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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Local Radio Entertainment
Sunday, June S, 1927

NAA-Washingto Navy Yard 434.5
Meters).
1905 a.m.-Weather Bureau re-
ports.
3:45 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
9:55 p.m.-Arlington time signals.
1905 p.m.-Weather Bureau re-
ports.
WRHF-WashingtOn Radio Hospital
Fund (256 Meters).
WMAI1-WaslaingtOn Radio Forum
(?93.9 Meters).
WRC--Radio Corporation of America
1855 Meters).
IL a.m.-Service from Columbia
Heights Disciples Church-Rev II.
B. Smith, pastor, will preach the SER
mon.
IL (noon)-''The Mediterraneans,"
under the direction of Hugo Mariani
from WIZ.
p.m.-"Roxy" and His Gang"
from WIZ.
2 p.m.--Interdenomina church
services from WEAF.
3 p.m.-Federation Summer Forum
from WEAF.
$3.50 p.m.-Federatio sacred musi-
cal from WEAF.
p.m.-Service from Peace Cross,
Washington Cathedral-Rev. u. Il. T.
Phillips, rector, Epiphany Church.
will preach the sermon.
$3.50 p.m,-"Lot's Wife," a biblical
drama from WEAF'.
p.m.-Orchestral concert from
WEAF.
6:20 p.m.-Musical program flom
the Capitol Theater. Maj Edward
Bowes, directing, from WEAF.
S:15 p.m.-Correct time from
WEAF.
8:15 p.m.-Atwater Kent program
with William Simmons, baritone,
from WEAF.
8:45 p.m.-"Wings of the Spirit.
by Harry Hanson, from WEAF.
9 to $3.50 pm.-"Cathedral Echoes"
organ recital, from WEAF.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45 a.m.-Tower health exercises
7:15 am.-"The Roaring Lyons"
from WEAF.
1880 to 7:45 a.m.-"Cheerio," from
WEAF.
1855 a.m.-Arlington time signals.
IL (noon}--Astor Orchestra from
WIZ.
l to 2 p.m.-Organ recital.
3 pm.-Aldo Ricci's Air Larks,
from WEAF.
$3.50 p.m.-Elsie Harmon, soprano,
from WEAF.
3:45 p.m.--"Soap Sculpture" by
Margaret S. Postgate. from WEAt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
WEATHER REPORTS GIVEN.
Navy Breakfasts Messages Daily
for FLYERS.

The Navy Department is now trans.
hitting special high-frequency weather
reports between 8:15 and 9:15 am.
each morning for aviators. The code
messages include all reports received
that day up to am.
The transmission is from MA at
Arlington, sent simultaneously on
4,O15. 5000, and 12,045 kilocycles, and
reception has been reported from
every part of the United States. 1t is
contemplated to give this service in
the evening also after July 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
SPARKS OF HOUSEHOLD
DEVICES CAUSE TROUBLE
Radio Owners Urged to Investi-
gate Appliances Suspected
of Creating Noise.

Radio owners who suspect that va.
rious household electrical devices are
the cause Of much noise in the set
should investigate to find whether
these devices spark excessively. 1t is
the spark that causes the interference.
Merely switching off the electric
lights causes a spark-and noise. If
one will try turning light on and off
and observing the clicking in the loud
speaker as it is done one will see how
much interference can be occasioned
by a motor that is sparkling.
Motors rtn ones electric refriger.
ators, elect nc f. MS, kitchen ventilators
and oil burners. If the brushes and
the commutatorS are in good condi-
ton there should be no interference,
but If they are sparkling excessively
one will get a lot of static" that
should not be blamed on nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Funds for Commission Puzzle.

