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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1928)
6 Tha tfw (Esgon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday ifMing, October 17, 1028 PATEWT RIGHTS BEFORE COURT DeForest - Armstrong -Issue . ' Regarding "Feed-back" to be Settled ' . WASHINGTON. Oct. 16. (AP) The De Forest-Armstrong con .troversy. the first big radio patent ease to reach the nation's highest tribunal, will be fought out in the supreme court this month. The case involves invention pri ority rights of Iee DeForest and IWajbr Edward H. Armstrong, dis tinguished radio inventors, to the feed-back" or regenerative cir lt in receiving sets. It was car Tied to the suprer?e court by the "Westinrhouse Electric and Man ufacturing company, purchaser of the Armstrong patent, which asks a review of the recent decisions in federal courts awarding patent Tights in the circuit to the DeFor 'est Radio Telephone and Tele graph company. The Westinghouso company 'contends that a final decision is Ins and selling apparatus ttslnf the "feed-hack" amounts to mil. lions of dollars annually. Ia Court Long Time The caae has been In litigation for eight years, with both sides winning court contests. In 1920, a New York court ruled that Arm. trcnK liau 1 1 ir -'nbts. This de cision was affirmed by the circuit court of appeals, and in 1923 the assistant commissioner of patents awarded priority cf Invention to Ariutrong. On appeal. Del'ortst won a re versal of the dedrlon by the cr cuit court of appeals of the Dis trict of Columbia, and Pennsyl vania and Delaware courts subse quently held Armstrong's patent to be in conflict Uh two. DeFor est patents. These opinions wer-s affirmed by the Circuit Court of .Appeals for the th'rd circuit. Arguments before the supreme court will be made by a formid able array of epprsing lawyers, including Charles Evans Hashes. ehW of counsel tor, the DeForest coirpany. .'. i She Is Director i i j v l J - ; iv.jv Imperative as the bu'ines of mak-jtiple sections. A "bathtub" variable condens er, which takes its name from the type of frame employed. Is includ ed In the new .fall apparatus. The condenser, the design of the De JurAmsco corporation, is avail able in .00035, with single or mul- ALICE MASLIN 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 16. (AP) As program director of station KMOX, Miss Alice Maslln has nearly as many duties as the small town mayor. Listed among her taka are: Assistant to the station manager, concert pianist, accompanist, narrator, booker and continuity writer. PROBESHOWS Federal Inquiry Bares Pay Schedule . in Stations Throughout Nation 5 It's MARVELOUS I The Clarity of Tone The Beauty I iTfic Unfailing Accuracy ' of the Wonder Set I Complete ANYTHING YOU WANT gets them all PERFECTLY Complete see m hear m Then youll know 1 " I VIBBERT & TODD 191 s. High Phone 2112 And the Market Phone 512 A for a 1929 electric set puts so-called bargains to shame without l tube 8pMkrU wouldn't handle Questionable eoodThat'awhywvscllArwater Kent Radio. And with the new Atwater Kent Radio and the new low prices low because of the tremendwrdernand you needn't wait'for a talc to. get a ' ally gcxxl 1929 electric set at a rea onable price. You can't get more cut of any radio. Come in today and let us prove It to you. And show you hovr wa malw It even easier, to own with our lr'. Convenient l&rihs BROADCAST OFBYBD EXPEDITION PUN PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Oct. 16 (AP) Special broadcasts for the Byrd Antarctic expedition are be- ins arranged. Stations KDKA. Pittsbareh: WBZ, Springfield, Mass.: KYW and KFKX, Chicago, and WBZA, Boston, are to transmit messages to the explorers each Saturday night after 11 o'clock. Eastern Standard time. In addition spe cial broadcasts are to be made from KDKA on Christmas night and from KYW-KFKX on New Year's night. This service will start immediately after the last contingent of the expedition leaves. Upon the finish of the winter schedule on February 23 messages will be sent out on an emergency schedule which calls for a stand by every Saturday night at 11 o'clock. AUSTRALIA TO TIKE OVER ALL STUDIOS SYDNEY. Australia Oct. 16. lArj transrer to government control of the broadcasting sta tions of Anstrlia will involve an expenditure of $400,000 to $500,- uuo. it Is estimated. It is believed arrangements can be made with exisung companies to take over their assets and introduce the new system before the expiration of existing licenses in November next year. . The new policy contemplates that the government shall be tbe owner of the plant, equipment and mechanical means of broad casting In all Class A stations and relay stations and provision be made for broadcasting of com plete programs. - - N.- 1 jjS 1 tetsiyi and 75 huhmericdn llhhawK Corporation- - LYRIC RADIO i8r an (ToEBetia c3 hear a X. - :i"i'.UIM'.? 