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Evening star., 1930-12-07
Moist Air Is Warm Air.

The fact is pretty well established
that our houses are too dry in the VIM
ter time owing to the manner In which
they are heated. and heating experts
tell US that our coal bill would be very
considerably lowered II we managed to
inject q little moisture into the air.
The importance Of this IL not appre-
ciated by householders, for In some
makes of heaters provision is made for
the introduction Of moisture into the
air as 1t passes through the heater, but
this is entirely neglected by the per-
sons whose duty it is to attend to the
heater. There are some excellent sub
stitutes for this humidifier, one of
which Is q fiat container made to tit to
the shape of the radiator and to be sus-
pended from 1t. It Is placed at the
back, where It Is not ct all obtrusive,
and II kept filled with water, will i'm
part o certain amount of moisture 10
the air. And this win result In Q
much more agreeable temperature with
less expenditure Of coal,
Evening star., 1930-12-07

The music hour win be held today at
s O'Clock on the fourth floor. Interna-
tional carols will be sung by the Y. w.
c. A. choral groups, the Girl Reserve
High School Glee Club, Silverelle and
Elizabeth Somers 0lee Clubs. Alta
Smith, Leona K. Bixler, Cornelia Archer
and Mary Burnett will assist as soloists
and Helen Courtney and Cornelia
Archer will accompany. Dupont Chap
ter will serve tea from 4 until 5 O'Clock
in the fourth-door reading room.
Committee meetings for the week in
clude: Monday, Executive Committee
at IL o'clock; Tuesday, the e Street
House at 2 o'clock and Food Service
No. / at 8 o'clock: Wednesday, Food
Service No. 2 at 2:30 and Elizabeth
Somers at 8 O'Clock, and on Friday the
Industrial Committee at 1880 O'Clock.
Cleveland Park Chapter viii meet to-
morrow at 3 O'Clock at the home Of Mrs.
George Adams, 300 Rodman street.
Mount Pleasant Chapter will hold q
cake and candy sale in the lobby OF the
administration building December IL
from 10 to 8 o'clock.
Blue Triangle Club girls will hear
about Quebec next Thursday in the
their program this Fall. The annual
dance of the club will be held at the
recreation center December 10.
The Silverelle Club girls will hold a
| discussion on friendship December IL,
| During the hobby hour Miss Burnett
will work with the Silverelle Glee Club,
to prepare them for singing carols dur
ing the Christmas season.
The Elizabeth Somers Glee Club will
| cfx a% Ncxx pwoc
rian Church December 10 at o'clock.
There win be benefit card party at
| the residence December IL at 8 o'clock,
the proceeds of which will be used for
Christmas relief work.
The health educat artment Is
| Offering for the bent VA any girl or
woman having personal health prob
| lens or questions a free consultation
hour, with DR.. Grace q. Purse as the
adviser, every Wednesday from I until
6 o'clock on the fifth floor at Seven
| teenth and X streets. This Is being
offered as q community health service.
The Americanization class In the in
| dustrial department viii meet Decem-
Der IL at l o'clock, following o two
week recess.
The Girl Reserve olee Club viii meet
with Miss Burnett Tuesday at 4
O'Clock In the third floor assembly room.
All leads in the Girl Reserve Christ
mas play viii reheerse with Mrs. Morse
| at 4 O'Clock Tuesday.
All Girl Reserve clubs are planning
Christmas gifts to add to the Girl Re-
serve toy shop and many clubs are
| planning to spend an afternoon work.
| Ing in the shop this week.
The Senior High School Girl Reserves
will have . TOY shop club supper
| Friday at o'clock. Each girl viii
bring q new toy for the toy shop and
each club win decorate their table with
Christmas greens. The program win
mas story.
Saturday morning at o o'clock the
council for officers OF grade school Girl
Reserve Clubs will be organized. The
! president and council representatives
of each grade school club are asked to
| be present.
Evening star., 1930-12-07

