RADIO CREATES WORLD FRIENDSHIP

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 31, 13 January 1939, Page 39

RADIO CREATES WORLD FRIENDSHIP

THAT radio does really create friendship among Ietanare im different parts of the world is borne out

owe eee rl ) eel by followind | from a letter received

by Mr.

W. T.

Choppen

(a member of the N.Z. DA Club) from

Ricardo F. Rubio, Cuban Representative or the N.2. DA Club. Mr. Rubio writes:-

RECEN TLY I received a letter | from Amando Cespedes Marin, owner- operator of Station TI4NRH, Costa Rica, sending me the famous diploma and some: other enclosures. In the letter he informed me that he was leaving that day for New York, but would be passing through Hayana and would like me to meet him. I immediately contacted the Director of the "Cuban Radio Guide," and some other listenerfriends, and together we formed a committee which met Cespedes on the ship. On the ship I had the pleasure Fy meeting Adolfo Leonard Ferndez, who, in turn, had been

looking for me because you had informed him that I was a friend of yours. After greetings had been exchanged, it was decided that Adolfo and I should take Cespedes on a tour of Havana-lI being appointed "Master of Ceremonies." We left the ship at 8 a.m. and after touring the town, had breakfast at Q2Hh am.

-e-V-OOSlllee After that we took him to our National Capitol, and we were two hours showing him around and ex- _ plaining everything to him, for our capital is a 16 million dollar building, and is a marvel of construction and medern engineering. One of the features is that it contains 165 different kinds of marble, while another is a big 32-carat diamond, which is placed in the centre of the building, and indicates kilometre "o" of the Main Road (central highway), so all distances are measured from the capital. It also has a big statue which symbolises the Republic of Cuba. It is made of bronze, weighs 49 tons, is 52 feet igh, and has three covers of goidplate. This capital is considered the best in Latin-America, and the second best in the world. At 10.30 we left the capital and took Cespedes around the commercial districts, until 11.30 am., at which time we had to be in the "Radio Guide’s" Offices, the Director, Rafael de la Paz, was very nice to all and had a photo taken of the group, after which we all heard the whole history of "Old Little NRN." While we were Iunching, "Radio Guide’s" Director prepared a visit with the owners of COCQ. The chief engineer was very kind to us and showed Cespedes the whole three-story building, specially constructed for the station, and Cespedes was simpiy delighted. While there, he received a telephone call from the COCQ plant out at Aldecoa, asking Cespedes to go there, as they wished to say "hello" to him. So after we had seen the studios, Cespedes made a speech

to the Cuban people and the authorities, and also to his family who were listening in Costa Rica, as the speech had been arranged before his departuré for Cuba. We then proceeded to the COCQ plant, and stayed there until 4.10 p.m. ; After we had visited the homes of several friends, we took Cespedes back to the ship and arrived ten minutes before the ship was due to sail. Cespedes was deeply moved by the manner in which we received him, and was very sorry to have to leave us.

N.Z. DX Club Meetings HAWKE’S BAY. in the Club Room, above Wood’s Tearooms, Waipukurau, at 7.45 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11. Vv. bL. KING (119H.B.), Branch Secretary. NORTHLAND. At 21 Anzac Road, Whangarei, at 7.30 p.m. on Monday, January R. A, ROYCROFT (2H.Q.), Branch Secretary. AUCKLAND, in the Society of Arts Halil, Kitchener Street, at 8 p.m., on Wednesday, January Ti. F. NEWING (316A.), Branch Secretary. WAIKATO. in Hamilton on Saturday, January 14, 1939. ; W. NORRIS (620A.), Branch Secretary. |