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Evening star., 1932-09-11

brating the second anniversary of their
Inauguration between Washington and
New York in September, 1880, with
several world records to their credit
to make the celebration worth while.
More than 120 passengers have
been flown and planes of the line
have flown approximately 3.500,00O
miles during the two years between
this city and New York. The line
though two years old, still remains the
only air transport system in the world
operating hourly passenger plane serv-
ice.
The line claims world records for
number Of passengers flown in a single
day. number Of passengers flown be-
tween two cities and other records for
operating efficiency and passenger car
rying.
For two years the line has fought
for the privilege of carrying airmail
and now has pending before the Post
Office Department and Congress an
application for special intercity fast
mail service, similar in operation to the
special delivery service, which would
make possible two-way mail communi-
York during the course of a single
business day.
Bombing Matches Begin Tomorrow.
Thirty y-eight teams from 25 squadrons
of the Army Air Corps will compete in
the annual machine gun and bombing
matches which will begin tomorrow at
Langley Field, Hampton, Va. A total
Of A Air Corps officers will vie for
ratings as distinguished aerial gunner
or aerial bomber. More than 35 enlisted
men will accompany the teams as
mechanics.
The entrants include II officers who
will fire the first event, for pursuit
pilots; II officers firing in the second
event, for observation and attack pilots;
10 officers, who will fire the third event,
for observers in observation and attack
squadrons, and IL officers, making up
six bombing teams, who will compete
In the bombing events.
The teams have been selected by
competitions at the home stations of
the various squadrons, in all parts of
the continental United States. These
annual matches are the elimination of
an important part of the training of all
combat pilots and observers and are
training events of the year in the Air
Corps.
Annapolis Field in Straits.
The Annapolis Flying Club, which is
attempting to establish a flying field
for the Maryland capital at Edgewater,
Md, Is feeling the stress Of hard times
and the city is in danger of losing its
field
After two planes had been damaged
recently because Of the rough condition
of the field, carnival was held there
early this month to raise funds for
scraping and leveling the landing area.
The carnival, however, showed a deficit
of s1e0. Unless the civic organizations,
city council and county commissioned
cooperate with the club, the field will
have to be abandoned, according to
James o. Myers, president Of the flying
club.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
HOPE BR0ADCASTS
WILL PAY OWN WAY
Both Political Parties Strive
to Have Radio Listeners
Foot the Bill.
BY ROBERT MACK.

~ 9TH political parties are trying
- to make their radio campaigns,
from now until the presidential
D elections In November, pay
their own way through contri-
buttons from the great American
listening audience.
Following the lead Of the Republican
National Committee, which has organ
lied a pay as you listen" project, the
Democratic National Committee is max
ing direct appeals for radio funds. but
on q straight-away basis, rather than
on membership in party radio club.
The appeal began when both the Demo-
cratic nominee, Gov. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, and Chairman James A. Far
ley Of the Democratic committee, asked
for contributions in addresses over
Nationwide hook-ups.
To Match Each Other.
Even though neither party has yet
completed its plans for radio campaign
ing, it Is evident that the extent to
which radio will be used between now
and November will reach an unprece-
dented level. All public addresses by
the presidential candidates. 1t Is practi-
cally certain, will be broadcast over
Nationwide networks paid for by the
parties at regular commercial rates.
There also will be group Of special
radio addresses by the candidates, and
from the way things have been going,
it seems that each party will attempt
to match the other on the extent to
which radio is employed.
Besides the addresses of the candi-
dates themselves, speeches are being
made over small networks and tnde-
pendent stations by supporters, usually
under orders from national headquar-
ters. These addresses, it Is understood,
will become more and more frequent
as the campaign approaches an end.
During the week prior to election day
in November, listeners are certain to
get q nightly diet Of political oratory.
VIII Use Records.
An innovation during the current
campaign will be the use Of electrical
transcriptions, or recorded programs.
Addresses of political leaders will be
recorded on disks similar to phonograph
records and sent to radio stations for
broadcasting at particular hours to par
ticular audiences. It is the first time
that recorded programs have been used
in a presidential election. 1t Is known
that President Hoover's acceptance
speech was recorded by electrical tran
scription.
The Republicans tentatively have set
their radio budget at 100000, but it
may run higher If the National Radio
League" plan of raising funds yields
more than that amount The Demo-
Gratis have launched their drive for
radio funds as a part Of their general
budget Of S1,500,000. They say that
a substantial part Of this fund would
be devoted to radio, but the exact
amount has not been disclosed.
(copyright, 1882. by the Consolidated Press)
Evening star., 1932-09-11
j. s. AND MEXICO
SEEK RADIO PACT
Agreement Would Prevent
Setting Up of "WiIdcat"
Stations Across Border.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

