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Evening star., 1924-12-22
RADIO QUERIES
Radio Editor:

Radio Editor:
/ should like to have my little say
with reference to the much discussed
question of code interference In radio
broadcasting
/ am not familiar enough with this
phase OF the game TO distinguish be-
tween amateur ! and commercial
operators, but do think that for the
first named the law which prohibits
the nerve-racking buzzing during
broadcasting hours would be rigidly
enforced with penalty for violators.
Regarding the commercial or govern
ment-owned stations, my idea Is that
If ships cannot navigate for four or
tve hours without code assistance
they should not venture on the seas.
II radio broadcasting is to continue
as popular amusement, 1t is impera-
tive that drastic steps be taken to
insure good reception of the various
entertainment programs.-C. d. COOK.
Radio Editor:
The Canadian National Railways
station heard by Mr.. e. Woodward.
on wave length of about 800 meters,
was CNRA. Moncton, New Brunswick,
Canada. 1 have heard it on the same
dial setting as WSAI.-A. NJ. LEW
ERS.
Radio Editor:
Does an antenna work better
when II Is strung north and south or
when II Is strung east and west?-
RADIO SAM
1t all depends on the directions Of
the stations that you want to hear, the
direction OF local Interference, like
power lines, and the directions of alb
sorbtng re-radiating structures, like
steel or stone buildings. The actual
points Of the compass-that Is, the re-
lation Of the antenna direction to the
axis OF the earth-have no known effect
on radio reception.
Radio Editor:
Is there any way can find out which
broadcasting stations are furnishing the
Ekko verified reception stamps7 AS you
probably know, these stamps are fur
nished to any one sending the station
10 cents and some proof that the pro-
gram Of the said station was actually
received. have q stamp from WTAS
and one coming from Mortified, MINI
Would like to get others.-J. A R
According to Information broadcast
by the manufacturers Of the stamps vir-
tually all broadcasting stations are SELL
ing them
Radio Editor:
Please verify the following stations,
their wave lengths. etc: WABF, Provi-
Evening star., 1924-12-22
Explanation Of Battery.

The positive side Of battery Is
that from which current flows to the
external circuit Negative Is the re-
turn circuit to the battery. This ap-
k5iisG enly IN direct curtents
Evening star., 1924-12-22

Percy Bower. the new lord mayor
ef the English city of Birmingham.
was left an orphan at the age Of 10
thsn became a London newsboy ana
Rtax q blacksmith.
Evening star., 1924-12-22

dence, r. l.; WBBJ, New York City,
and WFBL, Syracuse, n. Y.
Also who is broadcasting from Wash
ington under the call letters wRH8T,
located at SIS Eleventh street. I would
like TO know whether it is to be a p.r-
manent station and what IS to be its
policy.-S. SALOMAN.
There is no station with the call lei
ters WABF. Perhaps you heard WESBF.
In Crhnston, X. J.. which transmits on s..
2S6-meter wave band. WEBB is the Sta
ton In New York City, not WBBJ. It's
wave band is 273 meters. WFBY, Syra
cuse, N. Y, transmits on a 2S6-meter
band. WRBF. not WRHM, ts the sta
ton at 525 Eleventh street It is opeT
ated by the Washington hospital radio
fund committee, and IS not likely to be
permanent.
Radio Editor:
gram OF crystal set which will enable
you to bring the local stations In vevy
loud and clear, and at times distance
stations such as KDRA, wIP and
WEAF. Some people think that crystal
sets are not anywhere near the average
one-tube set. but IL you get good equip
ment you may obtain fine results. Fo-
instance, I had small crystal set and
could get nothing but local stations. and
they were not very loud. l discarded
that set and got better equipment and
good results. I can get KDhA two and
sometimes three times week. I am not
contradicting any one, but am just Civ
ing the crystal set It's due. The set costs
about S5 without the phones-DIUS
BOOKER, 2222 Thirteenth street.
Evening star., 1924-12-22
WRC-Radio Corporation of America
(4S8 MetersS.

