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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-06-26
Pantoriu1n Installs Hat
Blocking Machine

The Pantorium of Redwood Falls,
dry cleaners and pressers have estab-
lished new service in a modern hat
blocking outfit The new service in
cludes the cleaning and reblocking of
felt hats by modern methods. Else
where in this issue will be found an
announcement of this service.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-06-26
PAGE FIvn

Gaffney & Cant was present and
followed Mr.. Panlson as speaker. His
talk was enjoyed by all. Mr.. Am
berg was retained as manager. There
being no further business, the meet
ing closed.-John Arnett, president.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-06-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Erickson and
daughter Jane were. visitors in Du-
luth, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Virginia Ball will arrive Fri
day from Worcester, Mass, to spend
the remainder of the summer with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. HI. Ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
EXPECT FEW CHANGES
IN BROADCAST BAND
Commissioners Stand on New Sta
tions Indicates Few Licenses
Will Be Granted.

With members of the Federal Radio
Commission convinced that reception
conditions are generally satisfactory
and that the reallocation Of last Mo-
vember has proven successful, there will
be few changes in the broadcast band
this Summer.
The statement by w. D. L. Starbuck,
new commissioner from the North At
lantic, that the commission does not
encourage establishment Of new sta
tons, indicates that few of the 100
applications for new licenses now on
file will be granted. Mr.. Starbuck has
been selected spokesman Of the board
In addition to the applications for new
stations there are more than 800 re-
quests pending for changes in power
In frequency, In location of transmit
tiers, In hours of operation and for
transfers of licenses. With the excep-
ton of South Carolina, Mississippi and
Nevada the station quota of every State
under the equal ALLEGATION provision OF
the Jaw has been filled The broadcast
ing allotments of some States have been
exceeded.
Nevada has only one station, KOH, al
Reno. using 100 watts. South Carolina
has two stations, wRBw, at Columbia
with is watts, and WBBY. at Charles
ton, with rs watts. Mississippi has Ave
stations, its largest being WCOC, at
Columbus, with 500 watts. It is the
only one in the three States that ranks
as regional station, the Others being
local.
Scarcely one out of five persons who
request new station permits or change,
in their licenses appear at hearings or
J their applications. A large majority
of the applicants, most of them not
wishing to incur the expense of a hear
ing, let their cases go by default.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
AMATEUR time CURB
TOBE OPPOSEDBY U. S.
American Delegation at The Hague
Is Expected to Cite I'M
portant Work.

THE HAGUE Up).-The placing of an
operating time restriction on radio
amateurs probably will be opposed by
the American delegates to the confer
ence Of the international radio tech
nical committee at The Hague In Sep
TENDER.
The question Of determining whether
the transmission of amateurs should
be limited to certain hours to prevent
interference with other communication
is the most important to be considered
of several concerning regulation OF
amateur activities.
Engineers, who have been working
out the American plan at Washington
for presentation to the conference, In
general are opposed to drastic restric-
ton of the amateurs because of their
achievements in developing the art
particularly the use Of short waves.
In certain American cities amateurs
whose signals interfered with broad
cast reception have been required to
remain silent for a number OF hours In
the evening. A universal restriction OF
time, however, Is considered 0nneces-
sary. The channels used by the anna
teurS are so far removed from those OF
other important services that inter-
ference is infrequent.
Another, proposal to be considered Is
that the amateur be required to keep a
record of the dates and hours of trans
mission and statement of the list OF
the stations with which he has ex-
changed communications. The engi-
neers believe this would be of value both
to the regulating authority and the
amateurs themselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
ENGINEERS EXPLAIN
NEW RADIO DEVICE
Said to Cut Interference and
Make Receivers More
SeIective.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A new device for eliminating inter-
ference and making receivers more
selective has been developed by Maj.
w. r. Blair, chief radio engineer of
the Signal Corps, and DR.. Louis Cohen,
consulting engineer of the Signal
Corps.
This has been accomplished by appli-
cation of the wave resonance method
of circuit tuning, known to theorists
for Years. but of which comparatively
little practical advantage has been
taken in the radio art, DR.. Cohen says.
It offers possibilities in the accomplish
ment of results which cannot very well
be obtained by the older method of
localized inductance tuning, he de-
clares.
Device Is Described.
The device used is a wave conductor,
which consists of coil mounted on a
metal place The coils used for the
broadcast frequency range are inches
long and inches in diameter, wound
with a suitable number of turns of wire
giving the required length of conductor
and at the same time keeping the di-
mansions within practical limits
The dimensions of the coil as well as
the number of turns may be varied to
meet the particular requirement OF de-
sign in frequency range.
Convenient for Adjustment.
BY varying the distance separation of
the movable plate from the coil. the
distributed capacity, and to some extent
the distributed inductance, are varied
offering convenient means for adjust
ment.
Mai. Blair says the coil enables lis
tener to hear distant stations free Of
interference or blanketing from nearby
stations. which operate on adjacent
channels. With a receiver located a
mile from WRC, Washington, he tuned
in a Toronto station operating only 10
kilocycles from the local transmftter.
In addition to eliminating harmonics
and affording extreme sharpness OF
tuning, multip1ex transmission and re-
ception can be accomplished by the
method, the engineers say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
WIRES PLAY PART
IN RADIO RECEPTION
Rival Lines Are Necessary for
Receiving Programs From
Distant Stations.

