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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
ACTS UPON
EXPERTS
VIEWS
Decision Reached at Meeting
in New York-VesseIs to
Have Another Length.

The broadcast listeners greatest
bugaboo has been eliminated. The
45O-meter wave length for ship to
shore communication and use Of
commercial stations was abolished
by joint conference Of represent
tative radio men and officials Of
the Department Of Commerce
which convened in New York Sat
urday.
Officials of the various CONNER
cial radio companies agreed unani-
mouosly to no longer use this wave
length for their spark TRANSMISSION,
rs it is in the same band as that
used by the principal broadcasting
stations Of the country.
New Lengths Assigned.
Wave lengths in the 600 to
S00-meter band were assigned to all
commercial and ship stations oper-
ating under the jurisdiction Of the
Department Of Commerce, as a sub.
stitute.
While the abolition Of the 400 to
600-meter wave length is yet only
an experiment, the decision il
definite, and Inspector Batheller, Of
the Second radio district, will pre-
pare a report to submit to the De.
partment Of Commerce recommend.
ing that the new assignments be
added to the regulations covering
radio.
Inspector Batcheller, in opening
the conference, outlined the gitua-
ton by relating the recommends.
ton of the Government that the
$50 wave length for ships and COM
mercial stations be used exclu-
sively. He called attention to the
fact that the Government could pro-
hibit 450.meter transmission in
emergency calls during the broad
casting hours between and IL
e. m.
It was decided that shutting
down spark transmission between
Z and IL o'clock was not enough
because time varies in different
parts of the country and the TO
right time for the eastern section
lions 1t is 9 and 10 o'clock when
It is II o'clock here.
Proposals BY Experts.
DR.. Goldsmith, Of the Radio
Corporation of America urged i'm
mediate attention to interference.
He reminded delegates that 2,000,-
900 voters in America are listeners
in and either the companies would
change their wave length of their
own accord or they would be made
70 in the near future by law.
Mr.. Edwards, who is in control
Of all radio broadcasting in Canada,
was present, and gave q short out
line of the methods employed by the
Canadian government to eliminate
interference and control radio oper-
atoms.
He said there are no Canadian
ships using the $50 meter wave
length. He gave percentages for
various causes of interference. stat
ing that SO per cent of all inter
ference is caused by code messages
and 10 uer cent by other causes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
PROGRAM BY RADIO
WILL INTEREST WOMEN

A feature Of more than usual IN
terest to women occurs on the WOR
program next Wednesday afternoon
when Theodate Pope Mrs. John w.
Riddle), well known architect. Will
broadcast in the series Half Hours
With Successful Women" a talk en-
titled, 1.-THE Field Of Architecture for
Women"
Theodate Pope. who was selected
hy the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial
Association to restore the birthplace
of the late President, which was
opened recently as the Roosevelt
Museum" has made an enviable
reputation for herself as an archi-
tect. She really began her life work
while still in her "teens," by design.
ing and building her own home IN
Pennington, Conn, From then on
she has planned and built homes,
schools and other edifices, always"
as she says, with q growing love IN
the work and an undIminished en-
thuSiasm" A
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
Local Broadcast

NAA-Naval Radio Station, Airing
tOn-5,05O Meters, G. w. Arc.
10 a. m.-Weather forecast.
11;2O a. m.-Fruite and vegetable
shipments.
$50 p. m.--Daily market, grain.
ABS Meters. RadiophOne.
1915 a. m.-Weather report.
las p. m-Fruit and vegetable
markets.
4:25 p. m.-Dairy products.
1850 Meters, Spark.
IL noon and 10 p. milne sig.
mails.
1901 p. m.-Weather report, ship
orders, naval press news.
WCAP-Chesapeal5e q Potomac Tel.
ephOne CO.-460 Meters.
Silent.
WRC-RadiO Corporation Of Amer
ica-469 Meters.
Sis p. m.-Instruction in inter
national code practice.
6 p. m.-Children's hour, by Peggy
Albion.
6:15 p. intellectually" by Mrs.
Mary C. c. Bradford. State super
intendent of public instruction for
Colorado.
ARMY NIGHT.
s p. Involuntary or Living
Trusts by William H. Baden.
S:15 p. m.-Recital, by Duchess
Ortensia de Mignano.
$3.50 p. m.-"The Panama Canal,
by Hon. John w. Weeks, Secretary
of War.
8:45 p. m.-Concert, by the United
States Army Band under the direc-
ton Of w. j. Stannard.
9:55 p. m.-Retransnissio of Ar.
lington time signals and weather
forecasts.
10 p. m.-Concert, by Meyer
Davis Lee House trio.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
VALUE OF FISH AS FOOD
Is BROADCAST SUBJECT

