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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
ATTACK CIGARETTE
RADIO PUBLICITY
Commission Orders Hearing
on Complaints of Undesir-
able Advertising Over Air.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

A sort Of cudgel is being welded by
the Federal Radio Commission over the
heads OF the 38 broadcasting stations
subscribing to the Sunday night radio
hour sponsored over Nation wide Ma
ional BroadcaSting Co. network by the
makers OF cigarettes, who offer testi-
monials from celebrities and urge smok-
Ing cigarettes rather than eating sweets.
So intense Is the opposition to the
character OF this radio advertising that
the commission threatens TO take
hand. The subscribing stations have
had their licenses renewed FOR three
months, or until July 81, but the COM
mission proposes to exact a penalty from
them unless the form of the advertis-
ing is changed. 1t is only to the sta
tions that the commission can extend
Its Jurisdiction.
Official cognizance was taken today
OF the petition Of the National Food
Products Protective Committee and
other compliments, particularly candy
and restaurant interests, who allege that
paid testimonials" over the radio from
athletes. coaches, stage and screen stars
and other popular heroes tend to trans
form 100000 boys and girls into con-
firmed cigarette addicts." The ANNOUNCE
ing is also characterized as unfair to
OIner industries.
Oppose Type Of Publicity.
Several members OF ts..le commission,
speaking informally. said they are thor
oughly opposed ~ the type OF advertis-
Ing being dom, and believe the public
interest" clP.4se OF the radio act can be
constructs TO apply, even though the
right u censorship Is specifically de-
nfA. Offcially the commission issued
'Ie following statement by its general
counsel, B. M. Webster:
THE general counsel has held that
programs including this sort Of adj
vertising might be considered by the
commission In deciding whether public
interest. convenience or necessity war
rants renewal Of the licenses in ques-
ton at the end Of the present license
period. Without passing on the merits
OF the complaints, and in view of the
excellent performance generally rem
dered by these stations, the commission
for the present has decided to renew
the licenses IN question.
The petition and affldavitS now on
file Will receive further serious consid-
Grafton, additional proof will be OBJ
tained, and, II warranted by the avail
able proof, the commission will, pursu-
ant to section IL Of the act, deny appli-
cations for renewal as of July 81, 1929,
and hold a public hearing at which
proof on this subject can be offered and
considered"
Commissioners freely asserted they
would insist upon holding the hearings
and testing their authority, If only to
exert moral suasion" to obtain a cessa-
ton OF the announcements. Meanwhile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23

7~HERE many excellent dentifrices on the market
selling triAe above or below is it neces-
sary to pay that muchi Why first class dentfrce
at scientifically correct for all types of teethi
Believing this be sound price, created Lsterine
Tooth Paste at 2e for large be It is the result of
than fifty years study of tooth and mouth troubles
Now it is sweeping the country Everywhere it is sup
planting older and costlier dentices that accomplish
no more.
Due to the presence of an amazing new and gentle
polishing agent it keeps teeth cleaning white with almost
brushing. Included in certain ingredients we
have found ideal in keeping the mouth and gums
fresh and healthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23

the Radio Commission until the Ma
tional Food Products Protective Com
mittee asked that the wave lengths of
the subscribing stations be revoked.
The situation was brought up on the
floor of Congress during the last ses-
sion by member who deplored the
fact that an American sea hero had
allowed his name to be used in the
advertising. and who pointed out that
Col. Lindbergh had never lent his name
to such testimonials.
One member of the chain, q Cleve-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
OUT.OF.TOWN STATIONS.

