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THE EUGENE GUARD
Sattirciay Evening April 11, 1
"Are th aei of today g'.Ing to
b onf. f dat in the rwpi.ng )Mr?
WimiM I rait or tmy a aet mwV"
Tbe uetlnn are aniwered by
C. A. Klklna f Ihe Kleetric Mlniv,
the nrweoi lip in Kngene tn pritr
the radio supply buBiuena. A. 8. My
ra, prenilfnt of (lie Kugrne Und.o
club, will be In rhorge nf th radio
department, and a aperlnl room for
di-m on t ration and a lurk ia being
built Into the ittorp.
'These queatloni," aaya Mr. Klk
Iiih, 'hav brpu naked line radio
firm bframt popular, and 1 aupp"1
will b aaked for aeversl jeari to
come.
"My anawer la that there will be
BO radirnl rting in radio fur the
t frw yearn. The food set of j
today will be the good et of tumor
row. ThTt will be little change on
the ha lie rir'-uita. The nioHt popular
aeta nf today are the netjtruilyue,
auperheterudinPri, and aperiodic pri
mary re generally ct. Then were
all popuinr a year ago. Tbe Improvr
mrnta will he made not In theory but
In the mi-clianiral aipfcti. Metier
parta will bo constructed but further
than that thert I little probability
of any basic change.
"iluylng a radio set should he look
ed at In the same light aa buying a
good automobile or piano. There will
be improvements of details In th
next few years surely, but they will
not nbdolete what you have. The
pleaaiiro In operating a set lies In be
ing able to get distance. The man
whose let does this to best advan
tage gets tbe most enjoyment out of
bis instrument.
"Thera is little logic In overlook
ing the many hour of pleasure that
ran be bad from a set at the preaeut,
just for tbe sake of waiting for some
Ibing new. If we all did that there
would be no radio as wa know it to
day. "There are many great surprises
in store for the man who has never
owned a radio set and who gels one
lor the first time. Any form of en
tertainment he deiirra may he had
at will. The new allotment of wsvs
lengtbs brings tuning within the scope
of the most inexperienced ,
"To conclude, do not hesitate a mo
inrut If you deaire to get a set. The
programs whlrb are being broadcast
and the facility with which It may be
received la as good ns it will be a
year or two years hence."
Immediately following his an
nouncement to the radio world that
the class H broadcast wava Ivnglha
were exhausted or practically no,
Hecretnry Hoover wrote to some
thirty potential barker of broad
canting stations, railing their atten
tion to the congealed conditions.
Tim letter may serve ns n thneljr
warnlng. Ordinarily applications for
license ere filed upon the completion
ttf stations, but even now it would
lie ufele to apply for elaa ft
licence, w hen there are no reran
rlea In nlhea channels. The name
eif the organisations reported by dis
trict radio supervisors as erect ing
or ronlrmplating the ronx! ruction of
ttigh-IMWcrrd stations are tint made
known by -the secretary, but It Is
tinderHtnod that tnt nf thrin rep
yonented religious orders, educational
bodies, chambers of rommerce, pub
lishers or big manufacturers, ttirrpt
for seren pending applicative tn
Ktn York and three in t'hlragn,
moftt of the reported projects were
In the south and southwest; Klorlda,
Tessa and Alabama concerns were
inmded, Titer are all too late tn
secure eirlusive rlas 11 ware
length.
f It Is curious that so many of these
ftrospeetlTe hrnadrakl liawunitlera
want to operate Miere the rngfntlnn
in at lis wornt. New YnrV and Chi
csgo. More clss R stations in
either city are nut of the ouentinn.
If we are tn have any guaranty of
gnntf transmission and reception.
Yhy some big organisations do not
seek to operate in the "great op.ni
paces" of radio land Is not known.
They could function as well, reach
Jut as fsr, and, by remote control
lines, be operated from prarllrelly
any center nf huinrs or etimmerce.
