The Washington times., 1930-10-27

Ronping
Around
Radio
Dial I.

SlVe NaEl0nal FREDERICKSBURG Com-
pany network from IL to 1880
tonight.
Charles Francis Adams, Secre-
tary Of the Navy, and Admiral
william Veasie Pratt, new chief
of Naval Operations, will be the
principal speakers Of the program.
Both speakers will be introduced
to radio listeners by Walter
Bruce Howe, chairman Of the
board Of directors Of the Navy
League Of the United States.
This will mark Admiral Pratt's
first radio address since he be-
came recently ranking officer Of
the Navy.
The United States Navy Band,
under the leadership Of Lieut..
Charles Benter, will open the pro-
gram with the Navy's song, "An-
chors Aweigh." and win also play
several other numbers.
The program is broadcast under
the auspices Of the Navy League
The knapsack radio trans
mitter has come to stay.
Last summer Ted Husing re-
ported for the Columbia System
several golf matches and other
sporting events by means OF q
tiny transmitter strapped to his
back. It was an experiment and
SO well did it work out that now
has been evolved a real portable
tranSmitter, which has been
licensed by the c. B. 8. as 10.XAC.
Although the first portable was
successful it had several de-
ficiencies which have been elm
mated in an aluminium case 1917
by Is by IL inches. Beneath its
cover are the tuning
volts Of airplane "B" batteries,
three tiny two-volt storage bat
teries and the transmitting in
struments are compactly stored,
each separated by thick alumni
mum shields. 1t employs one I'll.
type tube as a modulator, one
type 112 as oscillator and, as a
speech amplifier, an ordinary
COLA receiving tube.
The antenna is built like fish
ing rod. It comes in three sec
tionS, is made Of copper tubing
and is four feet in length. When
in operation it is set into q
socket placed in the top Of the
tranSmitter. When not in use it
may be taken apart and placed
inside the metal container.
Navy Day will be celebrated
over the Columbia Broadcasting.
System in a half-hour program
beginning at S p. m. E. s. T., in
Guiding q talk by Rear Admiral
William Ledyard Rodgers, retired,
and music by the United States
Navy Band Orchestra.
Admiral Rodgers, who formerly
was chairman of the Navy'S Cen
eral Board, will speak on the
topic "Our Navy" He will be
by Walter Bruce
Howe, national chairman for
Navy Day, who will explain the
significance of the day. The pro-
gram is under the auspices Of the,
Navy League Of the United States.
A decidedly Democratic tinge
to tonight's political speeches.
John j. RaSkob, chairman Of
the Democratic National commit
tee, will be the speaker during the
Half Hour in the Nations Capital
Program which will be broadcast
over a National BroadcaSting
Company network at 8 p. m.
RaSkob'S talk is presented un-
der the auspices Of the Demo
cratic national committee and is
another in a series of political
talks presented weekly by N.B.C.
The subject of his address has not
been announced.
Alfred E. Smith, former gov
ernor of New York and Demo
cratic candidate for President IN
1928, will re-enter the national
political arena, tonight when, in
a speech from Providence, r. l.,
broadcast by the Columbia net
work, he will tell the voters Of the
nation why a Democratic Con-
greSS Should Be Elected"
The former governor will be
the principal speaker at a Demo
cratic rally in the Rhode Island
Auditorium specifically in behalf
Of the campaign for reelection as
United States Senator from
Rhode Island of Senator Peter
Gerry and generally in behalf of
all Democratic candidates for
Congress throughout the country.
The broadcast will begin at
$50 p. m.
Highlights on today's radio
program are:
SPIN.
AL-Request, Napoleon will
be the subject of Henry Burbig's
Syncopated History over the Co
lurnbia network. Added to Mr..
Burbig's inimitable version In dia-
lect. will be a musical version
offered by Nat Brusiloff and his
orchestra. assisted by the Master
Singers Quartet.
SP. M.
WMAL-The Minneapolis Sym
phony Orchestra, one of the five
greatest organizations of its kind
in the world. will be heard dur
ing the Minneapolis Honeywell
Symphony Hour.
These famous musicians will
play a special arrangement by
Henri Verbrugghen, their con-
ductor. Of Schubert's March
Militaire."