Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1926, Page 36

LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1926. Programs of Distant Stations Scheduled for Kastern Standard Time John Smith and His Radio BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL Car owners throughout the world have followed John 8mith in his daily motoring—and have benefited thereby. He also is a radio fan, and is willing that his fellow fans should be amused and profit by his cvening experiences. Smith has a faculty for “finding out things.” so 1t will pay radio devotees to follow him in The Sunday Star each week. O IOV | oz 7 70 SIENAL CORPS I TIC Only 2 Days from New York Bermuda is Cool in Summer Keeping Up Communication Between Army Units. FIRST U. 5. RADID LOOP 1S DESCRIBED Nome and St. Michael, Alas- ka, Connected by Signal Corps in 1904. 8 TO 9 AM. 5 dedar+onl 8:00—New York: Chil 's comic storie and m c b ': B IR vschenrs, il “Roman Catnoiic Churcy eervic 37065 S 028 .70 10 P2 9:00—Chicago: Lutheran Church services . B e A o oresiant “Chureh Cincinnati lay school by Meth 5 Average Summer Temperature only 77° A delighttul int Porelgn Land—all et e (o2 wimazing raarvals of waves and s Sardene: Bermuda s immaune from Hay Fever, 8 Day Tours $97:2 and up, including every expense for steamer, Hotel and side trips. Longer Tours at proportionate rates, Frequent Sailings via'Luxurious Transatlantic Liners FORT VICTORIA” & “FORT ST. GEORGE” with glass-inelosed promenade decks for Dancing. For Iliuetrated Booklet Write FURNESS BERMUDA LINE 34 Whitehall Street, New York, or any Local Tourist Agent 233 No. 67—A Line on Reception. the announcement that it was net o When Smith first became a radio[®0 good. He reported a lot of pe-| 9:50—Springfield: Church services fan he had a habit of calling up the | culiar interference noises and one 10 TO 11 AM. neighbors whenever reception didn't [thing or another. _This certainly | 10:00—Baston: Cathedral Church of St. Paul servi Béemn to be quite up to par. He |looked like the answer to my problem, Philadeiphie:, Firs Unithrian Church serv thought this was a good way to check but when I tell you the rest of this chenactady . Baccalaureste i J up on general conditions, but je- | story you ow careful you have trof , “Baptist Churc BT ARISTSEUDE A reen he found that the plan, as he | got to be in making a check-up. 10:30—Naw" Yori!""Calvafy eervices” 0 The Army Signal Corps was one|handied it, had its disadvantages.| “Instead of taking it for granted Gincinnati; Weather: Presbyterian Church of the ploneers of “native sons” in|Since lherg he has reached Tume con- U;ntt n:lr:e one w“emmmtlu bkdtjoi; m"“:fi‘l?n'u é’i‘y‘"’x’z‘i‘,‘{.!%“c‘i’.fl‘fl,’.‘,‘;?:.':. : . ions that ma stance to | O ul g on regenerative set, e * ! " . radio communication, having estab. ;:'l‘\:;y i nd{ob:o:llr:;:& put'on My hat and ran over to listen 11 AM. TO 12 NOO| lishel the first regular radio efreutt | ™, Lo, Mo RN PUTA Rat 1t was [to the Jones machine. Just as T|11:00—Cleveland Bastist Church gervices - in America. It connected Nome and |important to check up with fans who | suspacted, the noises he was hearing oty Meinodist Episcopal Chirch ' services - St. Michael, Alaska, transmitting|could be relled upon for accurate in-|were not interference at all, but bat- B Pnul'ghl.'ll.hudrl \urvh'en g e < Norton Sound in|formation, and he found it equally |tery nolses—those frying sounds vou| ;s Céntral Church services ... Hppra i o . | essential to consult those who were|get when the storage battery still is “'g Chiraks 204, a i jen. S an, % jAnta: First Presbyterian Church services 1304, according to Gen. , Saw=" |likely to keep their sets in propér | ‘gassing: from being overcharged. So 5 2553 BEREEd FzR<> The Signal Corps is that branch of the Army which i charged with the development and maintenance of communications. Its task during wur is to provide by every efficient and conceivable means the lines of Infor- mation between the ommanders of every unit of our military forces; no small undertaking. For exampl 42 | field army is composed of approxim ly 500,000 officers and men. During movement, on the march or in battle, A= E > > 238 2% B I 5 s3mSES @ §izis Minneapolis:® Plymouth Congregational Church’ ‘services 1t was this Nome radlo station 12 NOON TO 1 P.M. which was the first to get in touch with the airship Norge during her recent transpolar flight. Sergt. Al- hert