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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
PASSION PLAY SCENE
GOES ON AIR TODAY
United States Listeners to Hear
Oberammergau Excerpt
at Noon.

Radio listeners in North America to-
day can hear a scene from the famous
Passion play coming from Oberammer-
gau, little village In the German
Bavarian Alps.
The performance will be from to
$50 o'clock in the evening, German
time German time is six hours ahead
| Of Eastern standard time), and will be
sent out on wave length of 29.2
meters from the government post Office
station in Berlin.
| AS the time will be around noon In
the United States, the German broad
hour, but the National Broadcasting
Co.'S European headquarters replied
that no other period was available.
The first public performance of the
play will be held May 81 and several
will follow each week until December
%. The preview for the German and
foreign newspaper men will be given
May II. AS the performances start
at 8 o'clock in the morning and con-
tinue to in the evening, with two
hours intermission at noon for lunch
con. either an overnight stay in one Of
the hotels in the quaint village or an
extremely firing drive to Munich, 70
miles away, is necessary.
About one-third of the population Of
Oberammergau acts in the play and
the remainder care for visitors from all
parts Of the world.
| Normally only one Summer in dec
\ ade in a year ending in zero is de-
voted to the play. This year is the
Booth anniversary of the first perfor-
nance in 1884, when the villagers, re-
! ceiving vision from a dying victims.
| acted for the first time to save their
families from the plague. During the
last hundred years. steamship lines
and railroads co-operated in the devo-
ton by arranging excursions with re-
duced rates for visitors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
Universities of Air Seen
Challenge to Teachers
Single Super-Power Station May Take College
Courses to Masses. Washington Soci-
ologist Tells Educators.

ence to the educational use Of radio,
merely as q means of cutting their
own educational budgets"
II these schools Of the air are wise
enough to employ capable radio in
structors, Mr.. Price said, there should
be an opportunity for every class Of
people, from the leisured manual
worker who spends five or six hours
at his craft, to the ambitious intellec-
tual, to really get acquainted with the
cultural heritage Of mankind on a
level suited to his capacity" The
time has come, he added, for colleges
and universities ito face the revolu-
tionary implications of radio before
they are hurled into the vortex of
these bewildering changes"
~ **
D Ado may produce broadcast
N ing English" because Of its broad
coverage, just as the movies are
credited with making uniform conven-
lions of manner and dress.
This eventuality is pointed out by
Prof. A. Lloyd James, honorary secre-
tary of the British Broadcasting Cor
poration Advisory Committee on
Spoken English, in an article in the
B. B. c. organ, World-Radio.
"Broadcasting is exercising subtle
influence on the language, and a
'broadcasting' English, like a stage
German, may emerge in a century or
so, common on all broad lines, to the
whole of the English-speaking world"
he writes.
This explains. he says, why the
B. B. c. should attend to matters of
pronunciation" so carefully. Much
responsibility rests upon the broad
casting authority in its daily handling
of actual living forms of words"
Before a universal English language
evolves. however, the various schools
of pronunciation must come to an
agreement and stop their pickering
about shades of differences, he asserts.
THROUGH an electrical impulse
i flashed by short-wave radio from
his lonely shack in the Antarctic,
Admiral Richard E. Byrd will share
with President Roosevelt the honor of
opening the Worlds Fair in Chicago,
Saturday, May 26. The impulse will
be created by the dot-and-dash sounds
of radio-telegraph key. operated by
Byrd, transmitting a message from
him to the Worlds Fair officials. The
ceremony will take place during the
regular weekly broadcast from the
Byrd Expedition and will be heard
over Nationwide Columbia network
Byrd's message will be routed by
way of Little America, BuenoS Aires
and New York to the fair grounds. A
radio-telegraph receiver in Little
America will bring in his dot-and- dash
message. AS it comes in, the sound
of the clicking key will be picked up
by microphone and transmitted over
the air by Columbia's Antarctic Sta
ton KFZ to the r. c. A. short-wave
relay station at Buenos Aires. From
there 1t will be flashed to New York
and thence by wire to Chicago and
the rest of the Nation. At the fair
grounds the sound of the key will COM
plete an electrical circuit which will
turn on pyrotechnic display in the
Lagoon Theater. The display will
spell out a greeting from Byrd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
CLOSING OF CONGRESS
WILL BE BROADCAST
Columbia to Present Colorful
Ceremonies as Session Ends.
Interviews Are Planned.

