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MOrtNINC ftEClSTEft, EOCENE. OttE., SUNDAY, DECEMBER tt, IMS
Radio Drama Now Will
Make IU Debut
League of America Announces
Content to Develop Mod irn
) Molhods of Presenting l'lny
During Drama Week.
USES PITCHFORK AS FIDDLE
FOR RADIO FARM CONCERTS
' For the purpose it securing bet
tor mil 1 11 program tho firm na
tional rnillo play content ever held
hail been launched through the
joint effort of the drama Iciikuo
ot America and W1.S ChlcnRO. The
announcement of Ibid natlon-wldo
content to find the heat radio play
was made by Georite Junkln, t.v'1.1
ecrotary of tho drama league,
who la chairman of the contest
ooinmittee.
To the victor In the contest will
be Riven 1500 In cash nnd a silver
loxing cup. A second prise of $200
will bo awarded to the runner-up
and for the third best $100 will be
Riven. Any man, woman, or child
In the Unitod States la ollKlblo to
submit manuscripts of plays. Tho
.oontent will be conducted under
tho auspices of the drama league.
AU manuscripts must bo received
on or before February 1. 1926.
Plana to Broadcast
As soon as the best play has
been selected by a committee
chosen by tho drama league, prep
arations will be made to produce
the prlse-wlnnlng play, to be
broadcast from YIX3 and many
other stations of the country by
a special company under the di
rection of tho league. The re
hearsals will be so timed that the
play will be pnoduced for the
benefit of the air audience during
national drama week. February
14 to SO.
In announcing the plans of the
contest, Junkln declared that radio
play production would present a
new art, requiring a new kind of
presentation of the drama and a
'new art of writing It.
Nov Art FWrms
"Radio will not allow any sly
atngo business," said Junkln.
'Glance, asides and business with
props cannot be put over, to th
radio audience. Entrances nnd
exits must In some way be told In
the action of the iilay. Just as
the movies, brought about the new
'drama and a new way of present
ing H. so will radio. Sounds will .
be the prlnciiml vehicle. Bells of I
all sorts, church, dinner, telephone, j
bouBe and others can be used to
advantage. Rain, storms, musi
cal back grounds, horse, airplanes,
automobiles, all have sounds which
"can be duplicated and will lend ltfe
to the words and action of ,the
tadlo play.
"Just as the movies have de
veloped from the old-time chase,
the presentation of fire depart
ments In action and people shown
merely walking and riding, to the
presentation of the very best in
drama, so radio must take on an
'Other and more permanent form
Of presentation It it is to be ex
panded and live in the popularity
of the greatest audience in the
world."
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Best Features Thraokhoet the
Country Tools he
Sunday, December 28. 19JS
18:00 m. WOAW (516) Omihl.
Cantata, "Prom Prophecy to Man
ger. 1:16 p. m. tWHAO (17S) Mil
waukee. MUwifukee Turnvereln
Symphony.
2:00 P. m.-WUD (320.1) Elfin.
Chicago Philharmonic concert,
Chicago Philharmonic concert. WT,W
(422.3) Cincinnati. Concert of Car
ole by girl's glee club.
t:li p. m. WTIC (47S.J) Hart
ford. Metropolitan Artlets concert.
:J0 a. m. WCAU (278) Phlla-
A delphla. Light Opera company.
f:l p. m. WBAr (i., rtew
Tork. Atwater Kent Honr. also
WEEI. WCAP, W1.IB, WJAB, WOR,
WCAE, W8AI, WW J, WOC. WCCO,
WTAO. KSD, WEAR.
7:00 p. m. W1P (60I.J) Philadel
phia. Opera, "The Barber ot Se
ville." Far West Sutflops Kllfert Tonight
KFOA, KL.X, KI'SN, KWSC
ARBKN SDH! of Readstown, Wis, gets real music oot of a pitchfork.
TMs he demonstrates to tho radio audiences over WLS, tho Scars
Roeoock Agricultural Foundation. Mr. Sluie achieved a reputation
piaylng his "Pitchfork Violin" for country dances, fanners' meetings
and community assemblages in Wisconsin, so lit was induced to come
to Chicago and give concerts to the WLS farm listeners with this unique
musical Instrument, which he made himself from an ordinary throe
tine fork. Around the middle of the handle ho built a box 10 by 13
Inches. The back Is made of birch and the top and sides of dr. In the
and of the fork handle Is a slot about two inches deep and fastened
at the outside of the slot Is a guitar tuning key. He uses a violin
bridge and the one string of the Instrument la a steel "B" of a guitar.