AS part Of the recently
inaugurated campaign Of the
Bureau of Fisheries to populariSe
fish as a food, Mrs. Evslene
Spencer will speak from station
WY Friday evening on the SUD-
feet Fish Cookery"
Although the United States pos
sesses within its territorial and ad'
iacent waters the most extensive
fisheries in the world, the con-
sumption per capita is exceedingly
small. 1t is the purpose of the
Bureau Of Fisheries to awaken the
people to the value and attractive
ness of fish as a part OF the
dietary.
Mrs. Spencer, the author of q
well known textbook on the sub
tect, has delivered many lectures
and practical demonstrations be.
fore women's clubs and colleges
throughout the country, ana -
particularly equipped 10 present
the fish subject to the invisible
audience.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
CRYSTAL DETEcToR HURT
BY LACK OF STABILITY

Lack Of stability, decrease in
prices Of vacuum tubes and the
Introduction Of the dry cell tube
have been some of the reasons for
the waning popularity Of the crys.
tai detector. The searching for
the sensitive spot on q crystal has
much in the operation that Is
closely associated with transportation
but the crystal II a much n1aligned
instrument.
There is no type OF rectifioation
which retains more truthful tone
reproduction than that which ON.
ploys the crystal az the rectifying
element. In Europe the crystal
IL widely used In circuits which
employ vacuum tubes and In com.
binations Of this nature the crystal
becomes a rather stable unit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
WRc TO BROADCAST
SONGS BY DUCHESS

Duchess ortensia Dc Mignano,
contralto, who 10 visiting in Wash.
inRton, VIII entertain through the
broadcasting station WRC tonight.
This will be the first appearance"
of the duchess before the radio
micrOphone.
She was heard recently at an af-
fair given by the italian annbas-
sador, Don Gelasio Caetani, which
was her only recital in Washing
ton. Tier last public appearance
was In Aeolian Hall. New. York
and she 10 returning to that city
for q return engagement aA Town
Han.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14

depend largely upon volunteer talent
Of amateurs and publicity hounds.
They know, too, that they cannot
afford to take on the huge expense
that would be involved in employing
talent, as that, added to the already
great overhead cost Of maintaining
the profits realized from the sale
Of apparatus.
Come Back to Receiver.
ut must come back to the receiver
paying for the service he receives.
Fifty cents a month from the 3,000,-
900 sets in use in the country would
provide $1,500,000 with which to buy
talent and operate stations. 1t re-
mains for some one to organize
that phase of the situation. There
il perfectly practicable, workable
means Of doing it-but 1t will not
be done until some one actually
takes the preliminary steps. Until
1t is done radio must wobble along
with q lot of half-baked talent.
radio is the competitor today Of
all forms of public amusement--the
theater, the dance hall, the cabaret.
the concert, and so on. It is ride.
ulous to assert that It is helping
these establishments. 1t is keeping
hundreds of thousands Of people
home nights that would otherwise
be out and in attendance at places
of public amusement. Radio should
pay its way, and no man should ex.
pect to- receive free service to HE
radio set any more than he expects
to receive free records for his phon.
ograph.
And that's that .-i----.--.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
TO TELL ANIMAL STORY

"The Wolf on the Running
Board" Ia the title of Ernest Thomp.
son Seton's story which he win
relate to WEAFSs listeners Thurs.
day evening.
Mr.. Seton has observed the habits
Of wild animals for many years. but
II Is said that no experience Of his
10 more curious and interesting
than the one he will relate to the
radio audience.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
CHIMES BY RADIO
ARE WIDELY HEARD

Reports have been received from
all over the country that the Spring.
field Municipal Chimes, which Is
broadcast every Sunday night by the
Westinghouse Radio Station WBZ,
Is being heard very clearly.
This 10 the only station in the
country that broadcasts municipal
chimes every week, and Springfield
is known by these sounds that ring
through the air.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
Need of condensers.

