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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
DILL TO RENEW WAR
FOR RADIO CENSUS"
Washington Senator Plans to
Introduce Special Move at
Next Session.

Senator Dill of Washington, CO.
author OF the radio law, plans to in
Groduce special legislation at the next
session OF Congress providing for the
enumeration of receivers In Use in the
United States.
An amendment proposed by the
Senator to the bill covering the 1880
census, which provided for count of
radio sets, was passed by the Senate but
rejected by the House at the special
session. 1t was later thrown out by the
conference committee on the bill
Representatives Of the radio industry
have strongly protested against the
House action.
Senator Dill suggested that the CEN
sus takers make separate count of the
number OF tube and crystal sets. Gov
eminent radio officials have urged that
more detailed information be obtained
sucn as The number OF the homemade,
battery and house current sets.
While the electrical division Of the
department of Commerce makes period
IcaI surveys or the number Of kinds of
vets sold by retail dealers, only a small
percentage of the dealers respond to
the departments queries and there was
no way OF determining the total in use.
some trade publications have made
more exhaustive surveys, but no com
plete poll Of apparatus or listeners has
ever been made.
In addition to the interest to the
general public and Importance to the
radio industry. such a census would be
OF value to the Federal Radio Commits
sion and other regulating agencies. It
would enable the commission to de-
termine the radio population" of vari-
Gus sections of the country and serve
as guide In allocating broadcasting
facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
SCH00LR00MS LINKED
BY RADIO APPARATUS
Elaborate System Puts Pupils in
All Glasses at Teachers
Finger Tips.

ST. LOUIS tE1.-An elaborate radio
system in Flynn Park School, in Uni
versity City, a suburb, puts every pupil
and teacher at the principals finger
tips.
Throwing a switch, the principal can
sit at her desk, signal to the various
rooms that she has a message, then talk
into microphone and know that her
words are being heard by every pupil
and every teacher. Or she can tune the
receiver to any program over a local
station and rebroadcast it into every
room, or send over the system the mu-
sic of any record.
The system includes a radio receiver,
a three-stage push-pull audio amplifier,
mtcrophone, phonograph-p pickup and a
dynamic loud speaker for each room of
the school.
This apparatus is connected to a
central control board by an elaborate
system Of wiring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Speaking

of some educator telling a bedtime
story at o'clock in the morning fer
some remote fireside where the slumber
hour has just arrived. But stranger
things have happened in this magical
radio world.
Several weeks ago noted the ques-
ton by H. G. W. Of Towson, Md, OF
how the expenses Of broadGasting are
paid, and promised to touch on it later
The revenue to broadcaSting companies
comes from the sale Of time on the air
to advertisers. The charge for this
time varies. according to the size of the
hook-ups and the density of population
in the areas covered.
The largest proportion of the returns
goes for wire costs for distributing the
programs. The rest goes to the broad
casting company for administrative,
studio and program producing costs.
The costs include the sponsoring pro-
grams which the company puts on, the
salaries Of announcers, producers, con-
tinuity writer's. hostesses, pages. nurses
and technicians making a small army
OF workers Of all kinds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
SCREEN GRID YEAR
AHEAD FOR RADIO
New ElectroniC Device Is Ex-
peCted to Double Set
Selectivity.
BY c. f. BUTTERFIELD.
ASSOCIATED Press Radio Editor.)

