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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
FOR GOOD OF
 THE COMMUNITY
Steel Merger Crowd Have Good Reason to In.
 clude Birmingham in Their Itinerary

HE largest steel producer the world felt it wise to
 Corporation properties of the Railroad company year Hwas not speculation It exact knowledge.
 knowledge corporation expanding the Alabama The invested steady part Expansion been developments continuous adding capabilities uneeasng building of building with something bigger and permanent always in view. Of the promoting proposes the second largest steel producer Mother Earth coming Bming Rather
 anu the export ouueV II seooo to reason ens' the Republic Iron and Steel company would be invited into the be- it has Alabama aend
 We will upon appear representatives big explain to them what we think we have down here They know all about Alabama the fights of the periods any question Corporation came here before the next largest would find well to follow this But they will
 Cannot the story of Birmingham the cradle Birmingham Birmingham her madenhoOd That will be the story of Birmingham there miles of docks at Brmngport and stuff to these docks without shift
 The stop placing o coal and limestone side by side The Warrior river added that great traffic bearer and materials were assembled point advanageousy placed for movement of nrou these materials the south Pacific coast and to South America, the West Indies Europe and the
 The Panama canal built where Alabama cuts the distance the Pacific and brings the Orient thousands of miles closer The heads of the Republic H the Mdva the other corporations from s6ooOOoooo to billion of dollars way know
 has been difficult keep Birmingham pantaoon Nothing has been built here large enough long Like Corporation the of building for her continuous one The know this That why coming The Atlas Portland Cement wished to De the southern and southwestern Powder company bought into Birmingham the esame reason
 The Republic Iron Birmingham wears ago becapss gha already making that she was on the map Now larger than the Republic proposed ize itself and follow that lead
 Birmingham folk future with as certain d hundred fold that which scripture says comes on sowing good seed n good - e 
 Yours for upbuilding,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30

split this wedge into two groups, which on the initial play came tearing up to the ball after a 20-yard start. and as the ball went into play, went sweeping down to either flank of the defense with the momentum and ve- locity of an express train.
 Great things were expected of this flying wedge" which was a carefully guarded secret before the first Elar- vard- Yale game in which 1t was used. It was, however, not sufficiently well guarded. A visiting Harvard grad uate,it Is said, returned to his home on the Pacific coast and there, in the privacy of his club. remarked to a friend that Harvard had wonderful play which at the start of the game would make Yale look like 30 cents. It is said that this remark through innocent progress came to the ears of a Yale graduate. who telegraphed back to his alma mater. Look out for a wonderful new play at the be- ginning of the game" With this meagre information. the Yale eleven so prepared themselves that the fly ing wedge was stopped half way to the goal line. The application of the principle of starting before the ball led the rules committee to sit up
 late nights figuring the force de- veloped when a group of young cru saders bore down upon the waiting defense. Apparently there were suf- ficent mathematicians present to solve the problem and to decide that flesh and blood could not st nd the strain. So this play was excluded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
First Aid For the Radio Fan

your best advantage to use Rs single wire aerial us near 16o foet Tn length as possible. No more than that, and as much as the flat part of 1t 80 feet if more ADove the ground hs you can get. 5. l would not advise any more than single wire aerial for the ,uapasea of receiving. t. In radiv We are dealing with high frequency al- ternRtlnR currents, and current In the primary coil Induces current in the secondary coil In other words, the current passes through the card board or other insulating material by means of Induction. This Is vers
 difficult thing to explain to be- sinner. but 1t can only occur with alternating currents and not with di- rect current. '. condenser Is nee essary In oscillating circuits dealing with high frequency alternating cur rents. It adds capacity to the induc- tance of the circuit and performs very important function. With its aid enc Is enabled to tune the partic- ular oscillating circuit In which 1t is located to the wave length of the staion that one dsires to listen 10. s. No. IA wire should be used for the aerial and No. 12 or heavier wire for the lead to the ground. 9. Lightning seeks the nearest path to ground and '. ould rather jump the resistance of the small gap than go through all of tho wires In the receiving set
 10. It will be perfectly all right to rrsn Hry sirlety dsxire tnnt has nsen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
NATIONAL BANK SYSTEM

