Evening star., 1931-12-12
WORLD HOOK-UP
|. TO HONOR MARCON|
Observation Today to Mark
First Ocean Message
80 Years Ago.

"Marconi day." marking the thirtieth
anniversary of the first successful radio
transmission across the sea. will be f1t
tingly commemorated today with the
| largest international radio hookup ever
attempted. A radio roll call around
the world, in which 16 countries and
insular possessions will participate, has
been arranged by the National Broad
casting Co. to pay tribute to the noted
Italian inventor, Gug ielmo Marconi
Leaders Join In Program.
Personalities high in the worlds
radio affairs will join In the event as
the two and one-half hour program Is
switched from one continent to another
through the ether. Beginning at p.m
| Eastern standard time, the program will
! be broadcast through the N B. c.
CoaSt-to-coaSt combined networks and
by short waves to listeners in virtually
every corner of the globe N B. G. es
Inmates that programs from the points
| in the hook-up will travel a total Of
more than 10000 miles before reaching
some Of the listeners in this country.
Exactly 80 years ago Marconi success
| fully spanned the Atlantic through the
air with the Morse code letter s." in
terpreted by three dots. Then 27 years
old, Marconi sat in Cabot Tower in st.
Johns, Newfoundland, and with impro-
yiSed earphoneS picked up the signal,
which had originated In his station
at Poldhu, England.
Cleared Way for Radio.
That feat was the genesis Of radio
as 1t is known today, including broad
casting. 1t demonstrated to a skepttcal
| universe that it was possible to trans
| NIT intelligence without wires and that
there were invisible roadWays in the
skies.
In the event today, Marconi will wit
ness what the genius of man has &C
complished with his original contribu
ton as the nucleus. From New York
the program will be switched to Lon
don and thence back to Washington, to
Berlin, Warsaw. Madrid, Ottawa, Homo
lulu, New York, Toxic, Caracas, Ma
| Mia, Brussels, Sydney. Paris and back
to New York. All this will be accom-
plished, meteorological conditions per-
mitting as II it occurred in the same
| room. Music typical of the various ma
tions on the five continents will be in
terspersed
The program will be opened by M H.
| AyleSworth, National Broadcasting Co.
president, who will introduce David
Sarnoff, president Of Radis Corporation
OF America, and close personal friend of
Marconi Mr.. Sarnoff will start the
| radio roll call, first signaling Marconi
| himself at London. Sir John Reith
head Of the British BroadcaSting Cor
! poration also will address the world
wide audience from London.
Many Nations Included.
Switched back to Washington. Gen,
| Charles NICK. SaltZman, chairman of
the Federal Radio Commission, will ex-
press the thanks and gratitude of the
American people to the Italian inyen-
tor; Hans BredoW, commissioner gen.
era! OF German radio, will speak from
Berlin; DR.. Zygmunt Chamiec, director
general OF Polish radio, from War
| saw; D. M. Barrios, minister of com
munlcationS Of Spain, from Madrid
Alexander Johnson, deputy minister of
marine OF Canada, from Ottawa: Act
ing Governor Brown of Hawaii from
Honolulu Michael Pupin, Columbia
University scientist, from New York.
SannoSuH Inada, director of communi
cations, Japan, from Toxic: HAVANA
Martinez, minister OF communications
venezuela, from Caracas; Governor
General Butte Of the Philippines. from
| Manila; Maurice Philipsson, director of
radio Of Belgium, from Brussels; E, T
FISK, managing director of radio of Aus
tralla, from Sydney, and M. Guernier
minister OF posts and telegraph of
| France, from Paris.