The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 23, 1940, Page 2

52 Tank Towers May (arry Television Shows fo U\.S. RECEIVING ANTENNA TRANSMITTING ANTENNA HOUSING reut York to Phil of the world's television network. Po: (New ielphia) Map of preposed ¢ first ultra-shot-wave approximate, are C. E. BUTTERFIELD By | | above 460 megacycl Associated Pre. Radio Editor 2 It is this same equipment de- NEW YORK. April 23.—It looks | veloped by Radio Corporation of like a water tower. It mizht even | America engineers in a long pe b used ’fc hat purpo.e. Actu- | riod, of festing which will be em- ally, it's a unit of an ultra-short- ployed in setti up ‘the world’s wave relay network to pass tele- first’ television relay Hik. It will vision signals from city to city|connect’ Philadelphia to New York as sound radio is distributed | Visually as the starter for what it s oy is hoped will be a coast-to-coast Ultima the water tank mo- | Metwork. tif may be replaced by some other| arigr this ‘Nookup sels operat- basic design. But in the first e®- jo' broBably by the end of the perimental television relay be- year, QLher ‘eities’ are to be tied in, tween New York City and River-| wyj; Waghington as a next step. head, Long Island, a distance of | Ajeddy 16 is fritended to televise | approximately 70 miles, two of the | e 1944 inauguration if technic tanks were perched on high steel| govelopments permit. frames resembling windmill towers. | ¢ This test -demonstrated, the en-| Tanks 30 Miles Apart gineers sald, that the system was| The New York-Philadelplia cir cuit, as how lald out, would hav two_of the ~water-tank placed about 30 miles apart span_ the ‘90-mile gap. Besides booster station, “the 'tank provide space. for = the and transmitting antennas, so ar- practical 6/10 of a Meter Instead of holding water, tanks housed the equipment, prising the automatic radio made up of special receiver transmitters to pass along the signal considerably boosted in|ranged with reflectors that they strength. Extremely short wave-| do not interfere with pne anofher lengths are used, the shortest yet| Coupled with plans for the net- applied to television. They mea-|work start was the announcement sure six-tenths o( a meter, or jusv. of the Nullunul Broadéasting Com- to the the com- relay and IlI|||||llllllllllllllllllll“lllI lhllllllII||Ill|||||HIllIII|"II|||||l|l|||||||||l|||||||l| Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbin Coons J HOLLYWOOD, Cal., April 23.—Year in, year out, the "nls (and boys, too) come to Hollywood looking for a break. There have been sermons preached about it, official stay-homes pro- mulgated, and movies made, the latest being “Star-Dust.” Ellen Drew was one of those girls. She didn't believe in signs She came, and she's doing all right. But she knows better now. If she had known the figures and the against her, maybe she wouldn’t have come. Ellen can tell anyone who asks that the chances againsi cess for an unknown girl in pletures are about 30,000 to one She can say it with as much zeal as the pamphleteers who urge girls to stay home. She'll go even further in discouragement: “After you get a contrect, the odds inst you are still 1,000 to one. Ever notice how many young girls the studios sign up never get anywhere?” Well, did you? around here a year, and you see them climbing laboriously up to the pinnacle of a contract—only to or warnings. odds s slide off like greased eels at the first or second option time. A thousand-to-one shol is conservative. Ellen Drew used to make $10 a week in a Chicago store. She saved a dollar a weck for o Hollywood fund. She spent some of her savings for an evening gown and a bathing suit—the neces- sary habiliments to enter a beauty contest in Evanston. She won, promoted a ride to California with friends and found herself at Hollywood's gates--holduig a job in a candy store near Gauman’s Chinese theatre, She had a lot of phony offers from phony agents who said she “ought to be in pictur but Ellen was smart. She always investigated fizst. sWhen she mpt a real agent, she went along WELCOME! That's the receptioca charming hestessess glwe thougr~ful guests who pring gifts of delicious NOwW AT Van Duyn ..lnd'l‘::‘ Lnuo . , tentions deitemeyes O Pesrey’s exclusively “Van VAN DUYN CHOCOLATE m to'the sftidio and (surprise, surprise!) she got a contract. Unlike most of the stock girls, Ellen went places—mainly because Wesley Ruggles picked her as a “typical working girl” for Bing Crosby’'s “Sing, You Sinners.” She has done well since—leading lady stuff. For' “French Without