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Evening star., 1924-10-28

dyne and the superhetrodyne.
There are many other circuits
which have considerable merit, but II
the fan is interested primarily in get
ting results without undue trouble,
fuss or experimentation he will do
well to start with the types men
toned until he gets more radio ex-
perience and the itch to try difficult
and tricky circuits. It's a safe rule
to learn the simple swimming strok es
that will keep you af1oat before try
ing to master the intricate move
ments that will give you speed when
you learn them but which are so
difficult to master that the beginner
cannot hope to keep afioat, much less
make progress by trying to employ
them at the outset.
In regenerative circuits of the
tickler coil type in which coil con-
nected into the plate circuit is placed
in inductive relationship with the
grid coil. the proper polarity of the
plate coil with respect to grid coil
is very important. A wrong con-
nection will make it impossible for
the set to regenerate. If the plate
coil can be turned through 1S0 de-
grees you need not worry about the
proper connection because you can
get the proper adjustment by manipu-
lating the dial, but If you use the
so-called 1s0-degree coupler whose
rotors rotate through only 80 degrees
while the dial goes through $50
degrees. IL lis well to try reversing
the connections to the coil and see
whether that does not improve recep-
tion. OF course. the leads should be
connected in the manner which gives
best results.
Evening star., 1924-10-28
WRC-Radio Corporation of America
ago MeterSI.

p.m.-Children's Hour, by Peggy
Albion.
7:S5 p.m.-"Home Lighting Effects"
by Paul Lesh, chairman, Board of
Trade Educational Committee.
.:4' p.m.-Piano recital by Claude
p.m.-"Show Shipping" by Leon
ard Hall, dramatic editor of the Daily
News.
S:l5 p.m.-Song recital. by George
Myers, tenor: George F. Ross at the
piano.
$50 p.m.-"Constructive Govern
ment." by Andrew Mellon, Secretary
of the Treasury, under the auspices
OF the Republican national commit
tee. broadcast Jointly with Station
WIZ. New York City.
p.m.-"The Political Situati ton in
Washington Tonight" by Frederic
William Vile.
9:20 p.m-"Election in England and
the United States" by Sir Maurice
Lowe, chief American correspondent
of the London Morning Post.
s:35 p.m.-Concert by Irving Boern
STEMS Wardman Park Hotel Quartet.
10 p,m.-Song recital. by Ruth
Peter. soprano.
lo:lo p.m.-Dance program. by
Meyer Davis lie Paradis Orchestra
broadcast direct from lie Paradis.
Early Program Wednesday.
p.m-Fashion Development of
the moment, prepared by Women's
Wear.
3:10 p.m.-Song recital.
80 p.m.-Report of the National
Conference Board.
$3.50 p.m.-Song recital
3:43 p.m.-Piano recital, by Flea
nor Glynn.
$3.50 pm.-Sports for women.
p.m.-Song recital
g p.m.-Stories for children, by
Peggy Albion.
"CAP-Chesapeake & Potomac TeIe-
phone Company t463 Meters),
, Silent
Evening star., 1924-10-28
'''!AELLON TO SPEAK
ON WRC PROGRAM
Secretary to Make One of
First Addresses to Radio
Audience.