From George Washington, Captain
 of Industry" by Eugene E. Prus-
 sing, in Scribners.
 Facing an empty treasury with a worthless currency a total lack of national credit. a war debt of s75.- GOO, 900 and with no financial machin- cry whatever. Washington offered the position of secretary of the treas ury to Alexander Hamilton. The na- tional bank which Hamilton proposed Congress should incorporate met with more vigorous contention. The mar row constructionists from the rural communities of Virginia feared the money powers of the cities of Phil adelphia, New York. Boston. and Bal timore. They were of opinion that such bank was unwise and that such law would be unconstitutional There was no specific grant of power in the constitution to create corpora tions for any governmental purpose or otherwise.
 But the bill passed and Washing ton had 1t before him for signature or veto. To have his Attorney Gen eral. his Secretary of State. and the leaders of his party in his state unan- imously advise him that a national bank was not only unconstitutional but undesirable and dangerous was "a facer" for a mere farmer or even a captain of industry.
 With but five days more in which to come to a conclusion he sent the written opinions to the Secretary Of the Treasury. and requested his reply at an early hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
EIeuen Women Now Seeking to Secure
 Seats in Congress
By HUGH V. ROBERTS Washington Bureeu. The Are- Herala
 800 Davidson Building

Washington. April 2s-(speciaD- D- Records in possession of the two na- tional committees which maintain headquarters in Washington, show that II women are campaigning Tor seats in Congress.
 It is probable. however, that very few will land.
 The II are. Mrs. Izetta Brown, democrat, opposing Senator swanson of Virginia; Miss Belle kearneA democrat. running for the vacancy to be created with the retirement or Senator John Sharpe Williams or Mississippi Mrs. Peter Oleson, demo crat running against Senator heI- logg, republican of Minnesota, Mrs Ella A. Boole, prohibitionist, oppos ing Senator Calder of New York; and the following would-be House mem bers:
 Mrs. Annett Adams of California, who was an assistant attorney-gen eral under A. Mitchell Palmer; Mrs, Leila Seton Edmundson of Alabama, opposing Representative E. B.( Al mon; Mrs. Irene c. Buell. of Nebraska; Mrs. T. T. Gotham, Arkansasi Mrs. W. A. Cullopp of Indiana; Mrs. Win fred Mason Huch of Illinois; and Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, presently a member of the House.
 There have been only two women members of Congress, Jeanett Ran kin and Miss Robrtson, Miss Rankin lasted only one term, and the pro- fessional remals politicians. at whom Miss Robertson frequently laughs, would retire her at, the end of this, her first term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
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der invention of man.
 The grid supplies what was miss Ing to make the Fleming valve really successful detector. It xives us complete control over the action or the vacuum tube, whether we use It as detector or as an ampliffer of currents, or as generator of al- ternating currents It is exactly inc same thing 10 the vacuum tube that the trigger is to the Sun-it permits us to control the action.
 In succeeding article I shall de- scribe just how the addition of the grid made it possible to anplifv cur-. rents passed through the vacuum
 Describes Wire Tests
 In describing the tests which Gan eral Sauier made in Washington MT. Caldwell says:
 Tn Washington today I have seen one chlef signal officer of the United States army. General Squier remove an ordinary lamp bulb from Its xock at on his desk in the Munitions build- in' screw in it's place an ordinary at- tachment plug connected to a receiv- ing set, and immediately the loud speaker rang forth with the notes of nugle calls played by an army bugler coming over the electric light wires rom the distant station, where the hlgh frequency carrier waves" were being fei into the lighting circuit. Later the bugle calls were followed by some phonograph records-aIl reproduced as clearly and idistinctIy as If the original sources of sound were right in the room.
 These buge calls and selections came over the electric light wires bv the process of wired wireless or nigh frequency carrier currents first developed by General squier some years ago and now applied to broad casting.
 There was no antenna or aerial.
 The receiving set was connected between the lighting wires and a ground on the office radiator. The lighting circuit tapped was the or- dinary l10-volt, direct current light ing system which supplies the whole vast Munitions building and other nearby war and navy structures While the receiving set was thus operating. delivering it's consistently clear music, the other two ordinary zo-watt lamp bulbs which General Squier had left burning In the port a"te iamp continued glowing undis- turoed. Near by. also, an electric fan supplied from the same circuit. was buzzing merrily.
 Lamps fan and loud-speaker re- ceiving set, all fed from the same power lines. thus demonstratipg at . glance, that our familiar power and iight wires can carry simultaneously both CD energy currents and f9 broadcasting currents. each interfer- lng In no way with the operations of the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30