It Is played with a regular violin bow. He produces different tones by
sliding a piece of wood up and down tho string. Tho steel tines of
the pitchfork give a great deal of vibration, tone quality and Tolonie.
Condensers Have an Important
Role in Building of Radio Sets
: -
Here la some valuable Informa
tion on condensers for any one
who is building a super-heterodyne.
Condenser resistance may
consist or several components. The
insulation resistance of a good
condonser should be very hisrh,
and a good condenser ordinarily
has an insulation resistance of
several hundred megohms (mil
lions of ohms). Any condenser,
no matter how well made, has a
certain amount of what is termed
"effective resistance," which is
caused by the material used as a
dielectric or insulator, and by the
resistance of the metal used for
the plates. Condensers having
copper plates will have lower ef
fective resistance than those using
a very thin grado of tinfoil.
As the capacity of the condenser
has a resisting action on alternate
lng current of any frequency, this
restotanco of called reactance.
The- larger the capacity, the
smaller tho reactance at any given
frequency,- so that a relatively
Rmnll rnndpntp (a rnnnlroil tA
present a reactance of a few '
ohms at 1,000,000 cycles, whereas
to present the same reactance at
100 cycles, the condenser must be
many times larger.
A condenrer having a high ef
fective resistance, no matter how
accurate the capacity and how
high the Insulation, is go.ng to be
poor conaenner when used to
bypass alternating currents, as It
will act the same as a perfect
condenser having no effective re
sistance, In series with a. d. c. non
lnritlftlve ' rmlntnuiv. unrl fha
amount of current which will passj
inrougn me condenser win be verv 1
much less than that which would
pass through a high grade con-'
denser havinc littlo effective resistance.
There's Proper Way to
I Adjust the Headphone
4
A radio fan who la also a close
o'bsorvor told recently of an eve
ning he had spent at the home of
a friend where various members
of the household took turns In
using the .headphones and "listen
ing In." All ot them, he said, at
one time or another, complained
that their heads hurt after they
had been listening in for some
time.
He watched carofully and
noted that sometimes these per
sons would listen throughout the
. t natnrl wlttinltt OOmnllllnt.
Then again, after their turn, they
would. complain. Ho came to tho
..i.... ..... ik.i ilm nnln wsl
caused by the way tho llstcncrs-ln
wore mo neaapntinca.
' it. :.. .1 ...... .1 .. V. mnmhnp nf the
party to mike careful adjustment
of the headbands, position of the
at the sides of the head. etc.. and
from then no more trouble was ex
lcrlenced. This experience' la
passed on for the benefit of those
listening In on the headphones
equally to listening to the notes of
the loud speaker. f
Mcasurim? Current
The unit of quantity of electric
ity is the coulomb. The rate of
flow of electricKy Is the quantity
that pasres a given point i? a given
length of time. If one coulomb
passes the given point in one sec
ond it Is called one nmpcrc, and
this !s tho rate of flow.
. , IV r X J JOB Angview o
10:00 a. m. Services.
: 4:00 p. m. Vesper services.
6:30 p. m. Nightly doings,
v 7:00 o. m," Organ recital.
8:00 p. m. Marcheti concert
Quartet.
9:00 p. m. Examiner program;
Packard orchestra.
i KGO Oakland '101,2
. 11:00 a. m. Services, First Con
gregational church.
8:30 p. m. KGO Little Bym
phony orchestra; soprano.
. 7:46 p.. m. First Congregutlon-
tll cnurcn.
KGW Portland 101.5
10:25 a. m. Morning services.
; 7:65 p. m. Evening services.
. ' KHJ Ijos AngelcH 105.2 -
y 4:00 p. m. Afternoon program,
'gVrcado orchestra.
; 7:00 p. m. Organ recital; spe
cial program.
' KJK Seattle S84.4
. Itfl n. m. Rand concert.
'I 7:1 G p. m. Organ recltali even-
Ing worship.