Choice tidbits Of current political
1-osslp and snappy "syncopep" dance.
music from the Cafe Lee Paradis are
the headline attractions scheduled to-
night by WRC. Nine varied features
re on the program. which will bring
nto play two of the tricks in the
roadcasting art, recently acquired
ny the Radio Corporation of America
ation-rcmote control and station
luterconnecton.
The chief of three political talks
ill be given by Secretary of Treas
v Mellon, whose voice has seldom
fore travelled the ether route. Mr..
,ellon's speech. which will be shot up
to New York over WRC's new circuit
and broadcast simultaneously by
VIZ will be on Constructive Gov
eminent"
Vile to Speak.
Frederic William Vile. Washington
newspaper correspondent also will
live his customary firebrand political
ak on The Political Situation in
Washington Tonight" The other
speech, of n political nature, will be
wen by Sir Maurice Lowe, chief
-'merican correspondent of the Lon
don Morning Post, who will compare
the elections in the United States and
England. Having spent 20 years of
IN active career in America, Sir
Maurice is we'll qualified to conduct
such an analogy, and with the British
oils opening tomorrow, his ideas and
Comparisons should be Of increased
interest to the American voter.
Talking on Lighting.
WRC will go on the air at 1885
o'clock with talk on Home Light
Ing Effects by Paul Lesh, chairman
of the educational committee of the
ashington Board of Trade. Claude
Miller. pianist. will follow in a 15-
minute recital. Leonard Hall dra-
matte critic of the Daily News, at s
o'clock, will give his weekly resume OF
what the Washington theaters are offer
ing under tie title OF SHOW
Shopping" a song recital by George
Myers, tenor. will precede Secretary
MELONS talk. Ruth Peter, soprano.
is scheduled for song recital at
10 o'clock. after which WRC will
hook up with the lie Paradis Cafe
for special dance program of ultra
novel orchestrations and the latest
Broadway and Partisan hits
Another important musical feature
Is concert by Irving Boernstein's
Wardman Park Hotel Quartet. The
concert will begin at 9:35 and con-
tinue to 10 o'clock
Evening star., 1924-10-28
Al Rights Reserved. Reprsdpotioa Prohibited.

coupler with at least so turns on the
stator winding and 40 turns on the
rotor winding should be used. When
the rotor coil of variocoupIer is
used as the tickler coil of a regener-
ative circuit IT should have about 10
turns, although the number can vary
from 80 to so turns
The stator winding should be tapped
80 that there are from 5 to 10 turns be
tween taps. and A variable condenser Of
from .OO025 (about 3 'plates) to .00h5
mid. (23 Dlates) should be used to tune
the circuit. The condenser can be used
either in series with the coil Gf there
are about 20 turns) or in parallel with
the coil Gf there are 80 turns or lcse)
When the coil is used as the common
coil for antenna and grid circuits sin
gle variable condenser of from .00G25
to .0005 mid. may be used across the
coil.
In some regenerative circuits which
have become very popular the primary
winding is untuned, "aperiodic," as it is
termed The primary winding A and
the secondary winding B are wound on
the same tube, while the ticker coil &
is wound on a rotor which rotates in the
magnetic field of the secondary coil r.
In such circuits winding A may consist
of from 10 to 20 turns, winding + Of
from 80 to so turns and winding & Of
from 80 to so turns
To avoid capacity effects it is desira-
BILE to connect the stationary plates of
condensers to the high potential side OF
circuit and the rotary plates Of the
condenser with the low potential side Of
the circuit as shown by condenser L.
in which the stationary plates terminal,
marked S. is connected with the grid
side of the circuit while the rotary plates
terminal, marked r, is connected vita
the filament side of the circuit. The
high potential ends of the various cri-
cults are the aerial. grid and plate sides
OF the circuit, while the low potential
sides are the ground and battery sides
Polarity of Batteries.
The polarity of the batteries e an
other important item.
Where a grid condenser and grid leak
is used in a detector circuit il is best
to connect the rheostat in the negative
lead of the battery as shown in the dia-
gram and to bring the grid return lead
from the grid coil to the positive A bat
terry lead.
The set will work when the A battery
terminals are reversed but the results
will not be as good. The positive ter
minal Of the B or plate circuit battery
must be connected with the plate side Of
the circuit and the negative with the A
battery side of the circuit. The usual
method is to connect the negative ter
minal of the B battery with the posi-
tive A battery lead.
The ticker coil should be connected
next to the plate, the phone or phone
jack in series after the ticker coil and
the B battery last.
A condenser of .0o1 mid. connected as
shown at Z will often prove desirable.
especially when audio amplifcation is
added.
Evening star., 1924-10-28
RADIO QUERIES
Radio Editor:

