New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1928, Page 16

'WEDNESDAY. Eastern Standard Time NOTE — Asterisks Denote Best Pro- grams of the Day. New England Stations -Dinner group 7—Silent for WCAC 30—Male quartet and om WEAF orchestra, vs “Ask Me Another” 0—Air Irolic 4-—Time $:61—The WEAF 9:30—Orchestra and quartet from WEAF *10:30—"Lohengrin,” by National Grand Opera Co., from WEAF 11:30—Ncws. Weather 560—WCAC, Storrs—3536 7—Talk, w Knowledge on the Use of Lime" 7:15—Dialogue, “Finer Fertility and Higher Hatchability” 500—~WDRC, New Haven—268 Musicale O0—Theater review., News T—Wittstein's orchestra $—8chool of Music pupils’ program w—Weather 1180—WICC, Bridgeport 266 #—Time. Merchants’ prograni -Weather 0—Program 8—Piano duets 8:30—Strout recital 9-—The Schubert trio 10—News 900—WRZ, Springfield—333 |—Time. Weather. Health talk —News :36—Giddens and Gibson in minutes of Harmony :50—*The Making of a Newspaper" Musical program —The Golf Nuts 0—Radio Nature League Sparkers, featuring Irving Kauf- man, soloist and comedian. From Wiz :30—01d time songs by the Fores- ters male quartet. From WJZ —Banquet to President Willlam Cosgrave of the Irish 3 State, with speeches by notabl From WJZ i N Troubadours, from ¥ Extension course, hology and Your Boy and y Woglum and His Maroon and White Serenaders :30—Time. Weather 580—WTAG, Worcester—517 6:30—8ame as WEAF —Coal M 8 7:30—Bame as WTIC AC-WBIS, Boston—461 s gang 6—The Juvenile Smilers 6:30—Leo Dreyer orchestra 7—Roman Gardens orchestra 7:30—"What the ‘Y’ Means to Our Home City,” A. J. Monsfield :40—Lady of the Ivories Ensemble from the Women's Symphony; Stickney, cellist; Harriet Merrill, ‘Boston clarionetist; Alice Allen Dnylon“: pianist $:30—The Harried Tife of Joan and | Eddle Y—From WOR: Famous Composers’ Hour, *“Mendeissohn” #10—Program from WOR: Tischa Seidel, violinist; Maria Kurenko, soprane 11:10—Leo Reisman orchestra 0—T.eo Klayman orchestra 5—Joe Rines orchestra 590—WEEI, Boston—508 5:385—Positions wanted; market and news; lost and found 0- Mr. and Mrs. Radio Skit 8:30—The Sports Watch with Frank Rya 8:40—"The Making of the Appa- lachlan Mountains,” Kirtley Math- er 9—Same as WTIC 0—Cruising the Afr 5—News 0—Radio forecast and weather 5—Organ recital by Frank Ste- vens New York Stations 570—WNYC—526 5—Plano selections 5:10—Recipes, Mrs. Welzmiller —Haskell Proper, saxophonist 5—*Home Economics” 0—Frank Mansfield, tenor 5—Market high spots 5—Croft's Kiddies 0—Spanish lessons 0—Police alarms —Air College: “‘College Educa- tion" :55—Air College: “Vinegar,” Prof. owne %:15—Frank Doblin, Song King 8:30—8t. Cecelia’s Choir 9—Same as WBZ 11-=Police alarms, weather 660—WIZ—154 5:30—Reports; stock market quota- financial summary; cotton agricultural program do Highlande: concert orchestra Situation n Washington Tonight,” Frederick W. Wile S—8ame as WDZ 10—Correct time; Adance band 11—Slumber music 610—WEAF—192 5—Blue Hills orchestra §—Dinner music —Synagogue services 7T:30—Same as WTIC #§—Great Moments in ‘John Paul Jon's on Le hard"” String quarte Mediterraneans History, Ron Hendersor Tay Dudley, Poems by N. Henricita Kamern, of Gott's orcliestra rimothy's orche 24-HOUR SERVICE $1.00 MONTLLY TESTING PLAN By Experts New Britain Radio Service Radios and Supplics Telephone 5168, Virginia | 760—WPAP—393 | 6:30—Ensemble | 7—Orchestra | 8:30—Will Oakland’s Terrace 9—"The Satellites” 760—WQAO—395 | 7:30—Calvary evening services 810—WLWL—370 6—College Hour 5—Alma Beck, contralto 0—Grace ensemble 5—*Books,” W. Gavigan —Adrain Da Silva, tenor —Emerald Instrumentalists “uture Life” —Emerald Instrumentalists 810—WMCA—370 —Studio program; theater s ololsts | 8:30—Pauline Watson, violinist {9="Label Council address 9:15—Concert Party 19:30—"We Four” quartet | 10—Studio program |10:30—Rosemont orchestra | 11—Correct time 11—Ernie Golden's orchestra ! $60—WGBS—219 5:30—Novelty orchestra quartet ; banjoist; tenor jores Tamaulipecos’ —George Winthrop, violinist 10:40—Mandolin, guitar ae Leeder, song Tobler's orch.; “Those Two 920—WRNY—326 ;:15—Baritone; soprano; tenor Tavorite Role” rances Sper, songs (—Knickerhocker orchestra - Aristocrats” 0—"How to Swim" —Home Science University —Bernie’s orchestra 920—WPCH—326 Scot oria String quartet 4:45—Mect Snapper the Dog Ramblers orchestra 970—WABC—309 Harold Stern's orchestra . M. C. A. program Motor Boat” —Harry Tucker's orchestra ys Morman, tenor “Congressional Cook Book™ \i45—Frances Sper, £ongs ak Walton League Banjo and songs t s; weather —King's orchestra ~Studio program mphony orchestra 1020—WGL—291 Wilson and Addig Nightmare's orchestra; tenor Eastern Stations 1020—WODA, Paterson—291 | 5:30—News; sport talk | 6—News Digest 6:10—Pope's Cardinals _Sod_Busting 0—Shoppers’ Guide —Ernie Goodalls, banjo Dramatic presentation 0—Annette Orlan, soprano 1—Entertainment |11:30—Cristello’s Gondoliers | 1120—WNJ, Newark—208 | 10:01—Pianist; Orange Jubilee | quartet 10—Program | 11:30—Dance_orchestra | 1120—WGCP, Newark—208 —Musical program |5:30—Alice from Wonderland |8$~—Crystal Gazer 3:30—Bradley and Blackwell 5—Herman Scheer, violinist mmy Shearer 1120—WAAM, Newark—208 G—Billy Fowler's orchestra —Bill_Fellmeth, sports 17:15—Club entertainers 7:45—Anita Grannis, stage whispers 740—WFI, Philadclphia—105 0—Whispering orchestra —Topics in season 860—WIP, Philadclphia—319 —Coogan's orchestra —Stock market ncle WIP's roll call —Fireside Hour $60—WOO, Philadelphia—319 7:30—Dinner music —Time signals 1100—WPG, Atlantic City—: 6:45—Organ recital | | —Dinner concert 0—Sports; Casino orchestra 0—Concert orchestra alk. Concert orchestra studio program 10:30 Dance music 1390—WOKO, Peckskill—216 7:30—Studio program | S—Solow soloists 9—Male quartet 11—Dance music 790—WG W —WGY agricultural program —Studio offering as WTIC 0—Weather. 0—Same as WGY 15—Vocal recital —Same as WGY |9-11—Same as WNAC |WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR ' Shell Fish Such as OYSTERS — CLAMS — LOBSTERS SHRIMP — CRAB MEAT and SCALLC Our Crackers are Always Fresh | VISIT OUR DINING ROOM | l Open Until Eight HONISS’S 22 State St. Hartford “Under Grants” OR the best seleetion of sale or for rent, turn now to the Her classified columns on classi- houses for fied pog KDKA, Pittsburgh; W |York; WBZ Springfield; _ WHT, ‘KYW. WBBM, Chicago; WHAM, | Rochester; WTIC, Hartford; WPG. | Atlantic City. i * o | “This 13 station WTIC at Hart- ford, Connecticut, broadcasting on | a frequency of 560 kilocycles by au- | thority of the Federal Radio Com- | mission. We sign off at this time to | be back on the alr tomorrow morn- {ing at 11 o'clock. (“Auld Lang Syn on the chimes). This is Walter John- |son announcing and bidding you a | cordial good-night.” v e 0 That's all for today, thanks! —P, E. L. BRITSH COINAGE * DESIGNS CRANGED Through the Static | Is First Aleration in Siyle Since 1816 Washington, Feb. 1 — Jingling in the pockets of Englishmen today are the new silver coins recently releas- ed by the British government which mark the first change in design of British coinage since 1816. | 9—Music. News 990—WGR, Buffalo—309 15—Two-piano recital 7:30—Same as WTIC §—Same as WEAF 0—S8ame as WTIC —Dance music 950—KDKA, Pittsburgh—316 —Time. Markets 15—Farm chats Time 08—Auto Association talk | 10—Theatrical calendar | 3:15—Little Symphony orchestra | 7—Time. University of Pittsburgh address 5—Program 7:45—Same as WJZ 7:45—Same as WJZ $-10—Same as WBZ 10—Time. Weather Volume—Strong. Static—Some Fading—Very little, Local nolse—Represented. Code—Likewise. DY Every so often we venture wup {north and drag in a new Toronto station. The supply scems to be In-| “gjlver has been important In Brit- exhaustable, We've heard about 71 ish coinage since the days of Charle- Toronto stations to date, and doubt- |magne,” says a bulletin from the less there are many others hanging Washington, D. C. headquarters of around outside,waiting for an invita- |the National Geographic socicty. |tion to come in and get warm. The “When the great emperor set up a |latest visitor from that city 1S |silver standard in France in the Sth CKOW, heard