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3 TEACHING RADIO CODE IN SLEEP PROVES PRACTICAL Pensacola Air Students Always Make Faster Speed After Spending Night With Receivers Strapped to Their Ears. BY PAUL GRI Instructors conduc the students sound asleep thing new in education. 1t Is novel, to say the least, even with respect to that most extrava- gantly treated of all modern subjects =—radlo. Regardless of its obviously humor- ous aspects, probably the most novel teature of this latest claim for radio is that it is true Such a unique and delightfully comfortable method of education is practiced daily—or rather nightly at the nav tation at Pensacola, °d as a part of the “ground” training of men for one of the most hazardous professions of his age of extreme hazards—that of | aviation. 1t comprises the aviator's supplementary training whereby he is quipped, when he eventually takes to the alr as a pilot, to converse through space over great distances with lightning-like speed with his brother pilots in the flight. with distant points below on land and with ships at sea. Must Keep Awake. | While the student aviator. his liminary intellige communic on training on t TEITI . 1} erefore, slumber while his ming eing ned” in a radio sens obviously must keep wide aw his mind constantly on the alert when he becomes a qualified pllot and is engaged in performing the dual duties of pilot and radio operator in the alr. This remarkabla system of instruc- tion is now in actual practice within the Pensacola air base, wherein stu- dent aviators are required to become proficlent in the use of the language of radio in order to qualify as pllots. The subfect of “unconsclous” struction -i{s the acquiring of of mental functloning™ in* connection with the practical use of the dot and dash code of radio for communica- | tion purposes—the transmission from | aireraft in flight of code s and speclal si on the plane of incoming and special signals. The Instructors at this school are professional radio operators of long experience who are practical and qualified men in thelr profession and who entertain no illusions with ry spect to radio as a whole, and cer- tainly not with respect to the ability of Student operators to conver through space at varying rates of speed through the medium of the electro-magnetic impulses correspon ing to the dots and dashes of the radio code. Method Proves Success. That the method is effective denced by the fact that certain sty dent aviators at Pen hitherto t only in radio. passed the requ e fter receiving t form of lon or training and have thereby suved themselves from being dropped from the aviation clas Moreover, it is claimed that this meth- od enables the radio student to be- come proficient in the reception of the dot and dash code language of radio at the higher rates of speed in a fraction of the time that is ordl- narily required. The course of instruction dent aviators at Pern over a six months' int this time the students must | e proflcient not iy In aviation | matters pertaining to radio Ins lations on aircratt ana | cspecially in the handling of the radio | code for the transmission and recep- | tion of messages. With the aid of competent instruc- tors, it is not especially difficult to familiarize oneself with aircraft radio instaliations. Likew it is a comparatively simple er to memorize the dot and da alphabet numera punctuation signs, etc., « the radio code. With the committing | uf the code to memory, the art of | peaking” or sendin in the lan-| guage of radio is readily acquired by practice. It consists simply of th student manipulating by hand an o dinary telegraph kev in such a way that short e ‘trical impulses cor- responding to *“dots” and comparatively longer impulses corresponding to ““dash, will bs produced in their | proper order of sequences | & clas is some- is he with ired “sp for stu- ola extends al of time Dificult to Learn. Anyone can learn to * send In the radio language, although it requires considerable practice and | a certain degree of skill to become a | good sender and es 11y to become ast” sender. However, every one | cannot master the art of receiving or nnderstanding the radio language. | Moreover, some who are apable D!