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operation of both the WEAF and
WIZ chains of stations on a frankly
commercial basis.
Among outstanding broadcasts of
the year were the radio industry
banquet entertainment, a blow-by-
blow description of the Dempsey
Tunney fight and the account of the
world series. An interesting de-
parture in connection with the broad
cast of the heavyweight championship
battle was the sale of the broadcast
ing privileges to a typewriter manu-
facturer.
The year also found among the
broadcasters nearly all of the leading
musical organizations of the United
States, including the New York Sym
phony Orchestra, the New York Phil
harmonic Society, the Boston SYM
phony, the Chicago Symphony, the
Cleveland Symphony and the Min
neapolis Symphony.
Good VIII Programs.
In the development of the good
will commercial programs the broad
casters have for the moment solved
the problems of the payment Of per-
forming artists and found a way to
meet expenses and in many instances
to make a profit.
In the use of short waves radio en-
gineers broke several distance rec
ords, the outstanding performance
being the transmission Of a radio pro-
gram from Schenectady to Australia,
where the program was rebroadcast
for Australian listeners.
During the Spring two or three
successful rebroadcasts of British
fnndI1nf6G
United States by the Radio Corpora
ton Of America.
The volume of business in radio
apparatus and supplies increased
generally throughout the world and
was particularly noticeable in the
United States. Having cleaned it's
house in 1925, the industry became
further organized and found better
methods Of distribution and service.
Progress Around World.
Broadcasting continued it's march
around the world and by the end of
the year practically every country
had entered the field, most of them
by placing the whole matter under
government control. South America
displayed a much keener interest in
radio and in addition to establishing
vastly extended it's system of radio
Biography.
In Great Britain the system where
by the government leased the broad
casting privileges to the British
Broadcasting Co. was abandoned at
the expiration of the company's lease
and all British broadcasting was
placed under the control Of the gov
eminent. The new plan will be in
effect in 1927.
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HIGH POWER GROWS.
Stations Now Broad
casting in Upper Brackets.

There are many stations operating
with high power today-in fact, about
33-which should be available to fans
on either coast or residing on the
shores of the Great Lakes or the Gulf
of Mexico.
The leading high or super station
Is Of course WIZ, at Bound Brook,
N. j., rated at so kilowatts but not
using quite that power. Then come
WEAF, New York; KGO, Oakland;
KOA, Denver, and WGY, Schenectady,
all 20-kilowatt transmitters, followed
by KDKA, wBAP. WBBM. WWAE.
WLIB and XII with 10 kilowatts
each, and seventeen 5-ki1owatt sta
tons. There are two 4-kilowatt sta
lions and a few above 1000 watts
Many more are contemplating power
increases.
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by wire: permitting the reproduction
we'll as photographs in distant places
with proper receiving equipment. Per
haps after further advance IL made
with the transmission and reception
of pictures via radio 1t Is thought
China will begin installing O. wire
service. but she will be about Ave
years behind the times.
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CHINA SHES AT RADIO.
Wireless Sets Are Contraband in
That Country.

