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WASHINGTON, April 14.
Plans for participation of amateur
Bingers from Oregon and from Pa
cific and Rocky Mountain states
in the At water Kent Foundation's
National Radio Audition will be
made In Portland this week with
the arrival from Washington, D.
C. of Burton Bunch, manager of
the 1928 audition.
So widespread is interest in the
second National Radio Audition,
that within three weeks of an
nouncement of the 1928 contest,
definite phases of organization
have been perfected in more than
thirty of the states of the union,
including Oregon. Other states
are falling rapidly Into line, ac
cording to announcement at na
tional audition headquarters here
today.
While in Tortland. Mr. Bunch
will confer with R. V. Haller.
manager of Station KGW which
will radiocast the Oregon state
audition next October, and with
Paul Heltmeyer. radio editor of
the Portland Oregonian, who will
be director of audition publicity
in Oregon.
Because of the success of an
Oregon boy, Ted Roy, the "Sing
ing Blacksmith," of Pilot Rock,
who won second place for male
singers In the audition finals in
New York last year and received
$2,000 in cash, it is naturally ex
pected that amateur singers by the
hundred will enlist for the pre
liminary contests throughout Ore
gon. Nor was the $2,000 check
the only reward received by Ore
gon's "Singing Blacksmith." He
was also awarded a year's musical
tuition, and since his advent to
national fame has sung under sev
eral remunerative contracts. He
is a student in the Oregon Agri
cultural College at Corvallis and
is studying also In the School of
Music of the same institution.
Oregon, with a group of other
states including Washington, Cal
ifornia, Montana. Wyoming, Ida
ho, Arizona and Nevada will con
stitute a district audition unit, as
last year with San Francisco as
the district center. From Port
land Mr. Bunch will go to San
Francisco to arrange for the
broadcasting of the district con
test next November.
In selecting winner of brjth
Oregon and District Auditions the
vote of radio listeners will weigh
60 per cent with the opinion of
judges making up the other 40
per cent. The awards aggregat
ing $17.5000 In cash, and for six
of the national winners, free musi
cal tuition will be the same as
last year.
The contests will be conducted
on the principle of elimination be
ginning with local or community
auditions. All contestants who
must be amateur between 18 and
23 must enter the audition
through the local or community
contests, and then advance through
merit to the state and district
auditions. The United States is
divided into five districts, each of
which Is entitled to send two sing
ers a boy and a girl to compete
in the national finals in New York
In December for the big cash
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Static has brn successfully eliminated from radio telegraph slg
naU hv a, kound filter. The eliminator, termed a elarlphone, is the
invention of William J. Scot of Washington. D. C (inset) a mem
of the lural reserve. He hopes to perfect a smaller filter for
broadcast sets. The large photograph shows the device ready to be
attached between the phones and a radiotelegraph receiver.
WASHINGTON (AP) A device
prizes and other rewards awaiting
the winners.
Wants Car Ads To Keep
Men's Gazes Off Knees
GLASGOW. Scotland (AP) It
is less embarrassing to gaze at
advertisements in a tramcar than
to gaze at women passengers'
stockings, declared Labor Coun
cillor John Stewart when urging
the corporation's acceptance of an
offer of advertisements fa the
Corporation tramcars.
"If It is a question of a pas
seirger having to stare bold Into
a lady's eyes or gaze at an ar
tistic advertisement," he said. "I
prefer the latter. It is embar
rassing for gentlemen In these
days of short skirts to be com
pelled to stare at lady passengers.
It is better that their attention
should be occupied wih advertis
ing matter."
Enlisted Men At Tientsin
Declared Heavy Readers
TIENTSIN. Chim fAP En
listed men of the 15th infantry sta-j
tioned in Tientsin do more read-!
ing per man than the soldiers of
any other post in the United
States army.
This is the meaning of a letter
of commendation from the war de
partment in Washington received
by the barracks library of the 15th
infantry, which stated that during
the last year Ihis library's records
showed a higher ratio between to
tal books loaned and the enlisted
strength of the unit than was re
ported from any other po3t in the
army.
