The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-25
Public viii See Result of
More Than Nine Months
Effort.

Inc result OF more imam nine
months planning and building and
executing will be revealed to the pub
lie on the stroke of 6 o'clock this
evening when the portals Of the Sec
ond Annual Radio Exposition will
swim gopen to Indianapolis and Indi
ana in the manufacturers building
at the State Playground. The stage
is all set, the actors are waiting
for three days exhibitors have la
4pored hard to perfect a setting that
Twill open the eyes. Of those who
attend
Ralph Edgerton and his corps Of
decorators have transformed the
large manufacturers building into a
great plaza of beauty with colors Of
red, white and blue predominating.
Booths of various sizes have been in
stalled and have been filled with the
articles Of merchandise pertaining to
radio and other things musical and
electrical Phe building, which has
come to be known as the exposition
center Of the city, will this week be
the center of Radioland.
New Features Shown
Several features heretofore UNI
known to Hoosier exposition eoers
will lend newness to the 1926 radio
show. There will be the crystal ball
room, beautifully arranged enclo-
sure where meetings will be held
and where dancing will be INDUCED
in each night. There is the tea gar
den, department where the ingenu-
ity OF the decorators has had full
sway-with the result that a real
garden, with a garden wall, foun-
tain in it's center and an army of
hollyhocks provide the background
for what will probably be the big.
gest surprise of the show. The glass
enclosed studio occupies a position
of honor in the center Of the building
where the programs will be sent out
over the air.
Each Day Designated
Each day of the show has been
given special designation. Monday
is. Radio Queen day, so named in
honor OF the 1926 Indiana queen OF
radio. Miss Gladys Ewbank Of In.
dianapolis, who will be officially
crowned this evening to reign
throughout the week. The show
will be opened formally at o'clock
wit hceremonies in the broadcastinS
studio. II. A. Luckey, president of
the Broadcast Listeners Association
of Indianapolis, under whose spon-
sorship the show is being held, will
make Introductory remarks. He will
introduce Mayor John l.. Duvall.
who has promised to len dhis official
dignity to this effort of advancement
of Indianapolis institutions. Thorn
as c.. Polk, director of public rela
lions of the Merchants Heat and
Light Company, also will make short
talks. Miss Ewbank will then re-
ceive the honors of her office from
the hands of Allen McQuahae, the
famous Irish tenor of the Atwater.
Kent radio hours, who will be a spe-
cial guest of the exposition.
Program From WFBM
Both the dancing and broadcasting
programs will begin at o'clock this
evening. Through the cooperation
of station WFBM, an unusual pro-
6ioiAi AOh SiO WILL 0ttlI LIlG SHOW
off in full swing. Music for the
dancing will be provided by Ray Mil
Ter and his Brunswick recording or.
chestra, an organization of thirteen
artists who have won national recog-
milton as broadcasters and as MAX
ers of Brunswick records. One of the
features of the orchestra will be the
singing of Jeane Alexandria, dra.
matte soprano, known in radio cir.
cles as the Rose Girl Of Radio"
The broadcasting program tonight
will include the Firestone Corner
hour, with the Hoosier Nighthawks
orchestra. Stella Haugh and Goldie-
Saylor, the Sunshine Girls" and
Billy McAree, tenor. Then there
zWill be the Rainbow Beauty Shop
9e hour. under the direction of Mary
Troub Busch. Visiting artists win
include Lee Simms, versatile Bruns-
wick pianist and radio artist from