Show HAPPENINGS IN RADIO I Ii IBY i BY FLOYD A TIl RADIO MARES MAKES r LIARS OUT OF HONEST OEST IEN MEN New New Race of Strange Men l Is Growing Fast A new V r race oe stalks up and down doover over the th land a II race of strange strang men It Is a 0 race of liars hare This puck pack of ot prevaricators lie Ih and lie lies wildly not like the old old- ta 1 liar who only lied by bythe b t the he dock clock i loch hut but tle they II 11 In an nn up-to- up up d daro way v-ay h by the tho dl dial 1 They can cnn spin you ou a b story worn om at Timbuctoo and nd never blush bluI The They can cun It gt la I as easy cast a as pie Ill on n ono ono- tube z st sot t They will tell you iou au ta that t- t f Ai u w wt t 1 r t eS tho announcer ut at a well known i station had a II bad l cold colt la last lai t neck celt Oil Oh 01 yes yc they have a three three- tube set tide this time Do not qu these people popl p There Is no way to lo g t c t under their hide For they Coy lie from pride They will hl have ve a I come back for cry e que question th thy they cannot b be noss-e noss examined cross s and ned you yoa cannot defect deret They will stick sUck It out ut to the very cry last And a alas I the International ra- ra radio radio radio dio tests will do clo nothing but Int add numb numbers to this tribe ot of DX D fish fish- fishera era erB Instead of calling a station located miles mills away by the name ot of one on which Is separated rom from them by 1000 miles or of groggy rose they rill claim t that the mile I mile loo-mile station Is located on fo- fo soli soil 1 for I A certain man who ho never told t a alie lie In his life Is Exhibit No 1 He joined a club this man Ulan did and an paid his dues most of the time and ho was honest and God fearing God lie He mil mode made de a II few lew speeches here and there on bootlegging murder and other forms forma of amusement Then one da day ho he stepped out to astore a store and bought a radio It was w just a n plain little parlor set eel There was nothing fancy or super about It A couple of ot tubes yes yea es That man one evening was lit lit- it ling at the club with a few v cronIc Ho was talking and they the were listening There always were those who would be willing to 11 lie ten to Herbert C- C C Herbert ut uttered tend words of ot wisdom and truth Always the truth perhaps that was the secret Somehow the subject drifted to toradio radio All were Interested In find Ing out how Herberts Herbert's radio work work- worked worked worked ed And ho he h told them No use beating around the bush he told the indirectly straightforwardly He told them that the th night before while tinkering casually casually I with his hi set he h had bad picked up Havana Cuba One by one on those men those bosom friends of ot his departed One by one ono they flied tiled away and an left teft him cold with the th lie on his lips His name nam name was a no longer the name of ot an honest man Now he was that big bic liar Herbert Clie C- C ClIe C H lIe had lied away his birthright radio had been his undoing But one on map man remained one on who was trustful even In the face of o N this crushing untruth lIe II was the th I curious man who always was 1 pop pop- popping 01 ping questions at the clubs club's club for for- forums forums forum um Ho lIe had just one thing to toa a ask k this man Herbert Herbrt It 11 Is this How How do you yon know you OU had Havana The answer Is plain truth The rhe Th words Herbert speaks now would clear him forever with hIs fellows fellow He H says Cuban they were talking Cu- Cu Cu ban And And even even that last lat man stole sl- sl si silently awa away nn |