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Evening star., 1935-03-14
SYMPHONY DRIVE
BEGINS TOMORROW
500 Volunteers Will Take
Field to Raise 100000
for Orchestra.

Five hundred solicitors will start
work tomorrow to put the National
Symphony Orchestra's drive for a
100000 sustaining fund over the
top.
Under the guidance of a group of
central committees the workers will
have 10 days in which to raise The
money that will enable the symphony
to carry out an extended program
during the coming year.
Success of the campaign will in
sure a living wage for the musicians,
provide for a series of outdoor Sum-
mer concerts and allow the orchestra
to play additional children's concerts
and participate in more programs
in Constitution Hall next Winter.
Civic Leaders in Drive.
Soliciting will be undertaken on a
city-wide scale under direction OF
Metropolitan, National, Suburban,
Business. Army. Navy, Government.
Educational, Associations and Pub
uclty COmmltUeeS.
Many prominent men and women
who are anxious that Washington
be given a high place among the
music centerS of the world will lend
their services In the drive.
Daily reports from the workers will
be received at luncheon meetings at
the orchestra's headquarters in the
Carlton Hotel.
More enthusiastic support for the
orchestra is indicated than in previous
years. More persons have accepted
places in the various groups making
the solicitations and committee men,
bers report greater interest than
ever before.
DIR. Mcclellan Lauds Kinder.
DR. William Mcclellan, chairman OF
the Mems Committee, said yesterday
that the drive deserves the serious at
tention of every Washingtonian who
believes the Nations Capital should
be represented by first-class orches-
ira OF symphonic dimensions.
washington has an invaluable as
set in DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor Of
the orchestra" said DR.. Mcclellan,
"any any person who knows how DR..
Kinder has labored to bring the Or
chestra to the high point of perfec-
ton it has attained will object to the
orchestra suffering for lack of public
support. I believe the campaign will
be- a complete success"
Women's Leader Optimistic.
Mrs. Tracy DowS. chairman of the
Women'S Committee, also was op-
timistiC concerning the drive In
the past the Women's Committee
alone secured funds for the orches-
tra." she said, but this year. with
the recently organized Mems Com
mittee engaged in the drive. and
the added force they are giving to
the campaign. there is no reason why
100000 cannot be raised to en-
courage further growth of the CT
chestra and justify the faith wash
ingtonians have shown in our splen-
did musical organization since its in
ception four years ago."
Chairmen of various committees are
as follows: Metropolitan, Walter
Bruce Howe, Leland Harrison: Ma
tional, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. John
D. kennedy; Suburban, Mrs. Edwin
B. Parker; Business, Mrs. Oliver w.
Strunk, G. Thomas Dunlop: Army,
Mrs. Barton K. Yount, Harry H.
Woodring; Navy, Mrs. Emory S. Land,
Henry L. Roosevelt: Government,
Mrs. Ernest Gruening, Mariner S.
Eccles; Educational, Dean Henry
Grattan Doyle, Miss Grace Dunham
Guest; Associations. Mrs. Reeve
Lewis, Harold N. Marsh; Publicity,
L. E. Rubel
Evening star., 1935-03-14
DISTRICT DRAMA GROUPS
.REHEARSE Benefit PLAY
"The Royal Family" Will Be
Staged March 20 to Raise Funds
for Crippled Children.

