Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1926, Page 11

PUANESUSERAD CONSTANTLY KO Safety in Flying Increased Greatly—Navy Extend- ing Its Fagilities. BY CARL H. BUTMAN. Progress, it has been said, depends upon transportation and communica- tion; & more modern version of this truism would be that progress depends upon safe and rapid transportation and constant, instantaneous com- munication. This, of course, unites the two greatest developments of this age—aviation and radio. Laterly they are being combined in military and commercial endeavor to insure the sreatest speed possible commensurate with efimency and safety to life and property. i In this connection both commercial and governmental airlines are equip- ping their planes and flying flelds with the latest radio apparatus, establish- ing standard airplanes paralleled with radio communication channels. Ef- Torts along this line have been made by the United States air mall, the Army Model Airways and several rommercial aerial transportation com- panies, among them the Alrways Tadio Service of Los Angeles. The recantly enacted commercial aero- nautic law requires modern radio fa- ilities along national airways. The latest move toward a thor- ughly standardized ystem with established radio channels for both planes and stations on the east coast was inaugurated recently by the chief of naval operations, Admiral 1. W. iberle. His letter to the comman- ‘iants of all naval ships and stations moints out the necessity for a co-ordi- nated and standardized system of <ommunications between aircraft as well as with ships and stations. Wants Facilitles Extended. ‘ The handling of communications with and regarding aircraft in flight is one of constant concern and one which ultimately devolves upon the urganization and administration of the +tations handling dispatches,” he voints out. Without establishing a separate radio communication system ror aircraft, he directs that present racilities be extended and developed so #s to mako for efficient communica- ion between aircraft in flight and with ships and coastal stations. He herefore has ordered all radio- ~quipped planes—and it is understood avery naval plane is so equipped— communicate with other planes, ships or stations whenever practicable dur- ing every flight. Tn the Navy movement reports f-- aircraft are now required just as vessels, and radio telegraph weather reports for them are pre- pared and broadcast. Means of call g all afrcraft, surface craft and; vhore statlons have also been estab- lished by the use of general calls. ‘The use of regular marine radio com- pass stations is also urged on alr pilots. The Department of Commerce licenses radio transmitters in com- mercial airplanes and airships, as has heen done for ships and stations for some 14 years, and has assigned spe- ial channels for this use. The XNavy has probably gone farther than any other service in =eeking to raake air travel as safe as vossible; its aircraft has orders to veport movements; all stations an- nouncing their departures and -ar- |* rivals, forced landings, accidents, etc., with dispatch. Detailed plans for lroadcasting by radio-telegraph the state of the wind and weather, land- ing fleld conditions and other data have been drawn up for use at six naval air stations along the routes —onnecting Norfolk, Washington and New York. Stations Now Co-Operating. The co-operating sta follows: Hampton Road Dahlgren, Va., NDY; Quantico, V NFV; Anacostia, . ", NSF; Phila- delphia. Pa., NAI, &nd Lakehurst, N. J., NEL. These radio stations, in «o-operation with the air and aerologi- <al officers, transmit data regarding flying conditions and messages for planes, whether governmental, com- mercfal or private, which use the Tields or routes. -Commencing at 7 each morn- ing weather reports are broadcast by each station every two hours throughout the day, first on 550 kilocycles, or 545.1 meters for air- craft and then on 3,475 kilocycles, o 35 meters, for the high-frequenc: field stations. Later on it is prob- 4ble that the messages can be sent | simultaneously. As flights become more frequent along other routes the tem will be extended to include er naval flelds and stations on hoth coasts, and probably expanded so as to conpect with the Army, commercial and mail routes if these departments co-operate as is ex- pected. A brilef and simple code method is employed: for example, this mes- sage: “Hampton clear NW ten ex- cellent solid good 1045,” would be interpreted: “Hampton Roads; sky vlear, surface wind from northwest 10 knots, visibility excellent, condi- tion of landing