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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
II TIERS POUR
IN FROM ALL
OVER j. s.
Station Is Picked Up Loud
" in Manchester, VT, San
Diego and Way Points.

Lorraine Hoover's sole Killers or
chestrs, as well as a number Of other
musical organizations and individual
artists continue TO be congratulated
upon their programs over VICAR by
an audience in all parts Of the United
States, and some points In Canada and
Mexico.
Applause cards and letters are COM
ing into the office of the radio editor
of The Light with every mail delivery,
commenting favorably on both the
clarity and volume of the station and
the work of the artists.
@Just an appreciation of your pro-
gram of November 2 which I greatly
enjoyed. Heard Lorraine Hoover and
his Sole Killens- play Sensation and
great many other numbers" wrote
W. W. Suman, 2513 Nineteenth Ave
nue., Moline, Ill. ]. n. Carter, Dem
ing, N. NJ; L. T. Snyder, Fargo, n.
D.: NJ. L. Henshaw, Des Moines,
Iowa; NJ. z. Eweing, Lincoln, Neb.,
and Ethel Scranton of Davenport,
Iowa, all wrote to The Light this week,
stating that they had heard Mr..
Hoover's program and enjoyed the
work of his orchestra very much.
HEARD IN MONTREAL.
In far away Montreal, Canada, A.
B. Browne of 266s Mace Street, was
listening in on the night of November
3, and wrote to The Light to ex-
press his thanks to Heron B. Smith
and his orchestra for their program,
as did b. Withro- of Aimont, n. D.,
and ]. W. Griffith of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
From Peoria, IL, c. E. Thompson,
10O1 Jefferson Bldg, wrote in to
thank the Sun Dodgers for their
program, as did a host of others.
One of the first far-distant listen
en-in to report on the program of
Otto Zoeller's Senior School Sym-
ph0ny orchestra was Mrs. A. C..
Malette. 1853 Cherokee avenue. San
Diego, Cal. Since Mrs. Malette's card
was received, scores of other distant
fans have been heard from. Most of
them especially commented on the
playing of the overture TO Poet and
Peasant" and asked that the orchestra
play 1t again on their next appear
ance.
LONG DISTANCE HEARERS
Perhaps the largest number of far
distant hsteners-in have written in
commenting on the program of Mon
day, November 8. Apparently that |
night was especially good for radio |
broadcasting, as cards have come in |
IRON fans from Manchester, Vermont,
10 San Diego testifying that the re-
ception was unusually clear and loud. |
Carl Walker of Manchester, Vt; O.
W. Moore Of Alierton. H.. p. Dahl |
OF Chicago; Victor Sandergaard of |
Dwight, ILL.,: Donald G. Holmes of |
Webster Grove. No. A. r. Sadler of |
San Diego, Cal; Frank D. Sweet,
~. D., OF Long Beach, Cal; II. f.
Wadsvorth Of Santa Ysabel, Cal: II.
Metz, using one-tube set in Miller,
Neb.: and hundreds of other fans
heard Monday nights program, most
of them tuning in on the second period
when VICAR presented Miss Jean.
nette Leyytansky and Miss Fern
Hirsch In recital.
Some Of the long-distance fans were
fortunate enough to tune in the sta
ton at the beginning Of the broadcast
at o'clock. and many Of them have
applauded the entire program, men
tioning especially the playing Of Miss
Fannie Milgrom.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
THERRlEN TRIO WOK
/ WEEKLY FEATURE

The Therrien Trio, which has been
one OF the popular features in The
Terrace Garden, in the Morrison hotel.
Chicago, viii hereafter broadcast regu-
larry from Station WOK on MONDAY
nights. The trio is composed Of
Henri Iberrien, tenor; his wife,
Paula Therrien, pianist. and Freda
Kane, yiohnist. Mr.. Therrien was
formerly a tenor with the Metropoli-
tan Grand Opera company and his
wife was accompanist for several
years Of Madame nn-Heink.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
COMPASS
ADDS SAFETY
To AIR

