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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
NEW SYSTEM TO AID
IN FIRE PREVENTION
Short Wave Radio Telephone Dem
onstrates It's Use in
Forest Blazes.

LOS ANGELES CP)-A new short
wave radio telephone system to aid in
forest fire prevention and control has
been announced.
The new system was described before
the Los Angeles section of the Institute
Of Radio Engineers by William S. Hal
stead. New York consulting engineer.
Portable transmitting and receiving
units SO small that they may be carried
in rangers pack sacks, are employed.
Their practicability was demonstrated
stead and Royal v. Howard of Seattle,
at Rainier National Park, Wash, with
the cooperation of the national park
service, Department of the Interior, and
r. D. Waterhouse, park engineer.
A ranger carrying a complete out
fit, weighing less than go pounds, may
approach within a short distance of a
forest fire, set up the instrument in a
few minutes. and provide direct contact
with a control supply station many
rites distant.
The system also enables aircraft OBJ
servers to talk with the men at the
front of blaze in mountainous terri
tory. Heretofore, messages dropped in
small parachutes provided the only
communication medium in remote forest
areas between plane and ground.
The combination transmitter and re-
ceiver is of the lightest construction.
Small dry cells supply power for nearly
so hours of operation. Signals are con-
fined to narraw band and do not
REQUIRE much more power than that
used by broadcast receivers. The pene-
trating ability of the signals even in
heavily wooded mountainous territory
is sufficient to cover distances required
for forest service
During the tests, with a short aerial
only a few feet above the ground the
signals of the small outfit at times were
reported by amateur listeners located
several hundred miles away
The original model designed by Hal
stead. was carried by the Byrd Antarctic
expedition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

of the A. B. A. and Robertson Griswold
will be the speakers. Mr.. GrlsWold is
vice president of the Maryland Trust
Co. and president of the Corporate
Fiduciaries Association of Baltimore.
The Baltimore association is having a
meeting tomorrow evening, at which
time the president of the Boston Corpo-
rate Fiduciaries Association will speak.
An invitation has been extended to him
to attend the Washington meeting the
next evening.
other invited guests include F. G.
Await, deputy controller of the cur
rency: A, G. Carter of the Trust Func-
ZION section of the Treasury, and w. j.
Waller vice president Of the District
Bankers Association, as representa-
tive of that body
Find Stopping Loans Difficult.
Washington bankers are deeply
interested in the suggestion of H.
Parker Willis that the banks should
reduce loans on stock market opera
tions in order to prevent over-specula-
ton, also to avoid forcing the cost of
commercial credit still higher. But
they consider such a move extremely
difficult; in fact, almost impossible.
All the banks must stop such loans
or none can. If customer can get
such loans from another bank he will
go there and the first bank may lose
large depositor. One of the largest
banks in New York tried to stop loans
on stocks and failed The number of
such loans now being made is much
larger than most people realize. Many
banks in this city and elsewhere are
not only willing but glad to make them.
Mr. Willis says that SO many people
are now buying stocks and putting
them away that some financierS say
| a severe break would be impossible. He
does not hold that view and is also
worried over the price business has to
pay for credit
He told local bankers that stocks are
| toU high. The proper ratio between
said, should be l to 10 or II. At pres
ent, he added, it is l to 10.
I'VE cannot continue indefinitely
along present lines" he said. ITO do SO
is merely to give the word to the mar
ket to go ahead until it blows up of its
own accord, and corrects itself through
| the familiar process OF bankrupting
many of those who are involved in
it.
1.-THE better and wiser plan is to re-
duce the speed of the machine while
it may still be possible to do it and
to put up with some loss of excitment
and exhilaration, remembering that it
is very much better to keep matters
going on some basis than to have
= them simply come to a deep stop with
the unpleasant accompanying results
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
RADIO CODE TESTS
MADE MORE RIGID
Faster Speed and Longer Pc
RODS of Working Expert
enCe Are Required.

