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The Richmond News Leader from Richmond, Virginia • 12

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1 TWELVE elephant 'Randolph 7 THE RICHMOND NEWS LEADER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1920. Telephone' Randolph 7 i 1 I' Song -and Btory, Edgaworth Night, Vs Otds Musks Reoon Naapoil tan Nights Kdgsarorth Gpera Uom-f WRVA Uses News Leader Equipment On Football Games: WRVAs First Birthday To Be' Celebrated With 8,000. Persons, Including Hedrd0verWKVA I bsny, WRVA Light Opsre Company' Radis Trips-Through Virginia. Hari, monks Gontant, OM Flddlom Contest; Orgnntasd Radis rOub- (wh) mom than marabare). Amsrlcsnt Musical Review.

Songs of AU Nations MIMNU XrevMWi BOB Em AU i ha Juvaslls Program Edgeworth Twlnk ling Stare An Evening With tho Ed Jfto gar-'Allsn Poo fibrise, An Xrening1 1 Prominent People On the Air11, in Pint Tear of Local Station's: History; Hoelale Eecalb. Yhtri li- Worn ud WiR Continu After MSdnifiit i intRrestiko CLIMAX WIMleaw state health eommlaatoneri (waive safety talks'- by Leonard F. Hemld: forty "True Virginia Loro Isatnrao by Dr; Donglaa A Freeman; one address by farmer Governor Triable and tour adfmaaao. of Governor Byrd. Tho Richmond radio show pao-imujto broadcast Tho chimes of St Jamas-bars haw hoard thirty MfaA.fWj' A 'li Special Fostares Amoag ths special fmturfs of the otattan are: Virgin tana A Night ta A.

Trip GypoyteuA American Mum Just Away -Down South In Old-Vlrgtala, Indian Pqpgmin wWk mol TwiMawel. fHd 'Hymns In Uf '4 Original Opening jNumbcr When Station Oare' Maiden Bow; ji Xen' niMkkr win ba tbs ni WitMajp eontvartnry of Toboci station WRVA. Edgeworth Re WRVA iH cctabmto with a iwww tag at' neon and ending at IMI the WeExtendQur Congratulations to "A 7 following morning. The dimax of the mm how. am, will ba marked at I.

If. when tha original opening mma af WRVA will ha given. and than WIN ha abort talks by Governor Harry mood Byrt, forawr Governor EL La Trinkle, Mayor J. Fulmar Bright- and mm a Its ittabu 'Ogmi latmg illatla rattoa mcA' ms ei The. tU na wil ottos tmdi atlei 'dart et is Dr.Dougtma' PYmmau.

'HAT THEY. HAVE KART MOKE T. Used, lha president af tama TWHwi (h.1in4 awaara iaf tha ime Airs Popular Audience WRVA Audience Or all the entertainment broadraet by tha Kdsaworih Tohacea atetloa, WRVA. tha moat paaalav la ehldlm muakw according to KIsmt GL Mania audio director. "tot a good alegar glee tha Hates era-la Ualitre Ma If AU Thaaa Endearing Young Charaar or Aanle ho a had the resnoc from tha fans la everwhelmlBr." Jt all a mistake to any that than am mare redla aathaalaais who pm far Jans than them am wha prefer tliinl ntuie, Sureaya ahaw that than am as many la oaa chua aa them am la tha other, Hr.

Hoaliie declared. At I a'clock. Mre Luraa Draw will give a plane redial. At 1:11 tha "Mel. ody Biqra I'M Btafard had Bright Kerb, win control the "miho." Ur.

Knnloa OWUHama atlta HeaH1i'fom- aetaaor. will maka a health talh at Robert Baadlaa pianist, win meat tha Beadles at Priaro '-XJkoka aad! hia SmHhcm Hawallaa -totta 1 coma oa at A Hies Inga Crawford, lha child prodigy, win lire a plaao tarttal at denay IJad KoHtaL Mre Horbort Hawaii, aopraire, a ad Mre Jaaaph Manat, piaalat, wlU gtre Janay Und racttal at Thla wffl ha fnllowad at 1:11 by J. Harold lawima tha blind plaaa vlitaaaa. At I Saaor Josa Aadeaagnk tha Spanish violinist. wlU play.

