Zeppelin Scores Triumph as Graf Zeppelin Flies to New Jersey
Airship Graf Zeppelin completes second transatlantic crossing with smooth landings at Lakehurst New Jersey, 22 passengers embarked eastbound for globetrotting trip, including notable figures such as Lady Grace Drummond Hay and Sir Hubert Wilkins. Admiral Moffett notes upcoming US airship program and base plans while warning of international reparations talks in The Hague.
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Edward W. Pickard
Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
New York
Lakehorst
N. J
Outogh
Ohly
Friedrich’ Fiaten
Tous Los Angeles
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Zeppelin
New Jersey
William B. Leeds
Grace Drummond Hay
Carl von Wiegand
Joaquin Richard
Hubert Wilkins
Jack Richardson
C. BE. Rosendall
C. B. Burgess
United States Navy Department
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin Company
William A. Moffett
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Akron
Ohio
Admiral Moffett
Pacific Coast
Kansas City
Prison expansion plan eyed to ease crowding
UK federal prisons to be enlarged with a $5,000,000 program including a new facility in the northeast. Atlanta and Leavenworth prisons will receive major enlargements while critics warn over crowded conditions and rising costs.
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Atlanta
Leavenworth
National Bureau Report on Battery Dopes and Eliminators
The National Better Business Bureau released a report on battery compounds and eliminators. It notes cornstarch based dopes dominate ads and highlights improved advertiser cooperation with the bureau since 1927.
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National Better Business Bureau
National Bureau
Bureau
Choosing a Radio Receiver Type for New Owners
The article explains two main receiver classes the tuned radio frequency with detector and audio amplification and the superheterodyne. It advises considering location constraints indoor antennas for apartment dwellers and recommends a straight loop with a superheterodyne. It defines sensitivity and selectivity and notes speaker quality shapes overall tone.
Things to Know About Life or C Battery
The C battery in a receiver prevents grid current flow, so no current is drawn while it sits unused. Its life equals its shelf life and is independent of the number of tubes in use. Shelf life mainly depends on cell size, with high voltage bias batteries needing more frequent replacement.
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Rhineland
Germany
France
Italy
Phillip Snowden
England
Great Britain
Whaler
Venizelos
Greece
Belgum
Japan
M. Cheron
Mr. Snowden
Arthur Henderson
Rome
Snowden
Berlin
Electrical Apparatus Leaks May Spark High Frequency Waves
A leak in home electrical equipment such as furnaces ice boxes trans transformers heaters warming pads and vacuum cleaners can cause sparks and broadcast high frequency waves. Bypass condensers across contactors can silence and instantly remedy the condition in devices needing tiny currents.
Blind to Get Radio Sets
Blind people nationwide will receive 500 radio sets donated by Crosley Radio Corporation through the American Foundation for the Blind. The program aims to improve access to information and entertainment for the blind community.
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United States
American Foundation For the Blind
Crosley Radio Corporation
Railroads Test Eight-Time Receiver on English Train
Experiments on a Southern railway train in England used an eight-time receiver and two electric phonograph amplifiers. Results were said to be fairly successful.
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Southern Railway
England
Hot Weather Luncheon Dish from Atlanta Biltmore
A chef from the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel shares a nutritious hot weather dish. Roast pot is prepared in the usual way with a vegetable mold and aspic, decorated with cooked vegetables, then chilled. The mold is inverted onto a platter and served with lettuce cucumber pickles apples and watercress.
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Atlanta Biltmore
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