pm. Books for Christmas
Gifts" by Mrs. Milton Reed, under
the auspices OF the League OF Amer
scan Pen Women.
4:2o p.m.-Piano recital, by George
F. Ross.
<:30 p.m.-Tea music by the New
Willard Meyer Davis Trio, broadcast
from the palm room Of the New Will
lard Hotel
p.m.-Children's hour, by Peggy
Albion.
Sis p.m.-The Hawaiian Islands,"
by c. II. Lane, chief of the Agricul-
tnral Education Service, Federal
Board for Vocational Education.
Evening star., 1924-12-22

1905 p.n.-Weather Bureau reports.
wCAP Chesapeake and Potomar
Telephone Co. (46e Meters).
1880 to 1850 p.m.--violet Warren
P!erson, dramatic reader, in Rhymes
and Stories Of the Christmas Season"
1850 to $40 p.m.-Concert by the
OrpheuS Male Quartet of Baltimore,
John L. wilbourn. first tenor; Ed
ward Jendreks. second tenor; Con-
ner Turner, first bass; Walter L
Ilnthicum, second bass.
cssc~-ee,- e.aS F-s..---ruuos0 -rcoie.a Wy
artists, presented by the Washington
Music Bureau, under the manage
fnent of Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee.
9:15 to 9:45 pm. - Musical selec-
tions by the Irving Boernstein Ward
man Park Hotel Quartet, Moe Baer
conducting.
GAS to 10 pm.-Anthony FYnelli,
celii soloist, In a group Of solos. ac-
companied at the piano by Franklin
jackson.
10 to 1890 p.m.-Concert by the
Choir Invisible, an organization Of
church soloists, under the direction
Of Otto Torney Simon: Mrs. Gertrude
McRae Nash. accompanist. Program:
'Wynkin, Blynkin and Nod" (Nev-
ins), The Rosary" (Nevins), Him
N-A1S NA1A1bOShpJ oIlr ." I6l a Lovely
Magic Hath Been Here" (Bantock);
four Christmas anthems - "Sl eepers.
Awake" from the oratorio "St. Paul"
(Mendelssohn); 10. How a Rose
Fer Blooming" (Praetorius), Holy
Night" Christmas folk song Car
ranged by Walter Damrosch); "Adeste
Fideles," old hymn-broadcast Jointly
with station wEAF, New York.
1880 to 1890 p.m-Dance music,
played by the Irving Boernstein LIE
Java Cafe Orchestra, incidental to
the opening OF the cafe, presented
through the courtesy of the Frank
lin SQUARE Rotaf
Evening star., 1924-12-22
Local Radio Entertainment
Monday, December 22, 1924.

NAA--NavaI Radio Station. Radio, va.
(43S MetersD.
S:45 p.n7-Weather Bureau reports.
1905 p.rn.-Weather Bureau reports.
Evening star., 1924-12-22


Please verify the following stations,
their wave lengths. etc. WABF, Provi-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-08-29
GET OUT THE VOTE!

Mrs. John O. Miller, state chairman
Of the Pennsylvania League of Wom-
en- Voters, told truth that needs con-
stant emphasis when she declared
that democracy is not working if peo-
pile don't vote.
Pennsylvania" she added, "was
thirty seventh among the states in it's
proportion of registered voters who
cast their ballots at the last presi-
Dental election"
Mrs. Miller's statement is in line
with recent appeal of President
Samuel Gompers Of the American
Federation of Labor, in which he
urged the labor movement to work to
get out the whole American vote.
"We live today" said Mr.. Comp
ers, under government composed
of officials elected by a minority of
our people. The trade unions can do
as much as any other organized force
in our national life toward bringing
about an election in which majority
of the eligible voters will participate.
"The right to vote is not something
which was given to the people, or
which they came by easily. 1t was
the result of tremendous effort and
terrific sacrifice. 1t was gained be-
cause people had the conviction that
no other kind of government could be
tolerated and because they were will
ing to sacrifice everything for that
conviction. The success of democracy
can be assured only by intelligent par
ticipation in the selection of officials
and the making of national decisions
by an overwhelming majority of the
people.
''Let the whole trade union move
ment begin now and keep constantly
at the job of educating trade union
lists and non-trade unionists alike to
what is paramount duty in every
election-the casting of vote by ev-
cry person eligible to vote."s
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-08-29
SOMETHING RADICALLY WRONG