Programs prepared by the Associated Pr,
s4S.s-WABC New York--sso
7:30-Mo and Bo.
e:00-F. w. Vile and Navy Band.
9:00-Paul Whiteman's Band.
10:00-Institute of Music.
1l:00-Orchestra hour.
454.s-WEAF New York-s6o
6:00-Sports; dinner music.
7:00-Voters' service.
7:30-Historical sketches.
8:00-Genia Fonariova, soprano, with
orchestra.
8:3o-Popular half hour: George
Green's Orchestra.
9;00-Diversified hour; feature presen-
tation.
10:00-Eskimos.
10:30-Harbor lights; sea tales.
1l:00-Vaudeville.
394.5-WJZ New YOrk-s60
6:00-Old Man Sunshine: children's
stories, by Bob Pierce.
6:30-Liner's Dance Orchestra; Harold
Sanford, director.
7:00-Base ball scores; Small and
Robertson. comedy duo.
7:30-Fundamentalsscf the Law.
S:00-Sextet; Godfrey Ludlow: quar-
tet.
8:30-Tiremen's Orchestra.
9:00-Mediterraneans' dance music.
9:30-Minstrel show.
10:00-Syncomatics.
l0:00-Syncomatics Orchestra.
-Orchestradians.
11:00-Slumber music.
422.3-WOR Newark-71o
6.30-pioneers' Orchestra
7:00-Thirty minutes of sunshine.
7:30-Whispering Flames.
8:00-Luke Higgins g. Titusville.
9:00-Lone Star Rangers.
9:30-Great white fleet.
10:00-ShadeS of Don Juan.
10:30-Music scholarship awards.
11:00-News; dance hour.
272.6-WLWL New York-1,1oo
6:00-Fordham College hour.
6:55-MuSic and talks.
272.6-WPG Atlantic City-1,100
8:00-Concert orchestra; musicale.
9:00--Weekly request concert.
10:00--Musical program.
1l:00-NewS: lance hour.
2S2.s-WBAL Baltimore-1,06
6:00-Sandmap; Cameo concert.
7:00-The motorists hour.
8:00-WJz programs 6 hours.
256.3-WCAU PhiIadeIphia-1,17e
6:20-Scores; feature; orchestra.
7:30-WBAC program $50 minutes).
8:00-Band concert
8:30-To be announced.
9:00-Hour from WABC.
10:00-Radioet: orchestra.
10 :55-News; WABC hour.
305.9--KDKA Pittsburgh-98O
6:30-Hotel orchestra; scores.
7:00-U. of Pittsburgh; sacred songs.
8:00-WJz programs g hours.
IL :00-ScoreS; hotel orchestra.
11:30-WJz program go min.).
26e.7-WHAM ROchester-1,150
6:30-Dinner music.
embarrassing; Happiness
7:30-WJz programs a hours.
379.5-WGY Schenectady-19o
6:30-Dinner music.
7:00-WEAF programs Il hour).
S:00-Concert orchestra.
8:30-WEAF programs G. hours).
10:30-Concert orchestra.
l1:00-Hour from WEAF. 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
Today on the Radio
PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY, APRIL %, 1929.
kocycles pm
otherwise ndicdted0
LOCAL STATIONS.
2l5.o-wRC--sSo.

2l5.J-WNC--SSU.
(National Broadcasting Coz
3:00-Play- by play account Of the
Washington, Philadelphia base
ball game.
5:OO-Rudy Vallee and his orchestra.
5:30-Jolly Bill and Jane.
5:55-Motion picture guide.
6:00-Sports review by Thornton
Fisher.
6:1o-Waldorf- Astoria Orchestra.
6:3O-Book of Washington program:
organ recital by Mrs. Harvey L.
Cobb
7:00-Voters' Service: who Votes?"
by Robert D. Leigh: What Con-
gress Is Doing" by Charles O..
Ross.
7:30-Correct time.
7:31-Soconyland Sketches.
8:00-Genia Foneriova program.
8;30-Prophylactic program.
9:00-Eveready hour.
10:00-Clicquot Eskimos.
10:30-"The Farm Relief Bill" by Rep
reSentatives Purnell of Indiana
and Aswell of Louisiana.
IL :00-Radio- Keith Orpheum hour.
12:00-Weather forecast and radio
grams.
Early Program 1ONnOrrOWs
6:45a-Tower health exercises.
8:00a-Gotham String Trio.
8:15a-Federation morning devotions.
8;30a-Cheerio.
8:50a-ParnaSsus Trio.
9:00a--Songs by Milt Coleman.
9:15a-Harry Merker and his orches-
ira,
1O:SOa-Stanley McClelland, baritone.
ii :00a-Parpasslls Trio.
11:15a-Radio Household Institute.
:30a-Studio program.
IL :45a-"What the Right Can Do for
Your Child" by Erving Fish.
12:00-Farm flashes.
12:10-Organ recital.
1:15-"Farm and Home Facts" by the
Department of Agriculture.
1:30-Mayfiowe Orchestra.
2:00-Studio program.
2:15-Gotham String Trio.
2:45-Talk by George Baker, professor
of the Academy of Arts and
Letters.
3:00-Play by play account Of the
Washington Philadelphia base
ball game.
205.4-WJSV-1,46O.
Independent Publishing Coz
6:30-Classified hour.
7:30-Request program, by Jean earle.
8:15-Jack H. Vincent
8:30-National Patriotic Council.
8:45-Leslie Coyle, tenor.
9:00-Vocal half hour.
9:30-Columbia Trio.
9:45-GunSton Manor program.
10:00-Trio.
10:30-Silver String Revelers.
l:00-Weather report.
Early Program Tomorrow.
1890 to 1:30-Farm news, current
events and music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23

