Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1927, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1927. e e e A e " 14 * WHEATIRREGULAR INWEEK'S TRADING Season of Crop Scares Ap- proaching and Traders | Watch Progress Closely. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 12, season for crop scares appro thls country, traders just closely watching the progr d mestic Winter whent. Mcanwhile &uge supplies of wheat that rushed North from below th tond to act as a weight on the r A net result is decided irresu now are of do ar Compared with a week quotations here on wheat are to 7g cents advance. Corn is unchanged to ! cents high- er; oats, cents to 53 cents down, and provisions varying from 22 cents drop to a rise of 10 cents. Reason for anxiety in regard to do- mestic Winter wheat is found in the fact that the greater portion of the crop is at present w ithout any protect- ing snow blanket. This circumstance Jeads at times to increased buying of the new crop months, July and Sep tember, with consequent lifting of values. At the same time, May deliv- ery, representing wheat already on land, as distinguished from wheat yet to be harvested, is showing a sag to lower price levels on account of big supplies afloat from the Southern hemisphere. It is now generally admitted, how- aver, that European breadstuff needs have been greatly underestimated. Another steadying factor is knowledge that much of the Canadian whe: cryp this vear is of inferior quality Prydictions are also heard that United States wheat visible supply decreases will be witnessed weekly hereafter until about July 1. Domestic milling dentand is reckoned upon in such an event as being likely to prove more than ample to dispose of current daily receipts from now on. Unfavorable weather conditions, to- gether with moderating of the move- ment of corn to primary markets, gives relative firmness to corn prices. MEN AND MONEY By M. S. Rukeyser. (Copyright. 1927.) In the formation of the newly an- nounced railroad merger plan, Orris P. Van Sweringen, the artist.. yvielded 1o the practical side of his nature, The first Nickel Plate unification plan, which he and his younger broth- er, Mantis J., and farmulated and con- sidered their masterpiece, was rejected by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion 11 months ago—on financial, not transportation, grounds. The new grouping around Chesapeake and Ohio temporarily leaves out the Nickel Plate, the first road to come under Van Sweringen control, but takes in the Hocking Valley, the present C. & . subsidiary, the Pere Marquette, and the Erie. The Chesapeake and Ohio, in- stead of the Nickel Plate, becomes the parent road. If the Interstate Commerce Commission approves the|ent shares and will not be offered any | Orchestra. new set-up, the next step will be to Join the Nickel Plate to the Chesa- peake and its subsidiaries. Perhaps other roads will be added later. The ,Van Sweringens — bachelor brothers of Cleveland—are silent men, but they plainly foreshadowed this new leadership of the Chesapeake many months ago, when O. P. Van Sweringen, desiring to discontinue the appearance of interlocking directors, | position of the Nickel Plate’s holdings | il P. Kennedy, political writer for resigned from the Nickel Plate board |of the Chesapeake and Ohio will come | The Star, will give another of his and remained as chairman of the Chesapeake board. More recently the Jjob of building a new 63-mile stretch of railroad, which under the original plan was assigned to the proposed new Nickel Plate Co., was undertaken by a newly formed subsidiary’ of the Chesapeake and Ohio—the Chesa- peake and Hocking Construction Co., which already has 40 steam shov- els at work to build a line from Val- ley Crossing to Gregg, Ohio, ph: cally joining the Chesapeake with the Hocking Valley, obviating the con- tinued use of the independent Norfolk and Western for this purpose. Nickel Plate Plan Dead. The Nickel Plate unification plan is dead. The Chesapeake and Ohio merger program has been born. The new plan, unlike the original program, obviates the need of leasing the component roads to the parent road. The new plan does not provide for physical merger at present, but for control through stock ownership. The proposed greater Chesapeake will be modeled after the New York Central system, which has been made up on controlled separate corporations, ::uch m: the Big Fourand the Michigan ‘entral. 