"Carry Ma Back to Lid Virginia" win aad tha daylight Tha antartalnment wM atari at P. M. with tha again the Morphy's hotel or-chaatre. rrat Vwxtngtoa Hnrfcsr af raul'a give aa. organ radial at T.

At the Hotel William Byrd orchaatre add phf.t Tha Edge-worth Country Vlddlera, will offer of dd dance tunea at Aad the "A String qaartot wlU came saM It Is aapactad that thousanda of wires 'and letters win pour Into tha radio atMloa next wash from tha fane who will hear tha. annlvoraary Oap Radio Bggeinrnt When You Will Find Complete Line of v. Seta, Parts and AeceMoHea Shsara abare are tha speratara aad tha pcrhl.Nawa Leader analpawat tor-lraadfaHaf sirtdaar eveata la mm lest Satarday hr WRVA la tnnMUtUag4ha V. M. L-N.

C. Stats fMtbal gaaw by ham Maya Island. la tha picture are: H. C. Lucy, WRVA apemtari W.

T. Chrtatiaa, News Leader aad Gearga Haater, Jr, tefaphona expert. The eqnlpmeat la'hauaod la a special hasih aa tap af tha grandaUnd at Tata held. -I News-Leader phete by Krla A Dementi. vadm station, will inaka an addrtaa oa Purpose of WRVA." Tha Rar.

W. Taliaferro Thompson will aM prayer. Tha im Toaipi mate quart tat. with Mrs. Henry iVGarbar.

tralta, and Mra R. M. Holloway, ae-companlat, aasMIng; will present a brM Tha Old Sooth quer-tat will alna negro spirituals, Thla part af tha pragraja will and after which there wltt.be innate hr tha Jrffrreaa Hotel or cheetra and tha Richmond Hotel or. (vtkMtra tiny Uo Back to Old will and the day. SMM Km MiM v.

Elmer o. Hadbria the otudto dime tor. who haa arranged this aapleofw aary procram, stated today that tot-ten hare been malted to SMOt WRVA iui la all tha atatas of tho'Ualo tavUlag them' to Itstea la or tha af. Vviereaoa tid' night -of, celebration. Thotiaaada of them lcttera west to Massachusetts and thanaenda aioia as far Want so Wind whareWRYA la vary t--.

Tha piwgtaa wfll open with aa or-aa recital from St, tariiChMI. Is the nooadajr boras folks pro-pram. The arUsta win bo Mlaaas Mahal PtradUns, ergaaiati Helen Durant, sal-, Hat and-MeN IMmr; i' 'A' jf 'S. I. is WtiJ -Ac -y 1 I 7 7 V- i -Y With Kipling; 'Songs of-tbo Rao.

Olds Time Ringers with YeMelodeen.i art A Trip Through WRVA WRVA'a romota control system wan' udad an Ilf radio angagaatoota Inctud--: lag tbo llak-iip with thirty-eight atatkma, hnartait gama tool ball Wife Dies; Stevensvdle Mayor. Taket Own Life. fUavanaviU Oct Dewitt Fsrertl, 1 mayor af.SUveaa villa, committed 'BUtcide hare today taw heura after tha death of Ma vrifo. Tha too had boon married aaariy any jjreTs.1 -i V. r.

j- -t 'V-V'- V) RADI0LAS '-'vV! 11 1 n'rf Cta bo bongbt oil our monthly, payment plan. Tho.B-tpbo Coniole Model JUui rated is of latest Ono dill control, metal ihiddedt tgro-tono a irtth boilt-ih ipeiker. 1 4 I If With AOCfiSROriflA tela11d vy wwom anvovoooaaqg mmwnaavin Other Modeli at Lower Pifettgr 4 v- to asa i n-o i '7'. 1. -a ADWARE i i '-'is v.