No one seems to know where the
money is coming from to pay the SAL
aries of the Federal Radio Commission
and its rather extensive staff, or the
expenses after July /; the commission
itcelf has no funds and is not in po-
Sition to secure any money until Con-
gress meets in December. 1t is pos.
sible that the Department of Com
merce may continue to share it's appro.
priations for the fiscal year 1929, as
it has during the past year. but 1t can
not contribute to the extent that it
has INDUCED in. The sharir~ of it's
funds appropriated for the enforcement
of wireless law was authorized in the
recently enacted law itself.
In failing to pass the deficiency bill
last March Congress left the Radio
Commission without a cent or a place
to go. The work specified under the
new radio law had to be done, how
ever, and so Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover stepped into the
breach. He supplied the commission
with quarters and the none for It's
pay roll out of the Golfers of the De.
partment of Commerce. although its
funds were less than usual. In doing
this the criticism aimed at him from
some quarters, which had previously
suggested that the commission was al
ready "HooveriZed," was redoubled; he
was now said to be keeping" this
Federal body created to succeed him
in untangling the broadcast channels.
This criticism was unwarranted; Sec
rotary Hoover was merely trying -
keep the commission alive that it could
function as prescribed in the new laws
and keep broadcast stations on the air.
He has seen to it that three of the
commissioners, Admiral Billiard and
Commissioners Sykes and Dillon, to-
gether with their staff, were paid each
pay day, but could not authorize the
payment of money to Commissioners
Caldwell and Bellows, whose nomina
lions were never consented to by Con-
gress
The unfortunate part of the situ-
alton is that with the beginning of the
now fiscal year on July / aIpropria-
tions for the Department of Commerce
are smaller than is actually needed TO
carry on the increa sed field work; actu-
ally about $4,000 less. Therefore II
Is not believed that Mr.. Hoover, gen.
erous as he may feel toward the COM
mission, can pay it's expenses and
make both ends of his budget meet.
1t is possible that he can find means
to paw the commissioners and a small
staff if the commission can so regulate
its work.
Improved Sets Urged.
Radio manufacturers should en-
deavor to make their broadcast receiV-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Cleveland Protests Wave.

Station WAY, at Cleveland, is now
in the arena, seeking either the re-
assignment of a. broadcast channel
somewhere near its old one or at least
better than the 1.130-kilocycle ether
route now allocated to it. 1t is under.
stood that a transfer with some other
station outside Cleveland is sought, il
it can be accomplished without upset
ting the ALLEGATIONS to other stations
and without creating new interference.
No hearing has been requested, the
Radio Commission states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
CLEAR SOS FIELD ASKED.
British Stations Urged to Stand BY
During Calls.

In an effort to eliminate interference
and confusion following the transmits
sion of the marine distress signal
sos" the British admiralty sug.
Gests that in the future stations other
than the shore station or ship in direct
communication with the vessel seek.
ing assistance remain off the air.
The suggestion also states that
when 1t has been definitely estab-
lished that the vessel in distress has
effected communication with another
ship or shore station in a position
to render aid other stations hearing
the call but not in a position to assist
keep quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
OLD CATHEDRAL SAVED.
Cement Used to Fill Gaps of May
ence Edifice.

BERLIN, June 4 CR.-A collapse
which threatened to destroy the IA
nous cathedral at Mayence has been
averted after two years Of strenuous
and often dangerous effort.
Great cracks had appeared in the
walls and supporting pillars of the
venerable structure, some of them
wide enough to permit a mans arm to
be inserted.
The work of filling in the gaps with
cement seemed so dangerous that the
workers refused to start their tasks
until the men directing the operations
preceded them. Ten thousand cubic
meters Of cement have been poured
into the foundations the last two
years. The structure is now regarded
as safe,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Sets Must Be Licensed.

The director of Greek telegraphs,
telephones and posts has announced
that all owners of radio receiving and
broadcasting sets must apply to the
of communications for Oh
tanning necessary licenses, according
to advices to the Department of Com
MERGE from Athens. Failure to apply
for such license within Is days is pun
ishable by seizure of the apparatus.
up to IL months Imprisonment and q
maximum fine of 1O0,0 900 drachmas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Radio Picture Service.

Germany hopes to inaugurate O pub.
lie radio picture service this month
between Berlin and Vienna, advices to
the Department of Commerce state.
Tests on 50-meter wave length have
demonstrated that radio pictures can
be sent to Rio de Janeiro and Rome.
The German picture firm is known as
Telefunken ACCOMPLISHMENTS system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Origin of Electron.

Radio owners hear a great deal
about electrons. but how many know
from what these smallest of all forms
of known matter or energy derive
their name? The word "electron" is
the Greek for amber. 1t was in work
ing with amber that the ancients first
became acquainted with electricity.
Amber manifests its electrical char.
actoCistics when rubbed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
KFRC Gets Increase.

Station KFRC, at San Francisco,
Calf. has been increased in power
from so to 500 watts by the Federal
Radio Commission. This may cause
interference when both KFRC and
WIZ, the 30-kilowatt Eastern station.
are operating on their assigned fire.
quency of $50 kilocycles and may keep
reception from WIZ from reaching
west Of the Rockies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Elephant Tusks Mystify.

