Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1925, Page 30

30 TONE BETTERMENT S RADI'S GOAL New Trend Is Toward Im- proved Reception and Easy Operation. RY CARL H. BUTMAN, The trend of developmants in hroad cast receiving séis for bhasad principally mands of listeners. is toward tone quality and faithfulness of reproduc iien; simplicity in nperation. selec tiyity and appearance follow Approxi mately in the order given. Most new sets guarantee loud-speaker operation and some do not require antenna anc batteries. The outside aerial, however 12 held by many experts the mosi sMcient, while others believe that ba tery-operated tubes will continue long in faver with the fans. An analysis of 381 up-to-date and new seis pro Aueed by 73 manufacturers shows that the latest complate sets all provide laud speaker volume. except 15, some of which are crystal receivers Out of the total 391 sets. all but depend upsn outside aerials, these using loops or being adaptable sither aerials or lops. There is pronounced tendency toward loops especially in superheterodynes. Al the coming sen the s con npen 5% 38 to LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY, of Distant AU Programs Stations Se » O New Vork: “hildren's hour: o TO Sundar school b Chimes Chureh connati York oh from Grace 10 TO York Yors Boston Grace Methodist First Church of Car Cathedral Church of St First Presovierign Baptist Chui ! Methoar ki " Second Presbsterian Church of the Covenant Paul's Episcopal Churc Temple Aduth Uncle i A Ch sery *cop: hicazo Cunerrnat) Detrote: St Louisvil Unicazo:” ndle W e o Balaban At Minneapolis: Plymouth Congrega 2 NOON Terael ser Hot Springs: First Chicago: Vocal and instrumental New York: Lexing 1 To 00— hour: wpecia) hicage: Sunshine Rilio Rungers ‘boys ‘Brofram -Autaitie iy’ Senmae Hotel THo: tist Church . New York: Radio forum’: m 330, o0 York enport New York 30—New York Boston hicagn 20—Chicuso Concert program Palmer Little Symphony Sunday Hymn Sing Program trom Warner Parkman Band econcert . t recital and Chicago Missionary hour: talks 3 1O New L 00—Chicago: songs New York Shepard times for Interdenominational Chu solos: address 1 and instrumen Wories And music Method:at Episcopal Walt reads the tunnies to childr Chicako Presbyterian Chureh i Theater organ program sermon from First the kiddi T HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., AUGUST 30. 1925—PART 1. ’ | SHORT WAVES FREAKY. GUST 30, heduled for 1925 Eastern Atandard Time | o AM Meters 4543 les 204 Stations. 10 AN, Book Concern. 403 = ‘ 3 204 1" AM, Choreh Scientist. ser ul, nervices . ur [T o Al Qv seriic hureh sery, 1ot sery b oaervices Vices nal Churol | O 1 P | wervices oncert: organ recital 2 P, from Orchestia’ Vack « Theater siudio Musicai Coliege concart. WGN arm Radio Youths irch services: réadings 1 program: selod. DEPARTMENT ISSUES | Two Class B and Five Class A o | by W from | Auzust the 7 [plants and 453 are class A and one is {elass C, {of two stations the month. fermerly 1aining their B lowa, and will retain the P o h 1 technical one as WCX is now operat ing jointly i call letter license. 1 T Knoxville, BROADCAST PERMITS Licenses Authorized—Sixteen Dropped During August. Two class B and five class A i anses were granted to broadcasters the Department of Commerce last etk. With 16 broadcasters deleted the Government's roll during total number of stations is 563 of which 109 are class B any { 0w ful This represents a nét zain in all classes during way The new class held A licenses and are re low wavelengths. They re WOL, lowa State College at Amés, WIBO Nelson Brothérs, WOI _will remain on 270/ using | | B stations hoth | | {out ‘hicago. neters, § meter length, using ower of 1 kilowatt, In tha list of August deletions is ne class B license, the only one that Ak heén given in moré than a year. that of WCX at Detroit, and the bandonment of the license is only a | 1o 1B with WJR under a two ‘The new his week class A licenses awarded were WJBI, Red Bank, N 218.8 meters, 250 watts; WNOX, | Tenn.. 268 meters, 500 | ning just John Smith and His Radio BY FREDERICK Car ownera throughout the world have fullowed John Smith tn hi3 datly motoring—and have benefited thercby. | | ! . RUSSELL | Now he hay taken up radio, ond is willing