Conditions of the service in
China form the chief reason for
this, says Captain Luther D. Mil
ler, officer in charge of the li
brary. Although civilians and offi
cers usually find life In China full
of interest, such Is not the case
with enlisted men, Captain Miller
said. They come in contact with
no real home life and decent as-
4ociatiovs and places of amuse
ment open to them are few. The
1.1th infantry's library is growing
steadily and contains about 2.500
volumes.
to eliminate static, the invention
of a veteran of the naval reserve
who spent 21 years in painstaking
labor and expended his small sav
ings to perfect it. is to be Installed
at Radio Central of the Navy.
If the apparatus Is as efficient
as tests by navy engineers indi
cate. William J. Scott, erstwhile
repairer of band instruments, will
win a place In radio's hall of fame
for an invaluable contribution to
wireless communication.
Scott's invention is the clari
phone. In 1907, he conceived the
idea of producing a noise ellminat
lng machine. He was employed in
the Navy's band instrument repair
shop and was regarded as an ex
pert in acoustics. His first ma
chines were huge, unwieldy Instru
ments, but he kept on working
that he might place at the disposal
of the navy a device that would be
useful.
The clariphone today Is a com
pact, sound filtering machine
which is connected to the output
of the radio receiver, the operator
receiving the signals through head
phones attached to the clariphone.
Signals are conducted to a sound
receiving chamber in the crarl-
pnone, to which is connected a
series of sound conveying tubes.
It is the function of these tube3 to
break up the sound waves prior to
their entry into a sound trans
mitting chamber, rejecting the
noises and preserving the harmon
ic signals.
Sound waves due to static and
other noises are abrupt, irregular
and non-continuous, while those of
radio signals are uniform and pro
duce harmonics with a well def
ined frequency. The receiving
chamber Of the clariphone Is ac
curately tuned to these harmonic
sounds, and all static and other
extraneeous noises not in reson
ance with the signals are absorbed
by the filter tubes.
The instrument 13 designed pri
marily to eliminate interference
from radio code and other forms of
communication, and Scott now is
undertaking the development of a
clariphone for use with radio
broadcast receivers.
"It is believed this development
will produce a very efficient inter
ference elim!nator of much smaller
dlmentions than those of the pres
ent machine." Mr. Scott declared
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A smoothly operating receiver with seven stages of tuned radio
frequency amplification has been constructed. The diagram shows
the connections for the first two stages and the' detector, the third,
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh stages merely being duplicates of
iiir prwttijng stages.
By C. E. ButterfJeld
Aociatfd Pr Radio Ivditor)
NEW YORK. (AP) Seven
stages of tuned radio frequency
amplification have been made to
operate successfully.
Built to determine if such a
number of radio frequency stages
was practical, the set performed so
well that it was decided to present
it for the experimentally inclined.
Very little pains were taken in the
layout except to keep the length
of grid and plate leads at a mini
mum. A double system of oscilation
control was used. A variable re
sistor with a range up to 200.000
ohms, connected in series with a
.00 1 blocking condenser, was
shunted across the grid and plate
of each radio frequency tube. In
addition a resistor of the same
range waw placed in the 90 volt
ESSENTIAL PARTS FOR SEV
EN TUBES OF RF.
8 Sockets
8 Shielded coils
2 Four-gang condensers
8 0 to 200,000 variable re
sistors 7U mfd. condensers
8 .001 mfd. condensers
1 3 -ohm rheostat
1 amp. fixed resistor
1 to to 6 meg. grid leak
1 .00025 mfd. grid condenser
1 RF choke
7x24 panel, with baseboard
12 inches deep.
B battery lead to gire a panel
control on both rolume and oscillation.
A new musical instrument will
be heard on the air for the first
time in the Oldsmobile Hour of
th General Motors .Family Party
Anril 23. It
will be tha "Tubaphone." intro
duced by Joe Green with the nov
elty orchestra which bears ins
name. The Tubaphone is a series
of hollow steel tubes, arranged in
chromatic scale on the principle
of a Tvlonhone but it is said to be
more melodious than the latter in
strument and better suited to the
radio,
Another program of the most
popular song hits will characterize
this Familv Party, with instru
mental music by a symphony or
chestra and band, in addition to
the noveltv orchestra. A baritone
soloist and the "Rolllckers" male
quartette will furnish vocal selec
tions from "Rosalie." "Merry Ma
innM "Snnnv Davs." "Three
Musketeers." "Keep Shufflin',"
"Golden Dawn." and other musi
cal shows. The program to be
broadcast by the National Broad
casting company and 32 associated
stations, follows:
Open with vocal chorus of "la
My Merry Oldsmobile" Orches
tra picking.
