Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1930, Page 67

¥ A Meetings This Week. Hl:'. 8 pm., PFront Line Post, No. 1401, Logan Hall, 1502 Pourbeenth street. Post, No. 157, Dytiian Tem- ‘Tem- ple, 1012 Nl.nth nre‘t, ‘Wednesday, 8 p.m. Columbia Post, No. 833, Thomas Circle Ohl. 1326 Mmuchuseu.s avenue, Thursday, 8 pm. Potomac Post, No. 1005 Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club, Eleventh and L streets. Thursday, 8 pm., Follow Me Post, No. 1830, Concord Club, 314 C street. ‘The District of Columbia Department Counell of Administration held s monthly meeting in the board room, Distriet Bullding, last Monday night. ‘The only absentces were Junior Vice Comdr. Wheeler, Judge Advocate Grudd, Deputy Chaplain Hurney, Aide-de- Camp Krichton, Sergeant at Arms Cof- fey, Color Guard Willlam Cavanaugh, Post Comdrs. Strobel and Livingstone, Past ftl’hn!nt Comdrs. Nuener, Hugh, Talt, Stephen, Carroll and Mil- ler and Council Members Wischhusen, Lapin, Owens, Tyrell, Gardella and Melton. Several important V. F. W. problems ‘were deliberated upon, including the re- vival of recommendations to Congress for the establishment of a Lincoln Me- morial Museum at the old Ford's The- ater Bullding and for the remodeling and i€ a ble for providing assembly halls for holding the regular stated meetings of the five major veterans' organigations of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Spanish-American War, the Disabled Veterans of the World War, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The draft- ing of the proposed legislative measure has been intrusted . W. tional itive Committe: Omdrmg.cmet Paul C. Wolman has ocommunicated to District of Colum- bia Department Comdr. William L. ‘Thomas that on December 15, at New York Harbor, he will place a plaque on the U. 8. 8. Roosevelt, commemorat- ing the return of the bodies of World ‘War veterans from Northern Russia and his desire to have present on that ceremonial occasion the present and t department commanders of the Atlantic coastal States more es- to help him officiate at the distinctive ceremonies. The District of Columbia Council of Administration has authorised the covering appropriation for the incident expenses of the District of Columbia Department representative, and Dopnrtmznt Comdr. Thomas has signified his intention of detailing a past department commander to officially represent him at the commemorative lces. ‘The attention of the national organi- zation has been directed to the con- sideration of a resolution unanimously by the D. C. Council for the of & memorial pillar in the non \n Memorial Chapel at Walter tal, in the name of the Vet- erans of ign Wars, embodying the recommendation that the involved cost be raised by national headquarters the solicitation of cne-dollar from each chartered post t the States of the Union. ‘work s carried out by Na- 1:.3 the ts of clothing, 35 pairs of shoes, 50 25 hats and caps, 10 odd pairs of fi,”lul\lolnndmnr and 12 sweaters, besides miscellaneous other small articles of clothing. National (kplhl Post, at lis'hn me-t; renovation of the structure to make | tee, to Comrade_ Bettel- | M: 'mumny o! tbe month meeting in eon- mection wil hnqu Front Line M No. 1401, held its meeting at Logan Hall November 24, Comdr. Cercell nppanted the dbwlng comm ittee chairmen: Ways and Means, J. Caskey, with associate members W P. Boehm, J. L. King, Harry J. Hooley, W. F. Volkman, jr.; W. L. Colston. J. Moran, Mluflte M. Grudd and Joseph B. Gardella. pprqm ation of $100 was made ll’om fund to decorate and stock a community Christmas tree and to provide an en- tertainment for the children of the Dis- trict of Columbia veterans, and Comdr. Cercell appointed on such committee for eflectunué hcu-ryln‘ out the gala vity: al and Zetts. The next regular meeting will be held tomorrow at Eleventh and L streets, ot which meeting Mrs. George Quinn will be obligated in membership. Arrongements are being made for the Cirisimas visit to Ward H of Naval Hospital, and the auxiliary also will extend Christmas cheer ~ to other worthy persons needing help. Mrs, Clay Keene Miller, chairman of the Hospital and Relief Committee, is in charge of the program. Follow Me Post at its last meeting installed the following officers: Com- mander, Phillip R. 1t; senior vice commander, Sigmund Milbrandt; junior vice commander, Joseph R. Cmpbell chaplain, Fred C. Kelly; quartermaster, Eli Busada; officer of the day, William A. Downs; post advocate, omas Fawcett; surgeon, Carl C. Hatch; trus. , Lloyd E. Kelly. pointed the following officers and com. mittee chairmen: Adjutant, Selby C. Harr; guard, Ira T. Byram; bugler, historian, Robert W. c irstructor, John sentinel, Wilfred Dube; colorbearers, M. T. Pre:tele and W. Dube; color guards, T. E. Pollard and S. H. Grimes, jr.; Ways and Means, . Campbell; Relief, W. E. Melton; Investigation, 'M.\'. 3 illary met November 28 at the of its chairman, Mrs. Rnbem Fawcett. Pl.l.nsior?-he'orkinfih!hfl'pl during the year were per(eeud and pledges of support were given by all members present. Among those in at- tendance were Mrs. Harvey Miller, Na- tional Legislative Committee, chairman, and Mrs. Edith Den Broeder, dmfi- ment_chief of staff of the auxiliaries. A Christmas entertainment for the veterans is to be given'in the Red Cross House at Walter Reed Hospital December 16 at 8 pm. The Overseas Band will render_selections. amite Pup-Tent, No. 1, M. O. C.,, of Baltimore, Md., has extended -n invitation to the local contingent to visit it December 14 for an oyster roast at Middle River. Equality-Walter Reed Auxiliary gave a party to 72 boys in the blind ward at ‘Walter Reed Hospital last Friday. Host- esses ‘were Mother Steed, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Shaw, Miss McCann, Mrs. er and Mrs. Golden. After refreshments were served each-boy was given a pack- age of cigarettes. On December 23 the auxiliary will give a Christmas party to 150 patients at Mount Alto Hospital. Visitors from other a and posts are invited. :fi a date to b:nlx;‘nauneed later g:l; suxiliary plans ive & dance, u‘duolwhlchmbhu-a'lfi relief purposes. The next meeting be held at 8 pm. December 10, at 1750 Massachusetts avenue. “The music hour will be held today at fes- | to ‘omrades O'Berry, A. omdd, uudeun, Hooley t THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 0F RADOGNORED = Federal Commission Report Is Mass of Statistics of Highly General Nature. BY MARTIN CODEL. That was an interesting but not very enlightening annual repert submitted last week by the Federal le compendium of sta- and engineering refer- with highly generalized sum- of the commission’s efforts to administer broadcasting, internationa end interdepartmental relations an commercial communications, such as overland and overseas radio, police and fire ralio, visual and experimental broadcasting anc aviation radio. No Remedies Suggested. If any one expected that the report would bring out constructive ideas for reducing the chaos that prevails, or ns to prevail, inmany branches of rldh partially due to the commis- sion’s own failure to relieve congestion on the wave lengths, but also largely due to the fallure of Congress to grasp the essential problems of radlo, he was doomed to disa) tment. All's well in radio, and it remains only for the genlus of time and tech- nologists to bring the radio millenium, one must infer after a perusal of the 70 pages of this report. Problems Are Ignored. Not a word of recognition in it of the kbroadcasters’ urgent plea that li- censes be extended from three months to one year in order to help bring a degree of stability into the economics broadcasting; not a word about the pressing problem of high power; not word about the growingly acute Ame: can-Canadian-Mexican broadcasting re- lations; not a word about the funda- mentally unsound zone system of ad- ministering radio by segments of States ~—radio, whose waves, like the sun's rays, cannot be made to respect artifi- r.hl nwnph.lcnl bo\mdules drawn by summ, powers, hours of operation, and even wave-lengths, must be divided equally among five