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Evening star., 1925-03-20
FIFTEEN MINUTES OF
RADIO EACH DAY
BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA,
Al Rights Reserved. Repro. Prohibited.

Time Divisions in the United States.
from one program to another in order
to find out what stations are broad
casting or to determine at what time
a certain station Is sending out a
given program, II is necessary to
know in what particular time belt the
transmitting station is located.
Technically the United States is di-
vided into four time belts, deter
mined by the position of the sun with
respect 10 the standard time me-
ridians.
of commerce and other limiting fac
tors the time zones are laid out ac-
cording to dividing lines from place
to place in the United States.
IF you have a map of the United d
States showing the division of the
States into time zones II Is COM
paratively simple matter for you to
find out on what time schedule any
particular station is broadcasting. If
you find II difficult to procure such
a map, ii is a simple matter to draw
up such a time map by using a
standard map having the most i'm
portant cities and towns located :on
it by following the following direc-
tions:
Narieus Tine Zones.
Eastern standard time is used from
the Atlantic Ocean to q line begin
ward through Monroeville, thence to
Mansfield and thence to Newark. all
these places being in Ohio .---
Continue the line south to Hunt
ington, w. Va; thence to Norton, Va;
Johnson City, Tenn; Ashe eville, n. c.:
Atlanta and Macon, GA, and, finally,
through Apalachicola, Fla. -
Standard central time is used in
the portion of the United States that
lies between the line which has just
been drawn and between another line
drawn as follows: --'..-
From Mandan,. N Oak. through
Nebr.; Dodge City, Kans.; then along
the west line of the State of Okla
homa and Texas.
Standard mountain time is used
from the second line which has been
drawn to a line running along the
western boundary line of the State
of Montana, thence along the Salmon
River westward, thence southwark
along the western boundary line of
the State of Idaho, thence eastward
along the southern boundary line of
Salt Lake City, Utah; thence through
Parker and Yuma, Ariz
Standard Pacific time is used from
this third line to the Pacific Ocean
The territory in the Eastern stan
dard time belt lies on both sides OF
the 75-degree meridian west from
Greenwich. The central time belt
lies on both sides of the 9o-degree
meridian; the mountain time belt
lies on both sides of the 105- degree
meridian, and the Pacific time belt
lies on both sides of the 120-desree
meridian. These are the standard
time meridians west of Greenwich
England.
The authority to change the Itca-
tion Of the time belt boundaries for
any reason Is vested in the Inter
state Commerce Commission. 1t has
the authority to change or re-
adjust the boundaries in the United
States.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
WCAP-Chesnpeake a. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. (46S5 Meter~),

1:l5 to 7:25 p.m.-"Speeding Dis
aster Relief" talk by Douglas
Gresemer, national director Of public
information of the American Red
Cross.
7:25 to 7:40 p.m.--Meteors.s. by DR..
George p. Merrill of the Smithsonian
Institution, one of a series of scientific
talks given under the auspices of the
National Research Council and Science
Service, arranged by Dr.. w. Z. Tis-
dale.
1:40 to 7:55 p.m.-Miss Phyllis Price.
soprano, in group Of songs accom-
panied at the piano by George H
Wilson.
1855 to SIS p.m.-WflHam Hard
prominent newspaper correspondent
and author. in the ninth of series
of talks on Days and Nights in
Washington"
S:l5 to S:45 p.m-Concert by the
United States Navy Band Orchestra
Lieut.. Charles Benter, leader, direct
from the auditorium of the United
States Marine Barracks.
S:45 to 8 p.m.-Mara O'Neal. in the
second of series of quaint Irish
iolk-lore stories, presented through
the courtesy of lie Paradis Candy Co.
to 10 p.m.-Continuation of con-
cert by the United States Navy Band
Orchestra
10 to IL p.m.-Dance music by the
WarGman Park Hotel Orchestra. di-
rect from Wardman Park Hotel
Evening star., 1925-03-20