Tears” she got her first trip to England, something she never had dreamed could happen. She has a bigger chance now in “Buck Benny Rides Again But don't let it fool you, girls, Ellen Drew is still one in 30,000—and even she 15 still this side of real stardom Jackie Cooper is looking for a “blame man.” Jackie and his crowd have been talking over plans for a 16 mm. “home mive” production of some epie, such as “Robin Hood.” Jackie is the producer. As such, He promised the feminine lead to Judy Garland, Then, in a forgetful moment, he promised the feminine lead to Bonita Granville. And then, he met Leila Ernst, fresh nom Broadway's “Too Many Girls.” Latest feminine lead is Leila Ernst. +“I glon’t know whal to do,” paid Jackie, brow furrowed. have to hire a blame man to get me out of this.” < ¢ B9 AR stations, | 11 also | receiving | I | 1k THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1940. 'NOW IT IS BARE KNEES FOR ALL KINDS OF SPORTS RS Here you see fashions "latest trick—bare knees, Above the short kilt flannel skirt are (1) a navs (3) a tanager red pullover and (4) a sun veflow blouse. blue little Costumes ass bled by Lord and Taylor. bev's jacket » hunt green cardigan 're the fashion mart's latest formula for comfort in climbing fences, bowling, golfing and the like. They con e a t skirt cut off s above the Knee cap and long socks cut off two inches below it—and they leave your knee as bare as your face Made up” too Just as artistic a touch. They're going to give men a new reason for interest in women’s fashions. As a matter of fact thev've been swiped [ 4 pa book of men’s style Men in Scotch kilts and Tyrolean orts have been leaving their knees exposed for ood mg € o 1 p. ladies; and got intosmedw kilts. They're meant for an with a good trim figure, Not just the you ters. 2 m A g | digha teams§ during the course of one (APITALOF - ITIS OKAY And that's not ail Tarkio (Mo.) Coilege won agna- tional intercollegiate rlnmpmn«ym ning team were three Indiana bo F IS INDIANA - | Is Right on Banks of Wa- ana bash, Three Million Hoosiers Declare 3y HAROLD HARRISON AP Peature ervice INDIANAPOLIS million Ho They declate April 23.—Three jers can’'t be wrong ey have the facts this year to prove that the nation’s sketball capital is on the banks of the Wa For Hoosier have been claiming that when better basket- | ball was played it would be right what Indiana teams did Indiana University won the Na- ticnal Coilegiate Athletic Associa n teurnament by defealing the | versity of Kansas, 60 to 42. Kan- | sas long has challenged Indiana’s | 1ims as the No. 1 basketball state Indianans think they put an d to such assertions this year. And they came from the little town of Gas City which never has gome close Lo being one of the top-notch - bigh school teams in this state. ¥ lifornia won the“Back Southern C ific Coast conference championship £ its lineup was studded with! UL, AN 2 Jling, six-foot, eleven-i Hoosiers, Including the sensational | o SE7 0k & SIS Ralph Vaughn of PFrankfort Ind- e Pne - el basketball team, adr bt gives him some Northwestern and Ohio ik : of the three teams which beat In-| ¢~ 9" diana University during the seas : . P o . had several Hoosiers in their line-| 4" S NG, FiaRte e yeb found a place to put my le e in an autemobil t i ay- One of the outstanding player Al ”’]1"('\‘ % 5 s ”,): pley- frem the south of the Mason-Dixo: ”'“‘M e e R line was (you guessed it) a Hoosier ; ¢ el o Gilbert Huffman of New Castle, | o g now playing with Ten He's|, e ; 4 the ball through the hoop. He used a brother of M in the ¢ 1 to play for Ce 81 Towa. Gall o Indiana guard who wa oted the i wiiat does he do it e sum most valuable player in the NCAA FEs VR T et T mer? He's a pa ind he cel- todrnament. Icm ever has to use a scaffold And if that isn't enough 5 e 3 MeE R u that tl won 104 fans will tell yi this state of games played with teams f{ 156 ther SHE CANDO IT BUT IT'S HARD AUSTIN, 'I")u\\ Apn. 23—A col- lege girl can be well dressed for a little as 19 cents a day states during the season - Something entral Catholic high school of | Ouly. one. girl oitt_of 80 ques- Fort Wayne won the national ‘Ci ath- | dorind -abine Yulversiit sepn pem e el Dopsiglont e Sene Wi v 4 {able to accomplish it. however: PR Halersity “won theiBlg . She -spent #1005 SOWAIRR in Ten rlv.