Leading members of the best-known
drama groups in the District today
rehearsed their parts in THE Royal
Family" famous comedy to be pre-
sented March 20 for the benefit OF
Washington's crippled children.
Proceeds will be used to purchase
additional equipment for medical ther-
apy for boys and girls at Weight
man School. Sponsors of the play
are the Weightman Parent Teacher
Association, the tuberculosis ASssocia-
ton of the District of Columbia and
the Kiwanis Club.
Tickets are on sale at the Amer
ican Automobile Association, Seven
teenth and G streets northwest; the
Hotel Willard Ticket Bureau, the Hotel
Washington newsstand and the Frank
lin Administration Building, Thir-
teenth and K streets northwest.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Major Features
and Notes

TASCHA HEIFETZ. world famous
violinist. will be the guest soloist
with Emo Rapee's Orchestra during
its concert on WRC at 10. He will
play the introduction and rondo
capriccioso by Saint-Saens. "On Wings
Of Song" by Mendelssohn; Cigars
"Capricieuse" and the Kreisler ar
rangement of the dance from De
Falls La Vida Breve" The Or
chestra will feature the overture to
'Mignon" and the second movement
from Tschaikowskys "Symphony
No. g.
Joseph Schmidt, famous European
tenor; Josef Lhevinne, internationally
known pianist; Nine. Ernestine Schu-
mann n-Heink, Rose hampton, Eleanor
tribute to the Magic Key" program
on WMAL at 2.
Joseph Szigeti, European violinist,
will be the guest soloist with Victor
Kolar's Symphony Orchestra and
chorus during the Sunday Evening
hour on WJSV at g. He will play a
group of numbers, including Corelli's
La Folia." Hubay's colorful Scene
de la Csarda," and Paganfni's difficult
Caprice in e."
A new American overture, Johnny
Comes Marching Home" will have its
premiere during the concert Of the
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Society concert on WJSV at 3. The
remainder of the program will be
devoted to Bach's "Brandenburg Con-
certo, No. !, In F." "Alborada del
Gracioso." and Tschaikowsky's Sym
phony No. 6, in B Minor"
Continuing its operatic cycle, the
Radio City Music Hall, on WMAL at
1890, will present Bizet's Carmen" I"
Due to the advanced age of Presi-
dent Thomas Garrigue Masaryk of
Czechoslovakia, his son Jan will read
his fathers message during an in
ternational rebroadcast by WJSv at
12:45.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Coughlin on Radio.
THIRTY-THREE stations from

/ k11n ~ - 1IEE SLdIlOIlS lTOm CUdSI
L to coast will carry Father Cough
Inns new Sunday radio series which
starts today. Over his new independ-
ent hockup, the Detroit radio priest
will use As minutes of time, 4-4:45
pm, Eastern standard time, instead
of the hour previously used. He has
let it be known that the musical por-
ton of his broadcasts will be elimin-
ated.
1t is estimated that the scheduled
13-week series of Coughlin talks is
costing him about 100000 for station
time and wire charges. The sum Is
bigger than usual because this years
network will extend to the Pacific
Coast for the first time.
The lineup Of stations follows:
WOKO, Albany; WCAO, Baltimore;
WGR, Buffalo; VIVID. Chicago;
WLW, Cincinnati: VICAR. Cleveland:
WHO. Des Moines; WJR, Detroit;
WHB, Kansas City; WISH, Milwau-
kee; KSTP. st. Paul; WOR, Newark;
WOW, Omaha; WCAU. Philadelphia:
WAS, Pittsburgh; KWK, st. Louis:
WFBL, Syracuse; VOL. Washington;
WRDO, Augusta, Me-; WLBz, Ban
gor, Me-; WNAC, Boston; WICC,
Bridgeport, Conn: WDRC. Hartford;
wLLH, Lowell: WFEA, Manchester,
N. H.; WNBH, New Bedford; WEAN,
Providence; WMAS. Springfield,
Mass; WATR. Waterbury; WORC,
Worcester; KNx, Los Angeles: KSFO.
San Francisco, and KFEL-KVOD.
Denver.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Ballet Here in Two
Weeks. {.

