Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1925, Page 33

BRITISH LAW STRIGT ON RADIO LICENSES Proposes Year in Prison and Heavy Fine for Failure to Get Permit From Government. Owners of radio transmitting and receiving ssttions in Great Britain have to get licenses and then watch their under the new bill introduced in suggestion of the P All owners of transmission stations convieted for not having licenses and breaking regulations are subject to imprisonment for 12 months with or without hard labor, or a fine of £100. 1f the breaches of regulations do not cease at once a further penalty of 2 gay is levied. Justices of the peace ar to grant search warrant may seize apparatus wien stations are found operating illegally, even receiving sets, it is reported. The British see grest advantages n the application of io to oraft, as well as to ships, and new regulations apply to ships of the air as well as of the sea. Another indication of the foresight of the British radio officials is that the pro- pgsed regulations cover “etheric WAves carry- energy without wires.” Complaints have been filed against the great power given to the post- master general and the amourt of the fines sposed. One opponent ays a year's.imprisonment for op- rating an unlicensed set, is like cut- ting off a boy's head cure the mumps. The Bri steps, wireless Parliament on the tmaster general, thorized and officials a fo Jifting of the ban in Great n which refused radio listeners licofises on sets which included any foreign-made parts, will, it is b lieved, afford Amerlcan manufa 1 rs an opportunity to enter the radio business in northern Ireland. At present there are no firms en- gaged in manufacturing receiving in northern Ireland, but there ro a few contractors who build sets on order What is known as the National Associationul of Radio Man- ufacturers, exercises great influence \With dealers, naturally recommend- g British-made equipment. Crystal sets selling at from £2 to £7, dom- fnated the Irish market for some time, but with the opening of the Bel t broadcasting station, the d mand for tube sets developed. At present there is inquiry for even five and six tube sets by those desiring to pick up foreign stations. stal va permitting loud aker operation, cost afound £11 to 18, ‘Single-tube sets vary from £5 to £10, complete. Two-tube sets av- erage £15, but some completely equipped run high as £53. Three and four val sets cost between £35 and £74. Tube sets are taxed at 3314 per cent when imported. Y. W. C. A. NEWS The international group will leave B street at 2:30 this afternoon to visit the Freer Art Gallery, from which it Wil go to Copley Courts, where Miss ¢ Landfair will entertain at tea. Mre. Charles Riker, soloist at the Church of the Pilgrims, will sing at the vesper services this afternoon at the Elizaboth Somers, 1104 M street. Miss Tiiva Andet chairman of the resi- denoe program committee, will preside. All women are cordially invited to at- tend. Miss Ruth V. ot's NARM, or ve sets, Pope, director of uni- fled education, announces the opening of the following classes: A five-week course in first aid will be given Tues- days and Thursdays at 5 p.m., begin- ning March 24. A Red Cross certificate will be awarded to students passing ex- amination at the conclusion of the course. A six-week course on_interior decorating, which will meet Mondays and Wednesdays at 5 p.m., beginning March 23. In addition to 10 lectures there will be two observations trips con- ducted by Miss Katharine Summy, teacher of this course. Registrations for these classes are made at 1311 G etreet. The meeting of the Dupont Chapter will be held this month at the home of Miss Katharine A. Stickney, 1443 Chapin street, Monday, March 23, at 3 p.m. The meeting of the Piney Branch Chapter will be held this month at the John Dickson Home, 5000 Fourteenth street, 8 pan. The Kitchen Band will furnish a program of m Mrs. J. A, Bovd, Mrs. Thomas Jarrell, Mrs. Theresa Bobee and Mrs. Lester Kirsch- ner will be hos The school council of the Y. W. C. A will hald a meeting following supper on Wednesday at 614 E street. Miss Al- berta Coliins, president of the council will_preside. will read Grail.” Miss Anne L. The Quest of the Holy 5 Teathers, religious edu- cation secretary, will speak on “The Power of Prayer” at the fourth meet- ing of a series of Bible talks given for the women of Washington every Wed- nesday at 11 am. at the New Willard Hotel Miss Leathers will conduct a Lenten disc#sion on “Friendship” for the youtlg business and professional women of Washington immediately following clulggupper Tuesday and Thursday eve- nl-:tm o'clock, 614 I3 street T86 Greck Mutual Aid Society of the Y. W €. A. will hold a baz: food S@hursday, March from 4 to 8 ciub parlors at the Adminis- ilding. li fellowship committes will medfithis month at the home of Mr Willam Adams Siade, 3425 Ord strot, T at 2:30 pm, lude is « ian and Miss Ka secrBtars of this committe M8 Ired K. Wright. act of te building committee, togethe MrdWilliam Adams Slade Heaton, architect, will © Monday conference ociation’ huilding board of the Y. W. C. A, Helen MeNeil,®exceutive of the department, and Miss associate se . are at- Girl Reserve conference at with and Arthur in New York on country- vlans at the Mabel ¢ tending Wilming o ‘The Girl ftatlon servi Sa Girli Res all Junfor high schools ar, plogedl clubs will meet B abreet, afte tertain with Princetos Monday = 4113 Tilino included five Reserves will hold an in- all grade school girls t 614 I3 street. The the high schools, he young em- aturday evening, beadquarters, 614 which the elub$ will en- unts and music. Chapter was entertained ernoon by Mre. C. Fisher, avenue. A large attendance new members