fleld solid and flying conditions good at 10:45 a.m.” All reports are made by the naval fleld aerologic®1 officers. The use of the chanuel 545 meters may beecsme the regular chdnnel o airships, just as 600 meters is th meneral wave used by all surface craft. Tt is on the 600-meter wave that SOS signals are sent by ships. Incidentally, the G45-meter channel can be used by 33 naval radio sta- tions on both coasts and in Alaska and the Pacific islands, all of which may serve the pilots of the air. ASKS EXCLUSIVE RADIO | SIGNAL FOR AIRPLANES "To provide radio direction facilities for aviators, the interdepartmental radio advisory conunittce has recom- mended the assignment of the fre- quency of 290 kilocycles, 1,034 meters, for the exclusive use of aviation bea- cons, the signal device used at land fields. Reservation of the band between 235 and 305 kilocycles for all forms of beacon service also was recommended. The radio beacon signals, now oper- ated only at the Dayton aviation fleld, ave sent out in two direct lines and permit an aviator to uscertaln his course by calculating the Intensity of {the sound coming from each signal. With the perfection of a new com- pass-like device, to be used in con- nection with the radio beacon signals, the committee annqunced that avia- tors would be able Mo keep to their course by watching the compass needle. ‘ RSN Products With Radio Names. Radio seems to be influencing many other industries, and the word itself is entering into many_sidelines of trade and commerce. We now find many new trade marks employing the word “radio” to attract and identify different substances or products. . “Radio” with a design of a listener-in i3 used in a recent trade mark for shoe laces. It is also carried as the trade name of. a.certain brand of atesl wool. There are also radio golf balls and several other ohjecte listed | today. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1926. Programs of Distant Stations Scheduled for Fastern Standard Time 870 9 AM. ldren's i tol Catoriy Ehuren services. 970 10 AM. Violin and vocal solos; Bible talk: :00—New Yori 2] % P EBeatm e @ Ooseheart s 9:45—Springfleld:’ Tnit: | Hertectnds: Firg i s Philadelphi th cn First Methodist Holy Trinity Church Presbyterian Chureh 10:00—Pittsburgh Philadeiph norning services. Calvazy o aptist Tabernacle servi ERG oty foes 10:45—Atlantic City: Chelse; Chicago:. University Cl Episcop: Loew' - “Settodiet. Mo icos: piscol ser! r and river reports S .o sty SEESU2 RSBIRREN Lok o @ o Beeges! > mcesis 58 AgERsS 2 > ensisiin S S588cs ERRS8S e P 2o e semacsen hoator organ rech cater o i ‘Dircopal Church services. 0—X{nneapolis: :04—Atlanta: First Presbyterian Church services..... 12 NOON TO 1 P.M. s Tead-to child s o » 2"St. Tiike's Episcopn Fort 12:30—Chie 1:00—Chicago Now Tork: ‘Qeans. Ca Staten Island: Flute H Mooseheart, m.:“of-rfiw\‘e&-?u. 2:30— S G oo Bnd sryan, concait. Philadelphia ! Bethany Suaday oo Palmer Little ‘ederation Seasid o it Lpiscopal Church i t Church 'of Ghrist, Sclentist .o [ Presbyterain_Chuich 0: American Music Ensemble; #tring trio. services. Bethany Sunday school Symphony Orclies ot ‘Churches, oo e Hotel Trio; eermon. . ... ncert. . 1 TO 4 P.M. tal: Shadyside Presbyterian Church Moody Bible Institute hour. am Choral ]"e]lfl;' an > WTAM “Conce hicago: ‘Chiurch ' servjoe (_‘II(‘IH‘I:“IL‘ f’:‘l’tlél recit ork: Dr. Stieri's c City: Organ recital. - . an recital Py o cago Clevelan Chic #:00—Xew Yori; Roseland Dan Philadeiphin: Coan Chi, i Musical Mooschears, 11 New York:' M, 4:15—Ktantie city 4:30—New York: 13 !DMPM]MP]D{HI 3 heates Chleago™” A 2:1%—!“ :30—New Yor Boston Recital usic:” Punch’ ahd’ Jidy Moods Bibl h il gl i l;‘mi:' “Church ‘sorvices: it Church eervices: Bankers® Trio: . <. o, ical pr ip _and’ “mission Eram and ary *prog 7 TO 8 P.ML ug Women's Counci 0] ile Hour.. rk: Bakelite " Sirne ATl fon Sk phia:” Cainay Conte eater * O ch Sais H incinn, Yort: Muses 8:45—New Springfiel to American partici rt Orchestra: Boni rian Chiroh servios Brown Chuh::le lflul. d: Memorial day program: talk: program 1510 International balion Tarss as = ouseser o D DSBS s R = © & ok mkaAd P R232.:183 & DBt oo DORBIBAGE REsoNY Cihoa SRERRRER S&SEN AORRCDOoe ROROT GRGS 1 e ] an @ ® 3 & BG83 oih @ @ i@ wh ARBoSA 28 us a3 Room' S ngregational Church ‘ee: rt Zion Cholr; organ_recital: vocal and {nstrumental solo cal prog Chicako: Classidal voncert - 9:45—New York: Hofbrau Orchesira . 10 TO 11 P.M. ‘ocal and instru 4 instrumental classical program ... . WERC New Ariington Hotel' Or. cal, progra Tri-City_Symphor Tequest program o, 7|(6) march song, ‘‘Amgrica the Beautl- ful” (Macfarlane) 11 P.M. TO 12 MIDNIGHT. 