Train to land system may spread across North America
Montreal report details a two way train to land telephone system using radio and carrier current wire. If the Canadian National Railway test on the Montreal to Chicago line succeeds, railroads across the United States and Canada may adopt the method to allow passengers to conduct business while traveling at high speed.
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Montreal
United States
Canada
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Railway System
J.C. Burkholder
Chicago
Burkholder
International Limited
Henry Thornton
Kingston
Ontario
King of Ivories to Return to Air
Harry Snodgrass, once famous as king of the ivories on WOS Jefferson City, plans a radio return after seven years as a prison inmate and vaudeville performer. Now in Girard with a chili stand, he aims for a smaller market microphone when school ends, hoping to reconnect with piano despite months without sheet music.
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Associated Preas
Girard
Ill
Harry
Snodgrass
Missouri
WOS
Jefferson City
New York
Air permit renewals tied to 30 day filing rule
The federal radio commission orders that broadcasting stations must file renewal applications 30 days before license expiration to avoid loss of service. No temporary extension will be issued for late renewals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Commission
Sunday Radio Listings Across Networks From May 11
Radio schedules detail programs on WEAF WABD WJZ and myriad network affiliates. Entries include orchestras concerts talk shows and dramatizations with times and station coverage across major cities and states.
Radio guides air travel as 1930 yearbook notes progress
The Aircraft Year Book for 1930, issued by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, outlines how radio has moved from lab to practice in aviation. Beacons, two way radio, radio altimeters, and fog landing guidance are highlighted along major air transport routes and emerging systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Air Transport Company
The
Federal Radio Commission
Army Air Corps
Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Germany
First Meeting Of O W Club Tuesday
The O W Club will hold its first regular meeting at Mrs D C West 700 North Pierce Street Tuesday afternoon at 2 30. Plans for the year's work will be discussed and members will bring their needle work. Mrs P A Pressig is president with Mrs Wm Spencer vice president Mrs H D Martin secretary and Mrs H N Pearson treasurer. The club has 15 members.
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O. W. Club
D. C. West
North Pierce Street
P. A. Pressig
H.N. Pearson
New Tube May Be Solution of Television
A kinescope by Dr. Vladimir Zworykin may bring home television with a green fluorescent image four by five inches. The tube uses a cathode-ray beam scanned by electrical means to reproduce pictures, with speed, detail, and reduced flicker possible as research continues at RCA Camden after Westinghouse work in Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
New York
Vladimir Zworykin
Zworykin
Westinghouse Laboratories
Pittsburgh
RCA
Camden
N. J
Ordway Saunders marks twelfth year in Amarillo growth
The Otway Saunders insurance firm ends its twelfth year in Amarillo dating from 1918. G C Saunders and G G Ordway built the agency from a single office to a nine-person operation serving the Panhandle as general agents for bonds and casualty insurance. They represent leading fire casualty and bonding companies including Hartford Fire Insurance and Farm and Home Savings and Loan Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otway-Saunders
Amarillo
G. C. Saunders
G. G. Ordway
Mr. Saunders
France
U. S
Mr. Ordway
Panhandle
Ordway-Saunders
Hartford Fire Home Insurance Company of
New York
Farm and Home Savings and Loan Association
Airplane aerial seeding planned for Merced rice fields
Merced California May 10 More than 5 000 acres will be planted to rice in Merced County by the use of airplanes L F Tedrow manager of the Municipal Airport here announced Seed is distributed from a height of 200 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Merced
Calif
Merced County
L. F.tedrow
Showman Irwin to Lead Upcoming Radio Trade Show
G. Clayton Irwin Jr. continues as show manager for the Radio Manufacturers' Association and preps the annual event. The RMA show is set for Atlantic City the week of June 2, marking another year with Irwin at the helm.