With the regulations of the Interna-
tional Radio Telegraph Convention now
effective, commercial radio operators
are facing more rigid standards of
qualification.
Radio telegraph code tests have been
made more difficult and faster speeds
in transmitting and receiving and longer
periods of working experience are re-
CURED In addition, operators must be
able to adjust and take proper care of
apparatus and be familiar with the in
ternational regulations governing radio
and the United States laws and regu-
lationS.
For the highest ranking, that of extra
first-class operator, a speed in trans
mission and reception Of at least 80
words per minute in code groups, CONT
mental Morse code, and Is words per
minute in plain language, American
Morse code, must be attained.
Operators in the broadcast class must
transmit and receive at a speed OF at
least 20 words per minute in code
groups, Continental Morse code, and %
words per minute in plain language,
Continental Morse code. Ability to ham
ole modern broadcast apparatus is eS-
pecially required.
No code test is required for an op-
orator in the radio telephone class. The
applicant must demonstrate his ability
to transmit and receive clearly CONVEX
sation over the radio telephone.
The requirements for the amateur
class are unchanged. The amateur must
pass a code test in transmission and re-
ccptlon of at least 10 words per minute
in Continental Morse code, five char
acters to the word. The applicant also
must show knowledge of the operation
and adjustment of the apparatus he
desires to use and of the international
regulations and acts of Congress in SO
far as they relate to interference with
other classes of communications and
impose duties on all classes of oper-
9tArS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Motor at Bottom
of Lake Retrieved
By Wireless Waves

GAINESVILLE, Fla up. A
new use for the radio has been
found by Prof. A. M. Skellett,
electrical engineer of the Florida
station WRUF here.
An cupboard motor, lost in
Orange Lake, 18 miles south OF
here, was found and retrieved
through the aid of wireless waves.
Rigging up an electrical appa-
ratuS somewhat similar to an
amateurs sending set, Prof. Skel-
let went to the lake and padded
to the approximate spot where
the motor took its plunge.
The apparatus was lowered
into the lake and the current
turned on. A meter also was
lowered to record the strength of
the current. AS soon as the OPP
orator neared the submerged mo-
tor, the meter readings dropped
off, due to the fact that the mo-
tor absorbed more of the electric
current than did the sandy lake
bottom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
NEW TUBES TOFACE
POPULARITY TEST
Several Radio Receivers to
Make Their Appearance
During This Year.

NEW YORK (P).-This month-old
year is to see several new things in the
way of radio receivers before it ends its
trek into history.
Outstanding will be two sets. One
will be built around the new AC shield
grid tube expected to be in production
after April /. The other will be a
combination short-Wave and broadcast
receiver.
Otherwise, it is planned to continue
tke models which proved successful in
1928 with the refinementS deemed neces-
sary. These will include six, seven and
eight tube sets.
A number of manufacturers have
made tentative plans to supplement
their AC lines with four-tube receiver
tube of necessity will mean somewhat
of change in circuit design.
Question of Popularity.
Like other new tubes, it probably will
require some time to determine all of its
capabilities. Besides there is the ques-
ton of its popularity. If the listener
takes" to it like he did the socket
power receiver, it's name will be made
quickly. It is more difficult to manu-
facture than other types of tubes and
IT'S elIlClSIlCy Is ueJeTIIllIlSQ dlOIl6 ny
the circuit with which it is used.
The short-wave broadcast receiver will
have a single audio section, with a
switch to cut from one tuning section to
another.
Along with the four tube trend there
is more decided swing toward the use
of single stage of audio application.
Better audio tubes which deliver greater
power with the consumed energy are
mainly responsible. Many of the de-
signs call for single stage of push
pull amplif1cation to give quality and to
supply the output required for dynamic
speakers.
Compactness Another Thing.
Compactness of the receiver and
elaborate cabinet design are other things
that will attract the eye of the 1929
buyer There is an effort to get away
from the table model and make the
receiver unit that will stand alone.
To satisfy the listener who desires to
tune his receiver in any room, several
schemes for remote control have been
put forward. Basically it consists of a
motor driven dial which operates when
button is pushed or knob is turned
in another room. The two units are
connected by wire.
All in all. the effort of the manu-
facturerS is toward Simplified radio.
This was indicated in 1928, when the
push-button tuner appeared in a fac
tory-built model.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Telephone Calls Received During Program,
Broadcaster Transmits Voices to Radio