that his fellow fana should bm amused and profit by his evening experiences. it will pay radio devote, No. 30: | in spirit 1 started talking about the wonder- conc else had I tion and bur art Maybe | arzument.” I suggested. med out 1 had he; that rubbing it Eels any better result, That started the fuse. vou could and I' didn't ha vou didn't al every Some Dead Spots. Judging from Smith's manner the {other day, any ohe would have thought {ha haa {or charzed the storage battery without | water in the cells. of his tubes He was low | ard the night before, jusi on suspleion that someons en boasting of good recep- rubbing Smith told him had WFAR come in 20 heautifully “That's Smith growled with the truth? tell me 1 should huy a good xet? Because you have a good el 780 watts and WIBO answered. “Do you know any ene who the never wrong in Smith “Why don't you coms Why don't vou | 1 "1 don’t get half the things I ought " he complained. ‘“The other eve. wa had friends from the East. wish | tions they pick up. They talked ahout | their statfons, their concerts and their { announcers. |asked me whether I got so-and-so 1 hcad to reply in the negative. | were sure hear the sta- time -they They ve a good re a have good hefore | Swmith has a faculty for “finding out things” ao to follow h | | i in The Sunday Star each week. | | Michigan some characteristic of the s0il makes radio reception very poor, | 4nd where there are ore deposits of Any great amount you will ind that & | set. will not work very well even on stations. Better results are | had under such conditions however. if a loop antenna Is used since thix eliminates the ground and | the intereference which originates in the ground at the particular place. Recausze your portable ix the Inop type it should give vou far less trouble | than you imagine. aven if you do hap pen 1o try to use it in an unfavorable spot. “This whole subject of ‘dead spots’ is %0 new that it will take much sx. perimentation to discover the relative | tavorableness of reception ax i plaved by various Iocalities. Just a veception varits for light, tempera- ture and atmospheric conditions. o | does it vary for geographic condition: Jlore powerful transmitters and be ter receivers, of course. are sbviating these diffculties, bnt if you do not seem 1o be getting the results that some one else is enjoying, remember that you may be enjoying something that they can't get.” I knew Smith felt better after this explanation, for he was turning to the | radio programs in the evening paper | when I had finished. | RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT Musical program by Maj Edward Bowes and the “Capi- tol Gang,” direct irom Capitol Theater, New York City, WCAP, WEAF, WEEI WJAR, WCTS, WW] and WCAE; 6:20 to 8:15 o'clock Park _Theater Orchestra, WEAR, 7 to 8 o'clock Musical profam from Brook- Iyn Mark Strand Theater, WNYC, & o'clock. Ashury Park Symphony Or- chestra, WMCA, R to 9 o'clock. Feature program from At- lantic Citv. WIP, WGRS, WPG and WMAF, 9 o'clack. RADIO STAR ENDS LIFE. | Arthur Beiner Found Dead in Gas- | Filled Room. CHICA August 29 (®). - Arthur Beiner, whose voice as a radio singar has h\!n heard by listeners all over the country through station KYW here, was found dead last night in the kitchen of the home of his brother.in law. All the burners of a gas range were turned on. Beiner, who composed several of the songa he sang, lett a note warning members of the famlily 1o get a doctor MacMillan Messages Reveal Features in Recaption 0dd A peculiar phenomenon has heen ob served by radio amatenrs in the Eastern sections of the United States ax a result of attempts to communi cate by short wave radio with the MacMillan Avctic Expedition. With very few ‘exceptions all transmission east of the Allegheny Mountains has been carried on wave lengths in the neighborhood of 17 meters. In the Central West the 40-meter wave length has proved st cffective Scientists are at a loss o ¢7,1ain this peculiar condition. The one notabia exception has heen the successful ex change of messages hatween the Po lar Expedition and the short-wave ex perimental station, 2GY. at Garden City, Long Island. Using very low power. 