The closing session of the Seventy
third Congress, scheduled for the early
part Of June, will be broadcast over
the Columbia network through the
facilities Of station WJSV. 1t will be
the fourth successive year Columbia
has broadcast the closing ceremonies.
Advance plans for the program in
clude a multiple microphone system
which will be used to bring COM
plete and colorful picture to the listen
ers. Pickup points will include the
floor Of the House, the House Library,
which opens into the chamber, and
the District Committee room ada
cent to the Senate.
Announcers will invite legislators
to express their views on the accom-
plishments of the session as they ap-
proach the congressional halls or walk
through the corridors. The entire
membership of the House and ap-
proXimately one-third of the Senate
come up for election this Autumn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
BLOND TORCH SINGER
TO JOIN AIR PROGRAM
Frances Williams to Be Heard on
Musical Cruiser Bill With
Sullivan.

Frances Williams, blond torch
singing star of many Broadway hits,
will come aboard the Musical Cruiser
of the Air as Columnist Ed Sullivans
guest for the flight over an N. B. C.
network Wednesday.
The singer. who recently was fea-
tured at the Casino De Paree, popular
New York night club, will share time
with the Three Scamps, harmony trio
and Vincent Lopez and his orchestra
Long a favorite on the New York
stage, Miss Williams has been starred
in George Whites Scandals" THE
New Workers" and many other musi-
cal successes. Recently she has been
featured in motion pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
RADIO AIDS MILKING
Broadcasts Entertain Cows and
Chickens in Japan.

Entertaining the cows and chickens
by radio has brought tangible results
to at least one dairy and one poultry
farmer in Japan. writes Toxic cor
respondent of World-Radio of Lon
don. The dairy farmer said he oper-
ates the radio during milking hours,
thus quieting the nerves of the COWS
They like the softer music best, he de-
clared.
The poultry farmer reported that
his hens had increased their produc-
ton of eggs by Is per cent since he
installed loud speakers in the hen
houses. He got the idea of using radio
when he noticed that the fowls seemed
to like his whistling and singing when
he entered the chicken runs. 1t in
creased their animation, he said, but
he couldn't tell what kind of broad
cast music they like best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
Broadcasts Six Languages

Hollands famous short-wave broad
casting station at HuiZen, PHI, which
can frequently be heard by American
short-wave listeners, is now transmit
ting in six languages, namely, Dutch
English, French, German, Spanish
and Malay. Transmissions are on
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from
1890 to 2:30 pm, Greenwich time
and on Sundays from 1890 to 3 pm.
Greenwich time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13

WRC will broadcast today at IL
o'clock noon, a portion Of the Pas
sion Play" direct from Oberammer-
gau, Germany. The program will
include an address by Anton Lang,
who for many years portrayed the
role of Christ in the celebrated
drama.
The Hall of Fame, on WRC at
$50, will feature Jascha Heifetz,
celebrated violinist, who has Just re-
turned to the United States from .
concert tour Of Russia.
In observance Of Mothers day,
Nine. Ernestiue -Heink, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
MAJOR FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES.

her recital over WNdAL at 9, will
sing Dvorak's Songs My Mother
Taught Me" and His Lullaby" by
Carrie Jacobs Bond.
WMAL will broadcast at 8, the
ninth annual Mothers day memorial
program by the American War Moth
ers in Arlington Cemetery. The
principal speakers will be Admiral
woodward, q. 8. NJ, and Representa-
tive Edith Nourse Rogers Of Massa-
chusetts.
Lew Ayres, screen star, will be
heard during the Hollywood on the
Air program over WRC at 1l:15.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
Salvationist Keeps Prize.

