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Evening star., 1925-06-06
SYNAGOGUE TO HAVE
CONFIRMATION CLASS.
Exercises to Be Held Tomorrow by
Group of 19 Girls-Each
to Have Part.

The first class of girls to be CON
firmed at the Sixth Street Synagogue
will conduct it's confirmation eXer-
cises tomorrow at 2:30 pm, in the
synagogue building, Sixth and Eye
streets. The class consists of 10 girls
who have been doing intensive prepar-
atory work since the reorganization of
the Hebrew School with the arrival of
Rabbi Schwefel. The instructors of
the two groups of confirmants are
Mrs. l.. S. Benjamin and Mrs. l.. j.
Schwefel.
Every girl will have her own specific
part in the ceremony that takes place
this Sunday, with addresses delivered
by them on four groups of subjects.
Jewish ideas, Jewish ideals, the holi-
days and the ten commandments.
Singing Nby all the members of the
class will intersperse the addresses
while the instrumental music in the
program will be rendered by a small
string orchestra of friends of the con
firmants. DIR. Lewis j. Schwefel will
deliver the address to the confirma nts
A feature of the program will be
the awarding of barmitzvah certifi-
Gates to 20 boys who have been bar.
mitzvah in the synagogue within the
past year or more, and are still at
tending the classes of the Hebrew
be awarded by officers of the Sister.
hood, which is also offering prizes: the
boys will receive their certificates from
officers of the synagogue and school
board
Following are those to be confirmed
Girls-Bertha Robin, Blanche Kron.
man. Katie Witt, Miriam Loketch
Bessie Hyatt, Minnie Fingerhut. Kate
Feldstone, Blanche Wallace, Miriam
Bernstein, Irene Leonard, Toba
Schloss, Viola katz. Ethel Mintz. Es
ther Shapiro, Sarah Witt, Rose Field
stone, Dora Levinthal, Sadie Dove
Cecilia Sachs.
Boys-George Balterman Philip
Goldberg. Morris Hoffman. Herbert
Weiss, Paul Sokolove, Paul Wilmer
Archie Merelman. Leon j. Braun.
stein, Albert BraunStein, David Wal
lace, William Furr, Howard Cayton
Harry Goldstein, Arthur Goldstein
Percy Coopersmith, Jerome Pasternak
Millard Jeffrey, Victor Sokolove
Gerald Oxenberg. Stanley Norman
Everett Simon. Henry Jentiff, Cole
man Stein, Jack Kassan. Joseph Tar
shes. Arthur Schneider.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
OPERAS CANCELLED
ON WRC PROGRAM
Heat Too Great for Manhat-
tan SingerS-Substitute
Offering Is Made.

Cancellation by the Manhattan
Opera Co. today of the scheduled
production tonight of two grand
operas, "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Il
Paghacci,' caused WRC officials con-
siderable trouble in hastily rearrang-
Ing its program tonight. The operas
had been scheduled as the chief fea.
lures on the programs tonight of WIZ
and WGG as well as WRC, but were
called off at the last minute by the
opera company due to the intense
heat.
The revamped program will bring
the Hotel Washington Orchestra on
the air for concert at O'Clock, af.
ter which Page Mex Etchison. re-
iglous work director of the Y. NJ. c.
A, VIII present the two winners of
the Y. NJ. c. A. Bible story contest
William Mcintyre of the Church of
the Epiphany, and Yerrelle Crum of
the Wallace Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
Local Artists Save Day.
Eleanor Glynn of the WRC staff
Will give piano recital at $40 o'clock.
Joseph Gayhardt, lyric tenor, will fol
low with 15-minute recital. At S:45
o'clock the Boernstein Lee House Trio
Will play. It's concert will he sent up
10 New York and broadcast by WIZ.
\ joint recital by Godfrey Ludlow.
Vlolinist, and Milton ]. Cross. tenor.
will be broadcast at $50 o'clock, and
at 10 o'clock WRC will shift it's
audience to the Willard Hotel for
concert by the hotel orchestra. The
closing feature is the program by
Crandal's Saturday Nighters.'
Ben Lyon on Program.
The Saturday Nighters" this ev-
ming will be headed by Ben Lyon,
screen star and popular juvenile of
the films, who will speak to the
radio audience from the studio of
WIZ at approximately II o'clock
Others included among the Saturday
NlghterS" are Minnie Volkmann,
soprano; the Capital Male Quartet
Henrietta Halam. pianist; Vincent
Squeo, baritone horn soloist; Otto F.
Beck, organist, and the Metropolitan
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Daniel Breeskin. In addition to the
numbers sung by the Capital Male
Quartet, solos will be presented by
two of the members of that organiza-
ton, Louis L. Annis and William NJ
Hanft. The quartet will be accom-
panied by Margaret AnniS, and Mar
Suerite Allen will accompany Miss
Nolkmann. Nelson Bell will preside
at the microphone during the
presentation.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR

The June meeting of the District
of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union.
held at Western Presbyterian Church
last Monday evening, was we'll at
tended. Rev. DR.. Wilf1ey. pastor of
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
and a trustee of the United Society
of Christian Endeavor, gave talk of
the history of Christian Endeavor.
AS this was the annual business meet
Ing of the union, reports for the past
year were given and officers for the
new year elected.
David McCahan was reelected
president, Merritt L. Smith vice jresi-
dent, Miss Edith Wagenseller general
secretary, Miss Alleen Robbins record
ing secretary. L. A. Fry treasurer
Mrs. L. G. Green intermediate super
intendent 0he last three officers being
reelected and Miss Ellen Bowker jun.
ior superintendent
Grace Reformed Society won the
shield for highest percentage of mem
bers present at the meeting.
A number of our Endeavorers are
planning to leave for Portland, Greg.
the latter part of this month, to attend
the thirtieth international Christian
Endeavor convention there July to 10.
intermediate.
AT the June meeting, to be held in
the First Congregational Church next
Friday, 7:45 pm, Rev. Homer J. Coun-
cillor will speak. There will also be
symposium by presidents, and spe-
cial music.
/. c. L. field day and a basket pic
mic will be held at Lyon Village pic
mic grounds, on the Lee highway, June
20 at 2 pm.
The executive board picnic is being
held today at Cheverly, the country
home of the president, Richard l..
Riedel. The social superintendent.
Miss Margaret Michaelson, has charge
of the entertainment.
A meeting recently held at Sherwood
Presbyterian Church was attended by
several new societies. George r. Goer-
gems entertained the young people
with moving picture films. Other en-
tertainment was also given by the
Sherwood society.
The Mount Rainier Christian Church
held it's annual banquet May %. The
toastmaster was Lou Rider. Rev. c.
n. Jarrett of the Fifteenth Street
Christian Church gave an address,.
Richard Riedel, president of the /. C,
E. Union, and others spoke.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
ARCTIC RADIO TEST
PLANNED BY PARTY
Canadian Expedition to Have
American Expert Aboard
Ship on Voyage.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlspAtcn 10 Inc star.
QUEBEC, Province of Quebec. June
6.-Within a few weeks there will
set out from this ancient port the
Canadian government steamship Arc
tic, under command of the veteran
explorer, Capt. J. f. Bernier. carry
ing as one of the important members
of the personnel Robert McAuley
Foster. an enthusiastic transmitting
member of the American Radio Relay
League.
Apart from the duties which VIII
take Capt. Bernier and his ship to the
Far North this Summer, the Arctic
will complete the series of short wave
experimental tests which were In
augurated last Summer between the
Canadian government steamship Arc
tic and Canadian members or the
American Radio League, who. In the
past few years, have supplied the
links that connected many exploration
parties with civilized lands.
Last year successful communication
was carried on on wave lengths OF
so and 125 meters, while the plans
for this Summer contemplate the use
of 20, 40 and so meters.
The ship, which is to leave in july
will operate its short wave station
with the special call letters OF sDM'
Evening star., 1925-06-06
"MESSAGE OF THE TREES"
is DR.. HERSON'S THEME
Hamline M. E. Pastor Will Preach
on Theology of Milton at
Evening Service.

