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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
FRATERNITIES
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commander. and Supreme Record
Keeper G. L. Biggs. Theodore G. Risley
Of the United States Department Of
Labor will speak.
The Ditto Club will meet tomorrow
evening at the home of Mrs. Ethel
Pieresma, 1857 Good Hope road SOUTH
east.
Eureka Hive held card party last
Monday evening at the home of Mrs.
Ethel NJ Allen, commander, 212O
Minnesota avenue southeast.
The Ever Ready Girls Of Capitol
Court, junior department, under the
supervision Of Mrs. Sarah H. Severe,
court director, had q hike through Rock
Greek Park last Saturday.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF
LIBERTY.
Bingo games featured the meeting of
Hope Council last Tuesday. The coun-
ell will hold card party at winston
Hotel next Wednesday at o'clock. The
Past Officers' Club will hold its annual
banquet at the winston Hotel tomor-
row at pm, to be followed by at
tendance at q theater.
Columbia Council will meet Monday
night at Naval Lodge Hail. A mas
QuSTAQc QdIlCS WIS gwen november 8.
State Vice Councillor Mrs. Mabel Hall
won the prize.
WOMAN'S BENEFIT ASSOCIATION.
Washington and Victory Reviews will
meet at the club house Monday evening
Liberty Union Review will hold q
card party Wednesday evening.
washington Review viii be the
hostess review for the house benefit
card party Thursday evening.
The Officers' Club will meet Friday
evening at the club house.
The Juniors will meet at the club
house for rehearsal Of the Rose Court
Saturday at o'clock.
SHEPHERDS OF BETHLEHEM.
The last meeting Of National Lodge
was called to order by Vice Comdr. Miss
Frances Ward. Membership pins were
presented to Mrs. Marilla Smith, Mrs.
Mabelle Bernard, Miss Bessie N. Marvel,
Mrs. Susan j. Mehaffee, Mrs. Ella
Powell, Mrs. Roberta Howard, Mrs. Jes-
sic johnson, Allison w. Leland, Joseph
N. Poore and Oscar ]. Forehand. Final
plans were made for the class initia-
ton in honor Of Mrs. Maggie Lacarione
November IL. A dance win be given
December /.
The next meeting viii be November
AZ at 808 street.
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immense future possibilities. but also of
it's present great limitations.
After giving much thought to our
radio concert ] have decided TO discard
part of the equipment we used and have
planned three new types of equipment
for our next concert ON November is.
I'VE are aiming thereby to take an
other step forward ON the long road
radio must travel before it viii achieve
all of its vast but latent possibilities"
Stokowski has declined to reveal the
method he uses in attempting to At
symphony orchestra music within the
limitations of hroadcasting, but in his
october broadcast which originated
from the Times Square N. b. G. Stu
dios, New York, ne conducted from
within glass cage. visible to his mu-
sicians but hearing the music through
loudspeaker. A transmitter control
board also was set up within the In
closure.
The part of the equipment TO be dis
carded was not described by Stokowski
However, it Is known that he was not
entirely satisfied with the results Of
the october broadcast after which he
vas deluged by letters and kilograms
from listeners expressing wide differ
ences of opinion as to whether his de-
vice was success or failure.
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Army and Navy News