" VEN before the sessions Of the
l. International Radio Conference
got under way in Madrid last
IL week, there began a series OF
informal meetings between the
American and Mexican delegates which
may ultimately lead to an accord re-
garding the use of the broadcaSting
wave lengths in North America. Such
an accord may not onl.' reduce mutual
and Mexican stations, but may also
strengthen the Canadian American
agreement Of last May, to which Mex
leo was not party.
Mexico In fact, has not been party
to any Of the wave agreements be-
tween the United States and Canada
for the last half dozen years for the
reason that the Mexican government,
presumably due to internal disorgani-
zation and the lack Of trained radio
personnel in its departments, has in
variably failed to accept invitations to
attend conferences on mutual radio
problems. The same holds true OF
Cuba.
As a result, American and Canadian
radio officials, entering into amicable
agreements of their own, have always
been under a certain restraint. They
have not known what Mexico might do
next. What Mexico has already done has
been provocative of some embarrass-
ment, especially to the American Gov
ernment.
Used Remote Control.
When DR.. John r. Brinkley, the
Kansas goat gland" specialist, was
ruled of the air because his medical
broadcasts were held inimical to the
public health, he forthwith sold his
radio plant at Milford, Kans., and went
to Mexico to build a high-powered
station to continue his broadcaSting.
At villa Acuna, just across the Rio
Grande from Del Rio, Tex, he built
75,000-watt station-the most powerful
in North America-with the consent OF
the Mexican government. He Continued
appearing on the Iadio, even broadcast
ing by remote control from various
American cities and having his main
studios in Del Rio.
There appeared to be nothing the
American Government could do about
it, even when his station began inter-
fering with American stations on ada
cent wave lengths, and in spite of the
fact that the Villa Acuna stations pro-
grams were obviously designed for le-
ception mainly on this side of the bor
der. For time the station, well known
all over the continent as XER, f1cur-
ished, and DR.. Brinkley's nostruns con-
tinued to be sold via the air. Then, for
some unexplained reason, he is sup
posed to have sold his interest in the
station and returned tc Kansas to Iun
again for the governorship, which he
nearly won two years ago and which he
stands a chance Of winning this year.
Still another depoSed American broad
caster Is also reported to have gone to
Mexico. He Is Norman T. Baker, for
mer owner of KTNT, Muscatine, Iowa,
who Is supposed to be building $50, ,o0c-
watt station at present at Nuevo Laredo,
opposite Laredo, Tex, presumably also
Evening star., 1932-09-11
RADIO POSTS MAY
Be LEFT UNTITLED
Commission May Be Cut to
Three Members-Many
Indorsed for Vacancies.

