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Evening star., 1929-12-01
Behind the Micropnone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

month an increase will be brought
about.
Under the arrangement now in
effect the Marine Band, under the
direction of Capt. Taylor Branson
is heard three times week. The
Navy Band, under the baton OF
Lieut.. Charles Benter, and the
Army Band, directed by Capt
William ]. Stannard, give one
radio concert each week.
X X **
What is a screen grid - and
why?
Since the announcement of this
important radio improvement last
Spring, screen grid has become q
common term in radio discussions
but one which few are able to ex-
plain. Every one knows the ad-
vantageS it bringS-greater ampli-
fication, improved Selectivity anc
longer range-but few know jus:
how these are achieved.
The screen grid is an improve
ment both in the tubes employed
in a receiving set and in the Struc-
ture operating with the tubes
The purposes of the tubes in re-
ceiving set are to serve as a check
valve or filter for radio currents
or signals passing through then,
and also as amplifierS for these
feeble currents. The signals
should proceed in one direction
only, without any "backwaSh" ol
reverse flow of the current. When
such a reverse flow or leakage oc-
ours, as sometimes does in the old
style tubes, 1t results in the louc
hoWlS, squealingS and whistles
which are heard through the
speaker.
The tube used prior to the intro
duction Of the screen grid wa:
called a three-element tube. I
was found impossible for thi:
tube to serve as a perfect check
valve and to prevent the conflict
ing reverse flow of the current
The tiny path which allowed tho
leakage reverse current to return
through the tube could not bt
eliminated.
The screen grid was conse-
quently evolved. This is a four.
element tube equipped with ar
additional section, the screen gric
itself, which effectively blocks the
reverse flow of the radio current
The signal passes through in one
direction only and there is nj
leakage. This delicate sitting o.
the sound waves without thG
usual conflicting reverse flow af.
fordS higher amplification, greater
Selectivity and range.
Owing to the greater amplifica.
ton, fewer screen grid tubes arr
needed than was the case with
the old three element tube, ant
obviously, fewer parts. Six ordi.
nary three-element tubes, accord.
ing to engineers, would be required
to do the work of three screen gric
tubes.
Il n r
Gennari Papi, famous operate
maestro, believes that the recent
Evening star., 1929-12-01
RUDY -VALLEE PUTS
|. IN STRENUOUS DAY
Grooming Orchestra Leader
Denies He Is Idol of Ameri-
can FIapper.

NEW YORK (P).-Rudy Vallee is a
hard working man. Furthermore, he is
not the idol of the flapper.
These statements are backed up by
almost conclusive evidence, part OF it
documentary.
ANY one attempting to dog the foot
steps of the grooming orchestra leader,
popularized by radio, soon finds out
what it means to be in the public eye.
Rudy gets up between 8 and 8, de-
votes the morning to business at hand,
such as making records, holding re-
hearsals and sitting for his picture.
Fame Seems No Snap.
Between IL and l he goes to the
theater where his orchestra plays at
from 4 to 5 shows daily.
At IL pm. the day is still young.
Three hours more of music at his res
taurant brings the clock near 3 am.
That puts HIM to bed around 1.
Fame, due entirely to his manner Of
broadcasting orchestra music and sing
ing "the slow tempo" would seem to be
no snap.
Last Summer Rudy took time off to
make a talking movie. Now he can be
heard in five places almost at once:
Radio, theater, night club and on rec
ords, while his movie makes the fifth.
In denying he is the flapper idol,
Rudy offers evidence brought by the
mail man. OF the thousands of letters
he gets from women, two-thirds or more
are from wives and mothers. FlapperS
represent the one-third minority.
Men write Rudy, too. They produce
a fourth of his correspondence, with
the majority of the letters of a favor
able tone.
Appears on Radio Twice a Week.
AS long as his strenuous days and
nights permit him to carry mans bur-
den Rudy intends to play on the radio.
He is appearing twice a week now on
N. B. c.; Thursday nights on a coaSt-to-
coast chain and late Saturday nights in
a broadcast from his cafe on WEAF
only.
OF radio. Rudy says:
"I hope that the day will never come
when I am not source of pleasure and
interest on the air. I know that al
ways will want to broadcast, as am
never so happy as when before the mi
crophone.
"I realize that ours is radio band.
We owe our success to the radio fan"
Rudy has brought his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles A. Vallee, from Con-
necticut to New York apartment.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
PROBLEM
SOLUTION IS SEEN
New DirectionaI Microphone
Is Tested by National
BroadCasting Co. -.

