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The New York herald., 1922-12-02
WEEK OF FESTIVAL
AT JESUIT CHURCH
st. Francis Xavier's to Cele-
brate It's Seventy-fifth
Anniversary.
PONTIFICAL MASS DAILY
Bishop Dunn to Officiate at
Opening Celebration on
Monday.
PONTIFICAL MASS DAILY

The seventy-fifth anniversary OF the
founding of ST. Francis Aavier's parish.
the church of which is in West Sixteenth
street near Sixth avenue. will be OBJ
served with a weeks celebration, be-
ginning Monday morning. A repre-
present to take part in the festivities.
There viii be pontitical masses every
day OF the week with the exception OF
next Saturday, with Bishop Dunn, rec
tor of the Church of the Annunciation,
officiating at the mass Monday. The
solemn Mass of Requiem on Tuesday will
be sung by Bishop Conroy of Ogdens-
burg. while Bishop Gibbons Of Albany
will be the ceiebrant OF the mass for
all sodalities and societies Of the church
on Wednesday. The children's mass on
Thursday will be celebrated by the Right
Rev. John Collins. titular bishop OF
Antiphello, while Bishop William +.
O'fiare of Jamaica will be the celebrant
on Friday.
Archbishop Hayes will pontif1cate at
the closing mass on Sunday, December
10. The preacher will be Bishop Hickey
of Rochester.
Other events in connection with the
anniversary celebration will be an
alumni reception and reunion, reunion
Of all parish societies, knights of Co
lumbus jubilee celebration. battalion
drill and Ephpheta night. The latter is
for the deaf mutes of the parish of
which St. Francis Xavier's is the CEN
ter. mutes from Greater New York,
Connecticut and New Jersey making It
custom to attend services at the Six
teenth street church.
The New York herald., 1922-12-02
FIRE MAKES 1900 HOMELESS.
Newbern. N. c., Has $1,OOO,OOO
and 100000 Blazes at Same Time.

NEwBERN, N. c., Dec. About 1900
persons. mostly negroes, were made
homeless 200 houses, two churches, two
warehouses and several small stores
were destroyed and loss estimated at
sl,000.000 caused by fire which late to-
day swept twenty blocks in the western
section of Newbern.
The flames. originating in the negro
section, gained great headway before a
high wind when they went unchecked be-
cause the fire department was at the
opposite side of the town fighting fire
at the Roper Lumber Company's saw
mill, where 100000 damage was done.
The New York herald., 1922-12-02
FIFTEEN DIE IN sH1PwRECK.
Vessel Lost I'm Tropical Hurricane
I'm Pacific.

san DIEGO. Dee. 1.-Fifteen persons
The New York herald., 1922-12-02

I. English Kit Bag russell Windsor
grain leather. Handsewn through
out, double steel rivetcd frame, sewn
leather corner reinforccments. Short
straps, checked lining. rS-2o-za inch.
AT S35
2. English Kit Bag with straps all
around. Stout hide leather, drill
lining, drop handles, brass lever lock,
two brass claw clips, heavy leather
corner reinforccments. o-2z-24
inch. $50
3. English suit case of chestnut
The New York herald., 1922-12-02
JOHNNY" DooLEY BANKRUPT.

Johnny" Dooley, we'll known come
dian, yesterday filed q petition of vol
untary bankruptcy in the United States
District Court. He listed his liabilities
at $4,30S and his assets at $3.50. Les
ter p. Nelson, 1472 Broadway, is at
torney for the bankrupt
The New York herald., 1922-12-02
AERO CLUB BEATS wooDHoUsE.

Justice Ford yesterday dismissed the
complaint that Henry Woodhouse filed
in an action as member of the Aero
CLUB OF America against the club and
its board of directors involving his ex-
pulsion. He decided that no cause of
action had been shown. Woodhouse
will appear before Justice McCook Mon
day for fragrant contempt" of which
he was found guilty last week
The New York herald., 1922-12-02
GASOLINE BURNS TWO.

