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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
RAD|OL|NK LOCATED
IN AID OF TRAFFIC
New Station Under Construc-
ton at Cincinnati to
Safeguard Life.

A coastal" radio station, located
hundreds of miles away from either
coast, is radios latest freak, developed
by the march of the communications
art
On the outskirts of Cincinnati this
new radiotelegraph station Is under
construction, to dispatch public trafhc
and to safeguard life and property
along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
highways Of commerce In the mid
country.
The Federal Radio Commission was
in a quandry when the Radiomarine
Corporation of America, subsidiary OF
the Radio Corporation of America, ap-
piled for the new service, since it failed
to fall within the category of any of its
designated types of service. Because
the contact is to be between ship and
shore it was decided to place it in the
coastal" group.
This unique and important commune
cations link will be concentrated at
Blue Ash, near Cincinnati, selected be-
cause it Is midway on the Ohio River
between the head of navigation at
Pittsburgh and the confluence of the
Mississippi and Ohio at Cairo, Ill. No
general public coastal service is avail
able for shipping on these arteries and
the service is expected to fill a real need
of inland commerce. Great trains Of
barges, sometimes more than mile
long, which frequent these inland
waters, operated by private enterprises,
are now without regular communica-
ton.
In authorizing the new station, how
ever, the commission took every pre-
caution against interference with broad
cast reception, such as is occasioned by
the operation of coastal stations on the
coasts in some instances. The service
has been consigned to the high fire.
quencies, away out of reach of broad
casts. so that the harmonies or the
multiple echos of the radio code sig
mails, now heard by listeners along the
coasts in the form of staccato dots and
dashes. will not fall within the broad
cast band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

tivity somewhere along the line
from Rome to New York.
The N. B. G. had announced
that 1t had completed plans for
the broadcast about week before
1t went on. Later c. B. s. advised
that It also would participate.
But o few hours after making the
announcement G. B. 8. reported
that facilities were withheld
from US, making 1t impossible for
us to share in the broadcast"
Between the two announce
ments there must have been some
rather strenuous goingS-on in the
headquarters Of both networks.
There's little doubt that cable
grams were an important factor
as were numerous telephone con-
verSationS.
Now that It's all over, reports
have begun to come from various
sections of the world advising of
good reception of the talk, which
was transmitted by several short
wave stations in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
RADIO WILL CIRCLE
GLOBE WITHIN YEAR
Preparatory Work Is Started on
TranSpacifc Service, Last
Gap in Circuit.

SACRAMENTO, Calf. (P).-Prelimi-
nary work has been started for the
Inauguration of transpacific RADIO tele-
phone service.
When completed, within year. it Is
expected TO close the gap in around
the-world voice communication.
Receiving and transmitting short
wave stations near here will operate in
conjunction with Hawaiian stations
and will hook up American telephones
with the Pacific islands, Australia and
Asia
The complete circuit of the world by
telephone from San Francisco through
Sydney, London and New York will be
21,475 miles. The investment of the
American Telephone g. Telegraph Co.
in the Pacific Coast stations will be ap-
proximately 100000. The Hawaiian
stations are to be constructed by r. C..
A. Communications and will serve sub
scribers Of the Mutual Telephone Co.
in Hawaii.
For the first time the international
date line will be crossed in a regularly
established service. The electric i'm
pulse carrying the voice of talker in
San Francisco to a friend in Australia
will, in the half second it takes to
transverse the Pacific Ocean, pass from
today to yesterday" and back to to
day again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
new RADIO ORDER
"SLIGHT DEPARTURE"
Commission Simply Affirms Effort
to Accomplish Gradually Equal
ization Requirements.

Although at first blush it would seem
to portend many shifts in broadcast
ing, particularly the taking away Of
facilities for overquota States and CIV
ing them TO underquota States, the Fed
eral Radio Commissions newest gen.
eral order, No. 102, means slight de-
parture from present practices. Best
interpretations, including statements
from commissioners themselves, are
that it Is simply an afflrmation-obvi-
ously expressed to satisfy political de-
mands-of what the commission is try
ing to accomplish gradually-the zone
and State equalization requirements Of
the Davis amendment.
General order No. 102 does not mean,
however, that the commission will add
no new facilities to the overQuota third,
fourth and NTH zones, or to any over
quota State, in such manner that its
quota, determined on the basis of popu-
lation, shall be further increased. In
other words, 1t appears TO freeze" the
situation with respect to States having
more than their allotted share Of facil-
tiles.
It means also that an underQuota
State must seek It's facilities from over
quota zones or States. In other words,
that they must ask for the superhuity
OF assignments In overquota States in
their own zones or In the overquota first
zone Of Northeastern States and the
second zone Of Middle Atlantic States.
But here the commission will meet not
only technical obstacles but the appar-
ent unwillingness of the appellate courts
to take away from any station, regard
less of local quota demands, rights
which 1t has acquired through long use.
Thus it is a theoretical groundwork
for such action as the commission may
take to give communities their share Of
the radio facilities by taking them away
from other communities. Theoretically
1t portends the deprivation Of facilities
in certain largely overquota areas, Like
New York, Illinois, Florida, Missouri,
Tennessee, Texas, Iowa and California,
in order to give them to underquota
States, like Pennsylvania, Massachu-
setts, Michigan, Wisconsin. South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Indiana. Practically
the odds are heavy that It won't work
out that way, unless accomplished grad
ually over long period Of years and
with the consent OF oil parties con-
cerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
Major Radio Features
SPEECHES..

