Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1925, Page 33

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., APRIL 5, 1925—PART 1. the importation of “military” equip- | ological advice and forecasts so Capt DAWES TO SPEAK. RADIO PATENTS GROW. | Ground Wire Ruins Carpet. . . . ment and in some quarters this term | Amundsen can fly under the most D CONCEB-T John Smlth and HlS Radlo has been applied to radio sets. The|favorable conditions. He will carry BAN: 3 L) customs authoritles have refused to|a sensitive radio receiving set on his|yill Make Address at Paul Revere Marine Barrac tomorrow Bich ok Thies, of Marcontls Dy T admit assémbled sets and it is|plane and may pick up the Annapolis at’3 pm.. concert by the United : . rumored that a considerable stock has | slgnals directly or get the relayed i States Marine Band Orche crahsed 0 2500 Kow. inder BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL been selzed and heid by them. How. | messages from Stavanger, the Norse| Ccromony—Will Be Broadeast. Wil B Beiils RNt ea gt Patent OMcs (Examingts. who/ have] the ever, several companies In Shanghal | radio station. Rather than try to get| A speclal service at the North Taylor Branson, second lo atent OMce examiners who have| the fiou are selling receivers openly upon in- |in communication with the Norweigan [ Church, Boston, commemorating the March, “Semper Fidelis do with in uts v o B- | tra structions of consulur and diplomatic |Station twice a day, the Navy De- [150th anniversary of Paul Revere's| | Overture ByARt itla: oobarer, huste il et officials that the government cannot |partment believes it more practical| ride, will be broadeast by WRC, in co- 3 At o2 Bohm T e subise possibly classify radio sets as mili- |to send the special reports immedi- [ operation of station WBZ, Springfield, Adoration” ......Borowskl AFpRIS=DieRlger Mardon heavy tary equipment. ately following the regular time sig- [ April 18 neral M . Chopin | | patents, o the wonder 2 noo: . ¥ 10 2 and sce from | fuls broadeasting anc stenin v Radio Foreeasts for A " nals at 12 noon and 10 pm. The| The principal address at the exer- and nes i~ 1 lea and s -in . Radic e No. 10—Splitting Stations. | sired resulls, his “st because chance| When Capt panta, «:\rm\mmd.:::n:-l-“m Eiespagos will %o out on 17.140 meters | clses will be delivered by Vice Pr ‘Tohengrin” .. . Wagner | |systems now in use®almost all Say Radio Hurts Singers v | e on [Cape, R will comprise from 50 to 75 i St b S S ey F se Serenade With an opera favorite scheduled |MIKht help him . ‘he set Into prop-Ifor the pole In his airplane from werds. It 18 Leleved that with the | o thie i Gl Loy e, Yiose speech (strings) .. Yolkmann | in number from the two or three of to waft her glorious voice over thef®T tune with t. Jfon he “apw(fl Spitzbergen, ~weather forecasts and | time signals to tune to and the reg-| Dawes to be broadcast since ,,f_ took b “Old Folks at Home | Marcony’s time, in 1898, to more than mir Smiths felt that it was a good|There is a certa went of luck in}meteorological data will be for-|ylar weather reports, the explorer|nis oath of office as Vice President (atEhnas), transcribed |2 10 sav L RGtiing. of opportunity to invite a number of |Fadic reception, tiu. 1 it's all based | warded to him via radio by the|will have ample opportunity to adjust by .. .. Busch on auxtlinry deviees more friends to listen in with them, and|UPOR fact if you go into the subjectinaval communication service. Through |his set to the long-wave length of Grand march, “Coronation lated to radi wecordingly a 1ist was prepared. But |deeply enough. But when you've Just|the co-operation of the United States|NSS in time to get his special radio- from “The Prophet”.Meyerbeer | | Ten examiners are constant! when the eventful evening arrived a|& few minutes in which to catch your | Weather Bureau and the Navy, N grams. Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of {emploxed in considering and acting surprise came with it station you are certainly justified inlat Annapolis will broadcast twice Monteguma.”