Radio Editor:
Where is station wFBH. which l
tuned in about 4 o'clock SUNDAY !:
What station in Cuba WAS on the aiI
at 1920 o'clock Sunday morning WIN
a dance program? ] could not get
clear announcement, but did get
''Broadcasting by t?) Co. In Havana.
Cuba" Thank you for your NAM
radio suggestions and valuable ihror-
mation-W. L. HARRIS.
KFBH Is the Concourse Radio Cor
poration's station in New York CITY
1t Is q class A station, with an an
tenna input Of 500 watts. The CUBAN
station you heard probably was PWh,
operated by the Cuban Telephone CO.
It's advance program scheduled
concert by the General stan Band OF
the Cuban Army on Saturday night
from S:30 to 1880 o'clock. Eastern
standard time. 1t is possible, OF
course, that some added features
were broadcast after 1880.
Radio Editor:
In spite Of careful explanations
given in your column by members OIL
the Government radio stations, many
radio listeners still maintain that am
ateurs are responsible for much in.
terference. without knowledge or
code, it is apt to be rather confusing
in attempting to differentiate between
amateurs and harmonics.
with the aid Of a wave meter and
a direction finder. the following wave
lengths seemed to show interference
Of about the same character, differing
only in volume: 335. $50. AL and $50
meters. If we multiply these mum
bers by 8, Z. 6 and 5. respectively. we
o1, at 10 lttA rln
approximating $3.50, or the wave
length used by the Arlington station,
beginning at 10 pm.
The writer would he very interest
ed in learning II these computations
are correct and If the interference is
due to Arlington's fifth, sixth, sew
enth and eighth harmonics within the
broadcasting range. 1t is thought
that the third harmonic would be ex-
tremely troublesome. and probably
would be, save that it falls outside
of the range in which we are inter-
ested. However. no trouble was ex-
perienced at the ninth harmonic. or
about 277 meters.-IRVING F. HAND.
Your computations are correct.
Whether the interference was actu-
ally due to the harmonics from the
Arlington station would only be alb
solutely determined If (a) your direc-
tton-ffnding apparatus pointed in the
direction Of Arlington from two basic
operation points. so that a proper tri-
angulation could be made: (b) IL no
direction finding apparatus at two
basis operations point was availabIy
the only way you could be reasonably
sure that the Interference was from
NAA would be to read the call let
ters Of the station or log the material
sent out and verify the reception by
comparison Of the material actually
transmitted by the Navy Department
via Arlington station at that particu-
lar time.
The new transmitter designed
under the supervision of Charles r.
Speaker of the Radio Engineering
and Development Corporation while
he was radio engineer in charge OF
the Washington Navy Yard is now
undergoing acceptance at NAA. Mr.
Speaker. therefore, said he would be
interested to learn of Mr.. Hands OBJ
servation on Arlington for the next
two months.
Evening star., 1924-10-28

radio history. After completing his
degree at California in 1920, he accepted
an engineering position with the Sig
nal Corps at Camp Alfred Vail, N. J.,
being promoted to the responsible
position OF chief engineer in 1922
Chief among Mr.. Pressley's many con-
tributions to the radio art is the re-
markable superheterodyne receiver
which is used on United States Army
airplanes.
Evening star., 1924-10-28
LAST OF BALTIMORE
QUADRUPLETS is DEAD
Lone Survivor of Celebrated Quar-
tet Is Victim, Like Others,
of Pneumonia.
Special Dispn tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 2S.-The last
of Baltimore's quadruplets, Mary
Miles Minter Wittig, died yesterday y
in Mercy Hospital, from pneumonia.
The quadruplets were born Novem-
Der &c. 1923. and caused interest
throughout the country. Many gifts
were showered on the babies and
the Wittig family.
The first of the quartet to die was
Alice Brady Wittig. who lived two
months: then Howard jackson Wit
tig died in july and was followed two
weeks ago by Marion Davies Wittig.
Pneumonia caused the death of all
according to Mrs. Wittig.
The Wittigs have. eight other chill
dren living.
Evening star., 1924-10-28
The Prevention and Elimination
h On ~