Wireless sets, including radio re.
ceiving apparatus, are still treated as
contraband in China, according to the
last report reaching the Commerce
Department. There seems t. be an
impression that as long as electrical
material is now admitted, radio would
be permitted to enter, but Commercial
Attache Evans at Picking says Gus.
tomhouse officials hold wireless sets
as contraband.
China seems a bit backward in re-
spect to radio, but is now known to
be interested in telautograph service
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The order OF Solomon's Seal" Gre
ated in 1874. is the only honorary dec.
grafton conferred by the ruler of Abys
sinia, says the Here and There Maya
zine. It is simplicity itself. consisting
merely OF strand OF native cord.
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u was under these conditions that
Congress reassenlbled in Washington
in December and at the request OF
President Coolidge placed radio legis-
1ation among the first matters of bust
ness on its calendar.
A settlement of the difficulties and
an orderly conduct of the broadcast
ing ether waseleft as one Of the mat
ters that will be included In the 1927
history Of radio.
From the scientific angle the year
was not as rich as its five predeces-
sors. Among the most prominent con.
frihutions WAS the British system of
beam communication. devised by Mar
conf, and for which is planned a flu
ture similar tn that of the world wide
wireless scheme of the Radio Corpora
ton of America. During the year
specia1 trapsrnittipg. aud recAiHnG sta
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tons have been erected in Great Brit
ain. Australia, Africa, India and Can
ada Tests have proved the efficiency
Of the system and according to pres
ent plans the Empire beam will be in
full operation in 1927.
Broadcast listeners We're consider
ably benefited by science in the per-
lection of battery eliminators that will
enable them to take all the current for
their receivers direct from the light
plugs in their homes. Hitherto de-
vices for the elimination of "a" bat
teries had been ineffective and inn
perfect.
Science Continues Its Work.
Science also continued it's work with
the transmission of photographs, pic
lures, and forms Of printed matter.
News pictures of the British Derby
and copy for advertisements were
flashed across the Atlantic from Eng
land to the United States and ap-
peared in print in America a few
hours later. The radio-photographi
apparatus was used also to transmit
across the ocean a bank check, which
| was honored, and fingerprints.
Radio receivers during the year
were changed but little, the types and
models or the previous year being
| held over as originally designed.
| In program material for broadcast
| ing stations the year found the
| opera house, concert hall and stage
| making their final concessions to the
air. Many of the hold-outs, who had
| previously declined to perform for
the microphone, succumbed in 1925,
many through the power of money
and others for publicity. Consider
! able study was given to the develop
ment of radio presentations, and
! with the further progress of good
will advertising programs, accom-
panied by handsome expenditures of
money, radio entertainment attained
new high standards.
Form Broadcasting Company.
The organization of the National
Broadcasting Company by the Radio
| Corporation of America and the d.
| vorce of broadcasting activities from
the other work OF the corporation
was a distinct feature of the year.
| The formation of the new company
was brought about by the Withdrawal
| from broa dcasting of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
and the sale of station WEAF to the
Radio Corporation at an announced
:. price of~$1&Q00.0Q0s The new broad
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casting company began it's existence
on November /, and took over the
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A microscope capable Of magnify
ing 10000, 900 times is being used in
the pursuit of disease germs.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15

Possibly, there are moments
when ga soft answer turneth
away wrath" but as against
such short periods there are
long hours when the English
language becomes woefully de-
ficient in expressive words,
and / find that deficiency pain
fully evident right now.
On September oath, the first
issue of. the Saturday Press
made it's appearance. 1t
launched no attack against the
police department nor against
Chief of Police Frank Brun-
skill. It's pages prove the truth
of this statement.
We (Mr. Guilford and my
self) attacked a gambling syn
dicate that has operated braz-
enly in this city for more than
four years. We attacked that
blackmailing rag, the Twin
City Reporter and the men who
own and publish it. We minced
no words. We knew our 90
long!
When it had become a mat
ter of common knowledge that
we were to expose these, we
were offered weekly "en-
velope" if we would clay off,
and when we spurned this
bribe we were coolly informed
that we would be given a ere
ceipt" (killed) if we persisted.
But / am not going to rehash
that story. I'm going to rip the
seams and see what is inside
the rotten garment.
We made no attempt to
place that first issue on the
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15

news stands FOR WE HAD
BEEN TOLD BY THE GAM
HING SYNDICATE THAT
CHIEF OF. POLICE BRUN-
SKILL WAS THE WEAK
SISTER" OF THE SYNDI-
CATE. Think of 1.-THE Chief
of Police on whom every citi-
zen must rely for protection Of
life and property, a member,
by the gangs admission, OF
THE GAMBLING SYNDI-
CATE! Do you wonder that
we made no attempt to place
the Saturday Press on the news
stands of Minneapolis where
they would be at the mercy of
an alleged gang member?
Moe Barnett, "Big Moe" ac-
knowledged gunman, gang
leader, the man who has boast
ed that he intended recruiting
an army of gunmen that would
rival Chicago's machinegun
corps, is the man who declared
that Chief Brunskill was the
weak sister" of the gambling
syndicate-not Dame Rumor"
but Nose Barnett.
The Saturday Press was first
published on September "a or
rather dated as of that date
and actually off the press on
the 22nd. On Monday, Sep
tember 26th, Mr.. Guilford was
shot down by gunmen as he
drove from his home in Rob-
binsdale to the office in Min
neapolis. Nose Barnett had
threatened Guilford with a
receipt" less than one week
Continued on page y
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15