P. Payne, Signal Corps operator in charge, handled 22,000 words of press recelved and relayed to the States. ’ Describes First Circult. teciting the story of the first Amer- jean radio circuit, established to carry on commercial business for the citl- zene of Alaska, Gen. Saltzman states as follows: “When the first gold rush took place there was no means of com- munication with Alaska and not 3 foot of telegraph or telephone line in that vast territory. Neo commercial company would undertake the un- pleasant job and the financial risk of building a great system of lines {here, o the Government. reallzing the resourcefulness of the Signa Cerps. sent it up there to do me’Jovx “They built and lald nearly 2,000 miles of submarine cable between Seattle and the south coast of Alaska, Which was quite an event in the cable world, because it was the first cable laid, owned and operated by American The Signal Corps also buiit many hundreds of miles of tele- s in the interior of Alasi the various ntue’men} § bringing Alaska into communication SiNNe ‘outside world. Tt became necessary to connect the settiement of Cape Nome, Alaska, with 8t. Michael, situated across Norton Sound. The building of a telegraph line was impracticable. To meet this situation a deep-sea cable was 1ald ss the sound. nr"r.::l!unusufl'l,\' hard Winter followed and the water froze solid to the hottom. Next Spring, when the ice went out on its Southern pilgrimage. it carried with it the new Sl!nll Corps cable to parts unknown. Com- munication was necessary and the Signal Corps was hard pressed to meet this situation. Radio Stations Set Up. “Radio communication at that time was l?| its infancy, but the Signal Corps promptly decided that radio offered the surest means of communi- cation between these two points, and accordingly two stations were assem- bled and transported to that distant territory up near the Arctic Circle. The stations were crude, ponderous and inefficient and were barely ¢apa- Ble of spanning the short distance across Norton Sound. but the Signal Corps believed in radio, overcame # ‘hundred dmk'ume? and obstacles, and vered the goods. dp'l'l‘\i.nd(‘d:he Signal Corps still is main- taining And operating that faraway system of communications, aithough practically all the telegraph lines have been replaced by radio stations. "\'h! Signal Corps is the ‘Western Union and Postal’ of Alaska and soldiers of the Signal Corps are operating a great net of radio stations in Alaska, on which the people up there depend for their communication with the outside world. The story of the hardships endured and: difficulties overcome by Signal Corps soldiers in butlding up and operating this system in that jand of snow and ice is one of ad- venture and sacrifice. Tt s a mon- military @ctivity and one that has contributed greatly to the develop: ment of the internal resourg?s of Alaska. This is a notable example * useful service rendered the coun- 1 the Signal Corps. Localiva_i>Entertainment Sunday, June 6, 1926. A—Naval Radio Station, Radio, Va. (434.5 Meters). 16:05 a.m. and 10:05 p.m.—Weather reports. 9:55 p.m.—Time signals. WCAP—Chesapealie and Potomac Telephone Co. (168.5 Meters). 11 a.m.- Service from Vermont Ave- nue Christian Church of Washington. Itev. Earle Wilfley, pastor, will preach. 4 p.m.-—Outdoor service from the Washingion Cathedral. 8:15 p.m.—Musical program 3 dward Bowes and the “Capi- tal Family.” direct from the Capitol Théater. New York City. The first program will be taken al- e stage of the theater and <t of music by the Capitol hestra nnd the featured artists. The second part of the pro- consist_of a epecial pres- entation bv Maj. Bowes of vocal and instrumental artists direct from the broadeasting studio in the thester, §:15 to 845 p.m.—"Atwater Kent Half TYiour featuring Allen Mec- Quahe, Trish tenor, and the Atwater Kent Orchestra from New York. 845 to 0:35 p.m.—"Vesper Hour of Music.” Early Program Tomorrow. 6.45 7:45 “Tower Health " from Metropolitan Tower, New York City. 'RC—Radio Corporation of America (468.5 Meters). Silent. Early Program Tomorrow. 11:35 a.m.-—Arlingion time signals. 12 noon--Organ recital by Henry 8midt-Gregor. brondcast from the Homer L. Kitt studio. I p.m.