Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 173, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1930 — Page 17

RECORDING IS ft FEATURE OF NEW RECEIVER! Reprduction of Home Talent Offered in Victor Combination. HAS BLANK RECORDS Latest Advances of Radio and Phonograph in One Cabinet. Ten years ago radio was a lusty equalling Infant. In a single decade it ha/> grown up. In fact, so ; grown up is radio today that it has been put to work as a jack-of-all trades in the modern home. Not only does it draw music and i speech from the empty air, but. combined with the phonograph, it reproduces music in the form ot records, and now. in the new Victor j Radio-Phonograph combination, it makes its own records. Recording Fratured With i his new combination set. it is possible to record your own favorite broadcast program and reproduce it later on tlie phonograph. Or, If v o u prefer, records may be made of interesting events and entertainments that take place under your own roof. I hr process that makes this, possible. according to V 7. C. Griffith, president ot the Griffith Victoi Distributing Corporation, local distributors. is a simple one. Griffith says ■‘first. let tis consider the electrical reproduction of sound records. This is accomplished by converting into electrical energy the mechanical energy derived from the vibration of the needle in the groove of the record This action takes place in the magnetic pickup. Cuts Blank Rrrords Once the energy is converted into electrical form, it is carried by wires to tlie audio-amplifier part, of the radio receiver, where it is arnplitied and delivered through the loud speaker in the form of sound. •The needle for recording is especially made for the purpose. The plank record, cut with smooth spiral i curves to guide the needle, is rotated • ov the regular turntable and motor. The needle, actuated by the pickup, cuts a path within the groove in which it is traveling, which later reproduces the sound. MAJESTIC OFFERINGS SHOWN BY CHRISNEY All Model Majestic Radios and Refrigerators Displayed. The only downtown exclusive Majestic store in Indianapolis is the Ray G. Chrisney Majestic shop located at 213 Massachusetts avenue. Here one will find every Majestic model on display, also a complete showing and demonstration of the new Majestic electric refrigerator. Chrisney is one of the oldest Majestic radio dealers in the city and hes* built his large following on ervice to Majestic ow T ners. During the last yer this popular shop lias sold several hundred Majestic receivers and. according to William S. Orr. manager of the store, now is booking orders for Majestic radio and Majestic electric refrigerators for Christmas delivery. All orders placed up to Dec. 23 will be guaranteed delivery by Christmas. STEWART-WARNER HAS NEW MODEL RECEIVER Console Set Designed for Many and Varied Uses. Anew addition to the 1930-31 Stewart-Warner line of radio receivers has been announced by L. 1.. Banford. head of the StswartWarner Sales Company, local dis- ; ributors for the Stew rt-Warner Corporation. Chicago. In announcing the ne r console, Bandford said: "The modern family represents such diversity of interests that a secondary radio has come to be a recognized necessity. For the many who feel the need of a smaller set, and thousands who must limit the outlay for an initial radio purchase, this console solves the problem. Naturally this should be a very popular model.” PLAY WILL BE GIVEN SUNDAY AT CHURCH Two Services Planned Sunday Night at Sutherland Presbyterian. A play. “Those Absurd Missionaries." will be presented by the Sutherland Presbyterian church at Sunday evening services. In order to accommodate the public there will be two services, the first at the usual hour of 7 P- m. and the second at 8:15. An added feature will be the showing of the Sutherland news reel movie, in which the church activities will be featured. There will also be a motion picture in which the Sutherland Players will appear, entitled - The Founding of the Church.” by F. A. Pfleiderer. She Can Cook Her art is no handicap to the culinary ability of Kathleen Stewart. NBC staff pianist, as many members of the company’s staff can testify. Frequently Miss Stewart arrives at the studios carrying a large box of cakes, the product of her own oven. Boyhood Friends Joe Pecararo .and Joe Biviano, known as the "Radio Joes” on a string duet program of the National broadcasting company, have been playing together for seven years. They have been friends since boyhood.

