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10 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, o D. C, SEPTEMBER o , 1928—PART MINAMEE TO SING. | OVER AR TONIGHT Popular Announcer to Appear | Programs prepared_by the Associ 491.3—WEAF New York—610 12:00—Chamber music. 1:00—Summer Radio Church. 2:00—8ixty musical minutes. LONG RANGE RADPIO ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1928, ated Press. Scheduled for Fastern standerd time. Meters on the lejt of call letiers, kilocycles on right. 280.2—WIHAM Rochester—1,030 10:30aChurch services. 2:00- Down Memory Lane 3:00—Question hour. 3.00 —Soprano and pianiste. 3:20--Con o 2 " . tetson parade, 7.45—Anglo-Persians. #.00--String quartet 8.15--8chool of in Baritone Concert Role | a-Siine agaric: e e or Family. §00—David Lawrence on Atwater Kent Hour. = A50.3—WIZ New York—660 8:00a—_Children's h 12:00—Concert: String Orchestra. phe the Atwater Kent hour| 3 oe=80Stroll tonight in an entirely different role— | Graham McNamee, veteran radio an- 3:00—Question ho 4.00—Twiligh! rover hat-of a concert | §00—Twilighy re baritone i Musieal hour. The recital will Sonata —Anglo-Persians Continentais. Echoes b the one Me- mee was sched- to give two ago when 1 trouble r Musicians | | i | | | Instrumental | will share 3 8 | with the | | { 1 Trio s se concert Sunday evening musical 285.5—WBAL Baltimore—1,050 Concert orchestra, ersians. T announcer will 6:30. 508.2—WEEI Boston—300 e Morning services. 158 Italian Graham McNamee. Giacomo Carissimi. Other | 3:00- include “Oft in the Stlly| &oo—p A "> program. That Sweet Story of Old” and | R:45—Biblical drama ie Plante.” The 163.1—WNAC Boston—630 ngservices. bia programs S—WGR Bufialo—990 y “Brahm's Waltz’ by Arensky Kent program. of course 1 attraction on WRC's | while the afternoon ture the Stetson pa- 1 depict the first Labor | e United States on Sep- 82. Among the other aft- erncon attractions are the “Roxy Stroil,” | 8 concert by the National String Ore chestra and the cervices at the Peace Cross of the Washington Cathedral. | Westell Gordon, lyric tenor. will be ividual star of the Capitol The. eter broadcast at 6:30 o'clock. At 9:15 WRC will introduce a new feature de- s “Echoes of the Orient.” This be followed by another new attrac. 2 hours). ces. minutes ade 513-1—WMAK Buffalo—330 Church services. 9 508 2 00—Symphonic hour. s0—Orchestra 00—ABC programs 333 4—WTIC Hartford—360 2 hours) quartet 30—Capitol Theater Family. 00—David Lawrence. 300.1—WABC New York—910 205—-WGY Schenectady—100 43a-_Church services, Biblical drama. 2 Organ pecital 5.00_Stetson parade South Sea Isianders. 00 § 8:3 R0 24 01 Television signals. 18.1~WBZ Springfield—500 | | | 1 nglo-Persians, Continentals 36.A—WTAG Worcester—380 5:00—Stetson_parade 6.05—Organ recital 8:30—Studio program hospitality: §:00—David Lawrence 434.5—CFCA Toronto—690 Church services 4:45—Hawkisstone Trio. 6:00—Church services. | | 10:008 | SOUTHERN. I 206.9~WWNC Asheville—1,010 11:00a—Church services. 8:00—Evening_ services. 75.0-WSB Atlanta—630 | 6:00—~Vesper service. | 7:00—Capitol Theater Family. §:00--D. Lewrence, orchestra. 9:45—Organ; Islanders 30.3—WIAX Jacksonville—880 £:30—Capitol Th :00—D. Lawrence. orehesira. 5:45—Biblical drama §16.9-=WSM Na hville—800 12:00°-Church services 6:30—Capitoi Theater Family, 8:00—Davia Lawrence S—WCOA Pensacola—1.200 9:00—Church services. 34.1—WRVA Richmond—1,180 Church 11:00a Tvices. TRAL. ¥ Chicago—330 9:30a—Church_school 5 rgan: instrumental trio. 6 30—Orcnestras 7:45—Anglo-Pe: 8:15—Church RADIO COMMISSION - FINISHES RULINGS Two Stations Deleted, 23 Li- censes Extended and Sev- eral Mergers Made. Br the Assaciated Press The Federal Radio Commission yes- of | que | licenses of 23 and consolidating several | others, | One of the stations ordered ter- | minated, WMBB-WOK, at Homewood, 10, had been licensed to operate on 15,000 watts, and is_the largest station 50 far delefed. WMBW at Youngstow) Ohio, was the other station ordered te ations whose public value had been minated. The following stations had _their licenses 1enewed: WMAY, St. Louls, Mo.; WEBE, Cambridge, Ohio: WFKD, Frankford, Pa.. WCDA, Cliffside Park, N. J.. WMBG, Richmond. Va.; WKBZ, Ludington, Miss.; WHBC, _Canton, Ohio: KGCR, Brookings, S. Dak KGDA, Dell Rapids. S. Dak.; WKBH, Lacrosse, Wis.; WIBU. Poynette, Wis.; WCLO, Kenosha, Wis.; KGBX, St Joseph, Mo.; KGDY. Oldham, S. C KFIZ, Fond du Lac, Wis: WC | Baltimore, Md.. WMES, Boston, Ma { WABY. Philadelphia, Pa ¢ ‘r'nna'i. Ohio; KGFW. Ravenna. Neb.: | WSMK. Dayton, Ohio, and WCBS, | Springfield, T Power Is Reduced. Station WCWR. Fort Wayne. Ind. was re-licensed, but its power reduced rom 0 to 100 watts. | The consolidations were in line with | the commission’s policy in cases in- volving duplicate sets of call letters for the performance of what i5 really one continuous service. Among these sta- tions_were WQJ and WMAC, WBCN and WENR, WLIB, WTAS and WGN; | KFKX, WEBH and KYW. all located | in or near Chicago.. WGWB and WISN | of Milwaukee were consolidated | " “There is no reason or justification | for maintaining a separate license for terday concluded itz decision in cases | tioned, deleting two. extending the | ' | titions, .iWKY to Go Back on Air October 1. WFBE, Cin- ! | STATION BREVITIES Lee Simms, piano syncopator, is ap- | pearing in a series of programs over WBBM, Chicago. | Bob . Brown, WGR announcer, spent | his vacation visiting radio stations be- | tween Buffalo and the Atlantic Coast. Governors of 11 Western States will speak at the dedication program of the new 5,000-watt, transmitter and studios of KNX, Los Angeles, about the middle | of September. Grantland Rice will summarize each day’s play in the National Amateur ®olf tournament at Boston the evenings | _Three studios will be used by WMAQ, | Chicago, on completion of the 25-story home of the Chicago Daily News. One | of the studios, two stories in height, |will be arranged to care for large groups of artists. Onlookers may see | the performers through plate giass par- | hearing at the same time| | through the medium of loudspeakers. | | WBAL estimates that of 143 woman | | artists appearing before its microphone | brunettes. TWO OKLAHOMA PAPERS REJUVENATE STATION| Seek National Broadcasting | Co. National Hook-up. | HOMA CITY, Okla. (.| ely rejuvenated, station WKY, s the first in the Southwest will go back on the air October 1, under | | the auspices of the Daily Oklahoman | and the Oklahoma City Times WKY was purchased recently by the | Oklahoma Publishing Co., owner of the two newspapers. Two 150-foot steel meshed towers are being put up 10 miles | northwest of Oklahoma City. The stu- | dio will be in a business building a mile from the downtown section. Negotiations are under way for a connection with the National Broad- casting Co. for a place in the national | which One of the services of WKY will be RADIO ASFIRE AID INTEST BY RANGERS [Forest Service Men Experi-| ment With Wireless to Protect Timber. lof September 12, 13, 14 and 15 over| HELENA, Mont. P).—In the heavily | chodules on the broadeast band by | these stations: WJZ, WBZ, WHAM_‘QImb!‘f"d mountain country of western WENY, New York, in addition to! KDKA, WJR, KYW, KWK, WREN, |Montana and northern Idaho rangers|wey gepenectady | WCCO' and” WTMJ. | of the Forest Service have started tests |V yuoSRERCClady. o e a | of radio communication which they owerful alley in their hope to make a war on forest fires The region is considered particul suited for applying the “acid t radio. worst the obstacles to efficient serveie. 1t is planned to do the preliminary areas where within the last year, 58 per cent were | green timber offers the only problem. Some radio authorities believe it will be impossible to transmit signals any the power available and using an antenna hung between the green trees in densely tim- Experiments next will be conducted in barren mountain regions to determine th> effect of “dead spots.” | The final tests will be made in mineral experimenting first in worthwhile distance with bered areas. zones and under mixed conditions. “Various wave lengths must be tried | In every test as well as the amount and characier of power within feasible lim- itations.” D. L. Beatly. radio man o the Forcst Service, seid. “The use of l SHAH, 812 F St. Fyjanished various transmitting tubes must be . checked as well as different and_counterpoise systems “To accomplish this work it will be | necessary