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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
RADIO AWAKENS WOMAN INTEREST No Longer Something For
 Man To Tinker
 With

The influence of woman's interest Tn radio can already be seen in the great number of beautiful receiving sets in the displays of dealers everywhere. W.o- mans interest in home decoration far exceeds mans interest. It is the wo- man who insists that batteries, wires and other necessary things to re- ceiving set which might become dust catchers" must be concealed. Develop ment of the dry-cell type of vacuum tube made it possible to design receiv- ing sets, such as the Trirdyn Special, in which the necessary batteries could be placed, making an ideal radio re- ceiver for any room in the home.
 If the receiving set is to have its highest value as an instrument of en- tertainment, it must fit harmoniously into the surroundings and add to- rather than detract from, the beauty of it's setting. Sensing this to the fall de- gree of her impressionable feminine in- stinct, the woman of the house insists that the radio cabinet be beautiful in execution and of a design and finish that will be in keeping with the sur roundings in which she intends to use it.
 It may ot be such a far off day when the woman of the house will be decidedly the dominating influence in the merchandising of radio. Radio set sales will increase when solicitors real ize that the woman of the house has the major part in the decision of what is to go into her home. This fact is we'll known in the piano and furniture shops. Statesmen who are making hOuse-to- house solicitations for sales of radio sets, find they have to deal almost en- tirely with the woman of the house. If the woman is convinced, a sale IS readily completed.
 Radio of three years ago was some- thing for the man of the house to ex- pertinent. with, and the exceptional wo- man who was so enterprising as to own and operate a radio receiving set, at tracted so much attention that she was liable to be featured in newspapers and magazines. The development of sim ple, easily-operated radio receivers is the constant aim of the engineers in the laboratory of the radio factories, and is partly responsible for the fact that more receiving sets are made in the plants of the organization. It does not take semi-scientist to operate receiving sets today for six-year old child can tune-in to the broadcasting stations with ease.
 Radio receiving sets are now essen- tially a form of musical instrument capable of bringing into the home, music from the far distant cities of the country. Many broadcasting stations have daily features which appeal es- pecially to women, as for example the four o'clock matinee programs of the WLW station. With the advent of the
 
 will be greater use of the receiving sets in the summertime and no home is truly modern unless there is radio set in it, either of the crystal vari- ety or one of multitude design.
 It is interesting to note that women are employed in the assembling Of Crosley receivers and these workers, in many instances, have acquired a thor ough knowledge of the technical side of the equipment and can assemble set from beginning to end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

Though this expedient is seldom nee essary on a two-stage amplifier the rec commended negative bias at higher plate potentials will be found specified in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
THE HOMEMADE LOOP

Many radio experimenters are con- structing their own loops. Unfortun- ately, in many cases these experiment tai loops are often hastily made and the best possible results are not obtained from them. In making loop, bring out the ends of the wire to binding posts mounted on bakelite or hard rub Der strip. Wood that is dry is ac- ceptable, but can not be depended upon. Always use strips of insulating ma terial for supporting the wires, and if Litzendraht wire is used take care not to break any of the strands when fas- tening under the screwheads. Always use brass screws for loop construction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
.ANTENNA SNAPS
 EASILY IN COLD
Precautions May Prevent Trouble-Use Spring
 For Tension

With the first cold snap, a good many fans wonder why their antennas break. The wires were pulled taut and firm in the summer or fall, and were well secured. The material was of the best. Everything was made ship-shape for the winter. Yet mysteriously, the wire breaks, just when the best broad casts are coming fn.
 The answer is simple, and suggests q few easy precautions that will pre- vent these troublesome breaks. An antenna that is put up in the warm weather shrinks, as the days grow colder, until the tension becomes great CT than the wire will bear-then it snaps. This accounts for many of the 'breakages.
 Winter is also hard on .antennas in many other ways. Ice storms coat the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