exceedingly unequal sones and then in proportion to popu- lation among the States within those zones. You can place the whole first zone of New England and Northeastern States in the State of Montana and have room to spare. Yet under the law, which the commissioners vately— and with good reason—say they would like to see changed but publicly will not make so bold, gives the first zone a- much in the way of radio facilities as the fourth zone, embracing some of the largest and most populous Middle West- ern States, and the fifth zone of Far Western States, embracing two-fifths of the area of the entire United States. These only are the legislative recom- mendations to Congress that appear in D. C., the Vi Islands, Porto mco. A!a.lkl and Hawali be excluded from the zone and State quota sions Il’lg piven gt, ndm That the commission be author- ized to penalize radio lllonl for in- fractions of the law, tions or or- gm by ordering them off the air for 30 ays. Marine Corps Not Col. Rush R. Wallace, commanding officer of the local barracks, will rec~ mmt:r?d lut'o“‘l enlisted men for ap- en commissioned rank ( mnuy ‘second llo\mnnnt) pnwlgicnfi that the );us required and ofessional requlumenu at the exam nat(om to be held during the first part of the coming year. Vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant ere gen- erally filled by graduates of the Naval Academy (who express preference for appointment to the corps), graduates of colleges of recogni standing and such worthy men from the ranks who, having been duly recommended, pass the official requirements. Maj. Charles J. Miller, on duty as division marine officer, b-r.uennp di- | had vision No. 4, battle fleet, has been ordered to corps headquarters, this eity, and u expected to repcrt about Febru- John Potts, who bn been on duw heretofore as’ an M., has been relieved from-stich duty ‘incidental to his assignment to duty at corps headquarters, this city. Second Lieut. Cllnwn E. Fox and Second Lieut. Allen C. Koonce, hereto- fore on duty at the naval air station, Pensacola, Fla, have been ordered to Guty at the air "station at Quantico. Chief Pay Clerk Guy B. Smith left the Quantico base during the past week for his new station of duty in the office of the assistant paymaster (Marine rgn) Atlanta, Ga. Chief Pay Clerk Lawrence A. Frank- land, heretofore on duty at marine barracks, naval station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and ordered to Atlanta, Ga., has been ordered to duty at Quantico mc‘:'? ‘Walter N, Best has pt. Walter N. has reported to corp- hndquu’hrl. this city, and is re- dlnl at Primrose street, Chevy Chief Quartermaster Clerk Edward C. Smith, heretofore on duty at Parris Island, 5. C., while temporarily in this city en route to his new station is stopping at the Ambassador Maj. Henry W. Weitzell while um rarily here is stopping at 2401 Cllvert street and expects to depart for duty in Nicaragua December 13, ‘The Marine Social Club will hold a dance December 12 with the Reno So. cial Club at their hall, Wisconsin ave- nue and Winston place. The Retired Enlisted Men's Associ- ation will hold their annual dinner the first part of January at Pythian Temple. —_— Six grandfathers, whose ages ranged from 70 to 87, were confirmed at a ser- vice held recently at St. Luke’s Church, London. DivimbrR 7, 1930—PAKY e FOUR. litical campaigns assed off without any untoward cidents, phonically speak- ing, whlch i8 a lot better than the record of two years ago. Un- builders more thnn once | plate. Wary program got '.hmulves into somewhat embar- rassing situations by forgetting that such and such a thing was to go on the air directly before or after a politi- cal speech. And I suppose one particular un- thinking announcer has become a tra- dition by this time. You remember; he was the man, handling a dance orches- tra, who went on & certain politician' declared, “It's 2 lot of baloney,” says the orchestra in the number you are about to hear. ‘That really was the name of the se- ction, but it never was determined whether announcer was