testify before your body he
would be more than glad to
give you sufficient evidence
upon which to base an indict-
ment of the acknowledged
gang-leader, Nose Barnett
the man who threatened Mr..
Shapiro just a comparatively
few days before the assault
upon his person and property
was made by four gunmen.
The article az published,
stands unchallenged by either
Nose Barnett or any other
gangster in the city. Ihave not
been sued for libel nor ha. any
such action been intimated,
therefore it stands that pub
lished the truth.
Gentlemen, gang rule of this
city can end only with your ap-
proval and by your action.
Nose Barnett, gangster, who
boasts that he has shot on. man
Troy Rogers) and escaped
even arrest for that act, today
walks the streets of the city a
free man, menace to lives and
property.
| trust you will not consider
me too presumptuous if l again
suggest that you subpoena Mr..
Samuel Shapiro and thus give
that gentleman the opportun-
ity, heretofore denied him, Of
telling his own story of HIS ex-
perience with Nose Barnett
and the latter's hired thugs.
| am, sirs,
Very truly yours,
j. Nj. NEAR,
Editor, The Saturday Press
240 S. 4th Street
Minneapolis, Mimi.
And further, | might add for
the edification of the "unpinch-
ed gang" that l have mailed,
each week, two copies of this
paper to each member of the
Grand Jury. / shall continue
Continued on page 81
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15
A Direct Challenge to
Police Chief BrunskiII

The Chief, in Banning This Paper from News
Stands, Definitely Aligns Himself With Gang
land, Violates the Law He Is Sworn to Uphold,
When He Tries to Suppress This Publication.
The Only Paper in the City That Dares Expose
the Gangs Deadly Grip on Minneapolis. A
Plain Statement Of Facts and Warning of
Legal Action.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15

October IL, 1927.
To the Hennepin County
Grand Jury
Gentlemen:
Permit me to call the atten-
ton Of your honorable body to
the October 1st and October
9th issue Of the Saturday Press
in which issues both Mr.. How
ard A. Guilford and myself
have exposed conditions that
actually exist in this city or did
at the time (and long prior toy
of our expose.
especially wish to call your
attention to the article, written
by myself, in the October 9th
issue under the caption of:
IA Few Of the Unsolved
Minneapolis Mysteries"
In that article | gave the
name of one of the numerous
victims of Minneapolis gang
sters, MIR. Samuel Shapiro of
2615 East Franklin Avenue,
and am positive that were
Mr.. Shapiro given a chance to
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1927-10-15

There seems to be an i'm
preston among gentlemen of
peculiar bent that the suppress
sion of our street sales has rem
dered abortive our attempt to
cleanse this city of gang rule.
These gents are intellectual
single-trackers; twenty two
caliber saps rafting around in
a four hundred thousand city.
Lest they become too hilari-
Gus, I beg to call their atten-
ton to the following:letter, the
original of which was mailed
to the Hennepin County Grand
Jury on Wednesday of this
week.
Read it carefully, "me brave
buckos" and see if you can dis
eern a flutter of a white flag.
We've just begun to fight.
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PLAYTH|NG FOUND
TO Be DYNAMITE
Explosive Swept Out at
Home Where Auto Was
Blown Up Recently.
Dy the Associated Press.

