New Britain herald., 1926-04-09
Through he Stotic

ne evening may be summed up in i one pregnant word pregnant with meaning and that word is 'CRASHn heavily undersCored. From early un- til late, without abating, the boom Of the static was heard. Every wave length and every station came under it's iron hand. Pleasure was minus quantity, Never before during the season has the static so persist ently ! blankeled broadcaSting and proved 70 be such an impenetrable curtain, through which little or nothing could be heard satisfactorily,
 And it's too bad that the static was so heavy, since the signals were 1 loud and consistently strong. Voices came through with great volume, as did music, but they became a. tum- bled mess at the hands of the banc of a listeners existence.
 l The ceremonies incident to the 1 laying of the corner stone of the i National Press club in Washington ! 1 the welcoming ceremonies in con ncction with the arrival of the Pan American Joudnalists in that city yesterday morning, came through 1 loud with WIZ, New York, as the | outlet point for this vicinity. Clarity | was q feature and WIZ maintained an unbrokcn volume throughout both programs. The musical selcc- tions were especially well done and the instruments possessed a clean, | clear tone as they were heard over the radio. We picked up q few stations last evening" not because We enjoyed lis | tening 10 them, but because we want , cd 10 find out just how much it was possible to hear with the miniature bomhardment going on. Even WBZ and WIZ were affected by the smashes and crashes. WTlC left us in the lurch at 7:30 o'clock, signing off al the close of the dinner pro gram, so there was nothing 10 do but to try to bring in the Spring | field station and New Works 50Q00 | waiter. The Royal Hour from WIZ was in tertsting. as usual with the Hero !. and Heroine taking an active vocal | part in the proceedings. The young 1 lady sang "Only a Rose" from "The {, Vagabond King and then there was a duet, Life Is Game" Very good 1 and the music Of lhe orchestra pro | vided a colortul contrast 10 the vocal | performance,
 We just moved Q another sheet of | paper, hence the diyding line. Then | came Slippery Elm" its namc be- ing descriptive enough. Three Waltzes 1 were played in a manner to make ! the old folks hop right ont Of their 1 chairs and start dancing around the 1 room. They were 70 Sole Mic" Al | ways" and My Wild Irish Rose"
 And so, we tako lcaye ot you for | the timchoing. We're sorry We !. couldn't do any more for you to- day, but conditions were really ter rjoic. We were talking with one of l the boys here al the office, We say | "boys.' but this particular one hap ! pens TO be about 4o. But tha. doesn't l make any difference because the , members Of the Ladies' Aid always ! refer to the Girls" of the society 1 and most of them are old enough 10 . vote. if yon know what we mean. l What Wo started 10 say several min | nutes ago was that this fellow told | us it was impossible for him 10 hear anything last evening. We fake it . for granted that he meant the static vas so heavy that the radio was total loss. Although he might have gone deaf. You never can tell what 1, Will happen. ---- Yeh.
 
 That's ali for today, thanks,
 D F T.