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Evening star., 1933-10-08
RADIO STARS CELEBRATE
SIXTH YEAR TOGETHER
Harold Sanford, Henry Neely and
Muriel Wilson With N. B. c.
Since 1927.

When the music of Memories
played by Harold Sanford's Orchestra
announces the opening of another
Light Opera Nights" program to-
night on WMAL. it will make the sixth
anniversary of the association of Mr..
Sanford, Henry Nicely and Muriel Will
son on National Broadcasting Co. pro-
grams.
It was on October 8, 1927, that a
tabloid version of THE Merry Widow
was presented under Sanford's direc-
ton. Henry Neely. the Old Stager, on
that night originated his familiar role
and Miss Wilson sang one OF the So
prano parts.
The theme song. Memories" was
written specially for this program by
Sanford and Neelv. This presentation
of The Merry Widow starred Donald
Brian, who played the original stage
role, and Jessica Dragonette. Brian is
now on tour with company playing
Jerome Kern's Music in the Air.
while Jessica Dragonette is a featured
soloist on another N. B. c. program.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
ENGINEER TO SPEAK

Sound Recording on Film Will Be
Discussed.
Sound recording on 16 millimeter film
will be discussed by E. w. Kellogg Of
the research division of the r. C., A
Victor Co. at a meeting Of the Wash
ington section of the Institute of Radio
Engineers at the Kennedy Warren
Apartments Thursday at pm.
Mr. Kellogg will explain particularly
recent Improvements in sound recording
on the small film
Evening star., 1933-10-08

preceded by club supper at $50 pm
The Fall meeting Of the World Fel.II
lowship Committee will be held Wednes@
day at IL O'Clock and the Fall meet
ing of the Public Affairs Committee
will be held Tuesday at the same hour.
The Education Council has been in
vited by the chairman, Mrs. William
Hurd Hill. to spend Saturday at her
home In Brookville, Md. Mrs. Hill will
tell Of her recent experiences In
Europe.
Under Mrs Maria Won Vrooman. .
new class in costume design and FASH
ion drawing is opening on Friday.
The Business and Professional
Womens Glee Club will elect officers
Tuesday at 7:15 pm. New members
are solicited. The Elizabeth Somers
Glee Club will meet at Gas Thursday
at the residence, 1104 M street.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
RADIO MANUFACTURERS
CHOOSE ADMINISTRATOR
Arthur T. Murray of Springfield
Mass, Is Appointed to En-
force Provisions.

Enforcement of the radio manufac-
turers' code. which is part of the Ma
tional Electrical Manufacturers Asso-
citation code already approved by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, has been assigned to Ar
thur T. Murray of Springfield, Mass,
chairman of the Radio Manufacturers
Associations set division, and Leslie F.
Muter of Chicago. R. M. A. treasurer
and chairman of its parts, cabinet and
accessory division. They will be known
as code supervisors and third man will
be named later for the tube makers.
The code supervisors will administer
the code, under which the radio makers
hope to rid the industry of the so-called
"outer fringe" of cut-rate and unh-
censed manufacturers whose products are
not produced under N. R. A. wage and
labor standards. They will collect re-
ports monthly from all manufacturers
and compile statistics to guide the in
duStry.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
DAMROSCH RETURNS
Music Appreciation Series Will Bs
Resumed Next Friday.

Advanced students in the N. B. c.
Music Appreciation Hour courses con-
Quoted over combined National Broad
casting Co. networks by DR.. Walter
Damrosch. noted American musician,
again will begin to absorb knowledge
of the worlds finest compositions when
the series c and D concerts are re-
sumed Friday.
Introducing the series c students to
Myths in Music" In the new seasons
broadcast from II to 1880 am. DR..
Damrosch will illustrate the use which
composers have made of old legends by
conducting his symphony orchestra in
the Dance OF tie FurieT. from Glucks S
"Orpheus and Eurydice': the religious
scene. part CT the incidental music
which Massenet wrote for the Greek
tragedy, Les Erinnyes,' and the Saint
Saens symphonic poem, "Phaeton."
Evening star., 1933-10-08
N. B. C. WILL PAY TRIBUTE
TO WORLD WAR FLYER
Hours Program Will Honor Mad
Luke, the Balloon Buster" Over
Two Networks October IA.

