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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1945)
A PAGE SHimi ':i i i . : j ! v::!; , . '-''. . wiMM WVU ViUU UUimUT I'lWUUit ' vsvcuucr IJM . . .-V ! ... . 11. ' " 1 -television BrnnrWstpirs May Make Transmitters ' Out of ffigh-Flying Planes By BRACK CURRY , WASIIINGTON, Dec.. 22.--Another race Is1 on to span the continent, reminiscent of the days when the railroads were battling to link east with west. This time it's a race in the ether a race among three proposed methods of network television broadcasting. , .Prtsent telephone lines of the national radio networks can't itt icievuuon, so would-be tele Vision network operators must find another way, and an efficient one, to transmit the waves. There's a galaxy of proposals before the. federal communica tions commission (FCC) for re laying high-frequency, wide-band waves so that coast-to-coast tele vision networks can be set up. The three main types of propo sals, says the FCC, are: , 1. Stratovision. 2. Coaxial cable. 3. Toint-to-point relays. Stratovision is the roost amaz- Gcrvais Schools Hold Programs Before Holiday . GERVA1S, Dec. 22 -(Special) The grade school presented the cantata, "Santa in Story-Land,? Friday afternoon.- . ' During the recent Victory bond , drive the grade school bought . 33.05 worth of bonds. Pupils have painted individual Christmas scenes. Bessie ' Meyer, Bob Elmore and Art Richardson . painted the "Flight Into Egypt," Each room has a large Christmas 'tree, the decorations being made by the pupils. School was dismissed Friday and classes will resume January 7. The parochial school gave a program Friday afternoon, after .which school was dismissed un til Monday, January 7. The school has Just recently collected 3000 pounds of waste paper. Lloyd Seely donated his truck and his services to take . the load to Portland. tag of the lot, f I cenioos X Transmitters mounted In air planes flying six miles above the earth are the key to stratovion. Programs would originate in ground studios and be beamed" to planes in much the manner of military radar for relaying and broadcast The "beamed" plane- to-plane connections would form a nationwide network. The plans call for all-metaL low-wing monoplanes almost as large as the B-29 but weighing only one-third j as much. They would cruise at less than 150 miles an hour. Two planes would be in the air at all times at each location - - one broadcasting and relaying, the other standing br to take over in an emergency. Each plane would carry a flight' crew of three, and six radio techni cians. t - :, ..- ; The eight planes in the pro posed . stratovision relay system would fly over New York, Pitts burgh, Chicago, Kansas City, Cur tis, Neb, LeadviHe, Colo, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. 81 Per Cent Coverage By adding six more planes over Durham, N. C- Atlanta, Memphis, Dallas, Sacramento and Portland, Ore, Westinghouse estimates, it would be possible to provide stratovision coverage lor 51 per cent of the nation's area and 78 per cent of its population. The FCC has okayed stratovi sion experiements. The Bell System plans long dis tance television by cable. What Bell calls a "coaxial cable" is de signed to carry large numbers of telephone conversations. It also is suitable for transmitting tele vision. Radio Relay j Another method of transmitting multiple telephone . channels and television, called radio relay, is under development by Bell engi neers. An experimental - system now Is being built between New York and Boston. . In this system the television waves are '"bounced from one relay station to another. The sta tions are usually j towers ' about 100 feet high and about 35 miles apart. FCC records show Philco' open ed the first multiple radio relay for television - last 'April 17. It sent programs from Washington to Philadelphia. . t - ..' 1 '. Other companies' experimenting with relay systems are the Hath eon Corp, General Electric, Inter aticil "Business Machines, Fe2 V and the Radio Corporation tl jf s America, j - i 'Zr1 OMomHriiUi Dr. M. J. KtUy, Dr. Frd E. CWW ' 7,m.h Stoft-, Dr. M. Burton, Dr. Emm Spiixer. Dr. llvry H. Scrikmtr and Dr. Robtrt A. Golden. jii II it mm? On ppwl ! yMr ttUlt, MkM MUi GlmttmM mi LiWral Ct4'tr Tt-t . . , WMr ttt hi JO tUyt lfor Feyinfl One Fsimy. N Istrc Chcrta fr this Liberal Srvi ... pmy la Smell Weekly MamHiIv AmmiKs ... Athftlf Uu Mm 10 Xmattlif Styled SclcntihicaUuittecl From ' I Clmmmroua Deilgnt Mp y MUcf rkt cipliwt fecial feature . . . letter VWe M tie MemiMM ia ketk Style 4 Cewfeit. MC1K Yoj are welcome to avail your self ef eur FREE Optical Ex amination any time at your coavenience . . . feel assure1 Classes win not be prescribed valets absolutely accessary. '' . ...J Li V JLLL fimrr 1 fit y WATERS-ADOIPH . 8 iu ' r 1 i 1 1 i ii i .... I . . I -- WM II I i WW M - II I i, If - 1 'ISA i - ; -L f U - i n ' ii.'-. (. . : !..-; ' 5 .!.(... 4