who wer admitted. Results were reported from the association's financial drive and from the box social held at home of Mrs. F. R Davis in February. Group B” held a food sale at the home of the chairman, Mrs. George Filton, 3725 New Hampshire avenue, all day yester- ahy. Miss Mary Wright, rooms registry sécretary, gave a talk on her lne of duty at the association. Mrs, Blizabeth Kerr sang, accompanied by Mrs, Schneider. The April meeting, to be held at the Llizabeth Somers, Eleventh and M streets, will be preceded by a lunch- eon. ' Final Dramatic Production. “Ten Nights in a Barroom,” to be produced March by the WOC Dramatic Club, will bring down the curtain on the station’s dramatic productions for the current season It will be directed by W. Roy Van Allen, Miss Alice Hutchins Drake | orators and the | second-class licenses, or higher, will THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS Believing that radlo receiving con= ditions throughout the country can be improved through systematlc co- operation of amateurs the Ameriean Radlo Relay League has arranged for the appolntment of viglancs committees, the object of which will be to relleve trouble from code in- terference. The regulations of the Department of Commerce together with the new asslgnment of wave lengths for broadcasters and code transmitters have done much to clear up inter- ference, but the American Radio Re- lay League is determined to Improve conditions even further with the help of amateurs having a knowledge of the code. These vigilance committees are to be appointed by the league trafiic offi- cers In all large cities in the country where ther will work in co-operation with radio clubs and newspapers. The| organization of the committees will be under the supervision of assistant division managers of each State. Fach committee is to consist of three radio fans with a knowledge of code, one broadcast listener and a newspaper man. The chairman of each committee will sollcit complaints of Interference through the local newspapers and will thereupon assign cases to varlous members for investigation. The re- sults of such investigations will be submitted to the committee which will then make such recommendations as appear necessary. The committee will not take any definite action unless it is found that the interference is caused by ama- teurs. If members of the American Radio Relay League are found to be violating any of the regulations of the Department of Commerce strenu- ous measures will be taken and if| conditions are not immediately reme- died, it will be urged that such mem- bers maintain quiet hours until their transmitters have been properly ad- Justed.” If such amateurs refuse to give this co-operation then the matter will be reported to the American Radlo Relay League headquarters, which will ask the Department of Commerce to enforce quiet hours In their case. Some listeners appear unable to ap- preciate, according to the American Radio Relay League, that code interfer- ence comes from ship and commerclal stations as well as amateur transmit- ters. Many cannot read the call of the ation that is causing the interruption of their programs, and 'so they are in- clined to blame amateurs in their imme- diate vicinity, often without the slight- est evidence. It is the intention of the league in providing for the appointment of a national system of vigilance commit- tees to give listeners an opportunity to trace the source of code interfer- ence so that the blame in such cases may not be unjustly placed. However, if amateurs are found to be at fault, the committee will suggest adjust- ments for their stations in order that the trouble may be once and for all effectively removed. One important advantage of these committees, the league believes will be the unofficial assistance they will render the Department of Commerce's: inspection division. At present the facilities of this division are unable to take care of the many vareties of complaints made to the department. The supervisors of radio are sald to be heartily In accord with the project, inasmuch as it would have a tendency to reduce the amount of their correspondence. Through the committees, listeners will be able to have a personal investigation of in- terference in their nelghborhood which would be impossible to obtain in any other way. Committee members will assist listeners who own single circuit re- cevers, suggesting methods by which the sets may be changed in order to tune out objectionable interruptions. Operator's License Authorized. Following the plea of operators and owners of broadcasting statlons for & spectal license permitting broadcast- ing, the Department of Commerce has authorized a new form of operator's license to be known as broadcasting station operator's license. The re- quirements are probably more severe than many prospective station oper- ators hoped for, but it is felt that the men in charge of these stations must have adequate knowledge, skill and experience in radio work. In & letter to all radlo supervisors, the commissioner of navigation out- lined the requirements of the new Ifcense, briefly, as follows: Commercial second-class iicense blanks will be used, with an inscrip- tion stating “valid only for the oper- ation of a broadcasting station.” In the code test a speed of only 12 words per minute in transmission and re- ception of continental Morse will be required instead of 20 words per minute. The theoretical examination will consist of a number of questions on transmitting apparatus, such as is used in broadcasting. receiving equip- ment, storage batterfes, motors, gen- radio communication laws. The passing mark required ls 75 per cent. Examination papers are now being prepared and