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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
THIRTY MOTHERS PRESENT

Community Club Observes Day With
 Program Of Music And Speeches
 -Mother's Day, with about 90 mothers in attendance, was observed by the Community club at it's regular weekly luncheon in the Tutwiler hotel Thursday. Several numbers featured the entertainment program, one of which was talk on Mothers" by W. H. Brantley, Jr. Miss Martha Young, a reader and writer of note. gave three well received readings Musical selections were rendered by Miss Mary Wilson and Miss Ethel Atkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
NO LEGGETT ENDORSEMENT
w. R. Copeland Issues Statement For
 County Teaeheras Co.,mcfH

NVuuey Ic3eMcFS council
 w. R. Copeland, president Jeffer- son County Teachers council, Thursday issued formal denial that he had in dorsed J. w. Leggett for the county board of education. His statement reads as follows:
 There has been brought to my at- tention leaflet, or circular, that has been, am informed. widely distributed, advocating the candidacy of Mir. !. ". Le4gett for the county board of edu- cation, in which there appears the state ment that the Jefferson County Teach ers' council has indorsed Mir. Leggett for this position, and to this statement my name as president of the council is signed.
 The Jefferson County Teachers council has not indorsed any candi- date for board of education. The mat ter was never discussed in the coun- eil until Saturday, May 3, and no ac- ton was taken then, except to deny that indorsement had been given to MT. Leggett."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09

use by reason of it's having been em- ployed as part of q public highway for more than 20 years.
 The Estes Lumber company owns property on both aides of Twenty-eighth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
WIRELESS MEN STRIKE French Operators Protest Dismissal
 Of Friends

PARIS, May S,-The French Wire less company's operators with but few exceptions went on strike when the night shift started last night, in pro test against the dismissal of some of their number and to obtain more pay. It is believed to be the first wireless operators strike on record. sg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09

avenue between Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh streets. and it's claim, it is understood, is that it was per mitted by the old municipality to block this space off for it's own use.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
WIZ WILL CARRY
3FEATURES HERE
Will "Pipe Down" Numbers to
WRC for Program To-
night.

Three of the major features on
WRCs program tonight viii be "piped
down" from New York through WIZ.
They are a concert by the Dixie Stars,
a dance program by the Greenwich
Village Inn Orchestra and the watch
service and chimes from the Trinity
Church.
Although WCAP was scheduled to
broadcast tonight, it exchanged with
WRC, In order TO join with a number
of other stations tomorrow night in
broadcasting the first of the series OF
programs by famous artists arranged
by the Victor Talking Machine Co.
Among the attractions scheduled by
WRC to originate in Washington are
a concert by the Harmonious Quartet.
which scored a hit in Uncle Sans
Follies," the Government clerks re
vue recently presented at the Presi-
dent Theater; a concert by the Lee
House Trio, dinner music and Scotch
songs by Hook Kennedy. The only
talk will be given by Prof. w. f. G..
Swami of the University Of Minnesota,
under the auspices Of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science in cooperation with the
Smithsonian Institution.
WRC will go on the air at 6:45
o'clock with the children's hour pc
riod, and broadcast continuously un-
til midnight, closing with the watch
night service at the Trinity Church
in New York.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
LODGING HOUSE OPENED
TO ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED
Urbain J. Ledoux, New York
Champion of Jobless, Assured of
Municipal Cooperation.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. December 31-After
a conference attended by Urbain ].
Ledoux, champion OF the jobless. and
representatives of charities, the po-
lice and the department OF welfare,
1t was announced late yesterday that
the municipal lodging house would
be open last night to Ledoux's army
of unemployed and that the Munich
pal Employment Bureau attached TO
the lodging house would endeavor to
find work for the men.
Camp Memorial Church, where 200
OF Ledoux's band have been sleeping,
would be vacated, Ledoux-better
known as Mr.. Zero-assured the con-
ference, inasmuch as it had been
agreed to abrogate the rule limiting
accomm odations at the lodging house
to Ave nights a month.
On New Year day the police will
begin to take drastic measures
against the men under Ledoux and
will arrest as vagrants all who have
not applied to the municipal lodg-
ing house, said Capt. James J. Gegan
of the bomb squad. who represented
Acting Police Commissioner John A
Leach and Commissioner of Public
Welfare Bird s. Coler at the confer
ence.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
The Antenna and Grid Circuits.
Part HI.

