New Britain herald., 1928-03-27
Through fife Static

! Radio, like life. IS q funny propo- Sltlon after all isn't it, We have no clinching arguments to prove that assertion; neither have NC anything more to say regarding the similarity between life and radio. We just needed an opening sentence. that's aIl. And now hat we've maI uSc ot that opening sentence. "" go into :, frank discussion Of conditions last ur2hl Nht,h. V" mtGht say Ncr, tough. We u.edel no weather fore east from Washington p. c.. 10 1n- lora Ills hHt a chHucr m the Weath- 'r Was in sight, All We had 10 do Has to lIS'sD in on our set m order 10 and that out. The overcast skies and >h" misty, moj&fy evening N"r' 10 surprise to us; in" static Was an ,strcncly successful advance agent. Mud such stapc, IL gave hardly q uiHp'c's peace. r was hcre, there. E ~ .-ywtor,. and all at enc and thu .twr tiWc- Y il had staNcd on onc nt.. lfr-th wo wouldn't haNo mind sI II Ht alt h'u II nas found all oser the dtalIu- system. From that 4sH-iU aracrjniiou Nou might guess tHtt ib, static ~HS heavy. Ii that Is o yWj ha>r guessed right And then. loo, tN,rr nas 4uite 4 bit ot Grhug U~t to #dd-ro our enJovm"nl Of inc evening" II NaS 4 case ot try aud E,t distant station. or even. A .a3rty ura&y station with any de -rer ot -4r"p>s. rf rptrs,. II Was possible to get them, hut the way turr Ner. brought m r'mlUdud us, for all the NorII, ot th" old negro during tbo CiHu War, He had Non- jured beyond the Cont derate lines and the sentry on duty ordered him lo halt, The old man WAS lam" halt hiud aud 1try weak. but his fright made hls legs move very rapldl, away from the sentry. After T chase of rerhaps 1 quarter or mile, the Confederate soldier caught hlm and brcathlesely rHclaimrd. "Ah, now l.,, got yuu," And the poor, weak, half n1ud. half deaf old dsrky turned and replled in 4 dlsGusted tone Of ,olce Yes, and what sit ycg Eo-'
 ! The Great Moments m History program from WEAI, New York, came through badly battered, What N. heard ot Ii suggested to us that II mtgh, have been interesting, but We had only suggestion Of the presentation The story concerned ihe first settlement Of Delaware. Next week ther. "ill be the story ot Hendlck Hudson, and we hope that great explorer will have more pheasant weather than did the Gov ernor of Delaware last night when he went calling on the Governor ot New Netherlands,
 The blood thirsty program by the Buccaneers from WoE al Newark was rendered moro so by the heavy bursts of static that greeted every announcement and every musical SC lection The station was loud enough. but ii couldn't compete ~Ith the interference. one of the songs presented was TX k K Katy. reminiscent Ol D'' DdN ti ! u |. lll' illusion vas further carried out when We nearly ocean" sholl-shock- ! rd bv the heavy barrage laid down by the clements.
 Thrre Ncn Britain yopng men Nho are heard qulte frequently on the air now-a.-days are stan Ashley, | Dwight Latham and Walter tNampl ? Carlson, who comprise the well ) known vocal trio known as The testers Just now they are occupied each Monday evening with the Play Bows. over W'r1C, and they seem 10 be doing pretty good job of it, too. They are billed as The Salesmen and their clever renditions Of popular tunes are causing them 10 be a group 10 be reckoucd with, On last nights program which was hroad- east from the Home Progress EApo- sition in Hartford they sang two numbers. changes and 50 Tired.
 or especial interest was the tricky arrangement Of in" first. named se- lcctiou. The orchestra provided pop .r' duaC' tunes in Il popular man nor and the entire proGrs m was oi a us-H Gludard.
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