davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1933-12-10
RADIO CHIEFS DENY
N. R. A. FOES MUZZLE
N. B. C. and Columbia Dispute
Charge They Were Asked to
Refuse Air to Critics.

Unqualified denials came last week
from radio network representatives and
the spokesman of the Independent
broadcasters in Washington Of the
charges in the Republican National
Committees latest handbook that radio
is being muzzled or censored against op-
ponents of the N. r. A.
Both the National Broadcasting Co.
and Columbia Broadcasting System
representatives here asserted they have
never been asked by the Democratic ad-
ministration. directly or indirectly. to
refuse to allow critics of the N. r. A. to
utilize their facilities Philip G. Loucks,
managing director of the National As
sociation of Broadcasters here, declared
that no such duress has been extended
or threatened against individual stations
so far as he was aware.
The charge is made In the handbook
that notwithstanding Gen. Hugh S.
Johnson's repeated public denials to the
contrary, documentary evidence Is at
hand that broadcasting stations have
been officially threatened with loss of
their licenses unless they censor the
use Of their facilities in behalf Of the
N. r. A."
Federal radio commissioners joined in
saying there was nothing to this charge,
ana tI1dC uOJIllIlB has ever DttH uUile Uy
the commission to imply any such
threat to radio stations. Commissioner
Harold A. Lafount, himself Republi-
can, was vehement in his denial, saying
the impression probably grows out of
the fact that radio has spontaneously
and voluntarily extended its facilities
to the N. r. A. in its various publicity
drives.
The only possible documentary evi-
dence" in existence, as seen by the
authorities, is a statement by Mr.. La
fount himself last August, in which,
making clear that he spoke as an in
dividual but not for the commission, he
declared:
"It is the patriotic, If not the bounden
and legal duty of all licensees of radio
broadcasting stations to deny their
facilities to advertisers who are dis
posed to defy, ignore or modify the
codes established by the NJ r. A. Under
the radio act the commission has no
right Of censorship. However, the COM
mission has the right to take into con-
sideration the kind Of programs broad
cast when licensees apply for renewals" :"
Mr.. Lafount made 1t clear that he was
referring to the advertisers using radio
who might be code violators, having in
mind a particular case that had come
to his attention at the time.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

scene Of a crime by many persons.
Radio affords no secrecy, and the
plan Of many police departments
Is to move toward the shorter
waves which fewer people can
tune in. The commission almost
invariably grants the police ap-
plications since there are plenty
of the short wave channels to
go around.
A VISUAL indicator that tells
"A the listener when there are
variations in the tone quality of
the radio program being received
has been patented at the Patent
Office by Julian E. and John c.
Sampson, st. Louis inventors.
They have assigned their rights
to United Research Corporation
of Long Island City, N. Y.
Letters Patent No. 1881 .012, is
sued to the inventors, described
the apparatus as ian illuminating
device with means for varying the
illumination thereof in accord
ance with the variation of the
tone quality" The station dial
is also illuminated by. the same
device, which would operate on
the control panel to indicate to
listeners exactly how to adjust
the tone control at the desired
level. - - -.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
VARIED CHRISTMAS ]
PROGRAM PLANNED.
Roll Call in Dozen Countries
0ne-Day Features on CO.
Iumbia Chain.