f'-s A' Pirn fiu A IN LUALI Mj. Entertainment Right thousand 1 different the president, Sena (ore govern are squ beam rt ar Maggre RhiMq violin lata ad otharo have heea On be nli from Radle gutloq WRVA to the first year af Ms history. Bmsr O. Hodhdn gafe dlractor, declared to8by. i'l "And am thaf the WRVA tone nil avar tho country have how.

ptaasad with our progiunre I Id. TThe bum of Jsttora which tolls our Osaka orsry. day. prsraa that WRVA sit late hare boon appreciated." Ho said that in -tha IU days of tho first yaag tho station presented MS pragmare Always hU tha statloa ea-apamtad' with tha paltes depart-eat to treeing mlaslag pamena aad dtacHMng Blacrennu wnntod hare Always-has given way -tor' god (too night while an KM ap-aid control sf tha other, in rs-to. wondering why tha ata woe aUent, tcie phoned tor totor-to, Tbarb have been tM orchaatre, thirteen hand, tour Muatdaay Ctabt Womu'a Choral Onto toht (Moo OhA tan 'college.

seven aredemto twaaty-oae noon-day and forty-three organ programs, Thorn warn- thirty three progrema from out uf tho dtp with Mf people taking part Four playa havp haw preacntaR thru light spates two opere aooma aad fpur sratottoa, ware 1.0M releaf hroadeaat from tho city auditorium. Thrleo did Uetaners ta Acre Timplo chaatora Twtca did Ottrer-NayloK chaatre from Btomtagham appoar-at mlerophona. Inaugural ferries WRVA gare Ma toss senrlro frpm tho inaugural cemmwloa and neap tlw af Governor Harry F. Byrd. Oevornor Rttchlo before tha gonoml imainMy.

rwaldant Oaalldgo nt-WH iamsbun: Newtou IX Baker at the 3m yW armory; Homo Rmrt British amhaomdor at tha Cetnmou. wealth Ctahk aad fieaator Ctaude A. gsransw were heard tha Rleht lend, atation. Whw Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd worn homo from tha North Halo tho celefaraUw at tha (Ry auditorium waa broadcaat fie waa the American Legion program whw Assistant got-rotary of War. Hanford, McNMaf waa i i IT.

ff. New Tork band ap. peamd) twtca, and the UaKad Matas HarinaVhond from Waahtogton, ones tho Halted Staten Army hand tram Fort Euotis anon and ones tha United Btataa Marine bond from- Quantise. Tho police atrlng band played three tlmea for WRVA enthusiasts, fits banquet prograau hare haw shot tats tha. other.

i Two prise fights, tha Dampaay-Tnn. nay' and 1 tho- Barteahacb-DahuMy wore- daaerlbad by In great station link-up tha Industrial redin' banquet to Now Tort waa Tbe-worM eerlaa hall gamea warn ghpa play by play. And thua tor seven football gamea hors Whan tbo cornerstone of Aeca Temple fibrins moequa waa laid, WRVA )he addramaa Into tha hemes aftta "admiral a Them been twenty health talks bjr Dr. Kwntim O. t- i Co dwmgjhf yon fold are it tbn( ansre yCr T.

El Special 4Jicd on Sports and Special KowC Leader equipment. purchaaM eapacdally for radiocasting apoftaeventa and other Me outdoor ovoata. directly 'from the acana by ra-mota central, has Juat barn placed la at station WRVA, which next wmk'calebcates Us Siat. anniversary. Thla equipment waa uaed la at Saturday la tmnamittlng the V.

M. IN. Mato came from Tata Said, latandL a. This aftamoon Tha Nawa Xeadar and WRVA Jointly will broadcast the Untventty af Rlchmoad-Boanoha Col laga gama from Maya Island, and other Important grid games boro this aaoa will bo put oa the air. Tha saw aqulpoaont, latest Iricfcip apparataa for outdoor whord a orawd la to ba oacoun will bo Uaed througbout tba football aftorwarda will ba avail- able for urn is handling Mg sports or nawa evonta that WRVA and -Tha Mows Loader may radiocast in co-oparatire effort provide an almost instant aervlco on Mg news -May Go Into rrtwds.

