Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1931, Page 55

GEDRGE ADE PLAY DN WRG PROCRAM Darrow and Beck Appear in Radio Drama of Benedict Arnold Trial. A special radio version of George Ade's oomedy, “Nettle,” og-starring Henry Hull and Otto Kruger, two well known stage characters, will be broad- ocast at 7:30 o'clock tonight by WRC and a network of other National Broad- ecasting ©o. stations. WRC and its assoclates will broad- cast another outstanding dramatic pro- duction &t 10:18 o'clock—the first of two episodes of “The Trial of Benedic® Armnold.” Clarefics Darrow, one of the country’s best known eriminal lawyers, will defend Arnold. ‘The prosecutor will be James M. Beck, former solicitor gen- eral of the United States, Symphotiy Orchestra this s concert by the Kedroff Quartet di the Kent hour tonight. The Roxy con- cert gonsist of Tschaikowsky's “Nuf Suite,” and Rimsky- - heresade.” It will be the un An ineident depicting the bravery of Kit Carson will be dramatized during the Big Hrother Club présentation. Leslie Frick, contralto, Earl Waldo, will be the gu artists play the “Symphony in A Minor, No. 4,” of Sibelius. The Shoteham Concert Orchestra will play $iz numbers its Bun- day concerf. These include excerpts from “Thé Chocolate Soldier,” gems from “"M" and Bizet'’s “Arlesienne v. Peter F. Quinn will deliver the of his series of four sermons trumental duo. 11:30 m'u:oo—-g‘umm Cathedral choir. Josef nach’s Orchestra, WRC, 9:15; Detroit Sym Orchestra and Edgar Guest, v 9:30. VARIETY. Jack Ralston's Orchestra, WOL, 3:30; ¥ Choral Orchestra, f 3 Muriel and Ves, m and instrumental duo, WRC, DRAMA. Moonshine and- Honeysuckle, WRC, 2:00; Big Brother Club, WRC, 7:00; ;‘oflllshfll Trials of History,” WRC, HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE. 4:00—New York Philharmonic Orches- W—A‘(J:VABC, WCAU, WEAN and WNAC. 6:30—The Dandies; Betty Smart, con- tralto; Ben Alley, tenor, and ¥reddie Rich's ‘hestra — WABC, WFBL, WEAN, WNA( and WCAU. 7:00—8alute to Dallas; Zoel Paren- teau's Orchestra—WJZ, KDKA, v WGN, WRVA and WBAL. 8:00—Melodles; ,_ Mary Ropple and 's Ensem- ble— WJZ, WBZ,_ WBZA, WHAM, WJR, KDEA and . KYW. l:lb—mnl Hout; Address Mulrooney of New York, u?d ew dramatic sketch—WJZ, WB2Z, KDEA, WJR and WMC. 9:15—Band concert—WRVA, 9:30—"World Adventures With Floyd | Gibbons"—WJZ, WBZ, WBZA.' WHAM, KDKA, WJR and WLW. 10:30—8lumber music: Ludwig Lauriet’s Btring En | | 3 . WJR and WLW. 11:00—Vaudeville—WLW. i 11:30—Bouth Sea Islanders; string ' orehestra—WJ2, WREN, KWK, | KDKA and KFAB. . 00 ! 670 000 110 1110 ceseniess 870 KYW .. from The Bvening Star, a world mews, is broadcast WMAL at 5:45 o'clock, Boswell Sisters, on the left, will contribute to the Pleasure Hour Wednesday night over an N. B. C. network. On | the right is Mme. Maria Jeritza, Viennese prima donna of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co.,, who will be heard over WMAL and other Columbia stations tomorrow night during the Simmons program. Today on (All time p.m., uniess $30Tre e Party, testuring " Parkes Oadman. St 59—Correct time. 5:00—The tree hour, with mixed chorus and orchestra. 7:00—Big Brothers: Club 3 rothers’ Club. 'l:s::comedy “Nettle,” featuring Hull and Otto Kruger. featuring Early Program Tomorrow, 468—Tower health exercises. 00! Food, Do By By upply. ‘Wharton, 10:16a—Hits and_Bits. 10:30a—"Please “Tell Carroll 10:45a—Hits and Bits. 11:00a—The Blue Streaks. 11:15a—Radio Household Institute. a—Organ melodies. W. R. Me,” by Jean 1:30—Mayflower Orchestra. 00—Organ_recital. 2:30—"The Sunshine Cirele,” by Char- lotte Goer. 11! ) 3:30—The Sixteen Singers. WIS 11:00 to 12:30—Services of the Fourth Church. 2:18 to _8:45—Church of the Afr, 7 00— Ponhatar Coneess Basernbie 17:28—Time . 1:31—Roland ler, tenor. 'I:lb—&eflbénfl First Church Christ Di Meglio and Swanee Scf 9:06—J = 10:00—L. Z. trombonist. lflzlb—fln%. tenor, 10:30—Radio revival. 11:15—Weather report. Early Program Tomorrow, 9:00a—Down South in Dixie. 9:05a—Town Crier. 9:20a—Weather _re) and Grand- father's 3 9:40a—Hints to Housewives. 10:16a—Elizabeth Chamblin, soprano. 10:30a~Fashion talk. 11:00a—Sacred hour, 12:00—Correct time. 12:05—National farm news. 12:20—Farm chat. Story. Marsban, 12:. 2:00—Afternoon musteale. 