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The Kusko times., 1924-01-12

the department of agriculture, declared today, while home brewing is almost bsck to the important position it en- ioyed in the middle ages.
 A bushel of wheat on the farm IS worth 85 cents. As bread delivered by the grocer, it costs the consumer .S6. 50 bashel. Bread made from Washing. ton wheat can be had in London, after being transported Learly half the cir conference of the globe, at but little over half the price it commands in the city wher ethe four was milled from wheat grown within 9 radius of two hundred miles,
 The difference between the price of wheat and the price of bread is made up of service. In other words a woman pays the high price of S6.50 & bushel for the wheat which goes into the bread used in home consumption.
The Kusko times., 1924-01-12

lure business and a general progressive movement in every line.
 'lt is the desire of the southern cities that Fairbanks immediately besti? it. self along these lines with view to bringing he towns along the railroad into closer harmony and thus cooper ate with MT. Landis in carrying out his policies WJth respect to the railroad and the 4eveIopment of each and every region.
 HN hate9er may be the impression in some quarters, there is warm bond of friendship in the southern section of the railroad belt for the Interior. and tbere is DO desire on the part of An ehorage to asup public institutions to the deuimenJ Jf other towns. An chorage is bending her energies to ward building 8 commercial city and would join with other communities in carrying out progressive movements unattended by sectional lealousies.
 The necessity for this course is made manifest in the movement in Southeastern Alaska to divide the Ter ritory. At d recent meeting of the An- chofage Chamber of Commerce it was decided to allow the Panhandle to pro- ceed until It comes to lines of demarca- ton between the east and west. Any effort 10 include Cordova and the Cop per River x Northwestern railroad in the area of secession will be fought. When Il comes to a matter of removing the capital il will not be shrouded in sectional greed, but Anchorage and Seward will be found supporting any reasonable claim for a site farther west. It is my opinion that Seward is the logical point, and believe 1 voice the sentiments, of majority of the progressive element of Anchorage.
 The chief argument for dividing the Territory Is that the Second and Fourth divisions are burdens on the Southeast, or First division. The Sec opd, Third and Fourth divisions ex- ported total of approximately 3D. GOO GOO, and had an import account of l some 8I2 000.000 as against the Sl4,- 600 ooo ezporle and s90oo,oo0 imports of the First, showing where the trend Of development Is leading. It would be as logical for the federal government to say it would Advance no appropria- tions for sections of Alaska not produc- ing large volumes of revenue as for the First division to argue that the reve- nues of the Territory should not be utilized for the benefit of all.
 There is no time for sectional bick- erings and jealousies. Each region has it's manifold attractions and re sources, and as soon as everyone begins pulling together we will see the great est progress the Territory has ever known.
 Hs
The Kusko times., 1924-01-12

A New York lawyer, gazing idly out of his window, saw the pretty ste- nographer across the street sitting in her employers lap. The lawyer no- ticed the lettered name on the window, and then searched in the telephone book. Still keeping his eye upou the scene across the street, he called the gentleman up. In moment he saw him start violently and take down the receiver.
 Yes" said the gentleman at the phone. II should think you would start"
 The victim wished his arm from it's former position and began to stamner something:
 Yes" continued the lawyer, severe ly, T think you'd better take thah arm away. And while you're about it., as long as there seems to be plenty of chairs in the rOOm-"
 The victim brushed the lady from his lap, rather roughly.
 "Who-wh0 the devil is this, any way2" he managed to spIutter.
 Il, answered the lawyer, in deep, t0nes, :" am vour con- and then be hung up. Judge.
The Kusko times., 1924-01-12
Breadmaking Gives
 Place to Brewing

Olynspia.-A large part of the high cost of living IS due to the demand oi the average person for bread and pas try baked a@ay from home
 Breadmaking in the home Is becom- ing lost art. F. L. French, director of
The Kusko times., 1924-01-12
Notice of Marshal's Sale.

United States of America, Fourth Judicial Division, ss. District of Alaska.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
SEA SOUNDING
/. BY RADIO, NAVY
EXHIBIT
Prize Contest for Best Set
Built at Home to Be One Of
Features Of First Show.

