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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28
TELEYIsIoN DISCOVERS MAIN STREET
New EIectronic Science Born in Cottage

hundred engineers from TV sta.
tons throughout America attended
demonstrations Of the latest UHF
equipment, They saw a clear. flick.
erless picture brought In by q va
riety Of tuners.
Al last UHF was ready. Mr.. Coy
spoke Of 5000 televlsion stations In
America soon" with two-thlrds 70
three-quarters In the UHF band.
II am sold on UHF," the FEC
chairman declared. and the In
dustry echoed his words.
Service 10 M0nkind
This demonstration marked the
elimination OF q long scientific
journey. Scientists like DR.. II. II.
Beverage. DR., II. o. Peterson, DR..
George II. Brown and Dr. Irving
Wolff. Of RcA Laboratories. and
engineers like o. p. Hanson and
Raymond Buy OF NBC had worked
as . team. Their joint efforts har-
messed q vast new section Of the
spectrum 70 the service Of man.
kind.
One yArdStiek for measuring the
speed with which the country might
accept this expanded UHF.VHF
service Ia the growth Of radio. the
older broadeSSting twin. II was
just Is years ago that NBC broad
cast the first network radio pro-
gram 70 the 5000, 900 set owners In
America.
Today. there are 2. 600 AM and $50
I'm radio stations In America.
Daily broadcastS reach 9S percent
Of the country. More than 100. Co.,
900 radio sets have been sold. There
are more than 1000. 900 radio
equipped homes. II can be claimed.
without eEagEcrRtion. that in q
QuRrter-century radio has become
as much a household utility as the
electric light or the telephone.
All signs indicate that televiSion
will acquire . comparable status In
the next decade. The industry. In
typical private enterprise fashion,
has gambled millions on the perfec-
ton Of VHF and the development Of
UHF. II has paved the way for
Small-town television, and the
speed with which the small towns
capitalize on this opportunity IL In
part . local question.
Under FEC procedure. televiSion
station license applications will be
accepted for q fixed period II is
then the responsibility Of local peo-
ple--buSinessmen. educators. news
paper publishers. bankers. Labor
and religious leaders-tO see that
local license applications are filed
and that the opportunity does not
90 by default.
The government won't build the
stations, The broadcast industry Op-
crates under the old American
tradition Of tree entsrpriEs. In
dustry can provide the equipment,
the government can provide the
license. but the people Of America
must make the final decision or
whether their towns win be ltnkeS
TO the world via tsIsvisiOn.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

CTbiS 10 tbs LsSS Of . JsvisI 81 iOSV
srfici1 90 Ibs sO1isG 81 . sSiiOSSI
isisyiIiOs IsvVissJ
A small Cape Cod cottage which
sits atop q wooded hill on the out.
skirts OF Bridgeport. Conn. IL the
cradle Of . new electTonle 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 . new
system Of video transmission that
will soon have . very real impact
on the life Of residents Of Tazoo
City, Miss. and Thief River Falls.
MINI. and Wolf Point. Mont.
In many ways. the cottage IL .
symbol Of pioneering In the TWEEN
tIeth century. It's plain white walls,
It's AuHtsrs design are . transplant
from early New England. The
knobby hin on which II rests bears
the appropriate Yankee title Of
Success Hill"
Center Of Interest
Despite It's lack Of pretension. the
cottage has been o prime Attrae.
ton In recent months for govern
ment leaders. for scores Of exeeu.
tivcs In the radio and televiSion In
dustry. for some Of the nations
outstanding eleetronle scientists,
engineers and techniciAnS. Even
the Connecticut State Police have
been mred there for extra. curTicu-
lar duties
Since December 20. 1919. the little
cottage on Success Hin has housed
the Hrst and only UltrA.High Ere.
uuency telsvision 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
tho National BroAdcastinE Com
pGny as the eliminating move IN
. long campaign 20 find sufficient
space In the air waves for q nation,
al televlsion service. A lofty $50.
foot UHF transmitting tower was
erected outside the cottage. The in.
terror was stocked with telsviSion
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 transnissions.
Bridgeport was picked for the
field tests because the undulationS
~ its terrain make line-oi. sight tcle-
vision transmission difficult In ad.
dition. Il lies In q fringe" tsle.
vision area. picking up remote sig,
nails from New York and New
Haven
Under these extreme test condi,
tons, the bridgeport station, which
vas given the experimental dcsig.
0a,ion Of KC2XAK BY the Federal
communications Commission. BE-.
m picking up the Vidso signals Of
1tion wNBT. the National Broad
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