the great composers life.
Outstanding among WRC'S other at
fractions will be the second of the new
series of SECONDHAND sketches, which
will introduce Gov Charles w. Tobey
OF New Hampshire: the Prophylactic
program. the Clicquot ESkimos and the
weekly o-Keith- Orpheum hour.
Brief Talk by Governor.
Aside from a brief talk by Gov.
Tobey, the SECONDHAND broadcast will
present a special dramatization of Rob-
ert Frosts poem. 1.-THE Code" a comedy
of New Hampshire farm life. Songs by
Chopin and Tschaikowsky will feature
the Prophylactic program, while the
Eskimos will play a variety of dance
tunes, some Of them barking back to
the one-step.
In addition to the musical features
WRC has scheduled talks on important
national questions, ranging from the
activities of the special session of Con-
gresS to the farm relief bill. The latter
subject will be discussed at 1890 o'clock
by Representatives Purnell (Republican)
of Indiana and Aswell (Democrat) of
Louisiana. both members of the House
committee which framed the bill. The
activities of Congress since the Begin
ming Of the extra session will be out
lined in the weekly Voters Service
period by Charles G. Ross, Washington
newspaper correspondent. Robert D.
Leigh, president of Bennington College
also will be heard during this period on
Who VoteS?"
Frederic William Vile, veteran radio
political analyst, will give his weekly
review of the political situation in
Washington tonight over WMAL and
an extensive network of Columbia
BroadcaSting System stations. A con-
cert by the United States Navy Band
under direction of Lieut.. Charles Benter
will follow.
Whiteman on WRC.
The Mobo Entertainers, Paul White
man and his orchestra, and Guy Lom-
bardo and his Royal Canadians are
among WRC's other major attractions.
The Entertainers will sing two new
songs, which they composed themselves
-"Plucky Lindys Lucky Day" and
Goodness Gracious Oracle" Four of
the outstanding numbers from the
musical show Show Boat" will be
played by Whiteman's orchestra. The
medley will be opened and closed with
ole Man River" and is to include
Lets Make Believe" Cant Help Lovin'
Ths Man" and Why Do I Love You?"
VIII nan also will draw some of his
pro- rom the musical show THE
II sketeers'
Jay and Sir Ashley Ballou, pop
ular comedy team, will be heard with
Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians. The
orchestra announces a varied program,
which includes the late hit, aGypsy,"
and a comedy number, Amt 1t
Shame"
Jerry Jernigan. pianist. and Estelle
Hunt Dean, Soprano will be heard
again tonight from VOL. This station
also has scheduled its regular weekly
features, in addition to q talk by Miss
Frances Hays, field secretary of the
District Congress Of Parents and
Teachers.
Two new features appear on tonight,s
program Of WJSV. These are a pro-
gram by the National Patriotic Council
and special broadcast by Gunston
Manor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
Dainty
handkerChiefS that
cost you nothing

Handkerchiefs, silk stockings, boutonniere, ETC.,
with the money you save by using Listetine Tooth
Paste instead of costler dentfrices that accomplish
no more. The average saving is So per year per per-
son. Think how that increases when the family
is largel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
Dog Racing Grows in Favor

In England dog racing grows in favor
The attendance at tracks during 1924
was over 100000 as compared With
5,500,ooO in 1927. Over 10000 pedigreel
greyhounds are registered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
LIST LIFE STORY
IS RADIO FEATURE
Musical Interpretation to Be
Broadcast Over WRC
and Network.

The dramatic and vivid life Of Franz
List will be musically interpreted in an
during the Eveready
hour tonight over WRC and coast-to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
Now-at2 5s
the large tube-the ideal tooth paste

We ask you try this paste only for the marked
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delightful and speedy cleansing Get tube at your
druggist today Try it for month See how it makes
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Compare with any paste you have used and judge
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-23
Major "Chain" Features