3 Unlike the original plan, the new plan makes no provision for assuring the various classes of Erie stockhold- ers dividends as soon as the pro- gram has been approved and put into effect. By the new formula, the larger system gets control of Erie without assuming the burden of pay- ing dividends to Erie shareholders, whose fate in this regard will be de: termined by Erie directors on the basis of Erie earnings. Of course, under this plan, the largest single holder of Erie common will be the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The Van Sweringens are in control of all five roads, and the new shuf- fle, its proponents believe, will tend 1o approach in result those of the original plan. The lamented Nickel Plate merger plan, however, was the Van Sweringen creation, whi¢h, they belleved, met the situation better than any other, and was more orig- Inal In conception than the present plan. The current plan is an at- tempt to meet the practical consid- erations involved—especially the im- plication by the Interstate Commerce Commission that the earller plan, though satisfactory from a trans- portation standpoint, tended to favor the Nickel Plate against the Chesa- peake and Ohlo. Grouping in Public Interest. ‘That this thought was dominant in the minds of the projectors .of the new system was indicated In the an- mnouncement by W. J. Harahan, pres- fdent of the Chesapeake and Ohio, who_ said: “The Interstate Commerce Commis- slon nearly a year ago held that a proposed grouping of railroads, in- cluding ie, Pere Marquette and Chesapeake and Ohio was, from a transportation standpoint, in the pub- lic interest, and the logic of the de- cislon was to the effect that the Chesapeake and Ohio should be the ‘backbone. Mr. Harahan further declared that the new program “will lead to the creation of a great transportation able to efficiently compete with the New York Central, Balti- more and Ohlo and Pennsylvania sys- gems."” To finance stock purchases of sub- Bldiaries and to get a revolving fund for developmental purposes is the object of the authorization of new C. & O. stock, to which shareholders may subscribe at par on the basis of one-half share of mew stock for each one share of old held. The ow fasue wil give Or & O, & better { trung out all the way from 1 cents decline SAILS IN DRESS SUIT. Ship Pulls Out While Clerk Is Dining. SOUTHAMPTON, England. Febru- ary 12 (®).—R. F. Burke, young New York bank clerk, arrived vesterda { the Aquitania, after a voyage during | which he became well known as “the young gentleman in the dvess Burke was attending a dinner party jon the tiner last Friday at New Yor and didn't notice the ship's sailing. Passengers supplied him with a sweater to cover his dress shirt and a cap to replace his topper. | FARM RELIEF NEWS With thel ching in -<i:| BOOSTS COTTON UP Haugen Bill’s Passage Re- flected in Market. . By the Associated Pres NEW YORK. February 12.—Pros- pects for early action on the farm- velief bill in Washington. and a_ be- Jief that the passage of such legisla- tion would have a bullish effect on the price of cotton in the immediate market appeared to be largely re- sponsible for the advances in the fu- tures marl here during the past week. The opinion was expressed in {many quarters that the effect of this measure, if it became a law, might be bearish in the long run, on the ground that it might tend to encourage over- planting. The bullish view evidently prevailed, however, and, combined with reports of continued steadiness in the South- ern spot markets. sent prices for all deliveries into new high ground for the movement. March sold up to $14.00 and October to $14.62, while May. selling at $14.22, showed an ad- vance of 220 points from the low levels touched early last December. At these figures the advance was halt- ed by realizing, but the selling was not aggressive, and was absorbed by further trade buying or covering on the reactions. The market has been influenced by 163 NEW STATIONS NOW BEING BUILT Added to 700 Already in Op_eration. With the Senate still deliberating radio relief, the announcement comes from the Radio Division of the Depart-, ment of Commerce that 165 new | broadeasting stations are under con- | struction to add to the 700 or mnl'vi stations already on the ai i . therefore, that Sena-| itor Dill 8 on imm te radio |legislation and is waging a spirited {fight to get the radio bill through the | Senate as it was passed by the House. | The present congestion in the ether | and the threat of incre: d conges- tion connoted in these figures led Sec- retary Hoover to comment to the ef- fect that restoration of normal condi- tions in-the broadcast realm will re- quire several months of effort on the Ipart of the five-man-control commis sion set up in the radio bill. The new stations under | tion throughout the country are ap portioned among the various radio districts as follows, according to the | Radio Division’s report: Chica; 60; Seattle, New Orlean: 20: 18; Boston, 1 n I York, Baltimore, 5, and A nt: . In addition to this, the report shows that from July 1, when Depart ment of Commerce control over vadio broke down. until February 1 the lack of control has resulted in the licensing of 206 new statlons, while 169 have increased their transmission power and 106 have changed their broadcast wave lengths. Heightened power is shown to have been a common step among the broad- casters in the last seven months. To- day there is one station regularly us. ing 60,000 watts—WJZ, at Bound Brook, N. J., transmitting a New York studio program. There are four sta- tions using 20.000 watts, seven using 10,000, one using 6,000, three using 5,000, 73 using 1,000, 17 using 750, 160 using 500 and 152 using 100. Some of these can “step up" their powers, and | are doing so regularly or periodically. but they are under no obligation to construc- | reports of continued activity in the cotton goods trade, particularly in Manchester, and reports of a con- tinued good demand for low-grade cot- ton in the Southern spot markets. Reports that sales of fertilizer tags in the 12 Southern cotton States for the months of December and January showed a falling off of about 17.4 per cent, as compared with the same period last year, came in for some comment. The most general opinion, however, appeared to be that it was too early for any conclusion as to either the proportion of fertilizer | likely to be used this year or the ex- tent of the reduction in acreage. With reference to the latter, it is said that there has been some selling on the advance on a theory that the higher level of prices might operate against as drastic a cut in the area planted as considered necessary to meet the statistical position created by the present big crop. The week end statistics of the New York Cotton Ex- change placed world spinners’ takings for the week at 459,632 bales, against 298,375 last year. balanced capital structure; at present it has too large a ratio of bonds to stock. Minority. stockholders of Erie and Pere Marquette will hold their pres- basis of exchange into stock of the holding company. Under the plan, the Nickel Plate will sell to the Chesa- peake and Ohio all its holdings of the Pere Marquette. The Nickel Plate will, for the present, retain its large stock holdings of Chesapeake and ! Ohio. When and if the Nickel Plat2 and the Chesapeake and Ohio are later joined, the problem of the dis- up. If the Chesapeake and Ohio is to remain the parent company, it will face the dilemma of not being author- ized under the law to buy its own stock. Minority Delays Negotiations. The Van Sweringens would have liked to have announced this second plan six months ago, but the opposi- tion of minority interests delayed ne- gotiations. Last March many outsid- ers, who do not know at first hand the tremendous energies and determina- tion of the Van Sweringen brothers, who once had a newspaper delivery route in Cleveland before becoming millionaire realtors and railway oper- ators, predicted that the whole merger idea would be abandoned as a result of the rejection of the first petition by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Now the second plan has beén laid before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, the supreme court in trans- portation matters, and another series of hearings will be held at Washing- ton. No doubt new opposition will spring from some minority interests who have not yet been placated. Advocates of the new plan assert that Chesapeake and Ohio, whence the opposition to the first plan came, gains from getting important feeders and allies who can not only take bitumi- nous coal from it and