Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-06
HOOVER MAY HEAD
RADIO DELEGATION
International Conference in
October May Take
Up ALLEGATION.

In its endeavors to revise and mod
ernie the existing international
agreements on radio communication,
the International Radio Telegraph
Conference, scheduled to meet in
Washington October 4. may take up
the question of allocating channels.
Although this was recommended by
the Washington Electrical Communi-
cation Conference in 1920, a division
of available frequencies between
countries has never been made. In
Europe, where there are so many
countries in close contact with cach
other, however, the ALLEGATION broad
cast channels on a nonlnterferlng
basis is being tried out. 1t seems
that, with the continued growth of
broadcasting throughout the world
and the increased use of high power,
this ultimately will have to be at
tempted.
While the State Department has
made no announcement of the per-
sonnet of the United States radio dele
cation, it is believed that it will be
headed by Secretary Hoover and in
clude representatives of the several
interested governmental departments
and the radio industry itself.
Probable Lineup.
For the State Department 1t is
probable that Assistant Secretary w.
r. Castle will serve with Capt. Craven,
the new communication director OF
the Navy, and Maj. r n. Saltzman.
chief signal officer of the Army. 1t
seems safe to predict that three
other members of the delegation will
be w. y. Terrell, chief supervisor of
radio for the United States; Repre-
sentative Wallace White of Maine
and j. b. White of Philadelphia, who
represented this country as observers
at the International Telegraph Con-
vention in Paris IN 1925.
Since commercial radio communica-
ton companies of the United States
are privately owned and operated. it
is believed that at least two members
of the delegation will il lude officials
of the American Telegraph & Tele-
phone Co, the Radio Corporation of
America or some other operating COM
panies.
The A. & P. Gypsies, a versatile
string ensemble, which has occupied
the waves of WRC and other asso-'
ciated stations of the National Broad
casting Co.'S "red" network on Mon
day nights, will bring the present
SSIIep W d CIOSS tOllShI WIN a
program made up of the works Of
such famous composers as Mowray,
Lehar, Dvorak, Lemaire and Hubay.
The gypsies have been one of the
most popular of broadcasting aggre
cations for the last two years and
their present withdrawal from the air
will mark the close of another sue
cessful season.
The weekly entertainment by
'rRoxy" and Ibis gang" and a tabloid
version of Massenet's one-act opera,
"Cavalleria Rusticana," are among
WRC's other leading attractions.
Roxy" will feature James Parker
Coombs, baritone, better known, per-
haps, as Daddy Jim COMBS"
There was little interference on the
wave lengths last night to. impede the
travel of the signals of the out-of-
town stations, with the result that
dialing was productive of satisfactory
results. Static was prevalent, how
ever, but it's rumblings were feeble,
too weak in fact to cause a serious
disturbance. .
The volume of some Of the stations
was not as good as desired for loud
speaker reproduction, but there were
a few of the old reliables that came
through excellently. One of them was
1.-The Voice Of st. Louis" otherwise
known as KNOX; another was
KDKA, which was still broadcasting
after midnight bulletins on the prog
ress of the flight of the Bellanca
monoplane Columbia