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SET NO. I—MAJESTIC Capitol Electric Cos., 122 South Senate avenue

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SET NO. S—RADIOLA MODEL 80 Kruse Radio Cos., 33 West Ohio street

CITY DEALER IS RADIO PIONEER Hatfield’s Had One of First Broadcast Stations. After exhaustive tests, the Hatfield Electric Company has pronounced the new Majestic refrigerator .the most successful yet produced. Frank Argast. manager, was heard to say to Oscar E. Straub, manager of the radio and refrigerator department, "well, here it is at last. Can you sell it?” “Frank, this is as much an advancement in refrigeration as the Majestic is in radio. We have sold thousands of Majestic radios, so howcan we miss on this wonderful refrigerator?” Straub answered. Hatfield Electric Company is one of the pioneer radio dealers. It is the largest electrical house in Indiana. This company maintained one of the first broadcasting stations in the country'/ the old station WOH. Hatfield’s does a nation-wide electrical contracting business and maintains a large corps of electrical engineers, w-ho augment the service which Hatfield's offer as a positive guarantee of satisfaction behind every sale. Featured in the large Hatfield radio department are Majestic, Westinghouse, Atw ; ater Kent, Stew-art-Warner and Graybar. RADIO SPACE ADDED Several New Lines Added to Gordon Radio Sales. The Gordon Furniture Company. 127 East Washington street, has enlarged its radio department with the addition of several new r lines. At the present time this firm is featuring the new' Crosley Midget receiver which has proved very popular. The Gordon Furniture Company sells all radio receivers on the popular payment plan and expects a large volume of business during the Christmas season.

Millions at Stake Over Nation s First Cafeteria

By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—An aged section of wooden railing was removed from a dusty Chicago attic today and became the evidence which may decide a patent suit involving millions of dollars between cafeteria operators throughout the United Otates. The railing, battered, cracked and splintered, once held in line the hungry patrons of what is claimed to be the world’s first self-service restaurant. It was part of the equipment in an establishment opened twenty-six years ago by a group of Chicago women. Fourteen years ago a patent on certain types of restaurant equipment was issued to C. Ernest Rorrer and Albert Mitterer of Denver. The patent now is owned by the Britli) cafeteria interests of Denver. A Claiming a monopoly in the cafeteria business because of its patent, the Britllng company sued Piccadill cafet*-ias ot Birmingham, Ala., and

Here are Answers in The Times’ Radio Picture Contest

$l5O Receiving Set Goes to City Man; Midget Outfit to Alice O’Donnell. First prize in The Indianapolis Times radio contest, a $l5O radio receiving set of the winner’s choice, was awarded William C. Parks, 1446 North New Jersey street. Second prize, a $69.50 midget receiver, was won by Miss Alice O’Donnell, 4134 Ruckle street. The third award, $25 in cash, went to Miss Louise Fletcher. 1104 North Oakland avenue. Judges in The Times contest were Elmer E. Tapflinger of the Tapflinger studios. 46 North Pennsylvania street; Wilbur D. Peet, director of John Herron art institute; Blythe Q. Hendricks, manager of WFBM. the Indianapolis Power and Light Company station, and Ted G. ’Brown, secretary of the Indianapolis Electric League. Other cash prize winners in the erder selected are: J. E. Dickman, 839 Eugene street, sls: John R. Jones. 3831 Hoyt avenue, $10: Ker,neth Ford, Zionsville, Ind., $5; Roy C. Martin, 3426 Brouse avenue, $5, Fred Erber, 235 Dickson street, $2.50; James W. Aired, 345 North Kenyon street, $2.50. Cash prizes of $1 each were awarded the following: Charles A. Martin, 140 West Forty-fourth street; N. F. Lee, 1130 North Illinois street; Charles R. Ayres, 1952 Shelby street; John R. Olvey, 4408 East New York street; Waldo O’Brien, 302 South Washington street, Danville, Ind.; Mrs. Agnes M. Watts, 219 West Twenty-ninth street; Miss Edna M. Bodle, 1501 East Thirty - eighth street; Miss Mary Alice Reynolds, 414 Congress street; Glen D. Cartwright, 737 North East street; Mrs. Pearl Kinney, 1107 South Whitcomb avenue; Mrs. Pearl Bennett, 813 South Meridian street. Letters will be mailed to the winners this week from The Times office and instructions w'ill be given for claiming prizes. In case the prize is cash, the letter will carry the winner's check. The prize-winning entries will be on display at the offices of the Indianapolis Electric League, Chamber of Commerce building, all next week.