In all receiving circuits II 10 On
advantage, but not a necessity, to
connect a condenser Of large capac-
ity across the plate battery. This
condenser should preferably have a
capacity Of ono or more imicrofarads.
Il serves to keep the plate voltage
constant. It Ia particularly useful
in-multi-stage asuplifiers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
5000 RADIO SETS DAILY
TO BE FACTORY OUTFIT

More than 5000 radio receiving
sets will be turned out daily in the
factory of the Crosley Radio Cor.
poration of Cincinnati. when the
new factory now planned is COM
pleted. The ,Crosley Radio Corpora
ton is a new organization just de.
veloped from a merger OF the
Crosley Manufacturing Company
and the Precision Equipment Com
pany.
The Crosley Company has been
turning out 1000 sets daily, and
with the merger of the two COM
panies an additional factory is
planned to produce more sets than
any other company in the world.
Powell Crosley, lr., has been pres.
ident Of both OF the merged com.
panies, but heretofore they have
been operating separately.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
LEE HOUSE TRIO WILL
SING FOR WRC TONIGHT

The Lee House Trio, a Meyer
Davis output. will make their SEQ.
ond appearance for WRC, the Radio
Corporations station, this evening,
In response to q gwaSnping mall
OF literary hundreds Of requests
AtcQm the Local Guidance tOH o
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14

chance to hear the trio again.
Nathan BrusiloSs 10 going to re.
peat, "Hyman to the Sum-" ana
other popular numbers.
David Lanehart, 'cellist, will rem.
der 1.-THE Swan" by Saint saens
and Ralph Garren will bo at the
piano throughout the concert which
Wall ahaEt O. L. O'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
JCATlON OF ALIENS
WOR PROGRAM TOPIC

A feature Of unusual importance
on the WOR program for Wednes-
day evening il the radio appear
ance of DIR. Robert McElroy Of
Princeton University, who will talk
on "Americanization."
DR.. McElroy is a distinguished
historian and lecturer and author
Of "Grover Cleveland, the Man and
the Statesman" In 1915 he was
selected as the first American ex-
change professor to China. He
spent more than q year lecturinR
upon representative government.
history and education in the uni.
vereities and other intellectual cen.
tiers Of China. At the end Of his
term, he was offered the post of
educational adviser to the Chinese
Republic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
Value of Reflex Sets.

Reflex sets readily lend them.
selves to board or panel and cab.
met mounting, and when con.
structed the operation In extremely
simple and the range and eelectivity
en- both antHnna and lOnp are
A-astcundinG. ---.--~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
FRANKLIN To BE
HONORED ON
BIRTHDAY
WIZ to Broadcast Principal
Events on Schedule in
N. Y. Observance.

New York city will be the center
of the homage paid to the memory
Of Benjamin Franklin on his birth
day anniversary Thursday, and station
WIZ will broadcast the leading
events in the schedule. On Thurs
day, Franklin's birthday exercises,
sponsored by the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution, held in the alder
manic chambers at city hall, will be
broadcast by WIZ from $40 until
IL 80 a. m.
On Friday evening. January IS.
WIZ will broadcast the banquet at
the Hotel Aston under the auspices
of the International Benjamin Frank
lin Society, at which John Clyde
Oswald will be POSTMASTER, with
speeches by James M. Beck, Solicitor
General of the United States: George
H. Carter, Public Printer OF the
United States, and Grover A.
Whalen, commissioner of plant and
structures Of the city Of New York.
Particularly fitting is the broad
casting of these exercises. since Ben
jamin Franklin was the first to draw
electricity from the skies. Were it
not for him the radio public might
not now be drawing entertainment
from the air. Testimonials from
President Coolidge, Postmaster Cen
eral New, Secretary of State Hughes
and Secretary Of the Navy DENLY
will be heard by listeners hundreds
Of miles away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14

Call No. Station OT. Wave.
CFCF. Marconi Company Montreal, Canada. .44O
KDKA Westinghouse Electric Co., ftteburgh Pa 1925
KSD .Post-Dispatch st Louis, Mo- 646
KYW Westinghouse Electric Co., Chicago. ILL.,. .S46
WBAP.. .Worthem-C Cater Pub. Co. Ft Worth, Tex .476
WBZ. Westinghouse Electric Co.. Springfield, Mass 1877
WCAE.. Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pa. .462
WCAO Sanders Stayman Co.: Baltimore, Md. $50
WCAP Chesapeake Potomac Co.. Washington D. c.. .A69
WICK Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Mich. .617
WDAP Drake Hotel Chicago, Ill. $50
WDAR Lit Brothers. Philadelphia, Pa S96
WEAF American Telephone Telegraph Ca. New York 492
WFAA. Dallas Morning News Dallas Tex. .476
WIFI. Strawbrdge Clothier Philadelphia, Pa. .S06
WGR. Federal Telephone Telegraph Co., Buffalo. $50
WGY. General Electric Co.. 8. Schenectady N. Y. $50
WHAs.. COuier-JOurnal Times Co.. Louisville KY 400
WHAZ Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute Troy N Y. $50
WIP. Gimbe Brothers Philadelphia, Pa. SOC
WY Radio Corporation Of America New York .4O5
WIZ Radio Corporation Of America New York city, 1855
WLW. Crosey Mfg Co.. Cincinnati, Ohio, 8O0
WNAC. Shepard Stores. Boston, Mass. $50
Voc Palmer School Of ChirOpractc Davenport Iowa A04
WOO John Wanamaker. Philadelphia, Pa. 500
WOR. L. Bamberger Co.. Newark, N. j.: .4O5
WRC. Radio Corporation Of America Washington.
WSB. Atlanta Journal Atlanta, Ca, A29
WWJ Detroit News. Detroit Mich. BIT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14
S. ABOLISEES 450METER RADIO WAVE LENGTH FOR SHIPS
|ROInping Around
the
Radio Dial
? Ligtner-In-
THE RADIO SUNDAY