Despite indications that President
Hoover, as an economy measure, may
not I'LL the vacancy created by the
resignation last July of Chairman Saltz-
man Of the Federal Radio Commission,
several new candidates for the post,
bearing influential support, have cropped
up during the past few days.
While White House spokeSmen were
reticent in discussing the possibility that
the commission will be reduced from a
five to a three man agency, it was stated
that several new names have been ad-
vanced for the fourth zone commission
ership, comprising the Middle Western
States. The post has been vacant since
July 10.
Newspaper Men Candidates.
Two former newspaper men-Bond
Geddes of Chicago and John Henry of
Council Bluffs, Iowa-are among the
new candidates, and both have been
indorsed by men prominent In radio as
well as politics. Mr.. Geddes now Is
executive secretary of the Radio Manu-
facturers' Association, which post he
Is manager of Station KOHL, at Council
Bluffs, and formerly was engaged in
newspaper work in the Middle West.
Other new candidates whose names
have been presented to the White
House include Michael Ert Of Milwau-
kee, founder of the Wisconsin Radio
Trade Association and former president
of the National Federation Of Radio
Associations, and John S. Boyd, Chi
cago attorney, who has practiced before
the Radio Commission.
Many Endorsed.
Immediately following Gen. Saltz-
mans resignation. the names OF half
dozen candidates were advanced at the
White House. Several withdrew, how
ever, and those still considered candi-
dates include James w. Baldwin, sec
retary of the commission and a native
of Indiana; William S. Hedges, man
ager of Station WMAQ, in Chicago, and
former president Of the National As
sociation of Broadcasters; Robert d.
Heinl, Washington radio correspondent,
and Earl Ferguson, attorney OF Shen-
andoah, Iowa. All have been strongly
indorsed at the White House.
The view has been current in WASH
ington that President Hoover would re-
duce the personnel of the commission
to three members, just as he reduced
the seven-man Shipping Board to three.
Should this be the case, it would mean
that he not only would not fill the post
vacated by Gen. 'Saltzman, but would
also allow the next commission expi-
ration-that of Vice Chairman E. 0.
Sykes of the third or Southern zone
to lapse. Judge Sykes term expires
February %.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

PUZZLING phenomenon, the like
n Of which he said he has never
n before observed, was reported by
I \ DR.. A. Hoyt Taylor, radio chief
Of the Naval Research Labora-
tory. following radio observations con-
Quoted during the solar eclipse. Send
ing out test signals on the short wave
of 5000 kilocycles (about go meters),
DR.. Taylor and his staff heard pecu-
liar pulsating fading at almost exact
2-second intervals during the 40 minutes
that preceded the 80 per cent OF totality
observed here.
"These pulsations," he said, "were
the most remarkably uniform have
ever heard, and I really don't know
what they mean. We heard similar
pulsations the day before the eclipse at
about 5-second intervals, but that o.d
not puzzle us. These regular 2-seccnd
pulsations may or may not be peculiar
to the eclipse, but they were OF ag-
nitude and regularity thai I had never
before observed in my experience.
1t Is too early, other Government ra-
dio scientists declared, to deduce just
what the eclipse observations will prove
for radio. Most Of the work here at
the Bureau of Standards and Naval Re-
search Laboratory was devoted to long
or short wave observations. little or no
attention being paid to the broadcast
wave lengths. Reports from TariouS
parts of the country stated that the
longer waves in the broadcast band
seemed to have more static than usual,
but even that may not have been per-
ceptible to the average listener.
DR.. Taylor said that nocturnal radio
conditions prevailed here during the
eclipse. His general conclusion was
that the radio tests will probably sup
port the long-held theory that solar
activity affects the Kennedy -Heaviside
layer, sometimes called radios ceiling"
an ironized portion of the upperatmos-
phere that varies in height seasonally
and diurnally from so to 80 miles above
the earth and from which the so-called
SKY waves" of radio are reflected back
to earth. 1t Is the activity Of this
Ceiling" that accounts for static, fad
ing and skip-distance effects, espe-
cially on the shorter waves.
4 + +
THE velocity microphone," as differ
l. ent in appearance from the con-
ventional type Of mike" as the
modern automobile Is from the horse
less carriage" of 80 years ago, Is the
latest contribution of the research lab
oratory to radio.
This radically new device, which dis
cards the diaphragm, Is said to possess
"directionap characteristics and to IL
sure for the listener new velvety depths
in fidelity Of reproduction of studio
Evening star., 1932-09-11

