South Bend News-Times, Volume 39, Number 169, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 18 June 1922 — Page 26

SUNDAY. JLNE I ft. 1922.

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES Here's Radio Station That Serves the Local WIDENING STREETS Fans With Concert Programs, News Bulletins np Jjy JQ SERYE - : 3- TRAFFIC INCREASE CITY NATATORIUM NEAR COMPLETION HoM l p OprmriL' l)at Pending rri il of Bathing Paraphernalia ami Suit. New Bank Home to Grace Prominent Corner With the opet ftxed for July 1. natatorium. the bat h

Nortli Main St. Work I mlerway a Hoard ( insiders Other Impr merits. The moat retarded of all under takings in hne with expansion is that of widening of streets With: the exception of those thoroughfares ; taken over by the park board for boulevard purposes these improve

ments come oniy from potent necesTwo resolutions covering work ohi- nature are before the Board of Public Works at the present time. Work of widening Main at., from Colfax to baflfclte avs . has already t)eun. A contract was awarded by the Carson board for this improvement lart fall. The lncumhei

attempting to put through

While the old -eata"b!i shed Jnstitu-1 tlon.s of South Rend are steadily increasing their aize and facilities the c.ty has an infant Institution which Is aiso rapidly expanding. Th;a is the local radio broadcasting station. WBAQ, which was established somewhat more than a month ag. and which Is the pioneer in this vicinity in organized wireless broadcasting. Station WBAQ. which Is located on the third floor of the T. IC C. A.. nds out news bulletins furnished by the News-Times at 5:30 and 9 o'clock each evening except Sunday. At the 9 o'clock call special programs of musical numbers and other features are broadcasted. Many of the leading musicians of South Bend and other cities have jartlr: pa tS I In the programs. The station also co-operates with the local police department In sending out Information concerning stolen cars, missing individuals and similar matters. n Sunday afternoon special Sabbath services are transmitted. Myron L. Harmon, director of th station, and ThftJM H. Mains, operator, recently conYpleted installing new equipment which has increased the power of the station about five fold and its efficiency three fold The effective radius of the sending apparatus has now been increased from about 100 miles to 300 miles or more. However, the local station is occasionally heard by powerful rt reiving sets at much greater distances, the farthest station to iate that has repoited hearing South Bend being Plainfleld. X. J. Laporte. Goshen and other neighboring cities have

reported here era powerful The R Is valued the vilual imateiv quipmen

:hat the programs from e heard as plainly as tlie nation at Schenectady. eouinment hist installed

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it $"io or 600, bringing n of the plant to npprox000. Included in the new

tubes, wh.ch i ost $30 apiece. These tubes are said to be very scarce at prese nt . Station WBAQ occupies two rooms on the third floor of the Y. M. C. A., one room containing the wireless apparatus and being used as the operating department, and the other room being '.-mployed as a etudio fron which the musical programs, announcements and other messages are transmitted. The local T. M A. is said to be one of the few "Y's" in the country having a broadcasting station. The local station is considered

UPPER Concert room at Y. M. C. A., where radio programs are given and from which The News-Times bulletins are flashed over Indiana and Michigan. LOWER Part of the radio apparatus at the "Y" station.

one of the most scientifically equlpteurs the receiving set Is equipped ped stations in this section of the country for experimental work. In addition to the broadcasting apparatus, the station is equipped with a powerful receiving set. Radio messages have been picked up from stations as far distant as the transatlantic station at Nauen. Germany. While the ransmitting apparatus is operated on a 360 meter wave length

the length prescribed for amito hear messages transmitted on any wave length from 150 to 25.000 meters. As the number of owners of radio receiving sets In South Bend and vicinity grows, an Increasing number of persons are coming to depend on Station WBAQ for late news bulletins and announcements, entertaining musical programs and interesting lectures.

Steadily Returning to Normalcy

Tin: oLiVKii blow Works.

oquillard Homestead to Give Way to Business

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th- widening of I.aSa'.le av from th- bridge to EJaCOla way W. A resolution for this work, widening the avenue 1 fe t. for three blocks, has already been ordered One of the largest public works improvements presently onsidered by the hoard is the re-surfacing of Xotre Iarne blvd . from Jefferson blvd. north to the city limits In this connection, there is being taken up the question of straightening the corner at Sorin St. At this point the avenue has a decided jog. and before preparing specif ic aions for the new paving, the elimination of this jog ! contemplated. Ooadcmit Corner Nearest corners will probablj be purchased y the city and the thoroughfares widened to permit of a graduating curve at this" point. Two lots will be taken over by condemna

tion proceedings before this work can commence. In the southwestern part of the city. Identical situations occur and city officials have taken them under consideration. Chapin st. and Catalpa aw, parallel streets, where

they intersect Bruce st. in Kemble ! addition, jog some little distances

The purpose Is to widen the two streets and eliminate the sharp corners. Recommendations on these proposals have already gone forward to the City Planning commission. The most pertinent consideration has of late been given to the widening of SamplA st., especially since the announcement of the Studebaker corporation to expand Its present manufacturing facilities. This street, which separates Plant Xo. 1 and No. 2 of the local automobile Industry Is the only through street extending between Lincoln way E. and the west part of the city. It is one of the principal east and west thoroughfares, heavily travelled hut recognized as entirely too narrow.

