia Chapter American Guild of Organists, presented at the first meeting, held last Monday evening at Epiphany Episcopal Church, | a calendar of plans for the season. Classes in harmony and improvisation were formed and Katherine E. Lucke, F. A. G. O, of Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, was engaged to instruct both classes. The following announcements were made: Chandler Goldthwaite of New York will play the dedicatory re- cital on the Skinner organ recently in- stalled in the new National City Chris- tian Church, on Thomas Circle, on Sat- urday, October 18, at 5 o'clock, and & guild service will be held early in No- vember at 8t. John’s Epi 1 Church, on Lafayette Square, T. Guy Lucas, organist and choirmaster. ‘The soloists at the German service at Concordia Lutheran Church this morn- ing will be Robert J. Volland, tenor, players, the first of which will be & and Harry Meiners, boy soprano. They concert to be A given in November. has evmlni. October 5. The program was iven Minna Nieman and Marjorie . _ Belections by Schubert, Schu- man, Brahms, lius, Hageman, De were sung leman ren- will sing the duet, “O, du Licbe,” by Sir John Stainer. At the offertory Mr. Volland will sing “Jehovah, Erhoere,” from the “Occasional Oratorio,” by Handel. At the English service at 11:15 am. the chorus choir will sing the chorale, “Grant Me True Courage, Lord,” by J. 8. Bach, and the anthem, “I Have Con- sidered the Days of Old,” by Philip James. At the offertory Henrietta Flynn, contralto, will “The Earth Is the Lord’s,” by Scl er., The afternoon services at the Na- tional Lutheran Home on Sunday, Oc- Martha Atwood, the operatic soprano | L sonably calm and got an impressive- appearing escort, which did the trick. For those who are interested in books and the people who make them, Alex- ander Woolicott’s return to the air is one of the best pieces of news of re- cent_weeks. Etherial book news and chatter has never been viewed highly as entertain- ment, no matter how one looked upon it for cultural values. Woollcott, how- ever, can be counted upon to make his notes valuable to those who take their literature seriously and attractive to those who call it a day after reading the headlines in the evening paper. That somewhat chubby man-about- town hasn't done a great deal of *book reviewing in the past, but he has read a lot of books—and reviews, too—and he picked up the tricks of criticism writing about plays. As a dramatic critic he was often accused of sacrific- ing strictest accuracy for entertaining verbal fireworks, but if you urged him to it he'd probably retort that he got them both in. Microphonic book reviewing brings him back to an early interest. As a freshman in Hamilton College, at Clinton, N. Y. his ambition was to become the best writer that hilltop had ever seen, But next year along came a lad who, Woollcott has said, threat- ened to steal his fame before he had clinched it. Gracefully enough, Wooll- cott turned to the college dramatic club, and won his measure of fame behind the footlights. After graduation he got into news- paper work. One day they suddenly needed a spare dramatic critic. They were sure that even Woollcott couldn’t harm the paper, so he has explained, and he drew the assignment. For years that was his berth, and he be- came New York's most famous critic of the stage. His background was thoroughly clas- sical, but he discovered very early that neither he nor his public cared for a display of erudition in print. For years he was New York’'s most accomplished showman, stage or no stage, and it's that showmanship which is making him one of radio's brightest lights. McNAMEE’S QUESTION BOX. Q. On how many programs & week is a singer allowed to appear?—J. B. Young, Washington, D. C. A. There is no arbitrary limit, but two or three times a week is usually enough for a singer on big networks. Ensemble singers and people who do only a number or two in a program can appear more frequently without becom- ing monotonous. Q. Are there any woman harpists on the air, or are they all men?—Mrs. J. J. K., Memphis, Tenn. A. Florence Wightman and Stefly Goldner have broadcast, and offhand I can also remember Georgia Price and one of the Morgan sisters. While the used to be considered principally a woman’'s instrument, there seem to be more men than women playing it in the big orchestras today. Q. What has become of Dick Robert- mon of Smalle and Robertson?