Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1924, Page 20

'RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS [ ‘Assurance was given by Secretary of Caommerce Hoover before he left Wash- ington last week for a two-month vaca- tion that he would not call the third radlio conference before September. His 8egision followed a conference with gov- ernment officials, including Judge Davis, ealicitor of the Commerce Department, and Chiet Sipervisor of Radio Terrell. It:developed that the press of important matters, the campaign, the heat, the de- talls of the radio program and several other difficulties interfered with holding the proposed radio conference in Wash- ington this summer. The Sécretary has practically decided to call the conference late in September, although no official pronouncement has been made set. This postponement is not without its advantages:: The radio section of the bureau of navigation is being expanded and may have to be moved; the agenda for the radio sessions has not yet been worked out, and reports from the many interests to be invited. giving their views on subjects to be considered by the con- ference, are desired. The pan-American electrical communication conference in México has not yet reported its attitude toward radio in the Americag, and many #overnmental officials active in radio work and development are still in Mex- ico City Besides these reasons. Secretary Hoover himself decided it was too hot in_Washington’ and went on a vacation. It is also believed that any recom- mendations made by the conference as to_radio legislation would be more fa- vorably received by Congress if present. ed fresh in the fall, rather than if drawn up now and held for three or four manths. It is understood that, while the con- ference will be open to the press and public, only representatives of the sev- eral branches of the industry, the ama- tenrs, broadcasters, engineers and listen- -in will be invited officially to par- ticipate in the deliberations. Special at- tention will be given to marine communi- cations—that is, ship-to-ship and ship- to-shore communications, in the in- terts of safety at sea. Census of Radio Manufacturers. The bureau of the census is finish- ing up a census of radio sets and ap- paratus manufactured during the cal- endar year 1923 This survey ap- plies only to apparatus manufactured and not to sets in use or the distri- bution of same. The enumeration being taken is part of a general census on the elec- trical machinery and apparatus in- dustry. The specific products to be tabulated under radio apparatus in- clude receiving sets, tube and crystal, loud speakers, head phones, transmit- 1ing sets, transformers, rheostats, lightning arresters and miscellaneous parts. Motor generators come under the general head of electric genera- tors, and radio tubes are classified under vacuum tubes, with X-ray tubes. Both the number of pleces of apparatus manufactured and the total value are being recorded. It is un- derstood that a final report will not be made for at least a month or two. Official Washington Listens In. During the broadcasting of Democratic_national convention \veek, practically all official Wash- ington stopped work for a few min- utes every now and the nto listen in on the “enemy camp meetin; At the White Hous , where a loud speaker was 'installed 'in the cabinet room. the racket from dem- onstrations and the i the speakers created turbance as to interfere regular executive work, and, it is derstood, the President had the paratus turned off. Earlier in week, during press conference, noise from the convention penetrated the President's own office to such an ent that members of the press asked the Chief Executive to speak louder. He did so until an attache closed the door to the cabinet room. 1t was, perhaps, just as well, for some of the Democratic remarks were far from complimentary toward the present_administration. A loud-speaking set was in opera- tion in Secretary of War Weeks' office, waether entertained officers and em- ployes of the Navy Department, while in the Department of Commerce a superheterodyne set attracted many listeners. Secretary Hughes had a set in_operation in one of the small reception rooms where he usually receives the press. And many re- porters stood by when not phoning in, departmental announcements. The Agricultural Department, the Post Office, weather bureau, Army com- munications headquarters also have recelving sets, and it is understood go0d-sized crowds were In attend- ance when the broadcasts wére com- ing fn. At the National Press Club those correspondents left in Washington to cover such news as broke during the convention foregathered to keep in touch with the political proceedings in New York, since little Capitol news was getting printed anyhow. All told, Washington was in a re- ceptive mood. Standards Committee to Meet. The sectional committee on radio of the American engineering stand- ards committee will hold fits first meeting Tuesday morning at the En- gineering Societies bullding, New York. Following the approval of the proposed representation on the committee by the Institute of Radio Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Amer- ican engineering standards commit- tee, Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith, secre- tary of the Institute of Radio En- gineers and acting secretary of the ndards committee, has set a date for the initial sesslons and lssued the call. The following topics will be taken under consideration: Election of chairman and secretary. designation of work of subcommittees and the membership of the subcommittees and plans for standard nomenclature and symbols in preparation for an international meeting on terms to be held in London in August Representatives of associations and groups of radio mhanufacturers, users, distributors and _engineering and governmental departments will be selected as members of the com- mittee, it is understood. Name Specification Committee. A technical committee on radio of the federal specification board has been selected to pass upon specifica- tions on which radio purchases by the government will be based. The committee is headed by Dr. J. H. Dellinger of the bureau of standards and is composed of the following members: Capt. P. S. Ed- wards, Signal Corps: W. H. Saalfield, mander H. ment; Dr. fice Department; W. 5 Agriculture Departm Max Abel, Interior Department; L. L. Lee. United States Shipping Board: Capt. K. J. Wemple, United States Vet- erans’ Bureau, and L. E. Whittemore, Department