Evening star., 1925-11-06
ADVENTURES OF A BROADCAsTER
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE,
Radioscribe.
NAA Is Heard From

In this column October 30 ] ex-
pressed regret that the great Navy
night program. October 81, was not
available to Washingtonians depend
ent on local wave lengths. That
statement caught the eagle eye of my
gallant friend. Lieut. Comdr. Alfred
H. Tawresey, L. s. N, of the Bureau
OF Naval Operations. He writes:
The United States naval radio
broadca sting station NAA, at Ar
lington. Va. was connected to the
hook-up and broadcast the entire
program. The Arlington station
has wave length separate from
that which is jointly assigned
WRC and WCAP and consequent
" can and does broadcast stimuli
taneously with either OF those sta
tions.
1t is quite true that WCAP was
silent al the time in question and
that WRC was at that time broad
casting Boernstein's Orchestra.
That Arlington's broadcast OF the
Navy day program was effective
locally was evidenced by the num-
Der of calls received during the
program at WCAP and WRC con-
cerninc interference. These calls
came from people who did not
possess reasonably selective re-
ceivers or who we're not sufficient
~ used to the operations necessary
to separate two local stations.
Have Just had another interesting
reminder of Navy night Karl thr-
mann, 2S23 West jefferson street.
Philadelphia. evidently schoolboy
sends this letter:
Having heard your talk about
the Navy on my crystal set. | am
taking the liberty of asking you
few questions. Our school is hold
ing debate on the subject of
naval preparedness. Will you
kindly answer the following ques-
tions for me?
Then comes string of pertinent
posers about the cost of the United
States Navy. how big we're allowed to
keep il under the Washington con-
ference treaties why" we need a
feet and half dozen other queries.
| have sent Karl the information tina t
will, | hope. help his side to win the
debate.
#. p. A." New York World column
list and hudde Of mine in the intelli-
gence section of the A. F.. F. over
Waldo Emerson during these cool and
coalless nights on Manhattan Island
and discovered that radio was in the
air as 'twere. 81 years ago. In Emer-
sons Address to the Senior Theo-
logical Glass. 1898" Adams discovered
this-the kick is in the last sentence
| think no man can go. with his
thoughts about him. into one Of
our churches without feeling that
what hold the public worship once
had on men is gone or going. II
has lost its grasp on the affection
of the good and the fear OF the
bad. In the country neighhorhoods
half parishes are signing of. to
use the local term.
| was writing about radio parishes
myself not long ago.
Maynard Owen Williams, foreign
staff representative of the National
GeOgra phic Magazine. who went 10
the Arctic with Donald Macmillan.
sends me farewell bouquet on the
eve of departure for the embattled
Near East:
We had a bully trip with Mac
MILAN. and at the end OF the week
I set out with Mrs. Williams and
the three youngsters for Beirut,
Syria The interim has been 40
brief that | have not had occa sion
to see you. but an enthusiastic
friend. who did not know how
stern an enemy Of my sleep the
radio was on our Arctic trip
allowed me to listen in on one Of
your splendid radio talks here in
Washington. Would that ! could
tune in from Syria.
Los Angeles friends Of mine. who
know of my enthusiasm over the
Hollywood bowl. where 10000 angels
attend orchestral concerts and listen
to symphonies under the stars
Summer nights. writes me about a
radio stunt just staged
put there. BY means OF a huge
"puhlic address" system installed In