New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Through The Static

Ah, the gracious elements were | extremely kind last evening, 10 be . sure, There was lot Of volume, sta tons came In smoothly and easily and there was no static to speak Of, | after d weekend Of outrage, famine | and destruction. Fading was not . noticed 10 any great degree except , among those stations which arc con- . nrmed fadcrs. { "CT4 calling WGY. Cl4 calling WGY." Those words greeted us as We tuned in on WGY yesterday f afternoon shortly after D o'clock IL vas q United states army aeroplane testing in conjunction with WGI of { Schenectady and proved to be one os the novel features or radio re- , ception for the layman. The plane was flying 2.2QO feet above Albany, N. T.. according 10 the announcer in the craft, and tests were being con- ducted with the General Electric's 1 plant. The hum of the motor on the plane at times plotted out the voice Of the announcer but the entire proceedings were interesting,
 ! WGY answered from time 10 time, and at j:25 o'clock the follow ing message was sent to that station, "Wi'l sign of now, awaiting your call" Another one transmitted vas, Your generator is making so much noise your message 10 me is indis- tinct." Just before signing off for the last time the announcer sa!d he saw rain storm headed down the river and expressed the conviction that the plane would have to fly around it,
 Such reception provides the kick in radio. + is the unusual that the ,ans try for not the dyed in the wool programs, all the time.
 Part Of an interview with Fulton Ousler, althor Of "Sandalwood, V came to us from WIN, The inter Q J Ter, the answer 10 which was inter esting, How do you know so much about women's dresses that you can write so well about them in your < books?" 'I don't know, I guess get most Of my material out Of the Scars -Roebuck catalogues" vas inc ,i reply. The entire interview was in' o formal, yet fans were given a chance 10 hear something Of the au' .hor's life and many interesting de- tails ia connection with his work Reception was excellent throughout
 Spanish Dance" and Hymn tc The Sun" two particularly co)orfu and contrasting selections, were ren dered by the Hotel Traymore conccr orchestra from WPG. That statiol came in with all It's old pep and wa echpsed for volume by springfel' alone.
 A Victor Herbert Memorial scrv!c vas presented at WTAM Cleveland Orchestra selections and vocal solo: comprising the best known compo eitiona of that famous orchestr leader were on the bill of fare.
 One In particular, that we re member, was Naughty Marietta, ,n sung by Walter Logan.
 ., VT . ;,.o o ,o1I-otiop 1F bor and dance orchestras. The Genera l., Electric company's band was on tn air from WGY and, although we di is not remain with the station long, " enjoyed the selection we heard, a
 though We can't repeat the nam
 The 10th Coast Guard Military ban
 came through from MEAN, Prov
 dence, and we heard the final sele
 ton, The Star spangled Banner" ge fitting closing number for any pr
 gram. The band haile from Fo o. Adams, Newport, Rhode Island.
 The Hotel Kimball Trio stepp'
 down from it's perch Of hea
 classics and rendered several seIe
 lions from China Rose" in [,
 course Of the dinner hour progra IF last evening. That's the stuff peoI
 like 10 hear, something Of a popul
 type, that has a delightful swing ss' it. not the monotonous selections ng dead and gone composers, Of who
 many people have never heard.
 4 large variety Of dance orch'
 Ira vas heard in the course of
 evening. The Berry Spring dance
 clestra from WJAR. the Sunrise { Al caestra from WMAI[ at Lockpo
 the Hotel Traynore dance orches'
 rom WPG and, the Hotel Stat
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