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The Washington times., 1928-05-08
RADIO BEACON
VARIATIONS
SOLVED

Night time variations Of signals
from directive radio beacons, tend
ing to throw airplane pilots off thei1
course have been under intensive
study at the United States Bureau
Standards, with the result that
this serious aeronautiCal situation
has been solved.
"This shifting Of the radio course
is due to a distortion that Is intro
duced in radio waves as they travel
through the upper atmosphere" the
Standard Bureau announced.
1.-THE nature of this distortion
has been studied carefully and
scientists have been able to analyze
it satisfactorily. BY using special
rntenna arrangement for receiving
it has been found that these shifts
can be practically eliminated.
Long Experiments
The bureau carried on experiments
in directing airplanes in flight be-
tween Cleveland and New York,
using the directive radio beacon at
Bellfonte, Pa. Shifts or variations
in the course were found to exist
during the night time which intro
duces such serious errors that the
beacon indications were considered
dependable for distances exceeding
so miles at night in mountainous
territory.
This phenomenon was referred to
tho bureau by the aeronautlcal
branch OF the Commerce Depart
ment.
"Airplanes heretofore have found
It necessary to use long trailing
wires for radio antennas in order to
collect enough power to operate re.
ceiving SETS" the statement said.
"Such antennas, by reason of their
hanging down at slanting angle,
do not. have the necessary charac-
teristics to eliminate the effect OF
false radio course indications at
night.
"A new type Of antenna consist
ing of a vertical 10-foot metal pole
has been developed by the Bureau
of Standards. The use Of % short
an antenna has been made possible
by The development of a new and
specialized type of aircraft receiv-
ing set.
Boon To Aviation
"This antenna is expected to be
a great boon TO aVlatlOn as recent
flight tests have indicated that it
practically eliminates al errors in
the indications of the radio beacon,
showing the course where it actual
ly is at all times"
Bureau experts explained that it
is probable that there will be spec
ial conditions on some Of the air
ways requiring the radio beacons
to be spaced closer together than
at first contemplated, with CORE
spending reduction in the power
used by each.
At short distance there is no
distortion of the course indication.
Thus it is expected that the com.
bination Of the new antenna with
this plan for closer beacon spac-
ing will eliminate these night eff
fects and make the radio beacon
an accurate device for air naviga.
ton under all conditions.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08
75 CARS BURN IN
$4,000 FIRE

HAGERsTOWN. Nd, May s.
Seventy-five automobiles and trucks
were burned when a large two
story brick warehouse was destroyed
by fire in the rear of $50 Pennsyl-
vania Ave, here at a. m. today.
The building owned by r. j. funk
houser was temporarily leased by
the Baltimore Discount Company
for an auction sale of machines.
Estimated loss is more than
$4,000, of which $4,000 is the
property loss.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08
One-Man Car Runner
Breaks Leg In Crash

New York, May 8.--Michael f..
Quinn. Third Avenue railway
motorman, suffered Il fracture of
the left leg when the one-man car
he was operating collided with an
auto truck.
Neither Joseph Freeman, driver
of the truck nor the four women
and two passengers were injured.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08
London Raises Figure
For POliceman's Height

LONDON. May &.-'The minimum
height of the city Of London police
has been raised to it's former fig
lre OF feet. During the war and
Just after, owing to temporary
difficulty Of getting recruits. the
standard was lowered to 70 inches.
The city corporation likes its po-
licemen-96 per cent or whom are
recruited from the couutryside-to
look imposing. and also point out
that shorter men would lack an
air OF dignity in the prescribed uni
form.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08
Decision Due in Claims
For Mexican Damages

MEXICO CITY. May 3. - Prof
Hendrix Van Verzyl. Of Holland
arbiter of the Franco-Mexican claims
commission. will decide this week
whether the Mexican government
is liable for the acts committed by
revolutionists against foreigners
Two brothers named PinZon. both
French citizens. claim that Zapa-
tistas. in 1915, sacked their property
in the suburbs OF Coyoacan.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08
VETS TO GATHER

The annual get-together dinner
or the Washington branch of the
Second Division Association will ''e
held tomorrow at $50 d. m. In
the entertainment hall of the First
Congregational Church. The Rev.
Jason Noble Pierce will preside.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08
STARVING TO DEATH
Many Persons Get No
NOuriShment From Food

Thousands of people who are pale,
thin, weak and run down are liter
ally starving to death because their
system in its weakened condition is
unable to take up the nourishment
which the food they eat contains.
To such people Father Johns Medi,
cine is of great value because 1t
has vast food value and the pure
wholesome nourishment which II
contains is easily taken up by the
weakened system and turned into
tissue. muscle and flesh.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08
BAN ON WARS URGED