‘ mastering the art of receiving at a slow rate of speed, experience very | sreat difficulty in training their minds | to receive at the higher rates of speed. | The rate of speed at which radlo, | and also land wire telegraph mes- | sages, are transmitted by hand ranges from about twelve words per minute for the very slow senders to thirty words or possibly thirty-five word. peak” or ing | ing snals, and th | | but also to | when they for the extremely Words of five letters ea us basis of computation. The average rate of speed of transmission by hand is about twenty words per minute, and consequently the average rate of speed of reception is likewise twenty words per minute. Some op- erators, however, experience difficulty in recelving at th rate of speed. They may be capable of receiving at the rate ‘of fifteen words per minute with ease, for example, but become confused when the speed Is increased o twenty words, and thelr mental functioning be totally incapable of intelligently following the charac- ters at the rate of twenty-five words per minute Student aviators at Pensacola must acquire facility in recetving the radlo the rate of twenty words per minute during their six months' training at the school, falling in which they cannot attain their goal of a ptlot's designation and are dropped from the class. This require ment has always been & bughear t the student aviators, as it has al proved to be one of the most difficult things for the average student to ac- complish during the entir course of iustruction With auent radio student instructors advanced the theory of unconscious” or subconscious traine nd requested that it be given a iding the delin- one of the radlo trial. This_instructor stated that during his earlier period of training in radlo he used a mechanical automatic sender to enable him to acquire facil- ity in recelving code at higher speeds than he was accustomed to. At one time he adjusted the trans- mitter to send at the rate of speed of thirty-five words per minute, which was conslderably in excess of the speed he could receive at that time. While the mechanical transmitter was sending to him he fell asleep in the chair with the headphones over his ears and slept for Several hours, the me- chanical transmitter continuing to send. in the meanwhile. When he awok® he found that he was able to recelve at the rate of thirty-five words per minute without difficulty. Although this claim, when ad- vanced, was met with amused skepti- cism. it was decided to give the meth- od a trial. Practical tests of the system soon convinced the skeptics that the method was both practicable and valuable. The system is now in use a cola not only for students who perience unusual difficulties in ceiving the code at the higher speed: assist in the more rapid of the students who do not Pensa- - ‘method of uncons ous training in use nsac is for the students to adjust the same receiver headphones which they use in the day classes on their heads retire for the night. Pro- fessional operator instructors remaln on duty throughout the night and continue to send code at a rate of speed about ten words in excess of the student's normal capacity to re- celve. The characters at this speed are thus impressed on the student' subconscious mind while he sleeps and n his consclous hour during the following day he almost invariably can receive at the higher rate of speed. Maken Better Speed. Thu ter having memorized the code, nd after having thoroughly familiarized his menta? faculties with the dot and dash characters as a re- sult of several weeks' tralning in the day classes until he acquires facility in recelving at the rate of, say, twelve words per minute, the student aviator can now advance to the higher rates of speed of reception without ap- parent mental effort on his part. It may be suggested that this meth- od of training would logically keep the student awake throughout the night, but profes: al radio and land wire telegraph operators know that this is not the Professional dio operators who are required to wear their headphones on duty on shipboard and at shore statlons throughout the jong hours of the night often encounter diffic ulty in keeping awake, especially at the less | bu ons. They sometimes fall asleep Wwhile sitting in the chair with the headphones over their cars. In such cases they may sleep for one or more hours regardless of any ordi- nary signals being reproduced in the headphones and in which they are not interested. The reproducing of the “call letters” of their station, how eyer, will the ‘sleeplng operator and fnstantly r.rm,zx his mind from a state Ot?