—Daniel DBreeskin's Raleigh Hotel Orchestra. RADIO EXPORTS SLUMP. Drop From $820,038 in March to $495,525 in April. The total value of radlo exports for April fell off to $495.525, com- pared with $820,038 In March and $335.148 last April, according to fig- ures compiled by the electrical di- vision of the Department of Com- merce. During the month our radio exports included recelving sets valued at $111.692; tubes valued at $69.400: transmitting sets and parts, $37,604: recelving set components, $149,704, and receiving set accessories, $127,089. Exports of storage batteries in Avnrll were valued at $333,465, flashlight bat. teries, at $123,718. and other primary batteries at $186, These batteries were, of course, exported for use in all lines of electrical equipment, auto- mobiles, etc., as well as for radio sets. ~—— Station ' WRAX Recently Moved. Station WRAX, now operated by the Berachah Church, L1s been mov- ed from Gloucester, N. J,, to Phila- delphia, Pa. N running condition. Only too well does | far as I could detect, there were no signs of actual interference in his|i12 00—4:!'“0“0\ Church services: organ concert o he recall the night he passed up a good program because he took it for granted that becAuse one of his friends wasn't getting anything there was something wrong with outside conditions. It happened that Smith had burned out a tube, while the friend consulted was trying to get by with a dead battery. That threw 8mith off his guard. Now, when he seeks to check up on general reception conditions he consults only those radio fans who know the difference between set trou- bles and the kind that originate in the elements. He has found that if a triend knows something about radio the check-up is very apt to prove a direct benefit by leading to a definite hint as to where to look for the trouble. “The other night I was getting some strange nolses,” Smith was say- ing. “When I called up & friend 1 found that he was getting excellent results. That gave me a tip. Either there was some strictly local inter- ference or there was something wrong with my own set. Before making any turther investigation I asked my friend to put on the loud pedal and let me hear what hé was getting over the telephone. This convinced me that he was getting good resuits. Others Getting Results. “I happened to remember that he lives in a section of the city ‘where reception is notoriously good. Ob- viously the next step was to consult some one in a section that is not 0 famous for its radio advantages. So I called up Brown and was again convinced that others were getting things that 1 was missing. “Then 1 called up my next-door nelghbor and asked him to tune in and glve me a report on reception. In a few minutes he came back with set, and the Jones machine isn't as good a one as mine. Believe me, it didn’t take me long to get back into the house to see what was wrong.” He explained that in trying to pur- sue a logical &ourse in checking up on reception he formed the habit of being more accurate in sizing up trou- bles. It is all very well, he says, to complain about queer noises and in- terference, but you'll never get any- where until you decide exactly what kind of odd noises you are getting. In the instance cited above he found, upon reasoning it out, that the trou- ble was a sort of humming. This was important, because humming is a clue to certain kinds of interference. Smith Finds Trouble. <mith was not long in remember. in:nuhu this noise usually is caused by the radio antenna, lead-in or set being too close to eléctric power wires or electric devices. If an electric wire parallels the lead-in there is certain ble. m\:}:ely:ot‘:e looked over the situation carefully he found that during the day Mrs. Smith had rearranged the furniture in the living room, necessi tating &' change in one of the lamp connections. A Wwire was running right along with the antenna lead-in. As Smith says, much can be dis- covered about one's set by checking up with other radio fans in a sensible way, guarding against natural pit- falls of too hasty conclusions. Radio 18 a universal thing, and he contends that the best results are had by get- ting the general picture of reception rather than to confine one's thoughts and interests to one's own set. Next week, No. 68—Life Extension for Batterdes. (Copyright by the Ullman Feature Service.) O GOSSIP AND NEWS The next step in radlo broadcast de: velopment to give the listener any gain in volume of reception would :; the increasing of power to 500.0 atts or 500 kilowatts, in the opinion of Harry Sadenwater, engineer of the General