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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
.SllUEAL or RADIO
TURNED into MUSIC
Russians Invention Causes
Oscillations to Come Out
as Melody.
BY C. E. BUTTERFIELD

NEW YORK.-The squeal of radio
has been turned into music.
Known to technicians as oscillation,
this electrical condition which radio
engineers worked so long to eradicate
from the broadcast receiver is the foun-
dation of the invention Of Leon There's
min, Russian scientist and inventor.
He has made oscillations behave
They now come from the loud speaker
as sweet notes of music rather than
growls and screeches, which once were
the bane OF the owners of regenerRttve
and radio frequency sets,
Professor Theremin really has gone
the meat packer one better. The
packer sells practically everything from
the hog but the squeal The inventor
uses the radio squeal to make Taeledieus
tones.
Tubes Produce SgHeal.
How is it done? Tubes just like
those of the radio set produce the
squeal that results in a combination of
tones duplicated by no other musical
instrument.
Eight tubes housed in a compact
cabinet with music sheet rest gen.
crate and amplify the oscillations
There are two circuits to build up os-
citations; These produce q beat note.
or a third series of oscillations, in a
mixing tube, which Is then fed into the
audio stages and loud speaker.
The instrument named after the in
Ventor who has granted an option on
exclusive patent rights to the Radio
Victor Corporation, has three 227 tubes
as osclllateTs. The mixer tube is
screen grid Two 171a's are audio am
plifiers, and a 100 acts as a volume
control balance tube.
Action Is Electrical.
Action is entirely electrical. I'm
like any other musical instrument,
there are no strings or mechanical de-
vices to produce musical vibrations
Tone variation and volume are regu-
lated merely by waving the hands in
the air.
To the uninitiated. person playing
the device seems to be an orchestra
leader without an orchestra. There is
music but no apparent means of pro-
ducing it visible except something re-
sembling q dignifed music rack.
Movements of the hands are all-im-
portant. They alter the magnetic fields
which encircle two rods that serve as
antennae.
One rod, straight bar, controls tone
or pitch. The other, a looped hori-
zontal bar, regulates volume.
NearneSs of the hands to the rods
determines volume and the frequency
or pitch of the music. The closer the
left hand TO the volume rod the softer
the note. High tones are produced with
the right hand near the straight bar.
the scale Is found in the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
JEWS OWN COASTAL
LAND IN PALESTINE
Recent Acquisition of $4,000 Acres
Strengthens Grip From
II Haifa to Jaffa.

JERUSALEM G0.-The recent ac-
QUESTION of $4,000 acres by the Keren
kayemeth, the Zionist Land Purchasing
Fund, has brought virtually the whole
OF the coast between Haifa and Jaffa
into Jewish hands. This purchase was
made possible by a contribution of
100000 from the Canadian Zionists.
The area includes Arab lands border
ing on the southern end of the Jewish
colony of Chedera. To the south it
joins land owned by an American Jew
living in Tel AViv. and it also touches
Nathania. the first Jewish coastal col.
ony. established with the aid Of Nathan
Straus.
Eastward the area will be rounded
OF by an additional 5000 acres, fol-
which the KeFen Kayemeth signed con-
tracts shortly before the anti-Jewish
disorders broke out. About half of the
newly acquired land is suitable for
orange cultivation, a profitable crop in
Palestine.
The area will be divided into plots
and given to cnlenists in hereditary
lease. The Keren Kayemeth does not
sell its lands lest they fall back into
Arab hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
McNAMEE'S QUESTION
BOX.

Graham McNamee receives great deal Of
mail. but each week he will publish the an
svers to those questions holding the great
est amount Of general interest. All oues-
tions should be accompanied. by a stamped,
selt;addressed envelope and addressed to
Graham MeNamee in care of this news
PAPER. Please make your questions briefD
Q. Is it true that Jesse hawley,
former coach at Dartmouth, has left
Hanover to engage in radio work.
Frank r, Simpson, Concord, Mass.
A Yes. Mr.. Hawley has good radio
connection in New York. He is one of
a number of collegians who are head
ing into radio-musicians, singers,
athietes and others. 1t was about Is
years ago that the small boys with the
hay-Wire sets first became radio devo-
tees. The industry is now reaping the
harvest of their continued loyalty and
interest.
@. I have been informed that the
pipe organ was being found unsuitable
for use in radio broadcasting. Is this
true?-La Fayette Pence, Omaha, Neb.
A. No-decidedly the reverse. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
8COWS EQUAL TO 20.