VIII De relayed by wire to Washington
cther attractions on the SATURDAY
Nlghters' program win be return
concert by Warnings Pennsylvanians
VINO made their Washington radio
DEBUT last Saturday night; concert
oy the metropolitan Theater Orches-
ira, and recitals by Elias Rreesi,ip
viol1nist; Jack Bowie, tenor. Otto z
Beck, regular broadcast from WRC
VIII again join the Saturday Nighters
and play sDecial recital on the
Tivoli grand organ.
The entire Crandall concert will re-
quire broadcasting from four different
points, the studios of WRC and WIZ.
the Me tropolitan Theater and the
Tivoli Theater. The special wire sys-
tenn of WRC will make the pick ups
possible.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
TINY NEW AIR LANE /
|SG|VEN AMATEURS.
Band 19-Thousandths of
Meter Wide Is Allotted for
Short-Wave Experiments.
BY Consolidated Press.

Dy Consolidated Press.
American amateurs were today the
proud possessors of a governmental
lease on a hitherto unexplored chan
mel Of the air-the fascinating and
potential wave band OF nineteen
thousandths OF q meter that lies be-
tween .7477 and .7<9s. Permission tc
Investigate the virgin air lane as far
and as often as the amateurs desire
was granted Wednesday by the De-
partment of Commerce.
Led by John l. Reinartz, 1-XAM
South Manchester, Conn, one of the
leading pioneers In the ultra low
wave length experiments, enterpris-
ing amateurs In all parts of the coun-
try may be expected to devote much
of their Summer work to reconstruct
ing their transmitters and receivers
so as to. operate on the new fire.
quencies-
The broadca sting world will watch
the experiment with interest. AS
pointed out by officials of the De-
partment OF Commerce, IL the baby
wave length prove feasible for broad
casting 1t will be possible to allo-
cate a hundred stations, each Sepa
rated from its nearest competitor by
10 kilocycles, in the nineteen thou
sandths of a meter which the anna
teurs are to explore. The upper half
of the one-meter band, similarly could
be used without interference by all
the worlds broadcasting stations
now in operation.
Beam Transmission.
Present limited knowledge of the
ultra-low lengths does not indicate
that broadcasting on these channels
Is probable in the near future. Ac-
cording to Reinartz and others who
have studied the high frequency
bands, the preliminary tests will deal
the possibilities of point-to-poin,
with which Marconi is now at work
in Great Britain.
when IT Is considered that a trans
mitter operating on one of the wave
lengths in the split-meter channel
would employ an antenna approx
mately 20 inches in length and power
vastly reduced from the enormous
wattage that is poured into the an.
tennas of the country's big broad
casting stations. the tediousness OF
this new form of experimentation
will be realized The ultra-low wave
pioneers, however, are enthusiastic
about the Developments on the wave
bands of four and Ave meters and
believe that more important diScov-
cries may be made in connection with
the bands that lie beneath one meter
Coast -to-coast communication has
been established in the past year on
20 meters and messages have been
transmitted approximately 10000
miles, using 40 meters.
Evening star., 1925-03-20

