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Powell, Composer-Pianist,
• and Simmons, Baritone,
to Perform Tonight.
| John Powell, composer-pianist, and
* William Simmons, baritone, share the
Atwater Kent hour tonight over WRC
fcnd a network of other National Broad
casting Co. stations. The program is
Made up of the music of many lands,
ranging from Chopin’s pianoforte com
positions to light American ballads.
A variety of the popular favorites of
the moment will be presented in the
Chase & Sanborn program by Oitla
Erstlnn, Russian soprano, and Frank
Luther, tenor. A background of inci
' dental solos also will be contributed by
Elisabeth Davenport, contralto; Jack
Parker, tenor; Phil Dewey, baritone, and
James Stanley, bass.
The Capitol “Family” will have,
Joseph Green, xylophonist, as the guest
* soloist. He will play one of his own
compositions, “Dancing Stars.”
Two Features Added.
The readjustment of WRC’s schedule,
due to daylight-saving time in New
York, brings two new afternoon features
—a concert to be known as “Spanish
Dreams,” featuring Julian Oliver, tenor,
and an orchestra under the direction of
Frank Vagnoni, and a 15-minute sketch,
"Calliope and Mis’ Kath’rine,” by Kath
erine Tift-Jones. The changes, how
ever, have caused a cancellation of the
Tegular productions of the National
Light Opera Co.
The only rebroadcast from London
today will come over WMAL and other
Columbia network stations from 11:30
i to 11:45 o’clock this morning. Ray
mond Gram Swing, head of the London
bureau of the New York Evening Post,
will be the speaker. His topic is "The
London Conference —What Next?”
The regular “Conclave of Nations’ ”
program will be dedicated to Portugal.
Viscount D’Alte, Portuguese Minister to
the United States, will be the speaker.
Representative Free of California will
Introduce him. Portuguese musical se
lections will be played.
Male Quartet to Sing.
A male quartet, Arnold Johnston’s
Orchestra and three popular radio solo
ists, Redfeme Holllnshead, Muriel La
France and Grace LaMar, will provide
the Majestic Theater of the Air pro
gram. It will be an unusual broadcast,
4 made up of selections requested by the
” radio audience. Thus the Majestic pro
gram makers describe it is a “Vox Pop”
presentation.
The daylight saving schedule in New
York has enabled WMAL to add new
late attractions to its program—a con
• cert by the Coral Islanders and a new
feature, to be known as Midnight Melo
dies. Hawaiian music will be played
by the Coral Islanders.
WOL’s program consists of an hour’s
musical program and a broadcast of
the morning services at the Church of
the Epiphany. WJSV has scheduled a
special program by the Epworth League
of Winchester, Va., and a broadcast of
the evening service at the First Church
of Christ Scientist.
STATIONS GET PERMITS
FOR KILLING OF INSECTS
* Gpray Concern’s Renewal Plan
Claims Marvelous Plant Growth
Stimulation.
Licenses to operate two low-powered
stations for “the extermination of in
sects” have been granted by the Federal
Radio Commission to a spray concern
of Wenatchee, Wash.
The licenses are for a three-month
period and call for operation from 3
a.m. to 6 p.m.
The concern, which was granted
licenses for experimental purposes about
» year ago, in its petition for renewal
claimed not only the killing of insects
by radio, but the stimulation of plant
growth termed “marvelous.” The sys
tem used was not described.
The application was opposed by Fed
eral radio engineers who expressed doubt
A. as to the value of radio in this particu
lar field. They also held that the type
©f transmitter caused interference.
„ STATIONS GIVE SCORES
Many Broadcast Play-by-Play Ac
count of Games.
Smacking base ball bats will have
their usual reverberations on the radio.
Numerous stations have set aside
regular periods in which to broadcast
the scores, some during the progress of
the games, but most of them in the
evening hours. In addition, a number
of stations will give daily play-by-play
reports of home-town games.
WATCHES MAGNETIZED
Cwners Advised Not to Take Them
to Radio Stations.
NEW YORK UP). — Persons visiting
transmitting stations such as the 5,000-
watter WABC are advised to leave their
watches at home.