Radio. depth sounding apparatus
invaluable to vessels navigating
crowded waters and for locating
light vessels by means of sound
will form the Navy Departmental
exhibit at Washington's first annual
radio show at Convention Hall the
week Of March 10 to 90. it wos
announced today by Alfred l.. Stern,
director Of the show.
Washington radio fans have liter.
ally deluged the headquarters of
the radio show In the last several
days with queries about the prize
contest which will be conducted AT
the exposition for those who have
constructed their own sets. Val
liable prizes will be awarded the
winners.
AS majority of the radio receiv.
ing sets in use in Washington are
Of the home made variety, the con.
test is destined to be one Of the
outstanding features Of the radio
show which will be held at Con.
vention Hall the week Of March
- to 26. The contest has been
divided into four classes and awards
Will be made in each class.
To Be Practical Affair.
The Washington Radio Show will
be a practical demonstration of
radio possibilities. Fred 8. Lincoln.
general chairman Of the Radio
Merchants Association, declared last
night in an address broadcast from
WRC. --
Mr.. Lincoln humorously scored
the radio liar"
Perfectly normal people, people
you would never suspect to run to
exaggeration." he said, once their
attention or experience comes under
the influence Of imagination, turn
to spinning yarns such as no one
would ever think them capable of.
At the same time all Of us, even
the born skeptics absorb and enjoy
this radio exaggeration to an
astonishing degree.
Explanation Of Liar"
"The only way I can account for
this fact is that radio is so new
or else because radio progress has
been so rapid and wonderful that
we can believe almost anything we
hear of it,"
There is also the woman who re-
marks indifferently that her hus-
band had trouble last night getting
Montreal because of so much inter.
ference by the concerts of London
and Paristt"
Mr.. Lincoln declared that all of
this exaggeration may serve some
good purpose.
If these exaggerative people have
the effect Of causing us to go back
to reasonable expectations, If they
cause us to find happiness in mod.
crate distance. I believe that we
will find much more enjoyment out
OF things as they a.e. instead of
counting disappointment b. pinning
our hopes Of radio on IT, a.:,'s
that are only dream stuff IS yet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
Service Music.

With the celebration tonight of
the twenty-fifth anniversary Of the
reorganization Of the Marine Band.
that internationally famous aggrega-
ton Of musicians will conclude its
first six months Of rather intensive
broadcasting.
That the concert tonight viii be
the greatest radio feature in the
country for the evening is a fore.
gone conclusion.
While we at home are inclined
to take our broadcast service music
more or less as a matter Of course,
it is different out through the
States.
The Army. Navy and Marine
Bands and their orchestras have
been performing on their own initia-
tive and without compensation at
the two broadcasting studios Of the
Capital for about six months with
often little or no praise at home.
But at the headquarters Of these
musical organizations are thousands
of letters from every part of the
United States expressing sincere ap.
probation of the performances from
Washington. The last concert of
the Army Band brought several
hundred congratulatory letters and
the same thing Is true Of other per-
formances of that and the other two
service bands.
It can't be Just, that distance
lends enchantment,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
SET
INSTALLED IN
TAX|CAB
ingenious Chauffeur Contrives
installation to Entertain
His "Fares."

Using his steering wheel as a
ground and his radiator from which
to string an aerial, w. S. Palmer.
cab driver. has contrived a receiv.
ing set which may some day become
an integral part Of all taxicabs.
One day when business was slack
Palmer was struck with the idea of
purchasing a crystal set and listen.
ing in during the dull moments.
Parking at the northwest corner
OF Thirteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest he used to
hook up his ground wire to a patrol
box on the corner and connect an
antennae to a tree few feet away.
This became too cumbersome and
he began to experiment and tinker
with the apparatus. The result was
that he achieved what he did-using
his steering wheel piston for a
ground connection and his radiator
as an aerial with the aid Of a short
wire.
,crcvcr Tal~,er aH~wc~s n call
l. '''..d 49, pH "oGc.: &c q .cI
> :; & ~" ~ 49,. 81. 20 - :,
tEc-t q" =; .p.S .AuG e." -. ii!-..
cell : { EI. /. c ,..c g..
listen Ia.
Palmer live Il !ltt Two. y.c..s.
street northwest;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
PROVING
REAL BOON
To DEAF
Quality of Sound Enables
Many to Hear for First
Time in Years.

