The Washington times., 1929-01-31
RADIO COMP Ass
EXPLAINED BY
INVENTOR

Most of the well-lmown wave
lengths sang their lifting lays
through loud speakers without
let or hindrance during the course
of last evening. Fading there
was and considerable CrOwding i'm
the lower reaches of the dials, but
there was practically no noise
and good volume and clarity from
all sections.
Wednesday evening on the wave
lengths would have been a com.
plete success even without the
switch of the toothpasters to the
barbering business or the much
listened for singing of Ermine Cal
1oway-all through WRC-because
DR.. Frederick A. holster, through
WMAL, provided US with the third
opportunity of the week to refer to
the manner in which radio is saw
ing lives at sea and making the
threat of the wild waves just little
less Of universal menace.
DR.. holster used to ring a clock
IN the Bureau of Standards over
Georgetown way several years ago,
just like a number of other slaves
of Uncle Sam several years ago.
1T was while engaged in this soul
killing pasttme that he developed
the idea that has become the radio
compass and radio beacon, and is
responsible for the thrilling r"s-
cues of beleaguered ships at sea
that we're reading so much about
in the newspapers these days. In
a rather matter of fact, Bureau
of Standards way, he told loud
speaker addicts about how the
thing worked. The explanati ton
was very simple, but we lost quite
a lot of good music and entertain
ment during the succeeding hour
of the evening just wondering how
we would feel if we could recall
some one thing that we had done
that would be responsible for over
coming so much of the terror that
has exis+eS in the world since it
began, and save so many human
lives, as the radio compass and
beacons have already saved. and
will continue to save. holster has
become an awe inspiring word
for us.
DANIELS NEW
WEDNESDAY JOB
Turning from his labors-and
most productive labors they we're
of making grand opera intelligible
to the multitudes which have occu-
pied him of a Wednesday evening
for some months past; rushing back
to New York to provide nitro
phonic Interpretation for vaudeville
stars, of a Tuesday, after having
guided the voice of the President
of the United States into countless
homes of a Monday; and pausing
in his unconscious reaching for a
sweet, to test his patent lighter in
stead. John B. Daniel officiated last
evening at the transforma ton of the
toothpaste melodist into a group
that shave tunes from the various
instruments used in an orchestra.
He did good job-and SO did the
shavers in their debut.
Ermine Galloway seemed to he
suffering from a cold las. evening
but even such things did not hinder
the spirit of song issuing forth from
her lips and winging it's way over
the continent as usual. Ermine
Galloway will yet make Wednesday
evening the most important of the
week with us if she continues to be
soloist of the Pan-American en-
deavor which takes it's name from
its overture and not the character
of its performance.
Elsewhere there was a most anus
ing slap-stick burlesque of a radio
program from WENR-which same
station is worth tuning for good
entertainment of all sorts, these
days. There was likewise much of
lightsome or impressive or toe-teas-
ing melody here and there at the
bidding of the nimble dialIing
fingers,