2GY transmitiad and received messages for over an hour on 40 meters although other stations of greater power Incated in thé Fast at approximately the same distance | from the expedition's haze are com pelled o use the I7meter wave length '"ulll"lllIllll'lllmlll'|1|ll“lllll!l;lillI|I|l|||l|l||l|¥lllllllllll Radio Distributor Wanted Well known manufacturer of nationall advertised line of radio receivers and accessories has an unusually attractive ex clusive proposition for distribu tor to cover District of Colum- bia and Northern Virginia Studio concert program Vocal and instrumental ps Sermonet: chime concert . 3 2 Musical services from St James Episcopal and ... R 4 Band ‘concert from Reila’ Tn wCE Francias mumieal s WEA WHX XWBCN 4 1o WHT watts: WWGL, Richmond Hills, Long Island. 212.6 meters, 500 watts: KFBS, School Distriet No. 1. Trinidad, Colo.. meters, 15 wats, and WCLO, Pl Camp Lake, Wis, 231 mete B | watts, ! Tt is interesting #o note that 204 [highest wavelengths awarded are 394 | meters for a class A station and 39% | meters for a class B plant. The band {Detween 200 and 230 meters. which | 8ix months ago was only sparsely in habited, has with fts new arrivals in | recent waaks hecome now almost as | congested as the overcrowded bands 50 to 150 meters higher. Fifteen class A delettons made dur ing August were the following: the kitchen. . Write at once giving general information aboat experienc ability and resources. Address Box 249.8, Star offic “Argument? What do you mean?" “Well, vou should have asked them they enjoy our local stations. If | had recalled some of the svents | that have heen stagéd by the stations | which vou customa-ily hear night After night 1'll wager they would have come down & few pegs. They don't &et Ax much distance as vou do, and {if some of their stations didn’t have <o | many ‘blind spots’ veu could pick up some of their statons all the time a well as the ones von gef with eas Blind Spots New. WGY Ranks First With Perm: “Blind spots” were something new | {10 Smith. He had heard ot “dead | sion to Use 50 Kilowatts at areas.” or “dead spots,” as theyv are 5 KFVC, Camden Atk KERM. Fori | b#tter known. but the néw term need Designated Times. Siil, Okla; KFUY. Butte, Mont|®d an explanation, i Puerty i WSAG, St Petersburg. Fla: KFQY.! A Dlind spot’ often gives the effect | ing siations are shown an 4 revised Belden, Nebr.. KFVL. Vancouver,|®f # ‘dead apot.”™ T told him. “Some | jist of power ratings made public to- Wakh.: WIBL. Jolfet. \l..WIBE, Mar. | "3di0 fans move to new quartérs and | day at the Department of Commerce. tinsburg, W. > WABN, Lat I'Ol“" find that something in the character WGY at Schenectady ranks first, with Wis., WGBY, Neéw Lebanon Ohol|of the land kills radio waves and | permiasion to transmit at 30 kilowatts | WHRV, Columbus, Ga WERBN, | maker recéption wellnigh impossible. | 4y, rine desiznated periods. and KDKA | Bridgewater, Mass. KFVK, Sacra.|Put if 2 radio station has a ‘blind | 21" Direaburgh fe second. with an ax mento. Calif. Chamber of Commeree: | *POU Il % apt to zive some radio fan | perimental lieense for 10 kilowarte, Paso. Tax., and WABRU. | the effect sof living in a ‘dead spot Seven stxtions now are in the 5- *|for that particular siatlon. Yeu can | yfiowart class and operats on this| {161l whather you're in a ‘dead =pot’ or | power regularly. They are WSAJ and | | Just in a location where A station’s | WLW. hoth at Cincinnatl: WOC, at | 'blind spot’ is effective by the sort of Davenport: WCCO. at St. Paul, Minn reception vou get The former zives | WCBD. at Zion. Tll.: WORD, at Ra-| tavi 1., and KOA. at Denver. WEAF, Néw York. ranks eighth | you virtually ne reception at all. ex cept on very powerful or very nearhy | stations. while the latter simply cuts | : N | In the superpower list, using 4 Kkilo- receptions on the one particular sta- | v, 1€ UD€ IE’"‘”" nuwm_"'.‘.“" e tons are operating with 3 kilowatts KFI, at Los Angeles. and KGO, at tion “Tt's the high =teel buildings and the Oakland. The two.and-a-half Kkilo- | watt stations are WTAM, Cleveland. | | electric power lines that make it diff | cult for us to pick up WDX up this | way. Sometimes a foreést between the d WGY. Sc - | station and the recelving set will act |*" WGY. Schenectady. o | looked as a ‘blind spot.’ It's very much like kilowatt class, namely. WBZ | i KF at Hastings Dody ago. and WHT. at Chi the ‘blind spots’ in vour car—those spots that are hard to through 1] Smith wasn't satisfied he 'l“"‘-""'"k A supsry el “That's very true. but I think I'm e Le o leuadix in a ‘dead spot,’ otherwise why were are WBBM. at Chicago: WTAE vou able 1o hear WFAR so well when | AL FIgin. TIL: WOAIL at Houston T never get It at all?" he aaked | Tex.i WOK. at Chicago: WHO., at Des | That was easy to explain, bécause | MoInes. and WJR-WCZ. Detroit. | WFAR had been advanced to the| Of the 23 superpower stations. 13 | super-power class just the day hefore. | ' operated by manufacturers of | Smith hadn't tuned in on the particu. | Fadio and electrical supplies or by lar evening and wasn't awars of the M'Ms that are directly interested In b oig the radio industry. Two of the re.| maining 8 stations are mouthpleces for religions hodies, WCBD and WORD. though 189 of the sets listed are three dial recafvers, and 132 are two-dial afairs, 70 receivers operate with & =ingle control. showing a growing tendency toward simplicity In manipu jation, which appeals especially to the non-tachnical operator Another tendency e toward the eslfmination of unsightly horns, the nev cone and cabinet types of reproducers heing favoréd; wood is replacing many metallic substances In loud-speaker preduction. One new type is mounted | on an attractive pedestal. Many new sats include built-in talkers, are | combined with phonographs. A num har of reallv portable receivérs are | naw on the magket. some of which are ; complete and ready for nse. Other portables are in prospect. which indi cates increased use radio in the Summer time. Apparently few re radiating sets heing put on the market 3 S % | hetore going into Gineinnati Next Week, No. 31: Tips From a| : —Philadelphi i Chnren: - | you Recent experiments have confirmed the fact that cut flowers may be pre- vented from fading by givinz them an aspirin tablet L R Ty 1925 by the Ullman Feature Service.) 23 SUPERPOWER STATIONS OPERATE | the Vork . Roseland : hicago: Vocal una Dance Orchestr Astrumental artiste meneer hour 500 6 Pv hall scores of all leagues House of Hope Preabyierian Church Stieet Congregational Churchs servieas o T0 7 T Hotel Pennarisania Orchest Hotel McAlpin Orchestra. ity Church services.. ... .. 2 Musical program by “Ma). Bowes and thh Gang.” direct from Capitel Theater. WEEL . WCAE. WCAP. WW.. from.. . . WEAF Concert by Tabernacle Band and Choir WHT Organ recital: WLS Little Brown Chureh in’ the Philadeiphia ~Atlantic €1ty Dipe organ rec 00—Pittsburzh: Rase 10—Minneapolis Park KDEA HOW TO AVOID AUTOMOBILE ACCIDER} aervices. | WOCO . WNAC 3 a5 37 ton 90 York: Nathan Abas York: Ernie Gaiden Holy Tt or W WaLe wIP Capitol WIAR superpower hroadeast- Arch’ Street” Préabyterian Church aervices Chelaen Baptist Church services. .. : T TO 8 PN 00—New York: News: bhase hall scoren; musical pro Pittsburzh: Interdenominational church services sets which will operate better and| New York Propram: from Stedl wari” Comiors make for harmony in the living rooms. | monic Orchestra and Vessalls s Ban Taking the negative side. it appears Loenyoal: yasucal prosram trom Wiz 'hat there is a marked decrease in the | ~ York: Rawe ball scorma af all leagu demand by fans for distance. they - rr;:nnvn&m“vm:y;ym.: Chureh services 2 : 5—Daven ase Rall scor g S Eojhe Rosap Ui g el xLopeY Schenectads : Lakewood Farm Enwembls. WIZ and . grams from zood stations nearer home, rather than striving for long 2 T0 6 rM. distance. By 1926 it is anticipated e odk program from Brooklyn Mark that there will be few DX fans. com New York: Vocal program: soloa: Crossman Tris . .. pared with the great numbers a year Chicar: Variets' profram . Sidwas "Dancing Gargens 07 sl £ olume “heatra: ‘Voeal and inatrumental ari oW cause this raguirement has been met woloista .. gl . | New York: Lakewood inn Ensembls. WGY and in most sets. Fans will be delighted ta know, if they do not already realize New York: Ashury Park Symphony Orchestra Detroit: Symphony Orchestra . E Atlantic City: Hotel Traymore Concert Orchestr it, that prices are gradually fal Chicago: “Raiph Williams and ~his Rainbo G, this decline began late in aull seems to be dropping rapidly A survey of the situation for the