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SUN'S EFFECT ON WIRELESS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1932.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
OFFICE SCENE.
WOMAN'S STORY DISPUTED"} Damages for alleged assault by 188 Yolande E. Bandilands, Second
DIFFICULT TIME AHEAD Wireless engineers are becoming alarmed at happenings on the sun. The coming period of minimum Reader in sunspot activity will have repercus- church sions in the earth's atmosphere formerly which may determine the whole were claimed at future of long-distance transmis-County Court. slon on short waves. •
CARNERA.
WRIT FOR BREACH OF PROMISE.
The Contral Nowa announcea a Christian Science that a writ for breach of promise near Sloan-aquaro, and to marry has been served on Primo a policewoman at Hull, Carnera, the, Italian boxer, on be-
West London half of Miss Emelia Tersini, waitress in a Sobo restaurant.
Mr. Martin O'Connor, for Misu Image, and the women were very
a
Miss Tersini, who is a dark-eyed Mie Sandilands totally denied all Within the next two years the the allegations made against her. girl of 21, is the nices of Mr of Soho restaurant. She lives with question will arise whether large She was sued by Miss Joan Denville Ettore Nanl, the proprietor of a her mother in Moard-street, S. o. commercial concerns will not have Image, a landscape gardener,
News for the Mother, 99 to revise drastically their estimates Chelsea-gardens, S.W.
Mrs. Torsini, mother of Mias for the periodic reconstruction of stations to fit in with the sun's cycle or even abandon short waves friendly until Mias Image saw Miss Emilia Tersini, was unable either as a permanent baals of long-dis-Sandlande being kissed by a disto deny or confirm the report that
tinguished Reader of the Christian a writ had been served.
"This is entirely news to me," tance communication.
Sun-spots have attained to com-Science Church.
In Miss Image's opinion (said said Mrs. Tersini.."If my daugh- mercial importance because they affect the sun's radiation which in counsel) Miss Sandilands was inter is taking such action she has turn affects the electrically-charged fatuated. She advised her to be certainly not mentioned it to me. layers of the earth's atmosphere. prudent, and not become infatuated This is the first I have heard of It."
This advice These layers reflect wireless waves with a married man.
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and determine the distance from caused a rift within the lute of the transmitting station at which friendship, and thereafter Miss they return to the surface of the Sandilands showed resentment to- wards Miss Image on various oc- ensions.
earth.
As a result of this eleven-year cycle the years from 1924 to 1928 naw a steady improvement in long- distance short-wave conditions and
"Worthy of Carnera."
On Nov. 9 Miss Image called at
fall
I could trip me up so that woman, and I was almost power- lesa in view of her great strength.
"I wrenched myself free, went down stairs and was about to enter a taxi when Misa Sandilanda came along and said to me, ns if nothing meal with me."
a corresponding reduction in the Miss Sandilands' office and after had happened, "Come and have a wave-lengths which could be comfew observations Miss Sandilands mercially used, for example, on the struck her a violent blow which North Atlantic route to the neigh caused her to collapse into a chair. bourhood of 13 metres.
Miss Sandilands, she said, follow-
It was blow (said Mr. O'Coned her into the taxi and at home nor) worthy only of a Carnera helped her up the stairs, heated some soup and gave it to her and Christian Scientist.
pressed her to send for n doctor.
Miss Image was then called and Mr. O'Connor asked whether she saw some kissing incident between Miss Sandilands and one of the leading members of the Church,
of the the Miss Image: Yes; one
officials.
A Cycle of Change. "Within recent months the con- clusion has gained ground," a pro minent wireless engineer explained "that these duvelopments have been to a large extent illusory. We have been forced to realise that gradual rise in practicable wave lengths which has been taking place since 1928 is in all probability con.. nected with a defnite cycle.
dis-
"The importance of thin covery from the point of view of the necessary re-equipment of the big commercial stations within the empha- eleven-year cycle needs nɔ
remains sis, and it
to be seen whether at the worst period it may not be necessary to return to the old idea of longer wavelengths and, where possible, more power.
A married man?--Yes.
Charge Denied:
Mr. R. C. Hawkin (for. Miss You know we take Sandilands): the view that what you have told is completely untrue?-Every word is
true.
How long were you in Miss Sandi- lands office?-From 4.30 to 8 p.m.
Further questioned, she said the
ов friendly kissing was at the end of August
You still remain or the beginning of September.
There is not one scintilla of truth terms?-I am no man's judge. that the incident ever happened and place and the date?-I have givon that is why you cannot give the the place. It was the church.
Demanded un Apology. Miss Image said that on Nov. 9 she called to see Mis Sandilanda at her office in Ellis-street and asked "whether you are going to apologise to me for your rudeness to mo at the church on Sunday." Without a word (she continued) she receiv- ed a tremendous blow. It was an experienced blow, a skilful blow.
"The next thing I remember,"
Mr. Hawkin: There is not the The whole trouble is that rals-
I felt slightest scintilla of truth in it. ing the wave-length beyond & cer- she continued, "was Miss Sandi-
Miss Image denied placing tain point loses all the advantages lands sitting opposite me,
She said she was cold and be of short-wave transmission-the ill.
using low power gan to jump up and down to warm armchair against a door and possibility of
Counsel: and immunity from interference her feet. Then she went to the fusing to let Miss Sandilands leave You bullied her for from the electrical disebarge of window and opened it and throw one her own office,
leg over the window sill. clouds.
"My instinct was to rush to-four hours?-I did not.
Your presence in that office was intrusion?--I JL12 unwarrantable wards her. I begged her not to make a fool of herself.
beg to differ.
"The most hopeful fenture in the situation is that the peak of good transmission appears to be much
"I went to the door and opened less clearly defined than the peak of
Miss Sandilands rushed to: bad transmission, an example of which is approaching. This should wards me, dragged me through tha mean that the worst period will be door, and was evidently trying to
(Continued on Nert Colomu.) over relatively soon.
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vibrate only in one direction-may downstairs. She has been a police- provide a solution of the problem, conditions on the sun. The most recent discovery is the observation but this is not yet in sight.
"Whatever the effect on practical Inst winter of what appeared to be wireless, it appears probable that subsidiary 32-day cycle of good Atlantic wireless-experience will provide im-reception on the North
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Hysterics, Suggested. Mr. Hawkin suggested to Image that she had an attack of hysterics. She replied she had never bad hysterics.
Mr. Hawkin: You were troubled about getting stouter and pinched yourself before you saw the doctor. Miss Image: If you are suggest. ing that I have inflicted any injury on myself i have never at any time done that.
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