The first and one of the most i'm
portant items in making a trouble
proof receiver is the selection of
good circuit. While there are always
plenty of new" circuits availa bic
on the market, some good, some in
different and others utterly worthless,
the fan can do no better than to stick
to the old reliable standard circuits.
These are the standard crystal, the
non-regenerative, the regenerative, the
reflex, the tuned and untuned radio fire.
quency amplfier circuits, the neutro-
Evening star., 1924-10-28
27.OOO ACRES BURNED.
Wisconsin Forest Fire Now Is On.
der Control.

LAoNA, wis, October 2s.-The for
est fire which has eaten its way over
27, 900 acres OF cutover land east of
here was sufficiently under control
last night, according to reports reach
ing here from fire fighters.
Five hundred men were summoned
by Peter Classon, district conserva-
tion warden, to combat the flames to-
day Mr. Classon said the nfe had
caused little property damage.
Evening star., 1924-10-28
Local Radio Entertainment
Tuesday, October 25, 1924.
NAA-NavnI Radio station, Radio, Va.
t43J McterS).

3:2J p.m.-l,ive stock reports
3:i5 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
4:O3 p.m.-HaJ. feed, crop reports,
Specials
10 p.m.-Dairy market reports
1905 p.m.-Weather Bureau re-
ports.
Evening star., 1924-10-28
Women Get Political Offices,

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, October
2S.-Misses Edgar Slingluff and Ma
zie Hall have been appointed clerks
in the Office of George w. Waters
Prince Georges County treasurer
Evening star., 1924-10-28
Circuit Constants Important.

The use of the proper circuit con-
stants is also important. for a. cir
cult is useless If the constants used
are not properly designed for recep-
tion on the wavelengths desired.
For broadcast reception d vario-
Evening star., 1924-10-28
De VALERA IS JAILED,
Ry tie Associated Press.

BELFAST, October 2S.-Eamohn De
Valera, the republican leader, will
have no chance to participate further
In the election campaign. After hav-
ing been arrested in Londonderry
Sunday night and brought to Belfast,
he was charged with contravening the
Ulster restoration act, and formally
rernanded for a week. During this
time he will be detained in custody.
Pending his trial he will net b
treated - political prisoner.
Evening star., 1924-10-28
WRITER NEAR DEATH,
Detective Story Author Now in
Poverty.

P1QUA. Ohio, October 2S.-Thomas
Harbaugh, rs, known as the writer
of Nick Carter stories, is near death
here. according to announcements at
the Miami County Infirmary, where
he has been living for the past year
Harbaugh, once wealthy, in recent
years has been living in poor circum-
stances. In addition to writing many
nickel novels, he wrote two books of
verse.
Evening star., 1924-10-28

