SLEUTHS OF AIR
T0 COVER WORLD
Protect Listener.
Grand Island, Neb.—A great police
force of the air covering the entire
world will go on duty here September
1 in the most powerful radio station
ever built. This international moni-
tor of the air, under the supervision
of .the United States Department of
Commerce, will be able to govern
20,000 transmitting stations through
out the universe to protect the list-
ener. The sleuths of the ether will
see that the stations stay on assigned
wave lengths, keep within the limits
of power and do not interfere with
other stations.
Plans for the new station were pre
pared by the Navy department bureau
of yards and docks. The main build-
Ing is of brick and concrete construc-
tion 85 feet long and 75 feet wide
and two stories high. This building
provides space for receivers, gener-
atorg, batteries and living quarters
for the executive and clerical forces
as well as the thirty electrical en-
Ineers serving as radio inspectors.
auxiliary building will house three
Diesel engines which will furnish 75
kilowatts of power for testing and
broadcasting services. The plant oc-
cuples a site of fifty acres.
Prevent Interference.
Every protection has been taken
against interference. Telephone and
telegraph lines run into the station
under ground and the air in the sta-
tion will be maintained at an even
temperature. To insure uniformity
and temperature control, masonry
walls were insulated with a flexible
insulation made of a woollike blank-
et placed between two layers of strong
creped kraft paper. The bulk of this
{nsulator is virtually 92 per cent dead
air space—dead air space, according
to scientists, being the most efficient
insulator known with the exception
of a perfect vacuum. The interior
plastering is on a wall board made of
coniferous new woods. Copper screen
has been placed in the walls and over
the windows as a further protective
measure against interference. The
out-of-doors antennae are erected on
counterweights, so that in winter when
the wires become heavy with ice,
they will merely sag and not break.
Cover All Frequencies.
Three types of receivers are to be
stalled in this station, two of which
cover frequencies of from 100 to 30,-
000 kilocycles and the third type from
10 to 100 kilocycles. These are two
hundred times more sensitive than
home radio receiving sets. Five sets
of these receivers have mow been in-
stalled, each in a shielded booth. There
are several types of antennae through
which the station will be able to re-
ceive from any other station in the
world on land or sea. The station
will serve all classes of radio com-
munication including television, photo- ;
radio, transoceanic transmission, am-
ateur stations and general broadcast- |
ing. Its principal function will be to
prevent interference of any kind be- :
tween stations.
8. W. Edwards, supervisor of radi.
dor the Detroit district, is superin-
tendent of construction and equip-
ment. Benjamin Wolfe, formerly of
San Francisco, is the permanent su-
perintendent of the station. The con-
struction schedule calls for putting the
new monitor of the air into opera-
tion September 1.
German Razor Ads
Pay Doughboy Tribute
Paris.—Germany has paid an un-
suspected but belated tribute to the
American doughboy.
German cutlery makers are flooding
the continental markets with a cheap
safety-razor blade which is presented
In an attractive envelope with word-
ing printed in English. The blade is
pamed “Army Blade,” with a picture
of an infantryman, and the phrase,
“Best on Earth.”
The surprise comes in the fact tha
the pictured soldier is an American
doughboy, now admitted “best on
earth.”
226,000 Will Be Given
U.S. Military Training
Washington.—Approximately 226,000
civilians will receive military training
at summer camps this year, the War
department announced. ‘The number
includes persons belonging to the Re-
serve Officers’ Training corps, the
gitizens’ ‘military training camps, Of-
Acers Reserve corps, and the National
Guard.
The summer camps will require
services of 8,909 regular officers, 12
warrant officers and 43,871 enlisted
men.
RHA HNNE HIN RAN NIH AN
Noiseless Marching
‘Ordered for Troops
‘Paris.—In keeping step with
the Intense agitation to make
Paris a ‘silent city, the ‘minis
ter of war has issued circulars
requesting “the “commanders of
the various garrisons to order
their ‘troops 'to ‘march through
populous places with as little
noise as possible and without
the accompaniment of drums
and bugles.
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SRS HINER HRI
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HOW
ONE MAY CALCULATE THE
POWER OF ELECTRICITY.—
When a great thunderstorm is
raging we realize something of ¢&
the stupendous powers of elec 3
tricity.
If a cat's back is rubbed in
the dark during hot dry weather
sparks will often fly from ft.
The sparks are harmless, though
they are identical with lightning
flashes, and the crackling which
accompanies them is thunder on
a small scale, Ina thunderstorm
the earth represents your hand
and the clouds are the cat's
back. :
The pressure which causes a
flash of lightning may be as
much as 1,000,000,000 volts—
5,000,000 times greater than that
which is used for household
light. Could we collect and har-
ness the power set free by a
single flash of lightning we
should have at our disposal a
foree greater than anything
which can be produced by man.
