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EDMOMON JUUK.NAL. VSUJM.SUAV, fcfaL 1 fcfiUJtK 148 C.B.C. Officials Here For Opening Of CBX Radio Station person to vLit the parlia- ment building since a tabulation was started In 1940. Mrs. Otto, a Men ahead of him, was guest No.

i I ax mix MILLION VISIT HOLDINGS OTTAWA, (CP) L. R. Otto of l-ansinf, a die-maker superintendent, Tuesday became the Powerliul New Radio Station CBX Opens Here Wednesday A)bertas newest radio station will 1 Including window frames and 999,099. i I attached fluorescent light bulb In the hand will glow with nearly full brilliancy. Tin cost of present-day broadcast in? Is illustrated by the fact that the transmitters alone omit-tin- towers, buildings, and auxiliary equipment more than and use when in operation 160 kw.

of GO-cycle, 440 -volt power, enouch to serve a fair-sized town. The oentral factors In the transmitters are the banks of tubes, ranging from dwarfs of the receiving type, weighing little more than an ounce, to tubes two feet hlch, weighing 200 pounds. The latter are rateJ at 25 the equivalent of 250 100-watt light bulbs. Western Canada's Pioneer Broadcasting Station plumbing fixtures, has to be connected with this grpund because of the concentration of hlh voltage. The transmitter building, connected with the towers by heavy feed pipes, Is a one-storey struert're with 3,000 square feet of floor spnee, Including the transmit or room, roaster control room, work rooms for repairs, tube storagi room, fan and air conditioning room, and bunk room and kitchen In case the staff get snowed in and cannot reach their homes.

$100,000 Transmitters There Is so much electricity In the transmitter room that an un mi)' LVi vv- Ah I Jr fx v. I itlx i a I I Vv vv Vx vVvA rl 1 xN vlf XVrll III tx v0vTIr xl -I x. 'V be officially opened at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday. At that hour, the inaugural broadcast of the new western transmitting lfop of the Canadian BroadcastingCorporation, CBX on a frequency of 1,010 kilocycles, will be made from the main ballroom of the Macdonald In Edmonton.

Studios of the new 50,000 w.ttt station are located in the Macdonald and the transmitter Is at Lacombe. First to be heavd over the new system will be Hon. J. C. Bowen.

lieutenant-governor of Alberta who will welcome Edmonton's newest station. r.ntertalunient Program Following his address will be those of Dr. Augustln Frigon, Montreal, general manager of the C.B.C; A. Davidson Dunton, chairman of Extends Best Wishes to Because of a Ehortane of file and gnats In Belgium, large numbers of swallows have recently died from hunger, says a Belgian ornithologist, THE 000 the C.B.C. board of governors and John Fisher, C.B.C.

commentator. In Edmonton to attend the Inaugural broadrast Wednesday from CBX, the Canadian Broadcasting Cor poration's new Alberta station, art officials of the C.B.C. Shown, left to ritht, are: Dan E. Cameron, CBX manager; John Fisher, rovin; commentator; Dr. Augustln FriRon, general manager of the C.B.C; and A.

Davidson Dunton, chairman of the C.B.C. board of jOTernora. The opening broadcast will be at :00 p.m. from the studios in the Macdonald. on the occasion of their opening OUR TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR OF SERVICE Has Chosen Another STEIN WAY GRAND FOR THEIR NEW STATION CBX The program of entertainment on the initial program will include Berneice McBeth, Randall Stevens, baritone; Minuettta Borek, pianist; Peter Klrkpatrick, tenor; the Jean Cotton trio and the C.B.C.

Edmonton orchestra. The transmitter or station is at Lacombe. It incorporates the latest developments In AM broadcasting. It was built In Canada, and its 50 air-cooled, high-level modulation unit is of the latest type. The two welded steel towers of CBX rise 580 feet above the Lacombe terrain the highest man-made structures on the rrairics.

They weigh about two tons each, Congratulations to Thieves Get $25,000 In N.Y. Apartment NEW YORK, (AP) Three men robbed and bound a restaurant owner and two members of his family in their fashionable apartment early Tuesday, taking Jewelry valued up to $25,000, and $500 cash. The victims were Louis Levin, 45; his wife, Lynn; and his son, Stewart, 18. A daughter, Adrienne, eight, was asleep in her bedroom in the apartment at the Berkley House. Central Park south, and was unaware of the hold-up.