under license from the Mexican govern
ment. Bakers station was silenced BY
the Radio Commission, which later was
upheld in the courts, as 1t was in the
Brinkley case, for broadcasJing cues
tionable cancer cures and oecGuse II
was being used as a personal mouth:
piece" by the ncensee to attack ana
abuse citizens and organizations.
Annoy q. s. Authorities.
These two cases have been annoying
in the extreme to the radio authorities
here, yet they could do nothing while
the Mexican government seemed will.
ing to lend haven to our deposed broad
casters. The fact that whatever wave
lengths might be used for such high
power stations would cause serious In.
reference to American and Canadian
broadcasters rendered imperative an
understanding on radio matters smong
all the major North American coun-
tries, including, of course, Cuba.
AS in the case Of the recent Canadian
American agreement, upon which Cam
ada's Parliament predicated its plans
for Matchmaking the Canadian broad.
casting system, engineering officials Of
the Radio Commission here believe
that space" in the crowded ether can
also be made for Mexico by the ex-
pedient of limiting powers on certain
channels so that those channels may be
used jointly. The man largely re-
sponsible for the recent Canadian
American wave agreement, DR.. @. B.
Jolliffe, chief engineer of the Federal
Radio Commission, Is one OF the Amer
ican delegates now at Madrid.
There also Is the possibility that
Mexican stations, at least those Of lower
powers, can be staggered on wave
lengths between those used by stations
in Northern United States and Canada,
i.e., can be spaced 5 kilocycles be-
tween such waves instead Of on the
standard 10-kilocycle spacings in vogue
in the United States and CANADA.
One other possibility also remains for
the relief Of the continental wave con-
gestion. That Is that the Madrid con-
ference should authorize the North
American countries to use the lung
waves already in use in Europe and
Asia, but not vet opened up here. This
will make available a group of channels
highly suitable for high power. long
distance transmission and reception.
Special coils would have to be added to
existing receiving sets and new sets
would have to be built with such coils
in order to tune in these wave lengths.
Mexico, with only about 250,000 radios
in the whole country, or less than the
1880 census showed for Texas alone,
might be willing to take over some OF
the long waves to develop an entirely
new system of broadcasting. az
Evening star., 1932-09-11
AMBITIOUS PLAY SERIES
PLANNED THIS WINTER

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 10.-A rather
ambitious series of plays, educational in
nature, is being prepared for the Fall
and Winter by the N. B. C. Radio Guild.
The group is to contain 20 plays, rep
resenting the outstanding stage produc-
tions from early times to the present.
Those selected are the ones which re-
fleet the life of the particular period
in which the play was originally pre-
sented.
The series opens October 10 with AN
tigone Sophocles" and continues until
April "a. On that date the time Of
presentation is to be changed from Fri
day to Monday afternoon. In addition
the guild is conducting Saturday
night dramatic period under the general
title rs. r. O."
Evening star., 1932-09-11

e:oo-HighlightS with Leon Enrol and
Earl Sande.
9:S0-Ernest Hutcheson, pianist, and
orchestra.
10:00-Road Report.
10:05-The Gauchos.
1o:30-Ozzie Nelson's Orchestra.
11:00-Cab Calloway's Orchestra.
:30-California Melodies.
IL :00-Weather report.
Early Program Tomorrow.
s:00a-Little Jack Little.
8:15a-Gypsy Music Makers.
8:30a-Tony's Scrap Book.
845a-The Merrymakers.
9:00a-The Singing Vagabond.
9:15a-The College Girl
9:30a-Madison Singers.
945a-Morning Moods.
10:15a-Fred Berrens' Orchestra.
10:45a-Sammy Brown and Frank
Young.
11:00a-Ted Brewers Orchestra.
IL :30a-Columbia Revue
2:00m-George Halls Orchestra.
Ensemble.
1:00-Ann Leaf at the Organ.
1:30-Grace Shannon, pianist.
1:45-Columbia Salon Orchestra.
2:30-The Captivators.
2:45-Fred and Dave, Hawaiian duo.
.300-Frank Westphal's Orchestra.
3:30-Columbia Artists Recital.
400-Romance
4:30-Warren Sweeney, pianist.
4:45-"The Lone Wolf Tribe"
5:00-Irene Beasley.
5:15-Science Service program.
5:30-"Skippy."
Evening star., 1932-09-11
Japanese Visit Stations.