An international Christmas roll call
in dozen. countries; greetings by King
George v and Washington statesmen,
Alexander Woollcott's Interpretation Of
Dickens christmas Carol" and special
concerts by the Philadelphia and New
York Philharmonic symphony Orches-
tras will be among the Yuletide features
to be presented BY the Columbia net
work.
On Christmas day 10 Eureopean ma
tions will exchange Yuletide greetings
with the United States through Column
bia facilities from 3:45 to 4:30 pm,
e. S. r. Musical and verbal saluta-
tions will be heard from Great Britain,
France, ireland, Holland, Sweden, Italy,
Germany, Hungary, Poland and Czeeho-
slovakia while G. B. S. short-wave out
let's will send Americas greetings from
New York.
Earlier in the day. King George will
radio his Yuletide wishes to the entire
English-speaking world and expressions
Of international peace will be trans
mitted from Australia, Canada. India,
South Africa and the British Isles.
This broadcast will be heard through
out the United States from 900 to
10:05 am.
rTOul Tie Nhtiuu Sdpitdi, lcuuiiiB
officials will speak in connection with
the Christmas season. The Secretaries
of War and the Navy, together with
the National Commander of the Amer
ican Legion, will broadcast special
message to the country's disabled vet
erans Saturday, December %, at pm.
At 1:30 pm, December %. Senator
Borah is scheduled to deliver a peace
message at the National Press Clubs
Annual Christmas Party. The Secre-
tary of Agriculture, and possibly other
Government leaders, will speak in con-
nection with the special Christmas
party for the Nations farmers and
dairymen Columbia is broadcasting
Wednesday. December 20, at 2:30 p.m..
from Fort Wayne, Ind
Americas two most famous SYM
phonic organizations, the Philadelphia
Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. and
the New York Philharmonic-Sym-
phony Orchestra with Hans Lange con-
Quoting. also will take part in the radio
Christmas festival. The Philadelphia
organization plays Friday, December %.
at 2:30 pm, and the Philharmonic on
Sunday, December "A, at 8 pm, pre-
senting special Christmas features.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
OPERA TO BE BROADCAST

The famous Christmas story of "Han-
sci and Gretel," put into operate form
by Humperdinck, will inaugurate the
third annual series of Metropolitan Op-
era broacasts over National Broad
casting Co. network from the stage Of
the big opera house in New York Christ
mas afternoon, December 25. The en-
tire preseason performance will be
heard over a Nationwide NJ B. c.
hook-up, beginning at 3:15 pm.
Each Saturday afternoon thereafter,
starting December 80. N B. c. will relay
to listeners throughout the country one
Of the operas in the Metropolitan's roper
tory for the coming season. In addition,
several special performances are con-
templated. These broadcasts will present
the worlds finest singers and the big or
chestra in many modern operas and re-
vivals as well as in the standard favor
ties. The entire Ring" cycle of Wag-
merriam operas will be heard later in
the season.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
FOUR STATIONS SEEKING
INCREASES IN SCHEDULES
WBAL Among Quartet Of Clear
Channel Operators to File Re-
quest for More Time.

The manifest trend toward the
duplication of So-called clear channels.
or wave lengths used exclusively at
night by single high-power station,
Is evidenced again in the applications
filed with the Federal Radio Eonmis-
sion by four stations now sharing two
clear channels. all of which want to
enjoy longer operating hours. The sta
tions are WBAI,, Baltimore. and VITO.
Hartford, which share LOGO kilocycles.
and KRLD. Dallas, and KTHS, Hot
Springs, Ark, which share 1,040 kilo-
cycles.
Under the proposed new arrange.
ment, WBAL and KTFIS would operate
simultaneously 1880 until local sunset
ct Hot Springs, when KTHS would sign
on. WBAL after 9 pm. would con-
tinue synchronixing with WIZ, New
York, on the WIZ clear channel Of
760 kilocycles, but lowering its power
from 10000 watts to $500. At the
same time KTHS would resume night
operation on 1850. VITO would shift
to l,040 kilocycles, which it would
share full time with KRLD.
The effect Of this "tuggle" will be
to give four powerful stations full time,
all having complained ever since the
1928 re-allocation that part-time oper-
alton is uneconomical. The effect on
the 1,040 kilocycle clear channel would
be to change its status to high-power
regional channel with VITO operating
with $4,000 watts and KRLD with 10,-
eC0 watts simultaneously, both full
time, instead of one having the channel
to itself jat night.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
DELUg!E. OF JOKES
SHORT ON QUALITY
Gene Arnold, Radio Comic,
Gets Many Offerings, but,
Few Are Good.

