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UNIVERSITY ACHIEVES
NEW DISTANCE RECORD
Minnesota Communicates with Nor.
wegian Whaler Near South
Pole, 1900 Miles Away.

A long distance record for short
wave radio transmission was made re-
Gently when the University of Mime
sofa experimental radio station COM
inundated with ARCx, a Norwegian
whaler; near the South Pole, a dis
lance of 1850 miles from Minnea-
polls. A wave-length Of 38 meters was
used for this transmission, which
lasted so minutes.
The boat, which was sent out by
the Norwegian government as part of
an anthropology expedition, was hunt
Ing a species of blue seals, and at the
time was only 500 miles from the
South Pole and $500 miles south of
New Zealand. according to the mes.
sage conveyed to operator J. o. Alto
bell at the university station, 9x1.
Since 1880 miles is half way
around the globe, this radio message
came within a thousand miles of go.
ing the maximum distance that
radio transmission could travel.
The university station has recently
been rebuilt and this feat was ac-
complished on the second night of OPP
Grafton. The station is manned by %
student operators who work in night
shifts all night long transmitting mes
sages. An arrangement was made
with the Norwegian vessel whereby
communication will be attempted
every Wednesday morning at 6:19
Eastern standard time.
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SAYS ARMY FLYERS
CAN REGAIN HONORS
Gen. Patrick Promises New
Records If Congress
Supplies Funds.

Declaring that IL Congress would
furnish the money the United States
Army Air Service would guarantee to
recapture all the air records Il former.
ly held and establish more, Mai
Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick, chief OF
the Army Air Corps, in a speech be.
fore members OF the City Club at
luncheon yesterday said, Air records
are simply a matter Of money. The
Army Air Corps has never gone after
records but has won them as a result
OF tests for Army planes.
England has won no records" he
continued. "but at the same time has
fine air feet. The United States
holds ten records and France 26
Speed records now are for the sport.
ing flyers. In fact, a plane is being
constructed in this country at the
present time by private firm which
will likely break all records made so
far" Gen. Patrick also declared that
Washington should have an airport.
Every modern city should make
preparation for an airport. Washing
ton should prepare for one as soon
as possible. It is easier to keep
abreast of development than to catch
up" he asserted.
Cause of Accidents.
Concerning the dangers of flying.
Gen. Patrick remarked that there
are accidents in all types of trans
portation. "a very small percentage
OF the accidents to Army planes are
caused by faulty construction. Most
of them are due to engine trouble or
the pilot" he said
Last year." he continued, I'VE flew
1000 miles with only one fatality"
The Army is interested in CONNER
cial aviation because 1t must have 2
reservoir of planes and flyers ready
in case OF war, the speaker said. EN-
phasizing that If commercial aviation
Is OF developed this country will fall far
behind the rest Of the world. In this
connection he said that only planes
can fight planes.
"Air transportation is much in evi.
dence in Europe" he said.
Europe is a network of airways.
England is building two big airships
and plans to link up the capitals of
her colonials. Even Russia is build.
ing huge dirigible, larger than the
Shenandoah"
The air NAL, Gen. Patrick said.
has done much to promote flying in
this country. explaining that 1t flies
and is the only night service in the
world.
New Era for Air Service.
"Our planes are now standardized"
said the general. THE Army pursuit
planes are the best in the world: In
fact, a member Of Parliament recently
criticized the British Government be
cause they had no pursuit planes and
had permitted the American Govern
ment to get so far ahead of them in
this line Of the service.
"A new day has dawned in the air
service. Five years from now we will
have 1900 new planes of the best de
sign and sufficient personnel, giving
us the nucleus of an air force capable
Of competing with that of any nation"
Calling attention to the present un.
settled condition of the world, Gen
Patrick said. sit looks like we will
have to have an Army and Navy for
a few years yet"
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TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