TONIGHT.
7:30- SECONDHAND Sketches;
Gov. Tobey of New Hamp-
shire-WRC and N. B. G.
network.
8:00-Frederic William Vile
WMAL and G. B. S. network.
9:00-Eveready hour; ELY Ney,
pianist-WRC and N. B. G.
network.
10:00-Old Gold hour; Paul
Whiteman's Orchestra
WMAL and G. B. s. net
3 work.
1890 = Orchestradians; modern
orchestral music--WJz, WBz,
WHAAd, KDKA, WBAI., WJR
and others.
10:30--"The Farm Relief Bill"
by Representatives Aswell
and Purnell-WRC and N.
B. C.. network.
1:OO-Radio Keith Orpheunl
hour, vaudeville stars--WRC
and N. B. G. network.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-04-01

been put into the county treasures where reason
ably diligent effort has been made to enforce the
law.
1t is sound economy To encourage this enforce
ment and altogether proper that the funds that are
secured through the activity of officials in the en-
forcement of the prohibition law should in turn be
used to augment and strengthen prohibition en-
foreement Thus the defiers Of the law can be made
to pay the expense Of cleaning up the bad condi-
tons which they have created.
This distribution of fines and penalties would not
leave any deficiency in any other fund into which
fines and penalties from criminal cases go. The
stimulated activity made possible by providing
definite fund for the enforcement of this law will,
in turn, increase many fold the volume of money
which will come into the county treasury through
enforcement. Experience in many counties over
period OF years demonstrates the truth of this
sertion.
In the case of the state enforcement fund, if
balance remains at the end Of a fiscal year greater
than one-half the amount expended during the
year, such excess would be paid into the common
school fund; and any balance remaining in the
county fund on July and January of each year,
exceeding the amount paid for prohibition enforce
ment during the preceding six months, would be
paid into the county school fund.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-04-01
This Explains 1t

An appeal to bar associations to aid it in it's
pagn for the repeal of the prohibition law has just
been sent out by the Voluntary Committee of Law
yers of New York City. This committee was formed
last January when its organizers declared that 1.-The
situation created by the Eighteenth Amendment
calls for the serious attention of the bar and that
1.-THE existing conditions are intolerable"
1t is interesting to note that among the members
of the board of managers of this association is
found the name of Frederic c. Coudert the attorney
who figures largely in the press dispatches relative
for the purpose of defending bootleggers against the
penalties of the Jones law. Evidently Mr.. Coudert
believes that under prohibition conditions "in-
tolerabe' for the bootlegger
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-04-01
Facts About Dwight Kelley Cure Not Given
in Wet Propaganda Articles

Since the publication a short time ago of a news
paper story from Dwight, Illinois, giving certain
bald facts and figures in effort to show big in
crease in the business of the Kelley drink cure in
stituton, many inquiries have come in regard to the
real facts
representative of THE ISSUE went to Dwight and
investigated. comparison of the records for the
nine years before and the nine years since the adj
vent of the Eighteenth Amendment, showed
erage of SGT patients per year previous to prohib
ton and Ais per year since But in the old days the
Kelley system had go branch sanita1iums, whereas
today they have but fifteen Moreover, most of the
other drink hospitals in the country have been
closed since prohibition went into effect, which fur
ther accounts for the number of patients at Dwight
They are treating a large number who would have
gone to other Sanitariums had they continued to
operate is evidenced by the fact that the Dwight
institution has patients from all the country,
and last year they had nineteen patients from Can
ada.
Another significant fact: the average age of pa
tients at the Dwight hospital today is above fifty
years, whereas before prohibition it between
thirty and thirty-f1ve years Yet we are constantly
told that it is the young people who doing the
drinking under prohibition
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-04-01
Convincing Proof

The vets claim that the prohibition law has re-
suited in increasing alcoholism deaths in the United
by the United States Census Bureau. These figures
cannot be explained away by wet SophiStry It is
useless for the vets to lay the claim of fanaticsm
against the United States Census Bureau.
These figures declare first, that the 1927 death
rate from alcoholism 40 per million population.
1t is decrease of Is per million from the alcohol
ism death rate of the saloon era's last five normal
years. 1912 to 1917.
Second, they show that at no time under prohibit
ton has the national alcohol death rate been
high as during the saloon era.
Third they show that where the prohibition law
is best enforced the alcoholism death rate is small
est The less prohibition the state has the greater
the alcoholism death rate. This is Strikingly illus
trated by the figures giving the alcoholism deaths
in Maryland, Montana and New York, three states
which have state prohibition enforcement law
and consequently states where prohibition enforce
ment is at the lowest ebb.
Maryland, which has never had enforcement
law jumped from rs per million alcoholism deaths
in 1926 to 10 per million in 1927.
Montana's alcoholism deaths jumped from 80 per
million to 81 in the first year after repeating the
state prohibition law.
New York had IA deaths from alcoholism per mil
lion in 1927.
New York and Maryland furnished more than 25
per cent of all reported alcoholism Deaths with
about - per cent of the total population in the reg
iStration area.
What more convincing proof is needed that the
Wetter the state the greater the death rate from al
coholsm? Yet some people apparently believe that
alcoholism deaths have actually been increased by
prohibition.
Further proof of the fallacy of this argument is
seen in the fact that the Census Bureau figures
show that the death rate from alcoholism for the
entire registration area the first dry year. 1920 was
per million The law was better enforced the first
year than it has been since Booteggers and
rum runners were not so we'll organized LIQUOR was
not so accessible hence the small death rate.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-04-01
APRIL, 1929
Bill introduced in Senate to Provide Special
State and County Prohibition Enforcement
Funds

