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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-17
HARVESTING OF WHEAT
TO BEGIN IN VIRGINIA
Northern Neck Due to Start
Years Crop to Market
Next Week,
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HEATHSVILLE, Va, June 1.-THE
harvesting of one OF the Northern
Neck's best wheat crops in many years
will begin this week and threshing
will follow Immediately. II weather
conditions permit, new wheat from
this section will be on its way to
market some time next week There
is large acreage of wheat in cul-
tive ton in this section, the growth
of straw is heavy and the grain plump
and firm.
The tomato crop is developing fast
and shipment of fruit will begin the
latter part of this month. 1t is esti-
mated that here are at least 1000
acres of early tomatoes in cultiva-
ton in Northumberland County
alone. The outlook for q good crop
is excellent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-17
R0SSLYN LUNCH ROOM
is DESTROYED BY FIRE

Arlington Firemen Rush All
Equipment to Scene to Protect
Gasoline Distributing Plants.
By stan Correspondent Of The star.
ROSSLYN, Va, June 1.-THE
Home Lunch Room here was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday afternoon
with q loss estimated ut $500.
The Arlington County Volunteer
Department rushed its entire are
fighting equipment to the aid Of the
local company because of the close
ness of several large gasoiene dis
tributing plants. The blaze was quick
ly extinguished, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-17
HERND0N AND FAIRFAX
! SEND FL A. ENJOYS
High School Students Attend
Convention Opening in Blacks
burg Today.
epecIal pispa tch 10 me star.

Special Dispatc to The Star.
HERNDON, Va. June 17.-Students
of Herndon and Fairfax High Schools
are in Blacksburg today attending the
annual convention of the Virginia As
ISOLATION of Future Farmers of Amer
lea, which opened this morning and
will continue through Thursday.
Representing Herndon High among
the 1000 delegates are William Cross.
Wilson Smith and John Vance. They
have been given places on the judging
teams for athletic contests and pub
lie speaking. Lomax Wamsely will at
tend the school for leadership.
Fairfax High will be represented on
the judging teams by Earl Legg, Sam
uel Thompson and Norman owens.
Melvin Birch is the delegate to the
school for leadership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-17
LIQUOR STORE OPENING
SENDS ARRESTS SOARING
Martinsburg Calls on County for
Use of Cells as City Jail
Proves Inadequate.
sueeial Dispatch to The Star.

epecial Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG w. Va, June IT.
The city lookup here was unable to
hold all those arrested Saturday night
and Sunday morning charged with
drunkenness or allied law infractions,
and a dozen had to be sent to the
county Jail.
Police laid the sharp increase in
cases to patronage of the State liquor
store here, which was having its first
Saturday night business and which
reported big patronage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-17
School of Economics
and Government

Degree courses of collegiate grade
offered in Political Science, Govern
ment, Economics. Psychology, His
tory, Finance, Business and Lam
guages.
Address Secretary.
National 6617, SIS 18th st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-17

Miss Elizabeth Chamberlain, daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs. r. B. Chamber
lin, 1850 Harvard street, was gradu-
ated from Elmira College, Elmira,
N. Y, last week with the degree OF
bachelor Of arts. She received the
degree Cum laude."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-17
National University
Law School

Summer Term Begins
June IL, 1885, at $50 Pm.
Standard three-year course leading
10 degrees Of Ii. B. and j. d.
Graduate courses leading to de-
grees Of LII. NJ, M. p. L. and 8. j. d.
All classes held at hours conven-
lent for employed students.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-17
800 ATTEND PARTY
FOR z HOME AGENTS
Retiring Fairfax Demonstrator
and Her Successor Honored
by Social Event.

Special Dispatch to The star.
FAIRFAX, Va. June 17.--Approxi-
mately 500 persons attended the
countrywide party in the local sle-
mentary school Saturday night, spon-
sored by the Fairfax County Home
Demonstration Advisory Council, In
honor Of Miss Sarah u. Thomas, re-
firing home demonstration agent, and
her successor, Miss Alice Crutchfeld.
Miss Thomas will leave Fairfax the
latter part Of June to take over her
new duties in Shenandoah County
and will be succeeded by Miss Crutch-
field, formerly instructor Of home
economies at Rural Retreat, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-17
Graduates From Brown.

