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New Britain herald., 1928-02-14
Hvzsk he Ststic

Volume was heavy last evening and there was very little static. Now. we suppose you're going to judge. by that. that the evening was o. K. Far from 1t There were many, many local noises and the interstation in- reference was something terrific. Whenever there is plenty of vol ume. the interstation trouble starts, naturally, because so many more sta tons than usual are brought within range. Of course that trouble les- ! sened as the evening grew older and some of the broadcasters signed of. but it was maddening while it lasted. Code. of course. was present We've noticed . great deal of code lately. too much, in fact. It reminds us of the early days of radio when code INansmitters used to belch forth sparks. smoke and fameA
 The NEG pulled an extremely careless stunt last evening when the microphones were left open some- where after the Gypsies' program. After the Gypsies had presented an excellent offering. everything became silent and announcements were made regarding the Family Party. When control was switched to the studio, from which the Party was scheduled to be broadcast, or to some other studio, listeners were greeted with whistles, shouts. calls and general bedlam. One worthy was heard to shout, "Oh, Mary!" as if he were trying to get someone's attention. The microphone was turned off and then it was switched on once again. the same noise com ing through. Later it was shut off again and the next time 1t was switched on the voice of the an- nouncer was heard as he introduced the Family Party. Such an instance was greeted with surprise on our part, since we didn't suppose the NEG would be so careless as to do a thing like that. Of course, the noise itself was just the ordinary business of preparing for program. with the incident conversation. but that shouldn't go out on the air. It cre- ates distinctly amateurish touch alien to the usual NEG methods. It created the same effect as would be present if the curtain was raised in a theater before the first act of a show, disclosing gang of property men and actors on the stage getting ready for the play to begin. But why should we kick? It's not our l funeral.
 The annual dinner of the National Republican club. broadcast by WIZ. came through fairly we'll, discount ing buzz. fading and code, all three of which did their share to break up things generally. General Pershing's talk on Abraham Lincoln" was in- teresting, but the general either had bad cold or was bothered by cigar smoke, because he coughed quite often. We heard the beginning of Nicholas Longworth's speech.
 WLW. Cincinnati, presented a uninsured show which included a number of excellent songs well sung. The jokes were rather ancient. but they were put over with a bang and they got laugh from us. The sta tion came through fair.
 A bad attack of code visited the All meter wave length, almost com pletely swamping CFCF, Montreal, which was trying valiantly to make itself heard. Thanks to excellent vol ume, 1t was partially successful.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14

Out at WGUI. Iewa City. . tenor sang . song possessed of title that 'buffaloed us. We couldn't get it. al. though ws heard 1t twics, 70 we de- cided to let it 70. We let the station % also. after heterodyns whistles and code nearly drove us frantic.
 
 WIS. Chicago. was loud. as was woe. Davenport. Late in the eve- ming. after WTIC signed o6. we heard WHO. Des Moines. hammer ing away at an organ recital. WISE, Atlanta, offered mountaineer songs by . capable singer.
 That's all for today. thanks!
 -P. E. l..
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14
Eastern Stations

