Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1932, Page 51

LUCREZIA BORI RETURNS T0 AR = Metropolitan Opera Soprano to Be Guest Soloist To- night Over WRC. today as gues! <oloist on the Electric Circle program over WRC and other Nai nal Browicasting Co. stations. Three popular <v-nish songs and two well known Engii 1 compositions are included in Miss I ori's program. She will open with “La Paloma” and follow with “Estrellita,” “The Last Rose of Summer” and “Kiss Me Again.” Among the other numbers will be “Clavelitos,” “Tales From the Vienna Woods” and “Angus Dei.” As a special feature WRC will broad- cast at 2:30 o'clock a talk by Hugh ‘Wilson, American Minister to Switzer- land, and a program of Swiss music. ‘This program will come from Bern, replacing the “Moonshine and Honey- suckle” sketch, which will be broadcast tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Talks on Crime. ‘The series of talks sponsored by the criminal law section of the American TTREZIA BORI, leading soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Co., will return to the microphone Bar Association will bring a talk at | 12:45 o'clock by Charles Evans Hughes, Jjr., former solicitor general and now president of the National Probation As- sociation. Method of Crime Control.” Fourteen old-time melodies are on the Tree hour program, to be broadcast from 4:30 to 5 o'clock. The principal selections will be “That Tumbledown Shack in Athlone” “Slumber Song” and “Ob, Susanna.” In the musical comedy program, at 9:45 o'clock, Frank Black’s Orchestra will feature a fantasy on Irish afrs. Olga Albani, soprano, and the Re- Behind the BY THE RADIO EDITOR. IXIE'S oldest broadcasting station, newspaper-owned and known international- ly for the characteristic announcements of its directing chieftain, Lambdin Kay, cele- brates its tenth birthday anniver- sary Tuesday. Station WSB, “The Voice of the South,” is not only one of the pioneer stations of the country, but it is noted far and wide as the mouthpiece of the South and particularly of “At- lan-tah, Jaw-Jah.” Licensed by the Department of Commerce in 1922, WSB was founded by Maj. John 8. Cohen, resident and editor of the At- ta Journal, son of a Confeder- ate army officer, himself a vet- eran of the Spanish-American War and prominent figure in American journalism. He placed Lambdin Kay, a news man, in charge of the station at the out- set, and Lambdin Kay not only continues to supervise its des- tinies but his well known voice still a feature on its clear channel of 740 kilocycles. Starting as a 100-watter in a “cigar box” studio in the news- paper plant, the station now uses 5,000 watts and soon will go to 50,000. It was the first to attempt late night broadcasts on a regu- lar schedule, making it well known to the country’s DX fans. It was one of the first stations to broadcast an entire church service, a base ball game, a prize- fight and a theater performance. In its studios Alma Gluck, Rosa Ponselle and Efram Zimbalist made their radio debuts. Lambdin Kay is undoubtedly as well known as the station’s call letters. Dubbed the “Little Colonel,” he is noted for his “honey” Southern voice and for his programming innovations. It was he who introduced the three- | note chimes now familiar on the N. B. C. network. He also intro- duced the first “fraternity of the air” with by-laws, {initiations, ceremonials and regular meet- ings and conducted the “Hired Help Skylark” of wide fame. It is "believed that. with the possible exception of Milton Cross of N. B. C,, Lambdin Kay is the oldest announcer in point of service still active in broadcast- ing. He is well known not only for his microphone voice but for his personal appearances in many citles with the old-time troupe that included “The Hired Hand” of Fort Worth, the “Merry Old Chief” of Kansas City and the “Solemn Old Judge” of Memphis. * % o* ok 'A LTHOUGH the radio manu- facturing industry has not escaped the effects of the general depression, the American public purchased a b o ut $310,000,000 worth of sets, tubes and parts in 1931, accerding to reliable retail trade statistics. This is a far cry from the figures of the peak years of 1928, 1929 and 1930, which ap- proximated $800,000,000, but it shows that the radio industry is still one of some magnitude. Radio sets sold last year, In- cluding phonograph combinations and auto receivers, numbered 3,420,000 valued at $212,040,000. ‘This is exclusive of the 472,000 sets exported last year, when ex- ports were nearly double those of 1930. It 18 exclusive also of tubes, 53,500,000 of which valued at $69,550,000 were marketed. The sets sold in the American market in 1931 almost equal the total number of licensed radios in Great Britain or Germany. That the battery market still exists is shown by the fact that $15,100,000 worth of batteries were sold in 1931. Miscellaneous ac- cessories brought in $8,580,000 and other parts $6,000,000. Many formerly well known names have dropped out of the radio trade unable to stand the His topic is “Probation as a | assistant director search of the National Education Asso- clation, and Florence Hale, president of the Natlonal Education Association. New Musical Series. A new musical series, to be known as “Radio Gayeties,” featuring Belle Baker, musical comedy and vaudeville star, and Jack Denny and his orchestra, will have its premiere tonight at 9 o'clock over WMAL and assoclated Columbia Broadcasting System stations. For her program Miss Baker has chosen a group of selections particularly