NatiOnal-"On Approval" comedy,
at $40 pm. Matinee at 2:20.
BelascO-"Wild Man of Borneo,"
comedy, at $50 pm. Matinee at 2:20.
Poli's--"The Student Prince" OPP
eretta, at 500 pm. Matinee at 2:20.
Keith's-Helen MacKellar, vaude.
vile. at 2:l5 and 8:15 pm.
Earle-"The Midget Follies Of 1927"
vaudeville. continuous. $50 to IL pm.
Strand broadway Brevities." mu.
steal presentations, continuous, 1880
to IL pm.
Gayety-"Mr. Battling Butler" bur-
lesque. at 2I5 and 8:15 pm.
Mutual-"Pretty Babies" burlesque,
at 2:20 and 500 pm.
Columbia-"The Scarlet Letter." at
10:45 am, 12:45, 2:45, 4:45, GAS and
8:45 pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bachelors"
at 1885 am, 1855, 1855, $3.50, 1855 and
1855 pm.
Palace-"Stranded in Paris" Irene
Franklin. at IL am, 1925, 2:25, 4:30,
$50. 1856 and 9:55 pm.
Rialto-"The Canadians at 1850
am. 1870, 3:35. $50, 7:25 and 9:35 pm.
Tivoli-"While London Slept" at 2.
410. 6:15 and $50 pm.
ADMINISTRATIVE Paint" at 2:20,
400, 4:25, $50, 8:l5 and 10 pm.
Wardman Park-"The Treasurer, :"
at and pm.
Central-"Taxi. Taxi at 1890, 2,
$3.50. 5, $50, and $40 pm.
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|LocalRadio Entertainment
Saturday, January 20, 1927

NAA-Washington Navy Yard
(434.5 Meters).
1905 a. m.--Weather Bureau re.
ports.
3:45 p. m.-Weather Bureau re-
portA
9:56 D. Huntington time signals.
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rector of the Bureau of the Budget
"The National Budget
9 p. m.--Balkite Hour, with Walter
Damrosch and The New York Sym.
phony Orchestra. broadcast with
WEAF from New York.
10 p. m.-Lord Calvert Ensemble
from WEAF.
II to IL Naturalization Club Or
chestra.
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Aikei1.-AMrmSfa.

Mean temperature during January
and February at these popular resorts
is so degrees. Splendid golf courses
with Is golf events. Other interesting
outdoor amusements. Reduced fares.
Excellent tourist hotels now open.
Through sleeping cars via Southern
Railway leave Washington daily, 1925
pm. Reservations and expert travel
information, 1910 II st. NV. Phones
Main 5633 and 063.-Adve1'tisement.
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1906 p. m.-Weather Bureau re-
ports.
WRHF-WashingtOn Radio Hospital
Fund (256 Meters).
II to IL Noon--Current events and
police reports.
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WRC-RadiO Corporation of America
(46S5 MeterS).

$50 p. Observation-Disclosures of Will
liam Mckinley that Endured" by
Representative Ellis Moore, from
Ohio.
GAS p. Washington Automo-
bile Show"
7p. m.--Semi-Annual Meeting of the
Bureau Of the Budget direct from
Memorial Continental Hall. Broadcast
with WEAF, WEEP, WAR, WGR.
WCSH. WCAE, WWJ, WSAI, KSD.
and WGY.
7p. m.--United States Marine Band
Orchestra.
1880 p. m.-Address by President
Coolidge.
$50 10 9 p. m.-Address by the, di,
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RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT.

Semi annual meeting of the
Bureau of the Budget, from
Memorial Continental Hall.
featuring an address by Presi.
dent Coolidge, WRC, WEAF
and other stations, 7 to 9
o'clock.
National barn dance, WIS,
3 pm. TO 2 am.
Russian choir of the Church
of the Holy Virgin, WHIP, $50
to go o'clock.
Walter Damrosch and the
New York Symphony Orches-
ira. WRC, WEAF and other
stations, 9 to 10 o'clock.
Ey. Jones Merrymakers,
WTAM, 10 to II o'clock.
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withdrawing Radio Forum
(293.9 Meters).

Z to p. m.--Note: During the
broadcasting of the program incidental
to the semi-annual meeting of the
Bureau of the Budget, this station
will be silent.
Phil Hayden and Les Colvin, enter
tainers.
800 to 9:40 p. m.--Will p. Kennedy,
political writer for The Star, silent
Partners of Congress"
GAO to 10 p. m.-Elizabeth Jordon,
soprano.
10 to II p. m.-Dance program by
the City Club Syncopators.
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KYA of San Francisco has been
heard in all 4S States, Canada, Mexico
and Hawaii. This station broadcasts
on 1898 meters with 1000 watts.
, 1927-10-15
KILOGRAMS.
81. CEOIN SIATION.