COL. w. DE BASu'S famous Monte
Carlo. Ballet Russo will appear
in single brilliantly contrasted pro-
gram of three ballets at the National
Theater two weeks from tonight
Sunday. November II. at $3.50 pm.
William A. Albaugh, Baltimore mana
ger, presents this company in WASH
ington as well as In Baltimore and
Richmond
"Scheherazade, most noted for
Rimsky- -Korsakoff's beautiful score, is
tragic tale of Shariar, King of India
and China. whose interfering brother.
Shaf-Zeman, broke up the Shah's
contented home life by exposing the
multiple unfaithfulness of Shariar's
many according to the old Oriental
custom) wives, and most particularly
Of Zobeide, his favorite.
Mile. Nijinska's new and much
discussed ballet, "A Hundred Kisses, /"
has a more satiric, gentle theme,
telling Of q princess who scored q
wooing prince who brought her Q
rose and nightingale-she wanted
more material gifts. So the prince
exchanged costumes with q swine-
herd and purchased his magic crock
with its Turing melody. With this
magic crock the prince brought even
the princess to his feet and deme nded
100 kisses from her for the crock. As
she was paying him, her royal father
discovered the affair and disowned
his daughter for kissing an apparent
swineherd. Then the prince revealed
his true self and, picking up his rose
and nightingale, departed, leaving q
sadder, II wiser, princess behind him,
"Aurora's Wedding" probably will
be the third ballet on the program
here. With Tschaikowsky's sleeping
Beauty" music, 1t is one Of the most
popular works In the repertoire.
Tickets for this performance can
be reserved at the National TheateI
box ONCE or secured by mail from Mr.
AIbaugh ct East Lexington street
Baltimore. Nd.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Control Room Moves.

A NEW star has been added to the
= cast of the Jumbo-Fi Chief pro-
grams on N. B. c. It's not come
dian, it's not Billy Roses famous ele-
phant, it's not a movie star. but the
latest development Of the N. B. c.
engineering department, q control
room on wheels.
Visitors to the Hippodrome during
the weekly broadcasts will see the new
control room occupying a prominent
place on the stage with the orchestra
and cast. Due to the necessity of pro-
viding studio reception, for the intri-
cate balancing" of the program. an
exact technical duplicate of one Of
the Radio City control rooms was
made in the record breaking time of
four days.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
DIR. J0lliffe Will Resign
AS F. c.. c.. Chief Engineer
Commission Also Preparing for Gradual But
Thorough Overhauling of Present
Station Allocations.

channel, as q condition precedent to
that grant it must agree to install
the very latest type of antenna'
which, according to F. c. c. engineers,
will result in appreciable improvement
of serMce.
The second technical regulation
adopted requires installation OF moo
ulation meters by all stations by NO.
vember /, 1896. Many stations, salo
the F. c. c. engineers, either over
modulate or undermodulate-th Is,
they do not emit their signals at max
jmum efficiency-with the result that
they are not getting the benefit OF the
licensed power. Poor reception Tor the
listener is said to be the result. Tne
meter will enable each station to de-
termine visually whether 1t Is moou-
lating at the proper ratio.
CURRENTLY it is reported, the F.
~ C. C. Broadcast Division is con-
sidering a horizontal increase in the
powers of stations on the so-called
regional or middle-class channels. Now
restricted to a maximum power OF
1000 watts at night. the plan involves
a horizontal increase" to 5000 watts
in the powers of % stations on OF
these channels. provided they install
latest type high fidelity equipment.
Some 10 stations on II OF these chan
nels would be allowed to use 1000
watts maximum at night, while on the
remaining 16 channels, the rest OF the
regional stations, numbering approx
mately 80, would be assigned.
Already two stations have asked the
F. c. c. to grant them the right to
use uper-power of 100000 watts. in
anticipation of the realignment. They
are KNX. Los Angeles. and WGN,
Chicago, both Of which, like WLW,
expect to have Nation wide coverage
should their applications be granted.
All told, the F. c. c. plan tentatively
contemplates Is stations Of 100000
watts as an eventual development, but
it now seems probable that instead of
requiring this, it will make this move
optional. In other words, it probably
will specify that on Is channels min
imum power shall be $4,000 watts
(now the maximum power regularly
licensed. and that those stations
shall increase to 100000 watts If. as
and when it becomes technically and
economically feasible for them to
do so.
Before it attempts to make any of
these alterations effective the F. c.
C. under its present plan Intends to
call general hearings in Washington
at which stations may appear to pre-
sent views both pro and con. In that
way it feels that possible litigation
may be- averted Already, however,
there has been vigorous opposition to
the first phase Of the projected rea-
lignment-namely. that involving re-
gional channels-and it is entirely
possible that the whole project may be
delayed indefinitely.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Expense Curbs Political
Debates by Radio.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