Watches when taken close to broad
cast transmitters which are in opera
tion have the habit of becoming mag
netized. Magnetized watches do queer
things, such as gaining two or three
hours one day and losing as many the
next.
* Major “Chain” Features
TODAY.
11:30 to 11:45a Rebroadcast
t from London; address by
Raymond Gram Swing—
WMAL and C. B. S. net
work.
3:00 —Cathedral hour; soloists
and symphony orchestra —
WMAL and C. B. S. net
work.
7:00 —Enna Jettick melodies;
Betsy Ayres, soprano;
mixed quartet and instru
mental ensembles WJZ,
WBZ. WBAL, WJR, WLW
and others.
7:15 —Collier’s radio hour; Dr.
Morris Fishbein and dra
matization with musical
i interlude —WJZ. KDKA,
WBZ, WPR and others.
7:30 —Choral Orchestra: popu
lar program with Oitla
Erstinn, soprano, and
Elizabeth Davenport, con
tralto—WßC and N. B. C.
network.
g:oo—Majestic Theater; quartet,
orchestra and soloists—
WMAL and C. B. S. net
work.
B:ls—Atwater Kent hour; John
Powell, pianist-composer,
and William Simmons,
» baritone—WßC and N. B.
* C. network.
9:oo—Squibb program; Will
Rogers—WMAL and C. B.
S. network.
9:ls—National Oratorio Society:
“Stabat Mater” WJZ,
KWK and WHAM.
9:45— “Sunday at Seth Park
er’s”: rural sketch—WßC
and N. B. C. network.
10:00— Back - home hour from
- Churchill Tabernacle at
Buffalo —WMAL and C.
B. 6. network.
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Clara Bow is to make her radio debut
Saturday night in the Paramojunt-Pub
lix hour. The popular musical comedy
star, Barbara Newberry, will be heard in
a talk on Spring and Summer fashions
Friday morning in connection with the
Radio Home Maker Club's first fashion
show. The General Motors “family
party” tomorrow night will present
Mme. Maria Kurenko as the guest solo
ist. Marilyn Miller will take the prin
cipal part in a radio version of her
stage and screen success, "Sally,” in
the Del Monte program Saturday night.
Wilfred Glenn, bass, will be the soloist
in the Raleigh Revue Friday night.
Today on the Radio
(All time p.m., unless otherwise indicated.)
LOCAL STATIONS.
wnr 315.6 Meters.
n 950 Kilocycles.
7:ooa—The melody hour.
8:00 to 9:00a —Children’s hour.
10:00a—Service of the Covenant Pres
byterian Church—Sermon by
Rev. Albert J. McCartney.
12:30 —Spanish Dreams.
12:45—“Calliope and Miss Katherine.”
1:00—Roxy symphony concert.
2:oo—Jewish hour.
3:oo—Dr. S. Parks Cadman.
- from Washington Cathe
dral Sermon by Right Rev.
James E. Freeman, Bishop of
Washington.
s:oo—Catholic religious service.
6:oo—lodent Big Brother Club.
6:3o—Correct time.
6:3l—Capitol Theater “Family.”
7:3o—Chase & Sanborn Choral Or
chestra.
8:00—“Our Government,” by David
Lawrence.
8:15 —Atwater Kent hour, featuring
John Powell, pianist, and Wil
liam Simmons, baritone.
9:ls—Studebaker Champions.
9:4s—Sunday at Seth Parker’s.
10:15—Russian Cathedral Choir.
10:45—Sam Herman, xylophonist.
10:58 to 11:00—Weather forecast.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:4sa—Tower health exercises.
7:00a —The Crackles Man.
7:lsa—Morning devotions.
7:3oa—Cheerio.
B:ooa—Morning melodies.
9:00a —Hits and Bits.
10:008,—'The Blue Streaks.
10:15a—Radio Household Institute.
10:30a—Studio program.
10:45a—“Canny Cook,” by Winifred
Wishard.
11:00a—“On Wings of Song.”
12:00m—Farm flashes.
12:10—Lotus Orchestra.
12:45 —National farm and home hour.
I:3o—Organ recital by Otto Beck.
2:ls—Garden talk.
2:30 —Chicago Serenade.
3:00 —The Moxie Hostess. •
3:ls—Pacific Vagabonds.
