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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-07
MARLIN MILLER NOT TO WED

New York; April 7-(UP)-Marilyn Miller charm ing Zegeld star back from Europe to-day aboard the Bremen denying she would wed Fred Astaire who played opposite her in Smiles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-07
BABY CAB THEFTS IS LATEST

Springfield, Mass, April 7-(UP)-The promiscuous puronng of perambulaors has developed into this cys latest racket With the arrest of two North End girls the older only H. police learned that woman had paid children at the of $1 for each baby carriage stolen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-07
FREAK LAMB WITH THREE BODIES

Belingham, Wash April 7-1UP)-A Shropshire lamb with three bodies vergng into single neck and head, but having eight legs, is owned by Mrs H. w. Wright
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-07
Ask March Referendum

In presenting the resolution Mi Sherwood remarked that it would be too early to hold the referendum next June and expressed the opinion that next March would be more fav- orable.
 Mayor Frank Hayes. Controller Daniel Leary. Peter Griffin, presi- dent of the board of aldermen and Congressman Edward w. Goss were numbered among the Waterbury del egation in attendance at the hearing this afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-07
No Hand Shaker Wanted

Mir Thoms remarked that if moro power was vested in the mayor, there would be no need of a hand shaker" officiating as city manager. He stated that he had noted in the accommodation of the commission that the only qualifications demand ed of manager were that he be a citizen of the United States. Thank God for that" he added.
 Michael Karpelman. who informed the committee that he represented the republican town committee stated that the proposed manager plan was due to dirty politics in Waterbury, where 75 per cent of the republican party and all the democrats were satisfied with Mayor Hayes administration. Mrs Julia Smith declared that Mir Karpelman did not represent the republican party and that his remarks were not the sentiment of the public.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-07
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, April 7.-UP)-The treasury net balance on April WAS. $577,403, ,353.74.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-07
CITY MANAGER PLAN ADHERENTS CROWDED
 INTO THE CAPITOL
The Temporary Adoption of Mayor Frank Hayes Plan and Referendum on City Manager Plan Were Forecast in the C0rri- dors of the Building To-day
SPEAKERS WERE
 VERY PLENTIFUL
(By Democrat Staff Man)

(By Democrat Staff Man.
 Hartford, April 7-Tempor- ary adoption of Mayor Frank Hayes revised charter for the City of Waterbury and a refer endum vote on the proposed plan of city manager for the municipality to be held some time in March, 1882. were forecast here this afternoon prior to a general hearing be- fore the committee on cities and b0roughs.
 Sherwood Opens Session
 Over 300 residents of Wa terbury thr0nged the session chamber to debate the merits of the present plan of govern ment existent m Waterbury and the recommended plan of city manager by the charter commission appointed by for mer Governor John H. Trum- bull. Resolutions adopted by citizens of Waterbury at a re- cent meeting were presented by John E. Sherwood, favor ing a city manager form of government. Former Mayor William E. ThOms launched an attack on the measure declar- ing it unconstitutional, un- workable and of the chain store variety.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-07
The Weather
Probably Rain Tonight
 and On Wednesday

Complete weather report on Page F
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
SH0RT.WAvE RELAY
SYSTEM GETS START
International Service Would Re-
broadcast Programs-Eastern
Station Planned.

First steps toward the establishment
OF an international relay broadcasting
service, over which American radio
programs will be transmitted by short
waves to be picked up directly or re-
broadcast in foreign countries, were ac-
complished last week when the Federal
Radio Commission. adopting the recon-
mendations of Chief Examiner Yost,
authorized the formation of the Short
Wave Broadcasting Corporation as q
union of the short wave interests of
Aviation Radio, Inc. of New York City,
and the research laboratories of Short
Wave and Television Laboratories, Inc,
Of Boston.
With the commissions authorization,
the four short waves previously assign
ed to Aviation Radio. Inc, will be turn
ed over to the new corporation for the
projected international service, which
has as its purpose particularly the fur
nishing of programs to Latin American
countries during the next year Japan,
China and the Far East are also to be
served, and arrangements are being
made for service to certain European
countries.
The nucleus Of the system will be
new 15,000-watt station to be located
somewhere on the eastern seaboard,
Wnlcn WITHIN the next year will be
erected to replace the 500-watt station
already licensed to Aviation Radio, Inc,
at New York City. The frequencies used
will be 6,040, 1890, 1926 and q 400
kilocycles.
In his report, YoSt. emphasizing the
need of keeping intact the short wave
lengths registered by the United States
with the Berne Bureau of the Interna-
Gonal Telegraph Union, commended the
efforts Of the promoters of the project
and stated that ample financial re-
sources are represented in the newly
formed corporation. He also said that
there Is a need for short wave broad.
casting station independent of the large
chains. The new CORPORATION will not
be connected with domestic fields. Its
president is Walter S. Lennon, whose
headquarters is in the Lincoln Build
ing, New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
ARMY'S RADIO SYSTEM
GETS NEW COMMANDER
Maj. Gen. Carr Succeeds Gibbs,
Who Becomes Officer Of Inter-
national Company.

