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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
KENNELLY-HEAVISIDE
LAYER PROOF REPORTED
Radio Research Board Of Great
Britain Announces Discovery
After Experiments.

Direct experimental proof of the ex-
1stenoe OF the Kennedy Heaviside layer,
the iontzed ceiling" Of the upper at
mosphere from which radio waves are
refracted back to earth, Is reported by
the radio research board of the de-
partment Of scientific and industrial
research Of Great Britain. Exhaustive
researches, begun in 1925 by Prof. e. v.
Appleton Of Kings College, London, in
cooperation with the British Broad
casting Corporation, revealed the ex-
istence Of this ceiling" and led to
calculations that its height was about
80 kilometerS.
In the experiments, according to the
newly released report, the wave length
Of a tranSmitter was changed continu-
ously through short range and
the interference maxima and minima
between the energy propagated along
the surface Of the ground and the en-
ergy deviated downward from the up
per atmosphere were recorded by a
Photographic apparatus at the receiv-
ing station, about 80 miles away.
Exhaustive research into atmospheric
disturbances to radio transmission and
reception also were carried on; the
general conclusion reached that the
predominant source Of the worlds at.
naospherics Is always to be found In a
land area where It Is Summer after
noon. In its investigations into atInos-
pherics, the department worked with
automatic pen-writing recorders In
stalled at the meteorological ONCE IA.
dio station at Aldershot and at Lerwick,
Aboukir tEgypO and Bangalore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
D. C. INVENTOR GETS
TELEVISION PATENT
New Receiver May Be Attached to
Ordinary Radio Set Like
Loud Speaker.

A televiSion receiver that can be at
tached to an ordinary radio set like a
loudspeaker, reproducing moving images
from electrical impulses transmitted
along a wave length employed for the
simultaneous broadcaSting Of speech
and music, has just been patented by
Chester Leslie Davis, 27-year Wash
ington inventor. With the issuance Of
the patent by the United States Patent
once, announcement was made that 1t
has been assigned to Wired Radio, Inc.
The youthful inventors multiplex
system of television and broadcasting
eliminates the scanning disc and all
movable parts at the receiver, thereby
simplifying greatly the present methods
OF reproducing television images. The
receiver Is a large glass screen which,
when not lighted, looks like a framed
windowpane into which longitudinally
parallel wires have been imposed. The
images move along the wires, which are
surrounded by gas that causes them to
glow when in operation.
Described by the Patent Once simply
aS q signaling system" this method
Of television employs the principle Of
establishing voltage nodes and anti
nodes along conductors encased In gas
eouS chambers. Extreme economy in
the use of wave bands Is claimed for
this system for, besides occupying the
same frequency employed for the ac-
companying speech or music, the tele-
vision signals will not vary more than
500 cycles from that frequency, accord
ing to the inventor.
Young Davis, q native Of Missouri,
came into prominence in the radio
world when he was barely Is. Operat-
ing an amateur radio station at his
home in Perry, Mo-, he discovered that
the Aurora Borealis produces an alter
anting current of extremely low fire.
quency, causing periodic fading Of the
received radio signal. Considerable dis
cussion was aroused in scientific jour-
nails at the timE the young ham" an
nounced his discovery.
Born in Revere, Mo-, Davis studied
electrical engineering at Iowa State
College, University of Detroit and
George Washington University. While
in military service from 1928 to 1925,
he erected the Army Signal Corps
10-kilowatt station at Fort LAaven-
worth, Kans. Later he built several
broadcasting stations in Detroit. Until
recently, he was engineering assistant
to John 3. Brady, Warrington patent
attorney. lately he has been working
on radio and talking motion picture In
ventions at his laboratory In Santa
Barbara, Calf. He Is q member Of the
Institute Of Radio Engineers, the Amer
lean Institute Of Electrical Engineers
and the Franklin Institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
RADIO PROPAGANDA
RESTRICTION WEAK
Huge Stations for Broad
casting Across National
Lines Reported Possible.