Nearly everyone knows that the
invention of the telephone was more
or less Of an accident-that it was
the result Of efforts by Alexander
Graham Bell to make an instrument
by which his wife, who was deaf,
could hear. It was during these ex-
periments that he made the instru-
ment which revolutionized communi.
cation throughout the world.
1t is not SO generally realized that
deaf persons, in many instances, can
hear better over the radio, and that
this new art of communication Is
proving a real boon to the deaf.
This is due largely to recent re-
markable advances in the art of
broadcasting music and the voice,
and to the fact that in receiving sets
where there is amplification with nut
distortion, the quality and volume Of
sound makes it possible for many
deaf persons, who do not readily
hear ordinary conversation, to hear
and understand over tkH radio.
One Case is Cited.
Recently man called at the Of
flee of a well.known manufacturer
Of simplifying transformers to tell
him what radio had done for his
neighbor and lifelong pal. The
neighbor had been so deaf for many
"ears th&t it was impossible to
ia him understand unless one
w shouted into his ear. One
&C. visiting his friend
., the receivers
amaze
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
CHIRoPRAcTIcS PLAN
RADIO FOR lNVALOS

DAVENPORT, Iowa, March s.
To provide radio entertainment for
sufferers who are confined to their
homes because Of sickness or in.
jury, The Palmer School Of Chiro.
practic station, woo, at Davenport,
Iowa, is sponsoring a fund among
broadcast listeners to send crystal
detector sets to such unfortunates.
Many subscriptions. ranging up.
wards from $1.00, have already been
received by woo in response ia
its announcement Of the plan, and
more than 900 sets have been dis
tributed.
These can only be used. Of course,
where there is broadcasting sta
ton within q short range, as the
crystal sets, except under the best
conditions, do not work we'll over
long distances.
Radio fans are invited to aid with
contributions to the fund or to not.
ify voc Of any deserving cases
where such set would provide
entertainment for some worthy per.
son. The sets are mailed direct
from Davenport after Investigation
OF each case,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
U. S. EXPORTED $685., aos
RADIO SUPPLIES IN MONTH

Exports Of radio and wireless ap-
paratus from the United States dur.
ing the month Of December amount.
ed to $335,S08, 1t was announced to.
day by the Department Of Com.
merce.
The greatest portion of this
amount was received for exports to
Canada. Argentina received the
second largest portion. valued at
$32, 154.
The exports to Canada aggrega.
ted approximately $1S4 900. or this
amount $141, $50 worth of the goods
was shipped to Ontario and Quebec.
Exports to Australia amounted to
$28,47S; to Mexico. 20,483; to Cuba.
$2O,l67, and to Chile, 1892. Ecua.
dor and venezuela were the only
countries which did not receive eT.
ports Of radio apparatus during the
month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
Local Broadcast
NAA-NavaI Radio Station,
Arlington.

1850 meters, ramOphOno.)
1915 D. m.-Live stock markets.
1:45 p. m.-Fruit and vegetable
markets.
8 p. m.-Live stock.
3:45 p. INLAY and food
APO p. m.-Dairy products.
(2,65O Meters, Spark.)
IL m. and 10 p. m.-Time signals.
1901 p. m.-Weather report, ship
orders, naval press news.
WCAP-C. & p. (469)
p. ma short address from the
studio Of station WCAP by John
l.. Cable, United States Congress.
man from Ohio on the subject 1.-The
New immigration Bill"
8:15 p. m.-Concert by the United
States Marine Band direct from
Central High School, Washington,
celebrating the twenty-fifth ami
versary Of the reorganization of the
band. The concert will be conduct
ed by Capt. William H. Santelmann,
leader Of the band.
WMU-DOubleday-Hill Electric Co.
(285)
4:30 to $40 p. m.-Musical selec-
lions.
WRC-RadiO Corporation 1852.
8 p. m.-Fashion DEVELOPMENTS Of
the moment by Eleanor Glynn.
$40 p. m.-Song recital by Har.
riet Wagner, soprano.
1926 p. mis- World Civilization
on the Decline?" by the editor Of
the International Interpreter.
1895 p. m.-Piano recital by Gene.
We've Wagner.
$3.50 p. m.-Song recital by
Elizabeth Drew mezzo soprano.
p. M eningrad: A Dying
City Named for a Dead Man" pre-.
pared by the National Geographic
society.
5:15 p. m.-Instruction in interna-
tional code.
6 p.s histories for children by
Peggy Albion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
NEW VOC TOWERS
MAKE WORDS CLEARER