professions to which 1 nowadays de-
vote myself.
x * X
At the worlds first Radio Revue" )"
in Washington, 1 said to the Visible
audience that I now knew what IL
felt like to be Jackie Coogan. Babe
Ruth or Bill Borah. An admirer
Of the Senator from Idaho wrote me
a postal card protest against his in
clusion in such a trio. The hand
writing was meant to be in imita-
tion of that statesman's penmanship,
and was signed "Borah." 1 sent 1t to
the Senator, who replied:
II must say that the gentleman
who wrote that card made a pret-
ty good stagger at my signature.
Not bad at all. Makes me a little
uneasy about my bank account. I
guess somebody Is getting little
out Of humor about your generous
remarks in regard to myself"
On the evening of March 10 some
talk of mine was broadcast from the
banquet of the American Congress
on Internal Medicine. Owing to my
having been put on the program a
few minutes after scheduled time.
WRC and WIZ had to cut me off just
10 seconds before / wound up. Some
body signing herself "Schooima rm''
offers two suggestions" as follows:
Il. That you institute a contest
to see who could come nearest TO
guessing exactly how you started
and ended your talk before the
medical dinner when we were
forced to listen to the Brunswick
Hour, etc, instead of hearing your
introduction and conclusion. Hav-
fre f,,,-
feel l could safely qualify for the
exact words OF your peroration,
but how many fans could recon
struct an Introduction? The
guesses might be funnier than the
original story. Condition: No
help to be sought from anybody
who attended the banquet.
"2. Call your talks the Call of
the VILE"
f. l.. Bingham, I1I3 Fairmont
street, courteously corrects my mis-
statement in pre-inauguration
broadcast that Calvin Coolidge is the
third New En- nglander to become Pres
ident. Mr. Bingham is right. 1 slip
ped a cog. We have had four New
England Presidents-John Adams,
John Quincy Adams, Franklin Pierce
anu ~ NooioSo' -Nohc oA 'HeAi
was reelected.
X 4 !;
The associate editor of a popular
magazine takes me to task for be-
rating Congress on the air. TT seems
to me-" he writes, that il is no less
important that we maintain a proper
respect for the legislative end of our
Government than that we hold our
Supreme Court in proper esteem"
The day l received that remon-
STRANGE the principal Republican
newspaper of the country. the New
Evening star., 1925-03-20
WCAP TO FEATURE
NAvY'S ORCHESTRA
Four Interesting .aIks. Are
Also on Local Broadcast
Program Tonight.

4 diversified program featuring a
concert by the United States Navy
Band Orchestra, under the direction
of Lieut.. Charles Benter, will be
broadcast by WCAP tonight from 7:l6
o'clock to midnight. The Navy Band
Orchestra concert will come direct
from the auditorium of the United
States Marine Barracks.
Four talks will intersperse the
musical attractions. One by Douglas
Gresener. national director of public
Information of the American Red
Cross, on Speeding Disaster Relief"
will open the program. Another will
he given by DR.. George p. Merrill of
the Smithsonian Institution, on
"Meteors" The third will be a quaint
Irish folklore tale by Mara O'Neal.
The fourth and chief talk will be
William Hard's weekly resume of
Days and Nights in Washington"
II will be the ninth of Mr.. Hard's
series of radio talks.
The only recital scheduled will be
given by Miss Phyllis Price, soprano.
She will be accompanied at the piano
by George H. Wilson.
Two Hours of Dance Music.
Two hours of dance music by the
wardman Park Hotel Orchestra will
be broadcast as usual between 10
o'clock and midnight.
The second appearance on the air
tonight of WBES, the new Bliss
Electrical School station, will find it
broadcasting a program of vocal and
instrumental music by members of
the orchestra and glee club of the
institution, under the direction of G.
A. Lindholme. C. +. Ferry of the
faculty also is scheduled to make a
speech. The program will be broad
cast between $3.50 and 1880 o'clock.
WRC's afternoon program, between
4 and $40 o'clock, features tea music
by the Meyer Davis New Willard Hotel
Trio and the weekly question box, con-
Quoted by the editor of the Pathfinder.
Other attractions include a fashion talk
by Emma Perley Lincoln, a piano re-
cital by Eleanor Glynn, current topics
and the children's period.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
Adventures of a Broadcaster
By FREDERIC WILLIAM BILE,
Radfoscrfbc.
No. 2.-Coining New Title.