Rev. DIR. Joseph T. Herson Will oc-
cupy the pulpit at both services to-
morrow at Hamline NJ. E. Church. His
subject for the morning sermon will
be The Message of the Trees" and in
the evening he will give the first of
series of sermons on great poets, the
subject being The Theology of John
Milton"
The mems Bible class holds its ses-
sions every Sunday morning at 9:45
o'clock in the auditorium of Park The
ater Fourteenth and Buchanan streets,
with Dr. w. w. Weir teacher.
The District Quarterly Missionary
Society will hold its meeting next Fri
day Departmental conferences will
be held in the morning. In the after
noon there will be addresses by Miss
Myra McDade and Mrs. Z. d. Hunt
ley
Children's day will be observed June
a.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
WRC-Radio Corporation of America
1855 Meters).

6:55 p.m-Base ball scores
p.m.-Concert by the Hotel Wash.
ington Orchestra
p.m.-Bible talk by winners of the
Y NJ. .. a. Bible Story Telling Con
test; Terrelle Crum, Wallace Memorial
Presbyterian Church, subject, Paul;
William Mcintyre, Church of the
Epiphany, subject, Joshua" Intro
duction by Page NICK. Etchison,
religious work director, Y. NJ. c. A
S:20 p.m.-Recital by Eleanor Glynn,
pianist.
$50 p.m,-Joseph Gayhardt. lyric
tenor; William Cowan at the piano.
8:45 p.m.-Irving Boernstein Lee
House Trio.
$50 p.m.-Joint recital by Godfrey
Ludlow, violinist, and Milton J. Cross,
tenor, with Keith Mcleod at the
piano.
10 p.m.-Concert by the Willard
Hotel Orchestra.
1920 p.m.-"Crandalfs Saturday
Nighters," including Ben Lyon, First
National screen star; Minnie Volk.
mann, soprano: Capital Male Quartet;
Henrietta Halam, pianist; Vincent
Squee, baritone horn soloist; Otto f.
Beck, organist, and the Metropolitan
Symphony Orchestra.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
1.-THE TREASURE HUNT"
TO BE SERMON SUBJECT
Rev. Joseph r. Sizoo to Preach at
Both Services at New York
Avenue Presbyterian.

At the II o'clock service tomorrow
of the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church the minister, Rev.
Joseph r. Sizoo. will preach upon the
subject The Treasure Hunt" The
young peoples Sunday evening fel-
lowship will be held at 6:45 O'Clock.
AT the evening service the minister
will preach upon the subject The
Hidden Life. This sermon Is re-
peated by request.
Thursday evening the. church is
planning a recognition service to
Miss Ernestine Niemeyer, who is
going as a foreign missionary. under
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions, to South America. A serv-
ice of recognition and conservation
will be held at o'clock, at which
one of the representatives of the
foreign missions board will speak
and also the minister of the church
This service will be followed by a
reception.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
VIKING FETE PLANNED.
Five Morse Nations Represented in
WGBS Program.

Five of the Morse nations will be
represented in songs, recitations and
sagas at WGBS Saturday, June 13, at
9 pm, when Viking festival will be
held. Miss Thorstine Jackson of
Reyk javik will represent Iceland, re-
citing the saga of Erik the Red in the
original Morse tongue. Miss Ava
Troms, born in the North Cape coun-
try of Norway, will offer d repertoire
of early Norwegian songs. She is a
lineal descendant of a famous tenth
century chieftain.
Passages from the ancient sagas of
the Firms will be recited by Miss
Siirij Thorvala of TavaStehus, Fin
land, dealing with the voyages of the
Firms across the Atlantic. Miss Alveda
Sofgren of Stockholm, Sweden. will
give repertoire of her folk songs and
Miss MarentZe Nielsen Of Riibe, Den
mark, will contribute the Danish part
of the program with songs of her
Scandinavian life. Hrolf Wisby will
sing, with the Norwegian Singing So
ciety, several famous old Viking songs.
Evening star., 1925-06-06

