The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 17, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 August 1928 — Page 6

Filipino Volcano That Is in Eruption * Z * • vXssS*' : - y:--. ' ' W*v • ■ I ■• ■ ■ . fcM?" • ' - ; ■ ■ v iSb *' ■'.'•■.■ '■• • ’’W . % ■. ‘ x '. J Z'-— ■ -^" v wRI hMmhUmMI The volcano Mayon, in the ..western Albay province of the Philippines that is in violent eruption pouring vast rivers of lava over the countryside and terrifying the natives. The town of Libog, near the foot of the mountain, was virtually destroyed. Railroad Comes to the Rescue of Motorists <>’->n<w«Ss»uuu jm wl»JUWWulAJUWln^w^mw*|^*«>w^'' | W* l *' IIB, " , - “- - - - - 1 u iTiriTWiiwiJVifliiflmMMriiw x . v , / H ■ 1 ~ T "3*z&’*s fc _ C rf<Sfert-A j3’iHfciyWr- — ■"■■ r r^- z ~ < * ==r ' ■ | >fgr—L_ The railroad came to the rescue of the automobile driver down in Arkansas recently in a novel service, when the Rock Island operated a shuttle train of ten flat cars over its lines, on which the automobiles and their occupants were transported for a distance of fifteen miles between Brinkley and DeVall’s Bluff, through the section where the state highways were flooded by heavy rainfalls.

DOOMED TO DEATH K JW* % <,. A ' X +.„ ’ >■’ * -i? y '■*' '' I WiSk - jemii *- nA. Mrs. Eula Elrod Thompson, twentyfour, who, with her husband and a negro servant, Jim Moss, were condemned by a Murray county (Georgia) court, to die for the murder of Coleman Osborne, a merchant, near Chatsworth. GOES TO BOLOGNA k - <?r z s t Ms . ;JSP V?* ? ■R i I I JI r**< E. B. Stouffer, dean of the graduate ■chool of the University of Kansas and a professor in the mathematical department of that Institution, who will represent the United States at the International Mathematical congress scheduled to take place at Bologna. Italy, in September. /nsuring Ocean Liner Every modern liner is Insured against any emergency, the risks Including “men of war, fire, pirates, rov era. thieves. Jettisons, trikings at sea, arrests, restraints and detainments of all kings, princes and peoples.” Sardine in Demand In Singapore and Malay peninsula a popular item of food Is the Ameri can sardine. Natives, Europeans and Chinese there take 18 per cent of oui

Curb Market No Longer on the Curb 1li i I I f I I A view of the New York Curb Market building on Church street, across from Trinity church, which is at Wall street Formerly the curb market was really operated on the curb of the sidewalk. Davison Tries New Armored Trucks WSks. , ■thio -*<\ ; -z kt- t * A ■ '^* W<> ******^********** -T-w. V . gfw ■ — Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubbe Davison operating a machine gun on one of the six new armored trucks which have been assigned to the First armored car troop attached to the United States cavalry.

SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST

A gallon of sea water contains about a pound of salt. The earliest experiments in forecasting with the aid of telegraphic reports were made in 1849. Baby silkworms eat night and day without stopping during the first five or six days of their existence. New York is said to have more eating places per thousand Inhabitants than any other city in the world.

A Chinese carver has cut from ebony a human skull so small it will fit on the end of a lead pencil. Norway is to have a floating fish meal factory, which will cruise along the coast and gather up fish scraps from factories to make meal. It is estimated that more than 700 different kinds of exotic birds are alivs in zoological gardens and private collections of the United States.

