Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1927, Page 35

THE _EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. TRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1927. 5STATONS USE MADID BEACORS Placed to Guide Ships Off| East and West Coasts | and Great Lakes. The radio beacon, ®muccesstul contribu mariners and airm and thick weather. latest and most ion by science to | n enveloped in fe now is in practical | use on 45 scattered stations on the | eastern and western hores of the United States and also on the Gre nccording to an announcement from the lighthouse service of the De rtment of Commerce, which is op- is effective navigational aid cons have been located at points on the coasts and on those on the outer | been placed on lightships or | capes, in positions that rd the best leading mark essels to harbor entrances past outlyin pes. Some have been located afford effective cross | bearing: some are mnow beir placed for the benefit of inside navi &ation on important routes, c intervals throughout the ¥ and night they transmit radio sig- each with a distinguishing char- . whereby ships or airplane ccurately obtain thei Virtually “no difficulties reported in accuracy of . and with proper precautions he eauipment on board ship, it | acticable to depend on obtaining 0 beari able dis tances with for the is of nav oz Greatest Menace. sreatest menace to navigation, and need of the na been some reliable means for and guiding his vessel in fog. | acon, in conjunction with iocompass or direction fiinder | on shipboard. for the first time in | navigation provides such a means and | cnables the navigator to take ac curate bearinss rezardless of weather method is available up to several hundred | beyond the usefulness of cation. | general system, Bureau of Lichthouses savs, of | 0 bearings in navigation, as | s the only one by which a naviga- tor may get radio bearings anywhere in the world where there are radio transmitting stations, including bear- ings con any vessel equipped with | radio. It conforms to the standard practice of the sea in retaining the on of the navigating instru- ments on shiphoard,and the responsi. hility for their use in the hands of navigating officers. Any number of s properly equipped may take multaneously on a radio | t as they on a light-| | compass has | mine would a om conside aceuracy sufli the the tor | stances far is the onlv n, ju house. Of course the radio other important uses on hoard ship | such as the takinz of bearings on other ships to avoid collision in fog and storm, and the taking of bear- | ings of vessels in distress, so they may be correctly located and speedily ap- | proached. "Many notable rescues at sea have been made possible by use of the radiocompass. £ Cost $3,000 to $12,000. | The cost of establishing a radio | heacon station at an existing light- house or lightship station ranges from £3.000 to $12.000. including power units and with all apparatus in duplicate. Operating costs are small. as the in stallation requires no additional per sonnel for operating purposes. | More than a thousand commercial | vessels, in addition to large numbers of naval vessels, are now equipped with radiocompasses. or direction finders, for taking radio beacons. So well established has_the system be- cowe on the Great Lakes that since establishment of the first beacon two Years ago there have been construct- ed 18 more. while several hundred ships, including a number of the im- portant vessels on the lakes, are equipped for taking bearings and now use this method in navigation. COAST GUARDSMEN SAFE.| Patrol Boat Reaches Port After| | Rescue Off Oregon Coast. ASTORIA, Oreg., November 25 (&) —The Morning Astorian was informed by Capt. Herman Windbeck of the North Cove Coast Guard station at Willapa Harbor last night that his nd crew of seven men had land- afely at Tokeland, Wa after scuing the lone occupant of a fish- | boat in a gale off the Oregon | Capt. Windbeck and his men been missing at since they | th Cove Tuesday evening in| h of a lost troiling boat. coast had left sear W. B. Hard to Speak. 1, Washington news. forum at the He will speak on * During the lun.cheon | gession, which will be broadcast, | musical_entertainment will be given | by the City Club Syncopators. George | Offutt, chairman of the forum com- | mittee, will_preside. For Sale Where Better atteries Are Sold C CORPORATION UNY. San Framcce Distributed by Carroll Electric Co., Inc. 714 12th St. N\W. Main 7320 || [ ] | FRIDAY, N Programs preparted by the Associated Press LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT l 1927. 1 Scheduled for Eastern | | standard time. Wave lengths on the left of call letters, kilocycles on right. 5—WBAL Baltimore—1,050 Royal Stenographers Har Sinai Temple Cholr Dance orchestra. .6—WEEI Boston—820 45—Big Brother Club 00 —Cities Service Orchestra. 00— Anglo-Persians. 50—Copley Plaza Orchestra. le Chorus. hour program and band. —WMAK Ruffalo—350 0—Century Orchestra. 00—Fro-Joy hour —Dependable hour OU—Silver Shipper Orchestra, 5.4—WTIC H 0—Waldorf-Astor rtford— Orcheatra amodore xquise Dependable hour 00—cap n Kidd proxram 05— Roseland Orchestia 91.5—WEAF New York—610 Jdgri-Astoria Orchestra I lo-Persians. 30—La France Orchestra 10:00—Musical Miniatures 0—Songs of the city 00—Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra 3—WJIZ New York—=660 e Hall's Orchestra, Plaza Orchestra nographers 00—Around the piano b therie Palmer, Jean La Val 10:00—The M ancans. 