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Evening star., 1933-03-12
DANUBE MUSIC
EASTER FEATURE
N. B. C. to Bring Services
From Monastery Founded in
999 by Augustinian Monks.

Easter services from ancient Beuron
Monastery, in the lower Danube Valley,
will head the special programs which
will be carried over the National Broad
casting Co. networks on Easter Sunday,
April l6.
The monastery was founded in the
year 999 by Augustinian monks, was
later destroyed In the course of differ
ent wars in the Middle Ages and then
rebuilt in the middle Of the last CEN
tury by the Benedictine Order
The international Easter broadcast
will be introduced by Dom William
Michael Ducey Of st. Anselm's Priory.
Washington, who is at present engaged
in research work In Europe for the
Catholic University Of America. The
archabbott will speak briefly, after
which the monastery bells will ring out
and the monks will sing ancient litur-
gical chants. The Beuron Monks
Choir is one Of the best known in Eu-
rope.
The special broadcasts will start at
1880 am. when an Easter sunrise serv-
ice will be heard over stations Of an
N. B. C. blue" network fror1 Washing
ton. The program will include . con-
cert of sacred music by the United
States Army Band. an Easter message
by Frank L. Miller. Army chaplain;
vocal solos and hymns sung by the au-
dience to the accompaniment Of the
Army Band.
On Good Friday, April IA, verdi's
Requiem" will be presented at II am,
under the baton of Dr.. Walter Dam
rosch.
The four regular Sunday religious
programs broadcast over N. B. c. net
works each week also will be devoted
to special Easter services on April 16
and number Of other special programs
will be heard
Evening star., 1933-03-12
NEWS ITEM FEATURED
"King's English" Film in England
Shows Progress in Delivery.

The cycle Of talking pictures that use
radio broadcasting for their background,
now in full swing in this country, has
. counterpart in England, where British
International Films, Ltd, in co-opera-
tion with the British Broadcasting Cor
peration, has just released film titled
kings English" that features radio
personalities.
The story relates the adventures Of q
news item which starts its history in
the Office of a news agency and travels
to q newspaper office and thence to a
radio studio The news is read by peo-
pie in various parts of the country in
their own particular dialect. with the
chief announcer at London finally read
ing the item before the microphone In
Whist Is presumably thu most accept
able Kings English"
Evening star., 1933-03-12
GETS NEW RADIO DESK
Roosevelt Also May Use One Pre-
sented to Hoover BY N. B. c.

President Roosevelt will have two
microphone set-ups to choose from dur
ing his future broadcasts A bullet
proof" desk with outlets for four micro
phones has been presented to him by
the Columbia Broadcasting System as q
personal gift. 1t is lined with steel and
is built somewhat on the order Of the
special presidential microphone desk
constructed several years ago by the
National Broadcasting Co.
The latter has been used regularly by
President Hoover. It remains the prop
erty Of N. B. G., which has allowed It to
be used also for its rival networks pick
ups and for making sound movies stimuli
taneously with the boradcasts. Robert
Trout, announcer OF WJSV, Alexandria,
Va, c. B. S. Washington outlet, will be
assigned to handle all of Mr.. Roosevelt s
broadcasts over that network. Herluf
Provensen Of WRC. Washington, will
continue handling presidential broad
casts for N. B. C.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
ASKS TELEVISION PERMIT

Another television broadcasting sta
ton will be allocated to the 2,000-2,l loo
kilocycle band if the Federal Radio
Commission grants the application OF
DR.. George W. Young. operator OF sta
ton WDGY, Minneapolis, for a 500
watt visual station there.
Recent television applications have al
most all been for the ultra high fire.
ouencies, the one from Minneapolis be-
ing among the few proposing to con-
tinue using the intermediate short waves
four bands Of which have been allo-
Gated to television.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Most Radio Sets Miniature.

Less than one-fifth of the radio sets
produced in the United States during
1882 were console models, that type OF
receiver being far overshadowed By
miniature models. According to trade
reports. 2,620 900 radios were produced
last year. OF these, only 100000 were
console models and 1880 900 were the
so-called midgets. The outcropping Of
radios even smaller than midget types,
called "cigar-box" models, represented a
production Of 10000. There were 140,-
600 auto radios manufactured also.
Tube production totaled A, SOC, 900 tubes.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
RADIO is NEGLECTED.
BY CLOSING CONGRESS
HPocket Veto" of Davis Omnibus
Bill Leaves Not One Measure
of Importance Enacted.