Stations Of tremendous power blan-
getting large portions Of the globe with
propaganda could be established with
out transgressing international laws
governing radio.
This Is revealed by Federal Radio
Commissioner Harold A. Lafount, fol-
lowing close scrutiny of international
conventions dealing with radio. 1t is
conceivable, he points out, that q sta
ton could be set up in Mexico and with
booming power pervade the entire
American continent with information Of
any character and yet, legally, nothing
could be done about 1t. AS q matter Of
fact, there has been rumor to the ef-
feet that certain interests proposed
building q Superstition" just beyond
the American border for an insidiouS
radio campaign against American prin-
ciples and policies.
Similarly, the commissioner said,
Soviet Russia could erect q station with
power ranging in the millions of watts
and broadcast TO the world the pre-
ceptS of Communism. And this, too,
has been reported as the intention Of
the Soviet government.
Military administrations Of all large
nations, understand" declared the
commissioner. ARE giving deep thought
to the popular problem presented by
radio broadcasting as a means Of prop
uganda and contemporaries in
war time. Censorship, which Is generally
invoked on all modes Of communication
In national emergency, would have lit
tie effect on broadcasting, since radio
knows no barriers and booming power
will carry the voice over vast expenses
Of territory"
Actually, the commissioner pointed
out, the question Of censorship of inter-
national programs has never arisen. It
was purposely avoided at the Interna-
tional Radiotelegraph Conference held
here in 1927, since it involved the deli
cate issue Of sovereign rights Of nations.
But since then radio has been developed
technically to a marked degree, and the
problem today Is infinitely greater than
it was then.
Because there is no international
regulation regarding censorship there is
nothing to prevent the wholesale dis
semination of propaganda anywhere, "
Mr.. Lafount declared.
Commissioner Lafount pointed out,
however that such practices might be
construed as ill-advised under the gen.
eral laws Of "friendliness" among ma
tons.
It probably is far-fetched, from the
technical standpoint, that q station
even with $4,000, 000-watts power, as
compared to the present maximum per-
mitted in this country of only $4,000
watts, could reach the millions Of lis
teners the world over. With, far less
power, however, said the commissioner,
a broadcasting station. located in the
Soviet Union could cover the entire
European continent.
On the other hand, . "short-wave"
station, Is distinguished from station
operating In the broadcast band, could
be heard internationally with compare
lively low power.
(Ceryright, 1880, By the Consolidated Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
n. B. c. STATIONS
To HONOR KERN
Lewis James Will Be SoIoist
on Program Featuring
Best Works.

The Atwater Kent half hour tonight
over wRC and a network Of associated
National Broadcasting Co. stations will
honor Jerome Kern by presenting a
program made up entirely of excerpts
from his best known works. Lewis
James, tenor of the famous Revelers'
Quartet, will be the soloist.
The concert will include selections
from Sally" once in Blue Moon, "
from Stepping Stones; They Didn't
Believe Me-" from THE Girl from
Utah. and the Siren Song" from
leave 1t to Jane"
A tabloid version of the musical COM
edy, Castles in the Air" will be fea-
ture of the Chase & Sanborn preSen-
tation. The two-piano speciality Of
Gilman and Arden will be "On the
Sunny Side Of the Street"
Russia at Prayer and Play.
Old Russia at prayer and at play
viii be pictured by the Russian Cathe-
dral Choir. The program contains
Ancient Chant Of the Fifteenth Cen
tury," Eugene onegin" and Song Of
the EarVesters."
Sam Herman, xylophonist, will play
Q group Of popular melodies In which
are found "A Year From Today"
melancholy Baby and Telling 1t to
the Daisies" The Iodent Big Brother
Club will observe nautical night" and
present dramatic version of the scene
aboard brakes ship Golden Hind
where Queen Elizabeth knighted the
daring sailor while a Spanish minister
demanded his head.
The Majestic Theater hour tonight,
over WMAL and other Columbia Broad
casting System stations, will have dis
tinct rural atmosphere. The program
viii be built around a barn-raising
frolic, with the participants providing
the entertainment program.
Rogers and Sale Features.
Another concert by Mayhem Lake
and his band and the weekly programs
by Will Rogers and Chic Sale are out
standing among WMAL's other attrac-
tons. In the afternoon the station will
broadcast the ceremonies incident to
the dedication of the aviation beacon
In tribute to Rear Admiral Byrd's ex-
plorations at the South Pole, and an
other "Conclave Of Nations" program, in
which Austria will be honored. Edgar
L. @. Prochnik, Austrian Minister to
the United States will be the speaker.
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, will in
troduce him. The program will be
framed by music of famous Austrian
composers.
A half hour of sacred music and the
evening service of the First Church of
Christ Scientist are the major presen-
tations tonight of WJSV. There also
will be selections by string trio, a
quartet and . piano recital by j. w.
Sweeney.
VOL will broadcast the morning
service at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church. 1t will be preceded
BY an hours musical program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Major "Chain" Features