Electric Broadcaster: WGY, Schenectady, and KOA, Denver. This wattage may astound the average listener who thinks 5-kilowatt stations are powerful enough, and may give the smaller broadcast station owners another terrific shock. They will recall the terrible groans from both fans and broadcasting oper- ators when the G-kilowatt stations Were contemplated; many expressed fear that greatly increased interfer- ence and the blanketing of other hrol'd cnsters would result, but it didn’t seem to interfere any. Later on there Was a new panic when the two 50-kilo- watt transmitters were announced. some timid fans felt certain their tube and sets would be consumed by thi tremendous power. But nothing except some complaints from the immediate neighbors of these big stations result- ed. and they are now on the air regu- larly, with better programs than ever before. To be sure, they were moved outside the city proper, so as to min- imize local interference, which tended to improve local reception of the aller stations. Naturally many would oppose the installation of a 500-kilowatt set in their midst, and if such a station is licensed. it is certaln that it would be situated far from the congested centers of radio broadcasting and out in the open spaces where no radio community existed; also, probably it would be located some distance inland. To date no 500-kilowatt applications have heen received by the Department of Commerce. However, an increase to real superpower is belleved to be the next logical step in developing an efficient broadeast service by electrical engineers, and it may come soon. Mr. Sadenwater asserts that we have no superpowered broadcasters on the air yet, pointing out that 50 kilowatts of power is often used to operate a single electric sign. Our transoceanic radio stations now use 200 kilowatts on their long-wave cir- cuits. The increase of several sta- tions from 500 watts to 5 kilowatts, or ten times the power. brought only about three times the signal strength at a given distance. He says that an increase in field strength, or what we might term volume, is scarcely no- ticeable, even by experts, until it is doubled. When WQY, which had been operating at 5 kilowatts, was moved 5 miles outside Schenectadv and its power increased ten times, many local fans who used to hear it oOn their crvatal sets. could no longer receive it, although its power was increased ten times. The range of a 8-kilowatt station is approximately 30 miles for 90 per cent of its service to listeners, according to_estimates of governmental radio experts. This checks up with the General Electric figures. which show that there are fans within 100 miles of WGY who cannot receive the daily programs regularly with satisfaction, de<pite 50 kilowatts of power. fvidentiy the G. E. (0. is hoping in the future to serve all its listeners within two or more hundred miles rezular!; for Mr. Sadenwater {in- that the next practical step forward would be to again “increase power by a factor of 10, based upon the success of the recent Increase to 50_kilowatts. Large increases in power, however, he admits, raise operating costs, with no definite - assurance whether it would be economlically practical. A B-kilowatt transmitter s operated with three tubes, he’ adds, whereas to send with 50 kilowatts 22 simil: tubes are necessary. The compan is working on a larger e to re- place several of the present size tubes, and it is possible, Mr. Saden- water says, that with the larger tube it may be practical from a mainte r: nee expense standpoint to increase power to 500 Kkilowatts. KEvén suc power is hardly “superpower,” he in wists, although the station might then be able to supply a signal well above the static and other noisze level over a reagonable range of about 250 miles. Such a range would make it worth while to provide the very best pro- grams to an increased . number of listeners, who wou[fl probably be glad to tune in a program with ample signa! strength devold, of the usual accompanying noises. Expedition Radlio-Equipped. The American Museum Greenland expedition, now ready at New York to start for the North on the schooner Morrisey, will be radlo-equipped both for tranemission and reception. The main transmitter, a short-wave ap: p(num, was built by the students o Marietta College, the expenses being borne by -A. Atwater Kent. et - [>] % Fixed at Once Philadelphia. Receiving sets of a suitable