3:00—Organ recordings. Folks Behind The Microphone HC | the Puccin! opers, “The Girl of the Following this experi- | to five years he has devoted his efforts to the direction of broadcast opera he has conducted more than 200 radio gperauo presenta- . Practically every iged is familiar to him, and he has con- Cesare Sodero. \ S “Russian | ows,” which had its world the radio studios and whicl recognized musical drama. Boasts Other Operas. He also eral Italian ras ‘ana ‘S‘I’."“"""-g o o5 fine his debut as an operatic con- . | 1 .| 12:30 to 1:00—Ofgan recital Leaf. recognized | in the world the Radio otherwise indicated.) 1 Band. 1:15—Charles Trowbridge Tittman, basso. 1:30—Ballard hour. 3:00—Cathedral hour. 3:00—Talk on Pirst Aid, by Dr. Eugene . E. Willison. $:16—New York Philharmonic Sym- | ony Orchestra. 4:00—] emans'ucrnu from the Wash- ington Oathedral. LE by Rev. Donald G. Barn- house. 8:30—Bweetheart hour, featuring Adele Vasa, Barbara Maurel, Ben Al- ley and Evan Evans. 8:00—Shoreham Orchestra. 7:00—The Golden Hour of the Little Flower—Religious service from | Detroit _. 8:00—"Devils, Drugs and Doctors,” by Dr. Howard W. Haggard of Yale Univ g 8:15—Plano P iph Opfinger and Charles T 8:30—Kaltenborn Edits the News. 8:45—The Gauchos, with Vincent Sorey and his orchestra and Tito Guizar, 9:00—~The Playgir], featuring Irene Bordoni and Eugene Ormandy’s Orchestra. 9:30—Edgar A. Guest, with Detroit Symphony Orchestra. 10:00—Jesse Crawford, organist. 10:30-—Around the Samovar, with Peter Biljo's Balalaika Orchestra. 11:00—Back home hour, from Buffalo. g#%wumm féat Vin. ; , féaturing Vin- cent Storey’s Orcr-n:n.w i n lnfly‘ Program Tomorrow. devotions. yboys, Brad and Al Morning Mail. | minions, marking of 1 for conviction are considered good, out of a bateh of more than 100 reports of outlaw stations submitted to it by the Federal Radio Co! low in all sections of the country, to information from the auth RADIO VIOLATORS FEEL ARM OF LA {U. S. Moves to Wipe Out Out- laws and Broadcasters of Obscene Programs. BY ROBERT MACK. The long arm of the law is dipping into radio to wipe out unlicensed broad- casting stations operating in deflance of Federal statutes and to bring to justice stations guilty of broadcasting | finest dance orchestras on the air, his | Waving his hands around in circles “indecent, obscene or profane” pro- | Tesentment justifiably mounts. grams. ‘Within the past year, two individuals have felt the pinch of Uncle Sam's the first convictions for violating the “radio statutes. George W. Fellowes of St. was convicted for operating an unlicensed station, and was deported to England, his native country, in lieu of accepting & jail sent oinynrnnd-dq. other, Gordon Duncan, penitentiary f ; utiog el ut:”'m or using profane e over a station in Portland, which was thrown off the air for the same reason. , Indiciments Pending. Two indictments are now pending against operators of unlicensed stations and & warrant for the arrest of a third is reported to have been sworn. Besides these, the Department of Justice, is in- vestigating some 30 or 40 cases of un- licensed stations, in which the chances n. Outlaw stations, for' the most par of wer, are cluttering up the ether according orities. Stations Kept Seeret. -n:7 are secretive, however, as o the Identity of these stations until con« crete evidenice is obtained and the cul- Balley | prits brought to court. The department len. 10:15a—Harmonies and Contrasts. 10:308—Mr. Pixit. 10:45a—The Melody Parade. 11:008—" What I Am Trying 11:158~~Madison Singers. 11:30a—The Biscuit Bakers. 11:486—Three Modern Maids. 12:00—Paul Tremaine’s Orchestra. :30—Columbia 13 Revue. :00—Park Central Orchestra, :30—Ambassador to Do.” 1 1:30—, """ “The Capture of Aguinaldo.” 3:00—Columbia Salon Orchestra. 228.9 Meters. WOL 1,310 Kiloeyeles. 10:00a—*Rich Man in Hell,” by Judge Rutherford. 10:15a—Clement Giebel, baritone. " " tional Chureh. s 12:00 to 12:15—Birthdays. 3:30—Ralston’s Orchestra, 4:30—Italian late Oonception. 6:00 to 6:30—Fashion Review. Early Program Tomorrow. 7:80a—Musical Clock. 8:003—] 8. 