In radio, as in any other art. moth
ing will satisfy that is little short Of
perfection, so that il was not long
before new developments that would
permit finer adjustment than could be
obtained by the tap system were de-
manded and the need was filled.
For the time being we will stick
to the method of varying the induc-
tance constants of the coil rather
than the methods Of varying the con-
stants of the circuit by means of vari-
able condensers.
One method Of varying the induc-
tance of circuit to very fine limits
is that which makes use of the prin-
ciple of the change in the mutual in
ductance of two coils placed very
close to each other, when the posi-
ton Of one coil with respect to the
other is changed in such a way that
the condition can be varied from a
point where both coils are aiding to
a point where they are bucking each
other, thus varying the inductance
from the maximum to the minimum.
Change Not Great.
The change from maximum to min
lmum Is not very great, but in most
Of the commercial instruents it is
sufficient to take in a wave length
Evening star., 1924-12-31
FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RADIO EACH DAY
BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA -
Noted Authority on Radio
Prohibt
all Rights Reserved. Reproduction Prohibited.

tanned with the tapped coil and the
fine adjustment is obtained with the
variometer. An antenna circuit of this
type is shown in figure 2.
Instruments Combined.
In some instruments of commercial
manufacture the two instruments
that is. the tapped coil and the vario-
meter-have been combined in one
instrument, making very efficient
type Of tuning arrangement.
A more common method of obtain
ing close adjustment of circuit con-
stants is shown in figure 8. In this
case a variable condenser is connect
ed in series with the antenna coil and
the circuit is tuned to the desired
wave length by an adjustment OF both
the tapped coil and the condenser.
The coil need not be tapped very
closely. every five to Is turns being
sufficient, depending on the capacity
range of the condenser.
In still another method the variable
condenser Is used across the coil, as
shown in figure 4.
The Best Arrangement.
When the wavelength range Of the
circuit need not be very great, and
where sharp tuning is desired, the
DCSb duS Is lHc SeIlCS ar
rangement shown in figure 3, but
where a wide range OF wavelengths
must be covered the arrangement
shown in figure 4, will give greater
satisfaction, although 1t will not tune
as sharply.
Another characteristic OF these
methods Of using the condenser is
that the series Connection shown In
figure 8 lowers the wave length Of
the circuit--that is, the wave length
to which the circuit will tune without
the condenser-while the parallel con-
nection shown in figure 4 increases
the wave length of the circuit.
In many cases where 1t Is not de-
sired to cover a wave length band Of
more than three or four hundred
meters the condenser may be used
with a fixed coil instead of with a
tapped COLL
Evening star., 1924-12-31
WOULD LOWER WISE COST.
Reciprocal Arrangements for Re-
ducing Charges Urged.

Reduction Of passport wise charges
through reciprocal arrangements
with foreign countries was urged in
a statement today by the. foreign
commerce committee of the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United States.
Our committee has received re-
ports from business men of cumu-
lative passport wise charges on
business travellers in Europe that
amounted to as much as the cost OF
an ocean passage in a de luxe state
room before the war" the statement
said. 1.-THE wise charges imposed by
many countries amount to $40 each
and are levied because of the $40
charge collected by the United States
Government for vises"
Evening star., 1924-12-31
HOOVER AGAIN DENIES
FAVORING RADIO TAX
Secretary Advocates National
Broadcast Hour for Big
Feature Events.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 31.--One hour
day of a national radio program,
interconnected over the whole coun-
try under some Independent direction
has been suggested by Secretary
Herbert Hoover. but he has not pro-
posed a per cent or any other tax
on radio sales to support such a
program, he said, in a letter TO the
Chicago Tribune printed today.
Independent direction would as
sure TO the American people the regu-
lar distribution of such things as
addresses by the President, perform
ances by artists or other persons of
national fame for which 1t would be
impossible for any individual station
to arrange, the letter said.
The Secretary wrote that the sug-
gestion first was made at the recent
radio conference, but that he did not
make any suggestion of the character r
OF control OF the programs as being
the entering wedge of censorship"
Evening star., 1924-12-31
121,685 NEW RESIDENTS.
Total of Immigrants Admitted to
Canada in II Months.