With the ill-starre' Davis omnibus
bill to amend the radio act Of 1927 killed
by q pocket Veto" tt old Congress
concluded its hectic tenure without hav.
ing passed a single radio measure OF
Some two-score bills and resolutions,
which would have torn the present ra-
dio system asunder and built 1t up
again, were thrown into the legislative
waste basket. Some of them will be re-
vived at the special session. but there
is little hope for action with so much
important fiscal and economic legis..
lation to be handled at the request OF
President Roosevelt.
The Davis bill was introduced by
Representative Davis, Democrat, OF
Texas, whose term expired with the sine
die adjournment Of the Seventy second
Congress. After passing the House 1t
was sent over to the Senate, only to be
tossed back to the committee on three
different occasions. After being prac.
ticaIly rewritten, the measure was rushed
to final approval. passing the Senate
February 28. 1t then went to President
Hoover, who refused to affix his sigma
ture to it.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
PHYSICIAN TAKES LORD
OFF AIR FOR REST
Portrayer Of Country Doctor and
Seth Parker Has Been Un-
usually Active.

NEW YORK. March IL R).-The
doctor has stepped in and forced Phil
Lord, who broe dcests both as the
Country Doctor and as Seth Parker, to
revise his schedule.
AS result. the Country Doctor will
leave N. B. c. after Wednesday night,
but the Seth Parker programs will con-
tinue, probably without Lords actual
participation on the air. Lord has been
ordered to submit to treatment Of rest
and observation in the hospital.
Although not yet 80, Lord has been
unusually active as a portrayer Of the
roles of older men before the micro
phone In addition to his prolific writing
of books and radio scripts.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
RADIO "ECH0ES" DEBATED
Whether Reflected Beyond Moon
Discussed, Recalling Experiments.

Whether radio echoes" are reflected
from beyond the moon was the subject
Of q spirited debate between two noted
European radio scientists recently, re-
calling the experiments Of q few years
ago whereby DR.. A. Hoyt Taylor Of the
Naval Research Laboratories sent direct
ed radio waves skyward, to be bounced
back to earth from the moon, and
measured the split-second duration OF
their "trip"
One of the European savants argued
that radio signals travel far beyond the
moon before being reflected back to
earth as echoes. In other words, he ar
gued that the waves penetrate the
heaviside layer (from so to rs feet
above the earth's surface) and are re-
flected back from higher stratum.
The other argued that the echo lag is
due to the low signal velocity in the
earth's own atmosphere as the signals
travel between earth and heaviside
layer.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Behind the Microphone
( YHAT Is the ideal radio
" program? Nearly every
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

w YHAT Is the ideal radio
M program? Nearly every
Y Y radio listener has his
own answer to this
question, depending upon time,
place and condition. As the script
editor Of one leading American
broadcasting station puts 1t, "The
Job Of drawing up an ideal radio
program for each week would be
q sinecure II one only had to con-
slider the middle-aged listener
who seems to be more tolerant
and more easily pleased and en-
Unused than any other group"
But radio must interest gray
beard, thrill loving youngster,
dancing youth, staid business
man and active housewife alike.
How to do 1t? That's the Job
that faces the impressarios Of
radio through all the waking
hours Of the day. Says this radio
executive:
ANY model radio schedule
would have to be founded on nine
or more general subjects, such
as entertainment, education, cul-
ture, religion, information, nov
city, current events, humani-
tartan effort and sports. These
In turn may be subdivided into
such classifications as music,
drama, comedy, languages, home
economics-and so on, ad in
finitum.
''The proper hours for these
subjects, that is, the hours that
will attract the greatest number
of listeners, is another angle that
must be worked out with the
greatest Of care. Early evening
is unquestionably the time when
we must cater to children, with
perhaps period or two of sports.
Then come the hours when
the silvery-haired audience must
have its innings. They go to bed
between $3.50 and 10 as q rule.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
BATTLE EXPECTED
FORBADE LENGTHS
Mexico, Cuba and Canada
CIamor for Larger Share of
Crowded "U. S." Band.