—Mel Glaser, Brooklyn, N. Y. A. He is still singing for records. Q. Is Vee Lawnhurst, the planist, m{fln;l?—& L., Cleveland, Ohio. ‘es. Q. What has become of Yolande Langworthy, who used to be in “Ara- besque”?—Marion Torb, East St. Louls, A. She is writing for the talkies now. Q. Why doesn’t Floyd Gibbons, a newspaper man, cover some of the big programs that are broadcast?—H. G. B., Omoha, Nebr. ‘A. Gibbons has a studio schedule that in itself is enough to keep him pretty busy, and in addition he has to write his material. Q. Does Rudy Vallee allow audiences when he is broadcasting?—Miss M., Mobile, Ala. A. Since his programs are coming from a studio built in a theater, where he and his orchestra are playing all day long, it is impossible to admit vis- itors. There is just room enough for the orchestra and the other folk who take part in the program. Q. Are Amos 'n’ Andy still is Holly- ‘wood?—George Roberts, Butte, Mont. A. By the time this is in print they will be back in Chicago, unless plans| are changed at the last minute. Q. Are the Three Little Maids, the | Gotham Trio and the Parnassus Trio all the same?—Etheldra Burns, Lacka- wanna, N. Y. . The Three Little Maids and the Parnassus Trio are both directed by Olga Serlis, but the Gotham Trio is directed by Dorothy Hoyle. . Is it true that Phil Cook is mar-| ried? ‘How 0ld 1s he?—L. H, Pensacols, Fla. A. Yes, he is_married, and has a little gir] named Phyllis. He won' 't say, but it's between 35 and 40. Q. Is it true that Will Rogers was forced off the air because he wouldn't jet any one tell him what to say?— Gerald Costello, San Pedro, Calif. A. Of course not. His contract was completed and the series ended. Gossip | to the contrary, that'’s all there is| to it. T ! Q. Is Vincent Sorey Ttalian?—G. 8., | Newark; N. J. | A. Argentine-Italian. Q. Is the Necco Trio the same as the | Three Little Sachs, and what are their names?—John P. Guiness, Chicago, IIl. A. Yes. Their names are Bill Han- sen, Vincent Howard and Jim Bren- nan. Been on the air for years. . Will Leopold Stokowski broad- cng. from New York or Philadelphia?— M. F., Philadelphia, Pa. A. Not decided at this writing. Q. Are Frank Black and Gus Haen- schon the same men?—Mary Older, aven, Conn. Wt Ko “mey simost always work together, but Black is usually at the piano while Haenschen conducts. Black makes most of the orchestrations. (Copyright, 1930.) o MARYLAND ON AIR State’s History to Be Depicted by Radio Station WFBR. By the Associated Press. A serfes of radio dramas, depicting the history of Maryland, will be a regular feature of station WFBR in Bautimore, the first of which already has been broadcast on the life of Edgar Allan Poe. The series will be continued throughout the Winter, following ap- proval given to a series of six broadcasts | last Spring, under auspices of the| Maryland Tercentenary Commission. Announcement of the broadcast plan was made by Matthew Page Andrews, author of the historical sketches, most | of which concern events pertaining to the beginning of the province that later became Maryland. The brief plays will be presented on successive Tuesdays from 7:30 to 8 pm. The various roles are taken by members of the Vagabond | Club, under the direction of Chester F. | Morrow. Develop New “B” Battery. A new type of speclal “B” batteries for automobile radio sets has been de- veloped. It is designed to withstand shocks and vibration as well as ! not be affected bw temperature changes. SUNDAY STAR, WAS | of this new network. BASIC RADIO LAW | 1S BEFORE COURT Supreme Tribunal to Rule on Power Reduction of Chicago Station. Out of the welter of litigation in, which the Federal Radio Commission | howitzer has become involved, the Supreme Court will get the case of a relatively. small Chicago broadcasting station for the first real showdown on the basic radio law. Docketed as No. 29 on its Fall calendar, the case of WCRW is ex- pected to come before the highest tri- bunal in the land some time this month or next. This case, arising out of an order of the commission reducing the power of the Chicago station from 500 to 100 watts, will definitely detefmine the constitutionality of the radio act of 1927 which created the commission and under which that body has been functioning for nearly three years. Case Is Appealed. Clinton R. White, owner of the sta- tion, first went before