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Smyrna times., 1938-10-06
q. of ID. Opens Football Season

=. OF u. OPENS FUOtbaII Season
The University of Delaware foot
ball team opened the season on
Saturday with Ursinus as oppon-
ents. The game was played on
Frazer Field, Newark, and the
score was 35 to O. It was the
first game for the Blue Hens un-
der Steve Grenda the new head
coach.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

worth to US as fuel alone can never
be replaced.
Frances Ann Davis
and
Betty Jane Ennis
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Competing in a shoot with 20
other teams at Camp Ritchie, Md,
recently, the Delaawre State Po-
lice team finished in tenth place
with a score of 1853 x $4,000. The
event was sponsored by the Mary
land State Police.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Fruit growers of Delaware are
preparing to sell surplus stocks of
pears this fall to the Federal Sur
plus Commodities Corporation for
distribution among relief agencies.
The pears will be purchased until
October 81.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Inthsr and father
u that everyone will
@,iors by patronizing
.sSp when it comes
D near future. :,
Maud Darrell
Pace in Europe
d The prosperous de-
! The democracies Of
.ais BY certain totalitar-
Its evident that civil
sEng great strides. The
vt want war. They
sw been taught their
be last great war. This
Il recently by the most
I event IN the worlds
ns 1914. I refer to the
u threats Of Chancellor
..S the little democracy
aavakia Up until the
zE i seemed as war
lNs, because Czechoslo-
har allies were ready to
b rights to the last man.
ss Minister Of Great
yEIs Chamberlain, an
&nng IN the accumulated
d years, set out to
thntsned war, if hui
EEhe He held a series
Hsss with Der Frueher,
m peaceful solution to
problems. Finally, be-
y inSatiable demands of
aaf DICTATOR be had to
iasat. Mobilization
Aa'ai the other day,
'n out by the strain Of
weeks, the Prime Min
y 70 make his report,
: people that he had
VI The members Of
we're sad, depressed.
wat war meant. They
u tie middle Of the
s''rs speech, a mes
saed out on the floor Of
I'd tapped him On the
lnberlain took 80
= read it, an express
&alols joy lighted up
lsa'ures,. A buzz Of
9pIsd thru the room.
Il, 'poke: Gentlemen,
aa'r has Just invited
Mt in a FOur-Pewor
' 'e held tomorrow
FIenier MussoIini.
Daadler will attend.
: still not too late
paaldsmonium broke
@a Old walls Of Par
y down upon such 4
not ensued sinca
.s..t 4 2 dissolve Parlis-
Led Dignifed Old
psd over chairs and
4, 'assring. o,mpara.
embraced each OH
!; another On the
=. 4outsd in acclanas M
b. 4iSOruer, Parlia-
ay Prime ,r,n,..
\, Were 9 he net -tD, tbe
~. ! Germany, Italy,
,r'snent was : drsa1, son,
A Each la = avn
~, y var sensd q oa6e 6s
' Thru the singIe 4
w., y men, possibly
:, maybe even civil.
Hss. IaVet. :, Never ii
II, World, have the
\ s,,.+ triss to preserve srVs
~aght first and
.s'x'Sards. anu
~ s''' believe that a.
I ;~l1,.. but I believe
\ 4 u - are as op-
%Ro,Is, Y Democratic
stsss,' Y. Peace, a per-
<tasi : peace, is in the
future. 'ue
Lloyd Jones
sa,l clu.
sc@ Of the + -.
'satsr y ned aI on We'd
"a t0nsso' . The ofticers
s =, Maud M :,
>ssziass' ~ ,Nickerson
~ thsiI louise ,s Mabrevg g
y ae srS, uo Darrell
.'essrson !, Semester
Ipe M. second
~eetlngs
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06
=, Rnssett MOOs'e
1n;rh School NesCs
- nrpoRTER ~ RUTH LOMAN
SCHOOlLl IN - MAUD DARRELL

every Monday morning. The meet
ing was then adjourned.
Christine Diacumakos
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