thick- headed at the time or just plain mali- cious. Maybe he let his wishes get the best of him. That happened to me once, in & way, although undfl‘ entirely different cir- cumstances. It was during the broad- casting of the ceremonies celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Light, and all of us ne through so much out there at rn that we were dog ‘There were long and cnmplicned rehearsals | for everything that went on the air and | g 8 great deal of entertainment between times. Toward the end of it I had some musical numbers to announce. One of "I'll Take You Home in, Kathleen,” but when I got to the micro- phone I announced it as “Take Me Home Again, Kathleen.” Almost no one caught it, but Mrs. McNamee tells me she could tell by the very tone of my voice that I wanted to,stretch out on my own lounge in slippers and dress- 1ing robe and let everything else go hang. John Young once told the world, un- lntenuw how tired he was and set foot in a certain night club since.« John had a separate micro- phone for announcing, and when the orchestra was playing 1t was suj be turned off. But this time it ‘wasn't, “Gosh, T wish I were home,” sig] John 'hnd hld L3 anl day of it, and 1? lose to_the open 'cnt o\lt on the Ill‘ It lounded like ‘whole-hearted advice to listeners to keep away from that club. There's nothing to show it kept listeners away, but it certainly has John. * ok % ok Tl-tl other day Mrs, McNamee told me that while I was away at the studios the express company had called to say that they had a box containing a couple of ducks, addressed to us, and wanted to know what to do with them. Somewhat nonplussed for the momen! Mrs. McNamee asked, “Are they wild: “I don’t know,” confessed the young man at the n',hu' end of the wire, “they are dead now.” I passed the story on when I got back to the studios, and Al Bach, the latest winner of the radio diction medal, coun- tered with another dumb one, which he swears was pulled in a nearby restau- '3 % 55 5 g b, ‘managed thed | through the dinner, but whnn “What's this?" the mctor s supposed to have asked ‘when served undescril in & soup “n bnn Boup, sir,” said the waiter, T don't care what it's been, what is it now?" the actor replied. Jim Whelan of the Bonnie Laddies | got in the last word, though. He says that he and his partners, Lou Noll and Charlie Kenney, were having lunch at a New Jersey golf club after playing & rounds cnuiD:lnt & I ofdered coffee,” Whelan explained, "but Chlflh felt like using five-dollar words tha ‘.;1: 1d, ‘Eliminate - “Well, pretty soon !he ‘waiter came back with two cups of coffee and a tall glass. "i)v::nl:ithlls?‘ Ohll;ll!e asked, “Dot’s de leemonade you orderes &ir,” sald the waiter. % i And then, says Jim, Char] inated” the lemon‘de from the * ok % PERHA.PS I really oughtn’t to say this, but there’s one woman around the studios that almost everybody looks n with suspicion. She is )‘A{ hi Breen. Not that May isn't what is ordinarily known as a good egg. She is, all right. Too darned good, times. May is an irrepressible joker, and you never can Ahe'll break out next. Peter De Rose, her husband, doesn't completely approve, but it would take more than a husband to stop May. She is, among other things rather red- headed. On one occasion May invited a group of friends to dinner. The soup was salty, and this was followed by grilled ham. It hadn’t been parbofied, and you could almost see the crystals of salt on it. Her friends thought May ‘“! must have had a pretty bad cook, t they didn’t want to hurt her feel- ings. Even the vegetables had a little mm salt ch‘:x most people ruuy llk]e The gues e some- tical where maid announced gravely that lll water in the house had the cat was out of the And 1t turned out that May and Peter (he wasn't in on the joke, by the way) had been eating food especially prepared with only the normel amount of salt. If & young announcer or singer seems to fancy himself as a devil with the ladies you can gamble that before long he will get a telephone call from an al- leged sweet young admirer. Nine