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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

anthem 02RO) the Internationale
(RNE, RW59 and the Nazi hymn
from the German stations.
When you hear the familiar air
of america" it may turn out that
you're listening to the English an
them, God Save the King" for
the music is identical.
HJ3ABF at Bogota, Colombia, is
easy to remember i. a bugle call.
So is the auto horn type of sigma
ture used by Bandoeng (PMC or
PLF9. And if you hear a bird
cry, it's probably the kookaburra
('laughing jackass" to you and you
and YOU'D from VK2NE at Sidney,
Australia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

familiar or because of that short
period of fading just when the an
nouncer is about to give the sta
ton letters, then you can learn to
know item by their dings and
dongs
Most of the foreign short-wave
stations have adopted identifying
signals.
When you hear the steady tick
tick-tick of a meteronome, you'll
know you have chr at Rabat,
happens to be PHI at Huizen, Hol-
land, which also uses the metro
nome.
Chimes From England
But be careful not to confuse the
two of them with the steady tick
ing of the clock which is the back
ground of speeches from HVJ at
Vatican City, Italy.
The familiar chimes of Big Ben
come from Daventry, England E.
but very similar signal, though
not so loud, comes from FYA at
Paris. Chimes are also used by
station HCJB at Quito, Ecuador, for
a two-tone signal to punctuate an
nouncements. PSK at Brazil plays
chimes when signing off. VK3ME
at Melbourne, Australia, opens its
program with chimes.
If you hear gong just before an
announcement, the chances are that
you have YV5BMO at Maracaibo,
Venezuela Four strokes on the
gong may mean either VE9HX or
else CJRX, which is in Winnipeg.
There's a difference in bells, as
you'll learn by comparing those of
the Kremlin broadcast at the be-
ginning and end of each program
from RNF, Moscow and those of
Saint Peters from Vatican City.
The Danish station OXY plays a
tune on a music box before signing
off, but don't confuse the signals
with those of the German stations
DJA and DUE, which also use a mu-
sic box to play an old German folk
song.
National Anthems
National anthems you'll hear over
your short-WSve set include the
"Marseillaise~ QXAl, the Fascist
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
Wide Variety of New Models
Is Offered in 1885 Radio Sets

has been accomplished is the mis-
sion of radio progress exposition.
The progress exposition thus be-
comes a dynamic illustration of how
the radio engineers have succeeded
in building globe girdling instru-
ment requiring no special technical
skill or knowledge, which one can
install in ones home with the same
convenience and ease as the stand
ard broadcast all-electric set was in
stalled.
The all-wave radio is considered
by the industry to be the greatest
single advance in the march of "a
dio progress since the introduction
of the first all-electric sets.
Without the all-wave features
radios become obsolete.
A new era has dawned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
On the Dial

The appearance of the term
megacycle on your all-wave or
dual-wave radio dial need lead
to no confusion. 1t is another
unit of radio tuning and simply
means 1000 kilocycles.
Kilocycles, another unit of
radio frequency, also appears
on the new dials. Divide the
number of meters into 100000
and you have the kilocycles
or reverse the process and you
have the number of meters
from kilocycles.
Station hstings will give
wave lengths in meters or
megacycles, and sometimes
both, or in kilocycles. Dials
are elaborated to make it easy
to tune in.
Kilocycles SEINE to be used
most frequently now for stand
ard broadcast and megacycles
for the short-wave stations, on
the new radios.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
Later Models Less Costly Than Old Type
Grid Thrills

The radio, this football sea-
son. is going to take gridiron
fans to a place where few of
them have ever ben before
into the locker room to hear
what coaches tell their players
between halves.
This new thrill for dialers
is reported out of Cleveland,
where is has been announced
that Grant Ward of Columbus
and Tom Manning of the for
mer city will give play-by-
play broadcasts of Ohio State
games this fall over WTAM,
WLW and WOSU. Red Barger
of WLW is to assist the other
announcerS.
Standard Oil of Ohio is spon-
Soring the program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
Short Wave Is
Just Part of
All-Wave Sets
NelU Term Should Be
Taken Literally.