The National Broadcasting Co. is ex-
perimenting with a new type Of micro
phone which engineers hope will solve
the problems of pickup" in large audi
toriumS and studios without requiring
entertainers and musicians to move
closer to the transmitter when the oc-
casion arises where they have to do a
special bit" for the radio listeners.
Grave secret lies about the design of
the instrument, although it was revealed
that 1t Is the joint development of the
Radio Corporation of America and the
National Broadcasting Co. Tentatively,
1t Is called the directional microphone,
and Is directed in the studio or audi
torium to the point of most important
pickup like Searchlight.
While the instrument is still said to
be in the development stage, 1t has been
employed on several occasions for the
broadcasting Of mass gatherings. IT
was first used on the air during the
inaugural program of the Westinghouse
Salute several weeks ago. Its use facili-
tated the pickup of q 150-piece orches-
ira, which included 40 human voices
used solely as instruments.
Mounted on Portable Platform.
The instrument is mounted on 9
QOTLaDle plaL1OEu AZ 16eJ Gdl1, upOy
which an operator may direct a conf
cally shaped device containing the mi.
crophone to the part Of the ensemble Il
is desired to bring out with the mos
fullneSs. The action is the reciprocal
to the ordinary Searchlight in principle
absorbing round waves, instead of emit
ting light frequencies.
The hornlike shaped device mounted
atop the platform is believed to contain
an ultra-sensitive condenser type O.
microphone. 1t Is made Of non
reverberating material. When directed
broadside to a portion Of the ensemble
practically no pickup of that sector i
recorded, while it is extremely sensitiv
within the active segment Of the receiv
ing horn.
It's Benefits Defined.
While engineers say the instrumen
still is in the development stage, it i
generally believed that its absolute per
lection will be outstanding in mas
broadcasting. It is pointed out that j
will permit broadcasting of large stag
Evening star., 1929-12-01
British Radio Fans Begin Revolt
Against Monopolized Air on Sundays

shut down completely for few hours
Sunday evening. That is just what they
have been waiting for all week. It gives
them a chance to search for distance
without local interference.
The latest sharp comment on the sit
uation has come from the B. B. G.
itself.
Sir John Reith, director general of
the corporation, speaking at diocesan
conference at bennington, declared
that churchmen are not playing the
game" with radio authorities in the
matter of Sunday broadcasts.
Many clergymen, he said, are more
concerned about the possible-in my
view Observation-Disclosures in their
own congregations than about the
spread Of a religious message to 49,
000, 900 people"
Nevertheless, the B. B. C. is contin-
uing to broadcast strictly dignif1ed pro-
gram on Sundays.
Evening star., 1929-12-01

one-hour radio version of "Mme.
Butterfly" proved that radio could
be a boon to opera no less than
that opera could be boon to
radio. The proof, he declares, will
be even more emphatic when La
ToSca" is produced, December 81.
"Verily, I believe radio enhanced
the beauty of Mime. Butterfly"
said Papi. Nothing essential to
the composers music was lost.
We eliminated two Commute in
termisSionS which every opera
audience experiences in theater.
That was all pure gain. We elimi-
mated some of the long recitativeS
and incidentalS, which takes away
nothing of Importance. All the
true beauty remained in the radio
presentation.
What was especially important
was that the presentation was
highly intelligent; the narration
carried to every listener lucid
story of the action and a clear
Interpretation of the melody
something the theater perform
ance never does. What is more,
the explanation was In the Ian
guage of the listeners and there
fore intelligible to all"
X X
The influence of radio has
caused a remarkable development
in Americas musical tastes dur
ing the past three years, accord
ing to Walter Damrosch, for 40
years conductor of the New York
Symphony and now musical coun-
Selor for the National Broadcast
ing Co.
DamroSch based his statement
on requests received for musical
selections during 1929 as compared
to similar requests of other years.
The list, he said, indicates a fine
sense of discrimination and an ap-
probation of the best in SYM
phonic music.
Among the works for which nu-
merouS requests we're made dur
ing the last year are: MoZart's
Symphony in G. Minor; Francks
Symphony" "The Moldau," by
Smetana; the works of Wagner
and Rimsky- y-KorSakoff and Bee
thoven's symphonies 4, S, 8 and 9.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Tune Broadcast = Million Times
Still Popular With Radio Audiences

cal saw, the harmonica and the violin,
and his fund of folk songs is extensive.
uncle Elmer" celebrated his sixty
second birthday this Fall with an an
niversary program from his siXty-Sec-
ond station, WAAW, here.
Nine years ago Brother Elmer
lugged his one-man orchestra into the
makeshift studio of WNAL, at Omaha,
one of the country's first broadcaSters.
His first program was heard 200 miles
away. 1t was quite feat. and it made
page / in many newspapers.
Since then Hardy has made his living
travelling from one station to another,
much of the time by horse and wagon.
The dulcimer he made from the wood
Of wagon box in 1877.
Evening star., 1929-12-01

