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Evening star., 1925-02-15

coil varies in proportion to the angle
between the plane of the -cou and
the wave front.
I'm the United States l. house
Service, important lighthou es and
lightships are selected for equipment
with automatic radio apparatus send
ing signals of definite characteristics
during fog or thick weather. The
mechanism has q timing switch
driven by a small motor producing
the signal at regular intervals. The
antennas are the same as for ordi-
nary radio communication.
The frequency Is 100000 cycles pei
second. the International standard for
such signals. giving a wave length
Of 1000 meters. The range of use
fulness is from 80 to 100 miles. de-
pending upon atmospherics and the
sensitiveness of the receiving appa-
ratus. Each station is assigned an
Identifying signal, a brief combina.
ton Of dots or dashes repeated rap.
Idly for q period, followed by a silen,
interval.
ITO determine the position Of a
vessel, the navigator rotates the col
OF his radio compass until the maxi.
mum signal Is heard, establishing the
identity Of the station. He then turns
the coil until the minimum intensity
Is reached. which Is generally used
for determining direction because OF
it's more accurate definition, the col
being at right angles to the direction
from which the signal comes. The
pointer shows the bearing within
one degree OF arc. The navigator
needs no knowledge of radio teleg.
raphy."
Vessels need no longer grope abou,
in futile attempts to find each other
or to locate lighthouses, Mr.. Conway
asserts in explaining the use of the
radio fog signal.
THE radio fog signal is valuable
as a leading mark to enable a vesse
to make a lighthouse or lightship a
the approach to a harbor. When tive
or more sending stations are within
range of audibility the intersection
of the bearings may be laid down or
a chart and the position of the vesse
thus fixed. This system. for the firs
time in marine history, affords &
practical means by which a navigator
may obtain accurate bearings on in
visible objects. 1t will enable vesseli
to locate each other in fog wheI
approaching or needing assistance"
Evening star., 1925-02-15
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS

Radio has given eS and ears to
vessels heretofore inded and deaf
ened by blankets OF fog, according
to John S. Conway. deputy commits
sioner Of lighthouses, In Research
Narrative" prepared for the Engi-
neering Foundation. For the first
time In marine history, he points out.
tho navigator has a means OF OBJ
tanning accurate bearings on in
visible objects.
when fog blankets the sea-" Mr..
Conway says, visibility Is gone and
sound is deficient in directive prop
critics. Development of radio has
overcome the ,perils. The directive
property of the loop, or coil, antenna
dates back to Hertz. who made sue
cessful experiments in 1888, based on
Faraday's fundamental discovery in
1881 Of electromagnetic induction.
Studies of other physicists have pro-
duced the radiogoniometer, radio d.
rection finder. or radio compass. the
term most frequently used in this
country. 1t Is not self-setting, but
must be adjusted by trial.
Several types of radio compass
have been perfected. differing in ap-
pearance. but depending upon the
same principles. One has an outside
coll mounted vertically on q spindle,
rotatable in q horizontal plane, con-
trolled by hand wheel and fitted
with q pointer.
Another consists Of two large
fixed loops at right angles to each
other, connected to a. small rotating
coil on the operating panel. Each is
provided with the usual radio re-
ceiving, detecting, adjusting and
tuning apparatus. The pointer may
be placed over the ships magnetic
compass. thus giving at glance the
bearing Of the radio signal station.
LAS the coil and pointer are ro-
tated. the maximum intensity OF
sound is heard when the plane Of the
coll comedies with the direction to
a radio signal. and the intensity
gradually diminishes. reaching a
minimum. when the plane of the coil
Is at right angles. Radio waves are
accompanied by a magnetic force
which Is horizontal and at right
angles to the direction in which the
waves are travelling.
Hence, when the coil is on edge &c
the wave, 1t Is threaded by the maxi
NAL number OF magnetic lines OF
force, and the amplified signal Is
heard, at a maximum. Conversely
when the coil is broadside to the d.
rection of the transmitting station
no magnetic lines of force thread the
coil and therefore no current Is in
duced in II and no sound is heard in
the receivers. At intermediate po-
sitions the current induced in the
Evening star., 1925-02-15
WIS CREW TO TRAVEL.
Solemn Old Judge" and Lullaby
Boys'' to Make Tour.