4:00 to 4:3o—“The Lady Next Door.”
w-ni 228.9 Meters.
n 1,310 Kilocycles.
10:00a.—Musical program.
11:00a —Service of the Church of
Epiphany—Sermon by Rev. Z.
B. Phillips, pastor.
OUT-OF-TOWN STATIONS.
Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern Standard time.
(Meters on left of call letters, kilocycles on right.)
454.3—WEAF New York—66o (NBC).
7:00a —Melody half hour.
B:ooa—The Balladeers.
B:3oa—The Recitalists.
11:30a—String quartet.
12:00—The Pilgrims.
12:30—Spanish Dreams.
12:45 —Calliope and Katherine Tift-
Jones.
I:oo—Metropolitan Echoes.
I:3o—Artists' program.
2:00 —The Jewish hour.
3:oo—Dr. S. Parkes Cadman.
4:00 —Vocal and organ.
s:oo—Catholic hour.
6:oo—Big Brother Club.
6:3o—Maj. Bowes’ Family.
7:3o—Choral Orchestra.
8:00 —"Our Government.”
B:ls—A. K. hour.
9:ls—Champion's Orchestra.
9:4s—Seth Parker.
10:15—Russian Cathedral Choir.
10:45—Sam Harman, Xylophonist.
348.6—WA8C New York—B6o (C. B. S.
Chain)
7:ooa—Heroes of the Church.
B:ooa—Morning musicale —Also WEAN,
WNAC, WCAU. WHP, WFBL,
WSPD, WBRC, WOOD, WLAC.
9:ooa—Land o’ Make Believe—Also
WEAN, WNAC, WJAS, WBRC,
WDOD, WLAC.
9:soa—Talk by Dr. Charles Fleischer—
Also WEAN, WJAS, WBRC.
WDOD, WLAC.
10:00a—West End Presbyterian Church
—WABC only.
11:30a—Jewish program—Also WCAU.
12:30—Aztecs.
I:oo—Comedy team.
2:oo—Columbia Male Chorus.
2:30 —Conclave of nations.
3:oo—Cathedral hour.
4:oo—Quiet harmonies.
4:3o—Sermon by Dr. Barnhouse.
5:00 —Fur Trappers’ Orchestra.
s:3o—The Gauchos.
6:oo—Orchestra.
6:3o—The Twins.
6:4s—Dr. Julius Klein.
7:oo—Rhapsodizers.
7:3o—Around the Samovar.
B:oo—Theater of the Air.
9:00—Will Rogers.
9:3o—Arabesque. m
10:00—Back Home Hour. ?
11:00—Choral Islanders; Midnight Mel
odies.
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C„ APRIL 27, 1930—PART FOUR.
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MOVIES AND LECTURE
BY RADIO SYNCHRONIZED
CLEVELAND, Ohio (PP). Lecturing
by radio as his listeners watched a mov
ing picture visualizing his subject, Car
veth Wells, noted explorer, participated
here in a successful synchronization of
the movies and radio.
Mr. Wells was talking over WHK, and
the movies were shown in several Cleve
land schools, with radio receivers oper
ating at the same time. The speaker
was in the auditorium in John Hay High
School facing a microphone. After a
few introductory remarks, he said the
word that started moving picture ma
chines in the other schools.
All the machines were started and
finished less than 10 seconds apart.
Each operator had a loud speaker in
his booth, enabling him to speed or slow
up the film to keep pace with the
speaker,
WMAI 475 9 Meter *-
n iTIAL 630 Kilocycles
9:00 to 10:00a—Watch tower services.
11:30 to 11:45a—Rebroadcast from Lon
don-
-1:00—Ballad hour.
2:oo—Columbia Male Chorus.
2:3o—Conclave of Nations —"Portugal.”
3:00 —Cathedral hour.
4:oo—Quiet Harmonies.
4:30 to 5:00 —Sermon by Rev. Donald
Grey Barnhouse of Philadelphia.
s:3o—The Gauchos.
6:oo—The Globe Trotter.
6:3o—Twinplex Twins.
6:4s—The World’s Business,” by Dr.
Julius Klein.
7:oo—Correct time.
7:ol—La Pallna Rhapeodizers.