suitable to her unique style of singing. Marion Anderson, contralto, will be the soloist in the Columbia Concert pro- will sing three numbers. being the spiritual “Trampin”.” WMAL and its Columbia associates will introduce another new musical pro- gram at 10:30 o'clock. It will be pre- sented by Elsa Ersi, European musical comedy and Sam Lanin's Or- | chestra. | Sir Thomas Beecham will conduct the | New York Philharmanic Symphony Or- chestra in its concert at 3 o'clock. The first half of the program, which WMAL | will broadcast, consists of two sym- phonies, one by Haydn and the other | | by Mozart. | | German Election News. | _Summaries of the results in the Ger- | man presidential election will be broad- cast in two five-minute periods at 7 and 8:30 o'clock. C. Hooper Trask, Colum- bia's Berlin representative, will broad- cast the returns from the New York | Times bureau in Berlin, WJSV's pri is made up of its | usual Sunday attractions and a presen- | tatlon at 2:30 o'clock by Greek Bible | students. Among the musical features are concerts by the Kalua Boys and the Shoreham Orchestra and a recital.by Roland Wheeler, tenor. WOL will broadcast the morning service at Calvary Baptist Church and the regular Washington Catholic Radio hour. ~The Catholic Radio hour ser- mon will be ed by Rev. Joseph V. Buckley. Stevens Sisters, Jimmy Harbison, planist, and the National Ha- walians will contribute WOL's major musical features. Microphone , despite the fact that it owns about 20 per cent of R. C. A. stock. Kolster is a subsidiary of the International Telephone & Telegraph C(:rpgrauon. * *x Mm of President Hoover's cabinet are ideal broadcast- ing speakers, says Herluf Proven- sen, supervisor of National Broad- casting Co. announcers here, who has introduced most of them. “When they come to the studio the minute,” Provensen says. “If, however, their talks are a minute or two over the time allotted them, they are always willing to do a little cutting fo make the talk fit. If the talk is too short, we merely make a request and they usually finish out the time speaking extemporaneously.” As an illustration of the co- operation, Provensen cites Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War. On the day of the death of Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Secretary Hurley was invited to speak on a memorial program. He was scheduled to go on the air early in the evening. He reached the studio 10 minutes before broad- casting time. “I have a short address,” he told Provensen, “and possibly it's not long enough. You just tell me when you want me to stop. I'll keep going until I get your signal.” | | | their talks are usually timed to | Als. EBERLY Does 30 Dif- ferent Modernizing Jobs in Your Home. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 13, 1932—PART FOUR. Stage Stars Featured in New Radio Musical Programs TWO OF THE BROADCASTS COMING INTO WASHINGTON OVER COLUMBIA CHAIN. ELLE BAKER (left), nationally known comedienne, who will take part in the “Radio Galeties” program, which has its premiere tonight over WMAL and other Columbia stations. In the center is George Meader, grand opera and concert tenor, sololst on the Garden Hour program this afternoon at 3:30 over an N, B. O, network. Stars Revue,” starting Tuesday. PIRATE BROADCASTER | IN SOUTH SILENCED Radio Bootleggers Continue to| Give Trouble to Federal Authorities. | “Pirates of the air” are continuing to give trouble to the Federal radio authorities. Following the disclosure that certain amateurs are “bootlegging” unauthorized wave lengths to avold de- tection while adjusting their sets, Wil- liam D. Terrell, chief of the Depart- ment of Commerce radio division, also announced last week his inspectors had quieted a “pirate” broadcaster operating a small station which he called “The Volce of Muscle Shoals” at Sheffield, ‘The unauthorized broadcaster turned ‘ out to be a colored preacher who didn't | know he was violating the law. Though ‘ he sold time to advertisers on the | claim that his station’s power was 90,000 hors?ow:r," the Federal in- spectors found it to have 7% watts ac- tually. No prosecution of the violator was expected upon his promise to “be Bome months ago the Radio Com- mission ordered an investigation of an unlicensed broadcaster at Goshen, N. ¥, who turned out to be youthful | Peter Goelet, scion of a wealthy New | York family. He also didn't know he | was violating the law, so his well| station was shut down and he was not prosecuted. I'ut so fortu- nate, however, was George W. Fel- lowes of St. Louils, who persisted in operating an unlicensed station until he was prosecuted, found guilty, sen- tenced and then deported in lieu of serving his sentence. Many other such cases have been reported to the authorities and some are still being investigated. In some instances the offenders are associated | with rum-running cliques, in which | case the prosecutions have usually been | on the liquor charges. They seem to prefer the amateur wave lengths, and the amateurs often aid in their detec- | tion. Stations Heard in W WABC WBAL WBAP WBT WBZ WCAE WCAO WHK . WIOD WJR . wJz WLS , WLW — Television for Room service in one large New York hotel will shortly include complete tele- vision units installed in de luxe suites and available to other guests on a | :: rental basis. SERVICE RADIO We Can Repair Anyihing RADIO TELEVISION CO. _716 14th 8. N.W. _ Natl. 8139 Authorized Svice Lockheed Hydraulic Brakes MILLER-DUDLEY CO. 1716 14th St. NW. 