Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1922, Page 17

L NAVY KEEPING RADIO MEN Rw%fi”&&%fi%‘}gfifi%‘gfifl“fi%fimfi . IN TRAINING FOR SERVICE Young Operators, With Healthy Bodies and Alert Minds, Necessary for the Exacting Duties at Sea. BY COMMANDER STANFORD C.| HOOPER, U. S. N, Head of the Radio Division, in the Bureau of Emgincering, Navy Dept. (Copyright, 1922 Il rights reserved.) The responsibility imposed on the average radio operator of today may be compared to that of the railroad tele- graph operator in the early days of the single-track road. This applies to oper- ators on ships at sea and especially to those at the coastal stations. The coastal stations are maintained and operated not only as auxiliaries of our Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic fleets in the Interests of the national defense. but also to serve the maritime interests in general, and especially for the pro- tection of life and property at sea. Mechanically operated safety devices. such as the modern automatic block signaling systems in use on our rail- roads, cannot be utilized in connection with transportation and travel by sea o Present-day seagoing travel and trade! adio for depend in large measure on safety, however. and radio as a safe-{ guarding agency is dependent entirely | on the individual operators | Radio plays an extreme wportant part in modern naval but it} would be worse than usel without | reliable and efficicnt radio men and | radio officers. Disasters may conceivably occur at Fea, involving the liv: of hundreds of people. including women and children, due, for exam of oper- ators on she torm warn- castin pos; derelicts, failure of operate ings, etc., or board to the ether The re: fate of a ma depend. on the expeditiou: transmission and prion ¢ Iy § a single | code radio message during the stress of | Dattle. f radio operators | in the N on having such a | contin; fHeult situation | | al that radi fn v It is not only be ef: operators in the Nav ficient and reliabl egards the trans- mission and recep rres. but hat they do not become unduly excited der abnormal conditions. Incident of Battle of Jutland. m of me: The transmission and reception of a single short m. o within the British fleet played an_extremely im- | portant part in the battle of Jutland and of which no mention made in | the press accounts of that as ment The handling of radio_t fs. the actual exchange of me 1s other than an e: task even un-| der normal conditic very difficult task under al condi- tlons. It ix not a sport or an amuse- | ment, sveh as the reception of the | radiophone broadeasted concerts, but | a matter of hard work. It regnire. skill on the part of the operator to properly manipulate his complicated receiving apparatus so as to piek up | weak sicnals on va ve lengths transmitted by sending_ sta- tions. The nd dashes of the continental Morse code, comprising | the majority of the messages received | at radio stations, do not come in_loud and distinct, but very faint. They are often so weak to be barely | audible. yet it is the duty of the re-! ceiving operator to strive to copy them. To be s he must concen- trate his min to the| exclusion of ever: If the atmosphere in_ his inity s | free from interfering signals of | greater intensity on the, same wave ! h. and fres from static, he will | 1cceed in copying the mes- sage, provided eac two or more times by the operator and provided he i is of the tracted by noise in the vicinity receiving room. As a rule, however, | he must contend with interference tations on the me wave length and from a continuous rumbling or intermitteint load crashes of static. ! In addition, he is often distracted b external noises in or near the receiv- ing room which he is powerless to eliminate or avoid. He must have patience. regardiess of all these distractions. and strive to copy as much of the message as pos- sible through the varions forms of | interference. The words or parts of | the message which are missed on the first sending he must ask to have re- | peated a second time by the sending operitor. Sometimes a third and many | subsequent repetitions are required before the message is received com- plete and an O. K. given by the re- ceiving operator. Duty Is Exhausting. After an operator has been on duty in one of the Navy's busy radio sta- tions for from four to eight hours at a stretch, contending with the various forms of interference while endeavor- ing to get his traffic_through and “exploring the ether” for signals“or distress calls when not actually from other sending ) handling traffic. he is usually as much ; exhausted physically from the mental, nervous strain he has undergone as if he had been engaged in heavy manual labor. Obviously; some form of healthy; recreation must be provided