7:3o—Around the Samovar.
B:oo—Majestic Theater of the Air.
9:OO—WUI Rogers.
9:3o—Arabesque—Dramatic sketch.
10:00—Back-home hour.
11:00 to 12:00 —Midnight melodies.
Early Program Tomorrow.
B:ooa— Something for every one.
8 :30a —Blue Monday Gloom Chasers.
9:00a —Radio Home Makers.
9:3oa—'"Opening the Morning Mall.”
10:00a—Ben and Helen talk It over.
10:15a—“Timely Topics,” by Senator
Capper of Kansas.
10:30a—The children's comer.
10:45a—“Your Diet,” by Janet Lee.
11:00a—Columbia Revue.
11:30a—Yoeng’s Orchestra.
12:30—Plano Syncopators.
12:45—Ambassador Orchestra.
I:oo—The Honolulans.
2:oo—Columbia Ensemble.
2:3o—Women’s Forum.
3:00 to 4:oo—United States Navy Band.
WICV 205.4 Meters.
1,460 Kilocycles.
2:15 to 3:4s —Patriotic Protestant Evan
gelical Association.
6:oo—Gospel Spreading Association.
7:oo—Hymns by John Clark.
7:ls—Studio feature.
7:3o—Time signal.
7:3l—Musical interlude.
7:ss—Service of First Church of
Christ Scientist.
9:os—Program by Epworth League of
Winchester, Va.
' 9:2o—Sacred quartet.
. 10:00—Chick Godfrey, tenor.
10:30 to 11:00—Gospel Melody Trio.
394.5—WJZ New York—76o.
(N. B. C. Chain.)
7:ooa—Tone pictures.
B:ooa—Children’s hour.
11:30a—Neapolitan Nights.
12:00a—National Light Opera.
1:00—Roxy Symphony.
2:00 —National Youth Conference.
3:oo—Southland Singers.
3:3o—Duo Disc Duo.
4:00 —National Religious Service.
5:00 —Echoes of the Orient.
5:15 —The Wandering Bard.
s:3o—Organ.
s:ss—Scores: Travelogue.
6:3o—Josef Koestner Orchestra.
7:oo—Melodies.
7:ls—Uncle Henry’s Magazine.
B:ls—“La Poupee.”
B:4s—Penrod and Sam.
9:15 —National Oratorio Society,
"Stabat Mater.”
10:15—South Sea Islanders.
10:30—Armchair Quartet (30 minutes).
272.6 WPG Atlantic City—l,loo.
6:oo—Special Sunday concert.
B:ls—Hotel concert orchestra.
9:oo—News; contralto; trio.
10:00—Organ concert.
282.8—WBAL Baltimore—l,o6o.
4:oo—Same as WJZ (2 hrs.).
6:00 —Elsa Baker and others.
6:30 —Evening Reveries.
7:00 —WJZ (15 m.); Baltimoreans.
260.7 WHAM~Rochester—l,lso.
6:3o—Same as WJZ (2 3 4 hrs.).
9:ls—Dance orchestra.
PIERCE ARROW
Sedan Limousine, 1929 model 143,
eight cylinders. Excellent me
chanical condition—new rubber—
the finish is black with green
trim and ivory striping tan
broadcloth upholstery—center arm
rest in rear. Original cost near
$5,000. Now $2,500.
This unusual opportunity and
many other fine bargains at—
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Chain Air Programs
Will Reach Capital
Hour Earlier Today
Schedules of all network broad
casting stations undergo a radical
change today as a result of day
light-saving time in New York
City.
All of the chain features
broadcast by both WRC and
WMAL will come into Washing
ton an “hour earlier than hereto
fore. There also will be a re
adjustment in a number of these
attractions during the week.
Programs carried in The Star
are scheduled for Eastern Stand
ard Time.
282.8 WTIC Hartford—l,o6o.
8:00 —Organ recital; scores.
B:so—Orchestral gems.
9:JS—WEAF (30 m.): baritone.
10:00—Merry Madcaps (1 hr.).
422.3—W0R Newark—7lo.
6:oo—Jesters; choir.
7:oo—Variety program.
7:30—T0 be announced.
8:00 —Orchestra and organ recital.
