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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1929

Page

6

Radio interference plagues Rushville on three day survey

Indianapolis Times engineer William A. Jacoby reports widespread radio interference during a three day Rushville survey. He organized the Rushville Radio Listeners League with C. Drake elected president. Indiana Central Traction Co equipment and power lines feeding homes cause most issues with damp weather and grounded circuits creating noise and reception loss.

Rushville William A. Jacoby Indianapolis Times Jacoby

Radio Listings Spark 9 Tonight with NBC and Columbia Programs

The Apollo theater program on WKBF features Mal Hallett and his Way Down East orchestra with Arthur and Morton Havel at 9 p m Italian melodies lead Neapolitan Nights on NBC Tuesday at 5 p m A Rimsky Korsakoff excerpt Brightens Slumber hour on NBC at 9 p m Clicquot Club Eskimos dance tunes on NBC at 8 p m Flying Stories Aviation News debuts on Columbia Tuesday at 6 30 p m Bob Haring leads incidental music A Prophylactic Orchestra program with Gene Rodemich on NBC at 6 30 p m Washboard Blues from the Prophylactic orchestra on NBC at 6 30 p m Williams Dilomatics play popular dance melodies on NBC at 8 p m Mathilde Harding and Sergei Kotlarsky perform Tuesday at 6 15 p m over Columbia Music by Fastwood Lane Crap Shooter featured A Vallee choruses dance program under Phil Spitalny at 8 30 p m The Little Lost Child featured on Daguerreotypes over Columbia at 6 p m Andy Sannella solos over NBC at 5 10 p m The overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla opens Voice of Columbia at 8 p m Tuesday Was Captain Kidd a pirate or honest man raised in Soconyland Sketch over NBC at 5 30 p m Goldman presents excerpts from Tannhauser on NBC at 6 p m

WKBF Mal Hallett Way Down East Arthur Morton Havel Columbia Broadcasting System Bob Haring Mathilde Harding Fastwood Lane Sergei Kotlarsky Captain Kidd NBC

Eastern Star State Sessions Open in Indianapolis

A reception at Simpson M. E. church welcomed more than 150 officers and delegates for the forty first Indiana Order of Eastern Star session. The convention continues through Thursday at Trinity hall with programs including a Walker theater party and a Wednesday musical program. Local matrons sponsoring the event include Mima Woods Pearl Fisher Genevieve Carr and Sara Buckingham. Alphonso Kimbrough is grand patron. Meanwhile church events and obituaries fill out community notes.

Simpson M. E. Church Indiana Order of Eastern Star Mima Woods Trinity Hall Twenty-first Street Boulevard Place Bettie D. Wilkes Order Pearl V. Fisher Union Chapter Walker Pearl Fisher Genevieve Carr Sara Buckingham Alphonso Kimbrough W. E. Grubbs New York Europe Italy Germany France Scotland England Grubbs International Educational Association N. E. Joseph Antioch Baptist Church Lula Mason Estell Small Fitzhugh-Valentine School of Music Mt. Paran Baptist Church Worldwide Guild FE. J. Bell Charles H. Bell

Radio Schedule Chaos Delights Early Evening List

Cincinnati and national stations air a dense line up from 4:00 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. featuring parol band, Dutch Master Minstrels, Henry Thies orchestra, Amos ’n’ Andy, and NBC-Columbia network exchanges. The schedule lists many cities including WGY WDAF WLW KYW KDKA WMAQ WSB WGN and more with varied programs and times.

NBC Crosley Salon Group Ohio Caverns Glen Adams The Sohicans Heermann Melville Ray Henry Fillmore Mike Radio Hound Henry Thies Los Amigos Latin America Johnny Hamp Kentucky Serenaders WGY WDAF S. Wisn Milwaukee KYW KDKA WMAQ WSM Nashville—Dinner Orchestra WSB Atlanta Pomar Orchestra Columbia WLW Columbia Network Voice of Columbia Wee Wbbm Chicago—Symphony Band Eskimos Orchestra WIR Detroit Manuel Girls Syncomatics Novelty Chicago—Varieties WBBM Chicago Kansas City—Tank WGN Chicago—Lumber Dealers Schenectady—Concert Orchestra NBC _ System Spitalny Kansas City Cook Boys Chicag Idkette Nighthawks WJR Detroit—News Amos ‘N’ Andy WMAG Chicago—Concert Orchestra Panico KMOX St. Louis WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul Amos Andy Dream Ship WHO Des Moines Air Playhouse Graystone Group Dance Orchestra WAPI Eka ABC Network Philharmonic KFAB WIL WRHM WENR AJR Diensberger

Community notices and church events on local calendar

Church and civic groups announce meetings, plays, sermons, rallies and registrations. Mrs Bertha Dorsey chairs temple directors with funds raised for Sisters of Charity temple. A playlet The Rummage Sale at Simpson M E church. Preaching by Dr J R Bowen in Mt Paran Baptist Church. A man’s meeting at the Indiana Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs venue. Ward delegates named for July East Chicago parley. Summer program registration July 1 at Phyllis Wheatley W C A. Casts and bottle talent at local theaters.

