Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1937, Page 8

A—S8 CURB S INDIATE ON BROADCASTER 500,000-Watt WLW Must Show Why Power Should Be Continued. By the Associnted Press. A hint of tighter control of high- power radio broadcasting came today from Communications Commissioner Payne in asking Station WLW, Cin- einnati, to show why it should con- Sinue operating on 500,000 watts power. In a letter to Powell Crosley, ji head of the station, he called for com- plete information by September 13 on WLW's capital investment, revenues, expenditures and dividends. “When you were a voluntary wit- ness at the informal engineering con- ference of this commisison,” Payne wrote, “I asked you certain questions | designed to bring out information about. monopoly you hold of the un- usual power of 500.000 watts and the fact that you enjoy this extraordinary privilege under the guise of an ex- perimental license in the interest of science, “It seems now, as it seemed then, $hat there is no great secret about the fact that instead of the experi- mental license being used for scientific | research, it is used simply as a means ©f earning unusual commercial profits.” | The commissioner quoted from an | address on July 19 by Representative McFarlane, Democrat, of Texas. “He said,” the letter continue wpon receiving your license to use a total of 500,000 watts power (an increase amounting to 450,- | 000 watts), you immediately raised the price of your radio advertising time | some 50 per cent and continued to | eollect, handsome commercial profits on the basis of experimentation * * * | \rinnesota, said Rev. Francis Jaeger, | & practice which you know is definitely prohibited by the rules of the com- mission.” Fog Covers Polar Camp. SBOVIET POLAR CAMP, August 16 . —Fog covered this camp today, with the temperature at 28.4 degrees above zero Fahrenheit. experimental | By the Associated Press. NIOBRARA, Nebr, August 16— Dust from a pile of bleached Indian bones swirled out of a long, deep trench today to disclose the story of an Indian “Helen of Troy,” who won the hearts of her ancient Ponca cap- tors. Dr. Earl H. Bell, University of Nebraska archeologist, and his crew of student diggers uncovered the pre- historic drama in the ruins of a mighty Ponca fort, high on a hilltop over- looking the junction of the Niobrara and Missouri Rivers in Northeastern Nebraska. ‘There, in a fort which was complete with .battlements, a moat and cache pits, they found the remains of an ancient love story which precipitated & war Ddetween Ponca and Omaha Sioux Indians. . Uncovering 14 skulls, the diggers NORTHWEST EXPECTS BUMPER HONEY CROP Recent Rains in Minnesota Fresh- en Sources of Bees’ Material. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, August 16.—The experts who create those tempting flapjack and waffle ads may begin using honey for embellishments. For the money crop promises to | keep pace with the other bumper yields |in the Northwest which helps satisfy the sweet tooth of States as far East | as the Atlantic seaboard. Dr. Mykola H. Haydak, University of Minnesota bee culturist, said recent rains had freshened the various sources of the honey bee's material. And honey is no infinitesimal crop in | State expert and formerly chief keeper of the bees at University Farm. “In the Red River Valley alone, "‘ asserted Father Jaeger, “there are a proximately 100,000 hives, the valley | being the largest center of the State |industry. Out of Moorhead alone |$100,000 to $200.000 worth of honey is shipped to Eastern markets.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY‘, AUGUST 16, 1937. Story of Indian “Helen of Troy” Is Disclosed by Dust of Bones found evidence of a Great Plains en- gagement which they likened to the Trojan War, and pieced together the fragments of tribal legends to round out the atory. The Ponca, Dr. Bell explained, were nicknamed “The Butchers,” because they dismembered their victims and threw the bones into a moat. Their perennial enemies were a tribe of Omaha Indians, who lived farther south. The Ponca retaliated after one encounter with & foray, in which they stole many Omaha horses and women. One of the women was the Great Plains Helen, a comely Omaha woman, who was dragged away to spend her life with a big Ponca. she was a chieftain's daughter, and that the Omaha schemed to recap- ture her, But when her former tribes- men stormed the Ponca fort, she was within the encircling barricade, fight- ing side by side with her captor. The Ponca routed their enemies. Fourteen skulls tell the story of that flerce battle. 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