9:oo—Life of Walter Scott.
9:3o—Halsey Street Players.
10:30—Moonbeams.
256.3—WCAU Philadelphia—l,l7o.
s:oo—Same as WABC (1% hrs.).
6:4s—Melody Furnishers.
7:OO—WABC (30 m.); Pioneers.
8:00—From WABC (2 hrs ).
10:00—Stylemasters; pance music.
305.9 KDKA Pittsbargh—9Bo.
s:oo—Orchestra; sports review.
s:3o—Same as WJZ (30 m.).
6:00 —Calvary Episcopal Church.
7:OO—WJZ programs (1% hrs.).
B:4s—The Wizard.
9:ls—Sports and WJZ (1% hrs ).
379.5 WGY Schenectady—79o.
4:oo—Same as WEAF (5?4 hrs.).
s:3o—American Legion; Chocolate Box.
6:3o—Same as WJZ (2>4 hrs).
B:4s—Symphony Ensemble.
9:ls—Sports; WBZ Players.
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
STATIONS.
428.3—WLW Cincinnati—7oo.
6:oo—Orchestra (30 minutes); WJZ
(30 minutes).
7:oo—Variety concert; orchestra.
B:oo—Story of an opera.
B:3o—Piano recital; orchestra.
9:IS—WLW concert: historical.
11:00—Musicale Novelesque.
12:00—Farm Orchestra (30 minutes).
398.8—WJR Detroit—7so.
6:oo—Entertainers; feature.
6:3o—Same as WJZ (3% hours).
10:15—Happy half hour.
11:00—News; quartet; dance music.
405.2—W58 Atlanta—74o.
7:OO—WJZ and WEAF (2 V 4 hours).
9:ls—Musical Arts Trio.
9:4s—Half hour from WEAF.
10:15—Feature; Bright Spot.
12:15—Theater organ.
277.6 WBT Charlotte—l,oBo.
8:00—Los Argentines; organ.
7:OO—WEAF (15 minutes); studio.
7:3O—WEAF (30 minutes); church
service.
9:oo—Violin; organ recital.
365.6 WHAS Louisville—B2o.
7:OO—WJZ and WEAF (2t6 hours).
9:15 —Kentucky program (30 min
utes); WEAF.
10:15—Kenny & Nobody; news.
10:40—Homing hour.
461.3—WSM Nashville—6so.
7:OO—WJZ (15 minutes); sacred con
cert.
7:4s—National Concert Orchestra.
B:ls—Hour from WEAF.
9:ls—Church services.
10:15—Craig’s Rhythm Symphony.
270.1—WRVA Richmond—l,llo.
6:OO—WEAF (30 minutes); dinner
music.
7:3o—Organ recital.
8:00—St. Mark’s Episcopal service.
9:oo—Richmond Blues Band.
10:00 —Fireside Reveries.
MERRYMAn’PROMOTED
Made Operation Supervisor of N.
B. C. in Capital City.
Phillip I. Merryman. control super
visor of the National Broadcasting Co.
in Washington, has been promoted to
operation supervisor.
Donald H. Cooper succeeds Mr. Mer
ryman as senior control supervisor.
Robert L. Terrell and Keith B. Wil
liams have been named Junior control
supervisors.
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Television Signals Delayed.
CHICAGO ( JP ). —Because more time
will be required to Install its television
transmitter and to complete arrange
ments to transmit on short waves sight
of some of its regular programs, WMAQ
reports that it will not be on the air
with television signals for a month or so.
C. B. S. Gets Station WPG.
Control of station WPG has been ac
quired by the Columbia Broadcasting
System, effective May 1,
TELEVISION STAGE
IS EXPERIMENTAL
Science Is Bending Every Ef
fort to Hasten Day of
Success.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.—Television, that in
triguing subject, is making another try
for recognition as an adjunct to broad
casting.
When it will succeed cannot be fore
cast, but scientists are bending every
effort to hasten the day. Demonstra
tions designed to show Just where tele
vision stands indicate that considerable
progress has b.-en made In the develop
ment of the more complicated appa
ratus as well as in the simple equip
ment.