CHICAGO. December 0. Gene
Arnold, the man with a million gag
writer's, is looking for more.
Author and interlocutor Of the
Greater Minstrels, broadcast over an
N. B. G. network each Monday from
$50 to $50 pm, Gene receives thou
sands Of jokes each week from his
listeners. Every joke used in the show
comes from a member of the radio
audience, and approximately forty Of
them are used IN each program. yet
among the thousands which pour in
each week Gene often finds it difficult
to find enough for single performances.
The reasons are many. but head and
shoulders above the rest stands rene.
titfon.~ Gene has received one particu-
lar piece OF doggerel several hundred
times.
Its the same with dozens of other
Jokes, rhymes. puns, gags and WITH
clsms which pour into Genes private
office by the thousands. But here and
there among the mass will be one both
clever enough to be used and lacking
any OF the disqualifying features so
many possess. :,
Gene takes the usable ones and
works them into sequence. such as
mother-in-law sequence or husband
and wife sequence, and a few weeks
later the radio audience chuckles as
Gene feeds those very lines to Cliff
Soubier, Mac McCloud or Bill Childs.
Sorting the jokes is in itself am
enormous task, made harder by the fact
tnat Arnold cannot delegate it to any
one else. Soubier and Childs, end men,
once volunteered to sort the mail for
Gene. Seven out of ten of the jokes
they selected already had been used
IN the show. Arnold, the only member
OF the cast who has been with the
snow since its inception more than five
years ago, Is the only person who knows
what has and what hasn't been used.
Mother-in-law jokes predominate'
Gene finds, because the mothers-in-law
seem to take it all in good fun, and
DON'T become offended. Then there are
the Jests about husband and wife
quarrels, always a popular topic, and
glbes at popular fads. Most Jokes are
old veterans, travelling in modern garb.
according to Arnold. Periodically some
one seems to dig them out, do them
over with modern subject matter, and
trot them out as original products. ,"
But they don't fool Arnold. Few
persons in the world receive and handle
more Jokes than he does, yet not one
of his million gag writers receives a,
cent. One even mailed in 5000 Jokes
in one package Not comedian. he
has more gag writer's than any
comedian in the world
Evening star., 1933-12-10
TWO GERMAN YULE
PROGRAMS PLANNED
N. B. c. to Garry Special Broad
e casts on Christmas Eve-Mass
One Feature.

From Germany, ancestral home of
good Kris Kringle. will come two ap-
propriate and special programs on
Christmas eve Tor N. B. C. listeners IN
this country The international broad
casts will originate in Berlin and in the
lower Danube Valley, and will be sent
by short wave to National Broadcasting
Co. audiences.
From 8 to $50 pm. will be heard
the ringing of the Christmas bells and
the special Nativity mass at the
monastery OF the Benedictine Monks
at Beuron, in southern Germany, near
the Swiss border. In this picturesque
spot the ancient Gregorian chants are
still used in their full old-time beauty
and simplicity, and the program will
bring to listeners here this music of
another age as sung by the choir of
monks in the Christmas liturgy while
the midnight bells welcome the birth of
the Christ Child The CONGREGATION
also will sing old German carols, and
there will be short address in Eng
lish by the Right Rev. Raphael Walzer,
archabbot of the Beuron CONGREGATION
OF the Benedictine Order.
Immediately following the Christmas
mass, another program from Germany,
tnLS Time from Berlin, Will be sent by
short wave for rebroadcasting over the
same N. B. c. network Sixty children
from public schools in the Reich
capital will be heard from $3.50 to
8:45 pm. IN the original versions of
ancient Christmas carols which are
known throughout the world. The en-
semble. known as the Schwarmeir Chill
dren's Choir, is composed of the pick of
BerliQ'S Youthful sOnpStprc and their
Christmas eve concerts are a feature of
the season in the German city.
Another program of particular inter-
est Sunday, December "a, will be a
world broadcast of Christmas bells from
Christian churches in Bethlehem, the
town of the Nativity. This also will be
heard from to 3:15 pm, through the
cooperation of the British Broadcasting
Corporation. which will relay the tones
of the welcoming bells of the Christ's
birthplace to listeners in America.
Evening star., 1933-12-10

ford University, representing the West,
meet the Columbia University team.
carrying the hopes Of the East, in the
Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calf, micro
phones and announcers will be on hand
to bring a play-by-play description Of
the resulting battle to listeners over
coast-to-coast N. B. C. networks. The
broadcast from the California stadium
VIII begin at $50 Pm, and viii con-
ttnue to the end Of the game.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
Radio Chief Punished.