KNX Hollywood 838.9
1 2:00 p. m. Musical program (J
Hours).
i 7:00 p. m. Evening services.
i 8:00 p. m. Ambassador orches-
-ira; Beverly Hill; nurseries.
KOA Denver K22.4
10:00 a. m. Episcopal services.
H 2:00 p. m. Organ recital.
6:45 p. m. Episcopal services.
t KPO San Fmnolooo 428.8
6:00 p, m. States orchestra;
Concert.
'. 8:00 p. m. Palace orchestra;
Fairmont orchestra.
j' Chicago noa.Mts Kitchen Aid
Station KYW, Chicago, . enjoys
Iho distinction of having on Its
fctnff the only masculine "kitchen
old" who is "on the nlr" In the
;nlled States. The "kitchen aid,"
John C. Cutting, nppenrs before
tho mlorophones of the Chicago
hroadcnnt each Monday and Fri
day morning with a short talk
telling the housewives what to do
with a stew, how to prepare hum
riurgcr. olochot steak and other
household hints.
; Cutting "performs" tinder the
Jinmo of "Cousin John" when Inlk-
111
IL a a i o
Come in and- talk
about it jmt
WE'LL tell you why Fada
Radio is the standard by
which all radio performance
is being judged.
Then we'll be glad .to givs
you a complete demonstration
fin your own home with nc
obligation to buy.', '
And rememfcer-we guarantee"
permanent performance at the
same high Jevel that the"dem-(
onstration'r evealsTha t
,Fada Service.' v
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A. C Amplifier Capable
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l'urta Now on Market for the
Construction of Thcso
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The construction of uii a, c.
ampilfer present no dlfiliult taak
and the builder will be amply ro
puld for h.s vffoi'ia by Iho excel
lent quality uud Kivnl volume
winch will bv obtained, lit the
now Haillo HrotKlcaat iiiuMiulne
for November, Joluoa Milieu, nil
authority, describes the consiruc
ilon of an u. c. receiver and power
amplifier which anybody can
build without difficulty, lie write:
"I'nlll now tho construction of
n quality audio nmplltler which
would operate from the a. e, bne
has been almost Impossible a
many of tho essential parts werv
unobtainable In the open market.
"Now, however, many manufac
turer havo placed the neoesaury
transformers mid chokva etc., on
the market, which place tho con
struction of this typo ot amplifier
within tho reach of all.
Itegardlesa of how fine an
amplirier one has. if the loud
tipeaker Is poor, the received signal
will probably sound no belter, If
as good, as from a poor amplifier
connected to the same poor
speaker. A number of good
speaker are now obtalnubic on the
radio market. Ot particular merit
aro the cone.
"In order to obtain quality out
put with a quullty speaker. It I
necessary that all tho npparutu
along tho line bo of high quality.
Tho broadcasting station must pro
duce high quality signals, the re
ceiver must supply tho power
amplifier with high quality Input
and so on to tho speaker. -
"The quality of output that will
be obtained from the a. e. power
amplifier does not materially dif
fer from that obtained front a
good resistance-coupled amplifier
with a low Impedance tube tso as
to match Importance of tho cone
tvpe spenkors) in tho last stage.
The main difference Is Hint one
power stngo will do what three
resistance stages will, and at the
snmo tlma eliminates tho batteries."
TOKVO l1:ll TKS IIADItl
IN IMI I II1M. Dl I I
Allhnmth comparatively new
rnillo broadcast. iik baa be
come ho rii'iuly established In
Tokyo that a request has been
made to ilu house of peers
nnd house of representative
by tho Tokyo llt-nadrnstlnK
Company for the rluht to In
ainll MiliTophonoM on Iho re
spective dlos, whereby the
public tuny lltcn In to I lie
parl.nmcntory oratory.
The petition Ima token Iho
$ offlcml breath away, lit-ns-
lllllin n ion prince reaeoi u
Japan usually reads hi Im
perial messaitc in person, und
how there can be enforced Iho
proper respect ' for tho Im
perial voice wherever there
nro radio svIM la something thu
idiU'lnl havo not worked out.
RADIO AND TEAR BOMBS
AWAIT BANK ROBBERS
AMu ni ii mm: ni' M l i.nsi:
ni:iMi i'iii;iii(Ti:i)
First Methodist Kplscopnl ohuroli,
Pasadena; Walter Hartley or
Pomona College, Clnromonl- nnd
Itolund Digalv ot St. Johns
church, I.os Anseles.
