Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1931, Page 52

OLD BATTERY SETS BEING MADE AGAIN Manufacturers Seeking New, Markets Turn to Needs of Farmers. BY ROBERT MACK. The old-time battery receiving set is 1 1 1 back in production, but not to replace | the “plug-in” models now universally used in urban radio areas. Radio receiving who have concentrated in the more lucrative field of A. C. set production 10 meet the city demands up to this time, have turned their attentions to the needs of the farmers and remote dwellers who do not enjoy the advan- tages of electrified homes. Self-powered Teceivers for unelectrified districts, de- clared to compare favorably in per- formance to the modern electric power Tecelver, have been developed and now are being produced. Third of Homes Not Wired. Prior to 1926 practically all sets were battery operated, but with the intro- duction of the A. C. manufacturers forsook the production of the obsolete battery sets and gave little thought to the demand for such sets. Only portable models and auto- mobile radio sets were manufactured to operate from battery on anything approaching mass production. The fact of the matter is that about one-third of the 29.000.000 homes in the country are not wired for elec- tricity. it is estimated that mes are beyond power line 1at of this total approxi- 0.000 are farm homes. S 5 has not been good during the t two years. Overpro- duction at the fag end of 1929, coupled with the economic depression, sent the industry into the worst slump of its brief but meteoric history. Price-cut- ting was rampant, and much merchan- dise was dumped onto the market. Many of the old-line manufacturers fell by the wayside, while others ad- justed production to meet Gemands, seeking to avoid the pitfalls of overproduction Scour Nation for Markets. In getting back on their feet, manu- facturers have scoured the Nation for prospective markets, and they did not overlook the battery set po: which heretofore they had ‘The result was intensive laboratory de- velopment and the production of a set said to be comparable to the most modern A. C. models The greatest single factor in the de- velopment of the new self-powered re ceiver is the new “breathing battery, which literally inhales oxygen from the air and gives approximately a year of continuous service. For use in con- junction with this batiery have devised a in two-v The very latest additions to the bat- tery set are a new circuit, said to pro- vide four times the audio output of an ordinary. circuit using -the same tubes and battery, and a fixed-magnet dy- namic speaker claimed to provide qual- ity of tone and range of volume never before possible in a battery operated receiver. (Copvright, 1931) i set manufacturers, unit models all | 10: 1 10: 113 the public | WOL 1 {WRC Today on (All programs scheduled for Eastern Standard Time.) 315.6 Meters. 950 Kilocycles. 7:00a—Melody hour. 8:00a—Children’s hour. 9:00s —Mexicar. Typica Orchestra. 9:30a—Lew White, organist. 0:00a—Pte-Constitution Week Cele- bration at Hall of Fame of New York University. 0:30a—-Jewels of Destiny. 1:00a—Sparklets. \ :15a—Echoes of the Orient. 30a—Biblical drama. 00m—"'Debunking Big Game Afric by Carveth Wells. 15—+Pop” Concert. :45—American Singers with Willlam Wirges' Orchestra. :15—The Caribbeans. 30—Artists’ Service program. 00—Moonshine and Honeysuckle, 30—Belkan Mountain Men. 00—National Sunday Forum. 0°—Gilbert and Sullivan Gems. 00—Catholic hour. :00—Base ball scores. 05—The Russian Singers. 15—Wilkins program. 30—Club of the Air. 7:00—The Choral Orchestra with Ed- dfe Cantor. 8:00—"Our Government,” by David Lawrence. 8:15—Through the Opera Glass. 9:15—Ted Weems' Orchestra with Ilo May Bail. 9:45—Sunday at Seth Parker's. 15—Ralph Kirbery, baritone. 0:30—Correct _time. 31—Jesse Crawford, organist. 00—Weather forecast. :01 to 12:00—Palais d'Or Orchestra. Early Program Tomorrow. in ARBR s 30a—Tower Health Exercises. 00a—Gene and Glenn. 15a—Morning_devotions. 30a—Lew White. organist. Parnassus Trio —Tom Warlng's Troubadours. :45a—Food program. :00a—Mrs. Blake's Radio Column. :15a—Hits and Bits. :30a—"Please Tell Carroll. :45a—Hits and Bits. :00a—The Blue Streaks. :30a—June Meredith, pfanist. :45a—Al and Pete :00a—The Troubadour. 15a~Breen and de Rose. :30a—On Wings of Song. 2:00m—Palais d'Or Orchestra. :30—National farm and home hour. 1:30—Classic gems. : 2:00—Women's Radio Revie 228.9 Meters. 