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ING _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. SCORES RESCINDING OF OIL CONCESSION Former Minister of Economy DECEMBER 15, 1924. AMERICAN ART SCHOOL i WILL EXTEND TO ITALY Success of Venture in Paris Leads to Establishment of Branch in Florence. Correspondence of Fhe Aswociated Prest PARIS, November 2 The succeus of the Arerican School of Art of Paris, o branch founded three years ag0 by the American School of Art of New York, has been such that another school i3 to be opened in “lorence. Here advanced students from December to April of each y may continue thelr studies in arc C., unequivocally tavorable to it. The letter absolves Prince Caetani, the Itallan ambassador at Washing- ton, from any blame for renunciation of ‘the convention, explaining that when Premier Mussolini referred the ti- gation in the United States, the am- bassador replied: “I see mno reason why the Itallan government should nut pursue the negotiations in prog- . MONDAY, declared themselves FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RADIO EACH DAY BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA Noted Authority on Radio. OPPOSES FEDERAL CONTROL OF RADIO. Broadcasters’ Head Says| Hoover Idea Would Create | Ether Czar. ALl Rights Resorved. Reproduction Prohibited. , Jlvw to Build an Eftcl Reflex Set. Part 1. Roughly speaking, the general radio public may be divided into three classes. The first class inciudes those t Twe-Tube |than they immediately lose interest in that particular set and try something | else, The third class keeps experiment- ing, trying to get enjoyment fram the Holds Sinclair Agreement programs but xt the same time select " v { who are primarily Intercsted in radio (the Drograms of stations some dis- trics which opposed the convention, Would Help Italy. asking why, If they are s ! for the entertainment and instruction | tance away. P Y ltaly's sacrificing. sontrol of ner ne- they cun get out of radio.' The second | Beginning with tod. , T am tural resources, they have never in- was due to this reply that an accord was concluded. Signor Cor. bino scores what Le calls the m gulded patriotism of Italian indus. Tomormw, Commencmg 2P.M. P thie Ansociated Press I CHICAGO, December 15.— Ie- | Dronald, jr., president of the National | Association - of Broadcasters. has public a statement relative to! tary of Commerce Herbert | over's suggestion that control of | io communications be placed in | hands of his department cretary Herbert Hoover's re- for the enactment of a law ziving him sweeping powers, as sug- n his letter to Representative White, is dangerous,” the said, 1ent of a law such as sug- Secretary Hoover wouid Secretary of Commerce | iie powers. This is all | g as Mr. Hoover Is Secre- | mmerce. T have unbounded in him and would be in putting this tremendous | e hands of the Secre- | rce on one condition. that is that Mr. Hoover give to| r broadcasting industry a - that he will live for 100 rs and that he will serve as Sec- ry of Commerce for that hundred Adopted Set of Rules. “Mr, Hoover's recommendation to Representative White for legislation to reafirm the third na- conference, held Ceto 1924 the statement con- “This was a meeting of many of the broadcasters and others agre certain regulations did very happily agree among | nemsclves and adopted a set of rule for the -government N Oiine ip to those r here has been no dificulty. “Any future Secretary merce with as much power lezislation ham the circulation ns stations. The Pos i< large t limit the circulat that must go through | And vot the cigculation | Lroadeasting stations runs | millions i “uZges a1 ) many Asks Appeal Provisien. i davs we shall b the necd of spect laws, and it that! is now let me urge for the of the community that if it is in the hands of the Depart Commerce that provisiol be me of these with ation fronted that body be made mbers of | of the other group. uld esist for ave not of ural and logical solution a communication commis- sion to function on the order of the state Commerce Commission. to if-controlling and to be vested h powers similar to those grantes Interstate Commerce (Commission, chould have under its jeris- | on the allied means of communi- | graph, telephone. cable ARCHBISHOP CURLEY | CONFIRMS 0 CHILDREN Sacrament Administered to Class at Shrine of Sacred Heart. Curley of Baltimore ldren at the Shrine of acred Heart, Sixteenth and Park rozd vesterd i The archbisop was assisted by 3y Joseph Lordoni of Catho- vereity