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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15
WHEN DESIGNERS DISAGREE

WHEN DESlONEhS DlSAOhEE
 The climax for the Wizards s ill-tarred venture came early in May, when his machine spluttered and caught fire in the midst of an attempt to crack the five-mile record which Campbell set at 242.791 last February.
 Smith had been of and on" the beach since December. When not occupied with his car, notes our correspondent, or waiting for Australian papers, he would do a little fishing.
 Shortly there developed rift between Smith and Don Hardness, the designer. The driver disliked the radiator Hardness had de- signed, and soon after the car was housed at the beach, New Zealanders were surprised to learn a new, square-faced radiator had been fitted by an Auckland engi- neer.
 Smith said he was delighted with the change, predicted the car would do 300 m.ph. Hardness, back in Sydney, Australia, declar- ed in his judgment this was im- possible and added the machine had been designed for speed of not more than 2eo. aE kElEn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15
FOOTBALL STAR
 TURNS JAZZ BAND LEADER

DURHAM, N. C., June 15. - Nick Laney, Dukes grooming half back, has organized an orchestra and named it the Duke Blue Dev- ills.
 Laney will lead the jazz band and do the crooning He became known as a crooner of no mean ability last Fall by singing in the college dining room.
 As a mere matter of football rec ord, Laney's punts last season av- eraged over 40 yards and his runs came close to six yards a clip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15
LAbARBA WINS
 OVER CHAMP ION
Given Decisive Victory in Bout with Tommy Paul
 In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 16.- Fidel La Barba, former flyweight champion, scored a decisive vic tory over Tommy Paul, National Boxing Association champion, last night, out the title was not at stake.
 Lar Barba was given six of the ten rounds and Paul was given the other three.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15
0UTFIELDERS ARE
 GIVEN LITTLE WORK

VERDON, s. D., June 15. = Tn eight baseball games this spring, of which six were victories, outfield- CTS of the Verdon High School nine failed to register a single put out. The teams brother battery, Willard and Wallace Mogle, is credited with causing the dearth of long hits for the opposition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15
ARBELBIDE TO COACH

MODESTO, Gal, June 15.-Gar7 rett Arbelbide. for three years an end on Southern California's foot ball team and member of the eleven that humbled Notre Dame last fall, has accepted a job on the coaching staff of Modesto Jun for College.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15
COTTON STATES NET MEET
 TO BE HELD AT ATLANTA

ATLANTA, June 15.-The Cotton States tennis tournament, for many years fixture at Anniston, Ala, will be played at Atlanta this summer.
 The date was originally set for June 27, but has been changed to a date in July. Jack Mooney, Atlanta star, has won the singles championship of the tournament several times, as has Winner Hines, Columbia, s. c. ace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15

fifth.
 SUMMARY: Earned runs, Moose 1, Elks 2; home run, McCloskey l; stolen bases, F. Schmitz and Twigg, each; sacrifice hit, Twigg; bases on balls, off Schmitz l. off McCloskey 3, off Junge 2; hit by pitched ball, Andrews; struck out by Schmitz 6, Junge 2; left on bases, Moose 5, Elks 3; hits none, runs 2 off McCloskey in one-third inning; hits runs 3 off Junge in 6 2-3 innings; losing pitcher, McCloskey.
 UmplreS: Nostrand at plate; Ca meron on bases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15
GAMES TUESDAY paoic;o CoaS- ga,o,,o

 Hollywood 2; San Francisco 3. Portland 3; Seattle 4. Missions 1; Los Angeles 5. Game went eleven innings.
 National League Cincinnati 5, 5; Philadelphia 6, 2. Other games postponed on ac- count of rain.
 American League Philadelphia 10; Detroit s. he Boston 5; Chicago 4. Game went eleven innings. New York T; Cleveland 6. Washington 3; St. Louis IT. Juneau City League Moose 5; Elks 4. -ia
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Smith then broke the ten-mile record with a speed of 164.084, in- stalled a revolving windscreen and went fishing again.
 Finally all was set the last week end of April for the crowning dash The engine appeared to be func- tionish beautifully and Smith was off to 8 good start. Soon, how ecer, the machine began to sput- ter, then suddenly sheet of flame burst out from underneath Slowing down near the garage, Smith end his mechanics got the fire out quickly, but it was the end for the season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15
FROM BEACH TO COURT