™ | t Only a handful of those invited|trying vour luck. daily lata gathered in Alaska, Can- “The Star Spangled lon improvements in the rad showed up. The absentees, the| What Smith found in this case,|ada and Northern cities in the States, | An examination for junior Smiths learned, were listening in over | bowever, was that his interfering sta- {advising the polar explorer of alr ser to huve Car owners throughout the world have fllowed John Smith in his daily motoring—and have benefited thereby. Now he has taken up vadio, and is willing that his fellow fans showld be amused and profit by his evening experiences. Smith has a faculty for “finding out things.” so it will pay radio devotees to follow him in The Sunday Star =ach week. |the world. These pa ts have g of the United States. Vice Fresident Dawes' address will be of particular in- terest, moreover, be: that he is the great: liam Dawes, jr., who a Revere in his historic ride Charlestown to Lexington and Con- son applications further pate will be held April and their own machines. s bout th e distangs foongitions in ithe - Nopth: ‘Before we were married you said| Other talks in connectfon with the Fully Explained. eivil service, but not all who “You'd think they'd come over and and transmitting with equal in-| The United States Government is|you'd be willing to die for me.” ceremonies will be given by the K ity S ear & good machine Smith com-|tensity on about the same wavel|co-operating with Det Norske Meteor- | 1 know it Babeock of Boston and: M TPe Whatis menolowi plained. “A lot of those people with!length. When he cut down the length | glogiske Institute at Chr stiania, Nor- “And yet you refuse to beat the rugs.” | thaniel Thayer, great-granddaughter “A dialogue between me and your Oyster small sets will be spoiling the whole -rinl he simply weakened the sig-{way, through the collecting of meteor- | “Sure! Dying is my lmit?" of Paul Revere ~mother | bators Dusiness. On mights like this radio | nals from each station equally. audiences ought to get together for| He found, however, that static and their common good.” interference from regenerative sets Thate all “very interesting,” 1|was lessened hy using the inside| agreed, “but aren't you overlooking|aerial. But turning up the rheostats (f#{ Tt fuet that ‘many of these peopls | that control the current to the detec —\ know more about their sets than you|tor and radio frequenc luh“lfl. Kn::l o niversary do, and get better results accord-|turning the dial operating the induc A ? If they came over here you|tance for the aerial-ground circuit| L] [ nniv' J : Tely them miss the con | for a little finer adjustment, he found Gift together.” that the stations came in very well. | Irts t altogether B 10 : . L d h l Don't worry about that.” he boast- | But still in duet fashion. et credit he T can get one of the stations| At this point My Smith causht P You a'..-.'..flfl.'..... With every purchase of adeasting this artiste anyway.” strains of a favorite air belng sung 4 | D3 doasting IS AILIste AnyWAS shal by the diya; aud DUt In & plea for have the home of your = $50.00, beautiful and use began o doubt that he would make |Prompt action on our part. = dieal M w ’ ful 15-piece Cereal Set. good whien, finding thal three of the | ‘Come on Smith” T urge. “Lets ms. axwell’s easy With every purchiuse of # ions were a ttle too distant, | S Ress ol lons. Let's 8 pen - - = > I N Smith went on to a fourth one where |cil With a new eraser terms puts good furniture 3 : $100.0C, a 26-piece Rogers he usually encounters interference Smith was probably thinking of n : Nickel-Silver Set s G e e air |ux, ‘50 the simplicity of my request op 3 on a night like this” he grumbled, |hearly stag i, Hemever Witk etes 2 LoHE woom fiddling with the dials only to lose | Vest pocket proved to be holding ex- ith every living roo the station Ne Wanted [acs "what we'needon. T T one. Whether you have ewis i bequtihill Flaos robably for the same reason atched me suspiciously as = (hat the Housenold Fuinishing. Co.|pressed the end of the eraser against cash or not you can take i ! Lamp, complete, or Ma- didn’t liquidate the day vour firm|the panel right next to the edge of d hogany Davenport Table. opened up in competition,” 1 retorted. |one of the dials. He thought I wa . | - e e e e . i o T advantage of this great With every bedroom ou'll probably find therce toom for|but soon changed his mind when, sal. g ite; lan artistic Lamp, Foth atations ievenion penrueer. i fI&avetho Bensl's fristion of 4 turn, .e’ as a small deposit . 