Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1925, Page 39

7 STATION LETTERS ARE REAL PUZZLE Hoover Aide, Who Assigns Them, Has Difficult Task. BY CARL H. BUTMAN. phase of radio administration Secretary Hoover Is akin to pastime of cross-word ¥ It constitutes « » calls of three and four letters for the thousands of broadeasting, One under the popular ymmercial. Government and ship From the three initial ¥ 1 W wssigned to the United States by the International Bureau a Berne 1l American radio calls those for eurs and ex perimenter must made Con ¢ that there is a total of about on land and sea operated by citizens of the States, this job alone is a real When it is known that the requires all the calls beginning the letter N for its ships and stations, while the Army takes ber of the Ws, and it i the United States does K calls, the complicated Department of Commerce. adjacent to Chief Super D. Terreil's, sits a man . A. Corriden, who is the letter assigner, or the cross-word man. He has several check ered charts on which he works. He is experienced in following the hori vertical columns, but he sequence of letter guides His first broad. charts started respec. nitial letters K and the upper left-hand corners. the top of the vertical « s runs an alphabet, and down 1 eft hand side runs another The d on either chart b KAA and WAA wper left-hand square ne use the K KDA, another country using When broadeasting began, Mr. n_ chose n vacant square £ the commercial and ship sta calls, which already partly cov ered his charts KDKA Gets First Call. call available was KDKA, the rst ensed broad tha wadays practic the K calls are assigned west of the Mississippi Ws in the Eastern States, ugh east and west identi Later hundreds of other stations were assigned vacant squares, according letters. Before lon bearing two initial and WA had to be two being filled, and is now down to calls with WW and K2z also reassigns calls of ions. 1 touch of humor, Cor- over one day. He was hing on his K chart for a call Detroit police force broadcasting station when he came upon an unlet- are. Looking along the hori ntal column to the left of the chart, e observed an 0", while at the top of the column there was a “P.” Hence KOP™ became the official call for the Detroit b Since then many the calls assigned have certain sig nificance, hut none approaches his in \ master stroke When the Washington broadcaster 1 the Radio Corperation was about to go on the air, Di: ct Superintend- ent CGuthrie came to the department seek L ogood ¢ He wanted WRCA, but this square was filled with name of a ship and unavail le. A search revealed that call WRC s ne signed, so that became the identifyi call of the Washington Radio Corporation _station ird the Washington stati hesapeake and Potomac phone was assigned WCAP, W ton Chesapeake and Potom on New York obtained WN New York City and letters N stations owned or problem call imbers them firse ssed w n put one tered sq then Initials A \nts an » Popular. wanted their which is_ob <nals imposs unless began v K or W. Many ired call and examples fans. Some weco Wish Crosby ", by a tiny imagination, designates ax Wireless WPG at_Atlantic City i, “World's Play similarly, WEN, the stands for “World’s Newspaper.” WGBS is the mble Brothers Store: WREO he Reo Motors, and WJJD Wireless James J. Davis, the Moose. and none other enial Se Labor. easily ind WSBF, the last lette s “Sticks, Be: suis. This station s WCK. An torage Battery Vorld Storage X hicago; WODA eless 0’'Dea,” a radiola shop in Paterson, N. J., es O'Dea. The Seventh ntists have recently changed call WSAP, wholly inappro- e, to WSDA Radio News of New York se- el the call WRNY supposed to in- @ their magazine as Radio New WLTS stands for Wireless Lane vical ol _at Chicago, and said to designate “‘Wireless irand Central Palace” at Newark formerly WBS. WABC is a call for mérly assigned to another station, which now designates the Asheville Battery Co., in Asheville, N. C. of K More Difficult. NGOP s Case work out so the Arlingtor The K do well, but the slogan Hotel in Hot Springs, “Kum to Hot *is carried out in the call Another K call KGTT is used the Glad Tidings Taber- ranelsco; it was sub- the meaningless designa- KFVZ KLDS stands for the ch of Latter Day ints. little significance can be her W or K as an initial though W often is interpreted tandi wireless, K is less not of urse to all this, how- always possible to by owners of sta- iently there is no possible with the required initial an by even a stretch of 1 be made to fit the case. owners have secured calls vhich they deem significant, hundreds have been disappointed. Kor that matter the department, without a fairly good reason, does not feel dis posed to change all its listed calls, and Corridon hasn’t the time or dispo- Besides many old, established would never think of try lesired sition stations ing it. Far fetched as some of these calls may be considered, they do aid the fans in