LONDON CD-An is not well in the
air above England on Sundays.
The British Broadcasting Corporation,
which has a monopoly on broadcasting
In Britain, is custodian Of the English
ether on Sundays. Listeners cannot
take their choice Of several London
stations. If they tune In on any British
station, they get a program controlled
by the B. B. G.
Many listeners like that arrange
ment. They believe weekdays are full
enough Of Jazz music and other diver
sions. Sunday on the air, they assert,
should be restful and dignified.
But newspaper critics and fans who
write letters are revolving, here and
there, against what they call one
sided policy. It is possible, they argue
to be deeply religious and still enjoy
sprightly, music on Sundays.
ok" fans, while disclaiming any
interest in the controversy, point out
that part of the B. B. c. policy is to
Evening star., 1929-12-01

scenes, philharmonic concerts, ETC., with
greater ease, and will overcome difficult
accoustical problems usually encounter
ed in large hall broadcasts.
It also will find application in the
transmission Of dramatic studio produc-
tions where q large number of actors
are required to appear before the micro
phone in rapid succession. BY means
of the directional microphone, it would
be possible for the entire cast to retain
their seats during the broadcast Of a
production, the desired pickup being
made by the operator on the platform,
armed with continuity, to the proper
speaker. In this manner noise caused
by moving about a studio, which fire.
quently destroys an illusion, could be
eliminated,
Evening star., 1929-12-01

COLUMBUS, Nebr. Op.-"Brother
Elmer" 'spects he's played Turkey in
the Straw" a million times in the nine
years he has traipsed around the coun-
try entertaining radio crowds.
LAS long as there are folks alive who
remember the good OIL days there viii
be a demand for my kind of music" I"
he said. Brother Elmer is Elmer E.
Hardy Of Columbus. He is So years old
and claims to be the oldest radio en-
tertainer on the road"
"Ill betcha have as many fan let
ters as any soprano on either network, y
he added.
Hardy speclalizeS on the oulclmer'
but he is pretty handy with the musi-
Evening star., 1929-12-01
n ERLIN H. AYLESWORTH,
n president of the National

N K EkIL1N II. AYLESWORTH,
I'M president of the National
1 l Broadcasting Co., after
delving into the program
statistics of WRC and it's asso-
ciated stations, discovered that
the Federal Government con-
SumeS more time on the air than
any organization or individual.
In the first 10 months of 1929,
according to Mr.. Aylesworth, 245
Government officials, including
the President, were presented in
programs over the National
BroadcaSting System, using more
than 800 hours of broadcaSting
time.
Mr.. Aylesworth has sent this in
formation to H. A. Lefount, men,
ber of the Federal Radio Commits
sion, as a result of suggestions
that special broadcaStS by Gov
ernment officials should be at
tempted to determine the interest
of the radio audience in Federal
activities. He also told Commits
Sioner Lefount that the facilities
OF his great broadcaSting organi-
zation had always been available
for governmental activities and
declared that his company would
continue to lend it's aid to every
worthwhile project of the Gov
ernment departments in Washing
ton.
The tabulation of Mr.. Ayles-
worth shows that every branch of
the Government, except the ju-
d1c1al, was represented on the air
in the first 10 months of this year.
The President made 10 addresses,
the Vice President two, and every
member of the cabinet with the
exception Of Secretaries StimSon
and Mellon faced the microphone
in this period. In addition %
Senators and IL members of the
House and more than $50 chiefs
and SubchiefS of the various Fed
eral bureaus made radio talks.
The Department Of Agriculture
during the 10 months led all other
departments and branches of the
Government in the use of radio
time. Providing a service pri-
marily for farmers, this depart
ment utilized nearly 100 hours Of
broadcaSting. In its programs the
department presented 165 of its
officials, who made a total of 419
different addresses.
In the realm of music the three
service bands provided the radio
audience with more than 1876
hours of entertainment. The Navy
Band led with 81 separate pro-
grams totaling 56 hours, the Army
Band was second with IS programs
and 40 hours and the Marine
Band third with A programs and
80 hours.
Of the cabinet members, Secre-
tary of Interior Wilbur led with
five radio addresses. The other
members spoke twice. excepting
Postmaster General Brown and
Secretary of Navy Adams, who
spoke only once.
X X k*
Despite the record of service
band broadcaStS, WRC and other
National BroadcaSting System sta
tionS are now planning for further
expansion of the concerts. Five
concerts weekly are on the pres
ent schedule, which went into eff
| feet November 25. and during this
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Wards Radio Equipped.