1 ! g‘::::-s‘-“t Chair or R"'Ckf' he audience grew restless as an | the saxophone suddenly vanished will deliver your selec- el tch orchestral prelude to the-star act of |leaving the opera favorite's voice A 38, e L ii D T e o tion and you can take a Wt eoeny dimneinoom suddenly realized that it was| “That's splitting the stations,” T ex- f suite, a 42-piece Dinner for action. He had not even |Plained. “The pencil helped by givin year or more to pay the Set or a beautiful Table tuned out WHOG, he dial the smallest possible turn Beddenty thors was a fass efract| “Let's try it on one of the other balance. FREE STOR- == Sk rom the loud-speaker, soprano notes | 1ials.” he suggested. “Maybe the sta- . . . : : T e onrano im0 e 5w Il coine 11 better . - F These gifts are deliv- & e S e e e || | AGE on any articte se-| - Sensational Saving~ On Everything ered with your purchase ®ould have known that he was get-| WaS voted down by all present. None lected for future delivery. bsolutely FREE ting two stations at once and getting | ©f the audience knew a thing about For the Home' SRSORIECY - Feep it ieieg e il radio except that when you get some- . “Tve an ideas he announced,|thing worth while it's common sense “Sometimes I can get different effects | 10 let well enough alone by switching from my outside aerial| If Smith had got hothing more out to the inside one, or to the loop. I'll|9f the evening he would have prof- oy that, anyway” itted enormously This scemed to give the audience E some hope, so 1 didn’t inter “. Not| Next Week., No. 11—Looking Into x that T was sure it would give him de- be. RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS ‘radio section of the Department | causing tinet fading of the radio| ymmerce has asked for b on | signa Reports of absolute silence| dozen new pleces of radio ap- |came from distances of 100 miles or| ratus to aid in ch king the | more. Reception in Cleveland was| nissions of broadcasting stat »ln‘unihluu\u- ol 1 e e “”'I‘)"" Texting Radio Tranxmission. | hg broadeasters and other stations | Radio experts of the Bureau of| Iy on their allocated wave | Standards have just completed a = E s of tests the emissions of . - lengths, so as to insure reception on L I 3 P “K hl e Ov t‘lfied S dufipite wage longthe, preventing in- | WGY. Schenectady, to ascertain the| -Piece reehler ers uite e irence Betwees tudlonhone. trans. | @mount of change in transmission at i t g itters sunset. The tests covered a period | With Bed Davenport—Saves Space and Rent Your choice of walnut, golden oak or white of six days in order to include a | e i t B It is planned to equip the super- o in: _order. tp include s In this beautiful Kroehler suite you have all finishes. All-cotton Mattress, with art tick. A visors of rad the nine unational | Yariety of weather _gonditions. Co- ’ 3 the beauty and comfort of a high quality over- good, strong-woven wire spririg. This is a fine 10 . e . districts with Pleza electric seilla- | OPerating laboratories and. ext $1 0 e S e quality bed outht at a very low. price, Special -Piece Walnut Dining Suite ors so tha wave-leng : their findings tors so that all wave-length (o thel bureaw, whtian st compit. bencath the loungy davenport seat is hidden for our Anniversary Sale, only uri equipment of ol a convenient sleeping space. A single, easy Anne period = Tadio wave phenomena test cavried} CASH. Plact. ready for immediate use here is placed a quarts erystal which |2t by the bureau, the first having very special and only $10.00 cash necessary controls the oscillatory periods of the | V¢en conducted during the recent to deliver it circuit, in that the quartz crystal will | gelipse. Since the Apnaratis zequired oscillate only at a d % beriod. The | for recording these electrical meas- . 