SPEECHES.
DR.. Julius Curtuis, foreign minister
Of Germany, rebroadcast from Geneva,
WMAL. 1890; Col Victor Mutt, Esto-
MAN council general in Conclave of
Nations program, WMAL, 1870; DR..
Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, WMAL, 500; David Law
renee, WRC, 900.
CLASSICAL.
Roxy Symphony Orchestra, WRC, IL
am; National Oratorio Society, WRC,
100; Cathedral Hour. WMAL, 200;
Roth String Quartet, WRC, 800: New
York Philharmonic Orchestra, WMAI.,
500; New World Symphony, wMALI,
s:45; Frances Aida. soprano: and Josef
Pasternack's Orchestra, WRC, 9:l5;
Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Edgar
Guest, WMAL, $3.50.
VARIETY.
Jack Ralston's Orchestra, VOL, 8 80;
Capitol Family" WRC, 800; Choral
Orchestra. WRC, $50; Silver String
Revelers, WJSV, $40; Jesse Crawford,
wAAL, 1000; Champions Orchestra,
WRC, 1918; Sam Herman, xylophonist,
WRC, HIS.
MoonShine and Honeysuckle, WRC,
$500: Big Brother Club, WRC, 700.
HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE.
a:3o-The Dandies; Diane Howard,
soprano; Ben Alley, tenor, and
Freddie Rich'S Orchestra -
WABC. WFBL, WEAN, WNAC
and WCAU.
psOo-Dramatisation Of an incident in
life Of Robert E. Lee-WJZ,
KDKA, WREN and WSUN.
ns0o~-Melodies; Betsy Ayres, Mary
Hopple and W1lworth's Ensem-
ble-WJZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHANd,
WJR, KDKA and KYW.
oEi6-Magazine hour; Frank Kent Of
the Baltimore Sun-WJZ, WBZ.
WHAM, KDKA, WJR and
VINO.
D:so-"World Adventures with Floyd
Gibbons WBZ, WRZA,
WHAM, KDKA, WJR and
WLW.
mOslb-Andy Sanella and his novelty
orchestra-WJZ. WHAM, WLW,
WBZ. WJR, KDKA and WRVA
no:30-Slumber music; Ludwig Laurier's
String EnSemble-WJZ. WBZ,
WBzA, WHAM, KDKA, WJR
and WLW.
"a :00-Radio Luminaries; Welcome
Lewis, May Singhi Breen and
Peter de Rose and Frank Piners,
violinlst-WJZ, WJR, KDKA,
wRVA and WSB.
"Reminiscences; Erva Giles, So
prano; Godfrey Ludlow, violin
ist, and male Quartet--WJZ.
WREN, KWK, KDKA and
KFAB.
a. quiet Harmonies; Vincent sorey
and his Orchestra-WABC,
wEAN and WNAC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
AUDION rs YEARS OLD
De Forest Distinguished as One Of
Greatest Renefactors.

De Forest Distinguished as One OF
Greatest Benefactors.
"This month marks the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the invention Of the
three-electrode vacuum tube by DR.. Lee
de Forest Gin January, 1906)," accord
ing to Electronics. 1T was indisputably
De Forests triode or 'audion' which ini-
tiated the present widespread develop
ment and almost limitless possibilities
of the electron tube. Surely an inven-
ton Of such humanitarian Importance
distinguishes It's author as one OF hui
manity's greatest benefactors.
Not only did De Forest give to radio
and electronics one of its basic devices.
but there is also abundant evidence OF
his restless ingenuity and unceasing
industry in finding new ways to put his
invention to work. He was the pioneer
experimental broadcaster years before
the commercial broadcasting era. He
early saw the application of the oscil.
lating audion to electrical musical In
struments"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
DYOTT EXPEDITION TAKES
TRANSMITTER TO JUNGLES
Explorers Plan to Keep in Touch
With Friends Back Home
Via Short Waves.

