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shouting directions at her in q Lam
guage wholly incomprehensible. She
did not want strangers to stand about
the set staring at her.
Carlo Proves Find.
Many times she was ready to quit and
90 home. But Stiller. who realized all
this picture meant for his protege, made
her carry on.
Greta Carlo has never forgotten
those first long. trying days in Holly
wood when, homeSick and discouraged,
She hardly had enough strength left to
carry herself home for the few hours OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27

my methods Instead. they try 10 tell
me how 10 make the picture"
Finally he was taken from the pic
TURF. Pred Niolo was put IN his place
(TcmoFruw: The Carlo OF Mystery. }
tCcpYriaht, 1881 By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27

DR., G. A. Amos. acting coroner. viewed
the body after the shooting Saturday
night. He win hold an inquest AZ police
headquarters this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27

dead man. home from his work when he
met Carter. In . scuf1e which followed
an argument between the two the gun
went OF. Alexander said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
DAMROSCH TO GIVE
CONCERT OVER WRC
First Summer Program From
California at 6 O'Clock
Tonight.

The FIRST Of q series Of Summer con-
ceYts at the woodland Theater in HIS"
borough, Calf, conducted by Walter
pamrosch, will be broadcast at s o'clock
this evening by wRC and coast-to-
coast network of other National Broad
casting Co. stations.
The orchestra Is composed Of IS MEM
hers OF the San Francisco symphony
orchestra. DamroSch will announce the
compositions to be played.
Nanette Guilford, prima donna So
prano of the Metropolitan Opera Co,
will be the soloist in the Kent hour: Her
contributions include your Song From
Paradise" my Hero" from THE Choc-
olate Soldier" and Drigo's Loves Sere-
made"
Popular Dance Tunes.
Popular dance tunes make up the pro-
gram of Nathaniel Shilkret's Orchestra,
to be broadcast at $50 o'clock. The
selections range from such fast-moV1ng
numbers as Samson and Delnah" TO
medley Of famous walt1es.
Maurice Chevalier will sing hunor-
Gus song about himself in the program
Of the Choral Orchestra. "Oh, Maui
rice" Is the title. His other numbers
are I'm Crazy About My Baby" and
"Bubbltng over With Love.
Concluding a symposium Of three in
Russian f1ve-year plan has been at
tackled and defended, Hubert R. Knick-
erbocker will present a summation OF
the case today over WMAL and other
Columbia Broadcasting System stations
Knickerbocker will speak from Berlin
where he represents New York news
paper.
it, weekly concert will feature The
Graham Legion March" composltion
Of Arthur Pryor. other features of this
program include q solo by Muriel Kyle
soprano, and q talk and poetry reading
by Edgar A. Guest.
Excerpts From Aida"
Excerpts from Aida" will be the
Grand Opera Miniature presentation
The soloiStS are Thee Karle, tenor; Lii
liam Bucknam, soprano, and Barbara
Maurel. contralto.
Three washington artists also are tt
be heard over WMAL. Alice B. Harvey
pianist, will give a 15-minute recital al
1915 o'clock, and at 9:45 O'Clock
Gretchen Hood, soprano, and Katherine
Floeckher Cullen, pianist, are scheduled
in joint recital.
A baptismal service by the GoSpe
Spreading Association at the foot o.
water and o streets will be broadcast
by WJSV this afternoon at o'clock
The regular Sunday service Of the asso-
cation also will be broadcast.
WJSV'S Program.
WJSV's musical features will be pro.
vided by L. 2. Phillips. trombonist Mar
garet R1ngrose, soprano, and ROLAND
Wheeler, tenor.
VOL announces an abbreviated Sun
day program, which concludes at
o'clock this afternoon. In the morning
it will broadcast several musical fea-
lures and the service of the First Con-
gregational Church. The chief feature
this afternoon will be a popular pro-
gram by Jack Ralston's Orchestra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
MACKAY co. ENTERS
SET-MAKING FIELD
Plans to Revive Bankrupt Holster
Concern After Acquiring Con-
trolling Interest.