George Dewey Hay, the Solemn
Old Judge" chief announcer of WIS
Chicago. with Ford Rush and Glenn
Rowell, the Lullaby Boys" with,
their bag full Of popular songs and
all the traps which enter the sound
production of wis Unlimited" are
going to take a long trip. The week
of February 90 the Solemn Old
Judge" and the Lullaby Boys" will
be in Dallas, Tex, where they will
furnish the radio programs for the
Dallas News station, WFAA, every
evening except Wednesday, which is
silent night in Dallas. 20
All the features which have mada
this trio popular over WIS Will be
included in the Dallas programs, i'm
cluding the 'transcontinental" and
other trips of wis Unlimited" Hay
will take his locomotive whistle, Ford
will be the engine bell' and Glenn
will handle the sound traps which
make the wheels go round" While
in Dallas they will appear also at the
Majestic Theater. On the way back
to Chicago the Solemn Old judge
Will be the guest-announcer at the.
Kansas City Star station, WDAF,
March and 3. -
Evening star., 1925-02-15

addressed to Herbert Hoover follow
ing the erroneous statement that the
Commerce head recommended tax
on radio sales.
"The fact is" the writer says, that
the radio set, buyer paid for this
service when he bought his set,
principally because they told him
there would be something. in the air
for him to listen to, and he paid
through the nose at that" Calling
attention to the constantly reducing
price of tubes as patents owned by
the combine" approach expiration
dates, he says. they sold for $3.50 only
a little while ago. when the actual
cost has been below SO cents each.
| Assuming that the profit on each
tube has been IS, and that only 90
600, 900 tubes have been made" he con-
tinues, "I think the haif-doze broad
casting stations maintained by the
two big interlocking corporations can
struggle along a little while on this
hundred million dollar profit" One
company, he states. admits that it
made nearly fourth Of that amount
last year.
Newspapers, colleges and other in
dependent broadcastfng stations are
not agitating for license fees on re-
ceiving sets to be collected by the
owned stations, he AYERS. When a
man buys set it is with the dis
tinct understanding that he is buying
broadcasting service also. The rea-
son the Radio Corporation and inter-
locking companies continue broad
casting Is to sell sets, tubes and
parts, which would not be bought If
they stopped broadcasting, he be-
lieyes.
~ a !,
the radio listeners circle, and when
he buys next years improved set he
will do it again, the correspondent
concludes.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
One Way to Keep Wife Home

Manuel McGee of Knoxville. Tenn.
adopted a novel way of making his
wife stay at home. He seized her
entire wardrobe and set fire to it.
He was sentenced to Jail for the act,
but he gleefully informed the ar
resting Office. She will stay at home
a while ANYWAY"
Evening star., 1925-02-15
We Pay a. We Enter.

The big corporations keep up agita-
tion as to how they are to be repaid
for their radio broadcasting. imply
ing that this service is purely philan-
thropic. according to a commun lea ion
Evening star., 1925-02-15
stations and distort them.


Between and 6 pm. Central time.
he states. the Eastern stations come in
with their dinner concerts and are re-
ceived louder and in better tonal quail
ity than later in the evening. At about
2:30 pm. he picks up KSD or WICK,
finding the tone of these stations well
night perfect They come in with
greater signal strength than at night, he
concludes
The Department has expressed and
asked for further details.
voc Changes Shent Might.
woo, Davenport, has changed its
silent night from Tuesday to Monday
night as result of new arrangement
with WSUI, the Ohio State University
station. The change will become effec-
tive February 23
Upholds Radio Regulations.
Federal Judge Of Tennessee fined
an unlicensed amateur radio opera
tor for Illegal operation of radio
transmitter with malicious intent
Although the fine was light, COM
pared with the maximum penalty
$500 or a years Imprisonment, 1t IL
believed by officials of the radio Sec
tion of the Department of Com.
merce that this case will serve as a
warning to others who try to obtain
their fun by spelling the pleasure
Of regular radio fans.
Radio Supervisor Deiler had been
receiving numerous complaints from
Knoxville radio fans that some one
was jamming the atmosphere regu.
larly when broadcast programs were
on the air. One public-spirited citi.
Zen offered a. reward of 500 to any
one who discovered the owner Of the
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Radio Fog Interference.