HOW loudly and how often the
radio wave lengths will resound,
during the IL months remaining before
the national elections. to the blandish-
ments of the partisan politicians all
depends upon the amount of money
the Democratic and Republican Ma
tional Committees can muster for
their 1886 campaign war chests.
The simple fact of the matter is that
neither party has the money right now
to do the radio propaganda job both
would like to do. And it costs money
to broadcast-lots of it. OF the round
million dollars that both major parties
spent on radio in the 1882 campaign
about $500 900 each-they still owe the
big networks something like $l85,000.
Accordingly, for the time being at
least, much as both parties might like
to "buy time" for regular political
periods on the air, they are sitting
tight on their plans and are accepting
such public service" or free hours for
political discussion as are made avail
able to them on the radio. On their
part, the radio managers are doing
their utmost to balance the amount of
political palaver that goes out over
the air so that they cannot be laid
open to any charge of partisanship.
Thus far there have been no re-
ordinations whatever by either party
against either network or against any
station on the score of favoritism.
Radio station and network managers
are extremely wary of such charges,
especially as the party conventions ap-
proach. When the actual campaign
gets under way, each party buys what
ever time it desires for electioneering
by its nominees or their spokesmen-
and the lid is more or less of. Politics
then falls outside the free public
service" category and becomes
commodity" just like any other
product or idea that must be sold.
Even during the campaigning period,
except for the intense public interest
in speeches by the candidates and the
more prominent speakers. the radio
executives don't like political ac-
counts" overmuch for the reason that
they crowd out regularly scheduled
commercial hours with their plentitude
of more entertaining talent. Say
what any one will, the radio listening
public at large almost always would
prefer to hear entertainment than
politics on the air.
With this in mind. the party radio
planners are hoping to put on regular
shows as well as speeches during the
next campaign. Already the Republic
an National Committee has audi
toned a dramatic serial, to be pre-
sented with music. for possible broad
casting, even before its candidate Is
selected at the party convention next
Summer. It Is titled Liberty at the
Crossroads" and its general purport
is to deride the Democritic administra-
ton. It was projected first as net
work show, but 1t Is now on master
transcription disks which are on file
but which can be busted of and used
If desired.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

Tuning In on Big Names
On Air Proves Gamble
Continue to Risk Flops to Give
Listeners Chance to Hear
Popular People.