Ramsay Macdonald and another
speaker from England the other morn.
ing, heard you announce the orches-
ira that followed. bat I kept hearing
the voice from England. too. WaS 1
getting the voice OF the EnglishrAan
Tex.
A. You're wrong about me: insteaA
OF announcing that orchestra I was at
home ntbbling toast about that time.
The cross talk may have come from any
one OF several causes. You were not
hearing the Englishman direct, for the
program was carried across the Atlantic
on short waves, which you can't pick up
on broadcast receiver. You were prob
ably hearing two American stations,
one OF which was stlll carrying the pro-
gram from England, while the other
had dropped off the network to carry
o local program.
O. How many singers get on the air
after having auditions-Grace Phipps,
Knoxville, Tenn.
A. Perhaps one in q thousand. and
then think the figure is high. There
Is q tremendous number Of people try
ing to get on the air, but only very
few pass the grueling tests required.
FIRST t-rate talent IS extremely rare. and
that's why the top-notchers draw such
large pay.
Q. Is Harry Vonzell Southernerp-
Jane Weiss, st. Louis, Mo.
A. No. He was born in Indianapolis
and grew up in Southern California, He
entered radio in Los Angeles.
@. How many more talks win Fred
erick Palmer make on the history of
the WARM. B. c., South Bend, Ind.
A. I think there are 10, one each
month.
9. Can you tell me where I can hear
little Jack Little9 Or has he cult
broadcasting?-B. J. r., Atlantic City,
N. J.
A. He can be heard on wLw, Gin
cinnati, almost every day OF the week,
usually around midnight.
@. Are Carson Robson and willard
Robson brotherse--Mrs. Minnie Edison,
Chicago, Ill.
A. No. They are not even related,
although they both came from Kansas.
@. Can you tell me something about
Charlie Hamp, the Quaker Early
Bird?-Jafnes s. F'ourtew, New Orleans,
La.
A. Born in Richmond and grew M
In Johnstown, Pa. Played piano in q
movie house. Worker In musical comedy
and stock, and peddled music for two
years. Played In movies, and then be-
came radio announcer and later station
manager on coast. Has also played m
vaudeville.
tcopyrieht. Ieso)
Evening star., 1930-12-07

the report; other than these pressing
problems, one gathers, everything is
hunkydory in the Federal Goyernment's
administration of radio:
]. That the commission be empow-
cred by Congress to compel the light
ing and painting Of radio towers II il
deems them q menace to air navigation.
2. That the Virgin Islands, Porto
Rico, Alaska and Hawaii be excluded
from the zone and State quota provi-
sions and given Independent radio as
signments.
3. That the commission be author
lied to penalize radio stations for In
fractions Of the law, regulations or or
ders by ordering them on the air for so
dayS
Evening star., 1930-12-07
BASIC PROBLEMS
Of RAD|O| IGNORED
Federal Commission Report
Is Mass of Statistics of
Highly General Nature.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

That was an interesting but not very
enllghtening annual report submitted
TO Congress last week by the Fedora
Radio Commission.
1t Is o valuable compendium Of sta
tistical, legal and engineering refer
ences, with highly generalized sum.
maries Of the commissions efforts tt
administer broadcasting, internationa
and tnterClepartmental relations and
overland and overseas radio, police and
IRE radio, visual and experimental.
oroadcasting anc aviation radio.
No Remedies Suggested.
If any one expected that the report
would bring out constructive ideas fol
reducing the chaos that prevails, OF
threatens to prevail, inmany branches
Of radio, partially due to the commits
sion's own failure to relieve congestion
on the wave lengths, but also largely
due to the failure Of Congress to grasp
the essential problems of radio, he was
doomed to disappointment.
All's well in radio, and it remains
only for the genius of time and tech
nologists to bring the radio millennium
one must infer after perusal of the
20 pages OF this report.
Not a word of recognition in it OF
the broadcasters' urgent plea that IL
censeS be extended from three months
to one year in order to help bring q
degree Of stability into the economics
OF broadcasting; not word about the
pressing problem of high power; not a
word about the growingly acute Ameri-
Mexican broadcaSting re-
lations; not word about the funda-
mentally unsound zone system of ad-
ministering radio by segments Of States
radio, whose waves, like the suns
rays, cannot be made to respect artif1-
cial geographical boundaries drawn by
mere men.
Stations, powers, hours of operation,
and even wave lengths, must be divided
equally among five exceedingly unequal
zones and then in proportion to popu-
lation among the States within those
zones. You can place the whole first
zone Of New England and Northeastern
States in the State of Montana and
have room to spare. Yet under the law,
which the commissioners privately
and with good reason-say they would
like to see changed but publicly will not
make SO bold, gives the first zone a.
much In the way of radio facilities as
the fourth zone, embracing some of the
largest and most populouS Middle West
ern States, and the fifth zone OF Far
Western States, embracing two-fifths of
the area of the entire United States.
These only are the legislative recon-
n1endations to Congress that appear In
Evening star., 1930-12-07
s'Graharn
Asst months political campaigns

