Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 271, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1925 — Page 20

fiTUOIO According to a communication Just received from A. Raven Hart, telegraph superintendent of the Ferrocarril Transandino Argentina and Ferrocarril Transandino de Chile, which in English means Argentine and Chilean railroads, the signals of KDKA, world's pioneer station of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company are received with such regularity at his headquarters in Los Andes, Chile, that he is seriously considering using the time signals as the standard for the railroads. The time signals repeated by KDKA are those broadcast from Arlington nightly by the United States Government. T*vo men imprisoned on a charge of burglary committed in a small lopa town, recently dynamited their way to freedom at Anamosa, lowa, only to be apprehended withing a few hours by the sheriff on advice from a farmer who had heard the report of the break broadcast from The Palmer School of Chiropractic Station WOC, at Davenport, lowa. Thursday evening, April 2, the WGY program will Include selections by the Practice Clug of Saratoga Springs. At 9:39 o'clock WGY co-operating with WJZ and WIIC will broadcast the Pan-American program from Washington, D. C. This will include an address by* General John J. Pershing and selections by the United States Army Bund. Statisticians employed by station WOR have Just finished estimating the number of radio fans who listen in every morning to the “laughing exercise" during Bernard MacFudden's Early Bird Gym Clas.v, as over one million. These figures are said to be conservative and based on hundreds of thousands of letters received from

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all points east of the Mississippi by the “Father of Physical Culture” who incidentally is a millionaire and also the world's largest publishers of monthly magazines. The final concert in the March Memory Contest of the Brunswick-Balke-Cbllender C,mpany will be broadcast Tuesday night, March 31. The concert will begin at 8 o’clock and will be provided by Brunswick Recording artists. In addition to WGY the following stations will broadcast this feature: WJZ, WBZ, WRC, KDKA and KYW. Walter Haefliger, well known throughout Europe for his ability as a pianist par excellence, who made his American debut on Sunday afternoon, March 8, at the Punch and Judy Theater. New York City, will entertain WEAF'S audience with a group of piano solos on Friday evening, March 27. Other features from WEAF Friday evening, March 27, include the weekly talk to children by Blanche Elizabeth 'Wade; the weekly appearance of the Kapplne*m Boys. Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, another group of selections by the WEAF Light Opera Quartet and the closing hour will be devoted to the Meyer David Lldo-Venice Orchestra. Charles M. Couroin, whose organ recitals have been previously broadcast by WGY, will be heard March 26. will be assisted by an orchestral entfemblo of twentyAhree instruments selected from the American Orchestral Society. Cesare Sodero will be the director. Mr Courbin was formerly organist of Antwerp Cathedral, Belgium, and he has recently returned from a concert tour of the United States. He, like Marcel Dupre, has made a special study of radio with respect to organ transmission. Relnald Werranrath, the baritone, one of the most famous of American singers, former college athlete and the descendant of five generations of singers, will he the soloist during the seventh Victor Presentation, to be given tonight, Thursday, March 26, through WEAF, New York; WJAR, Proide.ioe; WEEI, Boston; WFI, Philadelphia; WCAE, Pittsburgh: WGR, Buffalo; WDBII, Worcester; WTIC, Hartford; WEAR, Cleeland; WSAI, Cincinnati; WWJ,

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Detroit I WOC, Davenport. and WOOD. St. Paul-Minneapolis. The concert will be given from 8 to 9 p. m., central time. With Werrenrath will appear the Shannon Quartet, famous recording organization, and the Victor Concert Orchestra, under the baton of Joseph Pasternack, Chief Musical Director ‘of the Victor Company. The Shannon Quartet includes Lewis James, Franklyn Baur, Elliott Shaw and Wilfred Glenn. y Radio listeners will hear for the first time, the complete story of the “Legends of the West" in a series of three colorful talks commencing with the prehistoric tribes and later the Cliff-Dwellers, followed by the Indian periods and the Spanish conquests to the reign of the white man. This program, which is sponsored by the Denver Tourist Bureau, 'will be broadcast by KOA, Wednesday evening, April 8. The subject will be presented by Joseph Emerson Smith of Denver as follows; “Legends of a Lost People—the Brown Man of Colorado," "Legends of a Vanishing People—the Red Man of Colorado,” and "legends of a Conquering People—- “ The White Man of Colorado.” The presentation is based upon an expedition of archaeologists into vast ruins of southwestern Colorado. Incidental Indian music will be provided by native tribesmen. Other features of the unique program include numbers by the popular Olinger Male Quartet, soprano solos by Ina Rains and selections by the KOA Orchestra. Beginning Thursday, March 26. at 9 p. m. WCAL will feature a cornpiste program of Noree composi-, lions and folk songs on the last Thursday of each month. Professor O. E. Rojvaag. who is to deliver a short greeting on the first of these programs, is well known as the author of several books in the Norwegian language. His latest book, ”1 De Dage,” Just recently off the press, dealing with pioneer life in the Northwest, has been very favorably received. KOA’s audience will be treated to a widely varied studio program, Wednesday evening, April 1. Among the feature*-for the evening will be a soprana solo, the aria, “II est

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dotrx. II ant bon,” front the opera HanxUade. This will be sung by Helen Harrison Bristol. Other features include a short talk on “Success,” by Rt. Rev. Fred Ingley of Denver; readings and bass, tenor, and violin solos and selections by the KOA Orchestra. A dance music program, featuring Joe Mann and his Rainbow-Lane Orchestra, will be given as usual at the conclusion of the prograqi. This will last until midnight and will be broadcast from tie Shiriey-Savoy hotel, Denver. Dr. Alberstine Richards Nash, consulting psychologist, San Francisco, will be heard in her second talk over KGO, Monday evening, March 30. Her subject will be “Living With Yourself.” Prof. W. G. Waterhouse. University of California, an authority on farm conditions in the West, will talk briefly on “The Development of Rural Citizenship.” A radio English lesson and a snappy review of the week’s best books, together with music by the Ario Trio, will complete the educational broadcast. Radio drama will again be on the air from KGO Thursday evening. April 2. Allan Langdon Marion’s three act drama, “Smilin’ Thru,” will be given in audio form by the KGO Players under the direction of Wilda Wilson Church. Completion of a direct wire link between Station' WBZ, Springfield/ Mass., and the studios of the twin station WJZ and WJY, New York City. Is announced by the Radio Corporation of America. WBZ will hereafter participate in the simultaneous broadcasting of feature events with one or more of the four stations already linked together by .the twin stations. The WJZ-WJY-WGY'-WRC-WBZ system now covers the entire eastern half of the United States with easy “local reception.” George D. Day, the “Solemn Old Judge” of WLS, is back on the Job after a trip to Dallas and Kansas City, with Ford and Glenn, the “Lullaby Boys,” where they conducted programs over stations in those cities, is enthusiastic over the organization of the “Announcers of the Mlddlewest.” Its origin is- due to the “Solemn Old Judge,” who nominated Leo Fitzpatrick, the ‘‘Merry Old Chief,” of WDAF, Kansas City, who was elected President. The oth-

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