Evening star., 1924-06-01


SECRETARY HOOVER.
ball. Campban later ran his way to
fame as captain of the Yale track team
and later by his spectacular sprints
over 600 yards under the banner OF
the New York Athletic Club. Through
out the separation of runner from en-
tertainer, the school friendship has
been maintained and Campball has
promised Hall that he will do no run
ming when the time comes for them
TO face potentially 100000 on the
occas sion of the Forthcoming radio
wedding.
Probably no other radio artist could
arrange for a radio wedding more
logically and naturally than Mr.. Hail.
Because of the fact that he is the first
artist to make a circuit Of radio sta
tions, he is known in more sections
of the country than any other enter
tainer. On his tour more than $4,000
persons wrote to him; the tenor OF
their letter implies an intimate
friendlinesS with the red headed
music maker" 1t is because Of this
cordiality shown by his radio friends
that he and his fiancee have decided
to Invite" them all to their wedding
Seven New Stations.
Broadcasting licenses were issued
last week by the Department OF
Commerce to seven new stations
They follow:
KFGD. Chovin Supply Company
Anchorage, Alaska, ESQ meters, 10(
watts.
KFQE. Dickenson-Henry Radio
Laboratories, Colorado Springs
Colo, 224 meters, . watts.
WDBO, Rollins College, Inc, Win
ter Park, Fla, 240 meters, 90 watts.
wMAZ. Mercer University, Macon
\. H.. 229 meters. 10 watts.
WSAU, Camp MarienfeId. Chesham
n. II, 22s Meters, 10 watts
WQJ. Calumet Rainbo Broadca stine G
Co, Chicago. ILL.,, AS meters, 500
watts.
WFBW, Ainsworth-Gates Radio
Co, Cincinnati, Ohio, 309 meters, 75C
watts.
The latter two are rated as class
B stations, and their signals should
be heard clearly in Washington be.
cause Of their high power.
Radio Ship Sails.
The L. :. S. Gold Star, the Navy's
unique radio repair ship. left Seattle
May 90 for Dutch Harbor and the
Pribilof Islands, in Bering Sea
y
personnel for the Navy's radio sta
tions in the far north.
So few vessels touch at points
north of Sitka that it is necessary
with radio supplies and a gang of
radio repair men to install new ap-
paratus or replace WORKOUT equip
ment, as we'll as to exchange the
personnel at the eight radio sta
tions on and off the coast of Alaska
and the two radio compass stations
This summer the Gold Star will
stop at Dutch Harbor, ST. George
and St. Paul Islands. Kodiak
Cordova. Cape Hinchinbrook, Soap
Seattle in July with radio men en-
titled to leave and their families
About a month later she will make
another round trip before the ice
closes in October.
The Gold Star is commanded by
and is named in honor of the be-
reaved mothers of the world war
She is equipped with all types of
radio apparatus and spare parts, from
a tube to an antenna tower. while
her crew of 800 men is capable OF
if necessary. Incidentally. she car
ries north all sorts Of stores and sup
plies. including coal for the seven
winter months when the stations are
icebound
This year the radio personnel will
take out the old Navy telegraph
transmitting sets on st. George and
st. Paul Islands and install new radio
phone sets there for the bureau Of fish-
cries. This bureau has charge OF the
government seal herds and the sealing
industry and plans to establish COM
munication between the islands and
to keep in touch with its patrol ves-
sells during the summer months by
radio phones.