First Commercial Broadcast 20 Years Ago This Week
New York marks the 20th anniversary of WEAFs first sponsored radio ad. H Blackwell began a 10 minute program on August 28 1922 for Queensboro Corporation in Jackson Heights to promote garden apartments. Edward A MacDougall led the venture with Lassiter and Fenimore preserving a fragmentary record of the moment. The first script survived only as the engineer note reading Queensboro Corporation our first customer. The project aimed at housewives yielded limited direct results but helped seed a new advertising era.
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New York
Crystal
H. Blackwell
WEAF
Edward A. MacDougall
Queensboro
Pobert
Lassiter
Macpee
RS. Fenimore
Radio
Queensboro Corporation
Japanese Foreign Office Allocates Budget For Student Exchange
The Japanese Foreign Office plans about 700 660 dollars for the next fiscal year to expand an international student exchange program and establish Japanese language schools abroad, according to Kyodo News Agency.
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Tokyo
Japanese Foreign Office
Kyodo News Agency
60 000 Engineers to Gather For Centennial Convention
Chicago will host a 11 day centennial convention beginning September 3 attracting engineers from the United States and abroad. Maj Lenox R Lohr heads the event with 64 scientific societies represented. The program spans 22 fields from transportation to health engineering and features open sessions and member meetings.
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Chicago
New York City
American Society of Civil Engineers
Lenox R. Lohr
Lake Michigan
Buttoned Beets Grow Through Garden Hole Mystery
In Parrsboro Canada gardener James John Phinny unearthed a twin beet plant pushing through a hole in an old dut itan garden. The strange growth emerged amid Mrs John Spices’s plot as the unusual plant challenged local expectations.
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Parrsboro
Canada
James John Phinny
Gohn
Back to school fashion for sub teens and kinder ward robes
A catalog of fall back to school outfits highlights jumpers, corduroy dresses, plaid cotton dresses, nylon sweater sets, blouses, and wide skirts. Sizes span 3 through 24 with colors red royal green navy grey and assorted plaids. Items include coats coats coats and accessories with prices noted.
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Bonnie Blair
Coan
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