One of the most important problems of building a successful "B" battery eliminator is the designing of recti- fyine element, which, while efficient, will survive the rigorous conditions under which it must operate. Perfec- tion or near perfection is necessary for the delivery of current sufficient for the present day multitude receiving sets.
 Here is a description of wha. is be- lieved to be the first double-duty two element tube developed commercially for use in instruments designed to supply plate current to vacuum tubes from the alternating current light wires.
 The intrenal construction of the Super Ducon tubes is entirely new. A cross sectional view of the various ele- ments is shown on this page. The design is fundamentally the same as the ordinary two element rectifier ex. cept that it has two filaments instead of one. These are placed externally and on opposite sides of the plate, giv- ing this single tube the same power to produce full wave rectification as two ordinary rectifying tubes, thus ef- fecting a great saving when replace ments are necessary.
 As the current consumption of the rectifying element in "B" battery eliminator is not important, special one ampere filament is employed be- cause of it's ruggedness and remark ably long life as compared with the fractional amperage type of filament.
 Tests under ordinary service condi- tions show that this tube will operate for more than one thousand hours the equivalent of over e years use.
 Because of their economy, depend ability, and the fact that they require no attention whatever, "B" battery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

(Haynes- Griffin Radio Service, Inc.
 Notwithstanding the continued and inevitable advance of radio, there exist certain principles and associated appa- ratus that seem ageless, although for the benefit of the new thousands whom every day finds numbered among radio enthusiasts, they must be re-described from time to time. Prominent among such apparatus is the transformer cou- pied audio amplifier, generally the fans second step in radio progress. Though there exist other possible systems or audio frequency intensification. the transformer will never be eliminated from the field of satisfactory amplifi- cation, perhaps being combined by the advanced experimenter with resistance or impedance coupling.
 The characteristics of well-designed transformer coupled two-stage audlo frequency amplifier particularly recom- mended it to the fan who has recently built his first one-tube receiver, as well as to the discriminating experimenter.
 What Is a WelI-Designed Amplifier?
 Unfortunately, amplifier design is haphazard achievement with the average fan. In analysis, an amplifier IS ob- yiously system of intensiflcatlon, which in radio circuits generally takes advantage of the simplifying character istics of the vacuum tube. "Audlo ire ouency'' refers to the fact that such ann plifiers intensity sound variations, us- ually the output of detector, contrast ing to the higher radio frequencies. 'Transformer" designates the manner in which the output of one tube IS passed on to the next, and in this in strument the first and basic principles of correct design should be applied.
 The conventional audio frequency ann plifying transformer consists of two windings, a primary and a secondary, wound upon an iron core supplying the characteristics necessary for an eff cient transformation of audio frequency energy. The primary is connected in the plate circuit of the preceding tube, and the secondary, GF, in the grid cir cult of the following bulb. Transfer ence of impulses from primary to sec ondary is effected through induction, an elementary electrical phenomenon with which most of us are familiar. The vacuum tube is fundamentally a poten- tial or voltage machine, for which reason step-up ratio is generally specified between primary and secondary windings, the secondary voltage being greater than the primary voltage as the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

operating instructions packed with each tube. This will generally be between 1h and AZ volts, and should be con- nected in at x on diagram.
 Tubes
 In the amplifier specifically described and photographed, the transformers em- ployed permit the use of dry-cell and storage-battery tubes, as already men, tioned. Best amplification, however, is obtained with the 6-volt tubes, such as the UV201A, and their use is strongly determine the "A" and "B" battery and rheostat values.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
RADIO SAVES CREW

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-An in stance of where radio saved the lives of the crew of a vessel has just been reported by the Lighthouse Service. George K. Martin, mate of Pollock Rip Light Vessel No. no, on the afternoon of November IT, received distress sig nals from the schooner Rebeca c. Whel- den, which was pounding over the broken part of Pollock Rip. The mate sent out a wireless call for help, and this was answered by the steamer A. l., Kent, and the crew was rescued at 3 :26 D. m., by the vessel. The schooner was lost, but it was probably through the elertness and prompt action of the mate that the crew was saved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

be obvious to the more experienced en- thusiast, while the following specific in- structions are suggested to the begin ner:
 In probably 90 per cent of all re- ceivers the minus of the 'B" battery is connected directly to the "A" battery. Determine if this is the case in your particular receiver. Assuming that it is, the telephone receivers are disconnected, and the input posts (figure II substitut- ed for them. The "A" battery posts are connected according to the initials. An extra "B" battery of at least 45 volts is next included in the amplifier circuit. by connecting the minus post to the plus terminal of the detector "B" bat tery, and the plus terminal of the extra battery to the indicated post.
 In the few isolated cases when some instrument such as the telephones Is in- terposed between the minus ''B" battery and the filament lighting battery in the original tuning circuit. such instru- ments must be electrically transposed to the plate side of the high voltage bat tery. The amplifier can then be added as already described.
 In most receivers, a telephone shunt or bypass condenser will be found con- nected either from the plate side of the telephone receivers to the filament bat tery, or simply across the phones. This condenser, generally .002 mid. Micad- on. is essential to the most efficient op- eration of the amplifier. If 1t is miss ing in the original receiver it should be added with the amplifier, connecting fl from the top input post to either the plus or minus terminal of the "A" bat. tery.
 Bias
 Though this expedient is seldom nee. essary on a two-stage amplifier the rec commended negative bias at higher plate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
Protect fine Windings

