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Center Of Learning

An educational and literary cen.
Ter from early times. Edinburgh,
Scotland. was already well launched
on its golden age OF learning when
the New Town was built at the end
Of the 18th century. Associated with
the city. among the gifted COM
pany that included Scott and Stew.
enson. are such notables as the
fiery l6th-century retormer, John
Knox; philosopher David Hume;
economist Adam Smith: biograph-
er Boswell; J. NJ. Barrie, novelist
and playwright; and Alexander
Graham Bell, inventor Of the tele-
phone. PreSent-day Edinburgh has
a population approaching the half
million mark.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

CTbb Is fbs last Of series Of ton,
articles on fbs coming OF q national
teieViJio1 SerPies.)
A small Cape Cod cottage which
sits atop a wooded hill on the out
skirts OF Bridgeport. Conn, is the
cradle Of a new electronic science
For two years. field tests on the
transmission Of television signals In
the upper regions Of the air waves
have conferred around the cottage,
Out OF these tests has come a new
system OF video transmission that
will soon have a very real impact
on the life OF residents Of Tazoo
City. Miss. and Thief River Falls,
Mimi. and Wolf Point, Mont.
In many ways. the cottage is q
symbol OF pioneering in the TWEEN
tieth century. Its plain white walls,
its austere design are a transplant
from early New England. The
knobby hill on which it rests bears
the appropriate Yankee title Of
Success Hill"
Center OF Interest
Despite its lack Of pretension, the
cottage has been a prime attrac'
ton in recent months for govern
ment leaders. for scores Of execu'
tives in the radio and television in,
dustry. for some OF the nations
outstanding electronic scientists,
engineers and technicians. Even
the Connecticut State Police have
been lured there for extra-curricu'
lar duties.
Since December 80, l949. the little
cottage on Success Hill has housed
the first and only Ultra-High Ere,
quency television station in the ma
ton which operates on a regular
daily basis. II has been the field
headquarters for the television in
dustry's march into the untapped
UHF band.
The station was built by the Ra,
do Corporation OF America and
the National BroadcaSting Com
pany as the eliminating move in
a long campaign to find sufficient
space in the air waves for a nation,
al televiSion service. A lofty $50,
foot UHF transmitting tower was
erected outside the cottage. The in.
terror was stocked with televiSion
transmitting equipment. Inside. il
looked much like any other station.
but its special tubes and circuits
we're designed for UHF rather than
VHF channels now standard for
video transmissionS.
Bridgeport was picked for the
field tests because the undulationS
" its terrain make line-of. sight tele.
vision transmission difficult. In ad.
dition, It lies in a fringe" tele.
vision area, picking up remote sig.
mails from New York and New
Haven.
Under these extreme test condi.
tons. the Bridgeport station, which
vas given the experimental deSig.
oation OF KC2XAK by the Federal
communications Commission, be-
m picking up the video signals OF
alton WHIT. the National Broad
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