Faced with the choice of renouncing
his winnings in the Irish Sweepstake
or resigning from the Salvation Army,
Albert Davis of Swindon, England
decided to keep the money. The rules
of the Army prescribe that no member
shall have any connection with bet
ting, horse racing, sweepstakes or lot
cries, so when Davis drew Egremont
he quit the Army and decided to in
vest his winnings in building So
ciety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
Royalty's Toys Shown.

Toys valued at more than $4,000. 900
were shown in an exhibition OF
Children Throughout the Ages" In
London recently. Two gold rattles
which once delighted the Prince of
Wales and a fair-haired doll COM
panion of Queen Mary in her baby
days attracted much attention. Mu-
steal dolls given by Queen Victoria
to the Prince of Wales and the
Duke Of York when they were babies,
Queen Elizabeth and Oliver Cromwell's
christening robes. and a skirt worn
by Charles when he was 2, were also
shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
LABEL TO BE PRESENTED
Women's Club Sponsors Cotton
Code Exercises

Presentation Of the cotton garment
code N. r. A. label to the women OF
America will be broadcast over an
N. B. c. network tomorrow under the
auspices of the General Federation Of
Women's Clubs.
The principal speaker will be Col.
Edward McGrady, Assistant Secretary
of Labor and labor representative in
the N. r. A. Gov. Ehringhaus OF
North Carolina will speak IN behalf
of The governors OF the Southern
States, and Col. r. B. Paddock, di-
rector of the Cotton Garment Code
Authority, will present the emblem to
Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president
of the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs. Col. Paddock will represent
1000 establishments in AZ States, en-
bracing millions of persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
Creditors Stop Hearse.

Relatives of a dead man in War
saw, Poland, are suing creditors who
stopped the hearse bearing the corpse
to the grave in an effort to force pay
ment of his debts. The creditors claim
the man sold his possessions to his
relatives just before he died. After
the funeral had been delayed for more
than an hour police arrived and COM
PEELED the collectors to release the
body. The relatives paid up all the
debts, then sued, claiming damages for
interference with a funeral procession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
League to Broadcast.

Proposing to exert a greater inf1u-
ence over European broadcasting, the
League Of Nations has established a
new Recommendations Committee,
headed by Signor Massimo Pilotti, the
Italian undersecretary Of the League.
National broadcast programs are to be
subjected to daily supervision Of M.
Adrian Felt. director of the League of
Nations Information Bureau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
w YnL radio, If fostered assidu-
ously by educators and col
wv leges, prove a Frankenstein
which will turn upon those

a ously by educators and col
wv leges, prove Frankenstein
v which will turn upon those
very groups by eliminating
the need for so many schools and
teachers?
That Is the challenge hurled at the
education by radio movement by vr-
tue Of newest developments in the art
which may precipitate q revolution
in higher learning. A single super
power station, such as WLW, Gin
cinnati, now experimentally using a
half million watts, might cover the
entire continent with educational lee
lures. Secondly, the recently tested
radio ''voting" device, which by a
push-button attachment on the re-
ceiving set permits the broadcaster to
know how many are listening, makes
this speculation even more credible.
This rather startling reasoning was
voiced before the conference of edu-
Gators interested in radio, held last
week. Maurice T. Price, sociologist
of Washington, formerly associated
with Johns Hopkins University, posed
the question. He made his obServa-
tons when the educators were dis
cussing the desirability of having ex-
elusive channels allocated for educa-
ton and Government control of radio.
May Cause Revolution.
ut is no longer premature to sug-
gest that radio may cause a revolu-
ton in higher education" Mr.. Price
kaid Tie lor1or fhot orodirtiooc Of
several years ago, when radio was
first envisaged as an educational me-
dium, have not materialized because
of variety of technical shortcom-
ings and because educators did not
work together. Now, however, he
said, the super-power station, together
with the possibilities of the push
button voting" device and the dawn
ing of realization that comprehensive
examinations are superior to examin-
ations within each college course, have
changed the outlet.
If present appearances are not de-
ceptive," he declared, all you may
have to do to usher in that crisis
will be to let one institution in the
Middle West secure 0,000-watt
station, start broadcasting it's required
and more stereotyped college courses
under the most interesting lecturers
1t can find, and admit radio listeners
to its comprehensive examinations In
different parts of the country for a
fee very much less than its present
tuition fees.
Air Universities.
"When that happens, what will
those college boys and girls and their
families do who now must make
heavy sacrifices in order to pay tut
ton fees and the high costs of board
and room away from home? If one
or two or more universities of the
air make available to the country a
full set Of college lecture courses, will
our State Legislatures and denomina-
tional bodies allow our present 1000
or so colleges to continue to pay
teachers from $4,000 to $4,000 a year
to offer the same courses in the same
way in a single class room? Rather,
they will probably lend their influ-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13