Joseph J. Lyman, son Of Mr.. snd
Mrs. Henry L. Lyman, 145 Carroll
street southeast. was graduated today
from Brown University, Providence,
r. l., with q bachelor Of arts degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Applause Problem Solved.

The engineering department of
WaShington's N. B. c. Office has solved
a perplexing problem by devising an
applause machine" which is used to
select the winners of WRC's New
Monday night feature called Judging
the Stars"
The idea of such a machine was
conceived by Shannon Allen, N. B. G.
director of productions, but the instru-
ment was built by the engineering de-
uartment under Phil I. Merryman,
operation supervisor. Allen asked for
a machine that would not only register
total volume, but from which perma-
nent record would be taken in event
of a dispute over the decision. The
machine, according to Aliens instruc-
tons, should also record total volume
of applause rather than loudness Of
any particular enthusiastic individual.
Here's how it was developed, accord
ing to Merryman:
Our first thought was to photo
graph the sound patterns traced on
an oscillograph screen. The expert
11lCI1O WcS b1ACO bdO I4AC AAACNAOA "o<1
rejected because of the slow action OF
the chemical developers. The de-
cisions must be made and delivered
within 10 seconds after the applause
ceased if the show was not to drag;
and the chemicals just wouldn't pro-
duce under As seconds. We next
tried the scheme which we eventually
used.
AN applause microphone was hid
den high up in the recesses of Studio
A where it would not be seen. Its
electrical output was patched into
special amplifier, which was carefully
divorced from the balance of the
control room circuits. In it the
minute currents of the microphone
were amplified to point where they
had sufficient strength to acutuate a
thermocouple connection.
1.-THE thermocouple rectified the high
frequency currents from the amplifler
into a smooth direct current which in
turn was measured by a micro
ammeter with a graduated scale. Up
to this point the measurement was
purely mechanical, but there was still
the possibility of error in reading the
needle reflections on the graduated
scale.
ITO minimize the human equation
at this point it was decided to arbi-
trarily select three judges from the
studio audience. These judges were
provided with pad and pencil and re-
queSted to write down their observa-
ton Of the scale on each burst Of
applause. They then handed their
readings to me to be averaged. This
was done by simply adding their
separate readings and dividing by
three. The decision was then an
nounced."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Talent to Be Coached.

A new deal for promising addition
erS who show unusual possibilities
was announced last week by the
National BroadcaSting Co.
N. B. c. has set up facilities for
coaching such talent. advising them
what not to do, what to do and the
right way to do it.
In this new activity the additions
department will have the assistance of
one of N. B. C.'s crack engineers, an
expert in every mechanical phase Of
broadcasting. In special cases N. B.
c. viii record the work of auditioners
to demonstrate wildly the require
mentS of the microphone.
Once each month the director Of
additions, j. Ernest Cutting, will dis
play his best finds before a select
group of N. B. c. executives, experts
in various branches of the entertain
ment field. This super addition will
weigh the candidates possibilities for
both sustaining and commercial net
work breakfasts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
New International Series.

A concert by Marcel Wittrich, Ber-
lin State Opera tenor, the first
presentation Of Richard Strauss new
opera, THE Silent Woman" and o
program Of music of Italian compos-
ers of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries will be heard over networks
of the National Broadcasting Co. in
a series Of three international broad
casts from Germany and Italy.
The Strauss opera, die Schweig-
same Frau" will be shortwaved from
Dresden and rebroadcast exclusively
in this country tomorrow. Selections
of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms
will feature the concert of Marcel
Wittrich, which will be shortwaved
from Berlin Wednesday. The Italian
program, featuring music of Italian
composers Of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, will be short
waved by the Italian Broadcasting Co.
July 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
MAJOR FEATURES AND
PROGRAM NOTES.