ST. PAUL Cp.-Six years as radio
entertainer do not keep Little" Jack
Little from getting a thrill via the air
once in while.
His latest was the broadcast OF
long distance telephone conversation he
conducted with a listener in Dallas.
Tex. by means of special telephone
microphone pickup. The call came in
while he was acting as a passenger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

on the National Limited" a popular
DIX feature of KSTP.
Other telephone calls also were re-
ceived during the program and sent out
by radio. Listeners in Lima, Ohio;
Glendive. Mont: Elkhart, Ind; Sioux
City, Iowa: Milwaukee, Aberdeen. S. D.,
and Bismarck. N. D., were given an OPP
portunity to hear their telephone voices
transmitted by radio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
JOHANNESBURG'S NEW
RADIO STATION OPENED
Said to Be the Second Most Power
full Transmitter in the
British Empire.

JOHANNESBURG LAN.-Said to be
the second most powerful transmitter in
the British Empire, South Africa's new
broadcasting station is in operation
here.
The night range of the station, it is
stated, will cover the whole of the
Union and Rhodesia, and, under IA
vorable conditions, should span the
5000 miles between Johannesburg and
London.
With the opening of this station,
listeners at Bloomfontein, Kimberly and
in remote towns and farms will be able
to hear the Johannesburg programs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Big Receiver Gain Seen.

An analysis of the Department of
Commerce figures for retail radio sales,
just completed by Maj. r. A. Clock,
chairman of the statistical committee of
the National Electrical Manufacturers
Association indicates that the increase
in the number of receivers sold this sea-
son may be 80 per cent above last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Van Horne to Be Soloist.

Harold Van Horne, who combines
piano playing with announcing at
WMAQ, Chicago, is to be soloist with
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a
coming popular concert. He recently
won the annual contest of the Society
of American Musicians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
SET MAKERS OPTIMISTIC.
See Little Indication of Letdown of
Receiver Demand.

Swinging into 1929. many set makers
see little indication in letdown Of re-
ceiver demand.
A statement by one manufacturer,
w. Crosley. jr.. says: For the first
tlme we enter a new year with our
plants operating at full capacity. The
production schedule is laid out for
maximum output right through the late
WINTER mad Spring months"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
KNX Reaches East.

xxx, Los Angeles, hears that it is
booming into the Atlantic Coast and
throughout Canada like local." AS
result, distant hunters have been
awarded thousands of verification
stamps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

4 IdEllDkl W. lUI
the year 1928 was
S620,405.55 in COM
parison with a net
return Of $707,-
454.28 in the pre-
vious year. During
{ h e We ar just
closed the Capital
I'-ac tton c 0.
carried 53,6l7,37l
revenue passengers
against 60,797,299
in 1927.
In its statement
for December the
traction company
reported a net re-
turn for the month
of $57.339.22, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
New Musical Presented.

Musical hits from new stage shows
by the Denver Concert Orchestra are
heard from KOA in Along Broadway"
on Wednesday nights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Political Talks Planned.

The Maryland League of Woman
Voters has arranged to give series
of political talks over VIDAL, Balti-
more, under the general subject of
whats Going on at Annapolis and
Washington"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Brokenshire With WCAU.

Norman Brokenshire, who formerly
served in the capacity of chief an
nouncer of WRC, Washington, now is
with WCAU, Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Chamber Musi; on XII.

Robert Hurd, tenor; Virginia Flohri,
soprano; Ebay Clark, harpist, and a
trio will present the second of eight
chamber music hours from XII, Los
Angeles, the evening of February 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

Popular music is the theme of "the
three boys" who appear in the studio
OF KGO, San Francisco, Saturday eve
nings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Appear in Joint Recital,

Henry Ramsey and Nicola Thomas
are to appear in a joint recital over
WOR, Newark. Saturday evening. Feb
ruary 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
EARNINGS REPORTS
REACH COMMISSION
D. c. Utilities File Figures for
Year and December-Bank
to Move.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

According to reports filed yesterday
with the Public Utilities Commission.
the total net income of the Capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Russian Theme Selected.