casting Company's New York out
let which beams off the Empire
State antenna. These signals, In
turn, were rebroadcast via UHF tc
Bridgeport area.
To pick up this broadcast, engi
neers OF the RCA Victor Division
designed and built so UHF expert.
mental sets, and so tuners TO per,
NIT present set owners to receive
both UHF and Wifi telecasts.
The test equipment, together
with various experimental receiv.
ing antennnas. was installed in 10,
cal homes within a IS mile radius
Of Success Hill. In about half the
homes, there were no receivers and
service men installed both UHF and
WIFI antennas. This permitted com.
parison OF the pictures picked up
direct from New York and New
Haven with those beamed over the
Bridgeport experimental unit.
There were hundreds Of offers OF
voluntary cooperation from resi-
dents Of Bridgeport and its suburbs.
The homes selected for the tests
were carefully spotted TO obtain a
full area study. Engineers made
regular rounds OF the test homes
over a period Of months to analyze
the pictures and to compile recep.
ton ratings.
But even this was not enough for
a full picture. A station wagon was
equipped with precise measuring
equipment and receivers, and a
truck was fitted out with a COLLAPSE.
BILE antenna that could be quickly
elevated. The State Police came
into the picture here with escortinG
cars for the mobile unit.
Mokine Signal Potterns
Up and down parkways, high.
ways, country roads and lanes, the
unique electronic caravan rolled
along with police cars fore and aft.
Frequently it halted to make sig
nal patterns and traffic would de.
tour on police order.
Nearly all OF the television in.
dustry moved into Bridgeport on
the invitation OF RCA. Sixty-fo
manufacturers, in fact. descended
on the industrial town to use the
UHF signals. In hotel rooms,
homes, stores and display rooms
the technicianS Of the industry de.
signed and set up equipment that
would pick up the unwavering sig,
nal from Success Hill. They devel.
oped tuners to be attached to pres
ent sets: they perfected new an.
tennaS; they devised effective
equipment for combined UHF-VHF
reception.
Members Of the Federal Commu.
nications Commission. headed by
Chairman Wayne Coy. visited the
workshop. RCA engineers and tech
nicians maintained a steady flow
of information into the Commission
headquarters, and on the basis Of
this technical data the plan for q
national service began to take
shape. In August and September OF
1851. Mr.. Coy and more than a
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During the week that followed.
Don called three times, and each
time Louise refused his invitation.
Her happiness kneH No bounds. Yet
on the other hand. rumor had 1t
that he was frequently with beauti-
full Harriet Eaton; that the two of
them had staged some pretty wild
parties at the country club.
Somewhat discouraged, Louise
decided that the thing had gone
far enough. She had to know the
truth. And so when next he called
she agreed to cancel another tenta-
tive date and spend the evening
with him.
Don seemed jubilant and prom
ised TO call at BIS. At 7:45 he ap-
peared Louise fingered over her
dressing table for a long period,
at length descending to the porch
where he waited.
Don stared at her in silence. He
led her to his roadster and helped
her in. They drove out of town on
the Bartlett road. Louise looked up
questioningly when abruptly he
swung off the main highway onto
an old dirt road. They penetrated
into the woods, coming at length to
clearing, flooded now with silvery
moonlight. Don brought the road
ster to a stop, switched off the
lights and turned to face his COM
panion. He stared at her for a long
minute. At length he said: Louise,
you're beautiful. You've always
been beautiful. love you. Will you
marry me7"
A reply was not necessary. Don
was drawing her toward him. She
yielded. face upturned. And at last
she knew the delicious ecstasy of
his warm lips crushing against hers.
He held her for long minutes. At
length she drew away. Don's eyes
devoured her hungrily. He kissed
her again.
Darling, I'm mad about you,
It's been torture. knowing you were
with other men-when l loved you
So"
Suddenly Louise knew a sense Of
guilt It hadn't been fair the way
she had tricked him.
She turned and faced him square,
ly. prepared to confess. But before
she could bring herself to speak,
Don went on:
Louise, precious. have a con-
fession to make. must tell you.
It's the only fair that / do" He
paused. Louise, I've loved you
ever since we were kids together.
IL was afraid you'd never love
me, and / wanted you to so much.
tried TO make you think that was
interested in other girls. l played
around lot. gave the impression
that was wild. IL hoped that it
would open your eyes; that it would
make you jealous, make you love
me. Yesterday decided to tell
you, decided I'd have a showdown.
l couldn't go on. just had to know.
Canyon ever forgive me?"
Louise laid her head on his shout.
der and sighed deeply. She looked
up at the moon and knew a great
feeling Of happiness. Yes, Don"
she said softly. "Yes-kiss me.
! darling"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

THE weekly newspaper editor,
unlike his city brethren. has
time to pause now and then in the
daily grind and to make a few
editorial comments on nature and
the simple beauty Of his home terri
tory. This urge often becomes ir-
resistible in spring. II is another
reason why the weekly newspaper
continues to hold its place in a
world where speed is the first re-
quirement Of success.
As an example, the editor Of The
Chlckasha Star. Chickasha, Okla,
recently wrote an editorial en-
titled, only Man Is Vile. Here
are q few excerpts from It:
IF you are tired Of hearing SEN
ator Kerr vilify the Republicans,
weary OF the Republicans bounding
President Truman, want to forget
that brides now shoot their hus-
bands before breakfast. take a day
off. get in your car, turn off the
radio. and drive carefully from the
Red River to the Kansas line, and
you will see the most beautiful pic
ture that nature ever painted any
where, anytime. in any state.
Down on the Red River, the
peach trees are in full bloom and
the first blush of spring is on the
red buds. On the Waurika hills the
Herefords are beginning to find
some green sprigS Of grass
They are planting corn down
the Red River now and soon the
corn planters will be running from
Muskogee to Hollis
AT Texhoma last week the crap
pies began to move out near the
banks to get ready to raise more
little crappies -.
Already the channel cats and
the red cared perch are anxious to
feast on the first red worms Of
spring time. AS the Gulf clouds
move north and the spring winds
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