julius Huehn, q newcomer to the
concert operate world, who was re-
Gently engaged as leading baritone
for next season by the Metropolitan
Opera Co., will make his radio debut
during the Sunday Evening Hour on
w. j. S. v. at 8. He will sing the
monologue from Verdi's "Falstaff," the
aria Non Piu Audrai" from Mozarts
Figaro" MousSorgSky's Song of the
Flea" and Hills of Home" The or
cheStra will play the Song of the
Volga Boatnen," Beethoven's overture
to "Egnlont," Weber's Invitation to
the Waltz" and THE Magic Fire Mu-
sic" from Wagner's Die Walkure."
Cornelia Otis Skinner will give her
Interpretation Of "A Lady Explorer"
during her program on WMAL at
$50. She also will do "A Southern
Girl In the Sistine Chapel"
Americas Rhythm Symphony" on
WRC at will present the first Of
series Of Music Shows group Of
seven musical selections chosen as best
representative Of old and new tunes
and classical music.
Polly With "a Past" with Ina
Claire in the leading role. will be the
Radio Theater's presentation on
WMAL at 1870.
Pauline Frederick, famous star of
the stage and screen, will play
scene from Mime X" during Tony
Won's program on wRC at 4:30.
Frances Maddux, night club sing
ing star, will contribute to the Road
ways of Romance" on wJSV at 6.
The Girl of the Golden West" will
be the final presentation Of the Radio
City Music Halls festival of Giacomo
Puccini's music on WMAL at
IL 80 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23

ago ruled against transcriptions or
mechanically recorded programs-yet
this series, edited from the newsreel
sound tracks, had more freshness and
vitality than many OF the live" broad
casts. Felix Ferdinando and or
chestra, now on the air from wGY in
Schenectady, expect to get on N. B. C.
network July l.. No more guests on
Harry Horlick's Gypsy program after
July lat least not until September
Joey Nash toying with the idea
Of organizing his own band. Tito
Coral will go back to Hollywood for
another picture in September.
VAUGHN de LEATH now has three
programs a week on N. B. c..
It's Fred Uttal, the old smoothie, who
is Bea Lilies master of ceremonies
now. Ted Pearson, the announcer, Is
going on the air as a baritone soloist
and under another name. Try and
guess. The Fred Waring program
shifts to Tuesday, beginning July a..
The Rhythm Boys, once famous with
Paul Whiteman, are auditioning.
Good, too. Rosa Ponselle and Deems
Taylor were heard in another audi
ton recently. / think Cyrena Van
Gordon is going to be considerable Of
microphone name before many
months go by. Phil Baker not set
for a Fall radio program, but a num-
Der of sponsors are interested. Block
and Sully in Chicago in vaudeville. ..
The Pickens Sisters will be heard on
Leo ReiSman's program indefinitely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23

Almost every new program being
planned for the Summer and Fall can
be expected to recognize the value Of
freshness and novelty. Singers and
entertainers who have been diSre-
garded because they haven't name
value" will have more opportunities
than ever before. The obscure cafes
are being secuted for talent-and
youngsters are being auditioned all
over the place.
These newcomers won't be presented
as amateurs. They won't be allowed
to perform in the studios unless they
have actual merit. But, if they can
sing or can make you laugh, they'll
get their chances. And you, the lis
tener. will get some real entertain
ment!
DARAGRAPHS such as the above
usually flood this department with
letters from ambitious youngsters who
haven't been able to get the additions
they want. What to do? Go on anna
teur programs. Try to get on small
stations. Look around for the various
new talent" shows now being fea-
tured by various independent broad
casters. Jobs aren't being handed out
on silver platters-but the opportuni-
ties are there for people with enough
ambition to 60 after them.
SNoONIE is back in Manhattan.
She's really Barbara Blair, but
those Of US who listen will always
remember her as the wistful but very
funny Snoonie of a season ago. It's
reported she may be heard with Walter
O'Keefe and the Casa Iona orches-
ira on that cigarette program next
SeaSoi, and I hope that is a true re-
port. Snoonie is swell! Father
Coughlin's Sunday night programs
from WOR have been discontinued for
the Summer. :. Maj. Bowes will make
q series of movie shorts about his
amateurs Recommended. The
c. B. S. production of George Bernard
Shaw'S ''O'Flaherty, v. c." Tuesday
night &. . Connie Gates on a program
called Moon GLOW on c. B. S. Wednes-
day nights is pleasant before-bed-
time feature Alex Hyde Of WIN
may revive his Melody Maids orches-
ira for the air
THE personal charm of Ray Noble,
which you encounter If you 60
a-dancing in Radio City'S Rainbow
Room, is something that ought to be
broadcast. Johnny Battle, Windy"
Of the Bobbie BenSe show, has gone
to his Florida farm for the Summer.
E. Lester Vail, now production man
at N. B. c., is one of the better actors.
Phil Spitalny takes his girl band
to Pittsburgh for a week of vaudeville
beginning June %. Courtney Ryley
Cooper auditioned a radio script about
the G men recently. Cooper knows
the Government agents personally
and they respect him. It ought to be
a great Show!. Johnny Green is
using 10-piece string section in his
Friday night Sketch Book broadcast.
Sweet and smooth muSic! Wish that
promised program for Enoch Light
and Mary DAMS would materialize.
They're q talented pair what with
Mary's gay singing voice and Enoch's
mastery of his fiddle. He sings with
lot Of charm, too.
IT'S too bad that network restrictions
are such that it is impossible to
broadcast that series of voices from
the newsreels, tried out so success
fully on WOR. The networks long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
"Cadgets" to Be Described.