Radio fog is the latest form of inter
ference. and strangely enough 1t is said
to be more prevalent at night than in
the daytime. A report to the radio sec
ton Of the Department OF Commerce
from S. l.. Steele Of Chicago states that
following observations with a nine-tube
heterodyne and a four-tuber during the
past month he has marveied at the
power, clarity and tonal quality OF many
broadcast stations, both distant and
local, in the afternoon. At night, he ad-
vises. the same stations are weaker and
the quality changes for the worse. There
seems to exist a kind of interference he
has never heard mentioned. which can
not be tuned out musical selections lose
their true character and speech becomes
harsh and graty.
Citing a simile, the writer says that
we do not see the sun in its true char
acter in fog, and at night, when the
too numerous stations are operating, a
radio fog of side bands and harmonics
seems to weaken the signals of certain
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Offensive transmitter.

Offensive transmitter. Another fan
located the illegal set. reported it to
Inspector j. N. du Treil, who called
on the alleged amateur. He found
him operating spark coil transmit
ter and without receiving equipment.
Later he fled q complaint with the
United States attorney. to the effect
that section ! of the act Of August
13, 1912, regarding the Illegal use of
radio transmitter to create wilful
interference. was violated. The cul-
prit confessed that he operated the
set solely to interfere with the broad
cast reception of neighbor, and the
case went to court, resulting In the
imposition of the fine.
This case is an example, cited to
show that radio laws and regulations
are rigidly enforced throughout the
country in an effort to keep the air
channels clear for all kinds Of radio
traffic. including broadcast reception.
Listeners and amateurs should re-
port all violations of the radio laws
and regulations, cooperating with
the Department Of Commerce.
WRC and WCAP Stick to Wave.
Washington's two class B broad
casters. WRC and WCAP, have been
cited by the Bureau Of Standards as
two of the 13 stations that have kept
their transmissions so close to the
assigned frequency as to be availabl
for radio frequency standards. WCAP
was measured II times since Decem-
Der 20 and was not found q fraction
OF a per. cent of its wave. During
this same period WRC was measured
49 times and was found to have a
perfect record. y..-
Other stations in the standard fire.
quency class are: VOL, Coram HILL
N. Y: MSS, Annapolis, Md; WGG
Tuckerton, n. j.; VIII, New Bruins
wick, N. j.; WSO, Marion, Mass; WWJ
Detroit; WEAF, New York, WSB, At
lanta; WGY, Schenectady, WBZ
Springfield, and KDKA. Pittsburgh.
Foreign Radio Items.
Lack of contact with modern broad
casting and local fear of static
are holding back radio developments
in Curacao, Dutch West Indies, ac-
cording to a report from r. A. Lund-
Quist, chief of the Department ot
Commerce Electrical Division. who
Is now travelling in Central and
South America. The cost of equip.
ment also is reported factor. Radio
apparatus, imported, however, is only
PSA ~Siis oAAA may pC OpcA dtCS
without governmental restriction
Nevertheless, there are not more thar
half dozen sets in service, most
Of them American made. Two sci
operators interviewed by Mr.. Lund.
quist stated that with a good five
tube set satisfactory loud-speaker re.
ception of the better known Amer.
| lean stations east of the Mississippi
was possible. 1t was believed thai
some Of the higher-powered Westerr
stations might also be brought in il
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12
The Cotton Farmer
BY John Workman

The average Arkansas cotton farm
er gets up early at the alarm of a
Connecticut clock, pulls on a pair of
cOwhide shoes made in Ohio. buttons
a Chicago suspender to a Detroit over
all, washes in a Pittsburg tin basin.
using Cincinnati soap, dries on a cot
ton towel made in New Hampshire,
sits down to Grand Rapids table.
eats hot biscuits made from Minneap-
oils -four, Kansas City bacon and In
diana grits fried in Omaha lard on
st. Louis stove, buys Irish potatoes
grown in Michigan and canned fruit
put up in California, seasoned with
Rhode Island spices, fills his French
briar pipe with Kentucky tobacco set
on fire with a South Carolina match.
claps on his old wool hat made in
Philadelphia, puts a New York har-
ness on a Missouri mule fed on Iowa
corn and plOws his farm covered by a
Massachusetts mortgage with an In
diana plow. At night he crawls under
a New York blanket on an Oklahoma
straw bed and is kept awake all night
by an Arkansas dog, the only home
product on the farm.-Ex.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12

