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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
SYNOPSIS.

Col. EHoIedeH, formerly governor OF
southmoor prison, is murdered. An in
resti0dtioH by nephew, Seton Enole-
den, and his lao clerk, Johnson, reveals
that during the coloHets time at South
moor two prisoners, Smelling and Hardle,
escaped. The theory is that the colonel
had found the men and that they killed
him. Cant. ShoTeham OF Southmoor
0ires description Of the escaped con-
rtcts. Smelling had birth-mark on
his right prist. Young Enoledeu recalls
that SdEderson, on whose estate the colo
nePs body Das found. ,cears broad
bracelet on his right wrist. The ques-
tion arises, is Smelling SdRderson?
johnson thinks he is and that Hewitt,
his butler, Is Hardle. When an attempt
is made to verify this belief it is found
that both men hare panished. totDns-
man, Francis Sauerstein. tells johnson
that SdnderSon, NTH Sddler, the torn
5etUeler, and Brdtten, merchant, is
penetrating financial stUfndIe, and
suggests that the colonel gGs murdered
because he threatened to expose the
fraud. He is also convinced that
farmer named Beckett, ,Cho had knoUn
SGnderson very nell. is one Of the former
prison WGrderS through phose tredchery
the tloo CONFLICTS escaped. Capt. Shore
ham identifies the man as Settle, the
eI-tDGrder. Johnson sets out for Settles
farm. There he is Joined By SHuerstein.
They find Settle and Bratten at the
tGrm-dedd. SadIer attacks Johnson and
SiluerStein. Madison and his men come
to the rescue, but Sadler escapes. The
bodies OF the dead men are searched.
letter is found that throiCs light on
the murder OF MillwdterS, former
prison harder, who had been retained By
EHgleder TO aid in the investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
"Graham
McNamee
Speaking"
McNannee
Speaking

observation ward. Marcella and Helene
get fan letters from him now. That
particular script by the way, turned out
to be the most popular broadcast OF
the series, and Helene keeps the vagrant
sheet as souvenir.
The other day several of us were
specializing as to the chances of or
chestra leaders when televiSion comes
along. No agreement was possible, of
course, but afterward got to thinking
it over, and 1t seems to me that very
| few of them will need to fear the eye
of the televiSion camera. Not that they
are all high-powered male beauties.
There's not a real matinee-idol type
in the bunch, but I think it's better
that way
Ofhand. I should class Len Joy,
Rudy Vallee, Gus Haenschen, Bernie
Cummins and Howard Phillips as some
of the ones people would be most likely
to admit are handsome right off the
bat. Haenschen and Phillips are tall
with rather full features and curly
hair. Haenschen's is a light brown
almost red-and Phillips is black. JOY,
Vallee and Cummins are of medium
height. The first two are curly-headed
blondes, while Cummins has straight
black hair and rather clean-cut athletic
features.
Turning away from these few samples
of what the girls may expect If tele-
vision comes along, 1 should like to
say a word for Cesare Sodero. His is
the most expressive face on conduc-
tors stand I have ever seen. Watching
1t, one can tell not only just how things
are going with the orchestra's perform
ance, but have sometimes imagined
that 1 could almost read in his ex-
preston the action of the opera he was
conducting The misery impaired to
his face by the feeling in the music
itself is quite different from that which
reflects a couple of sour notes from the
first violins.
SOderO Is Drama Himself.
His eyes and every muscle of his
face are alive from the first note to
the last He, I should say, would be
television drama all in himself, pro-
vided there was good orchestra pres
ent to furnish the lines for him to
| interpret.
For comic relief on our leaders tele-
vision program give me Hugo Martan1
conducting some such sentimental old
war horse as when You and Were
Young, Maggie" His intensity
Of expression, which often sets his or
cnestra a-roaring, has been described
as perfect musical criticism.
Our television program must have a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