doesn't use 1t when he practices.
Instead, he uses an instrument which
has no soundbox, so he's the only
one who can hear it.
IF, AS Radio Row rumor persists,
Kenny Baker has been signed to
succeed Michael Bartlett on Jack
Benny's program. 1t looks as II Eddy
Duchin's quest for new radio talent
had been justified.
Baker, 23-year -old tenor, bows into
Bartlett's spot tonight as guest star,
But the story goes he will be the
regular star, now that Bartlett Is
HOLLYWOOD bound to star with Grace
Moore again. Three months ago
Baker was singing in a Los Angles
Hotel. Then he won a Duchin tour
nament.
.CLYDE BARRIE. colored baritone,
who got his big chance when he
stepped up to the microphone to sub
stitute for Paul Robson, is fulfilling
prophecies that he is on the way up
in radio. He moves up notch in
the C. B. S. schedule Monday. be-
ginning a 4:45 afternoon broadcast.
Which often is the first step toward
one of the choice evening hours ..
Harry Won Zell, who became Fred
Aliens handyman Wednesday, came
to radio via the amateur additions
route his voice is also the one
you hear announcing WOR's Friday
Good Evening Serenades his pred
ecessor on the Allen show, Tiny
Ruffner, will go on telling you about
the wares of the sponsors who pay
the bills for three other N. B. c.
shows ID. most of Lyn Murray's l6
choristers on the Friday Tavern
shows have jobs as soloists In New
York churches on Sundays :. Mrs.
Ozzie Nelson Harriet Hilliard), who
left her bridegroom amicably to go
to Hollywood to make a picture. is
so good she won't appear in it, In
stead of starring with Fred AStaire
and Ginger Rogers, she'll make
picture of her own John Bates,
WOR announcer who'll assist in
microphoning the National Horse
Show over the Mutual network Sat-
urday. is a polo player . Lennie
Hayton says he may go on airing
song hits o.. but they'll be hits OF
yesteryear which reminds that
Blanche Ring. who set America sing
ing In the Good Old Summertime,
when the century was new, sings
again Tuesday night on the Jumbo"
show. Billy Roses new Hippodrome
spectacle whose cast is as preten-
tious in size as the nose of its star.
Jimmy Durante.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

l. name-almost any famous
name, for sooner or later,
L -. L..iy puDIIc personality
Is led up to the microphone.
You may have your own ideas
about whether or not it is worthwhile
for the broadcasters to round up
every new movie queen or prize
fighter for few minutes work land
a lot of impressive advance billing) on
the air. Most of us have. Who hasn't
tuned in, some time or other, just on
the strength of the press agents fam
fare-only to tune out again, wonder
ing why all the excitement about
but turned out to be just another radio
anticlimax?
1t isn't. mind you. that the broad
casters are trying to give too little in
the way of entertainment. The fact
is, they're trying to give too much.
There's so much to hear and so little
time to hear 1t, that you may as well
get reconciled to missing out on some
thing. And the only thing you can
do about it is to study the radio pro-
grams as you study the theater bills
before you take in a show. The
cream of the crop of current talent
is there for you, but you have to know
your way around the dial to find it.
And meanwhile, don't be led astray
by the big-name fetish which is
radios most serious ailment just now.
ITS TRUE that the broadcasters
occasionally make a mistake and
try to microphone personality or an
event for which radio is not a good
medium. But sometimes it's worth
taking a chance-just to see If some
thing exciting and new can be found
under the broadcasting sun.
Remember the skepticism about
microphoning tap-dancing feet? And
now Fred Astaire has three more
series and the amazing staccato
rhythms tapped out by Eleanor Powell
go on the air these nights every time
she gets a breathing spell between
shows on Broadway. The skeptics said
the personality of Astaire would never
60 over on the air until television got
around the corner. But the broad
casters said it could. So they took
chance and look what happened!
Just in passing-wonder if Mai. Bowes
show last Sunday night won't start
a trek of Astairettes to the amateur
hours, too.
p UBINOFF promises there will be
no echoes of Tlbbett's recent
fracas with the neighbors when he
practices for his new Saturday night
series. The neighbors won't have a
chance to protest about the squawk Of
Rubinoff's famous yiolin-becallse he
Evening star., 1935-11-03

r UBINOFF promises there will be
no echoes of Tlbbett's recent
fracas with the neighbors when he
practices for his new Saturday night
series. The neighbors won't have a
chance to protest about the squawk Of
Rubinoff's famous violin-because he
Evening star., 1935-11-03
New Stations in India.

DOwERFUL new broadcasting sta
= tions are to be erected at Delhi and
Madras in India to supplement the
two government-operated stations at
Calcutta and Bombay under q plan
of the Indian government to expand
its radio services.
A British expert has been engaged
under q five-year contract to establish
vernacular language services for the
country, to arrange for pickups of
European stations and to provide for
short-wave broadcasts to the world
from India.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
By Dorothy Maffis0n.