memorizing the calls of their favorite stations and guide them in sorting the call-word puzzles of the air. It you don't believe that a woman can keep a secret just ask one her age. the creation | calls | of | the | their first | Following WNYC’s | (Continued from Third Page.) in her fundamental love, not only of justice, but of generosity. We be lieve that one day she will understand We believe that her distrust of so far as she has any such dis trust, will disappear. We believe that a national American demand for jusiice and fairness and neighborli ness toward the Japanese in the United States will sweep away all misrepresentation, all standing, and with them crimination by American against the Japanese within their gates and the ~Japanese as a | race. There will be no trouble about it Knowledge of facts {conscience will do the work America and Japan will continue to |stand side by side, with friendly sister nations, as guardians of the peace of the Pacific Japan’s V on Emigration. “You have no ambition to America’ with your people?” “We have no ambition to any country with our people. not want to send America single {Japanese to whom she objects. That | would not be good for her or us. It lis sentiment and principle and de- votion to the amity of peoples—not the wish or necessity of emigration that actuate Japanese citizens and |the Japanese government in respect of the discriminatory clause in the American immigration law “It has been reported in America that the ‘real’ Japan does not wel {come the effort in America to have pan included in the quota. Is this true? by, all dis. citizens ws ‘swamp swamp We do entirely untrue.’ “Is the immigration problem the only important problem betwdes Japan and America? It is the only one.” Opposed to Provocative Allianc | _ “Japan will press for the removal of all forms of discrimination against the Japanese people by whomsoever practiced?”’ ‘In @ friendly way Is it probable that dental_indifference to ceptibilities would issue in entente of solidarity? ‘No. Such an_entente out no promise of what ing, namely, all-round the principle of equality people. Would such an entente vene tendencies toward a world peace? “Decidedly naturally obdurate occi Japanes an A us an some would hold we are recognition for seek our contra settled Japan deprecates all | segregative movements inimical to the aggregative interests of the world. I mean that we are opposed to the development of combinations of powers pursuing particular rather than general world aims. Such combinations, in our opinion, tend to {build up the mental and matesial conditions of warlike conflict Our conception parallels the general con ception of the League of Nations as we understand the league. “Japan's dominant moral and intel lectual forces are for universal and permanent peace?" { “Bevond all question On Bolshevists and Bolshevism. Do you think Moscow hopes to ex ploft Japano-American difficulties fa vorably to its ideas of world-wide communism?'’ “If it so hopes, it pointed “Do you think Russian communism | really intends, if it can, to destroy so-called capitalistic_society “Its constitution, 1 belleve, contains | @_clnuse declaring such a purpose. | ““Have vou any kind of degree sympathy with the bolshevist | "“It is not my province to criticize principles of government in any for |eign country. I can Say, however. | that bolshevism, so far as I can pene | trate it, is utterly repugnant to the elementals of Japanese. tradition and | character. But I am not without a certain sympathetic. feeling toward | bolshevists as distinguished from bol shevism—toward the human beings, that is to say, who have sprung this unexampled and,_puzzling doctrine upon the world. Most of the holshe vist leaders are Jews. Their blood is | the blood of a race long and cruelly persecuted. May not an error of judg. ment of the modern world and | emotion, perhaps, of revenge run in ! that blood? will be disap of Product of Age-Long Tyrannies. ‘Moreover, the Russians power survivors or descer the agelong tyra the czars The remories memories | They remember serfdom now in are ants of nnies of bitter but nothing ‘"Time Will Bring U. S. and Japan \Closer Together, Says Shidehara misunder- | and | of an THE SUNDAY bloody suppression, denial of human right, exile. How could they have what we should term a normal psy- chology? How could. they be expected | to teel anything but terror and enmity | with reference to those political and economic systems which, in their im- | agination, resemble the regimes of the czars? May they not_really believe that we should ensla¥e and exploit them if we could, and that conse. | quently a passion on thelr part to ex- tirpate us is a righteous passion? “I am not answering these ques- | tions; 1 am asking them. I do not understand bolshevist mentality. But I never try to understand anything without a sympathetic exploration of its background. My idea is to seek a_cure for the destructive pathology