n ny newspaper friends tell me it's
Nh always a good story when q
WI well known person gets arrested,
a but sometimes / think it's just
as good a story when they
almost get arrested.
Now that THE Two Troupers' are
back on the air again after a lapse of
several months, yarn that Marcella
Shields told me about her partner,
Helene Handin, is timely. Marcella and
Helene write all their own dialogue,
and being funny week after week. with
out stealing somebody else's Jokes, is
no cinch. Marcella, in case you can't
remember which girl Is which, has been
described as "the girl with the dumbest
voice in the world"-on the air, that Is.
She keeps up continual chatter, and
in their joint programs it is Helene, as
the hard-boiled old trouper, who shuts
her up long enough to get in word or
two here and there.
But to get back to that near arrest:
1t was on recoAt very warm day, and
Marcella and Haene were hard at work
In a hotel room turning out the script
Of program. 1t had been going very
slowly. and when it came to the climax
they were Stumped for hours It simply
wouldn't come out right. What with
the unseasonal heat of the day and the
aooeo IeVer OF composition, they had
shed their dresses and were down to
what Marcella described as mot very
much" Up by the window, where they
were working, there was hint of a
breeze.
Wind Blew Paper Away.
At last the important scene seemed
to work out-and then q gust whipped
the sheet of paper out of the window,
down toward the street, q dozen stories
below. The girls joined in one mutual
look Of evaporation Helene grabbed XII
mono, stepped into slippers, and dashed
out of the room. Without waiting for an
elevator she ran down the IL flights
and out into the street. Halfway down
the block she saw sheet of paper
under car parked at the curb. In a
moment she was half under the car,
fishing for the paper. She was still
clawing at 1t when a policeman came
up.
One look and he was all set to take
her to the station house. Explanations
wouldn't 60 at first, but finally Helene
persuaded him to come back to the
hotel and compare the retrieved sheet
with the rest Of the manuscript. When
he saw it he agreed she might be sane,
and that it would be possible to over
look the affront to the public dignity,
although he was sure his real duty lay
in sending them both to Bellevue's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
McNAMEE'S QUESTION
BOX.

@. I sent two poems I considered
suitable for songs to Rudy Vallee. but
have not heard from him. Should
write him again?--Mrs. Palmer H.
Crary. Cocoanut Grove, Fla.
A. Writing lyrics for popular songs is
much more difflcult trick than it
seems and unless you have done this
sort of thing professionally; doubt
whether your poems could have been
used for songs very easily. For example,
there are words and combinations of
words that cannot be sung with any de-
gree Of success which almost always
crop IN in the work of the initiated,
and the list of things required Of words
for olesent-day popular song is stag
gerina. imagine that your poems were
turned over to Rudy's business agent to
handle, and If they cannot be used they
are probably on their way back to you.
However, let me say that almost all
singers use only songs which expert
enced publishing houses put out. They
want to sing what the public wants to
hear, and an experienced publishers
Judgment on this-shown in his will
lingness to spend money in publishing a
certain songs an invaluable aid.
@. viii you kindly tell me If amos
N Andy" are played by the same two
impersonators as 1.-The Two Black
Crows" ?-Miss A. M. Guindon, Wash
ington, d. c.
A. No. The former are played by
Gosden and Correll and the latter by
Moran and Mack Both teams appeared
as entertainers at radio show several
years ago. Listen to their work and you
will find they have little in common
but an accent.
@. Does Phoebe Mackay, who plays
Mrs. Watts in Real Folks" appear in
any other program?-Palmer Leary, To-
ronto, ontario.
A. No Miss Mackay gives all her
time on the air to that one program. 1t
may interest you to know that she
studied for years to be a dancer. Part
of the training, naturally enough, was a
long course in music appreciation, and
Miss Mackay believes she has attended
more operas, concerts and dance re-
citals than any other woman in broad
casting.
@. Does B. A. Rolfe still conduct the
PalaiS dor Orchestra miss A. w.,
Newark, N. ].
A. Yes; he still has an orchestra
there, and the trumpet solos are B. A.
himself.
@. Have you ever announced from
an airplane?-Mr. Nelson, Phoenix,
Ariz.
A. While I have flown a good deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

