The Washington times., 1930-07-29


That minimum total Of 4,O00.,
600 radio sets win be sold during
the 1930-3l radio year is the con.
clusion drawn from a survey made
Tor the ,adio's Worlds Fair. Many
OF the models which are to be
manufactured will receive their
first public presentation at the
fair in Madison Square Garden
September 20 to 81, inclusive.
The outstanding trend disclosed
by the survey is q widening Of the
entire field for making radio en-.
tertainment and communication
available anywhere in the nation
and under all circumstances, even
while in motion, be it in automo-
biles, trair or airplane.
This year direct current re-
ceivers win be available on a
production basis for the first
time. This opens up for eco
nomical radio reception vast d.
G. areas in many metropolitan
sections and brings first class
radio to hotels and Skyscrapers
without the expenditure Of sums
for auxiliary apparatus.
The portable or mantel type re-
ceiver seems destined to make a
respectable showing. Many mer-
chandiSerS, in fact, anticipate
"quite a vogue" in these small re-
ceive2s. In many homes such
sets will be an additional receiver
to the one already in the living
room. This type should also flno
favor in homes in which space
Is at a premium.
Automobile radio Is an innova-
ton that is growing by leaps ana
bounds, Wider sales are being
materially influenced by automo--
bile manufacturers, m ny OF
whom are either installing such
sets as factory equipment or are
wiring their cars for installation.
G. Clayton Irwin, jr., general
manager, under whose directlon
the survey was made, says that
the minimum total Of OO,OOO
sets will be marketed In 193U-S1'
Irene Rich is to be the leading
woman with Amos and An d y
when they go into production at
r. K. o. next week. This pic
ture will be the superfeature from
this studio for the year. The re-
mainder of the cast IS not oe1-
ir1itely chosen.
The KingfiSh is the only char
acter from their radio broadcasts
TO be included in the picture.
william S. MacLaren, former
Navy flier who plans to make q
round trip transatlantic flight
with Mrs. Beryl Hart as co-pilot
about September l, discussed his
plans and his reasons for at
tempting the flight in a talk over
WABC and the Columbia broad
casting network this morning.
MacLaren, who is an instruc-
tor at Newport Airport, will use
q Lockheed Sirius plane similar
to the one in which Colonel Lind
bergh established a transcont1n-
entail speed record last Easter.
He plans to stop at Bermuda and
the Azores, both going and re-
turning, and will carry as load,
200, 900 souvenir postcards which
he will mail from Paris. These
will weigh approximately 1000
pounds.
Throughout the flight Mac
Iaren expects to keep in con-
slant communication with the Co
lumbia system by short wave ra-
dio transmission, and bulletins OF
his progress will be broadcast by
Columbia.
His purpose in making the at
tempt, as he explained in his
talk. will be to demonstrate the
feasibility of a transatlantic air
mail service. His ship will be
mounted on pontoons and pow
cred with Pratt and Whitney
420-horsepower Wasp engine.
Immediately after his radio ad.
dress, he leaves for Los Angeles
to take delivery of the plane. AT.
ter three weeks of test flying he
will return to New York and
take off from the Battery for
Paris. where he hopes to land on
the Seine. He will remain in
Paris only long enough to have
the engine and plane tuned up
for the return trip.
Highlights on today's radio pro,
gram are:
p. M.
WNTAL-Included in the med,
ley of old time numbers which
Frank Crumit will sing during
the Blackstone program, is my
Old New Hampshire Home" the
first song hit written by Harry
Won Tilzer. The writing of this
number dates back to the Nine
ties when Won Ti1zer was just
another young man bidding for
recognition from Tin Pan Alley.
In a much more modern vein
will be a duet by Miss Sanderson
and Mr.. Crumit, "Sweeter Than