An educational and literary cen
Ter from early times. Edinburgh.
Scotland. was already well launched
N It's golden aEs Of learning when
the New Town was built At the end
d the lsth century, Associated with
the city. among the gifted corn,
pany that inehhted Scott and Stew,
enson. are such notahlss a. the
fiery leth-eentury 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 vile.
phone. Prsssnt-day Edinburgh has
a population approaching ne half
million mara
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

Before rspaintAn1 interior wood.
work. properly prepare the surface
70 Be eoated-ln order 70 insure the
best results. wash al glossy sur.
faces with Q mid ahali. such -
sal soda. trisOdluEn phosphate. o.
sodium SIlieats. and rinse thorough
". seraps OF any loose or blist-
cred paint. then I'm al cracks or
minor surface irregularities with
putty or Q spaekiinE compound,
Next prime all bare wood and.
when n 10 dry. sSstpapsr the edges
where TIE primer joins the old
coating. Also sand the spots where
nner was applied.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28
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workers on ths New York Central
are striking against the govern
rnent. since the roads are stlll UNI
der operation By The army. having
never been officially turned back
10 thsiT private owners since the
last ran strike. II is not believed
the government win permit any
stTIhs. railroads or otherwise, "
interfere with the national defense
effort.
Almost every organization In the
country. which has for ~ purpose
the objective Of good government.
has approved the Prssidsnts plan
for taking the internal reVSnuS bu.
Feau out Of politics and rs-oTKRniE.
Ing that much, mhliKned agency into
an efficient tSH.eolisetinE agency.
That IL. almost every 0rEaniEA.
ton except the government opera.
lions committee Of tho United
states senate. which by o 7 10 s
vote approved . resolution reject.
Ing the reorganization plan. Ths
only possible reason Tor this dis.
approval was that the reoTRaniza-
ton plan took away from the sen.
atorS their patronage plums Of
naming tho internal revenue col.
lsetoFa In their states.
The house approved the PreBI-
dents plan Jan. 10, but members
u the house do not name the inter.
nal revenue collectors. The reaOlu,
ton approved was sponsored by
senator Walter r. George, Demo
crRL and Eugene ID. MiTlikin. Re.
publican Of Colorado II was SEIZED.
uled for q vote In the senate on
March H.
The Presidents reorganization
plan would place revenue collee.
tors under civil service and set up
40 regional offices In place Of the
N state offices, Senators on the
committee supporting Senators
George and MilIlkin for keeping this
political plum for themselves we're
Senators Mcclellan. ARK, HOey.
North Carolina: Mccarthy. Wis.
conHin. Mundt. south Dakota;
Schocppel, Kansas; DworHhak.
Idaho. and Nixon. California. OPP
posing the resolution were Senators
Humphrey, Minnesota; Monroncy,
OklahomRi Moody. MIchIRAn.
O'ConnoT. Maryland. and Margaret
Chase smith, Maine.
The senate commerce committee
signed "a revsmp federal laws on
transportation,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

New York pioneered tracked vs-
hlcles with broadway horscears
In ig2T. London waited until 1887
The first electric traction line of
any extent IL credited 70 Richmond.
Virginia. In lSae. strsetcara really
pushed forward nom iso1 10 1917,
while the motor vehicle vas Still
an infant Trolley sxcurslOns were
popular. traction companies had
plain and fancy cars nat could b
chartered. and built amusement
parks - goals % excursion runs
Baltlmore's black adorned hinera,
car. Dolores. did Q brisk business
tor years. since The eity's GENE.
tsriss were mostly along the trolley
tines.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28
CONFESSIONS