Herenty-eight class N stations are
now on the air sharing the forty
peven available wave lengths, and
about a doien more are on the pri
ority lint, moot of them old rlsns A
atatlons seeking a iranfr to the
more popular route through the
ether. I hiring the pait year new
stations bsrs come In so rspfdly
that the department can't guarantee
anything in AdrAno. Or A tli-en-sea
are still available, however.
BUGS By Roy Grove
SE1IIV6 STATION
ESTABLISHED IN
TOLEDO III 190
TOLEDO, April II. Th first rs
flio sending station in th world,
whrra nmsii? and th voice w.ra
brrrad'-axt by wlrsleaa tel.phons. was
.sisblishsd in a room in tba SVboIss
Building-, thia rity, in Jnlr, 1947.
.t f. Kor.at, 4runtor of th
wlr.lfaa t?lfphone anr fath.r of th
prp.ent Mtrnii radio broadaatinit.
waa at the e.nding elation. Jlia co
worker, Frank B. Butler, received in
a room a block awa? in the Ohio
liuil.lina.
Butler la now manager in charge
nt eportfnr gooda and radio aeta in
a Toledo department atore. He had
been aaaoeiated with Da Foreft since
they met at the 8t. Louis Fair in
1MI4 when Butler, then a train dis
patcher, visited the expoettion.
' In tbe summer of 1006 Butler,
from the atation be had erected at
I Manhattan Beach, I,. J., In conjunc
' ti'-n with De Foreat, aent the first
i wireless telegraph message across the
Atlantic.
De Forest in 1007 perfected, in
the old Parker Building. New York
t lir, the first audion bulb the instru
ment that foreshadowed the dawn of
the wireless telephone. He aod But
ler designed two crude eroding and
receiving a'ta and went to I'ut-in-Bar.
in Ijike Erie, where during the
yacht races tbe wireless telephone
proved Its worth. fe Forest bad
his set on the Vscht Thelma and aent
to Holler, on shore, verbal accounts
of the rsce on the Jske.
Neither hsd funds. Toledo being
nearhr. Butler induced D Forest to
come here where they at least could
eat at Buller'a falher-in-law'a taMe.
Setting up their crude seta in the
Nicholas sod Ohio Buildings they car
ried on their evperimenla. using an
old talking machine for music when
not discussing the results orally by
wireless.
Butler aara D Forest got his real
financial start when he was ordered
in IfiOX to build 40 wireless telephone
aeia for Admiral Bnh Evans' fleet
about to sail around the world. But
ler left tbe inventor about thia time
and organised the American Wireless
Institute, tha first of its kind in tbe
world. .
Orchestra By Mail
HBTKOIT, April 11. A course In
"school orchestra" ia given by the
extension department of Iietroit
Teachers' college. Thia course ia in
tended for teachers who wish to di
rect orchestraa and to broaden their
musical knowledge.
ELGIN". III., April 11. A new way
to pay for broadcasting is to be test
ed by stations WTAS and WCF.K
here.
It con.isis of putting radio enter
tsiners on tbe stage to perform be
fore a paring audience.
For this purpose rharlee K. Erb
atein, noted Chicago attorney, who
owna both WTAS and WCEE. has
leased the Blacketnne Theater, in
Chicago, for nightly radio and public
entertainments. It ia the first time
thia stunt has ever been attempted.
WTAS artlsta and the WTAS or
chestra will broadcast nightly from
the Blackstone stage. A low admis
sion fee will be charged to defray
the expenses. Nearly 1500 people
will have Ihis opportunity of watching
the nightly radio broadcasting pro
gram. Stara of the vaudeville, theatrical
and concert world nre also expected
to appear on Elgin programs, facing
their audiencea nightly on the Black
Htone atage and at the same time
hroadcaating their entertainment by
microphone through WTAS and
WCEK.
