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THE HARTFORD DAILY COURANT: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1930. Radio Star Becomes Priricess Prepares New Program Series Mike Hanapi's Life Story Like Tests To Find Reception Fate 20,000 Feet Up Brunswick Engineers To Chart Signals In Plights At 50 Airports phatically with the audience of the Connecticut transmitter. And now, as members of the WTIC staff, they have become permanent fixtures in Hartford. Dave Burrows, first guitarist of the "Ilima Islanders," came from the Island of Molokai. He was the leader of Randolph's Hawaiians and a star of Roxy productions, supplementing his appearances on the Roxy stage with broadcasts over the neawork as a member of "Roxy's Gang." William Kalama Is director of Kalama's Hawaiians.

a popular en -IT i Joe Cook Yarn 4- k-) Ilima Islanders' Leader, Half-Irish, Half-Hawai semble on Victor and Columbia rec ian, Began Career As Indian Suppose you were a poor little homeless Hawaiian in a circus, and one day the champion heavyweight prize-lighter of the world stepped un to you and said, "Henceforth and from this day forward, consider your an Indian" or words to that ef feet. jjl.h t-t t.y Perhaps that is an excessive tax on your suppositional capacities. But just for lun, try to Imagine ypurself Uie Hawaiian in Question. ords. Bob Nawahine and Leo Cummins were for several seasons with "Toots" Parker, renowned Keith vaudevlllian, who helped give impetus to the Hawaiian music mania of a few years back.

Cummins is the only member of the WTIC troupe who might be mistaken for Nordic. This may be due to the fact that his progenitors included English, German and Hawaiian strains. His father, by the way. is one of the foremost merchants of the South Seas. Henry Mekua, the only member of the group who was not connected with the original Panama Exposition aggregation, is a former Chatauqua performer who conducted a school for lovers of stringed instruments in Bridgeport.

Since joining Station WTIC. the boys have won a following surpassed by almost no other feature on The Travelers programs. Great Radio Season For Football Fans No, this is not Joe Cook's story of the Four Hawaiians. This narrative involves six Hawaiiaas. We are two up on Mr.

Cook You look the world's champion over (we are still supposing you are the poor little homeless Hawaiian) and, discretion in your opinion being the better part of valor, you answer, "Yes, A series of high-altitude lihLs from a number of airports thrjugh the United States to determine what happens to radio reception above 20 -000 feet are to be conducted by research experts, it has been announced. Receiving sets wi.l be carried abroad planes, and pilots will chart reception results at various altitudes Preliminary charts will be made in conjunction with airplane nights from 50 airports throughout the country. The tests are being conducted by trie engineers of the Brunswick Radio Corporation. A flight will be made frori Field, from Municipal Field In Chicago and Central Airport at Philadelphia. It was further announced that an effort is being made to have Professor Plccardof-Brussels Univemtv, who plans to ascend to a height of 50,000 feet In a balloon, to.take a receiving set and chart results.

While the engineers who are planning the test declare their purpose is to find out what happens to radio signals at high altitudes, other, experts aver that no difference in re-ceDtion will be noted unless the plane were to reach the supposed altitude of the Heavyside Layer, which is believed to be about 75 miles in daytime and several hundred at night Announcer Back From College. Bromley House, who left the announcing staff of the Croslcy stations last December to return to Butler University, is back again at WLW. House became a WLW announcer a year ago this month. After four months he was given the opportunity to complete his college education. He accepted the offer, left WLW and went back to school, spending extra time as an announcer, production manager and assistant studio director for station WFBM at Indianapolis, Ind.

Mike Hanapi Mr. Willard. I'm an Indian." And in your zeal to oblige, you hop up and down In accepted Indian lasnion slapping your hand over your open Hawaiians. We have already alluded to the circus incident. It broke up the mouth and emitting sucn mooa curdline cries that the world's cham Fair Hawaii combination and separ ated its members for several years.

