Evening star., 1927-11-29
FARMERS AWAITING
CLEARER REPORTS.
Radio Commissions Ruling
Arouses Hope OF Better
News Reception.

Not only are the farmers OF the
T-ritad states awaiting with eaGerness
tesf of the assurance given them nN
tbe Federal Radio Commission tha' lts
na,v non heterodynina set-up OF De
con,ber will improve iong-dlstan,e
recention. but they await also ASST,
go that outside interferences WIZ
NOT destroy the value OF lhe pIos ~.
80, hroadcast for their benent N
stations cooperating with 'ne
states Department of Agrlcul'u,e.
There are III commerclai alu 90 -.
cultural college radio std'I"HH ,a
hroadcasting regularly ltie ,t ~ of
,,.n,s nrenared by the Department vi
t,,in,,,ture 1t was to protect the III
to,,ste of these stations, all OF Wh''l
,,.,>d wide range in order 10 ie', -,
n,ony rural listeners as poSslp'
80 SECRETARY Jardine receht'N "
,e-o,5 a letter to the Radio tohlhlS
SION urging against the Sr"ii'lnS n
-. ,,,,,cb mower to other stations VI
tbejr wave lHn2thS. .,,,,.a+.
Hio.b mower among StalohS W -.
a., simultaneously on the sahle g.
ouenry spells whistles anu nv" -, -
,;s,eners residing somewhere betweeiI
4,,osa statinns. Usually the point Oh
o,sst, on the wave channels is IN the
,nn,.,,a rural districts, where perhaps
,,ora than anywhere else radio SeiN
teas are anpreciated. When these III
references spoil programs OF lns'i W
tim or entertainment peculiar 10 ~.
tastes of farm men ana women w
Secretary of Agriculture deems 1t ti'''e
to lend a hand. .sts
Prompted by farm college lntetests'
Secretary Jardine has urSed the coi.',
mission not to accede to requests from
in,
nrivata organizations" for increases III
.ba strength of their power outputs OF
Ienrthening of their authorized tiihe
~. tine air He asserts 1t Is IN tne
ni1hlic interest to protect the stdeions
giving farmers the present co-opefa
tty-a nrograms of the agricultural col-
leges and the Federal department.
Secretary Jardne further states that
time and wave length asslgnmeh.s 70
the stations broadcasting these Iarh
r;.nvrams has been "a matter OF salts
faction" to his department. Ihese
stations are situated in Ss Stales anu
the District of Columbia, as follows;
pennsylvania. 3; New York. 8; Cali
fo1s1ia. s; Missouri. 6; Texas, s; Iowa,
s.Niichigan. ): New Jersey, >; WASH
incfon. ;: Minnesota, 4; Tennessee.
Virginia. 4: Colorado, 3; Florida, s
Illinois. S: North Dakota, 3; ONO. 3;
Oklahoma, 3; Wisconsin, 3; Arkansas
9se-l,onnecticut. ,; Indiana, ,; Ken
tgckv, ,: Montana, .; Nebraska, =
Oregon. .; Utah, ,. and Idaho, Arizona,
Wyoming. South Dakota, New Mexico
Alabama. North Carolina. Maine, Geor.
e4s7 West Virginia. Massachusetts ana
ths District of Columbia, each.
Ruth Elder, the aviatrix who turned
actress. will be the dominating atlfac-
ton on the program tonight OF WMAL'
Af,eea ring with the station week.!
radio movie club, the daring Aliahtic
ffter will tell her friends in the raoio
e5l,ilence of her plans and why she Is
trv1ng a stage career
X number of vocal and instrumental
artists also will take part In the movie
club broadcast. These lnciude wee
Willie" Robyn Of the Capitol Iheater
'4amily'; Lee CronicaD, pianist Doro-
t,v Wilson Halbach. contralto stan
lay= William Bell, baritone: George r.
Anderson. tenor; Harry Link. COM
poser. and Paul Specht.
A concert by students or the army
Music School and programs by Leslie
Mack and Gertrude Powers. the No
Do-Duo." and Phil Hayden and Les
calvin. popular radio entertainers. are
ar1ong WMAL's other features.
.yachel I.indsay's poem Daniel as
sA 10 music bv Harvey Enders. will
bA the piece de resistance of the Ever
randy Hour program to be broaucaSt
ly WRC tonight at o'clock. VIII
f,ed Glenn, basso member OF the Ever
rendv Jewellers. will first reclte the
poem itself and then sing 1t.
n,Daniel." one of Nachel Lindsay
most famous poems. commentaries in
truly Lindsayian fashion the release
OF the prophet from the lions den'
With the musical setting In modern
jazz rhythm, the rendition produces n
effect similar to that achieved Dy the
poets work Congo"
"A vocal and instrumental selection
f,1om the ''Ziegfeld Fo1lies Of 1927 Will
ha given and Miss Rea and Lewis
James of the Revellers will sing
d,et from The Connecticut Yankee
George NJ. Cohans show The Merry
Nalones" will furnish selection Tor
two pianos The orchestra will intro
duce a new tune by Irving Berlin,
"The Song Is Ended"
IN the Seaiy Air Weavers' program
tn be broadcast at $50, Cotton ana
Morpheus visit radio broadcastlnS
station to see the Air WeaVers" III
person and, OF course, they are teased
into filling in on the program.
The Execution of John Brown
wal be re-enacted by the National
ptavers in the Great Moments in His
tory broadcast at s O'Clock. Other at
fractions on this evenings program
include the Waldorf Astoria Orchestra,
George r. Ross, pianist; st. Mark
Orchestra. auction bridge game, Ma
ttonal Concert Orchestra and the PaiaIs
dor Orchestra.
Harold F. Pelegrin. director OF the
Potomac division of the Near East
Relief will speak over WRHF inns
evening on Investments in Friend
ship" His talk will precede the reg
uar dinner concert scheduled
The concert will be composed of old
time tunes, such as Bonnie wee
Thing" In the Cleaning, Loves
Old Sweet Song" and MY Pretty
Jane"
Interspersing the dinner program,
Harold Phillips. dramatic editor and
critic. will give his regular weekly
review of the current attractions at
the Washington theaters.
Good radio reception conditions pre-
vailed again last night and long ra nge
dialers continued to roam al viii over
the wave lengths Interference or all
types was mild and signals responded
with excellent volume and clarity.
Two Stations in Tientsin.
sTientsin. in China, now has two
hsOadca sting stations. Station XOL.
l..tc af he