OTTAWA, December 81. There
were 121,6S5 immigrants admitted to
Canada during IL months of 1924
ending with November. according to
a report issued yesterday by the de-
partment of immigration and coloni-
cation, a decrease of 9,046 from the
number admitted during the same Pc
riod last year. OF those admitted,
1887 were from the United States.
56,923 from Great Britain and 49,173
from other countries.
The movement of United States cit
liens into Canada in 1924 was 3,645
less than in 1923, the report shows.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
RADIO QUERIES

Radio Editor:
Monday morning about l o'clock I
received a clear program on my loud
speaker from a station in Calgary
Alberta, Canada, broadcasting on a
440-meter wave length. 1t was the
first anniversary program of the Ca
madam National Railways, using the
call letters CNRC. My list Of stations
does not include a station with the
above call letters. Kindly verify, If
possible, the correctness of this call
e. C. ARDESSER, Jr.
The call letters, wave band and
location of the Calgary station are
correct. The first anniversary pro-
gram also was broadcast jointly by
CNRM, Montreal; CNRO, ottawa, and
CNRT, Toronto, all Canadian National
Railway stations.
Radio Editor:
In answer to c. E. Currier, in The
Sunday Star, would say the station
using the slogan. :rThe Voice of the
Prairie" is CFCN, Calgary. Alberta,
Canada.-BESSIE MERRICK.
Radio Editor:
Please tell me through your radio
query column the distance from
Washington to San Antonio, Tex.-B
SHARP.
The air line distance from Wash
ington to San Antonio is 1886 miles.
Radio Editor:
Is there a station in Oakland, Calf,
with the call letters WCPO? If not,
where is this station located? 1t
came in on 500 n1eters.-A. FAN.
The call letters WCPO have not
been assigned to any broadcasting
station. The call letters of stations
west of the Mississippi begin with X
and not w. You may have heard
WCCo in Minneapolis, MINI.
Radio Editor:
Could you identify the station in
Montreal that, heard Saturday? Be
tween 8 and 10 o'clock a tenor was
singing THE Girls Are Pretty by the
Seashore." I did not hear the call let
ters, but heard the announcer say
Montreal" The station was broad
casting on about 430 meters.-WES-
TON SNOW.
CKAC was the station you heard
Its wave band is 430 meters.
Radio Editor:
In answer to Eldred Wilson in
Mondays Star, would say he heard
WDAR, Philadelphia, 395-meter wave
length. / read in a Philadelphia
newspaper what the station broadcast
mobile on Chestnut street that
counted to a certain number. The
streets mentioned are in Philadelphia
Mr.. Wilson might write WDAR for
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MERRICK.
Radio Editor:
Some time ago I wrote you regard
ing a new type of aerial with which !
was getting very good results with a
single-circuit receiver. The aerial
consisted simply of copper strip laid
over grounded tin roof. / would
greatly appreciate hearing through
your column from any fans who have
experimental with this. Below is a
list of DIX stations heard on a three
tube set with the above aerial These
were heard on the nights of December
81 and %. most of them, including
XII, on the loud speaker. Stations
less than $50 miles away are not
listed
WDAF. Kansas City: XII. Los An
geles; WQJ. Chicago; WWAE. Joliet;
WEBB, Chicago; CKAC. Montreal;
CNRA, Moncton Junction, N. B.;
CNRO. Toronto; WCBQ. Nashville;
WDWF, Providence; WGN, Chicago;
WQAM, Miami: WCBD, Zion City;
WFAA, Dallas; KFKB. Milford, Kans.;
CNRW. Winnipeg, Manitoba; KING,
Coldwater, Miss; XIII. Los Angeles,
and WCCO, Minneapolis. IF S.
HOWELL.
Evening star., 1924-12-31

band of from 200 to 500 meters, when
properly conected in a circuit of the
proper constants.
The arrangement usually consists
of two coils connected in series and
placed in inductive relation to each
other with provision to allow one coil
to revolve inside the other about an
axis which is perpendicular to the
axis of the coils. This is the we'll
known variometer. The antenna cir
cult using this method is shown in
figure /.
1t is also possible to use variom-
eter as an auxiliary tuning element
with a fixed coil or with a coil tap
ped at infrequent intervals. In such
a case the rough adjustment Is OBJ
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Amateur Station Listed.

The American Radio Relay League
headquarters at Hartford. Conn, is
now amateur station INK. The sta
ton was installed at the request of
amateurs throughout the country. 1t
is equipped with four fve-watt tubes
and the farthest two-way communica-
ton has been with an amateur in
Texas.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
WRC-Radio Corporation of America
(469 Meters).


(469 Meters).
s:45 p.m.-Children's Hour, by Peggy
Albion.
p.m.-Dinner music.
p.m.-"Why the Earth Is a Mag
net" by Prof. w. F. G.. Swami of the
University of Minnesota, under the
auspices of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, in
cooperation with the Smithsonian
Institution.
$40 pm. Concert by the Dixie
Stars. broadcast jointly with sta
tion WIZ.
$40 p.m.-Concert by the Harmoni-
Ous Quartet.
9:15 p.m.-Concert by the Lee House
Trio, under the direction of Samuel
Cdrin.
s:45 p.m.-Scotch songs by Hook
Kennedy; George F. Ross at the
piano.
9:55 p.m.-Retransmissi of time
signals and weather forecasts.
10 pm. - Dance program by the
Greenwich Village Inn Orchestra,
broadcast Jointly with station WIZ
from the Greenwich Village Inn, New
York.
11:15 pm. Watch service and
chimes from Trinity Church, New
York. broadcast jointly with stations
WIZ and WGY.
wCAP p Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company (469 Meters).
Silent.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Regulation Not Fossil BILE.