Short-Wave receiving sets capable
of receiving broadcasts from sta
tons in foreign lands thousands of
miles away are but parts of the new
1885 all-wave radio.
The new 1925 all-wave set is
everything that the new descriptive
term implies.
1t is able to get the standard
broadcasts over long wave, which
you have been getting for years now
over your old sets, with a new fldel-
ity of tone, clarity of reception and
ease of control.
But in addition it is able to reach
across the seas and get you world
wide broadcasts of entertainment
and news. 1t is able to pick up for
you the police signals which are
sent out on waves far shorter than
standard broadcast, and which your
old set could not capture.
1t enables you to listen in on
messages between airplaneS trav-
cling in the air and their control
stations, their weather information
for f1iers.
And it enables you to listen to the
fascinating conversations between
amateur radiophone operators who
are the experimenters in the realm
of radio.
All-wave radio, made available
for the living room of your home.
truly extends the domain of the
dialer far beyond his fondest
dreams of past years.
Already it has brought a revival
of the fascinating period during ra-
dio development when a man in
Ohio boosted of having been able to
hear a Florida station and had a
right to boast.
All-wave is giving the man who
goes fishing in the air an oppor-
tunity to boast of having heard
Australia from that same living
room in Ohio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
Steamships Haze
Short WdUe Lanes

Many ocean-going vessels now
are equipped for radio as well as
wireless communication with the
countries between which they travel.
The frequency bands on which they
work are, in meters, as follows:
1886 to 1927: $3.50 to 24.S0; 1898
to 1858 and 6787 to 1917.
Call letters for some of the Brit
iSh ships are GBZW, Berengaria;
GFWV, Majestic, and GLSQ. Olym-
pic. Call letters for some German
ships include: DDAS. Bremen:
DDDT. Deutschland, and DAAC,
Bremen. The American ship Levia-
than'S call is WNBN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
Women Announce
Italian Programs

Italian short wave stations may
be readily recognized by the fact
that they employ women an
nouncers. They use Italian almost
exclusively, seldom broadcasting in
any other tongue.
Breakfasts from 12RO at Rome
usually offer some brilliant music,
which is in keeping with the Italian
love of opera. You'll find them
around 1181 megacycles, on the dial
Of your au-WaYe set.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

had to solve was the development
of a radio of sufficient sensitivity
to capture and interpret the short
waves without destroying the ability
of the set to bring in tonal quail
ity and range in the standard broad
cast band.
To illustrate how successfully this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
More Value
Given With
Newest Sets
AU-WdUe Cost Less
Than Standard
in Past.

One of the outstanding achieve
ments of the radio industry this
season is the economy with which
makers have worked in producing
and putting on the market the new
sets for 1895.
Despite the vast progress that
has been made in the improvement
of reception, widening the domain
Of the dialer, and enhancing the
tone quality, prices compare favor
ably with those quoted last year
and are far and away below the fig
ures that used to be quoted for good
sets.
In the early days of broadcasting
1t was necessary to spend between
5000 and $500 to get a set capable
of earphone reception.
With the advent of the all-elec-
trio receiver, which eliminated the
need for batteries, the average con-
sol model sold for about 5000 and
more pretentious sets were priced as
high as 1900.
Greater Dollar Value
Study of prices being quoted to-
day indicates a tremendous surge in
the dollar value the radio buyer is
getting
The development of the all-wave
set does not seem to have had any
marked influence on price.
For the all-wave set. which is
capable of lobe-girdling reception,
can be had in a handsome console
model for around 500, and in some
cases less.
Present-day radios of the console
type incorporating all of the mod
ern improvements which make for
better tone quality, greater selec-
tivity. and which are more beauti-
full pieces of furniture, capable of
greatly outperfOrming the older
sets which sold for as high as 81 500,
can be had this season for as low
as $50 in standard broadcast mod
els.
Many manufacturers, in order to
make some, if not all, of the short
wave bands available to the mar
ket at the lowest possible cost to
the radio fan, are exhibiting sets
which retail for much less than the
all-wave instruments but which
have part of the all-wave ability.
Wide Model Range
Many tabletop types are in this
general range.
The full lines of most of the
manufacturers whose local repre-
sentatives are participating in the
radio progress exposition, offer a
wide range of models among which
one at least may be found to fit
every purse.
The radio-phonograph combina-
ton, survey of the lines shows, is
staging a comeback this year, prob
ably because of the fact that the
manufacturers have been able to
produce an instrument for the re-
production of music of almost any
conceivable kind, at more reason
able cost than ever before in the
history of the industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
National Anthems