West Point March Song (Ros
alie) Band
Who's That Pretty Baby?..
Quartet
My Ohio Home. Novelty Orchestra
Dream Kisses . Baritone
Imagination and Crazy Hhythm
(Here's How)- Orchestra
Polly Novelty Orchestra
Molly Malone, and Like a Wan
dering Minstrel (Merry Ma-
lones) .. .Baritone and Quartet
Prudy (Jack Shilgret at Piano)
....Piano with Orchestra Acc.
The Whip (Golden Dawn)...
Baritone and Orchestra
Old Timers Waltz (After the
Ball, etc) Band
One Sunny Day. and Hang Your
Hat on the Moon) (Sunny
Days) Orchestra
When Love Comes Stealing..
Novelty Orchestra
Little Log Cabin of Dreams..
(Vibraphone Ob.)... Baritone
Selections from Keep Shufflin'
Orchestra Sc. Band
Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the
. Moon Quartet
Close Ensemble fro Three Mus
keteers a. My Belle
b. My Sword
Orchestra, Band and Quartet.
in that company's "red network."
Upwards of 25 stations are expect
ed to participate ia the nation
wide program.
Hon. Charles Stewart, Minister
of Interior. Dominion of Canada,
who is coming to the United States
In the interest of forestry, will
broadcast on the same program
with the president. Minister Stew
are is ia charge of the National
Forests in Canada, in which coun
try Canadian Foreat Week will be
observed concurrently with Amer
ican Forest Week, April 22-28.
Hon. T. D. Pattullo, Minister of
Lands $l British Columbia, will
speak in Portland, Oregon, that
day. under the plan of an inter
national speakers exchange.
Louise Homer Stires. daughter
of Madame Homer, soprano, will
conclude the national program
from Washington. D. C. with a
group of songs appropriate to for
estry, out-of-door life, and kindred
subjects, including Joyce Kilmer's
famous poem "Trees." The en
tire program will be broadcast the
evening of April 23 from 8 to
8:30, eastern standard time.
LISTENER Mil
PROGRAMS
Survey Completed Concern
ing Entertainment Want
ed Over Radio
Italian Girl Fighter
of 1848 Dies At 92
Diplomatic Careers
Come After Studies
in horseback riding and to learn
how to drive & motor car." ...
The attache must further mas
ter at least three languages Cjer-
BERLIN (AP) To embark up-iman. French and English.
BOLOGNA. Italy (A P) In
I the forefront of the patriotic mob
that chased the Austrian tyrants
out of Bologna back in 1848 was
a lanky, overgrown girl of 17, re
marked even above the men for
her courage and zeal. Her pigtails
flying, the ardent young tomboy
kept after the retreating "white
coats," using whatever weapon
came to hand. Then, order restor
ed, she returned to her work in
the mill where she was employed.
"Donna" Gertrude Lolll, the pig
tailed patriot of four score years
ago, died the ather day at the age
of 97. he married soon after the
rout of the Austrians, and present
ed her husband and her country
with 11 children. The family was
poor, and for 70 years "Donna"
Gertrude worked away in a tobac
co factory. But that did not pre
vent her from looking after the
welfare bf others' children as well
as her own.
The extraordinary old lay found
ed a society for factory girls, still
in a flourishing condition. Later,
in connection with that organiza
tion, she founded an industrial
school for poor children, naming
it in honor of the late Queen Mar
guerite. She was presented to the
Qleen and King Humbert when
they visited Bologna 40 years ago,
and when King Victor Emmanuel
III and Queen Elena came here in
19 21 they sent for her. "A real
combatant of '48," she was styled
by the king.
WASHINGTON (AP) The de
mand 'of listeners for a diversity
of programs is illustrated in a sur
vey of the radio situation in Spo
kane, Wash., which has been sub
mitted to Harold A. Lafount.
member of the Federal Radio com
mission from the far west.
Questionnaires were sent to
representative citizens in four sec
tions of the city and in the Spo
kane valley. The survey was con
ducted independently of any
broadcasting station and is be
lieved to be representative of the
radio situation In cities of the
west. Mr. Lafount said.
