Habits of Mind to Be Changed by Radio
Sir Philip Gibbs argues that radio will reshape human thought and social life. He says wireless opens vast knowledge, bonds minds across nations, and moves civilization toward a new age governed by eternal forces rather than matter. He notes Marconi’s beams can target locales from England to Canada or Australia, shrinking the world to a vast universal telephone exchange.
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Philip Gibbs
Hearst
International Cosmopolitan
Sir Philip
Marconi
Eingland
Canada
Australia
Siler
Waves not Watts Determine Amateur Radio Range
A radio feature explains that amateur short wave range depends on wavelength not power. 80-meter waves work best for 50 to 1500 miles at night, 40-meter waves reach 1500 to 5000 miles, and 20-meter waves cover extreme night and long-distance daytime runs.
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Midwest
Pacific Coast
Orurope
Australia
Methods of Popping Up Veteran Radio Tubes
A method to rejuvenate dead radio tubes involves raising filaments to normal brightness and reversing the B battery polarity for one hour, then lowering filament current for half an hour. If tubes are very weak, repeat the process, cool, and restore correct connections. Some tubes like 200A and certain power tubes are not suitable.
$90 000 To Operate A 5000 Watt Station Last Year
Statistics from the service bureau of the National Association of Broadcasters show that $90,000 was needed to operate a representative 5000-watt station last year. The engineering department spent $22,500, equal to 25 percent of the appropriation, while general overhead also totaled $22,500. The program department was the largest expense at $31,500, about 35 percent. Office supplies and service cost $6,300, the commercial department $4,500, and publicity $2,700.
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Service Bureau
The
National Association of Broadcasters
A Car Ride Impression Turns Loud Laugh Into Disdain
An observer recalls meeting a composed, refined woman on a train car. His first impression shifts as her loud, coarse laugh exposes an unexpected vulgarity, drawing attention from fellow passengers.
Magnificent solid gold fittings adorn Windsor mansions
The Willows known as the House of the Arabian Nights hosts Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji, Bombay merchant, famed for a gold fitted home in Tudor style. Rooms glow with solid gold washstands, ornate furniture, and marble statuary. guests include British titled figures. Sir Dhunjibhoy, knighted in 1922, now resides permanently in England.
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Windsor
England
Sir Dhunjibhoy
Dhunjibhoy
Bombay
Indians Spear Salmon Harvest at Sunnyside Dam
Indians from ten to twelve tribes fish at the Sunnyside irrigation dam on the Yakima River near Toppenish during salmon season. Spear poised they wait as Chinook and Coho salmon run upriver to spawn, a tense, ritual harvest marking winter prep.
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Northwest States
Sunnysiderrigation Dam
Yakima River
Northwest
Reservations
Kuck Grabs First Victory In Olympic Shot Put
Johnny Kuck, a noted Pacific coast athlete, wins the first U S victory in the Olympic shot put. Onlookers witness the dramatic scene as competitors vie for the gold while readers note the broader Northwest salmon fishing practices and tribal methods.
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Johnny Kuck
United States
Think So Scientists Ponder Life Kernel in Shells Study
A philosopher writing in the American Magazine questions whether scientists may lose sight of life’s kernel while studying its changing shells and habitats. The piece probes meaning and method in natural inquiry.
Bear’s 200 Word Will Tattooed on His Back
A man in Waterloo confirmed a 200 word will detailing large sums for several recipients was tattooed on his back. The Colonial, about thirty, sat for five hours in a London tattoo parlor while George Burchett witnessed and finished the tattoo.
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London
Waterloo
Cond
George Burchett
Dipping Into Science Male Mosquito Radio
A 1928 Western Newspaper Union piece explains the male mosquito as harmless since it does not bite or sing. It feeds on plant matter and uses feathered antennae to pick up sound waves, letting it hear the song of female mosquitoes.
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Western Newspaper Union
London divorce awards show wives’ value in damages
English courts have awarded substantial damages to husbands when wives elope with richer men. In recent cases George Ingman, an estate agent, received fifty thousand dollars after a divorce from his wife who left with Captain Noel Pearson. Other awards include ten and fifteen thousand dollars, reflecting the era’s view of a wife as a household asset and a derivate of the husband’s welfare.
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London
George Edgar Ingman
Worcester
Noel Pearson
Birches
Slagley
Birmingham
Ingman
Demetrius Sophoscles Constantinide
Lance
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Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Illinois
Keene
Windsor Castle
Kuck
Meeker
Kara Meeker
Ford Motor Company
Oregon
Lord Merrivale
Captain Pearson
Tavist
Ther Sage Says
Alice White
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