National anthems you'll hear over
your short-W5ve set include the
''Marseillaise< VXAl, the Fascist
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
STYLE BY RADIO

Fashion shows are using the radio
to spread the gospel of feminine
style around the nation A New
York store recently organized a style
show which was produced stimuli
taneously in other cities throughout
the nation. Through radio the pres
entation of the style shows were
synchronized simultaneously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
New Cabinet
Style Trend
Is Modern
Vertical Lines Noted
But Designers Use
Restraint.

Progress in the design of cabinets
to house the greatly improved 1885
radio receivers is as marked in its
direction toward new beauty as is
the improvement in the ability of
the radios as broadcast receivers.
There is definite indication that
cabinet and console designers were
influenced by the modern trend to-
ward vertical lines when they de-
signed the new sets.
Yet the temptation which is al
ways before the modernist to go
radical was definitely resisted in
the case of the new radios.
The result is that a handsomely
balanced piece of furniture that
will blend beautifully into almost
any American living room has been
produced.
COlOred DiaIs
The tombstone type of console has
been forever, it is hoped, done away
with, and in its place now there is
a cabinet of handsome proportions
gracefully nodded in many in
stances by rounded edges and
curves.
Most lines are showing a wide va
riety of cabinet styles in the new
manner, ranging in price from as
low as $40 for standard broadcast
on up.
The worldwide receptivity of the
all-wave sets has had little effect
on the design of cabinets in so far
as their outward appearance is con-
cerned, except to contribute hand
somer dials now done in the air
plane style, and give the designers
an opportunity to count upon COL
ored dial surfaces and in one or two
instances colored lights to help vary
the appearance of the face of the
radio.
Treatment of the speaker grilles
is new in most instances, and there
again the designers have had an
opportunity to express new trends
taStefully.
Matched woods, recessed details,
huted legs in some instances, and
graceful molding, all having been
employed in varying degrees by the
different cabinet designers to en-
nance the appearance of the new
models.
Striped Effects
Thanking pilasters and striped eff
fects are for the most part the
principles of design used in inter
preting the modern trend.
A glance at the new models in
dicateS quickly that the cabinets of
yesterday are as obsolete as are the
chassis in the old machines, when
compared with the new.
The improvement in design has
been effected not only in the con-
sole type of instrument but in the
popular table models as well.
The utility of these easily moved
table models has served to keep
them in the front rank of radios.
The all-wavee receiver, though it is
in fact two radio sets in one, has
been so cleverly designed that it can
easily be put into table model.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
CHINESE STATIONS

Consistent reception from Chinese
stations is something American dial
ers need not expect. Peculiar at
mosphereic conditions and the skip
distance factor in short-Waye radio,
nay make it difficult.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

Rudy Valee is reported to be re-
ceiving pats on the back for hav-
ing turned down an invitation to
make a personal appearance tour
this year in the United States and
Europe, to remain with his original
sponsor. 1t means letting go of
plenty jack.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
RADIO IN GLOBE

In England radio receivers de-
signed in the shape of a globe to
represent the world and on which
a map of the world is the outside
decoration, have been put on the
market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
Ding Dongs and Cuckoos May
Mean Foreign Stations Alloy!
It's Riddle of Radio That AU-WdUe Dial
irsg Has in Store for You.

a the station
of CT1AA Lisbon, Portugal
that's the radio riddles that dialng has
for Mr. and Mrs If haven't been able to
either
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-15

ner Bros. State theater as part of a double feature. The other pie ture is "Fashion Follies of 1934." featuring Bette Davis and William Powell.
 Miss Grey was a resident of Wa terbury at the time of her gradua- ton from Wilby high school. She played small parts in stock com pany productions in Waterbury and later graduated to big time around New York. Miss Grey's acting abil- ity is gradually heading her to- ward stardom. She is given some fine opportunities to display her talent in the Bombay Mail"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-15
MAKING BETTER PRICES
Increased From 49 Per- cent Last February to
 Fl Percent in 1884