Like his former colleagues at the head
of the German radio system, DR.. Mag
nus and DR.. Giesecke, who were sent to
concentration camps son1e months ago.
DR.. Hans Bredow has been imprisoned
in Berlin on similar charges of breaches
of trust DR.. Bredow was the organizer
OF Germany broadcasting in 1928 and
tenn until last February when he en-
ccnntered Nazi opposition.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
MAJOR FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES

on WMAL at 8, will feature EN- Saga, ;"
by Sibelius, and 1.-THE Bartered Bride"
Of Smetana., Egon Petri, piano soloist
on this program, will play the famous
Liszt Concerto No. 1, in e Flat"
Michael MacWhite, Minister to the
United States from the Irish Free State,
will speak during the Conclave Of Ma
tions program on WJSV at 1880.
The All American foot ball team,
Evening star., 1933-12-10
Ultra Short Waves Used.

Two-way communication on micro
waves around II centimeters, or less
than two-fifths Of one meter, has been
established between London and Paris
in connection with aircraft traffic be-
tween Lympne and 81. Ingleyert air.
matically sent and received on . tele-
printer. This Is one ,of the first uses Of
the extreme ultra-short waves for every.
day purposes.
Evening star., 1933-12-10
Byrd Station Most Remote.

Admiral Byrd's broadcasting station
aboard the s. s. Jacob Ruppert at Little
America. known as KTJY and heard
periodically over the Columbia network,
Is undoubtedly the farthest South radio
station In the world. = Norway now
claims that its new station 1t Vardo, in
the Arctic, which will be linked by land
line with Oslo. y the farthest North
station.
Evening star., 1933-12-10

chosen by 100 foot ball coaches, will be
announced ON the Headliners' program,
featuring George M. Conan. on WMAL
from to $50.
An overture composed Of excerpts
from famous overtures, including "Ruy
Bias" "Riend," "Mignon" and "Eg-
mont" viii be featured by Rubinoff and
his orchestra on the program with Eddie
Cantor, q WRC attraction from to 8.
Evening star., 1933-12-10

Bruno Walter, famous German con-
ductor. will direct his last radio concert
of the season with the New York Phil
harmonic Symphony Orchestra over
WJSV from to 5 this afternoon. Hans
Lange win succeed him. For his fare
well program Walter has chosen works
of Mozart and Weber.
The N. B. @. Symphony Orchestra,
Evening star., 1933-12-10
BOWL GAME ON AIR
N. B. C. to Broadcast Lions-Stanford
Battle on New Year Day.

The annual New Year day gridiron
classic, the Rose Bowl game, will be
broadcast for the seventh successive
year over National Broadcasting Co.
networks January /.
When the football warriors Of STAN
Evening star., 1933-12-10
JANSKY WILL SPEAK
Radio Engineers Institute Head
to Talk Thursday. -,

to Talk Thursday. -.
c.. M. Jansky. jr., newly elected
president of the Institute Of Radio
Engineers. will speak at the annual
meeting of the Washington section Of
the organization in the Kennedy
Warren Apartments Thursday at 8 pm.
The Washington section will elect
officers at this meeting. The Nomi-.
mating Committee has submitted the
names of Thomas Mel. Davis, fof
chairman; w. Ford Greaves. for vice
chairman, and Chester L. Davis, for
secretary y-treasurer. IA
Evening star., 1933-12-10
EUROPEAN RADIO
DISPUTE LOOMING
ReaIIocation of Wave Lengths
Threatens to Fall Before
Many Directors.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

~ IG things are stirring in Euro
- pean broadcasting- not all
to the liking of Europe's gov
IL ernments, with their multiple
itv of racial. linplal and politi-
The Washington times., 1933-02-20
s APARTMENT rs
MADE INTO I