“un consciousness to a state alertness. | Likewise. a land wire telegra operator may fall aslecp In his amn at night with a dozen telegraph in- struments clattering about him, but if one of the instruments should sud- denly begin repeating his station call letters {t will likewise invariably awaken him and bring his mind to & state of mental alertness. RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS ““WRC,"” the call assigned to the Radio Corporation of America’s new Wash- ington station last week by the Depart- ment of Commerce will identify it ex- cellently when it gets into the air. Of- ficials of the corporation are planning to open the station August 1 with due ceremonies and an excellent program, details of which are being arranged by Ralph Edmunds, program manager, formerly identified with several opera companies and moving picture inter- ests. Mr. Edmunds’ active contacts with Jmusicians and actors, it is believed, | will serve him excellently in preparing and executing exceptional broadcast programs. WRC is a duplicate of the 2 k. w. New York station WIY and WJZ on Aeolian Hall. At the outset, however, only about one-half k. w. of power will be used. All parts of the transmitter are in duplicate, so that in the event of a | breakdown an immedlate switch to the other circult can be made. NAA Gets New Voice. Seagoing radio operators, many skip- pers and landsmen who listen in_will note a change in-the “voice’” of NAA at Arlington 2,650 meters. The peculiar tone of the old Fessenden spark will no longer carry the time signals, weather Teports and Information of great inter- st to mariners; this famous spark set installed in December, 1912, was re- placed recently by a new tube trams- mitter. Operating on the same wave length, 2,560 meters, the new set will carry all the governmental broadeasting formerly done on the spark. Although its power is not quite as great, the range of the tube set by tests has proven a little greater than the old 100 k.w. spark. After eleven years of almost cdhstant operation, the Fes- senden set is to be retired from active service, and 4t is understood that it may be presented to the National Mu seum, where many radio experts b lieve it should have the homor ac- corded to the early locomotive of Baldwin and the Morse telegraph key. Even before its installation in 1912 as the first high powered radio trans- riitting set in the United States, the Fessenden set was used in test work for mearly two years between the Plymouth, Mase., radlo station and the Mackaranish’ station in Scotland by the Feesenden Company., A serv- ice of almost thirteen vears is be- lieved to be a record for evy ern radlo set, SRR L Besides the sea-faring radio o, - tors, many ship masters wiii miss the tone of the Fessenden spark. Careful skippers, it Is said, check their chro- nometers personally in the radio shack when NAA broadcasts time twice each day. Trusting their op- erators in everything else, they prefer to put on the receivers themselves and count the dashes preceeding the time signals at noon and 10 p.m., noting the number of seconds fast or slow when the hour is designated by the long dash. Masters on the At- lantic and Mediterranean runs, whosa daily progress is noted in degrees of longitude, rely almost solely upon the time by radlo, especially when the :l;l;ols! "cii visible, and never miss an rtunity to check ' opport their ships’ In the old days before radio ti transmission, east and west naviga tion was a more difficult task, since the mariners had no means of ‘cali- brating their timepleces while on a crulse, requiring from ten days to two weeks. An accurate record of the chronometers gain or loss in time per day had to be kept, and " _THE SUNDAY BY RADIO TODAY LOCAL STATIONS. NAA —Naval Radio Station, Radie Va. (445 Meters). 10:05 a.m. and 10.06 p.m.—Weather bureau report. WCAP—C. & P. Telephone Company (496 Metern). —Musical 1 the program Capitol Thoater, New city, by courtesy of S. L. Rothafel and the Capitol Theater management. 6:20 p.m.—Introductory remarks by S. L. Rothafel. 6:30 p.m.—Overture, “Espana’ (Cha- brier), played by the Capitol Grand Orchestra, Erno Rapee conducting. 6:36 p.m.—Recital by Ernesto Le- cuona, young Cuban planist. (a) Transcription of “La Paloma” (Yra- dler); (b) “Spanish Dance” (Grana- dos). 6:41 pm—Incidental music to Ly- man H. Howe's Hodge Podge, "Shoot- ing the Earth 6:49 p.m.—Capitol divertissements. Polk: from “les Milllons d'Arele- quin” (Drigo), playved by the Capitol Grand Orchestra and Interpreted by the Capitol Ballet Corps. 6:52 pm.—Incidental music to Capi- tol Magaz! 7:05 pm.