Radio mirror (Jan-Oct 1923)

September J. 1923 RADIO Die E S T — Illustrated NEW WAY TO WORK PROBLEMS OF WAR AIRPHONES SEEN AS AIDS IN THEORETICAL COMBAT Navy Chief Plans to Co-ordinate Arms by Relaying Tactical Reports All "WASHINGTON. — Franklin Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, has a unique Idea for the use of Radio in army ami navy war games. He proposes the joint study ana solution of a problem involving combat operations, such as an overseas expedition, by the war colleges of the army and navy simultaneously, every move being: Radioed to umpires meeting in the war or navy departments near their Radio central offices. War games are old but Colonel Roosevelt's idea is to bring the land and sea postgraduate war schools into a closer relationship during peace when they have time to solve problems involving both arms. Military and naval forces would be operated theoretically on paper, just as they would co-operate in time of war. Would Co-ordinate Activities Since the naval war college is at Newport, R. 1.1 and the war college of the army in the capital it would be expensive and difficult to bring all the students into one large hall. Therefore, Roosevelt suggests that the students remain in thenrespective class rooms where all facilities are available and, as fast as orders, plans and movements of troops or ships are made, to Radio the action to the board of judges sitting in AYashington. The army and naval officers serving as umpires would have two charts in their meeting place and plot every move made by the students at each school. Would Aid Both Arms of Defense Upon the completion of the game, which might require a week or ten days, the umpires would decide which of the schools had solved the problem correctly or to the best advantage and announce the result by Radio to the students. It would not be a contest between the army on one side and the navy on the other, but would involve the handling of sea and land forces. The naval class would be divided, one handling the red forces, the other the blue, while the army school would also fight the same problem, dividing against itself. Such studies, naval officials believe, would tend to familiarize the naval officers with the military end of war problems and army students with the marine phase of such conflicts, effecting closer cooperation and understanding of the combined national defense. AIR BETRAYS TWO ESCAPED FELONS Same Set Which Sends Missouri Convicts'Memorial Music Trails Them ST. LOUIS. — Amateur Radio operators of Missouri joined recently in a hunt for two convicts. Charles Stevens and Alva Bachelor, serving 25 and 20-year sentences, respectively, in the state prison at Jefferson City, had escaped. The pair were members of the prison band, which was playing in a memorial to President Harding in the state capitol. Their escape was broadcast by Radio through the middle west. During the concert the two "trusties" slipped away, obtaining civilian clothing from two women, and fled. Over the same Radio which had broadcast the prison band music a report of the escape and a description of the convicts were sent out. Two amateurs in St. Louis caught the message and relayed it to the police two hours before the authorities received official notice of the escape from Jefferson City. FIRST LAKE AIRPHONE BEACON AT DETROIT DETROIT. — A Radio telephone, first to be Installed in lake lighthouses, has been added t<> tin equipment of the Marquette lighthouse, near here. The light stations on Manitou and Passage Islands will be similarly equipped, it is reported by tho commissioner of lighthouses. A number of the keepers have had receiving sets, but this is the first time a Radiophone transmitter has been installed. ANTENNA 326 FEET UP MARKS PAPER PLANT OAKLAND.Oakland, twenty s mounted by a 100 miles, will tober 1. On th the Tribune's casting station station will be I lie building, 3 the second high —Tho new $1,000,000 Calif., Tribune tower, tories In height, sursearchlight visible for be complete about Oc e twentieth floor will bo 500-watt Radio broad The antenna, for this strung from tho top of 36 feet high; it will be est in the United States. BEGINNING YOUNG AT WEAF WEAF was entirely operated by women only recently, and six-year-old Jaqueline Land, daughter of the big plant's hostess, did her bit. She is shown at the "long distance panel/' connecting WEAF direct with other cities and stations, such as WNAC, Boston, and WCAP, Washington. It is through this switchboard that connections are made for simultaneous station broadcasting ©K. & H. Ship Near Ceylon Hears Amateur in Galveston Message Sent Half-way Around Earth Breaks 5IM's Record GALVESTON, TEX.