Levin told police the three robbers, one armed with a revolver, forced their way into the apartment shortly after the family returned home. Two of the robbers were masked. Say Chan States Stirred To Unrest RANGOON, (AP)-Tha Burma government said Tuesday the Shan states bordering China and Slam are beset, with unrest "due to an outside influence." The communique asserted, however, there js no revolt among the Shan people, said to be "solidly backing their chieftains." The announcement said the Shan states government is taking all legal steps to combat "lawlessness." Unconfirmed Reports said nine persons had been killed in outbreak there. At Monywa. north of Mandalay, 71 suspects were rojinded up for questioning in the area "infested with red-flag communists," the communique said.

and are anchored by ru? wires RADIO STATION Urges Planning Of New Streets DIGBY, (CP) The traffic problem In urban centres demands drastic measures, Bertram D. Tal-lamy, chief engineer of public works for New York slate, told the 29th annual convention of the Canadian Good Roads Association here Tuesday. "Streets are cluttered with vehicles, accidents are all too frequent, and business is seriously inconvenienced." he said. New streets, however, must be planned carefully. "Only a long-range master plan can give reasonable assurance that all work undertaken will fit Into the plan when completed." E.

F. Clark, technical engineer, Canadian Cement Company, Montreal, presenting a paper "cement-concrete highways," said he believed concrete pavement is adaptable to any set of local requirements or circumstances. G. W. Titus, district highways engineer, New Brunswick, described snow removal methods In the- northwest section of his province, hilly where seasonal snowfall ranges from 140 to 165 inches with 600 miles of road kept open.

He explained that continuous operation of machinery throughout a storm is essential. MiWW illl.H IN nnrTTTII "1 1 ill JMj t-4T v-vy A'-'" ---'V'Ut- a' flTJI running out 350 feet from the base, tested to stand a gale, even when coated half an deep with ice. Second Tower Directional Radio towers are like -Dig penciles standing on their polntr. The point-base sits in a small porcelain cup, filled with oil. The second tower at Lacombe Is directional, beaming the transmission In a north-south direction.

CBX's primary service area extends from the VS. border in the south to the Peace River and Fort McMurray areas in the north, 550 miles, but its actual reach Is much farther into the United and Northwest Territories. Under the ground, radiating in an oval pattern from the base of the towers, the engineers have Four Are Indicated On Narcotics Counts on the Opening of Their New-Studio in the Macdonald Hotel Blinds used throughout the studios are: LOS ANGELES, (AP) Movie actor Robert Mitchum and actress Lila Leeds with two other persons were indicted by the Los Angeles county grand jury Tuesday on charges of possessing and of criminal conspiracy. Also indicted were Vickie Evans, 25-year-old dancer, and Robin Ford, 31, real estate agent. Mitchum, 31, Miss Leeds, 20.

and the others were arrested last Wednesday by police and federal nar buried 92,000 feet of heavy copper B.C. Labor Body Will Support C.C.F. VANCOUVER. (CP) The British Columbia Federation of Labor will support the C.C.F. in the next provincial election, it was decided at the annual convention here.

Support for the C.C.F. came after the federation adopted resolutions criticizing the B.C. government'! labor code. The convention, hejd during the holiday week-end, instructed incoming officers to call a conference for political action of all labor to support the C.C.F. by financial, moral and all other resources.

Jumps Overboard From Liner At Sea QUEBEC. (CP) The Empress of France, formerly the Duchess of Bedford, arrived here Tuesday, climaxing a rough maiden voyage In the North Atlantic service, during which a passenger Jumped overboard after an earlier suicide at wire serviig as a ground. All the metal In the transmitter building, ASPHALT TILE IX THE NEW CBX. BROADCASTING STUDIOS Supplied and Laid by STEINWAY PIANO "Instrument of the Immortals" Congratulations CBX! Robinson Sons Exclusive Distributors 10247 Jasper Ave. Edmonton FEATHERSTON Floor Service and Supply 10120 103 St Ph.