carry it to places where it is consumed but can also bring a return flow of freight for distribution in the Chesapeake and Ohio territory. The Erie, it is pointed out, gives the Chesapeake and Ohio the benefit of its high property value, which may save money to the system by putting oft the point of recapture of excess earnings by the Government. Under the transportation act of 1920, rail- roads must turn over to the Federal Government half the earnings in ex- sess of 6 per cent of property value. Chesapeake and Ohio by itself has high earning power and compara- tively low property value. Erie has high property value and lower earn- ing power. The comparatively low earning power is offset by market price, inasmuch as Chesapea»® and Ohio has arranged to buy Erie at 35 cents on the dollar. Chesapeake has an option to buy the Erie holdings of 0. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen, sald to total 343,000 shares, at a price de- termined by a committes chosen by the directors. Bernet Now With Erie. J. J. Bernet, who built up the Nickel Plate for the Van Sweringens, recent- ly switched to the Erie and is under- taking to do an analogous job for the Erie. The physical condition of the property is sald to be good, having been improved by substantial main- tenance expenditures for a period of years. Under the new management significant changes of equipment will be made and, in addition to speeding up freight movement, this gives hope of substantial economies in maln- tenance of equipment. The new man- agement is not promising overnight results, but in two years the effect of the new policies ought to be measur- able, it is said. The purchase of control of the Wheeling and Lake Erie jointly by the Nickel Plate, the New York Cen- tral and the Baltimore and Ohio is in accordance with the four-system plan, which was publicly announced in the Summer of 1924. Under this plan the business of the East was to be divided into four great trunk systems—the Pennsylvania, the New York Central, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Nickel Plate. The plan was supported by three roads involved, but opposed by the Pennsylvania, which contended that its relative position in the fleld was not definitely assured by the Terger programy report this to Washington in the ab- ence of a control authority. The annual birthday celebration of the District Council of the Boy Scouts of America, one of WRC's atiractions tonight, will bring before the micro- phone Vice President Dawes. Huston Thompson. Dr. Paul Bartsch and a number of other prominent person- ages. The music for the ceremonies will be provided by the United States, Marine Band Orchestra and the 49th Drum and Bugle Corps. | The organization of an enormous | invisible class for studying the affairs of the Government also will be started tonight by WRC in conjunction with a number of assoclated stations. The class will be under the direction of id Lawrence, prominent Washing- ton correspondent and editor. Another Balkite hour will be broad- cast by WRC at 9 o'clock. As usual, Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra will ~ entertain during this hour. WRC will open its program with a eulogy to the late Susan B. An- thony by Mrs. Anna B. Hendley, hon orary president of the Susan B. An- thony Foundation. The closing at- traction will be a 50-minute dance pro-| gram by the Le Perroquet de Parls The Harmonious Quaret .and the Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Club will furnish the principal musical at- tractions tonight for Station WMAL. There also will be a supper-dance pro- gram by the Club Mirador Orchestra, with Phil Hayden, the popular radio entertainer, as the soloist, and a re- cital by Earle A. Simons, tenor. series of talks at 8:20 o’clock, which tonight will concern “Uncle Sam's Book of Knowledge.” A subsequent feature will be selected readings by Emma L. Ostrander, which will in- clude Walt Whitman's famous con- cept of Abraham Lincoln. A nolsy ether charged with static made reception of distant stations last night exceedingly difficult. It was the kind of a night that forces a listener to stick to the local station. Signal strength, weak at the out. set of the evening’s dialing activities, increased gradually, and about 11 o'clock it was possible to bring in sta- tions within a 2,000-mile range with fair volume and audibility. The static blasts, however, often broke the con- tinuity of the reception. Stations in the South and South- west seemed to be less affected by the interference than those in other sec- tions. Florida’s three principal broad- casters in Jacksonville, Miam! Beach and Clearwater came through with satisfaction as did WSMB in New Or- leans and CYJ, Mexico City. The lat- ter was picked up on WOR's 405- meter wave band. LocalRadioEntertainment Saturday, February 12, 1927 NAA—Washington Navy Yard (434.5 Meters). 