York Herald-Tribune, observed edi-
torially:rse
However the Senate votes to-
morrow on the Warren nomina-
ton, the best thing 1T can do is to
pack up and go home. IT is time
for both Senate and House to
close their doors. The Presidents
bushwhackers have not been home
very much since last election day.
Let them go back and see how
their constituencies feel about
them. They may return to Wash
ington next Fall less vicious and
revengeful and with fewer cob
webs in their brains"
AS against a single protest against
what I regard fair comment on Con-
gress, IA have received a shoal of
Communications.
A broadcaster counts that day lost
whose descending sun has not
gone down on numerous appeals for
more or less worthy causes. Re-
Gently, in the course of "a hours, ]
was asked to:
/. Say something about the bad
ventilation in Washington street
cars.
2. Start an agitation against
all-night parking OF automobiles
In the streets.
3. Launch a drive for funds for
the Animal Rescue League.
4. Roast the Veterans Bureau.
8. Get off the air altogether.
y y y
We strive to please. Here's a let
ter:
Y. NJ. C. A.,
r. D. No. I,
Harrisburg. Pa.
Kindly broadcast the fo.lIwing
at $3.50 pm. from station NP1iC:
r. w. Strunk and A. w. Miller,
special representatives of the
Reading Company, Harrisburg,
Pa. at the inaugural of President
Coolidge. have returned. They
| report il a great success, and the
ceremonfals very impressive.
Thank you.
fSigned) r. w. STRUNk.
Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1925-03-20
BROADCASTING OPERA.
Rigo1etto' to Go on Air From
WGBS Sunday Night.

Verdi's complete opera "Rigoletto'
will be broadcast by WGBS Sunday
night at $3.50 o'clock in conjunction
with the Italian newspaper Corriero
D'America, the fourth In the series of
operas sung especially for radio every
Sunday night at the Gimbel Brothers
studio.
The broadcasting of "Cavalleria
Rusticana' on the night of Febru-
ary D. from WGBS, was purely an eX-
pertinent. The enthusiastic response
it received, however, convinced the
sponsors of this movement that radio
audiences were tremendously inter-
ested in hearing the leading operas on
the air. So there have followed at
fortnightly intervals THE Barber Of
Seville" aN2 "Pagiiacci."
Evening star., 1925-03-20
RADIO QUERIES

Radio Editor:
Please print the name of the sta
tion which broadcast the proceedings
or the Bankers Club dinner in Rich
mond Tuesday nieht-R C. KING.
WBBL is the only station in Rich
mond, but have no record to show
whether it was on the air Tuesday
night
Radio Editor:
Please let me know through your
radio column what station broadcast
talk by Secretary Mellon on Fed
eral taxes between 9:45 and 10 O'Clock
Tuesday night-JAMES F. BALL
WBCN, Chicago. was scheduled to
broadcast talk on Federal taxes
about this time. The advance pro-
grams, however, did not credit the
speech to Secretary Mellon.
Radio. Editor:
WMBF. Miami Beach, Fla. was
the station heard by ]. G. G.. /
have heard it on my one-tube set.
CHARLES DISBRoW.
Radio Editor:
have a crystal set which gave
good results until another crystal
| set was connected to my lead-in wire.
My set is on the first floor. The
other set is connected from the third
floor. When the set on the third
floor is in use / can only hear the
| signals family. When il is not in
| use the signals come in with good
| volume. Please advise me what to
| Ido.-PAUL STEIN
Two sets connected with one an
| tenna Will not give satisfactory re-
| suits. In your case the signals will
| always go to the set on the third
| floor when il is in opera ton. Ar
| individual sntenna for each set will
| remedy the situation.
! Radio Editor:
While listening to- wCAP's pro-
Evening star., 1925-03-20
WRC-Radio Corporation of America
(4aS.5 Meters)

p.m.-"Fashion Developments of
the Moment" by Emma PerIey-Lin-
coin.
4:l0 p.m.-Eleanor Glynn, pianist.
4:20 p.m.-Current Topics. by the edi-
tor of the Review of Reviews ---.-
4:S0 p.m.-Tea music by the New
Willard Hotel Meyer Davis Trio,
broadcast from the palm room of the
New Willard Hotel.
p.m.-Children's hour, conducted d
by Peggy Albion.
SIS p.m.-"The Question Box" by
the assistant editor OF the Pathfinder
Evening star., 1925-03-20

vi a. AZ III -
with IL some i'm
pro We ments on
language. An old
time colleague of
mine in London
invented "sunra-
gette." w ! ] b II r
Wright once call
ed himself an
''airman." W I ( h
the accent on the
"air." Airman, il
occurs to me as /
write it, might
not be an inap-
propriate descrip-
tion for a broad
caster. But ] pre-
fer radiosoribe. II
.1,,x hinnS sha trn
Evening star., 1925-03-20

gram about S:15 o'clock Monday night
heard "A woman singing while Ger
trude Kreiselman was playing on the
piano. p Shortly afteFward 1 heard
songs by a chorus OF mixed voices.
Can you suggest what station I
heard? / have long range crystal
set-HARRY PARKER.
Cannot suggest what station you
may have heard. Perhaps the fans
can.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
Hoover Recommends Sales Tax.

