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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
RADIO AMATEURS
INCLUDE Sc WOMEN
D. C. Well Represented in
LiSt-Eight Qualified as
Commercial Operators.
BY ROBERT MACK.


Radio operating may be q mans
game, but there are plenty of women
who know their dots and dashes.
Listed among some $4,000 radio
amateurs of the nation are exactly &c
women who figure in the research and
experimentation that goes forward in
the upper reaches of the ether, unknown
to the general public. This was dis
closed last week by William D. Terrell,
director of radio of the Commerce De-
partment, which licenses all operators.
And besides these lady radio "hams,
as the amateurs are known, there are
commercial operators. They hold
licenses to operate radio apparatus
aboard ships on the high seas or in the
great transoceanic stations, as well as
to monitor broadcasting stations. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Terrell, the number of
woman amateurs is increasing steadily
because of the popularity of radio
"tinkering."
All Amateurs Licensed.
Because of the potential use to be
made of amateurs in times of military
necessity or other national emergencies,
all amateurs in the country are
licensed, Mr.. Terrell said. The initial
requirement is knowledge of the inter-
national wireless Geographic code to
the point where these amateurs talk
among themselves in channels reserved
for them in the high frequencies
primarily by code, but many amateurs
have improvised radio telephone sets en-
abling them to carry on voice CONVEX
sations.
The amateurs are the real pioneers
in radio. The short waves, now conSid-
cred so fabulously valuable, were ac-
tually discovered by that hardy band OF
experimenters who are in radio for the
fun of 1t. The cardinal requirement OF
the amateur Is to accept no pecuniary
return from his radio work.
The radio amateur Is q technical per-
son, and radio operating is q rigorous
pastime. Consequently, it is rather g
unique hobby or work for q woman
Many amateurs, for example, build
their own apparatus, and q well
grounded knowledge of technical radio
is necessary for the amateur to keep
abreast of the art All amateurs, as a
prerequisite, belong to the American
Radio Relay League, the national anna
teur organization.
ID. c. Woman Is Pioneer.
The woman amateurs are widely
scattered. One, Lily Osterback, is al
Wasnessenski Island, Unga, Alaska
Perhaps the best known of the group
is Miss Elizabeth M. Zandonini OF
Washington, who has been a member Of
the league virtually since it was organ
lied and who was its first woman mem
Der.
The eight women holding commercial
radio operators licenses are L. Louis
Crawford, Boone, Iowa; June w. Gull
lett Meridian, Miss; Mary T. LOOMS
Washington, who conducts one Of the
first radio schools ever established
Lena I. Nicholson, Brooklyn; Barbara
Russell. Washington; Anna Mae Ull-
man, Seattle; Verna Alvis Welsh, Dal'
las, Tex, and Elizabeth F. White, New
orleans.
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report for drill on or after those dates
and all efforts to locate them having
failed:
pvt. Kenneth B. Warren, May IS,
1880; Pvt. James l.. Hall, october 16,
1880.
Pvt. Harlie B. Morse has been
ordered transferred from the reserve to
the active list of the Headquarters and
Service Company, 121st Engineers.
Officers of the Guard responsible for
United States property have been in
formed of the necessity of making q
physical inventory of all property held
on memorandum receipt. The results
of this inventory, the order says, will
be considered as conclusive evidence of
the actual existence of property on
March 81, next, and will be used as a
basis for determining the responsibility
for any future shortages which may be
found to exist. It was added that sub
sequent to the submission of this report
and surveys required consideration
will not be given to reports of survey
covering losses which may have occurred
prior to March 81. Attention is called
to the fact that a dropping allowance
Of 80 cents per man is allowed for
property lost or destroyed through I'M
avoidable causes.
The following have been ordered
honorably discharged on account Of
removal from the District:
Pvts. Nathan Brisker, John A.
Eaton, Harry M. Croft and George E.
Stegmann, all of Company A, 121st
Engineers, and Pvt. Raymond E. circuit,
Battery E, 250th Coast Artillery.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve lists of their respective companies
for the reasons given:
Sergt. Hugh S. Emmons, Headquarters
Detachment, Special Troops, 29th
Division, temporary removal from the
city; Pvt. Bernard j. Gates, Com
pany A, 121st Engineers. business inter-
ference with the performance of mill
tary duty; Pvt. Pedro G. Villalon,
Company A, 121st Engineers, educa-
tional interference with the performance
of military duty.
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Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