menace" of course. The best one
can think of Is Harold Sanford dis
covering q violinist who doesn't know
all Of Victor Herbert by heart.
= +
Speaking Of Mariani, he is credited
with the worst hard luck that ever
| came to a conductor during half hour
on the air. 1t was during a CONNER
cial program no longer being heard,
and Hugo is half inclined to blame the
conclusion OF the series on that one
terrible evening.
In the first place, the practically in
destructible Hugo was ill. He was try
ing to pretend to himself that he didn't
have the grippe. When it came time to
go on the air he found that his first
violinist, who was scheduled to play a
solo, had sprained wrist and had sent
a substitute Mariani had never seen
before.
The moment the program opened
Hugo knew the announcer was in diff
cultieS The announcer had been max
| ing frequent visits to the drinking
| fountain and when he began to speak
| into the microphone his tongue seemed
| to stick to his mouth. Hugo wondered
| if he were drunk. Gle wasn't it turned
out but some friends, who had taken
him home to dinner, had thought 1t
| thing the announcer ate with salt. the
poor man was so dry he sounded as
if he had been marooned in the
Sahara.)
In spite of the struggles of the an
nouncer, the program got under way
somehow, but Hugo could tell before
! the first bar had been played that the
substitute violinist was pretty terrible.
| He figured he'd have to switch that
| -. GV.gf Nrinl
section the first chance he got.
The announcer, at the end OF the
| first third of the program, was almost
under. Hugo wondered If they wouldn't
| have to play the program without an
nouncementS. The number the orcheS-
ira was finishing was supposed to come
! to a close with crescendo and a sharp
] cutoff. The drummer was doing his
best with his complete noise factory.
Hugo's baton came down smartly to
mark the end
CymbaI Falls off Hook.
| In perfect experimentation, down
| came a drum-Stick against a cymbal.
| Every instrument stopped short, but
that cymbal came off its hook. 1t went
rolling scrosS the studio floor and finally
| flattened itself with a clatter. Hugo
threw his arms up in desperation, and
stepped down from his platform to
switch that solo.
In the dead silence which prevails
while an announcement Is being read, a
music rack in the rear of the orchestra
dropped with a thud you couldn't call
dull. In tears Hugo climbed back to the
platform, but as he turned to begin the
next number his foot slipped and he fell
off, carrying the microphone to the floor
with him.
The program, Of course, was finished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

I have never taken . microphone aloft
with me. 1t has been done Q good many
times, however.
q. Who Is the contralto Of the Palm
olive hour? Can you tell me anything
about her?-Andrew Mabie, Omaha,
Nebr.
A. Elizabeth Lennon. She Is the
daughter of a Methodist minister and
was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. Her
father taught her to play the organ
and the piano. When she was 8 years
old, she joined the choir as q soprano.
BY the time she got to Toronto Univer-
sity, where she sang In the girls glee
club, she was q contralto. Later she
studied music In Chicago and New York.
Concert and photograph recording work
brought her to radio. A New York
newspaper, in its annual selections,
picked her as the best radio contralto
in the metropolitan district. She broad
casts only in the Palmolive programs.
@. Is Frederic Baer the same man
who sang at an Oberlin music festival
several years ago?-R. r. B., Vancou-
yer, British Columbia.
A. Yes. The Oberlin festival Is one
of several at which he has appeared.
Others have been at Halifax, Harris
burg and Philadelphia. He has also
dDDCuIGu DO cOAO1ot Will tAAS O1o NEW
York Symphony under Walter Dam
rosch. with the Cleveland symphony
and with several others. He Is q ma
tive New Yorker, did practically all of
his studying in that city and made his
debut in 1928. He came to radio in the
Fall of 1926 and has been on the air
in opera programs ever since.
@. Is Calliope a colored woman?-
F. " N New York CITY
A. No. CALI je is played by Kath-
crime Tift-Jones. She comes from the
South, however, and her characterize
tons are so accurate that she has fooled
good many Negroes. Calliope, she
says, is very largely her own old
nanny"
(Copyrieht, 1o30)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Soviet Plans Fifty Stations.

IVANO-VOzNESENS (P. Under
the Soviet's five-year plan for the
"radiofication" and "telephonization" Of
the Soviet Union so large and over a
thousand small stations for the trans
hitting and broadcasting of pictures
and movies by radio will be constructed,
according to Sergius Lubovitch, vice
commisar of posts and telegraphs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
TRAFFIC POLICEMAN
IS STAR BEFORE MIKE
Miami Guardian of Law sings
Whether at Work or IN
Studio.