Anna Pero, ID years old. and her
brother, Jerry, Jr., 6, were seriously
burned late yesterday when Anna threw
can Of gasoline into the furnace OF
their home at 1903 Mermaid avenue
Coney Island. to make the fire burn
better. The gasoline exploded and the
clothing of the children caught fire.
Ralph Pero,. their cousin. was badly
burned trying to put the fire out.
The New York herald., 1922-12-02

The Guerrero went ashore and the
Isabella followed soon after The Isa-
bella was engulfed by heavy seas, and
of seventeen aboard only young girl
and a man were saved
The New York herald., 1922-12-02

were drowned when the motor ship
Isabella was wrecked in a tropical hur-
ricane October 15, according TO report
brought here by the Mexican steamship
Guerrero, which grounded during the
same hurricane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
sIakinx . Loose Coupler

e. I am planning on making up q crystal detector type of radio re- ceiving get. the tuning cell to be of the 'loose-coupler'' arrangement If possible. I want to provide for the reception of broadcasting from United States signal corps station, Fort Wood, and the set should there fore be good for a maximum wave length of about 1.50o meters. Will you kindly advise size of wire and number of turns for each of the primary and secondary coils. also the diameter of coils? have . tri- angular aerial of about 105' feet total length and a lead-in through the house of so feet and ground wire of 40 feet. P. o. P.
 A. One way in which this can be done is by means of q loose coupler, by winding tho primary upon a tube five inches in diameter and four inches in length with 152 turns of No. 24, DISC. wire, taking taps off in thet usual manner. In other words. one tap from each of tho first 10 turns and then . tap for each succeeding 10 turns. The secondary should be wound upon a tube four inches in diameter and five inches in length. with 25o turns of No. "A wire. taps being taken off every 20 truns. The secondary y should be shunted with the conden- ser of .0005 mid. capacity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
Interest in Radio Is
 GroWing Fast Every Day

Radio has certainly taken the
 world by storm. I've years ago com paritivsly few knew anything about the mysteries of sending or receiv- ing by wireless. Two years ago an aerial excited curiosity whereas to- day hardly city block can be found without at least ono aerial. very little while ago . farmer. visiting the city, wanted to know why the city folks put the clothes line so high up in the air. Today the farmer is we'll acquainted with radio and in short while he will be in daily touch with the markets of the world through his receiving set At the present time Birmingham has one broadcasting station and their pro grams are heard, even during these summer months. as far away as Pennsylvania. Before g great while. we will have other broadcasting sta tions in Birmingham and broadcast ing stations create more interest in radio. Each day moro powerful re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
HAVE PHOTOGRAPH MADE OF YOUR SET Age-HeraId Wants Pictures of Boys and Their
 HandiWork

Don't forget to let us have pie ture of that set of yours. Al ws have already told you through this page we arc going to start. very soon. putting a picture of the best set submitted on this page each Sun day with full description of the set and a picture of the boy owning the set.
 Now send your pictures In togeth- CT with complete description of tho set Be sure to write your name and address plainly and tell us all about your set, whether you built 1t yourself. etc.. and send them in to The Birmingham Age-Hcrald, ra- dio editor, city.
 If not convenient to have photo- graph made bring your set to The Herald office and Baird, The ge-Herald staff photographer, will photograph it without cost to you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25

amount of current on Ailments of the amplifiers This will pre- serve the life of the bulbs and the storage "A" battery.
 Remember, when changing from the detector to amplifier. & change in tuning Is necessary, but this Is not the case when changing between the various steps of ampltfication.
 If you are using a crystal set, keep the crystal free from dust and oil. Never touch with your z fingers az the oil from your hands will affect the crystal and make poor connection. If you desire to clean crystal. drop 1t in a little alcohol. Never oil switch lever. etc. oil will surely get on the switch points and cause resistance.
 Keep your set clean. neat and well arranged so you can im- mediately trace hook up for a bad connection or any other trouble. Keep dust away from your variable condenser plates, as they are apt to be shorted by foreign substances.
 When turning on bulb, heat the Ailments slowly. Quick changes cause sudden expansion and con- traction and win affect your bulb. When tuning 8 spark sta ton, do not try so much to get the station in loud. Try for clearness. A clear station will enable you to receive the dots and dashes much more readily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
Some Suggestions For
 The Greatest Efficiency
BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, RADIO EDITOR. CITY.