if so, should l only use the loop as an aerial and ground both this and the outside onto the arrester
 Answer-f. The loading coil is an inductance coll. It may be in differ ent forms. such as a honeycomb coil; or 1t may even be a spider web or stagger- wound coil, but nevertheless it is an inductanee coll. Where II should be placed in the circuit of a regenerative receiver depends great deal upon the type of receiver that you are using. If it Is single cir cult receiver, it will be necessary to load up the aerial circuit and the plate circuit, and both loading coils will have to be placed in inductiva relationship 10 each other. If it ts a double circuit regenerative receiver, both primary and secondary will have to be loaded in the same manner, and an inductive relationship should exist betwen the two loading coils. 2. You will, of course, have to use two or three "B" battery units in order to. get A total of GO volts, but one of these units can also be used for the deteetor tube as well as the amplt- flying tubes. For the detector yom should not use more than 22l2 volts All that will be necessary is to take tap from one unit of the detector. If you are using loop aerial with, your set. it will be necessary to fol-, low the instructions that have beens given on loop aerials to H. r. in this column. Your outside aerial wre.a stretched along the balcony will not be hurt by placing a lightning ar- rester in series with 1t on the ground. although in your particular ease, T. do not think that it is absolutely necessary. II is not necessary to use- an arrester with a loop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
 STRATEGY IN FOOTRArI

Charles n. Daly. in Lesiie's Weeklv.
 Football like war. hos from tina to time offered strategists a rare chance
 In the old days when the game was played with long hair. canvas jacket and a skull cap, a noted chess play- CT, MT. Lorin F Deland, of Harvard. became interested in it. After a care ful study of the rules he discovered that they permitted player on the attack to start before the ball. The result to him was obvious He as- sembied in rear of the rush line a shock group which started before the ball was put into play. This group dashed up to the line of scrimmage and as the ball went into play it drove into the opponents with all the momentum that husky young bodies could develop This human catapult was so effective and deadly that it had to be ruled out of the game.
 Mir Deland made certain other ap- plications of the principle of starting before the ball which were also unique in the game. Tn his time, the ball, instead of being kicked off. was put in play by the famous old wedge formation under which the defense plunged. to the great detriment of skull and backbone. Mir. Deland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
RADIO EQUIPMENT
 AT BERNHEIM'S

The Sernheim Electric company has just recently added radionhone sup plies and receiving sets to their stock and have large shipment en route which they expect within very short time. They i.s-end to carry these sup plies in the utcre in as complets stock as the demand will permit.
 At the present they are working on a small radiophone for the use4t Of Birmingham children. according to Mir Morris Bernheim He believes that the future of radio depends greatly on the interest taken in it by the young people today and is exert ing every effort to perfect a machine that will offer a wholesome means or entertainment to them. lt is eN- peeted the the radiophoHe they ara working on will be efficient and will be sold at remarkably low fug- ure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30

