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"DS" IN RADIO
If there is any letter combination
with the electrifying effect of an S O:S
in the eleatrical acropolis, Radio City,
it is "DS," In the pioneer days of
wireless those two letters—dash, two
dots and three 'more dots — sputtered
as the personal signature of a young
'Marconi operator named David ,Sar-
noff. Today "D'S," in the skyscraper
community known as .Rockefeller
Center. is the symbol of a leader.
What Sarnoff says goes!
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can radio inspection tour. die reports:I
"I see nothing to' be sad about, every-
thing to he hopeful about: America,
he asserts, continues to lead the world
in radio. Progress here is in advance
of anything he saw abroad, and that
goes for 'television, too.
'T'o any one who talks with Mr.
Sarnoff it is, quickly evident that his
thoughts play up and down an inter-
national scale. Reelection on the uses
'being made of radio in Many foreign
lands aroused him from his chair, and
he paced up and down his office, talk-
ing about radio as 'he found it 3,000
miles from Uncle ;Sam's domain,
where freedom of speech rules the
air. "Europe em'phas'izes 'how import-
ant it is to consider not merely the
woud•ers of a ,modern scientific agency
but the uses made of it." he said. "So
long as the press and radio are kept
free 3 have no tear for the ultimate
destiny of any civilized country,
Where these agencies of mass' com-
munication are not free and are in
control of those who happen to be in
the seat of power there will be tem:p-
orary abandonment of democratic rule.
'Tut ultimately. i believe, the very
instrumentaliities which the dictates
suppress will destroy- the dictator.. 1
do not believe that in the lona run
you can prevent .people from hearing
through the air, anymore titan you
C!(11 prevent them. from breathing the
air. AS far a, our own country i$ con-
cerned, throughout my long associa-
tion with radio ---and that dates back
oe a time before there were any wire-
ess haws on the statute hooks --11 have
seen no inclination on the part of our
government or lawmakers to interfere
with freedom of expression on the
radio. This is not true in many other
countries. The radio laws of tate Unit-
ed States are .principally to regulate
traffic."
Here Mr. Sarnoff paused to sound a
hopeful note relative to cnngestion in
the "ether." 'He sees the ark of the
radio, as 'he calls it, moving in neve di-
rections, and asserts• it is conceivable
that within a comparatively shont time
there may be more waves than there
can possibly be stations to utilize
them, 'Ultra -short waves, tiny waves
close to the spectrum of light, hold
this promise. •
"Rvndio • today in many ways is in
reverse 'gear," lie said, 'Once we
thought we had to .have lofty towers,
high power and long waves for long-
distance communication. Today we
use low towers. short waves and love
power. Who knows the limitation. if
any. of ally wave?"
The story of "DS" himself reads
like a yarn of•H•oratio Alger: it might
be titled, "From Messenger ,Boy to
Wireless Chief." As an intmigraut'boy
who caste to America in 1iS911i from
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Uzlian, Minsk, !Russia, he has climbed drama from Rome. Berlin was oi.aying
from the position of •messenger boy in "Turkey in the IStraw," Paris was feat -
a telegraph office at Thirty-lflfth'Street
and Broadway to that of commander-
in -chief at Radio City, the centre of a
far-flung ethereal domain. Today,
frosu his secluded office 'fifty - three
stories above the sidewalks of New
York, "DS" goes out as a signal for
quick action whether it is penciled on
a Memorandum, inked on a letter, typ-
ed on a telegraph blank or appended
to a telephone call.
Sarnoff Is a visionary who has clung
to wireless, 'because he "carie to feel
a part of it," As he speaks there LA
not the slightest doubt in the mind
of the listener that he possesses the
same vision that inspired .him, after
he had learned the telegraph code, to
junto into wireless in the days when
few .believed Marconi's contraptions
had a future. As a visionary he is
practical: by no means a daydreamer.
I''or when "DIS" gets an idea it is
propelled by action.