and Rev. John Calla- of St. Matthew’s Church. Fol- lowing the administration of the Archbishop Curley gave . assisted by Rev. James of Catholic University and Rev. hael Finnerty, assistant pastor of Sacred Heart Church. hose confirmed were Dorothy Trew, Camille Cottini, Mil- dred Locke. Mary Colbert, Frances Sullivan, Anna Quirk, Eleanor Calian abeth Martin, Loui wret Dur , Agnes Richards, | g Eleanor Carroll, | eanor Merwood. canor Ratigan. Flsie Phelps Baker. Esther Allen, Valarie | Chitty zabeth Beall. ermain MeDonough, Hel Leesnitzer, Mary Brow Kezne, D Tor- Julia Joy Julia Sheehey, | . Elizabeth Marino, Doris othy Harper, Lillian Do . Rita Beuchert, Rita Casey, Cath- ine Murphy, Mildred Brooke, Mary Iligon, Hortense Coffren, Dorothy Hunt, Aiice Trew, Anna Tucker. irace Brown, Tmogene Albers, Helen Jones, William Hart, James Carr, bevereux Walter Gallagher, Clen ce, ancis Favrisio, Claggert, Patrick Downey, Paul Ward, Prank Carroll, Austin Hall, Richard Maurer, Howard Rlckenbaclker, James Haden, William Ogle, Willlam Coun- syvdney Carroll, vard C Downey Rice, Arthur Ricken- Robert Casper, John Murr: Richard Smith, John Pesce, . taspe Frank Marino, Howard Brad hury, Mackin Long, Dorville Brous tanley di Pr Merton Waite, rarai Maurice McDonell,, ford Klein, Danfel Carr, Charl John Doyle, Kenneth rd Haynes, Jack Keane. CLUBS TO SEE SHOWS. Manager - Robbins Invites Civic Organizations. This week will be known as Civic Club Week at B. F. Keith's Theater, starting with this evening's perform- ance, when the members of the Rotary lub will be the guests of Manager Roland S. Robbins. The various civic clubs of the city Tave been invited to attend on stated evenings and the memberships have accepted through their presidents and secretaries. Tomorrow evening the of the Kiwanis Club will suests of the management. The Civitan and Newcomers will be present on Wednesday evening. Thursday evening will bring the Jions and Optimists and on Friday evening the membership of the Cos- opolitan and Monarch Clubs will be 1he guests o ager Robbin Make It a Radio Christmas Complete Set, $5 Up WM. P. BOYER 812 13th St. membership be the laws Is interested in radio itselt as!going to describe a a means of diversion, while the third | designed prtmarily i= & combination of both, and includes those who are interested both for the entertainment they can get through listening in on the pro- grams and also because of the en- | Joyment around” cire in radio they with uits and their ramifications. get from tent to listen in on the ne; stations and derive their enjo; fron abu of good volun: soone tant n such sources. ut Jong-distance sets. but in the second cla hoot for the progr construct a set that stations even through They do not care want ymething that will give them plenty and selectivity on the locals ' stations hundreds of miles away The set is a 2-tube set In | qualities of the set, the rby ent | | simple matter. The tuning element consist: | variable clarifying selector unit which not only | tuning of the antenna circuit, .U{eircult of,the first tube. The grid circult is tuned by a .0005 Vernier variable condenser. dis- | mra. The coupling between the fi ibe set that is or the class of fan who does not care so much for volume ax he does to reach out after using a tage of straight radlo frequency am- “fooling | plification and a stage of reflex. the various types of of a uning permits of the but also enables the operator to vary the |couping between the antenna and grid By the Associated Press. ROME, December 15.—The Rome newspapers continue to discuss the rescinding of the oil concession granted to the American Sincl terests. The former minister of national economy, Signor Corbino, who was one of the chief negotlators of the concession, has written a letter to the Nuovo Puese, printed yester- day, in which he says the government even now is not hostile to the con- vention, both Signor Nava, minister of national economy, Stefani, minister of finance, frequency stage and the re is obtained with a stan quency transformer especially designed for reflex work with a .000: nler varfable condenser ac: in the distant stations. ¥ study the wiring dlagram vou will notice that some of the leads wre connected In what might seem to be & roundabout manner. You will e the reason for this later on, how er, when you come to wire the r ceiver. Then you will notice that making the connections, for by that means the wiring connection set are simplified considerably. 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