F.. M. Pratt Company, Inc, 934
K st. N. w., property improve
ment specialists and property
management experts, have re-
Gently completed extensive i'm
provements on apartments at
1860 California st. N. W., that
practically doubled the income
producing capacity of the build
ing.
The apartment house at that
address was formerly an old
fashioned six-suite building, con-
sisting of large rooms and wasted
space.
The Pratt company, under the
supervision of F.. M. Pratt, presl-
dent, drew plans and specifica-
tions and then converted the
building into modern structure
of II apartments.
Mr.. Pratt said:
"There are many apartments,
homes and business properties
here that should undergo the
same sort of change. We can
show landlord where the
amount of money involved in
the improvement will soon re-
pay itself in increased valua-
ton and more revenue"
The Washington times., 1933-02-20
Monday Musings

Charles Garlic, the tenor, was
born a cripple, but by athletic eX-
erciSes overcame his deficiency at
the age of 12. Tommy Nc
Laughlin refuses to sing "The
Bells of st. Mary's" because just
after he used it on his first broad
cast one of his closest friends
dropped dead. Ben Alleys bride
:, of a month is recovering from a
painful injury sustained when a
horse she was petting bit her fin
ger. If an impresario hadn't re-
fused to sign him up for life be-
cause Anson Weeks tossed his hat
on a bed, the maestro would have
been a concert pianist. Leo Refs
man is experimenting with a
banjo-tam, an instrument that is
plucked like a banjo but sounds
like a tambourine The Boswell
sisters are not superstitious, but
they have all photos taken so
that they read from left to right
Martha, Connie and Vet" -.
Lennie Hayton is a fresh-air
fiend and writes arrangements on
his terrace apartment, bundled in
a preatcoat,
The Washington times., 1933-02-20
CAFE BALANCES
DIET MENUS

The increasing popularity of the
Natural Food Cafe, 1448 New York
Ave. N. w., has made it necessary
for Mr.. B. L. Prentice to open an
other cafe at 1412 New York Ave.
The unique feature of these
restaurants is the fact that in
stead of patrons telling the waiter
what they want to eat, they, in
many cases, ask the dietitian what
they should eat. Mr.. Prentice
says:
eve have found that the eat
ing of proper foods is a great
help in curing many ailments.
In many cases physicians send
their patients to us, telling us
their complaints, and we pre-
pare a diet which is suitable for
those particular persons"
Great care is taken in the prep
aration of the foods and menus.
Mr.. Prentice is assisted in this
by Miss Beulah Foley and Miss
Carolyn Miller, both of whom are
expert dietitians.
In addition to the regular
menus, each guest may have, by
request, chart showing how to
prepare a balanced diet. These
charts go so far as to classify
foods for people of different oc-
cupations. Mr.. Prentice says:
"Of course our guests are priv
ileged to order whatever they
desire. We are no different
from any other restaurants in
this respect, but the Natural
Food cafes are primarily institu-
tions for the promotion of cor
rect diet"
The Washington times., 1933-02-20
Green Pastures Cast
In Church PrOQr1n1

DR.. Charles Winter Wood, un-
derstudy for Richard 3 Harrison,
"DeLaWd' of "The Green Pas
lures" described the action of the
play as a feature of a special pro-
gram given by members of the
cast at Metropolitan A. M. E.
Church yesterday under the aus
pices of Phyllis Wheatley Y. w.
c. A.
Others of the company appear
ing were Salem Tut Whitney,
who plays NOAH" Susie Cutton,
cast as Noah" wife; Ulysses
Chambers, director of the choir;
George Randol, "Pharoah Of
the Vehicle" UsSala Gilbert,
"Pharoah's" wife; Mrs. Ruth
Cowan, Mrs. Jane Ford and Mrs.
Annie M. Springs.
The Washington times., 1933-02-20