Place a piece of paper over the wind ings of coils when soldering a connection which lies directly over or near the coils. This will prevent solder or soldering paste from spattering on the windings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
Kansas City-Florida Special

New fast train to Atlanta and Jack sonville. Leave Birmingham 3:80 p. m, arrive Atlanta $40 p. m., arrive Jacksonville 7:45 a. m. Observation car.
 CAl D:I. Cu.A~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-14
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
COMPANY (469 NetcrS).

7:20 p.m.-Talk on the work of the
American Red Cross in Siberia by
Cody Marsh. national adjutant of the
Siberian Association.
-7:30 ~p.m.-Popular piano selections
by Miss Gertrude kreiselman.
7:45 p.m.-Ben Levin in popular
songs. accompanying herself on the
ukulele and banjo He will be as
sisted by Harry Blum at the piano.
S p.m.-"The Lure of the Garden"
"a short talk by Prof. David Lums-
den, graduate of the Academy of
F',pe Arts and the world famed horti-
cultural establishment of "Veitch,"
London, England, now horticulturist
OF the Federal Horticultural Board
of the United States Department of
Agriculture and secretary OF the
American HORTICULTURAL Society
S:l3 to $50 p.m.-Concert by the
United States Navy Band Orchestra,
Charles Benter, leader. direct from
auditorium at United States Marine
Barracks.
$50 to . OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
specialties by Olive S. Allen (from
the studio of Station WEAF, New
York City,.
to 10 p.m.-From the studio of
WEAF, New York. Astor Coffee
Dance Orchestra. with talk by
Elizabeth Hallam Bohn on Southern
Rice Dishes"
10 to II p.m.-Dance music played
by the Irving Boernstein Wardman
Park Hotel Orchestra, direct from
Wal oman Park Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-14
WCAP OFFERS BIC
PROGRAM TONIGHT
-.avy Band Orchestra, Ward
man Park and Astor Coffee
Dance Music Features.

Concerts by the United States
Navy Band Orchestra, the Wardman
Park Hotel Dance Orchestra and
the Astor Coffee Dane Orchestra,
vocal and instrumental solos. inter
woven by three speeches, compose
the varied and lengthy program
tonight of WCAP The station will
he on the air continuously from 100
o'clock to midnight.
The United States Navy Band Or
chestra will play from Sis to $50
o'clock. After 1o-m'nut talk by
Olive :. Allen on Thanksgiving
specialties, which will follow the
Navy Orchestra concert, the Astor
Coffee Dance Orchestra will give
concert until 10 o'clock, when WCAP
will shift its audience to the Ward
man Park Hotel for two hours more
of dance music by Irving Boern-
STEMS Orchestra. The talk by Miss
Allen and the Aston Orchestra pro-
gram Will b. "piped down" from New
York from Station WEAF.
Red Cross Talk.
L WCAP will start its program with
talk on the work of the American
Red Cross in Siberia by Cody Marsh.
national adjutant of the Siberian AS
Sociation. Immediately following
~
Gertrude Nreiselman ana popular
songs by Ben Levin, who will accom-
pany himself on ukuisla and banjo
The Lure of the Garden" is the
subject of a talk to lie given at
O'clock by Prof. David I'trSjicn. grad
uate of the Academy &C Fine Arts and
How connected with the horticultural
board of the Departm nj of Agricul-
ture. The Navy Band Orchestra con
cert will follow Prof. Lunsden's
speech.
- WRC's afternoon program includes
the usual attractions in addition 10
song recital by Mae Becker and
piano recital by Eleanor Glynn.
Eleanor Gums fashion talk. current
events. the Magazine Of Wall Street,
and a beauty talk by Elizabeth Arden
are on the program. The Children's
Friday night music club Will b" con
Quoted at o'clock by Louise Lakin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-14
LABOR DEPUTY, WOUNDED
IN MEXICO, IMPROVING
Morones' Chance for Recovery Fair.
Second Victim of Bullet Re
ported Near Death.
BY the Associated Press.


