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You have the privilege The Institute of Radio Engineers is a very of buying radio supplies at wholesale from the very exclusive organization, and its membership first. requirements are very rigid, so that Mr. DeGrave has reason to be proud of his ACT NOW -If you wish election. No -Cost Membership Plan To it limited number of ambitious men, we will give Clerk Doubles Income In Special Memberships that may not -need not -cost Six Through you a cent. To secure one, write today. We will Months Radio MODERNIZE OLD SETS send von details and also our book, "Your Opportunity Chicago, Ill., May 9-Even though his WITH ONE DIAL CONTPAL in the Radio Industry." It will open your eyes to the money-making possibilities of Radio. membership in the Radio Association has resulted in W. E. Thon securing the manager- ship of a Radio Department in a large COUPON Chicago store, his ambition was not satisfied. RADIO ASSOCIATION OF .AMERICA Six months later, he started his own store. Dept. 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Sterling Gleason 432 By Hugo Gernsback 411 What's New in Radio 434 Successful Television Programs Broadcast Putting the Aerial in Shape for Winter by RADIO NEWS Station WRNY By L. B. ltuuuins 437 By Robert Hertzberg 412 Electrodynamic Speakers Become Popular "Radio Movies" from KDKA 41G By Fred H. Canfield 438 How "Stereoscopic" Television is Shown The Radio Beginner -Sonie Facts About By R. F. Tiltman 418 Transformers By C. Walter Palmer 442 Broadcastatics 445 Televentures, Telewitticisms and the Televoca hula ry 419 How to Construct the "Pre- Selector" By S. Gordon Taylor 446 The Jenkins "Radio- Movie" Reception Methods 420 Magneto -Striction By M. J. Cuttler 450 Amplifier Successful DX Work Marks "Radio - Ways of Sensitizing the R.F. with Stability 453 Movie" Transmissions 421 Radio Wrinkles 45.4 Synchronized Broadcast Joins Images and Music 426 On the Short Waves 456 The Neon Tuhe - Television's "Loud The Radio Constructor's Own Pages 458 Speaker" By D. E. Replogle 427 RADIO NEWS Laboratories 460 How to Adjust the Television Receiver I Want to Know By C. W. Palmer 462 428 for Operation Radiotics 470 Television Teems with Trials for Telex - Force 472 perimenters 429 Radio as an Advertising List of Broadcast Station Calls 430 zia Radio "Bugs" 474 RADIO NEWS 1s published on the 10th of each preceding month. There are 12 obtained from the publishers. Copyrighted in Germany. Reproduction of articles numbers per year. Subscription price is 22.50 a year in U. S. and possessions. in Germany is reserved for Radio. Berlin 42. Canada and foreign countries, $3.00 per year. U.