wMAL also has scheduled at 1880
the first Of q new series Of concerts
by members of the band conducted
by the late John Philip Sousa.
A group of champions Of the In
tercollegiate Poetry Reading Meet
will take part In a broadcast over
wJSV at 9:45 am. They will offer
readings Of selected poems.
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother OF
the President, will speak during a
special Mothers day program over
WRC at 2:30. DR.. John H. Finley,
associate editor Of the New York
Times, also will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
KYW BUILDS STATION
New Structure Being Erected
Near Philadelphia.

Actual construction of radio trans
hitting station KYW in Philadelphia
is now under way. The site Of the
new building Is in Whitemarsh Town.
ship, Montgomery County, in the open
country northwest of the city limits.
For several months radio engineers
of the Westinghouse Co. have been
conducting experimental tests on this
site, using balloon antenna" to de-
termine reception strength, directional
effects, and natural phenomena pecu-
liar to radio broadcasting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
"Crampless" Tuning Knobs.

The English manufacturers are one
up on the Americans. Richard Haigh,
English manager of the Gramophone
Co., Ltd, in designing two new radio
receivers, consulted anatomical experts
in order to find the most comfortable
type of tuning knob. He then an
nounced that "our new knobs are
crampless."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
Fisher Finds 81 500 Pearl.

v. T. Clark, a pearl fisher, has found
a pearl valued at $500 of the coast of
Darwin, Australia. 1t Is said to be per-
feet and weighs 70 grains. The finest
pearl found in Darwin waters was
valued at $4,000. It was discovered
by accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
Valuable Cargo Sought.

Salvage operations on the steamer
Glenartnet, lying 600 feet below sea
level. are to be started near Tunis. The
vessel was sunk during the World War
with a cargo of tin valued at S2,000,-
600. The Italian salvage steamer Bri-
arco is being prepared for the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
1000 Visit Memorial.

In one day recently more than 1000
persons visited the Livingstone Ma
tional Memorial in Blantyre, Scotland.
a Is per cent increase over the same
day of 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
All Schools Have Radio.

The municipality Of Berne, Switz-
erland, has decreed that every school
must have radio set capable of loud
speaker reception.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
CAPITALS RADIO PROCRAAS

Eastern Standard Time
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-01
HELP HEALTH DRIVES

DESPITE Outcries against state medicine,
~ the truth is that cities, states and even
the federal agencies are doing less to protect
the public health today than in those indi-
vidualistic years preceding 1929. This is be-
cause decreased tax revenues have caused the
various governmental units to tighten their
belts. When forced to choose between provid-
ing food and shelter for many or medical care
for few. they picked the former.
Thus, more and more, the destitute have
been forced to turn to private welfare organ
izations for health services. Through visiting
nurse services, child welfare clinics, infant
feeding stations and special clinic services,
these charitable organizations have reduced
infant mortality rates, saved the lives of
mothers, checked the spread of diseases and
curtaied the toll of tuberculosis.
In many cities these organizations are
financed through the Community Chest drives,
and their very existence depends upon the
success of this years campaign for the mobili-
zation of human needs. No community can
afford to risk the loss of health services to
those people who have suffered most from the
depression.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-01
ONE BUSINESS LEAP AHEAD