NEW YORK-There is no doubt that
this is to be a screen grid year in radio
The recently announced AC-24, which
contains a fourth element designed to
eliminate oscillation mufflers in receiver
construction, has created as much in
terest as did the appearance of the flrst
AC tubes
Manufacturers are taking to this cleo
tronic device in earnest, until little else
is thought worthy of consideration in
the campaign to win the 1929 set buyer
The experimenter and the man who
still builds his own also are inyestigat-
ing the possibilities of the tube, which
gives tremendous amplif1cation when
placed in a correctly designed receiver.
Opens Way for New Method.
Besides its ability to operate without
naturalization or other means of bal
ancing out oscillation, it has opened the
way for a different method of tuning in
broadcast reception. This is the band
filter scheme. which permits tuning
both the plate and grid coils. giving
double the selectivity per stage than
with only the grid coil tuned. The band
filter increases selectivity to the point
where two screen grid tubes are capa-
bic OF outdoing an RI tuner contain
ing more of the ordinary tubes.
Another advantage of the IA along
with the seasons other new tube-the
power output which gives the volume of
a 210 with a lower plate voltage-is
the fact that it is bringing back the
single filament lead of the battery set
days.
10-Ampere Load.
Both tubes require 2o volts. and when
used in conjunction with -27 dectector,
also a 25-volt tube, there is little need
Of having more than one set of filament
wires, provided the filament trans
former will carry the load on a single
secondary winding. This load will run
up to 10 amperes on five or six tubes.
The screen grid will perform fairly
well in any RI circuit. 1t is not pos
sible to use it for replacing other tubes
without first providing means to fur
nish proper voltageS. 80 on the screen
grid. $50 on the plate, Is to 5 negative
G bias In addition to the 2.5 volts at
LIS amperes needed for the heater. 1t
will operate with the same coils without
even hint at oscillation.
Coils may be left unchanged, al
though the small primaries needed for
cola or 226 will not give anything like
the amplification that the tube can pro-
duce.
Using the cola or 226 RI circuit as
basis, some interesting possibilities are
open to the experimenter desiring to
develop layout that will handle the
tube properly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
WGY WILL REMAIN
AT OLD FREQUENCY
Adjournment of Supreme
Court Leaves Question
Open Until Fall.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Listeners will md WGY, Schenectady,
at the same place on their radio dials
until late Fall at least.
The Supreme Court has adjourned
until october without taking action on
the petition OF the Federal Radio Com
mission to review the Judgment of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals,
which granted WGY full time on TOO
kilocycles.
Some lawyers are OF the opinion that
the case never will be reviewed by the
Nations highest tribunal on the grounds
that 1t does not have Jurisdiction In
radio cases decided by the District of
Columbia court.
Outside of Province.
They base their contention on the
fact that Congress gave this court legis-
the Supreme Court, being constitu-
tional court. will hold the WGY deci-
sion to be outside its province.
Should the Supreme Court decline to
take any cogni2ance of the case. the de-
ciSion In favor Of the General Electric
station probably would be Anal. This
would result. 1t Is predicted. IN many
stations which receive unfavorable as
signmentS from the commission carry
ing tneH complaints 10 the DlStflcC OF
COLUMBIA court in the hope of obtain
ing similarly favorable decisions.
Other Remedies Considered.
II for some technical reason the
writ of certiorari asked by the COM
mission cannot be issued other remedies
will be sought. One under considera-
ton is the filing Of petition for man
damus or prohibition to require the
justices of the Court OF Appeals to con-
fine their jurisdiction to its proper
scope.
II the writ is allowed the WGY case
is one of several which will come before
the Supreme Court in the Fall. The
cases of WCRW and WBBM, both of
Chicago, decided by Judge James H.
Wilkerson in favor Of the commission,
are expected to reach the Supreme
Court before the beginning of the Fall
term
Involving many of the legal and en-
cheering questions, underlying all regu-
lation of communication by radio. they
will be followed with considerable in
terest by Congress, broadcasters and
the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
KILOCYCLE DIALS AID
RADIO ADVANCEMENT
System Is Accepted Generally by
Industry as Best Method of
Marking.

NEW YORK OP).-Dials marked in
kilocycles have been generally accepted
by the radio industry as the proper
means of indicating station separation
on the receiver.
This method of designation, more
general in the sets this year, follows
the adoption some time ago by the
Federal Radio Commission of the kilo-
cycle standard as being preferable to
wave lengths.
In a statement H. B. Richmond for
mer director of the r. M. A. engineering
division. explained the advantages of
the plan.
Radio sets first were marked in num-
bers only" he said. "At other times
the dials were graduated in geometric
degrees.
Both methods served only as refer
ence points. They made 1t necessary
for the operator to fish for a new sta
ton.
With improvement in receivers, II
became practical to calibrate the dials
These were marked sometimes in wave
lengths, sometimes in kilocycles and
occasionally in both. A few manufac-
turers also added reference scale.
THE broadcast band has been laid
out on the basis of a 10-kilocycle
separation between stations. This uni
form spacing makes kilocycle dial a
convenient reference dial as WELL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
McNamee's Question Box

