Radio drama tech uses dialogue to paint scenes on air
National Broadcasting Company develops a method to stage radio plays by scripting solely the actors dialog. Director Gerald Stopp selects voices to convey characters while Henry Fisk Carlton converts descriptive material into speech. Rehearsals focus on timing, pitch, and timing sound effects, creating convincing performances without visual elements.
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National Broadcasting Company
Gerald Stopp
Stopp
Henry Fisk Carlton
Fisk Carlton
Mr. Stopp
Stoppung
Mike
Nolora
Miss Brown of XY O. Intrigue in British espionage tale
Miss Brown, a London stenographer, becomes entangled in a European power struggle as she accepts dictation from a dying man and is drawn into the secret service world led by Col. Dessiter. She and ally Miss Frances Austin ally with Paul, an anti Communist exile, amid a London fog of espionage and danger.
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Russia
Gritein
Miss Brown
London
Governmet
Frances Austin
Paul
Dessiter
Scotland Yard
Downing Street
Parliament
Ufe
XYO
Malakoff
Bretskopf
China
England
Serge Malakoff
Krasser
Whitehall
Morgen
Col. Dessiter
Miss. Brown
Hoover Faces Opposition as Old Guard Clashes in 1928 Bid
In a detailed political analysis, New York Herald Tribune outlines Hoover’s bid for the 1928 Republican nomination facing a split party. It notes Dawes and Lowden as main rivals tied to Coolidge's era, scattered eastern support for Hoover, and a powerful congressional bloc backing him, while old-guard leaders resist a post‑Coolidge change and push for a new era in party leadership.
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Senate
Coolidge
Dawes
Cool-ridge
Lowdon
Republican
Lowden
McNary-Haugen
Hoover
New York
Charles C. Hilles
Flanver
Mr. Coolidge
Hughes
Quito
Massachusetts
Hoover Movement
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Co. Fe
Congress
Kansas
Lowden Territory
William Butler
Butler
New England
Old Guard
White House
Altho
Watson
Curtis
New York Herald-Tribune
Salvation Major and Wife Present for Easter Meetings
Salvation Major Robert Penfold and wife, divisional commanders for Iowa, arrive in Des Moines for Easter services at the Salvation Army chapel. Three services planned with open air prelude, 8 p m tonight and 10:30 a m and 7 p m Sunday. Adjutant Enoch Hicks and Capt. George Watt assist with local banking audit and Thursday training.
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Salvation Anny Chapel
Robert Penfold
Des Moines
Division of
Iowa
Penfold
Enoch Hicks
National Jewish Hospital Week gains Waterloo leaders
Miss Salla Frank and Sam Frank chair Waterloo events for National Jewish Hospital Week from April 15 to 21. The drive promotes Denver’s free nonsectarian tuberculosis care, noting over 5,500 treated in 28 years and that 20 percent of Iowa patients are non Jewish. NJH bonds will fund operations. donations can be mailed to Miss Salla Frank at 409 Jefferson Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
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Miss. Salla Frank
Sam Frank
National Jewish Hospital
Waterloo
America
Denver
Colo
Miss Frank
Carea
Miss Prank
Iowa
Tiake
Salla Frank
Jefferson Street
Bond
Salts Elderly Persons Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad
An old advertisement touts a cough remedy, claiming fast relief for teasing coughing fits that prevent sleep. It targets elderly persons, says it contains no chloroform or aperients, and features a testimonial from Mrs. Jas A S Wertkee of Fort Worth Texas. Sold everywhere.
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Foley
Jas
A. S
Wertkee Fort Worth
Texas
Saturday Radio Schedule Snapshot
Radio listings show a Saturday schedule with multiple orchestras and programs including Christensen's orchestra RCA hour Philes orchestra Aeolian organ NBC and Philprick's orchestra. Weather updates at 10 and 130 PM feature forecasts and a World Nation program.
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Tiss Methew
Christensen
RCA Hour
MBO
M.—Philes Orchestre
NBC
Aeolian Organ
Weathe
Baester Service
Philprick
Des Motwen
Victor
Dept. of Agriculture
Herbie Koch
Roxy
General Motors
Fish Tire
Weather
Dance McHestre
Easter Sunday Radio Schedule and Pompeii Mystery
A fragment lists Easter sunrise services, church broadcasts, military choirs, weather and market reports, and various musical programs across stations with times from morning to night. It notes a Pompeii mansion discovery revealing 20 rooms on the ground floor and 20 more above.
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Pompeii
Give Your Receiving Set A Chance
Advice promotes RCA Radiotrons to improve radio reception with devices developed by RCA engineers. The pitch emphasizes a Radiotron for every socket and claims faithful, dependable broadcast performance.
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RCA Radiotrons
Radio Engineers
RCA
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New York Symphony Orch
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