Another giant concern has entered
the broadcast receiving set manufac-
turing field. Rather quietly and I'M
obtrusively, Mackay Radio IL Telegraph
Co., q unit of the International Tele-
phone Il Telegraph Corporation and
the only major competitor Of Radio
Corporation OF America in the radio
communications field, has acquired
controlling interest In holster Radio
Corporation, including the control OF
the Federal Telegraph Co. Of California.
Mackay thus enters into competition
in another branch of radio with r. G. A.
and other set makers, for the plan Is
to revive the bankrupt holster concern
and take over its trademarks, patents
and manufacturing facilities to market
a new line Of radios for the home.
Franklin Hutchinson will be president
of the new Holster Radio, Inc, and 1t
Is probable that DR.. Frederick Holster,
eminent radio inventor and former
radio chief Of the United States Bureau
of Standards, will continue as Its CHIEF
engineer.
According to the announcement by
Clarence H., Mackay, president OF
Mackay Radio g. Telegraph Co., the
acquisition of holster and Federal as
sures Mackay Radio of an independent,
patent free position in the United States
for both radio set manufacturing and
for the development and exploitation
of point-to-point and international
autobiography. The recent decision
of the Supreme Court Of the United
States invalidating the basic Langmuir
high vacuum patent on radio tubes. was
said to strengthen the position OF
Mackay and its afaliated companies.
The I. T. & T., which becomes the
real overload Of holster and Federal,
as it is Of Mackay Radio, now finds It
self In nearly all the fields Of radio en-
deavor that Radio Corporation Of Amer
lea pursues, In addition to its wide
spread foreign telephone operations. 1t
is not, however, very deeply in the
broadcasting field. Whereas the r. G. A,
owns 100 per cent Of the National
Broadcasting Co., which manages or
controls q half dozen large radio sta
tionS, I. r. g. T. owns only CMC OF
the cuban Telephone Co., at Havana,
although It may have some indirect
interests in broadcasting In the other
Latin American, European and Asiatic
countries in which it has telephone,
radiotelegraph or manufacturing opera
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21

years"
Employment in industrial plants, as a
lumberjack in the West, in the fisheries
Of Alaska. in a department store, in
motion pictures and as concert singer
are but a few of his experiences. Today
his music, leading to broadcasting, has
gained him real happiness, for he has
found the microphone receptive to the
talents brought out by his previous
training. Now, while congenially en-
ployed in a musical field, he is able to
continue his studies.
Ruffner is known to his associates as
"Tiny" for the good and SUFFICIENT rea-
son that he stands 6 feet 512 inches in
height. He was born in Charlottesville,
Ind. Later he moved to the Pacific
Northwest and after leaving high school,
entered the University of Washington
to study music. The outbreak of the
World War interfered and he left to
Join the Army. After his return from
while earning money for his tuition in
various ways.
Several years ago he was a participant
In the great musical religious drama,
1.-The Wayfarer" which was given in
Madison Square Garden, New York
City. Here he met Alois Havrilla, now
a popular N. B. c. announcer. A lew
years later ne was meLnper o1 Lie
Princess Flavia" company and here
again his lot was thrown in with that
of Havrilla. When Havrilla joined the
N. B. c. stan, he urged Ruffner to seek
q position also, but as he was member
of THE Circus Princess" company,
Ruffner did not feel inclined to leave
the stage at the moment. Just before
Christmas the show closed.
This sudden cutting-of of his income
made Ruffner's Christmas outlook none
too favorable. A telegram was sent to
the National Broadcasting Co. in New
York. A reply was made in few hours
and as a result Ruffner was soon estab-
lished as a full-f1edged announcer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
Glacier Movements Watched.

The movements of important glaciers
throughout the world are subject to
constant observation and study by
scientists and the results Of this work
are published each year for distribution
among the governments which have en-
tered into the agreement. There is an
international commission which super
vises the work, which has been in oper-
alton since 1894. Considerable value Is
attached to the work. For instance, in
Switzerland the variations Of the gla-
cier movements have a direct effect
upon the mountain streams, which are
depended upon in many cases for pow
er and irrigation. Systematic obServa-
ton Of the glaciers Ia also Of value IN
anticipating disastrous avalancheSs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
School Room ON Wheels.