A remote control, line conencts the
Blackstone atage with the operating
rooms at Elgin. 40 milea away. ,
The Blackstone experiment will be
a atep farther in the line of broad
casting before an audience. Erbstein
has been staging hia sludio entertain
ments for tbe past year every .Monday
night before audiences of WK) persons
in Kimball Hall, here.
His success at this smsll venture
reassures Erbstein in his bigger ex
periment. "I am stire the venture will be
successful," he eaya. "We have con
sistently turned away thousanda of
people at Kimball Hall on our public
broadcasting nights.
"At the Blackstone Theater there
will be plenty of room for everyone.
If thft public wants it, we will con
tinue indefinitely to broadcast from
tbe Blackatone Theater. It ia at) ex
periment and we will give-jt a thor
ough trial."
ANNOUNCER LEAVES
. TVRC, "The Voice of the Capitol,"
at Washington, has lost Its leading
announcer, C. F. Gannon, who ia bid
ding adieu to hia friends of the invis
ible audience to go to New York and
become a stock broker.
New Superstition
Station WHT is to be the call sig
nal for a new guperatation in Chi
cago. Its atudio is in the Wrigley
Building. William Hale Thompson,
former mayor of Chicago, ia one of
its sponsors.
Here news to baseball fans
well as radio, fans of Eugene.
latest is baseball guinea over the ri.
dio!
Baseball season - opens Tijet..
April 14, and aa the many herself
spheres go bounding through the sir
over tbe varioua ball diamonds the
atories of the gsmes, play-by. p4,
will also go through the air, hrosj!
cast by atations in all sections t
country.
The official opening of the Amtri
can league takes place April
Yankee stadium. New York, when th,
New York Yankees and the Vj10.
iugton Senators wilt match bati
against oDe another. Definite ir.
rangementa for broadcasting thii
game have not yet been made, but it
is believed to be practically certiis
that WJZ, WRC and WGY, linked
together, will givo the intereitiai
picture of the game. -
On April '22 WEAF of New Yor,
and possibly WEEI of Boston nil)
report the game between the Xtw
York Giants and the Boston Bravei
at New York.
Radio
Programs j
Specialization for
broadcasters Asked
KT. WORTH. Tel, April U.-Thej
famous "Hired Haud" of statieu :
UI.W, here, haa an Idea! 1
It's tha Idea of socialisation hy
hroadcastera. He suggests that each!
station dwell on a particular kind ,
of program, although it need But d I
raid other forms of entertainment.
By this a.vslem of si-eriahsing. he I
believes, a fsn could tune in at a par- i
tlrular station for whatever kind of ;
music or talk he rarea to listen to.
"It's) a ktn'' of cafeteria arrange
Bent," remans tha Hired Hind.
Subways Far Vsale
VENICE, April II. -This city of
ranals may have a subway under Its
fainnua Ihoruuihfarea. A aubway
eielit miles l,m ami rft.-).i all ......
of the city is being consitlr-i ,M. Tubes j
which w.mIi! lie hmlt t tl.. !... :
of the .. jls may be ued
Hebrew University
.IKfll .SAI.K.M, April II. Jew,.b
philosophy and history, the Bible,
later biblical literature, Ihe Talmud.
Jewish jurisprudence, and llebrrw
philology still be studied In the pro
jiQHtd Lniversil nf Jerusalem.
An unusual broadcast will be made
hy K 1 I.J. I ,os Angeles Times station
tonight, when the studio staff, an
nounce nud artlsta will Journey to
St. Catalina island, off t lie southern
California const, nud broadcast an en
tire program from tha Wrigley ea
late.ou the Island by wire telephony
to the atudio. Tomorrow morning (he
Easter eunriso services, for many
years a ritual where thousanda flock
lo tba mountain overlooking Avalon
bay at sunrise, will be broadcast in
the siime manner. Catiillna island
nnd Avnllna hay are known to many
Eugene people who visit there an-
nuslly, '
i e
t During recent tests In the KGO
studio at Oakland, when a window waa
left open, a aensitive condenser mi
crophone picked the song of a mead;
owlark observed lu be In field about
300 yards away from the atudio
building. The bird's song untie
through clear and sweet, and waa no
ticed ,by many llstenera,
TONIGHT'S PR00 RAMS
Paolflo Coast
KilW- Portland ml ft metera; (1
I'. .M. Concert by Cnlhurti'a .Melody
.Men of the Hotel l'oitlnn.l; luterinis-
slon by Helen .tones, soprano, N I.
