Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1929 — Page 24

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COMFORT FIRST IS SLOGAN FOR WHIPPET CARS Designer Shows Genius in Planning Autos Seen at 1929 Show. Evident in every line and contour Ot the Superior Whippet fours and sixes displayed at the Indianapolis automobile show is the genius of Amos E. Northup, who virtually has founded anew school of applied art in the design of automobile bodies. Heretofore Northup has devoted himself exclusively to styling highpriced automobiles, and his characteristic touch is reflected today throughout the fine car field. Willys-Overland permitted generous proportions in the design of its newest light cars, adding several inches to the wheelbase lengths. The increased wheelbase of 11214 inches for the six and 103 H inches for the four have been utilized cleverly to give these models pleasing proportions of massiveness and comfort. Contributing to the appearance of size and delicate lines, sweeping straight back from the radiator, unbroken and uninterrupted. The effect is that of a low-hung car which fairly can hurtle through space, cutting Its way with a deep, narrow radiator and slipping off opposing wind pressures as smoothly as a skillful boxes slides around the force of his opponent’s blows. Comfort Is First It Is a fundamental principle in the Northup way of doing things to begin with the chassis frame as a base and build up first with the element of comfort in n#nd. Space for feet and legs to stretch in, space for passengers to sit in, space for elbows and shoulders to turn in; these are primary considerations. Only after ample room has been provided for comfort and convenience of the human cargo do the style and beautifying embellishments start. Properly to design an automobile, the creator must be more than an artist. He must be practical. He may never forget that mud and snow and- sleet and rain and cold and heat are to be met and dealt with by the products of his drawing board. The Superior Whippets have all full crowned fenders to protect the bodies from splatter. Large ventilators admit cooling summer breezes through the cowls. Metal visors protect the driver’s eyes when the sun is low. Adds to Beauty The designer has overlooked no opportunity to weld such practical features as these into the beauties and luxuries of his stylish bodies. By mounting the spare tire in a front well on all Whippets except coaches and sedanc, by permitting rear windows to be lowered in ramble-seat closed cars, and by numerous other attentions to detail, he has succeeded in making the interests of practical motoring serve the interests of applied art. Metal has been employed in ingenious ways in the construction of the bodies. Front and center body posts on the closed cars are of metal, to give unobstructed vision and add strength and lightness. The backs of sedans and coaches, too, are of black metal, supplying factors of long life. AT THeN£|>s ilatittin program SUNDAY, FEB. 24th RICHARD BUHLIG Internationally Famous American Pianist and Assisting Artists and if! Associated 1 Stations

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Outfit Has Selectivity of High Order; Chassis Is Rugged. Thi is the first of a series covering the latest 192!t all-electric radio receivers. Manufacturers have added many refinements and improvements to the new models for the betterment of radio reception and these articles are prepared to give Times readers and prospective purchasers of radio receivers latest information on new radio merchandise. BY TIMES RADIO EDITOR The new 1929 Zenith, a product of the Zenith Radio Corporation of Chicago, is the first to offer automatic tuning to the radio fan. With the new Zenith models, the owner may select his favorite stations, adjust the automatic tuning levers to the desired stations, and thereafter obtain instant and precise tuning merely by pressing the lever of the desired station. The automatic tuning is housed behind a specially designed door at the side of the receiver, the station first is tuned in by use of the dial, the automatic tuning lever then is released by a screw cap and adjusted, the cap then is tightened, and the station is tuned in when desired, by pressing the lever down, working on the same principle as the cash register. The new Zenith is very selective with ample volume for any need. During a week’s test with this set, stations were tuned in from coast to coast, KFI, Los Angeles, and KNX, Hollywood, were received with the volume of a local station. The chassis is of rugged construction, being completely shielded, and is very sensitive, giving the full scale of sound reproduction with clarity and power. The Zenith Dynamic speaker is a powerful cone which gives faithful reproduction within the entire musical and voice range, seemingly at any volume. With this great power, one is able to tune in small stations with excellent results and over ride static levels. The cabinet Is of two-tone walnut

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TWO compositions written in the most modem musical manner will be given their radio premieres during the Crosley Gembox hour, station WLW, Sunday night at 8:15. The first, the cantata, “Bois d’ Amaranthe,” by the French composer Massenet, will be played from music brought to America by Minnie Tracey, who recently died in Cincinnati after a long and brilliant career as an opera singer in Europe. At WLW it will be sung by Ida Blackson, soprano, Marguerite Hukill, contralto, Thomas Warner, tenor, and Louis John Johnen, baritone. “La Lune du Fromage” (The Cheese Moon), a recent number by Andy Mansfield, chief of staff of WLW arrangers, will be given its first performance by the Crosley Gembox orchestra. After the Crosley Gembox hour will be presented the Cino Singers in a half hour of male quartet numbers, followed by a short recital of the music of David Popper played at 9:45 by Leonard Watson, ’cellist of the Cincinnati Symphony. The Musicale Novelesque at 10 p. m. will bring an hour of music and comedy including an appearance of the Dolly Dimple Steam Roller Koffee Klotch, a satire of radio. sat) tt tt tt The mood of the American Negro will be reflected in the halfhour of melody that “Souvenir” will present Sunday night at 9:30 o’clock over stations of the Columbia Broadcasting system. The program will be ushered in with White’s “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” and continues with a vocal rendition of Foster’s “Old Uncle Ned,” and the Negro chant “Nobody Knows the Trouble I Seen.” ft * tt tt tt tt Compositions of Rossini, Tschaikowsky, Borodin, Beethoven, Liszt and Wagner will be featured by the Chicago Symphony orchestra in its concert from the NBC Chicago studios, Sunday night at 9:45. tt ft tt tt tt tt Arturo Toscanini comes to the director’s stand of the Philharmonic Symphony orchestra in that famous organization's concert from the stage of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Sunday afternoon at 2:15. Four numbers have been scheduled, one of which is Respighi’s “Festa Romana.” Efforts are being made to get permission to put it on the air. The remaining three weeks, however, will take up almost all of the twohour program, with the intermission.