MEXICO CITY, November IA
Deputy Louis Morones, the most
prominent labor leader in Mexico, who
was shot through the stomach
Wednesday night after a stormy de-
bate in the Chamber, is much i'm
proved. Physicians reported he had
fair chance for recovery. President
elect Gales remained at the wounded
deputy's bedside until o'clock this
morning.
The chances of Leopoldo Guerrero.
aged deputy from Zacatecas, who was
wounded twice in the chest during
the ARRAY, are declared to he slim
Eyewitnesses to the shooting state
that Guerrero was shot while sitting
motionless behind his desk
Announcements made at the head
quarters of the Regional Federation
or Labor, the Workers Confederation
and other labor organizations stated
that the labor bodies would support
whatever action the Agrarian-La
borite minority in the Chamber might
take, because, it declared, the mi
nority to which Deputy Morones be-
longs was the victim of aggression
by the majority of the Confederated
Socialist bloc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-14
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT T.


Concert by the United
States Navy Band, direct from
auditorium of the United
States Marine Barracks.
WCAP. Washington, Sis to
$50 o'clock.
Travelogue, "Andalusia to
the Andes by DR.. Sigel
Roush. WGY, Schenectady,
7:55 o'clock.
Costume concert by the
Chaminade Concert Company,
kDKA, Pitt urgh, $50
O'Clock.
ale-Princeton Glee Club
concert, direct from Prince
ton University, WIZ, New
York, $50 o'clock.
Dance music by Irving
Boernstein's Wardman Park
Hotel estra, WCAP,
Wa shington, 10 to II o'clock.
Play by WDAR Studio Play
ers, WDAR, Phila dclphia, 9 to
10 o'clock.
Concert by the Nesting
house Philharmonic Trio,
WIZ. Springfield, II to II 80
o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-14
ADMITS ART WORKS SOLD
IN AMERICA ARE FAKES
Agent for Late. Joseph De Motto,
Accused of Breach of Trust,
Testifies at Trial.

BY the Associated Press
PARIS. November 14-Three works
OF alleged antique art which were sold
in the United States by Jean Vigoroux,
acting as agent for the late Joseph De
Motto, an art dealer. were declared by
Vigoroux on the witness stand yester-
day to be spurious. VigorouX is on
trial before the Assizes Court. charged
by the De Motto estate with breach of
trust.
According to Vigoroux, the alleged
fakes are statue of the Apostle ST
Paul, which was sold to the Metropoi-
tan Museum of Art in New York;
head of Christ in stone, purchased by
Hawley w. McLanahan of Philadelphia
and statue, Virgin and Child, sold to
Mr. Winthrop of New York for $1,000.
Prosecutor General Rateau expressed
disbelief of the statements of Vigoroux
declaring it WAS strange that he had
received no requests from the Ameri-
cans alleged to have been defrauded to
institute proceedings against De Note.
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wRC-Radio Corporation of America
1850 Metprst.

800 p.m.-Fashion Developments
of the Moment, by Eleanor Gum.
$40 pm-Song recital by Mae
Becker.
800 p.m-Current Events by the
editor of The Review of Reviews.
$50 p.m.-Song recital by Mae
Becker.
$40 pm.-The Magazine of Wall
Street.
$3.50 pm.-Piano recital by Eleanor
Glynn.
p.m-"Health and Beauty" by
Elizabeth Arden.
p.m.-Children's Radio Music
Club. organized by Peggy Albion and
conducted by Louise I-akin of the
Lakin Foundation School of Music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-14
RADIO QUERIES
Radio Editor:

Radio Editor:
A week ago a fan asked informa-
ton as to the station whose slogan
was THE Voice Of Central Park"
This station, Is WFBH, located at the
Hotel Majestic, West Seventy-second
street and Central Park. New York
City, which I heard quite distinctly
at o'clock Wednesday.
1t might be of interest to other
fans to know that I got WREO very
loud Tuesday night during its in
augural program, which was broad
cast from Lansing, Mich.
For the last several nights / have
been getting around 25 stations up
to IL o'clock, completely tuning out
the local stations. These stations
come in exceptionally loud and cover
nearly every State in the East and
Middle West on n one-tube WD-l1)
single circuit regenerative set
w. J. G.
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REPLACES ROXlE GANG.
Barriers Orchestra Will Be on the
Air Sunday.

