Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 176, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1928 — Page 15

DEC. 13, 1928.

SRE6E SET IS POPULAR WITH 'LISTENERS-IN' Design of Receiver Is All New; Selectivity of Outfit Is Good, BY TIMES RADIO EDITOR The Grebe Synchrophase AC receiver has been as enthusiastically received by the public as the former Grebe models in past years. The Grebe Synchrophase AC receiver employs three tuned non-oscillating radio frequency stages, detector, and two stages of audio frequency The design of this receiver is entirely new. The operation has been simplified as much as possible without sacrificing results or flexi>ility of control. The reception obtainable from his set is, we believe, the maximum -'biainable from a receiver of this Jesign and objectionable features ound in earlier AC sets (particuarly the AC Hum) have been reduced to a minimum. The cabinet is different in design 'rom those generally used, in that t has no bottom, being attached lirectly to the rigid die cast baso which supports the receiver and lower unit in such way that no dependence is placed on the cabinet or the support of the assembly. Switch Controls Power A small toggle switch on the iront of the panel controls the j power input from the AC line, j Symmetrical with the power on the j panel is the “local-distance switch.” ' This places a shunt resistance across the primary of the first interstate radio frequency transformer in the “local” position, to permit reception of local stations with maximum fidelity. \ln the center of the set is the tuning control, operating the single illuminated dial, which is marked in kilocycles. The audio system of the set employs two stages coupled by transformers of improved design. • This set also employs an antenna compensator, which controls a small variable inductance in the first tuned radio frequency circuit to compensate for differences in the antenna used. This control allows the operator to tune the set to a fine degree and separate stations that are in the congested band. The two outstanding features of the new Grebe are selectivity and distance. Volume Is Good During the test we were able to tune in stations on the west coast j with almost as much volume as local and nearby stations. KPI, Los Angeles, is received on this set with both Nashville and Evansville on the j air, due largely to the fine adjust- j ment one is able to make w'ith the assistance of the antenna compensator. This year’s Grebe models also employ the famous Grebe binocular oils to couple the tuned stages. The Jrebe Synchrophase will give the idio listener many thrills in DX ining. With this set many small distant ations are received with surprislg volume and clarity. The work anship on both set and cabinet is f highest type. The new Grebe AC its are offered in nine different able and console models and ma; e had with either dynamic or magetic type speakers. Prospective purchasers of radio its will fi.nd the Grebe very worthy j i consideration and set that wiil j

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ested housewives each month, and she’s added quite a few of her radio listeners to this list. CONGRATULATE POLICE FOR BALKING HOLDUP Worley Gets Letter on Recent Killing of Bandits. Police Chief Claude M. Worley has received letters congratulating his men on the thwarting of the bandit invasion of the F. W. Hohlt & Son dry goods store Monday, in which two bandits were killed and a third captured. Among the congratulations were letters from Evans Woollen, president of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company and From George Tolen. former prosecutor of Shelby county and from F. W. Hohlt & Son. YEGG? EFFORTS FAIL Attempt to Open Safe of Plating Company Unsuccessful. Inexperienced yeggmen Wednesday night labored over a safe in the Adams Plating Company, 138 West Tenth street, but were unable to ipen it. The safe combiantion mob had been knocked off, officials >f the company said. ~ive the excellent tone, selectivity, nd distance ’with ample volume. Grebe receivers are distributed in central Indiana by the Stewart Sales Company, 27 West Vermont street, and are sold through seven Indianapolis dialers.

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HOOVER TOUR GAINS FRIENDS FOR HOMELAND Times Correspondent Takes Trip Over Andes to Sound Sentiment. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS. Scripps Howard Foreign Editor SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 13. To get a different slant on the Hoover mission, the writer left the battleship Maryland at Antofagasta and rejoined the party here after a record journey of 800 miles through the Chilean Andes by auto, train, airplane, and on foot. By order of President Carlos Ibanez, every facility for rapid travel was put at my disposal, thus enabling me to make one of the most remarkable trips possible anywhere in the world. I left Antofa gasta Sunday noon in an automobile loaned by David Kaufman. United States minister to Bolivia, who had come from La Paz to visit Hoover aboard the Maryland. It took two hours’ hard climb straight into the Andes to where a copper company owned by Ameri-