type also will be carried along by George P. Putnam, director, and Capt. Robert A. Bartlett of the ex- pedition, so that communication with short-wave stations in the States and Nova Scotia may be maintained en route and during the stay in Green- land. Mr. Kent is supplying these sets and also some ‘of his broadcast receivers for the amusement of the explorers during their hours of rest. All radio work is in charge of Ed- ward Manley, a radio expert, formerly of Marietta College, in Ohlo, who also supervised the construction of the special radio equipment to be carried on the schooner. Army and Navy Use Short Waves. The most practical use of the Army’s short-wave circuit from Washington across the continent yet made was on May 25, when 96 messages were ent direct to San Francisco on 33.7 meters. Between 9 p.m. and 12:16 am., station WVA, at Washington, operated from tne Army message cen- ter, transmitted direct to WVY, San cisco, with only 500 watts power. before ¥ o'clock that night the static was 8o bad messages could not be transmitted, but at 9 p.m. it cleared up and the string of messages, the | longest ever sent by short waves, was started. In day time the Washington statlon communicates with the West Coast by relaying through Fort Leav- enworth, Kans. The 8an Francisco short-wave radio station of the Navy went ahead of ‘Washington in April, handling a total of 188,008 words against 163,256 by the latter naval station. Heavy in- creases in this type of service were also reported from the stations at Pearl Harbor, Cavite and S8an Diego, while the gain in trafic handled on high-frequency between Pearl Harbor and Cavite direct, was most creditable, the naval communication section re- ports. This circuit, for the first time, through the use of short waves, was able to carry regular communications, despite a fourfold increase in atmos- pheric interference. Test Truck Moves North. Supervisor 8. M. Edwards of the Detroit district, with Inspector J. E. Brown, was in Washington recently having the field intensity apparatus on the radio test car calibrated at the Bureau of Standards. En route north in the test car, these officials plan to stop at Hagerstown, Md., where they will further investi- gate electrical interference problems there and in the neighborhood of Cum- berland, Md. Following this they will proceed to Columbus, Ohio, investi- gating local interference problems. At m of these cities fleld intensity measurements of local and neighbor- ing stations will be made to ascertain the strength of broadcast signals at certain_distances. The Detroit radio car, the only one operated by the. Department of Com- merce, i8 making an excellent record, both as to efficient location of inter- ference and economically, when com- pared to other means of travel. The pending” appropriations carry an amount sufficient to purchase three additional test cars for the depart. ment, which, it is understood, will be put in use along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, and probably in Chi- cago. e The Americari Telephone and Tele- graph Co. has reorganized its broadcasting activities, and WEAF is now known as the station of the Broadcasting Co. of America. ;*********** .< f X Radio Sets Our experts fix any set - ~—there's no delay... Low rates for installing aerials, batteries, etc. :Star Radio Co. ) > LSV, W TS - { YKk Aok dodok kk Fkdkok ok 10:30—F D : Funnies read to children .. rth: First Presbyterian Church se) Moines: University Church services Hot Springs: First Baptist Church service: 22:30—Chicaro: Sacred clataical concert: airing irio . oston: Concert Drogram .. 170 2 PAL : Organ recital by Ambro oric: fiocns Counts Chris ogan conesrt 5 hic 1:00—Chicasy Maskow New York: DOE. oo ocio s 1:30—Philadelphia: Bethany Sunday school se: 2 TO 3 PM. 2:00—New York: Arrowhead Inn Orchest el : Organ tal . : News Orchestra keelea-Biddle hour of Federation of Chi Palmer Littie e Jow 1 Seminary Drogr dio Bible Class . .. “Renside Hotel Trio: ‘sermon . jaw York: Ri 2 lantic City 2: cago: Aerial Girls: Radio Rangers .. [ooseheart, 1ll.: Concert program ... 3 TO 4 PM. ‘hicago: M e program .. Na ]U Church Around the Corne Chicago: Ch rogram it l‘l“l‘if\lrlh‘ On'anpwn ital: Shadyside Presbyterian Chus 3:15—Atlantic Gity: " Organ” réciial 3.30—Mooseheart. I11.: Radio Bible ¢l Rchenectady © Organ _recital Chicago: Chu services PO Philadelphi ‘ederation of Churches New Yorl News and sports ... 