MINNEAPOLIS d. Until fading
and other atmospheric and manmade
obstacles are conquered, broadcaSters
will have to use radios rival. the wire
lines, as an ally to insure dependable
reception for distant listeners.
Many of the listening public do not
realize the part played by wires in
bringing programs into their homes
from all parts of the country, says H..
A. Bellows, director of WCCO, and for
mer member of the federal radio COM
mission. People speak loosely. he de-
clared, on the subject of dependable
reception of distant stations.
"A person reports that he is get
ting good service all the time from
WEAF, New York, when in fact he
does not mean that he is hearing the
station direct but that he is hearing
chain programs over a much nearer
station which is connected with New
York by wire.' he said.
The maximum radius of dependable
service even from a station with $4,000
watts power is only 200 miles, accord
ing to engineering opinion. In fact,
do not know of any station that
gives completely satisfactory service in
an area as large as that. No station
claims or undertakes to cover fully a
wide territory without wire connection.
Our station operates with 1000 watts
and its effective range is 80 miles.
We broadcast programs by the Mime
apolis Symphony Orchestra. People in
the Dakotas write and tell me how
much they have been enjoying the pro-
grams and they say: 1T is too bad
that about half of the last program
had some interference. While ii
means quite a lot to them to hear
even half the Dropram and hear IL
decently, I do not regard that as de-
pendable or good service"
Mr. Bellows says there are many
distance fans who get programs from
far-of stations late at night and they
call 1t pretty good service, but that II
is exceedingly poor and If this were all
they got they would sell their sets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
old Pal Is Played
By Radio Orchestra
For Dying Soldier

CHICAGO LP.--A radio bands
last notes Of "Old Pal" faded and
the speaker beside the bed OF a
wounded World War veteran was
as. quiet as the wasted figure
under the sheet. A soldiers last
request had been granted.
A feeble voice had requested
Lombardo's Orchestra to play
"Old Pal" "for my pal in the next
bed, who is dying" The voice
came from the Government hos
pital at haywood, q suburb.
It was an tntermission in the
program and WBBM had gone
of the air for q few minutes.
Guy Lombardo, the leader.
brought 1t back and played the
old song. The veteran was gone
when the melody ended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

IS. Scheduled tor Eastern standard time
2s3-WAPI Birmingham-1,14o.
9:00-Evening services.
10:15-Nappi's Orchestra.
365.6-WHAS LouisviIle-S2O
7:00-WJz and WEAF ok hours.
8:15-Hotel orchestra.
-Courier-Journal symphonet.
9:45-WEAF program; Amos.
461.3-WSM Nashville-e5o
7:00-WJz programs.
7:15-Sacred concert.
8:00-WEAF and WIZ Il hour).
9:00-Church services.
10:15-Rhythm Symphony Orchestra.
270.1-WRVA Richmond-1,110
7:00-WJZ program (15 minutes).
7:45-St. Marks Church.
25S.S-WWvA Wheeling-l,16o
1:00-Bible students.
7:30-First Baptist Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