With the broadcast band now used by
the United States crowded almost to
suffocation, this country faces an ardu-
GUS battle at the North American Radio
Conference to be held in Mexico City
within few weeks. This Is the view OF
Senator Wallace White. jr, Republican,
Of Maine, already named an American
delegate to the conference and recog-
legislative authorities on radio.
The question to be settled at the
Mexico City conference, tentatively
scheduled for next month, Is whether
the present broadcasting frequency
range covering SO channels from $50 to
1,500 kilocycles, should be enlarged to
accommodate more stations or whether
the demands Of neighboring nations
should be met by taking away wave
lengths from this country.
Six Waves for Canada.
The United States uses 80 of the 96
waves and Canada uses 6 exclusive
channels and shares a score OF others.
but Mexico and Cuba have no regularly
allocated facilities and are clamor1ng
for them.
The first part of the battle, Senator
White points out, is now being waged
among American interests alone.
"At the present time" he said, "a
most serious controversy exists between
the different radio users Of the United
States, some fearing encroachment upon
their services through this insistent de-
mand of the broadcasters for enlarge
ment of the broadcasting band, and the
broadcasters asserting that they must
have frequencies below $50 kilocycles for
their uses
The channels below $50 kilocycles are
sought by broadcasters as better suited
to their needs than those at the other
end. Senator White pointed out that
such a projection below $50 would in
volve the Navy, Army. merchant ship
ping and aeronautical services, now
using those waves.
Shares Hard to Determine.
A compelling reason for the forth
coming conference, Senator White said,
as the feeling on the part OF some OF
the nations contiguous to this country
that the United States already occupies
too much of the broadcasting band. and
that the United States must yield up
freouencies within that band to some OF
these nations" There is no way, he
added, in which this country can stop
Canada. Mexico or Cuba from taking
from the broadcasting band whatsoever
freuuencies they desire to use.
"Manifestly," he said, sit will be the
duty of the delegates Of the United
States, it will be the position Of the
United States and the desire OF the
United Safes to retain for the use OF
the United States its present number OF
freouencies within the broadcasting
band"
Evening star., 1933-03-12
BUENOS AIRES ADVANCES
Takes Rank in Radio Development
With New York.

Counterpart of New York, Chicago
and Los Angeles as the best-served
radio centers In North America, at least
from the point of view of a number OF
stations within tuning range, Is Buenos
Aires, according to a report to the De-
partment of Commerce from G. l..
Thrall, assistant trade commissioner:
Though less than one-f1fth OF the
population of Argentina is in Buenos
Aires two-thirds of its 100000 radios
are to be found there. Twenty-Five OF
the 80 broadcasting stations, all oper-
ated along American lines by private
enterprise, are also within the city linz
its, and most Of the remainder are
within few miles Of the capital.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Germaine Booked by N. B. c.

Germaine, "the Little French Girl
whose French songs and stories were
regular weekly features Of WMAL be-
fore it shifted to the N. B. c. network,
has been booked by N. B. C.. officials
for a series Of broadcasts over the same
stations. She will be heard every Tues
CAV afternoon from 4:45 to 5.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
TIRE OF TANGOES ON AIR
Foreigners in Buenos Aires Seek
News and Music Of Homeland.

Tiring Of the mceasing pabulum OF
tangoes and vaquero music, foreign resi-
dents in Buenos Aires are demanding
suitable short wave radios to bring them
the news and music Of their homelands,
reports G. L. Thrall. assistant American
trade commissioner from the Argentine
capital. .
In season the opera broadcasts In
Buenos Aires are regarded as excellent.
but the foreign quarters are still not
satisfied. Blame for poor distance re-
ception has been placed on the sets on
the market. which the commissioner IN
Inmates could stand considerable I'M
pfovement.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
WTDC S15.6 Meters.
W NA $50 Kiiocyclea.