of bolshevists; not by withdrawing from them, but by cautiously and pru- dently endeavoring to establish an educative intercourse with them. Non bolshevist nations, I need not say,| have no wish to wrong Russia., but | | every wish to see her orderly, prosper vus and content, and to have her take | | her place in the feacefui concert of | civilization,” | Progressive Forces in Germany. “Do you know of any national gov- ernment or organized movement with aims prejudicial to Japano-American | triendship " Not now. China gave some evl- dence of such a disposition at the time of the Versailles conference, but 1 am aware of nothing of the sort in any quarter at present.” “Is any part of Japan sympathetic | with the reactionary elements in Ger- many 7" bs indeed.” Do you anticipate any reactionary revival in Germany from Hinden- burg's election?” “No. My belief is will p ist in the path and peace.” “Is Japan satisfled with the princl- | ple of the open door in China?" “That principle cannot be strictly enforced to suit us.” “It gives you natural advantages?" It gives us great natural advan- Besides, It accords with our both of justice to China and of universal welfare. International grasping for selfish advantage in China would threaten hun nity with in immeasurable disaster Labor's International Interest. “Is Japan free from the menace of internal subversive agitation?" “Not free from it, but, I think, not seriously threatened, nor more threat- ened than any other great state. Go ernment everywhere, of set with new problems in ou ingly complex modern political social existence. For instance, inter- national labor attractions are a fresh concern of goverhment. For the first time in Japan we have had a dele; tion from Japanese labor visiting the | foreign office to protest against our | measures for preserving order and protecting the rights of our nationals in China. Our reply was that we were not interfering in the strikes as economic struggles but as develop- ments dangerous to life and property It is a new thing with us—this sizn | of local labor unrest without he fafntest practical local interest we are not alarmed over it. I merely | mention it as an illustration of the | increasing weight of pGblic-order | burdens in every part of the world.” | Friendship of the Pacific Powers. Our last words—the last words an interview that had occupied the best part of two hours—were relative to Pacific. hook hands at pa g, I sald to B Shidehara ‘I may state that Japan values ex ceptionaliy an entente with the prin cipal oceidental Pacific powers?"” “You may state that with every assurance of accuracy. How highly I person: reckon an entente with the principal occidental Pacific powers is reflected in my pride that I had a part in drafting the four-power treaty at_the Washington conference.” 3aron Kij Shide ra, born in Osaka prefecture, aged 54, was grad wated from the college of law of the Tokio Imperial university. Entering the foreign office in 1896, he rose rung by rung until he became forelgn min in June, 1924 His diplon areer has béen long and honor In various capacities he has served in Washington, London, Antwerp and The Hague. From 1915 to 1919 1 was vice minister for foreign affairs. From 1919 to 1922 he won his great | popularity at Washington as Japanese ambassador to the 'nited States barony was the reward for his ser the great war az0 Dails that Germany democracy too tages idea the \Copyriz by Chi News Co.) GREAT PREHISTORIC MAMMAL GROUP TO GO TO FIELD MUSEUM | Miami | The Field Museum of ural His- { tory of Chicago is to be enriched by one of the most important collections of extinct mammals that has ever | been discovered by any expedition as + result of six months of exploration in southern Bolivia under the tion of Prof. Eimer Rizgs, sistant curator of the museum, who has returned to Buenos Aires on his | way to Patagonia to resume explora- | tion work which he left off there | when Winter began The importance of his rich find can be judged from the fact that it em- braces fossils of at least 10 prehis- toric monsters, including the well known mastadon and the less famil- far scelicodon and scedidotherium One of his discoveries was the fossil of a llama almost as big as the mod- ern camel Party on Trip Two Years. Prof. Riggs went to Argentina two years ago to look for fossils in the southern region of Argentine known as Patagonia, which is recognized as {one of the world's richest fossil de- | posits. The Patagonian Winter, { which is very severe, interrupted his | work and caused him to finish the | year In exploration in the Bolivian | Province of Tarija, across the fron- tier from Argentina. Some of the best specimens of glyptodon were found within four miles of the city of Tarija, the capital of the province. The first great glyptodon find was discovered by two dozen little fossil biscuits on a ridge, and after |days’ digginz the entire animal wa: uncovered. The great fossil beast