chestra: vocal and instrumental artists retailers. by no less an authority than woy Cincinnati:" Concert program: orchestra: solos. . S Springfield: Talk in “Starlore and Raligion = organ recital J. Andrew White. verifies those facts | in anticipating the Fall demands on = Wiy 2:15—New York: Musical program. WEEL WJAR, WCTS, WCAP. d the manufacturers’ and dealers’ broad- | i WWJ]. WCAE and WEAF 2:30-—Des Moines. Bankers' Lite Trio, trumental . . Wéfl Baptist Church services. . .weeco cast receiver. He cannot foresee any thing revolutionary. In this view Minneapolis: First ?T0 10 P.M violinist Ann Maybe: Poiia's many others concur: thev fail to see anything radically new on the horizon which will eliminate or make the pres- | ant type of receiver ohsolete for yea ta come. Although thers is a pro neunced indication of an efficient aource of tube power from the. light aupply lines, few helieve that hatteries. storage or dry. will disappear. holding | that the batterv-type sets will con-|10:00—Atiantic City: Organ recital: WG TMale Quastet. -3 tinue to be popular. Despite the in-! Minneaohe: Weather forscast: ‘bash hall scoras terest and probable demand for the| ppnionott § Bacthoven Quariée: aoloists - WRRS new light or power tubes. the storage | 10:15—Atlantic City: Strand Theater nrean reciar R-: 4 battery tube will still be demanded : Hot Springs: Base ball results o e o classical concert hy Meayer and interest in the dry-cell tubss will Davennort: Palmer Orchéatra: Yocal " seloisth R increase 1 10:30—Chicaco: Back home hour: Paul Rader and Naiional Radie Sets with 2 multiplicity af eontrols are doomed, Mr. White predicts, noint- | #llas: Little Srmphony Orchestra of Grace M. E. Chureh. ing out that although most operators i 11 PM, 76 12 MIDNIGAT. are willing to use two hands. few Suitnks2 DR TG T MY AT sk bis Aesire to try to manipulate three or | Whittington Park Orchestra % more controls. In zeneral. he believes | the prospective purchaser will r‘nnl Operation Better. Phiinar- TP WNAF ana MILITARY BA;VDS TO END | OUTDOOR SEASON SOON 1sn . Now t 00— | | & Musical | Marine and Navy Groups' Radio Outdoor Programs to Be Closed It is better to have looked and stopped — than never to have all «* * When vou have parked, and are about traffic—look around to see what's coming. Man “be saved if you remember this. on September 15. at = Linteners-in- who are regular attend- {ants at the broadcasting o fthe con certs by the United States Marine Band and the United States Navy Band from Station WRC, Washington, have but few opportunities left to hear these two world-famous organi- | zations in their series of Summer out door performances. Both of the bands close the season September 15, after | which the Marine Band will begin its annual tour of the U'nited States. The Navy Band also is contemplating a brief tour this Fall. Three concerts by the bands. two of them hy the Marine Band and one By the Navy Band. are scheduled on the | progiams of WRC for this week, the Saflors playing on the Capitol stepe this afterncon. and the Marines play ng trem the =ame location on WWed nesday afternoon. Both of these con t< will_be hroadeast jointly with WRC by WJZ, New York. On Wed nesday avening at 7:30 Eastern stand ard time WGY, Schenectady. will be added to the hroadeasting chain for the next but last Summer concert by the Marine Band at the Sylvan Theater a2 rdens OF- . 504 0; to pull out into now They £:00—Schenectady New York | Godfres Ludlow | Gardens wGY Clover L at ; a fender and feeling can Davenport: Firat Bantist Church ssrvices S Godfrey Ludlow, violinist. WGY and Dallas: Weatminater Abbey Presbyterian Church servi Chicago: Musical program ... & S Philadelohia: Feature program. WGBS ‘WPG. WMAF and .. I 7ion. NIL: Mixed and Trombone Quariet: vecal and inatrn New Vork onifaental weloists:” eadings £ icago: Coneert by WGN singers and Drake Ensemnie 2:30—New York: New Yorlg American * wrvice B—New York: Jammsen's Hofbrau Omehastra ....... 