Descriptions of the latest time and
labor-Saving gadgets. as well as mes
sageS from some of the outstanding
inventors of the country, will be
brought to c. 5. S. listeners from the
inventors congress at the Sherman
Hotel in Chicago Tuesday.
Paul Dowty, Columbia announcer,
will carry microphone through the
exhibition hall, Offering brief COM
ment on some Of the unusual inven-
tons of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Aerials to Be Hidden.

Because the authorities have de-
cided to maintain the historic aspect
Of SPANS famous town of Toledo,
which is one of the few Old World
cities remaining today almost exactly
as in the Middle Ages, they have de-
creed that all radio aerials must be
concealed, since they are "an anach-
ronism in the medieval landscape. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23


sion for the duration Of the trial
which may last year or longer before
the issue is finally adjudicated. They
were turned down, but Ascap offered.
instead, fve-year extensions.
NATIONAL BROADCASTING co.
4 and Columbia BroadcaSting Sys-
TEN, maintaining that they must pro-
tect their listeners and themselves by
keeping a ready supply of the best
music available at all times, signed
the new contracts two weeks ago.
They signed also for their score of
owned and operated stations. Thus
they have assured themselves of the
Ascap catalog irrespective Of the de-
ciSion in the suit.
Independent broadcaSterS. for the
most part, have not signed the new
five-year extensions, and are awaiting
discussion of this highly important
issue at their annual convention next
month in Colorado Springs, Colo.
There is internal strife over the copy
right issue, with some factions con-
tending that the action Of the net
works in accepting the five-year ex-
tension prejudices the Governments
antitrust suit.
In any event, in so far as the list
ener is concerned, the networks FIVE
year extension means that they will
be treated to the finest the musical
world has to offer without inter-
ruption, whereas there was the remote
possibility that only those numbers in
the public domain (svailable without
payment of royalties) or the works of
lesser lights in music would have been
performed after this year if the con-
tracts had not been renewed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Cartasena to Be on Air.

Station HJ1ABD, Cartagena, Co
lombis, on 41.2O meters, or 1890 kilo-
cycles, plans a special broadcast on
the last Thursday of each month for
members of the international Short
Wave Club. The best artists in and
about Cartagena viii be recruited for
these broadcasts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Three Concerts Planned.

A series of three concerts Of sym
phonic masterpieces will be played by
the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orches-
ira in broadcaStS over Columbia
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Henry Svedrofsky will direct the
concerts, which will be picked up from
the Ford bowl on the grounds Of the
Caltfornia-Pacific International Ex-
position in Balboa Park, San Diego.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Brown IN Radio PLAY.

Joe E. Brown, film star, will play a
leading role in the radio theater pre-
Sentation of Elmer the Great" on
N. B. C. next Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23

Amateurs Stimulate Radio
Whether Popular or Not
Entertainment Value of New Names and
New Voices Is Recognized by
Program Producers
Bv Peter Dixon.