Az the Associated Press.
PARAGOULD, Ark. July 23.--Two
sticks of dynamite. swept out from un'
der the back porch of James ). Net
ties home several days ago and used
as playthings by his two children
-ntil last evening, furnished police to-
Say With a mystery to which they
had found no clues.
Several weeks ago an automobile
was dynamited shortly after NoVls
Taylor. son of Rev. Joseph Taylor,
travelling evangelist, and Miss Rose.
mond Wallace, l9-year-old high school
girl, had alighted to go into her house.
The car was wrecked and NUMBER
of windows in nearby greenhouse
broken. Novis Taylor and Miss wal
lace had been going together Tor some
time. Two young men subsequently
were arrested in connection with the
dynamiting and were released under
81 900 bond to await action OF the
grand iury at the December term OF
circuit court.
The Taylor" family had occupied
the home in which the Nettles now
live until about the first Of the year,
when they moved TO st. Louis. re-
turning here for q visit early this
month at the time the car was dyna-
mited. A note warning the Nettles 10
leave the house was found on the back
fence several days ago but little at
1ention was paid to it. The note, the
text of which was not given out. wa:\
understood to have said no harm
was meant to the Nettles.
Mrs. Nettles found the two sticks
OF dynamite under the porch Thurs.
day, but not knowing what they were
lswept them into the yard. Her 49,
c-ear-old son Orlin brought them to his
father last night and asked what they
were
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BIG HELIUM PLANT
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Second of Kind in World, in Larg-
est Known Field, to Sell
to Government.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kans.. July
ga helium plant at Dexter, 20
miles northeast of here, the second
of its kind in the world, will make its
first run Monday, Supt. r. r. Bottom
announced today.
The plant was erected and will be
operated by the kentucky oxygen
& Hydrogen Co.. but is contracted
to sell practically the entire output to
the United States Government for use
in ylighter-than-air craft. Helium.
non-infiammable gas, is extracted
from natural gas.
The Dexter helium field, which
covers a considerable area in the
vicinity of the town. is said to be the
richest in the world. The only other
helium plant is the one at Fort
Worth, Te-.., operated by the Govern
ment. The natural gas from the
wells in the Dexter area contains
such high per cent of helium that it
is not disable for heating and cooking.
The gas was discovered nearly 25
years ago. and the people of that com.
imunity were mystified because it
would not burn.
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RECORD ATTEMPT FAILS.
Sportsman Loses in Third Effort to
Lower Robert E. Lee Mark.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. July % R,.-
DIR. Louis Leroy. Memphis physician
and sportsman, who landed at Green
vile, Miss, yesterday in his motor
boat, Bogie. after failing for the third
time in his attempt to lower the
record of the Robert E. Lee between
New Orleans and st. Louis. said he
would make another attempt in the
near future. He planned to return to
Memphis today.
There has never been so much
driftwood in the river" DR.. Leroy
said. I'VE broke four propellers, bent
strut and shaft between Vicksburg
and Natchez which put us out of the
running" He said that just as soon
as it was possible for him to take
another vacation he would make
fourth attempt to lower the record of
90 hours and 81 minutes set by the
famous river boat in the race with
the Natchez in 1870.
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GIDEONS REFLECT.
Two New Officers Are Chosen,
Will Meet Next on Coast.

INDIANAPOLIS. July % Op.-The
international Gideons, the Christian
Commercial Travellers Association,
reelected four officers, including S. A.
Fulton of Milwaukee, president, at its
annual convention here today. San
Francisco was selected as the 1928
convention city.
Other officers reelected were ]. NJ.
Averill, Topeka, Kans., vice president;
John j. Burton, Toronto, Ont, chap.
lain. and s. J. Guthrie, Denver, Colo.
trustee. George c. Reed, Chicago,
treasurer, and w. w. Bidgood, Cleve.
land, trustee, were the new officers
chosen.
Business sessions of the convention
were completed today, and after a day
or religious observance, the sessions
will conclude tomorrow night.
One thousand gallons of special
paint were used in painting the dome
Of the United States Capitol recently.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-15
WHEN A SENATOR SPEEDS UP TO zoo
WORDS A MINUTE, HE MIGHT AS WELL
Be Y0DELINC, SAYS VET REPORTER

Hes very clear, and really the
most delightful man in the Senate
TO listen to-" declares Shuey.
They all talk faster-and make it
harder for the reporters-when they
snap at each other. Our hardest
Job one is assured.
Shuey has observed that nobody
can hold the galleries like Tom Hef-
lin of Alabama, who crates at about
$50 words a minute.
Carter Glass has very clear die
ton and speaks at about BOrahc
sneed Swanson. whether he has the
gift of oratory or not, has an effec-
tive earnestness which Shuey be-
lievcs counts great deal. Swanson
hits $50 words minute.
1.-THE hardest senators to take
down are those who fall back and
hesitate" Shuey continued. "The
senate is great training for them
though watch them improve from
session to session. They. read tn,
Congressional Record where we pu
down what they say; they read theil
own words and the words of Other
senators and gradually correct theil
mistakes"
Reporters Move Around
The official reporters have beer
able to get" nearly everyone since
| first they began to move out onto thu
| floor and sit in the seat of any alb
sent senator that might be conven
| lent to the speaker.
1--WE took over that privilege 30 o
more years ago when William N
! Evarts, who had been secretary 0
! state in the Hayes administrator
was in the senate" Shuey recalled
He was very old and feeble an