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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
BENEFIT AFFAIRS SET
V. +. w. Post Auxiliary to Give Card
Party and Dance.

Hoosier Post auxiliary, Veterans
OF Foreign Wars, viii entertain with
euchre and bunco at a Thanksgiv-
ing party in the hall. 1925 Prospect
street, next Thursday night.
The order has announced plans
for a benefit dance at the same adj
dress Dec. 19. O'Connell's Night Owl
orchestra will furnish music.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
WOMEN ENTERTAIN
MOOSE CONVENTION
Initiation, Election of Officers Closes
District Farley.

BIZ Times SDCcidI
BLUFFTON, Ind, Nov. IS. -
Women of Mooseheart Legion of
this city were hostesses to the dis
trict convention of the order at the
Moose home here Thursday.
District officers were elected, after
which four candidates were initiated.
Entertainment wah provided after
the initiatory exercises.
Representatives were present from
FIT. Wayne, Columbia City, Angola,
Sturgis, Mich; Huntington, Bluff
on, Decatur and Marion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
THREE CAMPS TO UNITE
Modern Woodmen to Give Dance
and Card Party Tuesday.

A tri-camp dance and card party
will be held by Maple, Cedar and
Marion camps, Modern Woodmen of
America, at the Modern Woodmen
building, 322 East New York street,
Tuesday night.
Captain Harry Argus of Marion
camp will be in charge of the meet
ing. assisted by George Brown of
Maple camp and Walter Kirsch of
Cedar camp. This is the second of
a series of tri-camp entertainments
to be held this winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
K. OF P. LODGE WILL
HOLD OPEN PROGRAM
Thanksgiving Dance Is Scheduled
for Saturday Night.

Oliver Branch Lodge No. 2,
knights of Pythias, Will hold an
open party for members and friends
at Castle Hall, 23O East Ohio street,
Saturday night.
The program will be In keeping
with the Thanksgiving season under
direction of Joseph Foley. speakers
chairman, and Frank Foley, dinner
chairman.
An orchestra, directed by George
Williams, will furnish dance music.
Members are being urged to bring
large number of friends. Oliver
Branch lodge is among the Oldest
K. of P. lodges i'll Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
POLICE ELECT OFFICERS
Fraternal Order Re-Elects President
Perry Avery. 4

BIZ Times NpCciGt
ANDERSON. Nov. 25.-MadiSon
lodge, Fraternal Order of Police. has
elected officers for the ensuing year.
Perry Avery was reelected pres
ident and Mark Adams vice-pres-
ident.
Other officers are Walter Hepfer,
secretary; Glen Bricker, conductor;
Linfield Shawhan. inner guard; Ed
ward Darringer, outer guard; Alvin
Shinkle, treasurer, and John Nc
Cullum, trustee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
Stump TO Address Lodge

Albert Stump, attorney, will be
the principal speaker at observance
OF Past Masters night by Ancient
Landmarks lodge, No. 319, F. & A.
NJ, tonight at the lodge hall. Work
of exemplification will start at .
p. m. and will ''e concluded before
the dinner hour. 7 o'clock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
YEARLY TURKEY PARTY
SCHEDULED BY X. OF C.
Women Guests to Be Entertained;
Give Ball Wednesday Night.

Annual turkey party of Indian
apolis council No. 437, knights of
Columbus, will be held in the audi
forum of the x. of G. home TO-
night.
Fred Kirschner is in charge of
preparations and Lecturer Russell
Woods will direct the meeting.
Women friends of members will be
guests of the council at the party.
Second on the weeks social cal
endar will be Thanksgiving ball
Wednesday night. An entertainment
is being planned in connection
with it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
EAGLES RECRUIT CLASS
MisSourian to Make Address at Old
Timers Night.

Indianapolis Eagles tonight will
receive another group of applica-
tons for class to be initiated next
Monday, when old timers night will
be observed. with Judge Thomas
O'Donnell, Kansas City, Mo-, as the
speaker.
The local aerie drill team, direct
ed by Secretary Wilbur II. Miller,
and the Odd Size Four male quar-
tet, assisted in initiation of an
Armistic day class at the Wayne
aerie at Richmond Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
SHRINE COURT ELECTS
Mrs. r. III. Allen Chosen Marshal of
Tarum Court.