11:00—Cin: ot New 11:30—Chicago: cinnati: Soloists: Ace Bri t Springs: 4 bt Back-home hour . 's 14 Vi Playgroun d 12 MIDNIGHT TO 1 A.M. 12:00—Des Moiges: Bankers' Lifs Orchestra . las: Honey ‘hi B the llas: Honey Bova,'the Kidd Sprin < Nuity Club RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS In view of the general tendency to- ward a consolidation of the world communication _conventions, including cable, wire and wireless, communica- tion experts of the Navy point out that if such a combination of interna- ional agreements s formed, it should clude only the essentials affecting the sovereign governments. All man- agerial and operating detalls of serv- ices to the public should be left to the | Th, national managements, whether they may be private or government owned systems, it is claimed. This idea is a development of the United States policy now being drafted with a view of submission to the International Radio Telegraph Conference to be held here next year. In this connection, a report from the Naval Communication Service states as follows: “The International Conventions of Telegraph and Radio were fnitiated in Europe, where the communication systems are largely government owned and operated. Consequently, they contain not only matters of pure gov- ernment concern, but also voluminous detalls concerning the operation and management of the communication systems. Because of the American |Mexico plan of leaving such details to the managements of private enterprise which conducts the service, the United States Government has never seen fit to ratify the International Telegraph Convention and thereby impose on American wire co les detailed regulations for the conduct of their business. “There has been a growing con- viction throughout the world that the principles governing all forms of electrical communication are the same, and that, therefore, the wire and radio conventions should be amalgamated. Following'this conven- tion there is an increasing desire to burden the International Radio Con- vention with more and more detail, to make it more closely resemble the|stations broadcasting, the International Telegraph Convention, and so facilitote e The prepar- ! ing for the coming international radio conterence take no {asue with the idea that the principles governing .all forms of electrical communication are similar. ‘They do belleve, however, that the present wire and radio con. ventions contain detail ‘which tends to_hamper the development of an efficlent, progressive internatfonal communication service to the public. ey belleve that an international convention, be it a wire convention, @ radio convention or an amalgama. ted one, should contain only such provisions as concern soverelgn m:n;;xe:: :i! nvaarnmants. and rating and managem details should be left to the m i ments, be they government depart- ments or private enterprises. They recognize the desirability of uniform. ity in such matters, but believe that the u;fll:{nmy can achieved 6 managements agreein; upon standard practices, eithe: severally or in concert, without the intervention of the government as a O one de; “These ideas are developments of the United States policy first announced at the Inter-American Conference in City, in 1924, and every effort is being made to prepare a workable proposition along these lines for pos- sible presentation to the forthcoming International _Confere: United i nce by the Canadian Stations Analyzed. Of the 71 Canadian broadcasting stations, 23 are operated by amateur clubs and non-commercial organiza- tions, 17 by radio dealers and manu- facturers, 14 by rallvay and com- mercial houses, 9 by the press and 4 each by religious organizations and retail stores, according to Director C. P.‘ Edwards of the Canadian Radio Service. Actualiy there are but §9 individual director ex- plains, but 12 other organizations or individuals hold what ~are termed “phantom” licenses permitting them 8 | will consist of music by the Capitol to operate from the existing stations under their own call letters which are independent from the regular station call. This reduces the number of stations which ordinarily would be re- quired, and is fortunate, in view of the scarcity of broadcast channels in Canada. The Dominion has but six exclusive wave lengths, not used in the United States, and shares 11 other channels with this country. Canadian listeners, it seems, pre- fer no more than two stations on the alr simultaneously in a given area. Consequently the regulations pre- scribe that no more than three