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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1922
Page
7
In Martford Connecticut on December 19 the American Radio Relay League announced the first amateur radio station to cross both the continent and the Atlantic during the three annual transatlantic tests.
A report notes that station 6KA in Los Angeles run by F. E. Nikirk was heard yesterday by radio amateurs in France. The piece mentions a conchologist who collected 2500 different marine shell species and none of land shells during a tropical cruise.
Henry Bayard Phillips explains how microphones modulate antenna current to generate radio waves and describes crystal detectors, while outlining a dense, multi-station broadcasting schedule across WNAC WGI KYW WBZ WWJ WHIZ and other outlets with a mix of notations for times programs and performances.
The listing shows a daily timetable from WGY Schenectady New York including 400 meters program by General Electric Co and time signals from the U S Naval Observatory at 12 00 m Noon stock market quotations 12 45 p m Weather Report 485 meters 2 00 p m Music 6 00 p m Provoke and stock market quotations News Bulletins
Alexander Brin of the Boston Jewish Advocate urged broader female participation in civic and industrial life at the Mothers' Club of the Hecht Neighborhood House. He stressed solving societal ills through women in public office and the political arena from city to nation, noting women now in the Massachusetts Legislature should seek roles in courts as well.
Leander M. Nute, 91, of Portland Maine, is now the oldest Dartmouth alumnus following the death Saturday of Dr Josiah Whitney Barstow of Flushing Illinois Barstow born 1826 was the previous oldest graduate He studied at Dartmouth 1846 and completed Dartmouth Medical School in 1852 He served as surgeon at New York City Hospital and Blackwell's Island Hospital and for 40 years treated mental illness at Flushing Hospital.
Boston church leaders gathered at the City Club to organize the Metropolitan Campaign Committee for a national drive January 16 to February 6. The goal is $1,000,000 for the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge to fund salaries, professorships, fellowships, buildings, and endowment. Bishop Lawrence urged strong support to sustain Christian scholarship shaping future ministers.
The Cambridge School campaign leaders announce a citywide effort to strengthen the institution as a public resource. Rev Henry B Washburn cites 65 alumni placed in Greater Boston and 117 alumni in Massachusetts as proof of impact. The drive, chaired by W B Dickinson, targets full endowment funding with pledges over five years.
Seekers request a new trial for Robert D. Weston and Hector M. Holmes who were convicted of receiving papers stolen from Attorney Daniel H. Coakley. Arguments set before a Superior Court judge Thursday afternoon.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine presents its Christmas Number with entertaining stories by Ellis Parker Butler Sophie Kerr and other authors. Readers glimpse light holiday tales and seasonal prose in a special issue.
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