The diagram above shows the con nections for a regenerative receiver, using two stages of audio-frequency amplifieation. In this particular di- agram the regenerative circuit shown consists of vario-coupler and tick Ter coil, but of course the connec- tions are the same. so far a the two stages of amplification are con- cerned, no matter what the type of regenerative receiver used
 The amplification part of Che dia-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
USING FORD SPARK
 COIL FOR SENDING

Dear Sir, Please tell me the way you connect Ford spark coil up for sending purposes. Is the coll in connection with a spark gap efficient fol sending purposes to about 100 to goo feet. Can transformer with A. C. current be used to run the spark coil using one or two volts? Thank ing you in advance for answering this in your sunday paper, l am. very truly yours. J. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30

gram can also be used on nonregen- erative circuits using a vacuum tube detector. II can also be used with a crystal detector, but such a connee- ton is not advised A common stor- age battery for lighting all three vacuum tubes can be used, and the same "B" battery can be used for both simplifying tubes. It is not ad- visable to use more than 22ta volts on the plate circuit of the detector tube. The amplifylng tubes can have as high as so volts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
Eliminntinr niasinr Nolse.

Question-My trouble seems to be that l get loud. hissing noise. As near as l can describe 1t, 1t is like a very loud, wornout record on a talk ing machine with a very bardly worn needle. That is, 1t has a scrapinR sound. l get the same noise with re- ceivers and with the loud speaker. get stations as far as Detroit, Pitts burg, Boston and the steamship America. 500 miles at sea, all clear except for this scraping noise. Can you suggest anything that might eliminate it2-L. F. D.
 Answer-There are just two things. First the possibility that your "B" batteries are particularly noisy, due to loose internal poles, in which case l would suggest that you try new B" batteries. and. second, you are probably putting too much current through the flaments of your vacuum tubes. l would suggest that you try reducing the current until the hissing disappears. You may find that the signals from distant stations will disappear by doing this. but the near erer stations will be infinitely clearer.
 Determining Wnve Lengths
 Question-Will you please let me know what wave length S00,000 cy- cles represent 70. F. K.
 Answer-The frequency of S00,0O0 cycles per second means the wave length of 375 meters The wave length can be determined for any given fre- quency~ by dividing the number of cycles per second into 300. 900 900 me- ters. which Is the speed of the electro magnetic waves
 On Using Loading Coils
 Question 1.--Using a regenerative receiver, whose wave length is 175 to 500 meters what should be used to increase the wave length--a loading coil or an inductance coll? Where should it be placed? 3. Using three tubes detector and two-step am plifier. is it necessary to use two "B" batteries to obtain 60 volts2 3. In addition to loop aerial, which con tains about 70 feet of wire, l have run so feet of insulated wire on the concrete balcony outside of our apart ment on the eleventh floor. Should l connect lightning arrester; and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30

Reply by <. l.. Marhury Alabame Radio Co.,. This coil used with spark gap will transmit about one mile and if properly tuned with fixed con dcnscr and helix a distance of five miles or better should be covered.
 Transformer giving 1 to 2 volts will not give satisfactory results. one giving six volts can be used with good results. Use three dry cells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
Ising TunInr CoIl ns Tickler

Question--can tuning coil be used as ticker coil in conjunction with q loose coupler and vacuum tube deteetor? If BIO, how would it be placed In circuit 9-J. s.
 Answer-Yes, join the tuning coil in series with the plate and your telephones and "Ba battery You will have to place the tuning coil, how. ever in inductiVe relationship with the loose coupler. It's exact position as regards loose coupler you will have 10 determine by experiment. The best way 10 do this is to tune into one of the broadcasting stations while you are wearing the telephones and then move the tuning coil over near the loose coupler and adjust its relative position with the loose eou- pier until you get maximum signals. When you have discovered this fasten the tuner and loose coupler in that position. The next step will be vary the number of turns in the tuning coil until you get the best regenera- tfon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
Wherc Condenner shnnId Gn

