Evening star., 1924-05-25
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS

| tive haunts of the birds. SO that their
| singing might be enhanced by the
| natural setting.
| The plan is not so different from
| that already accomplished and popu-
| lariZed by means of the motion pic
| ture camera. Explorers have gone
| out into the forests and fields for the
purpoe of photographing wild ami
| mails in their natural surroundings.
Why should not radio be utilized to
| accomplish for the ear what the cam
| era has done for the eye? 1t would
| appear far better to allow the birds
| to roam about with absolute free
dom and enjoy their singing than to
keep them Gagged. Moreover, il would
be d rare treat for the city dweller,
who does not have either the leisure
| or facilities to enjoy the country:
There is no limit to which such
| novel procedure may be carried to
fulfill the ever-increasing demand
for variety in all things whether
| radio. movies or the drama Some
and the mlcrophone carrying over
thousands of miles all the atmosphere
of far-away places. The inland
dweller will be able to hear the SURF
Maine and be lulled to sleep by It's
| monontonous and soothing roar. The
city dweller. in the heat of a scorch-
ing sun. may hear the shouts of nun
dreds at the bathing beaches and
gain some psychological comfort in
the radio contact.
All these things are in the realm
Of the possible, while some American
stations have already gone so far as
| to broadcast circuses and barn dances.
Three New stations.
The Department OF Commerce Is
sued licenses to three new broadcast
ing stations last week, as follows:
KFOB-Sea rchlight Publishing Com
pany, Fort Worth, Tex, 254 meters,
100 watts.
KFQC-Kidd Bros Radio Shop,
| Taft, Calf, 227 meters, 100 watts.
WDBK-M. +. Broz Furniture,
Hardware and Radio Company, Cleve-
land, Ohio, 24s meters. 100 watts.
United states Delegates Leave.
The United States delegates and
their six assistants, or technical aides.
| from the State, Commerce, War and
| Navy departments are en- route to
Mexico City, where the first inter-
American electrical communication
' conference will be held Tuesday.
Ambassador c. B. Warren, being in
Mexico City. is already on the ground.
He is familiar with diplomacy and
the law and well acquainted with of
| fetal Mexico, which Will be great
| asset to him as the head of the
| United States delegation. Representa-
| tive Wallace of Maine, father of radio
| legislation awaiting action by the
House, left New York on the s. $.
| Mexico Thursday. and Allen II. Bah
| cock. chief electrical engineer of the
! Southern Pacific and a member OF
| the y. l. f. f., the third delegate. is
! understood to be en- route.
| The attaches who will assist the
| three delegates are understood to in
| clude Z. f. d. Nagle, communication
| expert of the Department of Com
merce; Commander D. c. Bingham
naval communication service; Maj,
l. b. Bender of the Army Signal
| Corps, w. Il. Valance of the State
| Department, and probably l. L. Lee,
head of the radio division of the
Shipping Board operating depart
ment. Mr.. Lee has left Washington
| for an inspection trip to New Orleans
| and Galveston and will probably sail
! for Mexico from a gulf port.
! Following the appointment of the
| three United States delegates to the
communications conference by Presi-
dent Coolidge. it was learned at the
| State Department that this confer
ence. which is an outcome of the fifth
pan-American conference at Santi-
ago, Chile, will handle radio, tele-
! graph and cable problems. 1t Is the
| purpose of the conference to see what
general principles can be laid down
and also to develop some convention
! which might aid in settling questions
| between the several republics of this
| hemisphere on communications in
general. If such a convention is adopt
ed by the delegates from twenty
one countries 1T would have to be
approved by the legislative branches
| of the several countries, as, for ex-
ample, our Senate.
/ Subjects as were discussed at the
international telegraph convention, tc
| which the United States was not n
| party, and at the radio convention OF
| London in 1912, will be in order 1t is
| assumed that all matters connected
| with western world communica tion
systems will be studied in relation to
| the attitude of these countries to
| worldwide communications, and it is
| probable that any convention adopted
will be used later as the basis of ne
| gotiations at the general internation-
| al communication conference sched-
| uled to be held in Paris this fall.
| The recent action of Spain in in
| dorsing the panAmerican postal con-
| vention is believed an indication OF
| interest there is In n-Americar
| conventions, so that support in COM
munication agreements is anticipated
| Italy and Portugal IL ig ha1ieyad will