NEW YORK B.-Explorers in the
faraway jungles now can speak with
their friends back home.
Plans have been completed by the
expedition Of George M. Dyott to the
wilds of South America to carry short
wave radio equipment. including tele-
phone transmitters, by which members
of the party viii be able to speak with
friends left behind.
Heretofore explorers have carried only
code transmitters.
A central station for the party will
be established on Long Island with the
expeditions radio headquarters at Al
tamira, small town on the lower ANA
zOn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

other, and as O result the listener
gets q treat that might not other
wise have developed.
This keen competition is valu-
able, as 1t means that neither
N. B. c. nor the G. B. S. can let
down an iota without the other
leaping in to gather whatever
laurels that might accrue.
One Of the most recent demon
STATIONS Of the rivalry was the
preliminaries to the broadcast by
Premier Benito MusSolini of Italy
from Rome. Just what actually
happened behind the scenes has
not been revealed, but the pro-
nounced ripples on the surface
gave a hint Of considerable &C
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
WIRELESS TO RUN SHIPS
London Speaker Says Even Sun
Rays May Furnish Power.

LONDON R.-Speaking in some
what whimsical vein the Earl of Inch
cape. shipping magnate, envisioned a
possible future day when ocean liners
would be propelled, heated and lighted
by wireless from a central power sta
ton ashore, or even by the shackled
rays Of the sun.
What the future may hold ex-
pressed in power units and their ap-
plication," ne said, no man alive TO-
day can foretell."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
WTCU 2o5A Meters.
"JON 1,46O Kil0cycIes.

IL 100 to 12:30-Services of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church.
AIS to 3:45-Church of the Air.
5:l5-Tango Troubadours.
6:00-GoSpel Spreading Association.
7:00-Margaret Ringrose, soprano.
7:30-Time signal.
7:31-Roland Wheeler, tenor.
7:55-Service at First Church Of
Christ Scientist.
905-Chick Godfrey, tenor.
930-Silver String Revelers.
10 :00-Studio program.
1918 to IL :00-Radio Revival.
Early Program Tomorrow.
9:OOa-Down South in Dixie.
Observation-Disclosures Clock.
9:3 7a-Musicsl program.
9:45a-Hints TO Housewives.
10:00a-Recipes
0:30a-Style talk.
II :00a,-Gospel song service.
l2:00-Correct time.
12:05-Musical program.
IL :20-Farm chat.
l2:30-Harmonica selections by Harry
Fitzgerald.
12:45 to 1:00-Radio Revival.
2:00-Afternoon musicale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
1889 Mileage Of Circuit.

NEW YORK R).-Every continent OF
the globe Is touched and every ocean Is
SPAWNED by a radio circuit terminating
in the United States r. c. A. estimates.
The total communication mileage u
placed at 143.6se.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
Fading Practically Conquered.

Fading no longer 10 q serious menace
to radio communication. To overcome
this evil. three aerials are used, leading
to q central receiver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
Musical Note A Broadcast.

Violinists can tune their instruments
TO the sound Of the new time signal be-
ing broadcast from Brunn, Czechoslo-
vakia, which consists of the musical
note A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
Today on the Radio
IAN pn,r othersOss sndicutedJ
wJDC 3IS.6 Meters.
w NO $50 KilOcycles.

0oa-Melody hour.
00a-Children' hour.
10 00a-Woodwind Ensemble.
10: Southland Sketches.
I1:00a-Roxy Symphony Orchestra.
12:0om-The Pilgrims.
l2l5-John Barclay and Dagmer
Rybner.
Days.
i:OO-National Oratorio Society
2:OO-Moonshine and Honeysuckle.
2:30-Russian Symphonic Choir.
3:00-Roth String Quartet of Buda-
pest.
3:30-El Tango Romantico.
4:00-Religious service by DR.. S. Parkes
Cadman.
5:Oo-The Tree hour, with mixed
chorus and orchestra.
6:00-Catholic hour.
7:00-Big Brothers Club.
7:30-Musical program.
8:00-Correct time.
8:01-Capitol Family"
8:3O-Choral Orchestra.
9:00-"Our Government" by David
Lawrence.
9:15-Frances Aida, soprano, and
Josef Pasternacks Orchestra.
10:15-Champions' Orchestra.
10:45-Sunday at Seth Parker'S.
11:15-Weather forecast.
ll:16-Sam Herman, XylOpnonlSt.
1880 to 1200-Russian Cathedral
Choir.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45a-Tower health exercises.
8:00a-Gene and Glenn.
8:15a-Morning devotions.
0:30a-Cheerio.
9:00a-Morning melodies.
9:45a-Our. Daily Food:
10:OOa-" Safeguarding Your Food and
Drug Supply" by w. r. M.
Wharton.
10:l5a-HitS and Bits.
10:3oa-"Please Tell Me-" by Jean Car
roll.
l0:45a-Hits and Bits.
IL :00a-The Blue Streaks.
11:15a-Radio Household Institute.
IL :30a-Organ melodies.
l2:0O-Farm flashes.
l2:15-Luncheon Ensemble.
12:30-National farm and home hour
1:30-Mayflowe Orchestra.
2:30-Studio feature.
2:45-Sisters of the Skillet.
3:00-Current events.
3:15-Musicalities
3:30-The Sixteen Singers.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
100 To INSPECT
CUBAN ROAD

