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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1922
Page
6
A detailed guide describes building a nonregenerative vacuum tube radio set using an A battery six volt storage for filaments and a B battery for plate voltage. It outlines winding a cardboard tube tuning coil, assembling wooden amplifier components, and mounting parts on an eight inch square base with wiring diagrams and figures for the detector and coil.
Australia begins building a giant radio complex in Melbourne to enable direct two way communication with Great Britain. Substations will be three times as powerful as any European station, with two years to complete central and feeder networks. Main station will span thirty miles with twenty four 800 foot towers. Cost projected at five million dollars. wireless rates will be about one third lower than cable.
Short flashes note concerts in Schenectady and New York drills on Governor's Island. Writers discuss radio aiding subnormal education and dental practice by soothing patients. The piece highlights youths listening on seaside trips and dentists using ear pieces to ease procedures.
Montana reports include a five mill school tax passing in Billings 715 to 453. Great Falls chosen for 1923 Montana Elks convention in Kalispell. cattle and oil news across counties. auto accident injuries near Drumond. leadership reelects at Montana Livestock Finance in Helena. narcotics arrest in Butte. St. Paul man Walter Hill expands holdings. fire damages Helena state fair grounds. pipeline record at Cat Creek. new employment office for wheat fields. fire department convention dates in Hardin. unidentified body found near Livingston. forged school warrant case in Goulding creek. federal injunction proceedings for Great Northern strike. Butte Water Company appraisal delay. milk for travelers at Butte. drowning of George Greene at Flathead. Lewistown Parent-Teachers association organized. 15,000,000 feet timber for sale on Wall creek. Good Templars national convention in Butte. Chouteau county valuations drop. grasshoppers on Dillon east beaches. Judith Basin farmers picnic at Moccasin. Cascade county home demonstration consolidation. Montana metal mines rising. rural school pioneer stories prize. federal employment service and state labor division wage pact for harvest. Blackfeet reservation road project update. Alex Roy’s drought-resistant barley near Roundup. Montana Power heat line extension to Melstone. Bitter Root welcomes National Fall meeting. Troy gold nugget yields. Lewistown Wheat Growers signups. John D. Ryan linked to First National bank Great Falls. county premiums at Broadus fair. Bitter Root fur farming planned near Corvallis. White Sulphur Springs jury term concluded.
Miss Verna Welch plunged from an airplane at Wichita Falls Texas on the American Legion aviation meet. The parachute opened slowly after a dramatic free fall and she landed uninjured to applause. The event drew thousands as part of a fundraiser for the Legion clubhouse.
From the first local American Legion Auxiliary unit in Connersville Indiana to Indiana regional committee woman in under six months May Merritt rose rapidly. She became chairman of the Auxiliary national emblem committee and of the resolutions committee shaping the organization's plans. Her main interest beyond the Legion Auxiliary is improving educational opportunities for children in Hoosierdom.
A young German officer, son of a general, created a scene aboard a transatlantic liner by smashing a wine glass on the floor and denouncing fellow nationals who refused to stand for Deutschland, Alles when sung, amid uproar over patriotism.
The American Legion members in Waynesboro Tennessee began drilling after oil appeared in a mud puddle in a backyard and struck oil at 200 feet. They plan to fund a community clubhouse from royalties.
Ex servicemen not eligible for veterans' bureau compensation may enter the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers. This group includes those who passed the draft board but were later rejected at training camps for physical disabilities.
Postmaster General Work sent a letter praising Major General Lejeune for the Marine corps after the withdrawal of 2,000 Marines who had guarded the mails nationwide for several months.
The superintendent of the army nurse corps and dean of the Army School of Nursing is the only woman major in the United States wary. Maj. Julia C. Stimson served as chief nurse of the American Red Cross in Paris and later as director of the American expeditionary forces nursing service with 10,000 nurses. She was born in Worcester Massachusetts and graduated from Vassar at twenty. She first went overseas as chief nurse of the St. Louis unit base hospital No. 21 and holds many awards for wartime service. One notable moment was christening the army transport Chaumont where General Pershing attended and she spilled champagne on his uniform.
The article notes a sharp drop in plain buck privates in the U S Army with estimated 20 000 unskilled infantry and 47 837 men in all foot regiments. War department plans reductions to leave a framework of specialists ready to expand with raw recruits in emergencies.
Brigadier General William V. McMaken of Toledo who served forty years in the U S Army says he now prefers to march as a buck in the rear at patriotic memorial demonstrations. He recalls in 1920 at the American Legion parade in Cleveland being bawled out by a sergeant for not dressing right while in ranks. McMaken commanded a brigadier unit in the Thirty seventh division during World War I.
The American Legion unveils a Marine memorial at the University of Minnesota. A Maumee River island near Toledo is bought as a Legion vacation resort. Buck’s County Pennsylvania receives seven playgrounds’ equipment. A troop of Boy Scouts in Ottumwa gets uniforms funded by the Legion. Remaining $800,000 from New Jersey state bonuses may fund hospital care for disabled veterans.
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