If the following suggestion arc followed. the efficiency of your receiving set will be greatly in- creased.
 First of all, solder all connec- tions. If this Is done, you will. immediately note great improve ment. You will also eliminate many of the disturbing noises much as you can, by reading in the wireless magazines and radio columns of the newspapers about sets such as the one you have: Arrange all of the instru- ments on the panels so as to have the shortest leads possible. Be very careful on the Grid clr- cult. This applies also to audions, amplifiers and radiophone trans mitters.
 I recommend bus barring, but have as few wires as possible run parallel. Arrange the induet- ance. Place such Instruments at right angles.
 When purchasing . rheostadt. for the detector bulb, select one which enables you to get & veneer or worry fine adjustment. This is not so important on ann plifierA
 When receiving, after you have gotten the station you desire, and tuned in. the detector fiii- ment current may be reduced i considerably without weakening the signals. Often they will be increased Use the minimum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
Alabama Queries

We have two letters about The Ags-Heraid receiving set. They are As eOllows:
 Q. Dear Sir: l. I would like to know tho maximum wave length of The Ags-Herald receiving set. 2 VIII 1t rsveive 50 milesf 8. Is there e way to make 1t receive this distancef {. Will an oatmeal box do Instead of an ice cream container7 R. McC.
 A. l. The wave length of this ret ia about 400 meters. This does not mean that this set will receive only 600 meters. but the length of one wave is 400 meters. 2. This sst, as all other crstai sets. will only re- eeive about z5 miles. It has been re- ported that crystal sets have received 300 miles, though this was under very favorable conditions 3. The crystal sets cannot have fine enough adjust .ments to receive any further. There h no way to make this set receive s Go miles regularly. {. Yes.
 q. Dear Sir: I live 80 miles from Birmingham. will The Age- Herald cot receive this far? Miss w. McC.
 A- Under favorable conditions you ohould be able to receive Birmingham concerts. as you are about 25 miles 1ypm this city In q straight line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25

ceiving sets are being installed in Birmingham.
 George Johnston, Jr. Milner Crescent. whose call is 6-L4 F.. re- gently started on the construction of tickler-audion 4 stage audlo fre- quency amplifier. which, when com pleted. will be one of the most sen sitive receiving sets in the city. George Is arranging this set In one cabinet, so as to make the shortest possible leads. between the various instruments He will use Magma vox uoud talker) In connection with this set.
 Coleman Gillian. Ash street, Is ona of the real radio pioneers. Coleman has constructed c. W. set over which he expects to start transmit ting in short while. This set will have six 6-watt power tubes con trolled by switch in such manner as to change all the tubes to occila- tors. when he desires to send by code, or use as modulators for speech transmission. Listen in for Coleman's station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
STEINMETZ ONE OF
 THE WORLDS WIZARDS

How many of you fellows know of pr. Charles P. Stetnmetx! If you don't know him you would be in terested in reading all you can about him. He and Edison are probably considered the two great eat wizards alive today. pr. stein metz recently manufactured ar- tificial lightning. He is not onty the chief consulting engineer Tor the General Electric company, but considered. also. the most eminent physicist in the world today.
 Dr. Steinmstz recently astoundtd the wireless world by publishing the statement that he was con- vinced there were no ether waves. This will, no doubt. bring on some discussion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
DOTS AND DASHES

, stalled email sets: Jim Mason, Har- vey Paul. Angus Taylor. Frank Hol-
 lis. Jack Adler. Berry Baugh and
 Everett Pool.
 Oscar Turner. Margaret sp@st-
 menta recently constructed q small
 Crystal set using an ice cream con-
 tainer for inductanoa- He has new
 built s single slide tuning coil.
 tuning than the switch which he soe~
 mexly used
 if any @S ywa sszswwws wAs own receiving acts. are going away this summer. pack np Toux ss& and, take
 1t along with y0A Xeu win wsk lots of pleasure from ss MRA wava
 much pleasure se oehsRa
 Rsoeus1y xhs Doy eoemes nas camp at Camp Andrewx ans enc af set. Arriving a& camp hs pod sh&
 aerial up. suspended beeweem swe tall pine f1@ea. on toD e< the vea@a and. each evening he, eogetheR with some of the other nccuEs had candy time listening in on ths pDaazamss sent cut by ". & '.
 Tmass yeuR set with yum waam wsm go away this gummeas ThaE& are now. so many bFoadcaSstn@ seaAaens sending out programs eanh n1Rh&s you will. no doubt. be naa@ enough to one of them to Mstam In mnA aaa@ joy their programa
 The railroads are going aM mseszw and more each day, for the snSt&x&A~ ton of radio telephone sQu&pm@n& ef connection with their train seTv1oes One of tho large eastern yaalroa6a recently made tssE with cns o& their fast passenger txa1nss They used a tive step receiving ses n oosa- nection with a wire aerial 18 szs~ ches above the c@x. The rorsas1xnb1s part of this test waS the 8aue that they were able to receive while Ee- ing through 6 very tons tunnel, aa~ most aa clearly as In Eha cpen- Inventors have alre@dy pGS3H0eD6
 system whereby yoa are enabled to sit in your home CT o6fioe and
 talk with friends at sea This is donc with ordinary telephones con nected with powerful receiving and sending sets. The same system can also be applied to passenges trains ana airplaneG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
First Aid For Radio Fans