TODAY.
2:30-Conclave of Nations; pro-
gram in honor of Austria
-WMAL and @. B. 8.
network.
7:o0-Enna Jettick melodies;
Betsy Ayres, soprano;
mixed quartet and in
strumental ensembles
WIZ, WBZ, WBAL, WJR,
WLW and others.
7:S0-Choral Orchestra; popu-
lar program with Gitla
Erstinn. soprano, and
Elizabeth Davenport, con-
tralto-WRC and N. B. c.
network.
7:45-"Chic" Sale, comedian
WMAL and c. B. S. net
work.
s:oo-Majestic Theater; Barn
raising Frolic - WMAL
and c. 3. s. network.
e:16-Atwater Kent hour; Lewis
James, tenor-WRC and
N. B. G. network.
S:15-Ba1lad opera; Love In
villase"-WJZ. WIZ.
wBzA, wHAM, KDKA
and CKGW.
S:<S-An hour with Shake
Speare; meo and
Juliet"-WJZ, wHAM,
KDKA and CKGW.
o:00-Squibb program: VIII
Rogers-WMAL and c. B.
S. network.
9:46-"Sunday at Seth Park
er's"; rural sketch-WRC
and N. b. G. network,
10:OO-Back-home hour from
Churchill Tabernacle ut
Buffalo-WMAL and Q.
3. 3. network.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

White as chairman Of the radio
committee. Representative Even
Davis Of Tennessee will continue
as ranking minority member, be-
coming chairman only If the
Democrats secure control of the
House-an eventuality unexpect-
ed even by the most optimistic
Democrats-in this Falls cleo
tons.
All these shifts, of course, will
not take place until the Seventy
second Congress conveneS in De-
cember, 1881. In the interim
Senator CouZenS, collaborating
with Senator Dill, will press his
Senate committee on interstate
commerce and the Senate itself
for passage of his commission on
communications bill during the
intervening short session of the
present Congress, which meets
next December and continues to
March 4, 1881. He is highly con-
f1dent of success in his efforts to
replace the present Federal Radio
Commission with a commission
having much broader scope and
power.
With Congress adjourning its
long session, the prospects in the
short session are at least very
bright for enactment of the pend
ing legislation proposing an ANAL
gamation OF the Radio Division of
the Department Of Commerce with
the Federal Radio Commission.
Even the Sirovich bill, which
would turn the Radio Commission
over to the Radio Division rather
than the other way around, is re-
garded as looking to an eventual
consolidation of some sort.
INSTEAD Of dumping the entire
catalogue of patriotic music
into the program hopper to be
delivered to radio listeners July 4,
the National Broadcasting Co.
this year will avoid using an over
supply of the tunes generally as
Sociated with independence day.
While there will be a patriotic
coloring to some of the programs,
care will be taken not to bore lis
tenerS with constant repetition
OF music in the same theme. A
recent survey of listeners indi-
Gated that too much music or
continuity based on any one holi-
day soon becomes monotonouS.
Many Of the programs will
avoid use Of patriotic airs entirely,
while in others just one or two
special holiday numbers will be
introduced.
This policy of the National
BroadcaSting Co." a program off,
cial said. "is merely an expression
Of our policy to give the listeners
what they want, and not to make
our program monotonous or tire
some through a constant harping
on one theme"
A QUESTION of royal etiquette
arose when Prince Alfonso,
cousin Of the King of Spain and
a passenger on the Graf Zeppe-
Inns recent transatlantic voyage,
was about to be introduced over
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn during visit to Washington.
Don Alexandra Padilla, the
Spanish Ambassador, was sched-
uled to introduce the prince to
the radio audience, but he pro-
tested at the last moment that
such a procedure was improper
because one cannot introduce
q member of a royal family to
anybody-the reverse always be-
ing the rule. A resourceful exec
utive at WMAL saved the day
when he suggested that the Am
bassador simply present" Prince
! Alfonso.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
BUFFALO TANGLE CLEAR
Another Newspaper Radio Station
Probably Will Go On Air.