One of his veteran aides, when ask-
ed t, account for S.arnoff's steady
climb from the epee ewer boys' bench
tothe throne in 'Radio City, said,
"lie's a tireles,$ worker who can see
away sherd and he's a wizard at ea.
urc
u.toil"'- relentless climb started on
the day he .lecided to save pennies
he earne'1 t; a ncessent er bay to buy
a telt rape in.'trument. He learned
Morse endo, qualified as an operator
and l ,oked about,
\\irelee, was new. The idea of fling-.
in nt sates electrically _ through
space nchanted the imaginative 15 -
year -old lad. He went to the Marconi
Company in New York, He read all
the •hooke he could get about wireless
and spent week end: in ;i the experi-
mental shop of the Marconi Company.
At 17 he was assigned to the 'S'iascon-
set station on 'Nantucket Island, in
touch with the ships that were then
equipped with .wireless. After a year
and a half on that lonely reservation
he moved on to the Sea Gate, N. Y.,
station as manager.
Two years later. in 19111, .he was
iSSparks" aboard the steamer Bnetlr
ic, on a sealing•ecpedition to the Arc-
tic ice fields. 15 was not long after this
adventure that John Wanamaker's
'Neu' York Marconi station wanted a
wireless'operator to handle traffic with
the 'Philadelphia store, 'Sarnoff signed
up, and in his neve' job was ahle, to
study electricity at Pratt I vedette, It
vas at the \Vanancaket' post that lie
picked up frantic messages on the
night nt .April 14, 1912. 'The Titanic
ha i struck a berg, The air alone the
entire Actlautic seaboard buzzed with
activity. For seventy-two ham•,,Savo
off never left the earphones.
The historic dots and dashes he
heard that night were a tattoo herald-
ing the advance of id re`css. The per-
i ranee ,V the 'Marconi i 11 till tlletl'ts
far off Cape /Race convinced the world
as no other event could have clone
...hat wireless was much more than a
top. Wireless pushed ahead. With it
went "DS."
He became contract manager of the
Marconi Company in 19114; .assistant
traffic manager in 10115: commercial
manager in 11191117, and when the ,Radio
Corporation of America was organiz-
ed, in 1119110, Sarnoff was chosen as
commercial manager. Eleven years
later, in 11030, at the age of 39, he be-
came president of ROA. He had
grown cap with wireless.
Today he has the ethereal world at
his +fingertips. 'On a recent afternoon
he pulled out a drawer of his desk.
The ordinary opening is covered with
a silver -like panel 'on which is a tele-
graph key, an etched map of the
world's communication channel sev-
eral push -buttons and. a phone -style
dial
"Let's tour the world," invited Mr.
Sarnoff, reaching for the key to tap off
some dots and dashes Back cane
Morse •clicks from the other end of
the wine at the ROA communication
centre on 'Broa'd Street.
Whistle -'like dot -and •clash notes
seemed to come pehhnell front every
quarter of the earth. iNNo letter 'proof
could ,be had that the sky above the
hemispheres these days is all a -'flutter
with the ever -restless wireless.
"That is Oslo," said Mr. Sarnoff. as
he ,identified the .first signal. "Here's
Geninany," as the tome of the dots and
dashes suddenly shifted. "That's Am-
sterdam."
Then in fast rotation he identified
each one as the pitch of .the signal and
intensity indicated a leap had been
made from ,one country to another,
Every 'wireless transmitter has its
characteristic tone and, like a voice,
can be identified ,by the operators long
be'f'ore the telltale call :letters are
flashed. "'Mere we go," he exolain'ted.
"That's Prague, Shen in order,
"Spain, Rome, ISwedee, Warsaw,
Been, 'Venezuela, Bogota, Rio de Jan-
eiro, ,Montreal, 'Panam'a, /Havana, Lon-
don, Paris, Buenos Aires, 'Dutch Weet
Indies, /Santo IDolniiugo, Costa Rica,
San Francisco, 'Moscow." All within
ten minutes!
'Then he turned to the world of
'broadcasting. A .tcytmh of the magic
key and the loud -speaker 'concealed in
the .paneled 'wall brought in a radio
uring e 'harmonica player. ,Lotido•n was
musical aisd so was IAartsterda•m. Each
cane in as clear and loud as if it had
been within a stare's throw of •Man-
•hattan island.
Through the years Sarnoll has seen
.too many surprises in wireless to take
pleasure in the role of a prophet. Ile
dodges that, but not the future.