THIS BUSINESS of being a pal
L isn't all that it's cracked up to
be. Louise MarShal's affair with
Don Baxter was like that. They had
been kids together. They had grown
up in the same back yard, so to
speak. They had attended the same
schools and gone to the same
church.
II just naturally developed. there
fore, that Don. who was LouiSe's
senior by 16 months. came to look
upon her as a kid sister whom he
should protect with brotherly in
Stinct, and who was always avail
able to fill in on dates when needed
Louise accepted the situation with
meekneSs because she cherished
every moment she could have with
her big, blue-eyed, blond pal" She
concealed her hurts nobly when
ever Don told her about taking
Rose Carter to a country club
dance, or when he mentioned he'd
kept a canoe date with Bertha
Young.
Not that Louise didn't have ad-
mirers Of her own. But none could
provide the thrill equal to that Of
being with Don.
1t was about a month after her
2lSt birthday that Louise called a
meeting with her inner thoughts
and faced the situation squarely.
Something had to be done about
Don Baxter. She couldn't go on
this way. Her love for him had be-
come SO great as to make life al
most unbearable.
Abruptly she decided on a drastic
move. She'd tell him about her af-
fairs with other men. Shed manu-
facture a mystic love and hint at
daring escapades. She'd refuse
Don's invitations on the pretext Of
keeping a rendezvous with her
imaginative sutton. This. if any
thing, she told herself, would stir
TO life any dormant and sentimental
emotion that Don Baxter held for
her.
And so when. on the day follow
ing. Don asked her to accompany
him to a dance that evening, Louise
refused sweetly, vaguely limiting at
another date. Don was silent for a
moment, and then abruptly he
said goodbye and hung up.
Louise was miserable. She went
out that night to a movie, by her
self. The next two days were spent
in solitude and despair. On the third
day Don Unexpectedly appeared,
armed with tennis racketS. He won
dered II Louise would care to Join
him in a couple Of sets.
Louise, her heart pounding Wild
ly. shook her head. and the smile
vanished from Don's face. II
seemed to Louise as she watched
him drive away. that her last de-
spairing hope was going with him.
Somehow she struggled through
the afternoon and the night that
followed. The next morning Don
called again. He wanted her to
drive with him that afternoon and
have dinner at coy inn he knew
IN the country. II took every ounce
OF will power she could summon to
refuse. Somehow it didn't seem
real. Her plan was actually work.
ing.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

TN ITS CONSIDERATION Of the
i universal military training pro-
gram, the house appeared to be
going IN circles" Sitting as n
committee Of the whole, the house
accepted amendment after amend.
ment, voted against killing the bill
by striking out the enacting clause,
finally accepted as an amendment
an entirely new bill offered by Con-
gresham Charles b. Brownson Of
Indiana.
Vote to substitute the Brownson
plan for the original bill was $50
to las. The Brownson substitute
would have permitted a trainee TO
discharge his UNIT duties through
two years Of RoTc-type training
in high school, for five hours q
week, and one six-weeks summer
training program under one Of the
armed services. Immediately after
the house voted to accept the
Brownson substitute bill, II con-
vened into regular session and on
. vote to confirm or reject action
Of the committee Of the whole. re-
versed its action OF a few minutes
before and rejected the Brownson
plan by a vote Of l55 to 235.
Then Congressman Dewey Short
Of Missouri moved to send the origi-
nal bill back to committee and his
motion carried 236 to 1872 on roll
call vote.
President Truman's hope for SIS
billion for foreign aid for NATO
faced rough shedding, although he
declared mo other policy could
hope to produce so economically"
He pointed out that the policy OF
retreating TO the western hemi.
sphere held out by some Of his Re-
publican opponents. has monetary
seductiveness but would be a man.
date for national suicide" Said
Mr.. Truman: I'VE cannot achieve
lasting security except In as.
ISOLATION with other nations; the
us. contribution is essential; the
funds thus invested by the United
States will yield far larger returns
In terms Of our own security than
II the same amount we're used for
our own defense establishment; the
cost Of the security program Is well
within our economic capacity"
Among those speaking out against
the Presidents program we're Sen
ators Bridges, New Hampshire;
James p. KEN. Missouri. and VIII
liam Jenner. Indiana.
Technically the striking railroad
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28
Getting Woodwork Ready