Exhibitors, is headed by Carl H.
Butman, former secretary OF the
Federal Radio Commission. Ar
rangementS have been made for
ample space on the floor just
below the Offices Of the Federal
Radio Commission and the radio
division of the Department of
Commerce.
The exhibit is to show not only
radio tranSmitters, but also such
accessories as tubes, power sup
plies, speech input and amplifica-
ton equipment, celebration instru-
mentS, apparatus required in re-
cording and reproducing electrical
tranScriptionS and also public ad-
dress equipment.
It is planned to maintain the
exhibit primarily for the benefit
of broadcaSterS and other users of
radio. 1t will afford these interests
an opportunity to view at a con-
venient location a comprehensive
display of the latest developments
in radio art. 1t is also intended to
offer the convenience of its rooms
as headquarters for radio visitors.
DADIO uses the music Of so many
IN different nations, drawing upon
the resources of countries as far
apart geographically and cultur-
ally as Sweden and Japan, Hun
gary and Haiti, that it may lead to
the long-awaited revival in must
cal composition, according to
Howard Barlow, maestro Of a
Columbia symphony orchestra.
Musical composition in the
Occidental style is stagnant to-
day." Barlow says. "In Europe all
the great names of the present
century are now appearing on
works of minor Importance. Even
those who did great things seem
to have passed the zenith of their
creative power. This is true of
de Falla, StravinSky, Bella Bartok,
Alban Berg, Prokofieff, Malipiero,
ReSpighi, and in England, Vaughan
Williams, Hoist and Delius.
History shows that every 80
often, generally at intervals of
about a hundred years, some ex-
otto influence is brought to bear
on music and gives new life to it.
That Is now overdue. If we could
get the quarter-tone influence into
our music it would be a wonderful
addition to our resources, opening
up vast new fields of color. In
stead Of Is keys, major and minor,
we would have 26, major and
minor.
1.-THE effect of one school of
music tmpinging on another was
seen in the case of the Russians
of the last century. They brought
an Oriental touch to our music,
which then was Stereotyped on
certain lines, mostly worked out
by the Germans. Their style OF
writing was completely unknown
in Europe and America before
then.
To-day there are at least three
schools of music that we know
nothing at all about. These are
the Chinese, Burmese and Hindu
They are based on entirely diff
ferent principles and use methods
of which we have no conception
To us a drum is a drum, and may
be one of three or four kinds. TIC
the Burmese it is one of several
families of drums, each contain
ing 20 individuals, all of them sc
made as to produce overtoneS un-
known to us. And cymbals can
be made to talk if they are of the
elaborate kind used in some East
/ ern countries"
Examination of the programs
played in one week on the Co.
lumhia network showed that COM
posers of Is different nationalities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
BRITISH DICTlON HAILED

radio announcers are better in Eng
land than here" the Brooklyn Stand
ard-Union reports former Federal Ra-
dio Commissioner Henry A. Bellows as
saying Bellows gave as his reason the
fact that British radio announcers are
all honor graduates of oxford and Cam
bridge.
1.-The general public opinion" opines
the Brooklyn newspaper, probably Is
that our announcers are pretty good
Some of them talk too much in their
announcing, but supposedly they have
to read what some one else writes down
for them. -. But as to our announc-
ers' diction, we probably understand
them better than we would some Ok
ford or Cambridge graduates"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
FOUR C. B. S. STATIONS
TO USE SAME BAND
Tests of Network Synchronization
Will Be Conducted Within
Two Months.