TIME amateur program heartily both in
out of radio circles AS matter of fact the
proving to be the Suant radio
years You the listener going to realize that and
more during the few months.
happened is that radio showmen-he program pro-
ducers and the mprearios of the advertising agencehave
realized terrific entertainment value of
They realize that the audience enjoys novelty
who them interesting and glamorouS nationally
known star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Flandin to Use Radio.

A radio transmitting as well as re-
ceiving station Is being installed IN
the residence Of Premier Flandin Of
France to enable him to communicate
quickly with French representatives
abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Fish Catches Too Heavy.

So numerous were the fish in the
Firth of Forth, in Scotland, recently,
that the weight Of some catches tore
trswler nets to pieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
$5OO,OO0 Television Outlay
ByA. T. and Encouraging
Way Clear for Laying 9O-Mile Gable Linking
New York and Philadelphia Stations
on Important Tests
By the Radio Editor.

~ YHEN giant American TELEPHONE Telegraph
w sufficiently interested in the Imminent advent Of tele-
vision to invest than half million dollars in bring
ing out phase of its development, something really
Is aStr in the realm of visual broadcaSting
Last hearing the A. T. & T. proposal to install its
newly perfected York and Philadelphia
called Communications Commission when
the telephone company entered into agreement with protect
telegraph companies conne immediate functions
experimental purposes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
CAPITALS RADIO PROGRAMS

Eastern Standard Time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23

IT'S too bad that network restrictions
are such that it is impossible to
broadcast that series of voices from
the newsreels, tried out so success
fully on WOR. The networks long
Evening star., 1935-06-13
Bartender Tells of Accused
Woman'S "IndiSCretionS"
With BeaII.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
SHAKES TESTIMONY
Court Warns Murder Plot Jury
to Disregard News Stories
on Boland Trial.
BY w. II. SHIPPEN, Jr..
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, June l3.-
Seeking to prove a love motive" the
prosecution in the trial of Mrs. Anne
Lyddane on charges of conspiring to
murder her husband, Francis CSlom)
Lyddane, introduced testimony today
that the defendant was seen in recent
months at a tavern here in company
with Arthur Beall, DarneStown
garage man.
States Attorney James H. PEgh
drew from John (Googy) CARMEL a
statement that he had seen Mrs. Lyd-
dane and Beall in a bed room at
least two times" Carnell stated he
had seen the pair IN the tavern where
he was employed as bartender EIGHT
or ten times"
Carnen was subjected to grilling
crosS-examination by Prescott, who
developed several discrepancies in his
testimony and previous statements to
police.
Following the luncheon recess the
court announced a session would be
held tonight, ending at 10 pm. The
long hours and heat in the crowded
court room prompted officials to install
two electric fans.
For the first time since the hearings
began, Lyddane was absent today from
his accustomed seat beside his wife
He met her in the corridor at the noon
recess, however, and they lunched to-
gether.
Mrs. Lyddane was named as CO.
fxstn yao PC aOn in diuOrqe
suit which Mrs. Josephine Beall filed
against her husband and later with
drew following a property settlement
in her favor. The State has con-
tended Mrs. Lyddane also plotted to
kill Mrs. Reall, but that is not charged
in the current trial.
Chief Defense Counsel Stedmsn
Prescott. in his opening statement yes
terday, admitted Mrs. Lyddane had
Committed indiscret:ons, but not of
serious nature.
Pugh told the Jury he would prove
that while conspiring TO kill her hus-
band the attractive bank secretary was
running around with the married IA
ther of three children
Pugh also charged another motive
was collection of a $4,000 policy on
Lyddane'S life
The court room this morning was
jammed to capacity. The crowd had
dwindled yesterday as the trial opened
with the tedious process of picking a
jury, which lasted all day.
The States ace witness was first
to take the stand-Carnell the glib.
42-year -old bartender and former
rscketeer, who pleaded guilty ct the
outset of the trial after being prom
ised immunity if he would testify
for the prosecution.
Carnell sprawled in the witness
(see LYDDANE, Page 81