will soon be sent to supervisors. Credit for experience will vary from 5 per cent to 20 per cent, depending upon the kind of service and expe- ricnce of the applicant. Amateurs of the first and second grade will be granted 10 and § per cent, respective- ly. Operators ~holding commercial be permitted to operate broadcasting stations, as under present practice. Navy Seeking Radio Men. The Naval Communications Service s elated with the returns from its campaign to enroll 6,000 qualified ra- dio operators in its reserve force. In the Chicago district alone some 2,100 men have signed up. All of them are radio operators, although many have not attained the speed requisite for classification as naval radiomen. Recent reports from Chicago indicate that amateurs are literally clamor- ing to get into the Naval Reserve, even as apprentice seamen for radio- men in class 6. The success of the campaign Is due largely to the interest of the Ameri- can Radlo Relay League and the ac- tivity of the Chicago naval radio sta- tion in developing its short~wave ra- dio apparatus, with which It comnmu- nicates with amuteurs over consider- able distances Enlistments in other sections of the country are sald to be falr, al- though spasmodic in comparison to the results in the ninth district. The campalgn under way is national, cov- ering all 13 naval districts, and ap- plications may be filed with district headquartecs. The director of naval communica- tions will undertake the instruction of all the recruits, who are not ex- pected to drill cruise, but who may upon application, if the radlo quotas are not filled. When vacan- cles exist they muy be transferred to class 2 in the pay grades of the re- serve. Professional operators are given preference in view of their value as regular service men in time of war, but they will be enrolled only in the ratio of one to three amateurs, and are subject to physical examina- tions or Studles Battery Chargers. In an effort to explain the efliciency and value of rectifiers used to charge radlo storage batteries, the Bureau of Standards has just f{ssued tech- nological paper No. 265, _entitled “Theory and Performance of Recti- fiers.” It is available to all fans from the superintendent of documents, ‘Washington, for 20 cents. The demand for small rectifiers has increased greatly during recent years, owing to the large number of small storage batteries employed in connection with radio sets, and be- cause of the growing practice of charging larger batteries at low rates, this practice being known as “trickle charging.” The purpose of the bureau's in- vestigation was to obtain data on the performance of the most common types of rectifiers on the market, and to explain the principles underlying their operation. Because of the adaptibility of the electrolytic rectifier to the study of the underlying principles of rectifica- tion, and also because this type pos- sesses many possibilities for useful- ness, a considerable portion of the work was carried out on this type, but magnetic, and lonized-gas-bulb rectiflers wers also studied. The effécts of various factors upon the wave-form and degrec of rectifi- catlon were investigated by means of the oscillograph. It was found that the aluminum type of electrolyti rec- fier, when properly used, is satisfao- tory at low rates of charging, such as are required for radio “B" bat- teries but that its life is short. The tantalum rectifier, which is capable of carrying higher currents, is more resistant to the action of the electro- Iyte, and therefore has a longer life. The degTee of rectification.to be ex- pected under different conditions of line and battery voltage, effect of temperature, and character of olrcuit are discussed. Spectal characteristics to be con- sidered in connection with vibrating and thermionic rectifiers are pointed out, and a set of conventional curves “TREW” VALUES in dependable used makes. - cars of various No finance charges. THE TREW MOTOR CO. 1509 14th St. Main 4173 Open Evenings Untll 9 P.M. 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Contains no_narcotics or soothing drugs. Tell vour druggist you want only the genuine “California Fig Syrup” which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother, you must say “Cali- fornia.” Refuse any imitation. is given which may represent the performance of any rectifier, regard- less of its type. The effect of various factors upon rectification is demon- strated by means of numerous oscillo- grams and dlagrams, as well as per- formance curves. Hoover Hears Mars. Secretary: Hoover, sometimes re- ferred to as the czar of radlo in this country, had & thrill recently when he heard what was said to be a mes- sage from Mars by radio. It was dur- ing the course of a dinner the de- partmental employes guve their chict that & volce from a loud speaker in the banquet hall at Wardman Park Hotel, announced in orthodox manner that station USDC, Washington, had succeeded in picking up a radio tele- phone message from Mars. Almost tmmediately a distant voice was heard announcing that station MARS was transmitting the annual reports of its director of commerce. The fig- ures wera expressed in tons-plat num, it was explained, so as to keep the many digets on a single page. In terms of United States currency, the annual appropriations amounted to a billion and nine hundred million dol- lars, it was said, covering the Mar- tian year equal to our half year. Right here static interfered, but the listeners made out that the budget director of the planet Mars had in- terrupted the announcer to audit the figures belng broadcast. Evidently he “killed” the statement, for sud- denly the static grew very bad and sta- tion USDC announced that the