—"In Our Broadcasting Studto,” presenting three of the fa- mous Capltol artists—Evelyn Herbert, soprano; Roglelo Baldrich, tenor so- lolst from the Colon Theater, Buenos Alres; Greek Evans, baritne. ~ Solo by velyn Herbert; solo by Mr. Baldrich, Una Furtiva Lagrima” from “L'Eli- s<ir de Amore” (Donlzetii); solo by i Bvane, o Grenadiers” (Helne- | Schuminn). Spe ts direct - Capitol Theater. will be vo 1 soloists from the Capitol Theater cast of artists, as well as in- strumental artists from the Capitol Grand Orchestra. § to 9 p.m—Orggn recital by Arthur Hudson Marks, direct from the studio of the Skinner Organ Company, New York city. 7:12 to 8 | featured & | studto in ¢ from_ the ‘WDM—Chureh of the Covenant (360 Meters). sermon $ p.m. Dr. Darby; sacred music. sermon by WJH—Whtte & Boyer Company (273 Meters). . p.m —Services of the Vermont enue Christian Church; sermon b; Earle Wilfley, pastor, on "Le From the Motor Car’; musical DISTANT STATIONS. All programs scheduled for eastern standard time WEAF—New York (492 Meters). 2:30 to 0 p.m.—Interdenomina- tional s the auspices of the right place for months and elim- inates the necessity of seeking the elusive sensitive spot every time the to be used. Handles 322 Messages Dal All. War Department telegrams, cablegrams and radlo messages are handled directly through the Army message center, located In the Muni- tions building. and under the direc- tion of Maj. Gen. George O. Squire, chief signal officer of the Army. An average of 322 messages a day_is how handled, the bulk of the d patches being sent and received by | radio. |""As a financial saving to the govern- ! ment, the message center is a unique | factor. Through the operation of its radio met it has reduced fhe telegraph tolls from $5.500 in July, 1922. to 1850 in March, 1923. It is a “paper’ saving. based upon commerelal rat The peak of trafic was valued a $6.599 on May 1, but in July the esti- |mated value of the total traffic at Ccommercial rates will be about $9,000. Through the use of fts radio net, now including 112 stations in every cormer of the country, the message center handled 62.222 officlal radlo- grams, totaling 2235417 words, dur- ing the last calendar ar. If this {trafe had been handled over com- mercial telegraph lines, the cost to the government would have been $38.- {202, but the Army cost was only {318,039, exclusive of enlisted operat- ing- personnel. The saving to the country amounted to $20,183. The message center presents a busy scene at any hour of the full twenty- four during which it s operating. The central office. where Capt. R. B. Woolverton presides, handles all mes- sages from the many bureaus of the | War Department in Washington. | Both in and out messages are clear | through his office. Near at hand is |the ftelegraph room, moved three {months ago from the War Depart | ment, where all Army telegrams are “ent ‘and recelved. In another room almost Invariably awaken [are four loop radio receiving sets of [ own the latest Signal Corps design. Re- ception of the many outlying radio stations Is handled by four notable 1oops on the roof of the bullding. The loops are revolved to the proper an- gle for receiving a station by long brass rods extending to the radio room below. Two operators are on watch constantly, but by means of schedules (raffic is handled at specific hours. Arlington is the sending station for all outgoing government radiograms, the Army sharing the station with the Naval Communication Service. Three sets at Arlington are controlled directly by land line during certain periods of each day by the operators at the Army Message Center. Special lines for signalling the Arlington electricians parrallel the remote con- trol lines. One set is used primarily for communication to Air Service Fly: ing Flelds on 1500 meters. Another set operating on 1900 meters is used for sending dispatches to Fort Hayes in Ohlo, and Fort Brage, N. C. The third is a tube set transmissing on 2650 meters, used for communicating with Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and eventually Fort Leaventworth, Kan., and Fort Douglass Utah, when completed. Fort Leavenworth is ex- pected to be ready for operation by August 1st. High speed transmission and recep- tion has been tried out with good results. ‘With the Kleinschmidt automatic apparatus which sends from a perferated .tape and receives by recording in Morse dashes and dots on a tape, a speed of at least 100 words per minute is planned be- tween Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and Washington. The type of high speed apparatus is capable of 150 words per minute, and it is expected that it will prove efficient in handling traffic during peak loads. To Prolong Tube Life. Tubes live longest when their flila- ment current is gently applied. In- serting them in the sockets when- the There | Schedule of Wireless News and Entertainme=t. the New York Federation of Churches. 