1o3O-WODA. Paterson-1s4 1 6:30-News: sport talk S-Entertainers 9:30--Colonial Inn 1o-John Woodhouse. baritone 10:30-SusQuehanna Five 10:t5-Dance music i13o-WAAM. Ncwark-1es s-Organ music s:10-Tom Cooper's orchestra S:b0-Bill Fellmeth. sports 7:01-Mals quartet 7:30-Entertainers ll10-WNJ, Ncwark-9s8 S:0l-Roman's orchestra s:4s-"Food Talk" eDavid Whyte. tenor s:1S-Henry Burbig 9:30-Harold Normanton. songs s:50-Henry Burbig ll3o-WGCP, Newark-36s 6-Merchants' program 5:30-Alice from Wonderland 10-Realtors' program 11-Dance music 12-Entertainers se0-WOO, Philadelpha-s4e 7:90-WOO trio
 74o-WFl. Philadelphia-40S e:30-Whispering orchestra 7-11:3O-Same as WEAF ssO-WIP, Philsdelphia-s4s S:30-Dinner music 6:l5-Elliot Lester, dramatic revue 7-Roll call; birthday list 10-Mmo's movie" broadcast 10:30-Art Coogan's dance orch. 11-American Legion
 7A0-WIIT, Philadelphia-4OS 5:30-Children's Hour 7:35-ArcAdia concert orchestra
 i100-WPG, Atlantic City-27S 'S:46-Organ recital 7:OS-Dinner music 7:3s-"Playground Highlights" 7:l6-Valentine party S:1S-Board of Education concert s:l6-Songs of Valentine l0-Radio auction bridge lO:30-Aero clubs first annual ball 11:30-Dance orchestra
 l3oo-WOKO, Peekskill-s1S 7:3o-Mandolin and guitar solos s:30-Entertaineu 1l-Dance music
 7o0-WGY, Ecl,cnectady-3Ss 6-StockA News 6:30-Dinner music 7:S0-Madrtgal Mixed quartet s-Same as WTIC S:3O-lO-Same as WEAF 10-Same az WTIC 10:30-Dance music 12-1-symphony orchestra
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14
BOTH CARS GOING

A sedan owned and operated by Albert J. Simmons of 331 Arch street was struck by a coach owned by Evald T. Johnson of 124 Arnold street, Hartford, and operated by Miss Agda Baldwin of 166 Wethers- field avenue, Hartford. about b:l0 o'clock last evening at the inter- section of East Main and Stanley streets. Simmons was driving east on East Main street and the other car was going on Stanley street.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14

Each driver said the othsr vas so- ing fast. according to serssant F. J. O'Naras report.
 The local mans CT was struck in the left side and forced against . trolley pole on the southeast corner. damaging the right front ttre. left front fender. running beard. Vlssh pan and left front of the body. The right front fender of the other car was damaged. Sergeant OsNara found that the local mans car went about 70 feet after the brakes were applied and the other car went
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14
IA Gals h n Mlnutos
 On Lindborxh'S Safety

City Wide oonoeFn for tho saeety of Colonel Chariss 4 Lindbsrgh was demonstratsd by hundrsds of tsle- phone calls received at the Herald oitIce last evening, What ts be- lievsd to be . record was made by
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14

b Heraid oaktos' maa, whs answsred ll% calls in II minutes. He en- |. sweFsd two telepheaes as fast e he could move. Nors than see calls were answered between { end s o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14
HxKIm N INDIA

Karachi. InAia, Feb. ll NGCom- pletiag . Aight Of some $50 miles from Jask. Perda. Bert Hinkler, British dyer on route to India, Arriv- ed here this afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14
New England Stations

S1c-WTlC HaFttae1-S9e S::s-Prosram summary. NeWs 6:30-Dinner music (NBC) 7-Voters' Service. Speaker. William
 Green. president American Fsder-
 ation of Labor (NBCl 7:30-rrinity College dialogue: The
 Industrial Revolution" a-Chorus, organ, soloast1 (NBC) S:30-Piano Capers e-0ymphonic concert S:s0-Musical bouquet 10-Auction bridge game (NBC) l0:30-Worthy Hilles orchestra 11-Nme, news, weather
 Soo-WDRC, New Haven-3ss S-Mnicale e:30-Theaten NeWs 7-WDRC music hour s-Studio program s-Ten Harmony Gentlemen 9:30-Weather a...
 o0o-WBZ, springAeld-sSS s:lo-Time. Weather. Vincent Breg-
 lio orchestra 7-Vincent A. Breglio. pianist 7:l5-Talk. Captain Percy Rsdfsrn
 Creed
 .0U~SLAIl0G 4l u8IC0lO S-Concert orchestra and male
 quartet (NBC) sThe Travellers 10-Time. Harmony by 0iddens and
 Gibson 1o:16-Chet Frost's Bostonians l1-Tme. Weather
 sso-WNAC-WBIs, Bostnn-4s4 S-Ted and his gang 6-The Juvenile Smilers s:30-Roman Gardens orchestra 7-Junior Sinfonians 7:20-Chefs S-Jicc-Jaccs 1s:3O-Op'ry House Tonight. wNAC
 Players present The Fireman" 9:t5-Arlington quintet s:30-Contralto, tenor, pianist l0-Program from WOR 11:l0-Morey Pearl and his orch.
 So0-WEEI, Bost0n-So0 S:35-Positions wanted; market and
 news; lost and found e-From New York e:36-News 6:4S-Big Brother club 7:30-Oh Boy program 7:50-Stories of the stage S-Same as WTIC s:30-The Pilgrims 3-From New York 10-Same aS WTIC 10:3o-Cruising the Air 10:36-News 10:lS-Joe Rines orchestra I1:l6-Radio forecast and weather
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14