The schooling Of children of itin-
Grant showmen in France Is taken care
of by means Of a travelling school room,
which moves around the country with
the show. There are several organiza-
lions of this kind which are quite
large, and otherwise the education OF
these children would be neglected. The
wagon is fitted out with desks and 9TH
err paraphernalia of the school room
and Is in charge of q competent teach
er. The hours are arranged 70 suit
those Of tie persons interested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
POLISH DIRECTOR LIKES
AMERICAN RADIO PLAN
DR.. Chamiec Says Broadcasting
| Will Be CommercialiZed
In His Country.

Quite a different attitude toward the
American scheme Of commercial broad
casting from that freely expressed by
Sir John Reith, director general Of the
British Broadcasting Corporation, who
has just returned to England. is re-
vealed in statements by DR.. SigiSmond
Chamiec, director Of "Polskie Radio"
the broadcasting system Of Poland.
BroadcaSting In Poland is operated by
a private concessionaire of the govern
ment, which Is given monopoly.
DR.. ChaIniecs visit has been some
ing Sir Johns visit but he came to
study American methods with view.
he said, to instituting commercial
broadcasting in Poland. Polish listen
ers now pay Q radio set license fee Of
1886 per annum, but DR.. Chamiec. aft
er observing American practices, de-
clareS his conviction that advertising
support would raise the standards of
Polish brcadcasting by making better
derway to commercialize radio In Po-
land. DR.. Chamiec said.
The Polish radio chieftain has under
his control, among other stations, Eu-
ropes and the worlds most powerful
broadcaSting Station-Radio RaSin, Just
outside of Warsaw. which broadcasts
with 160,000-watt power on the long
wave Of 1,411 meters. He is also chair
man of the International Committee OF
L'UniOn de Radiodiffusion, which ar
ranges for exchanges Of programs be-
tween stations of Poland. Czechoslo-
vakia, Germany, Hungary, France. Bel
GUM and England.
One of the objects Of his trip here
was to arrange for an exchange Of pro-
grams with the United States and he
has entered into an agreement with the
National Broadcasting Co. whereby
Americans will hear relays Of certain
Polish programs on the network coming
via powerful new short-wave station
being erected at Warsaw. In Poland,
American short-wave transmiSsions will
be picked up and rebroadcast. The ex-
changes are scheduled to begin next
Winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

he was negotiating with Metro
politan for q series Of radio
performances.
Mr.. Aylesworth did not expand
upon his statement, but the prob
abilities are that, If the negotia-
lions succeed, the broadcaSting
will be done simultaneously with
the public stage performances, as
the N. 3. G. has been doing fox
several years with Chicago Civic
Opera. The Metropolitan has long
eSchewed radio, its trustees hav-
ing been unqualified in their dis
approval Of broadcasting a stage
performance, although nearly all
of the Metropolitan stars have
made individual appearances be-
fore the microphone in studios.
\ 4 -
THE worlds population" of
i radio receiving sets is increas-
ing at the rate Of $50, 1000 monthly,
in spite Of world economic depres-
sion, according to DR.. Julius Klein,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
DR.. Klein asserts that world con-
ditions "have Signally failed to
have any noticeable effect on the
forward march of radio" He esti-
mated the number of sets in the
world at $4,000, 900 to 10000, OO0-
and early returns from the Census
Bureau indicate that about TO-
600, 900 American homes are
equipped with one receiving set
or more.
Since the inception Of broad
casting, according to DR.. Klein,
American radio exports have
grown by leaps and bounds,
amounting in value to nearly
500, 100000 from 1921 to 1880.
Nearly so per cent of this total
was shipped during the peak-and-
depression years of 1929 and 1890,
with early 1881 figures exceeding
those for the same months of the
past two years.
= y
CENTRAL radio receiving sys-
~ TENS, over which radio pro-
grams will be tuned in and then
relayed by special wiring to pa
tientS in their beds, have been
ordered installed in los Army hos
pitfalls in the United States, Pana-
ma, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines. The newly developed
pillow receiver" a diminutive
radio speaker encased in a sponge
rubber cushion with an outlet to
permit of undisturbed reception,
will be part Of the equipment
ordered by the War Department.
Some radios with loud speakers
and many with headphoneS are
already installed in many Army
hospitals, and they have proved a
boon to the shut-inS. The present
project, which will not be COM
pleted before 1885, is designed to
modernize the equipment. Because
radio reception is often unsatis-
factory in Panama, Porto Rico and
the Philippines, due to heavy
static, it is planned to furnish the
hospitals there with short wave
receivers for reception from the
United s a es and foreign
countries.
In addition to broadcast recep-
ton, provision Is being made for
electric photograph installations
These monographs can be at
tached to the central receiving
system and heard in lieu of radio
programs when desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
UBLIC speakers using the
y radio soon will be forced by
the listening public to fore