Where Condenser should Go
 Questton-Please tell me where to put thirty-oue plate variable con denser in the short wave regenerative circuit shown recently in the radio primer.-R. r.
 Answer-I take it that you mean the circuit showing d vario-coupier in conjunction with a grid variomc- ter and a plate variometer. In this case, the only place where a variable condenser would be of any value is in series with the primary of 'he vario-eoupler and the ground. If you place variable condenser there be sure that the return lead from the batteries is connected between the end of the primary of the vario-eou- pier and the variable condenser. In other words, the variable condenser must not be in the secondary circuit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
News And Comment

approved by the Board ofs Fire Un- derwriters as protection against lightning The manner in which this Is connected to your set is as fol- lows; Join the lead-in from the aerial to one terminal of the arrester and ground to the other terminal of the arrester. Then join wire to the same terminal on which the aerial is connected and take this wire to your Instruments and join 1t to the terminal marked aerial" 1T. The "ohm" is the masurement of resist ance in an electrical circuit, just the same as an "ineh' is a measurement of length and a pound" Is the meas urement of weight.
 Using Loop Aerial
 z Question: have vacuum tube de- teetor set in a cabinet 1 want 10 use. four-foot square loop aerial wound with To turns of Litaendraht spaced one-half inch apart, computed to rec ceiye l50 meters. Aside from the above set, l have also purchased variable condenser .005 mid. capacity. Can you explain in plain English how the 10 wires of the loop aerial will be attached to the extra condenser have purchased and any other .n- formation on this subjecte-H. F.
 Answer-The Litzendraht should be wound in one continuous line around the form so that 1t forms d square loop each side four feet long. The turns should be- as you state, spaced one half inch apart. The wire should be so wound that the two ends come at one corner of the form. These can be opposite to the two binding posts Now take your variable con denser and connect if across these two binding pests. When you have done that, join a wire to one of the two binding posts and connect the other end of that wire to the termi- nal on your cabinet marked "aeriai ' Then take another wire and connect it to the remaining binding post of the loop aerial and join 1t to the terminal Of your receiving set mark ee ground" You will then have your variable condenser joined across the enf of the loop and your receiving set also joined across the loop, In psiAg this loop you will have to ar range 1t so that you can turn the loop around in complete circle in such manner that the edge of the loop Is vertical. You win find that you win only be able to receive sig nals when otv edge of the loop is pointing directly toward the broad casting station you desire 10 listen to. As the loop only picks up very. minute quantity of the radiated energy. l think that you will find 1t necessary to add one or two stages of ampification in order to build up the signals so that you can hear them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-30
De Forest Discovered Grid

Shortly after this pr. Lee De For est. while experimenting with the vacuum tube. placed a little coil of wire in between the filament and the plate. This little coil became knows
 as the grid" and it is this little coil that makes the vacuum tube the won-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-05-17
Fashions in China.

Notwithstanding the popular west
ern fancy that fashions never change
in China, the Chinese woman is pains
takingly particular as to the exact
length and fullness-or scantiness-of
her coats, skirts and trousers. She is
carefully precise about the width Of
bias bands or braid or lace that she
uses for trimming, the number and
arrangement of fastenings, the shape
and height of her collar All of these
details vary as tyranically from sea-
son to season-under Shanghai guild
ance-as certain style features do
with us under the leadership of New
York or Paris. Moreover, as against
our four seasons, the fashion devotee
of China takes account of eight.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-05-17
Tractor HauIs Gun Over Water.

In line with similar experiments in
France and England, a submarine trac-
tor has been developed in this country
which is capable of travelling through
water to depth of ten or twelve feet.
BY the simple eXpedent of equipping
the carburetor with a periscope, ar is
insured for the gasoline mixture. The
seat of the driver is high enough so
that ordinarily there is no paJticnlW
danger of his taking an invo'unlary
bath. Provision is made for the
mounting of a small fieldpiece On top.
The vehicle is shown by full mage
illustration in the August Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.