After a short period on the road in pion, himself perceptibly shaken by this display of ferocity, says, "But not that much of an Indian. Remember vaudeville. Mike, who was then 16 there will be children in the audience, years old. returned to the metropolis, and children are impressionable." arriving lust in time to join the cast Dr. Stokowski And so you become an Indian, you or Oliver Morroscos extravaganza The Bird of Paradise," featuring who once strummed a ukulele and a steel guitar In the Hawaiian band A new camera portrait of Leopold Broadcasting Networks Will Put On Air At Least 27 of Country's Big Grid Contests among others.

Lenore Ulrica and Guy that made the united states Hawaii Bates rest, in company witn mj Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, depicting him at conscious and set its citizens to sing Hanapi the "Bird or paradise ing "Yaka Hula Hickey Doola" and Hawaiian ensemble were four other work on the score of the first radio Virginia Gardiner, who plays leading roles in a number of NBC radio dramas, was made an Indian Princess on her recent visit to Glacier National Park where she spent a three weeks vacation. Miss Gardiner wai dubbed Princess Great Star woman by Chief Short Man Blackfeet with whom she is shown above. The Chief presented her with a real Sioux scalp as part of the ceremony. I'm coming uack to you, My nuia Hoo." boys who have achieved renown. One was Tardy McKenzie.

the Scotch- Dr. Stokowski is an unusually busy man these days, for in addition to preparing for his radio series, he Is conferring almost daily with NBC engineers about his new device, and planning the regular concert series of his orchestra. The device, which remedies tonal deficiencies found In broadcasting large musical groups, will be in operation for the first time during today's broadcast. concert of his organization, to be broadcast today under the auspices Hawaiian opera singer who recently soared to operatic fame by singing the of Philco. The photograph, the first But you don't mind.

In fact, you rather like it. You had read of Indians in your American history books back in Honolulu, and the idea of being a heap big Indian chief strikes you as good fun. You had dreamed principal role of "Aida in Milan and is now being billed tor an appearance Tube Research Continues. New (AP.i Despite the fact nearly ideal, research goes on in an effort to find something a little Dr. Stokowski has had taken this year, is the work of Anton Bruehl, nationally known photographer.

with the Metrouoiitan Opera com that radia tubes today are considered I pany. Another was William Lincoln, for four years the leader oi Henry- Ford's private orchestra. The others were Walter Kolomokn. now leader of the "Coral Ilanfi ers" featured on the Columbia Broadcasting System, and Joseph Rodgers, now leader of tne soutn sea islanders on tne rival network. A veritable football feast, appetizing enough to tickle the palate of the most meticulous sports epicure, has been prepared for the ensuing season by the country's major broadcasting networks.

At least twenty-seven of the country's leading gridiron conflicts will be put on the air by National and Columbia, according to announcements from headquarters of both networks. Graham McNamee and William Munday of the National Broadcasting Company and Ted Husing of 'the Columbia Broadcasting System have been chosen by their respective companies to do the football micro-phoning. October 18, Army-Harvard at Cambridge; October 25, Notre Dame-University of Pittsburgh; November 1, Princeton-Chicago at Chicago; November 8. University of Illinois-Army at New York; November 15, Yale-Princeton at Princeton: November 22, Penn-Cornell at Philadelphia; November 29, Army-Notre Dame at Chicago. The schedule of National's WEAF When "The Bird of Paradise closed.

Mike spent a season with Hoiuas Hawaiian Band at tne But more. Then he organized a troupe of his own. including: several members of the original Fair Hawaii Glee Club, and embarked on a vaudeville tour. spending three years on Keith time two years on Pantages and a year on Orpheum. America's entrance into the World War, combined with t.ie influenza epidemic of 1918, broke up the vaudeville unit.

After military service, Mike took a banjo-playing network is as follows: October 11, job at the "Exclusive Club, rendezvous of Broadway' elite, followed by a similar position with Paul Specht's famous orchestra when it toured the Armv-Swarthmore at West Point; IS THE TUMI 'BUY 'YOUR October 18, Harvard-Army at Boston; Keith circuit. October 25. Harvard-Dartmouth at After this engagement, Mike once again sounded the assembly call. Cambridge; November 1, Dartmouth-Yale at New Haven; November 8. un athering in the members of the Fair announced: November 15, Yale- Hawaii Club for a fling at recording.