Mrs. r. H. Allen was elected
marshal of Tarum Court, No. IA,
Ladies of the Oriental Shrine, at the
monthly meeting in the Lincoln
Thursday night.
Other officers named were: Mrs.
Ralph Dyson, inner guard, and Mrs.
William D. keenan,, outer guard.
The organization Endorsed the can
didacy of Mrs. LeGrande Lawrence,
high priestess, for grand council
elections here next May.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
NORTHERN INDIANA ELK
LODGES WILL INITIATE
Radio Glass, From Five Orders, to
Be Given Work.

Be Given Work.
BIZ Times SDCciHJ
GARY, Nov. 25.-Elk lodges from
five northern Indiana cities will
hold joint meeting here tonight,
at which a radio class, comprised of
candidates from all five orders, will
be initiated.
Members from the following
lodges will attend: Gary, Valparaiso
La Porte, East Chicago, Whiting
and Michigan City. Officers of the
various lodges will fill the chairs at
the ritualistic ceremonies. After
initiation services an Elks program
will be broadcast over the Gary
radio station, WJKS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
Woodmen Give Rabbit SuDper

Broad Ripple camp, Modern Wood
men of America, held a rabbit sup
per for members and friends at the
camp hall Wednesday night. w. D.
Headrick, state lecturer of Modern
Woodmen, addressed the gathering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
LODGES VISIT BLUFFToN
Degree of Pocahontas Delegations
at Initiatory Meeting.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special "t
BLUFFTON, Ind, Nov. 25.-vis-
itors from several cities were en-
tertained at the meeting of the
Bluffton lodge, Degree of Pocahon-
tas, here this week.
Delegations were present from
Huntington, TT. Wayne and War
rem lodges. The Huntington degree
team conferred initiatory work on
several candidates. Entertainment
and a luncheon was furnished by
Button members after the meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
Card Party Is Arranged

The degree staff of Myrtle Re-
bekah lodge, No. 326, will give a
card party at the Odd Fellows hall,
West Washington and Addison
streets, Saturday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-25
THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS

ComPr'ns 10000 professional musicians the United States and Candl
JOSEPH n WEBER. Psssiasst. New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
STATE RADIO TAX
URGED IN MAINE
81 Levy Would Be Placed on All
Receivers to Maintain Regu-
latory Department.

AUGUSTA, Me. (P.-A state tax of
81 year on all radio receivers. to be
used for maintaining a state radio de-
partment is proposed in Maine.
The department, under the provisions
Of a measure introduced in the Maine
Legislature, would investigate and re-
move causes of radio disturbances. 1t
is explained that the measure is de-
signed to put teeth into an act passed
two years ago which renders it unlaw
full to operate any receiver radiating
energy between 200 and $50 meters.
A department of radio control to be
placed under the public utilities COM
mission would be created. The COM
mission would appoint chief radio
supervisor. to whom would be delegated
such powers as the commission deems
necessary. Several zones would be
created with district supervisors and
subordinates appointed to each zone.
Office and laboratories for the radio
department would be established in
Augusta.
The commission would be called upon
to study radio interference, investigate
causes of radio disturbance, and issue
rules prohibiting the use of radio equip
ment causing interference.
Owners of all receivers would be re-
quired to register their equipment with
the city and town clerks before Janu-
airy each year. and pay the license
fee for that year. The sets would be
marked as registered and would be sub
iect to inspection by the public utilities
commission at any time. A descrip-
ton of each set would be required on
registering.
A fine of $40 to 500 might be levied,
under the measure, for use OF an I'M
registered radio set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.
w WORKING on the theory
M that a man must be
v Y hungry before he will

