Allerton House Installs 887-Room Radio System
The Allerton House in Chicago unveils Audio Centralized Radio by RCA, a master-distributing system feeding 887 wall-embedded loudspeakers. Guests select among three programs with in-room volume and program switches, plus a master control operator tunes content and a feeder network carries signals throughout the hotel. A time switch automates start and stop, with an optional phonograph for added music when program material is scarce.
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Allerton House
Chicago
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Programs March Selections From AIR STATION
March programs feature Irish music for St Patrick's celebration. A mix of musical features, stories, and stage performances is planned across WEA, WGN Chicago, and NBC networks. Don Barclay leads a Ziegfeld Follies segment with Eveready Hour on March 19. Shelley and Gene Austin headline NBC Voice of Firestone on March 18. Olive Kline stars in Chevrolet Hour with GM family program on March 17.
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Dedustry
Broadway
Don Barclay
Ziegfeld Follies
Gene Austin
Blige Heaven
Olive Kline
Virginia Judge headlines vaudeville humorist Walter Kelly in circuit encore
A Virginia-based show night features Walter Kelly, famed vaudeville humorist, performing across circuits for years. The event will stage at the Little Virginia Courthouse amid calls to bar lists and regional venues.
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Walter ‘Kelly
Therginia
Broadcasting sketches expand radio variety in daily life
Radio programs broaden with sketch style writing as daily broadcasts present multiple mini plays. They range from small town life to island romance and urban tales, centered on one or more characters. Each piece stands alone yet enjoys growing listener interest and regular weekly timing.
Protocol of 1926 outlines advisory opinions for American reservations
The fragment indicates the protocol of 1926 covering all aspects of the American reservations and the council's authority to request advisory opinions. It mentions questions about whether advisory opinions should be sought, implying a governance framework for regional or tribal matters within the reservations.
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Council
Blend in Her Voice Bessie Andrus Gains Radio Notoriety
Bessie Andrus, a Chicago entertainer discovered by Melgard to blend with pipe organ music, noted as a rare voice fit for radio. Ed Anderson, near Concordia, earned 45 dollars per acre on a 20 acre Japanese hull-less popcorn crop last year.
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Bessie
Andrus Ganist
KYW
Chicago
Bessie Andrus
Melgard
Miss Andrus
Ed Anderson
Concordia
Radio Aids Fishermen Realistic for Boston Fleet
Boston AP reports radio aided fishing is a growing reality with more craft in coastal ports carrying wireless gear. Operators can fix positions from shore stations without sextants, receive weather and fish market reports, and get shore instructions. Some skippers use private codes to share schools of fish.
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Boston
Raio
Preliminary work ends on World Court report
Geneva March 16. Preliminary work for revising the world court statutes is completed. Bitubi Root and Sir Cecil Hurst were named to submit a final report on the United States accession to the court. The jurists said no new difficulties arose but the commission wants a final act.
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Geneva
Mar
World Court of Justice
Bitubi Root
Sir Cecil Hurst
United States
Court
Heiress Barbara Guggenheim Law Marries Clerk
The New York American reports the secret January first marriage of heiress Barbara Guggenheim Law Johnson to Fred Wettach Jr of Deal New Jersey. Mrs Wettach 25, divorced from John Robert Xveron Johnston prior. Wettach 27 works as a clerk for A J Wettack & Co in New York.
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New York
Mary
New York American Today
Barbara Guggenheim Lawson-Johnson
Americas
Fred.Wettach, Jr
Deal
N. J
Mldhood
R. Guggenheim
Bible Flood Support Hailed From Mesopotamia Finds
New York March 16 The flood story gains scientific backing as archaeologist Prof. C Leonard Woolley reports an eight foot layer of silt and clay from an overflowing Euphrates river, traced to the biblical deluge on his Mesopotamian expedition.
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New York
Mar
Mesopotamia
C. Leonard Woolley
Woolley
Woolley Finds Sumerian Flood Layer At Ur Site
Archaeologists at the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum uncover a deep clay flood layer beneath ancient Sumerian ruins at Ur. Prof Woolley notes eight foot deposits, silt fills across three sites, indicating a singular colossal flood out of Genesis and not a universal biblical flood.
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University of Pennsylvania
Brissish Museum
Whith
Sumeria
Woolley
Saturday Evening Radio Schedule Begins March 16
A fragmented listing shows programs for Saturday and Sunday with times and show titles. Musicals, weather breaks, and station notes appear for channels WGN WFAA WTS and others, featuring pianists, orchestras, and childrens segments.
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iCentra
Syme Iy
Orchestra
Sch
WGN
WFAA
Ono
Wdco
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