Federal Judge Wilkerson in District Federal Court at Chicago about two years ago to enjoin the United States attorney from en- forcing the commission’s dictum. When Judge Wilkerson denied the temporary injunction, an appeal was taken to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals where the case was argued on behalf of the commission by L. G. Caldwell, its former general counsel, and on be- half of WCRW by the late Ernest Reichmann associated as counsel with Henry Urion of Chicago, who will prob- ably argue it before the highest tribunal Rather than decide on the important issues involved, that court certified the case directly to the Supreme Court, where the following issues are to be decided: Three Issues Rise. 1. Is the radio act unconstitutional because it deprives a person of property for public purposes without compensa- tion? Mr. White’s counsel say it is, alleging that the reduction of the sta- tion’s power rendered its apparatus useless to a large extent. 2. Is the radio act unconstitutional because it deprives a person of property without due process of law? Mr. White’s counsel maintain that such is the effect of the commission’s exercise of authority. 3. Is not the standard for radio sta- tions prescribed in the act—that of “public interest, convenience or neces- sity"—vague and indefinite? Mr, ‘White’s counsel take the view that ac arbitrary interpretation of this stand- ard gives the Commission unduly broad and almost unlimited authority. Constitutionality Questioned. Another point raised in this case is whether the waiver of vested or priority rights, signed by each station owner in applying for a Federal license, is con- stitutional. In certifying the case to the higher court, the Court of Appeals did not certify whether the commis- sion’s ‘action was vold; in fact stated nothing concerning the commission's authority, so that the station has been in status quo since it reduced its power. The case of WMBB-WOK, of Chicago, s 5,000-watter Which was ordered off the air altogether in one of the earlfest decisions of the commission, has been combined with the WCRW case, inasmuch as many of the same issués are involved. Besides the depri- vation of property issue, however, the WMBB-WOK case raises the point that radio is not interstate commerce and attacks the validity of the Davis amend- ment equalizing broadcasting facilities among the zones and States. PROJECT REVIVED FOR THIRD NETWORK Stations Aligned Include One of Warner Bros. of Films. Nine. Revival of the project for a third national radio network to supply pro- grams from the fertile Pacific Coast talent centers is under way. Backed by several individuals who figured in the ambitious but unsuccess- ful American Broadcasting Co. - enter- prise of last year, this new metwork al- ready has aligned nine stations—all comparatively small--and is planning to push its way eestward. Warner Bros., the motion picture producers, have thrown their only station into the net- work and propose to feature stars of that company. ‘Whether this means that Warner Bros. is financing the project is not divulged. It is known, however, that this company long has desired to enter network broadcasting and has for some months past been negotiating with Sta- tilon WOR at Newark, N. J., with the object of using that station as the nu- cleus and “key” of a third national chain. Both of the existing networks are affiliated with powerful motion picture interests. The National Broadcasting Co. s a sister organization of Radio- Keith - Orpheum, and Paramount- Famous-Lasky Corporation owns a one- half interest in Columbia. Warner Bros., however, has only Station KFWB, at Hollywood, which, it now is reported, will serve as the Pacific Coast “key” The United Broadcasting Co., as this embryo network is known, is headed by F. 8. Dahlquist of Seattle, who was vice president and general manager of the insolvent American company. He has written Federal Radio Commissioner Harold A. Lafount about the project and informed him that it will have its inaugural on November 1, at which time a gala program Will be broadcast from the Warner Bros. studios at Hollywood. Distribution over the country of pro- grams originating at Hollywood, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other movie colonies of the coast is the objective of the network. The American com- pany, which was headed by A. F. Lin- den