6:30 to 9 p.m~—FProgram same ag WCAP., WFAA—Ddllas (476 Meters). 10:30 to 11 a.m.—Male quartet from the Church of the Incarnation. 11 to 12 noon—Britling’s Cafeteria Orchestra. *3:30 to 4:30 class of the | Chureh; musle. p.m.—Chapel Bible First WWJl—Detroit (516 Meters). 11 a.m—Services of St. Paul's Epi copal Cathedral. 4 p.m.—Schmeman's Band Belle Isle Park. 6 p.m.—News Orchestra. from ‘WHAS—Loulsville (400 Meters). 10:57 Organ music. 11 a.m.—Services of the First Pres- oyterian Church. 5 to 6 p.m—Concert under the au- spices of Misy Carolyn Iell (309 Meters). school lessons WLW-—Cineinnati 9:30 a.m.—Sunday from WLW. 11 a.m.—Services of the Church of the Covenant. KDKA—Pittsburgh (326 Meters). 10 a.m.—Services of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church. :30 p.m.—Bible story “What God " by Rev. W. A Logan, 5 p.m.—Concert. 15 p.m.—Unfon Community Serv- ices. K¥W—Chicago 9 pan-—C1 1 selections | e WGY—Scheneetudy (350 Meters). 9:30 a.m.—Services of the First Re- med Church, 0 p.m.—Services Presbyterian Church. Meters). and the sxical by semi- Sisson of the First WJIZ—New York (455 Meters). 10 a.m.—Services of the West End Presbyterfan Church, 7 pm. he Analyst's Talk for Business Men."” 7:15 p.m.—New York Philharmonic Orchestra, WJIY—New York (405 Meters). :30 p.m.—Chapel services of the Chadwick Avenue Chapel. 15 p.m.—Concert 45 p.m—Mrs, E. soprano. 5 p.m.—Bubble book stories. WOC—Davenport (454 Metern). . acred Chimes concert. 9 p.m.-——Church services 9:30 p.m.—Base ball scores. 10 p.m—DMusical program, I. Orchestra. D. Aspinwall, 8¢ WDAF—Kansas City (411 Meters). 5 to 6 p.n “on ——————————— departure of every arctic exploring party of former vears and the vast | curtain drawn between them and | home was sometimes lift ! the hardships they were forced to undergo and the mann®r of thelr passing are mysterfes never to be unfolded As soon as their ship's anchor was hoisted at the white man's most northern outpost the trend of the world events was to them closed. How different it is now and what @ contrast may be drawn between the famous Greely expedition and that in command of Capt. Donald B MacMillan, who s now on his way to Ellsemere land In the eighty-nine foot auxillary schooner Bowdoin' Four strands of wire between the masts of this little vessel comprise the link that makes the parting easler and the future less doubtful Cheerfully will they L ve their letters on the Labrador coast for they know that these are not the last farewells; raido wil] keep them in contact with the world below—there will be no good-bye—and, while they Wwave a greeting to natives on shore, Donald H. Mix, their radio operator sent by the American Radlo Relay League, may even then be communi- cating ' with amateurs 2.000 miles away, or listening to concerts from Chicago. In the forecastie of tire little v with headphones fastened over t ears members of MacMillan's cr through this marvelous new adap tlon of radio, will not only listen to the same concerts that thousands hear nightly at home, but what is of more value to them, the latest news of world happenings from the Arling- ton station. And just as they will keep informed of national and inter- national events as well as the result of a world champlonship bout or the outcome of the next presidential election, so will they describe their vivid experiences in scientific exploration. The use of radio for aretic work is new and untried, and the results of the plan of communication, designed Jointly by Capt. MacMillan and officers of the American Radlo Relay League, are expected to pave the way for future expeditions under vastly improved cir- cumstances both &g to the morale of the explorer and the enlightenment of sclence. Should some sudden emergency over- take the exploring party and their re: cue brought about then the weeks spent in preparation, the painstaking care in which the radio equipment was as. sembled and installed to the satisfa tion of expert engineers, the work wil not have been in vain, and radio will have proved its value in a new field. One of the spectators of MacMillan" departure