Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 254, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1925 — Page 15

RADIO IS USED IN NOSPIIALS FOR SERVICE MEN Medical Authorities Say It Is a Cure for Sick, : ,'!Tf 9 Bv NBA Service WASHINGTON, March s.—The drive to establish radio in servicemer's hospitals throughout the corn try has been taken up bjr- private institutions. For radio is now being used in anew field—to -cure the sick. Medical authorities explain how ■it works: A radio set ke.ps the patient entertained and occupied. It cheers him up and keeps his mind off his troubles. This has a definite physical reaction and does much toward helping him recover. The Government is back of the hospitail-radio drive, and the Bureau of Standards is aiding in the technical end of the work. Several of the country’s largest broadcasting stations are campaigning to raise funds. Already most of the beds in Walter Reed Army Hospital, Naval Hospital and Mount Alto Veterans’ Bureau Hospital, all In Washington, have been equipped with individual radio sets. Material for equipping all the service hospitals in New .York City has been ordered, and the movement aims to furnish individual radio apparatus to every patient in the United States. The usual system is to install one receiving set and a powerful amplifier to supply the entire hospital. Then each patient is supplied with head telephone receivers which may be used at will. The amplifiers are designed to supply 3,000 head sets in parallel. At Walter Reed Hospital there ajre 1,500 individual head sets and six loud speakers, these being used in the assembly rooms. The Installation also includes a microphone, used for distribution of programs given In the hospital and making it possible for any one to address all the patients in the hospital simultaneously. The equipment requires the constant services of one man to control the volume .of sound. In wiring up a set, do not crowd wires. It is better to have a bulky set than one improperly wired.

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THE MAC DOWELL SISTERS, EDITH AND GRACE.

k NS.I Service Dj ALLAS, Texas, March 6.-5 Two sisters, Edith and Grace MacDowell of Dalas, have captured the hearts of radio fans throughout the country. „ Their Hawaiian music, both vocal and instrumental, has won them tho title, “Sweethearts of the Air." Unabashed by this, howe- ®r, the MacDowell sisters are pla inir.g a new and more alluring title tc fame. They want to help heal nervous diseases with their music. The sisters first conce'.ved the idea of healing nervous persons by having patients listen In to thdr entertainments. Then they began to get letters from sick folk throughout the" country, AH doclared their playing and singing made the patients feel better. Now the sisters are planning a larger tryout of this stunt. They hope to make their soft Hawaiian music useful in the cure of nervous diseases. Besides being called “Sweethearts of the Air,” the MacDoweQ sisters have such titles given them by fans, as "Angels of the Air," "Sweet Air Angels" and "Texas Mocking Birds.” Hundreds of telegrams are re-

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celved during their programs, wherever they may be broadcasting, and an-average 6f 100 letters a day must be answered. The sisters also receive gifts, the latest being a Navajo scarf and handbags from Guatemala. The sisters perfected their Hawaiian music by going to Hawaii and studying there for almost two years. Their music now is reproduced on phonograph records. Look to Congress ’ WASHINGTON. March 5.—A1l hope has not yet been abandoned that thq 5125,000 appropriation recommended by the budget bureau will be granted by Congress. Although the item was eliminated from the deficiency bill passed by the House it has been inserted Into the bill by the Senate appropriations committee. Sponsors of the appropriation are hopeful that the House will agree to the change which would result in an increase in the number of field inspectors and decreaced interference. Increases Sale WASHINGTON. March s.—Canada’s national radio week, Feb. 2 to S, resulted in increased sale of complete sets and,, in a lesser degree, of parts, according to a report to the Dspartmcnt of Commerce. Since most of the seta In use in Canada are of American make, this may mean Increased sales for American manufacturers.

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