9:00a-The Balladeers.
9:30a-Sparklets.
9:45a-Alden Edkins, baritone.
10:00a-Southland Sketches.
10:3oa-Impressions Of Italy.
II :0Oa-F1ve- Minute Program.
ll:05a-Musical mterlude.
| ll:loa-F1ve-M Minute Program.
ii:l5a-Maj. Bowes' Capitol Family"
12:1SThe Singing Reporter.
12:30-Pop Concert.
1:15-National Jubilee Singers.
1:30-Moonshine and Honeysuckle.
2:00-Ffve-Minute Program.
2:05-Musical Interlude.
2.10-Five-Minute Program.
2:15-Full 4 Quartet.
2:20-Musical 1nterlude.
2:25-Five-M Minute Program.
2:30-Musical Interlude.
2:40-Fiye-M Minute program.
2:45-SucceSs Hit Of the Day.
3:00-Wayne Kings Orchestra.
3:30-Hour Of Worship.
4:00-Talk Of Music, by Walter Kramer.
4:l5-Vee Lawnhurst. pianist.
4:30-Dramatic sketch and Frank
Blacks Orchestra.
5:00-"Today's News" by Lowell
Thomas.
5:l5-Dream Dramas.
O.oO
6:00-National Catholic Hour.
6:30-"Our American Schools"
7:00-Weather Forecast.
7:0l-"Air-O -Torials." by Alan Kauf-
7:i5-Dramatic sketch.
7:3o-Concert Ensemble and Rose
Chanelle. D.
7:45tTrade and Mark.
8:00-Rubinof and his orchestra, and
Eddie Cantor.
9:00-Sunday Circle Concert.
9:30-Album of Familiar Music.
10 0:00-"Current Government" by David
Lawrence.
1015-Last Minute News.
1o:17--Rex Chambers Orchestra.
10:3O-Songs by Donald Novis.
10:45-Sunday at Seth Parker's.
11:l5 to 12:00-Orchestral Gems.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45a-Tower Health Exercises.
8:0oa-Orsan Rhapsody.
8:15a-Morning Varieties.
8:30a-Cheerio.
9:00a-Three Mustachios.
9:15a-Current Events, by Ann Hard.
9:30a-Fashion News.
9:35a-Fying Fingers.
Decentralization.
10:15a-Breen and De Rose.
10 :30a-Studio Feature.
II :00a-Melody Three.
II 1:15a-Radio Household Institute.
II :30a-Sonata Recital.
IL :00m-Johnny Marvin, tenor.
l2:15-On Wings of Song.
1:O0-Golden Pheasant Orchestra.
1:30-Dick Fiddler's Orchestra.
2:00-The Revolving Stage.
300-Studio feature.
3:l5-Henrietta Schumann, pianist.
3:30-Woman's Radio Review.
400-Salon Ensemble.
4:30-Piano Miniatures.
4:45-The Lady Next Door.
5:00-Whispering Banjos.
5:15-Aunt Sue and Polly.
5:30-The FLYING Family.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
The Dial Log.
Stations Heard in washington Regularly

F1remen Of Lincoln, England, fought
Q forest fire for three days recently.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE.

3:15-Frederick y. Birchall, European
correspondent Of the New York
Times, from Berlin-WEAF,
WTAG, WGY, WTAM and
WSAI.
2:So-The Foamers: Charlie Agnew's
orch,sS.a--WJz. WBAL, WHAM
and WBZ.
%:eo-Chicago A Cappella Choir
WIZ, WBAL. WHAM, KDKA
ard WJR.
s:00-"Twenty Thousand Years In
Sing Sing" dramatic sketch
WIZ, WBZ, WBZA, WHAM
WBAL, WJR. KDKA and KYW
e.30-Walter Winchell-WJZ, WBAL,
VIE. WLW. WJR and KDKA
10:00-D. w. Grifith's Hollywood;
dramatic sketch-WJZ, WHAM
WJR, WBAL and VICAR.
10:16-Vincent Lopez and his orchestra
and dramatic sketch-WJZ
KDKA. WBAL and WJR.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Today on the Radio
All program. .cneaslsa for Eastern Standard Time and are subject
"TCV 2O5.l Meters.
VJOF 1,460 Kilocycles.

