The Washington herald., 1920-03-30
Amateur radio operators,

Nooh yOuE essay, phOtOSTdph anu
description or, receiving record
blank to the Radio Editor of The
Washington Herald or you will not
lie represented in the $1,000 nation
wide radio contest. II your mate
rial does not reach The Washington
Herald Office by midnight tomor-
row II will~also be too late for con-
sideration in the selection of the
winners of Ave special awards to
be given, by George w Parezo. sos
Ninth street northwest.
Today and tomorrow are the two
last days of The Washington
Herald's Radio Contest.
Do not procrastinate. amateur
radio operators, for IL you do. you
will probably miss an opportunity
to make name for yourself. your
school and your city.
Three Judges Named.
Alexander Graham Bell. Gilbert
II. Grosvenor and Maj. Milan ".
Ayres, the three local judges in
The Washington Hcraid's Radio
Contest. will examine the essays
and other material submitted in
The Herald's contest. These men
will be the sole judges of the win
ners of the special, awards contrib
uted by Parezo. and will select the
nine amateur radio operators who
will represent the National Capital
in the nation wide contest.
Prof. l.. NJ. Heron. in charge OF
the radio classes at the Mckinley
Manual Training School, has re-
ceiyed a number of essays and re-
ceiving records from his students.
Mr.. Heron is giving the young men
and women in his classes, and
others interested who attend Tech.
hearty cooperation in entering The
Washington Herald's Radio Con-
test.
... Entry from Florida.
L. Z. Blakenship. 1887 Pearl
street, jacksonville. Fla. is the
latest amateur radio operator who
lives some distance from Washing
ton to enter the contest. Blanken-
ship did not send word that he in
tended to enter the contest last
Monday week when he received the
details of the contest as flashed
from the Arlington towers, but i'm
mcdiatcly set TO work to qualify
in two of the three events. He has
sent a long distance receiving
record entry blank. properly certi-
fed and sworn to before a notary
public; also a photograph of his
station with description OF outfit.
Each of the five winning local
amateur radio operators will be
given a certificate emitting him to
select from Mr.. Parezo's store any
radio apparatus up to a value of
$40 he may desire.
These five young men or women
will be selected in the following
manner:
Rules for Selection.
First-To tn. amateur. radio op-
orator living in Washington whose
essay is selected by the local Judges
as the best submitted.
Second-To the amateur radio op-
orator living in Washington whose
essay is selected by the local judges
as the second best submitted.
Third-To the amateur radio op-
orator living in Washington whose
essay is selected by the local judges
as the third best submitted.
Fourth-To the amateur radio op-
orator whose photograph Of his am
ateur station and 2o0-word descrip-
tion of outfit is selected as the best
by the local judges.
Fifth-To the amateur radio op-
orator whose entry blank in the
third event of the contest Is decided
to be the best by the local judges.
These awards. added to the con-
test through the generosity of Mr..
Parezo, are apart from the $1,000
cash and other awards~.to be given
In the nationwide contest and ap-
portioned by the national judges.
One thousand dollars in cash and
radio apparatus. sixty-nine awards
in all, will be given the winners in
the nationwide contest. which Is
fostered by the Newspaper Enter
prise Association.
From among the amateurs in the
District and neighboring territory
who enter the contest will be select
ed nine amateurs who will be en-
tered by The, Washington Herald IN
the national contest.
The national judges, who VIII se-,
lect the sixty-nine winners are DR..
Lee de Forest, inventor of wireless
apparatus: ]. s. Newman, author of
junior scientific works. and Elmer E..
Bucher. instructing engineer OF the
Marceui Company.
Each evening between $3.50 and
$3.50 bulletins on the progress Of
The Washington Herald's Radio