MIAMI, Fla. (P).-Whether he Is on
d,tv as a traffic director at Mlamls
busiest corner or before the microphone
at woAM, John H. Webber-6 feet ga
inches tall and 257 pounds heavy
sings. His deep bass voice booms direc-
lions to automobile drivers and basso
lyrics of the sea into the ether:
His singing is not confined TO the
radio. for he is frequently forced 70
stop 4 song to untangle trafnc jam:
And that's how he came to be called
the singing cop"
Webber has been rolling out bass
lyrics for 10 years, although before that,
as chief machinist's mate aboard the
u. s. S. Chester during the war he
sang chanteys for his mates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
MILLION FARMERS MEET.

Members of Federation Hold Satur-
day Radio Gatherings.
CHICAGO (P).-The million farmer
members of the American Farm Bureau
Federation meet" every Saturday over
their dinner by means of a new arrange
ment on the program Of the @. B. s.
farm community radio network.
Every Saturday at 1885 pm. direc-
tors of the worlds largest group OF
organized farmers address their MEM
bership by microphone. Community
units of the federation forward queries
OF farmer members to the Chicago head
quarters, and these are answered on the
radio the following Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Called Perfect Soprano

Ada d'Orsay has been described as the
perfect soprano" She is an exclusive
artist in the Sunday night variety con-
cert on the Quality chain, which con-
slsts of WOR, WLW and WMAQ. Mime.
d'Orsay is a native of Grand Rapids,
Mich, and first appeared in public as
q concert pianist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Three Programs Changed.

Three Sunday night programs, Echoes
of the Orient, Countess Olga Albani and
Along the Great White Way, have been
moved from WEAF to the WIZ chain.
The change was made so that the
Catholic hour could be presented by
WEAF and coast-to-coast network.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
FARMERS HAVE CLUB.
Floridians Enjoy Broadcasts by
Agricultural Group.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (P.--Florida
farmers may now come In from their
days blowing, kick of their boots. make
themselves comfortable in the old arm
chair, twirl dial, and-presto!- they
are seated in Statewide agricultural
club.
Such is the result of the organization
of the Florida Farmers Radio Club in
cooperation with the Florida agricul-
tural extension division, the first meet
ing of which has been conducted over
WRUF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Hindenburg Admits
Ignorance of Radio
But He Owns a Set

BERLIN up. - President Won
Hindenburg, like most Germans,
has a radio set at home, but he
frankly admitted that he doesn't
know how it works.
MY daughter generally sets it
going" he said to a visitor. II
don't quite know how To do it. l
think it's a wonderful invention"
Moving over to the instrument,
he turned knob or two. An ear
splitting din resulted.
The old field marshal stood
listening for a few moments.
"A wonderful invention" he
repeated pensively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Portugal Seeks Stations.

LISBON (P).-Portugal is the only
country in Europe which has no broad
casting station. To meet this deficiency
the minister of finance has authorized
the expenditure of $250,000 for the
erection of three stations, the largest
at Lisbon to be of IL kilowatts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
PASTOR STARTS TENTH
YEAR OF BROADCASTS
North Carolina Minister Speaks
Twice Each Sunday Over Radio
to 5000 Members.

CHARLOTTE, N. G. R.-Rev. DR..
Luther Little, one of the first pastors in
America to broadcast church services.
has begun his tenth year. He speaks
twice each Sunday to a radio church
club which has 5000 listeners as MEM
beers. Through WHIT DR.. Littles SER
mons are carried to invalids and resi-
dents of remote communities who other
wise never would hear religious
address.
His fan mail averages 500 letters a
day. DIR. Little is pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Charlotte.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Show Boat on Wednesday Night.

Hank Simmons Show Boat, O. B. s.
chain. is rehearsing for "one Night in
june" to be presented Wednesday night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Tubes Good for a Year.

Engineers say good AC tubes should
give 1000 hours Of service, equivalent
to nearly years average use In the
home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

will write ten or fifteen million letters
all told, this year?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

To be continued.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-25
YOUTHFUL AVIATOR
 WILL START WEST
Stanley Boynton, IS, Plans East
 West Record Try
LEAVES MAINE TOMORROW
Lexington, Mass, Pilot Has Eight Months Flying Experience-Hopes to Beat Bucks Mark-Plane Does 135 Miles An Hour.