Small Herd Nets $191 Each to
Owner.
CLAY CENTER, Kans-Lester G.
Roenigk finds that 8 good" milk cows
equal 2S average" ones. His conclu-
sion was reached this way;
Each of his cows last year produced
an average of 1875 pounds Of milk,
containing 5,017 pounds of butter fat.
That was the highest herd production
ever established in Kansas. Each of his
COWS netted $19l.19 over costs.
In contrast, an average COW, Sc
leeted from a neighboring herd. pro-
duced l446 pounds of butter fat in the
same period. Her owners net profit
was $47.67. Roenigk would have needed
more than % such cows to equal the
production from his 8, or 80 to equal
his profits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
AIR MAGAZINE /.
PROMISED WOMEN
Flying Service Obtains Clara 5 N
Trenekman as Depart !
ment Head.
Ely the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, October 12.-Women
who talked of dishpans and embroidery
now wish to speak authoritatively Of
propeller wash and crank shafts.
Aviation, almost exclusively mans
DOMAIN for 25 years, has attracted wom-
en- to the extent that the CurtisS Flying
Service, noting the modern trend, has
created woman's department.
Miss Clara Trenckmann, who believes
that until women get on everyday
speaking terms with aviation it cannot
attain its fullest development, heads the
department.
To her goes the task of putting the
language of flying into the vernacular
OF women all over the country. She will
operate a clearing house of information
for women who are interested in flying
in any or all of its phases.
Current activities of women and the
field of aviation will be chronicled in a
weekly news bulletin, Women and Avia-
ton.
Miss Trenckmann, a graduate of the
University of Texas, has been in con-
tact with women's activities and with
aviation a number of years. Besides
serving on the editorial stats of two
national woman's magazines and free
lancins in aviation, she was the first
woman publicity director for the avia-
ton corporation. That job was with
the American Aeronautieal Corporation.
Two woman pilots are also on the
staff Of the Curtiss company. One is
Neva Paris. one of the prize winners in
the first womans air derby, while the
other Is Frances Harrell, who will pilot
a special Gypsy Moth plane in the
forthcoming national air tour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Work on the Paris subway is being
rushed
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Silver Threads Program.

Silver Threads Among the Gold, q
Saturday night program on WOR, con-
Sists of pipe organ music and vocal
solos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
Radio Brothers Back on Air.

Trade and Mark, radio brothers who
for three seasons have sung over the
WIZ chain, are back on the air again,
Theirs is Wednesday night program,
the brothers being BUY NY, H ta and
Sannellas orchestra helps out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Lagunillas, formerly an Indian viii
lage. is now the greatest oil production
center in the Maracaibo Basin, Vene-
zuela,
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C. B. s. Chain Adds WHIP.

Another station in the Eastern group
Of States has Joined the c. B. S. chain.
It Is WHIP, Harrisburg, Pa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
WHY PROTECT SEA LIONS?

The complaint of Alaskan troers against sea Ions and their protest against the policy of the Department of Commerce which protects them in Territorial waters seem to be well founded. The evidence of the fishermen to their depredations on salmon is worthy of consideration by the Fed eral authorities
 It is claimed that it requires 75 pounds of food per day for each mammal If the biggest part, or in fact any material portion, of that quantity is made up of salmon the trollers assert, it is clear that few thousand sea lions could destroy millions of pounds of salmon every season Tn fact, 900 in 30 days if they lived on salmon alone would consume 2,250,oO0 pounds of fish.
 The Canadian fisheries authorities have recog- nized they a to the salmon supply, and are waging active warfare them. With the num- bers constantly increasing in Alaskan waters, the request of the trollers for removal of protection is reasonable Manfesty the Territorial Legislature cannot remove it since it has been denied jurisdic tion such matters. It could however voice officially Alaskas protest against the present regu- lations which prohibit the killion of sea lions
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
PRAISE FOR HENDERSON.

