Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 230, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1925 — Page 17

BEAUTY CONTEST TO BEGONDUCTED BY BROADCASTERS Audience to Pick Winners— Candy for Those Who Vote, By Times Snecial CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. s.—Second annual Crosley WLW Dolly Varden beauty contest wlil be held. Feb. 14, Valentine night, starting at 8 p. m. The radio audience of WLW will vote that night on four girls selected from twenty entrants who appeared personally at station WLW. The twenty were selected by photograph from hundreds of entrants. Each contestant will be described and the audience will vote by telegram. Winner SSOO -first prize winner in the contest will receive $300; second, $100; third and fourth, SSO each. The number of telegrams to be considered in this countess will be limited to 4,000. Each person voting on the winner, will receive a twopound box of Dolly Varden chocolates. Each person voting on the winner |of the second prize will receive a one-pound box of Dolly Varden exquisite chocolates. Each person voting on either third or fourth contestant will receive a one-half pound box of Dolly Va' den chocolates. Vote by Telegram Each person will be entitled to one ,r ote only. Full name and address of voter must be on the telegram Telegrams must be prepaid and addressed to The Crosley Radio Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio. Telegrams must be sent immediately on the night of the contest. except from localities where the telegraph office is not immediately accessible. In such cases, telegrams may be sent not later than, noon, Feb. 16. It is estimated that there axe close to 5,000,000 receiving sets in the United States. 1,000,000 in England and iOO.OOO in Canada.

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HIDE AND SEEK PLAYED ON RADIO DY SUN’S ECLIPSE Static Increased and Decreased —Some Did and Some Didn’t, By ISRAEL KLEIN NEA Service Radio Editor HE shadow that rushed over I the earth during the recent | eclipse played a game of hide and seek with radio experimenters. Preliminary reports point to a confusion of observations in different parts of the country. Signals increased and decreased in

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intensity. Waves changed their di- j rection. Broadcasts faded in and out. Static increased and decreased. -Some stations got longer distance. Others could hardly be heard. It was all a jumble, out of which scientists are trying to discover some relationship between the sun and radio, or between the effect of light and that of dark on radio. In collaboration with the American Astronomcial Society, the Scientific American is collecting information from radio fans that’may help eventually in deciding some salient fact relative to the eclipse and the radio. More reports are wanted from every fan who happened to be .listening in on the morning of January 24. Dr. E. E. Free, noted scientist and editor of the Scientific American, however, makes the following cursory analysis: „ “1. Some stations report Increases of signal strength during the eclipse, while others report decreases. ”2. Direction finders record changes In direction of waves from known stations. ”3. Stations with special apparatus report swings of wave direction. Indicating their arrival first from one side,of the eclipse shadow, then from the other side. "4. Most pronounced effects on wavelengths appear to be on those in the intermediate baud for broadcasting. "5. Long waves apparently were unaffected by the eclipse, while short waves were apparently so much affected that transmission seemed to cease altogether.” In contrast to this, however, Dr. J. H. Dellinger, chief of United States Bureau of Standards radio laboratory, who conducted special eclipse observations, reports the phenomenon seemed to increase greatly the intensities of long and short wavelengths, while thu medium frequencies seemed to show no apparent effect. Dr. Dellinger agrees with Dr. Free’s report that signals shifted during the time of totality. Contrary to expectations, static increased. That’s what the American Radio Relay League reports. Much FaiHjig Signals faded in and out during totality and for two or three minutes after, the report continues. Most of the A. R. R. .1,. amateurs, working on high frequencies, reported a drop in the signal strength, despite the contrary finding of the bureau of standards. Others, however, noticed no change. Out of all this material, the most interesting to scientists is the variation in direction of signals, and the confusion of observations as to signal strength. Both these phenomena are believed to result from what scientists

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Ocean Is Crossed During* Eclipse Bu XEA Service P - IHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5. —Broadcasting station L—— WIP, here, succeeded in reaching London, while the solar eclipse was forming. A report from station 2LO to WIP affirms the latter’s success in in double-barreled test the morning of the eclipse. This test was not only to observe the effect of the eclipse on long distance transmission, but to make another transAtlantic hop in daytime. The time of the successful transmission was 8:12 eastern time, when the eclipse was already In formation and about an hour before totality.

Big Station Going Up The new 5,000-watt broadcasting itation of WCCO is being put up rast, so that 'it should begin filling the air with music by March 1. The station will be eighteen miles out of Minneapolis and St. Paul, its headquarters. “Pinched” quality of tone from the loud speaker is often due to reversed polarity. Merely reverse the cord tips in the jack. This applies to headphones as well.

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WORRY LEGISLATORS! Washington Delegations Get Requests to Clear Air. WASHINGTON, Feb. s.—Senators and Representatives have learned the advent of radio means a big increase in their work. Rare is the day now when the national legislators do not get requests from their constituents for their influence in removing radio interference in the local community. Many fans seem to have the idea that more can be gained in this way through direct correspondence to the radio bureau. There is now pending a recommendation by the budget bureau for a substantial increase in the appropriation of the radio bureau. This recommendation, which will be sent to Congress within a short time, will, if enacted, enable the radio bureau to double its field force. Such action, it is believed, will enable inspectors to give more time to the elimination of interference caused by power lines, street railways, etc.

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