1,310 Kilocycles. :00a—Organ melodies. 10:30a—Symphony orchestra. 11:00a—Services of the Church of Epiphany. 25—Birthdays. 30—In Funnyland With Uncle Jerry. 00 to 2:00—Bob Garber’s Orchestra. | Early Program Tomorrow. 00a—Musical Clock. 00a—Birthdays. :05a—Musical Clock. 00a—Organ m-lodies. 15a—Novelettes. :45a—March of Music. 00a—With the Composers 30a-—Hawailan Memories. 5a-—Luncheon music. 12:15—The Hawaiians. 12:30 to 1:00—Dance Music. New Oklahoma City Airport. THE the Radio SU 475.9 Meters. WMAL 34 itocyetes. 9:00a—Columbia Church of the Alr with Bishop I. P Johnson. 9:30a—Quiet Harmonies. | 10:00a—Ducts by Julla Mahcney and A Charles Carlisle. 10:15a—Edna Thomas, “The Lady From isiana.” ‘The Volce of St. Louls.”"— Classical concert. 11:30a—Rebroadcast from London— “What England Hears,” by Eugene Goosens. 11:45a—Watch Tower Service, 12:00m—Rhythmic Melodies. 12:30—Gypsy Trail, 1:00—Ann Leaf at_the organ. 1:30—The Singing Violins. 2:00—Symphonic Hour. 3:00—Cathedral hour. | 4:00 to 5:00—Even Song Service | from the Washington Cathedral. | 6:00—Howard Barlow's Orchestra and | Theo Karle, tenor. | 6:15—Fray and Braggiotti. plano duo. | 6:30—Modern Male Chorus, 6:45—Boswell Sisters. 7:00—"Devils, Drugs and Doctors,” by Dr. Howard W. Haggard. | 7:15—Music Along the Wires. | —"Your Child,” by Angelo Patri, | 8:00—The Masters. 8:30—Around the Samovar. | 9:00—Gala Hour with Gus Van, Ruth | Etting, Harry Richman, De Wolf | Hopper and Irvin S, Cobb, 10:00—The Gauchos. 10:30—Red Nichols and his orchestra. | 11:00—Eddie Duckin's Orchestra. | 11:30—Ann Leaf at the organ. 12:00—Weather forecast. Early Program Tomorrow. 8:00a—The Commuters. i 8:30a—Tony’s Scrap Book. | 8:45a—The Dutch Girl. 9:00a—Opening the Morning Mail. | |10:15a—The Madison Singers. | Me,” by Jean 10:30a—"Front Page Personalities,” by reopening at the Shubert-Belasco, Mon- | 9°30a—The Singing Vagabond. | 9:45a—Melody Parade. Edward Harris Anne Lazar. 10:45a—"Characte; Educatioy” by | Harry P. McKenna | 1:00a—Don Bigelow’s Orchestra. 1:30a—Columbia_Revue. 2:00m—Episcopal Preconvention Broad- | cast. 1 1 1 | 12:30—Harry Tucker’s Orchestra, | 0—The Street Singer. 1:15—Rhythm Kings. 2:00—Columbia Salon Orchestra. 2:30—The Three Doctors. ‘ 2:45—Duets by Ben and Helen. | 3:00—Gypsy Music Makers. 3:30—Columbia Artists Recital. 4:00—Gypsy Music Makers, 1 WJSV 205.4 Meters. | 1.460 Kilocycles, | 10:30a—salon music. | 11:00a to 12:15—Services of the Fourth | Presbyterian Church. 2:00 to 3:00—Church of the Air, 5:00—Gospel twilight hour 5:30—Bible training school. 6:00—Gospel Spreading Association. 7:00—Twilight_hour. 7:30—Roland Wheeler, tenor. 7:55—Service at First Church of Christ Scientist, 9:05—Studio feature. | 9:30—Organ melodies. | 10:00—Songs by Sammy Brown 10:15—Evangelical Church of the Air. | 11:00—Good-night. Early Program Tomorrow. | i 7:30a—Over the breakfast table, 8:00a—Organ revellle. “CHERRIES ARE RIPE. ” RCH SELWYN will present Mary Ellis and Basil Sydney at the National Theater the week opening Monday, September 21, in a new comedy, “Cherries Are Ripe,” written by John Emerson and Anita Loos, authors of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The local perform- ances will be immediately prior to the New York engagement, and Mr. Selwyn and the two authors will be here for the opening night. Miss Ellis and Mr. Sydney are well known in Washington and have ap- peared here both separately and to- gether in stell roles on many oc- castons. They have recently returned from England, where they were featured by Gilbert Miller in the pro- duction at the Lyric Theater, in London, or Eugene O'Neill's “Strange Interlude.” . In the new play. “Cherries A r e Ripe,” the action takes place lnBH:n- ary, near -Buda- Mary Ellls. ge“‘ An. acenl well-to-do husband is unhappy because ne feels his wife is too young and beau- tiful to be faithful to him. A gallant and romantic young count offers to| solve the problem for him, Natalie Schafer, Gavin Muir and | Richard Sterling have prominent sup- | porting roles, and a gypsy band of | musicians will help give color and v riety to the proceedings. “ONCE IN A LIFETIME.” ! AF’I’ER 401 performances in the Ply- | + mouth and Music Box, New York | 10:00a—+Behind the Microphone,” by theaters, “Once in & Lifetime” closed at the former house in order to give the company a vacation prior to the | day, September 