Writing to Senator Dimond on the subject of the election of Commissioner of Education for Alaska Mrs. Margaret Keenan Harrais formerly principal of the Fairbanks high school and at present teach ing at Mccarthy. praised very highly the efficient manner in which his department has elevated the standard of the Alaska school system. The letter was written before the Board of Education refused by three to two vote to re-eect him for another term However, it is such constructive criticism of the man and his work that it is quoted herewith by permission of the author
 Mrs Harrass letter follows in full:
 Mccarthy, Alaska, March g. 1929. Hon A. J. Dimond,
 Juneau, Alaska.
 My dear Senator:
 I writing to entreat you to use all your influence to have the Commissionership of Education considered professionally only. The interests of children at stake they have part in partisan politics; their well fare should not be made political football they have recourse nor comeback; they must depend upon your chivalry for pro- lection.
 Politically I have not always agreed with MT. Henderson. but that does not blind to the fact that schools have outstripped those of the States, measured by any all available comparisons This has been accom-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Changes in Playthings.
(New York Times.)

Toys for children change the fashions and in- ventions of the grown-up world alter surround ings On the occasion of the Queens visit to the British Industries Fair she spent long time inspect ing the toy department Her interest in the play things from the fact that English manufact- urers competing successfully with Japanese, Ger man and other toymakers for the trade of Eng fish boys and girls.
 Doll houses, toy cities and all the materials used to build houses and towns-bTcks, blocks, little trees and paper furniture-are beloved by all children. Years ago. when MT. H. G. Wells published Floor Games" he complained that the only available popu- lation for miniature homes consisted of lead soldiers Very few lead civilians could be found, and they were of foreign make. He must have been pleased as the Queen if he saw at the fair the quantities of toy people in multi English children may now play with plowmen teams of horses and boys to drive them and little figures dressed in their best on their way to toy church. And all of British manufacture.
 American toys if one may judge from the many advertisements of them in home magazines, follow closely the advice given by experts in child train ing. No doubt one still buy sets of dishes and popguns but the toymakers stress playthings which will, they say, build strong bodies self-reliant character and foster interest in aviation"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

plished since 1917, against handicaps of which the States have no conception.
 Great achievements do not just happen back of every one is an unusual person. ality. There be question of the per- sonality in this instance, since the system is L. D. Hendersons from it's inception.
 I came to Alaska in 1914, knew the dis organized condition of the school work prior to 1917, helped to formulate the present system, and would like to have been the first Commissioner of Education. In spite of political differences and personal dsappont- ment still pay high tribute to the admin istration of my successful competitor and in vite you to a consideration of some of his accomplishments
 Ninety-eight and fourth-tenths per cent of our high school teachers are college or university graduates; 91 per cent. of our elementary teachers college university or normal graduates. Not State in the Union can approximate that standard There is higher per cent of white, native-born children of well-to-do parents in the State of Iowa than in any other State; and, as result, the average intelligence of school children is very high. Yet given the same tests under the same conditions Alaskan children outpoint them by a generous mar gin. This cannot be attributed entirely to the superiority of Alaskan children: part of the credit must be given to the system under which they are educated and to it's main spring-L. D. Henderson.
 He has worked faithfully and efficiently to build superior institutions; and it will take any other man several years to know Alaska with her far-flung borders and be able to fill the position capable as it is now filled.
 Respectfully submitted for your earnest consideration,
 MRS MARGARET KEENAN, HARRArS. There are thousands of Alaskans who undoubtec el about the Commissionership as MT. Harrais h Ipresed herself. To them the action of the Boa Education seemed little short of a tragedy wi le Territory the principal sufferer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
NOTICE OF ELECTION