sta- tions operate on a given wave length, time being shared on the basis of two and one-third days per week. Small centers have a single channel and larger citles one or two. Radio at Sesquicentennial. Radio exMibits, both commercial “|and educational, may be seen at the Sesquicentennifal Exposition, which opens at Philadelphla on June 1. Besides the apparatus exhibits a comprehensive radio program is planned for Transoceanic day, mark- ing the twenty-fifth anniversary of Marconi’s transatlantic communica- tion test. The date has ndt been set, but Senor Marcont is expected to he present to handle his original radic equipment lent by the British Marconi Co. Radlo_exhibits will be located in the stadium, the Palace of Liberal Arts and in some of the other build- ings, the latter devoted to Federal departmental communication serv- ices, including the Navy, Army, com- merce, postal, Coast Guard and Ship- ping Board activities. The radlo corporation's portable broadcast transmitter, WEBL, will be assembled, but may not broad- cast except perhaps on the opening day, unless it is used for line trans- mission in connection with loud speakers to carry speeches to the ears of assembled visitors. One of the exhibits planned is a photo-radio transmitter capable of sending radio pictures or reading matter abroad. A daily radio-pic ture transmisslon from station WII at New Brunswick to San Fran- cisco, New York and England is planned. Strictly commercial radio exhibits are expected to be opened by many of the larger manufacturers and operating companies. Bay City Regulates Radio. An ordinance to regulate the opera- tion of radio receiving sets and to prevent unnecessary interference to broadcast reception has been enacted by Bay City, Mich., according to De- partment of Commerce Radio Super- visor S. W. Edwards at Detroit. According to the ordinance no per- son or organization can operate a re- celver in the city until a license has been secured. The operator agrees to be responsible for the apparatus and to permit its inspection. The fe is $2 for a permit, good unless r voked for violation of regulation: Sets must be operated so that they will not cause interference to broad- cast reception on nearby receivers. Radio Gealers are permitted to demon- strate sets without licenses for a period of only 10 days. Violations are punishable by a fine of not in excess of $100 and imprison- ment for three months, or either. third violation will bring a revocation of the recelving license. Although several cities are known to have passed ordinances against radio interference, this is the first city to impose licensing requirements for receiving sets with an established fec for their use in this country. LocalRadioEntertainment Sunday, May 30, 1926. NAA—Naval Radio_Station, Radlo, Va. (434.5 Meters). 10:05 a.m. and 10:05 p.m.—Weather reports. 9:56 p.m.~Time signals. WCAP—Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. (468.5 Meters). 11 a.m.—Service at the Washington Auditorfum in connection with the an- nual Baptist convention. Dr. W. H. Gelstwelt, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dayton, Ohio, will preach, his subject being, “The Great Quest.” Music by the choir of Calvary Bap- tist Church of Washington, assisted by rass quartet. | 5 p.m.—Civic openair Memorial day service in the amphitheater at Washington Cathedral Close. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, D. D, L.L. D., Bishop of Washington, will preach. A brief memorial address will be de- livered by Senator Hiram Bingham, United States Senator from Connecti- cut. The United States Army Band, Capt. William J. Stannard, leader, will render a concert of sacred music before the service opens at 4.p.m., and the cathedral choir will accompany during the service. Program of band: (1) March, “Grand ‘Triumphal Chorus” (Gounod); (2) over- ture, “Tempelweihe” (Keler-Bela); (3) trumpet solo, “Home Song’’ (Moszkow- sky) (performed by Mr. Thomas F. Darcy, second leader); (4) sacred, “The Lost Chord” (Sullivan); (5) euphonium solo, “The Palms” (Faure) (performed by Master Sergt. Samuel Johnson); ‘America.” 6:20 to 8:16 p.m.—Musical program by Maj. Edward Bowes and the “Capi- tol Family,” direct from the Capitol Theater, New York City. The first part of the program will be taken di- rect from the stage of the theater and Grand Orchestra and the featured artists. The second part of the pro- gram will consist of a special pres- entation by Maj. Bowes of vocal and instrumental artists direct from the broadcasting studio in the theater. 8:16 to 8:45 p.m.