r asst months political campaigns
passed on without any untoward
incidents, crophonically speak
~ ing, which is lot better than
the record Of two years ago. Un-
wary program builders more than once
got themselves into somewhat embar-
RAISING situations by forgetting that
such and such q thing was to go on
the air directly before or after politi-
cal speech.
And I suppose one particular un-
thinking announcer has become ira
dition by this time. You remember; he
was the man, handling dance orches-
ira, who went on the air directly after
o certain politicians best efforts and
declared, "It's lot of baloney," says
the orchestra in the number you are
about to hear.
That really was the name of the Sc
lection, but it never was determined
whether the announcer was thick
headed at the time or just plain mali
ciouS. Maybe he let his wishes get the
best of him.
That happened to me once, in q way,
although under entirely different cir
cumstances. 1t was during the broad
casting of the ceremonies celebrating the
Golden Jubilee of Light, and all of us
had gone through so much out there at
were long and complicated rehearsals
for everything that went on the air and
. great deal of entertainment between
times.
Toward the end Of it I had some
musical numbers to announce One of
them was "I1l Take You Home Again,
Kathleen" but when got to the micro
phone announced 1t as Take Me
Home Again, Kathleen" Almost no
one caught it, but Mrs. McNamee tells
me she could tell by the very tone of
my voice that 1 wanted to- stretch out
on my own lounge in slippers and DRESS
ing robe and let everything else go hang.
John Young once told the world, un-
intentionally, how tired he was and
hasn't dared set foot in certain night
club since. John had q separate micro
phone for announcing, and when the
orchestra was playing it was supposed
to be turned on. But this time 1t
wasn't.
'Gosh, I wish were home" sighed
John, who'd had long day of II, and
every word, spoken close to the open
mike, went out on the air. It sounded
like whole-hearted advice to listeners
to keep away from that club. There's
nothing to show it kept listeners away.
but it certainly has John.
X 81 X
THE other day Mrs. McNamee told
me that while I was away at the
studios the express company had called
to say that they had box containing a
couple of ducks, addressed to us, and
wanted to know what to do with them.
Somewhat nonplussed for the moment,
Mrs. McNamee asked, Are they wild?"
II don't know" confessed the young
man at the other end of the wire, "they
are dead now.''
passed the story on when I got back
to the studios, and Al Bach, the latest
winner of the radio diction medal, coun-
tered with another dumb one, which he
swears was pulled In @ nearby restau-
Evening star., 1930-12-07
Bank Holiday weather.

The August bank holiday takes its
place as one Of the most important
events on the calendar for the reason
that 1t seems to concern the greatest
number OF people. When the weather
is not propitious it is q calamity, and it
has happened SO frequently that the
day is rnarred by unfavorable weather
that an effort is being made to have
the date changed. During the last 90
years there has been q burst of cool
weather at the end of July and early
August, and the chances OF its niani-
Testing itself in any given year are
nearly three to one.
In seven years out of the last eleven
the August bank holiday has been
either thoroughly wet or unsettled.
threatening and cool In the southeast
OF England, and this year was one OF
the worst.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
Marine Corps Notes

Col. Rush r. Wallace, commandinp
ofncer Of the local barracks, will rec-
ommend several enlisted men for ap-
pointment to commissioned rank (pro-
bationary second lieutenant) providing
that they pass the required physical
and professional requirements at the
examinations to be held during the first
part OF the coming year. Vacancies in
the grade of second lieutenant are gen.
orally filled by graduates of the Naval
Academy (who express preference for
appointment to the corps), graduates OF
colleges of recognized standing and
such worthy men from the ranks who
having been duly recommended, pass
the official requirements.
Maj. Charles j. Miller, on duty as
division marine officer. battleship di-
ordered to corps headquarters, this city,
and is expected to report about Febrl-
ary /.
Maj. John Potts. who has been on
duty heretofore as an A. q. NJ, has
been relieved from such duty Incidental
to his assignment to duty at corps
headquarters, this city.
Second Lieut.. Clinton e. Fox and
Second Lieut.. Allen G. Koonce, hereto
Pensacola, Fla, have been ordered to
duty at the air station at Quantico.
Chief Pay Clerk Guy B. Smith left
the Quantico base during the past week
for his new station Of duty in the office
of the assistant paymaster MARINE
Corps, Atlanta, Ga.
Chief Pay Clerk Lawrence A. Frank
land, heretofore on duty at marine
barracks, naval station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, and ordered to Atlanta, Ca,
has been ordered to duty at Quantico
instead.
Capt. Walter N. Best has reported to
corps headquarters, this city. and is re-
siding at 4 Primrose street, Chevy
Chase.
Chief Quartermaster Clerk Edward
c. Smith, heretofore on duty at Paris
Island, S. c., while temporarily in this
city en- route to his new station is
stopping at the Ambassador Hotel.
Maj. Henry w. Weitzell while tempo
rarily here is stopping at 24O1 Calvert
street and expects to depart for duty in
Nicaragua December l3.
The Marine Social Club will hold a
dance December IL with the Reno So
cial Club at their hall, Wisconsin ave-
nue. and Winston place.
The Retired Enlisted Mems Associ-
alton will hold their annual dinner the
first part Of January at Pythian Temple.
Six grandfathers. whose ages ranged
Evening star., 1930-12-07