TO THE ELECTORS OF THT
 CITY OF JUNEAU, TERRI.
 TORY OF ALASKA.
 NOTICE Is hereby given that pursuant to the provisions Of Or. dinance Number TIT of the City of Juneau, and in conformity there with, a General Municipal Elec- tion will be held on
 TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929, between the hours of o'clock a m, and ' o'clock p. m. of said day for the purpose of electing the following officers, to-wit: A MAYOR;
 THREE COUNCILMEN
 ONE SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
 The Common Council of the City # Juneau having heretofore, by esolution, duly designated the vot- Ing precincts of said City and the Polling Place in each thereof, the electors are hereby notified:
 That all duly qualified voters re- siding within the boundaries oi Voting Precinct No. One Of said City of Juneau, which are as fol- lows:
 All that section lying on the aortherly side of East Second Street md West Second Street and the 1aid Second Street extended across he tide flats to the City Limits md easterly of Gold Creek will vote in the Fire Apparatus room n the City Hall Building, located tt the corner of Fourth mad Main Streets, the same being the duly designated Polling Place in and for Precinct No One, City of Ju- neau.
 That all duly qualified voters re- ;iding within the boundaries of Voting Precinct No. Two of said City of Juneau, which are as fol- ,ows:
 All that section lying on the southerly side of East Second Street md West Seconl Street and the extension of said Second Street across the tide flats to the City Limits will vote in the Gross Build ng, located on Block H, Lot 2, the anne being the duly designated Polling Place in and for Precinct No Two, City of Juneau.
 That all duly qualified voters re- siding within the boundaries of Voting Precinct No. Three of said Jity of Juneau, which are a5 fol- .ows:
 All that section lying on the lortherly and westerly side oi Gold Creek and the oil pipe line of the Electric Light Company, in- 3luding the Scatter Addition, will vote in Burford Residence, located upper side Willoughby Avenue, the same being the duly designated polling place in and for Precinct No. Three, City of Juneau. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 10th day of March, 1929.
 R. H. SHEPARD,
 Clerk of the City of Juneau
 Territory of Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
More or Less True

It would be as hard for a man to convince his legs they were warm if they were exposed to the cold the way a flapper's are, as it is for him to convince his wife she is wrong when she knows she is right
 Some men are born domestic and some spend their evenings at home because their wife won't trust them out at night.
 If the hustle does come back finding a place to park it will be like trying to locate a place to park the car on downtown street
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
It's Effective, All Right

Lady Customer: What kind of powder do I use to kill insects?"
 Facetious Drug Clerk: Well, if it's a two-legged one the most popular powder now is the gum powder"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Huh

"Gosh That frail is showing a lot of hide" remarked one old tim CT to another, as their eyes fol- lowed passing flapper
 Yes" growled the other, "and if she was my daughter, I'd see to it that she got it tanned"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Deserves Worst Possible

If sentence I should pass,
 Most awful'd be the doom, Of him who started this
 q ia down and go boom."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
They're Something Else


 A headline in the American Le- zion Councillor reads: "SHUTIN PARTY HELD"
 We understand it was very pleas ant
 And so would some other parties if they would shutUP.-Sam Hill in Cincinnati Enquirer. A few weeks now, Sam, and well be enjoying shut-out parties.-Tip in American Legion Councillor. Why be so pessimistic, Tip? May be the Toledo team won't play as rotten ball this year as has beer their custom in the past.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Acid Test for Him

Ut tells here of Maryland man who was found sound asleep and snoring in his berth after big railroad wreck down in Mississippi, {" remarked Mrs. Crouch.
 Still I wouldn't believe he was the champion sound sleeper until I had seen him sleeping through one of your nightly bawlings out" said her husband.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Health Note

We don't know what will cure a cold but bullet, well aimed, will cure the nut who's always telling what will cure it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Naturally Would Be

Blinks: They're warm friends" !"
 Jinks: That's not strange, for they've had many hot time to- gether."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
Not So Grand
By SAM HILL.

Not So Grand She suggested I play Crokinole, For bridge didn't play worth g damn And though that was not a grand one,
 I'll say it surely was slam!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Mere Guess

The world had to be made a stage because 99 per cent of it's population insist on acting the fool so often.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
HO. Humi

A sock is something a man is always getting his foot into and his toes out of.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

We Haven't Seen the Statistics
 But we are curious to know how many bottle factories went out of business as a result of the Vol stead law.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Passing Observation

Passing Observation
 It's hard to believe the parents of the young people dancing to the racket of a jazz band used to get a thrill out of gathering around the old parlor organ and singing hymns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
No Hospital for Him

His Wife Indignantly: Why didn't you talk back to that rough neck cop?"
 Him: Because, my dear, if had, the results would have been even more disastrous than they would be if I talked back to you
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Ever Notice It?