Vienna. Austria, Oct. 18th DISPATCH
es from Sofia. Bulgaria, report that Is
lives have been lost in suCden floods in
the Dobloqen district cf Bulgaria, One
hundred and forty three houses have
been destroyed.
London, Oct I3th-Scme Of the seve-
rest fighting Of Chiua's prolonged civil
warfare has been seen round Picking in
the last few days, according to despat-
ches received hsre, which say there have
been casualties and CO ptures on a large
scale in sharp conflicts between the An
kuochun army and the Shansi province
forces. The fighting is reported to have
resulted markedly in favour Of the An
kuochun.
Toxic. Oct. 13tb,-With a thunderous
roar Asama-Yama, active japanese vol
cano erupted this morning, emitting an
immense volume Of thick black smoke
and covering the countryside with a
white ash. The ashes teIl as far distant
from the volcano, as 70 miles to the East
Asama-Yama is about 50 miles north
west of Toxic.
New York, Oct. 13tb,-The indepen-
, 1927-10-15

Miss Agnes Brookes, former Special
Teacher Of Christiansted Junior High
School was married to Mr.. George Dud-
ley in New York City on the 18th Sep.
at st. Philips Church by the officiating
priest Rev. Bishop. The bride was given
away by Mr., Walter Winter, Mrs. Ernest
Johnson acting MatrOn of Honor ana Mr..
RawIins as Bestman.
The Avis extends congratulations and
all good wishes for a long and happy
union.
The S. S. Catherine" is due at Fred
eriksted on schedule time today having
rs tons cargo for that port and 16 tons
for C~hristiansted, arriving here tomor-
row morning.
, 1927-10-15

gives notice that any raid on the Ireasu-
r. IN the forthcoming congress will meet
~stonewalI opposition.
Observation-Disclosures Coolidge de-
clines to issue a proclamation urging OBJ
servance of National Education Week,
stating he has already expressed himself
fully as to his convictions.
Salem, N. HAIRY Hartz, an auto
racer, splits head and fractures leg when
racing car collides with leader in attempt
to pass on outer edge track during Column
bus Day sweepstakes.
Winnipeg. R. B. Bennett. former
Minister Of Justice, was elected leader Of
the Conservative Party in Canada to sue
coed former Premier Chen.
Los Angeles. The American Fedora
ton of Labor affirms Monroe Doctrine
with a resolution ConGemning interfer-
anCe with American policies in China and
Latin America.
Annapolis. Final preparations were
made To-Day in the camp Of the Navy for
Saturdays star battle with NOtre Dame.
The coach. Bill Ingram, plans only a
light workout tcmCrOW before taking
his players to Baltimore Ingram eX-
poets a close hard fought contest but
thinks the MiddIes il they reach top form
should hold their own.
Indianapolis, Ind. Mayor DuyaIl sen
fenced to thirty days al d one thousand
dollars fine for violating the corrupg prac-
tice act claims lie is still the Mayor of
Indianapolis althcueh his pre- ecutors say
the four year GeDarment in sentence re-
moves him from Office.
Old Orchard, Maine "A storm causes
postponement of Mrs, Frances Grtyson's
take off.
Weather normal in this vicil ity.
, 1927-10-15

There will be a voiIey ball game on
Sunday morning at 1870 between the
the Marines. The game will be played
at the Marine Barracks yard.
, 1927-10-15
81. S. NAVAL RADIO STATION
OCTOBER nth, 1927.
(COurtesy Of the Associated ETeSS.)

St. Louis. The French aViators Costes.
and lie Brix face a hazardous hop over
the South Atlantic to Brazil in cOntinu-
ance of an air mail flight from Paris to
Buenos Aires supposed to get away this
morning.
San Francisco. Australians are plan
ninn an eight day flight to Sydney. New
South Wales. The only delay is over the
necessity If obtaining permits for a test
flight from Secretary Hoover.
Washington P President Coolidge
leaves for Pittsburg where he will speak
at Founders Bay on acceptance of Car
negie Institute tonight,
Washington Chairman Madden Of the
House of Representatives Committee
, 1927-10-15

There will be a football game on Holger
Danske at $50 sharp tomorrow after
noon. All lovers of this game are invited.
Come and see this great c%ocflct. com.
, 1927-10-15
F%REDERIKSTED THEATRE
8.45 Sunday Evening 8.45
ssT HE T
Fitch's Biggest Stage Hits is made into InterG
One Iof Clyde Fitch's Bigg

THE CITY"is a meodrama of the havoc wrought by the city or small town
family that felt they were Cramped in their former surroundings.
here is effective damai in the opening sequences with the death Of the fathera and
after visit from a blackmaler who threatens expose the fact THAT the husOandh had
been a convict
The family moves to the city. The Backmaier turns up again coercng the daugh-
being wrapped up in politics and his eventual awakening to his responsibility and return
to seltrespct are all told in THE CITY. and make good hUmanIntTest meOdrama
that will. entertain all who seeN
In the cast are Nancy Nash, Robert FarserEGeO. Irving Lillian Elliott Walter
McGral and others
Although Robert Frazer nomnauy has the leading role it is The villain who domn-
as the entire action and Walter McGrl gives an excellent performance in tmB. role
Nancy Nash, a newcomer acluUs herself well as the fapper daughter and George
ADuSsl0N AS USUAL.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-04
PHOENIX WOMAN is
ROBBED AND KIDNAPPED