In the belief that "the radio in
dustry can't live on an endless diet
of jazz Secretary Hoover recon-
mends per cent tax levy on radio
sales. He maintains that a Iicensin q
tax upon radio listeners would not be
tolerated in this country: and besides,
as one large radio manufacturer alone
has reported sales running above
sz2'oOO,o0o for 1923. Secretary Hoover
sees In such an amount a revenue
that would pay tor daily programs of
the best talent In the country.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
Will Broadcast Dinner.

Proceedings at the dinner to be
given in honor of Gov Alfred Smith
OF New York by the Friars Club in
the Astor Hotel Sunday night will be
broadcast by WIN. George NJ. Cohan
viii be POSTMASTER The spea kers
will include William Collier, Gov. Sill
zer of New Jersey, Raymond Hitch
cock and Will Rogers. ~ -
Evening star., 1925-03-20
Broadcast University Topics

A summary of topics studied by
students OF the University of Berlin
Is being broadcast from one of the
Berlin radio stations two evenings
week. These programs are in
Tended primarily for students but
they are also presented for the pur-
pose of interesting the general public
in educational courses
Evening star., 1925-03-20
Local Radio Entertainment
Friday, March 20, 1925.
NAA-NaVal Radio Station, Radio. Va
t4345 MeterS1,

S45 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
7:4o TO p.m.-United States Pub
lie Health Service lecture, broadcast
No. 262, Causes and Prevention of
Deafness"
1905 p.m.-Weather bureau reports.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
CONCERT BY CRANDALL'S
SATURDAY NlGHfERS'
Feature of WRC Program for
Broadcasting Tomorrow Night,
Second in the Series.

The second concert by "Crandalfs
Saturday Nighters' will be broadcast
from station WRC tomorrow night
and will include in addition to several
musical features a talk by Milton
SfIls prominent movie actor, Mr.
SilIs' talk to the Washington radio
audience will be delivered in the
studio of station WIZ, New York, and
Evening star., 1925-03-20
WBES-Bliss Electrical School. Ia
kona Pnrk. ID. c. l222 MeterNl.

$50 TO 7:30 p.m.-Program of vocal
and instrumental music by members
Of the orchestra and glee club, under
the direction of G. A. Lindholme; talk
of general interest by e. F. Ferry OF
the faculty.
Evening star., 1925-03-20

How do you like the title have
given myself-radioscribe? It's orig
inal and could be labeled patent
applied for" Every new movement
Evening star., 1925-03-20
The Natural Result.

From the London News.
scotsman gave waiter tip
and the horse lost.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT.

TONIGHT.
Concert by the United States
Navy Band Orchestra, WCAP,
Wa shington, Sis to 8:45 and
9 to 10 o'clock.
Grand opera. III Trovatore.'
by WGY Opera Co., WGG,
Schenectady, 7:40 o'clock.
Priscilla" or The Pilgrims
Proxy" in two acts. by the
bingham Light Opera Co,
WNAC, Boston, 8 to g o'clock.
Concert by the Rutgers Col
lege Musical Clubs, WEAF,
New York, s 80 to 10 80 O'clock.
United States Navy Night
program, WIZ. New York,
OILS o'clock.
Program by the Monte Carlo
Nirginians, WY, New York, !.
10 O'Clock. - .----
Evening star., 1925-12-26

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with balloon tires. 4-wheel brakes and every
conceiva able extra; paint is French blue and
red trimmings. $3.50.
Evening star., 1925-12-26
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