While collecting bait on the Angle
sey shore of the Menai Straits be-
tween Anglesey and the mainland of
England. Il man recently found eight
ivory tusks, which have been pro-
nounced by Prof. White of Bangor to
have belonged to small elephants and
hippopotomi. How they came TO be
in the Menai Straits is mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

Learning English by listening to ra-
do announcers and performers has
been accomplished by a Russian immi.
grant girl In this country. aL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

10 HEN is First Trust not First Trust?
~ When it is too big i'll comparison with the
real value of the property on which it is
cured.
ct the Mortgage Department of Mckeever
~ & COss, l415 K Street NV, First Trust
means that there Two Dollars of value be-
hind every dollar loaned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

Improved Sets Urged.
Radio manufacturers should en-
deavor to make their broadcast recelV-
Evening star., 1927-04-28
FISCAL RELATIONS
PLAN IS FORESEEN
Yaden Tells Citizens Prob
lem of ReadjuStment Is One
of Importance to City.

The most important Washington
nroblem is an equitable adjustment of
the fiscal relations between the Fed
eral Government and the District OF
Columbia, James G. Yaden, chairman
of the Citizens Advisory Council, de-
Clared at a meeting Of the Rhode Is
land Avenue Citizens Association, in
Sherwood Presbyterian Church, Twen-
ty-second street and Rhode Island
avenue northeast, last night.
He said it is wrong to feel that
the District is really in bad way be-
cause of not having vote, pointing
out that in cities of large size all
over the country it is still necessary
10 have citizens or improvement as
sociations to present the needs of
communities to their governing
bodies. However, he added, he would
not argue against suffrage here, as
he is q believer in popular election
Of the members of the Board of Edu
cation. the two civilian Commissioners
and representatives in Congress.
Hopes for Early Proposal.
Congress will continue to provide
for the Districts upkeep through
lump-sum appropriations, Mr.. Yaden
said, until a survey is made of the
actual conditions respecting the finan-
cial relations and responsibilities of
the Government toward the District.
In this connection, he said, he hoped
the organized citizenship, through the
Advisory Council. would soon have
something constructive to offer.
Mr.. Yaden stressed the Importance
Of committee work within the con-
stituent associations. stating that an
association will be either effective or
ineffective in its influence according
TO the abilities of it's committees.
Dental Drive Indorsed.
The association adopted a resolu-
ton indorsing the efforts being made
by parent teacher associations to in
duce the press to avoid exploiting the
wrongdoingS of boys and girls in
the schools and urging instead that
more notice be given to the brilliant
achievements of the students. In
dorsement was given to the educa-
tional campaign being conducted by
the dental society of the city in the
schools and support given to the plea
for an enlarged dental corps for the
schools.
After Chairman Ira B. Nutter of the
committee on education presented
map and explained the school situ-
alton in the territory, it was voted
to reiterate the plea for the loca-
ton of proposed new junior high
school to accommodate the Wood
ridge e-Brookland section at Eighteenth
and Irving streets northeast, this site
being one of two available and geo.
graphically situated in the center of
the population to be served.
New members elected We're A. E, |
Willett, Wilbur H. Hollidge and J. |
d. Yowell
President M. c. Wilson presided.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

seat capacity under construction in
Portland.
The theater organizations will main
tain their separate identities though
managed by West Coast.
Gore made the announcement of
the merger upon receipt Of a tele.
gram from Abe Gore, vice president
of the West Coast chain, who has
been in New York. attending con-
ferences in connection with the deal
for the last seven weeks.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

yesterday by Mike Gore, president Of
the West Coast corporation.
In the merger West Coast Theaters,
Inc, takes over the direction of Publix
Theaters on the Pacific Coast and the
Coast holdings of the North American
Theater Corporation. Included are the
Metropolitan and Million Dollar thea
ters, in Los Angeles; the Granada,
California, st. Francis and Imperial,
in San Francisco; a 4,000-seat theater
being built in Seattle, and one of $1,000
Evening star., 1927-04-28
CHICAGO SCHOOL WAR
TURNS INTO SIEGE
Board of Education Averts Open
Battle on Charges of IN
American Text Books.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 2S.--The war in
Chicago over school histories turned
into a siege today after open battle
had been averted before the school
board.
A prediction that William Mean
drew, superintendent of schools,
would be "out in 60 days" was voiced
by J. Lewis Coath, trustee, who hur-
ried back to Chicago from New Or
leans after Mr.. McAndrew had pre-
sented q request to the school board
that Mayor Thompson specify his
reasons for desiring his resignation.
McAndrew, accused by the mayor
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Of using in the schools histories tine.
tured with un-Americanism, withdrew
his request at the behest of President
Rayner.
mo one has asked me to quit, so
Evening star., 1927-04-28
HUGE THEATER MERGER.
$25O,OoO, 900 Plan Put Through on
West Coast.