5 vcluie ol & demive period. The | for recording thexs”slectical” meu = Anniversary Special special quartz crystal that the partment will use has a fundamental | tions can be constructed mainly from oscillatory period of approximately fduipment found in the average col- e 2 3000 meters or 100 kes. As in other | lee electrical laboratory, it is hoped - le q B R T o W ey 4 er det - B len. Which nnpear at mul. | With the bureau in future radio tes i tiples of the fundamental frequency Price Cutting Benefitx Fans. e Consequently wave meters used in| Radio fans in Canada are benefited measuring radio emissions of trans- | hy cut rates on radio mitting stations can be calibrated | equipment, through a sort of w. and standardized. By checking up all | tween the retail and wholesale de the wave meters used in the field the |ers and because American and department can increase the accuracy |nadian manufacturers are unloading of its portable measuring apPAratus | their present stocks end consequently correct a broadeasi-| 1n a rush to unload, manufacturers ing station o' It tranymits exactly On |are repbited. selling 1ot only to Job : i 15 ‘sestinch wave Jenkth or Te-|heows and Sholinie bt s oo —= Simmons Day Bed aquenc As each supervisor meas-|tajlers, permitting the wholesalers to 3-Burner Gas Stove Kitchen Cabinet : RaELs ures only the stations in his district |retail if they desire. The usual wholeo [§ | Chifforob tanne and because there were varfations iIn|gale discount is between 40 and 50| th Jareeioven witich hus.white A wonderful time and the wave meters used, all diStricts | per cent, while retailers get only from | 1 front. - A fine cooker anfl saver. With plenty of working . were not standardized. Under the ald |25 to 35 per cent. A wholesaler get-| r at a very low 315_‘]5 space, roomy drawers practice the wave meters were sent|iing a 50 per cent dlscount. ean retaill - and compartments §9m 59 to the Bureau of Standards for cali- |4t 25 per cent, cutting the tail | Only $1.00 Caxh Priced at - 27 bration, but due to jarrin in Ship- | deale ut and still making 25 per| Only $1.00 Cash ping and use in the field errors and | cent on the list pric { varfations were found. Now each| A pogsible remedy suggested is to| supervisor can check his meters peri- | give retailers 40 per cent and whole- odicaliy T salers 50 per cent: then, if the latter | Experts of the Bureau of hr.nul.u"l\:,.,,,u retail customers a 25 per cent| drew up the specific for the|giscount, the retail dealers would still Plezo electric oscillator after a study | have a margin of 15 per cent ‘\“»‘ of the principles and some exPeri-|other plan is for the mx.nurav»mwrs) | | radio oscillatory circuit in ~which may be standardized The Piezo | 750 motion opens this bed, reveall cover all in -3 sited for. d m 1 e—t ASH ments with different crystals. |to sell only to wholesalers and job- The ame Piezo comes from a Greek |, s, refusing them further discounts rd denoting pressure. Th WA~ | when retalling. Tatus operates on this principle: The | © s yparently, radio is quite the rage application of an electric voltage OF |in Canada. All kinds of stores are pressure on the crystal causes me- | taking up radio equipment as a side chanical vibrations. When electric | it has invaded musical stores power is applied in the cuit the | 4nd automobile salesrooms. The result appe e furm of oscilla- | gatisfactory conditions in the i £ : e 8 millismimeter |ty e R L EE LI el g ; ‘F‘I’f‘; Fe"'"e"y Gateleg Table, $16.75 _ This 100-picce Dinner Set is indeed a wonderful value AR S When the circuit oscillates it is in|couraged department stores A beautiful and 3 . : piece is of fine quality American Porcelain Ware. No seconds, and : ) Your Ll or tuned to the proper going into radio heavily. | with galvanized tra A Am artistic design, with drop = el gy S are now here on This makes possible a direct | y. 4 limited number to he sold §9 98 leaf. Rich mahogany finish, C©Yery pitce a useful article. blues, browns and greens comparison with the wave meter : H at this very low price. B0 Bshs Atvien, % From one end of the United Slalr’s[ Yours at a saving! —A beautiful 7-piece. CAiii SET given absolutely free sxiq sipes tariine to the other, in Canada and with every 100-pc. Dinner Set sold. Only $16.95 for U o tal eetimates | the border to Mexico, Summer broad-| the two sets. J did not receive the total estimates | .. ¢ receiving cond i . 5 dget because of | . approved by the bu 1]!-. xm!““”l; xf ! studied, through the “Trade and Good lack of congressional author(y. [ |will Trip Through the Golden West,” g Bes aninceease o ol b the Brooklyn Chamber of Com- 1 ¢ » which have to be spread ¢ ? |merce, beginning May 17 and ending ALK milbave by he St OUC Imerssbein nding | ; v MAXWELL’S ments to be provided for the i Grass Rugs To Test Radio Reception. under test The radio section of the department i i party will travel nearly 10,000] A 0 pectors working e m on a special train, one of the! % | iberisor shouia have's short-wave | T o uhuch WL Yerve ou o coms | . uarantee eirigerators receiving set, provided with a 1000 | unity room, for meetings, song ml-l A stations; a special receiver for work {ftted with an elaborate radio in-| on shori-wave broadeasting stations | allation, with loud speaker, and | s 00 $ 00 and a long-wave set for testing ship 1“”‘"" loud speakers may be placed in| . 