Buffalo's broadcasting tangle appears
to be clearing Mp, and another news
paper-owned radio station probably will
soon be on the air.
The Buffalo Broadcasting Corpora
ton, which has been using four wave
lengths for as many stations under its
control. has proposed to the Federal
Radio Commission that it be permitted
to dispose Of one of its stations to the
Buffalo Evening News, thus ending the
court litigation growing out of Nthe
newspapers charges of monopoly of the
local broadcasting situation.
The commission had granted the
Buffalo News authority to use the
wave length, but the newspaper had
been restrained from constructing its
station by court Injunction. The pro-
posed solution IL regarded aS Q happy
one all around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Michigan Expands Programs.

University of Michigan is expanding
its one-hour weekly programs carried
by remote control from Ann Arbor to
WJR, Detroit, and during 1930-31 will
offer half-hourly lectures four AFTER
moons a week, with an additional half
hour on Sundays, addressed to the
parent-teacher associations of Michi-
gan. Programs will be generally cul-
tural in nature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
T%HE successful tests Of two
way telephone television
conducted by the American

.T%HE successful tests Of two
way telephone = television
conducted by the American
- Telephone and Telegraph
Co., has revived interest in the
possible influence this develop
ment will have on radio enter
tainrnent Of the future through
the introduction into the Ameri-
can home, first, Of wired radio
and eventually of wired radio plus
wired television.
Wired radio has been lurking
around the corner for the last SIX
years. Various plans have been
set forth from time to time and
experiments have gone quietly
forward by two of the foremost
utility companies - the North
American Co., which is interested
in sending programs over electric
light wires, and the American
Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
which would utilize it's tremen-
dous network of telephone lines
to provide entertainment indie
pendent of the broadcast stations.
The North American Co.,
through its subsidiary, Wired Ra-
dio, Inc, has installed in Cleve-
land experimental apparatus in
two substations of the city's cleo
trical supply, and all that stands
in the way of realization Of the
long -looked-for wired amusement
is the installation Of home equip
ment for receiving the programs.
The plan involves supplying
three types of programs simulta-
neously-one of concert music,
one of popular variety and one
educational in character.
A veil of mystery, however, sur
rounds the progress being made
by the American Telephone and
Telegraph Co. in its DEVELOPMENT
of wired radio supplied by means
OF the telephone lines into the
home. Anywhere from one to
three years Is cited as the time
which must elapse before wired
radio over either system Is a
reality.
RADIO may gain a new protsg-
onist In the United States
Senate with the elevation to that
body Of Representative Wallace
White, jr., whose recent victory in
the Republican primaries of rock
ribbed Republican Maine is tan
tamount to election.
the leadership in radio legislation
from Senator Dill, a Democrat,
albeit he is slated to be a staunch
affiliate of the Republican admin
lStration, while Senator Dill re-
mains clasSed among the Progress
siveS, is quite another question
Most observers Of radio from the
Washington angle are rather du-
bious about the prospect.
Mr.. White was co-author Of the
radio act of 1927 with Senator
Dill. Although he is chairman OF
the House committee on marine
and fisheries, which has charge OF
radio, he has been rather quies-
cent on radio subjects since that
time. Meanwhile, Senator Dill
has kept himself to the forefront
in radio.
Moreover. Senator Dill is q
member of the Senate committee
on interstate commerce, which
has charge Of radio in the Upper
Chamber. 1t will be an unexpect.
ed break for Mr.. White, when he
f1rst ascendS to the Senate, tc
procure an assignment on that
highly important committee.
In the House the mantle oil
leadership in radio will fall or
the shoulders of Representative
Frederick r. Lehlbach of New
Jersey, who will succeed Mr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
TRADE BALANCE SHOWN
international Communication Are
Profitable, Report Reveals.

Even in the fields Of international
communications - cablegranS, radio
grams and radio-telephone converse
tionS-the United States showed a ia
vorable balance Of trade" in 1929
The annual report of the Department
Of Commerce on the balance of inter-
national payments Of the United States,
Just issued, shows that collections by
the seven American companies operat-
ing in these fields amounted to sgt, 070,-
sl4, while payments to- foreign coun-
tries aggregated $19,014,657 In other
words, foreigners spent $s,056,157 more
to communicate by cable and radio
with the United States than Americans
spent to communicate with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
WMAT 475.S Meters.
" 1A0A $50 KilOcycles.