While radio eannot harness gales
and thus prevent terrible disasters
such as that which overcame the i'll.
fated Shenandoah. it will do much in
the future to safeguard the lives OF
those on board giant dirigibles of that
type, according TO DIR. Frederick A.
Holster, technical adviser TO the
American delegation at the London
radio conference. and inventor of the
holster radio compass.
Airships are Subjected 70 even
greater variations Of weather con-
ditions than ships at sea, continues
this authority, and are usually equip
ped with every device known to mod
ern science and invention that will
aid in successful navigation through
the clouds.
COMPASS APPROVED.
Radio has made it possible for
ships officer TO find his way with
comparative ease in the thickest fog
once those terrible nightmares and the
despair of seamen for ages. 1t was
like cropping in the dark, never know
ing what new danger lay possibly but
a few hundred feet ahead, or at what
moment disaster would loom up
across the bow-too late for escape.
Today, all merchant vessels, in
Guiding the giant Leviathan, are
equipped with the radio compass. 1t
has been approved and Is in use by
the United States navy.
With the aid Of the radio compass,
be oh srxt&
practically every conceivable condition
it is possible to determine the exact
position of the ship without difficulty.
No longer is IL necessary to consign
commerce on the high seas wholly TO
the whims of the ever changing ele-
ments, and the mammoth liners ply
ing the waves with their immense car
goes of humans and freight now pro-
coed under schedule not unlike that
which governs the transcontinental
flyer.
USEFUL IN AIR.
Such a device as the holster inven-
ton would be a boon to navigation in
the air, where clouds and fogs of ev-
cry type play havoc with the most
carefully laid plans, and it is possible
that the present investigation will re-
suit in calling once more upon radio
to assist mankind in its battle against
natures peculiar fancies.
DR.. holster has made many i'm !
portant contributions to radio. the
most recent being the so-called split |
circuit for receiving Instruments. |
which is making its debut this season |
and is known as the "Kolster Radio,
manufactured by the Federal Tele-
graph Company, with which radio
fans are familiar.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
RADIO TAKERS
KEPT IN PLACE
BY Ri c
Small Carpet Near Mike
Clues Wandering
Speakers to Spot.

Broadcasting officials have concoct-
cd psychological remedies which are
guaranteed to glue public speakers be-
fore the microphonc during an address
and otherwise cure pcrnicious pacing
and wandering about the lecture plat
form.
Credit for this unique discovery
called ''thc magic rug remedy"
to technical staff members Mt KOA,
Denver broadcasting station of the
General Electric company. First an
nouncement of the cure was made to-
day following a ten-month trial in
volving the worst offenders among ma
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
ans From, Vermont to California Join wears Happy Family
Driues Milk
Wagon Into
Radio Fame

The cups" and downs" of a
musical career have a vivid Illus
trat;On i'm the life Of Mr.. Thomas
Jacobs Hughes Of New Rochelle
recently introduced ia, the radio
audience of WEAF in piano
solos.
Several seasons back, after
spending three years in vaude-
vile as aecOmpanist for the
Wagnerian tenor. Vernon Stiles,
he found himself i'm New York,
tired Of trOuping, stranded and
dead broke. He got a job driv-
ing = milk wagon. After work
he would go to the piano in his
rooming house and forget it all
in music. Pretty soon the neigh
bors began to ask him to give
lessons to their children. lie
was soon able to devOt: all his
time to music.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
PLAYWRIGHT LAUDS
PUBLICITY CENSORS

Norman Bel Geddes, suthor of"Ara.
besqne, the new theatrical seasons
most sensuous failure, spoke concern
ing his play before the microphone.
Among other things the brilliant young
man said; The censor is the thea.
ters best publicity agent. / believe
~ reformers should be awarded a big
sold NEEDLE"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
MOSES TELLS BIBLE
TALES TO YOUNGSTERS

Man named Moses is telling Bible
stories to the microphone of de
partment store broadcaster in New
York. His stories from the book OF
Exodus are not only interesting but
possibly new to many young radio
fans. 1t may be recalled that the cred
it for these Bible stories has been &C.
corded to another Moses who was su-
thor Of the Pentateuch.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
VACUUM TYPE ARRESTORS.

There is no danger from lightning
striking a radio aerial If it is equipped
with 4 good lightning arrestor. In
fact, the aerial acts as a protection
from lightning when an arrestor has
been installed. Engineers say the best
nrrestors are of the vacuum
type.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15
USEFUL IN AIR.
THE FANS TRIUMPH.

