The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-09
WILL SOON TALK
 ACROSS ATLANTIC
By HOLLAND

New York, March S.-(SpeciaL)-A few months ago Lee De Forest felt jus tified in saying to few friends that he is now convinced that with only one factor remaining to be worked out, and sure to be worked out within year or so, it will be possible to com municate with the spoken voice by means of the wireless system across the Atlantic. The communication will be as intelligible, he said, as is the case with the highly perfected long distance telephone. MT. De Forest has been occupied with the problem for sometime, having no doubt that the proper apparatus can be constructed whereby the wireless system could be successfully employed in transocean telephoning.
 Now announcement is made that the Marconi people are persuaded that within a short time they will be able to use wireless apparatus for trans hitting sound, especially the, human voice. across the ocean. So also it is said that it may be possible within year or two for anyone to carry with him pocket apparatus with which he could communicate by the wireless system with anyone within any reasonable distance. If this ex- pectation be realized then a prediction which was made sometime ago and which seemed chimeric- 1 may prove to have been an accurate forecast For it has been the dream of some of those associated with wireless telegraphing to perfect a pocket apparatus which -I.: Iv1l x,<,s.
 It is reasoned that if it is possible to make use of atmospheric waves so that telegraph messages can be trans mitted over the sea between Europe and America there seems to be no good reason why science and invention may not perfect apparatus whereby in- telligible sounds can be communicated across the sea. If this can be done it will undoubtedly be developed to commercial advantage. although that would depend to some extent what the service would cost.
 OTHER AIR TRIUMPHS
 At the very time when the an- nouncement is made that science is prividing way by which telephonic messages can be sent across the Atlan- tic demonstration of the advances which have been made with apparatus whose achievements are in the air,
 
 the earth's surface. was underway in New York city. So great is the in- terest in the present condition and promise of the future for aircraft ser- vice, that it was impossible to bring within Madison Square Garden, large as that building is, all of the visible results of aircraft production. There- fore it was necessary to secure large annex.
 The chief feature associated with this demonstration is to be found in re- marks made by an English aviation authority who is now visiting ths United States chiefly for the purpose of observing this demonstration ot American-made aircraft. This man is an enthusiast upon the subject. as. in fact. all are who are associated with aviation. He ventured to say that the air passage over the Atlantic will cer- tainly be made sometime in the lat spring or early summer of this year. He spoke of the great interest with which the British government as well as British capital is now taking in the very high development of com mercial aviation service. He had no doubt that within few years the air will be utilized to commercial ad- vantage almost as freely as is the sea. FurtherSeore, he suggested that Congrcss should recognize as soon as possible the wonderful advances which have been made in the construction of