AUSTIN, Tex P).-The State Of
Texas has installed radio sets in all
eleemosynary institutions. Loud speak
ers in each hospital carry programs to
all wards. The Legislature appropriated
$4,000 for the equipment
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Merry Mermaids' Program.

Henry Simmerman, violinist and di-
rector of the Pleasantville, N. j., schools,
will be heard in the Merry Mermaids
program on WPG the evening Of De-
cember S.
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Will Direct Orchestra.

Gene Rodemich will return as con-
ductor Of the orchestra, heard In the
Popular half hour on WEAF and as
sociateS, Tuesday evening.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
"Sweethearts" to Marry.

May Singh Breen and Peter de Rose,
"sweetheartS of the air" for six years,
are to be married December 9, accord
ing to an N. B. C. announcement.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Medley Is Broadcast.

A feature of the WBAL symphonic
ensemble progam Tuesday night will be
Q Medley of Popular Song Hits" ar
ranged BY Felice lula. conductor.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Gypsy Tenor Billed.

Oliver Smith, the Gypsy tenor, whose
identification was kept secret so long, is
to sing two solos in the Gypsies program
tomorrow evening on N. B. G.
Evening star., 1929-12-01

Flappers of CzechoSlovakia are using
American toilet preparations.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Directs Artists Bureau.

Henry Burr, for IS years in the show
business, has been appointed director of
the artists bureau of G. B. S.
Evening star., 1929-12-01

Despite the record of service
band broadcaStS, WRC and other
National BroadcaSting System sta
tionS are now planning for further
expansion of the concerts. Five
concerts weekly are on the pres
ent schedule, which went into ef-
feet November 25, and during this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-21
BY MABEL DUKE.

For NEA Service and The Times.
THERE'S a legend in Holly
L wood concerning the eye
lashes of Greta Carlo. When she
first came to this country from
Sweden to make pictures, it is
said she was asked to clip the ends
of her lashes to remove the sha-
dows they cast on her face before
the camera.
Be that as it may, those long,
thick, curling lasheS are respon-
sible for much of the mysterious
allure which is hers.
ANY girl may have long thick
lashes if she will give them the
proper care" advises Miss Carlo.
and. incidentally. they require as
great care as the hair, hands or
complexion.
1.-The two factors I've found i'm
portant in encouraging their
growth are nourishment and slim
ulatiOn.
Yellow oxide Of mercury is best
for nourishment. Rub it into the
lashes each night before retiring.
1t also may be used to remove
powder from the lashes after max
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-21
RULING ON TAX
REFUND CASES
MAY Be TODAY
Judge Calls in Attorneys
Involved: Decision Is
Expected.