The United States Army's vast radio
and wire communications service Sc
cures a new chieftain and the private
communications field another able
executive with the appointment of Col.
Irving j. Carr as chief signal officer
Of the Army. succeeding Maj. Gen.
George s. Gibbs, whose retirement
after 80 years of Army service became
effective June 80.
Gen. Gibbs, who still had q half
year OF his four-year term to serve as
chief signal officer, but who was eligible
to retire after 80 years service, assumed
his new duties as vice president of the
international Telephone & telegraph
Corporation on July 1. An expert on
co-ordinated radio-wire communica-
tions after long years Of experience in
that field. including q major role In the
development Of the Armys Alaskan
cable-radio service, Gen. Gibbs will be
detailed to the record communications
operations of Postal Telegraph, ALL
American Gables and Commercial
Gables, all subsidiaries of I. T. & T.
Col. Carr assumes Office Immediately
for the usual four-year tour of duty
with the rank Of major general A ma
tive Of Chippewa Falls, Wis, he is Sc
years Of age and has risen from the
ranks In the Army. He has a distin-
guished record in the Spanish-American
War, the Vera Cruz expedition and the
World War. He has been in the Signal
Corps since 1908 and was, serving as
executive officer to Assistant Secretary
Of War Payne ct the time Of his APP
pointment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
HIGH.POWER PLEAS
TABLED UNTIL FALL
Action Withheld Until October on
Proposal for Eight Clear
Channel Stations.

Higher power on the clear channels
Of American broadcasting must wait
until October !. and even then may
not be sanctioned by the Federal Radio
Commission. Though it issued license
last week for the first 50,000-watt
station west of the Rockies-Station
XII, Los Angeles-the Radio Commits
sion has definitely tabled any further
consideration Of high power until next
Autumn.
With Commissioner H. A. Lafount
alone dissenting, the commission voted
to hold in further allegiance the report
of Chief Examiner Ellis A. YoSt,
recommending that eight clear channel
stations be granted power increases to
$4,000 watts, and that the other clear
channel applicants for higher power be
granted $4,000 watts.
The only reason that XII got its
high power grant through was that it
was authorized to build the new trans
mitter before the commission took
action limiting $4,000 watts to only
four clear channels in each zone, or 20
In all. Station KNX, Los Angeles, re-
Gently forfeited q similar opportunity
to build a $4,000 waiter by reason of
failure to begin construction of the
station as authorized.
Except for the projected new $4,000
watt tranSmitter of WABC, New York,
which the Columbia Broadcasting
System expects to have completed by
September IS, there is practically no
likelihood that more high power sta
tions will be added to the spectrum
this year. Even If the commission
decided to rule on the Yost report next
October-and there is growing belief
here that the commission majority may
attempt to shelve that report indefi-
nitely-it would be impossible to have
the additional stations ready by the
end Of this year.
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rs STATIONS CUT
DOWN ELEVATIONS
woo Among First to Meet Require
ments Of New Order Of
Commission.

Practically coincident with the pro-
mitigation OF the Federal Radio Com
MISSIONS order giving American broad
casting stations one year to narrow
their "wave wabbling" or frequency 1e-
viations down from 500 to SO cycles, the
Department of Commerce announced
that IS stations measured by us lnSpec.
tors in various ports OF the country NAG
already achieved that technical pron-
cheney during May.
The commissions order gives all sta
tons until June %, 1882, to equip them.
selves with frequency control SO tnat
they will maintain the assigned ire
quency between the limits OF 30 cycles
per second above to so cycles per second
below the assigned frequency IN
other words. stations must reduce tnelr
previously allowed deviations 90O per
cent in order to help eliminate netero.
dynes and cross-talk from the etner;
The monthly honor roll" OF the De-
partment Of Commerce Tor May revealS
a steady improvement IN TINS Phase OF
broadcast operations. OF the oVO OF
more stations in the country, $40 were
measured, among which ~ ~ no taMe
100 cycles and Sc under 400 cycles. the
other 81 went over 400 cycles, but TINS
number Is far smaller than those IN
this class reported in other months TINS
year.
Although they have been given year
to bring their transmitters witnm tne
new technical requirement Q! inc cUm-
mission, these are some OF the stations
that have already achieved that Stage
of perfection in operation: WEAE'
WIZ, WABC, WMCA, WNxC, VIZ VIZ
WCN, WIS, WENR. VIGIL. WCEW;
WSBC, VICES, WKBI, WA ana
WMBT, Chicago; WEEP, Boston; $50,
st. Louis; WDAF and KMBC, hansas
City; WSB, WGST and WITT. Asian IT,
WKBC, Detroit; w H O. w OC. -
Moines Davenport; WHIT, W.SSs11UTp'
Iowa; WIBW, Tupeka, KaEsy ana WSAs
WashinRton. ,--.-i--i--..
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Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