Co., by virtue of It's tie-up with the
Keith Albee- Orpheum theatrical
circuit, Pathe, and S. F. B. o.
N. 3. G. has been offering excel
lent programs made up of the
vaudeville and screen stars asso-
ciated with it. Columbia, with its
new alignment, hopes to equal or
surpass that achievement.
Paramount has acquired half
interest in Columbia. It should
do much to bolster the present
meritoriouS programs over the So
station Columbia chain. N. B. C.'S
programs likewise are of unqueS-
toned merit. With the two net
works vying for program Suprem-
acy, the listener as always Is GER
tain to be the beneficiary.
Columbia'S alignment with Para
mount, announced jointly by
Adolph Zukor, Paramount preSi-
dent, and Williams S. Paley, presi-
dent of Columbia, will bring radio,
screen and stage together in a
mutual organization. Besides the
stage and entertainment stars
employed by the Paramount or
ganization in ''talkies," the talent
Of the Publix Theaters Corpora
ton, the theater-operating corpo-
ration subsidiary of Paramount,
also will be available for Column
bia. BY the same token radio
stars of Columbia will be available
to the screen and stage of Para
mount Productions, as well as to
Publix and its auxiliary interests.
1t was rumored three months
ago, after the Radio Corporation
of America, which controls the
National Broadcasting Co., had
acquired an interest in Keitl-Al-
bee-Orpheum, that it also would
enter a Joint working arrange
ment with Paramount. This,
however, did not materialiZe
Whether Paramount at that time
was negotiating with Columbia is
not known. In any event Para
mount has acquired substantial,
although not controlling, interest
In one OF the two major broad
casting chains.
It is understood that there W.
be no change in the operating
policy or personnel of Columbia as
result of Paramount's purchase.
The first noticeable development,
of course, will be a new series of
broadcasting programs under au-
spices of Paramount-Publix with
in q short time. This likely will
be on the order of the r. K. o.
hour offered on the N. B. G. net
work. BY a gradual process more
and more of the Paramount-Pub-
lix stars will be heard over Co
lumbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
2lS.6-WRC---q5N.


CNational Broadcasting Coz
ii :00a-Service of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church. Sermon by
Rev. Earle Wiley, pastor.
12:15-Concert artists hour.
1:00-Roxy symphony concert.
2:00-The Balladeers.
2:30-Riviera String Quartet.
3:00-Godfrey Ludlow, violinist.
3:3o-The Maestro's hour
4:00-Service from the Washington
Cathedral. Sermon by Rev,
Ralph B. Pomeroy of West
Orange, N. j.
5;oo-"Face to Face with Our Presi-
dents
6:oo-"In Time of Roses"
6:30-Correct time.
6:31-MotiCn picture guide and base
6:35-Musical program from the Capt.
tol Theater. New York.
S:00-"Our Government" by David
Lawrence.
Sl5-Atwater Kent radio program,
Featuring Lucille Collette, vio-
linist
S45-Rapid Transit
9:l5-Studebaker program.
9:45-Sunday at Seth Parker's.
10:l5-Sam Herman, xylophonist.
1U.SU-HuSSlan CaCneQral CloT.
IL :00-Weather forecast.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45a-!Tower health exercises.
7:15a-Federation morning devotions.
:30a-Cheerio.
7:50a-ParnaSsus Trio.
S:00a-Milt Coleman, songs.
8:l5a-Harry Merker and his or
chestra
9:l5a-La Sale String Quartet.
9:45a-Parnassus String Trio.
10:15a-Radio Household Institute.
10 :30a-Studio program.
10 :45a-"Thinl ing About Flowers for
Later On" by Leonard Barren.
IL :00a-Twelve O'Clock Trio.
IL ;30a-"Bridge for Beginners" by Mrs.
John Munce, jr.
II :45a-Rolfes Palais dor Orchestra.
of the Baby In Summer"
by Marguerite A. Wales.
1:00-Organ recital.
1:30-"Farm and Home Facts" by the
Department Of Agriculture.
2:00-La Sale String Quartet.
2:15-Studio program.
2:30-Greensboro College Glee Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
RADIO PATENT FIGHT
AGAIN HOLDS STAGE
Holster Corporation Suit
Over Receiver Tuning Con-
troll First of Fl Actions.