—"Atwater Kent Half Hour,” featuring Allen Mc- Quahe, Irish tenor, and the Atwater Kent Orchestra from New York. 8:45 to 9:45 p.m.—*Vesper Hour of Music.” Tomorrow. 8:45 to 7:45 a.m.—“Tower Health Exercises,” from Metropolitan Tower, New York City. 3 WRC—Radio Corporation of America (468.5 Meters). Silent. Early Program Tomorrow. 11:55 a.m.—Arlington time signals. 12 noon—“Fifty Farm Flashes,” prr:p‘nd by the Department of Agri- culture. 2:20 p.m.—Organ recital by George F‘.l Rossx? broadcast from the Homer L. Kitt Studio. 1 p.m.—Danlel Breeskin's Raleigh Hotel Orchestra. *****Ww* : »* = Fixed at Once Our experts fix any set —there’s no delay. Low rates for installing aerials, batteries, etc." x Star Radio Co. 400 11th 3 Frankiin’ $818 MAY 30, 1926—PART 1. John Smith and His Radio BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL Oar owners throughout the world have followed John Smith in his daily ‘motoring—and have bdenejfited thereby. He also is a radio fan, and i8 willing that his fellow fans should te amused and profit by his evening ex e3. Smith has a faculty for “finding out things,” so it will pay radio devotees to follow him in The Sunday Star each week. l $ No. 66. John Meets the Jack. It 1s a good thing for Smith that the announcers occasionally ask him to stand by. Otherwise, he might never form an acqualintance with the many interesting parts of the radlo set that still are Greek to him. It was during one of these pauses that he happened to wonder what hap- pened when he plugged in the ear- phones or the loudspeaker. That is, he speculated as' to what the plug actually did. So far as he could see the plug made two contacts since just two “sides” of the power line were needed for operat- ing the phones or speaker. The main body of the plug provided one of the connections, while the tip, which was insulated from the rest of it, provided the other connection. That much was rather obvious from close observation. And yet, when he plugged in, it sury prised him to observe that the act served to light up all the tubes. Smith knows enough about radio to appreciate that the phones are in the plate circuit and are not directly con- nected with the *“A" current circuit which supplies the electricity to light the fllaments of the vacuum tubes. And yet there was the simple plug lighting the tubes. In and out he plugged, studying the situation like a boy who has just dis- covered what makes. the wheels go round. Then he came over to the house to have a chat with me. A Puzzling Trick. “The trick that puzzled you is ac- complished by the jack,” I told him. Smith was certain that I had auto- mobiles on the brain. A jack! Wasn't that a strictly automoblle term? “The jack of a radio set is the re. ceptacle for the plug,” T explained. “A number of mechanical instruments are called jacks, and 1 suppose they use it in radio jargon because it serves to give the plug a lift. Multi- tube sets, by the way, may have as many as three jacks. “‘One will enable you to plug in on the product of the uetector. This is necessary where you want to listen in with the phones. Another jack enables one to plug in on the first stage of audio, while a third jack pro- vides an opportunity to plug in_on the product of the second and last stage of audio amplification. “I'm just giving you the general pleture. Jacks differ in their design and function. Some simply are con- nectors for the plugs. That is, they provide one plece of metal to make RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. Musical program by Maj. Edward Bowes of the “Cap tal Family,” direct from tal Theater, New York WCAP, and other stations, 6:20 to 8:15 o'clock. Hotel Commodore Orchestra, WGY and WJZ, 8 to 9 o'clock. Founeen!h‘_sza]ry Band, WHO; 8:30 to 9:30 o'clock. Atwater Kent half hour, featuring Allen McQuahe, Irish tenor, and the orchestra, WCAP, and other stations, 8:15 to 8:45 o'clock. Charlic Kerr's WCALU, 9 o'clock. Orchestra, Special messages and musi- cal program to American par- ticipants | in international :CI loon races at Belgium, BZ, 9:15 o'clock. Vesper hour of music, WCAP, 8:45 to 9:45 o'clock. DISTAN Department of Commerce Puts Out List for Radio “DX” Fans. Listeners-in, especially those striv- ing for DX records, may be glad to know that the Department of Com- merce has just issued a table showing the airline distances between leading broadcast centers of the country. It is published by the Government Printing Office and sells for 5 cents. 1t you live in or near Chicago, and want to know how far away a station in Los Angeles is, you simply find Chi- cago on the left side of the table, run your finger over to the column under Los Angeles and read 1.741 miles, or vice versa. N PARKING IN BERLIN. German Capital Takes Step to Meet Problem. BERLIN, May 29 (#).