Here lies the remains Of a radio fan,
Now mourned BY his many rela.
tons:
He went to a powder mill, smoking
his pipe,
And was picked up by 81 stations.
Williams Purple Cow.
Evening star., 1925-07-12
Odd Scene Puzzles
Spectators ut Pits
At Ne,o Speedway
Mechanics Pick Myriad
'SpLiruers From, Drivers
On WOOd Track.

1t looked as If they were kissing
Peter de Paolo. Gathered about him
at the end as he stopped his little
yellow speedster at the pit for the
first time in the 25o-n,ile grind, those
three mechanics were surely kissing
him. So thought the thousands In the
grandstand only 100 feet way. Yet
why should they kiss de Paola, for he
had finished second, it then seemed.
He hadn't won the race. They went
home nystified that a losing driver
should be kissed by a trio of hard
boiled mechanics and pitmen.
Yet 1t wasn't a mystery to the vet
Grams of the board track. They
weren't kissing the flying lad with
the Italian name. They were pulling
splinters out of his face. A similar
rite was enacted at every pit along
the line.
The usual thing when a race of
any duration on a board track is
completed-to pick splinters out of
the anatomy of the drivers. For a
racing car. buzzing along at 130 miles
an hour. kicks up all kinds of debris,
nicking loose sphnters. off the edges
of the boards, creating a suction that
draws everything up in its wake. The
car behind gets 1t all, and de Paolo
Tapped enough of them to get a mans
share of the spliners.
Under their white overalls the race
drivers wear heavy leather jenkins to
keep the splinters out. They wear
gloves on their hands-many of them
de Paelo doesn't, claiming
he wants to grip the wheel with his
bare hands. Sometimes they don't
get the splinters out of their bodies
for days after a fast race. It's all
part of a hard game.
Evening star., 1925-07-12
OLD BOARD DEFEATED
IN POSTAL ELECTION
National Alliance of Employees
Has Spirited Proceedings-New
Headquarters Here.

r. A. Wilhoit of st. Louis was elect
ed president of the National Alliance
of Postal Employees at the concluding
session of their convention in the
Cleveland School Auditorium last
night. in an election which swept out
of office all of the previous admin
istration.
The secretaryship went to s. NJ.
Jackson of this city. This is taken
to indicate establishment of national
headquarters here at an early date.
Memphis was chosen as the conven-
ton city for 1927.
Josiah /. Jones of Chicago, former
secretary, offered his resignation to
take effect Immediately, following
drastic action Of the convention, due
to his hardness in reporting It was
accepted. John D. Gainey, assistant
chief clerk at large, was praised for
his work in connection with the alli-
ance and recommended for promotion
to chief clerkship.
Other officers elected We're: ]. B.
Taylor. Houston, Tex, vice president:
r. E. L. Hutton, New Orleans, treas
urer; Irving Butler, Memphis audi
tor, and James H. Nelson. Kansas
City, editor of the Postal Alliance
Evening star., 1925-07-12
Skid Caused Spill
Of De PaIma's Car,
Turning 1t Ouer
Veteran Driuer Slightly
Hurt When Racer
Began to Slide.

Just skid" Ralph De Palma said
caused the spill he took yesterday
when he was thrown from his car.
Almost in unison those in the grand
stand jumped to their feet and scores
of women screamed as De Palma spun
through the air and slid down the
48-degree slope and his car turned over
several times. Another great cheer
went up when the driver got up and
walked off the track.
Instantly three ambulances started
for the scene and a number of sur
geons and mechanics. However, the
although blood was streaming down
his face and he walked with a limp.
He walked to the official stand, where
another ambulance was stationed.
He got in 1t unassisted and was
taken to the field emergency hospital
for examination. An examination
showed he was suffering only from
a slight abrasion on the face.
Il don't know what caused it," he
told reporter for The Star. ''The car
Just started to skid. It's one of those
things that just happens"
After this examination. he was anx-
ious to get back to the pits to assure
his associates he was not hurt, and
left unassisted.
De Palma was riding on the top
of the bowl, and was just beginning
to turn at the south end, when the
wheels went into a skid. He was
thrown clear of the car, and 1t dash
ed down the slope, spun around three
times and stopped.
Evening star., 1925-07-12
File Tar Returns.
And AUoid Penalty.
Assessor Yarns