M.--tonccrl hy courtesy of J, 1.
Flnley & Hon; Joseph .Mulder, li-llor;
Smart .Mcliulre, baritone; .Marie
Chapman McDonald, violinist. 10 T.
.M. Concert by Dwixht Johusou'a
.Multnomah Hotel Htrullrrs.
M l l.oa Angeles, Calif. - II1S..V)
meters.: ,V;il tl p. m., Exe miner's mu
les! halt hour: ll. l.i 7. rsdiiorlal talk:
7-T:4fi, I.ake Arrowhead dsnce or-
chestrs, Mel Lemon, lesder; 7:4ft 0,
Bookshelf. Miss Nancy; Ml, Esaml-
nrr community program 0 ill, Aeol
ian trio, Marie Whllmore, violin,
Catherine Nelson, plsno and Nellie
mnelnw, cello; ill 11, I'arksrd Ksdlo
club, Ntsrr Koserll, blues inser.
Dorothy Cleveland. Wsr Watts, sr
Ity trio, I'olly ami Hilly llsll.
hFOA Kestlle, Wash. --4M S
melera: (lll:IS'n, m., I Dimple hotel
concert orchestra; H4ftH;l, Boys'
program, Morsu school; o:fl( 10, Se
sttla Times dsnce music; 10 All. .SO.
Eddie Darkness' orchestra.
K KWH - - llollinood, Calif. 2.V
metera: T:lft p. m llsgplckera dance
orchestra, (.eunnrd Van Herg, tenor;
Jliss ellier, pianist and Charlie
Wvllnian. the t'rltu-e of Jass; u 10,
Bradley Wright, popular songs, Bel-
brew lour, Cora Thome Itird, so
prano; III 11, Harry Seymour a own
hour of fun and Jollity; 11 1'.1, llrand
stnltrr's Hollywood Mortmarle cafe
dance orchestra, Mel redrakv, leader.
Ktiil--Oakland, Cel.- .illil met
ers: 4 -ft;;tll p. m concert orchestra,
ll.tel St. Francis; N. "Tlie Marriage
o( Figaro," George Von llagel, direc
tor: 10 1 a. III., Ilvliry llslatesd's or
chrstrs. MIJ Los Angeles, Cal. 40.Y2 ma
ters; Art Hlckuisn's lldlmore hotel
concert onheslrs. Edward Fitspsl
ri. k. director; ::I0 7.JI0, llllle stones.
American history, I'rol. Walter )!
vester llertsog, llrlrue l'irte and
lleurlvtla Poland, readings, broadiwst
fr hi Catalina island; .1 10, the KIIJ
t aravin broadi-astlng from Sie. Cat
alina Island on the I's. ilic, Orpheus
Four, lliirkiusu Brothers Hawaiian
Trio, In.ls Kriiius, Ssm ll.iols,
inonologu'st and Carls John; lull.
Art llu'kmau'e Biltinore hotel deuce
orchestra. Karl Burtnett, lesder; i.
2 a. lu., Tha Lost Aogelra ( KIIJ
Iroin t ataliua Ulsml.
KNX lloll)u..l, t al. -- XWV me
ters; MobMii p. in., Wurhtser pipe
"'( st'idio, p.rls talk by Kid .lit;
tt'lu-7;i.i, dinner hour music; 7. Hi)-,
program front Wurlitsrr studio; (I 111.