The career Of Mad Luke, the bal
loon buster" will be presented by the
National Broadcasting Co. as a tribute
to a hero unduly neglected, in full
hours dramatization over an extensive
network Saturday.
Frank Lukes air career was a short
one in a field where brevity was all
too common, but in the II days vouch-
safed him he packed the thrills and
dangers of a lifetime of dangerous
action, and accounted for 18 enemy air
craft. With these he was officially
credited. but he is popularity supposed
to have shot down several more.
During the program. which will be
heard over an N. B. C.-WJZ network
from 10 to II pm, Col. Harold E.
Hartney. Luke's commander in the
9th Aero Squadron. will tell the radio
audience something of the Luke he
knew. and will authenticate the air.
mans exploits dramatized in the pro-
gram This will follow Luke from his
early days in Arizona to the moment
of his tragic death before Verdun.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Y. W. C.. A. News

The Girl Reserve Glee Club will re-
hearse Tuesday at 4 O'Clock. The club
is to sing for the Adult Guidance
Council. which Is being entertained 1t
tea by Miss Elsa Peterson at her home
Saturday.
A committee of alumnae Girl Re-
serves will meet Wednesday at $3.50
pm. to organize q club for high school
graduates, and to complete arrange
ments for function to be held on
October II.
Miss Mabel r. Cook will speak at q
special assembly at Tech High School
Thursday morning at 8 O'Clock. Al
Evening star., 1933-10-08
WMED Is Now WNRA.

Here's q radio station that really M
tends to do its part in the national M
dustrial recovery campaign. It is Sta.
ton WMED, Florence. Ala, which has
just obtained permission of the Federal
Radio Commission to change Its call
letters to WNRA. The commission
last week also announced two other
changes in the call letter log, namely
WMIL of Brooklyn. to WCNW, and
KIGY of Lowell, Ariz., to KSUN.
Evening star., 1933-10-08

Holds 80Oth Fair.
cheasn, England, recently held It's
Booth annual fair.
Evening star., 1933-10-08
Stanley Baldwin to Broadcast.

Stanley Baldwin, former British
prime minister will open series of
radio discussions of the policies of the
Nationalist government in Great Bri-
tain for short wave broadcasts to this
country beginning Thursday. He will
be followed on succeeding Thursdays by
eight of the most prominent political
leaders of the empire. All the talks,
including Mr.. Baldwin's. will be broad
cast over N B. c. networks from AIS
to 4.45 pm
Evening star., 1933-10-08
NEW "RADI0 ALARM"
japanese Invention Is Operated by
Body Capacity.

BODY capacity.
The invention of what is styled a
radio alarm" operated by body capac-
ity, is reported from Japan by Donald
w. Smith, assistant American trade
commissioner at Toxic. 1t is designed
as a burglar alarm. which actuates a
ringing bell. switches on the electric
light or automatically fires a gun when
a person comes within the range of its
radiations
The radio alarm" Mr. Smith reports,
may also be used in connection with
shop window display, causing a dark
window to become Illuminated when q
pedestrian approaches. Other varia-
tions include causing the wares within
the shop window to move around and
signs to flash on and of. The whole de-
vice now in production by japanese
firm, is inclosed in a case no larger
than portable phonograph and it is
battery operated
Evening star., 1933-10-08
MARCON| REFUSES
FOREST ON LAURELS
Famous Inventor Strives to
Harness Untold Number.
of Wave Lengths.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

"HERE is something Of the peren-
NAL youth in Guglielmo Mar
conf He was only % when he
discovered the practical appll-
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
PERFECTED FOR OFFICIAL INAUGURAL BALL ON MARCH a
EnvoyH