5JMw Court: St. IMPERIAL JFuniiture Co: Inc J OMrKitK : . r i -I6XXXMJRT Sf.ii ? WASHINOTON Oct. it TAP I -Employes engaged In the man- nfacture of receiving seta receive an average waekly wars l of $23.25, according to a survey made by the Department of La bor of the wage and hours of labor in the radio manufacturing Industry. Earnings ranged from $13.94 for female packers and wrappers to S44.06 for male tool and die makers. Agents of the bureau 4f statis tics visited establishments in Illin ois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio. Pennsyl vania and Rhode Island. The radio manufacturing industry la quite seasonal , as there are several months in the year In which very little work is done, the bureau points out. Data for the survev was obtained In periods In which the establishments were working full time. Earnings High In the manufacture of loud speakers, the average weekly earnings ranged from $12.93 for women repairers to $41.88 for tool and die-makers, the average for all employes being $22.87. The average number of days on which employes worked in one week ranged from 4.6 for repair-1 ers to 5.9 for testers. In 23 receiving set establish, ments, 13 paid additional for ov ertime work. Three of the factor ies had bonus systems In opera tion, two bslnf bassd on produc tion and us otasr on attanaance. In tha lattsr, smployes losing- no tlms during ths weak wsrs paid $1 additional. Ths aTerage weekly earnings In tha radio tabs industry ranred from $14.$ 7 for filament tuba testers to $28.10 for electric testers, the average tor all em ployes being 20.36. ME WIS W AID DISTANCE T NEW YORK, Oct. 16. (AP) -Revival of Interest in distance hunting is to be expected from the reallocation of wavelengths, effective November 11, Gordon C. Sleeper, radio authority, be lieve. "Although there are almost al ways good programs from the lo cal stations. It cannot be denied that the picking up of a distant station is far more thrilling than tuning In ; on the home town broadcaster. With a good set. there should be no reason why radio fans on the Atlantic coast cannot hear the powerful western and Pacific coast stations if the radio commission's plans work out as expected." SCREEN GRIDS USED CHICAGO. Oct. 16(AP) The screen g it! tube continues to receive most f the attention of designers of k s for the home contractor. Or j layout contains five of them. It is a superhetero dyne with three tuned radio' fre quency stages and two steps of Intermediate amplification. Only one stae of audio is required to complete nine tubes. Solon Broadcasts a ve.. ..-- , Light Transmission Opens Big Field of Experiment SEN. R. B. HOWELX, OMAHAvNeb., Oct. 16. (AP) Semator R. B. Howell, republi can, of Nebraska, takes alone a portable radio transmitter when he goes vote-hanting in hi cam paign far reelection. While trav eling, he carries the transmitter in an automobile, and sets it up when he stops to make a speech. AUTOS CARRY RADIO PARIS, Oct. 16. (AP) Arm ored automobiles carrying radio outfits were an important feature of tbe autumn manoeuvres of the French army. A steel mast at the side of the car wheih could be re leased or lowered, was the anten na support. Short wavelengths were used. HEATER TUBE IMPROVED CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Oct. 16. (AP) Commenting on radio de velopments fn the past year, Fred D. Williams, radio manufacturer, says that the outstanding feature is the refinement in the 27 AC heater tube. The improvement, he adds, is certain to have a far reaching influence in the design of electrified sets. NEW YORK. Oct. 16. (AP) Television, now being given front nlace in radio, has opened wide vlstaa tqx experimentation. The obstacles to satisfactory transmission and reception of in stantaneous light are many, and until they have been overcome, there will be few if any commer cial television receivers, engineers say. It is oniy me sciennti uu tbe exnerlmenter with a wiae knowledge of ra4io who can ob tain results with the present equipment. How long the public must wait for television reception in. the home on a par with sound radio. the engineers are unable to indi cate. But they see great possibil ities for those radio fans who are never satisfied unless they are conducting some experiments. Progress Rapid Progress so far has been com paratively rapid, and as light transmission is taken up by more and more broadcast stations, greater development is expected. Transmitters now .sending out I "television programs" are few and are centered in munities, such as New York, Chi oago, Boston and Washington. The season ahead is expected to feature the offering of many tele viion components for the experi menter, who, like the engineer, is facsd with such problems as im provement in protoelectric cells, more sensitive relays, better am plifiers and peon tubes, micro metric speed control of the scan ning disc motor and others. Still Far Away ' Any discussion of . television seems to empnasize me raci inai its appearance in the form of a er Is some distance away, and to give the public a picture or the situation, the Radio Manufactur ers' association Is studying the subject. Data on Its exact stage and progress is to be issued. On the other band, the possi bilities seen In the future of "ra dio movies" have led one New York, hotel to announce that it is planning the installation of a tel evision reproducer in each room. How soon this step would be tak en was not Indicated. Air Station Talk By the Associated Press The winter programs of the Reese Popular trio have been re sumed over KOA, Denver. WPSC, the Pennsylvania State college station at State College. Pa., has resumed its broadcast schedule, whicn will incruoe Sat urday football games and Sunday chapel services. B. C. Riley, dean of general ex-' the larger com- i tension work for the University of Florida, has been named director of WRUF, the new university sta tion at Gainesville, Fla. The sta tion is to conduct a "university of the air." Four series, of radio concerts for children are to be given bv Walter Damrosch, beginning Oct. 26. They will be broadcast by WE AF and 25 stations each Friday morning. 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