Russian music has been selected as
the theme for the concert by the Frank
lin ensemble over WLW Wednesday
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Symphony to PLAY on KSTP.

Music by a symphony orchestra with
Will O'Grady as tenor will make up
the st. Paul Association hour from
KSTP, st. Paul, Tuesday evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
WABC TONE IMPROVES.

Installation of New Equipment Is
Held Responsible.
NEW YORK LP.-Improvement in
the tone quality of WABC has been
noted by listeners in the New York
area.
Installation of new equipment de-
signed to add to the efficiency of the
meditation is mainlr responsible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
CURATOR IN AIR SERIES.
DR.. Fenton Speaking on Life in
World Centuries AGO.

World Centuries Ago.
CINCINNATI, Ohio GP).-Dr. C. L.
Fenton, curator of paleontology of the
University of Cincinnati, is speaking
each Wednesday from WLW, Cincin-
natl, on life in the world centuries ago.
The first talk, January 30, is to be on
Hunting Big Game of Ancient Days"
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Running Rapids

Anton Fryk, grizzled old Walton
ian of northern Wisconsin and pio-
neer of the days when Jump River
was the scene of numbering activi-
ties, took a deep draw at his pipe,
blew several smoke rings sky-ward,
then settled deeper into chair.
Eyes Sir, runnin' rapids sure is
excitin' and plenty thrilling for
anybody, he said, with a squint of
his eye and a nod of his head to
emphasize the point more strongly
to his listeners. But, by Gar, it's
dangerous to degree and the won
der is that so few bad accidents
happen.
Last year. as bow paddle, ran
a nasty rapids in the Jump River
durin' high water time, with first
rate canoeman in the stern. In the
middle o the repids, while we were
seething down the white, foaming
waters lickety split, my partner had
the misfortune to get his paddle
caught between two stones while
trying to throw the bow a little to
the left.
1.-The paddle was caught in SIGH
a manner that it was either break
it or let 'er go, and as it was his
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-21
IHE all ooTflE OUTDooRs

favorite paddle he chose the latter
alternative wisely or not.
"Jist as he called QUITO me above
the roar of the dashing waters,
Look out I've lost my paddle" the
very same thing happened to me.
My paddle was whipped out of my
hand before could make up my
mind to let 'er go or hang on fer
dear life. The next moment a
helpless and frail craft with two
men, provisions and duffle went
shootin' down the last half of one
of the most precipitate and rocky
rapids in northern Wisconsin.
ct had an indistinct consciousness
of sticking out one foot over the
side of the canoe and shootin' my
heel with all my might at one par
ticular dangerous, jagged point as
we tore by. The next minute we
sat high and dry on fat rock at
the foot of the boiling waters.
eyes, Sir, concluded the old pio-
neer, we can talk about auto speed
in icebatin' or loopin' the loop in
an airplane-they have nothin' on
shooting boiling, bubbling, roar
ing rapids without paddles. You
veil with excitment and exhilara-
ton, but your hair stands on end at
the same time. Try it and see."
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PAGE NINE

Chicago and Willmar," was very
kind to Clifford Suffer, 17-year-old.
youth who already has admitted
more than a dozen robberies.
Clifford related to Sheriff Paul E.
Anderson, of Willmar Monday how
he ate the teachers candy and
wrote a letter to "a friend" while
she taught her pupils how to add,
subtract and multiply.
'T went into the schoolhouse,
asked the teacher for pencil and
paper to write letter and pro-.
ceeded to write while she taught
school," he said. "Then she offered
me some of her candy. I was hum
cry, so took it. I finished the
letter and left"
The letter; found in Suffers au-
tomobile when he was arrested,
was unaddressed, but authorities
said it may throw some light on the
youths operations. Suffer did now
know the location of the school
house.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-21
Agricultural Notes
Not All Cows Feed Goes to
Make Milk