A concert by George Barriers Little
Symphony Orchestra will replace the
program by "Roxie" and his gang"
Sunday night over stations WCAP
and WEAF. Mr.. Rothafel and his
group of Capitol Theater artists will
be in Providence, r. l., Sunday night.
and for the first time in many months
the program will not be broadcast.
The organ recital from the Skinner
studio. which usually follows the
Capitol Theater program, Will go on
the air at 100 o'clock and continue to
$50. Barriers Little Symphony Or
chestra will play from $3.50 to 10
clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-14
D. C. WOMAN ON BILL,
Mrs. Rose Brett Nottingham on
WSAI Program.

CINCINNATI. November 14-The
third of series of musical programs
arranged by the Cincinnati Enquirer
will be broadcast next Thursday
night by station WSAI. The program
will begin at IL PM. Eastern stand
ard time, and continue until 1 am.
Among the artists are Mrs. Rose
Brett Nottingham, formerly of Wash
ington, d. c., and prominent in must
cal circles in Cincinnati; Dan Beddoe,
celebrated Welsh tenor. and MEM
bers of the Cincinnati Symphony Or
chestra. 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-14
JAIL RADIO SPONGER.
Bavarian Imprisoned for Having
No License for Set.

MUNICH. Germany. November II
Fourteen days in Jail was the SEN
tence imposed by a local judge on
radio sponger who installed a re-
Ceiving set in his home without the
stipulated government license.
Many others who have illegally
erected radio apparatus will be hailed
into court in the near future, the
authorities say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-14
WCAP TO REPORT GAME.
Yale-Princeton Foot Ball Contest
to Be Played Tom orrow.

A play-by-play description of the
Yale-Princeton foot ball game to-
morrSw afternoon at the latter IN
stitution will be broadcast by WCAP
in conjunction with stations WEAf,,
New York; WAR, Providence, and
WIFI Philadelphia.
Graham McNamee. WEAFs popu-
lar announcer, will be at the micro
phone. assisted by Dixtc2 b. Mickey
former foot ball coach and now on
WEAF"s staff. The broadcasting Is
scheduled to begin at AS o'clock.
The Lowry City Independent says
that a lot less trouble would be
caused in this old world If people
would tell their knowin's instead OF
their SuppoSin,s.
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Three Hurt in Blast.

CHICAGO. November IA. - Three
men, employees of the Standard Oil
Company in Whiting, Ind, were in
jured yesterday when five stills of
battery exploded. Each of the
stills contained $50 gallons of gaso-
line.
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Early Program SATURDAY,

l:41 p.m.-Play by play description
OF the Princeton VS.. Yale foot ball
game. direct from the field at Prince
ton n. J.-broadcast jointly with
station WEAF, New York, and other
radio stations.
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Nobel Award Deferred

STOCkHILM, November l4-The
award of the Nobel prize for physics
and chemistry has been postponed
until 1925.
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Local Radio Entertainment
Friday, November IA, 1924.
NAA-Naval Radio Station, Radio, Va.
(435 MeterSl.
sc stock reports.

3:25 p.m.-Live stock reports.
3:45 p.m-W Gather Bureau reports.
4:O5 p.m.-Hay, feed, crop reports :;
special
425 p.m-Dairy market reports.
1:45 to 5 p.m.-Public Health Serv-
ice broadcast Learning to Walk.
1905 pm-W Bureau report.
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Radio Editor.

Radio Editor:
Answering G. Buffers query in
Mondays Star, station WFBH. New
York City, uses the slogan, The
Voice of Central Park The sta
tons power is 500 watts and 1t trans
mits on wave band OF 273 meters
j. q. STARR.
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STOP ITCHIN SKIN

Zemo, the Gle n, Antiseptic
Liquid, Gives Prompt Relief.
There is one safe, dependable
treatment that relieves itching tor
ture and that cleanses and soothes
the skin.
Ask any druggist for 35c or 81
bottle of Zemo and apply it as di-
rected. Soon you will find that
Irritations, Pimples.r Blackheads,
Eczema, Blotches. Ringworm and
similar skin troubles will disappear.
.Zemo, the penetrating, satisfying
liquid. is all that is needed, for it
banishes most skin cruptions,
makes the skin soft. smooth and
healthy. Zemo Soap, 25c; Zemo
Ointment. SOC.