to secure flexiole radiophone smitting and receiv- ing sets to equip two portable statio Light cars can be used for transporta- tion at least for the preliminary work. | With the low power necessary because of transportation facilities it is usually For example a five- watt set with a dependable voice range of four or five miles has an equally de- pendable code range under the same | | conditions of 50 miles or more.” | and telegraph tr best to use code. arly | " to Exceedingly rough topography. | 2 denss woods which absorb energy, and mountain statie which s usually at its in storm and fire when com- manication is most needed, are some of antenna NEW YORK (#).—Televislon seems to be developing into the all-absorbing topic of radio. The activity that has started to cen- ter in the art of seeing the physically invisible through the ether lanes will be conconerated at the country’s big radio shows this Fall. Both the Radio World's Fair at New Yorl. and the Chicago Radio Show have made ex- tensive plans to demonstrate what progress has been made. Furthor impetus has been given tele- | vision by the inauguration of regular studio demonstration in which radio TELEVISION SEEMS DEVELOPING INTO LEADING RADIO TOPIC music was synchronized with a two- minute television drama sent by wire. { Puppets were used as actors. An indication of what may be ex- pected after television can take up broadcasting in earnest was given by WGY, when, with a portable trans- mitter designed by Dr. E. F. W. Alex- anderson, it sent out on short waves a picture of Gov. Alfred E. Smith while he was delivering his address of ac- ceptance of the Democratic presiden- tial nomination. Other broadcast stations, Including WMAQ and WIBO. Chicago, are mak- ing plans to send pietures. WIBO has been conducting tests for some time and a’ picture transmitter is being con- ctructed for WMAQ. ARMY SAVES ON RADIO. | | Messages Sent by War Department Lower Costs. | ‘The radio net of the War Department effected a total saving of $141,579 for | governmental departments during the | last half of the fiscal year 1928. | Department figures indicate that if the messages, which were sent by Army radio were transmitted by com- mercial wire the cost would have been $164,195. ‘The cost of sending the same messages by radio was $22,616. RADIO SET SENT BY AIR. First Commercial Shipment b Plane Is Receiving Outfit. VANCOUVER (#). —A radio sot made up the first commercial air ship- ment from Vancouver when aviation service between that city and Victoria was established. It was an emergency shipment made by a Vancouver radio company to its Victoria representative after the order arrived too late for the morning boat ‘The State of Washington is devoting 1,000 acres to the culture of bulbs Do Your Eyes Feel Tired? ACHE, SMART, BURN Defective Vision Is the Cause SPECIAL THIS WEEK on known as “Master Musicians.” The | ese two programs has not | d WTFF's main attraction tonight will | { | { at the Washington Auditorium. | WRHF has scheduled its r!gulur‘i be a broadcast of the evangelical serv- ces afternoon features—the Watch half hour and a sacred song LocalRadioEntertainment | | Sunday, September 2, 1928 [ NAA—Washington Navy Yard | (434.5 Meters—690 Kilocycles). 10:05 2.m.—Weather Bureau reports. | £:55 p.m.—Arlington time signals. | 10:05 p.m.—Weather Bureau reports. WRHF—American Broadeasting Co. | (322.4 Meters—930 Kilocycles). 8:30 p.m.—Watch Tower half hour. 6 o 7 p.m —Sacred song service. Early Program Tomorrow. | 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.—Musical Clock. 10 a.m—Household talk by Gladys Young. 10:30 a.m.—Musical program. 11 am—Lost and found. 11:10 am. — Household economy ! period 11:30 a.m.—Advertisers’ period. ‘WRC—National Broadcasting (468.5 Meters—640 Kilocycles) 11 am—Service from Mt. Vernon | Place Methodist Episcopal Church. | Bouth. Rev. W. A. Lambeth will | preach. 12 noon—Chamber Music with Darl n, baritone. 1 pm.—The Roxy Stroll. 2 pm—Sixty Musical Minutes. | 3 pm-—Genia Zielinska, soprano, and Winifred_Cornish, planist. | Co. | ). 00— #:30—Two Black Crows 9:00—United_Militars Band 10:00—Dance mu 260.5—WCAU Philadelphla—1,150 2:00—WOR prosrams 4.00—Church services. 5:00—Orchestras. 