LONDON. May 81. H. Thomas
one of the leaders Of the British
Labor party. in a speech at Derby.
urged the British government to
accept the American treaty outlaw
ing war
The Washington times., 1928-05-08

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by special messenger.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08
FIRE DESTROYS BARN

QUAkERTOWN, May S.--A barn
on the Fred Brooks farm, near
town, was destroyed by fire with
a loss OF $500 A horse persisted
in the flames. How the fire orig
mated is uncertain.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08

You've. admired the many good ears
on the rOad-they were used cars
and some just as good are offered for
sale at great reductions In tOday'a
Times and Herald classified ads.
The Washington times., 1928-05-08
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The Washington times., 1928-05-08
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New Britain herald., 1928-01-16
HINDSlGH1 CRITICISM IN KEEPER CASE,

The worst thing that can happen 10 cop, outside of being shot dead by Hickman, Chapman or q Jesse James. $ to have his pistol taken away from him. That is better than being shot. of course; at least. there is an eyewitness statement 10 go wit In the incident.
 Officer Kieffer gcts the razz. of course. But his explanation seems perfectly logical He did what every one of Us would have done under the circumNances-including the critics. Many Of us would have handed over everything. including the. undics Yes. we arc all brave; but we've got to have an even break
 But where kietfer fails to stand on solid ground is that he sat in tho automobile instead. Not even q better oblivious to all the world during the betting process. ever was less alert to surrounding danger. If the pu- liceman had been star1ing near the machine instead of sitting in it inc foolish bandit would have been less likely 10 re?eve him of his artillery
 All Of which Officer Kiaff,r well understands by this time. Had he
New Britain herald., 1928-01-16
sept.on when it is presented in Con.


 sress.
 The present rates are unsatisfac- tory in many particulars and have created much biting comment. Yet the new bill. with respect to remail- ing newspapers and periodicals by the public scarcely goes far enough. The bill would cut the present out rageousrate by 50 per cent. The cut should be around 90 ger cent. The bill would restore the old rate of one cent each on post cards. The present rate of two cents on post cards is veritable holdup. It was raised to this price under the naive theory that it would yisld twice the former revenue from this source, but in practice has resulted in post cards virtually disappearing from the mails. In view of the one cent rate on government postal cards there is no logical reason to think private post card should cost more.
 There are other high rates in the post office structure which are at1 tackled. but unfortunately not all of them. It Is significant, however, that the realization is developing that mail should go through the post office at the lowest possible figure, 'not the highest.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-16
,rate east and .outheast winds.

crate east and southeaSt winds. '
 Conditions: High pressure pee- vaals ever the eastern portaeas of the couatry this morning with oeutsr ef so.7e inches at NertAheld. Yer Hacut and temperature of n degrees below soFo 1t the same station. A disturbance h forming over the far southwest and tho central Nissis- sippi valley districts. Another dis turbance haA made ita appearance over the western Canadian prov inees. A ridge of high pressure pre- vails from the northern plaina states westward over the Rocky mountain region to the north Pacific coast Light snows arc falling in the upper lake region and consider able cloudiness prevails from the north Atlantic states westward to the Rocky mountain districts. Tenn peratures below zero were reported from northerneNew England.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather followed by increasing cloudiness with slightly higher temperature.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-16
AIR MAIL EXTENSIONS TO LATIN-AAfERlCA

It probably has been natural to suppose that if Colonel Lindbergh could fly all over Central America and contiguous territory that it is advantageous to establish air mail to various countries in that direction. | The air mail. however, is a service that continues daily, and it must be made to pay unless there is a gov ernmental subsidy. Would there be enough air mail to Central America to make such a service pay?
 An air mail service to Mexico City would be the best bet; but even that is doubtful at this time. An air mail service to Havana, being pro- posed, has possibilities. An air mail service to certain other capitals to the south would be less likely to bring financial returns
 Due to differences in language, correspondence between the Latin American nations and the United States is restricted mainly to bus mess letters, and 1t k from the commercial world that the chief re- liance for support of an air mail service would come. Experience has shown that even the commercial world is not as eager as it was thought to be to take advantage of the speedier means of letter trans portation.
 Much depends, of course. upon the price of the air mail stamps. The post office discovered last year that the zone rates were unpopular, and when the flat, rate of ten cents a half ounce was adopted business quickly doubled. If the post office departments of the countries inter- ested can hit the right rate along with the projected services there will be no need of propaganda later urging the public to send their let ters to the faraway points by air mail. The way to make air mail services successful is to keep down the price.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-16
TELEPHONE CHANGES SAVE MONEY