—The Ger- man capital, probably the only city of its size in the world without park- ing squares for automobiles, has let contracts for three “auto parks” near the center of the city. For a nominal fee automobiles will get the services of a police watchman to guard against car thieves. There are less than 200,000 automobiles in Berlin, a city of 4,100,000 people. CE CHART READY. | contact with the body of the plug, ‘while another metal piece touches the end of it. This provides for the two- contact communication of the electric current. In all cases the prongs of the jack are designed for a certain amount of spring action, so the con- nection will be tight. This is highly important, because loose connections are sources of trouble, although, as T told you once before, the nearer the bad connection is to the final product of the ot the less its nolses will be amplified and less trouble it will give by way of interfering with reception Complex Jacks Interesting. “Complex jacks, however, are the interesting ones. In the double type of jack two extra blades are provided. Their function is to provide the con- nection with which to light the fila- ments of the tubes. This is a splen- did idea, as you cam readily see, be- cause the moment you puil out the plug all the current is off, there 18 no danger of having the set run down the batteries overnight. “I might caution you here to break any habit you may have formed of silencing the set by pulling the plug alf way out of Jack. Always pull it all the way. If you will raise the cover of my set while I plug half way in you will see that before the loud-speaker circuit is hooked up the tubes light. The jack starts the fila- ment circuit going hefore the plate clrcuit in this set. It is rather typical. eSS called o filament-control Jack. “In doublecircuit jacks which are used in amplifiers the act of inserting the plug disconnects the transformer, You can see from the variety of ef- fects thus gained by the use of jacks that they are simply automatic switches. The more complicated they are, of course, the better they must be constructed for good results. Some of the finest work in your set is found in the connections at the jack blades.” That settled, Smith went béck to take up his post as one of the world’s most appreciative radio listeners. But he came to the end of that day with a brand-new definition of the instru- ment he had been discussing. “A jack.” so runs the Smith version, “4s one of the many devices in radlo- set construction that give a radio fan a lift in the job of mastering this great and growing art.” (Copyright by the UNmau Feature Service.) Next week—No. 67, A Line on Re- ception. {PLANS WORLD FORECASTS | st | Astrophysical Observatory in { Baluchistan May Send Out Reports. | Dr. Charles G. Abbot, director of |the Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob- servatory, who has just selected a site for a solar observatory on a peak in Hottentot Land in Southwest i Africa, suggests that the next expedi- tion take along a radio receiving set €0 the observers may listen in on the Cape Town and Johannesburg sta- tions. Tt is near Baluchistan the scientist belleves that the first solar observa- tion station to be operated in connec- | tion with long-range weather forecast- ing may be established. An expedition | is_going out soon. and wired and | cabled reports will be started to Washington in July. It is probable that if the scheme works out satis- factorily there may be erected a radio station for broadcasting these weath- er forecasts to the whole whole. FRENCH VILLAGE FARE OF VIGOROUS QUALITY Strong Sausage. Liver Paste, Pork, Potatoes, Cheese. Fruit and Wine Is Menu. | Bs the Associated Press. PARIS, May 29.—A form of siow starvation faces the American tourist condemned to a dietetic regime in the smaller towns of France, which by their artistic beauties and his- torical assoclations naturally attract him. With the exception of potatoes, vegetables rarely figure on the menus of country hotels. L The provincial Frenchman has a ! strong stomach and likes such a| luncheon as the following: Slices of Sadcase SUOLEL. MRvoredswitlh gar | lic; liver paste, potato salad and pic- | kled herring. This to start with, to stimulate the appetite. Next comes stewed rabbit, followed by pork chops | and potatoes cooked in fat, the whole meal ending with cheese and fruit. He washes this down with a quart of ordinary wine, mixed with about two quarts of water. The principal customers of these hotels are travel- | ing salesmen. 