— A ship operator about 100 miles southeast of Ceylon in the Indian ocean recently heard an amateur Radio station of this city approximately half-way around the world. This is a new long distance amateur record, since the Texas station 5IM, operated by Edward W. Rouse, covered 11,000 air miles. Other stations as to which reception was reported, but not confirmed, are 6KA, operated by Thomas E. Nikirk; Los Angeles Cal.; 6ZZ, H. L. Gooding, Douglas, Ariz.; 8ANB, C. P. Goetz, Cincinnati, Ohio, and 4EB, E. W. Cochran, Palmetto, Ga. House of God Now Utilizes Air to Broadcast His Word CARTHAGE, ' ILL. — The Presbyterian church here is now Federal Licensed Station WTAD for Radiophone broadcasting. The plan is to broadcast at least one service each Sunday. For this purpose the people of the church are co-operating in establishing the station and installing and operating the equipment. Chicago leads all other cities with a total of 3,729 amateur stations. AIR PICTURE SHOWS HARDING'S FUNERAL STATION WJAZ PRESENTS OBSEQUIES BY RADIO Each Phase of Sad Procession in Nation's Capital Broadcast from Chicago to Thousands CHICAGO. — So that the mental vision could comprehend that which the ear alone ordinarily could understand, so that millions of the people could by eulogy and melody mourn in unison, Station WJAZ of this city, by means of what was termed tonal illustration, recently reenacted at night the sad solemn events of the funeral procession in Washington of Warren Gamaliel Harding, 29th president of the United States. The important sound phases of the cortege as it proceeded in Pennsylvania avenue to the capitol were revealed to listeners by means of an invocation, a quartet, an orchestra and chimes. All the various episodes of the sorrowful event were imaged and broadcast. The program was in fact an aerial picture. Tolling: Bells Are Heard As the procession made it way from the White House to the capitol, as it passed the grief-stricken thousands, and as it finally halted to enable loving hands to place the coffin on its catafalque in the rotunda, N. A. Fegen of Station WJAZ verbally described each momentous act. When the procession started toward the building, draped in black, which housed the bier, the bells of St. John's Episcopal chuch in Washington began to toll and from Station WJAZ there came, in like manner, the awesome peals. As the cortege passed the District of Columbia building, city hall of Washington, 3,000 wide-eyed school children, saddened by the nation's loss, sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee," one of the favorite hymns of the executive, and strewed flowers in the path. And from Station WJAZ was broadcast the strains of the sacred song. Repeat Songs Over WJAZ Slowly the procession moved onward. As it came abreast of the Marine Band the hushed throngs heard, to the beat of muffled drums, the dolorous yet dulcet tones of "Onward, Christian Soldier." And from Station WJAZ the same inspiring song was sent. Step by step, the measured tread of the cortege was sounded in harmony with the Funeral March (Chopin) and as the coffin was carried up the broad steps of the capitol there came to thousands far away the song, "Lead, Kindly Light," in repetition of that played by the Army band. As the group of notables under the great dome in the capitol reverently bared their heads the male quartet of Calvary Baptist church (Washington) voiced "Lead, Kindly Light." And from Station WJAZ came like chords. As the words of an encomium and of prayer uttered by the Reverend Freeman Anderson of Washington stirred those around the catafalque, Mr. Fegen, in Station WJAZ, delivered an invocation. Data Show 1,126 More Stations Than in 1922 Department of Commerce Statistics Reveal Total of 21,967 WASHINGTON. — The end of the fiscal year shows a gain of 1,126 Radio stations of all kinds in the United States, according to the department of commerce figures just compiled. On June 30, there were 21,967 ship and land Radio stations; a year ago there was a total of 20,841. The increase represents added interest among amateurs and broadcasters who have received station licenses during the last twelve months. Amateur stations increased from 15,504 to 16,570 on June 30, showing a gain of 1.U66. Broadcasting stations number 191 more today than a year ago, having increased from 382 to 573. THE ANTENNA BROTHERS Spir L. and Lew P. Aboard the Radio Rattler