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Vacuum Tubes Likely to Become Paralyzed Present-day vacuum tubes, for the most part, have so-called thoriated tungsten filaments, the action of which, even at this late date, is not fully appreciated by the average listener. The electronic emission of sueh a filament depends upon the presence of a layer of thorium atoms on the outer surface of the filament. Unlike the oxide-coated filaments found in some tubes, the thoriated tungsten filament is not merely coated but permeated throughout its entire mass with the rare element thorium. During the normal operation of such a filament, the tfiorium on the outer surface is gradually evaporated, reducing the emission current and, if this action is permitted to continue, rendering the tube short-lived. However, while the heat of the filament serves to evaporate the thorium particles on the surface, it is also boiling fresh thorium particles out of the mass and up to the surface. Thus the surface is being continually replenished. Just so long as the filament voltage is not increased beyond abput 10 per cent above the rated value, this evaporation and replenishing process continues at an equal rate, so that a constant layer of thorium is maintained on the surface. When the ‘filament is subjected to an overvoltage, however, the evaporation is excessive, so that the tube consequently becomes more or less paralyzed. Operating these tubes at subnormal voltages is alro liable to paralyze them slowly, as the filament temperature is then so low that the process of boiling out the thorium from the interior of the filament becomes abnormally retarded. Hence it Is important that tubes with thoriatedtungsten filaments be operated strictly at their rated voltage.—Radio News. Function of Batteries With Radio Receivers The function of the radio “A” battery is to heat the filaments of the vacuum tubes in the set. When the filament is hot enough it shoots off an invisible stream of electrons. If some other practical source of electrons that did not require heat were put into the tubes, no “A” battery would be necessary. The “A” battery is but an auxiliary to the action of the tube, merely furnishing the heat essential to electron emission, and actually has nothing to do with the input or output of the device. The purpose of the “R” battery Is to provide a pull on the electrons so they flow to the plate of the tube, thereby causing a flow of current in the plrte circuit, which is called the plate current. It is the variations in the amount of plate current Which operate the loud speaker, so it Is evident that the “B” battery is directly necessary. r The “C” battery furnishes practically no power, but keeps the grid element in the vacuum tube at a certain voltage. Switched to Input Side of Big Radiotelephone The cactus-lined earphone? go to a Dutch telephone operator for the prize wrong-number stunt of the century. A resident of The Hague picked up his phone and asked for a number in Amsterdam, according to Wireless World. After having his ear filled with the usual number of splutters he heard a voice saying “Hello” or the Dutch equivalent thereof. “Hullo,” he inquired, “is this Amsterdam?” “No,” replied the voice, “this is Bandoeng” (on the island of Java). The telephone operator had inadvertently twitched the subscriber to the Input side of the powerful radiotelephone station at Eindhoven, Holland, which communicates with Java and other points on the other side of the world. Isn’t that enough to jar a resident of I^eyden?—Radio News. Women Radio Customers Outnumber Men Buyers The significance of a recent survey as to men and women retail customers in retail stores in New York city, insofar as the survey has special application to radio, is very interesting. In the twelve types of stores for which the survey gave figures, radio was touched by at least four of the classifications, and in three out of these four the women customers far outnumber the men, as shown by the survey. This is of special significance in determining the methods of selling radio receivers. In department stores, of course, the survey showed that 82 per cent of the purchases were made by women. In Experimenting With Push-Pull Amplifiers When experimenting with push-pull amplifiers, the fan often finds trouble in obtaining the correct transformers at short notice. Two ordinary audiofrequency transformers, If of the same type, can be used by connecting thoir primaries and secondaries in series to form an emergency transformer for this purpose. The connecting wire between the two secondaries should be used as the center tap; the two transformers so connected are used on the input side of the circuit —Radio News. Hint on Bypass Condensers The modern receiver, as a rule, employs many bypass condensers. For the best results the “B” lead tn each radio-frequency stage should be bypassed. The “A” wires also might well be shunted with a condenser of one-half mfd. Medical Service A radio-medical consultation service has been established in Belgium for the use of ships at sea and operates at all hours of the day and night.