However, present television is largely
of the experimental type. It might be
compared to the crystal detector stage
of radio or the movies when “one min
ute to change reels” was inportant.
Radio fans, vitally interested in the
day when they will be able to see and
hear entertainers, probably will have to
be satisfied for some time to come with
simple apparatus and with views of
heads only. Then, too, a pair of sets
will be necessary to receive synchro
nized programs. One will be for sound
and the other for vision.
Television might be considered as the
transmission of light rays. Actually,
what is sent is a string of signals,
representing lights and shadows, which,
when put together in their proper se
quence, give the impression of a mov
ing picture.
Vacuum Tubes Have Big Role.
Vacuum tubes play an important part.
The television transmitting tube is the
photoelectric cell, sensitive to light,
which makes an electric photograph of
the object being televised. The receiv
ing tube, or neon lamp, changes these
electrical impulses back into light, func
tioning similarly to the loud speaker
for sound. „ . .
Some means of interrupting the light
rays is necessary. This is the purpose
of the scanning disk. It is a circular
plate containing tiny holes, equally
placed In the form of a spiral. Each
hole admits a ray of light, Its density
determining the type of impulse.
In most television systems, scanning
disks are used botlj at the transmitter
and the receiver. The one at the re
ceiver must be kept in step with that
at the transmitter. The disk is oper
ated at high speed, in front of the
photoelectric cell or the neon lamp. In
the receiver the looker Is actually gaz
ing at a small plate in the neon lamp.
Radio Transmitter Required.
Lenses are used in transmission to
intensify the light cast upon the object
and reflected to the photoelectric cell;
and in reception to amplify the picture,
which, before being enlarged, is only an
inch or two square.
In addition to the television trans
mitter, a radio transmitter also is re
quired at the sending er.d, while at the
receiver, a radio set with special ampli
fier must be used in addition to the
teldbision reproducer.
In the Bell laboratory’s demonstration
of two-way television part of the suc
cess was attributed to the use of ft
72-hole scanning disk which gives
greater detail. This disk mak?s 18
revolutions per second, creating 18
photographs in that period and produc
ing a moving picture. With each revo
lution 72 electrical impulses are set up,
or 1,296 per second.
Five telephone circuit* were the con
necting links between the two television
booths used in the test, although engi
neers explained that radio could have
been employed. Behind each booth
were concealed a receiver and a trans
mitter, each having its own scanning
disk and driving motor. Twelve photo
electric cells, sensitive to a blue light,
were hidden in the sides of the booths.
The neon lamp in this case was a new
type, being water cooled and with a
"viewing” plate approximately 2 inches
square. The blue light was used as the
scanning beam, which bathes the face
of the sitter and is reflected to the cells.
Demonstration Experimental.
The frequency band for each tele
vision circuit was 40,000 cycles, equal to
the space required by four broadcast
stations. Besides two circuits for tele
vision, two others were used for the
voice, and a fifth carried a 1257-cycle
signal to keep the scanning disks in
synchronization.
The demonstration, together with the
elaborate equipment, while giving an In
sight into what the future may hold
for telephonic communication, must be
considered from no standpoint other
than experimental.
ST. PAUL POLICE CARS
EQUIPPED WITH RADIO
Twelve Squad Machines With
Short-Wave Sets Are Put
in Service.
ST. PAUL OP). —St. Paul police have
added the radio-equipped automobile
as a crime detector.
Twelve squad cars carrying short
wave receivers have been put in service
by the department. When they went
out on the street, an ordinance against
private cars carrying short-wave re
ceiving sets went into effect.
The ordinance was put into effect to
protect the thrill seeker, said Commis
sioner John Clancy.
"Records of other cities, where indi
viduals are permitted to carry short
wave sets, show many accidents as a
result of their efforts to arrive at the
scene of a crime before, or with the
police,” he declared.
Raoul Walsh Lands a Trojan
JOHN WAYNE has been selected by
Raoul Walsh to play the leading role
of Breck Coleman in “The Big Trail,” a
story of pioneer days and the winning
of the West, written especially for the
screen by Walsh and Hal G. Evarts,
novelist.
The role of Breck Coleman survived
82 distinct tests by as many individuals
before Walsh made his final selection.