Patent infringement action that may
OF. may not have widespread effect on
the industry Is creeping into the radio
limelight again.
The patent that covers the tuning
control of receiver is the main SUBJ
| ject of a suit started at Wilmington,
Del, by the holster Radio Corporation
against Stern & Co., q dealer handling
the Majestic receiver. It Is commended
that this receiver infringes on the Kol-
ster patents.
"Ganging'' Method at Stake.
The particular part Of the tuning de-
| vice held to be infringed upon Is the
method of "ganging" condensers to-
gether and operating them with q drum
| dial having visual indicator. the con-
densers being mounted parallel to the
panel. The three patents involved take
into consideration methods of construc-
ton.
The suit is the first, holster officials
said, to be brought in accordance with
infringement notices served on 81 radio
manufacturers. They stated that their
company owns more than / 900 patents
and patent applications, and that in
| vestigation is under way to determine
to what extent these are being in
frmged upon.
Tuning In Becomes Task.
Tuning in these days and nights Of
numerous broadcast programs ID be-
coming somewhat Of task
1t is not the mere physical effort Of
| turning the dial to the entertainment
| desired. The task comes in selecting
what to put through the loud speaker.
Radio, unlike the show that repeats
night after night in the same theater,
requires that its audience be on the
| spot or never have a chance to hear the
same thing again. That fact also adds
to the Job of picking out the best.
Family Difficulties" Also Arise.
When listening to a certain program
there always is the feeling that some
| thing just as good or better Is being
missed because one radio set will not
bring in two stations without something
of mixup.
On top of the difficulties, Of program
selection itself, there also are the tastes
Of the various members of the family
to consider.
About the only remedy Is q radio set
for every local station
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
LONG HOURS FOLLOWED
BY PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Pacific Coast Women Kept Busy
for II and 10 Hours at
Radio Stations.

SAN FRANCISCO P).-Long hours
are not strangers to Helen O'Neil and
Jean Campbell Grove, program directors
Of two of the Pacific Coasts popular
radio stations.
Mrs. Grove arranges and directs the
19-hour daily program of KPO. while
Miss O'Neil does the same thing for
KFRC for II hours a day. They both
appeared in concert work, Mrs. Grove
as a pianist and Miss O'Neil as a
songster, before entering radio.
Both women agree that the radio Is
the best field for the artist because of
the huge audiences. Mrs. Grove de-
clares 1t is the greatest channel for
musical effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

pate.
In the usual deluge of mail to
the Federal Radio Commission the
other day there was a letter with
a heart throb. 1t came from a
man whose only son is lost and
who seeks the aid of radio in find
ing his boy.
II am a very poor man, working
for a living for myself and boy"
wrote L. w. Lands of Lakewood,
Ohio. "I have already spent by
all trying to locate him, but with
out success.
Since this boy is all have in
the world to live for, to care for
and to work for, without him
haven't the slightest interest or
incentive to carry on Please ad-
wise me as to what steps you will
take.
st wish to add that this boy has
always been a very good boy-not
bad like many lads"
The letter found its way to Carl
H. Butman, the commissions sec
rotary, who informed Mr.. Lands
that everything possible will be
done to help in finding his lost
son, Warner Lands. Copies of a
printed circular, forwarded to the
commission by the father are be-
ing sent to number of broad
casting stations with the sugges-
ton that the description of the
15-year-old boy be broadcast.
Young Lands has been missing
since May IL. Efforts of the police
departments of the country to To-
cate him have been futile. Ac-
cording to the circular received by
the commission he is Is years old,
slender, about feet 4 inches tall,
with brown eyes, dark brown hair,
freckled face with a small scar
near the center of his forehaid.
X y
Veteran aviators who blaZed the
air mail routes and lair minded"
executives who shook America
from her lethargy into a leading
place among the flying nations Of
the world will tell their own dra-
matte stories in new series of
weekly broadcaSts, Roads of the
Sky" to be introduced July 2 un-
der the joint auspices of the Aero
nautical Chamber Of Commerce
and the National Broadcasting Co.
Roads of the Sky" will be dis
tributed over an N. B. c. network
every Tuesday night. Studios in
Washington and New York will be
the points of origin Of this new
feature. The speakers already
listed for the programs include
Herbert Hoover, jr.; Secretary of
Commerce Lamont, F. Trubee
Dawson, Assistant Secretary of
War for Aeronautics; Capt. Frank
Hawks, transcontinental record
holder; Lieut.. Apollo Soucek of
the Navy, who recently pushed
seaplane Z miles above Washing
ton, and the veteran mail pilots,
Wesley Smith and Hamilton Lee.
Atmosphere for the Roads of
the Sky" series will be provided by
special musical selections played
by 25-piece orchestra, under the
direction of Hugo Mariani, and
the ChoriSterS, a male chorus OF
Is voices. The programs will last
for a half an hour each week, with
Is minutes devoted to aviation
talks and the remaining Is min
utes to musical selections.
\ n 49,
The two national broadcasting
networks again are neck and neck
in their endless race to win the
favor of the American radio au-
dience.
Joining forces with the Para
mount Famous Lasky Corpora
ton, the Columbia BroadcaSting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Major "Chain" Features
TODAY.