10:05 a.m.—Weather Bureau reports. ~Weather Bureau, reports. 55 p.m.—Arlington time signals. 10:05 p.m—Weather Bureau reports. WRHF~Washington Radio Hospital Fund (256 Meters). 11 to 12 noon—Current events and police reports. YMAL—Washington Radio Forum (293.9 Meters). 7 to 8 p.m.—Supner dance program by the Club Mirador Orchestra, as- sisted by Phil Hayden, soloist. 8 to §:20 p.m.—Earle A. Simons, tenor; Edith Reed, accompanist. 8:20 to 8:40 p.m.—Will P. Kennedy, political writer for The Star, in a talk on “Uncle Sam's Books of Knowl- edge.’ 8:40 to 9:06 p.m.—Musical program by the Harmonious Quartet—J. Stan- ley Brooks, first tenor; Russell W. ‘White, second tenor; J. E. Lee, bari- tone; Lewis C. Minor, bass, and Alice A. H. Lewis, accompanist. 9:05 to 9:30 p.m.—Emma L. Ostran- der in selected readings. 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.—Concert by the Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Club and the Nordica Banjo:Club. WRC—Radio Corporation of America (468." Meters). 7 p.m.—“Susan B. Arthony,” a eu- logy by Mrs. Anna B. Hendley, hon- orary president, Susan B. Anthony Foundation. 7:10 p.m—"Abraham Lincoln,” by Representative David Hogg, from In- diana. 7:30 p.m.—Mayflower Orchestra. Programs of 4 00—Boston Detro New New “40—Philadelphia New York 00—Chicago: Or; New York Detrol Rost. Ak Piiadetphia Pitsigh Surmtield: thord, C tidy New port: ( Philadelphia Newark Hartford York: V Chicago: Ensemble e man's Orol Cinannati Chicago Tey chetra hureh Cleveland :30—Philadelphi Cincinnat; Buffalo, Troup Atlantic City Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Nashville. concert . Phi Chicago Nati selec one Cincinn, Atlantic ow harmonic New Yorl Chicaro: New ~ York: drama. chestra, Hartford, tainer: 8:30—Minneapol! Fort Worth - Ti08 “Angeles: Fort Worth Havana: Guit Newark: ' Si e t Philadelph New news . New ~ York Quartet " &irl frien Atlantic City: clections Cincinnati: C: Chicago: *Radi Chicy R Chicago: Rau 10:00—Chicago: i uartet Auspite @iy Danc . Louls: Cincinnat] omar O e 10 :so—mnnefl? otin Fort orth: Hartford, Ci Philadelphi; New San Francis Hot Spring Chicago: K O, Schenectady: ‘hicago. Wee Havana: Tok; 11:30—Detroit: New York: i New San Francisco Harrigburg. lF 8 p.m. Annual birthday celebra. tién of the District of Columbia Coun- cfl of the Boy Scouts of America, from Central High School auditorium. 9 p.m.—Balkite Hour. with Walter. Damrosch and the New York Sym- phony Orchestra, trom WEAF. 10 p.m.—"Our Government,” by Da- vid Lawrence, broadcast with WBAF. ~10:10 to 11 p.m.--Le Perroquet de Paris Orchestra, from WEAF. o The most certain sign ot wisdom-is ‘continual phesetulmensy 4 ! \ Stevens’ i Tea music New L Delaware Host of Broadcasters to Be/ e WJZ Orchestra ) W Chicago: Osbur Muical program Springfield: Stidio pro eheart, 1. G I Trovator Origan_recital Atlantic City : Chicago: Qrean Markets: chostra: ‘vocal and instrumental solos SEEdad Fom: Orian reaitn): pianiat: Steindel's Siring Qinctii Drake Concert Ensemble: and June' . H Pianist: Bov Scouts’ St. Louis: Current events revie Louisville: Old-time fiddlers- Havana. Cuba: Guitar quartet Los Angelca: Dance prokram American and . Hartford. ‘Conn New York: L Studio S Louis: Harmon arrisburg, Pa.: 9:30—Dallas: Crawfords Orchesira. ... Hollywood Orchestr: A Ore) Sol ta ‘The Lincoln-Douglass Debate D _Lincoln birthday Cleveland: Vaudeville program: Jones' N ‘A Pilgrimage from Lincoln York: L) Atlantic Cif Garden Pi SOl Weather: W Orchestra H Lo ngeles: Classical program 00— e Lang's. Orchestra: LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1927. Distant Stations Scheduled for Eastern Standard Time 470 5 PML Orchestr ceeeeen hver marks we The Radio Sh tate Trio band}” vrgan; trumpets i 5TOGPM. talk: piano and vocal sol Police repe WECH Wiz s O Osburn's Orchestia . ... 