Ithaca N. r., Feb 15.--(UP)- Prices paid to farmers for all classes of products rose from an index figure of 49, last February, to Fl in January this year, Prof George F. Warren, monetary ad- wiser to President Roosevelt, said today.
 In the principal address at Cor nell university's annual Farm and Home Week." the professor, center of conflict between support CTS and antagonists of the presi- dents gold program, emphasized the relationship between the price of metal and the price of commod- ities.
 His address was delivered in the presence of Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gov Herbert H. Lehman. and more than 5000 visitors. Mrs Roosevelt was in Ithaca to deliver the feature address at ceremonies .dedicating Martha Van Rensselaer, hall, new home of the New York State College of Home Economies.
 Warren stressed the importance of the relation of the price of gold to the price of different farm prod ucts.
 "Our price for gold for Decem- Der 1 would have been expected to raise the price of cotton 57 per cent" he said. Actually the prices paid to cotton growers were up 65 per cent"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-15

Forty awards consisting of blue, red, yellow and white ribbons went to thirty-five exhibitors this week for their noteworthy displays at the $1O,O0O,0O0 National Stamp Elk hibition, at Rockefeller Center. The show will continue until February IS.
 These awards marked the second day of judging among the 40 ex- hibits, entered by 262 exhibitors from all parts of the country. The judges, headed by Alfred F. Licht- enstein, of New York city, will con- tinue their prize e-awarding decisions throughout the week. So far, award ribbons have been affixed to seven ty-seven exhibits. A grand prize for the exhibit judged the best in the show, will be announced Feb ruary IS. Thirty medals in gold, silver and bronze will also be awarded at the close of the show for Outstanding section exhibits.
 Following is list of the awards made in the second section of the displays, featuring stamps of the British Empire: Group 6 (winners) F. W. Grant, of Cleveland, O., blue ribbon, South West Africa; (open) Robert c. Munroe. of Springfieldl Mass, blue ribbon, St Helena; stephen G. Rich, of Verona, N. J., red ribbon, Transvaal; Mrs Henry A. Diamant, of New York city, yell low ribbon, Cape of Good Hope; stephen G. Rich, of Verona, N. J., white ribbon, South Africa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-15
MACHINE SKlDDED :. ON CHESHIRE ROAD
Three Occupants Hurt When Car Rolled Down
 Steep Grade

An automobile operated by Jo- seph Zickus, 22, of 10 Edward street was involved in an accident early today on the Cheshire Wa terbury highway. The machine ap- parently skidded on the road, lett the highway and went down an embankmentt near what is known as "The Notch" and after. turning over twice came to a standstill' resting on its side. The mishap oc- cured within a hundred yards of two residences and immediate help was summoned. Three of the in- jured occupants were treated by pr Moore of Cheshire and brought to Waterbury and taken to St. Mary S hospital.
 Zickus suffered painful lacera- lions of the scalp and neck.
 Miss Agnes Dvaris, 21, of AZ Al der street sustained decorations about the face and head.
 Miss Stephanie Petraitis, 20. of 235 Alder street was discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment for numerous bruises. She complained of pains in her chest and X-rays have been taken to determine whether or not she suffered any fractures.
 The accident is being investigated by the Cheshire, authorities. It oc- cured about 2:30 o'clock this morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-15
200 Waterbury CWA Employees to Be Laid Off Weekly
LENTEN SERIESAT
 ST MARCARET'S
Ash Wednesday Observed With DevOtiOns in All
 Catholic Churches