of Seattle and crashed last Sum- mer because it was unable to stand the of competition, had the same aim. Your Summer Rugs can be so cleaned that they will look like new. WE HAVE A MODERN RUG STORAGE Call Mr. Pyle . .. NAtional 3257-3291-2036 Sanitary Carpet & Rug Cleaning Co. 106 Indiana Ave. D C., OCTOBER 12, 1930—PART FOUR. Organized Reserves Field Artillery Reserve officers of the Dist of Columbia will be interested to learn that orders have been issued transferring certain of their group from the 578th Field Artillery (240-mm. gun regiment) to the 315th Field Artillery (155-mm. _gun regiment), which is strictly a Washington unit, commanded y Col. E. Francis Riggs. The 155-mm. gun howitzer has been to the new tables of organization of an In- fantry division, which consists of one brigade of two light 75-mm. gun regi- ments supported by one 155-mm. gun regiment. The Washington Field Artillery officers affected by this transfer order are: Capt. .Norris O. Taylor, Bureau of Dawn, 2216 Douglas street; Clarence E. Geiger, 4007 Connecticut avenue; Sam- uel M. Dodek, Medical Reserve, 1319 Emerson street; Samuel F., Turner, 5018 Conduit road, and James R. Wannan, 5049 Pifth street. The second lieuten- ants are Willilam Hard, jr., 1607 Twenty- eighth street; Edwin G. Kintner, jr. 2301 Connecticut avenue, and Carter Page, 1803 Nineteenth street. The other officers residing in the vi- cinity of Washington who have been transferred to the 315th Field Artillery are: Capt. John E. Taylor and First Lieuts. Alonzo H. Adkins, Williarg W. Archer, Philip B. Stovin, Stuart N. McDowell, Alfred B. Schad, Barnour N. Thornton, Robert N. Winfree and Paul E. Prillaman, Medical Reserve. The second lieutenants residing outside of Washington included in the transfer are as follows: John T. Adams, Walter D. Bohlken, Benjamin F. Deford, jr.; Charles E. Johnson, jr.; Charles W. Lewis, Ellis Loney, Kenneth E. Moehrl, Dhelnnjd A. Travis and William P. Ven- able, jr. Col. Melville S. Jarvis, Infantry, sen- for instructor of the Organized Reserves in Washington, announced last week two more inactive duty conference schedules of Washington Reserve units, viz., the 343d Engineers, commanded by Col. John Stewart, and that for local Reserve officers of the Ordnance De- partment. As has obtained or the past several years, all of the 343d Engineer conferences will be held in the board room at the District Building. Eight conferences will compose the Engineer schedule, Maj. J. D. Arthur, jr., having I’su.nd.rdz. and First Lieuts. James E. follows: October 22, estimate of the situation (including Engineer orders); November 20, duties of Engineers in an advance; December 18, river crossings; January 28, 1931, duties of engineers in a withdrawal; and February 25, en- gineers as rifiemen. The March 25 conference will be conducted by Maj. V. L. Peterson who will discuss com- munications and military roads. Maj. Arthur will conduct the last two con- ferences of the year as follows: April 22, Infantry battalion in attack and defense, while the subjects to be taken up at the final meeting on May 27 will be decided later. : ‘The subjects that will be discussed at the Ordnance Conference have all been decided except those scheduled for Jan- uary 22, February 26, March 26, April | 23 "and May 28. These will be an- of the schedule, together with the offi- cers who will conduct them, are as fol- lows: October 23, ammunition supply, Capt. James W. Walters, O. D ; Novem- ber 13, ammunition company and typi- cal depot organization, Capt. Walters; December 11, storage and maintenance, Capt Walters; January 8, 1931, surveil- | lance, Lieut. Clarence O’Leary, Febru- | ary 12, destruction and demolition, Capt, | Walters; March 12, high explosive am- munition (general characteristics—rea- | sons for use—safety precautions); April 9, propellants and black powder; and May 14, small arms ammuniticn, ‘Capt. Walters. Five instructional conferences will be held this week by as many District of Columbia Reserve units, viz., Quarter- master Corps, Chemical Warfare Serv- ice, Air Corps, Field Artillery, and the 2d Squadron of the 306th Cavalry. To- morrow evening at local Reserve head- quarters in the Walker-Johnson Build- ing Reserve quartermasters will assemble for their first conference of the 1930- 1931 season. Maj. Gen. John L. De Witt, the quartermaster general of the Army, and his three