Five New Radio Patents Issued by U S Office
Five radio invention patents were granted by the U S Patent Office in the past week. Inventors include Joseph Nunn of St Louis Missouri Frank Conrad of Pittsburgh and Stephen A Staege of Pittsburgh with Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Charless Demarest of Ridgewood New Jersey Milton Almquist of Brooklyn New York and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. patents cover tuning coils wireless signals selective signaling and mixed radio wire systems.
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Washington
United States Patent Office
Joseph N Nn
St. Louis
Frank Conrad
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Stephen A. Staege
Charless S. Demarest
Ridgewood
N. J
Milton L. Almquist
Brooklyn
N. Y
American Telephone Art Telegraph Company
Charles S. Demarest
N.~y
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Stevenson Radio Syndicate
Sweden Now Tunes In
In Gothensburg Sweden sales of crystal receiving sets and headsets topped 11 000 and 30 000 respectively during January with other radio parts, totaling nearly 1 000 000 crowns. Trade Commissioner T O Klath reports about 4 000 radio licenses issued.
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Times
Washington
Gothensburg
Sweden
T. O. Klath
Department of Commerce
Worth Knowing Radio Frequency and Regeneration
Radio frequency and regeneration seldom work together because the set becomes unstable and hard to handle. Adding a single radio stage to an ordinary regenerative set is wasteful since regeneration already provides as much effect as one stage of radio.
Dixie Stars to Broadcast Live From Ohio Theater Week
Al Benard and Russell Robinson the Dixie Stars will appear in person at the Ohio Theater the week of March 22. They will broadcast nightly from WFBM Merchants Heat and Light Company during their city stay. Robinson is a local boy and composer of the hit Margie. Both entertainers are nationally known for radio work across the US and Canada.
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al Benard
Russel Robinson
Dixie Stars
United States
Ohio Theater
Merchants Heat and Light Company
WFBM
Robinson
Margie
Benard
Canada
Middle West
WOC
Davenport
Town
WMAQ
Chicago
WHK
Cleveland
KFOV
Omaha
Neb
WDAY
Fargo
N. D
Radio broadcast brings state high school basketball to fans
The Merchants Heat and Light Company’s WFBM will air live play by play from the Coliseum at the State fair grounds starting Friday at 9 a.m. A direct wire lets listeners hear reports a second after each play with announcers describing pre and post game events. Broadcast begins 8:45 a.m. with game schedule and team lineups.
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The
Indianapolis Times
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Ctadion
WFBM
State Fairgrounds
Times
Canada
Short Cuts for Radio Repairs and Tube Resets
Instructions describe connecting audio transformer terminals and speaker lead tips, angling neutroformers at 57.3 degrees, cutting paper templates, wiring a C battery in audio units, and specific voltage timers for 199 and 201A tubes. Also notes cooling in an ice box and avoiding underfloor wear by brass ribbon substitution.
Playlets by Air Presented by St Paul Twin City Talent
Local talent from St Paul and Minneapolis will have playlets broadcast weekly on WCCO the large Twin City broadcasting station. The program showcases regional writers and actors in short dramatic pieces airing each week on the popular station.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
WCCO
Twin City
National Radio Farm School Launches on Five Stations
A national radio farm school is to air March 23 via five stations led by Blue Valley Creamery Institute with C. M. Bong directing. Courses run five days weekly from 1 PM with experts on hogs poultry dairying legumes and a daily question session.
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NEA
Chicago
United States
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
C. M. Bong
John M. Byward
Iowa State Agricultural College
A. G. Phillips
Purdue University
Loudspeakers and radio signals in home circuits
Radio fans worry that extra wire resistance weakens signals when connecting a loudspeaker far from the receiver. In practice the loud speaker circuit already presents high resistance, so adding several hundred ohms has little effect on sound reproduction.
Test for Short Circuits in Tube Sets
Instructions describe wiring a set and testing for shorts by connecting a battery between the plus B and minus B posts. If tubes light, wiring is wrong and must be corrected to prevent damage from higher B battery voltage.
Radio Calisthenics Sweep Nation In Morning Broadcasts
Morning exercise classes spread across stations WEAF WCAP WEEI WLW WOR as part of a health push for Metropolitan Life policyholders. Three 20 minute sessions begin 6 45 7 05 and 7 25 with jazz music and Metropolitan tower chimes waking listeners. Since January 5 the program has drawn about 200 new pupils daily.
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NEA
New York
WEAF
WCAP
Washington
WEEI
Boston
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Tower
WLW
Cincinnati
WOR
Newark
N. J
Marconi Wireless Station Link Aims Australia Relay
Trade Commissioner L. W. Meekins reports that the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Radio Station at Drummondville Quebec will soon connect with Australia. The project adds three towers and a beam circuit operated with the British Post Office, enabling messages from England to Drummondville and onward to Australia.
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Bu Times
Washington
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Drummondsville
Quebec
Australia
L. W. Meekins
Department of Commerce
Marconi Organization
British Post Office
England
Austrata
Census Count Noted for Queens Borough in Citywide Split
In Queens, New York City, about thirty five thousand radio receivers were tallied recently as part of a broader citywide division. The Queens borough is the smallest by population among the five divisions of the metropolis.
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Queens
New York City
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U. S. Office
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