Rockland, Me, Oct. 25 (UP)- Stanley Boynton, IS year old Lex ington, Mass, aviator, announced today that with favorable weather he will take off early tomorrow in an attempt to establish a new junior transcontinental flight record.
 The youthful airman, whose par ents have a summer home at Owls Heads, near here, had hoped to get away on his deferred flight this morning, but a heavy rain and un- favorable wind conditions spoiled his plans for today.
 Better Weather Tomorrow
 The outlook was for better wea- tier tomorrow, he said, and he be- lieved he would be able to get an early start on the first leg of his journey which will take him either to Rochester, N Y, or Buffalo, N. Y. He plans to make other refuel- ing stops at Detroit, Kansas City. Wichita and Santa, F'e, N. M., with overnight stops at Chicago and Phoenix, Ariz.
 Boynton's single-motored, 300 horsepower Cessna monoplane rest ed at Curtiss-W Wright field here to- day, fueled for four and a half hours aloft and ready for the severe test ahead. During a trial flight speed better than 135 miles an hour. Until recently student at Chauncy Hall school of Boston, where he was preparing to enter Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- gy, Boynton has had eight months experience as an aviator, with 15O solo hours to his credit. He is a son ol MT. and Mrs. J. Harry Boynton of Lexington, Mass.
 Seeks Other Mark Too
 Boynton indicated today that if he succeeded in breaking the east west junior record he would attempt on his return flight, to lower the west east record. Both these records are now held by Robert Buck, 16, of Elizabeth, N. J., who flew westward in 2S hours, 33 minutes and east ward in 23 hours, 47 minutes.
 q figure that I will have to fly about 400 miles farther than Buck did to reach the Pacific coast be- cause my starting point is so much farther east than his," Boynton said today. T think, however, that will be able to cross the continent in 22 or o3 hours despite this handi- cap"
New Britain herald., 1930-10-25
MIDDLET0WN AUTO
 THIEVES CAPTURED
Two Youths, 17, Held in NOrwalk After Trip
 in Car

Norwalk, Oct. 25 (P) - After a short chase through fields here early today Norwalk police cap tured William Turner of IA Vine street, Middletown and Elmer Maine, 17, of 40 Knowles avenue. same city, and retrieved car which they had stolen in Middletown. The boys, both of whom are 17 years of age, are charged with the theft Of one car, the attempted theft of an other, breaking and entering and carrying a dangerous weapon.
 Discontented because they were out of work. the lads told the po- lice, they stole a machine belonging to Angelic Morello of 33 Cherry street, Middletown, on Wednesday night. They abandoned it in an or chard the same night, but returned for it last evening and rode to Nor walk, where they ran out of gas. Leaving the Morello machine they broke into the garage of G. E. Boon on the Boston post road and pushed his sedan onto the highway. They were trying to get this automobile started when a passing milkman scared them away. short time later they broke through window Of the Quintard store, also on the post road. and stole candy, cake and canned goods.
 The police had been notified by the milkman, c. E. Cargill, and a
 I'd 1,o duo sitting in Morello's car. The youths fled at the sight of the of- iicers, but were quickly rounded up. The revolver. which was not load cd, vas found in the automobile.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-25
RILEY SUED ON BOND
 PUT UP FOR QUINLAN
Pennington Tries to Collect on Bail for Men Accused Of
 Stock Swindle.

The town of Pennington has brought suit for $1,000 against James E. Quinlan of parts unknown and George J. Riley of this city, to recover on a bond posted by Riley for Quinlan's appearance in the borough court of Unionville several months ago. "!
 Quinlan was charged with obtain ing money under false pretences in connection with a stock transa ction but failed to present himself for trial after having been released on real estate bond. Since then the New Britain and Unionville authori- ties have made search for him without avail.
 Deputy Sheriff Charles F. Lord of Hartford served the papers on Riley today, attaching real estate in his name at the corner of Cherry and Whiting streets on a writ issued by Thomas Hewes, representing the town of Pennington. The action is returnable in the court of common pleas the first Tuesday in Decem- ber.