28. It is heralded as| the only play of 1930-31 that ran a full year in Manhattan, if it matters. Only one company in “Once in a| Lifetime” is to be sent on tour, as Sam | H. Harris, its producer. never sends a second production on the road. Such boing the case, Jean Dixon, Hugh O'Connell and Charles Halton, who created their respective roles in this comedy, will continue in these char- acters. Their assoclate players will include Marjorie Wood, Grant Mills, Ruthelma Stevens and about three- score others, as it is a large cast play given in seven scenes. “Once in a Lifetime” takes a day | off Yo visit the talkies. And upon this visit holds up to ridicule the supers ficlalities and waste of this new in- dustry. To bring the subject home to | all, the authors have sketched char- acters easily recognized. There is the vaudeville team, a trio of varlety pla; ~ ANNOUNCING | A NEW PROGRAM Sunday Eveningsat 7.15 ers, who trek out to Hbllywood to try to earn an honest living when their own profession has lost favor with the public. Representing themselves as teachers of elocution they get in the good graces of the film producers, hut this only carries them from one ludi- crous situation to another, from blunder to blunder, but eventually to success. “PRIVATE LIVES” BOOKED. [OEL COWARD'S London and New York comedy hit, “Private Lives,” with Madge Kennedy and Otto Kru- ger starring together for the first time under the Arch Selwyn banner, will open a2 limited engagement at the National Theater Monday evening, September 28. In this gay and unconventional opus, ‘which introduces Coward as master of the modern comedy style, the princi- pal characters are a divorced couple who run across each other while on honeymoons with new mates and, under the spell of moonlight, senti- mental music and fond memories of other days, elope and spend a hectic week in Paris. There, as they are in- dulging in one of their old-time quar- rels and pummeling each other around the room, the deserted mates step into | the comedy again, with hearts full of sympathy and forgiveness as they view the battered lovers. Wit, uproarious fun and tender sen- timent are said to blossom forth,in the first scene to the accompaniment of one of those mellow songs for which Mr. Coward is famous. GILBERT AND SULLIVAN WAR. TVIORE than a generation ago the quaint operettas of Gilbert and sullivan, tertainment that ever came out from the British Isles, were all the go—as they used to say. Everyhody loved them—"Pinafore,” irates of Penzance,” “Iolanthe,” “The Mikado” and others of varving types, but all melodically and scenically delightful in the lighter form of entertainment. But tastes change, like the styles of clothes, and the current era is, per- naps, not so familiar with the gems PART FOUR in even' the homes of America & score of years ago. During the Summer, these operettas were revived in New York, under the direction of Milton Aborn, one time impresario of the Aborn Opera Co., also once a great favorite in Washington. They were so highly successful that, under the au- spices of the Erlanger enterprises, they ‘were listed for a tour upon the newly recovered “road” of the theater. The Messrs. Lee and J. J. Shubert heard of, if they.did not hear them, and be- ing partial to successes, resolved to present them with a company of their own. Both companies will present them simultaneously in Boston, beginning September 21. Eventually, we may have them both here in Washington. This cause of musical war and the manner of its waging are a_distinct innovation’ in the theater. Folks that like “pretty music and clever humor are wondering what will come of it. NEWMAN AND HOLMES LATER. THOSE two popular travel lecturers E. M. Newman and Burton Holmes —who each year take Washingtonians to Europe and elsewhere with their in- teresting talks and colorful views of foreign countries—will again appear at the National Theater this Winter. Mr. Holmes' series of five Sunday afternoon lectures will begin November 1 and Mr. Newman will be here for five Sunday afternoons beginning Jan- uary 24. Shdw of ‘100 S(a‘ra‘ representing the rarest en- | “STOUT HEARTS AND WILLING HANDS,” (Laugh, if you must!) | 1s now at the R-K-O Keith Theater, anq | \0¢ Station in the world, which he hopes | in it are 100 stars and featured players, | the original Keystone Kops, Owen, Tom and Pat Moore, a trio of barkeepers. and £0 many other high lights it is best to It will have 75,000 watts power, he said. Tenneszee Girl, close the story. The Masquers Club of Hollywood made the opus and built it around the melodrama of a score of years ago (Little Nell, {f you must go Inside) From the grave comes True Blue Har- old. hero; Elmer Flint, villain; Matthew | Grant and Mrs. Grant. whose dream is paid-off mortgage; Frank Fay, Lew | Cody, Laura La Plante, Alex B. Francis, Mary Carr, Eddie Quillan and Benny U. S. RENEWS WAR ON RADIO DOCTORS Station WCHI, Chicago, Is Cited to Show Cause License Should Be Reissued. | Renewed efforts to rid the air of al- leged medical quackery were made yes- | terday by the Federal Radio Commis- | slon, as it cited a Chicago station broad- casting with 5,000 watts power 8t pos- sible revocation of license. The commission ordered Station WCHI to show cause why its license should not be canceled, after receipt of complaints egainst broadcasts made by | Dr. Percy L. Clark and Dr. Perley W. | Johnson. Simultaneously, it was divulged | that the commission’s investigating force is inquiring into similar charges of broadcasts considered inimical to the public health. | _Already the commission has thrown off the air two broadcasting stations used in medical advertising, resulting | in the silencing of Dr. John R. Brink- |ley of Milford, Kans., who speciali in goat gland rejuvenations, and Nor- man Baker of Muscatine, Towa. whose | freely acknowledged forte was cancer cures, even though he doesn't have a medical degree. |, In the case of Dr. Brinkley. word has been received that he Soon will be op- | erating on Mexican soil what he de- | scribes as the most powerful broadcast- will completely blanket the United States. The station, with the call XED, | already has begun making tests, Dr. Brinkley has confided in friends here. whereas tne maximum power used in the United States is 50000 watts. | "Most disturbing, however, is the re- | port that Dr. Brinkley has selected the mid-channel of 735 kilocycles for his station, located at Villa Acuna, Mexico. Just across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Tex. In view of the tremendous | power of this station and its close prox- | imity to the operating assignments of | many other stations, it would be likely | Folks Behind The Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. CCIDENTS will happen. And for that bromide the followers of 1 “The Three Doctors” broadcasts 1 may be thankful. For 'twas an | accident that brought this ir- | responsible trio together. Some six years ago, when he was sup- posed t> be hustling around selling in- surance, Ransom Sherman developed | the habit cf idling away his afternoons in a Chicago radio studio, where im- | promptu frolic programs were presented. | His gift fcr burlesque, first displayed | among his friends, soon resulted in his first microphone appearance. Russell Pratt, the seccnd chap, made his first studio visit as a member of & barbershop quartet assembled by a Chi- cago business orginization. He admits the fcursome was “pretty awful” but | before its radio career had been ter- | minated Pratt had been singled out as an addition to the studio st:ff. Thus | the two met and formed a partnership. One day, not long afterward, Joe Rudolph wandered into their strongho'~ |for a job as an accompanist. He had | decided that if he failed to secure one, | it would be back to the teller cage for him. He was engaged, and later his snappy comebacks mingled with the | Pratt-Sherman repartee and he became | part of the act. Thus was conceived “The Three Dcc- Wednes- over Co- tors,” now heard on Tuesda: day #nd Thursday afternoo lumbia from Chicago. SET ON OPERA CAREER 17, Hopes to Fol. low Trail of Grace Muuze. KNOXVILLE, Tern. (#.—The hills of Tennessee again are echoing the voice of a potential prima donna. Shs is Judy Wilkes of Knoxville, who as- pires to follow the trail of Grace Moore to the opera. Judy, now 17, has been singing “as long as she can remember.” and has appeared as a guest artist over WROL. of the musical stage that were laughed A Rubin among those that give Nell the [to cause considerable congestion of the | Like Miss Moore, she is a member of at, applauded to the echo and loved breaks or otherwise. I ethe a church chols - Just How Smooth is*Smooth” In d | 9:00a—Treasure Chest. 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