of mai. but each week Re win publish the
greatest amount of general interest All
questions should be accompanied by a
dressed to Graham McNamee, iii Fifth ave-
nue., New York City, or in care Of this
newspaper. Please make your questions
@. I believe that most or possibly ali
nationalities have been represented in
broadcasting. However, in discussion
with friends today, the question arose
as to whether an Indian had evel
broadcast. Can you inform us--Rich-
ard C. Bellows, Portland, Greg.
| A. Yes. Chief Two Guns recently
broadcast at the ceremony for the de-
parture Of the Great Northern's new
train, 1.-The Empire Builder" Chief
Two Guns posed for the Indian OH the
nickel. Maybe the chief learned that
money talks"
@. Have tennis matches ever been
broadcast?-R. G. Reuther, Philadel-
phia.
A. Only once, to my knowledge ]
| announced q match at Forest Hills
three years ago. Tennis didn't seem tu
be good radio material.
Q. Did Floyd Bennett ever speak over
the radio?-Mrs Fred Ulrich, Toronto
| Canada.
A. Yes. On the night, about two
| years ago, when Comdr. Byrd few to
France. Mr.. Bennett was i'll in st. Vim
cents Hospital. Lying on his bed, HI
described, through the microphone, the
commanders fight over the ocean. II
was not learned until the next day that
Comdr Byrd had descended at q small
fishing village on the coast of France.
O. What game was 1t when Babe
Ruth, with a game leg, made three
home runs?-Ed Whipple. Baltimore,
Md.
A. That was in the fourth and con-
GLIDING game of the world series at ST.
| Louis in 1928. The Babe not only
smacked three home runs with the
, crowd RAGING him, but, even with hi.
bad leg, made the most sensational
| catch OF the season In left field, ending
the game and the series.
@. Do you think televsiOn will be
| perfected in the near future?-W. L.
| Macdonald, st. Louis, Mo.
A. / think television will come along
| in due time, but not so quickly as
| many persons seem To think. My bes
! information is that ii may be five or 81,
years before 1t begins to take its place
| on the air.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

The best distance was $40 In Mel
bourne, Australia.
Radio is not a new plaything to
Briggs. He built and operated one OF
the first radio receivers here, learned
the code and listened in on the first
s o S sent out by Jack BinYs. Dur
ing the war he served on the Proteus.
supply ship of the feet. He was chief
radio electrician.
Briggs is using a 112 type detector,
a COLA in the first audio stage and q
lila in the second audio. No radio
frequency stage is used. The output
of these three tubes Is fed into a
three-stage power amplifier.
The circuit Is one adapted from a
broadcast receiver with changes to give
sharp tuning. The antenna Ia about
so feet long and 30 feet high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

BROCKTON. Mass. LP)-Consistent
loud speaker reception of G5SW in Eng
land on q homemade short-wave re-
ceiver over a period of three months Is
the claim of Everett Briggs.
Each afternoon Briggs comes home
from work to retire to his "dugout," as
Mrs. Briggs calls it. in the cellar of
his home. There, among an array of
batteries, tubes. coils and sets. he listens
to broadcasts from England. An ex-
tension speaker of the DYNAMIC type in
the living room furnishes the programs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
ViOlinist Uses Radio
To Keep Up to Date
On Music Numbers

SHIRLEY, Mass. CE).-Frank
Harvard Of Shirley. young violin
list, doesn't buy sheet music be-
cause he cannot read it-but he
keeps his repertoire up to date
by careful listening to his radio
receiver.
Harvard has been playing
violin for Is years, always by ear.
BY listening to radio programs
and monograph records he has
built up a technique that has
gained him q local reputation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
TEXAS AMATEUR FINDS
WORLD JOB FOR STATION
Sent Invitation to New Zealand Ro.
tarians to Attend Conven-
ton in Texas.

DALLAS. Tex. P).-Thomas r. Cen
try. Dallas amateur operator. has found
2 worldwide job for his homemade sta
ton. W5RG.
Last March he used his 75-watt set
TO invite New Zealand Rotarians to the
International convention in Dallas
During the conclave he transmitted
messages TO the homes of foreign dele
gates.
On q 2O-meter wavelength he sent
information to Australia. Peru. Panama
Chile, Brazil and New Zealand. Replies
proved that the messages reached their
distant destinations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Homemade Short-Wave Receiving Set
Picks Up English Station Successfully

to the family. and the neighbors when
the windows are open.
Confirmation of his feat has been
received by Briggs. He cabled the
British Broadcasting Co, asking If his
reception could be acknowledged over
the air. The chief engineer, replying
by mail wrote 1t was with deep regret
that they could not do this, as it would
set a precedent"
Other stations in remote parts of the
world have been tuned in on the set
and heard through the loud speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Hebrew Singers Prove Popular

BOSTON (PD.-Vocal programs by
group known as the Hebrew choral
singers have attracted such favorable
comment that a new series of broad
casts Of this type has been instituted by
and Boston. Cantor Gabriel Hochberg
of Temple Beth I'll at Chelsea. Mass, Is
in charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Lindy's Flight in Music.