last Oct. 4. was awarded damages for purported patent infringement. Encouraged by success in the first suit, the Denver Company is reported to have made plans for thousands of similar suits against other cafeterias. The National Restaurant Association, which has 4.000 members, took up the legal battle against them. Searching for evidence to refute the Denver company’s claim, Allan B. Fosberg, executive secretary of the Restaurant Owners’ Association, heard of the cafeteria which was opened two decades ago by the Chicago women. It was known as the Women’s Exchange cafeteria. Weeks of search located the section of railing, only surviving evidence that such an establishment ever existed. Attorneys for the association left for Denver today to confront the patent claimants with the discovery. They hoped to prove by it that the Denver company did not operate the world’s first cafeteria, and its potent, therefore, i* valueless.

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SET NO. 2—PHILCO Wagner Radio Cos., 615 North Capitol avenue

SET NO. e—GENERAL ELECTRIC General Electric Supply Corp., 326 West Georgia street

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FRENCH TRIO IS POPULAR GROUP Classics Only Are Played by CBS Artists. The French trio is one of the most interesting programs on WFBM, the Columbia broadcasting system’s menu. This talented organization includes three women—Elfreda Bos. violinist; Lydia Savitskaya, harpist, j and Sallie Possell, flutist. "All of our work,” says Mme. Savitskaya, the organizer of the trio, "has to do ' /ith classic compositions, especially French and Italian numbers. Then, too, we include modern compositions by Mou quint, Gobard and skilled Americans.. Several times we have dor.c pieces by Elliott Schenck. particularly his ‘Suite Petite,’ and it ic lovely.”

‘LITTLE SYMPHONY’ IS LATE STERLING SET Schnull & Cos. Adds Gulbranscn Minuet to Line. A feature of the Sterling Concertone line of receivers featured by Schnull & Cos., is the "Little Symphony,” one of the smaller sized receivers designed to fit the needs of small rooms and apartments. The “Little Symphony” is a five tube radio frequency receiving set employing three screen-grid tubes with power detection and incorporating the Loftin-White audio system. Besides this model Schnull & Cos. feature a complete line of Sterling receivers. A. S. Griffin is manager of the radio department. A recent addition to the company’s radio line is the Gulbransen Minuet, anew small size model by the Gulbransen company. The set employs a tuned radio frequency circuit, screen-grid tubes and a dynamic speaker. Radio Talks Recorded Jungle tales told to radio listeners of WABC and Columbia by Dr. Arthur Torrance, explorer, lecturer and writer, are to be made into a talking picture. The film will be released in serial form. Torrance’s talks and the pictures which will be made from them are the results of sixteen years experience in the wilds of Africa.

DECORATIVE IDEAS APPLIED TO RADIO

Since remodeling and enlarging their store the Smith-Hassler-Sturm Company, sporting goods dealers, located at 217-219 and 221 Massachusetts avenue, have arranged one of the most beautiful radio displays to be found in the city. The radio department in charg* of James McCoy now occupies a much larger space and resembles an outdoor garden. The decorative scheme has been carried out to a minute detail. Artistically arranged In this setting may be found all of the new Majestic, Philco. Fa da and Atwater Kent models, also the new Majestic electric refr'ccrator. 'Ehe en*’r? in

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SET NO. 3—VICTOR COMBINATION Griffith Victor Distributing Cos., 31 East Georgia street