Simpson M. FE Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Aid Ollie Johnson E. A. White Woman's Missionary Society the Witherspoon Presbyterian Church Ida May Miller Mary Phillips J. R. Bowen Chattanooga Tenn Mt. Paran Baptist Church C. H. Bell Indiana Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs North Capitol Avenue F. B. Ransom Frank Fowler Brown Wallace Woolfolk East Chicago Helen Jefferson Fannie Larue Phyllis Wheatley Charlotte Cox Gertrude Gamlin R. K. Smith J. Harold Brown C. A. Lewis Chicago Lewis John Lewis Indianapolis World Fred D. Harris Cleveland Hayes Carlisle West Twenty-seventh Street

Day Programs on WFBM Channel Listings

Indianapolis 1230 schedule for Wednesday lists Pep Unlimited Club at 7 00 to 9 00 and CBS programs with Ida Bailey Allen WABC musical comedy Modulations and Martucci's orchestra. includes a federal radio commission silence period and library history segment plus market and weather updates.

Jim and Walt Ida Bailey Allen CBS Sammy Martucci Federal Radio Commission

Interference at Walker Theater Aakes Screen Drama

Interference at the Walker Theater offers an all-talking hour of entertainment with William Powell and Evelyn Brent in top form. The plot unfolds after a cathedral memorial service as Powell, believed dead, appears and is pursued by Brent through scenes of past romance and unresolved affection.

Doris Kenyon Doris Sir John Marley Miss Brent Powell Evelyn Marley Marleys Walker Farina Our Gang William Powell Evelyn Brent

City Stations Schedule From Indianapolis Station

A list of radio broadcasts and times for an Indianapolis station detailing programs from 4:15 pm to 9:00 pm including dramas, news, concerts, CBS features, weather, and late news bulletins. Specifics include Arthur J. Bernault drama, WFBM concert ensemble, Cellar Knights, Silent by order, Drs Geld Paul Whiteman hour, Voice of Columbia, Irish and Gordon piano duo, and Apollo theater.

Arthur J. Bernault Jim Walt WFBM Cellar Knights CBS Federal Radio Commission Drs . Geld Paul Whiteman Voice of Columbia Irish and Gordon Longine Julius C. Walk

Auto Census Denied by Center Township Assessor

Frank D. Brattain, Center township assessor, denied deputies are canvassing homes to find unlisted car registrations. He said information will come from the secretary of state and checks will be made against official lists.

Frank D. Brattain Center Township North Side Brattain Secretary of State

Clinic Hero Dying After Gas Inhalation Rescue

Patrolman Ernest Staab who saved twenty one people in the Cleveland clinic disaster collapsed from gas inhalation and is fighting for his life in St Johns hospital. He had earlier recovered from injuries and was discharged two weeks ago before a renewed collapse. In Anderson Indiana private Lowell Alley on furlough was killed when contacting a high tension power line.

United Press Cleveland Ernest Staab Cleveland Clinic St. John’s Hospital Staab Anderson Ind Lowell Alley United States Army Camp Clark Tex

Farmer Chesley Chambers Killed by Lightning

Times Special reports Chesley Chambers a 57 year old farmer south of Bloomington was struck and killed by lightning while plowing corn. He leaves a widow and four children.

Times Special Bloomington Ind

Hoover Nears Eight Farm Board Picks Amid Revolving Fund

President Hoover is nearing final selection of eight members for the new federal farm board to administer a 150 million dollar revolving fund for agricultural relief. Names under consideration include Charles Robertson, William Jardine, Samuel McKelvie, and American Farm Bureau’s Thompson amidst regional contest among wheat belt states.

Washington Herbert Hoover Federal Farm Board Congress Hoover Charles Robertson Los Angeles William M. Jardine Samuel McKelvie Nebraska Thompson American Farm Bureau Federation Minnesota South North Dakota Wisconsin

Stimson's Wild Goat Faces Deportation

William Hamilton Bones a wild Hawaiian goat linked to Henry L. Stimson drifts in San Francisco harbor as the agriculture department weighs quarantine rules. The goat, partly owned by Stimson and Captain Eugene Regnier, could be sent back to Manila unless a decision is made. Suitable quarters await in Washington if allowed.

Washington William Hamilton Bones Henry L. Stimson San Francisco Harbor Governor-General's Palace Manila Agriculture Department Stimson Eugene Regnier Regnier

Retiring Michigan President Seeks Divorce

Dr. Clarence Cook Little, retiring president of the University of Michigan, filed for divorce from his wife Katherine in Washtenaw County circuit court last week. He will soon begin cancer research near Bar Harbor at Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory. The couple married in 1911 and have four children.

United Press Ann Arbor Mich Clarence Cook Little University of Michigan Katherine Washtenaw Circuit Little Mt. Desert Roscoe Littles

Letters Cause Divorce in Michigan Court

Minnie Secord testified in Jackson circuit court that her husband Charles Secord refused to work so he could write to twenty women he met through a matrimonial correspondence club. The couple, married September 1889, seek a divorce.

Preea Jackson Mich Minnie Secord Charles Secord

Mortality in Wayne: Blind farmer killed by car near home

J C Mills a blind farmer living west of Wayne Indiana was struck and killed on a road in front of his farm by an automobile driven by Norman Kohlepp of Louisville Kentucky. The incident occurred June 25.

Tine Ad Wayne Ind J. C. Mills Here Norman Kohlepp Louisville

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