ometers now is in the grid circuits OF
the various radio frequency circuits.
The common method OF using the
potentiometer is to connect it across
the A battery and connect the middle
arm of the potentiometer with the
grid return filament end of the grid
or secondary coils of the radio fire.
quency transformers, as shown in the
diagram.
The adjustment of the arm of the
potentiometer regulates the potential
on the grid of the tube and allows the
tube to function at the best operating
point. The bias can be adjusted to a
point where there is sufficient grid
current to cause enough loss to pre-
vent oscillation.
When a potentiometer is connected
directly across the battery there is
some drain on the battery, although it
A potentiometer however, should not
be left connected across the battery
during the many hours when the set
is not in use. 1t is a simple matter
to disconnect the potentiometer when
the set is not in use. A battery switch
connected in the circuit between the
negative or positive terminal of the A
battery at either point x or Y will
do the trick.
Switch Elimination.
If you do not care to use switch
but still want to get the benefit to be
derived from disconnecting the poten-
tiometer, you can use the off position
of the rheostat, for the purpose. All
that is necessary is to connect the B
end of the potentiometer with the
wire that joins the rheostat with the
filamept terminal at point F. instead
of with the negative A battery
terminal.
Then when the rheostat is turned
off, both the f1lament of the tube and
the potentiometer will be disconnected.
In some cases the potentiometer is
used as simple resistance, when a
high resistance of the order Of 200 to
400 ohms is required.
In such cases one of the resistance
element terminals is left unconnected
and the unit is connected into a cir
cult with one end of the resistance
element and the adjustable arm.
Evening star., 1925-06-06

sured of hearing 'in person" singers,
players, bands and others whose
stuff is familiar on the air, a large
attendance can be drummed up from
among people who would otherwise
not come to the vestry room on mems
club nights. The programs would be
regularly broadcast from the church
premises.
mong the most pleasurable of my
air adventures, and they recur from
time to time, are messages from long
lost friends. Folks from whose mem
ory | thought L had passed cons ago
hear my voice by radio and then
write me letters to renew comrade-
ships of ancient days. Such an ex-
perience has just befalen me again.
Twenty years ago. when L was
newspaper correspondent in Berlin,
the leader of activities in the 'Amer1-
can colony" was a young electrical
engineer named Harry w. Turner.
We were cronies. Turner returned
to the United States before the out
break of the war in 1914, and long
since faded from my recollection
and /, supposedly, from his. Now
comes this postcard
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.
June 8, 1925.
Dear Vile:
1t sounded mighty good to hear
your voice over the radio through
W6-380-the night you were
talking in Washington at the
Cantigny day dinner. 1 agree with
you that we easy-going Americans
need waking up to the danger of
unpreparedness. How's the family
these days? Best regards Auf
wiedersehen.
HARRY w. TURNER.
X
Mrs. J. r. W. writes to say that
she thinks II have one on you"
Whereupon the following:
threading. late DIS Maurice
Evening star., 1925-06-06
BAPTIST CHURCH'S
MEMBERSHIP GAINS
Reports at Southern Conven-
tion Show Satisfactory Pro-
gram in Every Department.

