The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-07
RADIO To T|E-UP
81 CITIES IN
LOOP
Heinz Company Key Ban
quet Speeches Win Be
Heard by 1000

PITTSBURGH, Pa, October -
with 10000 diners meeting simuita.
necusly in sixty-two different cities
located IN the United States. Can
ada and the British Isles. next sat.
urday. to celebrate Founders Day
Of the n. u Heinz Company, radio
broadcasting win accomplish the
greatest feat in history IN bringing
together this huge family OF indus.
trial workers
Through the installation by the
Westinghouse Electric & Manufac-
turing Company OF special radio
equipment at each city where the
meetings are to be held and the
useTof the short and long wave sta
tons Of KDKA, the Westinghouse
company's pioneer radio staiol, to
transmit the events transporting at
the key banquet in Pittsburgh. limi.
taions imposed By distance will be
eliminated.
5000 Miles Bridged.
The effect upon the diners win be
as though all were meeting under
the same roof. though in the ex- |
IRENE points, they will be 5000 miles
apart. This distance is that sep.
Iarating the Heinz office in San
Francisco and that in London,
England.
In making his plans for Found
Ier's Day and also to celebrate fifty
five years of mutual goodwill be,
tween employees and employer.
Howard Heinz. president of the
company, planned banquet to
take place simultaneously Ia the
sixty-two cities where his company
has offices. The dinner will follow
the unyeiling. of a memorial to III.
y. Heinz, founder Of the company Il
which was erected through contri.
buttons of Heinz employees In ali
parts Of the world. All dinners
are planned to start at the same
time using $50 p. m. Eastern stan
dard time as the key The menu
Is to be the sane; the addresses
are 70 be the same. One agency
only is able to completely effect
this tie.upradio broadcasting.
Special Equipment.
An agreement was reached with
the Westinghouse Company to use
Its international system OF short
and long wave broadcasting to
make possible the unique banquet. |
special receiving equipment was
built by the Westinghouse Company
and these receivers, with suitable
lOudspealSer devices, will be in. I
stalled at the following cities where
Heinz Founders Day banquets VIII
be held:
England--London Liverpool. HUI
BRISTOL
Scotland-Glasgow
Canada Montreal. Toronto, Win. |
nipeg. bennington.
United States--Albany, NJ ": Al
lentdwn, Pa: Baltimore, Md: Biz.
mingham, Ala, Boston. Mass. Ruf.
talo, N. y: Chicago, ILL.,; Cincinnati.
Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio: Columbus
Ohio: Dallas, Tex: Denver, Colo:
Des Moines, Iowa: Detroit. Mich.
Duluth Mimi; Harrisburg, Pa:
Hartford, Conn: Houston, Tex.
indianapolis. Ind; Jacksonville. Fla \
Kansas City, Mo-; Los Angeles,
81,
Tenn; Milwaukee. Wis: New Or.
leans. La; New York, NJ Y: Nor
folk, Va; Oklahoma City, Okla:
Omaha, Neb.; Philadelphia, Pa;
Pittsburgh, Pa; Portland. Me-; Port
land. Ore: Rock Island, ILL.,; Salt
Lake City, Utah; San Francisco,
Calf: Savanna, Ca; Scranton, Pa;
Seattle, Wash; Sioux City, Iowa;
spokane. Wash; st. Louis, No: st.
Paul. Mimi; Syracuse, N. "; Bow
ling Green. Ohio; Evansville, Ind:
Holland. Mich; Medina. N. Y: Mus.
catine, Iowa; Saginaw, Mich; Salem,
N. j.: Watsonville. Calf.
Speakers at the banquet will in
clude Secretary of Labor James J.
Davis and Senator George Wharton
Pepper.
President Calvin Coolidge win
speak from the White House. Direct
telephone connection will be made
between the White House and the
broadcasting station OF KDKA 10
rxr. - Ia.