.I 49, ''n' ord e~d a famous
l. name-almost any famous
name, for sooner or later,
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Two Sets in Many Homes.

MORE than 10 per cent Of the
A'A 100000 erican homes
equipped with radios own two or more
receiving sets, according to reliable
trade estimates, which place the ac-
tual figure at 2,295,77o.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19
JUNIOR USHER BOARD

The Junior Usher Board met at
the home of Miss Juanita Wallace,
1402 East 21st Street, on Monday
evening, April Is. These young
ladies sponsored a Copper Fair at
st. Peters A. M. E. Church, Friday
night, April IL. Many novel
booths were attended by a large
number of young people. The
Misses Betty Marshall, Pearl
Mann, Marjory Carter, Marianne
Carter, Jewel Mann, Dorothy
Carter, Anetta Lamson and Chris
tine Carter conducted the following
booths: Beauty Parlor, Photo Gal
lery, Fish Pond, Fortune Telling,
Dodger, Kisses, Candy, Popcorn
and Punch.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19
PHYLLIS WHEATLEY VESPER
SERVICE DRAWS IMMENSE
CROWD

The presentation of "Everyman"
at Phyllis Wheatley last Sunday
afternoon by the joint efforts of
the Glee Club and the Dramatic
Club, won Communications without
number from the more than 500
persons who witnessed It.
The dramatization was especially
noteworthy and the young people
who produced it are all worthy of
the high commentator. The ladies
of the Glee Club not only looked
their best, but sang that way. After
the presentation many remained to
accept refreshments and to con-
graduate Mrs. Blanche o. Mason.
director of the Glee Club, and Fen
ton Spence, who was responsible
for the dramatic presentation.
Miss Esther McFall of Chicago.
Illinois, is making her home with
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Howard of
S725 Fourth Avenue South, Mime
apolis.
All modern three or four room
apartment, furnished or unfur-
nished, garage If desired. 1920 goth
Ave. s. Drexel 1888.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB

The Twentieth Century Club met
Friday night, April IL, at the
Phyllis Wheatley House. The club
decided to sponsor Miss Anne Sey-
mour in the Popularity Contest.
Mr.. Wilbur Turpin handed in his
resignation as financial secretary
and a member of the club. Mr..
Lloyd Shanks was dropped as a
prospective member for failure to
appear for initiation. The club
further decided that all meetings
from the above date would be held
at Phyllis Wheatley House; the
next meeting will be Friday eve
ming, April 26.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19
Conducted by
MariOnne PEBBLES
MODERNETTS

The Modernetts met Tuesday
evening, April 16, at the home of
Miss Louise Seymour, 3847 SMELL
ing Avenue South. The Misses
June Hawkins and Adele Graham,
the latter of st. Paul, were voted
into the club.
Final plans were made for the
Easter silver tea at the home of
Miss Patricia Mitchell, 1928 4th
Avenue South, Sunday afternoon,
April Fl, from four to six. Mrs.
Charles Noble and Mrs. Laura
Seymour will pour tea.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19
DUNBAR CLUB

The Dunbar Art and Literary
Club met last Thursday, April 16,
with Mrs. Minerva Totten, 429 Col
fax Avenue. The members of the
club are proud of the fact that the
hostess, Mrs. Totten, has been
selected to make the new gowns for
the Phyllis Wheatley Glee Club and
devoted much of their time in CIV
ing her able assistance in complet-
ing the work.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19
SERVES ON JURY

Mrs. Chas. M. Force, 1927 Min
nehaha Avenue, has been serving
on the petit jury since April 8.
Mrs. Force was a visitor at the
Spokesman office this week.
Mrs. Julia MCGEE entertained the
D. A. L. G. on Thursday of this
week at her home on Dupont Ave
nue..