pepper, all medical ofiicers, while the
veterinary examining board win meet
at the Army Medical Center. The fol-
lowing officers will serve on the Vet
Urinary board: Majs. George II. Coon,
v. c.; Charles G. Hillman, M. c.; Jacob
E. Behney, v. c.; Richard T. Arrest.
M. c., and Capt. Peter T. Carpenter,
v. G.
Navy.
Although the Navy line selection
board that will be convened December
8 will be instructed to select approx
rear admiral, Is commanders to cap
tain and % lieutenant commanders to
commander to fill vacancies which will
occur next year, ending December l.,
1891, 1t is anticipated that the board
will increase selections above this mini
mum and name 7 captains, 10 COM
manders and 80 lieutenant commanders
for promotion to higher rank to take
care of possible vacancies which may
occur during the next year. In 1922
the month of June was designated as
the month in which line selection
boards would meet. The change from
June to December is due to the fact
that the number of line officers will,
during succeeding years, be at maxi
mum each June upon commissioning
as ensigns in the line the graduates
from Annapolis, and 1t is expected that
there will be an excess of graduates
each year for some years to come who
will have to be discharged from the
naval service upon graduation with one
years pay.
The names of all officers who were
selected by the line selection board last
I~.aA - wa@k kaxnnx tod tf
the grade for which selected at the
time the new board meets in Deem
Der will be submitted to that board
for consideration and must again be
selected before the individual officer
may be promoted to the next higher
grade. Only the names of officers who
have served four years in this present
grade on November 80 may be sub
mitted to the board for consideration.
The law of 1916 also requires that all
officers before promotion to q higher
grade must have completed two years
service In his present grade, but this
requirement does not become applicable
until the time the ofi1cer becomes elig-
ible for advancement to I'LL an exist
ing vacancy In o higher grade for which
selected.
Can't. John Downes will be detached
from command Of the u. S. S. Omaha
next June and will be assigned to duty
in the Bureau of Naval Operations,
probably in the War Plans division. 1t
Is expected that he will be relieved in
command of the Omaha by Capt. Ma
than w. Post, who is now on duty in
the 18th naval district Capt. Russell
wilson will be relieved from duty with
the naval mission In Brazil and he viii
be assigned to command Destroyer
Division 10 of the Battle Fleet.
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Army.
with the disappointment OF Mai. Gen.
Meritte W.. Ireland as Surgeon General
Of the Army, with but six or seven
months TO serve In o new term before
he IL retired for age May 81, 1881, and
the failure to redetail Gen. Charles p.
Eummerall as chief Of staff to function
IN that capacity for about three months tn
before his transfer to the retired list,
observers of War Department admins
tration are somewhat In . quandary
with respect to the So-called policy OF
limiting the period Of service OF Army
chiefs of branches to one term. The
Good principle, which was inaugurated
during the incumbency OF former Sec
rotary Of War Good and which limited
the term of War Department chiefships
to one term Of four years 1t was rec
ognized at that time. might lead
to embarrassing distinctions, especially
when 1t was found necessary TO make
an exception to the rule.
Little advantage would accrue, 1t Is
said, to resort to legislation to enforce
restriction upon terms Of ONCE, a propo-
sition that Is now being revived, with
the prospect that 1t viii incur the OPP
position Of members of the Military
Committees, who are known to have
views on this phase Of the situation.
Such restriction on presidential ac-
ton, it Is believed, would not benefit
Army administration, especially in view
of the fact that it Is felt that the CHIEF
Executive should continue in possession
of q constitutional right of appointment
without limitations achieved by act OF
Congress. In the event an attempt were
made to restrict the period of Army
chiefships to one term Of four years
retaliatory legislation might be enacted
into law which would extend this prin-
ciple of limitation to general officers OF
the line.
It has been learned the Navy Depart
rnent may favor legislation which would
give chiefs of naval bureaus the rank
Of vice admiral while so serving, In
stead of the rank Of rear admiral AT
present there is no evidence of such an
Intention on the part Of the Navy De-
partment, but should such a movement
get under way it can be expected that
an effort would be made to advance by
law major generals Of the Army. who
are now chiefs of Army branches to
the rank Of lieutenant general. 1t Is
safe to predict, however, that such pro-
posals would inevitably meet with criti-
cism and obstruction on the part Of
certain members Of the military conn
mittees.
Two examining boards, one for the
Medical Corps and the other for the
Veterinary Corps, have been appointed
to meet in washington for the purpose
OF examining such officers of these two
corps as may be directed to report to
the boards for examination TO determine
their fitness for promotion. The Medi-
cal Board, which viii meet at Walter
Reed General Hospital, viii be COM
posed of Majs. Charles G. Hillman,
Hugh w. Maion and William 5. Gull
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Phone Talks to Be Secret.

Transatlantic radiotelephony, now
open to eavesdropping by persons prop
erly equipped with short-wave receivers,
may be made completely unintelligible
to all but the intended destination of
conversations by new word scrambling''
devices being worked out by American
and foreign scientists. The Department
of Commerce has a report that one
such device was recently tried out with
success on the Dutch radiotelephone
circuit between The Hague and the
Dutch East Indies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
STOKOWSKI SEEKS
RADIO Improvement
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Wants Better Broad
casting Facilities.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (R.-Leopold
Stokowski contends there still is room
for vast improvement in the technique
of broadcasting symphonic music.
This statement, made by the conduc-
tor of the Philadelphia Orchestra pre-
vious to the presentation of his second
concert this season, also included an
announcement that he had discarded
part of the equipment he used to con-
troll the volume of the broadcast In
October. which opened his second year
on the air.
Continued experimentation with
radio broadcasting," the conductor said,
"convinces me more and more of its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
VOLTAGE STILL PROBLEM
Radio Manufacturers Concerned
4. rS.4;o.