these sets As a matter of fact great deal has been written about packet radio sets. They are abso- lutely without value except in cases where the receiver is located very close to the broadcasting station. This is very easily understood when lit is taken into consideration that in order to get compactness and smaliness very fine wire has to be used. and this very fine wire offers Ia very high impotence to the high frequency current used in radio.
 Body Capacity Effect
 Q. I have single circuit crystal set. The antenna is 75 feet long and 20 feet high, with a 1o-foot lead-in; coll of No. 24 enamel covered wire on a tube sA inches in diameter; length about inches. single slider. There Is B fixed condenser, 2,000 ohm telephones and ground of { feet to radiator. Can you estimate my wave length2 I connected loading induc- tance coil with six taps to aerial to tuning coll, hoping to receive WVP, but the only result was to make the tuning broader. May I use this coll for the above station. and how shall I connect it7 Putting my ground on various binding posts. such as ground and aerial, improves or decreases sig nal strength. Is this called "capac- ity effect2" At times disagreeable hum occurs Tn phones, which may be from power lines that run at right angles to my aerial about Is feet in front of the lead-in end, but which may be entirely eliminated by placing hand on silver rod, although doing so reduces signal. What specific effect has the hand upon this hum? What does the government printing office offer on the subject of radio7 M. F. K.
 A. The natural wave length of your aerial system Is 115 meters. I can- not tell you the wave length of your tuner without knowing the number of turns there are upon the tube. There Is no reason why you should not be able to get results with WvP If you place the loading coil in series with the tuning coil and your aerial. Tn this case, however. 1t Is absolutely irn- perative that the lead from your aerial circuit to the crystal deteotor and telephones should cover both of the coils: in other words. the wire from the aerial through the detec- tor and telephones back to the ground should be outside of the two ends of
 
 be able to get results. The effect which you describe, that results when you place your hands on the binding posts is known as body capacity ef- feet" This Is caused by the fact that your body acts as condenser of very low capacity, and when you touch the apparatus 1t Is just the same as though you placed 8 condenser in circuit. In connection with the hum" and the fact that 1t is reduced when you place your hand on the slider. this also is caused by body effect. and 1t is just the same as though you placed condenser across the winding of your tuning coil The government printing office has a large number of pamphlets covering various phases of radio, and would suggest that you write to the super intendent for a complete list of those publications.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
Much Depends on
 Type of Battery

The part that the grid plays in the operation of the audion or vacuum tube in common use on radio re- ceiyers Is most interesting. This Is the electrode that delivers the pull sations of the radio waves which are received by the Antennae. to the "B" battery circuit. The current from the '.B" battery passes between filament and plate through the grid itself.
 "All other things being satisfac- tory" says MT. S. E. Leonard. radio engineer of the Willard Storage Bat tery company. much depends upon the typo of 'B" battery used. The new Willard radio "B" storage bat tery has met . most flattering recep- tion and has answered q long felt want among radio operators for a quiet and efficient B mattsry."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
Variable Condenes.r Needed

c. have vario-coupler and crys- tai detector set, but it does not work I know that there Is something wrong. because with a loose coupler joined up In the same way I get very good results. What Is my trouble? |? H. w. K.
 A. According to the diagram that You inclose, you have no variable con- denser across the secondary of tho vario- coupler. Your trouble lies in this fact. A variable condenser is ab- solutely imperative when a vario- coupler is used. because of the 2act that the secondary of this instrument is not topped in any way In other words, 1t is not variable instrument. Under the circumstances therefore. 1t is impossible to place 1t Into reso- nance with the incoming signal The only way in which this can be done Is by adding variable condenser. which should be shunted directly across the two terminals of the sec ondary of the vario- coupler.
 O. On my boat I have but 15 feet in length in which to run my aers.l. In using a loose coupler crystal set should like to know If I would get better results in hav-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
SATURDAY IS RADIO
 DAY AT AGE-HERALD

