Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-26
'L|EbMANN AWARD
HONORS NAVY WORK
Prize to Or. A. H. Taylor Held
Recognition of Advancement
of Radio Science.

, The recent award of the Morris Lieb-
mann Memorial Prize of 1927 TO DR.. A.
Eoyt Taylor of the Naval Research Lab
eratcry for his investigation Of short
wave phenomena represents further
recognition of the work Of the United
States Navy in advancing the iaolo
science.
Or Tavlor and other experts of The
laboratory at Bellevue, Just outside OF
WASHINGTON. arc constantly being Sougfs
ont bv the industry with regard TO It's
radio problems This is particularly
.tr,,e Of broadcaStcrs who have Been
esneciallv interested IN the freoucn>y
celebration outfit developed III the lab
oratory.
with the Navy perhaps the largest
user of radio III the world. Or. IavloT
has been provided with a spicnolo
workshop in which to observe radio phe-
,,onnena Of all kinds. Almost lnvaT.
ably. the results OF his researches ana
those Of the other naval experts nave
been made available to the INDUSTRY Is
a whole. II was Dr.. Taylor VINO re-
Gently showed how code interference
can result by the echo" from car
rier wave that had Travelled as lar as
two and one-haf times arouhd INC
globe. .,,
comdr Oberlin. at the Naval Research
laboratory. recently was asked by the
Federal Radio Commission 10 MAKE
available 10 the broadcasting phase OF
tl,c raciio industry its methods OF pre-
oarinc Die-o-crvstals so that they are
regulated 10 have a definite ana UNI
form. temperature co-efflcient ana SO
frat comparatively large amounts OF
energy may be taken directly from
them.
This related directly 70 the question
cf Efficient operation OF hroadcaStlng
stations. for c0nStancy-cr remaining
or a wave length without 'woooAng
ce3endS upon consistency OF temperature
ard ordinarily the crystals put out. oniE
n small amount of power winch neeos
expensive application. One o. DT.
Tavlor's assistants. Alfred CroSsley. mas
his name most intimately associated
with these developments.
II vas the naval research men. VINO,
III 1919. equipped station NkF. at ANA
costa as a laboratory experiment into
the possibilities of broadcasting. later TO
he taken I'D as commercial enterprise
nv KDKA. Government officials, were
@-st invited 10 speak over this trans
,,itter but they were heard only by the
comparatively few owners OF sets at that
time.
DR.. TAYLOR obtained a medal and
$500 check as his prize during the re-
cent meeting in New York OF the IN
sf.tute OF Radio Engineers. DR.. Iaylo:
Is an 1929 graduate Of Northwestern
University. He taught physics ano
electrical engineering at Michigan State
College. Lansing. before going to Ger
MANY 70 pursue special research WORK
M Gottineen. He was made transat-
iantic communication officer OF the
Navy in 1917.
Trade" and MARX" Smith i'm
personated by Billy Hillpot and
'Scrappy" Lambert viii be heard IN
many vocal duets in their haf-hour
program through WRC tonight. one
O. the features of their program Is
ssTrade" Smiths SOLO, My Heart Stood
St;l." from the Connecticut Yankee,
q song that has Won large amount
Of popularity through lis intriguing
rrythrn. A duet By The Two oTotnefs
viii BE- Keep Sweeping the Coo"eos
From the Moon
The ClicQuot Eskinlos. under tle
command Of Harry Rcser. VII give lhe
raso audience Of WRC a musical I'M
preston of the maiden voyage OF the
s. s. California Of the Panama Facinc
Line, reported 10 be the largest VeSsei
ever built in America. :,
The United States Marine Band VIII
be heard through WRC az O'Clock
opent,lg fhcir program with march,
sFls1- Governor BIZ Jean MiSSiid. they
viii glide into Nenoelssohn's overture,
"RIy Bias" Other number 70 De
hoard on their program viii be vase
de concert. Felipe" By Aarck~ala.
excerpts from ''Florodora, by stuart:
.Pococo-Rendez vous" By Aletier:
suite. Looking Upvard"-ta) by the
T.lrt; OF the Polar Star" tbD "Benealh
fne Southern Cross" and tcl Mars
an8 Venus. Freedom Of the Ar,
by Tyler
A half an sa0ur Of oid-tinle tunea
and a varied mugicaI program are me
cnlv two attractions scheduled THIS
e.ens,lg By WEEF. the American
groaocasting Co. station.
YNaI. has a r2riety of features
ranging from dance music 10 scientific
,slk on Can We Live Forever
Among this stations other attractions
viii be- the weekly concert of the Town
CI,Ik Hawailans. and recitals bY Mary
Louise Graham. soprano: Portla CHI
ford BAILEY. r3ez1o-gopraf9o, and Donald
Brown, pianist
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