A FTER many weeks Of reading dreary
prophecies Of doom by political outs"
and easy promises Of better days by political
ms" it is relief to turn to a report of actual
business progress made by business man in
an industry hard hit by the depression.
In the sixty days following Aug. 10, when
the housing act became effective, the volume
Of his business increased 40 per cent over the
same period Of last year, says Clarence M
Woolley chairman Of the American Radiator
and Standard Sanitary Corporation. During
the first fourteen days of October, his business
leaped ahead rs per cent.
That this company is no exception in home
equipment and improvement industries is in
Dictated by the latest bureau of labor statistics
report. In September, the number of city per-
mits for building additions, alterations and
repairs increased IA per cent in number and
26.5 per cent in value. compared to September,
1888
The total Of modernization loans reported
to date to the Federal Housing Administration
indicate that the housing act itself, is not en-
trely responsible, but the FILA campaign for
home Improvements seems to have started the
ball rolling.
There is, however, a sour note in the build
ing statistics. September permits for new
buildings were lower by 25 per cent in number
and ia per cent in value, compared to last
year. But, fortunately, stimulation of new
building is definitely the next major objec-
tive of the administrations recovery program.
Title of the housing act, providing insured
loans for new houses, becomes effective next
month. The building of low-cost farm homes
for families on relief is being multiplied. And
the administration is said to have plans to
spend directly approximately $1,000, 100000 in
a gigantic housing program next year.
These things encourage optimism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-01
THE CITY'S FUTURE

Tor the last five years the city of Indian
u apolis has been operated on a conservative.
economical and efficient basis and now the
voters are directing their attention to the fu-
ture that viii be based on the results Of next
Tuesdays election.
The city has been forced to curtail expenses
during the last few years but the city has
prohted not lost, by the necessity. John w.
Kern, Democratic candidate for mayor with
out doubt Will continue this policy of good
management and Judgment if he is elected.
For many. many months to come the ma
tional government will continue its role as
lerator Of relief work throughout the nation.
.,ecessity viii force this and the city of In
dianapolis will have to do its part in carrying
out the program.
The people Of this city have the right to
expect continuation of policies that will guar
antee the future Of indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-01
CAMPAIGN AMENITIES

HXTHATEvER happens Tuesday. the cleo
w ton campaigns more personal moments
have taken our minds of our troubles.
Nearly all our politicians are astute enough
to put on entertaining shows to attract at
tention OF course. some Of them also repre-
sent real ideas and present issues for the voters
to decide upon at the polls.
But a country which demands entertain
ment can be thankful for:
J. Farleys rubber-stamp letters, particular
" the one proposing election Of three senators
IN Montana.
? Hueys football rip and his proposed in
vasiOn Of Mexico.
8 Accusations that Bronson Cutting and
Kenneth Mcclellan are unfit TO be senators be-
cause Of bachelorhOOd.
T. The radio villain who buzzed Pinohot of
the air
5. some excellent examples OF invective,
notably Farley's epithet for Robert Moses, New
York gubernatorial oandidate-"a political
ghoul"-and Moses 'inefable
sand. mail and bag man" who elevated dirty
ward politics into national institution"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-01

rates viii mean collective saving to them Of
$500 daily.
The widow, who would have received s35 to
s45 a share for her stock and other benefits
under the sale contract, may see it decline
below this in value. And the ice and coal
companies viii have to meet the inevitable
competition.
For twelve years the plan Of Senator Nor
lis and other progressives to set up power
yardstick in the Tennessee valley. using Mus
Gle Shoals as basis, has been fought By pri-
vate interests. Two Observation-Disclosures and
Hoover-thwarted the plan temporarily. Final
ly, Senator Norris succeeded when President
Roosevelt took Office; and the IVA was created
The new fight 1t Knoxville is but another
step in the long controversy.
But now congress and the President have
given their mandate for the development. The
general public supports their decision that
the Tennessee Valley shall be a laboratory
where cheap government generated power
shall be tested.
Selfish and disgrunuied directors may throw
obstacles in the path of this development they
may halt it temporarily, but the record shows
they viii fail in the end.