3 o Mucloat ; 12:40 to 1:00—Luncheon Music. ductor when he was 14 years old, and when he was 16 he composed a ballet that was performed Zor 72 consecutive | evenings in Alexandria, Egypt. His own | instrument is the ’‘cello, but he is| familiar with and can play virtually every instrument in a symphony Toured United States. Sodero came to the United States and toured the country under the Henry W. Bavage banner as musicdl director of Golden West.” ence he was conductor for four years of the Aborn English Grand Opera Co., and previous to alliance with broad- asting he was musical director of the | Edison recording laboratories for 12 ears. | i During his work in New York more | than 13,000 different musicians have been under his direction. His first ng.l: w&.rk ;u for Station WEAP, tdlol wi . ‘!M 3 was placed in was organived e&m«mnmmm EE WXAD. Nightly after work Sannells broad- casts from his home in Scarsdale, N. Y., and has contacts | b NDY SANNELLA, versatile N. B, C.| Am¢ a8 been fcrced to drop a number of the cases because of lack of evidence, while in others the guilty parties have | sel disappeared on receipt of information gl:'il Pederal operatives were on their ‘The newest case of an unlicensed sta- tion grows out of an old radio con- troversy in Pittsburgh. Rev. John W. Sproul, evangalist, of that city, who al- leges he lost a fortune in his “glory barn" enterprise and 100-watt sta- tion along with it, is reported back on the air. A warrant for his arrest, the commission informed the mnl i s “on advice of counsel,” but, the terms Tiore.that 85000, fve years apeisony , five £ or both, for "nld‘“l'u.ah tn‘“uruay have offense.” been re- stations at to on April 2, is against Cecil Molyneaux and Malcolm McMaster, who are al- to _have operated Station ABE with neither station nor operator's license, The indictment in the Penn- sylvania case was returned against El- ton Spencer and Edward Tomajko, for flhfid fl.lefll tion of Station ‘WGM, and lkely will be argued in May. 1930 SURPLUS DECLINES FOR RADIO CORPORATION Adversities visited upon the radio in- dustry by the business depression are reflected in the 1937 annual report of the Radio Corporation of America, whose surplus at the end of 1930 was only $320,293, compared witi $10,386,- 852 in 1929. in business during the w ,000 stockholders. %n- income from all sotirces 1930 was $137,037,596, compared $182,137,738 in 1029. Net income was $5,526,293, of which $5,206,000 was paid preferred st . In 1920 net income was $15,802,561, of which $5.- 505,709 was pald in dividends. ‘There were no dividends on_common stock either in 1930 or 1920. Inventories were $26,253.713 in 1930 against - $31,946,798 |in 1929, Fixed assets were $63,838,234 in 1930 and $33,531,280 in 1929, ‘The decline in elrnmal:,cl!ls's the re- expenditures due to unifying its produc-' tion units and enlarging its plant at Camden, N. J. 0000000000000000000000600 of | those Radio Punsters Warned to Be “Two Short to Tune i off.” BY MARTIN CODEL. to permit eommon sense snd to be offended by lengthy advertising announcements evident to any lis- . High- programs designed o promote -grade ucts are all often saturated violations of what may be termed, for want of & better phrase, good radio manners, Time Must Be Short, “I think,™ suggests Mr. Hurd, “that the time on the air for advertising should be less than the time it takes for & man to lsten: for » brief moment and then ¢ross the room to shut off his radio set. nmmg:sbukwmmua feature before has time to do this you ¢an hold him, for he will not try to turn the set off a second time if the ad- pt short.” the of sets are silent much of the day and use of and offensive announcements. Radio deal- ers, it is said in the trade, are beginining wwg?lmwnmumymm.m part least, for the depressed radio set_business. When, while sitting at the dinner | Pra table, a Tadio listener in the East must be regaled with vivid descriptions of , pyothea and whatnot th before he can enjoy Amos 'n’ Andy he experiences a natural revulsion toward radio. When he must perforce listen to frequent interspersions about the béneficial effects of & certain brand of cigarettes upon the throat— ly unconvinced and unconvine- ing announcements & throaty - nouncer—in order to enjoy one of the Hurries to Radio, With & gesture of irhpatience he hur- ries to his radio set and switches it off or tunes to another station. The afore- mentioned are only a few of the violations. They can be multip] fold. Many local stations are even more offensive, but happily their broadcasts are much more e 'me{ are enjoying a fool's paradise, - 18 mani- profit only now beginning to earn after 10 —what Ras aptly the American plan”—unless they a convinced that Government Tation lunduudrlflhluflalpnrm le