chances out of ten the young man will commit himself to meeting the lady in some public place, f he is unwise enough to keep the engagement he will find no one wait- ing who at all answers the description given him over the phone. He will pace back and forth for half an hour, and then just as he is about to give up in disgust, up will pop May Breen heading a delegation of derisive friends from the studios. But ways ends up in & grand Ry rfl’/ g | Droadcast on any other Coca Cola? Does Chester ut off | OB any other ‘i Ghatl | ane ke She's a red-lead and generally known as impatient, but no studio executive who knows her at all well will ever lend her his telephone. She has been known talk She wears a perfume that most men find heady, but she insists she uses it 8he’s inde- Endent nnwlh of opinions to be tell- to concerts, w, is Aot married. Not lnuruhd. she adds. McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX Q. Why don't we hear Allen Mc- Quhae on the radio any more?—J. Virginia, Washington, D. C. A. He has made occasional appear- ances as t artist on programs, but I believe he has been spending most of his time in concert work. . Do Leonard Joy and his orchestra besides lord ll? Sy s, g’ Joy and his orchestra are on no other program, and Gaylord 1s ont no other network program, nnhnugh I understand he sings occasionally over local stations in New York and C| Q. Who is the announcer with %fi" rich voice who announces the gin program every nmn?—w-mer L. Mmmsm. Oxford, N. f you mean Lhe narrator, that is wulm 8. Rainey. You t have heard him as the narrator in “Pen- 10d” series, and at other times you might have heard him singing tenor roles in Gilbert & Sullivan productions on the air. He was also_the founder of the Cherry Lane Play House in New York City. He is in his middle thirties, has an executive job in the studios that k‘;!';)l thflf.:fl the lhler xlnno‘at of th"b:lme on chew fore distinguished yisitors. whet hearing King George, a local Q. How many singers on the air gnm h“'"ll!, ludmona—g:m Phipps, !.hAn Ih‘;‘l&:kns u:n;‘i{: & thousand, e e is high. lt:; .bm:ndw:h:m?rb';u of people get on a t onl few Dokt the grueling “:’m’n‘l First-rate Nent is exuemfly that's why the top-notchers dnv luh larga pay. Q. Is Hary Vonzell a Southernerf— Jane Weiss, St. Louis, Mo, A. No. He was born in Indianapolis and grew up in Southern cuuumh He entered radio in Los Any Q. How many more un will Pred- erick Palmer mnc on the the war?—N. B, C,, South Bend, Ind. A. T think thefe are 10, one each you tell me vh-‘ I o‘n hear Jlok Little? t Droadcasiing?—B. 3, ¥, ARntie Ol had dropped off the network to carry program. and Q. Are Carson }cz:?hon brrxl)tnm?—m Hlnnh m 0. ‘They are not even related, nlthnu h they both came from Kansas. ‘an you tell me something about chnrlk Hamp, _the Quaker Early Erfl?—dnmu . Fourtew, New Orleans, A. Born in Rlchmond and Johnstown, Pa. phmmln.: Bank Holiday Weather. The August bank holiday takes its place as one of the most important events on the uundu' for \hA Teasoh that it seems to con greatest number of people. Whm thn ‘weather is not propitious it is a calamity, and it has happened so frequently that fin day is mma by unfavorable weather that an made August, festing i'.ull nearly three to 3 In seven yeln out the August bank either thoroughly wet threatening md cool in of mlmd. |8 orclock on the fourth floor. Interna- tional carols will be sung by the Y. W.] C. A. choral groups, the Girl Reserve High School Glee Club, Silverelle and » ’ 5 Elizabeth.* Somers Giee Clubs. ~Alta Smith, Leona K. Bixler, Cornelia Archer and Mary Burnett will assist as soloists ’nnd Helen Courney and OCornelia . | Archer will accompany. Dupont Chap- H.