Determined to keep abreast OF the
times In all departments Of broadcast
ing, the Columbia Broadcasting System
invades the field of network synchro-
nization" with four stations, to operate
experimentally on the same channel at
the same time.
Armed with authority from the Fed
eral Radio Commission to conduct the
tests, Columbia plans to begin its syn
chroniZed programs during regular
operating hours within two months.
National Broadcasting Co. began its
practical synchronization tests a week
ago. with two of its affiliated stations
in the East synchronizing with its two
key stations in New York on alternating
nights.
With synchronization, It is hoped that
Broadcasting's worst problem-lack of
room in the broadcast band-win be
solved. The feat is to operate more
than one station on the same channel
at the same time with no Objectionable
interference and with the ultimate pos
sibilit, of great networks Of stations
operating on the same channel.
In the Columbia tests four stations
of moderate power will operate stimuli
taneously on the regional channel of
l ,430 kilowatts. No connecting land
lines or control circuits will be en-
ployed, the secret lying in a unique
system of precise frequency control.
N. B. C.'s experiments, to continue q
month, are being watched closely by
engineers of the Radio Commission
and thus far they have not been par
ticularly successful. The commission
will monitor the Columbia tests also.
The stations to participate in the Co
lumbia experiments are: WHIP, Harris
burg, Pa; WCAH Columbus, Ohio;
WHEC, Rochester. N. Y, and WOKO,
Albany, all of which carry Columbia
programs. Each station is licensed for
500 watts during evening hours, and
special equipment for frequency adher-
ence, costing 81 300 per station, will be
installed. WHIP and WCAH now are
dividing time during evening hours on
,430. while WHBC and WOCO divide
evening time on ,440 kilocycles. All
four stations will operate on / ,430 at
the same time in all experiments.
Dances for charity are being held In
Z A. y ~ I'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
FRENCH RULES frightened

Frances radio regulations, hitherto
so lax that French broadcasting has
created a serious European interference
problem, are being frightened up by the
postmaster general, who not only is
granting no more licenses for new sta
lions but is authorizing no station
changes unless absolutely necessary.
One of the interesting developments
in French broadcasting is the fact that
British advertising sponsors have been
buying time on French stations in order
to reach the English audience, all Brit
ish broadcasSing being government
owned and operated and free of adver-
Using announcements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Waves Asked for Experiments.

Proposing to conduct experiments in
news transmission between Washington
and Detroit, using the radio typewriter
invented by Glen w. Watson of De-
troit, the United States Daily, news
paper devoted to affairs of the Federal
Government, has applied to the Fed
eral Radio Commission for authority
to use a group of experimental wave
lengths between 80 and 40 meters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
"WAVE WABBLING" HIT

Tightening its restrictions on "wave
wabbling," or deviations by broadcast
ing stations from their assigned wave
lengths, the Federal Radio Commission
proposes shortly to narrow the so-called
frequency tolerance of all broadcasting
stations from 500 to so cycles.
In other words, where stations now
may deviate 500 cycles on either side OF
their assigned channels, or 1000 cycles
in all, they would be restricted to SO
cycles, or a total path Of 100 cyleS.
This advance IN transmission tech
nique, commission engineers say, has
been made possible by recent develop
ments. The commission will confer here
with engineers from the broadcasting
industry at large on the matter or
April 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Masts to Mark Station.

Atop the new "Broadcasting House"
which the British Broadcasting Corpo-
ration will occupy next Autumn, two
radio maSts rs feet high are being
built. It Is explained they will not be
are designed simply to distinguish the
building from "a hostelry or treacle
factory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