1 TO 5 P 4:00—New York: Roseland Dance Orcl Mooseheart, 11l Paimer House S Chicago: | Studio. program 3 h New Yorl usical vespers: pian Soringfield isical prosrem o Philadelpl Recital: church services foago concert . ... Chioago: Vocal and instrumental i 4.15—Atiantic Oity: Vocal and instrumental recital. 5T0 6 P 5:00—Philadelphia: Recital: Seaman’s Orchest New York: Orchestra concert = Moines: Request program . Arabian_ Nights Entertainment Organ recital .. . . 5:10—Minneapolia: House of Hope Presbyierian Chure 5:30—Pittsburgh: Base ball results: KDKA Orchestra .. 6 T0 7 P! 6:00—New York: Baptist Church Carillo Orchestra icako: Moody Bible' Tntitute o\ hiladelo Seamun's Orchestra; Chicago: Musical program; Punch and Juds New York: John Parrish. tenor ...... Des Moines: Banker s Lite Tri “weaiher: First ‘Church Christ. vie o ox 5 6:165—Pittaburgh: Base ball results: chimes from Caivary "Epi copal CI hurch: services . am, 6:30—Chicaro: Veaper concert 2 Philadeiphia: Presbyterian Church services New York: Calvary services Lol 6:80—XMinneapolis: Second Chureh of Christ. Scienti 7 TO 8 PM. T 7:00—Chicago: Young Women'a Council: conce: and choOIr: mermon ... ..l Chicago: “The Million Sing": " ialk: Curl Philadelphia: Cathay Concert —Orchestra. i e Pl - New York: Bakelite' Hour, WGY and ... Chicago: Evening song service ... Little Brown_Church in’ the ‘Vale: First Baptist Church Choir ® Theater eatra ... Hotel Orchestra:’ Golde: pringfiel ur o 15—Darenvort el :30—Baltimore: Twilight program: WBAL Concert Orchestra Oincinnati: First Presbrterian Church services Chimes concert ........... ity: Chelsea Bapust Church service 870 9 PM. 8:00—Cincinnati: _Sermonet. ... ...... Cleveland: Twilight hour. . New York: Hotel Commodore 54 3 Chigago: Drake Hotel Concert Ensemible and Hlackstone " Crawford's " Oreh nt hour. ' WEEI WGR. WC rom’ . Des Moines: Fourteenth ‘Gavalry Band ... . Atlanta: Wesley Memorial Methodist Church’ services. Springfleld: Vo Cinelnnati: Crosley 8:45—New York: “A Carnival at Seville, 9:0 hicagn: Musical program: * Balian Firer Baguiet Church service New York: Godfrey Ludlow, violini Atlantic City: Seaside Hotel Ensemble. Davenport: Christian Church program. Rhilad * Charlie Kerr and his orchesir: ¥: N Hot Zlol’é. M.'tMlxml.JQulnl : 9:30—Chicaxo: _ Classical . eone ". s k Ol s o 9:46—New York: Janssen's L:ofbrau Ore 10 TO 11 10:00—Atlantic City: Vocal and instrumental program: Chicago:. Miaicai *Drogram Dallas: TnstrumentAl Artiets Fot'Springs” Claa ort Worth: Concert program: Women's Gles Tinncanolis: Taik - weathor: base pall resulia: orga o or' Dase ball results: o Chicago: Musical program. . b 11 T0 12 MIDNIGHT. 11:00—New York: Sophi cker’ 5 11:00 w_Yorl @ Tucker's Plareround icago: Back home hou: Chanel und. . Paul 0: Back aul Rader and’ Nati IDNIGAT TO 1 AM. 12:00—Dallas: Ligon_Smith and his orchestra Des Moinen. Banker anker's Life Little Chicago: Nutty Club 816 F Street N.W. Washington's Most Reliable H IF_IT’S NOT RIGHT BRING IT BACK YouNeed 1007 Tabes for Good Summer Reception Your Tubes MUST be at their best. Are yours? If not, why not let us pep them, wp in the wonderful Post Reactioator. We Test Them Free! Storage ; A Battery . 13T§Bé 3 TUBES $ $9.95 | & = Rubber Case 100 amp. hr. 1| library. 8 {on the backs of pack muls this huge force must be provided with communication factlities. Under sta- bilized conditions such a force oceu pies an area of about 15 miles in width and from 20 to 50 miles in depth. Such a force is comparable to the population of a clty larger than Washington. Visualize the magnitude of the task it wouid be bodily to move | the people of the city of Washington | 30 or 40 miles into Maryland or Vir- ginia for an overnight stay and still provide them with their telephone, telegraph and radio facilites, and yor will get some idea of the communica- tion tasks undertaken and accom plished by the Signal Corps in active operations. | One of the problems of the Signal| Corps during peace is to devise the newest, and hest means of | . Radio_has played prominent part in the dev military communications ever its first practical application. Prob- | ably the owner of the aVerage radio | recefving set has a profound belief that when three or four high-power | stations are broadcasting in close proximity, there are altogether too many transmitting stations broad- casting radio programs. If he lives | in an