about % sssG witA the bsalss e.
 Neeody was tatuFe1 h the eoli- slon. Johnsoa Wus F31ing with Niss Baldwin anA olmmens Was alone.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14

It takes 1,6o6 days for light from Alpha Centauri. the nearest star, to reach the earth.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14
New York Stations

k7O-WNYC-S3e 6-Herman Neuman, pianist 6:10-Market high spots 6:z0-Jack Davis. popular songs 6:30-Italian lessons 7:3o-Police alarms: air college 7:b6-Air college S:lS-Melba Melsing, Spanish songs S:30-"New Palestine" pr. Rese 1:S5-Piano selections s-'Who Wrote Robinson Crusoe 2" s:30-Helen De Witt JacobA Voltn- 1t s:3k-National Security League talk S:tk--Laura Consaul, contralte 10-Lithuanian Operatic society 1o:30-Police alarms: weather
 elo-WEAF-se1 S-Frank Winegar's orchestra 5:30-Junior League Glse club S-Dtnner music 7-6ams as WTN 7:So-Natnonal Musicalities 7:Se-'0od's Trombones," J. w.. Jehnson 1-GAme a WT1C S:3e-Air Weavers s@Correct time s-Heur of Music l0-0ams as WTIC lo:3o-Rolfe's orchestra 11:3e-Janssen's orchestra
 O00-WJZ-46l 5:3o-Reports; stock market; hnan- cial summary; cotton quotations; agricultural reports 5:4S-8tudio program 6-Hal Kemp's orchestra 6:5S-Program summary; correct time 7-"Dogs," Frank Dole 7:l5-Emily Stokes Hagar. soprano 7:30-Smalle and Robertson s-Same as WBZ 9-Oid Melodies and New 9:3o-The Torrid Tots i0-Correct time 10-The Torrid Tots 1o:3o-Mae singhi Breen, Peter de Rose l1-Slum Der music
 7iO-WOR-417 G-6tudents' clinic 6:15-Jacobs' ensemble G:45-Speech Pioneers Jacobs ensemble 7:30-Hale Byers' dinner dance s-Chimes: Maip Street sketches S:45-N. Y. U.. Transporting Food" 9-Vocal quartet; Judson Symphony orchestra l0-Hour of music 11-News; bulletins I1:O5-Weather; Ernie Golden's or chestra
 76O-WHN-3oS 5-Contralto: baritone: pianist G-Melody G.30-Ensembl 1-Dance orchestra 7:3O-Chateau 10:l0-Don Roberts. tenor 10:20-"Poets." by N. T. O. 10:25-Mae Sims. ukulele 10:35-Thomas Wilson. tenor 1O:45-Dale and Murray songs i1-Tommy Gott's orchestra 11:30-12 mid.-Mayflower orchestra
 7sO-WPAP-3s5 8-Dorothy Keys. songs S:15-Poems by N. T. c. S:30-"The Cavaliers" :30-George Rabinowitz. violinist l0-10:10-News flashes
 siO-WMCA-37O 5:s0-studio program S-Correct time 3-Divertissement s:15-Accident review s:30-Entertainers Al Werthelm. violinist 3:30-Divertisseme 10-Dance orchestra 1O:30-Joe Wards orchestru 11-Correct time 11-'McAlpineers'
 S1O-WLWI-3sO 6-Health service period 6:05-Roxana Erb, contralto 6:20-Castleton 1nstrumentalists 6:45-"Recreation," Dr. Bealy 7--Commonweal hour 7:05-Joeeph Laderoute, soprano 7:15-Joseph Martucci. organ 7:30-"Timely Topics 7:45-Opera bits
 S10-WGBS-24o 5::0-Booker's orchestra with xylo- phone 6-Uncle Gee Bee 7:30-Melvin Stokes. interview: songs 7:4s-s. Marcus "The Sightless" f:5b-Holt and Weir. songs s-"Footlight and Lamplight" s:1s-songs: pianist s35-Sorrano: tenor
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14
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New Britain herald., 1928-02-14
Gard Az inst Flu
 With Mu,tercle