With July nearly half over, Dis
trict Assessor William P. Rich
ards again last night reminded
owners of automobiles and. other
taxable personal property to make
their returns before August l and
thereby avoid the penalty of 20
per cent that is added to all state
ments filed after July 81.
Mr.. Richards is making more
than usual effort this year to save
taxpayers from facing a penalty
by inducing them to hle their re-
turns within the specified time,
the month of July. Notices are
being displayed in motion picture
theaters and this week there will
be brief talks on the radio.
The tax Is not due until Novem-
Der of this year and May, 1925.
All that is required at this time
Is the fling of return showing
taxable personal property. AS
sistant assessors are on duty at
the District Building every day to
assist citizens in dllinE out the
return sheetA
Evening star., 1925-07-12
DOHENy IS CHARGED
S85Q,0)D BY COURT
Costs Added to Difference
Between Value of Oil Used
and Work Done.
By the Associated Press.

Los ANGELES, July 1.-THE Fed.
eral Court here today presented the
Doheny oil interests with a bill for ap-
proximately ss5o,0o as the net result
of the Governments successfully con-
Quoted suit to cancel oil leases in the
ELK Hills. California. naval oil re-
serve held by the Pan.American Pc
troleum Co.
The oil company countered with no.
tice served on Federal Judge Paul ].
Mccormick. who wrote today's deci.
sion and the recent one declaring the
leases void, that an appeal would be
taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals.
The sS50,000 bill against the Do
heny interests includes a demand for
S35S.o31, the difference between the
value of oil pumped from the naval
reserve and the money the defendants
spent in developing those properties
and building storage facilities for the
Navy at Pearl Harbor. Hawaii. The
other 100000 is the estimated court
costs of the suit, which the Pan
American Petroleum Co. was or
dered to pay.
In detail. the court judgment held
that the Government should pay the
Doheny interests S1o,4l7,44 expend-
ed by the latter developing the Elk
Hills properties, and in construction
work in Hawaii.
Over against this was set a charge
against the oil company of approxi-
mately $10,S00,o00, the estimated
value of the oil taken from Elk Hills
by the Doheny pumps. The differ
ence, s35s,031, was debited against the
Pan-American, together with the court
costs,
Evening star., 1925-07-12
178 AUT0SPO[LED
FROM MUDAT RACE
Three Bridges Built by D. C.
Engineers to Aid Parking
of 1000 Machines.

Three bridges built and 175 cars
pulled bodily out of the morassss
and mud-puddles which dotted the In
closure of the Laurel bowl were the
accomplishments of a detachment of
$50 men from the 121st Regiment of
Engineers, District National Guard
who had the task of taking care of
the approximately 1000 automobiles
which parked in this area during the
race yesterday.
The detail. under command of Mai.
Joe X. Mickey and Capt. Sidney Nor
gan, reached the track YESTERDAY
morning at 9:45 o'clock after having
left Washington in their own trans
portation. They immediately set to
work getting the field in shape for
the thousands Of ears which were TO
follow, taking over this work from
Lieut. Lord of the Baltimore recruit
ing station, who since o'clock had
been caring for the early arrivals with
a detail Of regulars from Baltimore
one OF the first jobs which con
1ronted the engineers was to make the
field pasSable for the cars, some PARTS
OF 1t being under water or covered
with deep, sticky mud. There was no
way out Of IL but to build bridges. so
bridges they built-three Of them
Gus load Of heavy traffic which filed
into the field from early morning, and
which began an exit immediately after
the close of the race. Some Of the un-
fortunate-17s Of them, to be exact
got stuck hub deep or more in the
sticky mud, and these the engineers
aided by attaching chains and pulling
In some cases the mud held so tightly
that horses were brought to the scene
and enlisted in the tug-o war.
The medical detachment of the en-
gineers had set up a field hospital and
first aid station near the track, and
when Ralph De Palma had his acct
dent he was given what little first
aid he cared TO receive at the engi-
neers' camp.
After the race, the engineers who
had arranged the parking in blocks of
10 and kept roadways open between
these blocks, emptied the field faster
than the jammed roadways could han
die the cars. The engineers received
high praise from the track authorities
for the efficient manner in which they
handled a difficult and trying task.
Evening star., 1925-07-12
NATIONAL PARK DEVILS
DRIVEN OUT BY INDIANS
Piutes Long Convinced That Zion
Reservation Was Abode of
8 Wicked Spirits.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah,
July 1.-THE devils were chased out
of Zion National Park by three Piute
Indian braves at the recent 1925
season opening celebration of this new
national playground. 1t is Indian
legend that Zion Canyon is "the abode
of the dead, of spirits and terrible
gods" and heretofore few Indians
ventured into it during the day, and
none would ever stay at night.
This Indian superstition proved a
blessing to early settlers, and during
Indian raids they always found Zion
Canyon a safe refuge. The Indian
name for Zion Canyon is "Makuntu-
weap."
Tom Parachont. Piute medicine man,
was asked by opening day visitors for
the exact details Of Indian, legend
about the canyons
Chief Many Horses, he can tell"
the medicine man replied.
Questioned as to where Chief Many
Horses could be found he said, Him
dead many years"
This is the first year Zion Park has
been prepared to entertain tourist
travel on a large scale.
Evening star., 1925-07-12
Judge Is a Judge,
EUen Minus Bench,
Speeder Is Taught