"The mining of coal in Great Brit
ain, France and Belgium is more dan
gerous and hazardous than in this
country, yet there are killed in coal
mines of the United States nearly
five times as many mean as there are
in Great Britain, France and Belgium
according to the number of men en-
ployed. 1t is obvious that there is
something radically wrong in some of
the mines of this country. In our
haste we are not giving due regard
to the safety of the miners and the
protection of human lives. What |
shall say, of course. is not intended
for those coal operators who are CIV
ing proper care to the health and lives
of the men employed in their mines.
know that great many coal opera
toors in this country are using every
reasonable means possible to safe
guard the health and lives of their
men; but, on the other hand, know
there are many coal operators that
have been and do now disregard safe
ty methods and devices to protect the
lives Of their workmen, and it is to
that class of operators and to those
men who work in the mines that do
not use proper care to protect them
selves and their fellow workmen that
am addressing my criticisms. =
Representative John M. Robson of
Kentucky, in speaking on Recent
Mipo nica ctorc
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-08-29
Organization Is First
Essential to Harmony

Perfect accord and cooperation
must prevail in the labor movement
and upon the economic field of en-
deavor if we are to obtain the best
and really worthwhile results. This
is as true in our trade unions as it is
with any given piece of machinenry
A locomotive can not work to capac-
city if any part of its integral make
up is out of order and not function
ing properly. The same is true of all
other machines.
A locomotive to work properly and
to capacity must have the attention
and cooperation of the engineer, the
fireman, the conductor, and the train
dispatcher. Unless all these elements
and forces coordinate and work in
harmony the wonderfully constructed
and powerful locomotive becomes i'm
potent and often dangerous.
The foregoing principles are appli-
cable and just as necessary for sue
cessful achievement in our trade
union movement, in industry, and in
the accomplishment of results. The
employer, the superintendent, the
union and the members thereof should
work in harmony, if the best results
are to be achieved. If any one of
these elements that go to make up
the whole is not in accord friction de
velops, and discord and danger are
just ahead of us.
Labor is just as necessary in any
given industry as capital. 1t is just
as necessary as the employer or the
and is entitled to just
as much consideration as any part of
the elements engaged therein The
employer can not get along without
labor, and labor under any system of
production must have authoritative,
just management. Well paid and less
expensive in the end. 1t is of great
er service and is more productive and
better for the employer
in the final analysis.
Just so long as industry is con-
Quoted under the present system ev-
cry thoughtful man and woman must
realize that cooperation and har-
mony in which labor has it's own prop
er say are conducive to the best inter
ests of labor, the management, and
finally society at large.
The first essential to such a condi-
tion is organization. Without it no
progress for the workers in the lines
Of human endeavor and a higher and
better civilization has ever been made.
Organize; perfect your organization;
and keep on organizing.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-08-29
STANDING IN OWN LIGHT

Organization is the only salvation
of the working man or woman of this
day and time, and the sooner they
realize this the better. They have all
kinds of evidence of this fact from
the events that have recently come to
pass, and if they are to receive any
thing like adequate remuneration for
their labor they must organize. The
cost of living has gone up out of all
proportion to the wages received by
those who are compelled to toll long
hours and under most trying circum-
stances and to remain longer outside
the pale of organized or collective en-
ployes means that they must still suf-
fer the hardships to which this class
of labor is subject.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-08-29
WHAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID

II am glad that system of labor
prevails under which laborers can
strike when they want to, where they
are not obliged to work under all cir
cumstances, and are not tied down to
work whether you pay them for it or
ont.
81 like system which lets a man
quit when he wants to, and / wish it
might prevail everywhere.
81 want a man to have a chance to
better his condition; that is the true
system. l am not ashamed to confess
that twenty-five years ago | was a
hired laborer."
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-08-29

1t is reported that man in Mich
igan was living for two months with
a broken neck before he knew it.
That isn't anything! We have in this
country people who have been living
all these years without any brains
and never knew it. Yes, many of
them, even people who think them
selves very smart.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-08-29

Remember, that the movement to
split organized labor never comes
from labor's friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
PREDICTS BIG YEAR
 STARTING N SPRING
Much Business In Next Few
 Months, Says Smith

