The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-05
WIRELESS PHONE
TO.L[NK LONDON
and new YORK
Britain Erecting Most
Powerful Transmitting
- Plant In World
Try Associated Press.

this is London" may be quite an every
day phrase preliminary to commercial
conversations carried on by wireless,
:lerhone service in the not distance fu-
ture. according to post offlce OFFICIALS,
whose plans are being rushed forward
ran;dly for such service Regular weekly
tests have been proceeding, proving be-
yond doubt, it is stated, that such con-
yerstations are within the realm of
possibility.
TO further these tests n big high
rowered station is being built at Rugby
in the center of England, containing
200 kilowatt telephone valve transmit
ting plant, which is CLAIMED to be the
most powerful valve set in the world.
being about so times as strong as the
British Broadcasting company station,
whose concert programs have been pick
cd I'M in America and other distant
countries.
Thus far the tests have been made
with the American station at ROCKY
Point. which works on 100 kilowatts,
and the experiments have shown that
the winter months are more favorable
than summer and that certain hours
in the night are better than the day
time. The Rugby station when com
plete will have 10 masts each S2O feet
= high, and if the strength OF the plant
proves insufficient it will be enlarged
until it becomes a commercial PROPOSE
ton.
Prince Exile In Need
Still another dethorned notability has
found temporary refuge in England.
In combined bed-sitting room in the
working class Kings Cross district OF
London lives the exiled prince Milo OF
Montenegro, nephew of the late King
Nicholas and cousin of the Queen OF
Italy. Journalist, who explained to
British newspaperman that ne ana the
prince were working and hoped to get
England and the English people to help
them. The journalists daughter helps
/ out their slender resources by working
at dress making.
According to the Evening News, the
prince made the statement that 10000
Of his coutrymen have been exiled
simply because they struggled to gain
Montenegros independence.
I'VE have many good friends" he
continued. I'VE are willing to live on
ixpence a day and don't mind If we
.,nly get one piece of bread each day.
III we are working for is our country
independence and freedom"
King Enjoys Vacation
The king and queen this year have
enioyed the longest and quietest vaca-
ION they have had in many year In
,eir retreatment at Balmoral, in the
cart of the highlands For the first
inc since the war which divided the
.igning families, King George and
tsueen Mary have had an opportunity
(, act hosts to many Of their foreign
insfolk, to whom Balomoral in the
avs of Victoria and Edward was
.cond home.
The king who, during his vacation,
ways reserves the right to forget sucn
inventions of state as he ordinarily
eddIes with, has gone the limit this
.ar. He invited many OF his Russian
nd German complex relatives to gather
)out the Windsor board.
The Duke and Duchess of York and
rince Henry and Prince George have
,ent most of the summer with their
rents. They have been able to make
acquaintance of their norwegian
Iatives, the Connaughts, some OF the
omanoffs, including the former
wager Empress, and the members OF
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The king also kept up the custom of
lyiting Scottish lords and churchmen
F.. sldl other digintaries to his castle
In fact he kept the spare rooms filled
.far the entire two months of his sojourn.
10Th he and the queen derived much
,,ajoyment from their stay in the high
Z rds. the king riding, fishing and shoot
10 to his hearts content and the queen
offering about the garden she has laid
at on the estate.
Short Skirts Return
Fashion experts for the last fortnight
l,aye been smothering the Autumn i.rl
i 18th q bewildering mass of style predic'
IONS. but out of the confusion of con-
letting opinions there seems to arise
n agreement that the super-short skirts
hich seemed dead as a dod. when
tie 'slinkers" and wrap arounds
aught the flapper fancy year or 40
20, now are triumphantly returning de-
bite the Paris edict to the contrary.
This does not mean that "slinkers'
IRE disappearing, for the new modes |
include narrow tubular affairs without
v-aistlines, some of them even narrower |
than the summer styles 20 satisfy the |
british athletic girl. who refuses To
horten her long strides. pleats and
bodets are cunningly INSERTED to give
the necessary elasticity
Long tunics and seven Fights length |
oats revealing two or three inches OF
.lress below the knee also are import |
mt features. Another result of fort
nights orgy of fashion shows is the
recrudescence of tiger, leopard and
other wild animal skin coats and many |
an old hearth rug which for years has
been lying around fathers den IN from
Of a comfortable fireplace is being |
requisitioned to satisfy the newest fancy
Black and white also is gaining IN
favor, the modistes say. Among the most
fashionable coats will be those OF
ermine trimmed generously with sable.
Some West enders recently discovered
that walrus skin makes up into beautl.
full coats. A number of these with long
sleeves and huge gauntlet cuffs already
have been seen at Mayfair gatherings.
EFFECTIVE COMBINATION
Ensemble suits of cranberry red