BADEN-BADEN Up. - Lindbergh's
fight to France has inspired Paul
Hindemith and Kurt WE'LL, two Of the
best known modernist German COM
posers, and Bert Brecht, popular Ger
man playwright. to compose and write
o radio cantatA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
LONG TRIP TO MIKE.
Young Missouri Composer Drives
80 Miles to WDAF.

KANSAS CITY DIFF Alvin Croker
ever attains prominence in the ranks OF
radio entertainers, his will be no vicari-
Gus fame.
The youthful composer drives 80 miles
from his Clinton, Mo- home whenever
he appears on WDAF's programs.
Nothing but his own compositions, both
music and words, is included in his
repertoire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Broadcast for Europeans.

has started series Of afternoon broad
casts on two frequencies for the bene.
at Of European listeners. These go out
daily except Wednesday and Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
DEBATES TO GO ON AIR.

WGx to Broadcast Contests Be
tween College Teams of Speakers.
WGY, Schenectady. has scheduled a
series OF one-hour radio debates for
the next college year. They will be-
gin in November.
The debating team of Union College
Will be heard on each occasion, and
the schedule includes Albany College
OF Teachers and Bowdoin. Lafayette,
Rutgers. Swarthmore, Hamilton and
Temple have been invited to participate.
Three judges listening by radio viii
telephone in their decisions to the
studio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
CR0ONS FOR 1T. B. NJ"

KYA Singer Reserves Number for
Late Corners.
SAN FRANCISCO RD.-Saving her
grooming for the tired business man who
attended the theater, Nita Mitchell
comes on the air at II O'Clock once a
week through KYA here and sings him
TO sleep.
Then she entertains with her streak
Of blues. Miss Mitchell Is an intermis-
sion singer earlier In the evening and
the star Of the Golden Gate Gypsies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

Less Tubes

Approved Jacobean Cabinet No. 50,
with Model 900 Stewart Warner Radio.
Bridge" circuit. Air-cooled buiIt-in power
Drawn copper shielding. Ping lin foe
Teievision. 22-carat sold-pIated connee-
dons throughout. Built-in aerial. Three
aerial taps- -Four variable condenser
-Four tuned circuits. Special Vernier tunaR
for distant stations. Plug-in for Phone
graph. Illuminated visible angle dial
scaled In kiiocycles and o to 100. New
Stevart-Wsrner Electro Dynamic Repro
Queer. Cabinet Of American Walnut with
enclosed back and hinged top-heisht 80
In, width AZ In, depth IS In.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20

AUSTIN Dec. 20-Washingtun may
Moody Is the "smarteyt man Tex
as ever produced among those who
did not 20 out or the state to study
at some high-falutin' school" If
you 90 not be- we IL, ask Uncle
William" 81. black and former
soldier in the regular arm. after
he went with his 'marster" 10 fight
for the COnfederacy. and who did
fight for Z and with his master
was taken prisoner at V~ic'Sburg.
That's my boy Uncle william
proclaimed as he sat In the Gov
ernor's reception room. -Nursed
him when ne was a baby right
here on this arm" he continued,
holding IT'D his 10, left arm.
"He didn't need TO 60 out OF
Texas TO get D be n smart man.
he continued. still talking about
Governor Moody. HE Is as smart
AS any of the bic ZEN who went
away from Texas y study NC one
Of those h~igh-falutin' schools"
III shh want tr see that baby M
Dams" he continued. We jus got
TO christen that baby 10 Christ
mas"
Uncle William was born on July
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20
TEXAN AGAINST
PAID LAWYERS.
Highway Commission VIII
Not Have Lobbyists,
johnson Asserts

