New Britain herald., 1925-04-04


 Radio news and questions will be dealt with over the air and 1t Is ex- pected that the station VIII i'll a long felt want in New York city.
 Verdi's "Il Trovatore" will be sung | tomorrow evening at o;30 o'clock, in the studio of WGBS, as the fifth in the series of Sunday opera broad casts conducted by that station. These programs have met with a great response from, the radio fans and they will be continued indef- nitely
 Representatives of leading New England hroadcastlng stations de- clined in Boston Thursday, to be silent for a part of each day In order to permit two new stations, one in Maine and one at Worcester to utilize the crowded air. Charles c. r. Roster. New England radio Supervisor. had urged that the time be portioned out between them since none of them broadcast the whole 24 hours of the day, Speaking in opposition,- Walter G. Coawles of WTIC. Hartford, Conn.,. declared that the stations regard their wave lengths as exclusive franchises to Ithose air channels and refuses to allow anyone to encroach upon their property rights.
 Radio will repeat the thrilling story Of Paul Revere's Ride and his- toric events that took place In and about Boston and at Fort Crailo, Rensselaer,, N. r., birthplace of Yankee Doodle" in the first radio pageant from station WHAZ at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. T., Monday evening, April 13, at 10 ?. m, eastern standard time. As contribution to the one hundred and tiftieth anniversary of the historic events that occurred in y and about Boston April 1S-1g, 1775 fasteners in" will have played for them the radio pageant "The Minuteman." For the first time ir radio history, the incidents of the |, Isignal lights In the Old Nortl Church. the thrilling ride, the awak. ened townspeople, the battle of Lex ington. and the retreat of the British l. will be sent over the radio iron WHAZ Troy. with American Legior men of Fort Crailo Post, 471, ant students of the Rensselaer, Higl school, Rensselaer,, N. Y., as th' actors.
 When the robin is calling to 1t II mate between 6 and z o'clock to rt night, twirl your dlals until you radio set Is tuned to the S79.5 way of WGY, Schenectady and you vii hear bedtime stories by the beast of the jungle. The General Elec l. tric Company's eastern station going to broadcast the howls an growls, bleats and blasts, barks an roars, screaches and squeals of tn animals of the Barnum & Bailey III tbl Ol4ltIo IllSl4S illClt1S CI lr from Madison Square Garden, Ney i'd York. WGY, cooperating wit s WIZ, experimented with circu . broadcasting from the Garden" las year and the animals performed S well that they were signed up for return engagement. Some ne' . voices will be heard this year br the old friends, Hattie the towerin elephant with the lusty trumpt blast and Leo of the deep-cheste, reverberating roar, will both hay solo parts. If live fish held clos to the cage will help, the seals wi bark in chorus. A touch of circr atmosphere will be added by the il troduction' of one or two musici numbers on the steam calliop WIZ will also broadcast this featur ce Clarence Y. Pursell, head of Il operating division at Station WEE Boston, makes an interesting stat ment regarding the safe and the Ill 'a- safe ways of erecting receiving g, tcnnas. His story Is as follows: During the past three or fo ilo years much has been said and wrl ten about radio in its vario
 branches. A great deal of advi
 has been given regarding the prop set to buy. which circuit to use al
 methods of installation. insofar
 the technical end Is concerned. l. tie. however, has been brought
 the attention of the public deali .Lo with hazards which may be e
 countered either through ignoran
 or negligence and certain preca
 tions that are necessary to the pr
 tection of life and property.
 "The use Of the radio Is of it's
 by no means a risk and the rac ,n- fan can be assured that there is 8
 solutely no danger in indulging
 the pleasures and benefits of q
 timely art If a fair amount of CO
 mon sense Is used In the instalati n. of the appartus and especially {
 erection of the antenna. Only 1
 other day serious accident ' nal cured in Waltham, Massachuset
 while. young man was drawing
 antenna wire across an electric lit
 wire. The fact that the electric liI
 wire was insulated did not matter
 his antenna wire soon cut throu
 the insulation communicating
 current to his body. The problem
 the antenna installation has eau
 carelessness on the part of a gr
 many fans throughout the c6un ntal and this faulty installation has b
 the cause of the greatest number fatalities.
 "The following Don'ts' are gi
 for the benefit Of those who wo
 profit by the example of those ' ,oe+ have been unfortunate enough 10 ,ro. come involved in some need