Evening star., 1933-10-20
|NTERPLANET LINK
BY RADIO WSONED
Possibility Seen in Waves
From Milky Way Picked
Up on Earth.

IF Old Mother Earth ever succeeds
In her unending efforts to establish
contact with Ma rs or other planets,
the chances are that radio will be
the connecting link.
First crude evidence of such posi-
bility, still enshrouded in astronomical
mystery, was witnessed Wednesday
night by an audience in New YORK
City. Radio waves that supposedly have
been travelling through space for
10000 years, originating from flxed
point IN the Milky Way, were heard by
this select group. Karl G. Jansky, dis
coverer of this radio from the stars"
put on the demonstration before joint
meeting of the Amateur Astronomers
Association and the New York Electrical
Society.
This ''cosmic radio" was brought
from the sensitive directive antenna OF
the Bell Laboratories Station at Holm-
del, N. j., and was transmitted by wire
to the auditorium of the American
Museum of Natural History. Pro1.
Jansky, who startled the scient1flc
world a few months ago with his dis
covery Of the existence Of radio waves
from other planets, showed that tne
whole Milky Way region seems to
radiate faint short-wave impulses which
are received on his antenna whenever
It is pointed at any part Of the galaxy.
Prof. Jansky interpreted this to mean
that stars which are sources OF radio
frequencies must be scattered all
through the armament. Asked ABOUT
the enormous power Of the cosmlc en-
erey sources which are able to lay down
an audible radio signal here on earth,
from distances so great, Prof. JansKy
said that tremendous amounts OF energy
are available in the average star, ana
it would not be surprising II some OF
these stations radiated or broadcast on
frequencies falling within the spectrum
we on Earth know as radio.
If human being exist on any OF
these planets, it is conceivable that
some day they will find way OF eX-
changing radio contacts with the
earth. This, engineers and astronomers
readily admit, Is a far-fetched, almost
fantastic theory. Yet, they assert, II
Is no more improbable than MarconfS
discovery of radio generation ago
and. in a smaller way. Prof. Jansky's
discovery of the existence OF radio
wave emissions from the planets.
CEVEN juvenile radio stars are to do
y their part for the relief campaign
when they take the roles in Booth
Tarkington's play, THE Help Each
Other Club" Sunday night over N. B. C.
and Columbia networks. The cast m
cludes Howard Merrill, Laddie Seaman,
Julien Altman, Donald Hughes and the
Davidson twins, Gretchen and Harriet
The lead will be taken by Goeftrey
Bryant of Broadway.
4 r X
VYIRC has arranged a special series
w of Community Chest broadcasts
starting tomorrow at tbs pm.
Wilbur JaRoe, jr., chairman OF the CIVIC
Committee of the Washington Fedora
ton of .>1urches, will be the first speak
er. In subsequent programs the speakers
will include Maj Daniel ]. Donovan.
auditor and budget officer OF the Dis
trict; Representative Bolton OF Ohio,
and George s. Wilson, director OF Pub
lie Welfare.
DxIE HARMoNIES, which have
- been running for three years on
WMAL, will revamp It's program
style Sunday night and present Is
minute broadcast without interruption
by announcements. The announcers
Will do their part before and after the
program.
CPECIAL test signals are now being
- sent daily between New York and
the Graf Zeppelin, en- route to Chi
cago via South America. Broadcasts
from the huge dirigible over the N. B. c.
netsworks are planned for the earliest
moment that satisfactory communica-
ton can be established.