Meanwhile Hardness has had a writ served on Smith and J. H. Mostyn, former Labor Lord Mayor of Sydney, for the recovery of sums which total about $30,000. One claim is for $8000 alleged to be due to Hardness as the balance on construction of the car. Another $8000 is claimed for alleged libel contained in reports in the news papers.
 Smith has decided definitely not to ship to Daytona Beach next winter and still believes he can accomplish his goal of beating MT. Campbell's records on Ninety Mile Beach, with favorable "wester- lies"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15

Junge forced Erskine at third, Little Mac stopping at second. Rol- Ter batted Nello's grounder around while Little Mac raced home.
 Moose Keep in Race
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15

Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette Uni versity sprinter, has record of never having failed to survive trial heats in any event he has entered.
 Babe Bargerts, former Uni versity of Washingto nthird base man, is getting a chance to play regularly with the Seattle Indians of the Pacific Coast League.
 Billy Hcwell's kid brother, Tom, is golfer, too. He shot an 88 in a recent tournament.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15
SPORT BRIEFS

The Southern Interscholastic discus throw record of 131 feet, F inch, has stood since 1927.
 Several new records were set at the sixth annual Tuskegee relays.
 Florida's one-mile relay team broke a 22-year record in a dual meet with Vanderbilt this year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-15

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Evening star., 1932-10-30
ANOTHER NETWORK
BEING ORGANIZED
Would Link Stations From Boston
to Washington, and Possibly
On to Chicago.

Still another new radio network
project. this one designed to link a
group of stations extending from Bos-
ton to Washington. and then possibly
reaching westward to Chicago, is rella-
bly, reported to be in the process OF
formation. If plans are consummated,
it Is to be known as the Metropolitan
Network, with headquarters in New
York.
Though little or nothing has been
given out about the project, it IS known
that various independent radio stations
have been approached with proposals
to consider joining it. Backing 1t are
Walter MILESTONE and Walter Whet-
stone, jr., formerly identified with va
rious public utility interests, now said
to be extending their holdings in radio.
At present they have interests in, if
not control of, WMSG, WCDA and
WBNX, New York, and are said to have
an interest in a group of Texas and
Southwestern stations affiliated with
the Southwest Broadcasting Co.
Paul Green, former chief engineer of
the Columbia Broadcasting System, Is
connected with the project, which origi-
nally was designed to be transcript
ton network" and later Is reported to
have changed its plans to incorporate
the linking up of member stations by
wires. Just what stations are to be
linked Is not known, but 1t is under
stood the network is being formed to
stress the regional coverage of thickly
populated areas.
Evening star., 1932-10-30
ULTRA SHORT WAVE
FUTURE PROMISING
Canyons of New York Ex'
pIored to Determine Be-
havior of Tiny Factors.

NEW YORK, October 27-Ultra-
short waves may soon become an i'm
portant adjunct to broadcasting.
Already engineers are exploring the
manmade canyons of New York City in
an attempt to ascertain exactly how the
tiny waves behave when put to work
picking up special remote broadcasts
such as parades, golf tournaments and
the like.
To perform this task they have called
upon an especially equipped truck
crammed to the doors with radio gad-
gets of all sorts.
Among other things they discovered
that the short waves work just as ade-
uuately with the truck in motion as
when it is standing still. At the same
time they obtained what they called
studio quality
Selection of Waves.
The particular waves selected tol
these tests. which are being run under
the direction of George Milne, New York
division engineer of N. B. c., are in the
vicinity OF 4l2 and meters. Trans
mitting power may be either III or sc
watts, depending upon the distance tc
be covered They hope that a maxi
mum of from 10 to 90 miles will be
reached The call used is WIDXAN.
In the heart of New York's masSed
steel buildings they have had no trouble
/ in getting their mobile transmitter tc
put their voices where wanted. The re-
ceiving post used is atop the Empire
State Building, with the truck itself
weaving about the streets far below ano
often farther away than one would care
to walk on rainy day.
So successful have been the tests that
the engineers even were pleased when
their truck met with an accident and
came out with a crumpled rear fender
For the crunch of the buckling metal
was plainly heard several miles away al
the receiver, the truck mlcrophone hay
ing picked it up distinctly.
The engineers feel that they have at
last developed mobile apparatus which
permits them to rush equipment-they
now call their truck the fire wagon of
broadcast. set 1t up and be on the air
in short order. without depending upon
telephone lines or other apparatus.
Long Under Investigation.
They have long been investigating the
possibilities of such an arrangement,
having tried wave lengths higher up in
the scale.
The longer waves require a greater
outlay of equipment than the tiny
channels. particularly as to the antenna
The aerial for the short waves needs be
only short length of copper or brass
For the ultra ShCrt-waye transmltters
at least three call letters have been as
signed. including portable outfit which
can be taken outside the truck and
strapped to the back of rowing an
nouncer.
Tests with ultra waves also are under
way at c. B. s., where Harry Spears,
television engineer, has been delving
into their mysteries. The transmitter
used is a 50-watter, installed on the top
floor of the chains building, at the rear
of the television apparatus. The call let
ters are W2XAX, and the wave 6.s
meters.
Evening star., 1932-10-30
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