During the week that followed.
Don called three times, and each
time Louise refused his invitation.
Her happiness knew No bounds. Yet
on the other hand. rumor had II
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 20 cali at Sis. At 7:45 he ap-
peared. Louise fingered over her
dressing table for q long period.
at length descending 70 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 I'D
que Stioningly 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 q stop. switched off the
lights and turned TO face his COM
panion. He stared at her for q long
minute. At length he said: Louise.
you're beautiful. You've always
been beautiful. love you. win you
marry met"
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 hunErily. He kissed
her again.
Darling. I'm mad about YOU,
IT'S been torture. knowing you we're
with other msn-When loved you
So"
Suddenly Louise knew q sense Of
guilt, II hadn't been fair the way
she had tricksd him.
She turned and faced him square.
", prepared TO confess. But before
she could bring herself 70 speak.
Don went on:
Louise. precious. I have . con.
fesSion to make. must tell you.
MS 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 70 80 much.
tired 70 make 700 think that was
Interested in other girls. I played
around . lot. I gave the impression
that ! was Wild. IL hoped that Il
would open your eyes: that Il would
make you Jealous. make you love
me. Yesterday I decided TO tell
you. decided I'd have . showdown.
l couldn't 90 on. just had to know
Can-you ever forgive met"
Louise laid her head on his Shout
der and sighed deeply. She looked
up at the moon and knew . great
feeling Of happiness Yes. Don"
she said SOftly. ''Yes-kiss me.
! darling"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

THE weekly newspaper editor,
. unlike his city brethren. has
time 70 pause now and then In the
daily grind and 10 make q few
editorial comments on nature and
the simple beauty Of his home terri
tory. This urge often becomes ir.
resistibls In spring. II Is another
reason why the weekly newspaper
continues 10 hold its place In Q
world where speed Is the first re.
quirement Of success.
As an example. the editor Of The
ChIekAsha Star. ChickaSha. okla.
recently wrote an editorial en-
titled. only Man Is VEe". Here
are . few excerpts from Il:
IF you are tired Of hearing Sen
ator Kerr Willy the Republicans,
weary Of the Republicans bounding
President Truman, want 10 forget
that brides now shoot their hus-
bands before breakfast, take . day
off. get In your car, turn off the
radio. and drive carefully from the
Red River 10 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 irst blush Of spring Is on the
red buds. On the Waurika hills the
Herefords are beginning 10 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 70 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
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28
Tain't Fair

Comments the editor Of the Piek-
ems C0unty Herald, Carrollton. Ala:
See where Hedy Lamar Is go
ing to divorce her fourth husband.
Looks like some folks have all the
good luck, An old maid riding on
the train overheard . conversation
between two other women. one In
deep mourning. who said, I'm on
my way to California TO cremats
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 am 20 years old
and have never had a husband. and
there sits a woman with husbands
to burnt It just amt fair"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