Special devotions were held in the Catholic churches throughout the city last night in observance of Ash Wednesday, the opening of the Lenten season. Ashes were distrib- uted and in many of the churches sermons were delivered applicable to the season.
 At St. Margaret's church, Rev. Francis A. O'Brien, missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, open- ed a series of sermons which will be continued each Tuesday of Lent concluding March 27. Last nights sermon was titled "Just For My self, and in the course of his talk Father O'Brien outlined the Lem ten duties, saying that the season of Lent should be. entered upon with hope.
 The series of sermons for the rest of the season is as follows:-
 Tuesday, February 20, Striking the Spark; Tuesday, March 6, "The Hearth; Tuesday, March, 1S, Dying Embers"; Tuesday, March 20, "The Source of Strength"; and Tuesday, March 27, "All For Me-. Tuesday night devotions begin at 7:45, and morning mass during Lent is at 7:3O. Stations of the cross will be held at St. Margaret's every Friday night at 7:45. All the other Catholic churches in the city held services last night, which were largely attended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-15
NEW SWEET CORN
 REACH NEW HIGHS
Hybrid, es Put on Market to Better
 Production

New Haven. February 15- A new kind of, sweet corn - one that produces more and larger ears, cessfully resists corn's sly and that natures earlier and that sue deadly enemy, bacterial wilt - IS always a matter of great import to growers. Several new hybrid crosses have been put on the mar ket this year which promise to set new highs in sweet corn produc- tion.
 Golden Cross Bantam has been thoroughly tested by the Connec- ticut Agricultural Experiment Sta tion in New Haven, in preliminary trials by approximately 250 grow CTS. as we'll a son it's own farms at Mount Carmel and Windsor. lt sets 0 new standard in quality productiveness and resistance to bacterial wilt. Golden Cross Ban tam is now listed in almost every seed catalog and is suitable for home gardens and fo rthe market. This cross was originated by pr Glenn smith of the U. s. Depart ment of Agriculture and the Indi- ana Agricultural Experiment Sta ton, using the method Of crossing inbred strains developed by the Connecticut Station some years ago. of Connecticut Station has devel- oped two different hybrids of Whipple corn, Whipple Cross ana Ton Crossed Whipple, which hipen earlier than Golden Bantam, nave larger ears and are equally resist ant to bacterial wilt. However. only a limited supply of seed ol these new crosses is available tnis year-from the Comstock-Ferre Seed Company, Wethersfield, E, S. Platt Seed Company. New Haven and F. H. Woodruff and Sons. M.i- ford.
 These two crosses have also stood preliminary trials on the Station farms and in the fields of many growers, and in the majority o1 the trials have had outstanding success. The fact that these new early strains have shown a high degree of immunity to Stewards bacterial wilt, the disease that has ruined many corn crops in Con- nectfcut in the last two years greatly enhances their value to growers.
 Haven is continuing its experi- ments with hybrid crosses of sweet corn and hopes to~deveiop other good early strains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-15
Local Office Given Ten Weeks In Which
 To Slash Personnel
Awaits Orders to Begin Pruning Federal Census Work Here to Be Effected

rate of 10 per cent. weekly. This would give the Waterbury office 10 weeks in which to make it's slashes. Proportionate cuts, at the rate of 10 per cent. weekly, will have to be made throughout the state and the country as a whole under Ad- ministrator Hopkins order. Mir Harris was awaiting definite orders so as to find out when the slashing will have to begin.
 Daniel F. Bowes, local supervisor of the federal census, stated at noon today that he had received no defi- mite orders from Washington, D. C.. to close up the Waterbury census office. The order of Administrator Hopkins also calls for the entire dropping of federal census work.
 If the local office must be closed it will mean the throwing of about 100 CWA employees out of work. There are two censuses being con- ducted here, one directed by MT Bowes, covering real estate condi- tions, possibilities of slum clear ance, mortgages and tax conditions. The other is under the direction of pr Royal Meeker of New Haven, covering business conditions, pay of employees. distance from work, methods of travel and so forth.
 Just what effect the Hopkins or- der will have on the proposed state traffic survey by ex-servicemen, is another question being discussed here today.
 Today Mrs Henry Hayden enter ed upon her last day as a member of the state-federal reen ploymert service. She is to be replaced by a college graduate in accordance with federal regulation, which was reported about two months ago in, the Democrat.
 Arthur Maloney. manager of the local state federal unemployment office, stated at noon today that he had received no, orders concerning his status. However, it Is likely that he. not being college graduate, will be denoted to 8 subordinate office and his post of manager, giv- en to a college graduate, so aA to conform with the federal regula- tionS.