The Minister of Norway and
Nine. Bachke were hosts at an
informal dinner last evening at
the legation in Massachusetts,
Avenue.
Their guests included, the
Ambassador of Argentin a 4,
Senor DR.. Felipe A. Espil; the
A m b sador of Spain and
Sonora de Cardenas; the Minis
ter of the Netherlands and
Nine. van Royen; the Naval At
tache of the Italian Embassy
and Signora Casardi; the AS
sistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr; the
Charge d'Affaires of the Swiss
Legation, Mr.. Louis H. Michel;
the fomer United States Am
bassador to Japan, Mr.. w.
Cameron Forbes; Mrs. Chaun-
cey M. Depew; Mrs. Anne Arch
bold; Comdr. and Mrs. John A.
Monroe; Mr.. and Mrs. Russell,
jr., Mr.. and Mrs. L. Corrin
Strong; Miss Edith Macculloch
Miller; MIR. and Mrs. william
NICK. Dunn: and the new sec
retary of the Norwegian Lega-
ton, Mr.. Francis Irgens.
X X
Mrs. Tillman Martin enter
tained a few friends informally
at luncheon today at her resi-
dence in @ Street.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Ceremony Today
In -Rectoy Of
Holy Trinity

An outstanding nuptial event
Of today will be the marriage
of Miss Evolyn Louise Boerner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin r. Boerner, and DR..
George M. Jani, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George S. Jani, of Passaic,
N. j. The ceremony will take
place at l o'clock in the rectory
of Holy Trinity Church with the
Rev Joseph A. McEneany Off
ciating.
The bride, who will be es-
corted by her father, will wear
an afternoon gown of sapphire
blue velvet, made with elbow
length puffed sleeves and the
high round neckline will be bor-
dered with crystal beads. She
will wear a turban of matching
velvet and her corsage bouquet
will be of orchids.
Miss Kathleen HelWig will be
the brides only attendant and
her gown will be of American
Beauty velvet. She will wear a
turban to match her gown and
her corsage bouquet will be of
tea roses.
Mr.. Laurence Boerner, brother
of the bride, will act as best
man for DR.. JAM.
Breakfast After Ceremony
A wedding breakfast will fol-
low the ceremony at the resi-
dence of the brides parents in
AShmead Place. Mrs. Boerner
will wear a becoming gown of
black velvet, trimmed with
seed pearls, and her bouquet
will be of gardenias.
For her travelling costume
Mrs. Jani will wear a green
sports outfit with a brown fur
top coat and accessories. Fol-
lowing their wedding trip DR..
and Mrs. Jani will make their
home at the Mammoth Oak
Gardens in Georgetown.
Among the out-of town guests
who will attend the wedding
and breakfast are Mrs. Jani,
mother of the bridegroom; Mr..
and Mrs. John F.. Staley, of Nor
folk, Va, and Miss Helen Sproul,
of Atlanta, Ga.
X X X
The Navy Yard dance, which
was to have been held this eve
ming in the Sail Loft, has been
postponed until Friday evening,
April 81.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
ENJOYS to Attend
Movie Premiere

Washington society will be
brilliantly represented at the
first showing this evening of
the Barrymore film, "Rasputin
and the Empress" at Loew's
Columbia Theater at $50.
Among those who have made
reservations are the French
Ambassador and Nine. Claudel,
the Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de Cardenas, who will
be accompanied by the former
United States Ambassador to
Japan, Mr.. w. Cameron Forbes;
the Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
Senator Simeon D. Fess, Sena-
tor and Mrs. William H. King,
Senator David I. Walsh, Sen
ator and Mrs. Henry F.. Ashurst,
Senator and Mrs. Joseph T.
Robinson, Senator and Mrs.
John Bankhead, Representative
and Mrs. Sol Bloom, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Fred Britten,
Miss Mildred Hall and Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore G. JoSlin.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27