Princeton at Princeton: November 22 They made discs for any and Yale-Harvard at New Haven; No every recording organization Victor. of Indians stalwart, tearless, mne-limbed sons of the prairies and here you are one yourself. With a feathered headdress, a Navajo blanket, fearsome war-paint and the title, Chief Hailstone, Boldest of the Cherokees." Then one day the circus plays a city down south. In the town across the river, another circus is regaling the natives. Out of professional curiosity, you visit the rival show, and there, to your amazement, you see a Sioux Indian playing a ukulele.

You are enkindled with a consuming passion to demonstrate your artistry on the other fellow's ukulele; to show this poor benighted redskin what the instrument could accomplish In competent hands. So. just to chide the fellow, you say in Hawaiian, "You're just about the 1 lousiest ukulele player I ever heard." To vour utter stupefaction, he eyes vou truculently and replies in pure Hawaiian, 'Well, you fake Cherokee, I'd like to see you do better." Whereupon you do better, and you and your fellow-imposter quit your respective employers, form a partnership and hit New York as an Hawaiian vaudeville duo. All this preamble may sound Joe Cookish. but it's only one of the many Joe Cookish exploits in the glamorous career of Mike Hanapi, leader of the popular "Ilima Islanders" who have joined the permanent staff of Station WTIC and are heard almost daily from the local transmitter.

There are six "Islanders," but our concern in this particular piece is with their leader. Hanapi, with his russet complexion, his teeth as white and evenly mwched as the keys of a piano, and his thatch of ebony hair. Is a person to turn around and stare at when passed on the street. In truth, that is what practically everybody does. Hanapi Part Irish.

He was born In Honolulu on the island of Oahu not so many years ago. His antecedents were part Irish, part Hawaiian. "Just try to find a full-blooded Hawaiian," says Mike. He was graduated from a Roman Catholic school, excelling in extracurricular activities as a guitarist. When he was 15 years old, he joined an orchestra organized by the late George Kala.

one of the best known oi all Hawaiian musicians. Kaia had been commissioned by officials of the Panama Exposition of ibis, held in California, to import a vember 29, Dartmouth-Leland Stan Edison, Columbia, urey Gull, Okeh ford on the Pacific Coast. and what have you. axe still Over a network headed by WJZ making records; in fact, make two or the following games will be broad tnree a month. cast: October 11, Naw-Notre Dame at south Bend; October 18, unan First Broadcast.

In 1925 they made their first broad nounced: October 25, Armv-Yale at cast, being identified as the "South New Haven; November 1. Kentucky- Sea Islanders' over the network of Alabama at Louisville; November 8. the National Broadcasting: Company. Harvard-Micnigsn at Cambridge: They remained with NBS for a year, November 15. Southern Methodist- men rennquisned tneir place in favor RADIO oi tne group directed by Joseph Navy at Baltimore; November 22, Navv-Maryland at Annapolis; November 29, Army-Notre Dame at Koagers.

fianaprs ooys next spent a season under the direction of Vincent Lopez at the St. Regis, another sea son at the Biltmore in Miami and still New Station Planned Charlotte, N. C.fAP) Plans for another at the Mount Royal Mon treal. the establishment of a new broad The advent of talking movies casting station here call for power of opened a new new to them and they 1.000 watts. The call letters will be maae several vitapnone Picture WCSA and NBC programs would be snorts" and were featured with Ra featured.

Application for permission mon Novarro in his South Sea Dic- has been made to the federal radio commision. ture, "The Pagan." Two 'months ago they made their first broadcast from Station WTIC, "clicking" most em- JLoNGER evenings are here with radio reception at its best. Those favorite programs you listened to each week last winter are back on the air. Enjoy them still more this year with a General Electric Full Range Radio in your home. Let the Full Range Sensitivity bring in distant stations beyond the reach of the ordinary radio.

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"Why, only yesterday I saw an advertisement for a ukulele correspondence school in America's leading weekly magazine." Mike told his interviewer. "The headline was 'Learn to play like the real He winced at the thought. He is almost fanatically anxious to let the nubile know that there is more to Hawaiian music than mere ukulele-plucking. Mike and the four other members of the Fair Hawaii Glee Club previously mentioned came east after the Panama Exposition in 1916. They spent the ensuing seasons at Rector's and Maxine's.

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