of Commerce. Naval Radio Developing. Modernization of radio_equipment THE in the Navy, both afleat and ashore, is making for great efficiency in con- tinuous eommuniocations, recent re- ports from the Navy Department an- ounce. By the time of the next general maneuvers the majority of our fight- ing craft will be equipped with the last word im tube transmitters, as well as more efhcient receiving t once. have improved their radio communi- cation systems, both as to range and reliability, more than any other class of craft. Most of the high-powered shore naval stations have been re-equipped with new or improved trarsmitters, and considerable interference has been eliminated. At Heeia, H. T., a new current transformer transmission set has been installed and a similar equipment for Pearl Harbor is now being put in place. These transmit- ters will eliminate considerable “mush and harmonics” and improve local re- ception. All other naval stations will soon receive apparatus of this sort. new coupled radio circuit at Annapolis, Md.. has been set up and tested, eliminating interfering radi- ations, but the range has been some- what reduced. Radio messages for the commander in chief of the United States fleet, however, broadcast from Annapolis, have been sent directly, in- suring immediate delivery. At the naval radio central in Wash- ington the Creed recording apparatus for high-speed code reception, coupled with the Taylor differential receiver as a static eliminator, has worked _SUNDAY STA out exceptionally well. Tests made on June 10, on a tape recorder, brought in 95 per cent of the mes- sages ut the rate of thirty words & minute from station UFT, Sainte Assise, France, when regular rece, tion was_poor from + Balboa, and San Dlego on account of heavy static. Another test showeéd 100 per cent reception from nce at from forty to fifty words per minute, while ordinary reception was impossible. When present experiments are fin- ished, the Navy looks for reception in Washington from Ban Diego and other distant points at a rate of 100 to 150 words per minute. The tests showed that the greater the speed, the less the interference of static is re- corded. On the trans-pacific work _the Navy now uses five eastward sched- ules a day in place of two, between Cavite and San Francisco, with in- creasing eficiency. A report from Hawali states that recently the en- tire broadcast from the Ariington 6- KW. tube reached the Hilo station during _daylight with good signal strength. Washington, on the other hand, has received Cavite direct, but this was called a freak transmission. A new 100-KW. arc set, which was installed at Mare Island, in May, gives San Francisco two 100-KW. sefs, one for use to Honolulu and the other on the Washington circuit direct. A circuit from the Dutch station at Malabar, in Java, to San Francisco has been perfected, and a west-bound relay circuit from San Francisco. via Honolulu, Guam and Cavite, to Mala- WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 6 bar will be opened soon, a naval an- nouncement states. Commenting on the Navy's service across the Pacific to Manii; press assocliation sald that this work was the best job the Navy was doing on the west coast. - Were it not for this service, the association official said, the newspapers In Manila would be practically cut off from press com- munication with the United States and have to rely upon foreign news services from the far east. More Standard Wave Lengths. WWYV of the bureau of standards will broadcast standard wave lengths or frequencies for the calibration of receiving sets and wave meters and adjusting transmitters on July 7, Au- gust 5, September 6 and 22, The sig- nals will be sent out between 11 p.m. and 12:32 a.m., after broadcasters stop for the night. On July 7 wave lengths between 150 and 220 meters, such as are used by amateurs, will be transmitted to stations east of the Mississippi River. On August 5 waves used by ships and point-to-point stations will be broad- cast, and on September 5 more ship lengths. On September 22 standard wave lengths on which broadcasting stations operate will be transmitted. the range being between 200 and 545 meters. Radio Abread. Authority to install and operate radio telephone apparatus in Portugal is granted in a recent decree of the Portuguese government, says Vice 1924_PART 1, Consul Moers of Lisbon. .Prior to thig action no legal right existed whereby amateurs could install receiving sets, although no objection had been inter- posed by the government. Stores and novelty shops are now beginning to put in stocks of radio apparatus. Rumania has not given, as yet, oM- cia] sanction for the use of private recelving sets, nor is there any broad- casting service, a statement from Bu- charest announces. A government commission, however, is*now study- Ing the question and legisiation per- mitting the use of radio by the public under governmental regulation will soon be requested. —_————— BOY NABBED BY CHECK. Missing Youngster Arrested Try- ing to Cash Paper. Willlam Gray Simpson, thirteen- year-old schoolboy, reported miss- ing from his home at 536 20th street several days ago, was found this morning by Detectives Keck and Mansfield at the Standard National Bank, 1409 H street, trying to get an alleged worthless check for $50 cashed. William explained that he came here from Baltimore this morning with the check that was given him by a Baltimore boy. The Baltimore police arrested the latter. COURT FIXES PLEA. Foreigner Held for Arson Unable to Understand English. Gile Rappoport, an aged foreigner with a plce of business at 431 1st street nerthwest, charged with arson, was arraigned in the United States branch of Police Court yesterday be- fore Judge Schuldt and failing to un- derstand the English language the court entered a plea of not gullty. He was held without a preliminary hear- ing for the action of the grand jury and his bond fixed at $500, which he furnished and was relensed. Fire was discovered in Rappoport's store last night, the police say, burn- ing in two separate places indicating that the place had been set on fire. The defendant denies that hé knows how the fire started. —_— Painters Among Immigrants. European painters are increasing proportionately among the number of craftsmen coming to this country. In March, 1924, there were 146 painte: mitted to the United States, ac. cording to the Department of Labor, while during the preceding six months only six left this country. 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