cans is operating the richest copper mines in the world. At Baquedano I boarded a train for Pueblo Hundido, a narrow gauge running through as complete a desert as exists anywhere in the world, though averaging 10,000 feet above sea level. Mirage followed mirage. Lakes, rivers, lovely bays and blue water appear, surrounded by emerald hills, only to disappear, leaving shimmering desert in their place. There was no sign of life anywhere, save at rare intervals, where copper and other rich minerals were being worked. At 8 Sunday morning I arrived at Pueblo Hundido, where an autocarril, which is an automobile running on railway tracks, was waiting to carry me to Copiapo, four hours down the desert, where a Cu“tissFalcbn biplane was ready to v'rry me on to Santiago. Both the auu>carril and the plane were put at my disposal by President Ibanez'. From Copiapo it was necessary to leave the narrow’-gauge and walk a couple of miles across the sizzling pampas to where the plane had come down. There is no regular field, only a rocky, dusty space for landing. The pilot. Captain Arturo Herrera, one of the aces of the Chilean army, took off at 2:30 and zoomed straight over the Andean ranges for Santiago, still 500 miles away as the crow flies. Soon we *were approximately 15,000 feet high, now’ skirting the snow-capped Andes in freezing cold.

though below and to the westward of the Andean range there was only the gauntest desert fastness. Captain Herrera, a mere youngster, spent most of his time singing “Ramona” (as I learned afterward, for I w’as unable to hear him in the air) and other colorful love songs, w’ith appropriate gestures. A beautiful country appeared beneath as we neared the capital. The trip took approximately four hours. I was met at every stop by Chilean officials, who were courtesy itself. If Americans are unpopular in Chile I saw no evidences of it. The trip afforded the best chance yet to get a cross-section of the feeling toward America. Evertyihng indicated Hoover’s good-will ‘visit to Latin-America is being taken as a sincere effort for better understanding. It seems more certain than ever that the mission will boost American prestige. RED MEN GIVE PARTY 600 Children Enjoy Christmas Fete at Tomlinson Hall. Santa Claus appeared for more than six hundred children Wednesday night at Tomlinson hall at the annual Christmas party of the Elective Chiefs Association of Red ftien for widows and orphans. William Siegel was chairman of the party. The association is composed of Red Men officers in Morgan, Marion and Hendricks counties.

HARROD SOUNDS OPTIMISM ON CITY'SJjROWTH Prospects Are Bright for ’29 Industrial Expansion, Says C. of C. Leader. An optimistic note w T as sounded by C. L, Harrod, Chamber of Commerce industrial commissioner and general manager, in discussing the city’s promise of industrial growth in 1929, at the chamber's annual dinner Wednesday night. Reports on activities of the past year were made by chamber executives at the dinner. Harrod declared various Indianapolis industries report expected business growth next year. He told of negotiations being made at present to bring a large eastern steel company, with several hundred employes, here. In the last year, he said, the chamber has been of assistance in causing fifteen new’ industries to locate in Indianapolis. Harrod cited the chamber’s work in aiding local officials in selecting a municipal airport, and establish-

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ment of a branch of the department of commerce, bureau of foreign and domestic trade. Work of the civic affairs department in scrutinizing and helping reduce local budgets, and in selecting outstanding citizens to fill city council vacancies was discussed by Secretary Ed Hunter. Savings effected for members by the freight and traffic division were reported by H. B. McNeeley. while C. G. Dunphy discussed activities of the wholesale and manufacturers’ trade division. President Dick Miller thanked members for co-operation extended during his two years as president. New’ officers will be elected Dec. 20. WAIT FIGHT LAW EDICT Judge to Rule Wednesday on Legion Suit. Decision on an injunction suit of the trustees of the American Legion benefit trust fund to prevent the city athletic commission from collecting a fee on boxing bouts staged by the legion, will be given by Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott hext Wednesday. Elliott heard arguments of attorneys on the case Wednesday and briefs wiil be filed Monday. The legion asserts the commission is without authority to levy and collect such a fee.

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