Wayne is a former Trojan, University
of Southern California graduate, fa
mous in athletics, especially foot ball.
One year ago he left the university, his
mind bent on learning the rudiments of
picture production. He secured a posi
tion at the Fox studios as an assistant
property boy, and was making rapid
progress when Walsh found him the
type he was looking for.
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BY THE -RADIO EDITOR.
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ADVANCE Information on new
model radio receiving sets
for the current year indi
cate a change in design to
ward blending the cabinet with
the surrounding furniture. Few
changes are to be made In elec
trical and mechanical construc
tion, although many manufac
turers are planning to market
their products in cabinets of
period design.
Evidence of this trend was re
vealed at an official exhibit last
week in the office of a New York
advertising agency at which chas
sis sets were installed in cabinets
of various designs. More than a
dozen receivers were shown in dif
ferent room settings, many of
which had a modernistic trend.
Several of the sets were installed
in Colonial type cabinets, while
others blended with more ancient
periods, including Louis IX, Queen
Anne and William and Mary.
Another unique feature of the
new cabinets is the design and
shape to fit different sections of
a room. Notable among these was
a modernistic end table contain
ing a complete receiver and loud
speaker. Others were tall cabi
nets to fit in comers or against
the side walls.
Mechanically, the new sets are
being improved in minor techni
cal details to make them more
compact. A number of them will
feature three and four stages of
screen grid radio frequency am
plification, power detection and a
single stage power amplifier.
Others will use two stages of the
audio circuit with push-pull am
plification in the final stage.
** * *
'T'HE melodramas produced by
A Hank Simmons and his troupe
over WMAL and other Columbia
stations are rehearsed a week be
fore being put on the air. The
orchestra spends at least one day
going over its share of the popular
broadcast.
The “Showboat” productions
were originated by Harry C.
Browne at the instigation of
Julius Seebach, program manager
of Columbia. That was nearly two
years ago.
The “Showboat” cast rehearses
apart from the orchestra, which
forms one of the important parts
of the actual broadcast. At no
time until the act goes on the air
do the two come together. Yet
the synchronization between the
two while on the air is faultless.
** * *
¥ AST Sunday was really a “hap
py Easter” for participants in
the National Broadcasting Co.’s
Sunday morning children’s hour
which WRC broadcasts. The 25
children in the studio divided
more than S2O worth of candy,
dozens of eggs and several crates
of apples, in addition to scores
of toy Easter rabbits and chick
ens.
All were gifts from radio listen
ers sent to Milton J. Cross, who
announces the program. The dis
tribution was made at the close
of the broadcast and came as a
surprise to the children.
** * *
PREEMAN GOSDEN and Charles
Correll, better known as “Amos
’n* Andy,” have two more name
sakes.
The popular radio comedians
were notified last week that Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Hopkins of Win
ston-Salem, N. C., had named
their newly arrived son Charles
Freeman Hopkins.
** * *
CTATION WPG, Atlantic City, is
to become a permanent link in
the Columbia chain May 1.
The station operates on a fre
quency of 1,100 kilocycles or 272.6
meters. It is on a full-time sched
ule except between 6 and 8 p.m.,
when it is silent.
WPG has been on the air for
seven years. It has connections
in virtually all the well known
places in Atlantic City, including
the hotels and piers.
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towns will take part in the gen
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Both the National and Colum
bia systems are planning elab
orate programs, which will include
mostly American music.
** * *
JOE AND VI, the “Mr. and Mrs.”
of the Graybar program, have
organized an Anti-Divorce League.
Their slogan is “Laugh it off.”
The first meeting of the league
will be held at 10 o’clock Tuesday
over the Columbia System.
The idea originated in Joe and
Vi’s fan mail. They have received
hundreds of letters from quarrel
some wives and husbands testi
fying that their own troubles
seemed a little foolish after lis
tening to the squabbles of “Mr.
and Mrs.,” broadcast every Tues
day night.
“We were about decided to get
a divorce until we listened in on
your program and got to laughing
at ourselves,” is the burden of
these letters.
And so the Anti-Divorce League
was formed. Joe and Vi—Jack
Smart arid Jane Houston—are
quite serious about it, and at the
meeting on the air they will in
vite all harassed couples to use
their sense of humor when they
have their next tiff, and also to
sign the league’s pledge, “Count
ten—and then smile!”