In a famous scientist's labora-
tory there was tried the experi-
ment of producing a million-volt
spark. It leapt a ten-foot gap
with a noise like the explosion
of a bomb, and nearly wrecked
the building. $
Most of the lightning in a
thunderstorm does not approach «
near the earth, but flashes from
# cloud to cloud. Occasionally a «
$ fork tongue leaps from cloud to J
¢ earth, and then anything in its
path is destroyed. >
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How Constant Supply of
Fish Worms Is Assured
To keep a constant supply of live
food for fishes during the winter
months, and, in fact, throughout the
year, secure a ‘‘set” of Enchytrae, or
white, worms from a reliable dealer
in aquarists’ supplies. Prepare a
large wooden box 13% to 2 feet square
and 6 inches deep and fill to a depth of !
about 4 inches with rich black sofl— |
woodland mold, such as may be found
about the roots of trees in the woods
—moisten well with a mixture of half
milk and half water; skimmed or sour
milk will do. Do not soak the earth
enough to make it soggy. Now spread
the setting of worms over the soil, and
they will sonn disappear below. Keep
the box moist at all times, never let it
dry, and occasionally add a little un-
diluted sour milk and mashed pota-
toes. Do not cover tightly, or it will
become moldy and failure result.
With such a box a little care will
keep the worms constantly multiply-
ing, insuring an ample and continuous
supply of food for the fishes.
How Ink Gives Evidence
Ink plays an important part in the
detection of criminals and in settling
legal disputes where the age of docu- '
ments is in question.
Modern blue-black inks can be dis |
tinguished by the fact that they con |
tain blue dyes, which differ in quan- |
tity and nature, says Dr. C. Ainsworth
Mitchell, the handwriting
Chemical tests and optical examina-
expert. :
. tion enable the 2xpert to discover their !
* characteristics.
It is often possible to tell the age
Jf an ink. The older inks had a woolly
effect, as compared with the crystalline
and clear-cut appearance of modern
inks.
age of the ink proved that they were
How “Ibid” Came Into Use
“Ibid” is a contraction of the Latin
adverb “Ibidem” and literally means
In claims for old peerages, doc- ,
uments have been produced where the | method of earning spending money;
not as old as they were claimed to be. ' In fuss, lt's quite mata] to choose
“in the same place.” It is used chiefly '
to avoid repeating a reference, par-
ticularly after a quotation to indicate
that it is taken from the same book, '
chapter, passage or other source as the
preceding one. In this sense the term
came into general use during the Sev:
enteenth century when it was still
fashionable to borrow freely from the
classical languages upon the slightest
provocation. It is not uncommon to
meet with persons who suppose “Ibid” :
to be a noted writer who is fortunate
enough to have his writing frequently |
quoted.— Exchange.
How We Get “Hallmark”
To say of anything that it bears the
hallmark of genuineness or quality is
to impute to it the characteristics
even the most casual observer.
The hallmark may not be a mars
at all. Hallmarks may be such un-
related things as beauty of design or
outline, thoroughness of execution.
even integrity of purpose.
Today, the use of the word hal
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Phone 405...... BELLEFONTE, PA.
IGHTNING struck the
barn of a farmer liv.
ing near Clifton, Va. He immediately called the
telephone operator and told her what had hap-
pened. She summoned neighbors and called the
nearest village for help. People came as fast as
automobiles could carry them. The house and
outbuildings were saved.
Italian Aviator Makes
New Endurance Record
Rome.—Commander Umberto Mad-
dalena, famous Italian air ace, car-
ried off the world endurance record
for planes not refueling in the air
on a closed circuit recently, beating
_the previous record of 65 hours 26
minutes held by the German flyer
Johann Risticz.
Despite his victory, Commander
Maddalena at midnight was still flying
54,000 Australians in
Appeal for Wives
Brisbane, Australia.—Out of
a population of 900,000, there
are 54,000 males in Queensland
state who cannot find mates.
Canon Garland, the director of
the Church of England's immi-
gration council, has broadcast
an 8 O 8, appealing to women
between the ages of twenty-two
and forty-two to come to
Queensland.
Montana Girls Break
Broncs for Pin Money
Roy, Mont.—To Elna Brumfield, fif-
teen, and her sister, Edith, sixteen,
there Is nothing strange about their
an occupation for which one shows
the greatest aptitude.
But sewing, cooking, piano playing,
and even golfing women view their ,
activities with wonder. For, in their
spare hours, those two sturdy girls of
the Montana plains occupy their time
by breaking wild horses for a Ror
rancher.