KNX Inline program; 10-11, Aba
Lyiuau'a Cecosttut Grova dauca or
chestra from Ambassador hotel; 11-2
a. ni, ll.'llyw.HMl night, Itttruducing
(anoua MoUwoci people,
SUN0AV S FN0SRAMS
Facmo Caaal
KtiW Portlibd 41) 1 ft meters :
IH:::o a. in., aervices from First
Presbyieiian thtmh; .1 p. as., muni
cipal tncert fiom public auditorium;
' P " special liaiier service in
ductrd hy Bishop Wslter Taylor Muss
aee of th F.pia.tipal church; T p. n .
Dinner wncrl by t'olbuiaa Melody
Men from Hotel Porilamt: tntenais
slon solos by Nellie Forgler. visalst.
KH Los Angeles, Csl.-tttSS me.
tets; (I a. us. I., U midnight, special
Esstrr programs, continuous; 6:117
p. m.( musical appreciation talk, H.
laball; 7-8, apeclaltlea from Metropol
itan theater, 40-piere concert orchea.
tra under direction Adolph Tandler;
H-U, John Grayaki'a Jugo-Slav on-hes-tra;
U-lll. George Stunt, tenor, May
Anne llowlend, 'cellist, nnd Flor
ence Hardy, pianiat; 10-11, Thereon
llennett'a Loa Angelenoa dance or
cheatra. KFWB Hollywood, Cal. 232 me
ters: 7:4ft-0 p. m Brsndstatter'a
('rillnn csfe orchestra, Huaaiau Gyp
sy trio; U-10, movie night with stsrs
from tha Warner Brothers lot, Syd
Chaplin, Monto Blue, Vivian HI' h,
Murie l'revoat, Kenucth Harlan and
others; 10-11, Bramlstatter's Holly
wood Montmarte cafe dunce orches
tra, Mel I'rdcsky, leader,
KGO Oakland, fill. metera:
11 a. in., First Baptist church; 3:'JU
p. in., KGO Little Symphony orebca
tra; Arthur S. Garbett, uiuslciil In
terpretative writer; 7:110, First Nup
tial church.
KIIJ, Los Angeles, Cal. 40.'i.2 me
ters: I : :ii s -T p. in., Art Jlickuian'a
Biltinore hotel concert orchestra, Ed
ward Fltxpatrlck, director; 7-7;0, or
gan recital, Arthur Blakely, organist;
i:MU-tl:lft; program, International Bi
ble Student's aaaociatlon; 8:l."i-10,
program, Martin Music company, ar
ranged by J. Howard Johnson.
KNX Hollywood, Cnl. IWO.lt me
lera; 011:15 p, m., ltndio aunset ser
vice, ihuaiiH' tit Ambassador hotel,
Iter. Frank Dyer nud ltev. Chna. F.
Aked; 7 H, program, Flrat Presbyter
ian church of Hollywood; 81), Ambas
sador holel concert orchestra, Josef
Itosriifclil, director; ti ll, program,
II. C. "Cliff" Dilrant.
, Kl'O-San Francisco, Cal. I'.'RS
melera: UT:.'I0 p. in.. Stales Ilea
taurant; 8:110-10, ltudy Seiger'a l air
mount hotel orchestra.
Mountain Stations
CFAC, Calgary, Can.--X4.5 me
ters: II a. in., St. Stephens church.
KOA - Denver, Colo.-ll'.'J. I met
ers: IIMft a. in., Easter Sunday err
vice, St. Jottn'a Episcopal church;
4:M,0 p. nt., Plymniilh Cungregalional
cathedral; 7:30, St. Jnhu'a Episcopal
church.