Before repainting interior wood.
work. properly prepare the surface
10 be coated-tn order 10 insure the
best results. Wash all glossy sur
faces with q mild alkah, such as
sal soda. trisodium phosphate. or
sodium silicate. and rinse thorough.
". Scrape off any loose or blist-
cred paint, then fill all cracks or
minor surface irregularities with
putty or a spackling compound.
Next, prime all bare wood and,
when 1t is dry. sandpaper the edges
where the primer Joins the old
coating. Also sand the spots where
filler was applied.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28
ImproYed Mash

Palatability Of dry mash can be
increased In hot weather by moist.
ening It with skim milk or water to
crumbly state. The wet mash
usually Is fed once daily early in
the afternoon. An amount the birds
viii clean W In % minutes II rec.
commended.
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'Tain't Fair

Comments the editor Of the Pick
ems County Herald, Carrollton, Ala:
See where Hedy Lamar Is 60
ing 10 divorce her fourth husband.
Looks like some folks have all the
good luck. An old maid riding on
the train overheard a conversation
between two other women, one In
deep mourning, who said, Tn on
my way to California to cremate
my fourth husband The old maid
broke down in tears. and when the
conductor came by, he observed
her tears, and inquired the cause.
She said, Here I am 40 years old
and have never had a husband, and
there sits a woman with husbands
to burnt II lust amt fair"
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blow, the crappie, bass. and perch.
in Canton. Overholser, Greenleai
and Grand will feel the urge o.
spring :.
soon all fbs bills and rSIs' OF
OklSbo1IS wiH be SblaES nth red
buds and Opsr on tbs COOkIo|
bis tbs dogWOOds WiH 500" BE-
deeksd pitb Wbite tbSt comes St
Easter time. Truly 80 OkLab0"SS
all nature is sIEHs and "oItJ "sS~
IS piLs."
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Lie Is Real

An observation on life worthy OF
reprinting appeared last week In
The Nance County Journal, Fuller
ton. Neb. It read:
"Lits WoHIG BE- q LILLE SSsisr
u foLkJ diGBt spend 50 much
money for things tbsJ don't S"sd
to impress people tbsy d0"f
Ike"
Many a fashion-conscious home
town housewife will call this OBJ
servation Impractical.
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Technically the striking railroad
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-04-10

No y you don't have to spend penny = nothing
to buy box tops to riddles to solve It's just
one of the many awards we offering to persuade
you to visit Chardon We know you will like stores
and like values and we prepared to prove
values can't be beat
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-04-10

The Sink Center (nade by General Electrc) sells
for thousand dollars 1t is only of the many vau-
able prizes plan to award. Naturally, only per-
son can win the sink center Git might be yoW but
erybody can profit by the outstanding values
offering in every store in town.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-04-10
FREE
During OurSpringJ JubileeFromApril1 17toMay24

Look through the ads in next weeks newspaper
for an idea of the values offer Every merchant in
Chardon supply you with Spring Jubilee coupons
Ask for them every time you visit
Evening star., 1952-10-17

tralists. They are to sigh with
mock grief over Europe's enlist
ment in an alien American
cause. They are to sob with false
sorrow over each nations fam
cied surrender of sovereignty to
international agencies. In Ger
many, they are to denounce the
Schuman Plan as a wicked
Franco-American scheme to en-
slave Germany economically.
In France. they are to denounce
the Schuman Plan as a cynical
German-American plot to make
frances ancient foe again mas
ter of Europe. Everywhere and
on every issue-from ALLEGATION
OF coal to appointment of NATO
ofhcers-the poison of interna-
tional hate is to be sold, under
the innocent label of patriotism,
to the gullible, to the weary and
to the enviouS.
We might see in all this a kind
OF change in tempo in the cold
war-even the beginning of
kind OF cold peace. But what
ever language we use to describe
this Soviet formula for action,
We could-I think-make few
blunders SO serious as to doubt
its menace to the free worlds
unity.
Evening star., 1952-10-17
Need to Know Plot
His Brain Forms