Future, expansion must give serious

attention to this question. c. p. c to OMMttor, Obtaining some north and south connection with Washington and IaSalle avs., near 'hapin st., as well as between Short Navarre place, and Marion st., and other small straightening proposals of streets and avenues in the near northwestern section of the city are often brought to the Public Works board's attention for remedy. The City Planning commission will be prevailed upon to consider these improvements for convenience of the traveling public despite the cost of condemnation. Recently the city opened up Calvert st. where at Michigan there was a "dead end." This permitted the opening of a long through thoroughfare on the south side. Straightening of Walnut st., at Washington av., is also proposed to permit of a straight-away north and south thoroughfares in the western section of the city. The City Planning commission recognizes the value of Mr. Bartholomew's contention that main traffic streets should be designated about every six blocks apart. This situation Is directed expressly to the south side and particularly Sample st., which, so far as distribution of population is concerned, is very near the city's center. Street a Traffic Tangle.

On the aouth side, Indiana, lng and Donmoyer avs.. are

streets designated as principal traffic streets. Between Indiana av. and the New York Central railroad tracks, there Is no through street with the exception of Sample st. This street Is potential as a trafflo carrier Is widened to a minimum width of 40 feet from curb to curb. Even a greater width is recommended, as a 4 or 50-foot street will be demanded in years to come. At the present time, talk Is heard of the Intention of street railway extension on this thoroughfare If such a movement for Its widening could be carried through. With car service on this street, a broader thoroughfare would be needed for the accommodation of vehicle traffic. Operation of street cars on Sample etreet cars would permit connections at Lincoln way E. and Mishawaka av. with South and North side car. At It's western terminal cars would connect with the Bralrie nv. and Sample st. lines and the city line going north The bulk of factory employers of both Studehaker and Oliver plants who live southeast and In Mishawaka would be given much better service to and from their homes. Prairie av . ard W. Samp!e St.. are two principal arteries of traffic from outside the city. No connection Is afforded with Lincoln way E.. and

j Mlwhawaka aw. except upon this narj row street or a zig-zag course i through town. Talk of widening Sample st. has j heen a subject of discussion for the past 20 years. ?ome time previous

to the war a movement was put under way and but for a few remonstrance? arains the proposal would have carried. With the City Planning commission installed and in operation, the Sample st. widening project Is expected to take definite form.

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Take our ln-l Im,U at the -Hat Bl i Imry" that -it arn the alley fr m the Conservative Life building. A tew nrc will -. the m.t i-1 n of the early ia. the ' '.lunl hotnetca1. pa-s Into history to makc wa for i m.-l.-rti business htilMtn ; that will luv upon Main -t ami l Ik 1.: to he ovupicd by hu-.ni. lh -if- MM inmiiht fnwn tlx V fUo-Tlmi1- to icirae vm ! b will r;i.e the pre-ent structure auJ ertHt In it-- stead the niJ-rn b ;-.n.--- -nurture.

WATCH STOLEN IN 1918 T RKTT R NED TO OWNER DSNVBR, June 17 A valuable gold watch. olen in 191s. was discovered In a pawnship here this week and returned to it owner. P. R R'.ordan. local political leader. The watcih wu presented to Rlordan by admiring friends twelvs ytars ago. He was help up by footpads four years ago and relieved of the timepiece. wn:cn had been missing since that time.

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ation of locker keeping bury a Tiling the f ation in the g tract, is abo.r

date is held up ; end g shipment of trunks and suits and the pre pet rati opening program, announcement of the date lng Is expected at a- time. The building Is of hand?

pearanee and provide comodations for th. ( built for. The pool, 4" fee 0 feet In length l 'he larg in this part of th- stae The floor of the poo i well as all the run -n . lng rooms and lohby 'i j closure occupies two-r . building. The front part building I in three comi two dressing rooms of si on either side of the enl entrance opens directly j lobby which is used as an The two dressing rooms shifts by the bather- 1 using the pool are given I I one of the dressing rooms I other ktoup makes read classes will be arranged

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