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Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 42, 26 April 1935, Page 20

RANCE is putting a supertax on owners of radio receivers; proceeds of the tax go to support the "theatre industry"; France, of course, subsidises opera and the theatre, so probably the new tax will be used to set-off broadcasts, by the French national stations, of performances by the national operatic and theatrical companies. At a sporting event the winner of a-2000-metre race was supposed to be interviewed in front of a microphone. The reporter of Radio Copenhagen was not aware that he had to deal with a stutterer and pulled the exhausted winner up to the microphone. He started to question the runner about his impressions during the race, A little pause .. . the runner hesitated for a while « . and then answered fiuently all questions. ~ Since then he hag not stuttered!! The microphone fever (fright) achieved what no doctor could do in years. While a good hearty slap on the back has seemed a good way to relieve temporary spells of s-s-stut-t-t-ter-r-r-ring, this case wins, the prize for 2 bona-fide, permanent cure, unless there’s something fishy in Denmark!