Like all companies in the Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph sys- tenn. the New York Telephone com pany has been paying | per cent of gross operating revenues to the par ent company. This money was sup- posed to be in return for the use of telephone instruments and researck. engineering and financial services. The percentage was reduced from 4 1-e per cent two years ago. and now will be cut to per cent. The net saving will be considerable, in the case of the New York company the estimate is $500,oO0 annually.
 The background of the telephone business also includes the leasing of instruments from the A. T. & T., which bought them from the Vest ern Electric company, which it owns. The New York Telephone company now is free to buy these jn- struments direct from the Western Electric. or in the open market. if it ever has the courage to do so.
 Great savings are anticipated. Ii is understood that the other asso- ciated companies. which would in- clude the Southern New England are also entitled to these new privileges from the A. T. X T, These savings are better than rate tn- l CreaGcS.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-16
MILD WINTER" Ell? DEPENDS ON PLACE

Last weeks thunder and lightning outburst in parts of Connecticut had the usual response from the pot luck weather forecasters. It means the end of winter. they said. But then it got cold. and now the cue is to guess again.
 Everybody is not a graduate of a guessing college, however. and per- hape the coal dealers will take heart if today's weather brand continues. And on the whole it has been a hard winter--everywhe but in New England.
 A letter received in this city from resident of Central Montana re- counts the interesting fact that tho winter there has been the coldest in memory, with deeper snow than ever before.
 n hiAu-N NS'e l' l'NcPotSi hool "SSn came at hand with the intriguing in telligence that northern Indiana and southern Michigan had four days in row of sub-zero weather-some- thing never known. Then. by way of variety. the bulb yeered to 60 de- grees, givin gthe robins chance.
 The same story is told almost everywhere west of the Alleghanies worst winter on record. from the standpoint of cold and change.
 Going farther af1eld what has been the story?
 Paris colder than for 15 years London has not shivered so much in 32. Rome coldest in so. When the thaw came in England the rivers got bad and overflowed. All of which was hot news a few days ago.
 And from Florida there came a story that fish, not accustomed to frigid water, froze in streams. The dispatch was dated Florida, not Winsted.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-16
JUST ANOTHER "NAWSTY SITUATION"

Seems that these are parlous times-speaking civically. also civilly. Just at moment when it looked as if the city were to obtain a desperately needed addition to the Senior High school along comes a hobgoblin, one of those Chinese dragons which haunt our dreams of the future.
 Our financial guessers have been making sorry job this year. It's been running in the blood. The guess last year that certain sum was needed to operate the schools. But the guess was wrong-just one of those things!
 It's hard to find fault with a poor guess, of course. One is inclined to twist a famed maxim into something like: Let him who has never guessed wrong throw the first brick.
 But twice in the same place. or rather, twice in the same week, knocks us dizzy.
 The guess now is that the cost of a high school addition will top the debt linit--or perhaps this is more a fact than a guess. Hoping it is neither may be another guess. and what it lacks in vigor it.makes up in that pensive trust and faith that combats understanding.
 Plans for the new high school ad- dition were already matched. The school committee and everybody who has investigated have declared that the addition is absolutely necessary unless there is 10 be traffic conges- ton of a most obnoxious kind in the present building.
 Now will somebody of genius and rare insight please tell us what can r be done about If the building-and some other school buildings to boot are absolutely necessary and there is no possibility Of bond issuance to provide the money?
 Something's got 10 give.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-16

The lady clerks in New Brjtsi, are 10 be accorded an opportunity 10 enter into melb rship in the h. tail Clerks union. which numbers if iIs m b"rship more than 100 mai. clerks. The iady clerks in New Bri. tam number about 4o. and they will be invited 10 all open meeting short ly.
 Rev. S. C. Ohman. pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church, appeared hcfor. the street committee last evening and ad ocated the extension Of W~st Pearl street 10 Frank in square. His church win build on FraEhlin square next 3umer and wishes to knoH W hat rIaSNf rt ii ?. is of the street ever bring ext nded. The Htrmit rs decided that ,i... srIv. jcct was not worth the $2r.Utf which 1l.d probably he nc. ssarg for cc.sGrnnins and buying tho pro pcrty of Mrs. Valentine 'ha-'ta lam.
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New Britain herald., 1928-01-16

