Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-15

Representatives of the Radio Corpora
ton OF America and Of the Polish Minis
try of Posts and Telegraphs have signed
The final contract which will insure for
Poland an international high power
radio station of the most modern type
This important contract was executed
at the office of the Polish Legal Bureau,
4 Broadway and was signed by Prince
Kazimier Lubomirssi Envoy Extraor-
binary and Minister Plenipotertiary,
Hipolit Gilwic, Commercial Counsellor of
the Polish Legation and Engineer Eu-
gene Stannger,D vision Chief at the Pol
ish Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs.
SEND, RADIO MESSAGE
OF GENERALIZATION.
Immediately after the signing of the
contract which took place on Aug. 4,
1921, Z. J. Nal1y, president and D. Sar-
non, general manager of the Radio Cor
poration, sent the following radiogram
to the Ministry of Posts and Teiegraphs
at Warsaw, Poland:
ION this memorable occasion of sign
ing contract with your Government for
erection super power radio station il
Poland for communication with United
States please accept our sincerest con
gratulations and may We express tn,
hope that the uniting of our countries
by radio may still further strengthen
and increase the friendship already ex
listing between our peoples"
The new radio plant viii be situated
near Warsaw. Poland. and ii is estimated
that the complete project will cost about
S3,0000O0. The radio system to be used
is that which has been standardized by
the Radio Corporation OF America for
trans oceanic radio communication. The
station viii be equipped with two 200
K. ". high frequency Rlternators built for
the Radio Corporation by the General
Electric Company, and the transmitting
aerial wires will he approximately two
miles in length supported by ten towers
each 400 feet in height
ONE YEAR To
COMPLETE STATION.
The first shipment of radio apparatus
will leave the United States In about six
months and construction work will be-
gin Immediately thereafter. 1t will take
approximately one year to complete the
station and IL is expected that CONNER
cial radio communication between Po-
land and the United States will com
mence early in 1923.
Mr.. E. J. Nally. president of the Radio
Corporation of America. who recently re-
turned from Europe. where be has been
Investigating International radio com
munication facilities, states that, al
though approximately 10 per cent of the
Polish nationals are located In the United
Ststes-a greater percentage than any
other foreign nation-Poland has never
had adequate telegraph communication
with North America. Heretofore It al.
ways has been necessary TO relay mes
ssges to and from America via other
countries, which has subjected such
communications to serious delay. How
ever, with the opening up of the new
radio station. Poland will have direct
radio service with the United States of
America without relay and also with
other countries within its range
The new Poland station will have
normal transmitting radius of 1000
miles and the Radio Corporation I'M
dertakes to provide the necessary facili-
ties in the United States for handling
traffic between the United States and
Poland.
NEW LINK IN
WORLD WIDE CHAIN.
The new Poland United States radio
circuit means another link in the world
wide wireless chain Of the Radio Corpor-
alton Of America. At present, the Radio
Corporation maintains daily and direct
radio communication services between
the United States and France, Great
Britain. Norway. Sweden. Denmark, Fin
land, Germany and other European coun-
tries, as well as between San Fran
cisco. Honolulu and Japan.
Immediately after the signing of the
contract, the representatives of the Pc
fish government and the Radio Cor
poratiOn were given a luncheon at the
New York Lawyers Club. Some timely
and interesting remarks were made after
the meal by the principal speakers and IT
was clearly visible that both sides were
deeply impressed by the event which
means so much to the new republic of
Poland.
Mr.. Edward J. Nally, who was the
host, thanked those responsible for the
preparation of the contract which in
volved considerable engineering and com
merciaI skill and which 4.ecessitated con-
ferences often lasting into the small
hours Of the night.
POLAND FIRST
TO NEGOTIATE.
POLAND has the distinction of being
the first foreign nation to negotiate with
the radio corporation for a complete high
power radio station said Mr.. Nally, 20
project which will foster commercial re-
lations between Poland and the United
State In a most effective way. and 1t
gives me the greatest pleasure to see
these negotiations successfully lconclud-
ed. I hope continued Mr.. Nally. that
we shall all be spared in order that we
may be present at the formal opening
Of the station two years hence. and
that we shall meet on the soil of Poland
to commemorate this great event. | fur
Their hope that we shall also he present
at the elimination Of the contract which
we nave just signed and that we shall
be able TO look back on the thirty year
period therein provided as one of har-
mOnious cooperation between our tww
countries while fulfilling our obligations.
II wish particularly to emphasize" he
concluded, 'that now that this great
project is started, we all strive to make
Il a success and all work to carry out
what we have set forth on paper and
have bound ourselves to honor. That,
believe, will be the real test of our sin
certify, and l look forward to doing our
share In a conscientious and earnest
manner You will find that we will go
much further than the letter of the con-
tract in giving you. service"
PRINCE LUBOMIRSKI
MAKES RESPONSE.
Prince Kazimier Lubomirski then re-