Radio in Hospitals Aids Servicemen Recovery Efforts
Private institutions spearhead a nationwide push to install radio in service men's hospitals. Hospitals like Walter Reed, Naval Hospital, and Mount Alto equip beds with individual headsets and amplifiers to entertain, comfort, and aid recovery, with coordinated programs and a dedicated operator to manage sound levels.
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NEA
Washington
Bureau of Standards
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Naval Hospital
Mount Alto Veterans’ Bureau Hospital
New York City
United States
Walter Reed Hospital
Sweethearts of the Air Plan Healing Music Venture
Edith and Grace MacDowell of Dallas, known as Sweethearts of the Air for their Hawaiian vocal and instrumental tunes, plan a larger tryout to heal nervous diseases through patients listening to their performances. They receive hundreds of letters daily and have earned many nicknames. Their music, perfected in Hawaii, is now issued on phonograph records.
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NEA
Allas
Texas
Edith
Grace MacDowell
Dalas
MacDowell
MacDowell Sisters
Angels of the Air
Sweet Air Angels
Texas Mocking Birds
Guatemala
Hawaii
Congress Hopes for $125000 Inspectors Increase
Washington March 5 Congress may restore a $125000 appropriation urged by the budget bureau. Although cut from the deficiency bill by the House, the Senate appropriations committee reinserted it. Sponsors expect House approval to boost field inspectors and reduce interference.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Congress
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Canada radio week boosts sales of complete sets
Canada’s national radio week February 2 to 8 spurred higher sales of complete radio sets and components, a Department of Commerce report says. Since most sets used are American made, this could lift U S manufacturers’ sales.
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Washington
Canada
National Radio Week
Department of Commerce
Notebook notes on radio setup basics
Voltage in electricity means sure. Painting parts of receiving sets is a certain cause of leakage. An outside aerial does not have to be changed for different sets. The largest post or connection on a battery is always the positive. A good ground and aerial are the basis on a which an efficient set can be installed. Grounding the negative side of the A battery and the cores of the amplifying transformers will some times eliminate squealing.
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Thompson
Grandette
Kidd
Ohio Street
Hume-Mansur
Sweethearts of the
Edith and
Grace
Globe Duodyne
Adler Royal Neutrodyne
Unidyne
Indianapolis Music House
North
Pennsylvania St
Victrolas
Remler
Bristol
Manhattan
Maryland
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