Radio Manufacturers Concerned
Over Variations in Cities.
Radio manufacturers and distributors
are considerably concerned over the fact
that non-standard electric current and
voltages still prevail in many American
cities, often forcing metropolitan lis
teners 10 continue perforce to depend
on battery-operated receiving sets. No
less than 20 different voltages are In
use in this country, a condition that
obtains In many foreign countries also.
Most modern electric receivers are
built to operate on l10-volt, 60-cycle
alternating current, yet there are large
direct current sections in cities like
New York and Washington. New Eng
land Is said to have 10000 homes still
using 104-volt AC and 100000 homes
with lis or 100 volt &C, while in the
Middle West there are large sections
using direct current with voltages rang
ing from 10 to 220.
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RADIOS GET HOMES
World Broadcasting Leaders Given
Elaborate Plants.

Three of the worlds largest broad
casting systems will have magnificent
new homes In the near future under
plans that are already well under way.
The National Broadcasting Co. by
1892 expects to be ensconced In palatial
new quarters In the radio city, to be
built In New York City under Rookie
Teller auspices. The British Broadcast
ing Corporation expects to 60 into new
quarters in @ matter Of q few months,
forsaking Savoy Hill for large build
ing specially constructed for radio pur-
poses. The German Broadcasting
Corporation expects to occupy its new
radio house" In Berlin before Christ
mas. It's new home is one OF the larg-
est buildings to be constructed in Ger
many's capital since the waf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
"Graham
Il McNamee
" Speaking"
McNar11ee

master of ceremonies In night clubs,
and then got into radio.
He's big and husky, with sandy hair
and freckleS. Away from the studios
he sings nanny songs-always hide
ously of key--when there are profess
sional singers around and carves canes
for his friends.
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KING STUDYING RADIO
British Monarch Obtains Small

British Monarch Obtains Small
Library on Scientific Phases.
LONDON CP.-The lure of radio has
taken hold of King George.
In the past his hobby has been stamp
collecting. He has not given this up
altogether, but radio now is claiming
most Of his attention.
He Is studying the scientific side in
particular. He has accumulated q
small library Of books on the subject
and Is constantly adding to 1t.
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be made interesting, useful and in
structive.
The suggestion has been made for a
change in the policy now governing the
assignment of rank to officers in the
merchant marine, and it was that the
second officers of ships Of from 5000 to
of lieutenant, junior grade. However,
it was indicated that no change in the
policy is contemplated at the present
time, as the present one has, in the
main, proven satisfactory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
School ON VOL Program.

Proceedings at the Gas and Electric
School, on the third floor of Barber g.
Ross, will be broadcast by VOL every
weekday afternoon from to o'clock,
beginning tomorrow and continuing un-
til November 26 The school VIII be
conducted by Miss ELEANOR Howe, home
economics expert, of Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
FRENCH BR0ADCASTlNG
IMPROVEMENTS ASKED
Annual Congress Of Those who Live
Abroad Hears Expressions Of
atisfaetion.

Dissatisfaction.
PARIS Up.--A broadcast from France
to foreign lands of messages which viii
present the development Of French
thought has been demanded by French
men who i've away from home shores,
At the Fourth Annual Congress OF
Delegates of Frenchmen who live
abroad the general opinion was that
they fail to get enough news from
home. Already the government, which
has been sending q brief daily batch
OF news from q radio station near
Bordeaux, has decided to inaugarate .
short wave system so that messages can
be sent to America.
The congress also voted that an i'm.
provement should be made In French
broadcasting so that French literary
and dramatic productions may be re-
transmitted from cities In foreian
countries,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
New Zealand Takes Radio.