10:50—Genia Zielineka Slumber mu —WFI-WLIT Phi Adelphia W 508.2—WO0 Wwoo “WOO Oper 0—The B15.6—KDKA Pittsburzh—950 S 00—Retold tales —Royal Stenoxraphers. U0—Around, the piano, O0—Reymer's R. V. B. Trio. 3374.8—WJAR Providence—800 \—Samuel Holstead. Scotch tenor. Anglo-Persians —WHAM Rochester—1,080 enbach Orchestra ) —Eastman Theater hour. B0—WGY Players. WGY Scheneetads—7300 | program (Buffalo) v hour. 00— Anglo-Persians. 30—Songs of the ity 3.1—WBZ Springfield—000 Ensemble song recital, SOUTHERN. H—WWNC Asheville—1,010 7:00—Kenilworth Orchestra 8—WDOD Chattanooza—1,220 &:00—Hotel Patten Ensemble. 9:00—Classical program. H—WSB Atlanta—630 sonic_program s Gertrude L. Johnson. Concert 384.4—KTHS Hot Springs—7i80 336.9—WJAX Jacksonville—890 00—Recital program. 00—Dance mu 8:30—Operatic_ensemble. 516.9—WMC Memphis—580 8:30—Cotton Pickers. 9:30—Concert ensemble. 249.9—WCOA Pensacola—1,200 9:30—Monroeville. Ala., program 51.1—WRVA Richmond—1.180 5—Hotel Richmond Orchestra, 0—Negro spirituals CENTRAL 26—KYW Chicago—370 7:30—Kentucky Serenaders. »—Retold tales. —Royal Stenographers. he Mediterraneans. 10:00—Congress Carnival 365.6—WEBH-W4JD_Chicago—820 10:30—Songs of the city. 12 00—Palmer House program. 305.9—WGN-WLIB Chicago—80 £:00—Cities Service Orchestra. 9:00—Anglo-Persians. 9:30—Paul Asl usical Gane. 10:00—Arabian Nizhts' entertainment 00—The Hoodlums. 344.6—WLS Chicago—870 00—Silvertone hour. 10:00—Vocal music. 11:00—WLS Showboat 12:00—Popular prograr 447.5—WMAQ-WQJ Chicago—070 7:00—Theater organ recital. 8:00—Ritchie Bond nrogram 00—Same as WOR (2 hours). 11:00—Sievens’ Hotel Orchestra. .3—WLW Cinelnnati—300 | 300.8—WTAM Cleveland—350 Cities Service Orchestra. 00— Anglo-Persians. 9:30—La France Orchestra 10:30—Fifth City Neapolitans. 499.3—WFAA Dallas—600 Service Orchestra. concert > Davenport—800 vice Orchestra. TI0.9—WOX-WIR Detroit—680 Retold talos contest ansas City—810 P WTM Milwaukee—1.020 Royal Stenographers. La Fra Orchestra, Tter Rboooett. Drehasira | | | | Male quartet 8—WOAI & Antonio—090 | —KSD St. Louis— 00—Hot Roosevelt Orchestra. 18.6—KV00 Tulsa—860 R 00—Citins Seryi hestra Chief Roaring Ballraom Orchestra ducts. niano Nronoft. piano. 16.9—KNX Los Angeles—890 00—O0ntimistic Do-Nu 2 :00—Biltmore Hotel Orchestra 00a—Hollywood Legion Stad 381.4—KGO Oakland—380 00—KGO Plavers 2:00—Memory Lane. 508.2—KLX Oakland—>590 W. Piedmont Parlor Band. | A’ C. Orchestra W Portland—610 heater party. hours). —KHJ Los Angeles—7320 45—Vivian Marplé. readings. Musical program. 00—Calet_Orchestra. 2:00—Ahns String Quartet :00a—KPO Dance Otchesira. 18.6—KJR Seattle—860 ower Trio. am hestra (2 hours). pokane—810 enport Hotel Orchestra. 00—N. B. C. program. |NORTH CAROLINA U. DEDICATES STADIUM| pinszasinield | ‘3300.000 Stand Built in Memory; of Parents of W. R. Kenan, | Baltimore Alumnus. | | | | B the Associated Press. CHAPEL HILL, N. €., November | 5.—The University of North Carolina vesterday formally dedicated the $300,000 Kenan stadium here, a mem- orial to the parents of William Rand Kenan, jr. of Baltimore, who. like his forbears, attended classes here. Brief but impressive ceremonies marked the dedication, presided over by John Sprunt Hill, chairman of the building committee of the -unversity trustees, as a crowd which numbered 28,000 persons looked on. Gov. Angus Wilton McLean, him- self a graduate of the university, ac- cepted the gift, while Gov. Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia spoke briefly on the meaning of the occasion to people of both commonywealths. 8:00—Studio feature. 8:30—Royal Stenographers 9:00—Henry Theis Orchesira. 361.2—WSAI Cincinnati—830 8:00—Cities Service Orchestra When we introduced Dorscks Split-top Loaf ago—we established the highest standard for Bread some year Every day since we have been living up to that reputation—not living “on it.” simp Dorsch’s Bread has that character of crust and consistency of texture are the real tests of perfect baking; and it’s made of the purest ingredients—flour rich in gluten, and extra quantities of milk and whie shortening. But ingredients are only a part of Bread quality. Dorsch’s Bread superior is the way Dorsch makes it. Ask for QM “Split-top” Loaf —there’s a difference—and the difference is what you will like. ent hot from the ovens twice a day—to al! grocers and delicatessens. 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The report urges a considerable in-| crease in the staff of the division and | hetter equipment in the interest of | efticient_functioninz of the radio di vision, dec that since the radio | law pr “ongress Iast February | demands for service by radio broad casting station operators and the lis- | tening public have so inc d that the radio division is unable to handle | them with its present facilities. | Experiments of amateur radio trans | mitters have been responsible in great measure for development of short wave transmission, the report de clares, pointing to the invaluable aid ziven by amateurs in the periods im- | mediately following the Florida hurri cane and the Mississippi_flood Radio photographs are increasing in use, while the Weather Bureau is en larging the use of radio to fransmit maps to vessels at sea. 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