grade. Using network income
figures as an indeX-the only sta
tistics available in the industry
the indications are that broad
casting is slowly but surely emerg-
ing from the doldrums.
September, the latest month for
which network income figures are
available, showed an increase over
August, the lowest income month
in the last two years. N. B. c. and
G. B. S. combined during Septem-
Der had an income from time
sales Of S2490341, which COM
pares with $2,279,421 during Au-
gust, but which is still consider
ably below S2.74O,906 income of
September, 1881.
During September N. B. C. sold
$1,807,795 worth of time on its
several chains, compared with ST.
851 1926 during the same month
last year. c. B. S. in September
sold S682 $40 worth Of time, COM
pairing with S789,16 during the
same month last year.
These figures are still SubStan-
TALLY below the averages main
tanned during the first five
months of this year, which ran
nearly $4,O0OOOO per month for
the two network organizations
combined. For the first nine
months of 1882, the two networks,
thanks to the strong showing
made from January through
May, are still ahead of the same
period of the favorable year 1881.
During the first nine months
their combined incomes amount
ed to $29 992,685, which compares
with S25 ,435,7 during the same
period of 1881.
In 1881 the two networks
achieved a record income of $685.
791 ,999, a figure which will prob
ably be exceeded this year If Oc-
tober, November and December
continue, as indicated, to show
the upturn evidenced in Septem-
Der,
Evening star., 1932-10-30
MANY INVENTIONS
AWAITING MARKET
EIectronics Art Developing
New MarveIs to Spring on
World When Time Comes.

Awaiting only the return of normal
business conditions and a better mar
ket are 4 host Of new inventions, prod
ucts of the fast st-developing electronics
art. which itself grew out of the little
radio tube, according to o. H. Cald-
we'll. former Federal radio commissioner
and now editor of the technical period
ical Electronics.
The electric eye" as the electronic
ube has come to be known. will soon be
applied. he says. to Simplifying the
printing arts. to improving the incan-
descent lamp and to providing new
and hitherto undreamed-of musical in
strumentS.
New Printing Devices.
Applied to the printing arts. remark
able new photo electric devices are be-
ing perfected for automatic machine
setting Of type from typewriter copy,
making half-toneS by photo-electric
scanning without acids, controlling ac-
curate register and accurate trimming,
automatically stopping paper breaks.
counting sheets. matching ink and pa
per colOrs, measuring glare, detecting
press vibrations and sorting mail
This development, Mr.. Caldwell
points out. is not yet out Of the labora-
tory, but is certain to emerge in due
time. Already perfected and demon
Strated, however. are the applications of
the photO-electric cell to electric light
ing and musical instrument playing.
This little tube. heart Of modern radio,
can now utilize the oscillations of cleo
irons to give 6 TO 20 times as much
light for the same electricity as the IA
mlliar tungsten lamp.
Electric Music Ready.
Then there is a whole new industry,
now gaining momentum here and in
Euroue. around electrical musical in
struments that can produce tones Of
new depth. timber and sweetness from
electronic vibrations.
Great organs Of unsurpassed tonal
beauty" Mr. Caldwell asserts, ARE
now being installed, which have not a
single pipe or reed or stop-only radio
tubes and electric wires. Musical lead
ers like StOkowski are using these elec-
trical instruments in their own recitals
to supplement familiar musical instru-
mentS. Some of these new musical
marvels are played with a keyboard;
others by lingering spaces in the ether,
like so many invisible frets. BY oper-
ating switches, the same instrument
can be converted successfully to pro-
duce tones of an organ, violin. mando-
lin, French horn, flute or SaXophone."
Evening star., 1932-10-30