, tenna, local cost Of labor, founda-
ton and super-structure (becauSe
Of local soil conditions), etc.
In fact, the committee states, II
is conceivable that the variance
upward might be as mucn as 10C
per cent because of the uncer-
tainty applying to figures of cost
of property on which the trans
mitter Is built. furnishings and
fittings, type and size of power
Sub-station and length of lines.
The figures do not include pro-
gram costs either, and those, of
course, vary according to the
management Of the station. The
committee dealt only with three
classes Of stations, namely 1000,
5000 and $4,000 waters.
The 1,000-watt station, the COM
mittee reported, represents an
initial capital investment of $44,-
900. Of which $50, 400 pays for a
cryStal-controlled tranSmitter and
its installation, and the rest pays
for towers and antenna, engineer
ing services and station furnish
ings. The annual maintenance
and operation of studios, Offices
and plant amount to $64, 400 on a
10-hour per day schedule
q grand total Of investment and
operating costs for the first year
Of $109, 300.
A 5,000-watt station represents
an initial capital investment Of
1927 900, Of which $64, 900 pays for
transmitter and installation and
the rest for land, building, an
tenna, engineering services, Of
fees and studios. The annual
maintenance and operation of
studios. Offices and plant amount
to $154, 100 on a 1O-hour per day
schedule-making a grand total Of
investment and operating costs for
the first year of 1921 100.
A 50,000-watt station (the max
imum power allowed by the Fed
eral Radio Commission) represents
a capital investment Of 1898 900.
Of which $4,000 pays for the
transmitter complete with an
tenna system, and the rest for
land, building, tranSmitter house,
service, Offices and studio. The
annual maintenance and opera
ton Of studios, offices and plant
amount to $685. $50 on a 10-hour
per day schedule-making a grand
total Of investment and operating
costs for the first year of $634,15O,
The power bill for the 1000
waiter would be 81 $50 q year, for
the 5,000-watter, 81, 500 a year, and
for the 50,000-watter, $4,000 a
year. Technical STATS would de-
pend upon the size of the station.
Operators salaries are fixed at
around $4,000 a year, with $4,000
for chief operator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
GERMAN GREETING
TO Be BROADCAST
Fin Deutscher Sonntaggruss
I to Come From Deck of
S. S. Europa.

From the promenade deck of the s. s..
Europa at her dock in Brooklyn WRC
and other National BroadcaSting Co.
stations today will broadcast one of the
unique radio programs OF the year-a
German Sunday greeting, called Elm
Deutscher Sonntaggruss.
The program is scheduled from 8 to
10 o'clock this morning. It will consist
of choral selections by the 900 officers
and men of the big transatlantic liner
and orchestral selections under the d.
rection of Franz Koennecke.
Bernice Claire, stage and screen star,
Is to be the guest artist in the Choral
Orchestra presentation tonight, replac-
ing Maurice Chevalier. She will sing
four numbers-"Romance, "Giannina
Mia" "Sweethearts waltz" and italian
Street Song"
Baritone on Program.
Everett Marshall, baritone; Edwin
Frankie Goldman's Band and FRITZ
Scheff also will contribute to WRC's
program. The station in addition will
carry its other regular Sunday attrac-
tions. These include concerts by the
Russian Cathedral Choir and the South
Sea Islanders and popular program by
the Palais dor Orchestra.
Maj. Evelyn Wrench, founder of the
English Speaking Union and the over
seas Club, will be heard over WMAL
and other Columbia stations today in
the regular international rebroadcast
from London. He will commemorate
the centenary of the death of President
James Monroe.
The Boswell Sisters win open their
program with South Sea Rose" Their
other numbers include THE Bottle
Song" without Song" and Papa
Di-Da-Da."
Ballads TO Be Featured.
Charlotte Hartman, contralto, and
George Boucher, baritone, will sing pop
ular ballads of outstanding composers
during the Ballad hour. The orchestra
will feature "Kiki," by SAVING, and
Marchetti's Sierra Morena.''
Organ compositions by Bach, Pales-
trina and Haydn will be the high spots
of the Cathedral hour. The soloists will
be Earl Palmer, tenor: Adele Vasa, So
prano, and Barbara Maurel, contralto.
Stanley Bell, WMAL's principal an
nouncer, will be heard early this after
noon in a sacred song recital, accom-
panied by Raleigh w. Christie. Other
Washington artists on this stations
program include Leonard r. Davis, bari
tone, who also announces for WMAL.
VOL will broadcast the morning serv-
ice Of the New York Avenue Presbyte-
rtan Church in addition to its regular
musical features.
The program of wJSV contains a new
attraction, called the Fellowship Hour"
TO be broadcast from to 6 O'Clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
RADIO PROMISES
MORE OF UNUSUAL
Two Big Networks to Expand
Their Especial Events
Services.
BY ROBERT MACK.