About the only things seen to- gether as often as ham and eggs are dam and outrage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

Man out in Wisconsin froze to death surrounded by frewood He was found to have had three patent cigar lighters in his pockes(Flo Times -Nnion)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Mere Pikers

In former days, no doubt, Among the liars there were some
 great stars" But none were in the class Of those who sell us recondition-
 ed cars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
And Speakin'a Teeth

Some folks go to a dentist to get rid of a thing like that, but we see by the paper that Cassie Aker, of Kansas City, went to a divorce Judge to get rid of hers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

It ought to be bright spring. One of the new cars is finished in IT rs-(Mlwaukee Jour nal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26
Interesting Information

George Atwood, of Columbus, is a bricklayer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

Interesting Information Miss Legg was recent bride at Larned, Kansas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-26

Old papers Tor sale at The Empire.
The Washington times., 1929-11-26
BUCKLEY WON'T
GET HIM OUT

BENJAMIN Culberson, 80, col
ored, was arrested yesterday
morning in an alley in the 100
block Fourteenth st. N. W., and
confessed to the assault and at
tempted robbery on Edward
Buckley, prominent bondsman, in
the basement of his home in the
37OO block Window St. N. w.
Detective Sergeants H. K. VIII
son and Oscar Mansfield, who
seized the suspect after an all.
night search, said that Culber.
SON, q laborer, told them that he
was waiting for Buckley but was
so frightened when he put up
resistance that he struck him
on the head and made his escape.
Buckley identified the man yes
terday morning after he had been
picked up as his asSailant and
told police that the laborer had
probably learned while he was
employed on a painting job about
the Buckley premises that the
bondsman carried large sums Of
money about his person.
CulberSon is being held at the
sixth precinct charged with at
tempted robbery and assault.
His case will come up in police
court in a short time, and it's a
safe bet that Buckley will not
furnish his bond.
The Washington times., 1929-11-26
20, 900 Case Cargo
OF Rum CAPTURED

GREENWICH, Conn, Nov. 26
0.N.S0-A chase on the waters
Of the Byram River yesterday re-
suited in the capture by. United
States Coast Guards Of the two
masted schooner, Storm Petrol, Of
New York, loaded with some 20, 900
cases Of liquor.
The Washington times., 1929-11-26
New York State Buys
Mountain Park Lands

ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 26 (IN.s9
New York state has purchased
1000 acres Of new land in the Adj
rondacks and Catskill parks at q
cost of about 100000.
The State now owns about T.
OOO,O 900 acres of land in these two
parks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Creepiest of Mysteries.

THIS play. 'Dracula," which is count
ed upon to give mystery-loving au-
diences the creepiest creepS they have
ever felt in their lives, at the National
Theater next week, has all the thrills
in itself that the most eager of thrill
seekers might wish for. 1t has been, OF
course, fine meat for the press writer,
so that what follows may be believed
or not, as one wills.
Raymond Huntley, who plays the title
role, had free passes to the show which
he had given a specially obliging hotel
bellboy returned to him few hours
later with the information. Mister, II
you want me to serve you and run your
errands. you'll have to ask for me in
the daytime. don't reckon I'll be able
to serve you at nighttime"
Also people who have played in or
who have been connected with the play
have attributed to it their miShapS and
misfortunes in their private affairs. In
New Haven, Conn, the stage manager
for Horace Liveright, the producer, a
man noted for his GOODNESS under fire.
became temporary victim of aSphasia.
The leading woman lost her voice for
no accountable reason. In Asbury Park,
N. j., the photographer who was to take
the scenes of the play slipped and fell
off the stage into the orchestra pit
The focusing screen of his camera was
smashed without apparently being
touched by human hands. Light signals
from the stage manager to the cleo
reason. And the peculiar part of it is
that practically the same identical hap
penings occurred in England.
And that's thatl