0 B and commercial stations THey alsd I gaidintrig cars’ whan desired. Fivery need field-strength measuring appa- | one anticipates a great deal of ple : atus o study the ranges and L el g S D;ll"“ - Weekly . strength of stations from different |of the scientific interest in the tests, | ons : Qlrections und means of (rRRASPOFEINE | it Ceir a0 b ot e e < o Pays for It apparatus from point to point. |possible fading, etc. On Sundays, Choice : This apparatus is needed to keep the | church servic will be tuned in. ¢ Every Re- w orf :m\‘. air properly policed so that undue in- |~ En route, every afternoon and eve frigerator S terference is not created and the fans, |ning and during the stays at various s el and fook saver. ax well as the amatears and commer- | points of interest, efforts will be . t r of the highest 25 o clal operators, get a fair deal. .Under [ made to tune in as many statlons ag| 4 P W In Bedr S 538 gl appearance and x le t 3 i quality con SUUERLAD a the present appropriations. $125,000 | posgible, ps a real test of Summer ro- | 1ece alnul com Suite . struction PR G AR less than was asked for, the depart- | ception in the various localities. The With Full Vanity throughout. A an. A golden eparing to keep the air as|report will be the i ; 4 oak top-ice . preparing to keep the air ort will be the most r‘mm-rehvu-l One of the smartest Suites of the season! large, roomy B ioublSrasia Resl:ful Beauty m the Bedroflm ® Aepassible vl Oounress anciigy e one of its kind ever complled. The four handsome. pieces pictured above are front icer in at the . when Secreta oove! Arrangements for e test are & . ak. Si E & " . . will renew his request for necessary |being made by John E. Veasey, traf. $10 included—the bow-foot bed, the large dresser, oak. NL. This Suite reflects just the right o 4 the spacious chiffonier and the full size vanity ful cloquence. The ' dresser with triple mirrors. The finish is rich hd the walnut finish is sually walnut. This suite is a most convincing proof here are five pleces of it apparatus and complete field equip- | fic manager of the Brooklyn Chamber that good furniture is not necessarily expen- cluding a la dresser, sem bo ment for his supervisors and in-[of Commerce, and Joseph D. R. Freed, | stors {president of the Freed-Eisemunn sive, for it is priced at only $135, and $10.00 <~ CASH end bed. chiffonier and’ ben r SAah AcTivers 16 is very low and the terms y $10.00 cash e Radio Corporation, who Is an active Problem for Scientists. ! ':"\‘*"' f the chamber. o Here f&. one for ithe, sslenusts tof, The anptenng/willibeia B0-foot wire gure out: If radio waves in | Ine . the so-called ether, why did Radio Sets Increase in China. | cent earthquake, felt in the Desplie existingl Aoabt. s it thei . = portion of the' United State legalits of importing radio receiving - Unfinished " Buffet po e or Gold Canada_interrupt radio conce sets into China, that country has 20 ; 8 o SR WTAM, Cleveland, was broadcast-|privately - owned ' broadcast. stations | Breakfast Table ; Mirrors Ing at the time of the tremors.|and 5000 listeners, says a corre- Cleveland newspapers asked the sta-|spondent of the American Radlo Re ; tion's ald in collecting data for their|lay League. The Chinese Press, with all hardwood con- value, All plate morning editions. Replies indicated | after making a thorough investiga- struction, a smooth ezl that for a period of three to fiveltion on_behalf of its readers, admits % length, and minutes during the major shock alllfrankly that it does not know | surface, easy to ‘633 very Uwel $698 radio reception was stopped, not only| whether the importation of com-! finish. o.on made s from WTAM, but from other broad-|pletely assembled receivers is legal casters that were on the r at the|or not. time. Tt reported that the Chinese The lesser ghocks were recorded as |government issued an edict against 3 A Very strong and durable. ¥ N\ This 5.4 Very spéet _ value. All plate g