'Peter Pan" He also played on the
road with the show.
In the Summer of 1929, Mrs Corn
sought an addition for Alfred at the
N. B. C. studios. Madge Tucker of the
production department, Immediately
placed him in various juvenile programs
Alfred has played his part in The
Rise of the Goldbergs" since that shows
premiere in November, 1929. He also
has played in the vaudeville presenta-
ton Of the sketch.
y \
HELLMUT H HELIMUTS first
i i broadcast to his German home
land via N. 3. C.. facilities was
quite a success. It was sent out from
the Statue of Liberty and was heard
clearly throughout Germany Hellmut
seems to know how to put over his story
ferred as NOISY" His style Is some
thing like that of Graham McNsmee.
y
THE date for Helen Keller's radio APP
L pearance on the Columbia net
work is April % at 1880 am.
The Columbia concert programs are to
be extended through April. Paul Du-
mont. who is remembered as one OF
the end men In the former Saturday
night Ministries on N. B. c., has been
assigned to the announcer's staff Of
that network. Since the MINISTRIES left
the air last year, Dumont has been de-
voting his time to the production de-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

were represented, the majority
belonging to Western Europe.
Notable exceptions were Cuban
and Haitian, Hawaiian and
Hebrew.
Exotic music Is introduced for
special programs in order to pro-
vide local color. In one case there
was a story of explorers who
iourneyed into the wilds of Venez-
uela, and some of the tunes Of
the Orinoco Indians were adapted
for orchestral rendering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Sound Film Excerpts Linked.

Sound-on- films furnished a novel
broadcast feature from the British
Rroadcasting Corporations studios re-
Gently when excerpts from six British
and American sound films were linked
together by announcements and run off
before the microphone, Songs and
scenes from various talking pictures
furnished the entertainment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

SGCIlOIl. nc UuSSSS
his little sister,
talks back to his
parents and in
general stirS up
trouble.
Alfred is the son
Of DR.. and Mrs. M.
Corn of New York.
His parents found
interest in amateur
theatricals and the
boy felt this in
huence. At the age
of 10 he a appeared
In school plays.
Later he found
himself playing the
role of Curly" in
Eva La Ciallienne's
1000 -
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Chaplin Reiects British Offers.

British broadcasters were just as UNI
successful as Americans have been in
endeavoring TO coax Charlie Chaplin
before the microphone during his recent
London visit. Chaplin has consistently
refused to appear on the radio, even
turning down an offer Of well over a
half million dollars 10 appear IN COM
mercial series here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Folks Behind
The Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

NLAYrNG radios bad boy is great
- fun for Alfred Corn, IA years
old, who Is familiar to radio
4 listeners as Sammy, miSchievouS
Smart Alec" in the Rise Of
the Goldbergs," an N. B. c. comedy fea-
ture.
Sammy fits easily into the role OF the
young son of q Jewish family, which
jumps socially from she East Side Of
New York to the highbrow Park avenue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
THE date for Helen Keller's radio ap
Radio Ponular IN Florida.

OF the S77,s2S families in Florida,
58,446, or 15.5 per cent, have radios,
according to the State radio census
compiled on April 1, 1880, by the Cen
sus Bureau and made public this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

Russia expects to increase its exports
Of copper, now $1,000 tons q year, TO
100000 tons in 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

The following of Battery G, 2e0th
Coast Artillery. have been ordered
dropped as deserters from the local
militia as of the dates following their
respective names, they having failed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
Spanish War Veterans

MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
Wednesday-National Lineal So
ciety Of the Spanish War,
Pythian Temple.
Thursday-Harden Camp, Pythian
Temple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

Pvt. Edgar NJ. Dickerson has been
ordered transferred from the active to
the reserve list of Company r, 12lst
Engineers, on account of business in
reference with the performance of mill
tary duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

Dances for charity are being held In
the court house at Rathfriland, Ireland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

Pvt. Lynn Glover, jr., Battery C,
260th Coast Artillery, has been ordered
honorably discharged on account Of re-
moval from the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

First Sergt. Alfred D. McCurley, Bat
terry E. 260th Coast Artillery, will be
honorably discharged on account Of
removal from the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

Private Louis B. Mckenzie has been
ordered transferred from the active to
the reserve list of the Goth Division
Military Police Company on account Of
business interference with the per-
fnrrnance Of military duty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

Private Lorenzo D. Snyder has been
ordered transferred from the reserve to
the active list Of Battery E, 260th Coast
Artillery.
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Chosen Ideal Secretary
CAPITAL GIRL WINS NATIONAL DESIGNATION.

