Radio mirror (Jan-Oct 1923)

RADIO DIGEST — Illustrated October 6, 1923 GERMAN RADIO HEAD DENIES TEAT' TALES BRANDS MAGNETO STORIES "PURELY MYTHICAL" Discredits Report That Planes, Autos Were Halted and Wrecked — Not Even Possible By Carl H. Butman WASHINGTON. — Public antipathy against Germany's war plans of the future should not be increased by the report from Berlin that the German Government can stop and render powerless automobiles, airplanes or other motor vehicles by Radio. Herr Prostrat Hermann Thurn, an administrative head of the German Radio service, dismissed the stories as "so much nonsense," in a recent interview sent officially to Washington. Radio Digest, it will be remembered, gome time ago interviewed German engineers and was first to brand the story as false. Herr Thurn further stated that the correspondent who sent dispatches to papers in the United States to the effect that in June, a number of automobiles en route to Hamburg were halted when their magnetos were stopped by powerful Radio waves from Nauen, was the victim of unscrupulous persons. "No such achievement has yet been anywhere reached," the German engineer asserted, adding that even if it had been attained by Germany, "it would have most certainly been kept a secret and not bruited about by anybody connected with Nauen." Denies Plane Crippling Stories This official information also discredits the stories that airplanes of France flying over Bavaria were stopped and forced down by Radio waves from German stations. Both stories of Radio magneto control are impossible, according to the German expert, who pointed out that: Magnetos are enclosed in iron or steel jackets and could not be influenced by Radio waves; no matter how powerful, Radio waves cannot be directed with precision so as to affect the magneto of a vehicle or vessel at any distance from the directing station, particularly when the vehicle is in motion; and that as definite or precise directing cannot be achieved, every vehicle or vessel within the zone of influence of the electrical wave would be similarly affected. This would stop, bring uown or sink the vehicles or ships of the operating agency as well as those of the enemy. Some skeptics may believe that the Herr Administrator would have denied the statements in an effort to protect Germany's secret Radio control, but the official forwarding the dispatches believes implicitly in this Radio engineer whom he knows personally and professionally, and, he feels that his negations and criticisms should be taken without reservation. ♦ "Stories of a Reporter" at WJZ NEW YORK.— A feature which has already proved more than popular with WJZ audiences here has become a weekly event on the program, for William H. Crawford, the noted journalist, author, war correspondent, and reporter, has agreed to give one of his delightful "Reminiscences of a Reporter" every Sunday evening for an indefinite period. A naturally charming speaker, Mr. Crawford has so many interesting anecdotes about the famous men of this country and Europe that his talks are a veritable revelation of the characters of those personages in a peculiarly fascinating manner. BIRTH OF THIS BABY AIDED BY BROADCAST "The Radio Baby of WLAG" is learning to walk. It is nearly a year since she was born during a Caesarian operation while her mother listened to the special program broadcast from WLAG in lieu of an anesthetic. The baby is Lucille Eleanor Cartwright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy A. Cartwright, 4105 Elliot Ave., Minneapolis, and scarcely a day passes that she does not listen in to the Twin City Station Safety Congress Hears Broadcast Addresses Experts Give Air Talks on Radio Hazards BUFFALO, N. Y. — One of the biggest broadcasting demonstrations ever staged for a eonvention was to be put on by Station WGR during the week beginning October 1 when the National Safety Council was to hold its twelfth annual congress here. Three thousand delegates of the various sections of the council met to make America safe for Americans. Because of thegreat general interest in the subject of safety this convention was to be put on the air on a large scale. Of direct interest to fans were two addresses applying particularly to Radio. One was an address by H. J. Burton of the Consumers' Power Company, Jackson, Mich., on "Hazards of Improper Radio Installation," and the other was "Safety in Playing the Public's New Scientific Game — Radio." The latter was given by S. E. Whiting, chairman of the Radio Hazards Committee, Public Safety Section, National Safety Council. Akron Youths Form Society AKRON, O. — A new Radio club having for. members young men interested in the popular science was recently organized in South Akron and has held several meetings at members' homes. The officers for the new club are Lloyd Miller president, E. W. Heister secretary, and Ivan Stripe treasurer. Communications should be directed to Mr. Miller at 663 Yale Street or to the secretary Mr. E. W. Heister. 700 May Street. T%N<^^>eBJS£ p • .-j^r £• This Receiver may be set up in !_ a moment, and successfully operated anywhere — by anyone. ( Just One of its Seven Points of Satisfaction ♦Ask Your Dealer A. H. GREBE &. CO., Inc. Richmond Hill, N. Y. TRADE COMMISSION FINISHES INQUIRY Next Congress to Act on AntiTrust Investigation of Radio Industries WASHINGTON, D. C. — The field work in connection with the Radio investigation which is being made by the Federal Trade Commission in response to House Resolution 548 is practically complete, acording to officials of the Federal Trade Commission. No details of the investigation will be made public until the report is made to Congress, which report will be prepared in the very near future, so that it can be submitted to Congress when it convenes early in December. The investigation in accordance with the resolution passed by the House of Representatives includes a report on the ownership of patents covering Radio apparatus, the contracts and leases, together with the manufacture, sale and resale of Radio apparatus. The purpose of the resolution is to "aid the House of Representatives in determining whether there has been a violation of the anti-trust statutes'." AIR SIGNALS GREATLY AID MILITARY FLYING Applications Much Diversified and Increased at Canal Zone WASHINGTON. — R a d i o , the latest "wonder of the world," is materially aiding the development and efficiency of military and naval aviation. War time flying in its many phases would little avail the commanders in chief if instantaneous communication between the bases and the air fleets was not constant. Radio telegraphy and telephony establishes direct liason between the air and the ground or sea, thus combining these arms of the service. Peace time tests and maneuvers between the aerial forces and those of the land and sea, aided by Radio, are carried on regularly by both the Army and Navy; their scope and frequency are being extended each year. A recent Army Air Service report from France Field, Canal Zone, states that during the past fiscal year 261 Radio flights, embracing aerial Radio tests, voice-controlled formations, Coast and Field Artillery reglages or gun-fire observations, tactical maneuvers, reconnaissances and coast patrol work. This was an average of a Radio flight each working day. The diversity as well as the volume of Radio communication accomplished in the Canal Zone was in excess of any previous year but will be extended next year, the report states. France Field pilots had never before attempted tactical maneuvers, coast patrol, field artillery spotting or voice control formation flying, yet the report indicates successful results in all lines where Radio was used. France to Build Plants for Soviets WASHINGTON, D. 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