International Phusical Program Broadcast Details
The article describes an international musical broadcast featuring a 80 piece band plus orchestras and choirs from Vienna Milan and Berlin, conducted by Attilio Pargiy with John Philip Sousa involvement. William Spier collected European material during September and October and prepared twelve European performances for the program sold to American audiences. and a narrator from the Italian and German ensembles explains cues live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orelander Bras al Lanner
Jannel
Vienna
Natral Band
Germany
Derlin Manneren
Seiiivadt
Lal Scala Ayera
Milan
Attilio Pargiy
Pipers Guards
Andia John Philip S
William Spier
Tive Sig Critiv
New York
Mt America
U S Government Air Time Tops Early Reports
A letter from H. A. Lafount cites government officials appearing on early year programs, noting the United States government used more air time than any other entity. The report highlights the President on broadcasts and outlines extensive use of government activities during the period. In Philadelphia, a hospital paging system integrates a microphone at the main office to direct calls to speakers across five buildings for rapid staff communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Aylesworth
Tional ‘Broadcasting Company
H. A. Lafount
G Nissan
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Maj
Hospital
Sousa Band to Flag on Thanksgiving Day broadcast
Sousa and his band will close a two hour Thanksgiving program. The program will be broadcast via radio stations and feature a lively, traditional Thanksgiving concert sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Philp Sousa
Fun Doctors Use WMAQ For Humorous Excerpts On Air
Three doctors Russell Pratt Ransom Sherman and Joe Rudolph host extemporaneous humor on station WMAQ as a hobby with musical potpourri. Pratt a downtown store president and credit union secretary Sherman an Appleton Wisconsin insurance broker. They create characters and perform nightly programs with humorous sketches and a jovial on air banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fun Doctors
WMAQ
Russell Pratt
Ransom Sherman
Joe Rudolph
Sherman
Pratt
Rudulph
Hea
Ani
Chicago
Credit Qnen’sation
WMA
Appleton
Wis
Soprano Soloist Cigarette Use Trends Over Five Years
A fragmented note discusses tobacco use among performers, noting increases in cigarette intake over five years and a small decrease in pipe and cigar smoking. It provides rough yearly smoke counts and costs in pounds, mentioning totals around 109 78 and 876 0 per year with various per day estimates, but the passage is garbled and uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATG Lal
Tobacco brand licenses bring £117,017 revenue in country
Licenses issued to tobacco brands and cigars retailing by 438 dealers yield a revenue of £117,017. KMBC Kansas City gains full time on 900 kilocycles as FCC acts on corps recommendations. WHB will move to a new position on the air, ending shared use of the frequency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KRLBC
Washington
KMBC
Kansas City
Encorps
WHB
Choir Grows From Chorus for Tower Dedication
A choir formed from the Mountain L Bol singing tower dedication chorus gathers hundreds of Polk County singers. Units will operate in Winter Haven Bartow Lakeland and Lake Wales with concerts in each city led by Henry Wo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Haven
Fla
Mountain L
Polk County
Bartow
Lakeland
Lake Wales
Henry Wo
Cardinal closes Holy Cross cemetery after cures probe
Cardinal O'Connell ordered Holy Cross cemetery closed except for funerals as crowds of pilgrims, including 100000 in a three week period, sought cures at the grave of Rev Patrick J Power. A flying club is being organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maiden
Mags
Holy Cross Cemetery
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Tev
Patrick J. Power
University of Virginia May Be First to Transmit Picturegrams
The report notes that students at the University of Virginia may witness a new transmission between Sydney and Melbourne using picturegrams or telephotos. Henry Wiebrecht, in his fifth year as a Santa Fe railroad employee, serves as an engineer on the Santa Fe line between Strong City and Superior, Neb. A test involves a sheathed cable with 1,800 pairs of telephone wires, intended to carry the transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Virginia
Sydney
Melbourne
Henry Wiebrecht
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Strong City
Superior
Ni B
Electric plant powers new San Francisco stock exchange link
A massive wiring project in the San Francisco stock exchange building is installing enough sheathing to encircle the globe 520 times. The system will connect member offices to the trading floor as part of a vast upgrade. Meanwhile near Chicago a world leading generating plant produces 278 820 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Stock Exchange
The
Globe 520 Times
Chicago
Yearly cigarette consumption per capita in Britain and US
London reports that in the last twelve months 295 909 80 cigarettes were sold in the United Kingdom. If every person smoked equally the per person expenditure would reach $12 per year. The British rate surpasses the United States at 856 cigarettes per person. A London retailer cites varied patterns among women clients and notes a segment that smokes 40 cigarettes daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
United States
United
Kingdon
Ces
Also Mentioned on This Page
Broanenss
Tae Tones al Baking Company
Archos
U.S
Sousa’s
Flagon Thanksgiving Dar
Bloomsburg
Samuel Gold
Golder
John Brigrum
Jan
Salem Township
Mowents
NBC
Lois Bennett
Buk
Holy Cross
Shimmons Bros
San Francisco
Eveready Radio
Eveready
Achning
Mass
Shaws
Ves Wire
Glenn
Tryon
Amerna
Kennedy
Alea
Dolifshor
Natural ‘Color Revue
Varsity News
White City
Arry Turner
Mieziey Sestsss Coal
N. H
Radio Laboratories
Henry E. Turrell
American Service Co, the Ice & Storage CO
V. St
Ks Ae
Che Pater
Irene Rich
Theodore Thomas
Star
Ed McCobb
Greta Garbo
Conrad Nagel Holmes Herbert
George Bancroft
Crosley
Green Bros
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!