for the mental and bodily relaxation of the men performing service of this nature. On board ship no recreation facili- | ties can be provided for the radiomen other than the limited facilities avail- able to the ship's general crew. The radiomen, however, are usually ex- cused from the ship's routine drills and inspections, and those who per- form radio duty at night are allowed to “sleep in” until the call for break- fast sounds at 7 o'clock, whereas the ship's_general crew must “rise and shine,” as the expression is, at 5 a.m. After a radioman has served two Years' duty at sea he is generally al- | lowed two years' duty at one of the Navy's radio stations on shore, if he desires shore duty. After the expira- tion of his two years' duty on shore he must again go to sea for the succeed- ing two years. g The majority ‘of the Navy's shoré radio stations are situated at Isolated points along our coasts and in our outlying possessions. The sites for the stations were selected with a view to furnishing efficient radio service to seagoing ships rather than for the convenience of the operating personnel. As a result it has been necessary 10 provide and furnish living quarters for operators of practically all the Navy's shore radlo stations. For military reasons and in the interests of good discipline it would be desir- able in any event that the operators live on the station. +" Cottages are provided for the officer or radioman-in-charge and the mar- ried operators and their families. Barracks are provided for the un- maarried men. Provision for Recreation. -~ Recreation facilities are provideds for the radiomen of each station, the extent and nature of the falilities depending on the comparative isola- tion of the station, the number of radiomen assigned to duty and the prevailing ¢limatic conditions. The nuniber of radiomen at the Navy's nine coastal stations in Alaska, for example, vary from six to sixteen men at each station. At each of these stations a pool table, a phonograph, a punching bag with mitts and a set of boxing gloves are provided fer indoor recreation. In addition, six rifles and six automatic pistols with a. supply of expendable ammunition are furnished for the protection of the stations. The radio- men utilize these fireams for hunting and fishing, these being the principal forms of outdoor sport in that region. Wild fowl and game are to be found in abundance in the vicinity of most of the Alaska stations, and aalmon and other fish are so pienti- ful in thé streams at times that the radiomen shoot what is required for, their mess Instead of fishing with hook and line. 2 At the tropical stations in the West Indie the Cai Zone and in the Pac indoor facilities similar to those provided for the Alaskan sta- tions are furnished, the outdoor facil- ities consisting principally of tennis and hoating. Base ball gear is also furnished to such of the larger sta- tions at which the complement is large enough to effectively utilize such equipment. At the stations within the continent- al limits of the United States similar equipment is furnished. depending on climatic conditio and provided the stations are not located within walk- | ‘on liberty recreation. Land Quarters Well Furnished. The quarters of the radiomen at shore stations are com well furnished. They are kept clean { and in order by the operators them- selves. A liberal subsistence allow- ance per man is granted for the pur- of provisions, the radiomen be- ree to select and purchase their own foodstuffs. A cook is furnished for the ried operalors at the station s the complement con- ¥ two or three en, in ase the operators take turns at doing their own cooking, | One of the operators, usually the radiomen in charge of the chosen caterer of the sts The caterer s ation ion mess. food is pure a pre- 1ption. He keeps the and audits them for aid are furnished the ed stations and regular medicul s hen necessary uitable recreation facilitics to the isolated stas 0 stations and the weneral health and comfort of m:‘\ operators are matters which re- ceive o= areful consideration by (“K:u‘llu operators who have served ars’ duty at sea followed b: Ars duty at ome of the N stations are the m vho have fully qualified by (ralnle:x ‘;2-‘! experience, and they are the radio- men on whom full reliance can be Placed in the radio service of the Navy during any em, vhicl is likely to arlse? SEfncyimhien BY RADIO TODAY Complete Programs of Radio Broadcasting Stations. AA—Naval Radlo Station, Radio, Va. 10 Meteorological report on 5,950 meters by drc transmitter. 12 noon—Time signal. ship orders and weather report. 10 p.m.-—Ship orders, weather re- port and time signal. 10:30 p.m.—Naval press news (2,630 meters). WDM—Church of the Covenant, Con- neeticut Avenue and N street (360 Meters). 