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STAR TO RECEIVE PICTURES BY WIRE AS FAST AS NEWS (Continued From First Page.) portion of the incoming picture is very black, the aperture which ad- mits light to the negative is nearly closed. Where it is very white, the aperture is almost open. At the end of the picture the receiving machine automatically cuts off. The negative | is then developed in the customary way. Size Governs Transmission. Transmission time naturally de- 1 | | pends on the size of the picture. it is the maximum, 11 by 17 inches, about 17 minutes are required, and 5 more must be allowed for the de- velopment of the negative. In any case,, in less than half an hour a photograph of any event can be trans- mitted from any part of the United | States after it has been received at| a sending station. Through the day schedules will change constantly as unpredictable events occur. The con- trol station must constantly rearrange the order of its sending. As the news volume reaches its peak, this becomes 8 more exacting task, but while the pressure increases, the machines are operating steadily, in perfect syn- chronism, delivering the pictures while the automatic printers, close at hand, deliver the news. On im- portant and continuing stories there will come, every few hours, fresher and later pictures, keeping abreast of the news. On a normal day the ma- chines will function for 16 hours. A minimum of about 60 pictures will be transmitted—more than any news- paper is likely to publish and giving a considerable range for editorial se- lection. For events of extraordinary impor- tance, the system will be in operation 24 hours a day. It can be set in opera- tion at a moment’s notice, to meet any emergency. Well Developed in Europe. The wired photo system already has undergone considerable develop- ment in Europe, where more than 20 cities in Great Britain, France, Ger- many, Italy, Russia, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and The Nether- lands are connected to send photos by wire and 17 newspapers have their own receiving equipment. It all dates back 27 years—to the development in 1907 by the German physicist Kolm of the first apparatus for picture transmis- sion with the selenium cell as its basis. Pictures were sent between London, Berlin and Paris. London re- ceived pictures from Manchester and on November 2, 1907, the first pho- tographs were transmitted by this system. The pictures, however, were very small—only a little more than 2 by 3 inches. It required nine minutes to transmit one of these. Only one in eight or nine was satisfactory and even then the picture received was so coarse that it was little less than fantastic. The system was aban- doned after two years when experi- ments failed to produce improvements. It was less than 10 years ago that the first developments took place prophetic of the marvel of today. Improved systems appeared almost simultaneously in Germany, the United States and France. Several British and continental newspapers acquired machines for the exchange of pictures by wire and the results improved steadily. The British gen- eral post office inaugurated a com- mercial telephotography service in 1930 and in 1932 a French network was formed. The sending of pictures by radio has been placed on a commercial basis between New York and London, New York and San Francisco, New York and Buenos Aires, and from Buenos Aires and Melbourne to London. Pic- tures from any of these points can be delivered the same day in the United States for immediate trans- mission to The Evening Star and the other newspapers in the wirephoto chain of the Associated Press. SPECIAL NOTICES. 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Italy did venture into that country once, some 40 years ago when Em- peror Menelik was its ruler, but soon found that it had entered a hornet’s nest and had to withdraw quickly. Of course, the modern Italian army is very different from what it used to be. But the most opti- mistic military ezperts realize it would take many years and that Italy would have to sacrifice many men before Abyssinia can be de- Jeated. Tanks, airplanes and gas are of no avail. To begin with, there is nothing for airplanes to bomb. The mud huts cannot suffer much from an aerial bombardment. The tanks will have a hard time to get through forests and Jjungles of Abyssinia and gas is more or less useless. A war in that country must be waged only by infantry and there is no doubt that an Abyssinian soldier in his own country is easily worth an Italian, HE alarm which the Italo- | Abyssinian conflict caused last ‘There is only one railroad from the French port of Djibouti, Abyssinia’s only outlet to the sea, to Emperor Sa- lassie’s capital, Addis Ababa. This railroad is barely 