SET NO. 7—FADA Gibson Cos., 433 North Capitol avenue

SET NO. 9—STERLING MIDGET Sclmull & Cos., 601 Kentucky avenue

G, E. ADDS NEW SET "Studio Lowboy’ Joins General Electric Series. . The General Electric Supply Corporation, General Electric radio distributor for Indianapolis and vicinity, announces the addition of a new low-priced model to its line of General Electric radio. "This new receiver,” says Paul D. Loser, radio sales manager of the General Electric Supply Corporation, "will be known as the ‘Studio Lowboy.’ It is a tuned radio frequency set, employing four screengrid tubes.” Indiana Artists Phil Dewey, NBC baritone, and Freddie Albright, drummer of the Lucky Strike dance orchestra, have been friends in New York for five years, but only recently discovered that they were born and raised within thirty miles of each other in Indiana. Phil hails from Rochester, Ind., and Freddie from Kokomo.

. terior of the store has been com--1 pletely remodeled and redecorated, ! new fixtures and lighting equipment add to the beauty of the various displays. ! The remodeling of this store has I taken many months of planning and : hard work, but everything is now complete and ready for the holiday ! rush. All radio receivers and elecj trie refrigerators are sold on the ! payment plan and will be gladly demonstated in the home. An open house will be held this evening from 7 to 10 o’clock with music furnished by the Pagan orchestra. Roses will be provided for

SET NO. 4—ATWATER KENT Capital Paper Company, 225 West South street

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TONE CONTROL ADDED TO ATWATER KENT Improvements in Selectivity and Tuning Featured. Entirely new designs with improvements in tuning, added quality in tone, and increased selectivity are features of the new Atwater Kent radio. Tone control, the latest thing in modem radio receivers, has been added to increase the utility of a receiver that is selective, sensitive and a harmonious addition to any . home. All Atwater Kent models employ a radio frequency circuit with screen-grid tubes and dynamic speaker. A wide choice of cabinets is available. The Capital Paper Cos., 225 South West street, is distributor for Atwater Kent in Indianapolis and surrounding territory. Lemons Help Voice Wilfred Glenn, NBC basso, almost spoiled a recent Atwater Kent concert, according to Ray Perkins, the Old Topper, who was production man in charge of the program. Glenn brought lemons into the studio and sucked them for his voice. The effect on the brass section was serious and Perkins managed to get him out of sight of the in time. In Concert Five Years Barry Devine, NBC baritone, is only 22 years old, but he has been appearing in concert in this country for the last five years. Urged by his friend, John McCormack, the noted tenor, he studied in Paris for a long time under Angela Parola, with whom McCormack studied voice a number of years ago. Fall Fatal to Veteran By United Press MADISON, Ind.. Nov. 27.—William Watlington, 88, one of the oldest residents of Jefferson county, is dead of injuries suffered a week ago when he fell on the steps of his home here. He was a Civil war veteran, serving with Company E, Third Indiana cavalry.

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HOLIDAY LINE SHOWN Baldwin Piano Company Has Many Sets Displayed. For the next thirty days, the Baildwin Piano Company, 35 Monument Circle, is featuring a special display of radio receivers, for those who desire to make selections for Christmas giving. This firm carries a complete line j of all models of Majestic, General Electric, Philco, Atwater Kent and j Crosley. One of the features of the Baldwin Company’s radio department is the large display and demonstration room where the customer may compare the various models under actual demonstration. B. Q. Zimmer, manager of the department, says, "by this method we are able to give the customer a comparative test of the tone, selectivity and sensitivity of the various models and one may also compare cabinet design and finish.” Quick Wittcd The ingenuity of Eddie Dunham, NBC organist, got Eddie out of a serious predicament a few days ago while he was playing an organ recital on a morning program. In the middle of a number one of the organ keys stuck, and its shrill note could not be silenced. Eddie played around the note and drowned it out until the piece was finished and the power shut off. Make Many Records Phil Napoleon, director of the Memphis Five, regularly featured on NBC programs, organized that orchestra in 1917 when the jazz <iraze was at its height. He and . ois musicians have played for twenty-three recording companies. They have made more than four thousand phonograph records. Turns to Song Writing Many NBC musicians are turning to song writing between broadcasts and may be seen sitting about the reception rooms in the throes of composition. Irving Miller of the Band of a Thousand Melodies is badly bitten by tl^craz*^