11 am Sermon by Rev. D. Talbott, assistant pastor. S p.m.—Evening services with ser- mon by Dr. Talbott and music. Howard KDKA—Westinghouse, East Pltta- burgh (360 Meters—Eastern Stand- ard Time). 10 am.—Services of the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church: Rev. P. H. Barker. minister. 30 p.m—Children's Bibl Five Smooth Stones.” e 2 p.m.—Radio chapel services con- ducted by Rev. E. G. Forrester, pas- tor of ~the United Presbyterian Church of East McKeesport, Pa. 6:30 p.m.—Community open air services from the Wilkinsburg Fed- gration of Churches. Wilkinsbure. w ev. P. M. Camp of Dayton, Ohio, in the pulpit 4 KYW—Westinghou Meters—Central -Saving Time—Same Eastern Standard Time). 3:30 p.m.—Radio chapel services conducted by Rev. R. Keene Ryan, pastor of the Garfield Presbyterian Church. The subject of his sermon will be “God Is Love.” WJIZ—Wentingh » Newark, N. J. (360 Meters—Eastern Daylight Sav. ing Time—Deduct One Hour). 3 p.m—Radio chapel services and “E?&’ program of music. s p.m.—Readings and records from “The Bubble Books that Sing,” by Ralph Mayhew. 7 _p.m.—Special readings for older boys and girls by Marian Catter, founder of the first children’s book- shop in New York. 7.30 p.m.—"Decorate With » by Louise C. Reed. e g Old Wine in New Bot- & . Askowlith. i 8:15 p.m.—Concert by Ruth Eliv. 9:20 ‘p.m.—Opera recit: e D cital by Amy WBZ—Wentinghouse,Springfield, (360 Metern—Eantern Daylght Sav- ing Time—Deduet Ome ll.n‘r)- 3 p.m.—Radlo chapel services. 8 p.m.—Church services. e R e Orche.rsr;.;'c‘onurt by the Detroit News cei(ph':fi;.conuen by Schmeman’s con- Pa’vjf‘g %flm‘i‘.flh services from St. WGI—American Radio and Corporation, Medford Hillnlde, Mass, 360 Meters—Eastern Daylight-Save ing Time—Deduct One Hi 7445 p.m—Folice reports. p.m.—Radlo church service, con- ducted by Rev. Joxeph M. Shepler, dis. trict secretary, Methodist Episcopal Church of Boston, assisted By Mts. Johan S. Colburn, contralto, and Mrs. Floreite Desparios, Nashua, N. H, - 8:30 p.m.—(1) Song recital b, Colburn and Mrs. Desparios: (a) “Tas Roses (Gllerte), . (b) “Ewening Song” (Gilberte), Mrs. Desparios; (a) | “The Year's at the Spring” (Beach), (b) “Dawn in the Desert” (Ross), Mra Colburn;: (a) “May, the Malden” (folk. song), (b) “Phyllis Has Such Charm- ing Graces” (Young), Mrs. Desparios; (a) “Homing” (Del Riego), (b) “Val- ues” (Vanderpool), Mrs. Colburn. (2) Concert by the brass guartet from Ives Band of Boston; G: Albert Ives, conductor. Cornets: G. W. McMullin and G. Albert Ives; trombone, A. Smith; euphonium, W. Lund. -, WSB—Atlanta Journal, Atlants, Ga. (360 Meters — Central Standard Time—Add One Hour). 11 a.m.—Services of the Fi - byterian Church. * £3¢ Bre 5 p.m.—Radio chapel services; ser- mon; sacred concert. STORED RUM IN FIRE’S PATH CALAIS, France, August 26.—Fire in the docksheds on the waterfront here last night was brought under control before it reached 100,000 gallons of rum belonging to the British army, soprano, of ignition of which it was feared would have caused a catastrophe. ANGIER DUKE INJURED, SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., August 26.— Angier Duke, son of James B. Duke, Yol king,”” was injured last night wh:]n the mwmolbrlh whl;l: he v';’u erating nto a telegra; o. He was taken .to the Southampton Hospital, where it was said he would have to remain for ‘several days. to another ship upon arrival in New York. The steamer left at 7 o'clock for | Philadelphia, and later will go to Balti- more, where receivers were named for | § the company a day or so following the | seizure here. Freight money, SHIP BOARD GETS CRAMP. Steamer Tied Up by Libel Since August 12—Cargo to Be Removed. over which there is PROVIDENCE, R. L. August 26— | dispute, is to be collected by the govern- United States Shipping Board officials [ment and deposited in the federal re- | yesterday regained possession of the |#erve bank, Baltimore, pending de-| steamship Charles H. Cramp fr i termination "of rights of parties inter- bankrupt Atlantic, Gulf and Steamship_Company, under a decree eN- S —— tered in United States distrisct co Stromberg-Carlxon by Judge Arthur L. Brown. The ste: No. 60 Universal Plug ship, which has been tied up here sin the plug body engage the halves le so_ax to August 12, following seizure under a ; the thrust from | possessory libel in behalf of the Ship- | Both ditections, Briced at $1.25 each. 1t your | Toca] | 1€ ode ping_Board, has 1,700 tons of loca merchandize aboard’ for Atlantic and Pacific ports, which may be transferred John J. Odenwald, Factory Distributor, 1209 H N.W. Phone Fr. 6903 FOR A NATION that Loves Music SIC has been called the international language. Its broadening influence is now carried through closed doors when a Radiola is installed in the home. Wherever there is a