Large results in every department
of Southern Baptist effort were re.
ported at the recent session of the
Southern Baptist Convention, although
the home and foreign mission boards
and some Of the other agencies and
institutions of the convention were
operating under greatly reduced bud
gets, due to falling off in the receipts
from the churches
OF outstanding interest was the re-
port from the statistical department
of the Baptist Sunday School Board
showing that during the past year
Southern Baptist churches in the
homeland had administered 209 SIS
baptisms, bringing the present mem
bership of the 27 1917 churches affiliated
with the convention TO 3,763,S62. A
gain of 869 Sunday schools and
l55,236 pupils was reported, bring
ing the present number of schools to
2l,57O, with an enrolment of 2,536.9 .953
pupils. The number Of B. Y. p. Us
is given at 1866, and their member
ship at 546,193. while the number
OF W. NJ. I. organizations is given at
1S,415
Gains for the year in the value of
local church property, exceeded S14.-
100000, while the contributions of the
churches to local work amounted to
S21,s36. .4bO.S6. and TO missions and
benevolences S9.863 .153.S0
6lS Missionaries.
American missionaries employed by
the Foreign Mission Board have in
creased 10 61S in number. while the
number Of native workers employed is
now 2,443. During the past year these
workers reported l2,l34 baptisms,
bringing the membership of the for
eign churches to 117.723
During the year. 50,324 additions 10
the churches, including 3O,027 by bap-
tlsm, were reported by the or work
ers OF the Home Mission Board. along
with the erection or repair of 355
church houses and the organization of
COS Sunday schools.
Assistance in the sum of S126, ,961
was given by the Relief and Annuity
Board to its more than 900 bene-
flclarles, including aged preachers and
dependent members of their families.
Value of Baptist hospital property
in the South increased by $4,000 ,OO0
during the year. according to the re-
port OF the hospital commission, which
SHOWS there are now - Baptist hos
pltals IN operation in the South and
; three others are under construction
These hospitals treated more than 100
900 patients last year and did more
than $1,000 900 in charity work.
According to the report of the edu-
cation board. Southern Baptists have
IN the past 20 years increased the num-
Der of their educational institutions
from So to III. and their investments
IN these institutions from 81 500 600
to $4,000. 900. In these Baptist schools
there are now enrolled $4,000 students.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
COMMITTEE TO MEET.

There will be a meeting of the
central committee of the Organized
Bible Glass Association Monday at
8 pm. at the Assembly Hall of the
Y. M. G. A. This will be the last
meeting of the committee prior to the
Frederick Conference and all members
are urged to attend.
Special arrangements are being
made for the Fourth Annual Organ
ized Bible Glass Conference, which will
be held at Hood College. Frederick.
Md, July g. 4 and s. A large number
of reservations have been made and
any others desiring to register as del
egates should forward their registra.
tions at once to Page NICK. Etchison.
room 217, 1886 G street northwest
Evening star., 1925-06-06
$1O2.89 MORE is GIVEN
HOSPITAL RADIO FUND
Total Donated to Bring Broadcasts
to Freedmen's Patients Is
Now $65O.2O.

The Freedmen's Hospital radio fund
has been increased to $650.20 through
additional contributions this week
amounting to $102.89, it was an
nounced today by the committee in
charge of the campaign to raise suf-
ficient funds to install receiving sets
at every bed in the institution.
Contributions acknowledged this
week follow:
Division 10, Mrs. M. Horton
Pace additional contribu-
tions), ladies' committee,
Bureau of Engraving and
Printing 5 91.64
Mrs Mamie Simms. a. so
Mrs. George Younger. ... so
The Teachers of Thaddeus
Stevens School. ol....... 5.25
Hannibal Lodge, No. 9, K of P, 500
Total ............ $1o2.ss
Evening star., 1925-06-06