(From the $50 Edition Of Yesterdays Starr
Miss Katherine c. Kramer, 19-year-
old daughter Of Stephen Z. Kramer,
assistant superintendent of schools, to-
day was awarded the title Of Ideal
secretary" by the Alpha Iota Sorority,
national business women's organiza-
ton, meeting in convention at DeS
Moines, Iowa.
The selection was made by Harry
KruZ, national secretary Of the United
States Junior Chamber Of Commerce.
on the basis Of appearance and EN-
cheney, according to an Associated
Press dispatch from Des Moines.
Miss Kramer, who is attending the
convention, is the perfect give Feet
Two. Eyes Of Blue" type. She said she
believed snappy, modish clothes and a
pleasant disposition equally important
with tipping speed to please the boss.
Dates with the boss she disapproved
She ADVISED no gum chewing and only
Sparlng use OF the cigarette and the
cocktail.
"A pleasant relationship with the boss
does not mean familiarity" she warned.
1T may mean cheering HIN up when
he Is singing the blues, but does not
mean holding his hand or patting his
Miss Kramer is employed by the
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Chinese governments and new Cnlnese
police under japanese control.
Having by these means obtained ef-
fective mastery over Manchuria's three
PROVINCES and all it's railroads save the
Chinese Eastern
line, they appear to be in position
to dictate their own terms to China,
on the one hand, and to the league
and the United States, on the other.
These terms now are broadly known.
Before Japan withdraws her troops,
China must agree to the five funda-
mental principles" which Mr.. JoSh1-
zawa told the council yesterday are
really to be regarded as five heads OF
chapter to be expounded more fully by
the Japanese after direct negotiations
have actually begun.
Furthermore, before Japanese troops
can be withdrawn, China must not only
accept Japan's terms, but must give
sufficient proof that 1t is able to enforce
their observance, Mr.. Yoshizawa has
told M. BRAND.
Japan's Five Points.
Japans five points are as follows:
/, Mutual reputation Of aggressive
policv and conduct. This sounds inno-
cent. but the Chinese fear 1t means that
Japan will refuse to allow an interna-
tional inquiry to. AK the responsibilities
for events since September Is and give
to China the damages 1t claims.
2. Respect for China's territorial in
tegrity. Herein Japan modified the
wording of the nine-power treaty, which
pledges respect for China's sovereignty
and territorial and administrative in
tegrity. The Japanese admit they in
tend hereafter to exercise the veto
right over Chinese governors appointed
in Manchuria. This obviously means
that, while Manchuria would remain
Chinese in name, in fact it would be
autonomous under indirect Japanese
control.
3. Complete suppression Of all or
gained movements interfering with the
freedom of trade and stirring up inter-
national hatred This would deprive
China Of the right to boycott, which Is
China'S only effective weapon or means
Of defense against Japan.
4. Effective protection throughout
Manchuria Of all peaceful pursuits I'M
dertaken by japanese subjects. This,
according to the Japanese, means that
the Chinese cannot hereafter expel
Japanese settlers or merchants from
certain districts on the pretext that
China plans to build railroad there.
Thus Japan would have exclusive rights
in the South Manchurian Railway zone
but China would have no exclusive
rights In the zone Of any Chinese rail-
ways In Manchuria.
S. Respect for the treaty rights Of
Japan IN Manchuria. The treaties
meant, Japan explains, are those Of
1905, both known and secret, and those
Of 1915, or the famous FL demands, re-
garding which the United States at the
time registered a strong protest.
Russia may yet be heard from. China
will probably be heard from loudly and
at great length. And finally the League
Council may yet rally around the cove
nant or the nine-power treaty In CO.
operation with the United States. The
Manchurian peace conference has not
yet begun. It is just about to begin.
It will be waged seemingly around the
so-ealled five points.
(Copyright, 1917