When bids were opened recently
on the 100000 issue of bonds for
the new Rehoboth Beach High
School, it was found the Farmers
Bank of the State of Delaware, Do
yer, had made the lowest bid. The
entire block of bonds was awarded
to that bank at an interest rate of
3 IA per cent.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06
,raiOr Play

Junior Play a.s+
!, in the years 'sisa pasa,
|r's,iII y 4 give i q play to ,ntae ralse
n, 1,ss ss'''l. + the I : play !. Ut. i.
III I glad to know ,v an an
n. SI,ys i whose l'.p sole pl0t
f.ss't mistaken identity. y.,, /.
" AVE not yet come
j they Do arrlns UNUSUALLY
IL that an ,.iun"Hand- uelrF
LII b prospective 'tl'D dams dams
g api beautlGuS tn3ai viI1ains Tndl
5 the persnla. nav Silts.lT tseiT
ni to put fOf'u
sOlity. 80, fam
Egs based on q ar. leal are ra-a j.
a The characters ~ :
r,tairs-little brother.
II ,srpstairslittle sister.
[rptsirs heroine
Asro.
isthsr
aother.
mother and ia'nei'
4. that everyone will
,..io,s by patronizing
n, uhen it comes
D near future.
Maud Darrell
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Two tennis courts are being con-
structed at the Middletown Schools
through the National Youth Ad-
ministration and the classes of 1887
and 1888 The schools share of
the cost was donated by the pre-
vious graduating classes.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Mayor Walter w. Bacon's plan
for the licensing of all bicycles OPP
Grating on Wilmington streets
without cost to the owners was en-
dorsed by the Delaware Motor
Trades Association meeting re-
Gently in the Hotel DUPONT.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Many farmers are cutting their
corn crop now. The indications
point to larger yield than in pre-
vious years.
Six deer will be released in Del
aware within the next few days
through the courtesy of the New
Jersey Fish and Game Commission.
A Swedish flag, made in Sweden
by Mrs. Anna Mard, of Stockholm,
will be presented to Delaware Oc-
tober 20, for use at Fort Chris
tiana Park.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Four-year-old Remer McCranie,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant Nc
Cranie, of Wilmington, died rFiday
in Wilmington General Hospital
from injuries received when he was
run over by an automobile operat-
ed by Harry Jablow, % years old,
also of Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Any worker who has established
an old-age insurance account may
obtain a statement Of the amount
of the wages credited to his ac-
count for 1887 from the Social Sc
curity Board, Roger r. Minker,
field manager of the Delaware Of
fee, ANNOUNCES.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Switzerland, Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Eng
land.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Enough -four to make more than
100000 loaves of bread has been
received from the Federal Surplus
Commodities Corporation for dis
tribution to needy families in Del
aware.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Use of the party fishing boat
license fees of $40 for the improve
ment of the fishing ports or re-
sorts at which the tax is collected
is urged by Leonard K. Yerger,
president of the State Board of
Game and Fish Commissioners.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

Wheata crop insurance policies
are now being issued by thereto,
Of which r. o. Stelzer is supervis-
or for Delaware. The cost of the
policy is the only charge the farm
er has to pay, says Stelzer. The
1O-year loss history of a farm be
tween 1925 and 1886 is used as the
yardstick for the premium rate.
Delaware is far below the aver
age for the nation in the use of
highway funds for non-highway
purposes, according to an an
nouncement made by the Federal
Bureau Of Roads in Washington.
A survey showed that of S3,311, 900
in highway taxes distributed in the
State in 1887, only $4,000 was
used for other purposes.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-06

E,es Va, q n, the first
E',s,'..'l, !, Z. .. 'iiS M. o ~ y Cd
' i'lOws: Oince ers
n !, ,la'1 Maud Darrell
| @rxInss .. .Nickerson
~ Tat tt,alse Sa Mabrey
ks'ttsrseaa a,l :. semester
F' aass on sae second.
| Meetings
Evening star., 1938-09-04
Announcer Entered
Radio After Crash.