Indian Band
One of the outstanding fea-
lures of the ball will be the
concert, which will commence
on the ground floor of the
auditorium at $50 on the
night of the ball, preceding
the reception of governors at
1890. The music on this occa-
sion will be furnished by four
bands, the Army, Navy and
Marine bands, as we'll as the
famous United States Reser-
vation Indian Band, the first
and only one of its kind in
the world. The players, num-
bering 20, are all full-blooded
Indians, representing 18 tribes,
and they are university grad
yates. Chief Roaring Thunder
is bass soloist with the organ
ization, and other members in
clude Son of a Dog, Blue
Cloud Boy and Chief No Gun.
The sale of the first gen.
eral admission ticket to the
ball was made to Miss Flor
ence M. Rupert, who pur.
chased it for an out-of- town
visitor to the Inauguration.
The Emmett Whelan organiza-
ton, of Chicago, has purchased,
by telegraph, ITS tickets for
the ball.
Mrs. DOugherty, Chairman
Mrs. Dougherty, who h a S
served as chairman of several
charity Inaugural Balls, is re-
markable for her ad1ninistra-
tive ability, and the ball could
be in no better hands. She
will be assisted on this occa-
sion by a notable group of
women, and by the Junior
League, whose members are de-
voting their energies to work
ing out the arrangements.
Miss Eleanor Branson is
chairman of a committee of
Young Democrats, who will as
sist in the work incident to
the Inaugural Ball. Other mem
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
NotabIes Attend
Exhibit Tonight

The Minister of Albania, Mr..
Faik Konitza; the Minister of
Egypt, SesoStris Sidarouss
Pasha; the Apostolic Delegate,
the Most Rev. Fumasoni-Biond
and Brig. Gen. William E. Hor-
ton will be the guests of honor
at the previeW of the sculpture
exhibit which Prof. and Mrs.
Ernest Durig will give at the
formers studio, 1886 Connec-
ticut Ave-, this evening at 9
O'Clock.
Among the works of Prof.
Durig which will be on view are
busts of the President and Mrs.
Herbert Hoover, Premier Benito
Mussolini, the Ambassador of
France, Mr.. Paul Claudel; the
Minister of the United States
to Switzerland, Mr.. Hugh R.
Wilson; the President of Switz-
erland. DR.. Giuseppe Motta;
Brig. Gen. William E. Horton,
Representative and Mrs. Sol
Bloom, Miss Vera Bloom, Miss
Mildred Hall, Mrs. Alice Nibley
Smoot, the late Thomas A. Edi-
son and many others. Archi-
tectural creations of Prof Du rig
also will be shown, including
the statue of st. James.
Prof. Durig was a pupil of
AuQuSte ROdin and he is nT1e nf
SWitzerland's foremost sculptors.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Envoy to Lecture

The Apostolic Delegate, the
Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-
Biondi, has issued invitations
for a lecture entitled "The
Churches of the Orient" to
be given by His Excellency
Sesostris Sidarouss Pasha, the
Royal Egyptian Minister, at
the Apostolic Delegation, 1911
Biltmore Street, on Tuesday,
January 81, at 4:30 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27

IdfleS, Out Dy ulplOmdlS representative
of 55 nations, who are accredited to
Washington.
Extensive preparations are being
made for this event, which is being
given under the direction of Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty, chairman of
the ball committee, together with a
large group Of prominent men and
women who are devoting every waking
hour to perfecting plans to make this
occasion, which is planned to do honor
to the incoming President, an out
standing one.
The first Inaugural Ball was held
124 years ago in connection with the
Madison Inauguration in 1909, and
the newspapers of that day carried
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Going South

Lady Lindsay, wife of Sir
Roland Lindsay, the British
Ambassador, is expected will go
to Charleston, S. c., on Feb
ruary /, to be the guest of Mrs.
August Belmont, who has Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas w. Lamont
cottage.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Concert and Governors Reception
Will Be Notable Features Of
Evenings Entertainment
q 8*}Y ca"''">