from the Maine coast was Maj. Gen. A. W. Greely, leader of the Gréely expedition of 188i. “The whole cause for the death of eighteen mem- bers of the party. he said, referring to his own experience, “was due entire- ly to the fact that the relief expedi- tions falled to reach us, and our sup- plies consequently gave' out. Of the twenty-five members, seven were finally rescued, but one man who had his hands and feet died from the effects never the new ten KW tube sets there are|of the experience in Greenland, where |last week during the Orange demon- the party stopped on its way home." Under such circumstances what woula radio_have meant to the Greely ex- ploration party? What may it mean to Donald MacMillan, who is now on his way to the desolafe ice flelds where €0 many have gone but for one reason or_another failed to return? What power is there In four little strands of wire! OMAHA WETS SUPPORT SMITH FOR PRESIDENT National Liberty League Begins Drive to Have Governor’s Name Head Primary Ballot. every observation had to carry the|current is on has a damaging effect.|BY the Associated Press. correction multiplied by the number of days out of port. This of necessity increased any unknown error and made navigation far from the accur- ate science it has become with the advent of radio time. Once in port, the master carried his chronometer carefully ashore to a reliable clock- Be sure the rheostats are turned off before the tube is placed in the socket. Then increase the current gradually. Reassigned Stations. WDAX in Centerville, Ia., WPG in OMAHA, Nebr., July 21.—The Na- tional Liberty League, organized here to advocate legalization by Con- gress of the sale of beer and light wines, is circulating petitions here to place the name of Gov. Al Smith of New York on the democratic pres- idential preference primary ballot maker or watch expert and had it |New Lebanon, O, and WJAM In Cedar|for the primary mnext April, it was checked. The result was a correction in gain or loss in seconds per day, and, as has been explained, necessl- tated daily corrections for exact time. Today there is no reason for. the skip- per to carry his timeplece ashore for calibration, except about once & year, since he can correct it twice & day no matter where his ship is. ‘While the time is sent from NAA primarily for Naval vessels, it is ex- tended as a free service to all whi Raplds, Ia., were transferred last week from class C to class A stations. WOC in Jefterson City, Mo.. ha: changed from a class C to class B station and Increase its power to 500 watts, A Modern Arctic Expedition. Swinging off to the.top of the world! A little. packet of letters from announced today by the organiza- tion's secretary, Don E. De Bow of Omaha, HELD NEIGHBOR'S SLAYER. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, July 21— Charles L. Ferguson today was held for trial in circuit court on a charge of slaying Eugene Griffin, & neighbor, last Wednesday, after Griffin had killed sail the seas, besides all whe ligig |members of the expedition to their|Ferguson's rooster, Which had annoyed in ashore. The new set will, it is be- lieved, improve the time signals some- what in audibility and in range. . To Adjust Crystal Detector. In order to keep a crystal detector in perfect adjustment, first find the most sensitive spot by a buzzer test. ‘When the point of the *cat's whisker* 18 well placed, drop some hot bees- wax or paraffin around it. In prac- tice, this has kept the whisker in friends at home, left at a tiny village at the northern coast of Labrador and every Arctic exploration party turned toward the vast ice felds to the North with all ties to civilization broken. While their last farewells were carried back to the States, they pro- ceeded slowly to the land of ice, darkness and Northern Lights. The world bid them Bon voyage and for- got them for months and even years. This briefly was the atory of the him by crowing. COURT PERMITS STRIKE. CHICAGO, July 21.