THIS BUSINESS Of being a pal
isn't all that It's cracked up to
be. Louise Marshall'S affair with
Don Baxter was like that. They had
been kids together They had grown
up In the same back yard, so 70
speak. They had attended the same
schools and gone 70 the same
church.
II just naturally developed, there
fore. that Don, who was LOuise's
senior by 10 months. came to look
upon her as q kid sister whom he
should protect with brotherly in
stlnct. 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-cyed. blond pal" She
concealed her hurts nobly when
ever Don told her about taking
Rose Carter to q country club
dance. or when he mentioned he
kept q canoe date with Bertha
Young.
Not that Louise didn't have Rd-
mirerS Of her own. But none could
provide the thrill equal 10 that Of
being with Don.
II was about q month after her
2iSt birthday that Louise called a
meeting with her inner thoughts
and faced the situation squarely.
Something had 10 be done about
Don Baxter. She couldn't 90 on
this way. Her love for him had be-
come so great as 70 make life al
most unbearable.
Abruptly she decided on q drastic
move. She'd tell him about her AZ.
fairs with other men. Shed manu-
tacture . mystic love and hint at
daring escRpades. She'd refuse
Don's invitations on the pretext Of
keeping . rendezvous with her
una ginative sutton. This. II any
thing. she told herself, would stir
70 life any dormant and sentimental
emotion that Don Baxter held for
her.
And 50 when. on the day follow.
ing. Don asked her to accompany
him TO q dance that evening. Louise
refused sweetly. vaguely limiting at
another date. Don was silent for q
moment, and then abruptly he
said goodbye and hung up.
Louise was miserable. She went
out that night TO . movie. by her
self The next two days were spent
In solitude and despair. On the third
day Don Unexpectedly appeared.
armed with tennis rscksts. He won
dered II Louise would care 70 Join
him In . couple Of sets.
Louise. her heart pounding Wild.
y. shook her head. and the smile
vanished from Don's face. n
seemed TO Louise a. she watched
him drive away. that her last de-
SpatrtnG 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 20
drive with him that afternoon and
have dinner At . cory TIM he knew
In the country. II took every ounce
Of viii power she could summon 70
refuse. Somehow IL didn't seem
real Her plan vas actually Eurk.
inG
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

| casting Company'S New York out
let which beams off the Empire
State AntennA. These signals. IN
turn. we're rebroade via UHF TO
Bridgeport area.
To pick up this broadcast. enEi-
neers Of the RCA Victor Division
designed and built 50 UHF expert
mental sets. and 50 tuners 70 per.
nit present set owners 10 receive
both UHF and vHF tslecaStS.
The test equipment, together
with various experimental reeeiv-
Ing antennnAs. was installed In To-
cal homes within q IS mile radius
OF Success Hill. In about half the
homes, there were no receivers and
service men installed both UFIF and
VHF antennas. This permitted COM
pRrison 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 q
full area study. Engineers made
regular rounds Of the test homes
over q period OF months to anAlyEe
the pictures and 20 compile recep.
ton ratings.
But even this was not enough for
full picture. A station wagon was
equipped with precise measuring
equipment and receivers, and .
truck was fitted out with q eollapsi.
BILE antennA that could be quickly
elevated. The State Police came
into the picture here with eseorting
cars for the mobile unit.
Moking SiSnol P0ttsrRS
Up and down parkways. high
ways. country roads and lanes. the
unique eleetronie caravan rolled
along with police cars fore and aft.
Frequently u 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-four
manufa cturerS. In fact, descended
on the Industrial town 20 use the
UHF signals, In hotel rooms,
homes. stores and display rooms
the technicians OF the industry Do
signed and set up equipment that
would pick up the unwAvertng sig.
nal from Success Hin. They devel.
oped tuners TO be attached to pres
snt sets: they perfected new an
tsnnaS; they devised effective
equipment for combined UHF.VHF
reception.
Members Of the Federal commu-
mic atoms Commission. headed by
Chairman Wayne Coy. visited the
workshop. RcA engineers and tech
nieians maintained q steady flow
Of informatio into the Commission
headquarters. and on the basis OF
this technical data the plan for .
national service began 10 take
shape. In August and September Of
1891. Mr.. Coy and more than .
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

so-eaIlsd '-trtm and trsliis"
paints are SetnaIly exterior snam.
els. they produce . glossy enamel
Ike fnisA win better gloss and
color rstsntion than ordinary house
paintA Instead Of using two coats
Of this material q h better 70 err
ploy. firSl Q special undereoassr
made By ne manufacture who
prodaeeA ths trim and trellis"
material These trim colsrs ara
very high N hiding power and one
coat eovsrs ths undereoat salts.
iaetorIly. Fer best durability, they
should Be brushed out well 50 a.
nos - apply 10 thiek . hlm-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28
Improved MAaA