A party of 100 highway officials,
engineers and contractors will
leave Washington tomorrow to in.
spect the recently completed Cen.
tral Highway Of Cuba.
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District
highway engineer, and Mrs. White
hurst will be members of the
party, which also will include w.
A. Van Duzer, president of the
American Road Builders Associa-
ton, and his wife; Maj. D. A.
Dawson, assistant engineer com,
missioner of the District, and Mrs.
Dawson; Charles M. Upham, engi-
neer-director of the American
Road Builders Association, and
James H. Macdonald, treasurer of
the organization
The Central Highway of Cuba
is the largest single highway con.
tract ever built, being 703 miles
long and having cost 100000, 900.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
SCHOOL CHANGE
SUPPORTED

Complete renovation of the old
Business High School before being
utilized for colored children was
urged last night by the Central
Northwest Civic Association meet
Ing at the Garnet Patterson Junior
High School. The body appointed
a committee to call upon the
Board of Education on the above
issue.
The association went on record
favoring the placement of traffic
lights at the intersection of Yer
mont Avenue and r and T Streets
and also at Vermont and Florida
Avenues Northwest. Because of
large enrolment and heavy traf-
fic- along Vermont Avenue, the
placement of policemen at the
intersections around the Garnett-
Patterson school at the opening
and closing of school was also
urged.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
Starring Amid Riches
In 100000 Palace,
Wife Gets Alimony

NEW YORK, March 13.-
Surrounded by costly-but in
edible-tapestries and luxurious
furnishings in their sumptu-
ously appointed 100000 man
sion nesting in the foothills Of
the Orange mountains, the wife
of a millionaire proclaimed her
self destitute.
Automobiles and privat tie
grounds, servants and plate SER
vice were there-but no money
to buy food.
Vice. C hancellor Alonzo
Church in Newark, hearing the
tale of poverty, promptly went
to the relief of Mrs. Miriam U.
Paul, and her two children,
Ruth and Miriam, twins of 13.
He granted her $4,000 a month
alimony.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
HOSPITAL SOON OPEN

NEWINGTON, Conn, March 13.
The latest veterans hospital,
maintained by the United States
Veterans Bureau, will be in full
operation here on May /.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
MARINE BAND TO PLAY

The United States Marine Band
Orchestra will give a concert to-
day at 3 p. m. at the auditorium
in the Marine Barracks.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13

banished from measuring, mixing and bak-
ing. Every cake is perfect.
When you've once tried Hostess Cup
Cakes, you'll realize, just as Mrs. Chi1dress
did, the real quality and goodness of preci-
baked Hostess Cake. Hostess Cup
Cakes are made by an old New England
recipe, rich with chocolate and eggs and
The Washington times., 1931-03-13

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you?
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spend nickel to prove it!
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Hostess Cakes at anywhere near this price.
And you never tasted more deliciously ten
der favory cake in all your days!
Hostess Cakes are precision-baked. Old
fashioned guesswork has been completely
The Washington times., 1931-03-13

thick frosted with either chocolate or vanilla
icing. Everybody loves them. Children will
be good and drink their milk, just to get
one Hostess Cup Cake.
So won't you try precision-baked Hostess
Cup Cakes today? Spend Just So, and you
will find a new freedom from the worries of
baking. At any grocer's today-2 for So.
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station WRC and associated N B. c. stations.
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fresh from the Hostess 1t marked that if it
is promptly purchased is returned and replaced
by cake If you find Hostess Cake that %
fresh and perfect return it and get your money back
The Washington times., 1931-03-13

For a Directory to desired services
consult the 24-HOur Service Directory
published in tOday's Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13