All dairy cows, regardless of
whether they are producing milk
or not, require the same amounts of
feed per 100 pounds of their weight
to keep up body weight and good
health, says the Blue Valley Cream
cry Institute. All the feed cows in
milk get over this amount is used
for making milk in varying
amounts, depending on the amounts
of feed consumed and the ability of
the cows to convert these feeds in
to milk.
For example, a 1200-pound dairy
cow producing 40 pounds of milk
a day requires about what are
known as 21.5 pounds of digestible
nutrients in her feed, according to
North Dakot animal nutrition au-
thority. Of this amount of nu-
trients, about II pounds are used
for making the 40 pounds of milk
pounds, are required for the cows
body maintenance. If two 1900
pound cows, each producing 20
pounds of milk day, or 40 pounds
between them, are kept, each cow
would require 9.5 pounds of diges-
tible nutrients, or 10 pounds of
these nutrients for the two of them.
The 40 pounds of milk they pro-
duce together will require about II
pounds of digestible nutrients, or
total of 81 pounds for the two
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little more than half the price it
has sold for in recent years.
Farmers are urged to buy seed
early for next years needs. The
best time for buying is while there
is a plentiful supply on the market.
By seeding time the best seed will
have been picked up by shrewd
buyers and the man who has wait
ed may have to take seed of low
er quality than he can get now for
the same money
Farmers are warned not to buy
anything but genuine Grimm. Va
riety trials carried out by the West
Central Station at Morris show
that this variety is best adapted to
this section of the state. Over a
five year period it has consistently
yielded more than did common
northern grown alfalfa. Grimm
stands the cold winters of West
Central Minnesota better than do
the common varieties. Farmers
are advised not to gamble on COM
mon or untried varieties when gen.
uine Grimm can be purchased so
cheaply.
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are good profit-makers and the
ones which are not good profit
makers.
Buy Alfalfa Seed Now While the
Price is Low
Farmers who are interested in
getting in Alfalfa or who plan to
increase their present average, will
welcome the news that seed, this
year, can probably be purchased at
a lower price than before. Accord
ing to THEODORE Fenske, Agrono-
mist at the West Central Expert
ment Station, it has been a long
time since the farmers in West
Central Minnesota could buy good
seed as cheaply as it is now quoted
on the market. 1--WE strongly urge
farmers to take advantage of this
opportunity" said Mr.. Fenske.
The low cost of seed this year is
the result of a heavy seed crop in
West Central Minnesota as well as
in the larger alfalfa seed producing
areas. Whenever possible, local
home grown seed should be used.
With the increase in livestock
grown in this section there is need
for a greatly Enlarged alfalfa aver
age. Alfalfa, the king of all hay
and field crops, is rapidly coming
into it's own on West Central Min
nesota farms. The chief factor
that has retarded more rapid in
creases has been the high cost of
seed. Those who have held back
from seeding for this season can
now buy genuine Grimm Alfalfa at
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-21
promoting experimental work with

promoting experimental work with
livestock.
Although lacking in formal edu-
cation beyond that received in the
Minnesota School of Agriculture,
DR.. Boss is regarded as one of the
leading agricultural scientists in the
country and in 1927 was granted
the degree of Doctor of Science by
the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege in recognition of his outstand-
ing achievements in farm manage.
ment and in the field of general ag-
ricultural research.
In addition to DIR. Ross, those
who will take part in the program
at the banquet will include DR.. w.
G. Coffey, dean of the Department
of Agriculture at University Farm,
and w. H. Tomhave, former stu
dent at Minnesota under Dr. Boss
and now secretary of the American
Aberdeen Angus association, Chi
cago. Another noted speaker will
be a ]. Glover, Editor of Hoard's
Dairyman, FIT. Atkinson, Wis, also
a former student under DR.. Boss.
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duce milk makes it necessary to
feed carefully in order to keep
down feed costs. Each cow should
be fed strictly according to the
amount of milk she produces. BY
giving each cow this fair chance to
show what she can do when fed
this way, the milk scale, the feed
measure and the daily milk record
sheet will help the progressive
farmer to pick out the cows that
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cows, as compared to 21.5 pounds
for the one cow capable of produc-
ing the same amount of milk. In
other words, two ordinary cows,
each weighing 1900 pounds, produce
ing together 40 pounds of milk a
day, require A per cent more feed
than one 1900 pound COW producing
the same amount of milk.
The big difference that exists in
the ability of different cows to pro-