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Radio
Clayton Irwin, Jr
Irwin
Radio Manufacturers’ Association
RMA
Atlantic City
Two Way Radio Conversation Links New York and Marconi Yacht
The Associated Press reports a two way radio link between NBC Studios in New York and the yacht Elettra, home of Senatore Guglielmo Marconi, 4400 miles away in the Mediterranean off Italy. Transmitter powers 750 watts on 26.7 meter wavelength with return via Schenectady station at 19.5 meters. Listeners heard the dialogue as clearly as a telephone call, with reception quality rivaling prior abroad retransmissions.
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Associated Press
NBC
New York
Elettra
Senatore Guglielmo Marconi
Mediterranean
Italy
Schenectady
Weather Prediction From Radio Signals Claims 90 Percent Accuracy
Prof. R C Colwell of West Virginia University and Morgantown weather observer reports using radio reception strength to forecast weather 12 to 24 hours ahead. In over 200 tests, accuracy reached 90 percent, exceeding barometric methods at about 60 percent. Colwell uses a galvanometer recorder to track signal intensity and notes alignment of stations on same meridian. Morgantown sits 60 miles south of Pittsburgh and KDKA signals were used.
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Associated Press
Washington
R. C. Colwell
American Physical Society
Colwell
West Virginia University
Morgantown
W. Va
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Paris Abolishes Gasoline Duty
Paris records show the end of a long standing tax system as the green paper slips used at city gates disappear. Motorists once declared litres on entry and paid a duty on excess, but the medieval method has ended and the slips are now history.
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Israel Klein
NEA Service
King OF Ivories
WEAF
Catholic Hour
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WWJ
KSD
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WIOD
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WKY
KGO
KPO
KSTP
KOMO
KGW
WSAIL
WFIC
KOA
WTMJ
KYW
WEAP
WOW
WDAF
Kpre
Big Brother
Alsco
WNC
WSS
WFAA
KPRC
WOAI
WSMB
WHAS
Orchestra From
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WWI
WGN
WIM
KFI
KHQ
WSAI
Seth Parker
WIAX
WGY Koa
WIDD
WMC
WSB
WAPI
WTAM
WOC
Russian Cathedral Choir
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Sam Herman
wWec
WABG
WREC
KLRA
KLZ
WADC
WHK
WKRC
WGHP
Wowo
KMOX
KOIL
Julius Klein
WKBN
KMBC
WISN
WMT
WEIW
WDOD
KDYL
YRC
KFPY
Oer
Senator
WKER
WEERC
WFBM
WBBM
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KFH
WSPD
WRBRC
WLAC
WDSU
KRLD
KFJF
KTSA
KHJ
KFRC
KOL Koin
Will Rogers
Wg8t
WBRC
Koin Kol
KTRH
Samovar
WBCM
Motor Club
KSCJ
WIBW
Rev. Churchill
KURA
Midnight Melodies
NBC Chain
KFAB
Koestner
WREN
KTHS
Wcky Wren
National Oratoria Society
Central Clear Channel
State St
WENR
Sunday Evening Club
Pat. Barnes
Nighthawks
WLS
Church of the Air
WMAQ
Sun. Eve
Auld
B. J. Pe
Detroit
WJZ
Minneapolis-St. Paul
WABC
St. Louis
Wille
Lillie
Lee & Straeter
Southern Clear Channel
WSB Atlanta
Birmingham
Stars of Melody
Dallas
WFEAA
WIZ
Weaf Phonic Ensemble
Olale Quartet
Lam
WBAP
Fort Worth
WIZ & Weaf
Louisville
WJIZ
Kenny
Nobody
WSM Nashville
Lim
IBM
Craig’s Symphony
Aeronautical C. O. C
Cleveland
Des Moines
By C. E. Butterfield
Paris
Clark
Clark Jewel
Lorain
Williams Hardware Co
Taylor St
Strine
Nunn
5Th & Polk
Butler Blackhawk
Monocoupe
Butler
Amarillo Airport Corporation
Amarillo, Texas
Harold W. English
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