Influenza, Grippe and Pneumonia usually start with . cold. The mo- ment you get those warning aches rub on good old Musterole.
 Musterole relieves the congestion and stimulates circulation. It has all the good qualities of the old-fash- toned mustard plaster without the blister.
 First you feel warm jingle as the healing ointment penetrates the pores, then a soothing. cooling sen- sation and quick relief. Have Mus terole handy for emergency use. It may prevent serious illness.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14

A bad attack of code visited the 411 meter wave length, almost com- pletely swamping CFCF, Montreal, which was trying valiantly to make itself heard. Thanks to excellent vol ume, it was partially successful.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-14

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Evening star., 1928-05-25
Saws Outsiders Get
us. Picture in News

From the Baltimore Evening sun.
The recent excitement in the stock
market has made millionaireS OF 500
Middle Westerners. the morning papers
tell us. The morning papers also tell
us that the Senate has adopted a Dill
under the terms of which $325,00O 600
OF the national funds will be spent Tor
flood control in the Middle West. Ana
also on the first pages today We discover
that the politicians of Chicago. being.
according to the tales, in cahootS with
hootleggers, are having merry ume
throwing bombs at each other.
The curious and remarkable part OF
all this hectic furore Is how remote u
seems from the life OF uS Fasteners ana
how much like an unreal panorama on
some distant stage. The Senate votes
q tremendous fortune To prevent ols-
asters which are and must remain mere
newspaper pictures and tales 10 the ma
turity OF us, like floods and earthquakes
In japan, Three hundred millionaireS
are a lot of millionaires. but what do
they matter in the Free StateP Big
Bll Thompson provides us with show,
but Il is a show as unrelated To our
conscious lives as the carryingS-on OF
the anti-SemtticS In Rumania.
Yet who can doubt that Big Bill, the
Middle Western .millionaireS and tne
Mississippi floods are the America when
is known 10 the outside world? We
Fasteners, huddled here In the marrow
strip between the Appalachians and the
sea. are hardly America. Our roots
stretch deep into our own SOIL, 10 DC
sire. but our soil is more like the soil
OF Western Europe than like that OF the
Mississippi Valley.
Evening star., 1928-05-25
Steel.Muscled Runners.

c. c. Pyles struggling caravan OF
foot-weary runners viii finish their
transcontinental grind in Madison
Square Garden tomorrow night For
eighty-three DAYS the fifty who are left
of the original two hundred have been
logging 1t across the United States TO
win fame and glory. Twenty-Five thou
sand dollars is the first prize, ten thou
sand the second and five thousand
the third, along with several prizes
of one thousand dollars each. The
remaining contestants range from the
son of millionaire 10 youth who had
seventy-tive cents left in his pocket after
paying the entry fee in Los Angeles.
The runners have covered more then
three thousand three hundred miles, and
Andy Payne. who appears to be a GER
tain winner, has done 1t in approx
mately five hundred and sixty-four
hours. with seventy-seven miles a day
the longest lap.
Whatever may be said of this fantaS-
tic contest or the reasons that impelled
the promoter to stage it and the run
ners to enter it, credit cannot be taken
away from those steel-muscled survi-
vors, who, day after day. have endured
hardships that would put the average
person in the hospital. Blistered feet.
torn muscles and pounding hearts were
the accompaniments of these men as
they pushed their way across the con-
tinent. Even if some of the contestants
were given lifts by sympathetic motor
lists, although race officials state that
the strictest supervision was kept over
the men to prevent it, 1t detracts moth
ing from q run of three thousand five
hundred miles No one will begrudge
the winner his twenty-five thousand
dollars. He will richly deserve 1t.
Evening star., 1928-05-25
Progress in Nicaragua.