w WORKING on the theory
M that a man must be
v v hungry before he will
eat stale bread, continu-
ity writer's for specialized radio
presentations are constantly faced
with the necessity of serving up
new and appetizing dishes to the
listening audience. For as the
science of broadcasting has grown,
the taste of radio conscious peo-
pie everywhere has become more
fastidious, indeed, epicurean.
Nowadays there are connoiSseurS
of the AIR, the same as of the
drama and the fine arts.
Naturally enough, these CONT
nuity writer's cannot get new ideas
and color indefinitely out of their
imaginations, smart and fertile as
they may be, any more than a
painter can execute landscape
by looking fixedly at the walls of
his studio day after day. The
worker in oils can daub his colors
in various figures and patterns,
but he does not obtain the char
acter. shading and intimacy Of
detail he desires without a refer
ence to actual life and nature
So with the continuity writer. he
is not likely to be successful If he
thinks that the commingling of
talk and music in a radio preSen-
tation makes entertainment of a
high order.
Like all other literary people.
the continuity writer must, of
course. have creative genius. But
he must travel and see first hand
what he is to depict on the air.
His exhibit when the program is
done must appeal to the ear,
primarily, but it also must be
visible to the imagination.
Radio men today have come to
realize that. with their literary
and artistic confrereS, mas
ter work. conspicuous for its char
acterization, scene painting and
vivid detail. takes on reality only
as 1t reflects nature or things in
life as thev actually are. The vast
roajoritv of these are dorfe while
the author is ION location"
A radio script dealing with an
unfamiliar locale presunposes re-
~e"rch on the ground. The recent
trim of officials of the National
Proc dcasting Co. and the Great
Norther Railway NAV be cited as
an illustration. To obtain atmns-
nhere and program material for
the interesting Empire Builders"
series corning into Washington
through WRC the broadcasting
officials. together with representa-
tiveS of the railroad and a group
IF edvertisinp men. made an eX-
tenSive tour of the Northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
1000 PUPILS LEARN
LESSONS BY RADIO
Wireless Instruction Solves Finan-
cial Impasse of Inability
to Employ Teachers.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Tex.-Radio spells edu-
cation to nearly 1000 pupils In So scat
tered schools of Fort Bend County.
A radio school. with lecturers broad
casting instructions over county
financial dilemma-insuficien of the
school tax to employ competent teach
ers in all schools.
by radio one experienced teacher Is
able to address every school in the
county at once" explained Jess Ward,
chairman of the county board, saving
money and giving better instruction
than otherwise possible"
For $4,000 the school board bought
receivers and loud speakers for every
school In the district. Broadcast equip
ment was installed In the superinten-
dents ONCE here.
Radio instruction starts at $50 am.
daily, when each classroom tunes-in.
The stations assigned wave length is
200 meters. Due to a lack of general
power service, reception is by battery
sets.
School authorities in nearly every
State, their curiosity aroused by the ex-
periments, have asked information
about Fort Bend County's instruction
by radio.
Adjoining counties have purchased
radio sets for schools and religiously
listen To our lessons" Mr.. Ward said.
Every day pupils hear Miss Agnes
Schultz, county superintendent, speak
ing from her office here. Richmond
amateurs supervise use Of the equip
mert.
S. M. NJ. Mars, State superintendent
of public instruction, formally opened
the radio school by broadcasting an
address from Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
RECITAL TONIGHT
BY LOUISE HOMER
National Chain to Present
Metropolitan Opera and
Concert ContraIto.