PUSH BUTTON TUNING TO BE HAD IN RADIO Remote Control Achieved in Newest R. C. A. Radiola Offerings. BUTTONS IN TABLET Set May Be Tuned From as Many Places as One Desires. Anew remote control device, by means of which a radio receiver located at a distance from the listener is turned automatically to the desired stations by merely pressing appropriate push buttons was described by C. J. Kruse, local R. C. A. Radiola distributor, today. This automatic tuning and remote control equipment, which has been incorporated in two new’ radiola superheterodyne receivers, includes a duplicate set of push buttons on the radio panel that permit automatic tuning at the receiver itself. "It is well-known from a study of the habits of radio listeners that, few set owners listen to the programs of more than three or four stations, under ordinary circumstances.” Kruse said. “The new’ R. C. A. automatic tuning and remote control equipment, therefore, provides six “pre-selected” programs and, by a simple adjustment, any other stations desired. "With a twenty-five foot length of cable-tape, it is a simple matter to extend complete and effortless operation control of the radio set Cos any -''sired location. This connection tape which is only an eighth of an inch thick and an inch wide is superior to ordinary cable because it is not subject to raveling or kinking, but may be unobstrusiveiy laid under the carpet or run along the molding. "As many remote control units as desired may be connected to the one receiver, thus a small tablet containing the push buttons may be conveniently placed near a favorite easy chair, a bridge table, in the dining room, or even in the kitchen.” GENE WILDER ONE OF* CITY’S FIRST DEALERS 3lany Sets on Display at College Avenue Store. One of the largest exclusive radio shops in the city is the Indianapolis Music Shoppe located at 4172 College avenue. Gene Wilder, president, has more than fifty models of the latest makes of radio receivers on display. The display includes Majestic, Zenith, Clarion, Philco, Atwater Kent, Victor and Radiola. This store also features a large record department, where one will find a complete stock of the newest recordings. Wilder, director in the Federated Radio Trades Association, a national organization for promotion of better understanding between radio manufacturer and radio dealer, long has been one of the leaders in local radio circles. TONE REGULATION IS FEATURED IN FALCON New Set is Nine-Tube Receiver With Power Detection. One of the latest radio receivers offered to the Indianapolis public is the new Falcon, a nine-tube set employing four screen-grid tubes, w’ith power detection and a completely shielded chassis. A feature of the new Falcon is the realistic full tone that may be regulated to just the volume and pitch desired. It has push-pull amplification and dynamic speaker. The set is offered in four cabinet designs including both high boy and low boy models. This set is sold only at the National Furniture Cos., 335 West Washington, Peoples Outfitting Cos., 133 West Washington St., and the Colonial Furniture Cos., Meridian and Maryland Sts. Campaign Cost $3,300 By Times Special j MARION, Ind., Nov. 28.—Cami paign expenses totaling $3,322.08 arc reported by Willard B. Gemmill, defeated Republican candidate for judge of the Indiana supreme court, Fourth district. Included in the expenses was a contribution of $3,000 to the state Republican commitee. The balance was spent for advertising and traveling. No donations were received and no promises made, the report showed. Ties Chair Down Harold Webber, NBC organist, always ties the chair he uses during broadcasts to the organ after he is finished with a program. He claims that this particular chair is comfortable and he takes this means to make it available whenever he is scheduled to go on the air. Three Musketeers Frank Singiser, Ted Jewett and w oward Petrie, NBC announcers ! -re known as the "Three Musketeers.” They are continually together in the studios and share the same apartment in Jackson Heights, N. Y. Takes Early Walk Maris Bern, soprano, who is heard frequently on the recitalists program ! rs the National Broadcasting Com- ' oany, believes in physical culture, exercise is a hobby with her. She ! takes a walk of two miles every morning before breakfast. Makes Own Way j Edwin Whitney, NBC producer i id character actor, says he worked i ois way through college by hanging oaper and painting houses