6:00—Nonequal Boys. 6:30—Concert 7:00—Pioneers: ensemble. 8:00—WOR programs (3 hours) 405.2—WFI-WLIT Philadelphia—710 $:00—Stetson parade. 6:00—String quart 6:30—Church service 6—KDKA P 10:00a—Church services 4:00—Twilignt reveries 3'30—Concert. KDKA Ensemble. 7:00—Musical program. 7:43—Anglo-Pe 8:15—The Contiix 83.6—~WJAR Providence—620 1:00—Summer Racio Church. 2:00—Sixty musical minutes. §:00—stetson 6:30—Capitol £:00—David Lawrence. 8:45—Biblical drama ureh—950 10:30—Swiss 8:00a—Church services. 5.00--Stetson parade 6:30—Dinner music: soprano. i:15—Hymns: sermonette. | 800—D. Lawrence: A. K. program. | §45-—Bivlical drama | | | | | 9:15—Gem bo: | | | ance music. A—WTAM Cleveland—350 2:00—Afternoon _concert. 4:00—Concert: part 11 5:00—Stetson parade: piano. | §:30—Capitol Theater Family. 3 rehestra 8:30—Stuals program 9:00—Music 10:00—Dance music (2 hours) | 410.9—WCX-WJIR Detroit—80 | 10:00a—Church services | 8.30—Hymn sing | 7c0—sShrine of Little Flower. 7 45— Anglo-Persians, | 815—cContinentals, | 8 15—Cnoristers; Master Musicians. 10°00—Happy half hour. 10:30—Orzan; orchestra. WWJ Detroit—850 Chureh services. 5.00—Stetson parade 6:30—Capitol Theater Family. | 8'00—Piano: A. K. program. f10.308— | 'WABC, the Atlantic Broadcasting Co. | station in New York, will become a new | radio technical authorities of the Na- key station of the Columbia Broadcast- ing System today, when a carefully planned expansion in all departments of the organization go into effect. The Columbia network broadcasts will go through WABC on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, while WOR in Newark, the original master station, will continue to officiate as the key on the other nights of the week. The expansion program also involves Not only does the e: policy affect the number of broadcasting sta- tions included in the hook-up, but also the number of hours on the air occu- 3:30 p.m.—National String Orchestra. S nmiiriee B o e with Columbia programs. About | | one year ago the Columbia system came | tried and compared by the leading | tion, the scheme represents months of constant application on the part of mem- | bers of the commission. It is declared to {be the nearest approach to a perfect | plan that is possible under the limita tions of the Davis amendment to the radio act | mandatory the allotment of ci A stations and power equally among the i five radio zones, is complied with to the | letter and although imposing hardship | the addition of two new stations to the | on the larger geographical zones which | Columbia network—WHK, Cleveland, | could accommodate greater facilities | and WICC, Bridgeport, Conn. than the small first or Eastern zone, is 1 accepted as the best set-up possible. There will be much division of broad- ustm? time, but this was found neces- sary if heterodyne interference was to be held to a minimum. At present ap- This amendment, making | ‘hannels, | a concern which is not engaged in the | use or operation of the station,” the commission dealing’_with WQJ, which is licensed by the Calumet Broadcasting Co., but controlled by the | Chicago Daily News, in conjunction with its own Station WMAQ, to giv a separate license to WQJ “means that the fourth zone. and the State of Tli- nois within that zone, is being charged ! with a station license under the quot | of the State and zone permitted under | the Davis amendment, and it 5 not ecquitable that there should be two licenses when only one service is being rendered.” an hourly market report for farmers, supplied by the Oklahoma Farmer- Stockman, a weekly argicultural journal Eublishcd by the Oklahoma Publishing 0. 10,000,000 Battery Sets in Use. An_ estimate places the number of | batiery sets in operation in the United States at 10,000000. While the trend | 1s toward completely electrified receivers | in attractive cabinets, many of the bat- | tery outfits are well worth powerizing | through the addition of A and B eliminators, Consolidations. Other consolidations effected by ’h(‘! station owners or fmposed by the ‘com- | | mission are the following: WJBL and WBAO, at Decatur, Ill. WJBL was | reduced from 250 to 100 watts from 6 pm. to 6 am. “In order to eliminate interference by that station in regions | beyond the service area which it fs reasonably entitled to serve.” WKBB and WCLS. Joliet. Ill, in both cases the assigned power was reduced from 150 to 100 watts. 