0 y talk; Bresiin Orchesira D tmitle. " olojute: keesix Umo’ rg's Sinfonians . sOnKs; wto an_recital . WBBM WPUH talle Uncle Wip's i call Westinghouse weomb s usetts Amkie H 0 Ensel Onondagn Orchestra, a: market renorts himes “concert . Adelphia Entertainers . 7 TO 8 PM. story: Congress concert news ... . Shie : Ensembie: Vanderbili Orchiestra . Hub Group: Bible study .. - ram’ K. of P cal soloiat orge Hall's Arcadians Market reports: P i ‘ral trio: fonfans: the Lady of by the Chicago Civie Opera Co.. . al_eoloist: concert ensemble i - Voorhees' Orchestra . aboura's New York: Talk: weather: old hestra: news an_recitai: Morfon concert .. A . ports " club: Sherman’s News cital organ recital Riwtim Kings ather: 6tory WIS i WIR Riley's, _WDAF or LWeCo o RMOX Jackson i way KDKA TAM JLLW00 WAAT WKBW LWFAA WHAR aatoists 516 address. i 4164 2802 2828 3001 1804 S 3756 o Cand rond “renorisl Barlow's nn.: Announcements: bedtime stor rineGibbons. soloist Hymn, Serinture and nraver . Mandalin and Guitar Club neoln's birthday address .. Farm talk . . e The True Greatness of ‘Abraham Lincoln™ String Quin- " "‘b_v’ the WEAF Musical easide Ensembie. i : Bicycle Sextot. Musical “progr Studio, program. Tenn Jackeon St. _Louis: The Littic Red’ Schooihon Apple Sl B fad” sébicitiiice! e’ o ional barn dan 1 armoiica Hawaiian mus an's Orches Ford ‘and Glenn ns Radio Clul frees health talk: Whozit con- : Casino Orchestrs 4 s’ debut i Abraham Liucoln Society | Vocal and piano’ reciial. Edgewater Beac a: Hall's A Gettvaburg" Philadelphia: Sport_talk: Springfield: K. of P, of American Trade Y police reports oath Musical program: firesi unday_school i S S303358 soloists . 9 TO 10 P.M. :00—Louisville: Southern Nieht Hawks Soloists Yocal duo.. .o s ar_quartet s Orchestra’ . “The Bovhood of Lincoln o Legion dinner. ... . g W Elizabeth's College Giee Club: Russian ‘Balaika Sun,_Noriolk York: V. incoll : récital [ ... ik program:’ piato and violin ring ot Orohestr: 0" photoiore. hauter Teviic.” e “théuter Tevic. .. dand Lyric Trio: Samovar O Drogram. - oy s ime ance. prog 10 TO 11 P.M. soloist eiphla Entertainors hish h‘m.‘tl and instrumental artists: a8 loists Billie and ‘Juliette. duet: Instrumental trio: Willi; Benjamin Franklin Or Musical program: eo's Arrowhead Dance Orchestr: Weather report ....... recital: news bulietin: o rogram.. G mseacs e % 88 Hamasiie bas iy 10:15—Springfleld:’ Rel hy 10:20—New." York n;'(o:;né: e aa Duo and 'Wiz' ‘Orchesira . rograim. Musical program o 11.TO 12 MIDNIGAT. ‘eature program. ... Weather and missing’ per Pa.: Knox Artist program assical concert: Orchestra. Henry: sic Box" Newark: Hagan's Orchestra News Dlillel o ,D(ilh dock ‘Orches ira. . tra; Gateway Orcheatra. nosit: "period: - Coronado Dahce L 4 Van Curler Orel Three Trio: soloists 12 MIDNIGHT TO 1 A.M. ° 1 ra: son W estra: ' Opera Club Orchestra rogram: dance orchestra .. W, Palace program Ambassador’ Ore Telephone Wgu 449 for 0il Burner Service your oil burner is not maintained in satisfactory running order under your existing arrangements, why ‘struggle with poor service? ERMIT us to handle your service work and note what competent, courteous, properly supervised oil-burner ex- perts can do. Offut Oil Burner Co. 1355 Wisconsin Ave. West 449 Where the gromiseis performed [RADIO DIALS OPERATE TOGETHER WITH BELT String and Rubber Bands Used to Get Single Control of Disks. One-dial operations of sets has forced the owners of older types of receiving equipment to use their wits a bit. How to simplify tuning for the multi dial sets is a popular subject at th present time among_radioists who like to be ingenjous. Many set owner: however, cannot afford to risk spoil- ing their sets by attempting mechan- ical novelties in an effort to make two or more dials turn as one, and so the belt idea has gained a foothold. (nder this plan two dials are “geared” to- gether through a belt made of string or rubber bands It the knobs are normally wide and not tappered too sharply they will hold such belt. The less ‘“give” there is in the belt, of course, the better, for it 18 well to have the dials move in exact unison. The arrangement is particularly well adapted to the neutrodyne, where the radlolst always has been handicapped because of lacking a third hand. With the two richt dials belted together, he can turn me of them with the right hand and the third dial with his left hand. In a neutrodyne the two