With the holidays over and spring with the usual moving season approach ing, Charles E. Smithe of the Realty Sales company, sees wonderful sea- .son ahead for the real estate dealers.
 Even though there has been a slight increase in building material by the manufacturer and increases are ex- pected throughout the district by the retailers, it does not seem to affect the buying of homes, judging by the in- quiries received, stated Mir. Smithe
 Inquiries for new homes are coming in so fact at present that there may be some difficulty in supplying them, Mr. Smithe stated.
 Among the inquiries for homes, Mr. Smithe finds many newcomers to Bir- mingham, from all sections of the coun- try. who, finding rental property so high are now looking for homes.
 The demand at present seems to be for moderately priced bungalows, equipped with modern built-in fixtures and heat and selling at price from $4.500 to $6,000, Mir. Smithe finds.
 One of the things that is influencing men to buy homes, Mir. Smithe be- lieves, is the busy man of today is learning that the man who is buying a home or who owns a home, is regarded more highly in the community and re- gards himself more highly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
MANY WANT HOMES,
 SAYS CHICHESTER
Prominent Realtor Receives Queries Already As To Houses

Many inquiries for homes have been received by Chichester X Co., aceord ing to John Chichester, president, who declares this is an indication of the rush in the spring.
 The houses Mir Chichester is building west of Sodth Twentieth street are proving popular, he says, and he is selling them as fast as they can be built.
 Moderate priced homes will be at a premium, he says, and every effort pos sible is being made to help supply the demand which k expected in tie spring.
 The rrason for this iS attributed to the fact that it is "t once easily apees- sibe to schools, t!e business section of Birmingham and til2 country on tine other Sidr of Ited mountain. In building tue hpGseS a general plan is followed with variations for each house, which gives cacO enc seven rooms, arranged in manner to make avoidable unnecessary steps. Every modern convenience is t. Le put in these houses, Mr Chichester says, and when they are f.ni,hed will be complete and ready to move into.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
PAGE AND WHITE
 START NEW FIRM
Jones Valley Real Estate Com pany Added To Birmingham's
 List Of Realty Firms

X new star has entered the real es- tate horizon and from the promises of it's managers, 1t may soon occupy an i'm portant position ill the transfer of real estate.
 The Jones Valley Real Estate com pany started operations January 1, in The Age Herald building. and encoun- tered conditions which presage prom ising year for Birmingham and the new company.
 Wiley B. White and William A. Page, both old residents in Birmingham and well known tobacco statesmen, are great boosters and big hustlers. They say they have done far more business in the first month of the firms exist ence than any new company has d right to expect.
 Birmingham is the young mans town, the town for opportunity, the town to grow up with, says Mir. Wiley, who comes from middle Tennessee.
 Mir. Page is from Atlanta and brings that spirit of city pride for which At lanta is noted fully transplanted to Bir- mingham. 1t took him Il year or two to realize the possibilities of Birmingham, but now he thinks it is the largest city in the south.
 Mir. White has been division man. ager for the American Tobacco com pany for 10 years, and has traveled eX- tensively through this part of the couu- try for the last 12 years.
 Mir. Page has been with various to- bacco companies for the. last nine years. Both men believe strongly ill Birmlng- ham dirt"
 The new company will specialize in business property and in suourbna homes. As soon as the weather IS warmer they intend to start building homes in the subpurbs.
 The tobacco industry is q good busi- ness, but the money is in handling something big, and they intend to get the big things, they <. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
FLORIDA BUNCH
 LIKETO BOOST
Johnson Likes Florida, But Bir- , mingham Looks Best To Him,
 He Says In Letter