Monday, 8 pm, Front Line
Post. No. 1401, Logan Hall, 1902
Fourteenth street.
Tuesday, pm, National Cap
ital Post No. 1877, Pythian Tenn
pie, 1012 Ninth street.
wednesday. 8 pm, Columbia
Post. No. 833, Thomas Circle
Club, 1926 Massachusetts, avenue.
Thursday, 8 pm, Potomac
Post, No. 1085, Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club, Eleventh and
L streets.
Thursday, pm, Follow Me
Post, No. 1880, Concord Club,
Sl4 c street.
Evening star., 1930-12-07

Six grandfathers, whose ages ranged
from 70 to 81, were confirmed at a SER
vice held recently at st. Luke's Church,
London.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-25

Two base hts J McHugh. Mccarthy. CouShlin. Bases on balls Of Buckland ,, Berg I Struck out: By Buckland 5, Berg 5. Unpires; coushln and Waters. X-Batted for Swlcklas in 7th.
 XX-Batted for Berg in 7th.
 Thousands at Pageant
 Several thousand persons looked on at the Rockwell park playground yesterday afternoon as a colorful pageant Battle of the Ages" was presented by large group of chil- dren under the direction of Miss Ann Rich and Ralph Warehouse, super vlsors.
 The pageant commenced at abou; 2 o'clocl, with the procession of ali partici~atine children into the danc-
 Continued on Page 13)
New Britain herald., 1930-08-25
BRICK PLANT LOSS
 PLACED AT S50,0OO
DOnnelly Co. KilnS Destroyed by
 Flames and Water
Special to the Heraldj

Berlln, Aug. 25.-Fire of unde- termined origin which was discov- cred at the Donnelly Brick con- panys plant yesterday morning about 10 o'clock gave Company No. Of the New Britain fire department stubborn fight for more than an hour and caused damage which was estimated this morning by members of the firm at between s5O.0O0 and S6o,O00
 The fire broke out in one of the plants large brick drying kilns and had gained considera ble headway before the New Britain firemen were summoned by William J. Donnelly, che of the owners When the fire men arrived at the scene huge black clouds of smoke were rising from the building and for time this con- dltion hampered the fremen in their battle against the flames.
 Flames and smoke from the fire were visible for distance of sev- cral miles but after an hours fght the fire was finally put under con trol. Chief William J. Noble. who directed the work of the 1remen es- tlmated the damage at between s8.- coo and s10,00O.
 The chief also stated that if it were not for the fact that the Don nelly company had installed two fire hydrants at the plant the entire property of the company might nave been destroyed The presence of these hydrants made it possible for the fremen to get several high pressure streams on the flaming building,
 Members of the firm stated to- day that the first estimates Of the damage would not begin 10 cover the actual loss that will be suffered from the fire, basing their claims on the fact that the large volumes of water that were poured into the building as we'll as destroying two large brick drying kilns.
 During the course of the blaze several of the company's employes who were at the plant aided ma terially in fighting the blaze.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-25

the basepaths IS mates popped up
 softly to Fortin's fielders. The BachsI man charges were successful in ty' ing the score in the ninth but For estville in it's half of the round won
 the game on singles by Billy Darrow and Eddie White. assisted material ly by the dropping of high fly in
 right field by Frank siensl1i. The losers went out in one-two-three or
 der in the seventh without the least threat
 Chick" CharloU, ForestvilIe cen | terf1elder. furnished the fielding fea-
 lures, one d difficult back hand
 catch from the bat of Johnny Dix
 on. Begley's performance at alort
 for the victors was applauded by
 the record breaking throng of spec
 tators. The batting heroes were
 Goodridge and Berg, Maple Enders. each of whom made pair Of hits4s and Chick" Charlow, who poled out two for Forestville.
 The luclileas Wet Ends pluckod four-leaf clover before the start Of. the second game and then pro ceeded 10 whip the f1uttering Eagles of Terryyille in the nightcap by a to ? score. Lefty Buckland, who tossed for the losers turned in ;a splendid job in limiting the one time leaders of the wheel to two singles in seven frames. These were secur-e ed off his deliveries by Fortier and Quinn, The West Enders emerged victorious after slamming Billy Berg young Lock Town finger, for 13 hits. Steg" Zetarski, with three out Of three, and Joe Coushlin. with three out of four looked best for the winners.
 The second affair was featured by the seeking Of a "tUo-base triple" in the sixth by Tom Mccarthy, West End first baseman. He lashed out the sphere 10 the right-centerneld race track and was on his way to- ward third when something gave out beneath the severe strain and he fell Tom, q cop on the local force, pastimed with Forestville last year,
New Britain herald., 1930-08-25
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
 AWAITS CHILDREN
St. Stanislaus' Building Con- pleted, Nearly Ready for Term
HAROLD F. TRACKEY DIES
Death Claims Ingraham Co. Employe -Forestyille Upscts Maple Ends Dog Attacks Cows-New Depart ure Too Close for Fortnight.