Ruling in the county horizontal
tax refund cases, in which property
owners seek refunds from county
commissioners for so per cent tax
increases ten years ago, was ex-
pected to be given by Superior Judge
James M. feathers this afternoon.
feathers is reported to have been
working on his opinion several weeks
and attorneys said they had been
summoned to the court this after
noon.
The court is to determine whether
property owners who paid the in
creases for three years will have
their claims recognized for pay
ment by county commissioners.
The horizontal tax situation In
Indiana has gained widespread
prominence since the supreme court
held the increase to be illegal more
than two years ago. 1t was esti-
mated at the time that several mil
lions of dollars would be involved in
the repayment.
Marion county commissioners,
who were named defendants in each
of the seven suits filed before
feathers, indefinitely postponed"
action on the claims when they were
presented June 9, 1928. A week later
the suits were filed with the COM
missioners taking the stand that
they had not refused to hear the
claims but had postponed the mat
ter.
The plaintiffs in the court action
are: John D. Brosnan, James and
Henritta Van Sickle, Charles E.
Coffin, Mary Stanford, Lynn B,
Millikan, Saul Munter and the
Union Trust Company. admins
traitor of the estate of w. j. Has
selman. More than $4,000 refunds
are sought by these persons.
The tax increase was ordered by
the state tax board in 1919 and con-
sisted of a 80 per cent increase on
land improvements and 20 per cent
increase on real estate. The first
tax boost came in the spring Of 1918
and continued through 1921.
It was understood that if the mat
ter is not taken back to the supreme
court by one of the parties in the
case that, Immediately, tax experts
and county officials, not only here,
but in all parts of the state, will
meet in an effort to devise some
plan to repay the claimants, should
the decision go that way.
1t has been pointed out that the
only possible way open to solution
of this problem, should it arise,
would be to raise taxes either to pay
the claims directly or to pay for
bond issues that would necessary to
meet the debt.
If the court rules that the claims
shall be paid persons who did not
own property during the three years
of the increase but who now do, will
have to pay along with the others.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-21
WISCONSIN WET
DENIES MAKING
SECESSION PLEA
Senator Says Condition
Now Resembles Status
Prior to Civil War.
BY WILLIAM r. SMITH
United Press stan Correspondent

MADISON. Wis. June 21.-Sen-
sfor Bernhard Gettelman, Mil
waukee. who is sponsoring drastic
changes in the prohibition laws at
sessions Of the Wisconsin legislature,
denied TO-DAY he was trying to
arouse any sentiment for the states
accession from the union over the
Prohibition question.
y am only drawing the parallel
70 show how citizens Of Wisconsin
in the past have stood by their
prjnciples." Gettelman said after
having explained that only the out
break Of the Civil war prevented
The commonwealth withdrawal
from the United States because OF
its objections to obnoxious provisions
of the Fugitive Slave Law in 1860.
Pointing back to 1854 when the
Wisconsin supreme court declared
The federal Fugitive Slave Law in
valid. Gettelman showed how this
state for five years defed the federal
government and climaxed its action
bv adoption Of a resolution OF
"positive defiance" by the legis-
lature.
Challenges VOlstead Act
Positive defiance means effec-
tive defiance and effective defiance
means war or it means nothing,
the late Chief Justice John B.
Winsiow had told the legislators.
"The principle contended for by
the party which now rules in the
council of the nation stops nothing
short Ct depotism' the resolution
continued.
States which formed the Const1-
tuition we're termed sovereign and
independent.' Positive defiance of
those soyereignities Of all unauthor-
lied acts done or attempted to be
done under color of that instrument
is the lawful remedy
Gettelman believes the Volstead
act has assumed power which the
eighteenth amendment does not give
it over medicinal liquor He pro-
poses to establish a state liquor
commission where citizens may pro-
cure intoxicants upon affidavit that
they Will be used for medicinal pur-
ftNH~p Ot4Af-
How Law Would Work
Here's how the Gettelman state
medicinal liquor commission plan
would work, according to an expla-
nation made to a senate visitor to-
oav by Senator James A. Barker,
wet colleague Of the Milwaukee leg
islator:
I'd have a party" he said. I'D
invite YOU. Then I'd 60 down and
write myself a prescription for a
case Of beer. When you came I'd
say You don't look well. Do you
think a bottle Of cold beer would
help you?'
"You'd say: TT probably would
and I'd give it to YOU. That's all
there is to it,"
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-GRETA'S SHADOWY LASHES

ing-up by those who find mascara
too obvious.
"Vaseline may be used instead
Of this preparation.
For stimulation, form a habit
of pulling the lashes gently with
the thumb and first finger, pull
ing out the loose hairs. Don't
pull too strongly, for it will break
down the tissues of the eyelids.
Further, brush the laShes each
night with a soft eyelash brush,
always brushing upward for the
upper ones and downward for
those beneath, encouraging a
graceful sweep Of the lashes."
NEXT: Mary Brian on beauti-
flying the mouth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-21
THIEF TAKES JEWELRY

Police we're searching today for a
sneak thief, who Thursday after
noon stole jewelry valued at $3.50
from the home of William Hollow
ski, 203 West Maple road, while Mrs.
Kollowski was moving the the lawn.
In two nights, William R. Grady,
$50 Daley street, reported to police,
$50 were stolen from his trousers
which he kept under his pillow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-21

This Is the first OF a series OF "Close.-
Ups of motion picture stars-brlef,
sparkling interviews on beauty topics
which will appear in The Times.
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