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chandising enables
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The Washington times., 1931-04-04
COMEDY WILL
OPEN STOCK
SEASON

Easter Monday, April 6, will be
an auspicious one in the National
Theater. Then, the National
Theater Players open their
seventh annual season. The
inaugural attraction is Rachael
Crothers' captivating come y,
Let Us Be Gay"
Let Us Be Gay" was chosen
as the initial number in a goodly
list of American plays because
the Crothers comedy had never
been seen in Washington.
Sophisticated Comedy
Aside from the fact that LET
Us Be Gay" makes it's debut in
the Nations Capital Monday
night, with the opening of the
new summer season, it also offers
a marvellous opportunity for the
sponsors of the company to dis
play their new talent, and their
latest working organization to the
public.
In the lead roles, Leneta Lane
as Kitty Brown, and Stanley
Ridges as Bob Brown, carry the
bulk of the comedy. They are
backed up, however, by as fine an
aggregation of thespians as ever
stepped on the stage of the Ma
tional Theater in any season of
repertoire.
Some New Faces
Mrs. Adelaide Hibbard, who, as
the toastmasters say, needs no
introduction" has one of the
finest character parts in all her
career in this first play of the
season.
Daphne Wilson and John War
burton, who will step before the
fOotlights as new members of
the company Monday night, will
be remembered for their sterling
performances here in the John
Drinkwater play, Bird in Hand"
Edward Poland will be remem-
bered for his competent charac-
terizationS of last season. Ray
mond Bramley, a newcomer, has
had an extensive career in the
theater. He is graduate of the
American Academy of Dramatic
Arts, and just closed with This
Is New York." before coming to
Washington. Forrest Orr, who
was here last season. will be re-
membered as one of the most
popular members of the troupe.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
Wilson in Play

There has been a sort of un-
written understanding that Wood.
row Wilson would not be written
about or dramatized unless his
widow had approved the manu-
script. For this reason, probably,
there has been no play written
about the lamented war presi-
dent.
Today Bob Sisk sends word
the Theater Guild will focus the
spotlight on the Wilson efforts
for world peace.
It has acquired a play by Emil
Ludwig, the famous biographer
called Versailles" in which
Woodrow Wilson. David Lloyd
George, Georges Clemenceau, Mrs
Wilson, Sir Basil Zaharoff and
others are the leading characters.
The play deals with the intel,
lectual idealist, Wilson, pitted
against the political maneuvers
of M. Clemenceau and Mr.. Lloyd
George and it shows the incom,
plete success with which Amer.
ica's War President struggled
against political intrigue abroad
and opposition at home.
The secret treaties which ex
listed among the Fourteen Points
and the play in it's entirety deals
with the Wilson fight for the
Wilson ideals.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
After a Record

Charlie Chaplin goes after the
record at Loew's Columbia by
opening doors daily at $50 a. m.
and cutting down the free list. D..
Leave it to the Broadway stars
to weave in, if possible, the
scenes which brought them fame
and glory on the stage. Thus
Edna Mae divers slightly spiffh-
Gated lady in Laugh and Get
Rich" at Keith's, will be recog-
nized by old timers as the high
comedy moment Of that famous
musical, "Oh, Boy. Howard
Thurston, who will entertain with
his magic show at the Belasco
beginning Sunday night, is a doc
tor of divinity according to his
fellow mystifier, Fred Keating. -.
All the National Theater Players
bet and won on the winner of the
Leneta. Lane Handicap - Tony
Princess. And they picked the
money horse from Paddock'S
selections in The Washington
Times. For this Joe Brocator
will be a special guest at the
''Let Us Be Gay" opening Mon
day night.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
Down on E Street
At the National

At the National
Best Theater Guild show:
PElizabeth, the Queen"
Worst Theater Guild show;
Hchnitzler's THE Lonely Way"
Commonest musical trash: Earl
Carroll's Sketch Book"
Most overpraised show: Strictly
Dishonorable."
Biggest disappointment: Fran
cine Larrinore's Storm Song"
Best musical comedy: Amer
Ica's Sweetheart"
Best satirical comedy: George
M. Cohan in The Tavern"
Most successful mediocrity
Lenore Uric in Pagan Lady"
Show that pleased the biggest
percentage of National Theatel
patrons: George Kelly's "Phillir
Goes Forth"
Best individual performances
Of the season: Lynn Fontanne
hs Queen Elizabeth. Tom Powers
as the King in ShaWs Apple
Cart"
Double-header flop: Basil Rath
bone in "A Kiss of Importance
and Heat Wave"