LOWEST
ARE TO DE TRIED
niir,A., April tl. rraoltral
(etling if Ihe lUinarli, low-wavf-lrttli
(lifory ill b undrrlakrn.
whnt OonnlO n. M-Milln, h un tie
riplorrr, gitra hark north (hit mnn-
It wai John I. Ilflnartt of Rmith
MaiK-hratrr, rtin., who gave vole
tn thp iil that thi Mtrpmrlr lnw
wavf If i.Rtha run he t if aril brut ovfr
long dkinaiirt1! tlurliif the rlnTtime.
trn lurpamiltig the belt remiltn of
long WNTr at night.
I piMi thia ailvioe, therefore, Mac
M Ul au hatt tttviilftl to eittip hit tat
with Ul mtrr Irnnimitter with
which, he will if ml weekly report to
am intra a Anterica from hia Ha
ttou in the arctiv, Hmul-'n thia low
avt1rngth tranxuider, how ever, he
j mill einip himrl( with three nth
1 era, one ern-h for trusniti)ion on
40. tKi ami tM tnrtert.
! Most starlight trantmUtlon. how
i erer, will h timtrrtakeii on the '.It
, mter hand. The meter tranmit
1 ter wtll he uiet aroiiml m ilnight. The
tVtt ineier rang will he kept for em
i ergenry r.. nt the lv meter
; tra mmt iter ill he moatly eiprrt-
infntal,
! Out rf the lT.UXt amatrum in the
I I'nlie, Staiei, onlr ab.Mil 'JO are
eiiipfi1 for '.t meter tranm.ftion
: anl reoptton. Many are therefore
j re.'UlMing their aft, or making al
j(lition, with the hope of tntking. or
nt latt littenug. to Ma.Mitlati dur
j itig h i arctic joum.
t MarMlllan til take with him an
! amateur, pu ked by the American Ita
dio Kelay l.ragMe, aa he dul last year,
j The choice wtll depend en the atna
teur'a pertttDaht.r. ahihtr and ihl-
,ut, betidea bia koo ledge of chort
war trantnistiAtt,
Short Wava Tt1a
The Krrnvb line rargrt cArner. Jar
4tiea ( artier, ha been euippetl with
a 4' MBti lt Kt ae transmitting
e to be ued in ronne.'tion wi'h eu
Itennttata to he nmtrrtakra in thu
(ietit. ;
LINKS AOOtO TO CHAIN
WTAM. WilUrd union. and
WKAH. tMMwbrar. at t'letetand are
oolh now inter rnne'te4 In ihe rroa
fMintrr h n of eiatiutti txonimnni
WKAK prograuti.
RADIO
EUGENE
HEADQUARTER
Wp Wich Tf Annnnnpp that beginning this week we will
YVe Y.VIMI IK) AllllUUIIte conduct a Radio Department in
charge of A. S. Myers, well-known Electrical and Radio Specialist. Mr. Myers will .
have exclusive direction of Radio Sales and Service, and expects to make the Electric
Store the Radio Headquarters of Eugene.
WHY WE FEATURE
SERVICE
A Radio set is as good only as the service that goes with it.
We expect to make service the keynote of our radio business.
No matter what kind of a radio outfit you choose at the Electric
Store, you're going to be sure of complete satisfaction. All
standard dependable parts will be carried, at prices to fit all
purses. If you have, any questions to ask about the operation
of your set, if you need any advice or suggestions about any
phase of radio operation, you'll find us ready and anxious to
help you out.
RADIO AT ITS BEST
Your receiver, to be giving' you 100 per cent satisfaction should give:
I. SIMPLICITY
2.-SELECTIVITY
3. TONE PURITY
4.-POWERFULNESS
5. AND BEAUTY
Some receivers have only one of these features; some
two, some three, and others even four, but Electric Store radio
sets have all five. Every one is important. If your set is not
right, we will make it right or we don't want your money.
We sell only standard, guaranteed sets that combine simplicity
of operation and beauty of appearance with reasonableness of
price.
AND REMEMBER The Electric Store stands behind
every Radio set it sells!
C. A. ELKINS
1027 WILLAMETTE