We all know that this devious
way of life was not so devas-
tatingly new as Lenin may have
thought. We were warned about
it a long time ago. In the
words of the Old Testament:
"The words of his mouth were
smoother than butter, but war
was in his heart"
This knowledge brings our
problem into clear focus. We are
not beguiled by the words in
our enemy's mouth. But we
need to know more than the
cold fact that war is in his heart.
Our problem is: What is the
plot that is forming in his
brain?
To answer this question in
telligently, we must first call
to mind some of the historical
facts that have weight and
meaning to the men shaping
Soviet policy today.
The last 200 years tell one
simple, sensational story about
Russia's relationship to Europe.
Through all this time one OF
the commonest ways of measur-
ing Russia's pressure upon the
continent has been in terms OF
the distance of the Russian
frontier from Europe's center
at Berlin. In 1850. that from
tier was 1900 miles from
Berlin. In 1900 the distance
Evening star., 1952-10-17

Jordan, Lebanon, Indonesia,
Libya. Abyssinia, and the Philip
pines. In total, these lands
embrace some $50 million peo-
pie, inhabiting millions Of
square miles across three conti-
nentS.
To the timorous among us,
these may seem only danger
spots for Communist attack
young and vulnerable nations,
at once susceptible to intrigue
and defenseless to attack. But
to those of us Of Stouter faith,
these are not so much areas of
danger as areas of hope. These
new lands challenge us to prove
again that the faith we hold is
never weary but it is even new.
These new landS-unburdened
by weighty dreams Of vanished
glories-can face the future
with the zeal of youth. They
should be in the vanguard of
freedoms forces. They should
be the ones-from Israel to
India. from Syria to Indonesia
whom we should be quickest to
help. For they should be the
quickest to share our faith in
freedoms future - in the
brotherhood of men under the
fatherhood Of God.
This, then, Is the faith that
can heal those sick with doubt,
comfort, those afflicted with
Evening star., 1952-10-17

danger. It is indeed strange
that a government-So loudly
shouting that the free world is
going to be destroyed by harsh,
inescapable economic laws-it-
self ignores the ancient historic
law that no economy is so ex-
ploSive as a slave economy.
There is the contradiction" of
nationalism itself-a risky
weapon to be welded by a gov
ernment whose own empire pre-
sumes the denial of national
identity and freedom. And there
is this most curious of all "con-
tradictionS"-the fact that
Soviet policy constantly be-
comes frightened by demons Of
its own invention.
These, then, are a few reasons
why the free peoples-despite
the formidable size and might
of the Soviet Empire-can face
any new Soviet tactics without
panic. with steady poise and
clear purpose.
We can successfully meet
those tactics-I believe-only by
dedicating to two ideals. They
are: Unity and faith. Upon
our understanding of these two
ideals. and our fidelity to them,
depends. in truth, the fate Of
freedom.
Unity is no simple precept. It
is complex and exacting prin-
ciple. It is the subject more
often of fervent talk than of
faithful practice.
Evening star., 1952-10-17

was but $50 miles; in 1915, only
200 miles. Now, innumerable
border changes later, the Rus
sian frontier has moved west
ward until it includes Berlin
within its limits. Thus, under
Communist impulse, the odd
Russian vision of an empire
spanning two continents-"from
Aachen to Vladivostok"- has
come closer to fact than to
fantasy.
The last SO years have wit
messed one of history'S great
revolutions in power relations
among the nations. This revolu-
tion has ended the great and
old predominance of Europe.
Two nations outside Europe's
traditional boundaries have
scared in wealth, in might, and
in prestige.
This particular revolution has
dictated two lessons to the world
conspiracy that has its head
quarters in Moscow. First: It's
mortal enemy is America. rather
than Europe. Second: Europe's
relative loss in might and inf1u-
ence has afflicted European ma
tions with anxieties, longing and
fears that can be ruthlessly
agitated and cleverly mobilized
by the Communists against
America.