Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 260, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1925 — Page 19

RADIO INVESTORS WARNED AGAINST DOUBTFUL STOCK Report Based on Unrest in This Infant Industry, Bu KEA Service Despite* marvelous financial strides made last year by radio manufacturers, there's a warning In the adr. % The warning advisee caution on the part of would-be' investors against sinking money thoughtlessly into radio stocks even of the most successful and most popular radio enterprises. It is based on signs of unrest in this infant Industry of revolt among certain manufacturers and of instability in the radio pdtent situation. These signs have already appeared above the- surface in, the matter of Hazeltine stock. Professor Hazeltine now controls the neutrodyne patent, but the Radio Corporation of America and others are suing his organisation for alleged infringement of some of their basic patents, while A. H. Grebe, another manufacturer, actually denies Hi&zeltine's right to the neutrodyne patent. Stock Down The effect has been noticed on the stock exchange. Hazeltine stock has been falling rapidly witn cnly an occasional burst upv/ard. Prominent stock brokers, dealing In radio securities, advise investors against touching this stock. It is in the doubtful class Yet last year, the fourteen’ licensees of the Hazeltine Corporation reported a gross business amounting to $12,g£3,090, compared with $1,647.SSI for 1923. That's an increase of almost 800 per cent! Royalties out of this iijcome, going to Hazeltine and his‘ associates, amounted to $640,154.52 last year. • Radio Corporation Radio Corporation also report a marvelous year last year. Progress is Bhown in radio receiver sales, in broadcasting and in its various commercial enterprises throughout the world. Last year’s total gross income for this company is reported as $54,848,131, against $26,394,789 in 1923, an Increase of more than 100 per cent. The 1924 net income is given as $9,503,442, as compared with $4,737,773 in 1923 and $2,974,579 the year before. Yet Radio Corporation stock has been wavering of late. After going up to 66, it went down to about 57 and shows signs of going even farther down tha line.

WHT IS PROGRESSING CHICAGO, March s.—Radio star tion WHT, now being built In the Wrigley Bldg., and which will have its towers at Deerfield, 111., will go on the air either the last week in March or the first week of April, according to George E. Carlson, general manager. Equipment for the power plant, which will also be at Deerfield, has arrived in Chicago and will be shunted to Deerfield this week, Carlson said. The switchboard of the apparatus alone weighs 48,000 pounds. A half million souvenir programs are being printed by Radio station WHT for distribution to fans on the opening night. The program will contain a minimum of thirty-two pages and will be sent to any fan mailing four cents to cover postage to Radio station WHT, Wrigley Bldg., Chicago. UNCLE SAM COILS Give more volume per tube than any other set si aV acaU nn ** Jj p/mmAor on okm rnrr your 4m Ur or oomd w foot rK r r coot. m yw unt-mp A*. promt of nirwte im. which thm rwurtaiHi w 4 m ho uood, UNCLE SAM ELECTRIC CO, MO E. SiMth Et, PUtefcM, M, X Distributed by KRUSE-CONNELL 33 W. OHIO ST.

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all under ten years of age, put on radio playlets as a new feature of WLS, the SearsRoebuck station, Chicago. The troup of juvenile Thespians are known as “Big Ford and Little Glenn's Woodshed Theater Lullaby Players.” The first production Ford Rush and Glenn Rowell, was “Robinson Crusoe’s Princess.” creators of Lullaby Time for the radio kiddies, started* to tell the Lullaby Tots of the construction of the “Woodshed Theater” Oc-

RADIO PAMS ISSUED ON SIX NEW INVENTIONS Five Americans and One Frenchman Are Included in Recent List, WASHINGTON. March 12.—Six patents on radio inventions were granted by the Patent Office during the past week. A brief description of each follows: Amplifier (No. 1.527,654), invented by Edward W. Kellogg and Frank Elder, of Schenectady, N. Y., and assigned to the General Electric Company. Th eobject of this invention is to provide simple and efficient apparatus for amplifying electrical variations. Variable Condenser. Variable Condenser (No. 1,527,578), invented by David Harrison Sheriff, Jr., of Kansas City, Mo. The principal ooject of this invention is to provide simple, inexpensive means .for giving a fine or critical adjustment to the condenser after the usual adjustment has been made. Printing Telegraphy (No. 1,527,259), invented by Pierre Lindet, of Paris, France This invention relates to an electrical transmitting and receiving apparatus particularly applicable to telegraphy through wires and wireless telegraphy and so combined as to require no permanent synchronism between the emitting and the receiving station. Method of Harmonic or Subharmonic Frequency production (No. 1,527.228), invented by John C. Schellong, of East Orange, N. J„ and assigned to Western Electric Company. An object of this invention is to generate a wave whose frequency is a desired multiple or sub-multiple of a given frequency. Efficiency Instrument. Electron Discharge Apparatus (No. 1,527,703), invented by David C. Prince, of Schenectady, N. Y., and assigned to General Electric Company. An object of this invention is to improve the efficiency ofoperatlon of electron discharge devices. Radla Cabinet (No. 1,527,896), invented by Samuel L. Miller, of Chicago, HI. An object of this invention la to provide a cabinet which Is designed to facilitate quick, and easy positioning therein of the respective apparatus and. to insure accurate proper position o t the apparatus, eliminating hxxmvQßfenew

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tober 15. Each night during "Lullaby Hour” Ford and Glenn, in a chatty way, told the children how they were building the Woodshed playhouse piece by piece. It was finished November 5. Every Thursday night this is a feature of WLS. The other playlets Include “Going to School In Mother Goose Land,” "Mr. and Mrs. Robin Find a Home,” and “The Sleeping Beauty.” The program starts at 7 o’clock and lasts for twenty minutes.

SHORT CUTS Things to Know in Building and Operating a Receiver.

j| *| SE phone-tip jacks instead II I of binding posts to lessen l chances of tube “blowouts” when connecting batteries to the set. A terminal board using these jacks can be made for about $2.50. Phone tips are soldered on the ends of the battery leads and inserted in the jacks when the set is to be hooked up. * • • To make your loop more sensitive and selective tap it in the middle, and connect between the tap and the negative A battery line of the set a C battery. The negative of the C battery should go to the center loop tap and the positive to the negative A battery line. • • • Make a torch for soldering antenna joints in the wind by soaking >n gasoline a handful of cotton waste fastened on a rod. ••• * f A piece of emery cloth tied on the rubber end of a lead pencil makes a good socket-prong cleaner. • r * Rubber tubing can be used in placo of spaghetti for experimental work. contingent with approved types of cabinets now on the market in which it is relatively difficult to properly position,the respective binding posts in proper alignment with the cabinet openings. (Copyright. 1925. by Stevenson Radio Syndicate.) Income Talks to Bo on Air K&dio fans will be prepared for their income tax reports by a series of talks from station WBZ, at Springfield, Mass. Thomas Mcfcarry, publi<j accountant, will tell the fans how to nVake out their reports correctly. Only Five Basic Sets There are only a relatively few general types of radio sets. These are: The crystal set, regenerative, reflex, tuned radio frequency and super-heterodyne. Other sets are a form or adaptation of one of these, and in certain cases a combination of several of them.

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