24741 tempt on board had failed. Capt. H. H. Davies said Marius Christensen, 36-year-old woodsman of Copenhagen, crawled through a porthole in sick bay where he had been under close observation after being found in his cabin with a deep gash in his throat.

cotics officers in a raid on a secluded cottage and were booked on suspicion of violating narcotics laws. They were released on $1,000 bond each pending a hearing Wednesday on petitions for writs of habeas corpus. Shanghai Bankers Accept New Decrees SHANGHAI, (AP) The official Chinese central news agency reported Tuesday that the Shanghai Banker's Association voted to comply with new monetary decrees. The meeting was called hastily after President Chiang Kai-shek ordered unco-operative bankers in Shanghai and elsewhere to surrender their gold bullion and foreign currency holdings or face severe punishment. Foreign currency assets are to be exchanged for the new gold yuan currency issue.

The new Chinese currency began circulation Aug. 23 at the rate of four gold yuan to $1 VS. or one to 000.000 of the old and astronomically inflated Chinese dollar. Ceiling prices also were clamped on and strict penalties decreed for violations. CFRIM Your Friendly Station Congratulates CBX New Trans-Canada Outlet HONOR JAMAICA GOVERNOR KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CP) Big New Carrier In Mock Warfare ABOARD H.M.C.S.

MAGNIFICENT, (CP) Mock combat between aircraft and ships marked passage of this Canadian aircraft carrier through the Gulf of St. Lawrence and up the coast of Labrador toward Arctic waters. Magnificent and her escorting destroyers, Nootka and Haida, acted alternately a attacking force and target for air strikes as the Magnificent 's Sea Furies and Fireflies hovered overhead. Angelola Attracts St. Leger Wagering LONDON, (AP) An Important four-day race meeting opens at Doncaster Wednesday, but it's the finish that everyone is waiting for.

The King is scheduled to leave Saturday from Balmoral Castle, for the St. Leger Stakes, last of the season's three-year-old classics. Besides boasting the fattest purse In English racing, the St. Leger has the added interest for The King of a royal entry his filly, Angelcla. A flurry of betting by small backers was reported Tuesday for Angelola, who was among the oat-siders at 33-1 in Monday night's London call-over.

Big money is still forcing the fav JEFitfa I Governor John Huggins Tuesday was presented with the medal of freedom, high American civil honor, for services to the United States armed forces iD Jamaica during the i war. The presentation was made in King's House by Roy Porter of the VS. army who flew here for that purpose. orite French colt, My Love, nearer to I for all Alberta I to an odds-on choice. He can be backed for 11-8, but every day the news is better about the colt, who won the derby last June.

Predicts Purge Among Czech Reds LONDON, (AP) Dr. Peter 2snkl exiled former deputy premier of Czechoslovakia, predicted Tuesday a "great purge" is coming in the Czech Communist party. He told a meeting of Czech refugees here the party "has more members than It can reward for their work against democracy." TO Sl'PFLY REDS LONDON, (Reuters) Signing of contracts for the supply to the "Soviet Union of diesel engines and electrical equipment worth 3,500,000 ($14,000,000) Was announced Monday by A. P. Good, managing director and chairman of the three British firms concerned.

Alberta's own 50,000 watt station a strong, clear, far-reaching voice to bring the best of radio programs from and for Alberta. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE PLAYED A PART IN THE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN THE New CBC Radio Studios Now you can tune to 1010 and make the world your neighbour through the facilities of the station that will bring you, every day, balanced and diver sified programs to serve and entertain everyone in the family. We extend cordial congratulations to this fine new radio outlet in Western Canada DISCUSS WORLD FLIGHTS MONTREAL, (CP) Discussion on international flights headed the agenda of the first fall session of the 21-national council cf te International Civil Aviation Organization, which opened here Tuesday. Last meeting was held in Geneva. CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION SPECIAL OPENING DAY PROGRAM SEPT.

8th 8 p.m. M.S.T. DUD tRU Li LLjLL 1 UL BENES' NEPHEW RESIGNS SAN FRANCISCO, (AP) Bonus Benes Tuesday said he has resigned as Czechosovaklan contil here because he "is not and cannot be a Communist." Benes said his resignation became effective last Friday, the day his uncle. Dr. Eduard Benes, former Czech president, died.

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