Brig. Gen. Frank r. Mccoy, U. S. A.,
| that seasoned veteran of so many OF
our colonial" vicissitudes in the Carib-
bean and In the East. is just back from
Nicaragua with encouraging tidings. AZ
supervisor general of its presidential
campaign under the Stimson agree
ment. Gen. Mccoy has been at work for
the past five months. laying the founda-
tions of the national elections which
are to pave the way to Nicaraguan
political stability.
Registration is set for September; the
election for November. Meantime the
country is being districted under the
strict scrutiny of experienced. Spanish
speaking American officers. When l00,-
600 Nicaraguans march to the polls,
about the same time We Amerlcans--or
those outside of the District Of Colum-
bia who are entitled 10 take part IN
such a procession--head In that direc-
ton, they win participate, virtually for
the first time. in q free and fair elec-
ton. There is then to be an honest
count and balIotS--as another novelty
in Nicaragua-wiil prevail over bullets.
Gen. Mccoy tells US that the coun-
try IS pursuing the normal tenor OF its
way, even though Gen" Sandino con-
tinues TO play hide and seek with the
United States Marines. Not the least
significant item In Gen. McCoy's re-
port Is the statement that Sandino In
| no wise ranks as the deliyerer Of his
/ people from the bondage Of the oppres-
siVe and imperialistic Colossus Of the
North. Nor is the presence OF the
I. American soldiers OF the sea ON Mica
raguan soil resented. 1t is realized by
the overwhelming majority OF the peo-
pie that the Marines are In their midst
as police and not waging war.
With soldierIy diplomacy Gen. Nc
Coy prefers to enact the role OF his
torian, rather than that of prophet, as
to how long we shall be in suppressing
Sandino and re-establishing nation
wide tranquility In the coffee and
banana republic on the isthmus. The
Marines task is akin to that Of an
elephant seeking TO stamp upon q
flea in a sprawling mountain area OF
which the flea knows every nook and
Granny. Sandino and his band Of fol-
lowers are fighting In more or less
friendly as well as famiiieT country.
The leathernecks' task Uf suppressing
an antagonist so circumstanced Is not
an easy one. That they will eventually
| accomplish It is not to be doubted
Their job will not be made any easier
by captious criticism at home from
demagogic back-stabbers who malevo-
lentIy distort the causes of our inter-
sention in Nicaragua.
The people Of the United States read
lily accept Gen. Mccoy's assurance that
the Marines are devotlng themselves
with unexampled patience and re-
straint" TO the paeifcatory task Mica
ragua itself assigned them.
Evening star., 1928-05-25

viii have no great difnculty in finding
other work.
In announcing the new policy, the
company explained:
The worst feature of the superfuity
of nasnes in operation. we felt, Is That
instead of giving the men steady work
at decent wage 1t puts them on pafa
time. In some mines throughout the
country men have been working only
two ciays week And we felt that u
was pretty generally agreed within the
industry, by both operators and miners
that any contribution toward reduc-
ton of tonnage. as well rs Of miners,
would be of constructive benent IN
both sides. Some one. we felt, had to
take a radical stand for the sake OF The
industry
Already. it is announced. I'VE have
had tremendous response from the
companys announcement OF policy.
Many coal men are going to follow our
lead. which one man who wrote to las
described as a constructive contribu-
ton 10 sick industry" And provided
other companies do follow the lead OF
the Consolidated. there is no doubt that
at last determined move on the part
of the coal operators is being made in
the right direction.
The Senate interstate commerce COM
mttee has concluded exhaustive heat
ings on the soft coal industry. While
it probably will reach no new conclu-
SionS. for the ground has been thor
oughly covered many times, the action
of the Consolidated Coal Co. can Le
traced directly to the committees work
John D. Rockefeller, jr., who owns
controlling share of stock in this COM
pany. was one of the witnesses sum-
moned before the committee. He heard
his company roundly denounced by
complaining miners, and professed hls
ignorance of the existence Of conditions
cited. But his interest in the coal in
dustry must have been aroused, And
he is expressing it by exemplary action
Evening star., 1928-05-25
Light in the Coal Fields.