LOS ANGELES, April 2S CR.-
Completion of a S250,O0O,000 theater
merger, placing 800 western theaters
under the direction of the West Coast
Theaters, Inc, was announced here
Evening star., 1927-04-28

II am authorized to offer McAndrew
his salary for the remainder Of his
term. with bonus of 25 per cent II he
will quit. If he refuses, he win b.
ousted" Coath said.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

there is nothing to discuss" said Nc.
Andrew to newspaper men.
Coath, ousted by the Dever admins
tration and reinstated by Thompson,
was not so reticent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-28
Exams OF DRY.
AGENTS HARD
BY HARRY WARD
InternationAI News SERIES

When the mandate Of Congress
brinss into the classified service
the men who are to "a t1inister the
prohibition laws below the grade Of
commissioner is finally carried ont,
those who are chosen win have
undergone the most rigid sxamina-
ton and searching inquiry in the
history Of the Civil Service Com
mission, 1t was learned today.
Oral tests Tor these administrative
positions, which include an assistant
commissioner, chief of field divi-
son, five field supervisors, Is ad-
ministrative administrators, IS as
afstant administrators for enforce
ment work, Is assistant administra,
tors for permissive work and 50
deputy administrators, have been
completed.
Qualifications for these various
Jobs probably win be made by the
Civil Service Commission late IN
October.
These tests were given to deter
mine the applicants personal char.
acteristics, adaptabfIity, keenness
and quickness Of understanding, oh.
servation, Judgment and discretion.
'1In other words" said Commits
sioner Dening, "the test was pri-
MARTY to determine each applicants
personal fitness for the performance
Of the duties Of the position"
The last step in the examinations
for these administrative positions Is
now under way throughout the
country.
For -ositions below the grade Of
admins, Itives all OF the $4,000
applicants have been given prelim.
mary consideration and written ex.
ami. .ations have been taken where
such tests are required. Deming
said.
However, he added, the procedure
Of oral tests, character investiga.
tons and finger printing III con.
nection cannot proceed further until
Congress authorizes additional funds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-28
Chain Store Bandits
Trapped In ~ Y.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28rThe black and white team Of
chanstore robbers negro and white youth whom the
police have sought for than year. arrested Mon
day morning they about commit hodup in Brook
lvn. Both were armed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-28
TOXIN RELIEVES
ERISIPELAS

NEW YORK. Sept. 2s-Dr.
Douglas Summers. director OF labo-
ratories At Bellevue Hospital,
announced yesterday that, after a
year Of experimentation on an
exhaustive scale. the hospital has
decided upon use Of q specific anti
toxin as the only known remedy
TO shorten the course OF erysipelaa.
The antitoxin Is not an absolute
cure, he made It clear. but does
appreciably reduce the suffering in
all cases, cut the mortality BY so
per cent, and in a large majority
OF instances ends the disease in
short order.
B Per Cent Of Cases Cured
His associate, DR.. Kenneth n.
Lewis. aided in the treatment at
Bellevue Of 1S1 cases. BY the use
of the antitoxin, cure was effected
IN % per cent Of the patients suf.
Iering from erysipelas of the face
n from three to seven days. In
body efysipeIas, so per cent were
cured IN Ike period and the rest
IN from 10 to 10 days.
Equally important from the eco
nOnAAS b4oMpOluLf the auGlb9xtn
helps both the hospital and the
patient by reducing the period 81
disability more than 80 per cent.
Unfortunately. the treatment az
present Il expensive and beyond
the reach Of the average patient z
DR.. Summers said. However, Belle
vue Is open to every sufferer from
erysipelas who lives In New York.
4 have reason to believe that
boards Of health elsewhere win
soon begin to furnish erysipeias
antitoxin with the same freedom
that the diphtheria antitoxin Is
now distributed"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-28
T Cas- Blast Kills Girl
When Mother Polrs Tea