The Official Inaugural Ball be held the evening Of
March Fourth at the Washington Auditorium, will be
brilliant climax the days activities and it will be at
tended not only by many National State and Local dgn
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Many Entries For
Show Tonight

Plans are complete for the
District Night Horse Show to
be held at the Riding and Hunt
Club, this evening at 8 o'clock at
the club house at Twenty-second
and P Streets Northwest, in
honor of the District officials
and their wives.
Late entries have come in
from Mr.. Allen Hechter, of
Baltimore; Mr.. M. Delporte, of
Glyndon, Md; Mr.. Robert Pal
mer, of Fairfax, Va; Mr.. j. Carl
Kincheloe, of Manassas, Va,
Mr.. Earnest Wolfe, of Nokes-
vile, Va; Mr.. Otto Furr and
Mr.. Louis Leith, of Middleburg,
Va.
Luncheon for Envoy
The new Ambassador of
Italy, Signor Augusta Rosso,
will be the guest in whose
honor the Minister of Austria
and Nine. Prochnik will enter
tain at an informal luncheon,
Tuesday, at the Legation in
Massachusetts, Avenue.
The Minister of Rumania,
Mr.. Charles A. Davila, will en-
tertain a party of guests at
the premiere of the Saturday
Night Supper Club, which will
open tomorrow evening under
the direction of Mrs. Cobina
Wright in the Sert Room of
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in
New York.
X X X
The Minister of Canada and
Mrs. William Duncan Herridge
returned to the Capital this
morning from Providence, R. l.,
where they went a few days
ago from New York.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27

bers of this committee are Miss
Carolyn Huston Thompson, vice
chairman; Mr.. Homer Tatum
and Mr.. Bon Geaslin. This COM
mittee will have charge Of
ticket sales in department
stores, hotels and other public
ticket booths.
The headquarters of the In
augural Ball committee is in
the Hill Building, Seventeenth
and Eye Streets, and it is the
scene of much activity these
days. Close touch is kept here
with the Inaugural committee,
of which Admiral Cary T. Gray
son is chairman: Mr.. Corcoran
Thom, treasurer; Mr.. Hugh T.
Nelson, executive secretary, and
Mr.. John P. Bramhall, general
secretary. Mr.. John Poole is
chairman of the executive com.
mittee, and Admiral Mark Bris-
tol heads the advisory COM
mittee.
Mrs. Hoover Guest
Mrs. Hoover will be the guest
of honor at the luncheon to
be given on February II, by
the League of Republican
Women.
L.
The Ambassador of France
and Nine. Claudel will go to
New York today to attend the
benefit performance tomorrow
at the Metropolitan Opera
House, which is given annually
in aid of the French Hospital.
They will remain over the week
end.
The Ambassador of Turkey,
Mr.. Ahmet Muhtar, will enter
tain at a small informal lunch
con tomorrow at the Embassy.
The Commercial Attache of
the Spanish Embassy. Senor
Don Juan Terrasa, left today
for Boston, where he will re-
main for several days.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27

