Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-14
AMERICAS MISS RADIO IS CHOSEN
IN COMPETITION CONDUCTED NN.Y.

NEW YORK. Sept. II. - Amer.
lea 5 Miss Radio the Diana of
the air, hunting DN stations and
thrilling her friends with the story
of her interest in and appreciation
of radio-hos been chosen. i'll a com
petition conducted by the Radio
World : fair, opening here on Sept
II in the 25Sth Field Artillery arm
oIy.
She is Rena Jane Frew, $50
Fifth street Beaver, Pa, who
boasts of only four feet and ten
inches in hcighth and tips the
scales at just only 90 pounds. bur
can produce Il log of radio stations
in the United States Canada. Porto
Rico and Cuba that is of prodigious
size; and. despite the fact that she
is only 20 years of age. can testify
to achievements in wireless since
the dav she was known rs the lit
tie ladybug' among the amateur
operators. She took her tests for
license to maintain an amateur
station (sME) when she was four
teen.
at that time. she explains, "T
operated the set installed in the
Beaver HIGH school and taught a
class in wireless during my fresh
man wear. was the first female
licensed generator in Pennsylvania,
of which ! am sure, and probably
the first cast of the Mississippi.
Miss Frew uses specially wound
coils in her broadcast reception set
and reports ''verv little trouble all
through the summer with static. :
As soon as her broadcasting started
she discarded what She terms rs
her wireless Junk.
Will Receive Cup
Miss Frew will be presented with
silver Gun next Monday night by
I Governor Elfrcd f. Smith at the
opening ceremonies of the Radio
World s fair and will be the guest
of the management and radio clubs
at teas and receptions during the
week of the exposition. Her views
on radio will be broadcast from the
show by several stations.
The Judges Of the contest were
f. c. Raynor, publisher of Radio
Digest, - Miss Margaret Holland, of
the New York Herald Tribune. aud
L. !. Herrnlann.. managing director
Radio World : fair.
l. Second prize to Mrs. Lodema
u I'.A.4 4 Altt,ah
y. Y. an invalid confined 10 her
home for five wears. who listens IN
cu = single dry cell tube set and
wrote what was considered the fin
est letter in describing the benefits
radio has brought to mankind. She
called radio "a proxy for travel an,
scholarship. "a research univers-
itv. IAN adventure into the far
/ and unexplored geographical. men
tai, and spiritual regions Of our uni
verse
>. Third prize to Mrs. W. A. II.
/ Hayes Of Garfield. Ontario. Canada,
who confcSSes TO sitting up until the
wee morning hours to hear Califor
mia and has listed more than 800
stations on three tube regenera
tive set She declared radio has
made a complete revolution in So
cial life and is rapidly changing the
living habits and ideals of the peo-
pie.
; Duplicate third prize to Mrs.
j. Nelson Barger of Sol East South
street. Albany. Missouri. who
seems II have the advantage of =
wonderful location, (location and
other pertinent factors determining
reception were taken into consider
alton by the Judges and has report
ed 800 stations. She declares 9 the
radio serves rs guide to health,
wealth, cdmcation, religion. politics,
farming, stock raising. gardening.
banking-in fact, everything Won
want TO know She uses five
tube set and has brought in 100 STA
tions on a single night, the most
extraordinary performance reported
in the contest
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