1SLn
Cathedral hour - WMAL
and c. B. S. network.
3:00-Go6frey Ludlow, violinist
-WRC and N. B. c. network.
3:30-The Maestro'S hour; So
dero Orchestra and soloists-
WRC and N. B. G. network.
6:30-Anglo-Persia variety
program-WJz, WBZ, VIDAL,
WLW, WHAM and others.
6:30-The Nomads; string orches-
tra-WJz, WBZ, VIDAL, KDKA,
WLW and others.
s:0o-Majestic hour; Ranger and
Carroll, plano duo-WMAL and
C. B. S. network.
8:l5-Atwater Kent hour; Lucille
Collette, violinist--WRC and
N. B. G. network.
S:45-Baldwin hour; Gabriel
Zsigmondy, pianist; George
Rasely, tenor, and male quar-
tet-WJZ, WBZ, KDKA, WBZA,
WHAM, WJR, KSTP, WREN,
WTMJ.
o:0o-De Forest l1our-WMAL
and C. B. s. network.
Educational Light Opera Co,
1.-The Geisha"-WJz, KDKA,
WHAM, KWK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.
THE old order of things has
1 been reversed. The artist
who turned his back on art

TIME old order of things has
been reversed. The artist
who turned his back on art
n to take a place in the bust
ness world is found.
Arthur Pryor, jr., son of the
famous bandmaster, eight years
ago was sconsidered one of the
most promising American must
clans, young man talented to
carry out the traditions of fam
lily name already famous for its
musical accomplishments.
But today Pryor is a business
man. Once in a great while he
conducts his fathers band, but
only, as he expresses it, when his
hand "itches for the baton" He
is employed by an advertising
agency to direct their radio pro-
grams. In this way he is in
charge of his fathers weekly radio
concert broadcast over a network
of National Broadcasting Co. sta
tionS.
II was brought up in the brass
band" Pryor declared. "Of course,
1 am devoted to it. I thought it
was the most wonderful thing in
the world until radio came along.
1t was about eight years ago that
listened to radio for the first
time. If I become a bandmaSter,
no matter how good I am, will
influence but comparatively few
people. But If I apply the same
musical knowledge and education
to radio I can influence the music
of a million people"
Perhaps Pryor's great achieve
ment in his adopted radio career
was the bringing of John Philip
SouSa to the radio. For years
Sousa had resisted all overtures
But when young Pryor approached
him with. his tremendous enthus-
iaSm for radio, he acquieSced.
g" miss the old days some now
and then" said Pryor. IT guess
get to day dreaming sometimes
about the sunny days when father
and I were playing at Miami and
ASbury Park. It was glorious with
much music. But now I have a
lot of music, too. I Get to plan it,
to give people music know they
will like, music that will make
them happier and inspire them to
do great things. I stand in awe
Of a good brass band, but I stand
in greater awe of radio"
Young Pryor entered his fathers
band at the end of the World War.
He was fresh from the Navy. He
had studied the trumpet during
his childhood and was a first
rate musician. He immediately
launched himself into the lore Of
the brass band, the theory and
practice Of music. After two years
he was assistant conductor to his
father and had won the approval
of discriminating critics. Then he
heard the radio and turned his
back on the old medium for the
new.
Wedding bells are to claim two
of radios brightest stars. James
Melton, tenor, of the famous Rev.
elers, and Henry M. Nicely, the
"Old Stager" of the Theater Mem
cries programs are to be married
within three days Of one another.
Melton is to marry Miss Mar
jorie Louise Mcclure in Akron,
Ohio. Miss Gertrude Jones is to
be Neely's bride. The Melton Nc
Clure nuptials are scheduled Sat-
urday and the Neely-Jones cere-
mony Wednesday at Beverly, N. j.
All of the members Of the Rev.
elers will take part in Melton's
wedding either as soloists or ush-
erS. Neely's wedding will be
equally replete with radio per-
SonalitieS. Jessica Dragonette,
Colin O'More, Harold Sanford and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Detective Tells Experiences.

SAN FRANCISCO (P.-Thrills Of
the criminal chase are recounted
weekly through KGO by Tom King,
for % years a police and private de-
tective of the Pacific Coast. His stories
are based on his own experiences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Three Stages Of Frequency.

Three stages Of tuned screen grid ra-
dio frequency amplification are en-
bodied In new set designed by G. r.
Leutz. A power stage uses two 210s In
ranged to permit close separation of
stations.