AO0A4N OPedhCLo uSAhS WAC
- radio soon will be forced by
the listening public to fore
= 60 the use Of q manuscript,
in the opinion of Representative
Ruth Bryan Owen, Democrat, of
Florida. Mrs. owen, q veteran
before the microphone, has never
used manuscript and Is regard
ed by many as the most finished
radio speaker in Washington'S Of
flcial circles.
Mrs. owen never fails to impress
radio studio attaches with her
complete mastery of microphone
technique. Recently, following the
broadcaSting of a speech over the
Columbia System, she was asked
for her opinions on radio public
speaking.
1.-THE listening public" she said,
els not going to stand very long
for the dead quality in q voice
reading the written word. It will
demand the freshness of extern
poraneouS speaking. Proof Of
that can be seen any day our
Congress is In session. A member
who rises to speak with volumin-
Gus manuscript before him Is fated
to see the galleries thin out. Even
his colleagues will run on to the
Senate or House restaurant while
he speaks. But let q speaker rise
and begin without notes, without
manuscript, without anything but
his voice and his eyes to see the
reactions OF his audience, the
empty seats I'LL, the gallery tends
to become crowded.
IT didn't find 1t hard to master
extemporaneouS speaking before
the microphone. AS a matter Of
fact, found 1t much easier than
imagine 1t would be If 1 used q
manuscript. Suppose I had two
minutes to go and my manuscript
would take five minutes. A man
uscript is certainly not as flexible
as the human mind. I find 1t the
simplest thing in the world to
round out an idea so that the
end OF 1t comes where 1t should.
am quite sure I would have q
terrible time trying to leave out
certain sentences in a manuscript
so that 1t would come out all right.
To my mind, it would be impoS-
sible to visualize my small, front
room audiences If I were paying
attention to something printed in
front Of me-"
In the last sentence, Mrs. Owen,
perhaps without knowing it, gave
a word picture Of what she looks
like when broadcaSting. She en-
tiers the studio and first asks the
exact second she must be finished.
She has yet to 60 over or fall short
of her allotted time. She is as
expert at finishing up on the dot
as announcerS who hold reputa-
tionS for placing This Is the
Columbia BroadcaSting System"
right on the split second.
METROPOLITAN OPERA, prac-
W tically the last of the great
American musical aggregations to
hold out against radio, will prob
ably be broadcast directly from
the stage in New York City, begin
ming some time next year. M. H.
AyleSworth, president of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co., revealed
at a hearing before the Federal
Radio Commission last week that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
Double-Moated Castle.

Notwithstanding its rather remote
position on the island Of Jutland, In
Denmark, on the banks of the Limfjord,
Castle Spottrup has lured many visitors
to its walls of recent years. Although
its age and builder have been forgotten,
it has been there for many centuries,
and is one of the best double-moated
castles of Europe. Its dividing bulwark
of earth on the eastern side reaches al
most to the caves of the structure, and
with its graSS-clad ramparts adds i'm
mensely to the impression one receives
of its ancient formidable strength. 1t
is only restored in part, and the visitor
can easily visualize its ancient extent
and form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
UNIQUE RADIO SYSTEM
Norway Operates Stations With
Programs by Private Companies.