If you are listening one of these
evenings and notice that woo
comes in stronger and clearer than
usual, you will be safe in assuming
that they are using their new tow.
ers as a support for their trans.
hitting antenna.
The. new towers stand on the
same buildings as the old ones, al.
though new base construction was
necessary to support the additional
weight.
The tops Of the towers are ITO
feet from the roof and 21O feet
above the street. Towering 80 feet
above the old woo towers, which
were once the pride of the Daven.
port station, the new structures
make the old one look like pigYT1ies.
The additional height of the aerial
will bring the natural oscillating
period Of the antenna circuit to q
point considerably above woes
operating wave length and It is
expected that the operating eff
cianoE win be approOiahly Increased.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
WOMEN'S MORNING RADIO
PROGRAMS IS GIVEN DAILY

A daily women's program was
inaugurated as part Of the regular
schedule of Station WAX begin.
ming today The program will be
conducted between $50 and 10
o'clock every morning, with the
exception of Sunday, and will con.
tain items of special interest to
women, covering such subjects as
canning, housekeeping, music, book
and play reviews, baby care, news
Of women's clubs and women prom
inent in politics, musical numbers,
and the like.
The establishment Of this program
necessitates a change in what has
been in the past the regular morn
ing schedule of WAX. The SEIZED.
ule upon which WAX has been
operating has been: to 9:45 a. M,
financial news, market quotations
ETC.; 10 to 10:45 a. M, financial
news, market quotations, etc.
The new schedule of WAX will
- - follows: 9 to 9:15 a. M, re-
- "~7Hv's market; $50 to
e. ,rrl = = 0'N~ran: JA:05
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
MARINE BAND IS
ALSOSTELLAR
ORCHESTRA
Concert Tonight viii Be in
Two Parts, Displaying Ability
in Each Capacity.

The Marine Bapd concert tonight
at Central High School, celebrating
the twenty.fifth anniversary Of the
reorganization, marks a distinctive
period in the history Of the band
during which 1t has evolved from a
strictly military band to an organ.
ization capable Of rendering orcheS-
trail music on a par with that Of the
best symphony orchestras in the
world.
Under the leadership Of William
III. Santelmann, its present leader,
the policy was adopted requiring
that each member Of the band play
a stringed instrument for the
symphony orchestra as well as q
band instrument for strictly military
duty. AS a result Of this policy
the Marine Band has acquired a
dual character as a musical organ
ization which IL without a parallel
among organizations Of the musical
world.
Concert in Two Parts.
The concert tonight under the
direction Of William H. Santlemann
and its program viii include two
distinct parts. In the first part the
band win appear as an orchestra
and will render a program Of
orchestra selections and solos. In
the second part they viii play as a
military band, rendering march
music and other band selections. At
the conclusion the "Star.Spangled
Banner" will be played by the fun
band.
The program is as follows:
Part One-U. s. Marine Band Or.
chestra: Henry Hadley. OPP. %, over
ture, I'm Bohemia; Camille Saint
Saens. OPP. 80. First concerto, for
violoncello, Musician Fritz A. Muel-
Ter; Johann Strauss. Waltz, ION the
Beautiful Danube" Max Bruch.
OPP. 26. Concerto in G minor for
violin, a. Prelude ct adagio. b. FL
male. Allegro Energetic, Musician,
William F. r. Santelmann. Edgar
Elgar. Op.. 80. Grand march, "Pomp
and Circumstances"
Part Two-U. S. Military Band:
Richard Wagner, overture, Tam
hauser"; Giuseppe Verdi, Romance,
Celeste Aida" Musician Robert E.
Clark; Serge Rachmaninoff, Prelude
in c sharp minor; Hadyn Millers,
Grand Fantasia, lie Reve dam
our" Musician Arthur S. Witcomb;
Franz List, Hungarian Rhapsody,
No. 2. "Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
RADIO PUBLIC ENJOYS
TALENTS OF Chill bREN

That children's talents are en-.
joyed and appreciated by the radio
public was proven conclusively at
Station woo a few days ago when
twenty-five boys and girls tried Cor
the cash prizes offered by The
Palmer School for the contest pro.
gram.
The twenty-five contestants were
selected by the musical director
from Ill applicants.
More than $1,000 votes were
mailed to the Davenport station In
the week following the program.
but in spite of this mass of votes
only fourteen votes stood between
the winners Of the first and sec.
ond prizes, with the other twenty
contestants following in close sue.
ceSSion,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
EXPERT TELLS OF TUNING
NEEDED TO SUCCEED