Francis Egan's "Recollections of a
Happy Life" this week, 1 came
across the group picture Of DIR.
Egan, DR.. Cook C"discoverer Of the
North Pole"). William T. Stead and
yourself at Copenhagen the day
Cook returned from his voyage to
the Arctic. | noticed that while
Mr.. Stead wore a business suit and
a cap, you and Mr.. Egan were very
formally attired, including a silk
hat. Puzzling over whether you
were there in a diplomatic or a
journalistic capacity. l called the
picture to the attention of another
radio fan. Her explanation was:
Perhaps Mr.. Vile had just gotten
in from the night before!" I hope
when and if you publish your own
recollections, this weighty point
will be explained.
Personally I know nothing whatever
about the mechanics of radio, but
bugs now and then talk to me about
reception" and say it is always bad
in hot weather such as we are now
suffering. Jack Binns, famous wire
less operator of IS. o. s." fame, has
issued an interesting statement re-
garding Summertime reception. He
claims it isn't at all bad, and that if
fans use discretion" fairly good re.
suits may be obtained throughout the
warmest months. Binns says:
The bogey that we have built
up around Summer radio is large
ly man of straw. He can be
knocked down very easily pro-
vided we go about the job in a
quiet, business like way. Take,
for instance, a standard five-tube
neutrodyne. A set of this char
acter will work quite satisfactorily
on "a short aerial. For the Sum
mer months, therefore, let us use
only Is feet of wire for an aerial.
In addition. we will use only one
stage of audio- frequency amplifi-
cation. We will forego all at
tempts at distance except on
nights when the air is clear. If
we do these things and concentrate
upon local stations, our radio set
will give us joy beyond compare
during the torrid season.
Out in Chicago, my reportorial
home town. big Bilr Thompson
long time mayor of the Windy City
is staging a political come back by
means of his own broadcasting sta
ton. On the outskirts of the town
he has erected one of the most pow :
erful plants in the Middle West and
turned it into a sort of a roadhouse
at which the automobiling proletariat
is welcomed with smiles and soft
drinks. At present station WHIT
(William Hale Thompson) is furnish
ing nothing but high class. entertain
Evening star., 1925-06-06
Plans Island Radio-Phone.

A local telephone company in Hawaii
is planning to install an interisland
radio phone system between several
central exchanges on wave lengths be-
tween Sc and 20 meters. When COM
pleted it is believed any phone sub
scriber in the island can call any other
subscriber through the radio-relaying
system. This development will not
only make for commercial economies.
but will be fact, or in the insular
defense in time of war.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
NAVY STATIONS RATED.
San Diego Plant Leads in Prelimi-
nary Comparisons.

A preliminary comparison between
naval radio stations gives the San
Diego high-pOWered arc a rating of
100; the Pearl Harbor arc gets sec
Ond place with rating of 80; the An
napolis tube transmitter. 66, and the
arc sets at San Francisco and An
napolis 40 each. Comparisons between
arc and tube transmitters is difficult,
it is pointed out. but the approxima-
ton was made for an immediate study
of station carrying power
Naval communications on the Pa
Cific coast are believed to be a little
more efficient than on the Atlantic,
according to a communication officer
recently transferred from the East to
the West coast.
Evening star., 1925-06-06
WILL GIVE THANKSGIVING
Church of Holy Rosary to Ce1e
brate Two Anniversaries.

A solemn high mass of thanksgiv-
ing will be celebrated tomorrow at
10 am. at the Church of the Holy
Rosary, Third and F streets north
west. The day marks the anniver-
sary Of the conferment of written
constitution upon the people of Italy.
The twenty-f1fth anniversary of the
accession of the present King of
Italy will also be commemorated.
The italian Ambassador and his en-
tire staff will attend the service, to-
gether with numerous other officials.
Rev. n. De Carlo, pastor of the
church, will be celebrant of the mass,
and the sermon will be preached by
Very Rev. Mgr, Leo p. Manzetti,
D. D., of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1925-06-06

j Ilt Nltll . Siup "
ur b a n congrega-
ton on the edge
of w d S h i ngton
projects for next
season a series of
monthly ''r a d i o
evenings" T h e
object is to in
crease attendance
at club meetings
by giving a pro-
gram of talk and
music such as is
broadcast regular
ly from our two
big local stations.
The idea is that
If p a rishioners,
both m e n a n d
tI-nYonn oan ho aS