'Prophets in radio usually fall short
in their prophecy," he said. "Those of
a ,generation ago could not visualize
:radio as ht is ,today. Those of today
cannot foresee the radio of a genera-
tion hence.
HISTORY OF TIRES
What goes into an automobile tire,
and why is the tread black? +How is
the 'mileage durability built into rub-
ber?
T•he Fluuk'liu Institute here answer
these que,tions, and almost every
other one pertaining to .rubber and its
rues, with a permanent exhibition
which show:; rubber in every stage,
front the fluid to the 'finished product,
set up- in the Hall of Chemistry at the
museum. of the new institute.
Latex, the ink -like fluid of the tree
from which rubber is made, is extract-
ed mach like maple sap, by making
rrug cute through the .bark di the
tree and attachingpails to catch the
liquid.
The fluid is collected and taken to
stations where it k treated with acetic
acid to coagulate it, after which it is
washed and rolled into slicers. These
Sheth are either thing up to iiry. or
smoker) and then baled into large
bundles; fur shipment to this country.
This part of the story of •ru'hher is
told by means of pletatographs
Arrivitl:g in this country„ the rubber
is treated with sulphur, and several
other chemicals may also be used to
increase it. strength. However, the
one found best is carbon black, for
rubber impregnated with this sub-
stance has been found much ]carder
and mare resistant to wear than any
other 'kind.
'Rubber that is used •fur the tread of
tires is usually treated w'itlt carbon.
which make, it Meek. However, there
is another substance that has •been.
found to decrease t'he heat developed
by robber• under friction, and that ie
zinc oxide stook develop less heat, but
it also acts as a better heat conductor.
For tide reason, this stuck as always
used 'for the side walls of tires, con-
ducting away from the tread the heat
developed from the contact of the tire
with the rand surface.
The oonstructioil of tires is shown
in the exhibit. trhichimitates all the
earlobe chemicals used in the mixing
of. the rubber, as well as the cotton
which is lvol•en into the fabric for the
.plies. This cotton fabric is'impreg-
nated with a rubber compound, after
which it is cornu un a drum. for
some tier,., four thicknesses. 'for oth-
ers, as many as .14. Between these
plies and the thick rubber tread. a
breaker fabric and a cushion 105,05 -
pound 1• placed.
A steel wire is used to forst a head
around tate rine of the tire, and the
whole is su'hjected to the vulcanizing
process tinder ;great pressure. which
further hardens the rubber. and at the
seine time presses it into the indenta-
tions of the tread surface, rchicli uclii-
mizes skidding.
The reclaiming of rubber is shown
by means of photographs, depicting
the grinding of the used rubber tires,
the heating in vulcanizers with caus-
tic goda. which diasolves the cotton,
the washing and drying, and then the
or working of the rubber into
plasticity. 'l`tis is rolled into thin
sheets and strained through a process
by which the .sheets are put sender
high pressure, forcing the rubber
through ,a process by which the
sheet, Inc put under high pressure,
forcing the rubber 'through small
butes. This removes all wood, sails,
etc., which array remain in the mass.
and the iesulting'product is again rol-
led into sheete. Reclaiming rubber is
not used for tires, not 'being of as
good quality as the new, but serves
for many useful purposes.
WON ON THE POST
(Continued from Page Six)
'But found what he was hooking for
fairly soon " added Tenway. focusing
the tot clil:ilaht on the .wreckage,
"'Where's that racket coining from?"
"Somewhere below, - apparently,"
said Myntie.
He 'led the way 'bade into thee hall,
hesitated, and finally opened a door
ender the stairs. A moment later they
were in a grimy cellar. Theo figures
lying stiffly against the opposite wall
confronted them. !Swiftly Tenway and
Myrtle removed the gags and cut the
'brutally tight cords, The first to stag-
ger to his feet was a fair, tall man.
There was blood on his cheeks and
temple,
"Where's the misthees?" His coati -
palliate a woman. spoke.
IHeiping the released prisoners Mao
the dining -room, Tenway and .Myrtle
set out to answer thequestion, On the
'first floor two doors faced them. One
was- .open, and the rooter unoccupied;
'bice other door •was locked, Tenway
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flung himself against it. The fasten-
ing broke, and the .two men entered.