800 to o:00a-Watch tower services.
1850 to II Observation-Disclosures from Lon
don-Talk by Bill Tilden on
The American Sportsman in
Europe"
1:00-Ballad hour
2:00-Organ recital by Ann Leaf.
2:30-Conclave of Nations.
Capitalization of the Rear Admiral
Byrd Aviation Beacon.
4:00-Crockett Mountaineers.
$3.50 TO 5:O0-Sermon by Rev. Donald
Grey Farmhouse OF Philadelphia.
5:30-The Globe Trot. r.
6:00-Columbia String Symphony.
6:30-Jesse Crawford, organist.
6:4S--"The Potency of Invisible Pay
ments," by DR.. Julius Klein.
T:00--Correct time.
7:01--Mayhew Lake and his band.
DECENTRALIZATION Edits the News"
7:45-"Chic" Sale, humorist.
8:00-MajeStic Theater of the Air.
9:o0-Will Rogers.
9:30-Around the SamoVar.
10:00-Back-home hour.
11:00-Coral Islanders.
1880 to 1-:o0-Nocturne.
Early Program Tomorrow.
800a-Something for every one.
S:30a-Blue Monday Gloom ChaSers.
9:00a-Radio Home Makers.
S;30a-"Opening the Morning Mail"
10:00a-Ben and Helen talk 1t over.
10:15a-"Our Government" by Senator
Capper of Kansas.
30a-Frank w. Young, pianist.
10:40a-Cutting the food bill.
10:45a-Solos on fretted instruments,
by Sophocles PapaS.
IL :00a-Columbia Revue
11:15a-"Your Neighbor Next Door"
IL :20a-Columbia Revue.
IL :30a-Manhattan Towers Orchestra
12:30-Ambassador Orchestra.
1:00-The Honolulans.
1:30-Orgar recital by Ann Leaf.
2:00-Columbia Ensemble.
2:30-Women's forum.
3:00-The Merrymakers.
400 TO <:30-Dancing TroubadourS.
WTcV 2o5.l Meters.
VJOV 1850 Kilocycles.
AIS to 3:45-Patriotic Protestant Evan
gelical Association.
6:00-Gospel Spreading Association.
7:00-James Marshall and Paul King.
7:30-Time signal.
7:3l-JameS w. Sweeney, pianist.
7:5S-Service of First Church Of Christ
Scientist.
9:05-Ethel West.
9:30-Quartet.
trio.
1880 to 11:0o-Sacred music. ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
New Schedule of Signals.

The new schedule of radio signals of
standard frequencies, which can be
tuned In by the public within a radius
Of 1000 miles Of the Bureau of Stand
ards radio station WV, Is now avail
able from the bureau. These signals
can be used to calibrate for transmit
ting and receiving apparatus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Inventor to Attend Show.

DR.. Lee De Forest, inventor Of the
audion tube, heart of radio, will attend
the Pacific Coasts annual radio trade
show at San Francisco this week. It
was In San Francisco in 1915 that the
De Forest audion and amplifier was
adopted to make possible long -distance
telephony across the continent. In 1918
DR.. be Forest conducted Q radio pro-
gram from q San Francisco theater,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Former Chairman to Speak.

Judge Ira e. Robinson, former chair
man Of the Federal Radio Commission,
will address the annual conference Of
the National Education Association at
Columbus, Ohio, Thursday. On the
same day he viii speak before the In
stitute Of Education by radio at Ohio
State University. Commissioner Robin
son Is also scheduled to speak on radio
law before the Michigan Bar Associa-
ton meeting IN Grand Rapids septem.
Der II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
National Radio Week, -

The week Of the annual Radio Worlds
Fair at New York City. beginning Sep
tember %, has been designated as ma
tional Radio week" by joint commit
tee Of the Radio Manufacturers Asso-
citation and the National Federation of
Radio Associations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
4s1.s-WSM NashyiIIe-e5o.

7:O0-wJZ (15 MINI: sacred music.
7:45-Orchestra ESQ minutes; WEAF
go minutes).
8:45-First Presbyterian Church.
9:45-Half hour from WEAF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Pianomakers Look to Radio.

Hard hit by a decline in the demand
for their product, piano manufacturers
have been casting covetous eyes toward
radio. One big piano company, with
Grand Haven, Mich, has gone into the
manufacture of radio sets in big way.