Senator Andrew S. Cuthbertson, of the Thirty
eighth Senatorial District, has introduced measure
into the Senate which is greatly needed for ade-
quate enforcement of the prohibition law. This bill
would create prohibition enforcement fund for
counties resulting from fines collected from conVic
tionS through the efforts of the States Attorney;
and a similar state fund for the Attorney General
made up of fines resulting from convictions through
the efforts of the Attorney General.
This measure is Senate Bill No. 222
The bill provides that all fines forfeitureS and
penalties imposed or incurred in the enforcement of
the prohibition law which are derived from pro-
ceedingS based upon evidence secured by agents of
the state shall in turn be paid by the States At
torney of the county wherein the prosecution was
brought into the state enforcement fund to be used
by the Attorney Generals department. for the en-
forcement of the prohibition law
All other fines, forfeitures and penalties obtained
through the enforcement of the law remain in the
county; one-half to go into the fund as now pro-
Vded in the case of all fines forfeitureS and penal
ties derived from criminal prosecutions, e. to de-
fray the expenses of the States Attorneys office the
other one-half it is provided by this bill shall go to
make up the county enforcement fund, to be used
to defray the expenses of Investigations and prose-
cutionS to enforce the prohibition law.
Fines and penalties derived directly from the en-
forcement of the Prohibition Act be made to
pay all the expenses of the enforcement machinery
thereby obviatng the necessity of using other
nue. for the purpose of prohibition enforcement;
and with the added advantage of having fund on
which the officials responsible for enforcement can
draw in order to carry out the provisions of the law
Experience shows that all that is necessary is for
the Legislature to enact legislation which will set
the machinery in motion for the securing of these
funds. Results in many counties have been tabu
lated for each year since the State Prohibition Act
became effective. They show that all the way from
three to ten times as much money as it costs for
extra expense of investigation and prosecution, has
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-04-01
The Jones Law -Explained--Just What it
Provides

Quite number of inquiries are being made in re-
gard to the exact scope and effect of the Jones law
increasing penalties for violations OF the Nauonal
Prohibition law, VolStead act Below Will be Iouno
complete text of the law.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives OF the United States OF Amer
lea IN Congress assembled, That wherever
penalty or penalties are prescribed in crimi-
nal prosecution by the National Prohibition
Act as amended and supplemented, for the IL
legal manufacture, SALE transportation, I'M
portatiOn, or expectation of intoxicating llq-
uor, defined by Section l, Title II, OF the
National Prohibition Act, the penalty imposed
for each such offense shall be fine not to eX-
ceed $4,000 or imprisonment not to exceed
five years, OF both: ProUided That it is the
intent of Congress that the court in imposing
sentence hereunder, should discriminate be-
tween casual or slight violations and habtual
sales of Intoxicating liquor or attempts to
4 commercialize violations of the law.
Sec. 2. This Act shall not repeal nor elimi-
nate any minimum penalty for the first or
any subsequent offense now provided by the
said National Prohibition Act.
Approved, March 2, 1929.
Of course, this change in the Federal law does
not effect in any way prosecutions under the Illinois
Prohibition Act. Adequate provisions are made in
the state law for the detection and punishment of
law vioatorS So far the state law is concerned,
what is needed is more vigorous application of its
provisions and better cooperation between states
attorneys, SheriffS, judges, and police.
The Illinois Prohibition Act provides that for first
oenSes of manufacture, transportation or sale the
violator may be fined not less than 500 nor more
than ST. 000 imprisoned not less than go days nor
more than six months, both fine and mprSon
ment may be imposed. For second OHenSe viola
tors may be fined not less than $500 nor more than
ST $780, and must be imprisoned in the state peni-
Tertiary.
Moreover, the state law contains considerably
stronger injunction provisions than does the Fed
eral law; that places where the law is violated
may be padlocked and kept padlocked for year
under procedure which is available not only to
states attorneys but to city attorneys and citizens
as we'll.