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Janiszewski, 1142 N. Wood street, | Chicago; W9DOG, F. Gerald Powell, 7-Tube Balanced Super- heterodyne Tone Control Electro-Dynamic Speaker Illuminated Re- cording Dial Complete with 7 Tubes 5100 A for Dorothea James (right), New York stage celebrity, who will be featured in a new Columbia series to be known as “Movie Prankfort, Kans.; WSDUC, Gerald T. Michels, Kankakee, Ill.; WOEGG, O. R. ogness, Winona, Minn.; W9FLY, Nor- man R. Harper, Min: HOG, . Ming Denver; W9HOE, Eric W. Malm, jr, 4832 Oakdale avenue, Chicago; WOHOS, Earl L. Thompson, 1141 Calumet ave- nue, Chicago, and W9OX, Car} L. Pflumm, Louisville, Ky. - The Soviets occulg merly within the in addition have golia. y all of Siberia for- ussian Empire, and firm hold on Mon- SIGNAL CORPS DEVISES TRACKING TRANSMITTER Apparatus Designed to Pursue “Whispers on Wings of Wind” Proves Successful. Diminutive radio transmitting ap- paratus, designed to pursue “whispers wafted on the wings of the winds” has been devised by Army Signal Corps engineers and is proving highly effec- tive in making meteorological observa- tions, reports Maj. Willlam R. Blair, officer in charge of the Signal Corps Laboratories at Fort Monmouth, N. J. | ‘The device is called the “radio track- ing transmitter.” It weighs only 17!% ounces complete, It is carried aloft by a large balloon or a cluster of small belloons and it sends out a serles of signals which can be heard by a ground | station, where the wind direction and can be calculated. A temperz-i ture, indicating device can also be in- cluded. | powered by a small 4%- it battery which serves to nt of a single 199-tube | and simultaneously to energize the primary circuit of a buszer transformer. Supporting and trailing wires act as| antenna and counterpoise, furnishing a radiating system that is effective in spite of the low power. The frequency can be varied as these are shortened | or lengthened. ‘ With this apparatus it is possible to obtain metecrological observations over terrain which is inaccessible and | in the upper air, regardless of weather. According to Maj. Blair, who directed the development, the idea first came to him in 1923, when the Army fiyers were preparing for their round-the- world flight. British and German sclentists followed the technical re- ports here closely, especially in view of plans being made for various Arctic explorations. ~The Germans, it is understood, have also developed a similar working outfit, and reports from England have stated that British military radiomen have also been work- ing on one. o PONDER CONVICT RADIOS Devils Island Authorities Consider Installing Sets. 8hould the convicts at Devils Island and elsewhere in French Guiana be ovided with radio sets? This ques- ion is agitating the French public, as the government should gran A francs (lm u.sg&) for %ur- pose. g U on, Parisian newspapers are urging that the unemployed of France should be the first recipients of any governmental bounty, radio or otherwise. |in the pink of condition. WAR IS DECLARED ON RADIO NOISES Campaign to Tell Listeners Al They Should Know About Sets. A Nation-wide campaign to rejuve- nate radio reception and free the lis- tener of disturbing noises, clicks and buzzes which his set msy pick up, is being launched by the radio industry, Under the leadership of O. H. Cald- well, former Federal Radio Commis- stoner and now editor of several radio trade publications in New York, wide- spread publicity over the air and in print will be given to the standards of good reception. What every listener should know about his set and its per- formance qualities will be the gist of the campaign. Canvasses Suggested. The radio industry—set manufac- turers and broadcasters alike—believes that reception conditions in millions of homes and for millions of listeners can be greatly improved, through service calls and set overhaulings by locai radio dealers or service men. It is be- ing suggested that dealers make can- vasses of their neighborhoods to im- prove listeners’ reception. It is esti- mated that there are some 16,000,000 receivers in use, and that a good pro- portion of them are far from being With pro- grams of major interest ncw filling the air, and with the political conventions and other stirring events in the offing, listeners are reminded that their sets should be tuned to perfection. der. Caldwell %zclnred that if a ra- o set is not bring in pre ms clearly and free of \rr‘illlfbmt nol:g.nthq trouble is in the set or the manner m which it is connected. Millions Spent Yearly. Broadcasters and sponsors of radio programs are spending about $35,000,- 000 a year on talent and programs, Mr. Caldwell declared. The overall an- nual broadcast bill has been estimated at $75,000,000. Other milllons, he as- serted, have been spent on modern sta- tion apparatus to send out programs u‘: listeners in perfect technical condi- tion. “But_your ability to hear and enjoy these broadcasts,” Mr. Caldwell ad- vised, “will depend upon the condition of your own radio set. Keeping that set in order is your insurance against missing the greatest show on earth today.” (Copyright, 1932.) The “BUY” Word In RADIOS OFFER NO. 1. .. Philco Baby Grand Radio 49” WEEK OFFER No. 2 5-Tube Philco Lowboy Radio @ Illuminated Recording Dial @ Handsome Walnut Cabinet No Cost Credit @ Electro-Dynamic Speaker @ A Stunning Design—beautifully finished @ Complete with 5 Balanced Tubes case have the job done at once—before the Spring “rush” begins. 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