More Of the unusual and the spec
tacular in radio programs Is in store
for listeners, 1t became evident yes
terday as plans Of the two Nationwide
networks were divulged for expansion of
their special events" services.
In wing for the favor Of Americas
radio audience Of some $4,000 900, the
networks are not showing their hands
until the propitious moment. BY means
of short-wave pick-ups they already
have rebroadcast from submarines un-
der water, surface craft blowing the
seas and from airplanes overhead. Pro-
grams from nearly every corner of the
world, flashed across the oceans by
and Nationwide hook-ups are routine
these days.
In one quarter it was suggested that
perhaps the networks Will stage a
rocket voyage to Mars, with Graham
McNamee and Ted HuSing describing
for their respective radio "publics" the
trip en- route. That's about the only
thing left for them to do" was this Of
fcials observation.
Authority for Sets Asked.
Columbia Broadcasting System has
asked the Federal Radio Commission
for authority to operate four new short
wave portable sets of the type used in
stunt broadcasts and in covering major
events for the radio audience. Column
hia already has two of these perambu-
lating radio stations which can be strap
ped to the announcer's back.
National Broadcasting Co. also has
two short-wave channels for temporary
pickup service" as this new twist In
broadcasting is called by the commits
sion. Inquiries brought the information
that this network, too, Is planning an
expansion Of service.
Columbia asks for two additional
transmitters Of power Of only one watt
The one-watt outfit is the kind carried
by the announcer, with the microphone
strapped to his chest and cupped over
his lips and the rest of the parapher-
MALTA on his back. Such a set has q
range Of 2 or 8 miles, although usually
1t has only to carry the announcer's
voice few hundred feet to the pick
up" set which feeds the network. The
announcer thus is enabled to rove
scribing them to the audience, un-
hampered by q trailing connecting wire.
Beginning Of Pick-Ups.
How Columbia happened to begin the
use Of short-wave pick-ups was recalled
recently by Harry C. Butcher, director
of its Washington office. 1t was at the
Pennsylvania relay carnival at Frank
lin Field, Philadelphia, last year, which
Columbia had arranged to broadcast. It
was discovered. however, that the field
could not be dug up for the laying Of
a wire to feed the program to the key
station, and 1t was decided to try
portable short-wave relay. Authority
from the Radio Commission was OBJ
tanned, and Ted Husing, Columbia's ace
announcer. became the site" for its
first portable radio station.
(Copyright, 193D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

ly found job in the studios Of pho
nograph company in New York.
From working with microphones In
the recording processes, Dean developed
an interest in radio, and went to Sta
ton WGY for q job. There he worked
for several years in every branch Of
the studio business, and then Columbia
selected him for network announcing.
" 4
T OUISE BAvE, soprano, will cele-
II brate her third anniversary with
the Capitol Theater family" In the
broadcast by N. B. c. Friday. Robert
Benchley, American humorist and au-
thor, will be interviewed by Grantland
Rice In N. B. G. weekly sports period,
July Is. WRC will broadcast the Ma
tional Press Clubs reception to wiley
Post and Harold Gatty tomorrow after
noon from to 4:S0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

times that number, or 17,576. making
q total OF 54,756 combinations available
Tor assignment to United States sta
tionS. w.
With the growth of aviation and the
lnStallation OF radio transmitting
equipment on the larger mail and
passenger aircraft all calls beginning
stations OF this class. In addition to
XII call signals Of aircraft must have
three other letters, making q total Of
Fnya ltses9 N Ne con1plete signaI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
British Use Records.

