Evening star., 1927-02-14
RADIO LEGISLATION
HST|LL AWAITS VOTE.
Howell and Pittman Use e.
|. forts to Prevent Dill
!, From Getting Action.

!. Evidently the millions of radio fans
Ssho fight the heterud>ue whistles ana
hianketings that provide uuWanted
fhnuendoes to SO many radio programs
w,ll have to Wait tho pleasure Of Seha'
ters Howell and Pii;man before the
Wiling Senate can Vote on the com
faom.se radio hill now before IT, 1hese
Gentlemen. it seems. are cooperating
psith each other to defeat the EFFORTS
sf Senator nin 10 bring mp for vote
the conference radio bill, passed 10y
the House two weeks ago.
: With the uncanny skill OF old par
hamentarians these two ohstructlon-
ists have imposed many stumbling
blocks in the path Of the radio le3ls,
lation. Points Of order, protracted
discussions and arguments have been
raised when unanimous consent was
sought Senator DILL however re-
serves the right to move that the con
ference report be taken up and he
probably will do so very soon. as the
closing session of the present Con
Gress is growing short.
Senator Dill Is still confident that
the Senate viii pass the measure once
it Is given the right Of way. If the
Senator's expectations materialiZe.
radio commission may he holding a
consultation over the broadeasting dis
orders before Summer comes.
The first encyclopedia OF radio In.
formation ever published in America
has made it's appearance among the
early publications of the new year.
From the nature of it's material.
this volume, compiled by s. Germs
back, amounts to practically a com
pact review of all that has been done
in radio up to the present time. 1t
presents Il complete classification of
the latest authoritative data on scien-
tiffc discovery and experimentation in
radio, and every direction OF its APP
plication.
The references cover every item of
Importance relating to radio or the
radio industry. The test comprises
. 1880 definitions of words, terms and
symbols which have specific applica-
tion in radio.
Added interest and educational
value is given through brief biogra-
phies OF the outstanding personalities
i'll electrical and radio science Mr.
GernSback furnished nearly 20 such
short histories of discoveries and
pathfinders, inventors and technicians
whose work has brought radio to its
present advanced development.
The ether was unable to shake it
self Of static over the week end. Radio
reception, consequently, was hampered
by this perennial bugaboo. Conditions
last night We're far better, however,
than on SATURDAY. night, when the at
mospherics were accompanied by fad
ing and much heterodyning.
The static blasts last night We're not
severe enough to disturb the peace of
the fireside nor to completely over
come the signals of the stations with
a powe. rating Of 500 watts or more.
AS result we were able to hear vir-
tualiy ali Of the talk of Mayor Walker
of New York, broadcast by PWX, at
Havana. Ar well as a dance program
broadcast by another Cuban station,
6KW, at Tuncu.
Among TIE other stations outside
the 900 mile range picked up last night
with clsr1ty and good vofunfe were
woo. Davenport; WCyU, Mfnneapo.
lis-St. Pail, and WMBF, ,e'at@ Miami
Beach, Fla 1s....,s,@
The popular A. G p Gypsies, ap-
pearing this week at a Washington
vaudeville theater, will HE to the
studio of WRC tonight for their week
ly broadcast through the red net
work Of the National Broadcasting Co
The Gypsies will feature their program
with the aria Celeste Aida" from
the Verdi opera aida" John Barnes
Wells. tenor of the group. also will
be heard in two unusually we'll known
vocal selections, ''Duna'' and IF /
Were King
Donizetti's opera, Il 'Elisir d more"
Will be the presentation of the WEAF
Grand Opera Co. The opera will be
directed. as usual in tabloid form by
Cesare Sodero.
Hires Harvesters will continue their
musical trase with a visit to Spain.
One of the selections to be played dur
Ing their program will be Isham Jones
new song hat. SPAIN
The Emerson hour of music. sched-
uled for 1:30 o'clock, will include two
soioists in addition to an orchestra.