HIGH SPOTS OF SUNDAY’S PROGRAM 2:IS—WOR Network (422)—Philharmonic Symphony orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, conducting. 3:OO—WEAF-NBC Network—Dr. 3. Parkes Cadman. 6:OO—WEAF-NBC Network—Sigmund Spaeth and the American Singers in college songs. 6:OO—NBC Midwest Network—Chicago Symphony orchestra, Frederick. Stock, conducting. B:IS—WEAF-NBC Network—Lawrence Tibbett, baritone, and Harold Nason, pianist.

“The Veil Dance” from Carl Goldmark's oriental opera, “The Queen of Sheba,” in which a solo part is interpreted by the cello with orchestral background, will be played during the "Half Hour of Harmony” by the Peerless Reproducers over the NBC system, Sunday afternoon, at 12:30. u tt tt tt tt ft Zinaida Nicoline. famous Russian soprano, who will contribute her talents to the hour that “Around the Samovar” will broadcast over stations of the Columbia system, Sunday night at 7 o’clock. tt tt tt tt tt tt By prayerful consecration and quiet attention to the task of being only themselves, men best can accomplish the redemption of the world, Dr. Daniel A. Poling will say during his address before the Young People’s conference through the NBC system, Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. tt tt tt tt tt ‘ Religion and Death” is the subject of the next radio address by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise to be broadcast over the NBC system, Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. tt a it a tt Wendell Hall, “Red-Headed Music Maker,” will make a hasty trip from Chicago to New York, staying just long enough to star in the Majestic Theater of the Air, Sunday night at 8 o’clock, over a nationwide hookup of stations of the Columbia Broadcasting system. * tt a a a a Dominick Caputo, who acquired his mastery of the French horn through years of symphonic experience, will be the featured soloist in the Roxy concert, broadcast through the NBC system, Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock.

DULCIMER TRIO WILL ENTERTAIN FANS The Dulcimer trio, a well-known Chicago group, again will entertain The Daily News radio-music lovers Sunday night at 10:10, staging one of the series of monthly concerts by the Musicians Club of Women over WMAQ. Elsa Becker, violinist: Lillian Pringle, cellist, and Emma Menke, pianist, are the members of the Dulcimer trio.

Lina Abarbanell will appear as guest soloist in the weekly Dictograph program to be broadcast over the NBC system, Sunday night at 5:30. * b b bub Richard Buhlig, concert pianist, will be the soloist “At the Baldwin*’ during the program broadcast through the NBC system, Sunday night at 6:30. Representative compositions from the works of Schubert, Chopin a*id Granados have been selected by Buhlig, in the presentation of which he will be assisted by the Baldwin Singers. B B .* BBS Vienna will be the setting for the concert to be given by La Palina and her company, Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock, over stations of the Columbia Broadcasting system. 808 BUB Lawrence Tibbett, baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and Harold Nason, pianist, are featured artists of the Atwater Kent concert to be broadcast from coast to coast over the NBC system. Sunday night at 8:15. Solo artists will be assisted by the Atwater Kent Concert orchestra under direction of Josef Pasternack. B B B B B B Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony will feature the broadcast that the Symphonic Hour will present over stations of the Columbia system, Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock.

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Make of set—Zenith. Model—No. 35 APX. Number of Tubes—Nine. Type of tubes—Five 227, one 226, one 250, and two 281. Antenna—Operates from outside aerial, about sixty foot. Cabinet—Console model, walnut with swinging doors. When opened, they disclose the walnut grille, backed by a silk screen, housing the speaker. The tuning controls, consisting of a single drum dial and volume control, are located just below the speaker. The complete Zenith line includes models from the popular table type

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finish, completely self contained. Speaker—Dynamic cone. Tuning—Single illuminated dial, also contains Zenith Automatic Tuner. Power supply—Operates at 60 cycles, 90 to 130 volts alternating current, using full wave rectification employing two 281 tubes. to the large floor console. Zenith receivers are distributed in central Indiana by the W. J. Holliday company, 545 West McCarty street, and are sold by almost a score of Indianapolis radio dealers. NEXT WEEK—The New 1929 Majestic Radio and Phonograph Combination. x

Loses $50,000 Necklace NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—A necklace o f r'-'- w-peven pearls, valued at $50,000, was lost by Mrs. Warren „. D an Monday while attending a theater.