Experience and little study of
the art OF tuning are necessary for
the successful operation of any
radio receiver. You cannot learn
to tune your set from a book nor
talk; this knowledge Is gained
only by actual practice. II YOU
have not learned the art of tuning
but manage to hear one or two
distant stations, do not condemn
the receiver because You can't hear
them all.
The receiver that will tune In
any and all stations has not been
built, but the fact that you have
heard one or more distant stations
shows that your set is all right.
All you need is patience and prac.
tice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04

by ,.
stream.
"Old l.,
you have u
time in twenty
able to hear a 81,
attended church three 49,
by radio"
Wilson Used Set.
There is increasing realization G,
the possibilities of radio, not only
for persons whose hearing is too
defective to enable them to hear
sermons and public addresses, but
also for persons who, from i'll
health, or other cause, are not
able to go into the crowds of public
places to hear sermons. lectures.
addresses and concerts.
With a single homemade set. all
or these treasures Of entertainment
and education are brought to their
own library. No better example of
this has been afforded the countrv
than the experience of former Presi.
dent woodrow Wilson, who. while
an invalid during the last years Of
his life, spent hours Of every dav
listening to the radio and therehy
Keeping in close touch with Tho
world in which he had formerly been
so active. VOC"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
Good TrY-outs Needed.

Don't be too much in a hurry to
try to improve on the hookup with
which you are experimenting, par
ticularly II 1t is the invention or de.
sign of another. Be sure you first
give the original Q good TROUT,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04
.ROmping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listner-In-

Just when we were beginning to
get this Gallagher.Shean business
under control, along come the
poor, dumb, boys" themselves and
administer a little glandular treat.
ment to their fascinatingly absurd
ditty.
For another year, we presume,
we are doomed 70 devote our lazy
moments to manufacturing more
patter for the ridiculous tune. And
il we hit on any good lines, we will
hope they will be translated into
french and sung by the delightful
Yvonne, the new accessory to the
famous comedy.
But despite the pleasing broadcast
OF the Gallagher.Shean business
last night, we have no hesitation in
saying we would rather watch the
Mister comedians out in front Of a
drop than hear their voices come in
on a loop and go out on a lead
pipe. =
WRC has opened the week
auspiciously with a really remark.
able all-star program.
There We're the two Freds-Wile
and LincOln-who can be expected
Always to talk interestingly of
politics and radio.
There were Preston Haynes and
congressman Clifton Woodrum to
sing the male leads and Clara Hof-
stetter and Mabelle Coldenstroth to
carry on as heroines.
For instrumental music there
were Boernstein's Wardman Park
Trio and the ever-popular Alohoa
Players.
And there was Pat Murphy.
And there were Mister Gallagher
ord Mr.. Shean.
T'''- ar1 beat 'en,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04

RADIO WEATHER
Reception from distant
stations tonight will be
good across the entire
country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-04

street northwest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
EXPANSION HERE TO COST MILLIONS
Bell Telephone Company Preparing Local 1925
 Program

The Southern Bell Telephone com pany, will expend more than $1 ,O0O,O0 during 1925 for telephone expansion in Birmingham. Information to this eff feet was given Tuesday by T. Barton Baird, district manager, who said that plans for 1925 are being made and that sufficient progress had been made to warrant the belief the sums to be spent here in 1925 would exceed that of 1924 which was more than $1 ,0OQ,- 900.
 Those in close touch with telephone expansion here would not be surprised if the needs for this city exceeded the above estimate by substantial sum-.
 Traffic experts of the company have already run into problems which indi- cate that the building activities of this community has far exceeded the conservative amount placed on official permits and given out from time to time at the city hall.
 "Of course it is early to say what we will spend here next year." Mir. Baird. explained, but we are certain that the needs will be greater than 1924 during which year we have or will have spent upwards of one million dollars! Some parts of the district have bloomed overnight as it were and facilities are being prepared for those sections. Again the phenominal building activities of Birmingham can scarcely be conceived from a study of mere figures. But visitors to the various sections are able to grasp the astonishing construction activity of the district"