right dials tune approximately alike, the left dial tuning about five degrees lower, Of course, it is pos left dial knob to the it five degrees lower. rangement all three dials can be turned from any one, making due allowances for a little slippage. This, however, is merely a luxury in ease and has no real value in tuning. Keep- ing the two right dials working as one serves a purpose, hecause it is found that many owners of neutro- dynes fail to catch the less powerful or more distant stations chiefly be- cause they move the dials in fits and starts and do not have them in the proper settings for less familiar sta- tions. By crossing the belt at the center, two dials can be made to work in opposite directions of rotation to each other. There are some sets where this arrangement can be used to ad- vantage. sible to belt the nter one, setting Under this ar- i oy s Recalls Ideal Conditions. Speaking of possible reallocations of radio broadcast channels in con- gested centers like New York, Super- visor Batchelder of that district re- calls that conditions were almost ideal about three vears ago when there were only about 13 broadcasters in the vicinity of the metropolis, all separated by 40 kilocycles. In those days there was littie interference, whereas today he has over 60 sta: tions, of which but few have as great as 20 kilocycles separation. Fifteen stations to a city would be enough, he says. Tubes Clfl;d Va;s An Englishman in referring to the tubes of a set, calls them valves, It suggests that tubes hardly are the proper names, anyway. A tube is a hollow inclosure open at both ends. A valve is a type of vontrol. When you consider that our vacuum tubes carr the grid circuit, which controls the more powerful “B” circuit, you prob- ably will favor the British nomencla- ture. Light Measuring Plan. One of the leading American auto. mobile factories is using a detector bulb for use in measuring the light which is reflected from metal surfaces under inspection. The idea is to see what degree of polish has been given. Microscopic _photography failed to serve the purpose, so the detector tube idea was conceived. The tube is simi- lar to the cells used in the transmis- sion of photographs via telegraph. Fifth Station in Star Radio Contest Picked During 7:35 Progra A pianist at a station south- west of Washington played a medley of popular numbers and old favorites about 7:35 o’clock Iast night, the closing selection being “Love’s Old Sweet Song.” A “twilight period” followed, during which a bedtime story wlcs told. i an you identify the station? It is the fifth selected for identi- fication for the sixth week of The Star's radio contest. The sixth_station will be picked up tonight between 7:30 and 8 o’clock. L. o4 a3 o SE ! S22 SEREERCD Testing an Investment —Safety ONSIDER that we accept approxi- mately only one out of twenty applications for loans made to us and you will realize the care bestowed on the selection of prop- erties against which we make loans. EALIZE that every dollar we loan on first trust security on any property must be backed by two dollars of value. NOW that the value placed on any property is our appraiser’s idea of value, not the appli- cant’s. EALIZE that the majority of our loans are made only on properties in se- lected sections of the Northwest District of Columb; EALIZE that we first invest our own funds in the First Trusts before we offer the notes to you. All This Means Safety 1415 K Street Main 4752 _ | 1 | br 4 Radio ! i i J. H. Hammond. Jr., Is Reported Buyer Of Radio Battery and Tulzc Eliminator Laboratory — at Ga. i to John iays Ham mond, jr., his interest in a new device to do iloucester, Mass. The new des nize radi seribed by In magnetic del which he explain plification Hammond. sr. in Washington, re-|of bismuth plates as detectors and vealed that the vouthful radio in-|amplifiers.” It is simply “a series of ventor is absent in Italy. Mr. Ham-|about 10 thin bismuth plates piled mond was said to be without informa-|{one on each other, with wires run tion niz the purch f nd finally on out Cr sts in his device by hi set.” reports from Atlant tes e to the effect that of radio corporation $100,000 for the patent Hammond, is president which may revelu- i sets, 18 de 1 electro mplifier rdio way with batteries and tubes on receiving sets for $250.000 Inquiries at the home of John Hays | to_the