Evening star., 1924-01-17
RADIO NEWS

Johnny Wilson's attempt to wrest
his lost middleweight championship
from Harry Greb at Madison Square
Garden tomorrow night will be de-
'scribed to the radio audience from
WIZ by Maj. ]. Andrew White, the
premier radio fight announcer. Will
sin won the title from Mike O'Dowd
and kept it through an unusual series
of trials and tribulations until Harry
Greb took it away from him last
summer at the Polo Grounds.
William Jennings Bryan will ap-
pear before WHY'S microphone Mon
day night. He will speak on "The
Campaign of 1924"
WCAP has received a letter from
John 8. Browne, wireless operator on
the steamship Acme, who listened in
on the stations program on Decem-
Der 2S, when the prize distance con-
test was conducted by the Wardman
Park Hotel management At the time
the Acme was off Cape Corrientes.
state of Jalasco, Mexico. in the Pa
citic ocean. l,905.5 miles from the
Washington navy yard as the crow
Browne wrote that he not only
heard the prize number by the Ward
man Park Hotel Orchestra and a
number of other selections. but was
unable to radio his results because
the captain does not allow the send
ing set to run after dark unless very
important, and as he was asleep at
the time could not get wire in on
time"
As readers OF this column will re-
member, the s25 prize was won by
| n .
of the Wardman Park Hotel, how
ever, felt that although the contest
had long since closed, that under the
circumstances the ship operator war
ranted some recognition for his in
terest and trouble to report his ex-
him present of a check for $40
The steamship Acme is bound for
Providence, r. T., and is expected to
arrive today from San Pedro, Calf,
via Panama canal.
Much has been said about the silent
night, and the war still is on. But
what interest could a man who does
not own a radio receiving set have
in the subject. Yet, he has.
A citizen, who voucheS that he is
peace-loving and law-abiding, writes:
Put me down as in favor of silent
night, and l am not a radio fan"
He complains not of local Stations,
of tube snueechers," of aerial inter
ference: but of earthly noises, the
all-night dancing above his apart
nent, the corn partieS' on either
side and the "what-not" beneath.
while he twists and turns through
the long. restless hours of the night.
please, give me a silent night just
for a night" is his final plea.
TUT TUT TUT-TUT-TUT."
And yesterday local radio fans add
ed another to their growing list Of
the incredible. and broadcast tby
word of mouthD the following:
81 heard Egypt last night"
How did you know it was Egypt"
There could be no mistake about
it. For hours I heard Tut tut tut
tut-tut"
The part way silent night last
night, because of the distress signals
in the air, brought joy to hundreds
here when they heard PWX, Havana,
for the first time, while others who
have been getting this station, but
not satisfactorily, report perfect re-
ception.
station was persistently cutting
in on WCAP Tuesday evening which
many listeners-in were unable to dis
tinguish. according to letters COM
ing to this department. The major
ity say lit sounded like minstrel
show" That's what II was, and the
station was WEAF, New York. 1t
was not kSD, St Louis, as some seem