the places where car washing is done
in short order And was there trouble ?
Most women seem to sense the i'm
portance of regulating their speed in
accordance with the condition of the
brakes. But l wonder why they don't
carry this reasoning to its logical con-
conditions Without good treadS the
car should not be driven so fast on a
wet day.
Show me how car is driven and I
will tell you what kind of trouble the
owner will have with it."
Such is the boast of an experienced
owner who takes special delight in
demonstrating that car troubles are
largely driving troubles He knows a
woman who permits her three small
boys to take turns putting the car
away in the garage He noted that
they invariably started in second gear
and that because they did not reach
slipped the clutch. He predicted that
the car would suffer with chronic
clutch trouble. And he was right.
Its the steering that I find diff
cult" writes Mrs. E. K T. in an inter-
esting letter. Somehow l can't get the
feel of the car. My husband says that
can drive if only will do it, but that
1 have not the nerve. Can one be
taught that element? Perhaps hus-
bands teach the wrong Wayi"
1t think it was Ebert Hubbard who
said that we can learn to do most any
thing if We will take each step in turn
and master each successive detail.
Nf
ficiency. When this woman learns to
garage skillfully she will have nerve
enough to progress with the business Of
handling the care on the street
I should like to be able to help this
reader with her driving problems by
answering her specific questions. But
as this will have to be done by mail
should appreciate it if she would send
full name and address. I am counseling
thousands of motorists and in many
cases have been able to help them be-
come skillful drivers.
This same reader suggests: will you
please explain in your column some
time the principle of 'retarding the
spark? Just what does it do, and what
is the effect on the motor when the
oPeiA n 10 ACGeiAoCa! oAlOulA O1AC opal n Nc
retarded when climbing long hills?"
For simplicity picture your motor
with Just one cylinder. The piston
sucks in gas vapor and congresses it.
theoretically this vapor should be ig-
nited just as the piston reaches the
top of its compression stroke. As it
goes down again the burning gas ex-
pands and imparts power to the piston
But gas vapor takes g certain amount
CT time for burning, so in practice we
time the spark to start igniting the gas
before the piston reaches the top of its
compression stroke. The spark is thus
normally advanced. Retarding it means
that it is delayed until the piston is at
the top or near to the top, of its COM
preston stroke. When there is carbon
in the cylinders, or the gas isn't right
for the motor, it is necessary to retard
the spark on hill to prevent knocking
You thus get better performance by
using anti-knock gas since that per-
mits running with the spark more ad-
vanced
Evening star., 1932-10-30
ROAD-WIDENING PLAN
URGED BY AUTO CLUB
Maryland Motor Group Would Pre-
vent Diversion of Gaso-
line Taxes.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 29-Instead
of curtailing its expenditures for road
construction, as suggested by State
Senator David G. Mcintosh, Maryland
should "enter into a gigantic road
widening and improvement undertak-
ing in order to put Marylands roads
upon footing with those of our neigh
boring States" according to resolu-
ton passed by the Auto Club Of Mary
land.
The club takes issue with Senator
McIntosh's statement that diversion OF
some Of the money accruing from the
gasoline tax would. in conjunction with
other diversions and economies, reduce
the States tax rate IL cents.
THE Senator's proposal" the resolu-
ton declared, will not cut one penny
from the tax rate with which Mary
landers are faced. It merely takes
revenue from one source and transfers
it to another"
The club believes further that at
would create a bad precedent for
Maryland to pioneer in the act of set
ting up legal diversion of gasoline
taxes. To permit such action to be
taken would place the Free State in
the position of having created class
legislation to benefit many at the eX-
pense Of the motorists of Maryland"
Evening star., 1932-10-30
Milady's S Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