The group of japanese radio officials
from Stations JOAK and JOBK, who
accompanied Japan's Olympic team to
Los Angeles to handle special relay
broadcasts to Japan, spent the last two
weeks in August visiting American radio
studios In Chicago and New York. They
are en- route home via a rOund-the-
world route. Five men, including one
announcer and technicians, comprised
the party.
Evening star., 1932-09-11

broadcasting over
WMAL, left last
week for New York
to pick up some new
dance tunes for his
broadcasts this Fall
and Winter.
A composer as
well as a band
leader, Jones has
wr it ten several
melodies, W hic h
are to be published
in the near future.
He has associated
with him in his
orchestra a num-
ber Of soloists who
also broadcast over
WMAL. Am on e
&t-
Evening star., 1932-09-11
Cuba Taxes Radio Sales.

Cuba, like the United States, has
passed per cent luxury tax on the
sales Of radios. But, unlike the United
States, Cuba, which formerly did not
tax set owners for the listening fee,
has just imposed an annual scale Of
set taxes ranging from SO to $40, based
on the number Of tubes.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
BROADCAST TOMORROW

Political speeches by Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Representative Ruth
Bryan owen of Florida will be broad
cast tomorrow night at $50 o'clock by
a network of National Broadcasting Co.
stations.
The addresses will originate in the
New York studios Of N. B. C.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
"EASY ACES" TO RETURN
Comedy of Home Life Will Start
Again September 26.

Easy Aces" a comedy Of American
home life, will return to the air Sep
tember 26 over an enlarged Columbia
network.
The series calls for coast-to-coast
chain, with broadcasts Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday nights from 1915 to
1890 o'clock.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
WnT 22S.9 Meters.
w OH 1910 Kilocycles.

1:01-Recordings of Anson Weeks Or
cheStra.
1:l5-Crazy Crystals Quartet.
1880 to 2:00-Rodney Hart's Vikings.
Early Program Tomorrow.
7:00a-Musical Clock.
8:00a-Birthdays
8:05a-Musical Clock.
9:55a-Police Bulletins.
10 :00a-Voices on the air.
Of Jesse Crawford.
l0:30a-Festival Of Music.
II :30a-Songs We Love.
II :45a-Tango Argentina.
IL 1:59a-Weather Report.
IL :00m-Salon Musicale.
1880 to 1.00-Dance music.
3:00-Sports Hour.
3:45-Songs by Leontine Gallahorn.
4:OO-Children' Program.
5:00-Something for Every One.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

brilliant chapters been added to the history of
M the month Perhaps single month
in aeronau
Of the Thompson Trophy Race.
that period number OF new records were written by
parts of the world The conquerng of the
greatest altitude which assembled
Prof Auguse Picard in the interests Of science
Dooe The speed record was smashed twice
pilots hung speed distance and endurance records
British pilot j. A. MoiSon, landed
his belt Wogang
third flight
the Pacific round
Aviation recording story
totale eclps n
Evening star., 1932-09-11
Major Radio Features