lewins mio I PROGRAMS | (Time given Is Eastern Standard; subtract one hour for Central and two hours for Mbuatain time.) N. B. C. RED NETWORK Sunday, August 26. 12:00 noon. An Hour of Chamber Music. 1:00 p. m. Summer Radio Church. 2:00 p. m. Sixty Musical Minutes 5:00 p. m. Stetson Parade. 6:30 p. m. Maj. Bowes’ Family Party. 8:00 p. m. David Lawrence. 8:15 p. m. Atwater Kent Hour. 8:45 p. in. Biblical Drama. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 1:00 p. m. Roxy Stroll. 8:00 p. m. Dr. Sockman’s Question Hour. 4:00 p. m. Twilight Reveries. 7:45 p. m. Anglo Persians. s N. B. C. RED NETWPRK. Monday, August 27. 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 7:30 p. m. A. and P. Gypsies. 8:30 p. m. General Motors Party. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 6:30 p. m. Roxy and his Gang. 8:00 p. m. Riverside Hour. 8:30 p. m. Real Folks. 9:00 p. m. Works of Great Composers. 10:00 p. m. Slumber Music. N. B. C. RED NETWORK Tuesday, August 28. 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute 6:00 p. m. Voters’ Service. 6:30 p. m. Soeopyland Sketches. 7:®) p. m. Seiberling Singers. 8:00 p. m. Eveready Hour. 9:00 p. m. Clicquot Club Eskimos. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 6:30 p. m. Constitutional High Spots. 7:00 p. m. Stromberg Carlson Sextette. 7:30 p. m. Lewisohn Stadium Concert 10:00 p. m. Slumber Music. N. B. C. RED NETWORK Wednesday, August 29. 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute 8:00 p. m. Ipana Troubadours. 8:30 p. m. Palmolive Hour. 9:30 p. m. National Light Operd. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 7:30 p. m. Sylvania Foresters. 8:00 p. m. Philco Hour. 10:00 p. m. Slumber Music. N. B. C. RED NETWORK Thursday, August 30. 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 7:30 p. m. Hoover Sentinels. 9:00 p. m. Halsey Stuart Hour. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 8:30 p. m. Maxwell House Hour. 9:00 p. m. Michelin Hour. 10:00 p. m. Slumber Music. N. B. C. RED NETWORK Friday, August 31. 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 7:00 p. in. Cities Service Concert. 8:30 p. m. La France Orchestra. 9:00 p. m. National Broadcast and Concert Bureau. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 5:30 p. in. Gold Spot Pals. G:3O p. m. Dixie's Circus. 8:00 p. m. Wrigley Review. 10:00 p. m. Slumber Music. ■& N. B. C. RED NETWORK Saturday, September 1. 10:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 5:00 p. m. Waldorf Astoria Dinner Music. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 2:30 p. m. R. C. A. Demonstration Hour. 10:00 p. m. Slumber Music. The following is a list of stations carrying the above programs: National Broadcasting company Red Network; WEAF, New York; WEEI, Boston; WTIC, Hartford; WJAR, Providence; WTAG, Worcester; WCSH. Portland, Me.; WLIT and WFI, Philadelphia; WRC, Washington; WGY, Schenectady; WGR, Buffalo; WCAE, Pittsburgh; WTAM and WEAR, Cleveland; WWJ, Detroit; WSAI, Cincinnati; WGN and WLIB, Chicago; KSD, St. Louis; WOC, Davenport; WHO, Des Moines; WOW, Omaha; WDAF, Kansas City; WCCOWRHM, Minneapolis-St. Paul; WTMJ, Milwaukee; KOA, Denver; WHAS, Louisville; WSM, Nashville; WMC, Memphis; WSB, Atlanta; WBT, Charlotte; KVOO, Tulsa; WFAA, Dallas; KPRC, Houston; \VOAI, scan Antonio; WBAP, Ft Worth; WJAX, Jacksonville. National Broadcasting company Blue Network; WJZ, New York; WBZA, Boston; WBZ, Springfield; WBAL, Baltimore; WHAM, Rochester; KDKA, Pittsburgh; WJR, Detroit; WLW, Cincinnati; KYW and WEBH : Chicago; KWK. St. Louis; WREX Kansas City; WCCO-WRHM, MlnneapolL-St Paul; WTMJ, Milwaukee; KOA, Denver; WHAS, Louisville; WSM. Nashville; WMC, Memphis; WSB, Atlanta; WTB, Charlotte; KVOO, Tulsa; WFAA. Dallas; KPRC, Houston; WOAL San Antonio; WBAP. FT. Worth; WRVA, Richmond; WJAX, Jacksonville. Keep Panel Clean A simple way to clean the bakelite panel is to take a piece of cheese cloth, wet it thoroughly tn water, then shake on a few drops of alcohol, wipe panel and dry with a clean, soft cloth. Magical results may be expected. Remedy for A. C. Hum In cases where a hum is heard in the loud speaker of an A. C.-operated set, the trouble may be corrected by improving the filter circuit or the “B” socket-power unit Often it is hard to find the cause of the hunt In sets where it has been found impos sible to eliminate hum by ordinary methods a 0.25-ms. condenser connected between the “B—” wire of the power unit and one terminal of the 110 volt A. C. supply line will often effect an improvement. —Radio News,

FELT HATS ARE “SO DIFFERENT’ LUGGAGE FOR CHILDREN LATEST r ■< I K iSI / KIIR

t JUST as many felt hats as ever, but “so different.” They are works of art, the milliner’s art, when it comes to securing “lines” through manipulation. Seems as if each model has been studiously shaped to suit an individual type. Which of course spells becomingness for every woman in quest thereof.