1 1 rM Loop Antenna Aids. The fact that we can new ger | WFAR o well certainly proves that | To date none of the three we are not living in 2 ‘dead spot,’ " 1| Corporation <rations. WJZ. W eantinued. AS a2 matter of fact, 1| WRC, has made a hid to enter the weuldn't worry' about ‘dead Spots’ sn | superpower ranke. All of iheee sta much even when vou take your port tions are operating with only one kilo. ahle set with veu on a motor trip. | watt of power, and are expected 1o | There are not =0 many of these places. | continue under that rating wntil the We just hear aheui them because | corporation s superpoder starian e | they ‘are =o interestinz. In northern | completad in Radio and N Publiched by The Star in co-operation with of the District of Columbia and The Adz the Diwector of Troff erticing Club of Washmagton wRT i WFAA | 11:00—Roat | RTHS Hebrew Choir to Broadeast. Among the September musical events that will be broadcast from station WRC at Washington will be | a concert hy the Ohey Sholom Male Cheir. under the direction of Rev. Abraham Kalmus, with Cantor Kal- mus @s soloist. The Ohev Sholom Choir will present a program com- posed antirely of ancient melodies of the Hebrew ritual. tinue to use what he has. unless he can get something better or what he wants at a reasonable price. Cor- roborating this analysis, most manu- txeturers agree in the main. if not in| If weather conditions are propi- all details, a census of 100 dealers, tious 2 new era in international shows | broadcasting will be inaugurated on Regenerative Set Going. | September 12, when an attempt will factured_sets by large retall stores|{rom the Duke of Sutheriand in Hing- in New York and Chicago. conducted | 1< ~Forme v opening i by the retailers. indicates that inter-| JIIUR. nhational vadio exposition av est in regenerative sets is practically | e, Grand Central Palace in New | gone. The reflex. which was next m,d_‘“ S e e e pepularity with the regenerative set | 1nars = g £ “France of all nations pavs the least attention to its programs and brogd. casting, and, with l.:'l possible excep- tion of one or two French stations very little musical matter is broad- cast. For that reason French fans build receivers eapable of hearing the English stations. where better bal- anced programs are offered.” i A vast majority of the receiving | s in Europe, according to Dr. De | Forest. are homemade. It seems that | the listeners prefer to make their own | | sets. much the same ax the Amevicans did at the outset of the radlo eraze, “In_the matter of broadecasting,’ said Dr. De Forest. “Americs Is much turther advanced than any of the European nations. none of which seems to have the ability to offer what Is known here as a wall balanced program. Cénsidering the fact that the listeners are taxed, this is sur- prising. But as radio in Furope is atill in s infant stages in this regard. I am of the epinfen that it is only a matter of time and adjustment te conditions.” Local Radio Entertainment Sunday, August 30, 1925. : Lot will be able to pick up and amplify began to lose its status early | " 1 iessage coming from the other The neutrodyne achieved | the ms ing Lol A i : 0N ans amd helq | Side of the Atlantic. Recent improve amplinpoxtant pice in /o | menis in transmitting apparatus and it until 1925, when it started to slip, | 3 0L 0,0 S high-powered =iations about the time the superheierodyne| "y ,,qon’ Paris and Berlin, it Ix appeared If the survey were hi!.d]p ailcted: = Wil make Iuternationid upon production instead of sales. the Pradioteds WL ake Internationsl neutrodyne would be second in popu- | PTOAACASUNE | br larity today. but the radio frequency | " gypen the superstation now heing | i first now in fan interest, a position | [0 e, (A% {UTCYERON NI SO gained recently. and the superhetero- | FECLS0, NEAT SOl TORL 8 Eo dyme is second. having practically | IS AR SEres Of FRCRIOC e maintained its position since its ap Ve States and Dot Srtire pearance on the market, late in 13 e e Eo e L ‘Supers” are losing their poDU-| ., fo. several menths, and the prac- larity among the home-made sets. ticability of receptien of English fallowing a rapid rise to first place in [ (WL PRY OF TIERLOR O o eoun: preference during 1924: resenerative | prodfcatiif plogTanes | this SoUn recelvers have been on the down-| ;s has heen experimentalis dem- grade since their inception, except onstrated. During the comins Win- that they maintained a constant posi- | yar, it is promised, radio fans will be tion in 1924: neutrodynes are holding | ;1% 