6.OOa-Elder MlcnauX ana CnOruS.
9:00a-Columbia Junior Bugle.
9:30a-Health talk.
9:45a-Marian Carley, pianist.
l0:0ca-Columbia Church Of the Air.
10:30a-Aeolian String Quartet.
II 1:o0a-Virginia Chapel Hour.
l2:0om-Salt Lake City Tabernacle
Choir and Organ.
12:30-Emery Deutsch's Orchestra.
l2:45-The Street Singer.
1:00-Catholic Evidence Guild.
1:15-Old Songs Of the Church.
l:30-Old English.
2:0o-Smiling Ed Mcconnell.
2:ls-Albert Bartlett, THE Tango
2:so-sunday Matinee o. the Air.
3:00-New York Philharmonic SYM
phony Orchestra.
5:00-Roses and Drums.
5:30-Elder Michaux and Chorus.
6:00-"Pitfalls Along the Legal Educa-
ton Road" by John Kirkland
Clark.
6:30-Cathedra Hour.
7:0o-Current Events, by H. ". Kali
tenborn.
7:15-Morton Downey
7:30-Fray and Brasgiotti.
7:45-"Your Child" by Angelo Patri.
s:oo-Sketch, John Henry - Black
River Giant"
s:1S-Mary Eastman, soprano. and
Male Chorus.
s:45-Second episode Of John Henry
Black River Giant"
9:0o-Bath Club Revue.
9:3o-Parade of Melodies.
10:00-Ernest Hutcheson, pianist.
10:30EThe Gauchos
II :00-Isham Jones' Orchestra.
11:3oHThe Globe Trotter.
1l:45-Eddie Duchins Orchestra.
l2:00-Ben Pollack's Orchestra.
l2:30a-Bernie Cummins' Orchestra.
12:45 to 1:0oa-Hal Kemp and his or
chestra
Early Program Tomorrow.
7:ooa-Elder Michaux and Chorus.
7:45a-The Sundial
8:45a-News Flashes.
9:00a-Tony Wons.
9:15a-Reis and Dunn.
9:30a-Health talk
9:45a-Five-Min program.
9:50a-Little Jack Little.
0:00a-Melody Parade.
10:30a-The Merrymakers.
10:45a-The Round Towners.
II :00a-Morning Moods.
l:30a-Academy Of Medicine program.
IL :45a-Rhythm Kings.
12:00m-Paul Tremaine's Orchestra.
12:30-Concert Miniatures.
12:45-Columbi Miniatures.
l:15-Billy Hayes Orchestra.
1:30-Palmer House Ensemble.
2:0o-National Student Federation Of
America program.
2:l5-Sylvia Sapira.
2:30-American School Of the Air.
3:00-Eton Boys.
3:l5-Columbia Salon Orchestra.
3:45-The Electric Piano.
3:55-Virginia News.
4:00-Frank Westphal's Orchestra.
4:30-Columbia Artist Recital.
5:00-Columbia Miniatures.
5:30-Skippy.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
WnT 1858 Meters.
w oA 1,3l0 Kilocycles.

12:55-Police flashes
1:00-Concert vignettes.
1:30-Rodney Hart's Vikings.
2:00-Old-f fashioned Gospel Tabernacle.
2:30-Operatic arias.
3:30-Rhapsody in Black and White.
3:45-Metropolitan Quartet.
4:00-Sermon by Father Coughlin
from the Shrine Of the Little
Flower
5:00-Washington Catholic Radio
Hour.
800 to TOO - Alexandra Prosperity
Hour,
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Early Program Tomorrow.

Early Program Tomorrow.
7:0oa-Musical Clock.
8:00a-Birthdays.
8:05a-Musical Clock.
9:30a-Health Talk by Senator Cope
land Of New York.
9:45a-Musical Clock.
9:55a-Police Bulletins.
10 :00a-Monday Blues Chaser.
Stockholders program.
II :00a-Organ Echoes.
11:15a-ThiS and That.
II :30a-Songs We Love.
1:45a-Tango Argentina.
IL 11:59a-Weather Report.
12:00m-Lost and Found.
12:05-Midday Musicale.
1890 to 1:00-Tunes of the Times.
3:00-Variety Hour.
3:55-The Book Man.
4:00-Children's Program.
5:00-Something for every one.
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Major Radio Features
CLASSICAL.