Regeneration cannot be regulated by
the f1lament rheostat, because a drop in
the filament temperature decreases the
efficiency of the tube. The more efficient
system is the parallel resistance con-
nected across the ticker, as used in the
filter tuner. This system provides for
close ticker coupling and maximum re-
generation.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT

Watch services and chimes.
from Trinity Church, New
York City, WRC, Washington; 3
WGY. Schenectady. and WIZ,
New York, Els to IL o'clock.
Third Of series of 10 edu-
cational concerts by New York
Philharmonic Society, WEAF,
New York, 8 20 to 10 o'clock.
Com m unity Watch-Night
services of the churches of
Schenectady held at the First
NJ e h odist Church, WGY,
Schenectady, 9 o'clock.
Concert by the Harmonious.
Quartet, WRC, Washington,
$40 to 9:l5 o'clock.
>Formal opening of KTHS
and the New Arlington Hotel.
cKTHS, Hot Springs, Ark, 10
to 2 o'clock.
New Year greeting and ring
ing of the State House bell,
followed by l48 strokes for the
years of American independ-
ence, WOO. Philadelphia, II
o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Fire Damage Is $25O,OO0.

BUFFALO, n. Y, December 81
Fire today swept through a block Of
stores on the south side of Seneca
street, between Washington and Eli
cott streets. causing damage estimat
ed at $780, 600. Clothing and shoe
stores were the heaviest losers
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Woman and Daughter Killed.

CAMDEN, N. j., December 81
Mrs. Ida Schanza and her 1T-year-old
daughter Ethel were killed and two
other persons were injured last night
when their automobile was struck by
train in Gloucester City.
Evening star., 1924-12-31

If signals are mushy and stations
hard to get, reverse the leads on
the grid coil. High and low poten-
tials may be fighting each other.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
New Station in italy.

new broadcasting station is being
installed at Milan, Italy. The wave
length will be $50 meters.
Evening star., 1924-12-31

Radio Editor:
In answer to c. f. Currier. In The
Sunday Star, would say the station
using the slogan, The Voice of the
Prairie" is CFCN, Calgary. Alberta,
Canada.-BESSIE MERRICK.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Local Radio Entertainment
Wednesday, Dec. 81, 1924.
NAA--NavaI Radio Station, Radio, Va
CABS Meters).

$:45 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
1:25 p.m.-Civil Service Commission
talk on Opportunities for Employ
ment in the United States Civil Sery-
ice"
1905 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Q TO 10 Pm.

9:00-Dance music from Loew's State Theater ......
Recital by Eugene Tkacz. Polish violinist; Gregori
Iokorewski pianist OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Musical program. vocal and instrumental; comedian
Organ recital: vocal program ....................
Classical hour. vocal and instrumental .........
Community watch night services from churches Of
Schenectady: held at the First Methodist Church
Lecture; musical program vocal and Instrumental
Addresses: musical program: 'Fiddlin' {" .......
Art Hickmans Concert Orchestra .............
Orchestra program
Zion White -robed Choir: organ; addresses
Organ recital; vocal program; talks -............
9:1o-Lyrc quartet: instrumental solos ............
Program from Berrien Springs Exchange Club :.
Special program by Nobis Nobis Club organ 80.
9:30-'Greetings by Consul Generals .............
Children's program: stories and music ..........
Radio crossword puzzle contest Roseland dance
The Washington times., 1924-11-17
NEARLY
WELL AFTER
OPERATION
Vice Presidents Elect Has Good
Night Must Rest IN Bed
Two Weeks