'te tap the four corners of the cansiderable interest. even thoush | aiyih. they fell off sharply in 1924. Radio| ““ppe frequency and reflex sets. however. | ompa. show gzreatly increased popularity. | it The former appears to be gaIRINE|yaglo program: rapidly on the latter. and to have|announcements. The plans thus far passed the popularity of the home-|cajl for demonstrations by a radio- made ‘superhet’ this Summer. These | controlled automobile, a . radio-con- figures, however, may not represent| trsjled airplane and motion pictures he trend in the country at large, as| that speak as well as move. Many they are bascd upon the number of | naw tupes of apparatus also e part sales made by a large chain | exhibited. stare. Fizures based upon the situ- atizu in the New York district, how- ever. are considered indicative, since this territ represents the | hest radio sales territory in the coun- | The State leads all others, with Tlinois second and Pennsyivania third, in radio sales. Radio Exports Increase. During the first Frope and Canada maintained NAA—Naval Radio Station, Radio, Va. (434.5 Meters). 10:05 a.m. and 10:35 p.m.—Weather ports. WCAP — Chesapeake and Potomae Telephone Co. (468.5 Meters). 11 a.m.—Service trom Mount Pleas ant Congregational Church of Wash ington. Dr. John '11;1. Axton, chief of ehaplains, will preach. A‘;m:.m”—vservleo held at the Peace Cross, Washington Cathedral. Rev. William F. Peirce. D. D.. president of Kenyen College, Gamvier, Ohio, will preach the sermon. ‘5226 to 815 p.m.—Musical program by Maj. Edward Bowes and the “Capi- tol Gang.” direct from the Capitol Theater, New York City. The firat part of the program will be taken from the stage of the theater and will consist of music by the featured artists and the Capitol Grand Or- chestra. The second part of the pro- gram will consist of a special presen- tation by Maj. Bowes of vocal and instrumental artists, lmm: from :m casting studio in the theater, :fi:fi.m Jointly with WEAF, WEEI WJAR, WOTE, WWJ and WCAE. £:15 to 9:15 p.m.—Diversified studio program: male and mixed quartet; organ music. Early Program Tomeorrow. §:45 to 7:45 a.m.—Morning “setting- up” exercises by the Metropolitan Life Tnsurance Co., direct from the Metropolitan Tower, 1 Madison ave nue, Naw York City. WRC—Radio Corporation of America (468.5 Meters). “Let Not the Eye Deceive” Pictures are an important part of advertising. The eye can visualize quicker and more thoroughly than the mind. U inary Naturally, as illustrations are a part of advertising. they come under the surveillance of the Better Business Bureau in its move- ment for “Truth in Advertising.” Merchants co-operating with this movement exert caution to be sure that the merchandise is truthfully illustrated; that exaggerated “cuts” are not used; that the customer, attracted by the picture, will not be disappointed. Tabes va. Results Shawn. How many tubes are necessary in a radio set is a question frequently asked. To get the answer to this and other questions, a Milwaukee news- paper made a survey of the so-called Great Milwaukee radio market. The answers to the questionnaires uge showed that 35 per cent of all thfi radio sets owned in the city we three-tube sets. _ Commenting on this, Powel Crosley, jr., owner of station WLW, in Cin. cinnati, savs: “The public is gradually beginning " to comprehend that the number of tubes in a set has mothing to do with tie results obtained. Bet: — ter results may be obtained with a Short Waves Tested by A. R. R. L.|one.tube set than a five.tube, depend: The Reinartz theories of short-wave | ing. of course. upon the cirenit. cadlis eomiriatcation have Just tinake. | (Zbe conpasisonihasbeen Brareatte Sone a remarkable series of tests,|IWeen radio and motor cars. It has een sald that originally automobiles which included determination of the| € value of the 40, 20 and 5 meter wave | Were one and two eylinder cars, then tensths under various condition n;'fs":m'd' h!'h-'l!::'r. x’lli(!:e::";r:lxml"d night and in daylight. Short wave | fAnall 3 ose | :n‘a‘linns v eats riinh e variar] ::::-’«"}?,“"':.,'hftr'h' eight is the last | Radio Relay League in the United | 1o "w"'"nrfl "Oflflmlcllon. six monthe af 1925 | giaies, (Canada and several foreign i those. of course. who