A judge is a Judge, whether he be
seated pompously on the bench, be-
decked in powdered wig and flow
ing robes, or whether he be COM
placently lolling back at a table on
the courtroom floor trying to keep
cool. The authority is what counts,
and today Charles T. O'Connell,
500 9Th street northeast, knows it.
He was hailed into court yesterday
for holding a debate with a police
official as to his rate of speed. In
the courtroom O'Connell was STOP
ped by man sitting casually down
in front OF the desk, who started
interrogating him. How did it
happen? How fast were you CO.
ing? What did you sayeto the Off
Ger? What were you-"
Say, listen. l don't want to talk
to you. / want to see the judge
and I'm going to tell him
O'Connell broke in abruptly, but he
was interrupted himself.
''Who do you think / am, the jan
itor? Five dollars finer'
1t was Judge Macdonald.
Evening star., 1925-07-12
Evolution Sidelights
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Tenn, July 1.-THE
radio broadcasting set, unready for
the beginning of the Scopes trial Fri
day, was installed in the courtroom
today, and will carry reports out to
the world when the published
controversy is resumed Monday. The
Chicago Tribune operates the radio
under the call WGN.
Three microphones now stand like
fence posts in the courtroom. One is
at the judges desk and near the wit
ness chair. The second and third are
in front of defense and prosecution
counsel tables. Thus every word
which goes into the record as we'll as
much of the hustle and unofficial ac-
tivity of the courtroom will be scat
tered abroad through the air.
Amplifier connections will report the
proceedings to the crowd on the lawn,
to the schoolhouse where Scopes
taught biology, to the drug store
where it started" and TO a newspaper
clubroom.
Judge Raulston strolled into the
courtroom late today while operators
were putting final touches on the ar
rangement of the radio set. He was
asked to test the equipment by speak
The judge was agreeable and
mounted the judicial prominence. He
began the test by "bawling out" sew
eral small groups of news workers,
who, disposed in easy attitudes, were
carrying on their reportorial labors.
In simulated harsh tones the judge
upbraided the reporters for working
through a court holiday and threaten
ed to lock the courthouse.
Removing his feet from defense
counsel table, one representative of
the press arose and entered objection
TO this declaration. Judge Raulston
carrying on the farce, confirmed his
ruling, whereupon he heard:
THE press enters an exception"
You have that privilege" was the
response as the judge in the Tennessee
evolution case, smiling broadly, re-
tired from the bench.
Some people go to the seashore for
their vacations, others hurry off to
the mountains, while many others
this Summer are coming to Dayton to
look and listen in on the proceedings
of the Tennessee evolution trial.
A Zenesville, Ohio, druggist, tour
ing with his family, reached the scene
of the Scopes case today announcing
that he was making his visit to Day
ton the regular vacation rest and
recreation period. Others have ar
rived from distant States on a similar
mission.