Louise Homer, Metropolitan Opera
and concert contralto, whose voice has
not been heard on the air for nearly
a year, will return to the microphone
tonight for a special recital during the
Atwater Kent hour National Broad
casting System attraction which will
come into Washington over Station
WRC. Kathleen Stewart popular radio
pianist, will be co-starred in the same
program.
One of the Columbia Broadcasting
Systems major attractions will be the
Sonatron program which will introduce
Ruth Fitting, former ziegfeld "Follies"
beauty. who will sing many of her most
popular song hits. Ben Selvin and his
orchestra will assist her.
In addition to the Atwater Kent
hour, WRC has scheduled its usual ar
ray of Sunday attractions. These in
clude the Weymouth American Legion
Band concert, which will recreate the
Confederate reunion in Memphis III
June. 1909: the weekly concert of the
Capitol Theater family" which tonight
will feature Robert Denti, trumpeter.
and the Studebaker program, during
which Quinn Ryan, famous radio an
nouncer, will repeat the dramatic story
of the record-breaking automobile race
at Atlantic City last Summer.
In the afternoon WRC will broadcast
the Roxy Symphony concert in which
Henrik de Vrees, flutiSt, will be the in
dividual star. and an address by Rabbi
Stephen Wise, who will speak on
After Easter WHAT"
WMAL will introduce a new feature
this afternoon, a concert by string
quartet. The program will be composed
of Semi-popular and classical selections.
Other regular attractions scheduled
by WMAL include the La Palma hour,
the Majestic Theater of the Air and
the De Forest hour An Indian program
featuring such selections as Indian
Dawn" Pale Moon and the Indian
War Dance" will be heard during the
La Palma broadcast. The quartet from
West Point. which already has given
two concerts of war tunes. will present
the De Forest hour in conjunction with
Arthur Pryor and his band. The quar-
tets program tonight will be made up
of Spanish American war songs.
VOL will open its program at 10
o'clock this morning with the Inter-
national Bible Students Association
Watch Tower service. The station S
principal musical attractions will be the
Meditation hour and concert by the
Wardman Park Orchestra.
Jean earle. pianist. will make her
radio debut tonight at Station WJSV.
A program by the Guthbsrt Bible Glass
of the Peck Memorial Church is an
other feature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

that the instrument will be used
to transmit the music of the
United States Army Band when it
is in Seville as a part of the
United States Governments par
ticipation in the exposition.
Radio program designers long
ago discovered that a cosmopoli-
tan audience was extremely diff
cult to please; that some listeners
want all classical music, others
want all jazz, and that many like
variety, and have endeavored to
the best Of their ability to give the
listeners what they want.
But now complaints about the
type Of programs being broadcast
are coming from a wholly unex-
pected Source-the radio dealers.
In Washington particularly, sew
eral dealers have protested vigor-
ously against the noon hour pro-
grams.
It seems that some radio fans
utilize a part of their lunch period
visiting radio stores and inspect
ing radio receivers, and all the
dealers have to offer them for
demonstration is bits of farm
news and other information that
would interest farmers, sand
wiched between advice on how to
play bridge according to Work and
the other experts.
One of the dealers in a commu-
nication to The Star suggests that
the lunch hour programs be de-
voted to music entirely, and the
farm news and other noon day
features be broadcast either in
the morning or early afternoon.
A noon hour musical program. he
pointed out, would serve the dual
purpose Of aiding the dealers tc
demonstrate sets to better advan-
tage while at the same time pro-
vide persons who visit radio stores
during the lunch hour with an
entertainment program,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

Radio, after all, has an obliga-
ton to fill. It must answer an
unceasing challenge. 1t must in
fuse new spirit into old themes
and old methods of expression.
To the end of making them alive
among us, the continuity writer's
must dedicate their work.
n II X
With the advent of professional
base ball in the immediate offing
radio broadcasters all over the
country are planning to repeat
and elaborate on the sports serv-
ice furnished in past years.
The National BroadcaSting Co.,
however, is the first to announce
its plans. Beginning with the
opening games, April 16, and con-
tinuing throughout the major
league season, the company'S net
works will carry a daily resume of
the scores as compiled by the AS
ISOLATED Press and the United
Press.
Alan ]. Gould, general sports
editor of the Associated Press, will
give a resume of the games on
the opening day. William j. Fa-
gan, United Press radio editor,
will read the scores daily there
after.
The Associated Press scores will
be heard through the N. B. C. sta
tons headed by WIZ from Z to
7:05 pm. Sunday, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday evenings: 6:2s
to $50 pm. on Thursday and Sat-
nrday evenings. and from 6:55 to
pm. on Friday evenings. Two
executions to this schedule will be
Anril II and 20. when the scores
will be broadcast from tbs to 7:20
pm.
Stations on the chain headed
by WEAF will be furnished the
scores on MONDAYS from 6:25 to
$50; Tuesdays. Wednesdays and
Thursdays from 6:55 to 7; Fri
DAYS and Saturdays from to
7:G5, and SUNDAYS from 7:30 to
7:35. The exception to this also
is SATURDAY.. April 20. when the
cores will be broadcast from 6:2J
to $50 o'clock.
! X 4 \
When the International EXPOSE
ton at Seville. Spain, opens May
7, a special broadcaSting device
designed especially for the radio
exhibit of the Department of
Commerce at the big fair will be
among other things to amplify the
voice Of King Alphonso in his
opening address so that it may be
heard for more than a mile in
the vicinity of the grounds.
The device is an elaborate
broa dcasting system. resembling a
oiart music box. It is expected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
RADIO TUBE TYPE
FUNCTIONS LISTED
Manufacturers Issue Statement to
Guide Users in Selecting
Parts for Sets.