''It is noticeable that every one you meet in Florida is boosting Florida, whether il be q. new arrival or an old timer said WiIliam F. Johnson of -Messer-Jolinson Realty company. who has recently. returned from nonth's trip through Alabama, Georgia and \ Florida.
 Many pro4,le who vent to F'ioria fof their hlu:ti, and have fRliy recuy- cred have bought Aroperty ih thar state and iitc0tl tj make il tlreir non,e. said Mir. Johnson,
 Readily acknowledging that Florida looked very good to 'hiia. Mir. Johnson strongly favors Birmingham. saying that il can not be excelied. and adding that the real estate values in Bir- mingllam can not be matched any where.
 Largest of the citrus developments visited were around Lake Wales and Sebring, some of these developments having as many as 8 acres in growing trees from one to ten years old, he sad. and added:
 "A developing company is selling groves to individuals in five or more Eacrts. At this point, what is known in Florida as mountains, reaches it's highest point in Iron mountain in Lake Wales. It is $50 feet above sea level, and from this point one can see 30 or 10 miles away.
 Some of the most beautiful homes are found in this section. It might be interesting to know that extending along through the central portion of the state to a few miles south of Sebring that this range of hills is from two to six miles wide, having flat land on each side.
 The people of this region assert that this is the safest and best citrus land in Florida
 Green Cove Springs, where Mr, Johnson stayed for some time. is 3t miles south of Jacksonville on the St. Johns river which is five miles wide at this point, he said. Green Cove Springs is known as a very good health resort, with d sulpher spring giving 5000 gallons of water per minute, supplying the population with drinking water and large swim- ming pool, according to Mir. Johnson. Tt is very unfortunate that the roads south and east oy Birmingham can not be kept in better condition, or we could get many tourists to come through Birmingham.
 Il met many people who wanted to come to visit Birmingham, but were prevented because of the condition of the roads. 1 am sure that as soon as Birmingham gets good roads we will get our share of the tourists he said.
 Fleets of bungalows built on tops of Fords was one of the interesting things observed by Mir. Johnson. These trav- cling houses took full advantage of the travelling camps. he witnesses. At one place along his route he saw man who had caught 50 pounds of bass. These he loaded into his Ford car and started to town. On arriving there he cried, 'Fish, fish" and the people crowded around him. But in- stead of selling them, he gave them away. saying that he enjoyed it more that way.
 the old Elyton Land company obtained
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
FAME GONE, HE
 TURNS ON GAS.
Once Leading Piano Maker Of New York Fails In Suicide .
 Attempt

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Stephen Brambach, 70 years old, believed to be one of the founders of the Brambach Piano company, attempted suicide in his rooms at No. 1174 Park avenue. He was found in bed with gas tube clenched between his teeth after Joseph Murphy, superintendent of the apart ment house, traced gas to his apart ment on the ground floor of the build ing.
 Prompt work on the part of Patrol man Imperial of the East 104th street station, followed by the use of pull motor, and the efforts of doctors at the Metropolitan hospital, may result in saving the mans life.
 Police investigation following the re- moval of Brambach to the hospital dis closed that he owned several patents on piano parts. An expensive gold-headed cane and q gold Masonic emblem testi- fled to former affluence. For three years since the death of his wife, Brambach maintained a small piano store, first at No. 1429 Lexington ave nue, and later at No 133 East Ninety seventh street At the last address he was until last July in partnership with a man named Simmons. wlb shot him self in the store, shortly after the part nership was formed. The piano maker continued to run the store until re- gently when he seemed, according to neighbors. to be depressed.
 Brambach said his nearest friend was Ernest Brambach of No. 2092 Am sterdam avenue A roomer in the apart ment with Brambach for the last six years told the police that the piano maker was given to long, periods of silence in which he seemed ito be liv- ing past memories" Sometimes he talked of his former wealth and posi- tion, and it was then he told of his connection with the piano concern bear ing his name which occupies a ten story building on Forty-ninth street,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
MANY SALES MADE
 BY SHEPHERD-SLOSS
Realtors Find That Grove Park
 Is Proving Popular

More and more people are desirous to escape the dust and smoke of Bir- mingham, according to A. Paige Sloss of shepherd Realty company, who is developing Grove Park.
 Only the inclement weather of the last week, by retarding the work on the houses under construction, is worry ing him at present. Otherwise he can not build the houses fast enough for the people to move in. he says.
 Grove Park has many attractive fea- lures, the main one being at some dis tance from Birmingham. on main travelled, paved road. There are schools near of both the grammar and high school variety; people find no objec- tion to the place, he says.
 With summer in view and memories of the heat coming to mind, many peo- pleA have decided definitely to leave the city for cooler place.
 There is always q breeze over the top of Red mountain and the temperature is eight to ten degrees cooler than in Bir- mingham. Mr. Sloss says.
 Grove Park is r minutes auto ride from Birmingham and is on car line The place is distinct from Edgpwood. on which it borders. and there are strict restrictions on the type of house which is built.