Every Saturday is AEe-Herald radio day. We had another big bunch of radio bugs with us yes- terday morning. Don't forget to join the crowd every Saturday morning. Maybe you'll he the lucky boy next Saturday, nnd even If you are not, you will be taught to construct . complete radio re- cefving set. Don't forget the time and the place. Every Saturday morning, Il o'clock, AEe-Hcraid building. All boys interested In radio are cordially invited to join us,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
Tell Us About Your Set

You will note sta great of the boys have Crystal s but radio h natural that he should first have his little Crystal set This 25 miles, but ambitious hear the stations far th detector We glad note the everncreasng number of Crystal hope also hear from a great deector sets
 You will note this blank fill in giving address tho kind of trying the reader of this who interested in radio and has order that publish time time names of boys and the kind of using.
 Either bring the blank mail to The radio editor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25

the radio novces who have tube with detso only and wish to add stage nothing very difficult about audo ampyng of standard make ampfyng battery volts battery the dteo tube also be used for the ampifying tube.
 The connections with the dcor unit made by simply joining the telephones Using the ampier the telephones will be as are n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
HENRY TURNER WAS
 THE SECOND WINNER

Henry Turner, son of H. A. Tur- aer. Seventeeth street. south. was he holder Of lucky number s42 Saturday morning. June IT. and went home with . complete Age Herald receiving set. Henry left the following morning for New York, after carefully packing up his Age-Herald set. He advises that he h looking forward to In stalling this set as soon As he re- turns to Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25

ina eight wires in parallel on brass rods. or would the reception be bet ter If the eight 15-foot wires were in series. W. B. s.
 A. would suggebt that you use bamboo spreaders instead of brass rods to stretch your aerial wires upon. Since the masts are only Is feet apart I would suggest that you wire the aerial In series. With this arrangement. however. doubt whether you will be able to receive more than 20 miles when using a crystal detector.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25
By ZACH FORMER

Jim Webb Baugh Is one of the young bugs who Is now enjoying the local programs over . Crystal set,
 George MRbry. Highiand avenue. has Crystal receiving set
 James Cameron, whe lives several miles out of Birmingham, enjoys the concests from W. & r. ever Min arai see
 Harold Lonshurst, AsA street. has installed Crystal honey oorus sst.
 Frank Miller. Arlington avenue, has Crystal set
 John Bnsaz h nsw wsrkfn@ ea q vacuum tuba 6essesos. He has had CrystsI ses Cor sosn@ time. We hope John wttl ies as hear fycrn him after he tnstal1s his new sek
 q R. Ozz&ea. Ill, TwvaesA wessss, south, has a nn3qus little Crystal set over which ha hears thA nightly pro grama.
 We aze advised shm4 John KeHfy Murphy, who lives in EdEewood. gets unusually good results from . min- eral loose coupler set which he has installed in his homo
 Charles Rice. Jr.. is another Bdge- wood bug who enjoys W. 8. r. over his Crystal set.
 Denham Tucker. who av & licensed operator, has an audion honey comb coil set, over which he receives the eastern stations Denham's call is 5-A.D.M-
 Boswell Johnson, Thirty-seccnd street. south. and William Cobbs, Thirty-third street, south, have each recently built Crystal sets. Lawrence watwood, San Jose apart ments, Is neg bug but Is making mighty rapid progress. On Saturday, Juno 1T, he installed his first set, a Crystal detecuor, and on Monday. June IS, he discarded the Crystal set for q Tiokler Audion. This now makes three receiving stations in the San Jose apartments Calvin Jones. Highland avenue. and Lewis Johnson, Whitaker street. are both using Mineral receiving sets.
 Wade Wood, Sycamore street, has a short wave regenerative set.
 welborn Bayiiss. whose call Is B-R. O., has a short wave and long wave set. He also has a1-k. W. for trans hitting. Welborn is one of the pioneers among the local bugs- Walter Thompson has recently made and installed Crystal set Bob Thames Is obtaining excellent results from his set He has a Tickler-Aud two stage amplifier. Ned Morrow lives in Edgewood l and reports that he hears ". s. f. over his Crystal set. David IAnx and Herman Rich have each recently started out as real radio bugs with Crystal sets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25

David Linx and Herman Rich have each recently started out as renl radio bugs with Crystal sets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-25

Ned Morrow lives in Edgewood and reports that he hears ". s. I. over his Crystal set.