Norway boasts broadcasting struc-
ture unique in Europe, where radio in
most countries is operated by the gov
eminent itself or under strictest gov-
ernmental control. According to q re-
port from the American consul at
Stavanger. George Orr, Norway's broad
casting system Is q cooperative one.
with the technical operation Of the
country's - stations left to the gov
eminent and the programs prepared
and staged by large private company.
Powers Of stations. as In England,
are largely predicated upon crystal re-
ception, for thousands Of listeners still
have only crystal sets. The powers range
from 500 watts to $4,000 watts. the lat
ter power being used on the long wave
Of 1888. meters by the leading station at
Oslo. It's crystal range is rated at about
30 miles radius. The 500-watters have
q crystal range from 10 to IL miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
Iowa Station Silenced.

Station KTNT, Muscatine, Iowa, is
off the air. The District of Columbia
Court of Appeals. without opinion, June
IL vacated the original stay order
granted Norman T. Baker after the
Federal Radio Commission had ruled
the station was not operating in the
public interest. Since the court is
about TO adjourn for the Summer, the
Baker appeal will not be heard until
next Autumn and the station must re-
main silent until final adjudication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21

leaving home at an
early age, for many
years he accepted
any position which
would enable him
to have spare time
for musical study.
The length of hours
Of e m p 10 Y m e n t
meant nothing to
him If he could but
have q few waking
hours with his
m usic. At one
time he drove q
bread wagon In
New York City and
dly admits
that he saw every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
Fewer Summer Listeners.

A recent survey conducted for the Co
llrnbia Broadcasting System showed
that the July-August radio audience is
only IA per cent less than the Septem-
ber-October audience-thuS proving, We
are told, that the Summer radio audi
ence is practically as large as the Au-
hmm audience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
WENR COST 100000
Sum Paid by N. B. c. for Three
Year Lease on Chicago Station.

National Broadcasting Co. paid
"about 100000" for a three-year
ieasehold on Station WENR, Chicago,
M. II. Aylesworth, It's president, re-
vealed in Washington this week. At
the end Of the three years the station
becomes to property Of N. B. C. with
out further payments.
one of the country's eight 10000
waters, WENR Is assigned to only half
time on q clear channel, the other half
being assigned to WIS OF the Prairie
FARMER, which also uses the WENR
transmitter by special arrangement with
N. B. C.
The price paid for WENR, which was
taken over from the Samuel insult pub
lie utilities interests. compares with the
record price of LOCO 900 paid for
WEAF, New York "key" Of the N. B. c.,
when it was purchased from the Amer
acan Telephone a. Telegraph Co. about
eeWg years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21

When oceanographers began 10 ex-
plore and produced creatures which
had been definitely proved not to exist,
the world Of science was shocked.
The only land left to be explored Is
the land that lies under the sea, and
as the estimated area of this unknown
territory Is exactly three times that OF
the known land. the superficial explo-
ration Of our globe Is not yet even half
complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21

The year 1776 Witnessed the Decla-
ration of Independence, the publication
of Adam Smiths Wealth Of Nations"
the book which laid the foundations
of modern political economy, and Will
kinsons invention Of the cylinder that
made Watts new steam engine possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
The Dial Log.
Stations Heard in washington Regularly.

Flashes from The Evening Star,
a resume OF tDorfd TetUS, Is broad
cast daily by WMAL at 5:45 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
Folks Behind
The Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

- DMUND B. RUFFNER of the
l. National BroadcaSting Co.'S an
nouncing staff followed his
IL vocal teacher throughout the
country and worked in 20 diff
ferent occupations to defray the cost Of
IL years musical study.
Ruffner, as a youth, planned a
musical career for himself and upon