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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1928
Page
7
Archie claims his pet kitten Fluffy is a pure Persian despite a small tail. He jokes that when Fluffy sees a dog the tail will seem large. Also notes confusion over Missouri and Mississippi river lengths and the claim of the world's longest river.
The Bible has been translated into Juba Luba, Bunty language of the Belgian Congo, making it readable in more languages than any other work. Closest competitors are The Nation of Christ and related texts, per the Christian Century.
Beginning Early Milton, seven, fishes with his father and asks how many fish their tales claim got away. The boy repeats a wary line about angling yarns and the parent’s stories, reflecting a light, humorous scene from a family fishing outing.
An eight hundred millionth of a watt can run an ordinary receiving set and a household iron would power 500,000,000,000 sets. The giant transmitter wastes most energy. only a minute fraction reaches listeners. Caldwell notes that even a 1000 watt station may fail to deliver a full watt to its audience while vast energy dissipates in space and surrounding structures.
Radio interference from electrical precipitators used to control smoke comes from the high voltage and stray current radiating from rectifiers and leads. Engineers say placing a grounded wire screen around wires and rectifier or inserting damping resistances can cut the radio frequency energy and reduce interference over long distances.
A radio hobby note explains that amateur short wave receivers often fail to oscillate at certain dist points due to tuning near the antenna’s resonant frequency or its harmonics. Power absorption by the antenna hinders oscillation. loosen coupling or add a small series capacitance in the antenna to shift resonance away from usable band segments.
A Colorado Agricultural College questionnaire of ten farmers shows radios are purchased mainly for entertainment rather than education. Pure entertainment programs drew the highest interest, with mixed entertainment and information programs second, while purely informative content ranked lower.
Perry Johnson signed a three year contract to pilot the Washington American League club. Neither Griffith nor Johnson released salary terms. Johnson said he was glad to return to Washington where he spent 21 years as a pitcher.
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