Radio Digest (Nov 1929-Apr 1930)

110 WENR Still Leads Popular Station Race (Continued from page 4) FRIENDS of Station WENR have been the most persistent to date in the Radio Digest World's Most Popular Station contest. Week after week they have consistently sent in their ballots and kept their favorite station in the lead by a slight margin. Now and again another station will sweep into prominence, only to have its total vote cast into oblivion by still another contender. Judging from the number of ballots received in every mail, this Gold Cup award is going to be the most hotly contested race ever sponsored by Radio Digest. Among the outstanding contenders for the Most Popular Station award, besides WENR, are WDAF, WCOA, WAPI, KGA, KFNF, KWKH, KFOX, WSM, WLS, WLW, WJAS, WBBZ, WWNC, KFI and WNAX, with KMOX, KHJ, WTAM and KDKA, together with a number of others, close behind. If you haven't voted or your favorite broadcasting station yet turn to page 4, clip and fill in the coupon and send it to the Popular Station Editor today. Remember, this contest closes at midnight March 20. Standing of the stations to date: East City Votes KDKA Pittsburgh 2987 WBZA Boston 1864 WPG Atlantic City 2714 WABC New York City 2680 WCAU Philadelphia 2006 WEAF New York City 2514 WGR Buffalo 2134 WHAM Rochester 2469 WOR Newark 1937 WRC Washington, D. C 1539 WTIC Hartford 2080 WJSV Washington, D. C 1638 WBAL Baltimore 1543 WEEI Boston 928 WBRL Tilton, N. H 843 WGY Schenectady 2814 WJAS Pittsburgh 6076 WJZ New York City 2318 WFBL Syracuse : 1520 WMAK Buffalo 1584 WNAC Boston 1485 South City WCOA Pensacola ... WFLA Clearwater .. WHAS Louisville ... WSMB -....New Orleans. WWNC Asheville .... WSM Nashville .... KWKH Shreveport .. WSB Atlanta .... WJBO New Orleans. WDOD Chattanooga WMC Memphis WREC Memphis .... WCOC Columbus . . . WRVA Richmond ... WDBJ Roanoke .... WLAC Nashville .... WLAP Louisville Votes ...5048 ...1960 . . . 1438 ...2016 ...6024 ...4865 ...6410 ...4090 . . . 1394 ...1410 . . .2102 ...2740 .. 1474 ...1739 . . . 1320 .1544 .1425 WBT Charlotte 1180 WTAR Norfolk 1817 WAPI Birmingham 6708 WPTF Raleigh 1260 WJAX Jacksonville 2364 WBRC Birmingham 3425 Middle West City WTAM Cleveland .. KMA Shenandoah WCCO Minneapolis WCBD Zion WATU Columbus Votes ...3624 ...1411 ...2104 .1140 .1772 WCAH Columbus 1586 WJAY Cleveland 1379 KMOX St. Louis 3021 KSTP St. Paul 2947 KYW Chicago 2675 WBBM Chicago 2238 WFBM Indianapolis 1642 WON Chicago 1784 WJJD '.Chicago 1980 W JR Detroit 1644 WHK Cleveland 1936 WLS Chicago 7280 WMAQ Chicago 2897 WTMJ. Milwaukee 1902 WOWO Fort Wayne 1524 WHO Des Moines 1489 KOIL Council Bluffs 2745 KFKB Milford 2234 WOS Jefferson City 1683 KFEQ. St. Joseph 1760 WENR Chicago 7540 WWJ Detroit 2324 Middle West City KFNF Shenandoah . WOC Davenport .. KWK St. Louis KSO Clarinda WDAF Kansas City. WCAZ Carthage WLW Cincinnati ... West City KOA Denver WBAP Fort Worth . KVOO Tulsa KSOO Sioux Falls.. KGCU Mandan ...*. WOAI San Antonio. WFAA Dallas KFAB Lincoln WOW Omaha Votes ...5289 ...1775 ...1325 ...1011 ...6470 ... 990 ...5405 Votes ...2039 ...2240 ...1858 . . . 1402 . . . 1606 ...1378 ...1762 ... 664 ...2174 KOB State College, N. M 1120 WNAX Yankton 4210 WIBW Topeka 1576 KMM J Clay Center 1040 KPRC .Houston 1804 KFYR Bismarck 995 KFKB Milford .-. . . .2345 KGIR Butte 1789 WBBZ Ponca City 4941 KRLD Dallas 1368 KTHS Hot Springs 1360 KTSM El Paso 1214 KFH Wichita 1525 Far West City Votes KDYL Salt Lake City 1798 KSL Salt Lake City 1611 KFI Los Angeles 5888 KJR Seattle 2260 KOMO Seattle 2164 KGA Spokane 5901 KIDO Boisie 1521 KGW Portland 2302 KOIN Portland 2620 KFWB Hollywood 2412 KGO Oakland 2346 KPO San Francisco 2921 KFOX Long Beach 6144 KFRC San Francisco 1424 KFJI Astoria 1298 KHJ Los Angeles 4068 KFWM Oakland 1380 Votes ...1509 . . . 1680 ...2210 ...1346 ...1417 ...1125 ...1216 ...1776 ...1018 ...1602 ...1064 . . . 1471 .1286 Canada City CFAC Calgary CFCA Toronto CFQC Saskatoon CHCS Hamilton CKGW Toronto CHWC Regina CJCA Edmonton CJCJ Calgary CjRM Moose Jaw CKAC Montreal CKUA Edmonton CNRM Montreal CNRV Vancouver ...... CKCK Regina 923 CKCL Toronto 960 CJGC London 1272 CFRB Lawrence '.. 