Interest is divided between supple brims of the vagabond ripple-brim type and the intricately worked fitted sort. The general tendency is to frame the face, be the hat considerably brimmed or of the beret and toque genre. Actual bonnet shapes have come into fashion, taking the place of the regulation cloche. These are most becoming to youth, who wear them letting the hair show in front. All the hats in the picture are felt and they tell the story of the newer silhouettes. Ever so many of smartest felts are self-trimmed as shown in the two hats at the top of this group, also the one to the left. Plaited brims are the newest thing. Milliners are making a great play on plaits, usually grouping them at the right side after the manner shown in the first hat in the accompanying collection, likewise in the model in the oval below. The tendency to elongate the right side is very marked throughout felt stylings. The hat shown first, also the toque ut the top of the picture to the

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right show latest effects of this kind. The chic little shape to the left below is all of felt even to the bow which trims it. See how intentionally it frames the face, and, as said before, this Is an outstanding characteristic of the latest models. There is a clever touch noted in the toque shown to the right and that is the fact of it being trimmed in a cluster of novelty feather flowers. They are the identical color of the hat The last model is fashioned accord ing to latest vogue. First of all it lias the plaited side flange and also its brim drops at the back, a most excel lent thing for it to do In behalf of women who are letting their “bob ’ grow out. The metal belt and buckle are tn exceeding good style, bespeak ing what promises to be a very popular trimming for fall. Very clever flat pasted feather brims are being introduced on some of the newest felt shapes. Fancy feather novelties will be widely featured for autumn. And now. what aext for children? Well, the latest wrinkle is luggage

Sweaters Match Socks ’ It is pleasant after a heated set of tennis to slip on one of the new sweaters, round-necked, in all lovely pastel shades, and carefully planned to match the tennis socks that slip on over the stockings. Afternoon Colors Coral pink and China blue are handsome tints in laces for the afternoon dress. Old ivory remains very popular, too. Flowered chiffons show the influence of the bright red used so

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especially designed for the little folksi it seems that nowadays children have> duplicated for them in miniature about t everything which goes to make up the equipment of their elders. Which is an excellent thing, seeing that it cultivates in them a sense of ownership which leads to a sense of obligation and responsibility on their part which in turn develops a fine self-reliance. Handsome and sturdy leather bags of various kinds are now appearing in the luggage shops of the land to make it possible for boys and girls to enjoy “carrying their own” when they go on a trip. This new tiny luggage simplifies many a mother's task of packing the children's clothes and encourages in the child a be orderly. Previous to this summer about the only luggage for children was made of cardboard and was too flimsy for real service. But this season the manufacturers have taken the matter more seriously. The result is that a variety of bags and cases in all kinds of leather and in many colors have gone

into service, and what fun it is for the, youngsters to “tote - ’ them about I Many of these little pieces are exact replicas of big luggage for elders, especially a tiny kit bag of tan cowhide with double handles, straps and buckles on it just like grownups It is only 14 inches long. Another piece is a fat little roll bag of calfskin colored red or blue or green with hookless fastener opening across the top which locks at one end. Then there are 12inch hat boxes and matching tiny overnight cases in good leather of various colors and finishes; foot-long suitcases, some made of cowhide and calfskin printed to simulate alligator; little round-cornered suit bags whose lids are fastened with the now familiar sliding hookless catch; and so on. Until this year It was hard to find luggage for children except “play” bags made of paper and cardboard. These new pieces are as substantial as grownups’ bags, they hold a good deal and give the children the joy of carrying their own. JULIA BOTTOMI.EY. (©. 1928. Western Newspaper Union.)

much this season. The shadow shades, such as cloudy amber and dusty green, are unusual colors for summer." Long Panels Panels which almost, or actually do, touch the floor are a favorite way of giving importance and length to evening dress. Worth has such a model in almond green satin. The panels are at either side and drag several inches on the floor, like small trains. Each is looped once at the hips with a slightly bouffant effect.