| Summary: | Seattle Expert To Fly With Byrd: Howard Mason One Of Three Radio Men Chosen For Polar Trip. SEATTLE EXPERT TO FLY WITH BYRD Howard Mason One of Three Radio Men Chosen for Polar Trip. Howard Mason of Seattle, well known in amateur radio circles, and who took a prominent part when the Washington division of the American Radio Relay league held their state convention in Spokane last year, has been selected by Commander Richard Byrd as one of the three radio men to attempt to fly over the south pole. Radio will be the commander's leading ally in penetrating the unknown regions of the south polar land. The Seattle expert, who is only about 30 years of age, was at one time in charge of the Radio league's headquarters station at Hartford, Conn., but came west two years ago and established a laboratory in Seattle. "Commander Byrd could not obtain the services of a more competent radio engineer and operator," said Thomas W. Baird Jr, of Spokane, former president of the local radio league chapter. "Mr. Mason has not only designed and manufactured several types of short wave receiving and transmitting sets, but has kept up and ahead of the times in short wave transmission. We understand here that Mr. Mason is now in the east, where he is supervising the assembling of materials on the supply ship Sampson." Other radio engineers to accompany the expedition are Lloyd V. Berkner, formerly radio engineer for the United States lighthouse bureau, and Lloyd K. Grenlie, who was chief radio electrician on the Byrd north pole flight.
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