Random Radio Wafting
Nearly every New Tork broad
casting station has a theatre
critic. It Is th duty of th critic
to visit the current plus and tell
the radio audience what play are
worth seeing and tho ones which
should bo avoided. One clever
young mnn who acts as piny critic
for a broadcaster says: "Tho plays
doing big business on ltrondway
today convince me that New York
ers are moro interested In morality
than In Immorality.
Tho six organists from the Gold
en West who will appear In the
"(Irent Artist ' series of concerts
broadcast by WAHO are: Marshall
niselman nf the palace of the
legion of honor. San Francisco:
Wnrren D. Allen of the l.eland
Stanford university; Allan Huron
of the College of tho Pacific.
Stockton: Arnold Dann of the
StI.IKKIN(3 HINT
For soldering small Joints, whoro
a torch Is not available, n common
candlo will often glvo enough heat
to do tho Job. Ho careful not to
cover the work with soot while
heating It, however.
Tula! Vlhniltitn
If Iho tube element are not
rigid they will vlbrute easily,' pro
ducing rattling und howling
noises. A tubs that vibrate easily
Is said to uu microphonic. Huch
will prodtico destroyed sounds
when the loudspeaker Is turned In
tho dlroctlon of tho set bacnuso
tho sound wnvo. striking the re
ceiver, causes It to vibrate, nnd
the grid of tho tubes to shake.
Hiiilln Ko'h trntod by llliililo
li'ght In HnHiilcnM Nous (If
Hnlils 11) IliltlllliM
t'itiTiiumlpo- ul ih Mni tald Pre.)
MIN.NK.WUI.I.S Protected I'M
nil sides by weil-ilt'llled Unit nf
tho new county lunger system
many Minnesota Iciults are Install
ing still another Unit of dnfonso nt
the form or tear gits hou.b.
These, declared I'Ycd P. r allows,
sciTctury, Minnesota bunker as
sortition, have heromo Increasing
ly popular alnoo A baud of robbers
Was repulsed when It lltteutptud
to rob a bunk nt Cold rtpi'lug.
The t'CHiilar wnr-llino tear-gas
bomb Is being used by some III
Mlttitlons, hut others adopting Ibis
plan are using ammonia, only. The
general method Is to eoneeal these
bombs Just liiHide Iho vault wall
where they are easily exploded If
milieu into,
(l'trr..u,n,l.nf. ef lit. A .soelsted Pr...)
I :h mdinkh, la. ofileials of
the Iowa hanker association be
lieve that they have a plan to make
It virtually impossible fur a bank
robber to escape moro than so
miles from the scene of a hold'UP.
Kadio receiving sets, operated
by Inserting a plug into nn electric
light socket. Instead of tho cus
tomary battery, located In nil
banks, sheriffs offices and police
millions, will he In constant tunv
with radio station WHO here.
When a robbery Is reported to
the radio station operator he
ring u butiou which flashes a
IlKht nnd ring a bell nt each of
the receiving sets. Then tho an
nouncer explain where tho rob
bery was rommltted, a description
ot the robbers If It I available,
and oilier Information.
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Studio Open Dally 1 to p.m.
Make no mistake, Eugene's
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and teacher to the city's finest
dancers since 1919 the
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657 Willamette Phone 1715-11
Opposite Hcllig Theater
(upstairs)
hushes annoying sound and al
lows notes of voice and instrument
to reach you in full natural tones
THIS is, perhaps, the greatest recent contribution to radio
reception. It enables you to alter to your taste the
quality or timbre of speech or music from high, thin pitch
to low, deep, round tones. This receiver, unlike others, is
not at the mercy of the loud speaker. The "Coiortone"
also helps you to subdue to a groat degree the scratching,
hissing, whistling sounds that are usually th bane of
radio reception.
The "8V and the "H"" an plainly sndlhl) th ksnle dram In an
orchsitra can now, for th Aral time, be plainly distinguished) lnto
I si i us of sound tepUcM th artificiality which ha heretofore lnur
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Radio
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691 Willamette Street Telephone 2102-J
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If you want to experience the thiffl
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the volume you could ask for
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.' v 1038 Willamette Street