More than once the ailments afiiict-
ing the soft coal industry have been
summarized in these words: Too many
mines and too many miners" And
more than once has the cure for these
chronic sffiictions been suggested --
cure which would begin with shutting
down !nefnciently operated and low pro-
duction mines: the reduction OF surplus
.Yniners and the retention. with steady
wages and steady employment OF min
ers actually needed 70 work the remain
ing plants. But such a cure necessi-
iateS heroic measures on the part oF
both the operators and the miners.
The operators have been faced with the
results of cat-throst competition, price
cutting. wage cutting oyerproduetion
and lack of organized effort. The min
efs have been faced with the necessity
of accepting what wages they can de-
naanc, or cutting free of the work they
have always Gone, and their grand
fathers before them have always done,
sno going into some other line of en-
pEoyment There hss been no leader
snip among the operators, End the de-
nand has been that the Government
step in and iake this leadership.
The results. therefore. Of new policy
announced by the Consolidated Coal Co
one Of the large operators Of soft coal
mines, viii be watched with the greatest
Interest. This policy. already hailed by
the industry aS II pioneer step" IN
solving conditions " 0yerpfooHction
price cutting, wage cutting snd Other
evils, viii have as rs aim the shutting
down Of the least efficient" of ia.
Gompany's mines for an indefinite pefioc
and the subsequent reduction Of III
force Of employees by releasing sbou
2,500 miners. or 20 per cent Of th0s'
previously employed Ia It's plants. VI
hetent miners and family men will b.
retained, With the prospect Of stead
employment on a fuli-time basis, Will,
.9kgle men have been released IN N.
h1ts Thai. 81 this time Of year. sbei
Evening star., 1928-05-25
Arlington Bridge Terminus Plans.

In good season for the study and
adoption OF specific plans the Commits
sion Of Fine Arts has made a prelim-
mary study Of the treatment Of the
Virginia terminus OF the Arlington
Memorial Bridge, To the end Of cstab-
fishing there an impressive arrange
ment of monumental markers and
architectural adornnents. Both SEN
timentally and physically that terminus
Of the bridge win be the gateway to
the South" There will. OF course, be
other ways of travel, but In view OF
the particular character Of the Memo
rial Bridge the approach to Arlington
from Washington afforded by IL viii
have a special significance which 1t is
highly desirable should be emphasized
by impressive features
This tentative plan includes AN ar
rangement Of roads which will effec-
lively link up the bridge with the Lee
and Mount Vernon botIieVards. respecv
lively, 10 the north and south Of the
National Cemetery, At the intersection
u the bridge line With the axis OF Co"
inmbia Island IL Is proposed 10 estab-
fish plaza with fitting architectural
adofnment which viii balance and Eup-
plemept the Lincoln Memorial, from the
base Gf which the bridge spans the P0r
tomhe, Two high columns. II is pro-
posed. viii be the main feature u this
treatment, each slrm0unted by q
statue, and possibly united by cir.
euiaT structure Of classic design, through
| the center 0f which viii pass the main
| foedSsy. the whole framing the view
OF the Lincoln Memorial from the Viz,
ginia side and of the Arlington MaDsi0r
from The District side. Other afchitee'
turai features are planned for the i'm
| nediate entrances 10 the bridge strle
ture on both sides of the river,
ThA treatment of the MsinoflA
Evening star., 1928-05-25

Bridge and of the area lying on the
Virginia side OF the river will effec-
lively round out work OF utility and
art There Is opportunity for de-
velopnsent that will stand as one OF
the most impressive public works In
the world. The setting is ideal for such
creation. The sentiment which the
bridge expresses may be given vivid In
terpretation In the making and exc
cution of these plans this country's
most eminent talent should be invoked
and utilized TO the end that when COM
pleted the Arlington Memorial Bridge
will In It's entirety and Its surround
ings and accolnpaniments represent
America at its best.