1 FRL ST T T i Indians First Chemists. The Indians are said to have been the first chemists in America. They had wonderful methods of making flint arrowheads, spears and knives by using a plece of bone scoured or soaked in ashes and water. They tanned hides, made, glue from fish scales, waterproofed canoe seams with pitch, tempered clay for pottery and dyed clothing. California Havana ‘Panama C American c«uti.::lnt! See them all on one trip— Around and Across America ONE WAY in Coast-to-Coast ser- A 15.d. fgider ot ONE WAY o RAIL vice. Sightseei; Havana fid’l;l:g;: Your choice of rail going Reduced Spring and Summer Rates Meals and berth on steamer included Round Trip—Rail and Water $350 1st Class From your home town (on main line points) and daci: Round Trip—Both ways Water $425 1st Class One wey—Water $250 1st Class Proportionately lower rates in 2nd, Tourist and 3rd Cabins Water youte: New Yo Diego, International ONE OF THE Mgr.. 1208 ¥ . Wiks, Vgr.. 1208 ¥ . H 25 Kiatiee, San Franciaco. PA%A o — Ny C LINE ; Marine Company LINES PREDICTS STATION OF 500,000 WATTS General Electric Engineer Describes Great Broad- casting Unit to Come. = Radio listeners who think of 50,000 watts when used for broadcasting radio programs as “super’” power have been asked to consider a transmitter which projects its entertainment with an impulse of 500,000 watts. In the opinion of Harry Badenwater, engineer in charge of the General Electric Co. broadcasting _stations WGY, KGO and KOA, the half-milifon watt station will be the next jump in the development of broadcasting. To define “super-power” by referring to the 60-kilowatt transmitter is incor- rect, he explains. “Fifty thousand watts of p ver often are used in lighting & large «. tric sign,” Mr. Sadenwater declured, “and when one considers the large amount of service that a broadcast station is called upon to deliver to a large number of listeners it seems ridiculous to call it super-power.” Explains His Forecast. In explaining that he expected the next step-up in broadcasting power to be to the 500-kilowatt figure, Mr. Sad- enwater pointed out that the two in- creases made to date have been in the factor of 10. The high-power broad- caster originally operated on 500 watts. 'his amount was jumped to 5,000 watts, where it rested untll the Gen- eral Electric Co. and the Radlo Cor- poration of America made a second jump to 0,000 watts, the highest power in use today for broadcasting. Mr. Sadenwater declines to pre- dict when or how a station will be able to make another tenfold power jump to the 500,000-watt figure. “Such an increase would markedly increase the cost of operating the sta- tion,” he said, “and we do not know, at this time, if such a step is eco- nomically practical.” Should_science develop o different type and a much larger tube for transmitting radlo programs, it prob- ably would result in the jump of power to the 500,000-watt mark. Work on a tube that would produce these results, he explained, is_being car- ried on in the General Electric Co. laboratories. Range Gain May Vary. The range of a 500-kilowatt station, it was pointed out, need not be ex- pected to be 10 times that of a 50- kilowatt station. Whereas the pres- ent complete service range of WGY when using its full capacity of 50,000 watts is between 75 and 100 miles, the range with a 500-kilowatt station would be approximately 250 miles or almost the entire distance over which the ground waves of a transmitter are carried. Officials of the radio section of the Department of Commerce have ex- pressed their interest in the sugges- tion of a b500-kilowatt broadcasting station and shave indicated that should apparatus be constructed which would permit the use of this amount of power, ample opportunity for experi- mental work would be given. iy WORD PUZZLE IN ENGLAND BIG BOON TO SWINDLERS By the Associated Pre LONDON, May 29.