The Apache sentinel., 1945-02-09

The general complaint is that
just at that moment when the
last dull glow of sunset has
slipped from the crests of the
western hills and the slowest
KPS hurry to finish their chores be-
fore shoW-time = precisely at that
delicious moment, the WACS begin
their nightly brodacastS in which are
made public the lives of many young
women who would probably prefer
modicum Of privacy.
Purely Pedestrian"
The technique of these broadcasts
varies according to the Charge-of-
Quarters performing at the moment
and, as in all instances where mere
humans are the dramatis personae.
quality ranges from good to bad. In
fact, the performances of all too
many despite their obvious attempts
to simulate a professional manner)
are purely pedeStrian-to borrow a
phrase from Burns Mantle.
It must be said here, however, that
the mechanical apparati utilized in
these broadcasts are essentially utili-
tartan. Apparently, they are not pos
sessed with such rudimentray refine
ments as Volume Control" or
Treble and Bass Registers" which
in the commercial broadcast permit
a felicitous modulation of tone and
the employment of delicate nuanceS
and Shadings so necessary for the
ylrO7ootiOo Of coonc 1otio,oc oYJ M
reals. True, the WAC broadcasts are
not in the same class as those Of
commercial advertisers but are con-
Quoted in the public interest.
The public, nevertheless, having
been conditioned by suaVe CONNER
cial programs, is prone to demand
Semblance of propriety and finesse
in non-commercial broadcasts pre-
Sumably conducted in it's interest.
These faults aside, one must con-
cede that this particular amplifying
system, of which the WAC Detach-
ment may justly be proud, can be
heard on clear evening, (the reader
is reminded that nearly all evenings
in this section of the sovereign state
Of Arizona ere clear can be heard
as far cast as the stage of the USO
building in Fry and as far west as
the Miners and Merchants Bank
CIT. Huachuca Branch). No reliable
reports of the northward range Of
these broadcaSts have been received
but it is definitely known that players
on the Huachuca golf course-some
several thousand yards to the south.
of the WAC area = have been di-
verted precipitately into the rough
by a sudden proclamation such as
MAIL CALL! MAIL CALL shifting
the ear in the middle of a carefully
aimed stroke.
Hearts Are Broken
Some backward souls, lacking in
appreciation for the marvels of the
loud-speaker and the microphone,
have been heard to complain that
the disadvantages of these broad
casts outweigh, by far any advan-
tages (real or imagined attributed
to them. These benighted persons go
further and attempt to bolster their
arg um nts by citing cases of
wrecked Romances" as evidence of
the deleterious effects of the WAC
Detachment's unimaginative use of
the amplifying facilities at it's dis
posal.
The author does not wish to bur-
den this essay with boresome detail
and will cite only one type of
wrecked romance" argument en-
ployed by the opponents of freedom
of speech for WAC broadcasters. The
reader may then decide at his leisure
whether such an argument has any
relevance in the matter of WAC
Freedom of the Air-WaveS.
The argument runs as follows: g..
1t happened on payday. Pfc. Booker
TaliaferrO Johnson had made date
to go to Theatre No 4 with Pvt
are good and they insisted it is q
good way to get your quota of eXer-
a. fo11 i,oe icE