150 miles long, but the trip takes some 48 hours. The engineers refuse to work after sunset since lions frequently pick them up from their engine. Emperor Salassie is a progressive man and is trying to modernize his country despite the conservatism of his followers. He almost caused a revolution when he ordered his field marshals to actually wear shoes on parade, and not carry them in their hand. He had to chop off a few heads before his order was actually carried out, Machine Gun Data Asked. The State Department has just is- sued a circular to the diplomatic missions in Washington requesting the members from Ambassadors down, to send a complete list of all the Thompson submachine guns and the sawed-off shotguns they possess. France to Buy Surplus. The French government has de cided to purchase the wheat and other surplus available in France. The ministry of finance, through which these purchases are being made, has been swamped lately with lewers from artists, authors, publishers, of- fering their unsold books, pictures. and what-nots—in short, the whole intellectual overproduction of France at a very reasonable price. They argue that they have the same rights, as citizens of France, to be taken care of by their government as the re- GE | farmers. Otto Seitles in Tyrol After having failed to reoccupy the throne of his ancestors in a spec- tacular way, Otto of Hapsburg de- cided to try to enter the throne room by the back door. He has just obtained permission from the republican government to settle down in a castle in Tyrol. Following Mussolini’s advice he is going to live there, for a while at least, as a private citizen. As soon ‘Midnight. | 85 the internaijonal situation permjts it, and Mussolinl has obtained the | necessary assurances that the re- enthronement of Otto will not cause again a major disturbance in Central Europe, Otto will go to Vienna to be annoited King of Austria—and maybe of Hungary. Greece May Bid Kent. ‘The marriage of Princess Marina to the Duke of Kent is likely to have important consequences in Greece, ‘The Greeks are tired of their re- publican form of government &nd would like to revert to monarchism. The present Greek cabinet is royal- ist, especially since it is toying with the idea of having the son of the King of England on the throne. Greece wants to buy protection, and the Brit- ish Navy is about the best protection any country in Europe with a long sea coast can have, But there is even more to that. The Greek royalists who are talking about inviting the Duke of Kent to become the ruler of Greeve, believe that Great Britain might conceivably present Greece with the Island of Cyprus in the eventuality of the Duke of Kent becoming the King of the Hellenes. Cyprus used to be a Turkish possession and ‘has a 95 per cent Greek population. It was taken away jrom the Turks because the British felt it would fare better under their rule than under that of the sultans. If the son of King George decides to become King of Greece, the Greeks are quite willing to become an ac- vanced post of Great Britain in the Near East and hope that the price for such a close understanding will be the return of Cyprus to Greece. —_ Editor to Give Lecture. J. Raymond Schmidt, lecturer and editor of Twentieth Century Prog- ress, will give an illustrated lecture at the Capital Memorial Church, Fifth and F streets, at 8 o'clock to- night. Admission is free and the public is invited. DECEMBER 23, At the left are original photos and at the right are wire- photos. None of the pictures was retouched, in order to give the reader a clear understanding of the results. Photographs of this type can be sent in about 8 minutes under normal cir- cumstances, permitting newspapers to receive pictures of news events virtually as fast as a written description. Above in the center is one of the wirephoto machines. A negative in a lightproof cylinder is exposed only to a light beam one-hundredth of an inch wide. All receivers on the 10,000- mile circuit, set up by the Associated Press, will be in eract synchronism, permitting all newspapers in the system to re- ceive pictures simultaneously. FOURWILL ATTAGK HAUPTMANN ALIBI Witnesses Will Testify They Saw Suspect Near Lind- - bergh Home. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J., December 22 —The State of New Jersey, it was learned today from an authoritative source, will produce four and possibly five witnesses at Bruno Richard Hauptmann's trial to testify he was in the neighborhood of the Lindbergh estate at Hopewell on or before March 1, 1932, when the Lindbergh infant was kidnaped. One of these witnesses, it was learned, is the aged, bearded man who visited the Hunterdon County jail Thursday and viewed the suspect from the bull-pen. All of the witnesses, whose names are withheld by the State, are resi- dents of the Sourland Mountain region. The names of two other witnesses already have been made public. Mil- lard Whited, Sourland Mountain woodsman, testified in New York at Hauptmann's court fight against ex- tradition that he had seen the Ger- man carpenter near the Lindbergh estate about 12 days before the kid- naping. The other witness, Ben Lupica, student, will testify he saw a small sedan, similar to the one owned by Hauptmann, near the estate on the night of the kidnaping. MISS GOW'S FEARS TOLD. Relative Insists She Is Sailing to U. S. Under Guard. (Copyright, 1934, by the Associated Press.) GREENOCK, Scotland, December 22.—A relative of Betty Gow, former nurse of the slain Lindbergh baby, said today she was en route to the United States under close guard be- cause “to be quite frank we fear something may happen to her.” This relative said she was on the Aquitania, due to arrive in New York Tuesday. 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So Christmas, 1934, is to have some- thing of the cheer that has been lack- ing since Christmas, 1931, at the mod- est little yellow home on Clarence avenue in Oak Park. With a happy twinkle in her blue eyes the girl's mother, Mrs. Peter Miley, and her elder daughter, Mrs. Gladys Hansen, are trimming the Christmas tree that stands near the big window of the living room. And Patricia is to sit up. A big, comfortable overstuffed chair has been remodeled to give the 29- year-old patient more support. It will .be one of the family’s Christmas gifts to her. Greatest Mother Honored. In honor of Germany's greatest mother a memorial tablet has just been placed in the church at Bonning- heim, Wuttemberg. She was Frau Barbara Schmozer, who died in 1504. She had 53 children, 38 being sons and 15 daughters. She outlived many of her progeny. LONG RESTING UP FOR SENATE FRAY Having Conquered State, He Turns Attention to National Issues. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, December 22— | Dictator Huey Long returned from Baton Rouge, seat of his Louisiana “empire,” today and turned his thoughts toward Washington, his “share-the-wealth” plan and the com- ing session of Congress. Secure in his palatial hotel suite, the “Kingfish” left word with his armed guards that he did not wish to be disturbed and settled back to catch up on his rest following upon the third turbulent special session of his sub- servient Legislature since the first of the year. Meanwhile, his aides were preparing for Long's departure for Washington the first of the year to be on hand for the opening session of the new Con- N gress. Having virtually completed the task of smashing his opposition in Louis- iana through some 300 legislative acts, the “Kingfish” appeared today to turn for awhile from bossing his State to national problems. After launching his redistribution of wealth program in Congress, Huey, ac- cording to those close to him, expects to return to his “empire” in February with more legislative plans. The next work he has cut out for his obedient lawmakers, according to reports, is the calling of a constitu- tional convention. PASTOR SCORES LONG. Joins Other Clergymen in Protest of Mayor’s Ouster. ALEXANDRIA, La, December 22 ().—Another protest against the ousting of Alexandria’s mayor and councilmen by the State Legislature on a charge of “lawlessness” was issued here tonight by a member of the city's clergy. Dr. J. R. Keeling, pastor of the First Christian Church, in a formal BE PREPARED- FOR RAIN AND SNOW NEW TOPS FORD-CHEVROLET AND PLYMOUTH SEDANS 9.95 OTHER CARS PROPORTIONATELY LOW Auto Body Co — /é,fi (‘... 2020 M S’c..N W. statement, said he has witnessed a “marked improvement” in the moral conditions in Alexandria since C. C. O'Malley took over direction of the city’s police through appointment of | Mayor Victor Lamkin. KING AND QUEEN LEAVE FOR YULETIDE PALACE Season Opens in London as Royal Family Starts Celebration—EKent and Marina Present. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 22.—Loyal sub- Jects regarded the Christmas season as officially inaugurated tonight with the departure of the royal family for Sandringham, its traditional yuletide residence. King George, wearing & jaunty violet boutonniere, and Queen Mary in a long brown cloth coat, were ac- companied by their two excited little granddaughters, Elizabeth and Mar- garet Rose, and the Duke and Duchess of Kent. The Duchess, formerly Princess Marina of Greece, who will be the newest member of the family circle around the Christmas tree this year, smiled and waved to the holiday crowd which saw the royal party off. She was wearing a pair of large dia- mond earrings, which the Duke of Kent gave her as his wedding present. 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