Eighty per cent of the persons
answering the questionnaires in
the entire city said they owned
radio sets. In the Spokane val
ley. 75 per cent said they had
radios. The percentage of those
owning tube sets was 65.4 while
34.6 per cent have crystal sets.
Popular music won first place
from symphony concerts by a nar
row margin in answers expressing
first, second and third choice of
favorite programs. The returns
on this question were: Popular
music, 14.8 per cent; symphony,
13.9; old time melodies, 12; band
on a diplomatic career in post-war
Gearmany means to become versa
tile along a number of lines cot
commonly associated with the pro
fession.
This was humorously brought
out by Baron von Rheinbaben,
member of the Reichstag, during
the recent discussion of the for
eign office budget. Not only does
the young attache have to spend
three years on theoretical studies
under the eyes of his elders in the
fortign office, but. he added, "he
As for acquiring the social gra
ces. Frau Stresemann, wife of the
foreign minister, has won tha
hearts of the younger men in her
husband's department by liberally
inviting them to her "jouns."
where they have an opportunity to
observe ambassadors. ministers,
and charges from many countries
in social action.
The founder of the Salvation
Army was General William Booth,
an English clergyman, according
to an answered question in Lib-
is supposed even to take lessonserty Magazine.
Zenith-Crosley
RADIO HEADQUARTERS
Sets Radio Specialists Parts
CHAS. K. DEN1SON
Phone 1161
Res. 2029-J
175 S. High Street
Salem, Oregon
music, 11.6; specialties. 11.5:
sports, 10.9; educational, 10.4:
opera. 8.9; service, e. y service,
Is meant shopping and other in
formation of an advertising na
ture. Preference rarely was ex
pressed for one kind of prograBi.i
more than three of ten being in-,
dicated. i
A census of adults in homes,
who listened to the radio showed
52 per cent of the homes had two
adult listeners: 28' per cent, three
listeners; 11 per cent, four listen
ers; 5 per cent, five listeners; 3(
per cent, one listener, and lpefj
cent, six listeners. Forty per cent
of the homes had two children
listeners; 34 per cent had one lis
tener; 19 per -ceniurtiree listen
ers: 5 per cent, rour listeners
2 per cent, five listeners.
PRESIDENT WILL
BRIM TALK
Message Scheduled To Be
Sent Over Radio from
White House
Filaments of the RF tubes were
operated through a three ohm
rheostat, whihe was a factor in the
oscillation adjustment. A fixed
resistor was placed on the detector
filament.
The only shielding used was that
about the coils. The coils were of
the basket weave type, each hav
ing an individual "can." As an
aaaea precaution, earn con was
placed at right angles to the one
nearest it.
Tuning was done by two four
gang condensers. A trimmer was
necessary across the antenna tun
ing section. However, trimmers
may be placed across each part ot
the two condenser to facilitate in
lining them up.
Oscillation was brought under
control by adjusting- each of the
grid-plate resistors until a clear
signal was received. The resistor
in the B battery lead should be at
a minimum during this process so
that when the set is operating: it
will have an effect on the volume.
The tbre ohm rheostat then was
adjusted for the best operating
signal.
One-half microfarad bypass con
densers were used in each RF
stage from the- B plus to the A
negative. Th A battery leads in
each stage also may be bypassed if
desired. . .
Either one or two stages of
audio amplification may be added,
two steps making a ten tube receiver.
Chinese Again Growing
Huge Crops of Opium
CHUNGKING. Szechuen. China.
(AP) In the plains and val
leys of southwest China the larg
est opium crop since the govern-
nrfflf santi-opium edict of 1907 i3
nearing harvest. In this part of
China the poppy is a winter crop.
harvested in April and May. Open
ly and with the encouragement of
their military overlords, the farm
ers have planted the poppy so ex
tensively that In some areas food
products are scarce because the
fields are given over to opium
growing.
This is especially true of Kwei-
chow. where Governor Chow Hsl-
cheng acknowledges no master.
Like hie brother militarists in
Szechuen and Yunnan, he profits
through taxes, or "fines." on land
planted to the popvqrand through
direct taxes on consumption. A
foreigner who traveled througl
one Kwelchow district reported 20
fields of poppies to one of wheat.
