Evening star., 1924-05-02
"R0XlE" HEARS PLANS
FOR RADIO PROJECT
Committee and Government Ex-
perts Consider Installation of
Sets in Hospital.
WILL BROADCAST APPEAL
Surplus Donations Will Be Sent
Here for General Fund.

Definite plans for equipping all OF
the service mems hospitals in the
east with radio receiving apparatus
were mapped out at a conference be-
tween is. L. Rothafel CRoxie) and
members of the committee Of govern
ment radio experts who are super
vising the installation Of radio sets
in Walter Reed, Mount Alto and the
Naval Hospitals, yesterday afternoon,
in the Office of LIE Roy Mark, in the
Commercial National Bank building.
"Roxie" promised to raise all of the
money necessary for this work:
Following as closely as posi- bic the
borders of the naval districts and
Army corps areas, the eastern Sec
tion of the country will be zoned,
and "Roxie." during the Sunday
night radio concerts of his gang" at
the Capitol Theater. will appeal to
his audience of 100000 broadcast
listeners to contribute for the Army
and Navy hospitals located in their
respective districts.
The money will be deposited in the
banks of the zones 'in which it is
direction of the committee OF gov
ernment radio experts after survey
of the peculiar needs Of the various
hospitals. Any surplus in the dis
trict funds will be forwarded to
Washington and deposited with the
for the maintenance of the. radio. ap-
paratus in all of the hospitals and
the equipment Of additional hospitals
with radio sets in the future.
Roxie Is Optimistic.
"Roxie" told the committee that he
was elated over the success of his
fund raising campaign thus far, and
i1tf hn fnf
pated results of the gigantic move
ment to install radio sets in all of
the disabled service mems hospitals in
the east. Washington and Providence
r, l.. he pointed out, already have
oversubscribed to the funds for the
two cities. and a New York news
paper is preparing to open drive
for 100000.
The committee which conferred
with "Roxie" is composed of Com
mander John B. kaufman, executive
officer of the naval hospital; Col. D
p. Penhallow. medical officer In
charge of Mount Alto; Rear Admiral
Stitt, surgeon general of the Navy
Surgeon General Ireland of the Army
F. ]. Wemple, electrical engineer OF
the United States Veterans Bureau
c. Z. Creecy, transmission engineer
of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company; LIE Roy Mark, chair
man of the committee; A. Crossley
radio engineer of the United States
Navy; Maj. Joseph Maubourgne, of.
ffcer in charge of the United States
Signal Corps at the bureau of stand.
ards; Maj. John w. Sherwood, recrea-
tion officer at Walter Reed; DR.. c. B
Jolliffe, assistant physicist of the bu-
reau Of standards, and James H
Baden. vice president of Commercial
National Bank, and treasurer of the
"Roxie" fund.
Gen. Ireland Aids.
After the conference the committee
went to the studio of station WCAP
where "Roxie," Admiral Stitt and
Cen Ireland broadcast messages tc
the radio audience regarding the
movement to install radio sets In
the government hospitals. Gen. Ire
land also told of the enormous task
confronting the committee in wiring
the 1872 acres at Walter Reed for the
radio sets purchased with the "Roxie'
fund, while Admiral Stitt outlined the
benefits of radio to sick and con-
valescing patients. He said thai
"Roxie" had given the bedridder
service men a helpful dose of medi-
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