—The temporary injunction _restraining Chicago Typo- graphical Unfon, No. 16, from striking was modified here today to the extent that the union may strike, but may not refuse to handle plates made by non- union labor while remaining in the em- ploy of the newspapers. Presbyterian | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 22, 1923—PART 1. !Czecho Educating Russians, Washington Professor Finds school of diplomacy, American Uni- versity, who has recently returned to Washington from Czechoslovakia, where e gave a serles of lectures the' American Constitution, de- clares that Prague has now become the great seat of Rus education. This very unusual situation, where rning is outside boundaries, | ! i ' Dr. Albert H. Putney, dean of the |a nation's seat of le of that country's ¢wf generous efforts of the Czechoslo- vakian government, which is furnish- ing liberal financial aid for thou- sands of Russian students, Dr. Fut- ney asserts. Education Reviewed. ervations throw Dean Putney's ob tonal conditions new light on edu in central since the world war. Kducation i3 belng revived with wonderful rapidity, he says, and | the University of Prague already has | regained much the prestige fl held as ENGINEERS TO TRAIN 5 DAYS AT SIMMS Detachment From Each of 121st Guard Companies Start Tomorrow. Europe i Inas come about largely through the A det i the Columb the armory, tomorrow fiornin Camp Simms, Congress Heights, D. C, for five d of intensive military instruction. All officers and a small number of speclally selected non-commissioned officers and pri- vates will utilized as instructors at the annual encampment at Camp Simms for two weeks, beginning August 14, Maj. John W. Ochmann manding the 121st Engineers and Capt. Peyton G. Nevitt acting ad- jutant general. The following com: | panies will be represente Headquarters and Service Company pany A, Company C, | Campany D v 2 Probably 0 recommended J L Oliff, con D, to attend the from that compan Lieut uel R Lieut. Thomas A. Just . J McCullar, R. thwest, 47 o'elock forl is com- aff Madison dward Sergt. R. Smith, H. Thiele, Dewberry, Willlam D. Riley and Reg- Is Henry P harles J Frivites . Clay iv, Wi J. E Arthur Jam Ritenour and R. A 1 and < Clement 3. Daniels, J. “owler, Ralph A. Alfred Sweeney; Donald, E. Miller, . ithson, Odell Stevens, b neth E. Irving . yr, C. R. Thoma: 3 Tolson, Joseph (. Turco, W. H. Chism and H. J. Krumm. The ‘mornings will be devoted to rifie practice and drill and, the after- noons to athletics and I ures. The| detachment will return to the! rmory Saturday morning. | END OF PITTSBURGH | . David fare in Pragu; belng one of the oldest and most in- fluential universities in central Eu- rope. Dr. Putney is the first American educator invited by the Czechoslo- vakian government to address the law department of the University of Prague, Other Americans have- vis- ited Prague under the exchange professor plan, but none previously #t the foreign government's expense. His views were sought because he an_authority on constitutional Ia has written several law books and i5 unusually familiar with European conditions because of his former service in the State Department, in charge of the bureau of near east af- fairs. “A8 o result of conditions in Rus- sla and the very friendly attitude of the Czechoslovakiani government, I found that there are now almost 3,000 Russian students studying in Czechoslovakia, of whom over 2,200 said_ Dean Putney when interviewed at his home, 1725 1 street northwest. “The age of th ttudents varles from nineteen forty-two years. The government is ving full support to 8 of these slan students, also ciassroom ana to | dormitory facilities. “Furthermore, the government in Prague, where Russian professors read their lectures. versity work, the Czechoslovak gov- ernment s aiding ‘middle school’ stu- dents and s carrylng on a gym- nasium at Noravske Trebova for a large number of such pupils. “I also learned that there are at present more than 2,000 Ukrainian students in Czechoslovakia, Ineluding forty-nine ‘white Russians,’ who have Joined the Ukrainian Association. The Czech government is also glving full support, through the Ukrainlan stu- dent relisf committee, to 1.254 of these students. The amount given monthly to such students ranges from $12 to $16.50 in our money, according to localitie: ays Professors, S people realize,” Dr. Putne added, “that the Czechoslovakian go ernment maintains the Ukrainlan University in Prague. It pays the salaries of twenty-four “krainian professors. There are 800 Ukrainlan students, who are studying iIn their own university and at other institu- tions in Prague at the same time. The Ukrainian Agronomical School at Podebrady is also run at the expense of the Czechs. The generosity and in- terest shown by the Czechoslovakian government in all these students is nothing less than remarkable’ said . Putn nd makes Prague th nter of education for all that s tion of the world. “In addition to their generosity the Besldes this uni- | which is thre ! | | \ l Czechs realize that the future of their 1s {own nation is vitally concerned wit maintaining the Russian law faculty | the success of the nations surroun a Ing them. The ghost of holshevisr tening so mun Europe, can be checked by better t any educated p Will be hold all these nations toget) battle against disintegration their peculiar position the have been qulck to seo this and ¢ quicker to take action.” Dean Putney's address on “Monroe Doctrine” was, by nrder of the government, printed in the Cze ) language, but, as the American | ity lectucer knows only thr four Czech words, he has not yet the translation. Dr. Putney visited seven countries the capital N LISTEN 2 Supersensitive Phone .......$350 Crystal Set with Phones....$6.00 You Are Alwayx Welcome ADI| ussIo0 403 Pana Rous W-C-A-P 3 Daman | LA o - Radis Corporation of America FUR 4 e WRIGHT & F'URNITURE Always ‘Right w-uality and Price 905 7th St. N.W. The July Clearance Sale Has One More Week to Go! Only six more days to take advantage of the savings in our July Sale of Good Furniture. With values even more tempting than ever we look for a busy six days ahead of us. ‘Deferred Payments, If Desired PLUS PLAN IS SOUGHT Attorneys General of Three Smtesi and Officials of Illinois to Map Campaign. | . July 21.—The campaign | to eliminate the Pittsburgh plus prac- | tice for the marketing of steel will be handled by & committee composed of | the attorneys general of Wisconsin, | lowa, Minnesota and two members of | the Illinois commission, it was decided ! at a meeting here today. i It was agreed at the meeting here today to ask the Federal Trades Com- | mission to postpone the date for the | hearing of rebuttal arguments from | August 6 until December 10. This was | decided on in order -to give the com- mittee more time in which to learn the various phases of the Pittsburgh plus | ractice. P hie economic phases of the case will be studied by a committee composed of ors of economies at Wisconsin, ota and lowa universitles. { profes Minnes {CRAIG, ULSTER PREMIER, | DENIES HE WILL RESIGN| Characterizes as Malicious False-| hood That He Will Take Colo- i nial Appointment. | Dy the Assoclated Press. BELFAST, July 21.—Sir James Craig, the Ulster premler, in a statement given out in London, declared today Ilhnt the report that he contemplate resigning to take a colonial appoint- Tent was a “malicious falsehood.” The report, which received wide circulation before it was overtaken by the pre- mier's denial, was apparently based on the absence of Sir James from Belfast stration: —_— 254 PRISONERS FREED. Mississippi Governor Has Granted 73 Pardons Since January 1. l JACKSON, Miss., July 21.—Gov. Lee M. Russell of Mississippi, whose orders of executive clemency fook a sudden spurt vesterday with the issuance of forty-four suspensions of sentence in one batch: has pardoned seventy-three Convicts since January 1 and granted suspension of sentence to 181 others, according to records of the office of the state penitentiary. REGENT RECEIVES WOODS. Assoclated Preé: B ABKI0, July 21—The prince regent, who 18 ¥pending the summer at Hay ama, came to Tokio today e!pecla'll_\ to Peccive Cyrus . Woods, new United States ambassador to Japan. COTTON PRICES STEADY. NEW ORLEANS, July :I{-ood otton losed steady, at net declines TS o 46 points. Close. July, 24.29a 24.35; October, 22.52a22.55; Decem- ber, 22.45a22.46; January, 22.42a22.44; March, 22.44a22.47. Spot dull, 76 points lower. Middling, 25.00. —_— " LAUDS BUSINESS IN U. S. NEW YORK, July 21.—"Conditions in the middle west are now thor- oughly sound and prosperous,” said Charles A. Hinsch, president of the Fifth-Third National Bank and Union Savings Bank and Trust Company of Cincinnati and former president of the American Bankers’ Association, just before salling for a two-month | trip to Europe. RIS R Seventy-five per cent of all the rubber grown in the world is con- sumed in the United States. For the Dining Room American Walnut Dining Table and 4 Chairs An_extraordinary value — the Extension Tgble has 48- inch top, the Chlirs (1 arm and 3 side) have slip - seats s of genuine leather. Unfinished Gate-Leg Closed Saturdays During July and August 4-Pc. Bedroom Sheraton Period A charming], two-toned excellent workmanship ish. have plate mirrors. has a 42-inch top. Bow-foot Bed and Chifforette plete the suite... A sturdily made hard- wood table, 42-inch top; all ready to be finished In the' color desired. 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