Lying near the window, as she bad,
fallen, was a white-haired woman, the
respirator still concealing the gag
which had ensured her •silen'ce. A,s
Tenway and Myrtle lifted and .car-
ried her to the bed thhey saw that she
still 'breat'hed..
Within half an flour both mistress
and plaid were on the road to recov-
ery, Myrtle had 'phoned instructions
to Scotland Yard, and the Major, his
injuries dressed, ',ras telling his 'story,
"The merchant at the bottom of
tnas," he said, "is a connection. of 'the
fancily named Winch, a real bad hat
if ever there was one, 'Aunt- Char-
lotte Here pitied and helped him, unti'1,
after being mixed 10 in a Soho stab-
bing affray, he cleared out of !England
altotether. And while lie was on the
Continent tie niet and married a wo-
man called Liliane .Daveau. Ever
heard of her, Inspector?"
:Myrtle nodded grimly. ''I've sus-
pected all along that she was the lady
in the case. Most of us would travel
a good deal farther than ,Fretton for
a chance of laying hands on Al-
bino Li'l,"
"Anyhow, the marriage was the last
straw so far as the old lady was eon•-
cerued. She made a ,fresh will exclud-
ing Winch and his wife entirely, and
told hum so. Their visit this morning
was an attempt to make her change
her mind. But the old lady remained
.adancant, Then they demanded money,
When that failed, they proceeded to
do in her and Janet with same ,filthy
drug or other, and then to ;help, them-
selves."
'iOne moment, Major, How did they
know. you weren't in the .house?'"
"They must have hung about in the
spinney till they saw me leave. As a
platter of fact, I had hurried out 'to
ring up Molly, having missed the post
the evening before. Like a fool, I'd
forgotten until I got to the office that
old Trigg wasn't on the 'phone.
When I remembered, I decided to run
up to Town, and came flack for nay
suitcase."
"I understand. Go ahead."
"1 arrived just as they were getting
ready to clear ori. Winch saw Intl
'coming, opened the door, shut it be-
hind me, and told the whole story.
He was. refreshingly candid; a chap
can afford to be when he's gat you
covered with an automatic.
" `Aunt Charlotte,' he said, 'is in
her roe, propped up in her usual
chair. Janet's in the cellar; ehe's
scuttled there, like a fool, and you'•re
going •there to join leer.' I began to
say what I thought of hon, and got
a crack aver the head for my Bain."
"Any idea of what 'Winch took with
him?"
"Yes, the securities that represented
nearly all Aunt Charlotte's fortune.
$lhe insisted on keeping them in her
desk, anld he knew it"
Wel'1 gdt a detailed list from the
old lady, as soon as she's capable of
giving us one. Meanwhile, you two
will be just in time for the last up
train. I'm staying here for the pre-
sent," said Myrtle.
Tenway and the ;Major caught the
train, and took a taxi to Triggs shop.
The old man himself opened the door
to there,
"All's clear," said Tenway, loudly
and cheerfully. "I've brought Major
Mills back with toe to tell Miss
\Varde so." But the Major. having
caught a glimpse of Molly, 'had al-
ready made a plunge towards the
white-faced and trembling figure. Ten -
way. taking the old man's antis, drew
him gently into the shop.
/Glancing through his paper on the
following morning, Tenway came on
a paragraph.
a late hour lest night," he read,
"a fatal accident occurred half -way
down a steephill near Southampton.
A grey two-seater, containing a man
a woman not yet identified, skidded,
on the wet road, and overturned. The
woman was killed instantly; the tnia.n
died an hour later in hospital. An at-
tache case in the car was found to
contain £1115i'llO0 worth of negotiable
securities, which the police believe to.
be the proceeds of a recent roblb'ery
near Leatherhead."
Waiter: "I'nn sonny I .spilled water
on you, 's'ir."
:Customer: "That's all right, 'The
suit was too ,large anyway!"
Smith: "I see that a Ilot of W!P1A
workers have started a sit-down
strike."
ljoties: "How do they know it's a
shrike,