F. THE bank with his $4,000 inher-
itance in it hadn't failed back
in the depression days, Announce.
Don Hancock might not be with the
Stepmother program today.
Don was all set to follow a medical
career when the crash came He went
to work operating punch press for
80 cents an hour, sold advertising for
a Aesrby radio station in his spare
time. 1t was while at the WLW stu
dios in this. latter capacity that Nor
man Brokenshire was sent in to an
nounce commercial pickup from a
Cincinnati hotel, became i'll in the
middle of the program. and Don fin
ished it. He has been a regular an
nouncer ever since.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
Network Slips Add Test

was the accidental victim Of a me-
chanical slip which is recalled with
glee when radio folk spin tales.
While Lee was reading a powerful
script about a machine gun bonn
bardment he stopped to let the engi-
neer play some transcribed machine
gun effects. Unfortunately, the en-
gineer had the transcription rotating
about one-third speed, and the audi
ence heard what sounded like mother
jouncing the pillows while making up
the beds.
First cousin to the Little story is the
incident that occurred in St. Louis
when an engineer plugged in by mis-
take the Columbia Church of the Air
as the network announcer was intro
duclng Rock of Ages" hymn favorite
OF many generations. Instead of plug
ging in the studio where musicians
were starting the hymn, the engineer
brought in a girl trio singing Red Hot
Mama"
Evening star., 1938-09-04

States from coast to coast with appro-
pirate music (WRC, 81.
Two artists who play obsolete instru-
ments are heard during the Madrigal
Singers program (WRC, 1920 am.).
They are 1rma Lehrer. performing on
the recorder. type of flute popular
1000 years ago, and Blanche Vino
gran, accompanying Miss Lehrer on
the virginia., instrument resembling
harpsichord
Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians
are the first musicians to be heard
on new series of programs present.
ing a different name" band each
week (WRC. $500.
Music for Fun is presented by WJSV
at S. The program:
Hopak from The Fair at Sorochinsk."
Moment Musical SsRihst seRubert
Dance Of the Amazon Liadoff
NARIETY-Tenor Al Carr sings, the
orchestra of Oscar Bradley plays
and John Nesbitt tells of the incident
that made Mussolini Italy's dictator
and sent Gabriel DAnnunZio out of
public life (WJSV. 500.
Dave Elman presents man who
makes musical instruments from
animal and plant products, a collector
of historical flags. collector of failures
of all kinds. such as inventions which
Jailed tWRC, g..
Don Ameche returns to the Charlie
Mccarthy show and Olivia De Havil-
land makes guest appearance
(WRC, y.
The Singing Lady, broadcasting
from London; Pauline Lord, distin-
guished actress; Marion Telva. con-
tralto of the Metropolitan Opera Co.;
Tommy Dorseys Orchestra and Cliff
ton Fadiman, literary critic of the
New Yorker magazine, are guests of
the Magic Key program (WMAL, u.
nRAMA-"As We Forgive These"
is the title of the playlet in which
Irene Rich is starred (WMAL. 8:45)
Plot involves young aviatrix and an
enemy pilot whom she rescues from
death.
DISCUSSIONS Problems of the
South are discussed at the Uni
versity of Chicago Round Table CWRC
9:30). Howard w. Odlum, sociologist
of the University of North Carolina
A typical farm family living near
Syracuse. N. Y, and member of the
New York State College of Agriculture
faculty are heard on the Farmer Takes
the Mike program (WJSV, 1900.
Edward Tomlinson, author and lee
turer, speaks on the culture of South
America (WMAL, 5:45.
Phil Cook tells of Henry Hudsons
discovery of Manhattan. self-service
restaurants and unusual hotels
(WJSV, 4:30).
Stanley Woodward, sports editor of
the New York erald-Tribune, is guest
of Bill Stern (WMAL, 10:45 am).
Evening star., 1938-09-04