terribly crowded affair." attended by the President and
his Lady and the retiring President Thomas Jefferson
Diplomats and Officials to Attend
Subsequent Inaugural Balls have been held, which have
grown in size and brancy until the late President Wood
Wilson asked that the balls the occasion Of his two
inaugurals be dispensed with. No ball followed President
Hardngs induction into office and Charity Balls were held
to launch both the Coolidge and Hoover administrations
Therefore the ball this year revivng tmehonored
tom for that is of intense interest to thousands of
Americans throughout the United States.
The ball will be held at the Washington Auditorium,
which has tremendous floor space with large stage
one end where the reception of one of the high
points of the ball. will be held. Each governor will be
escorted from the entrance to the stage by Guard Of
Honor the guests will form in line to be presented
the State executives.
The diplomats and highranking officials will be in the
boxes which form great horseshoe about the auditorium,
and it is interesting to note here that Mrs Arthur OBen,
chairman of the committee purchased the first
box, which she will entertain II distinguished guests
AS yet is not known definitely whether the President
elect win attend the ball. but it is sincerely hoped that he
will Mrs Roosevelt however, together with the members
Of the Roosevelt family here to attend the Inauguration
will be present
NotabIes on Inaugural Committee
Upon their arrival in Washington the of March
A. the Presideneect and Mrs. Roosevelt will 60 to the
home of Mr. and Mrs Sumner Wees in Massachusetts,
Avenue, which is being made ready for them
delightful residence could be found in the Capital.
Mrs Wees mother the late Mrs Richard Townsend bought
the original house which stood that ste rebuilt and
modelled it, adding ballroom and another wing together
with fine stone facade, and out of it made of the
show places of the Capital Mr.. and Mrs. Weles spend
little time in Washington preferrng their paatial country
home at Oxon Hill Md, for which they have great
affection, but it is likely that they will spend time
here in the future
Mr.. Wilton j. Lambert is honorary chairman of the
Inaugural Ball Committee, and Mrs John R. Williams is
vice chairman Mrs Arthur Bren, mentioned above,
IS chairman of the box committee of which Mrs Edwards
Shose vice charman and the patrons and patroneses
committee headed by Mrs Eleanor Patterson chairman
and Mrs. Sumner Weles vice chairman Admiral William
A. Moffe u S. N, is chairman of the floor committee Of
the ball. and Mr. Hans Kinder is chairman, and Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend chairman of the music committee
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Farewell Dinner

The charge d'affaireS of Costa
Rica, Senor Don Manuel Con-
Zales-zeledon, will entertain at
a farewell dinner at the lega-
tion this evening, in compli-
ment to DR.. Luis Castro Urena,
Costa Rican lawyer, one of the
judges in the arbitration tribu-
nal in the case of the boundary
dispute between Guatemala and
Honduras. The other guests
will include a few friends of
DR.. Urena.
The Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. Arthur
A. Ballantine will return to
the Capital this evening from
New York where they have
been on a brief visit.
Mr.. Newton D. Baker, for.
mer Secretary of War, is at the
Willard for a brief visit.
The former Assistant Attor-
nev General and Mrs. John
Lord O'Brian have as their
guests at Wardman Park Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hamp-
den, of New York.
The Washington times., 1933-01-27
Newly Arranged
Programs for
Salons

The delightful Diplomatic
Sunday Evening Salons which
are outstanding events of each
winter in Washington, and
which have been postponed 80
days on account of official
mourning will be resumed on
February 5, at 9 p. m, in the
west ball room of the Shore
ham Hotel. The members of
the Salons, who include repre-
SentativeS of the Diplomatic
Corps, high ranking officials and
others from Washington's most
exclusive society, find these Sa-
Ions not only an opportunity to
obtain the latest and most
authentic information uniquely
presented through an ad-
dress and motion picture
films accompanied by music,
but also a charming opportunity
to greet the distinguished mem
bers of the Diplomatic Corps
who are the guests of honor and
LIlelr own 1rlG1luS.
The program has necessarily
undergone some rearrangement.
On each of the Sunday
evenings listed below the diplo-
mats mentioned will be the
honor guests.
February S, China, Mr.. An
ching Kung, Charge d'AffaireS:
February IL, Austria, The Min
lister of Austria, and Nine.
Prochnik; February 10, Spain,
the Ambassador of Spain and
Sonora de Cardenas; February
26, Denmark, the Minister of
Denmark and Nine. Wadsted;
March S, Italy, the ambassador
of Italy, Mr.. Augusta Rosso;
March IL, Germany, the Am
bassador Of Germany and Frau
Won Prittwitz; March 10, Alaska,
the Secretary Of the Interior,
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur; March
26, Japan, the Ambassador of
Japan and Nine. Debuchi;
April 2, France, the Dean of
the Diplomatic Corps, the Am
bassador of France and Nine.
Claudel.
The Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. Roy D. Chaplin will
entertain at dinner on Sunday,
February 19.