Phoenix police officers were drafted
into service again Saturday night in
an effort to apprehend lone, un-
masked bandit who held up and robbed
two Phoenix automobile parties, then
kidnapped Mrs. May Brown, occupant
of one of the machines, and made off
with the car.
The victims were Mr.. and Mrs. d.
F. Green of 510 North Fifth street,
Phoenix, robbed of So, and G. T.
Chambers of Scottsdale, relieved of
$40 in cash and his automobile, a
small coupe. Mrs. Brown was an oc-
cupant of Chambers car and was
forced to accompany the bandit after
he had robbed Chambers. She was
set afoot in the south part Of town
after having been taken to the base
line road.
Both robberies occurred near Sew
enth and Willetta streets. Green was
relieved of his cash first and Cham
hers was robbed in the same block.
Both victims reported the holdups at
the police station.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-04
Mummified Bodies
In 1914 Auto Seen
In Mohave Desert

Somewhere in the outer fringe of
the blazing Mojave desert stands a
derelict automobile containing the
mummified bodies of two women, two
girls and a little boy, if the strange
tale told in Los Angeles by Lawrence
j. Callaghan, Of Memphis, Tenn,
proves true.
Callaghan telephoned officials Of
the Southern California Auto club
that he became lost in the desert
south of Daggett, and found the dere-
lict car hub-deep in sand, on what
had apparently once been a we'll
Travelled road.
On the back seat of the car, he said,
were the bodies of two girls and a
woman, while in front the bodies of
another woman and a boy had slipped
down between the seat and the coWl.
The car, its paint stripped by the sun
and it's top gone to tatters, was a
1914 Hupmobile, he added, with a
license number 1851, the plate re-
sembling those issued by California
in 1915.
Women members of Callahan's
party became terrified, the man re-
ported, and made him leave the grim
discovery.
Seaching parties have been sent
by the automobile club into the desert.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-04
Dead Man Found
South of Prescott

What may prove to be another
battling mystery, incapable of solu-
ton, is the identity of dead man,
found Sunday afternoon in the San
Domingo district, nine miles from
Castle Hot Springs and near the Tip
ton ranch in Maricopa county who had
lain there for about a month, exposed
to the elements and the prey of ami
mails.
A hiking party, composed of two
men and two women, discovered the
body on the highest point in the dis
trict and reported the gruesome find
to Maricopa county authorities in
Wickenburg.
Without delay the local sheriff's
office was notified and an investi-
cation into the matter begun by
Coroner John Riggs of the Wicken-
burg precinct, who is said to have
issued the statement that the man
came to his death obviously from ma
tural causes. He was about 45 years
old, five feet eight inches tall, weighed
$50 pounds, had gray hair, stubby
moustache, and was partly bald. His
dress consisted of a blue serge suit,
white shirt, black shoes, white neck
tie and brown hat.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-04
WHOLE FAMILY HURT
IN AUTO SMASH-UP

Another tragedy on the Nogales
highway occurred late Sunday night
when Mr.. and Mrs. Jose D. Romero,
and their six children and niece
were seriously injured when their
automobile was upset when they were
returning to Tucson.
All nine victims of the accident were
rushed to the Nogales hospital by
Deputy Sheriffs Paul Gatlin and G..
W. Nelson, who were called to the
scene of the accident. Moreno and
his wife were lying in the center Of
the road unconscious when the depu-
ties arrived. All of the children were
seriously injured, one girl Of nine
years was standing i'll the road moan
ing when the officers arrived. Both
of her arms were broken at the wrists
and she was attempting to signal the
car. The family had been lying in
the road for more than two hours
before aid came. Four Western
Union messenger boys from Nogales
had arrived shortly after the accident
and two of them had Immediately
ridden their bicycles seven miles to
telephone for aid.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-04
Prescott Women Are
Hurt in Auto Crash

Mrs. John L. Sullivan, Mrs. Gordon
Clark and Miss Helen McEaehran, all
of Prescott, were painfully cut and
bruised Saturday afternoon when q
car being driven by Miss McEachran
from Phoenix to Prescott overturned
on the Hassavampa trail only q few
miles north of Phoenix about 2 o'clock.
The accident occurred when one of
the tires ran over a leaf Of an auto
mobile spring which was lying on the
road, cutting the tire to pieces and
throwing the heavy car, a sedan which
belongs to the Yavapai county attor-
ney's office, over twice before ii came
to rest on its top, the glass all broken
and the car badly damaged.
Only miracle saved the lives Of
the three women, who were pinned
underneath the heavy machine. Miss
McEachran was pulled out through
the broken windshield by Neil c.
Clark and a companion, who were
driving behind the county car, and
the men then rescued Mrs. Sullivan
and Mrs. Clark All three of the wom-
en- were brought home by passing
motorists.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-04
More Autos in U. S.
In the Year 1927