PalatAbtlity Of dry mash can be
increased In hot weather BY moist.
sninE u with akin milk or water TO
. erumhly slAts. Ths yet mash
usually 10 I'D SneS daily early IN
the afssrnoOa. An amcani ire blrds
Wtn clean ~ ln - minutes 70 rec.
ommsDded
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28

TN ITS CONSIDERATION Of he
i universal military training pro-
gram. the house appeared 70 be
going IN circles" sitting IS .
committee Of the whole. the house
accepted amendment after amend
ment. voted against killing the bill
by striking out the snaeting clause,
finally accepted ~ an amendment
an entirely new bill offered by Con
gresham Charles d. BrownBon Of
Indiana.
Vote 10 substitute the BrOwnson
plan for the original bill was $50
10 las, The BTownBOn substitute
would have permitted . tTAinss 20
discharge his UNIT duties through
two years Of ROTC-type training
In high school. foT five hours o
week. and ono siN.wSeks summer
training program under one Of the
armed services. Immediately after.
the house voted 10 accept the
BfoWnAOn substitute bill. II con
Vensd into regular session and on
. vote 90 confirm or reject action
Of the committee az the whole. re-.
Verssd itH action Of . few minutes
before and rejected the BroWnson
plan BY q vote Of 1855 10 ass.
Then Congressman Dewey short
Of Missouri moved 10 send the oFigl.
raj bill back 10 committee and his
motion carried 230 70 ls2 on roll
call vote,
President TTuman'a hope for SO
billion for foreign aid for NATO
faced rough shedding. although he
declared mo other policy could
hope 10 produce 80 economically"
lie pointed out that the policy Of
TslreatinR 10 tho western homi-
sphere held out by some Of his Re.
publican oppOnents." has monetary
EeduetiVenesa but would be q man.
date for national suicide" said
Mr.. Truman: We cannot achieve
lasting security except IN ~.
Hociation with other nations; the
Us, contribution IL essential; the
funds thus invested by the United
states will yield far larger returns
In terms Of our own security than
v the same amount were used for
our own defense establishment: the
cost Of the security program 10 well
within our economic capacity"
Among those speaking out against
NE Presidents program were Sen.
uiorp bridges. New Hampshire
James Y. KEN. Missouri. and vii.
liam Iennsr. Indiana.
Technically tho striking railroad
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LAeRoss Ms DISK!
SrtSffllEE-f1SIO ldsss from ether sdsess
Idea. from esher ediaegs

blow. the crappie. bass. and perch.
In Canton, Overholssr, Greenleai
and Grand viii feel the urge oi
spring :.
"Soos al fbs bills Ss1 SGIsS 81
OkLSbOssS tgiH b SbISzs tSitb rcd
bnGJ SaI oVsy 90 tbs COOkS0S
bis Ibs GoREoO1J giH zoos b
GseksI ViIb WbiSS tbG1 eO@S' -
E1sfsy time. TrsIy 10 OkLSbO@S
~ azure Is SISss sd "0StJ @sS
10 ViIs."
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-28
Life L. Real

An observation on life worthy Of
reprintinE appeared last week In
The Nance County Journal, Fuller
ton, Neb. II read:
"Lits woEII b . iItlS aSsis'
u IoIkJ AiIS'I IbssI 20 SSSeb
1sossy Iov ibisEJ tbsy &0S'I SSsS
10 i1brsJ psOPIs tbs1 GOSt
HkG"
Many q faShion-conSciouS homo
town housewife win call this OBJ
servation impractical
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The Arizona post., 1952-10-03
Oppose Trade
With Germany

MONTREAL (JTA) = The Ca
madam Jewish Congress, repre-
sentative organ of the Canadian
Jewish Community continues to
"look with disfavor upon trading
with and importing German
goods" it announced
The congress pointed out that
"there is no contradiction in the
fact that the Conference on Jew
ish Claims Against Germany and
the State Of Israel are dealing
with Germany since the terms of
their dealings are quite clear and
negate any suggestion of forgive
ness or expiation or other moral
equations which are conditions
precedent to the acceptance of
Germany as an element in Jewish
contracts"