ers are interviewed on the Americans
at Work program (WJSV. 9:3O.
jeanette Vreeland, soprano, and
Lansing Hatfield. baritone, are solo,
lists of the Story of the Song program
(WJSV, 7;3O); Men Against Death
dramatizes the work of Ronald Ross
and Batista Grassi in combating ma
laria (WJSV, y; Victor Bay closes
his Essays in Music by devoting the
period to making use of Chinese
themes (WJSV, 81.
ER1DAY-Claudette Colbert and
Herbert Marshall are heard in the
first program of the new Hollywood
Hotel series (WJSV, 81; Firing
Squad" war playlet, is the First
Nighter presentation (WJSV, y; Ad-
ventures in Science originates in the
laboratory of a large manufacturer
of microscopes (WJSV, $500; Andre
Monici, popular French orchestra
leader, conducts his orchestra in a
group Of French and American Sc
lectlons (WMAL, 81: Death Valley
Days tells how the course of United
States history might have been
changed if a California ranch owner
had understood the meaning of a
Spanish word (WRC, $500.
SATURDAY-Richard Himber's Or
chestra presents an international
exchange program of popular Amer
ican music tWMAL, 800; Al Good
man conducts the Hit Parade Or
chestra, and Lauritz Melchior, Wag-
merriam tenor of the Metropolitan
Opera Co.. is guest (WJSV, 81; The
Baron and the Lady" dramatic fan
tasy written especially for radio pre-
sentation, is offered (WMAL. 1900
running Of the Foxcatcher National
Cup Steeplechase is described by Clem
Mccarthy (WRC, 3:45); Columbia
Concert Hall features the Stradivarius
Quartet (WJSV, IL am.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

CLIPS that pass over the lips of radio
announcers and into microphones
are all too rare in the present state
of broadcast perfection, but when they
actually occur, their rarity adds zest
to the occasion. Equally funny are
the strange mechanical fumbles that
creep into the countless thousands of
Such a mechanical muff enlivened the
audience of San Francisco station
only few days ago when a local
pet expert said. And now, Rover, tell
the audience how glad you are to
receive this medal for bravery" Since
Rover was noted for heroism rather
than talking. a sound effects trans
cription was on hand. Unfortunately.
the announcer put the needle in the
wrong groove and, instead of bark
ing, the brave Rover answered" with
the yowling of an irritated baby.
Tongue trippings provide many OF
the best radio anecdotes, a favorite
being the "gasaloon" that Graham
MacNamee uttered on the program
that brought radio fame to Ed Wynn.
Graham never will hear the last Of it,
for the word crept into the slang of
the day, but he can recall with salts
faction the old favorite about the time
another ace announcer. Harry Won
Zell. introduced the former President
of the United States as "Hoovert
Heever"
Among the yarns that radio vet
erans spin is the worldwide slip Of
the lip that ex-Vice President Curtis
made in 1882 when he opened the
Olympic games on one of the largest
hook-ups in history. A month ahead
he was given seventeen-word speech.
He practiced it on the train while
crossing the continent and was care
fully coached upon arrival in Los
Angeles. Then. 100000 spectators and
uncountable millions in all parts Of
the earth, he said: "As Vice President
of the United States I hereby open
the 1lth Olympiad Of the modern
'erea.'"
Lee Little, formerly announcer In
Washington and now in New York.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