The newly constructed St Stanis- laus school, a Polish Roman Catho- lie institution. on West street. IS com pleted and nearly ready for the opening of the ensuing school term in September. The structure, erected at a cost of about s76.OoO, was de- signed by Architect Henry F. Lu- dorf Of Hartford The Manchester Construction Cc, had the general contract, Stanley Rybczyk the heat ing and plumbing contract. and the Murphy Electric Co Of this city the contract for electrical work.
 The building contains eight class rooms and a large auditorium. con- structed so that proper light. sani- tation and ventilation may be had. It IS Of semi-fire proof construction, the stalrways and corridors being Of fire resisting material The class rooms are equipped with disappear- ing uardrobes. their windows being of the steel projecting type 10 per mt maximum glass space. The cor ridor floors are finished in compo- sitjon tile. especially built to absorb noises, while the ceilings are finish ed in inslite tile
 The school auditorium has q seat ing capacity Of 600 persons and has a stage, dressing rooms, and a mo- tion picture projection room. The building itself is modernly construct ed, prominently displaying brick, terra cotta and slate commentators The main facade Of ornamented slate has a massively detailed doorway. The name of the school in the span drcl. which with a belt course is done in polychrome terra cotta. is shown in polychromod letters a sort of green hue The facade gives the appearance of stability. it being flanked on either side with spreading buttresses.
 The building has been so designed as to permit expansion in the future
New Britain herald., 1930-08-25

and Anthony Certani: two daugh- ters, Anna and Frances Certani; two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Susco and Mrs. Marie Jerome of Plainville. Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning at o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Bur lal will be in St. Joceph's cemetery.
 Flower Show Financial Success
 According to an estimate of Chair man Louis L. Brastow of the pub licity committee in charge Of the recent flower show. approximately $50 was made on the show. This will be added to the fund being raised for the proposed library build ing. No definite receipts could be an- nounced at this time, Mir Brastow said today,
 Expression of appreciation 10 all who helped make the show sue cess was made by Mr. Brastow to- day. Many organizations and indi- viduals in Plainville aided in the show.
 tN thEDH
 The Redeemer's A II. l. Zion church will have q pew rally on the first Sunday in September. The rally is under the direction of the follow ing trustees: J. C. Baker, J. W. John son, C. L. O'Neil, and C. Benford. Members have been urged to attend.
 Girl Scout Camping Trip
 The last day camping trip of the Girl Scouts will be held at Willow Brook park in New Britain on Wednesday morning from 10 to II o'clock. All Plainville girls planning 10 go will meet a the home of Mrs. Howard Smith at 8;30 o'clock.
 Athletics Win Again
 The PlainviIle Athletic baseball team defeated the Universals of Southington by q 20 to score yes terday, Morante pitched for the winners and was successful in strik- ing out Is men and allowed only two hits. The feature was the hitting Of Roger, Morante. C. Yaco. Jackson. Dalo-i and De Yenzo.
 Birnbaum to Retire
 After 26 years as d merchant in Plainville, l. Birnbaum, clothier, is retiring from business. The Neri estate which owns the building where he has been in business for F years, has given him 10 days notice to vacate and he has been unable to find q suitable place to reestablish the company. Mr. Brn- baum has esta bhshed himself with the people of Plainville and consid- erable regret was expressed about town when the news of his retire ment was announced today.
 l. Birnbaum, clothicr. going out of business Everything must go re- gardles5 of Cost.-advt
New Britain herald., 1930-08-25
Become Nacationists

Officers James Burns, Timothy Lambert, James Keith, and Joss n Strup of the police department con- menced their annual two weeks va cations this morning. Supernumerary officers will take the officers places while fh..N are q NaN