|||\|7|un\l\uu with Indiana as I“ A | onte (yeary”-the. group average .wo i ccidenfs oo Roosevelt High School of Gary XS 3150 won a national Negro tournament at The girl who spent $70. bought teville, N. C.. and Lincoln High| HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. April 23— four dresses, two of wool, one School of Evansville won another Rural Mail Carrier Morton Penick | linen, and one silk; two wool national Negro event at Tuskegee |5 somewhat concerned over the|Suits, a tweel coat and a swealer Institute, Ala, | traffic along United States Road 41|and made four blouses and slips An Indiapolis independent team | near here. She paid 69 cents for gowns and won a national interstates tourna-| Returning home, he took p. to|79 cents for hose. Two pairs of ment at Indianapolis several weeks | Sée that the road was clear before shoes cost $4.98 and $1.50. | attempting to turn in his driveway.| The girl With the $730 ward- Park School of Indianapolls won | Just then a speeding automobile ap-|robe had 12 daytime dresses, five the midwest preparatory hool | pea over a ridge a neatly evening gowns, 16 pairs of shoes, )mn.nommp for the second straight | Knocked the postman’s car into a | seven hats and six purses ants | diten S i B The Indiana State School for the| TWo days later, after the car was MINER RETURNS Dgaf won the national deaf school | FePaired, Penick found himself again| John Lappi, oldtime Alaska min- championship. attempting to turn in his driveway. |er, is a through passenger on the That makes eight national or re- | This time, a truck appeared and— | Alaska for the Westward, He will sional championships won by In- pany that it had applied for per- mission to erect television broad- cast stations 'mot only in' Philadel- phia, but in Washington and Chi- 10 as well. BRIGGS Be Fixtures in color cos TODAY'S BATHROOM IS :ELEGANT | white and they're just grand. ON DISPLAY! | ® | RICE & AHLERS Co0. Exclusive Dealer it—knocked you vu\x]ew‘d car work for the United States Smelt- into a ditch ing Refining and Mining Company , No one was hurt in the accidents | at Fairban % — - ) - - - - : A. B. CAIN For Wani uuu Fou Democratie - ¢andidate for F lassifieds bring results, | resentativ - - - Empire classifieds bring res autyware t but little more than Il Latest fad ameng sc at I b1 Del Meonte, Cal., is dass hats for beach we Hats afford shade from the burning ravs of the sun without inter- fering with visibility, Pretty Bar- bara Healv is nictured about to nab a beach ball on the sands at Pebble Beach. - MARGINAL COAL MINES WORKED NOW AT PROFIT LUSANNE, April 22 Switzer- land’s wartime coal mines are being worked the first time in twenty ve A century ago the Swiss discov- ered small coal deposits in the Valais canton near Lausanne, but they are worth operation only when wars in Europe raise the price of coal. Three such mines have been opened re- cently. ¥ - - For Want and For e Empire classitieds bring resuits. e ey IT'S TIME T0 CHANGE YOUR THINNED - 0UT LUBRICANTS! CONNORS MOTOR COMPANY . SUSNUSPILIURTINY Forecast fc 11y ure cloudy mini q. 8. D "‘x\l(lMl.NT oK APKI( LTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the S. Weather Bureau) r Junean and vi beginning at 3:30 p.m., April toni: cloudy Wet not much change in tems- n temperature bout 38 degrees Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Cloudy tonight and Wedr light she over the south po Wednesday; 1ot e in t iture; gentle o modes variable wind i anc s Wednesday ) of along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska. moderate westerly tonight, becomin ‘ om Dixon Entrance to Sitka; and crate ¢ 1 southeasterly from Sitka to Kodiak LOCAL DakbA Time Barometer ‘lunp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather pm. yesty 30.06 61 20 SE 10 Cloudy am. today .01 40 81 WwWsw . 2 Clear oon today 60 26 E 8 PL. Cldy 1 ' RADIO REPORTS i TODAY ) Max. tempt. | Lowest 3:30am. Precip. 3:30am Stagion las: 24 hours temp. temp, 24hours Weathe~ Gambell 2 0 Fogzgy Fairba: 0 Nome [ D on 0 Tayo 9 4] 0 Clea 34 03 Fo i 44 ] i Rain 10 45 J7 Rain 45 t Rain >3 23 Clouw 62 0 Clear 1k 29 0 Cloud . 11 0 Clear ( ) 10 0 Cloud ce 3 63 2 0 C ) i 49 49 08 Rain n 0 0 Pe.Cl o WeATHER SYNOPSE n i 1€ 1 off the coast of ton d ir tral Tdaho by this morni ¢ n Du‘ch Harbor ha ) d JINR 1 1 1ale rain occurred o t Nerthwe ; 1 o Alaskan Peninsula, otherwise (he weather continusd mild with part’y cloudy skies AD. Sunrise 4°2; a.m. sunset 7:32 p.m CLOTHES that are CLEANFD . 1 OFTEN—Wear Longer! \\ Send YOUR GARMENTS to TRIANGLE Thorourh Workmanship and Worl Please You. - . PHONE MODES of the MOMENT by Adelaide Kerr . Y : i i “ . : £ ¥ i 3 i 4 “ in dinner the neckla® | A litile epidermis plus a lot of white crepe resulis in different effect pwns. Notice the wide square neckline—smart frame for