last night on a’ one- century he established & pound of tube set in Cristobal, Panaina. And silver as a basis of value. Then the | then there’s Walter Bell at North & | British across the channel became [ Judd's. (On2 can bese get the effect | familiar with the silver pound and | of that feeble pun by pronouncing it | from Charlemagne’s pound came the | Cristo-bell, which, of course, ruins|pound sterling which is a measure the pronunciation, but gives one a lof value rather than weight. chance for an insane giggle.) Well, Lumps of Clay for Notes as we were saying, CKOW came in| “The shilling, England’s silver very loud on about 517 meters, al- |piece which is similar in size and though we couldn’t find it listed in nearly equivalent in value to our the call book. A tenor sang “Broken- | quarter-dollar, got ts name from | Hearted” and there was also a dance | fragments of armbands which were orchestra. |worn by northern KEuropean war- .« | riors,” continues the bulletin. “The CKCL, Toronto, was another loud |conquerors stripped the bands from visitor. An orchestral concert was their fallen enemies, broke them in in the works when we arrived, a small pieces called schillingas, ang group of old time melodie: |distributed them among the soldiers. ed. Among them were “Silver did not begin its reign in of New York,” “Annie Rooney” and the ‘Wall Street’ of the ancients un- {he usual list, Selections from “The [til 200 years before Cacsar. Before Connecticut Yankee” were also ren- |that time almost anything of value ared |was traded and used in exchange. « o 0 | The ox was employed as a basis of WNAC, RBoston, has a lot of|cxchange by some pastoral people. {trouble getting through. Last night |Sheep, which were plentiful, pl we tried to hear the Chicago Opera [the part of the penny in their early Clompany’s performance of “Sapho,” | IMONClary system, An ox was worth {but a most ageravating hetcrodyne |fen sheep. But it took from ten to I whistle prevented us from doing so, |50 oxen to buy an armor. If a | except with the greatest of discom. fradesman did not have ready ‘cash’ fort. As far as we can make out, that | ¢ would pick up a lump of clay, in- whistle is provided by WCA cribe a promissory note thereon, | burgh, on 461 n t | nd hand it to his creditor. The e tesahtiant TN . {Eambler likewise made and handed GiIvily 5 h the fae T hw we | his adversaries 'L 0. U.'s' to cover are concerned. We heard a few of | his 1088 e S the announcements pertaining to the| , Ooper Pois Were Money satonn aet: but we Alanik atay e, Pl and sncep Ma dopelfel long. since the whistle distorted the | |'r‘«llhq?\‘-."f’:fl“:\(l]fi m{:}lmsr\\:n music considerably. | ae away, h copper was S found in quantitics sufficient for . : = . coinage, it became the \1x??1£~“';:::41:‘1‘\|;:)x'| "“\‘f ‘!:'m‘:‘:";'.‘::" medium of exchange, Copper pots [ were popular and passed from own- gram orlEinaeng th Ay er to owner as currency. JXBIDRS fongheated B _UDlanc’ o porsmiths decided not to ham- [and “Down South.” It was fairly |, . '{yo metal into pots. The metal |loud, although we have heard it ;g yo( its shape, came to be recog- madhy Swler. . nized as the thing of value, Ay "he Romans explored their do- SVEIBN," 5t Peterebure, mains for copper. Much of it came vas a new one. It eame 1hrough | pom Cyprus frmo which copper got ately Loud, S0 (aois husic its name by some twist of the e Island’s name, The ambitious WJR, Detroit; WDRC, New Haven: | WTAG, Worces WMCA, New | | York; WEEI, Boston; WR(', Wesh- | ington; WTAM, Cleveland; WGY. | Schenectady; WSAT, Cincinnati; WIP, Philadelphia; WCBD , Zion; | # President Florida, | fe- O &% o % % ¢ Winter Sports and Candlemas Tune in while the Socony Travellers enjoy the thrills of an Adirondack winter. / .0 % The Socony Program Tonight at 7:30 WEAF New York City, WGY principal | Later the | to load & donkey with sufficient food for a was then that the rarer- valuable silver began its rule of the money world, “The first dollar was & silver dol- lar. It was made in the 16th oen- tury by the Count of Schlick of St. Joachimsthal, Bohemia. He had a Iver mine from which his retainers took the precious metal. He decid- ed to make coins upon which the face of 8t. Joachimsthal, the patron saint of his village, was to appear. “The count called the ocoin & ‘Joachimathale When it reached Germany the practical people cut the name to ‘thaler’ In the Netherlands the silver plece was called a ‘daler.’ But when it reached England the broad ‘a’ was discarded fog an ‘o’ and another ‘' added to make the coin a ‘dollar. “Few people in this country have seen the United States silver half dime or the three-cent plece. When |the first silver coins appeared in 11794 there was a half dime, half |dollar and dollar in silver. Two years later the silver dime and the quarter appeared, There has been little change in our silver money since, save for the minting of & trade silver dollar for use in China |and a silver three-cent plece during |the last century. Nails, Wampum and Tobacco 'The flood of Spanish money in system. {were more commonly used than English money. The ‘piece of eight’ {equalled eight reales which in Eng- lish were spoken of as ‘bits,’ amount- ing to twelve and a half cents each, Hence the oft-heard name ‘two bif for a quarter dollar. In New Eng- land when the Spanish and English money could not be obtained, the colonist used hand-made nails, wam- pum, tobacco and slaves as media of exchange. The demand for toba |co in England made the weed ready |cash in the hands of an owner, | *“While the civilized world now |uses coins and paper money, the | primitive races are still clinging to lold money customs. In parts ’ | Africa, particularly in Abyssinia and | Morocco, slabs of salt are as valu- |able as coins, In the South Sea | Islands, porpoise teeth strung around |a native's head indicates his wealt| iund on the Island of Yap, the pluto- {crat displays his by the number of | cartwheel-like stones in front of his [hut. Some of these stones are 12 |feet in diameter and must come m distant islands to be valuable. | “In the East Indies and many | parts of Africa- beads and cowrle |shells are money. In the Polar re- gions fish hooks may buy a warm | polar bear skin from an Eskimo, | fre BODY LIES IN STATE. 4 | London, Feb. 1 (M—The body of | IMield Marshal Halg today lay in lstate in St. Columba's church, sur- | rounded by a guard of honor so that | the public might be permitted to | honor the former leader of the Brit- | ish forces. The body will lie in state | until 10 p. m. tonight, and again to- morrow, PAINTS QULASS WALLPAPER VARNISH HALL'S 179-183 ARCH ST-NEW BRITAIN Straight 8 The New Studebaker Will be on display in the Burritt Hotel Lobby Feb. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Schenectady, WGR Buffalo, WJAR Providence, WTIC Hartford, WTAG Worcester, WEEI Boston, and WCSH Portland. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK One family house on Lincoln street, near Harrison, in the very hest section—highest point on the street. Camp Real Estate Co. 272 Main St. Phone 343 National Bank Bldg. Permanent First Mortgages at 5%2% [leWiit | Interest ile National Bank Building _ Payable In One To Twenty Months el ety No Publicity — No Endorsers — No Delay For Full Infc orrow Here On Phe 2260 Hart & Cooley Mfg. Co. New Britain, Conn. Opposite Ca Your Own Name THE MUTUAL SYSTEM pitol Theater TELEPHONE 4-9-5-0 the colonies influenced our monetary |, Spanish ‘pleces of eight' | grocer grind JaTouraine (offee Yoir-thight as sell have the best in the Bean—have your~ ° it fresh for you Announcing the Opening of our Sani- tary Department, with a complete line of guaranteed garments. Special sales service this week, given by factory rep- resentative from New York, SPECIALS IN BELTS Exact waist, measurement. 256 to 95¢ STEP-INS Silk and Pure Gum Rubber, at GARTERBELTS of brocade silk. OLD TRAD FERGUSON WHILE DOING SOME FANCY! STUNTS IN CELEBRAT/NG 1S BIRTHDAY, GOT A CRAMP IN HIS LEG:AND-IT Toox THE BOYS HALF AN HOUR. HIM_ WITHOUT I::Aw’.‘ i |8 ~or- Svan r =YY