CHICAGO, Nov. n. Charles G..
Dawes, Vice ident.eiect. today
was reported VIRTUALLY recovered"
"A the Evanston Hospital. where he
Underwent an operation for hernia
yesterday. Attending physicians To-
day pronounced Dawes general con,
ditI0n excellent for rapid recovery,
hut declared that the nakure Of the
operation would require that he Ae-
main In bed for approximately two
weeks.
Dawes was operated upon yester-
day AFTERNOON. q local ,aFesthetic
halng employed. ana while being re-
moved from the operating room he
3ok0d with attendants. A few hours
later he drnnpeq into q deep, nor:
NAL sleep and surgeons declared the
operation entirely successful.
The immediatH operation was REQ
commanded by paWaa' personal ply
aician, who was summoned yaater-
day after the Vice President
had noticed q slight pain and swell
ing In his abdomen after completing
his morning exercises. The condk
ton Waa pronounced hernia, an az
gFaHatioR Of condition discovered
six years ago when Dawes took his
physical examination for his com
Mlasi0n IN the army.
The Washington times., 1924-11-17

are granted BY Opngress. When
the new conduit gets under way the
hydro electric plant viii be put In
operation with Il,
Major O'Connor confidently exs
peets a saving oe money with the
installation of hydfoeleotric power.
This power win be used to generate
power to pump water from Great
Falls Through the new conduit
Water Al excess OF the city's
needs passing through the conduit
will be used to generate power al
the hydro plant near the filtration
plant at Great Falls
The Washington times., 1924-11-17
MOTHER or a. KILLED
WHEN AUTO OvERTURNS

ALTOONA, Pa. Nov. 17--Mrs.
Anna Wilson. fIfty-eight n Hawk
Run. was killed when the auto
mobile A which she wan returning
from State College lcft the road.
hit : wire fence ana overturned.
she was the mother o. fourteen
children. Mrs. John Morris and
Nre. Mary McLirnent. occupants %
the car. were injured internally. and
Samuel Norris ana Mrs. Thomas
pixapn escaped With slight injuries.
The Washington times., 1924-11-17
BATTLE Or CROW AND owl
DELAYS TRAFFIC FOR HOUR

PITTSBURGH, Nov. ia BAT.
tie high n the air, Just north IL
Allison Park on the Harmony But.
Ter short line. resulted III the death
Of both contestants. II also DELAYED
traffic on the short line more than
an hour,
LinAmen Of the traction company.
seeking the cause q q short.circuit.
found crow and an owl the latter
with death grip on the neck 81
his black opponent lying across 4
The Washington times., 1924-11-17
COIN IS TAKEN FROM
SQUIRE'S WlNDPIPE

sUNBURY, Pa, Nov. Ia. Frank
IS. Traakei, Cplmont justice, swal-
loved = 10.eeAt piece and It went
down his Windpipe.
He was rushed to the ShamolSin
State Hospital, where Doctor
George wv. Reese. surgeon In chief,
performed delicate operation ana
removed Il hy using . shrQnhD-
The Washington times., 1924-11-17
MRS. COOLIDGE 10 OPEN
cRETTEllp En- HOME. RAZLIlIR

The board O1 managers Of this
Florence Crittenden Home have an,
nounced that Mrs. Gavin Coolidge
II expected u open we big bazaar
which the home q conducting IN
the Hal Of the Nations In the
washington Hotel. November "a.
| Following the bazaar the young
mothers of the Crittenden home VIII
giva q play 1t the home, castle
View" 476e Conduit road on
ThRnlsgivlng nIght.
The Washington times., 1924-11-17
Z YEARS NEEDED
To COMPLETE
CONDUIT
VIII Be Ready h January
1927, Declares District
Engineer o'connor

Major James A. O'Connor. y. s.
Engineer for the District said to-
day he is locking forward to the
completion OF the new District con-
Quit by January !, 1897, providing
the necessary annual appropriate lions
The Washington times., 1924-11-17
PREMIER PoINcARE DENIES
STARTING MoRI b WAR

PARIS. Nov. l7s- Premier Poin,
care has isVued d wsrm rsbuttal to
the press Of the published statement
OF Georges Luis, ambassador 10
Russia, asserting that Potncare was
PARTIALLY responsible Cor precinitstlng
the world war.
pcincare'n statement cites the
letters of Jules Canbon. stephen
Pichon. and Ambassador Daaacllner,
denying that they issued statements
II Russia blaming Pcincaxo Tor not
preventing the var.
The Washington times., 1924-11-17
IMPOSSIBLE NEWs NOTE.

to enjoy the process.
Prohibition Commissioner Roy
Haynes viii entertain 4 large
party Of friends ri dinHer, 81 his
homo, tonight. The guest az
honor win Do CONGRESSMAN John
Philip Hill.
The Washington times., 1924-11-17
Lincoln Memorial Hour

a new winter schedule for oman.
ing the Lincoln Memorial Buildinr
was announced today. Hours for
VISITORS wiz hereafter Be from 8
g, o.. 70 p, N, on week DAYS and
e noon to p. N. on SUNDAYS.