broadcasting station, you will find thousands of homes where the family gathers in the evening to hear the concerts, news, . lectures and dance music transmitted through the - Radiola. The character of the Radiola installed in the home should be determined partly by the distance of your home from a broadcasting sta- tion and partly by the use to which the Radiola is to be applied. Tell the dealer frankly what you expect— whether you are content with telephone head- sets, or whether you want to flood a whole room with broadcasted music. Ask him questions. Ifhe is an R C A dealer he will explain what each of the R C A Radiolas can do. Radiola Receiver | | | i | | length range of 170 to 2650 meters. Ideal for receiving broad- casted concerts and daily time signals from United States Government — from $18 to $350 ing amy Radio Set, be sure to buy the book *Radio e your daaler — Proce 3¢ or wrise divec to Enters the Ho 10 So. La Salle St Chicago, L 233 Brosdway " RCA DISTRIBUTORS * ANNOUNCEMENT We are authorized distributors of the Radio Corporation of America, carry- ing a full line of RCA sets and appa- ratus, and will be glad to consult with ~ dealers, aiding them in organizing their radio departments. Radio catalogues may be ordered here by the trade. National Electrical Supply Co. 1328-30 New York Avenue Phone Main 6300 B S s ] THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. AUGUST ot L P Y 27, 1922-PART 1. terms you like. Open neces- -sary. a Charge Account Is the time to buy good furniture in the Wright Co.’s August Sale at Savings of 50 per cent. We have marked prices still lower to bring about a whirlwind finish of a most successful month’s business. Credit arranged cash isn’t if All Windsor-Type Bedroom Suite An exquisitely designed Suite in American walnut finish. Full dustproof construction; a type of Suite that will find favor in the eyes of every prospective furniture buyer. ser with large plate mirror, 42-inch Chifforobe, 48-inch Vanity Dresser with full length mirror, and a Bow-end Bed. August sale price, consists of a 48-inch Dr Sold Separately If Desired for four the August Sale. .c.o Walnut Finished DRESSER With Mirror. A handsome rubbed finish wal- nut dresser,~.with plate mirror and three drawers. value offered the next days of Genuine Duofold Bed A Real Practical Piece of Furniture, Special “IXL” Kitchen Cabinet Made with porcelain sliding top—white 38 August Sale of Beds and Bedding A fleeting opportunity to purchase quality beds or beddin:g at a big " saving in price. Make your selections Monday. Credit terms, if you like! Simmons Wood Finish Steel Beds in brown mahogany, oak, wal- nut, ivory or white enamel— two-inch “continuous posts and flat fillers. enamel cupboard space and a host of labor-sav- ing features found only in the best cabinets..... Tfio-lnchtonfinnous Post White Enamel Bed, with fillers to match. Choice of all sizes. Special only cocevernas Simmons New: Process “White Label” Mat- tress, covered witinart ticking, diamond tuf}mg, rounded corners 50.1b. All Layer Felt Mattress, with roll edge; diamond tufting, art tick covering, Simmons fiox- Spring, covered in art ticking. A .quality product guaranteed in every . parficillar:. cesecsnssesa Mahogany or finish, upholstered imitation leather. 15 This unusual oak in A bed at night and a dav- enport by day—an ex- tra room without the cost. $7.15 Handsome Suite of superb quality. 1 Oblong Extension Table, Inclosed Server, 60-in. Buffet, and a Grilled Panel China Cabinet. Two-fone American walnut finish. Five Side Chairs and one Armchair with genuine leather seats. Complete in August sale........ceeveceee .50 \_GOOD FURNITURE 905 Seventh St. N.W. Four More Days of the ugust Furniture S—A-L-E Bedroom Chairs, Rockers & Dressing Table Benches About 15 Price In the last four days of the August Sale we offer a special lot of 87 odd chairs, rockers and benches at about 50 per cent less than regular, because the wal- nut finish was slightly different from our reg- ular stock—choice of Queen Anne and Louis XVI period* designs— made to sell at $9.00 each. Now in the Au- It % = gust Sale at the sensa- $215 tionally low price of 36 Dining Room Chairs of mahogany finish, Tudor design; upholstered in tapestry, $15.00 value Grand Rapids Make—This $250.00 Four-Piece Bedroom Suite— August Sale Price Louis XVI design, finished in two- tone ivory enamel. Bow foot to full-size Bed. Large four-drawer Dresser. Full- length center mirror to 48-inch Vanity. Six-drawer Chiffonier... 2 10-Piece Queen Anne Dining Suite The New “SHIRLEY” Dining Suite Consists of 6-leg T 3 $11.50 Kitchen Tables All-steel White Porce- lain-top Kitchen Tables at a price so low as to seem almost unbellev- able. The August Sale price of them is 562 5195 All White Steel-top 7 ey 24 LA Lo o ghod \