Radio broadcasting In New Zealand
win be taken over by the government
In January. 1857
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16

Helen Atkinson Of Chadwick, Mo,
has attended Sunday school every SUM
day for more than 40 years
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But this Is only q MINT OF WIlat SOILc
of those letters contain. ! wish might
print them all.
X x X X
T SUPPOSE you know that Phil Cook
will try nearly anything on the air
stefan, iokesmith, dialectician, singer
and author. Unlike Joe Cook, who
isn't q relative, he viii initiate four
Hawaiians or any number Of anything
else.
But Dale Wimbrow viii try anything
off the air. When he was finishing up
his college course down in Maryland he
thought he might study medicine but
instead he headed for the ministry.
Before anything really happened the
war came along and Wimbrow found
himself foreman in a munitions factory.
When the United States declared war
he enlisted. He was gassed and given
UP for dead.
For months he was blind and, while
he had previously had a very service
able tenor singing voice, he found him
self barely able to croak. When he got
out of the Army he worked first as a
civil engineer on road construction
jobs in Maryland. Then he tried farm
ing on q plot of land his father had.
A little later he went on the road rs
a salesman for electrical machinery.
None Of these proved satisfactory and
he felt 1t was too late to go back to
college and study for profession. He
hadn't tried the entertainment busi-
ness, so he wrote an act, sold it, and
went out on q vaudeville circuit. He
couldn't sing any more. But he could
initiate Harry Lauder and Bert VIII
liams. The audiences seemed to like
1t and all his hard luck hadn't soured
him. In fact WimbrOw says he never
had q sense Of humor that amounted
to much until everything he tried went
wrong.
From vaudeville he shifted to jobs Is
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HISTORIC BANNERS
WILL BE DISPLAYED
Muster of Battle Flags Will Be
Staged Tonight by 9Th
Field Artillery.

A muster of battle flags by the 9Th
Field Artillery of Fort Hoyle. Md, COM
memorating the display of the regi-
mental American combat flag on the
battle front at Sanzey, France, January
81, 1918, will be held tonight at o'clock
in st. Stephens Church. The flag was
the only banner carried into battle dur
ing the World War.
The service appreciation will be di-
rected by Rev. George F. Dudley, rector
of the church, chaplain of the Washing
ton contingent in the Spanish American
War.
Members of the national standard and
colors of the 9Th Field Artillery, bear
ing battle colors representative of every
major war of the United States, will
attend the ceremonies. This regiment
displays q group of authenticated COM
bat banners, dating from 1874 to the
World War, and the color bearers are
all winners of decorations for bravery.
Lieut.. Col. Thomas j. Dickson. chap
lain of the regiment. will deliver an
address. tracing the battle history Of
American flags.
The ceremonies will close with
battle nag homage to the allied nations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
CAFR|Tz EXPECTED
TO Be RECEIVER
Justice Stafford May Name
Manager for Corcoran
Courts Tomorrow.

Justice Wendell p. Stafford of the
District Supreme Court is expected to
sign a decree tomorrow appointing
motifs Cafritz receiver for the Cor
coran Courts Apartment House, Of
which Samuel j. Henry, former presi-
dent Of the F. H. Smith Co., was a
trustee.
Justice Stafford announced from the
bench Friday that he would designate
Mr.. Catritz as receiver provided a
satisfactory bond was arranged.
The application for a receiver was
brought by Attorney W. Gwynn
Gardiner, representing Mrs Nancy De-
Land OF Bethesda Md, q bondholder.
Henry Resigns Position.
After the receivership petition, it
was learned that Henry had resigned
as president of the Smith Co., and
that G. Bryan Pitts had relinquished
his Craftsmanship Of the company's
board Of directors.
Some time ago the designations of
Representative Frederick N. Zihlman
and former Controller of the Currency
Daniel r. Crissinger as directors were
announced.
Seven men identified with the COM
pany were indicted here in December
for alleged use Of the mails to de-
fraud, but only two of these are still
participating In affairs of the company
They are John H. Edwards, jr.. and
c. Ebert Anadale. Henry C. Maddux,
the seventh man indicted, has denied
that he was ever associated with the
Smith company.
Weeds Manages Company.
Frank j. Raichle, New York at
torney for the Smith company, an
nounced that active management of
the concern had been taken over by
Theodore Weeds of New York, at an
annual salary of $25,000 Mr.. Weeds
was connected with the Commonwealth
Finance Co., which went out of busi-
ness here several years ago.
Henry declared last night that he
understood that he was to remain as
trustee Of the Corcoran Building. He
added he assumed he, as trustee, would
retain title to the property and the
receiver would direct its operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
WOMEN DEMAND REPEAL
OF LIQUOR AMENDMENT
Former Legion Head, Speaking Be-
fore "Wet" Committee, Criti-
cizes DR.. Doran.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 25.-A resolu-
ton calling upon Congress to propose a
referendum on the repeal Of the eight
zenith amendment was adopted yester-
day by the wornen's committee for re-
peal of the eighteenth amendment. The
plan calls for ratification by State con-
ventionS in three-fourths Of the States.
Edward M. Spafford, past national
commander of the American Legion,
was one of the speakers. He criticized
James Doran, national prohibition COM
missioner, for blaming the recent killing
of enforcement officers in Florida upon
anti-prohibition propaganda
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
NOMEN'S SESSION
. BRINGING 900 HERE
Conference on Defense Will
Consider Disarmament Par
ley as Chief Topic.