'STATION TRIES OUT " CRYSTAL CONTROL Spokans Plant Experiments With New Method, Claiming Greater Range for Plan. SPOKANE ().—After months of ex- perimentation the first 1,000-watt broad - casting station employing a new method of crystal control has been placed in | operation here by KHQ. New Receiver Perfected. i A new short wave receiver, with one | more stage of audio amplification than | a previous model, contains several other Extra fine quality. Sold $10. Special this week improvements, The set will tune from | s 10 to 200 meters, with plug-in coils. | CALL EYES EXAMINED BY DR. A. S. SHAH, €ALL Fr. 10200 | REGISTERED EYESIGHT SPECIALIST | ¥r. 10200 The last audio stage is intended for power tube operation. The radio fre- quency step has been improved to pro- vide more efficient operation from 10 | to 25 meters. —_— Only about 3 per cent of the world's potential hydroelectric power is being | utilized. | Remember the Address Genuine Toric Lenses to see far or near. SHAH OPTICAL CO. 312 F St. N. W. Phone Franklin 10200 of efficiency of 85 per cent is claimed, differs {from former methods chiefly n | The system used, for which a ratio | | that both the carrier wave and the | Washington Cathedral. Rev. G. Free- land Peter, Canon of Washington, will preach. 5 p.m.—Stetson Parade the Summer Serenaders. 6 pm.—String Quartet. 6:25 p.m.—Motion Picture Guide. 6:28 p.m.—Base hall scores, courtesy with ©f the Associated Press and The Eve- ning Star. 6:30 p.m—Musical program by Ma Bowes’ Family—from the c-p:w':ymj ter, New York 8 p.m.—“Our Government,” by David Lawrence. 8:15 p.m—Atwater Kent radio hour featuring Graham McNamee, baritone, itting Trio. p.m—Correct ti p.m.—Biblical dr: p.m.—Echoes of the Orient. p.m.—Master Musicians. 30 pm—Weather forecast. Early Pregram Tomorrow. 12 :'mq.‘Plla; d’Or Orchestra 5 p.m.—"Bridge for Beginners,” by Mrs. John Munce, jr. » 1 pm.—Mayflower Orchestra, 2 pm—Sterling Trio. 2:30 p.m.—String Trio and Sol SEEK SHORT WAVE CHANNELS RESERVED Badio Commission Is Advised by Naval Men to Reserve In- ternational Tracts The Federal Radio Commission will seign few additional short wave chan- for international. point to point ervice if it follows the recom- of Capt. B. C. Hooper director of naval communications and one of the technical advisers of the Hooper has received letters 8t the present state of the iels avatlable for point to communication in the bands ) the International Radio ph Conference for the entire between 6,000 and 23,000 kiloc: he sald “These are the frequen- hich are generally desired for long distance circuits ‘Of this nv 2s allocated ber the United States idered 1o be entitled to but con- h and initiative of the d its readiness tn oc- per cent may not be ssurd by the commis- general public servi applicants from all npanies end interests desir- zh frequency radio for their wse were ruled out. The Navy ran tend apport only to applicants for channels who are bona fide United « citizens and who will open thetr ations 1o the handling of psid trafie the public, and be capable of enl- end distributing this traffic rizinator to addressee,” ffie to save time and money but | | into existence with a total of 16 asso- | ciated stations and a total of 10 oc- | cupled hours on the air weekly. Wit the addition of WHK and WICC, the | system will have 22 affiliated stations operating on a 22-hour weekly schedule The Radio “Tone Tester.” The radio industry, still designated by many as “an infant industry,” has de»‘ | veloped specialists who rival even the experts of the older industries for | super development of one or more 0(‘ | the human faculties. For years the | | English tea tasters have held a unique | position for the exceptional develop- | | ment of their sense of taste. | Now the radio industry offers in com- petition the “tone tester,” rivaling the tea tester for acute development of one { of the human senscs, but instead of a | super sharp sense of taste the tone tester has an éxceptionally highly train- | | ed and keen sense of hearing. | Among the veterans in this new and | specialized field of endeavor and who | ; demonstrated his ability in a recent | | competitive test, is Martin T. Olsen, | | chief tester for a radio manufacturing | | company in Chicago. | For the | mr. Olsen ers. During this time he has personally tested on the average of 250 speakers a | day or a total of over half a million. | While the average human ear, according to scientists, can distinguish the differ- ence in tones or notes up to about five or six thousand frequencies or cycles per second. Olsen. in this competitive test, was able to distingulsh and desig- nate notes at frequencies of over 10,000 cycles per second Manufacturers of the better-class and higher-priced loud speakers and other reproducing devices, test all of their in- | struments before they ave shipped. by comparison with a ter model or | tpeaker. The tone tester does this com- parative checking and decides whether a speaker ready for shipment is up to the standard and of the same tone or pitch as the master model, Commission Finishes Big Job. The fob for which the Federal Radio Commission was created—cleaning up radio reception pape: Effective October 1, a general re~ { ctation assignments as to ave lenzth and broadeasting 1l be invoked. Should the new vork actorily the comn; 11l have accomplished its purp become purely a regulatory with that raaio Commission has to railroads the Interstate Commerce The plan evolved will | 74 of it is understood, rovide jdeal radio on no less than the 90 existing channels, Tested, ), RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS ‘TODAY. 2:00—8ixty Musical Minutes; symphonic offerings—WEAF, WJIAR, WCAE, WCBH, WRC, WGR, WSAI, WHAS, WEB, BT. w. | | 5:00—8tetson Parade; first Labor day parade—WEAF, WTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WCBH, WFI, WRC, WGY, WOR, WCAE, WTAM. WW.J, WBAI, WEEI 745 —Anglo - Persians; classical program--W.%, WBZ, WBAL, WHAM, KDKA, WLW, WJR, KYW 8:30Majestic's T w o Black i Crows, Moran and Mack in | novelty program WABC, WCAU, WNAGC, WEAN, WFBL, W M A K, .WOAO, WJIAB, W A DO WA, WKRC. WGHP, WBPD, WAMF, WICC, WHK h | will be about half this number. * | | radio” channels, with the prospective | assigned frequency of 810 kilocycles gmxlmn(ely 550 of the 650-odd stations ave full-time broadcasting assign- ments. Under the reallocation there | modulation are amplified Experiments are declared to have de- The extent of improvement o recep- | Veloped that through use of the new tion under the new set-up can be gaug- | SYstem a greater range and volume can | | ed by comparing existing conditions, be attained. Because of the possibility under which there are about 24 “good | 0f maintaining the station closely on it 70 to 75 channels that would permit With a crystal oscillator it also is de undisturbed reception. Of these, ap- | clared to be much easier for the lis- ast seven and a half years | as been testing loud speak- | has been completed, on | the same relationship to proximately 40 will be assigned indi- | vidually to stations of 5000 watts or | more, or eight cleared channels per | zone. With the time division arrange- | ments, more than 100 high-powered sta- | tions will be accommodated on_these | individual channels. Therein will lie the | improved reception to distant listeners, notably farmers who have been the greatest sufferers from disturbed ether | conditions ! Some 30 to 45 of the “excellent radio” channe!s will be devoted to regional sta- | tions of 1,000 to 5,000 watts power. Two | or three of these stations will share | each channel, with five or six channels | assigned to each of the five zones. The remaining 15 to 18 channels will be de- voted to purely local or regional serv- ice, for stations having power assign- | ments from 25 to 1,000 watts. There | naturally will be heterodyning, but in | all cases the plan provides sufficient ‘ separation between stations to preclude “cross talk.” el | | FINNISH PRESIDENT | HAS WARM FRIENDS Monarchy and Democracy Mingle | Amiably With Scandinavian Royal Leaders. | HELSINGFORS, Pinland (#).