CLASSICAL.
Symphonic Hour, WMAL, 200; Roxy
Symphony Orchestra. WMAL, 1880.
VARIETY.
Wayne Kings Orchestra, WRC, 200;
Rubinoff's Orchestra, WRC, TOO;
William Vincent Hall and Freddie
Rich's Orchestra, WMAI. TOO;
Radio Rubes, WRC, 10:17; Cali
fornia Melodies, WMAL, 1880.
DRAMA.
Moonshine and Honeysuckle, wRC,
1:30; Roses and Drums" WMAL,
$50; THE Beach Comber," WRC.
8:45.
HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE.
1:3o-The Foamers; Charlie Agnew's
Orchestra-WJZ, WBAL, WHAM
and WBZ.
2:oo-Our American Music - WIZ.
WBAL, VICAR and WHAM.
2:30-Highlanders' Military Band
WIZ, WBAL, WLW. WMAQ and
wJR.
4:oo-World Of Religion, DR.. Stanley
High; music = WIZ, WBAL,
WLW and WSM.
6:00-Pickens Sisters, harmony trio
WIZ, WBAL, WHAM ana
WREN.
7:15-Russian Gayeties; Balalaika Or
chestra-WJz, WBAL, KDKA
and WLW.
8:00-Melodies, Betsy Ayres, Mixed
Quartet and Orchestra-WJZ,
WBZ, WBZA, WHAM. WJR,
KDKA and KYW.
9:15-Old Singing Master; program of
old songs-WJZ, WBAL, WBZ,
WHAM and KDKA.
10:00-"Death Dances" dramatic sketch
WIZ, WBAL, WHAM and
WMAQ.
10:30-Frank Masters Orchestra, dance
music-WJz, WBAL, KDKA,
VICAR and WJR.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
GLENN JONES LEAVES
TO FIND new MELODIES
Director Of Popular Dance Band
Heard Over WMAL Visits
in New York.

Glenn Jones, director Of one Of Wash
ington's popular radio dance bands,
Evening star., 1932-09-11

1:oO-Broadcast from interior of div
ing bell by William Beebe.
1:30-Moonshine ana Honeysuckle.
2:00-Wayne Kings Orchestra.
2:30-National Sunday Forum.
3:00-Jane Froman.
3:15-Vee LawnhurSt, pianist.
3:30-Kremlin Art Quintet.
3;45-National Brass Quintet.
4:00-Pastels.
4:l5-Trio Charmante.
4:30-"Pop" Concert.
5:00-National Catholic hour
5:30-Paul Whiteman's Orchestra.
6:00-Base Ball Scores.
605-Donald Novis and Orchestra.
6:15-Comedy sketch, with Raymond
Knight.
6:30-Orchestral Gems.
645-The Ensemble and the Dairy
Maid.
7:00-Rubinoff' Orchestra.
8:00-"Government Loans to Individ-
uals," by David Lawrence.
8:15-Album Of Familiar Music.
S:45-"The Beach Comber," drama
9:00-Musings.
9:15-LHeure EXquise.
9;4S-Sunday at Seth Parker's.
10:15-Last-Minute News.
lU.li-RaQlO RuDeS.
0:30-Melodic Serenade.
n:00-William StoeSs Flying Dutch
men.
IL :30-Weather forecast
11:31 to 12:00-Castle Farms Orches-
ira.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:30a-Tower Health Exercises.
7:00a-"The Wife Saver"
7:l5a-Morning Devotions.
:30a-Cheerio.
8:00a-Three Mustachios.
8:15a-Top O. the Morning.
8:3oa-Vic and Sale.
845a-Hints to housewives.
9:o0a-Jack and Jill.
9:15a-Breen and de Rose.
9:30a-Sonata Recital.
00a-Melody Three.
10:l5a-Radio Household Institute.
l0:30a-U. S. Navy Band.
IL :00a-Johnny Marvin, tenor.
11:15a-On Wings Of Song.
2:00m-Harold Stokes Orchestra.
12;15-Happy Jack.
12:3o-National Farm and Home Hour.
1:30-The Revolving Stage.
2:30-Women's Radio Review.
3:00-Pop Concert.
3:30-Tommy Watkins Orchestra.
3:45-The Lady Next Door.
4:00-Josef Koestners Ensemble.
4:15-Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys.
430-Piano Duo.
4:45-The Electric Circle.
500-Waldorf-A Astoria Orchestra.
WOJ a2s.s Meters.
W oA 1910 KilocycIes.
955a-Police Bulletins.
10:00a-"Word Songs" by Dad"
10:15a-Organ Reveries.
10:3Ca-The Venetian Gondolier.
10:45a-Jimmy HARRISON and Austin
Shaw.
1:ooa-services of Church of Epiph-
any.
12:15-Popular Song Composers.
12:30-In Funnyland-
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