distant station was lost. Radio Becoming Standardized, That radio equipment is fast becom- ing standardized will be welcome news to radio users and people who would llke to enjoy radio, suys a bul- letin just issued by the American Radio Assoclation, ihe national or- wanization representing the listener- in. It is said that a large number of people express a desire to own re- elving sets, but are fearful that they ‘annot hook up the batteries and an- tenna and make other clectrical con- nections properly. “Standardization means no less than bringing order out of chaos,” sald Al- fred M. Caddell, secretary of the as- soctation. “Purchasers of radio equip- ment-not otherwise skilled in the art will now be enabled to hook up the right battery to the right terminal in the set without fear of making a wrong and sometimes unfortunate mistake. For instance, a blue cord will be used to designate the an- | years 1925—PAR'T IMPORT RADIO CABINETS MADE BY SCHOOLBOYS United States Manufacturers Over- looking Opportunity, Commerce Department Says. Thousands of radio cabinets are shipped from Latvia to the Americans, wocording to a report by Commercial Attache C. J. Mayer of Riga. These cabinets are shipped unfinished in knockdown form to the United States, where they are assembled and finish- ed. Most of the radio cablnets are made by schoolboys in Riga, who are reported to have shipped several thousand last year, expecting to in- crease the shipments to several mil- lton n 1 While we are importing these radio cabinets we are at the same time wasting billions of feet of service- | able lumber because most of the lumber manufacturers have not taken | the nec ary interest in the cutting of such small dimension stock, it is said. | The State forester of Iouislana has induced certain Southern mills to pro- | duce small-dimenslon stock for radio| cabinets. The radio industry should take a keen Interest In encouraging our own mills in supplying the de- mand Instead of calling on foreign countries. We are maintaining an export trade in oak and other hard- woods and softwoods cntering into | the manufacturing of radlo cabinets, and it is possible that some of these imported radfo cabinets are made of American lumber, the Department of Commerce say C., MARCH ‘22, 1 gest the color at which the filament of the tube burns. Bright red has been chosen to indicate the highest positive B battery potential, this being conventional electrical en- gineering practice, Black cord desig- nates the ground wire and so on. Telephone plugs and jacks, vacuum tubes, dry batteries and the like have likewise been standardized from the standpoints of terminology, physical dimensions, constructional details and features {nvolving operation. “If progrese is to be assured in any art, standardization mus tgo hand in hand with its development. This is very necessary to avoid confusion on the part of the users of the equip- ment and also desirable from the standpoint of interchangeability of one manufacturers ' product with another. The credit for bringing about these welcome advances belongs to the standards committec of the As- soclated Manufacturers of Electrical upplies, who m a thorough sur- of the situation and decided that radio was sufficiently developed to standardization of certain elements, with assured bene- I concerned.” Radio Exports Growing. American manufacturers exported | radio equipment valued at $784,619 in January, compared with $1,080,168 in December, according to statistical re- ports of the Department of Commerce. This total is also less than the figure for the month of November, but slightly greater than the total value | of radlo exports in October. Com- pared with the 1924 January ship- ments, however, the total is more than twice as large. In the past two annual radio exports hav Erown from $2,900,000 in 1922 to over'| $6,000,000 {n 1924, all of which indli-| cates a healthy development in the United States foreign trade in wire- less equipment tion “at Cassel, be connected by wire initiated at cording to recent the Cassel station der the direction Deutsch present, it will relay Frankfort on 288 met Shell frames, cyeglasses, fitted British Embassy “Listened In.” The staff and employes of the Brit- | ish embassy were among the most | interested listeners to the Friday | night concert from the Savoy Hotel, London, which was rebroadcast in Washington by station WRC. The rebroadeast, which came o ajr unexpectedly in the Capital. found the British Ambassador himself awa from home, 50 he missed the Lon music and the strokes of “Big Be Paris Conference Date Changed. The international amateu conference will be held at Pa 14-19. according to advices from abroad, two days earlier than was at first planned. The London ama- teur convention will be held on April 24, so that Amerlcans who wish to do so may attend before they sail for home. radio s April EYES the Radio License of New Class. A new class of license, to be known as a broadcasting station operators license, has been authorized by the Monopoly Inquiry Delayed. The Federal Trade Commission, at tenna circuit, due to the fact that the antenna Is always assoclated with the blue sky. Yellow cord will be used for the filament circuit to sug- ‘Easier Terms! Lower Prices! At the the request of the Government at- torneys, have postponed the hearings of the alleged radio monopoly in New York until M. Dpartment of Commerce. The code test which will be necessary to the license will be at the rate of 12 words per minute BETTER STORE For BETTER CLOTHES Just Say 11 harge Open”Saturdays Until 9 P.M. It”! Clothes This is positively the mast remarkable showing of Spri Cl_ thes we have ever held. 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