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SURPRISING FACTS IN RADIO HISTORY Thursday, June 26, 1930 One Youth with 12 Grounds Gets 700 Stations in 52 Counâ€" tries, Says Report "Surprising things already have been discovered concerning the. reâ€" sults of radio in isolated homes" says a report from Washington, D.C., by the department of the Interior. Dr. T. H. Harris, state superintendent of public instruction in Louisiana, has found radio receivers. in places where he least expected them. While visitâ€" ing a home 40 miles from a railroad he was asked if he had heard Presiâ€" dent Hoover‘s address on flood conâ€" trol. "The lady of the house told how she bad heard it with her radio and she discussed it with every indication of interest and ‘understanding. The matter was of vital importance: to her for her home was in the area ocâ€" casionally ‘flooded by the Mississippi. "A young man on a farm in Rhode Island saved enough money to buy a twoâ€"tube receiver. He found by exâ€" perimenting that an extra ground wire improved the reception and one The Skokie Valley Laundry Phone Highwood 3310 Rough Dryâ€"Wet Washâ€"Flat Work FRESH AND ROTTEN MANURE AND BLACK SOIL Buite 4 Telephone 678 436 St. Johna Ave. I Exide Reuben Lloyd ECONOMICAL YET INCOMPARABLY BATTERIES B EC KE R Battery Service DISTRIBUTORS Telephone H. P. 535 DR. B. A. HAMILTON 15 North St. Johns Avenue PHONE HIGHLAND PARK 31 DR. A. J. WURTH DENTISTS H. P. State Bar Highland Park by one he increased the number to 12. At the end of two years he had a log containing records of programs that he had heard from more than 700 broadcasting station in 52 counâ€" tries. Records Are Verified "Many of these records had been verified by comparison with records at the broadcasting stations. He had brought in stations on all five contiâ€" nents and Oceania so many times that six children in the family were mimicking the accents of the foreign announcers. _‘ "When â€" skeptics expressed their doubts, or ascribed his results to ‘a freak location," he referred them to another young man in Pennsylvania who had secured equally remarkable results with a receiver that he built himself. 4 "Educators will supervise this exâ€" periment with no preconceivedâ€" notion as to what it will prove or disprove. Teachers for centuries have depended on printing to supplement their oral efforts, but much education was acâ€" complished before printing was inâ€" vented ~â€" even before writing was inâ€" vented. Why should not persons who have received the ideas of hearing be able to hear, understand and learn vente have able from Believing . that the state fair grounds should be a place of beauty the year around, Governor Louis L. Emerson has approved plans for exâ€" tensive landscaping of the property. Two of the main features in the beautification project are the estabâ€" lishment of an arboretum, and a game preserve on a section of the fair ground property that has been neglected in the past. The arboretum will take years to perfect, but when it is completed it will contain at least one specimen of every tree that is indigenous to I!liâ€" nois, as well as some imported speciâ€" ments that will thrive in this cliâ€" For â€" immediate effect, especially during fair week, August 16â€"23, thouâ€" sands of showy annual flowers are being propagated under the direction of John Tiplady, landscape designer for the department of public welâ€" fare. These flowers will be planted in beds facing the grandstand, and will brighten the appearance of the infield without obstructing the view of the track. In addition, shrubs and trees will be planted in other sections of the fairgrounds. All shrubs and most of the trees will be propagated by patient and prison labor. Hence the cost of the landscaping will be held to a minimum. Plan to Landscape State Fair Grounds; Governor Favors It mate Work on the game farm is proâ€" gressing rapidly under the direction of Director Ralph F. Bradford, and by the time the fair opens Mr. Bradâ€" ford will ha(e many quail and pheasâ€" ants in the ‘pens. Suitable berry bearing bushes will be planted in the area occupied by the game farm to provide food and shelter for the birds. fellow to them humans whose by means of radio T HE P RES S voIce Waukegan‘s Ideal Spot for Cool Comfort â€"MHealthy Fresh Air! What Human Fvcs have never seen! â€" . Where woman hes never been! The Complete Story of the World‘s Boldest Adventure! REAL! TRUE! AUTHENTIC! 8EE THE SOUTH POLE :’IITI BYRD â€" WITH SOUND TALKING COMEDIES â€" VITAPHONE NOVELTIES . SCREEN ACTS â€" SOUND NEWS G ENE SE E RearAdmiral RICHARD E. 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