Of Moose, Moose Park. HILL. H.
G., Jr. r.
KFNF are the call letters of the
station in Shenandoah, Iowa. 1t is
operated by the Henry Field Seed
Co. and its power is rated at SOC
watts. The wave band used is 266
Wild is the new station OF the
Loyal Order of Moose. Supreme
Lodge. I'm Moosehart, Ill. Its power IL
300 watts and it transmits on a wave
band of 27S meters.
Radio Editor:
Could you tell me the station 1
heard Friday night about 1855
O'Clock? The announcer said WGN
or WEN and an orchestra played
r. LEE O'BRIEN. Jr.
You probably heard WGN. the Chi
caGo Tribune station. There is no
station with the call letters WEN.
Radio Editor:
VIII you kindly let me know what
station In Havana, Cuba, was broad
casting a program OF band and or
chestra music Wednesday. October
22. about 10 pm? ] distinctly heard
the broadcaster announce Havana
Cuba" three times, but failed to-
catch the call letters.-ALTON
DENSLOW.
PWX Is the station you undoubted-
| ly heard. 1t had band concert
scheduled last Wedne sday night.
| Radio Editor:
/ have been reading in The Stars
radio column about some of the dis
| tant stations received by fans. While
| | may not have what you would
call record, l think that | have a
very good log. / use a set which /
built myself and it is without doubt
the easiest to construct and operate
| that I have ever seen.
Following is a list of stations /
received during one hour Friday
morning from 12:40 to $40 O'clock:
webb, WDAR. WSB, WQJ, WTAS
WBZ. 2XBJ, New York: WOI. SXBB.
| Lansing. Mich; WDAF, kYW and
WICK, st. Louis.
| Altogether l have received more
than 100 different distant stations. /
| can sit down every night and bring
| in Pittsburgh, Schenectady, Spring
| field and three Chicago stations at
the same dial settings. / think this
| is pretty good for one tube. 1 don't
| think that the set can be beat in the
one-tube class.-H. l.. Shepard, 1926
Jefferson street.
Evening star., 1924-10-28

Radio Editor:
Will you kindly give me any in
formation on station KEMS, Shenan-
doah, Iowa. and VIVID. Loyal Order
Evening star., 1924-10-28
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT


Talk by Frederic William
Vile on The Political Situa-
ton in Washington Tonight"
WRC, Washington, 9 o'clock.
Comedy. Enter Madame"
by WGY Players. WGY, Sche-
nectady, and WY, New York,
s o'clock.
"The Miracle" entire score.
chorus, orchestra and organ,
direct from Century Theater,
WGBS, New York, s to II
o'clock.
Shakespeare's "Othel1o,"
WIS, Chicago, $50 o'clock.
Political talk by Charles
Evans Hughes, Secretary of
State, and others, WEBB, Chi
cago, 9 10 II o'clock.
Dance program by Meyer
Davis lie Paradis Orchestra,
WRC. Wa s h ington, 10:l5
o'clock.
Midnight frolic by the Chica-
saw Ramblers, VINO, Mem
phis, II o'clock.
Ellsworth American., 1924-08-27

Do You remember, you boys of fifty
or more years ago, how proud you
were of your first copper-toed shoes? {?
But do you know that they were in
vented by Maine man?
George A. Mitchell, a Turner
farmer, discouraged because his
many children wore the toes of their
shoes out faster than he could afford
to buy new ones, cut some pieces
from sheet of copper and fastened
them to the shoe, He found the
shoes then outwore any three pairs
he had ever bought.
He patented the idea, making his
claim cover copper, silver or other
metal for shoe tips, and made more
money from it than he could have
Wrested from his farm in a life time.
Copper-toed shoes became the rage,
and children cried for them. For
many years they were in use, especi-
ally in smaller towns and rural com
munities.
Ellsworth American., 1924-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Lunt and son
Earl, and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Law
ton and sister, Mrs. NIillie Petite
grove, of Portland, are spending a
week at the old Clark homestead.
:, Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Kittredge
and son, of Lamoine, and Mr. and
Mrs. Harvard Kittredge and daughter
of Lawrence, Mass, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Kittredge's brother, Otis II.
ingalls,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jason Kane, who
spent their vacation at their home
here, have gone back to their work
at Meriden, Conn.
DR.. and Mrs George Dix of
Worcester, Mass, and Eugene Eye
and sister, Mrs. George Melcher, Of
Somerville, Mass, are visiting Mr..
Eyes mother Mrs. Medcher,, son
George, and William Reed and wife
left for their new home in Winthrop,
Mass.
Mrs. Ida Norwood and Mr.. Gray
and granddaughter, May Ober, of
! Windsor, have been visiting Mrs.
! Norwood's daughter, Mrs. Edwin
Lopaus.
Mrs. Austin Ingalls, and son Aus
tin are spendig the week with Miss
Dorothy Shackford' at Ellsworth.
Mr., and Mrs Myron Higgins have
/ returned to their home in Hartford
/ Conn.
/ Aug. 25. "Thelma"
Ellsworth American., 1924-08-27