By uss of tbs now -apparatus. WRVA In now nMo to go Into a crowd to broadcast when formally this was Impossible because of tbo highly sen. ttlve microphones and plckup equipment seed, which resulted In tha In chsloo of oa much extraneous noise to mar tbo tranemiaoUm. Hado by tbo Waatsrn Electric CMnpoiretheMaowiiMmMinlni CosqdU SIXTH AND BROAD STS. lond! Lejding Hardware an SSttexidi.

WiWl1rrwann iWtthXodeI104. I 'I 'Wv nt- sv- U8 its $213, Completd Trom SOO te 11:00 .,,,.1 I'd I Vl.i few ii Fricef From 4 Ws.juvOpea' Evniitaf PHENOMENAL OFFERING A viw V' ypft-'FrcshmanMasterpiece Radio 'A' Tho A fl 3 CampWri Into it 9 -A ifi-V- V.fi '1 eludes a clooa apaaklng mlcropbona which mqulrea tha announcer or reporter to opaak directly Into It and axetudea practically all aoim axcapt anncuncaro voice; a apodal control unit, ampllflcr and battery boson the wbola made la- taro wnall and com pact oontalnors that may bo carried by hand to tha point from which tha broadcast la to ha Lem than ton minutes am required to connect wtpi the nines used to carry tha broadcast to tha otatlon and the "Sold atudto" Is nady for tha tmnamlttor.to go oa the air. A special telephone, also a part of the equipment, keepa ttfi announcer and tachnlcten In 'constant comm unlcat ton wHh tba operator handling tha trana-mlttar on tha root of tha Laras plant at Twenty -occond and Cary atraata. Another device, davehmed by Tha Jfewo Leader staff and Mag la action practically a portable Add telephone, haa proven of material aid to the announcer, who has aa assistant to obtain details which ho cannot got because ho cannot leave his micro phono or brook tho continuous deacrip-tten of tho action taking place In front of hloL, Tbs announcer's aaaislant carrlea Ma own microphone, amall enough to lit 'Into tho palm of hand, with him and when ba speaks his words go not Into WRVA'a Into tho asm of tho announcer, who wears it; In thhr wgy sH da tolls am given tbs announcer -with- -IU out Interrupting bla broadcaat, And without bayed lo nndlbnea hearing the voice Ml amMant. Enables Finer ferric.

With thla equipment it Is possible for Tho Mown Leader to render even floor broadcasting on football this year than hut year, when tho service was first 1 Station WBBL was first- used last' sssoon, until WRVA was commissioned, when tho service was transferred to tha latter station, to bo renewed last Saturday tbe'V, M. C. fitate gama. -Tho News Leader i.laat year Introduced sports, broadcasting In Rich. Nothing Bos' to Free SUPERIOR1 RADIO SHOP t.

i Xs; 1 -A. Edgeworth Tobacco Station Owned ExclwdvelylJy: Radio hroadcaaUng ototloa WRVA, known America over aa the 'Edge-worth tobacco station, now, one year old. la owned ud controlled exetuatvo-ly by: Larua and Brother CompaOy, Xne Richmond corpomtlon. W. T.

Rood la preMdant and L. Road- la vice-president. Charles lx Laras io aacratary-treaaurar. Other mombors of tha firm am J. H.

Rood and L. O. Larue. Tho station la operated to maka Richmond and. Virginia better kaown to the country through' the talent of yirglnla speakers and musicians wua explained Tha station does not charge one mat tor Ma services, nor does It nay one pent.Jhr performers.

It utUlxca Virginia latent, realising that, there la none bettor, waaaaid today, "ABer whore does Now York got tho talent everybody talks about?" one of tho radio staff asked. Why. from Richmond and Little Rork and Nsw Orleans and other places to tho country." Tho Personnel. C. T.

Lucy ta In charge of the radio deportment-for larua and Brat hoe Company. Elmer Hoolote la studio director, program- manager aad senior announcer. Walter R. Blabop la secretary. Thaaa am oo etsfla aarjampanlata: Mias Bertha K.