1t would be interesting to look
ahead ten years and observe the
conduct OF the church and the ex'
tent to which 1t will have been
altered by radio.
For the present, each succeeding
Sunday finds the church and the
broad casting station effecting more
complete cooperation. Although no
figures are available, 1t can not be
doubted that the congregation Ut a
few hundreds which listened to q
sermon a few years ago has grown
now to an immense audience Of
thousands.
This carrying the church service
to the home has its opponents, 1t Is
true, but they are in the minority.
And their contention that the broad.
cast sermons will cut down actual
church attendance 90 far has not
been proved.
On the other hand, we remember
the comment of q preacher friend
who could not find enough words
with which to praise the possibilities
Of the radioed sermon.
when you preach to a man in
mis- SA9y CHdlG Au AlB own uOkuSI
in his smoking Jacket II you like,
you preach to q naked soul--not to
one encased in worldly cloth aIld a
metallic straight-jacket of conven-
tional mperturbabuity."
Rather strong comment. perha ps.
but worthy of consideration.
A listener.in would have found
difficulty yesterday in avoiding a
church service over his receiver. at
any hour of the day. He almost
might have chosen a service at a
church of his own religious denomi.
nation.
Locally, there were four services
conducted through the air, any of
which would have attracted atten.
ton from outside their church at
any time.
The power of the radio in this
connection was demonstrated in
Pittsburgh whence a prayer and
an expression of sympathy was
broadcast in the hopes it would
be heard on Hudson's Bay where
the wife OF one of the church's
missionaries was seriously ILL.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-14

Reports on reception were asKeo
yesterday by KDKA, Pittsburgh;
WDM, the Church OF tho Covenant,
Washington, and WCBD, Zion City,
We heard all three plainly. 90.
l0eciallY WpM, -
Milford chronicle., 1924-04-04

Liquid manure is the finest stimuIani
your flowers can have. It is also fine
to make the head ettuces hurry up
their heads. This illustration shows a
practical way for providing a supply
readily accessible. Either sheep
manure, poultry manure, or CONNER
clal fertilizer may be used in the bag
which is suspended in the water. The
device does away with odor. If the
barrel can be hidden in the shrubs,
near the flower border, the task of sup
plying stimuIant when needed will be
mpIified.-NationaI Garden Bureau.
soil. For example, it is found that re-
Gently drained swamp soils sometimes
need 20 or 20 tons Of lime to the acre
to sweeten them. This, of course,
would be impracticable and an easier
and cheaper method must be followed.
The most practical method is to first
thoroughly drain the sour soil, then
turn it up to the air and allow it to
sweeten through natural processes.
Even then 1t will usually be necessary
uluLEIldl
containing lime, such as wood ashes, to
help along with the natural process.
Most of our garden lands need nitro
gen, phOsphOric acid or potash. These
can be supplied in the form Of a mixed
fertilizer containing about 4 or 5 per
cent nitrogen, 8 or 10 per cent phos-
phOric acid and 4 to 6 per cent potash.
Truck gardeners usually figure on
about one ton Of this fertilizer to the
acre each year. This would mean
about 200 pounds on a tenth-acre plot
of ground or 100 pounds on the average
backyard garden which is, as a rule,
about 80 to 40 feet wide and 60 or 20
feet in length. The fertilizer is best
applied just after the ground has been
spaded and well raked or fOrked into
the top four inches of soil. If lime is
used it should be put on either several
days after the fertilizer or a week
or so before the fertilizer is applied
and never at the same time as the
fertilizer Weeds chopped fine, strawy
manure, or, in fact, any manure that
1oes not contain oil from the streets,
will help enrich the garden and give
he soil new life, but with the present
scarcity of manure home gardeners are
compelled to depend upon
commercial fertilizers for adding plant
Ood to their garden soils. A good
,lan is for several gardeners in a
to pool their order for
o,.tiIizn1- hI1v II in oonsidorahlo c,,or
tiles, and then divide according to the
leeds of each.
Many gardeners prefer to broadcast
bout one-half of the fertilizer before
lanting the crops, then use the re-
lainder for scattering along the rows
uring the growing period of the crops.
his means a little more work but
ives the best results. Crops must be
ed Just the same as animals.
Milford chronicle., 1924-04-04
Plant Foods Must
Be Kept on Hand
Fertilizers Are Just as Es-
sential in Small Home
Garden as Seeds.