X MOVING that most American
listeners tune most regularly to
their local or nearby favorite stations,
the Nazis even undertook to furnish
stations with transcriptions and re-
cordings of German music with little
speeches interlarded to extol the vir-
tues Of todays Reich and its big and
little fuehrers. But their agents did
not get very far with the broadcast
managers, once the method and the
purpose were exposed. On the other
hand, they don't give up easily, and
current report has it that new
high power station is about to be
erected in Mexico City to specialize
in rebroadcasting European programs,
mostly German.
Several dozen short wave stations,
most OF them adjuncts of American
networks and stations, are on the air
constantly with their regular broad
casts aimed at the Latin American
audience. The major networks have
Latin American specialists and staffs
which are staging special programs
octIAi al " DpbllO via SlOlU WdfSo, dIll
unheard by the audience here unless
| they will tune in those waves. The
purpose Is to give an honest cross
section OF American culture and un-
censored news in Spanish and other
languaRes-to give the Latin Amer
cans, in short, what they want.
| That this Is succeeding even morn
! tbl
! propaganda from governmentelv
owned and operated stations abroad IS
| recognized by highest officials n
Washington. One of the aims of the
newly established Division Of Cultural
Relations and Division of Interna-
tional Communications of the State
Department here is a coordination.
without attempting to dictate what is
broadcast. of the free enterprise on
he American wave lengths so far as
Latin America is concerned. That
the broadcasters of this country are
aware of their responsibility in this
respect was made evident in letter
to Secretary Hull recently from Neville
Miller president of the National Asso-
citation of Broadcasters.
He pledged the continued perform
ance of American radio stations and
networks as ambassad dors of inter-
national good will. Our purpose.
he wrote, lis not one of propaganda
by radio. Ours is the purpose to pro-
vide free medium through which our
neighbors to the south will learn
something of our lives here and of our
/ aspirations: through which, in turn,
We may bring to American listeners
something of the lives and aspirations
Of our friends throughout Pan
| America"
Evening star., 1938-09-04
opening into the echo chamber proper

opening into the echo chamber proper.
SOUND travels slower than cleo
tricity. which has the speed Of
light 1t is apparent also that a
sound will be staggered in the three
tubes. 1t will come out of the shorter
tube first followed by the same sound
at the briefest of intervals from the
second and third tubes. That, in
itself, is a fairly good start on an
echo; but engineers like to add few
hundred more faint footsteps and
voices to echo the original sound so
they release it into an echo chamber
This is room about eight feet
high, eight feet wide and 16 feet
long. The floor is of cement covered
with fine grained linoleum. Walls
and ceiling are of smooth, hard plas-
ter covered with glossy paint Alto
gether, the footballs and voices have
every encouragement to bounce
around and multiply before they are
picked up at the other end of the
room by another microphone. Then
these synthetic echoes rejoin the
main transmission line where they
follow the original sound.
All of this. of course. happens in
seconds. There is slight echo in
the main studios at Radio City, but
this is considerably less than half
the echo in an ordinary living room.
The studio echo measures about
75/l00 of a second, while an ordinary
living room has reverberation period
OF about y seconds, and the echo
chamber bare, resonant and hard,
has a period of three seconds.
All of which pretty much explains
the why of an echo chamber.
N. B. c. built its first echo chamber
IN the old studio plant at I'll Fifth
avenue. Then it was possible to give
an echo only to an entire program.
The program material put into one
microphone could not be separated
from the parts entering other mikes,
but research was continued under the
direction Of O. B. Hanson, vice-presi-
dent and chief engineer, with the re-
suit that when N B. c. moved into
Radio City several years ago 1t had
three echo chambers ready to do all
kinds of tricks for program inno-
vatorS.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