sys- m. \ Good Manners Asked. But they have an undoubted right to demand good manners on those radio Waves which penetfate uninvited to the home and ide. On the whole, Americans are getting splendid pro- f‘l’lmfl under the American plan, with ts keeri competition for listener atten- tion as between chains and betwéen: the rival local broadcasters. But bad man- ners are all too prevalent—and the remedy may soon be looked for. Where? From the broadcasters them- ves, “Just give us time.” a neétwork offi- funately, or ‘unfortansiely, there re ly, or o are only about 18 hours to the broadcast- ing day, and there is no immediate pos- with more stations. Fortunately for us, our eommercial hours are fast being ex- hausted by demands for time. We will always have to carry a substantial num- ber of ststaining, or non-commercial, fedtures, and we will always have to reserve time, whether it has been sold for broadcasts of national en ts. ‘The day will soon be here when all will be taken up. waiting most ear, our hours on the air In fact, we already have long lists for certain rfioda deern: favorable for catching the public Curb Sponsers’ Zeal. “Even now we are beginning to curb the veal of our sponsors to get their names and their products mentioned as often and as lengthy as possible, Soon we will be able to dictate to our spon- sors just how much time may con- sume with commercialism. Better than that, much as we hate to. think of cen- soring evenh commercial programs, we will be able to tell them just what they may or may not say on the air.” American broadcasting is only now entering its second decade of exist- ence. As an advertising medium, it is less than half a dozen years old. Ane other year or two may bring sbout needful changes in present practices, voluntarily. If it doesn’t, an uj is inevitable among radio fending broadcaster loses his audience to the unoffending. With the switch turned off, a radio recelver is useful to nobody. — - Radio Paradise Formed. ‘There's & radlo paradise up in Alaska, reports H-rrg‘ J. Liek, superintendent of Mount McKinley National Park. At uarters, situated at an altitude of “he | Ak TUBES for balanced Cost no more than erdi- COLONY RADIO 4838 Georgia Ave. NW, , Col. 0088 and | with dea t | room, adjacent to the studio, 3 geroducuon man divided his time r. to | room and moving about the studio called “radio by | V1 re sibility of burdening the wave lengths | WEAF, .| must now use a set of two waves. luold order of s passing, giving wa; mechanical device ’n- croachment. Soon the lon, a be | heard is built around special noiseless telautograph machines. Color Fading Out. mo;flnutommd:eomfl pected 8:.5 , & custom t became an institution in radio. No longer will it be neces- | network has sary for uction men to run into a studio, w! to the orchestra leader, p closer to the microph the telautograph machine at his elbow. These are recorded on an- other machine in the studio. In of the 2 st S both stations. s The N. B. C. will have engineers | tional and eivic in the field constantly to measure e of the stations and if any distortion occurs. & few months it is ex- that other stations may be to the wave, synchron! built to eover the Eastern States. , deve new system, whose technical secrets are tained in wheel” stabilizer, w] cally operates the stations and is govemed h{ a frequency eontrol urnished from a central point. bilizer “disregards vari- turn those in the studic can re- |changes in verse the operation. Veteran broadcasters shed tears of regret watching installation of mechanical devices which tend to destroy individualism. “What if the old signals were confusing,” they ask, and reply “they were human.” Old-timers reflect on the past years when resorted to ) setting-up exere! and dumb language, to convey the message “tone down the bass drum, move the fife rhnr up & bit, make the erooner urn her face in another and speed up the whole show. Do you think {hau are pla; chess?” Under e long ~ blished ctice a finger &Ihnud firmly against the side of the nose signi- fled that the Was run- ning accordin ime sched- ule. Hands wn slowly meant for the singer, speaker or instru- mentalist to move nearer to the microphone. The signal reversed, of course, was Iinterpreted as advice to move away. If the di- rector saw the production man he knew that the rognm must be speeded up. !;-n lowered with