Plant foods, or the elements that make
plants grow, are just as essential in
the home garden as seeds. Nature has
been very kind in that she has sup
piled the most of these elements in
abundance in our soils, but there are
few of them which have not been
supplied in sufficient quantities to pro-
duce good crops. These are mainly
nitrogen, phOsphoric acid, potash and
lime. 1t is nitrogen that gives the
plants their vigorous growth and
healthy green color. Phosphorus aids
the growth and especially helps in the
formation Of the seeds. Without pot
ash all garden crops would be a fail
ure, but some crops, such as potatoes,
beets, carrots, radishes, etc, require
more potash than others.
Garden soils may be acid or alkaline,
that is, they may be sour or they may
be sweet, the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture explains. A few
of our garden crops may be grown on
a sour soil, but these are very few in
deed and most of them must be planted
on a sweet alkaline soil. Lime will
sweeten an acid or sour soil, the
amount Of lime required depending
upon the sourness OF acidity of the
Milford chronicle., 1924-04-04

and oiled with any good grease, to
which is added about one part lime
to three parts oil in order to counter
act any free acids that may be pres
ent in the oil. Just oil alone does not
make a good coating for bright sur
faces, as the free acid contained in the
oil may cause the implements to rust
even while thoroughly coated with the
grease and lime will correct this acid
condition of the oil. Keeping the tools
housed in a dry place is most impOr-
tant in connection with their preserva-
tiOn. Never, under any circumstances,
should a spade or spading fork be left
standing in the soil, as the chemical
elements of the soil will Immediately
attack the steel and good spade may
be completely ruined by standing in
the soil overnight.
Milford chronicle., 1924-04-04
Me %
cor TAGE ]. !
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GARDENER
Need Only Simple
Tools for Garden
Spade, Rake and Hoe VIII
Be Sufficient for Your
Small Space.

Nearly every hardware store and
practically all of the seed houses keen
a supply of garden tools for sale. The
amateur gardener is often tempted to
purchase larger number of tools than
is justified by the results obtained in
small garden. The three most es-
sential tools recommended bv the
United States Department of AgricuI-
ture are a spade or spading fork. n
hoe, and rake. The question as to
whether a spade or spading fork
should be purchased will depend upon
the character of the soil. If the soil
is heavy and of clay nature a spade
Will be best for turning it up. but if
1t Is gravelly sandy or lOamy, the spad-
ing fork win put it in better condi-
tion than will the spade. When it
comes 20 the selection of a hoe. inst
a plain, thin-bladed hoe about or z
inches in width is best. A pointed or
marking hoe may be rather desirable
but the marks in which to plant seeds
can practically all be made with the
corner Of the regular hoe. A rake is
needed for pulverizing the soil, and
here again the plainest and simplest
type of steel rake is best.
In selecting any Of these tools the
quality of the material in the blade or
metal part and a good, straight
grained smooth handle are the es-
sentials. To these tools the gardener
can easily add few simple implements
Of his own manufacture. These may
consist of a couple of wooden stakes
and line of any strong cord, a paddle
made from a shingle or thin piece of
board and a little scratcher made by
driving three wire brads through the
end Of a piece of lath. The line
should be used for all planting in or
der to have the rows straight, the pad
die is suitable for setting the plants,
and the scratcher is useful for work
ing between small plants.
When the tools such as spade or |
spading fork, hoe and rake are pur-
chased from the store, the metal parts
will be bright and new, and, as a rule.
the handles have no paint or other
dressing upon them. It is a good plan
TO give the handles a thorough coating
with shellac, as this will help keep the
moisture from penetrating them. The
blades should be kept bright and clean