actus The bi with a i| plates, it was nergy which I are protected Iphur. These will generate the operate the radig nd serve as a detector and amplif will SHORT WAVES ARE HELD |TEACHERS PLAN DINNER HOPE OF BROADCASTING, WITH BLAIR AS SPEAKER Dr. S. M. Kintner Outlines Re-| President of National Education search Work in Address at Association Will Address City Club Luncheon. ! Gathering Saturday. | Adoption of the short-wave system of broadeasting will solve many of radio's present ills, Dr. S. M. Kintner, chief research engineer of the West. | NS inghouse Electric and Manufacturing | Edu Francis G. BI State superin | tendent of public instruction in Ini and president of the ation Association, will be the | Co., told members of the City Club at their weekly luncheon forum day afternoon in the clubhouse. Tracing the development of radio broadcasti Dr, intner explained t 3 de many ex- | periments with short waves and had succeeded in transmitting signals around the world. | the music. Dr. Kintner also expressed the be.| Other spe lief that the maximum sensitivity in | ‘Y- Ballou, I receiving sets already has been [0f George reached and any attempt to increase b it would destroy the present value, | {rict of Columbia Branch of the Na S e {tional Education oclation, el Miss Carrie E. Toner of the MacFar Pertormerl Pflid Well. ‘il;ml:; Juniy ) High School The teachers’ committee arra R Two rasilo performers recently re-|for the dinne 4‘0|\~u=h‘u( \;:L:mxlnk ceived $2.500 aplece for thelr services, | Louise Grosvenor, chairman; while a third received payment at the | Anna T Dr. Rek § rate of $100 a minute. The last mPv\-I Mrs. Selden M. Ely and Miss A tioned doubtless was thoroughly con- | nie Keliher. vinced that time flies. e P BILL FOR PAY BRIDGE RADIO’S BEST ! S —— IS PASSED BY HOUSE TONIGHT. Measure Against Which Objection Club Mirador Orchestra, with Phil Hayden, soloist, WMAL, Was Withdrawn Now Goes to President. | principal speaker at the dinner at & yester- | ., | o'clock this evening at Rauscher's lgiven by the Washington teachers under the auspices of the Education \ssociation of the District of Colum bi A reception will precede the din | ner, with the Marine Band furnishing kers will be Supt. Frank an William C.. Ruediger Washington University, English, president of the Dis 7 to 8 o'clock. Annual celehration of the D. C. Council of Boy Scouts of America, WRC, 8 to 9 o'clock. “Half a King,” by the WEAF Musical Comedy Troupe, WEAF, WCAE and WGY, 8 o'clock. The House Thursday passed the Bruce-Tydings bill allowing the Ches: peake Bay Bridge Co., to build a | bridge across Chesapeake Bay above Baltimore harbor from a point in Bal timore County fo a point in Kent 2 | County if action is taken within « | : i year. 11 Trovatore. the Chi- This bill has already passed the ¢ ic Opera Co., WNAC, | |Senate and now goes to the President 8 o'clock. | for his signature. 1t carries the ap proval of the House committee « roads and of the War and Agriculture Departments. _There was some objec tion from the War Department at fir because it was feared that erection this bridge might interfere with the testing of long range guns at Aber deen. but this work has now been re moved to Dahlgren, and the objection of the department has been with- draw ~ Only 3 Days More “FEBRUARY MON. | TUES. | WED. + Le Perroquet de Paris Or- chestra, WRC, WEAF and other stations, 10:10 to 11 o'clock. “Our Government,” by David Lawrence, WRC and associated stations, 10 o'clock. 1927 (1927 SUN. - + Rent Reward Entries Close Next Tuesday -Midnight —and then we shall divide the $350-00 offered for the largest number of RENT RECEIPTS or cancelled checks, representing money paid for rent of place in the District of Columbia in which to live. Fill out the coupon below and ‘enter the list for one of the Rewards—sending along with it a short story (not over 500 words) on the subject of Renmt Receipts. $150 is the 1st award $100 is the 2nd award $10 in 10 other awards Everybody is eligible except employes of the Cafritz Company. RENT RECEIFT REWARD RECORD Fill in your name and record for entry Name..ccccossresomescevecscossonsmsances Address. . T can deliver for inspection and verification monthly rent receipts ( homes and menta) . which to 1 ven to me I t of re lace fn e Blatris OF Comumbia. " Attached 15 story about “Rent Keceipts." Attache Y & National ,