was lying upside down on the ridg |cavation was necessary from | the hollow shell when entirely | covered being filled in with cl carefully reinforced, then covered with bandages of sacking plaster of paris When entirely un covered the fossilized remains of the prehistoric ancestor of the little South American armadillo was found measure 5 feet 6 inches in length. Later glyptodons were found by the hundreds in the valley. One member of the glyptodon family found by Prof. 2ggs has a pattern of rosettes on its petrified tail, while another has a shell bearing_a resemblance to a coat of mail. The latter carried a war club on the end of its tail. Fach ring spot on the tail had a spike like the horn of a rhinoceros. Continent Once Isolated. Prof. Riggs found the Tarij to be full of interesting cating it was the meeting place be- tween two great migrations of animal | life from Patagonia and from North America. It is explained that in a long past geologic perfod the continent of South America was isolated from that of North America and the other continents, so that a system of plant and animal life developedsyhere which many { saturated in | to| | was distinet from those of the rest of the world | The megatherium and the mylodon are well known representatives of the South American system. They had | their o n, it is believed, in the old island continent of Patagonia, and | from there spread northward i | Prof. Riggs believes the North | | American mastodon, originally native | {to the forested regions of the northern continent, gradually made their way during these migrations to the South, for large numbers were found there in his recent exploration. He found almost equally abundant the glypto dbns and the large ground sloths of |the genus Sceidotherilum, which had found their way so far northward from their original home in Pata gonia. Prof. Riggs also found several fossils of the prehistoric horse which hardly distinguishable from the skeleton of the modern horse. He found one horse fossil with a large head, short legs and a peculiar lons, taper-like snout, a member of the horse family which is known only in South America Prof. Riggs has an Intensely inter sting theory that the herbivoro juth American animals were exter- minated by the carnivorous mammals | from North America, the great saber- [ toothed tiger having been a very ef- fective agent in the war of the con- | tinents, the battle ground of which | has been brought to notice by the ex- plorations in Tarifa Valley. | Fossils have long been familiar to the Indians of Tarlja Valley. They call them huesos de gigantes, bones of giants, and almost every native |adobe hut has a large molar or a | jawbone set up in a niche in the wall | Tor good luck. Some of the Indians {are timid about disturbing tke fossils |and tell stories of how the bones get up at night and go down to the cre for drink. | DECALOGUE IS STOLEN. Plate Containing Ten Command- ments Taken From Temple. Special Dispatch to The Star, BAYONNE, N. J., July 4.—Silver ornaments, including a plate contain- ing the Ten Commandments, were stolen today from a safe in the Temple Emanuel, according to a report made to police’ by Rabbi Benjamin Plotkin. The door of the safe evidently was |smashed open with a hatchet. The safe contained also a silver cup,' a sil- ver tray and other ornaments used in connection with services. All these were taken. Beyonne police so far have no clue. {1t is believed the robbery occurred some_time between the Sabbath serv- ices Friday night and the services at 7 o'clock this morning. | Clifes, | having the STAR, WASHINGTON, SEOUTS CELEBRATE JULY 4THIN CAMP Officials Among 250 Present at Observance of Day on Bay Shore. Two hundred and fifty Scouts and|% M. M officials celebrated July 4 at the two Washington Scout camps vesterday— the largest group of Scouts that has ever been in camp at one time. . Camp Roosevelt, whic has now en tenth tered its Md history ever served. brated in with plenty enthusiasm in the Nation’s history. day’s program of Scout activities the boys were given an exhibition of fire- the beach camp Walter Merrill, John § works on and a Bartsch, Cole, real Dr. Harry Schlaefli, members of the camp com. in attendance. Roosevelt to capacity for the first three weeks, but there is still room for Scouts de- siring to go July 13 or the following As the camp ie rapidly being booked up, all Scouts desiring to spend more at application at headquarters mittee, Camp weeks. n week or should file the new 2 * .o NZ [ 25K) Al .4 (73] . \‘!,’1. Chesapeake largest enrollment in 170 Seouts and leaders The boys report the and the best Fourth of Jui: real . with in attendance. finest camp yet American boy opportuRity for them to give expression to their were Vermont Buildin D. JULY 5, 1925—PART 2. nt avenue and L streét, at the|jr: A. Fitch, Ed. Fiteh, W. H. earliest possible date to be sure ()f‘ Nichols, W. Woline; Troop 70, G. V. accommodations. Potter; Troop 