765 WREN. . . : Toronto 108C The Gigolo Mystery (Continued from page 51) this — just because we all thought it was smart and a thrill and all that bunk. I— I—" "Well, that's mighty handsome of you to say it, Ev," interrupted Judy Hancock, her eyes sparkling and her fine young face animated. "But it seems to $100 Reward For Mystery Solution C^AN you find a clue? Are you good at solving puzzles? If you like to tickle your brains with real problems here is a chance for some money. RADIO DIGEST will offer $100 as a prize for the best solution of a Radio studio murder which has baffled the greatest experts. Watch the April issue for David B. Hampton's gripping story and the details of this $100 prize contest. me I went into this when I ought to have known better. I haven't anyone else but myself to blame. No one made me do it, as I told Mr. Kennedy. I don't blame you, no matter what anyone else may say or think. It was strictly up to me and I could have — " I was watching the faces of both Judy and Barr with a great deal of interest and did not see Kennedy raise his hand for silence as he grabbed the receiving paraphernalia of the Radio. We waited breathlessly, as Kennedy consulted his watch several times in the interchange over the air. Finally he turned to us. "They got Ryder Smith off. They were glad to give him up. One less to divide with, I suppose. They're bringing him ashore and I'll have him by six o'clock. Meanwhile he has made a part of his statement — and it will enable me to tie up the one loose end there is left in my case!" Chapter XVII. TIEING LOOSE ENDS i ir I "llE a loose end?" repeated Mcj Naught. "And that is—?" He paused in the question. "Possession," answered Kennedy. "Most cases fall down on that. Possession of the poison. It's all very well to prove that a person has been poisoned, to prove that there was a motive and an opportunity and all that for another person to poison them. But prove that that person actually had the poison in question with which to do it. Many an otherwise perfect case has broken down on that." "Well, seeing that I don't know what the poison was nor who the person was, I must say I am as much in the dark, Kennedy, now as I was when I looked through the port of the Gigolo and saw that beautiful girl in the cabin, alone, dead." McNaught looked around at me reproachfully as if I had been holding back something from him. "I can assure you, McNaught," I hastened to alibi myself, "I am in pretty much the same position myself." ~ Kennedy smiled. "In fact I think Dr. Gibson, the coroner, knew no more about it than either of you." He paused, looking around keenly at them all. "Of course," he resumed, "I am going to leave you all in the custody of McNaught and his men until six o'clock when they assure me they will have landed Captain Ryder Smith and turned him over to me. That being the case, I can see no harm that will come of revealing at least some part of what this missing link of possession of the poison may be. . . . Who is 'the Turk?' Donato — no, perhaps you, Merck, can answer best. Taxi drivers know everyone. Who is 'the Turk'?" "The Turk?" repeated Jake, then hesitated. "Go on, Jake, you tell 'em," urged Don with a sort of fiendish glee. "I had to tell about Ryder Smith. Now you tell!" "Come across, Merck. Who is the Turk? I will find out — but you might save me a half hour or perhaps an hour." It was not so much that Jake did not want to tell as it was that he revolted against having to tell. It was the instinct of the gunman and racketeer who would rather die than reveal even who it was who shot him. I could well imagine what was going on in Merck's mind. He would never have breathed a syllable any more than Don the Dude would have done about Ryder Smith had the Turk been a member of his gang. "Come across," repeated Kennedy. "There's nothing you can gain by shield ing him — much you can lose." Merck scowled. "O' course you' :,