Buffet Supper-WorceSter Poly
technical Institute Alumni, $3.50
p. m, University Club.
Meeting-Grand Masters Of
Masons in the United States, all
day; dinner 7 p. m, Willard
Hotel.
Meeting George washington
Memorial Association board of
directors, 4 p. m, Willard
Hotel.
Meeting Monday Evening
Club, 8 p. m, Willard Hotel.
Dance-Kentucky State So
ciety, 8 p. M, Willard Hotel.
Meeting-Retail Hardware AS
sociation, $3.50 p. m, Hay Adams
House.
Meeting - Brookland Citizens
Association, 8 p. m, Brookland
Methodist Church, Fourteenth
and Lawrence Streets Northeast.
Meeting-West End Citizens
Association, 8 p. NJ, Grant
School, Twenty-first and G
Streets Northwest.
Meeting-Short Story Group,
District of Columbia League of
The Washington times., 1933-02-20
Welfare Club Opens
Membership DriUe

DR.. w. L. Washington, pastor cf
the Zion Baptist Church, was the
principal speaker yesterday at ex-
ercises which marked the opening
of a 500 membership drive by the
Tuesday Evening Social Welfare
Club at Metropolitan Baptist
Church.
Speaking on the subject, "De-
linquency," DR.. Washington traced
the problem to the home. The
Rev. E. C. Smith, pastor of Metro
politan Church, and DR.. Clara S.
Taliaferro were among the other
speakers. Mrs. Marion D. Butler
presided, and music numbers were
given by E. T. Taylor, baritone,
and Mrs. Beatrice McMillen, So
pranO.
The Washington times., 1933-02-20
WHATS DOING

American Pen Women, p. mr
1706 L ST., N. W.
et-Associated Retail l
Credit Men of Washington, 7
p. M, Mayflower Hotel.
Entertainment - SiXt e nth
Street Highlands Citizens Associ-
alton, 8 p. m, Brightwood School
Auditorium, Thirteenth Street and
Colorado Avenue Northwest.
Meeting-Lincoln Park Citizens
Association, 8 p. M, Bryan School.
Meet g-Columbia Regional
Conference of Credit Bureau
Executives, all day; dinner dance
at p. M, Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-Rhode Island State
Society, 8 p. M, washington
Hotel.
Lecture-"Russia on the Eve
of Revolution" $50 p. M, Wash.
ington College of Music, 21OO
block S st. N. w.
Cornerstone Laying-National
Archives Building, 2:30 p. M,
Seventh Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest.
Lecture-"N National Defense and
Military Expenditure" p. m,
1911 st. N. w.
Meeting-Women's Democratic
Educational Council, 8 p. m,
Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-Chi e'~na Sorority,
8 p. M, Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-William H. Hall
Lodge, No. 8, Shepherds of Beth
lehem, 8 p. M, Masonic Temple,
Twelfth and Monroe Streets
Northeast.
Dinner-French Lodge, Off
GERS of Ben Franklin, 7 p. M,
Hamilton Hotel.
The Washington times., 1933-02-20

as a trumpeter. He had his first
musical training under the tutel-
age of his great-grandfather, who
was leader of the military band
of Lisbon. Later he studied at
the Lisbon conservatory with the
violinist, Bettencourt de Vascon-
cellos, pupil of the mighty
Leonard.
The Washington times., 1933-02-20
NEW j. 8. FARM
BOARD URGED

Creation of a Federal Agricul-
tural Board, corresponding in
outline to the Federal Reserve
system, and designed to investi-
gate and solve farm problems
was advocated today by Horace
Bowker, president of the Amer
ican Agricultural Chemical Com
pany, in a brief filed with the
Senate Committee on Agricul-
ture.
Demanding the farm problems
be taken out of politics, Bowker
recommended creation of a nom
political board under the leader
ship of some' outstanding indus
trial leader.
The domestic allotment plan
was denounced by Bowker as
were currency initiation. and
dollar revaluation.
The Washington times., 1933-02-20
BENEFIT DANCE

A dance will be held at $50
o'clock tomorrow night for the
benefit of st. Johns Episcopal
Church in Mt. Rainier, Md.