palms down meant play softer. Hands raised repeatedly meant play louder. These will soon become only fond memories of the “good old days.” ‘When broadcasting was young the control engineer and produc- tion man sat in the studio. Soon, however, the engineer and his ap- paratus were placed in & it separated by sound-] panels. There he could hear the program through & speaker. The tween listening in the control ispe: instructions or giving signals. With the new mechanical arrangement he can devote more time to listening, convey instruc- tions with greater facility and ac- curacy, and in short present a finer program with a m: lum of mistakes and no confusion. * * * 'YNCHRONIZ broadcasting, which within a few years is ex- pected to enable the national net- works to operate a multiplicity ot stations on the same wave length regardless of power, was thrown opeén to the scrutiny of the radio technicians and the approbation of the radio audience of several Eastern States last weék, when Station WTIC, Hartford, began opentmfi simultaneously with , New York, on the WEAF channel, and WBAL, Baltimore, began rating simultaneously with WJZ, New York, on the WJZ channel. 2 All eyes in the radio world— and the attention of the audiences of all these stations—were focused on this important development. ‘The new system of broadcasting, which is said to have passed the experimental stage, was author- ized by the Federal Radio Com- mission, whose engineers will study it closely during the next year or more to determine exactly what it portends for the future structure of radio. Highly technical in nature, the new system smw means that two stations, linked by land lines to carry the same program while kept in synchronism, and not very widely separated geographically, are operating without interference on a wave length hitherto occu- pled exclusively by one. Thus, where they formerly shared a clear channel, WTIC and WBAL now enjoy full time, though each When one uses its 1,060 kilo- cycle channel, the other is syn- chronizing with its New York mate, and vice versa, so that each has the dual identity of an inde- pendent and a synchronized chain station. The confidence that the Na- Imagine Your 16U TG0 ONTAND THE| MUSHY COUPLE s.-.umofl-mu,‘ = TO BE2FOUR GIRL AND,YOUR ' PAL ./ IMAGINE YOUR HAPPINESS when s mere snap of the elec- trlo light switch is all that is meeded to bring you the best in radio Turn l::hry g.. for a better set TODAY. you STAR RADIG 409 11th St. N.W. 3218 14th RN A AR arate ( of phdse relationship between the uync!‘mminng statlons in an ideal e * x2S TH! dialing system, similar to that used with the new tele- combined | the future emp! same principles used in telephones that have recently come into such wide use. A simple flmrol, mounted on & small ol tal box with a pilot light, is installed at desirable locations throughout the house and con- nected to a master phonograph- radio outfit located in the attic or basement. Complete operatin control of both the radio an automatic pre-tuned and adjusted to the master dial unit to easy code number comb] The automatic phonograph similarly adjusted for each of its the desired station from any of the dial controls. In the same way a code number is dialed to raise or lower the volume, start and stop the radio musi¢, and to &}:y Tecords or reject them at will, e volume of each loud speaker outlet may be separately regu- lated by any of the dial controls. The code numbers are conven- Py i g K] con b record the code number of the record-changing device is dinl&: and the mcgfia’ plays a continuous program records, stopping at t.ln :n'd automatically. * BY any do.t;ner name, they're still recor programs, say offi- cials of the National Broadcasting Co., who pi not only to enter the recording program field shortly, but to announce phono- g'pph records or film recordings roadcast over the radio by names more d ve of their real character than “electrical tran- scriptions.” . A. Bellows, the former Federal radio commissioner, coined ft'.lho nm"uo “electrical tnmc‘fll;!)- on” for pi ms a] transcribed onmmh orm ro¥ broadcasting purposes. Largely at his instance, the Federal Radio Commission it officially in one of ;t: mfie Bt;um are supposed phonograph records or the cial "tnmcfll;:- tions” as such before and after each playing. 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