apartment he is also convinced that there are too many hothersome neighboring receivers whioh are con- | uting to the “bird-like” nofses in | his receiver. s | However, within the arca occupled | by a fleld army it {8 neeessary to emplay over 200 separate transmit- | ting wave lengths for the radio s: tem. There are over 1,000 transmit- ters and an equal number of receiv- | ers, all of which must function with out undue interference durl®e opera- on. The Signal Corps has some job on ite hands to provide not only the re celvers, but the transmitters, for such A vast network of instruments in so small a territory, and to shoulder the responsibility that all work without interference and confusion. Then, too, private receivers are built to be installed fn a comfortable The Army must build re. ceivers and transmitters to stand the jolting of transportation in wagons or and to be | d out-of-doors, in sunshine, in rain, or snow, and to be efficient in the freezing temperatures of Alaska or | the humid tropical climates of the Philippines and Panama. To enable the Signal Corps to do this job, its officers have not only kept pace with the developments in the art, but have from time to time made contributions. These contribu- tions to the improvement and devel- opment of the radio service are an- other evidence of the usefulness of the Signal Corps to the public good. \ A hotel in Shaftesbury, England, has been named “Listen Inn.” __ STEAMSHIPS. NEW YORK DIRECT 2222 Ed PBGD e, 1 concert by ‘Meger Davia Ensembie Club. 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Gt Tevana e ot O Spain in the New World, for romance, color, strange sights and experieaces. 10DAYS=$140 and up 17DAYS=$19§ and up ALL EXPENSES INCLUDED Fascinating motor tours included REGULAR FARE TO HAVANA OneWay$88. RoundTrip$160, Through Fare to Miami via Havane $100. uzxcoary WARD One Way $108 TOURS. DELIGHTFUL SUMMER TOURS and ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND 12 DAYS ALL EXPENSES $12022uyp Spend your vacation foreign America. Novel, delightiul and héalthful wip RED CROSS LINE 8.5.“NERISSA” (New) SESIVIA’ and 88’ The D o N oy Tty and m‘fl’lv Wednesday No Pass- Sots vl For Pl partsdars apply | BOWRING & CO.17Batery PLNY N e —— SOUTH AMERICA ° 30 Day Tours—Rio de Janeiro includ- ing Seo Paulo, .‘“';“_'“‘"'m“ and beach resorts. weeks inchuding Montevideo and Buenos Aires. FROM BALTIMORE on one of the modern steel ships of the M. & M. fleet. See new places ; meet new people ; ! in comfort and luxury. Cost no greater than the usual “resort” vacation. UP THE ATLANTIC COAST to Boston and New England resorts. Or down the Atlantic ssaboard to Florida's famous beaches. Two sailings weekly to Bos- ton: twice weekiy to Savannab and Jacksonville. ‘The new 8. S. CHATHAM Is now on the Boston line, and sister ship, the ALLEGHANY on Florida line. ROUND TRIP FARES (From Baltimore: include meals and berth) il 849.04 MIAMI ([ from Phifa.] - $81.34 Cool rooms ; spacious decks: musie and * dancing; unsurpassed table: Southern cookirig. Automobiles carried. ALL-EXPENSE TOURS $57.85 UP, including Hotel and Sightseelng Phone Main 4612 for new illustrated book- let, or write 1338 H Street. N. W. Washington 5 TOURS. MEXICO BY SEA Personally conducted by lady. 27 daye ersonal teaving New York. July 1. 1026, ato over At Havana, o P ren fonable, all expenses includad Terms exceptionslly_rea- Better Serv- . Trayel Bureau, 303 Fifth Ave. i York. "Write now. ) Clark’sFamousCruises BY CUMARD LINE B1@ NEW OIL-BURNERS st rates including hotels, guides, drives, fess. NORWAY o inranean $3 DAYS, $550 to $1250 ss*“LANCASTRIA 'June3 Includes Lisbon, Splln,‘l‘u‘hrfl Italy, Riviera, Sweden, Norway Fjord Berlin (Paris, London), re- peating 1925°s great eruise success. Feb. 8, South Americen and Mediterranean in Combination 86 days, $800 to $2800. dan. 29, Teo the lodm"m;. 68 days, $600 to $1700. WS, MYz 1000 nk C. Clark. Times By vacation visiting the megnificent Rockies, the Grand Canyon and the Wondrous West. Mighty National Parks, the Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier, Crater Lake and others have unfailing attraction for adventurous spirits. Escorted Express guidance during July and August. Numerous itiner- :"‘9 aries; frequent departures. Send for booklet now AMERICAN EXPRES Travel Department 1331 G Street N.W., Wuhlngsmn. D. C. Main 1200—Ext. 10! Akoays Carry American Express Trovelers Chagues