NEW YORK tP).-To inform the
public as to the functions of the diff
ferent types of tubes used In the mod
ern set. the Radio Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION has issued statement as q
guide.
so many tubes for different pur-
poses have been developed" said H. B
Richmond of Cambridge, Mass, direc-
tor of the engineering division, that
the public should be advised Of the
functions of the different types OF
tubes.
ITO tell the purchaser Of set how
many tubes he must buy or maintain
and to inform him how many are radio
tubes as formerly thought of and how
many are special tubes for battery
elimination or automatic volume con-
troll, the engineering division has recon-
mended that these two classes of tubes
be divided into their respective groups
and that their numbers be separated
by dash, as 6-3.
I'm the first group would be placed
those tubes used as radio frequency
amplifierS, detectors. oscillators and
audio frequency amplifiers In the Sec
ond group would go the special service
tubes, such as voltage control or ballast
tubes. automatic volume control and
rectifier tubes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
MESSAGES SWAMP
/ RADIO COMMISSION
Authority Is Sought of Con.
gress to Dispose of Piles
of Fan Mail. +.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Those listeners who take their radio
ssriously-apparently there are millions
of them-have kept the Federal radio
commissioners and their large clerical
force constantly on the jump to handle
the communications that have poured
in since the commission started func-
tioning two years ago.
Millions of letters, thousands of tele-
grams and hundreds of long distance
calls attest the popular interest in
broadcasttng. The fans use every type
OF communication except radio itself.
In order to impress the commission
with the Importance of their messages,
large proportion of the senders use
registered mail, air mail, special delivery
and the telegraph office.
Seek Leave to Destroy Mail.
It's storage facilities exhausted, the
commission. in desperation, sent an
SOS to Congress for permission to dis
pose of the piles of fan mail which
jam its files. It is forbidden by law
to destroy communications to the Gov
eminent without special authorization
from Congress.
The committee on waste paper has
of fan letters as old paper and the
proceeds will be turned into the United
States Treasury. Thus the Government
which received thousands of dollars
in postal revenue from the mail, also
will benefit by its final disposition.
The deluge of communications
reached It's crest after the reallocation
of last November. The commission
found 1t impossible to answer the thou
sands of letters and kilograms from
listeners condemning or approving the
new set-up.
More than 100000 letters were sent
by fans who protested the commissions
order reducing the time of WGY
Schenectady. When another station
sought his wave length, w. K. Hender.
son, owner OF KWKH, Shreveport. La
came to Washington with 10000 affi-
davits by listeners testifying to the
merits of his programs.
Henderson engaged a special baggage
car to haul his testimony. His lawyers
told the commission that railroad men
had said more people turned out to
greet him on the way to the National
Capital than usually met presidential
special,
Many NotabIes Write.
|. Many of the communications to the
commission are from notables, Ma
tional, State and local. Senators and
Representatives, governors and attor-
neys general. judges. mayors, aldermen
and the presidents of chambers OF COM
merce and of women's clubs write In
behalf of stations seeking better assign
ments. Many appear in person to pre-
sent their pleas.
THE radio commission works longer
hours, I believe, and faces more baf-
fling problems than any other tribunal
in Washington" says l.. G. Caldwell,
who recently resigned as general coun-
sci. THE broadcasting stations alone,
there being over 600 of them. would
be enough to drive any regulating au-
thority to desperation