—The cross-word puzzle mania hit England late, but it has struck and, incidentally, has opened new flelds for the confidence men and white collar bandits of Lon- don. Even the Englishman’s renown- ed reserve cannot withstand the de- sire for conversation, counsel and ad- vice in the search for words to fill the puzzle squares. Hotel lounges are the favorite haunts of crooks, who wrinkle their brows over a rare Australian bird in three letters, and then lean over to a prosperous squire from the country to ask his aid. Sooner or later the | conservation turns to get-rich-quick | schemes. Scotland Yard is on the trail of two cross-word puzzle tricksters, who posed as gentlemen farmers and sep- arated a real dirt farmer from his bank roil. The confidence men are described as suave and well-spoken, but poor spellers. a1 Y. W.C. A The Indoor-Outdoor Club is holding its annual meeting and house party this week end at Vacation Lodge, Cherrydale, Va. Miss Ludena Sayre of Fairfax, Va., s an honor guest Miss Sayre was formerly a secretary of the Y. W. C. A,, and it was under her leadership that the Indoor-Outdoor Club members ‘pledged themselves to build the lodge as a Summer residence for business women. * ok x ¥ ‘The sixth annual Louis Hamilton Bayly fund benefit will be held Wed nesday at $ p.m. at the Mayflowe Hotel. Mrs. Willlam Hamilton Bayly for whose son, the late Lieut. L. I Bayly, the memorial fund is named, will preside. Mrs. Bayly is the honor ary president of the Washington Y. W C.A. The program will be presented by the Booklovers of the Y. W. C. A. Ths proceeds will provids money for the support of a destitute Washingtou child during the Summer months. Mrs. F. F. Purnell, wife of Repre sentative Purnell of Indiana, will sing two groups of songs, with Mrs. Robert Collins of Chicago and Washington as accompanist. Plano solos will be played by Miss Joan Collins. Miss Ellen Mary Dashlell, a recent gradu ate of the Anne Tilley Renshaw School of Speech, will repeat two groups of readings which she gave at her gradu ation recital. The Booklovers will hold the last meeting for this season at the Mount Pleasant branch of the Public Li brary, Sixteenth and Lamont streets, Tuesday at 8 p.m. Miss Alice Hutch- ins Drake will discuss books for Sum mer reading. The public is invited. * % * % Members of all chapters of the Y. W C. A. will hold their annual plcnic at Kamp Kahlert, on West River, Mary- land, June 4. Busses will leave head quarters, 614 E street, at 10 amn verybody is requested to bring a box eon; coffee and fruit salad will be sold at the camp. Mrs. Harold 1. Doyle, chairman of Kamp Kahler committee, and Mrs. Ray Palme: Teele, chairman of the chapters, wil! be the hostesscs. Nirs. Teele will give a report on the recent. blennial con vention to which she was a delegate. Included in the improvements a' Kamp Kahlert this vear are new sani tary equipment, Delco light system and a new sea wall. The call of the out-of-doors camp vacatién is proving increasingly pop ular among girls. Early inquiries and registrations at national headquarters in New York indicate that 101,957 girls who spent their vacations at “Y’ camps last vear may be exceeded this Summer. Preparations to receive va- cationists early in June are already under way in the 289 camps that dot mountains, valleys and lake sides ‘Water sports and competitive meets, nature and woodcraft, over high hikes and mountain climbs are among the typlcal camp activities, * ¥ x % Miss Ruth A. Walton, director of swimming, will attend the Eastern Region Health Education Conference from June 1 to 10, to be held at Ches ter, Mass., the Springfield Y. W. C. A camp. Miss Jane Bellows of the na tional health education department of New York will be the executive of the conference. Miss Walton reports a heavy regis tration for instruction in swimming Because of the demand for beginners classes, the intermediate class has been dropped temporarily. Miss Wal ton is now coaching a class of ad vanced swimmers. This course, con sisting of six lessons, reviews all strokes, with emphasis on technique, diving and endurance tests. A class for children between the ages of 8 and 14, taught by Miss Dorothy Lyne, will be held Mondays and Thursdays from 4 to 4:30. The swimming pool at 614 E streei will be closed tomorrow. Eohin The finance committee will meet at the home of Mrs. John T. Schaaff, 1824 Monroe street, Wednesday. The com- mittee will convene at noon and lunch- eon will be served at 1 p.m. Mrs Schaaff is chairman. % xt The business and professional Woio en's department will close the season of indoor activities with a banquet to be held at the Blue Triangle Hut jTwentieth and B streets, June 8, at 7 p.m. The program following the ban quet is being planned by a committee composed of Miss Mildred J. Bartho low, chairman of the department: Miss Bertha Pabst, vice chairman of the department; Miss Grace Brame, Mrs ?Ill‘y C. Stough and Mrs. Bulah anes. ‘OU can’t drive a tired mind and wearied body CAN on an IDEAL SPRING. 1¢s a Better Bedspring SOLD BY ALL DRALERS FOSTER BROS. MFQ. COMPANY, Western Factory UTICA,; N. Y. St. Louis, Mo. ‘The Spiral Bedspring that Supports the Spine Baltimore Warehouse Baltimore Spring Bed Co. 764.6.8 Wegf Pratt S