Do you mean you have driven that
car for three years and haven't had a
wreck or you have driven that wreck
for three years and haven't had a car?
It took her a good part of the after
noon and there was no bridge party
that night, but the woman who decided
to try changing all the tires on her
car did splendid job of it and no
longer wonders what she would do in
a pinch on the open road While max
ing the experiment she killed two birds
with one stone by putting the spares
on the front wheels and transferring
the front tires to the rear. It used to
be safe enough to put the rear tires
10 the front, but that was before the
days of high speed.
One Of my acquaintances changes
the tires of her car. but never botherS
to exert too much energy tightening up
;the lugs. She waits until she stops al
a filling station and then asks one of
the attendants to finish the job for her
That's not a bad idea. because run
ming with the 1ugs slightly loosened is
one way of letting the rim adjust itself
to the band of the wheel In fact, you
can stop a persistent rim squeak by
driving a few miles with the lugs
loosened little
This is the sad story of a woman
who was having a lot CT trouble start
ing the car. The difficulty was finally
diagnosed as a worn out battery, but
when the new battery had been in serv-
ice for few weeks the starting delays
came around again and it wasn't long
tbefore the new battery was going back
for recharge The mistake, of course
was in assuming that the starting
trouble was confined to the battery
Points, carburetor and spark plugs
should have been checked over at the
time the battery was replaced. It's an
easy mistake to make at this tine o!
year. I'm warning you.
It isn't unusual for the brakes to be
out Of equalization after you have had
new tires mounted. With the old tire
treadS worn to varying degrees trac-
1 ton may vary enough to compensate
I for braking inequality.
If your car is the older type with eX-
4 posed brakes, and you have not had it
L swashed for some time, be careful not
to trust the brakes too implicitly when
8 the car is fresh off the washstand. Wet
Z brakes slip. woman forgot this re-
2 Gently when driving away from one OF
Evening star., 1932-10-30
Cuban Set Tax Opposed.

Cuba's recently inaugurated system Of
radio set taxes is provoking consider
able antagonism throughout the coun-
try. according to reports from Havana
Where Cuba formerly followed the
American practice of levying no taxes
on radio listeners, it now claSsifies ra-
dioS as luXtIries and charges a receiver
tax of So to $l2 per annum, depending
upon the number of tubes
Evening star., 1932-10-30
Five Blind Men WAAM Feature,

A unique staff of artists at WAAM
Newark, includes five blind men, who
play various instruments and sing, and
a 99-year-old woman, who sings week
ly over the station. The woman, Mrs.
Sara Sutton, reputed to be the oldest
resident of the city, Is believed to be
the oldest regular radio performer on
the air She has rich contralto voice,
which IS heard Weshly over the station.
Evening star., 1932-10-30
Irish Have Big Station.

Described as "the most powerful
Enghsh-speaking station in the world" ="
Ireland's new bro2dcasting station at
Athlone, to be operated by the Irish
Free State along American lines, is
scheduled to go into operation about
the end of october. Early reports gave
its power as $4,000 watts with rated
capacity of 10000. It will operate
on Alb meters (about 725 kilocycles)
the channel now used by the station at
Dublin,
Evening star., 1932-10-30
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

Arthur B. Shanahan, formerly used
car sales manager at Donohoe Chevro-
let of this city, is now affiliated as gen.
eral sales manager with Loeffler Motor
Co.. 2l5 Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
Ford dealers Mr. Shanahan has for 10
years been successfully engaged in auto
mobile sales in Baltimore and Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1932-10-30
INSURANCE POLICY new
$500, 900 Protection Obtained fol
Business Conference Broadcast

An insurance policy rated at $500, 900,
declared to be the first Of its kind OBJ
tanned, has been issued to Walter p.
Chrysler to protect the broadcast Of
a radio business conference via the
Columbia System Tuesday afternoon.
The policy insures against breaks in
the land wires that connect the various
stations as well as against failure of
any part of the broadcast equipment.
Evening star., 1932-10-30
College Stations Sell Time.

Facing curtailed operating budgets,
many of the as colleges and universities
owning and operating their own radio
stations have begun selling time to help
defray expenses, according to DR.. C. NJ
koon. specialist in radio education OF
the Office of education.
Evening star., 1932-10-30
Another Visual Station Planned.

Another television applicant now
awaiting Federal Radio Commission
sanction is the Visual Radio Corp. of
Watsontown, Pa, which at first pro-
posed erecting a visual station on the
Atlantic City Steel Pier, but Is now
asking the commission to permit 1t to
conduct tests first from a station in
WatSontoWn.
Evening star., 1932-10-30

Wheh WINS the Uapa1 may De Rrouo % Is Reepg @ @ Rsfs st @ @
the local station has basis of
efficiency regular operations of the station presenting unusual
flying n Navy Department
moving smoothly The training work has
tremendously.
field of training that the important
developments have taken place VN6R the local Naval
Reserve Marine
Reserve aviation squadron which yesterday began flight training
only after completing the squadron organization
The Anaosta station has been developed provide additional
the shops facilities for the
this
completed within