Cross Country 208 Nights on Three Tubes Antenna Record
In Cmsburg Pennsylvania May 1927 G Edward Biwell Jr and KFT Los Angeles broadcasters report remarkable 208 consecutive nights of receiving KF!. A three tube receiver with long wire antenna picked up far distant signals across the U S and beyond. Biwell logged receptions from 487 stations in many regions, noting a storm ending the record but continuing the strange endurance of the reception.
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Pennsylvania
Cmsburg
Edward Biwell, Jr
KFT
Ian
Mexico
Cuba
Porto Rico
Maui
Lima
Peru
Newcastle
London
England
Prussels
Madd
Paris
Ham
Gt Fox
By & Revere
Elwell
Ales
Broomeburg
Aunt Betty 5000 Children in Free Klub Reach West
A story from Oakland in May 1927 describes Ruth Thompson known as Aunt Betty leading the Kiddies Klub. The club broadcasts from KGO and enrolls about 900 children in Alaska, Hawaii, and the west, with members writing to each other and improving handwriting and self-expression.
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Oakland
Salif
Ruth Thomphs
Stain Kgo
Th Thompson
Betty
West
Alaska
Hawaii
Miss Thompson
Wehbe
Emily
Berkeley
Calif
Corre
Esimo
Pilot Staton
Hetty
KOO Kiddies Klub
Insect Studies Of A Composer’s Student In Madison
A Madison student in 1927 pursues agricultural education and entomology while tracing lineage to famed composers Rimsky-Korsakov and Tschaikowsky. He seeks practical use of science for his homeland, dedicating time to research on plant insects and pests.
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Sician
Peter Dich Tschaikowsky
Russia
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Short Wave Expansion Draws Radio Figures
Prominent radio figures anticipate growing interest in short wave broadcasting as plans to widen coverage move forward. Cooper of Cincinnati, a leading radio broadcaster, is shown with a short wave receiver as broadcasts from WAABC in New York and KDKA in Pittsburgh rebroadcast on low waves.
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Cooper
Cincinnati
Gieteibuters
Russian Student Fund helped student plan continued study
The article notes a student named Riroaky who completed his course in June and plans to pursue graduate work. He arrived in the United States in 1923 and began at the University of Wisconsin soon after. His education is financed by the Russian Student Fund, Inc., aiding Russian students to become leaders in Russia's reconstruction.
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Riroaky
University of Wisconsin
Russian Student Fund, Inc
Russia
Mrs Coolidge's Coffee Souffle Recipe Featured
Mrs Coolidge shares a coffee souffle recipe as part of a fundraising cook book initiative. The item highlights her role in promoting women helping women and notes a celebrity response to a club appeal for recipes to support the elderly’s building fund.
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Am Coolidge Bellowes
Woman's Clubs
Boote
Victims of World War II Bombing Named in Coroner’s Verdict
The coroner’s jury ruled that Mrs. Sarah and a companion died from wounds received when German forces bombarded the city twelve years ago. Both suffered shrapnel injuries that never healed, leading to death.
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Sds Kil
Kug
Sarah & Or
Compact Sets For Paris Hop Ratio Plans Nonstop Transatlantic Flight
The article describes engineers aiming to make a more compact and efficient system for the Wright Bellanca monoplane bound for Paris from New York. Pilot Clarence Chateheriin and companion Floyd Bertend handle navigational and radio equipment including a four pound receiver and a fourteen pound transmitter.
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Desica
Paris
New York
Clarence Chateheriin
Sheen
Floyd Bertend
Pop Concerts Open Summer Series Under Casella
WHZ and WHZA launch summer season with Alfredo Casella leading concerts. The orchestra debuts in Station maruw, a 5 arrapciaco pas installed with a new studio pipe organ valued at 25,900 dollars. It is described as one of the country’s largest radio studio organs.
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WHZA
Alfredo Casella
Maruw
Arrapciaco Pas
I P
Co Try
Hen Ends Brooding Period With Market Fate
A hen undergoes three episodes of broodiness then is prepared for sale to the market. The article notes the sequence from incubation urge to eventual market readiness.
Feeding cows grain for milk under average pasture
Under average conditions pasture alone isn’t enough for cows in milk. They fed a grain mixture containing 12 to 1246 percent protein, says Carl B. Bender of the New Jersey Experiment Station.
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Carl B. Bender
New Jersey Experiment Station
New Brunswick
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