71, L. P. Pumphrey; A new innovation this year at|Troop 77, J. Cockerille; Troop 86, L. Camp Roosevelt will be the special | Pickett; Troop 90, G. W. Bowdey; week for the “C. M. 0. members, |Troop 94. D. Rice; Troop 100, J. L. beginning August 3. All Scouts who | Adams, A. Cohen, W. Dix, R. Fes- have won camp letters and joined |Senden, R. Marquis, E. Milans, R. the honorary fraternity are eligible [ Paull, L. Miller, R. L. Mickey, Paul 1o enjoy this special week at Camp | Brightenburg, T. Sawtelle: Troop Roosevelt. The charge far all |10L_H. McCormick, F. N. Sherwood, whether they have been at camp for Batch, R. Batch. F. Biggs, R more than two weeks or not, will be | Crack, W. Clarke, J. Fenton, C. M but $7. A special program is being [ Grubbs, L. W. Grubbs, M. Kay, C.| worked out for this week. The fol- | Kendrick, M. Maleolm, W. F lowing Scouts are booked for Camp | Mayer, M. Rothrey, W. Rothrey, A.| Roosevelt for this week: Troop 1. B, | W. Smith, J. N. Spencer, R. Wilburn, | Boswell, J. Boswell, P. Glassford, G.|M. Wunder; Troop 120, J. H. Burke, | Glassford, R. Chambers, B. Duvall, | ir-; Troop O. D. Waters, J. P. 3d; W. Nesbit, F. C. Winter; Troop | Lyon, J Davies; 23 from Troop David, D. Harris, A. Love, | 126. . 3 L B BT Blonss T1oab Camp Wilson Popular. . N.'Stevens; Troop 15, G Camp Wilson, the new Scout camp Emmons, jr. H. B. Emmons at Burnt Mills lso had a big Fluckey, S. Fluckey, H. Hester, U. | turnout of Scouts er the Fourth. Linton, D. Matheson, L. B.|Various forms of athletic sports, in- | Voshall, J. F. Richardson, B. Whaley; | cluding basket ball, volley ball and Calvert | Troop 20, H. P. Clark, H. Reynolds, | base ball competitions, and an Indian Bay, 1s|C. Chamberlain, W. J. Kettler, W.|war game, were carrled on.” The old its | Brannock, W. R. Bean, C. Schap- |swimming hole, which has recently meyer, K. Sullivan, J. McDanie), R. |been dredged out, rang with the Oreutf, J. Freeman, R. D. A.|merry voices of happy Scouts. meals | Craig, jr.; J. Hebrew: 21, .| A splendid cook has been secured was cele- | P. Harris: Troop 2 s, 1. | from the United States Marine Corps, style, | Hartstack, J Lawless, | and good, wholesome meals can now provided{ E. Shuffle, G. Thompson, F. White; | be secured by those Scouts who de- Troop 32, C. W. Labofish, M. Solo- | sire to obtain meals rather thad cook man; Troop 42, B. Judson, R. B.|for themselves at a nominal charge Lincoln, C. Morgan, N. P. Worthing- [ot $6 per week. Individual meals ton, N. Ruckman: Troop 43, W.|may be secured at the following Memler, E. Stone, ir.; H. Gibbs, jr.; |rates: Breakfast, 25 cents; luncheon, Troop 45, W. J. Templin; Troop 46, | 35 cents, and supper, 40 cents. The W. K. OLoughlin; Troop 47, O.[old mill top flpor has been cleaned Slegel; Troop 49, M. Silverberg Troop 61, A. Dedge: Troop £2, R Burkhart, P., L. Dougherty, B. H Goldberger, E. Conlon, L. Kolb, W. Horne, C. A. Markham, S. Mears, Ted Meyer, Morgan Shield, H. E Way, B. Whipple: Troop 54 E. Wat- son: Troop 55, J. Davenport, W. S.|meals if he desires same, may make | s Gard, H. Medler Troop 57, J. H.|reservation with the camp director, Galliher, J. Hazard, . Alexander, R.|I5. A. Bosarge. A telephone has been | this fine camp | M. Bearce, W. Blum, jr.. P. Ferris Boy Scout | R. Fulton, R. Keley, A" W. Lewis, R. | may make reservations. offices in | Riddell, R. H. Sargent, ¥, M. Shull, | is Woodside 243-F-5 Deputy Comm C., eason at this important day After a full in the evening fire. Dr. Paul Caton and C. G hall | with steel Scout The elght large, cots and desiring new tents mattresses the and 60 has been hooked to us equip. cout without charge, except for their new rsh J Counterfeiting of Money of Other‘j Countries Also Blamed on Third International. . | By Cable to The Star and New York World se PARIS, July | national has | banknotes in a state prin in Russla Communist Parls Midi The wor through i(}hs!!nlul:tr:l!\!nnl(‘h Boumag, a plant formerly then was moved to Moscow according to the Paris Midi, h again. It | whether it is in Kazan has been that lishment which moved | | sources | manufacturing | charge w respecting | European The counterfeits | be pertect, make it p | the paper | and up and is now being used as a mess | It formerly amp has been equipped |&Cross the {rontiers, but n nition Any | Soviet valises make transportation countries & simple matter, it ment. which is open to any registered | declared | othes is again at installed in the eamp, so that Scouts | mer, The number | afternoon the Red test to any Scout o to qualify the s made several vears ago monies (Copyright | By tha NEW 0, o of the | terminz 4.—The Third manufactured Inter- French ing estah In 1sed them nd the Malavres and ¢ propa charges toda aid to have heer Expeditia Zagotovle picture « the picturs He whe he Bury my done body was in Leningrad and s heen enains a s or Novgoro reported from various the Soviets have been French money. 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