New Britain herald., 1925-05-29
Through The Static

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 So far the week has been a per feet one for radio reception, and in all our experience with listening in we've never heard of anything to beat il, -Four nights right in TOW with no static and good volume on all stations, The Eesterners, that is, KS far as Chicago. came in good last night, too. There was some code on the hieheu wave lengths and a roar from WLW to WRC, but outside Of that nothing hampered.
 WRAX at Gloucester City, \. J., has changed it's vavelength and IS now up with MEAN. NNAC and about seven others. When all those stations start working at the same time there's going to be some fun. WEAN was silent last night, but there was some other station in with WRAX.
 
 A trumpet barlng away in an easy conversational tone attracted uB 10 NDWF, Providence, shortly after o'clock. A program Of dance music was being presented from the grand ball room of the Hotel Nara gansett. The trumpet vas one of the best Ve hava heard. Its crisp tone held us It seemed to take no effort at all or the part Of the musician and he fol. lowed along in leisurely manner The old faverite, Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers vas one o' the bits. Will You Remember Me" and Marie, Marie, Marie" were tHo others.
 These dinner concerts will be given every Thursday evening until further notice, according to the an reuncsr at WDWF.
 Along came he United States Marine band with an interesting pro gram. We took our choice Of four stations broadcastinE it, picking Schenectady. The music was clear at times, but distortion crept in II as if too many instruments were playing al the same time. Believe Me, If All Those Endcaring Charms, " with a solo on q cross between d Nass horn and something else, we dent remember what, although inc announcer explained it. proved easy to listen to,
 4 program hy members ot the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans and ths American Legion, came from kDkA. The fact was brought for cibly to cur attention that the ranks of the Grsnd Army are fast depict ing and that we won't have the Civil War veterans with us much longer. The yeics ot Robert c, Burke, chap lain Of McPhersen post of Pitts
 
 though he Is believed 70 be q rather active man. Ne, the old timers won't be here much longer. Conn rade Burke told of the activities of the Grand Army and he ssve figures 10 show how the ranks have depict ed since lS65
 The American Legion string sex tett., 3 versatile group, played Our Director" march. as an opener 10 the program. and later in the evening q medley 0: patriotic airs was heard.
 EDKA vas good place te stop Iast e1enyng. Tcahsrry Time came around al e.4i o'clock and We htard an interesting and highly original memoria program, The Tcaherry en- tertainers ara noted for their origi- na1,ty in arranging programs, and the one presented las, night was no exception.
 The announcrr played q big par' in the preEram, as it teil to him to describe the circumstances sQrrcurd- iHF each song that was sung. He did that in glow lnr terms and ze er- ,eyed his eAplaratieHs fully. From, ths Re Hluticn Is the Terl4 War ths stnTert went, rendering senE' peculiar to each period
 Fhs 1sahsrry ercN.stra plRy.d Ike Star Spsngsd Banner after Keys imprisonment en the British ship had been explained. Then, go- ing on te the CiNiI War, th orchestra played Dixie" and The Blue and The Gray" the baritone sang Tramp, Tramp, Tramp The Boys Are Marching" and the quartet ren- dered "Tcnting on the O}d Camp Ground" and another Civl War sr- lection which is scllom heard now adays. This wss Brave Battery Boys"
 On to 1888 and the War with Spain. The band burst forth win "A Hot Time Tn TNr Old Town To night. Tn. tenor sang that fsmllsr and toIchIrr cd baliai, "Erssk ths NsEs to M6'her" Eeauutul Isle oI