Aln6 IcSclFeu TepedIeQ endorsements
from educators for its efforts toward
more extensive airings of general in
formation.
As was the case last year, the
school" is to have the full co-opera-
ton OF the National Education Asso-
citation in preparation of its programs
The N. E. A. entered radio produc-
itlon at the invitation of Sterling
Fisher, c. B. S. director of education,
and its members expressed pleasure
at the results during the organiza-
tions annual convention last June
in New York City The association
now is ready to fulfill its pledge of
continued help.
The Progressive Education Associa-
tion, composed of approximately TO-
900 teachers and administrators, also
will act in an advisory capacity.
Eloise Daubenspeck, broadcast di-
rector of the feature. announces that
Our America" is to be the general
subject of the five programs to be
heard each week during the term"
The study of democracy at home and
abroad, examination of accomplish
ments and determination of work yet
to be done will form the background
of the series. Titles of the five periods
are Frontiers of America" Music
of America" Lives Between the
Lines This Living World and
New Horizons.
TNHAV,C
MUSIC-Tenor Jan Peerce and
Pianist Ignace Strasfogel are
eoloists with the Stradivarius String
Quartet (WMAL, 1870 ann. The
program:
Quartet in Major Opus 3. No. .
. Haydn
From From Far. Prom Eve and Morn
"oh: When I Was in Love with -
You ---u --- Williams
schumann
scherzo and finale from Quintet in
C Minor, Opus J - Dohnanyi
Mr.. Strasfoeel.
Violinist Albert Spalding is soloist
with symphony orchestra under the
direction of Walter Steindel, playing
In Chicagos Gsant Park (WJSV. 7:3O
The program (probahly not in order
Of performance
Overture. "Leonore" Beethoven
'Ah. Fors, Lui." from La
Traviata' Verdi
Ruth Fischer Lipstone. soprano
Overture to Die Fledermaus.'
J.. Strauss
Ponchelli
Concerto in G Minor Bruch
Mr.. Spalding
Medley from Snow White and the
Seven DWarfs.'
"A Heart That's Free Robyn
March from 'Tannhauser"-W Wagner
Marion Talley features two Spanish
hongs, Buzzi-Peccias Lolita" and
Matos Rodriguez's La Cumparsita,
during her recital this afternoon
(WRC, ~.
Baritone Glenn Darwin and Soprano
Helen Henry sing La CT Darem la
Mano' from Mozart's Don Giovanni
(WRC, 12:45).
Horace Heidi salutes cities and
Evening star., 1938-09-04

Stb tOOt al oliS Va iIlCSC Ntt
voices and music frequently fill the
barren spaces. Recently, when mil
lions of listeners gave ears to Snow
Whites wishing song on the Rudy
Vallee and Russ Morgan programs,
they became aware Of fine resonant
echoes. They visualized the wistful
princess as singing into the wishing
we'll That was when the singers
voice rang through an echo chamber
A radio echo is easy enough to
supply, but the fellow who wants one
in his program positively has to no.
tify the engineering department in
advance. The artist may supply the
sound, but the engineer has to fur
nish its echo-long. short. loud or
soft-any kind the artist wants. The
technical lads, however, must have
little time to get their echo factory
connected with the program.
The engineers have evolved during
the six years they have used echo
chambers. some neat little tricks.
They can, for instance. tack an
echo onto one sound and broad
cast another sound from the same
studio straight" This comes in
handy in broadcasting a scene from
an antechamber off a great hall
where the music of an organ rever-
berates in vast spaces. 1t also was
used in the two broadcasts of Snow
Whites wishing song, except that here
the studio engineer had to do some
fancy switching of the echo chamber
The artist actually sang the echoed
| phrases twice, but only the repetition
| was routed through the echo chamber.
r EDUCED to its essence the echo
chamber is a device for splitting
a voice during the process of trans
mission, and of using one part as
the original sound, the other as its
echo. OF course it would be possible
to transport the actor, or artist. to a
live" studio and let him broadcast
from that point. but it is very much
simpler-once you have the echo
chamber-to attach the reverberation
by the wizardry of science.
Once the echo chamber has been
linked to a program, the key man
is the studio control engineer. He
controls the amount of echo with a
special "fader" Let us say that a
pair of actors are supposed to be
mounting stairs to large barren hall
The actors in the studio actually stand
still and read their lines into the
microphone. All the walking" is
done by sound effects men at sep
arate mike. The door also opens
with the assistance of the sound
effects man. Then the control engi-
neer switches on the echo chamber.
The next words have a fine large
echo, footsteps ring out as in vast,
empty space.
What has happened? The elec-
trical energy representing footsteps
| and voice has been split. One part
was diverted to the echo chamber
where it was strengthened and then
reconverted into sound in three loud
speakers Each of these loudspeakers
is connected to long, cement-lined
tubes. One of the tubes is 40 feet
long, another 60 and the third 30.
| All terminate In conventional horns