disagres y thelr | ountries assisted in the work. A |Put the polnt is made that as the pesitions as the most important| ,,mher of British and Mexican ,,,,,‘;n‘_"::“f:xlwvanc;d t;e number of farelgn markets for United States|fjons'alsn participated In the test. | TVinders increased. = But that has radio apparatus. Shipments to F Working in. conjunction with the | NOthINT to do with radio. Some man- repe during the first six months of this | smerican Radio Relay League, the [(LLCIUISES, 1D be aure, kept hadd!mz vear totaled $674.571. an increase of | conoiay Blectric Co. experimented on Publis. Woulll Deliave th ;”b that the £429.038 over the corresponding period | Grjlay wave bands and on varying e A sumber of wbael l;’(l(m""' of ast e amounts, so that the final determina- | i 10 HUmoer, oF, ubes better re. tions may be based on a wide range | necessrily tre. There mr terg 1ot O e ta wnd logs from all of the sta. | (2¥, which have but thres tubes, and P A e L The. " tests | 10, the work of six. There are single tubi are being checked up by the technical | (1o vaery 3 Constructed that they do the work of three. Staff of the league in Hartford, Con: “The smaller tabe sets are still in position, in session from Sep- to 19, will be replete with startling demonstrations of 1 nccording to advans The Biblical quotation “Let Not the Eve Deceive” is one of the standards for constructive advertising promulgated by as I Silent. Early Program Tomerrow. 2 te 10 a.m.—Woman's hour, broad- cast jointly with station WJZ from New York. 12 noon—Organ recital from First Congregational Church. 1 p.m.—Sidney Seidenman’s Shore- ham Hotel Orchestra, broadcast from the Shoreham Hotel. these is evidence that this news- The appearance of this in columns paper co-operates with and supports e the Better Business Bureau for vour X pretection. Horace Wade Goes West. Horace Wade. the world's youngest newspaper writer and novalist, be- fore departing recently for California 'e take up a new journalistic pesition, used WBCN, Chicago, to bid good-hyve o his thousands of friends and ad- mirers in the Middle Weat. Study Superpower Tests. The Department of Commerce will withhold its reports on the results of | the superpower broadcasts of station WGY until after reports made to the department and direct to the General | Rlectric Co. from listeners have been studied. Practically all of the officials of the radio section of the department ! and other bureaus interested in radio | were among the audience of the Schenectady station for the second test on Mn’a‘lay night. |and in a short time it is expected that definjte econclusions may be made public as to the value of shert waves under practically all conditions. Surveys European Radio Market, Dr. Lee De Forest, chief consulting engineer of the De Forest Radio Co., who has just returned from Europe. whers he made a comprehensive sur- vey of broadcasting, reports that pub- lie interest in radio throughout the continent just now is at its highest eak. Pt greatest in Eng- to the fact that more diversified the European interest is land, due probably the programs are than in the rest of the great majerity, not enly because they are more economical, but also be- cause the results are satisfactory.” American Stations Heard in Africa. Twe South African radio statiens, owned by members of the American |Radio Relay League, have succeeded in logging calls from a large number {of American stations, according to a [statement issued by the league head- {aquarters in Hartford, Conn. A. S. Fall of Strand, Caps Prevince, the statement said, on recent nights logged stations from many parts of {the United States, France and Argen- tina. His most distant record was sald to be station 7CU, owned and op- The New Text Book “Radio Theory and Operating” ny Mary Texansa Loomis 150 Pages. 650 Tllustrations Bound in Flerible. Red Rrafi Leather Stamped in Geld Price, $3.50 For the radio student. A rence hook for the amateur. fan. profes onal_operator or engineer. ' For sale by focal book tores and radio supply houses. Published by is Publishin Loy ok Compay, Iuable ref. countries,” said Di;‘ De Forest. | erated by C. Waed of Aberdeen, W‘lk 408 9th 8t. N.W, The Better Business Bureau of Washington 336 Evening Star Building