An American engineer recently
returned from Kwelchow brought
an analysis of conditions which
make opium the principal source
of official revenue for that pro
vince and virtually the only profit
able commodity for export. Kwel
chow has no roads connecting it
with other parts of China. Trans
port is by coolies over narrow
trails. One coolie carries an aver
age load of 70 pounds, and from
Kweiyang it takes him 15 days to
reach a market at Chungking on
the north or 20 days to reach
water transport at Liuchow,
Kwangsl. to the east. He gets
about the equivalent ot 40 cents
a day. - If he carries opium his
In a A la wnrk aVnu tAA In Vara! I
chow and double or triple that In
the Chungking or Canton market.
If he carries rice or other grain
his load will be worth no more
than $2.50 in any market, and the
transport cost would eat this , up
before the coolie had covered a
third of his Journey.
In interest of American Forest
week President Coolidge will
broadcast a forestry message di
rect from the White House on
Monday evening. April 23, at 8
o'clock eastern standard time, ac
cording to word received on the
Pacific coast from the American
Forest week committee of which
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is
general chairman.
On February 24, President
Coolidge issued a proclamation
designating the week of April 22
28 as the ninth annual forest week
observance In the United States.
His consent to broadcast this
proclamation. It is said, comes
from his personal Interest in bet
ter forestry practices and the need
for growing new timber crops on
the country's 470,000,000 acres of
land better adapted for threes
than for any other crop.
Through the courtesy of the
National Broadcasting company,
the president's message is to be
carried to the country's radio au
dience over the stations included
Read the Classified Ads
and
The official names of the gamer
called "rugger and "soccer are
Rugby football and Association
football, according to an answered
question in Liberty Magazine.
DON'T NEGLECT YOUR
After a hard winter's usage. A small amount
of service will no doubt put your set in order
that you may enjoy radio all Summer. Most
broadcasting statoins will use additional pow
er for Summer transmission permitting you to
hear their wonderful programs with less
interference thn you have had in the past.
We have openetla place in the Public Market
that we may, ser'e.Jfou better, and are open
evenings. , -
Let us explain" to you our yearly service plan.
A call or either phone will bring to you an
experienced technician;
All our work is guaranteed.
We are agents for Radiola receivers and
speakers. We carry a complete stock of tubes,
batteries, speakers and all other accessories.
VuUpfoeirtt & TTodldl
Two Phone-
PUBLIC MARKET
-2112 or 512
191 So.' High
This Week
April 22 to 28
is to be observed all over
the United States as
"Save
Your
Vision"
week. Arrange now to have
us make an examination of
your eyes during this week.
Eyes Examined, Glasses
Fitted
Morris Optical Co.
EYE SPECIALISTS
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CALIFORNIA LEADS
SAN FRANCISCO. April 2i:
(AP) University of California's
two man golf team, Hugh Ditsler
and Felton Turner, were leading
In the Pacific coast intercollegiate
golf tournament after the first
eighteen holes played here Thursday.
WOOD PRICES
That Should Interest Most People
The SILVERTON MILL Starts Soon
The Following Prices For Summer Delivery Will
Prevail Until Further Notice
Load of 16" Old Fir $8.50
Cord of 4' Old Fir 7.50
Load of 16" Second Growth Fir 7.50
Cord of 4' Second Growth Fir . ..... 6.50
Cordtrf 4' Oak (large) 9.00
Cord of 4' Oak (small) 8.50
Cord of 4' Ash (large) , 8.00
Cord of 4' Maple 7.50
Load of 16" Old Fir Green Slab...... 5.00
Cord of 4' Old Fir Green Slab 4.25
Load of 16" Old Fir Mill Block 5.50
A Large Load of 16" Wood is Guaranteed Not Less
Than of a Cord
A Full Cord Is 3 Ricks of 16" Wood or 128 Cu. Ft.
FRED E. WELLS
Phone 1542 280 S. Church St.
For children or adults -the dainty Gulbransen Minuet Model only $295
You can't help liking tKeml
The charming Gulbransen Minuet Model, so
perfectly suited to the small home ... so ideal
for the children.
Only J feet 8H inches high. Jone and volume
that will amaze you. Graceful cabinet in attracr
tive finish. Only $295!
Another new model is the Gulbransen Small
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Real golden grand tones in a piano only 4 feet
6 inches long.
Gulbransen pianos Uprights, Grands, Register'
ing and Reproducing Pianos represent the
utmost value in tone quality, responsive action
and beautiful appearance. !
National Price stamped on each instrument at
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