Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
THE proverbial long arm Of
| radio is to continue the
| missionary work begun by

missionary work begun by
\ President Hoover on his
epoch-making trip TO the South
American republics.
Station WRNY, New York, US
ing its Short-wave tranSmitter
2XAL, is making plans to broad
cast to South American countries,
in which American industries are
anxious to. build up good will,
programs that wilf6riginate in its
studios but a few blocks from
Broadway.
Detailed plans for picking up
the Short-Wave broadcast at Spe-
cial receiving points in Argentina,
Brazil, Chile and Peru have been
worked out by Robert H. Marriott,
consulting radio engineer of New
York. Signals will be tuned in by
special receivers to be sent to
South America shortly with a
group of American engineers who
will carry on the work of adjust
ing them to the wave of 2XAL
and feeding the received signal
into powerful broadcaSting sta
tionS for regional transmission.
1t was with these developments
in mind that 2XAL recently ap-
piled to the Federal Radio Com
mission for six frequencieS for
Short-Wave work and unlimited
power Experiments will deter
mine the minimum power and
! best wave length.
Although WRNY is supported
mainly by aviation interests, the
officials believe the goodwill
gospel. as spread by radio, will be
beneficial to all types of Ameri-
can industries that now have or
are interested in developing a
South American market for their
goods.
Language which might be one
of the obstacles in getting the an
nouncementS across in South
America will be solved by using
English and permitting the native
announcerS on the various sta
tioaS rebroadcaSting the Ameri-
can programs to cut in, in the
manner of stations operating on
chains in the United States, to
insert the matter in the language
of the region.
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Through the thousands of miles
OF space between the South Pole
and New York there came a mes
sage last week from Comdr. Rich
ard E. Byrd to John S. Young, Ma
tional BroadcaSting Co. announc-
er, thanking him for a recent
Short-wave broadcast especially
designed for the hardy explorers
in the Antarctic.
| The program was one that went
over the N. B. C. network. A
Short-Wave transmitter of the
General Electric Co. in Science
tady picked 1t up and rebroadcast
it for the Byrd expedition. Mai
Edward BoWes and his Capitol
family were the entertainers
Young, who acted as announcer
read a message from Gov. Harry
Flood Byrd of Virginia to his
brother at the bottom of the
world.
Comdr. Byrd's wireless message
was addressed to Young. 1t trav-
eled a greater distance than any
fan mail ever before received by
an announcer. It read:
Eyes; we got message from
Brother Harry, as we'll as the
whole program. Please give our
kindeSt regards and deepest ap-
probation to Maj. BoweS and his
family. Tell them that probably
no one has ever enjoyed him and
his family more than ourselves
Hope to meet them all some day.
This is long night and radio the
only touch we can have with
civilization. Best of good wishes
and heartiest thanks"
At last the identity of Gus and
Louie has been revealed. Gus and
Louis, as most listeners know, are
the pair of comedians who cavort
before the microphone with the
Schradertown Band on Friday
nights as the joint owners of q
Small-town garage.
Arthur B. Allen is the Gus of
Schradertown fame and Louis
Mason the Louis. Both are we'll
known on the Broadway stage.
Mason Is a Kentuckian whose
original leaning for the Methodist
ministry was somewhat warped
when he found at an early age
that he was cut out for the COM
edy stage. Allen is a native of
Gowanda, N. Y, and he headed
for the metropolis as soon as he
was old enough to register at a
school there, later playing stock
in Detroit with Jessie BonStelle.
Mason and Allen also have
teamed together on the air as
jeff and Andy in the Retold Tale
Series of o. Henry stories Allen
is now a member of the Socony-
land Players.
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There are two cats who have
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