Motor vehicles registered in the
United States in the first six months
of this year totalled 20,991,33, an in
crease of 1,374,578 or 7 per cent over
the same period last year. Revenue
from registrations and licenses was
fixed by the bureau of public roads
at S272, ,119,534, of which $118,525,679
was allocated for state highways,
S41, ,937,641 for local roads and $21,-
795,330 for road bonds.
Tennessee, South Carolina, Illinois,
West Virginia, New Jersey and Mas
sachusetts showed the largest per-
centage of increase in the number of
vehicles.
The registrations and percentage of
increase included:
Arizona, 69,599, and 8.5; California,
1,5S4,723 and SO; Colorado, 294,794
and a; Montana, 81, ,701 and (decrease)
or; Nevada, %, ,457 and "a; New Mex
leo, 50,556 and SO; and Texas, 950,110
and 81
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-04
Weepah Weeps For
Want of Wampum

Weepah, the prospector's desert
hole that scared through the fame of
a gold rush last March, has dwindled
to put little more than name.
The wind blown streets that were
packed with jostling, gold-fevered,
gambling men and women few
months ago, were the thoroughfares
for so inhabitants today. They re-
membered the days and nights of not
long ago, when Weepah's population
was 1000 souls, and when Sundays
were marked by the thrush of at least
1900 sightseers.
A few Of the shacks that served
at the entertainment places, food
stores, restaurants and stock brokers
headquarters remained today; enough
to outline the main street that once
was as important to many as Wall
street in New York or Montgomery
street in San Francisco, for there
purses were emptied and other filled
in the wink of an eye, or the scratch
Of brokers' pencil-all for the gold
that someone said had been found
beneath Weepah.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-04
NOgales Pastor
Slams UdaIl'S
Vice Charges

John H. Udall, state prohibition di-
rector for Arizona, came in for sweep
ing denunciations at the hands Of
leading citizens of Nogales Friday
morning because Of his declaration at
Phoenix that "every vice known to
man is practiced on the other side Of
the line" and for his picture Of vice
conditions alleged to be existing along
the Arizona Mexico line.
DR.. Frederick C. Taylor, pastor Of
the Episcopal church there, said tnat
UdalPs charges are sweeping in ma
ture and specifically state nothing,
and that there is no more offense at
that border point than has been seen
1900 miles in the interior of the
United States.
Dr. Taylor said he is in a position
to know, more or less, conditions there
and that not once has he heard any
complaint against the border city.
Police records show the city to have
less drunkenness and disorderliness
than any community of its size in the
state, it was pointed out.
The Nogales Chamber of Commerce
brands UdalPs interview as wholly
exaggerated, while the Nogales
Wonderland club is considering the
feasibility of having the prohibition
director make a personal investigation
toward substantiating his charges.
Mexican officials remain silent on
the subject but are said to be quite
agitated over the utterances.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-04
PLANT WIZARDS SPEEDING
UP NATURE IN PLANT LIFE

which grew on the grated stem
showed characteristics of marked diff
ference to those of the plant itself,
and the chemist, wondering why this
was true, decided to attempt scien-
tific control of plant evolution.
Collaborating with Professor Olson,
he decided to try the x-ray. Tobacco
plants were selected for the expert
ments because their characteristics
were so we'll known, and because of
Professor Goodspeed's manysyears of
experimentation in that direction.
Many botanists had x-rayed seed
and other plant tissue and had studied
Developments following this treat
ment. But these are the first report
ed experiments in which sex cells of
plants have been x-rayed and progeny
grown from the seeds formed by their
union. Two plants were treated by
x-ray and seed from them planted in
the experiment gardens. Evidence
that marked changes in all plant
characteristics can follow x-raying Of
the sex cells of plants that produced
them was at once apparent.
Nearly 1,200 tobacco plants were
produced by the union Of x-rayed cells,
and offspring from these are now
growing. In some instances the plants
were stunted and sterile. Others tow
cred high above their fellows and
were extremely fertile.
In every case the plants subjected
to the x-rays, which will penetrate
eight feet of concrete, were variant.
The present aim of the scientists is
to obtain seeds from the large plants
which will reproduce their kind.
"There is no reason" said Professor
Goodspeed, "why the 1t-raying of sex
cells could not be applied to any other
plant"