—Mon- September 14 Set as Date for Ap-| archy and democracy mingle amiably | together in Scandinavia in the persons | | of King Christian V of Denmark, King | | Hankon of Norway and President Lauri | | Kristian Relander of the Republic of Finland, all bosom [riends The royal rulers have each just pad | visits to Findanl's leader, returning | President Relander's visit to them a year or two ago. These exchanges, al- though they are officially visits of state, are filled with many hours of | unofiicial chin-wagging about old times for President Relander enjoys the per- | sonal friendship of his country's nrmlh, boring_monarchs. | | To President Relander Finland owes | | much, The object of his political creed { i3 the unification of the naton, and to | this end he bends untiring efforts and much hard work. He is very popular | with his countrymen and has many | friends, especially among the agricul- | turists. | He 18 himself an agricultural expert |and has traveled to Sweden, Norway, | Denmark, Germany and Russla on | state scholarships, to study the argi- | cultural work in those countries, His | Intellectual equipment s not, however, | merely technical, He won the degree { of doctor of philosophy in 1914, and has & wide cultural background which | has stood him in good stead In attain- | ing a repuiation as an impressive speaker and political leader. 8hoe Lace Causes Death. i 1 A loose shoe lace is helteved to have caused the death recently of Marine H Ledward of the British navy. He had started to go ashore from the hattleship Burham at Portsmouth, England, and was found dead the next morning at the hottom of the dry dock in which the thip was berthed. It is thought he had tripped on the lace, tener to tune it in So sensitive is the newly developed | equipment, its designers claim, that any | frequency within the auditory range may be picked up, besides many fre- quencies too high or low for detection by the ear. With the Installation of the new equipment Louls Waamer, owner of KHQ. has constructed an entirely new statfon situated on the roof of the six story Standard Stock Exchange Build- ing here. It includes three studios, tho largesi of them capable of accommodating 35 persons; control room, offices reception room, and rest rooms with shower baths, The studios, control room, reception room and offices are separated by plate glass partitions which will enable visit- ors to watch the broadcasting. In adai- tion, a roof garden promenade on two sides of the station affords performer: and visitors immediate access to the open air. One end of the transmitting aerial is | supported by a 60-foot steel tower and the other by a 75-foot, tower of similar design on the Davenport Hotel, acrozs the street powerful aviation beacon of the new station is fixed by Mr. Was- mer at $50,000 HOOVER WILL DELIVER ONE JERSEY SPEECH pearance at Newark—Will Diseuss Labor Probiems, By the Associated Press MORRISTOWN, N, ., September 1 E. Bertram Mott, chairman of the State Republican committer, announced | today that September 14 has been set 15 the date for the only address in New bertTlonver, Republican ndidate Mr. Mott, who stated the candidate would probably confine his address sole- ly to a discussion of the labor prob- lems, said the speech would be deliv- ered at Newark Mr. Hoover will arrive in Newark during the afternoon of that day, Mott said, and would be given a dinner preceding the address. Mott's an- nouncement came after a meeting yes- terdsy by members of the Essex County Republican committee and many State leaders. on all kinis of RADIO RECEIVERS | I Intelligent Iixperienced Men | Await Your Call Il | SMITHS i || ' Battery and Radio Service | | 2019 18th St NW. Kotk die || This tower is topped by a | Total cost | SERVICE | | | own smart shops, an army of alert, ! efficient women is daily engaged in the To them none too ad of women in | | pennies now | | rent for a | coming around regularly. | board and downtown lunches to pay for | —or the light-housekeeping supplies to business of the City and the Nation. perhaps more than to any | other class of women, the necessity of always presenting a good appearance is paramount—and the means usually equate. There are excep- tions, of course, but the great majority business must look to their and then. There is the little apartment or room There are buy. 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