Although the American networks
have consistently refused to broadcast
photograph records or even special re.
cordings for broadcast purposes, granno-
phone recordings, as they are called in
England, are regular feature of the
British Broadcasting Corp. Christo-
pher Stones Hour of Gramophone
Music" is periodical feature. Mr.
Stone accompanying the recitals with
commentaries on the music, etc. Sell
dom are records played more than a
few times, after which they are sent
to hospitals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
Folks Behind
The Microphone
By THE RADIO EDITOR.

T OUIS DEAN, Columbia announcer,
made his way to the microphone
from the farm.
IL Not quite 80 years ago Dean
was born in Valley Head, Ala,
and learned to milk his grandfathefs
cows soon after he began to walk. Then
he clerked in his grandfather's store.
and earned enough to pay his tuition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

AT bklC A1St1C IVA
school house near
by.
For more cd
vanced education,
Dean went to high
school in Birming-
ham, and then to
Washington and
Lee University.
When the war
broke out he en-
listed In the Navy.
After the arnis1ce
he returned to his
studies, and spe-
ciali5ed in music.
His training COM
pleted, he looked
around for q chance
IA A-n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
Paper Gets Station.

Another newspaper obtained a radio
station last week when the Federal
Radio Commission authorized trans
fer of WOBT to the Jackson (Tenn)
Sun. During the same week COM
mission examiner reported against the
application of the Lansing (Mich.)
State Jorunal for authority to build .
new gtAtlQns -...5.-.- -.a. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
Paley Talks in Britain.

"Your Broadcasting and Ours" was
the subject of an address delivered over
the British Broadcasting Corporations
president Of the Columbia Broadcasting
system, who will return from his Eu-
sopean radio ssuveE aate 49, zat4
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Today on the Radio
(Au programs scheduled for Eastern Standard TimeJ
wDC 1855 Meters.
w NN $50 Kilocycles.

:00a-Melody hour.
:00a-Children's hour.
900a-Ein Deutscher Sontagsgruss-
A German Sunday greeting.
10 :00a-Neapolitan Days.
10: 30a-Jewels of Destiny.
IL :00a-Rochester Concert Orchestra.
IL :30a-Biblical drama.
l2:00m-"Pop'' Concert.
l:00-"Debunking Big Game Hunt
ing" by Carveth Wells.
1:15-The Caribbeans.
1:30-Artists' Service program.
2:O0-Moonshine and Honeysuckle.
2:30-Balkan Mountain Men.
3:0O-National Sunday Forum.
4:00-Gilbert and Sullivan Gems.
4:59-Correct time.
5:00-Catholic hour.
6:00-Base ball scores.
6:05-FritZi Schef in Gay Vienna.
6:30-Works Of great composers.
7:00-Choral Orchestra, featuring
Bernice Claire.
s:oo-"Our Government" by David
Lawrence.
8:15-Everett Marshall, baritone.
8:45-Big Brothers Club.
9:15-Goldman Band.
9:45-Sunday at Seth Parker'S.
l0:15-Phantom Caravan.
10: 30-RuSSian Cathedral Choir.
IL :00-Weather forecast.
11:01-South Sea Islanders.
1880 to 12:00-Palais dor Orchestra.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:3Oa-Tower health exercises.
7:00a-Gene and Glenn.
7:15a-Morning devotionS.
:30a-Cheerio.
8:00a-ParnasSuS Trio.
8:15a-Andy Sannellas Orchestra.
8:45a-Food program.
9:00a-Mrs. Blake's Radio Column.
9:15a-Hits and Bits.
9:3oa-"Please Tell Me-" by Jean
Carroll.
o:45a-HitS and Bits.
10:00a-The Blue Streaks.
l0:15a-Radio Household Institute.
10:30a-Singing Strings.
10:45a-A and Pete.
IL :00a-Sweet and Low Down.
11:15a-"MoodS and Memories" by
Capt. r. Henderson Bland.
IL :30a-On Wings of Song.
IL :00m-Palais dor Orchestra.
farm and home hour.
1:30-ClaSSic gems.
2:00-Women's Radio Review.
3:00-Dancing melodies.
$3.50 to 4:00-National Press Clubs
reception to Gatty and Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
The Dial Log.

Flashes from The Evening Star,
q resume OF tDorld news, is broad
cast daily by WMAL at 5:45 O'Clock,