The Washington times., 1926-07-17
Marines annex
WAVE LENGTHS !

HILL ILNUAHO
The mere fact that the ''ma-
rines have landed and have the
situation well in hand" didn't help
tourists Of the wave lengths last
night. The noise I'm the atmOs.
L phere may have been d sort Of
leatherneck ceIebratlOn-it was
enough to blanket the good loud
signals Of almost every radio sta.
tiOn In the country, North,
South and Middle West suffered
alike. Stations could be tuned
but couldn't be heard with corn.
fort because the bangs and
crashes were louder than the
music or drama or whatever 10
was being broadcast.
TO the Halls Of Montezunla and
the shores Of Tripoli, the walls Of
Peking and the jungles Of olongapo.
the streets Of Colon and Vera Cruz
and she1l.torn Belleau Woodthe
United States Marine Corps added
most Of the radio wave lengths
last evening to the territory they
have captured and continue to
hold.
Under the command Of Major s.
Z. Rothapfel,. U. s.. M. O., Reserve,
they marched into the loud speakers
Of the nation with their famous
band and had the situation well in
hand ana the time speeding 50
quickly that when Roxy pronounced
his traditional epitaph Of the eve.
ming the listeners were surprised
and wanted more.
Just a. there isn't anything par.
ticularly fancy about the Marines
themselves and the way they do
things just regular, businesslike
stuff--so the program Roxy and
Taylor Branson and the big Marine
Band presented through WCAP and
WEAF to radio stations throughout
the country wasn't particularly
fancy. Taylor Branson led the
band through a medley Of wartime
songs, then Arthur Whitcornb
played q couple Of cornet solos
and Roxy took command.
TAYLOR BRANsON
SINGS CORPS HYMN
Then came ''The Fortune Teller, ;"
two solos by Cupid Clark, the
trombonist, Sousa's "Semper FIdelis''
ana Taylor Branson, singing In .
deep sea marine voice the great
hymn OF the corps. That was all
there was to it-except Roxy and
THE Star.SpangIed Banner" 1t
was a Roxy program put over In q
Roxy way with people doing things
they hadn't ever expected to do-
like the Branson vocal exercises
and doing them well. Neither
Caruso nor Campanari nor Chaliapin
could have put as much real
marine into the old song as Bran.
son did.
Thus the Marines landed-on both
feet, az usual, standing straight up
through the whole broadcast wave
band. Long may they cruise the
wave lengthsl
POISON OAK
GETS ENCORE
Poison Oak took an encore In the
science talk from WCAP last night,
JAMES Stokley, OF science service.
repeating part Of the information he
gave last Friday evening, particular
ly with reference to the use as
preventive or cure, Of 5 per cent
solution of ferric chloride In equal
portions Of alcohol and water or
glycerine and water.
Why there are. dog days, the
fact that Mars IL only $4,000, 900
miles from the earth and Gern1any's
re-entrance to the international
Research Council were other things
Mr.. Stokley dealt with during the
course Of his is minutes.
The Wardman Park Trio opened
last evenings WCAP program. Roxy
gave IL substance. Kirk Miller, sport.
ing edit.M Of The Washington Times.
sprinkled the Delaney.Berlenbach
assortment Of uppercuts and hooks
on the audience and the District Of
Columbia chapter Of the National
Federation Of Music Clubs closed the
evening exercises. The Anglo Per.
slams, with q group Of well.played
numbers, will be found in memory's
picture Of the evening somewhere be.
IWGGA IkOAy e4AA 1AAA n 4N1AAASES
STATIC RACKET Fl.
BLANKETS PROGRAMS
There were many things to be
picked up by receivers in various
sections of the continent during
the course Of the evening-and then
dropped quickly into the sea OF
static roars and whistle4 and bangs
that filled the air.
The very good orchestra at webb
played the evenings contribution
OF "Valencia" and quite q remark.
able pianist at KDKA gave a
Chopin program that would have
been worth hearing but for the
noise.
The City Park Orchestra, Of Balti.
more, through WBAL, couldn't get
into our receiver at all because Of
the racket and KYW, try as it
might, was completely blanketed
Better luck tonight.
REST PROCpECTC