formed. how refined, and how market
ed In short he learned all ne could
about the theory, and then he sold his
farm for SS33 shortly after the sale,
the new owner went over the place to
look after facilities for watering stock.
He found that his predecessor had fix
ed plank across the surface Of a
little stream running through the farm,
and this plank was set at the right
depth to hold back a black scum
through which cattle would not put
their noses.
This was unusual With the assist
ance of experts. he conducted an in
vestigatiOn. The black scum. they dis
covered, was petroleum, and the farm
it was later found was one of the rich
est oil fields of the East-an oil field
that geOlOgists later declared was
worth S1OO,OOO,OOO to the state Of Penn
sylvania. Here the man who studied
the theory of finding, refining, and
marketing coal oil, had been damming
back a stream that was pouring forth
millions in oil. The city of Titusville
stands today on the farm that he sold
for $S33-in order to go to far away
places where he thought opportunity
was awaiting him
No doubt this man was no more
blind than most of uS here in Ran
dolph county. The writer is of the
opinion that there is plenty of wealth
and opportunity to be found right here
in our community, and some day some
man of vision will come along and see
what all of us should have seen long
ago.
The greenest pastures are always
further up the hill Distance lends
enchantment." In other words we
think that we must travel far away
to find opportunities.
But opportunity is everywhere
nearby and far away. If you lack the
necessary vision you will not find fame
or fortune by travelling to the far cor
ners of the world. If you have vision
you will probably find just what you
most desire right here.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12
John ID. ROckefeller's Philosophy

do all the good you can"
BE earnest; do not be afraid to
work"
There is no feeling in the world.
l think. comparable to that Of self
reliance. without which we can do
nothing. Do not sacrifice it to any
thing else"
do not attempt to grow old before
your time. Maintain an interest in
life and all living things"
Il think it is a mans duty to make
all the money he can, and give all he
can"
Live within your means. One Of
the swiftest tobaggans l know Of is
that for the young man. just starting
i'm life, who goes aimlessly. recklessly.
into debt"
The true economy Of life. have
found. is to find the man who can do
a particular thing and then leave him
TO do 1t unhampered."
"Persevere. If you make mistakes.
remember that it is only human to
err, but try again and try harder"
"A clean conscience is greater
comfort and worth more than a great
fortune gathered by dishonest meth
Odsr
Sons Of wealthy parents have not
a ghost Of a show in comparison with
the fellow who came from the country
with a determination to do something
in this world
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12
CONSOLIDATED NO. I SCHOOL

Miss LOttie Walling was absent from
school Friday. She spent the week
end with homefolks at Cloverbend.
We have one walking history in
school Mr.. Tom Prince
Our reference reading over the week
end was to find the most northern and
southern city in the world.
The fourth grade class has a treat
in store for them. when March comes.
But that is a secret and we must not
tell secrets out Of school.
The great question that confronts
Us ON examination day, do you know
it or only think you doT'
Think deep, not loud.
Mr.. Smith had another display for
Us this week. This display was deal
ing with cereals from the raw to the
finished product. So far as we know
this is the first school in the county
to secure displays of this kind
Last Thursday was Rex Jones birth
day. The pupils all gave him sur
prise Thursday night Rex is very
ambitious young man. We found him
studying history when we arrived We
all like Rex as classmate and hone
him many more happy birthdays.
Hite Weatherford says he doesn't
believe the girls should tell him good
by
Ona Smith and Lottie Walling had
some fun out Of Mr.. Smith last Wed.
nesday when they hid his overcoat hat
and gloves. All work would make
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12

Som, OF the folks who have been
getting January bills do not see why
their creditors should throw away all
this good paper stock. OF course they
mean to pay sometime" a date which
is some distance away in many cases.
Modern psychology says that anxiety
is harmful and even sinful, 50 a Ger
tain proportion Of debtors decide to
let their creditors do the worrying.
As long as many people take this
point Of view. business men will have
TO add charges to their goods sufficient
to cover bad debts and interest ON slow
accounts. Many people who complain
Of high prices. do something themselves
to make prices high by their slow pay
habits.
When people pay the grocer, he can
pay the bill he owes to the farmer, who
can settle up with the dry goods man.
etc. etc. BY the time those dollars
have gone the rounds. a number of
different concerns have thereby been
enabled to order more merchandise or
employ more help. and business has
frightened up all around
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12
Obituary

