THE STAR TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR 'ROXIE' FUND
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 6, 1924, The Sunday Star reports the newspaper "will undertake to help raise" a $4500 deficit" in "the fund raised by 'Roxie*' and 'his gang' for the installation and maintenance of radio receiving apparatus for the disabled servicemen at Walter Reed, Mount Alto and the Naval hospitals" here in the Nation's Capital.
The fund, through the use of the power of radio, makes "life a bit brighter" for the patients at area hospitals who are bedridden.
The Star says that money raised in this effort will be turned over to James H. Baden, vice-president of The Commercial Bank and treasurer of the 'Roxie' fund.
*Samuel Lionel 'Roxy' Rothapfel (1882-1936) was born in Germany & came to the U.S. in 1886. His family moved from Minnesota to NYC in 1895. SLR saw action in the Boxer Rebellion as a Marine & later brought the great movie palaces to New York City. His 'Roxy Hour' was broadcast from 1927-1932 on NBC's Blue Network.
SOURCES
"Service Hospital Radio Fund, Started By 'Roxie,' $4,500 Short," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., April 6, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"Station R-O-X-Y: Roxy and the Radio," by Ross Melnick, Film History, Vol. 17, No. 2/3, The Year 1927, Indiana University Press, www.jstor.org/
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