|ag 11 o'clock; mm !ll:k d relief, Burton; and rel 3 Bhden. enlistment investi- mmmeng lglck- strand; honors and citations, Sullivan; Lisison to Nlflonll ital Post L(;- dies’ A\nfllg n to Kansas City” Nltkmnl Convention, Major: “Bu Poppy,” Oscar W. Hol- lingsworth; dgwuppy Orken. National O‘plul Post Auxiliary, at '.bdr November 25 meeting, installed the officers: President, Florence llwh.lm senior vice president, Gladys La Scola; junior vice prfidvevnt. s‘c’fi"n’fi?’ secretary, Pear] eible; e Rosalina Morano; chaplain, x‘m Lawson; conductress, Dor= z g:d Julia Poore; patriotic K. Oswalt; historian, Lineoln; cular buren Beulah Lyons, *Eleanor Bisell, Bernine Barrack, Joseph- ine Oardosa: trustees, M. Hollingsworth, L. McAlear, Dorothy Allen. As Committee chairmen, the lolé S ant Means, s - Jacobsen; Relief, Lidstone; Social. Mo- rano; Recruiting, Depro: Hospitals: Mount Alto, Mrs. Oswalt, and St. Eliz- Mrs. Hollingsworth. A visit to Mount Alto Hospital was made on the of November 26 to entertain the patients with card games, after which ts were served. Plans are being made by Mrs. Oswalt for a Moun -‘ -~ Chr&stmu week and ter will serve tea from 4 until 5 o'clock in the fourth-floor reading roo Committee meetings for tha mk in- clude: Monday, Executive Committee ‘Tuesday, the E Street House at 2 o'clock and Food No. 1 at 3 o'clock; Wednesday, Service No. :nzlomdluabm\ Somers at 8 o'clock, ant Industrial mfim lt li lfl eehek. Cleveland Park Chapter will meet to- mnrm at 3 o‘elnck at the home of Mrs. George Adams, 3100 Rodman street. Mount Pleasant Chapter will hold a ulenndundynhlnunlnbbyo!w ition ng December 12 Xrom 10 to 3 o'clock. Blue Triangle Club girls will hear about -Quebec next Thursday in the travel service which has formed part of their program this Fall. The annual dance of the club will be held at the recreation center December 10. discussion on friendship December 12, During the hobby hour Miss Burnett will work with the Silverelle Glee Club, to prepare them for singing carols dur- ing the Christmas season. ‘The Elizabeth Somers Glee Club will sing at the New York Avenue Presbyte- rian Church December 10 at 8 oclock There will be & benefit card party the residence December 11 ut 8 oclock the proceeds of which will be used for Christmas relief work. The health educat rtment is offering for the bene . u. any girl or woman having personal health prob- lems or questions a free consultation hour, with Dr. Grace G. Purse as the adviser, every Wednesday from 4 until 6 o'clock on_the fifth at Seven- ith treets. is arranging for a | Off¢ visit to Elizabeth’s to dispense Christmas cheer. The auxiliary has ap- propriated funds for bestowing Christ- lflll to the children of the Veterans Wars National Home at nu Rapids, Mich. At the meeting of ; of Pederal Post Aux- , November 24, Mrs. Den Broeder, ‘of staff, installed the following offi- cers; President, Mrs. Elsie Rellley; senior vice president, Mrs. Ida Howell; junior vice it, Mrs. Louise Beaudet; cl , Mrs. Minnie Murdock; treas- Mrs. Blanche Moore; secretary, m Katherine Lelssler; conductress, ‘Mrs, Lilllan Broade; guard, Mrs, Ethel triotic M\ICWI‘ Mrs. Dor- S Ynfling: crustee Borothy " s ‘“'w‘l'.?a""{“ goid | O ent’ ‘The nnnlhryp.::s presented R . ‘There was a birthday cele- next meeting will be Wed- nesday night at the Thomas Circle Club. Post met at the Thomas jub November 28 and was pre- r by Comdr. Edwin W. Warren. ‘The membership drive, which has been , has been extended until 31. Plans were discussed for party and entertainment at the itals in the near future. ‘arren has announced the dustrial department will meet Decem- ber 12 at 1 o'clock, following & two- Tecess. e Girl Reserve Glee Club will meet with Miss Burnett at 4 o'clock in the thitd floor assembly room. All leads in the Girl Reserve Christ- mas piay will reheerse with Mrs. Morse at 4 o'clock Tuesday. Reserve Clubs will be organized, president and council representa of each de school club are uked lo , Arthur C. Alm- Auxiliary met Novem- '.he ‘Thomas cgcu Club, 'lth Fowler Itets’lhkeAIzookAt%at The Hub Obfers In Ne ' The Silverelle Club girls will hold a | )3 Model No. 20 Philco Conscle ‘88~ Complete Compare this outstanding value with anythin, See and hear it—we'll let you be else near the prlco. the judge. Its tone and accuracy in lo« cating stations ‘will surprise you. 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