In this column, notices like those
below are run as news matter and OF
course no charge is made. Lengthy
obituaries, however, take up more
space than we can afford to devote to
them and We are forced to make a
charge ON one half the regular adver-
tising rate on them.
Short obituaries, Of fifteen lines or
less. and cards of thanks are consider
ed as reading matter and no charge is
made. A charge Of five cents per line
on lengthy obituaries is made.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12

school a dun place, but plenty Of work
and plenty of fun makes our school one
Of the most enjoyable places to be-
How many know a verse in the
Billie? Mr. Smith requires us to an
swer roll call with a verse from the
Bible This is work for those that do
not 90 to Sunday school
The primary pupils have a fine in
terest in their work. The third grade
spelled the fourth, and they seem to
be almost their equal
Have you the moral courage to stand
for what you think is right? If not
you can't he a classmate Of ours.
We find two great classes in the
world. Winners and Knockers. The
pupils in this school have decided to
be winners. Are you going to join US
and help make Arkansas the wonder
state in education? If so boost con-
Solidation.
We wonder what pupils win be the
winners of their classes next month
We would all like to have that honor,
Now is the time to start if we expect
to win.
The Wilson Society rendered good
program Friday afternoon. The parts
as usual We're well prepared. Up to
this time not single person has fail
ed TO bring up the parts assigned.
Remember Mr.. Smiths definition Of
can't, Cant is a laggard too lazy to
work"
Both the boys and girls are progress
sing nicely in their basket ball playing.
The teachers and pupils of this
school gave Mrs. Opal Blackshear
surprise party Saturday night. Mrs
Blackshear was formerly a pupil OF
this school We hope for her long
and happy life.
Miss Mary Hubbard. Erma Bailey,
Zelmer Fielder, Mrs. VIII Smith. Mr..
Otis Prince, Hubert Cook, Ellie Buck
ley Cecil and Ezra johnson were well
come visitors at our school Friday
afternoon.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12
p. H. Booth

+. Fl. Booth. prominent citizen Of
Reyno, died in a Shreveport, La, hos
pital Monday of this week, after suf-
fering for several months with stom-
ach trouble. The remains were brought
TO Reyno Tuesday and the funeral was
held at the Johnson cemetery.
He leaves a wife, two children and
three step-children. and many other
near relatives in this county.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12

age the children to think they are
severely or unfairly treated, and thus
incite them to an attitude of resist
ance?
Many other questions could he ask
ed. Remember that you can't turn
children over TO the schools to have
their heads filed with knowledge, as
you turn them over to the dentist to
have their teeth filed with gold. Edu-
cation calls for ambition on the part
of pupils, and the homes have to help
create this sentiment.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12

What is the matter with the youth
of this day? Is it any worse. any
more frivolous. any giddier than the
youth Of any other time? Or is all
this merely talk of old timers who can
not understand a new age with its
new standards.
A number of prominent university |
leaders have been investigating. and
from their insight into college under
graduate life, they speak with words
Of significance. They say that col
lege students are more interested in
dances, amusements. and class activi-
ties than in culture and learning. In
fact they issue sweeping Indictment
of this generation, for college students
are typical present day young folks.
College is no longer a place for
those who wish to become cultured. Ii
is a social practice ground said DIR.
Robert c. Angel. University of Mich
igan, in a report TO President Burton.
"A tradition is being established out
side Wisconsin that we are bunch of
cake eaters" declared Dean Scott II.
Goodnight Of the University Of wiscOn-
sin. Does not our record Of parties
and dances 90 to substantiate this
traditiony7
A statement from another source
was: The mothers regard the univer-
sity as IA good matrimonial bureau.
and accordingly they send their daugh-
ters here"
Editorials in some university publi-
cations place the blame for low eul-
tural standards not upon the students
hut upon Incompetent instructors. And
the battle goes merrily ON. Some ex-
tremists go ~ far as to claim that
the old virality of American life is dis
appearing in the foppishness and thrill
mania Of the present as shown in the
conduct Of college students.
But in the humble opinion of the
editor. this isn't so serious after all.
Young.-people at heart are not much
different today than they were in the
olden days Human nature changes
but little from age to age. and therein
lies both the hope and task OF the
present. 1t is as difficult for any force
or tendency to cause people in the mass
to deteriorate suddenly as it is TO cause
them to improve quickly.
Perhaps some young folks have tax
en- the old adage. "all work and no
play makes Jack a duh boy" a little
too seriously-that's all.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-02-12
William Fortune

Aged 81. died at West Plains, Mo-,
Jan. 81, Of tumor on the brain. He
was a prominent farmer Of Myrtle,
Mo.
He leaves his parents. Il wife and
two brothers.