HUNTINGDON, Pa, Sept. %.
Believing that 4 glass jar standing
on the window Of her fathers resi-
dence in Shadevalley, this county,
contained water, the 11-year.old
daughter Of Edgar Berrier poured
the contents in the tea kettle on
the stove. Al short time later her
mother poured out some of the
liquid and part fell on the hot
stove. The liquid was gasoline,
which exploded, the flames attack.
ing both mother and daughter.
The girls clothing being on fire,
she had. the presence Of mind to
ron on the grass. The flames were
finally extinguished, but the girl
was so badly burned she died m a
few hours. The mothers arm was
burned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-28
Berlin Sees Radio
AS Threat "a Music

BERLIN, Sept. zs. Berlin, once
the center of musical life Of Eu.
rope and the starting grounds Tor
many internationally known mu.
sical artists. including singers, VIC
inists, and piapists, suffers severely
from the activity Of the broadcast.
Ing companies, according to noted
Berlin critics and prominent mn.
siciana.
Radio broadcasting companies
have long invaded the field 81 seri.
GUS, classic musical productions.
and owing TO their enormous
capital, threaten to xiii individual
musical activity IA Berlin.
The broadcasting companies can
afford to engage the best artists
Of Germany. and were IL not for
the fact that radio production Il
still incomplete and not 4 first
class artistic production, from the
point De view or serious critics.
people would content themselves "a
listening in. leaving serious
artists before empty or half-filled
audiences.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-28
psychic MARE
READS MINDS

RICHMOND. Va. Sept. "a
Lady" known far and wide in
America today as 1.-THE telepathic
mare" recently has read minds
when neither her owner, Mrs. c. D.
Fonda, nor Mr.. Fonda, of Stop 10,
Petersburg turnpike. was present,
Mrs. Fonda admitted.
A State official reported that q
friend told him he saw the Swear
old mare one afternoon recently and
that. in the absence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fonda. he asked Lady, what
color his necktie was. The mare
spelled out Blue" And that was
right.
Mrs. Fonda confirmed this story
when met accidentally on the street
today by a reporter for the News
Leader. She said that Lady Is
performing even more remarkable
feats than that.
For instance Mrs. Fonda cuts
four slips Of writing paper Of equal
size. On one slip she writes q fig
IRE. She turns the figure under.
ana then mikes the slips OF paper
until she has no idea which one
carries the figure. These slips are
put under four blocks. Lady. !"
with rare errors, picks out the
slip that carries the figure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-28
Can't Be Own Law"
Pistol Wielder Told

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28.--
James Tracy. who shot Paris de
Pietro two weeks ago, found out
that he couldn't take the law in
his own hands' when he was held
in $500 bail for the grand Jury
by Magistrate Grelis.
It was after Tracy's saloon had
been bombed by an alleged black
hand gang that the proprietor de-
clared he would be his own police
man and settle" with any member
Of the gang he might meet.
Tracy, according to testimony
given by Patrolman McCurdy, told
Roy g. Downs, night watchman at
the Tioga Trust Company, to call
police, az two 'blaclmailers' were
up to something near the bank,
McCurdy said that when he and
Patrolman Clearly reached the bank
Tracy jumped on the machine ana
search for the men was started.
They sighted De Pietro and car
fnelo Montalbano. Tracy is alleged
to have shot De Pietro four times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-28

youth who was arrested with uiIn.
He admitted tlAf he had induced
this boy 70 give UP his Job as coun-
tormAn ii . lunch room and join
him in hold-ups Recently, although
they continued to work" together,
there had been bad blood between
pected that the white youth. who
cash register while the negro
room, had "held out on htrn."
Inspector Coughlin. asked the
negro what the pair had done with
the money they had stolen. Easy
come, easy So boss, Mitchell re-
| piled with his broad. gcld.toothed
smile. ..Rollin' the bones got some,
women and liquor, too: We hid some
| good times"
Inspector Coughiin asked him ii
he wanted d doctor, thinking the
negroes eyes looked as Il be were
| Ill. mo, boss, . the negro chuclxled.
Where I'm gOiri'. ] won't need no
Doctor.
The negro's good humor con.
traeted with the surIy lelneanor OF
| the white youth, q flat-faced, under.
sized fellow, who gavn false name
and 4 Cleveland address, but finally
admitted he was Frank b. Moore
| Of PIeasartvilie, N. u, after detec.
tiyes found an application for an
automobile drivers license with that
name and address In his room III
the Tivoli Hotel. he Il "a years
! old and an obvious Weakling He
said he came from d good family
and begged the police not To let his
mother know about his arrest.