assistants, Brig. Gen. Francis H. Pope, Brig. Gen. Louis H. Bash and Brig. Gen. Henry C. Whitehead, are planning to be present at this meeting, the subject of which will be lines of communication in the Galli- poli campaign by Maj. Robert McG. Lit- tlejohn. Maj. Littlejohn’s talk will be llustrated with lantern slides. On this same evening officers of the Chemical charge of the first five conferences, asWarfare Service Reserve will meet at which tf . Willilam N. Porter, U, 8 Mexecutive omoer of the chiet of Chemical Warfare Service, will deliver an orientation talk on Winter course. Alr Corps Reserve officers of Wash- ington wrmm for their first confer- ence of the season next Tuesday eve- ning at local Reserve headquarters. A matter of interest to Alr Corps reserv- ists of the District is the announcement made by the chief of Alr Corps that Re- serve officers of that arm will be al- lowed to fly at Bolling Peld on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and holidays. The usual credits will be granted. Maj. John M. McDowell, Field Artil- lery, “will conduct the Field Artillery Conference that will be held next Wed- nesday evening at Reserve in the Walker-Jchnson Building. He will discuss the organization and func- tlons of mobile Artillery. Next Thursday evening the 2d Squad- ron of the 306th Cavalry will hold their first conference of the 1930-1931 season at local headquarters. This conference will be conducted by Lieut. Col Arthur nounced at a later date. The remainder | © Treve i e s There will be no equitation for Field Artillery Reserve officers of the District during ‘the month of October. Bfl¢ are being made, however, to begin Field Artlillery rides in November, and when final decision is made in the matter, nnounceemnt will be made. Capt. Leslie T. Gager, Medical Re- serve, 1614 Rhode Island avenue, has been promoted to the grade of major. He has been relieved from assignment to the 305th Medical Regiment and is assigned to the 320th Infantry, a Wash- ington regiment. Pvt. Joseph R. Walt, Infantry Enlisted Reserve, 1820 G street, having been assigned to the 80th divi- sion, is assigned to the 320th Infantry. Pvt. John P. Watson, Field Artillery En- listed Reserve, 800 Eighteenth street, having been assigned to the 80th Divi- fifin‘ is assigned to the 313th Field Ar- ery. Seek Radio Standards. ‘The R. M. A. has been invited by the Department of Commerce aviation branch to assist in specifying standards for afrcraft radio. Makes 3-Millionth Set. ‘The Atwater Kent factory, Philadel- phia, has produced its 3,000,000th set. Design Radio Control. A control device which may be con- necied to any receiver, irrespective of type, has been designed. Marine Corps Notes Lieut. Col. Robert O. Underwood, heretofore stationed on lllt{ with 1st Brigade of Marines, Haitl, will :filcwhsd lh'flwhomhu October 19 cember 1 will tired list. The Senior Examining Board and the J“ngdmt:'l?nlgt = , having men: as led fessional the ollowing m“.“:’mu missioned omy o corps, respectively, they ha been rd .,Z the sTads according] grade and will rank from date indicated: Col. Raymond B. Sullivan, October 1: Lieut. Col. Howard W. Stone, September 29; Lieut. Col. Maurice E. Shearer, October 1; Maj. Karl I. Buse, September 29; Maj. Harold 8. Passett, October t. Amor L. Sims, September 2 pt. Moses J. Gould. October 1; Capt. Arnold C. Larsen, July 9: Capt. Willlam F, Brown, September 1: First Lieut, James P. 8. Devereux, August 1; Pirst Lieut: Martin 8. Rahiser, September 16; Pirst, Lieut. Robert E. Hogaboom, October 1; Chief Marine Gunner Edward P. Con- nors, May 14. Pirst Lieut. Lewis A. Hohn has bee detached from corps headquarters, 'mlll city, and assigned to duty at Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, Va. The Marine Corps Bowing League (corps headquarters, Navy n‘nflfl ). has been reorganized and mld%'ll following officers: W. D. Rundberg, president; Ray Lawrence, vice presi- ; Edwin _J. McCabe, secretary- treasurer; G. R. Hubert, official scorer wanger, and Willlam B. Hughes. Lieut. Col. Clayton B. Vogel has beerr” ordered Hait! as llift.cnt to Col, to v R. P. Williams, chief of the Garde de’ Haiti. Lieut. Col. Vogel assumes the Col. R. B. Creecy, who died in this cif September 28. » Maj. H. D. Rorex, who is to the U. 8. 8. city on leave, has been Sixteenth street. Maj. John Q. 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