CLASSICAL.
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Orchestra, WJSv, 800; The Garden
Party, WRC, $50; Cathedral Hour.
WJSV. $50; Electric Sunday Circle
Concert, WRC, 600.
VARIETY.
Capitol Theater Family, WRC, 11:15a:
Roxy's Concert, WMAL, 1915; the
Street Singer. WJSV. 12:45; Wee
Iawnhurst, WRC, AIS; Morton
Downey, WJSV, tbs; Rubinof' 5
Orchestra, WRC. 800; Parade OF
Melodies, WJSV, $50; Welcome
Lewis, WMAL, 11:15.
DRAMA.
Noonshine and Honeysuckle, WRC.
1880; Roses and Drums, WJSV, 500;
Dream Dramas. WRC. Sis: Great
Moments in History, WMAL. 1880;
John Henry-Black River Giant, "
WJSV, 500.
SPEECHES.
John Kirkland Clark, WJSV, 500;
David Lawrence, WRC, 1000.
The Washington times., 1933-10-02
~Like Rubbing
Aladdin's Lamp"
says Pleased User
Arkansas Man Who Called
Family in SmithfieAd, Va.
Praises Phone

Mr.. A. R. Coleman of Little
Rock, Ark, made a long dis
tance call to his mother and
father in Smithfield, Va1.
recently.
So pleased was he with the
result that he wrote us this
letter:
81 had been away from home over
three months, so I decided to call
them up. Priceless are the voices of
those we love. Through Chicago,
Philadelphia and finally to my
mother and dad in Smithfeld, Va,
went my request-and talked with
them, heard their voices. After
wards, rejecting on the call, one Of
the most marvellous things to me
was this-that out of 120,000,0o0
people in this country Cike a big
crowd) you reached out and tapped
just two on the shoulder for me,
and then granted me the means of
talking to them. Surely rubbed
Aladdin's lamp"
Call by number after $3.50
pm. and talk 135 miles for 4sc.
The Washington times., 1933-10-02
SUNDAY MOVIES
VOTED UPON IN
HYATTSV|LLE
Churches Lead Fight for BLUE
Law Polls Open to a
Bitter Fight

Hyattsville citizens went to the
polls today to ballot for and
against Sunday movies in the
municipality.
Led by Rev. B. P. Robertson,
the opposing faction yesterday
climaxed its protests to the shows
from many of the pulpits of the
town.
At the same time proponents
made personal contact with
voters, urging them to ballot
Eyes,"
Follows Baltimore
The polls opened at 7 a. m.
They will remain open until
z p. m.
Sidney Lust, manager of the
Arcade Theater in Hyattsville,
has obtained the backing of sew
eral of the towns organizations.
The Exchange Club indorsed the
shows and announced that they
would hold a milk benefit per-
formance the first Sunday fol-
lowing the voting if the "blue
law" was repealed.
Hyattsville follows in the steps
of Baltimore, inasmuch as it is
the second municipality to vote on
the "blue law" question.
Baltimore voters defeated the
Sabbath ordinance several months
ago.
Mt. Rainier Next
On October 81, citizens Of Mt.
Rainier will vote on the same sub
ject.
The Hyattsville vote is expected
to be very close, despite the fact
that more than 80 per cent of the
towns voters signed a petition
asking for the referendum.
The Mt. Rainier vote is expected
to be even closer than that in
HyattSville.
The Washington times., 1933-10-02
WORRIED MATE
DISAPPEARS

Missing since Saturday after
noon, nothing had been heard TO-
day from Thomas Connor, 35-year-
old postoffice employe.
Connor, who lives in the 500
block Jefferson Street N. w., was
reported missing by his wife when
he failed to return home from
work. He had been worried over
financial difficulties, his wife told
police.
The missing man is feet 9
nches tall, weighs 165 pounds, has
black hair. He was wearing a
brown suit when he left home.
Nine-year-old Beatrice Todd, re-
ported missing by her mother,
Mrs. Lester Todd, 1900 block Sixth
Street N. w., returned home short
ly after the report had been made
to police. She had been playing
with a little friend in the neigh
borhood, she said.