First they devote time to securing !
the confidence of a vicious and un-
broken broncho. When he has suc-
cumbed to their advances, one of the
other leaps astride. And then, of
course, there's equine fireworks, bu
eventually the battle is won.
Observant cowboys grudgingly ad-
mit the young girls are remarkably
successful in their profession. Their
patience and kindness often tend to
break down resistance of the wildest
horse where rough handling would
only strengthen it.
- France Will Finance
which are apparent at a glance to |
Its Amateur Flyers
Paris.—A scheme for providing the |
french military and naval air fleet
with a huge reserve of trained flying '
personnel by subsidizing amateur air-
. men has just been announced by the
mark is metaphorical, Originally, how !
ever, the hallmark was an actual marl
a stamp, in fact, impressed on gold
and silver plate at the hall or factory
of the goldsmith’s company, in Eng-
tand.—Hxchange.
How Neon Gas Is Used
Neon is an inert gas, lighter thar
air. When an electric current is passed
through it, it becomes incandescent.
The neon advertising signs are com-
posed of glass tubes filled with the
gas, through which the electric current
Is passed,
How. Birds See Behind Them
it is believed that the ' eyes ot
ground birds have ‘tiny periscopes or
peflectors ‘which enable ‘them ‘to ob-
‘Serve the 'approdch ‘of their enenles
“from behind.
air ministry.
Hereafter the government will pay |
Jractically half the cost, which is about
$4,000, when an amateur wishes to buy
himself an airplane, also half of the
maintenance. The offer is limited to
French citizens and to aviation ma-
terial manufactured in France.
The subsidy is in the form of six
Jifferent discounts. The first discount
ranges from $320 to $1,360 on the
original cost of the airplane, depend-
ing on whether it is a monoplane, a
biplane or a triplane, There will be an
additional premium of $220 for metal-
~ Me construction, another of $280 for
| safety appliances and another on the
' cost of the motors.
As regards maintenance, the
amateur will receive a bonus of $2.62
per flying -hour after the first 100
hours of flight; and higher payments
proportionately on an increasing scale.
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in order, if possible, to exceed dis-
tance records also.
The Italian flyer took off early on
Friday morning in a Marchetti Savoia
64. The closed circuit covers a tri-
angular route, and the plane must
land where it started for the record
to be recognized. Commander Mad-
dalena, who aided in the rescue of
General Nobile in the Arctic in 1928,
fs accompanied by Capt. Cecconi. He
is planning a flight to New York by
way of the Azores.
Sues Boating Champ
He Woed by Signs
i Bridgeport, Conn.—Peter Shay of
i Norwalk, Conn. cannot speak nor
| hear. But he can make signs.
And he did, to pretty eighteen-yean
¢ld Helen Lockwood, Long Island
| Sound's champion outboard motorboat
| FRCET.
She seemed to understand what
Peter meant, for he sued her here
to recover $4,000 and the diamond
ring which, he said,
had said “yes” in reply to his signs.
An attorney for Miss Lockwood
curned over the ring in court, and
told Judge Avery a 50-cent tip, which
Shay had once given a waiter for Miss
Lockwood, also would be returned.
| This, and not $4,000, constituted the
| ¢ash outlay on Peter's part, the attor-
ney said.
Civil War Vets Battle;
| One Dies as a Result
Richmond, Va.—Two Confederate
| veterans, Jacob Heater, eighty-nine,
and W. M. Butler, engaged in a fist-
‘cuff to decide which one should be
| first to go to a barber's chair a few
' days ago.
i" Later Heater was found dead ana
| Butler was arrested on the charge of
"killing him. Both men were inmates
i of the Soldiers’ home here,
Heater served In the Civil war as
| a member of the Company D, Thirty-
| first Virginia Infantry. Butler served
in the Confederate navy. He is al-
l'jeged to have blackened one of Heat-
ler's eyes.
Coroner James M. Whitfield sala
: fleater probably died of shock.
Shingle belles, shingle belles,
Shingle all your hair!
Don’t forget to wash your neck
Or else don't leave it bare.
! Shingle belles, shingle . belles,
Right up to the dome,
Ain't it, fun the.more; you, cut
| The less you have to eemb,
indicated she |
...Money....
Bank Book is not a thing of beauty until
one looks inside and sees a column of fig-
ures that shows a constantly growing balance.
Then it is a joy and a delight, for it means one has
MONEY. That magic thing that will open all doors
and satisfy all material desires.
Are you saving something as you go
along? Doing without some of the things you
do not need, sacrificing the temporary pleasures of in-
dulgence for the real and permanent pleasure—the feel-
ing of security, that money gives?
Many are wise in this, for we have
thousands of savings accounts.
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