| Q. What is the meaning of the nams Wernerf 4. It b . Teutonic (0crmaA) name and means protecting army '' Q. Why does bottle break when water freeses in t! 4. Bsoause water expands in tho process of frsezing. If the t6p of the bottle is open this expansion will bs upward through tho opening and the ice will protrude above It.. If tho bottle is tightly closed. the expand- ing ice will break 1t or any other vessel in which 1t h confined. An example of this is the bursting of water pipes when freezing occurs. Q. What n the real name and age of the actor John Gilbert7
 A. His real name is. Pringle and he is 3s years old. Q. What substances besides cane and beet sugar arc used for sweet- ening. A. Honey. glucose. saccharine and dextrose.
 Q. Who won tho 100 and 200 meter races at the 1924 Olympic games?
 \. The 100 meter race was won by H. M. Abrahams of Great Brit ain and the 200 meter race by Jack son V. 6cholz of the U. g.
 Q. How many home runs has Bahe Ruth made since 1920?
 A. In51s20 he hit 54 home runs: in 1921 he hit 5s: in 1922. s5; in 1923. q; in 1924. 4s: in 1925. 25; in 1928, 47 and n 1927. 60. 0. Is the luthor of "Nancy Stair" still living?
 4. Eleanor Mccartney Lane, the author, died in 1909.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-16

is the first concern 10 take out a building permit during the new year. It plans to erect three-story brick and steel building on Berlin avenue at cost of S25.000. w. H. Caldwell is the architect.
 Those interested in the reorgani- zation of Co. E have secured 50 young men who wish to join. and 70 have passed the medical examina- ton. When five more names are se- cured meeting for organization will be held. Attorney Charles H. Mitchell who has taken quito an in- ,, terest in the new company. said to- daN that he believed the necessary names will be secured shortly.
 A robin was seen and heard this morning on West Main street. Marcus White will be the guest this evening of the Young Mems Saturday Night club. which will meet with William c. .Hungerford. The growth of the First division. A. o. H. in New Britain has been so rapid that new division is be- ing formed and 50 names have been secured already.
 MT. and Mrs. F. W. Loomis en- tertained a number of their friends last evening at their home on West Main street, it being the third anni- versary of their wedding. The rooms were very prettily decorated. A por- ton of the evening was spent at whist. Mir. and Mrs. Loomis were presented with a handsome picture.
 Attorney J. I. Kirkham made an address before the Mems Bible class at the Y. M. c. A. last evening on "The Use for Spare Time" It was of a very interesting character. He said it was characteristic of an American to be in a hurry and that this may make us become automatons. He said the education of spare momt nts was wisdom which every young man should take advantage of. Mir. Kirk ham said the Bible class movement was directly in this line.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-16

You can get an answer to an, question of fact or information bS writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau ! 1922 New York avenue. Washingt on D. C...enclosing two cents in stamp, for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be Given. nor can ex. tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive q per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can. not be answered. All letters are con. fdential.-Editor.
 Q. What is the minimum and maximum years of service for re- tirement pay in the classified civil service of the United States govern ment? How is it computed? A. The minimum is 15 years and the maximum 30 years. The amount is computed by multiplying the av- erags annual basic salary, not to ex- ceed $500 per year, for the last ten years of service by the number of years of service not to excel thirty years and dividing the product by 45. In no case, can the annuity exceed vi, 900 per annum.
 Q. What is the maximum range of Springfield rifle?
 A. Fifty-six hundred yards.
 Q. What causes spontaneous combustion in coal piles?
 A. Oxidization of the coal SO rapidly that it engenders heat suf- ficient to cause fire. Fires of this kind occur ir masses of oiled rags, pyritous ores, coal and certain metals.
 Q. Did Young Griffo. the boxer, ever hold a worlds championship:
 A. Although he was considered one of the cleverest boxers in ths ring he never was . world cham. pion. According to his record he lost only two fights during his entire career. and was never knocked out. u Q. What age is Joan Crawford, the movie actress and what is shc doing now?
 A. She was born in San Antonio, Texas, 25 years ago. She h now working on the film version of Rose Marie. Her address is Metro-Go wyn Studios, Culver City. California.
 Q. Who played the title role in the picture Subway Sadie?
 A. Dorothy Mackaill.
 Q. What was the salary of the President of the United States twen ty years ago?
 A. Twenty years ago the salary was $5n,000 a year. He now receives s75,00' year.
 c. How long has butter been in vse?
 A. It is known to have been used at least 200O years prior to the be- ginning of the Christian era.
 Q. What players are to Do fea- tured in the new .ilm production of ''I'illie's Punctured Romance" in which Charlie Chanjin ~pnd Marie Dressler starred years ago?
 A. w. c. Fi' Ids, Chester Conklir,. Louise Tazenda, Mack Swain, Doris Hill, Grant Withtrs, Josephine Fo- ',omo, Tom Kennedy and Mile Ra- fetto. r.. ward Sutherland is direct irg it.
 c. Who was the referee of the Dempsey-Tunney fight at Phiiadel- phia, September 23. 1926? A. Tommy Reilly.