** * *
AJAJ. J. ANDREW WHITE, a
pioneer in broadcasting and
wireless and one of the founders
of the Columbia System, retires
from the radio field May 1. The
date marks his twentieth year in
radio.
Maj. White resigned from all
executive duties in the Columbia
System but will retain his stock
holdings.
The first official Radio Corpo
ration of America station was
built under the direction of Maj.
White. He supervised the con
struction of the first WJZ station
in New York and WRC in Wash
ington. Since 1927 he has been
one of the chief executives of
Columbia.
** * *
PJONVICT X 46812, radio hero of
the Columbus Penitentiary
fire, it was revealed yesterday, is
Otto V. Gardner, colored, a grad
uate of the Moody Bible Institute
and secretary of the Protestant
Church in the penitentiary.
Gardner is a lifer, sentenced 12
years ago for first degree murder.
He is 35 years old.
William S. Paley, president of
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys
tem, sent him a check for SSOO as
a reward for his description of the
fire, which he broadcast from the
penitentiary Monday night and
which was heard over the Colum
bia System’s Nation-wide coast
to-coast network.
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RADIO DECISIONS
HELD IMPORTANT
Court Rulings Affect Both
Transmitting and Receiving
in Broadcasting.
Both ends of broadcasting—trans
mitting and receiving—figured in im
portant legal actions in Washington
last week.
The sweeping shift in assignments of
two dozen stations—most of them of
top rank—ordered by the Federal Radio
Commission with the aim of ridding
listeners of cross-talk interference, was
all but toppled over, for the time being,
by the issuance of an injunction against
the commission.
One of the most important patent
cases in radio history, involving the
basic “plug-in" receiving set patents,
popped into being again with the filing
of unexpected suits by the Justice De
partment against the two young in
ventors who only a few months ago
won a decisive victory over the Radio
Corporation of America in the same
case. The court held that R. C. A.,
and through it practically 90 per cent
of the radio industry, had infringed
these patents, and it was estimated
that the successful plaintiffs would get
about $20,000,000 in back royalties
alone.
In the cleared channel reallocation
case, Justice William Hltz of the Su
preme Court of the District of Columbia
granted a temporary injunction re
straining the commission from placing
into effect on May 1 the proposed shift
as it relates to Station WHAM, the
5,000-watter at Rochester, N. Y., oper
ated by the Stromberg-Carlson Tele
phone Manufacturing Co. Because of
the interlocking nature of the shifts,
however, which would see 26 stations
swap assignments on 13 cleared chan
nels overnight, the injunction really
ties up practically all of the changes.
All eyes were turned to the Court of
Appeals rather than the District Su
preme Court in this reallocation case.
Two other stations involved in the
shifts, KYW, at Chicago, and WHAS, at
Louisville, had asked this court for stay
orders to prevent the commission from
carrying out its plan. Consequently the
injunction from the lower court took
the commission completely by surprise.
The “plug-in” set case reads almost
like a fairy tale. Two engineers, Francis
W. Dunmore, a radio physicist at the
Bureau of Standards, drawing about
$3,200 a year, and P. D. Lowell, now
chief engineer of the A. H. Grebe
Radio Co. of New York, invented the
A. C. circuit in 1921, while both were
working at the bureau. The industry
adopted the “plug-in” or battery-less
set in 1925, and the following year be
gan marketing it. R. C. A. claimed the
patent rights and cross-licensed the
device to practically all other receiving
set manufacturers, collecting tremen
dous royalties.
In 1927, the two engineers and their
backers, the Dublier Condenser Cor
poration and the Morkrum Co., brought
suit against R. C. A. Last August
Judge Morris of the Circuit Court at
Wilmington rendered the decision ad
verse to R. C. A. and awarding back
royalties to the men. In addition, un
der the patent laws they are allowed
royalties until 1938, since the legal life
of a patent grant is 17 years.
The Justice Department, in a series
of suits on the same case, now seeks to
recover the patents from the engineers
and their backers, on the ground that
they are the property of the Govern
ment since they made their investiga
tions at the Bureau of Standards labor
atories.
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