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SPEECHES AT LEAGUE PARLEY TO GOON RADIO Geneva Sessiori Addresses Will Be Broadcast to All Parts of World. (By Selene* Service) WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Broadcasts by short wave radio of speeches from the League of Nations, especially for the American continent, Japan, and ' -’stralia, will be sent out from Holland next idonth. This announcement was made here today by the Federal radio commission, following receipt of a communication from the secretariat of the league at Geneva. Telephone lines will carry the words of the speakers from Geneva to Kootwijk, Holland, where a powerful short wave station is operated by the Dutch postoffice. It has the call letters POLL, and uses wavelengths 18.4 and 38.8 meters. While the broadcast will be of an experimental nature, it is believed if the reception is at all clear, that a regular broadcasting program will be worked out International broadcasting is difficult because of the different languages of the radio audiences. The experiments of the League of Nations in March will attempt to reach certain sections of the world where reception conditions are good. A particular effort will be made to reach audiences in North and South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, with programs given in the language of each country. The League of Nations already has conducted certain experiments along this line, and reports have been received from ninety-two listeners in five continents These first experiments were mainly for the purpose of receiving technical reports from professional radio operators, but many individuals reported that the reception was entirely clear from their loud speakers. The broadcast in Marche will be the first attempt to reach particular regions with special programs. The schedule as announced is as folio—'-• t*'* American continent, March 12, 19 and 26, one hour from 5 to 6 p. m., in English, French and Spanish on a wave length of 38.8

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meters; to Japan in Japanese every Wednesday, March 13. 20 and 27, from approximately 8:40 to 9:10 p. m., on a wave length of 18.4 meters; to Australia, in English, March 14. 21 and 28. thirty minutes on the same wave lengtht, and at about the same time. The secretariat of the League of Nations said that while these broadcasts were purely of an experimental nature, it was quite possible that regular programs would be broadcast internationally if the reception of these first programs. in March is clear.

LIFE CONVICT CHEATED OF DEATH BY SUICIDE Ft. Wayne’s Slayer Taken to Prison After Surviving Poisoning. Bu Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Feb. 23. —Lawrence Thompson, 29. entered the Indiana state prison here today to begin serving a life term for the murder of Clem Foley at Ft. Wayne, after attempting suicide by poisoning in the county jail at Huntington, where he entered a plea of guilty. Accomplices of Thompson—Wayne Williams, 24, and Carroll Cooper, 21, both so Muncie, are held at Ft. Wayne pending ruling on motions for new trials. Williams is under sentence of death and Cooper of life imprisonment. The murder took place during an attempt to hold up a grocery' Jan. 7.

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Singer Law B.u United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 33. Detectives waited four months at the home of John A. Scruggs Jr., who is alleged to have absconded with $728 belonging to his employer. Scruggs came home to see his wife and child Friday night. He will be arranged today.

COLLEGE GIRL KILLED IN GYMNASIUM FIRE Blaze Breaks Out During Party; Eleven Injured. Bu United Press JACKSONVILLE. HI., Feb. 23. Miss Eugenia Norman. 19. leaped from the second story of the gymnasium at the Illinois women's college when the building caught fire, and was killed Friday night. It is believed a photographer’s flashlight caused the fire. About 300 persons were in the gymnasium attending a Washington birthday party. They stampeded when the fire broke out and eleven persons were injured. Mrs. C. M. McClelland, wife of the president of the college suffered a broken leg and possible internal injuries.

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CONGESTION OF < ROADS LIMITING CAR PRODUCTION Nash Says Statement U. S. Will Have 50.000,000 Autos Is Absurd. BY JOHN E. DEEGAN. I'nited Press Star Correspondent CLEVELAND. 0., Feb. 23.—A common estimate of 50,000,000 automobiles in America by 1950. is utterly fantastic, simply because there would be no place to drive them, according to Charles W. Nash, president of the Nash Motor Car Company. Nash believes the traffic problem Is so great today that even to think of such a number of cars on the highways of the country is stretching the bounds of imagination. Sendee to motor car owners is the paramount issue in the automobile industry. Nash believes. “One dissatisfied owner," Nath said, “can do more to damage a great merchandising structure than hundreds of satisfied owners can mend ” Nash doesn’t look for any uano*tant changes in autos during the coming year. Nash, one of the mast active figures in the automobile world today, began his career, like many other great financial leaders, on a farm. He spent the greater part ot his early life in the semi-rusticity of an Illinois farm. In 1891. seven years after his marirage, he went to Flint, Mich., and obtained work at the Road Cart Company at $1 a day. There he met W. C. Durant and oon rose to the superintendency of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, the largest buggy manufacturers in the country. In 1910 he became president of the Buick Motor Car Company. He succeeded Durant as president of General Motors in 1912. In 1916 Nash resigned as president of both the Buick Motor Comoany and General Motors for what he termed “an auto holiday.” Shortly afterward he formed what is now the Nash Motor Car Company.

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