With about 500 delegates from 40
organizations expected in attendance,
the fifth Womans Patriotic Conference
on National Defense will open wednes-
day night with a mass meeting in Con-
stitution Hall.
Discussions to come Iefore the dele
gates will hinge mainly on the present
disarmament conference in London,
questions Of national defense and allied
topics.
Oficers of the conference are: Mrs.
Lowell Fletcher Hobart. president gen.
eral of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, is chairman of the confer
ence; Mrs. Donald Macrae, national
presidnt of the American Legion Auxil
larry, of Indianapolis. Ind, is first vice
chairman and Mrs. Virgil Mcclure, ma
tional president of the American War
Mothers. of Lexington, KY, is second
vice chairman; Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker
of Washington is secretary and Mrs.
Livingston l.. Hunter of Tidioute, Pa,
Is treasurer.
Public Reception.
A public reception will be held after
the meeting wednesday night. to which
cards are not required. A number of
diplomats and Senators and Represent
ativeS have accepted invitations. This
will be the first formal showing of
Constitution Hall, in completed form,
to the public.
While customary to seek audiences
each year at the White House. the three
chairmen have agreed that they would
not impose their usual request upon
President Hoover. due to the great
stress of business before aim.
Sessions Thursday and Friday will be
held in Memorial Continental Hall.
Mrs. C. c. Coombs of Washington is
chairman of a committee that is ar
ranging for the conference dinner
Thursday night at the Willard Hotel.
The guests of honor on this occasion
will be the woman members Of the
House Of Representatives.
Mrs. Hobart to Speak.
Speakers at the opening session We'd
nesday will be Mrs. Hobart, on The
Purposes of the Conference: Mrs.
Thomas Washington. Our ConStitu-
tional Guarantee of National Defense;
Mai. o. L. Bodenhamer, national com.
mander of the American Legion, on
1.-THE Universal Draft" and Mrs. VIII
liam Sherman Walker, vice president
general Of the d. A. r. and chairman
of the society's national defense COM
mittee, on National Defense"
Mrs. Macrae will welcome the dele
gates and the response will De given by
Mrs. Mcclure The United States Ma
rine Band will furnish music and Mrs.
Russell w. Magma of Holyoke, Mass,
will sing THE Star Spangled Banner"
The invocation will be by Rev. z. B.
Phillips, chaplain of the Senate.
Fifty girls from Washington and
nearby cities will act as pages. under
Mrs. w. W. Wagner. The District
Council Of Boy Scouts will serve as
ushers.
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of which Irving Koch, of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, Is chair
man. The meeting is one of q series
planned by the commission, according
to Luther H. Kinard, associate religious
work director of the Y. M. G. A., who
is chairman Of the commission.
A special musical program will be
participated in by the Luther Place
Memorial Church quartet. The public
will be invited to attend the meeting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

oranges and grapefruit were .adiudged
by experts to be the most perfect fruit
out OF crop Of more than IL, 0O0, 900
boxes. They we're rushed TO Washing
ton from Winterhaye in an airplane
covering the $50 miles in eight hours.
Pilot Williams was accompanied by
Representative Drane to The Presidents
office. tf
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Pedagogy School Reopens.

ROME. January IS CP).-Maria Mon
tessori, founder Of the system of peda-
gogy which bears her name, today in
augurated the fifteenth international
course for teachers in this capital.
Several Americans are enrolled. Premier
Mussolini Is sponsoring the school.