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Anniversary. Of the first transatlantic wireless signal, picked up by Guglielmo Marconi at St. John's, Newfoundland, 30 years ago; celebrated-with the greatest world-round radio hook-up ever effected. Recalling the event, Senator Marconi said that for six days, while "S" signals were being sent regularly from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 21, 1931 | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

Columbia's black-haired young President William S. Paley gave as his reason for the change, which will deprive Colum bia of revenue estimated at more than $10,000 per week, the desire to avoid "re sponsibility ... of allotting time on a commercial basis to different religions and different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Church of the Air | 8/24/1931 | See Source »

Between transatlantic telephone calls (see p. 9), President Hoover told the convention (and the U. S. over a nation-wide hook-up): "Despite differences of language, tradition and custom, the youth of the world have found in the organization a common ground for spiritual training and service to their Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIGION: Christian Endeavor at 50 | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

But last week a mighty hook-up of radio and education was revealed: a National Advisory Council on Radio Education. Organized last year, it is now backed by John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and the Carnegie Corporation, who promise to finance it for the next three years. Its president is Dr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: By Air | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

The resignation on Jan. 1 of Dr. Charles Stedman Macfarland as general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America incidentally emptied another major job he filled in U. S. Protestantism ? supervision of Protestant broadcasting Co.'s two chains. Last week the Federal Council half filled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Air Worship | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

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