AUSTIN. Dec. 2O-tP-Gov. Dan
have its paid Hobbies but the Texas
state highway commission will have
none, Commr. Cone johnson emp
hatically told delegations here.
Paid attorneys are not needed and
not wanted. he said.
we want nobody to come between
Us and the people we serve" Mr..
johnson said. Employed attorneys
are not required for the counties to
get q hearing before this commits
sion"
His statement was made when an
attorney from another city accom-
panied a delegation. The lawyer was
asked whether he was getting a fee
for his services. and assured the
commission he was not. lie came
only aS q friend Of the community.
he said. This explanation was en-
tered on the records and he was well
coined In that capacity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20

Mr.. Daney returned after a short
business stay but Mrs. Daney Will
remain here for the Christmas sea-
son.
Mr.. and hrs. Cecil Bartlett Of
Southland. are here for the Christ
mas holidays and guests at the w.
"A. Smith home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford HARRISON
and family have moved 70 the VAL
ley from Wills Point. They will
locate a. Edc0uch. Mr.. HARRISON is
2 brother Of Mrs. r.. @. Watson Of
Wesiac0.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Morrow and
daughter, Miss Willie Neill Of STAN
ton, arrived Tuesday and will spend
the remainder OF the winter here
lncy are guests uf Mrs. j. q. Nit
chell.
Mrs. T. A. Wall. Mrs. D. Nv. Iford.
Mrs. VI III. Holme and Mrs. VI. II
Collins attended the Wednesday
bridge club at the home OF Mrs.
Carrie Stuart this week.
AR. and Mrs. Lewis YarbrOurh of
Ohlahoma, Is here for the winter
with her son, w. &. Greek and
family.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20
County Districts
To Elect Directors

-Four Cameron county districts.
Cameron county water control and
improvement district NO. n. and
Cameron bounty water improve
ment districts IL. 6. and Is, will
elect directors on Jan. ia. The
water control and improvement dis
trict will choose three directors,
and the other districts five.
Polling places have been fixed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20
THREE NAMED n
GUEST OF PARTY

Mrs. I. r. StahI was hostess Tues
day afternoon al a delightful BIRTH
day party complimenting Mrs. A.
II. Lyons who was 70 years old. also
Mrs. G. z. Ferguson and Mrs. Thom-
as Purl. The color scheme II white
and gold was beautiful and the
angel food cake with sixteen can
dies together with fruit cake and
grape juice made up delicious re-
freShments.
Each Of the honorees received re-
membranes from guests. ENJOYING
this delightful occasion were Mrs
r. w. Ham. Mrs. Frank Dunn.
Mrs. H. w. DiggS. Mrs. George Bel
man. Mrs. P. J. Swinnca. Mrs. a.
5. Pike. Mrs. ". Nv. Archer. ST..
Mrs. r. ". Warren ST.. Mrs. W.
A. Smith and Hiss Nabie Cramlett
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20
We invite you 10 phone
OF come in our store
for 4 demonstration.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-20
PERSONALS

Misses Katherine Stolz and Mary
Jane Yates who are attending West
moorland college at San Antonio
viii arrive home this weekend for
the Christmas holidays. They will
accompany Miss Cogee Mae Couch
and another teacher friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". G. Thompson
were called Monday because OF tht
illness OF Mrs. ThOmDsOn's mother
father. brother and aunt to Waco
and Ennis.
B. III Kirgan or Cincinnati.
Ohio arrived Monday to make his
home with his son, @. B. KiTran.
Mrs. r. A. Doyle and T.. o. CaId-
well, mother and grandfather OF Mrs.
II. L. Finley left Wednesday for
their home in Missouri after spend
ing several weeks In Weslaco.
Mrs. w. O. Outland and daugh-
ter, Doris, Of Lafayette. Indiana.
spent last week here guests Of the
A. f. Bradbury family.
Mrs. O. J.. Carpenter and brother
returned to Bokchito. Oklahoma af-
ter visiting several months here at
the w 81. Carpenter home.
Rev. Frank Smith. pastor of
Broadway Baptist Church Of Fort
Worth Is here visiting his brother
T. F. Smith and family.
ADD WESLACO
Mr.. NJ. p. Fields and Mrs. V
Edwards OF Bonneville Arkansas
and Miss Nell Fields Of Tulsa. Okla
homa. father and two sisters or
Mrs. /. w Yates. Mrs. II. T. Hamn-
Ton and Mrs. M. IL. Cheek. will arr
rive soon to spend the Christmas
holidays here.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. c. Friday arc
leaving Friday for a sgo weeks visit
with relatives In Gadsdea. Alabama
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe DaneV returned
last week from Wichita. Kansas