The oranges of the country have
always been unit against settling
national disputes by force of arms,
and Overland oyeragain have declared
for international arbitration as a
better plan The grange now goes
one step further as a means towards
checking the war spirit by the fol-
lowing practical declaration of pur-
pose:
THE national grange believes that
in case this country should unfortu-
nately become involved in another
war, the government should take
over the manufacture Of all war mu-
nitions and draft all commodities of
commerce and trade that may be
necessary for the prosecution of the
war; also that men shall be drafted
for service producing munitions and
war equipment the same as they are
drafted for service in the army"
Ellsworth American., 1924-08-27
ADVERTISE BEANS

Grange in Michigan Leads Publicity
Campaign.
The oranges of Michigan are join-
ing in a movement among the bean
growers OF that state to widely ad-
yertise Michigan beans, and money is
being raised among the oranges in
all sections of the state to provide
the funds for such campaign. Two
tfths of all the beans grown in the
United States last year were raised
in Michigan, and the government
crop forecast for 1924 predicts that
Michigan viii produce this year at
grown in the United States.
The project contemplates the col
lection of a small sum from each
bean grower to create an advertising
fund. which shall make Michigan
beans known in every part of the
United States All the machinery
of the grange organization is being
employed in this effort, following a
like move several years ago, in which
the grange took the initiative, for
organizing the beet growers of the
state to pool their product and hold
it for higher prices than they had
been getting. 1t is estimated that
several million dollars of increased
money have been brought to Michi-
gan beet growers as the result of
that undertaking, into which grange
energies were so vigorously thrown,
and similar beneficial results are ex-
pected from the present project.
Ellsworth American., 1924-08-27

finished the bottle while l was in bed.
got up feeling fine and have taken care
of the twins alone ever since. l recon-
mend the Vegetable Compound highly
and will sing its praises in the future. J"
Mrs. IDA GERBITZ, Wyocena, Wis.
1t remarkable how many cases have
been reported similar to this one. Many
mothers are left in a weakened and
rundown condition after child birth, and
for such mothers the care of the baby
is well-nigh impossible. Not only is it
hard for the mother, but the child itself
will indirectly suffer.
Lydia E. Pinllham's Vegetable Com
pound is an excellent tonic for the
motherb both before and after childbirth.
1t is prepared from medicinal roots and
herbs, and does not contain any harm
full drugs. 1t can be taken in safety by
nursing mothers.
Ellsworth American., 1924-08-27
SELECTED BREEDERS
Poultrymen Should Consider Egg
Production Records.

Everyone who keeps hens knows
that all do not lay the same number
of eggs, but many poultrymen have
not noticed that there is a consider
able difference in the external char
acteristics of a hen which has laid
well and one which has not. These
differences are especially true during
the summer and fall months, after
hen has passed through the laying
year.
Based upon these differences it is
not difficult to pick ont the high pro-
ducers from the low producers dur
ing the summer and fall. This is
what the agricultural extension ser
vice of the College of Agriculture
taught 3S1 people at forty-eight dem
onstrations last year.
Through the local committee of
/ the Farm Bureau, arrangements We're
made for a demonstration to be held
at the home of a poultryman in the
! community. Using the hens from
this poultryman's flock, the county
/ agent explained and showed those
present the points indicating high
/ production and those indicating. low
production. Following this instruc-
ton, those present assisted the
county agent in picking out the
highest-producing hens to be kept
over the next year to breed from.
If any progress is to be made in
! increasing the egg production of a
flock, first of all attention must be
given to the egg production of the
hens used as breeders 1t is not pos
sible for the average farmer to trap
nest his hens, but considerable i'm
proyement can be made without tran
nesting if careful attention will be
given to the selection of the hens
used as breeders.
The difference between a high
producing hen and a low-producing
hen is very obvious when the points
to look for are once learned.