Haarlett ahd3(r It. M. Holloway. Him I Lea Lucy Is corraapondlng Tha studio operators am -A. T.

abater. R. M. Holloway, Clarence KenC A. R- Council.

W. J. Sandtcnoa, Wal ter Witt, U-Lca Lucy, L. Deny, Harry I Hunt Aubrey Ford, Lather H. Rmtth, A.

Brown, 8. Butter. A. C. Certaon, T.

D. Wolfa Leothr. WUllama R. C. Chrdln, Newton Mite lor.

M. L. Harris and-J. Hi Couper. a- On announcing stall era C.

T. Lucy, Norvel Backnar, M. DeVoto and. George Hunter, "-Orris M. Ralph is chief operator of the remote control service and broadcast department Associated with' Mm are Harry R.

first assistant? Rum old Nmtrour, second and Clarence Edwards reaopre Realty Bodies Top FormAssociation The fmrmatloa it aoma otgnnio io lotion between the ktata and patlonnl real oatata aaaoctottena wltt ha1' fhd subject of a moating to ba hold at CM-eago on Nov. I and If hatwooq. tho ibpntaetv eohmrittaa eji'thn' Rational Board of Frertdeato and Hoctotartao jrt Btata'Aaaoclatlons' contact committee of tho Hatlonhl Aaoodatten of Real Estate Boards It la announmd In a letter sent out thla wot Thie masting' win probaMy fake up noma form of nmandmoat' or nmcad mentato the Rational to tm prmented at the gild-wlntar rtmat1 Ing ln Jan. 10 to.l,' which would embody doner Oonnoctlon bo tween atato and national groups, j. and foltewtag with, Tha.

same'aanrica Is being provkted ypa having beentraDamitteddlract. ly from Nawa Leader Square, where the announce, mombor o( The News Leader odltonal staff nnd an expert telegmpbor, copied- hy aar dlmitty lire 'bhail' game from the Lmoeinted who tho report of. tho games nnd Into-WRVAM microphone'5 The Apptedga from this A hroadeaat was eapacioll cards cams heavy. nnd tetters and nil oactlona of the Virginia aad many adjoining of tha axcallanca ot the tranamlealon. Betas daylight hroadcont, signal was tha only ono that could ba pickod up by thoumnda of JlaUnore In radio deatore and others' picked up the trnnamlsrton ud arredHt to the pobtlo' through tod, spenkero piaoed on tho otmeC Tu al-most-every; part- of crowds gathered around-theda speakere vMte Mb IJN to AN people packed Into Nowa.

Loader Rquam -to waich the magnello ocoroboud re produce -f the playa aad hear ths teudapeaklm m-peat tha deUUa. Othenr watched the eiodrieleerehoarfl nt jtoo telg Vl I .3. UM- sYi.e Vf'Amasing' Vtlho J-A ri 1 tg pArpA a "sH i iahAW ih E.y 7. 5 h- fc rt Ivr aa niTA emly init 'iynStrie ifAad. I cm- dh oL WTAtf i 4s, wniiiW'C FIRST 'AMMIVEBSART.

VI 3 I i Jg '-RaRrtat 1 259 --a ft na to leak WW1 RAMWLIW'ITJjM' j. rsf i COKE A' pm 'is -r. lA- Kutdrekrwa jM fe gmmpiefiO ib pidwv MT pytBBC Mf ot tb cmmnklyxm but no iwytMlfWAlvrttr Racoirea-widi On DU; riklA Aajk'f fbt InvoneJkouaA to mv. Han, ywm th TODAY toOMDUaUv 'fnnt jUWA' fitMkpaf.iiynT nmDAT wninoi theJtewMocKmt IgRafeNaarlrtom youths i'ef ope Mm Mil Mmsmm a.iitwitov Chkma cvreang log caret Tmt iWalrr arfll ho1 r-d tf: ki ii. fv ft cohrany: imAXD -ZSIOY; THEIB.

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