Paragould soliphone., 1921-09-05
MAY GIVE
 NEWS BY THE
 RADIO PHONE
Postmaster General Hays Announces Stupendous Undertaking-Stations to Dot Nation.

Washington, Sept. 2.-Postmaster General Hays announced yesterday the authorization of the government on the development of stupendous undertaking in the realm of radio telephony.
 The project is the dissemination of weather, market reports and oth- CT government information, news of the day and other matters of in- terest to offices and homes through out the country by the radio tele- phone.
 Involved in the undertaking is the big question of the control of radio telegraphy and telephony by the gov ernment to which President Hard ing soon is to direct the attention of Congress as result of a study ot the problem by an interdepartmental board.
 Some of the radio companies have asserted exclusive proprietary rights in certain wave lengths of ethei employed in transmission. The re- suit would be to debar other com paDies and the government from using such wave lengths. One sug gestion considered by the interde partmental board is that the govern ment should assume control of tho l.ether and allocate the radio concerns the various wave lengths employed of which there are about 150 The system of disseminating gov ernment information by radio tele phony has been worked out for MT
 Hays by J. c. Edgerton of the Post office Department, ". A. Wheeler of the Department of Agriculture and R. B. Howell of Omaha, an au
 thority on wireless. MT. Hays sait
 that MT. Howell is sailing for Flu rope on Saturday to conduct an in vestigation for the government a his own expense of the operation O
 a radio telephone system in Berlir and of telephone newspaper" il | Budapest
 MT. Howell is Republican nationa committeeman from Nebraska ant
 reported to be prospective candi
 date for tfle Senate to succeed Sena
 tor Hitchcock
 With the system planned by Mr Hays in operation, the farmer wht | installed the requisite receiving ap paratus, now costing about $100 would receive on his farm the mar ket, live stock, weather and othel government information disSemina tion from Washington at fixed time' during the day. It is planned tt have the country dotted with trans mitting stations having a radius O transmission of 200 miles from whicl the business men at his offices, tn, farmer on his farm and the urbant,
 in his home would receive messages The transmitting stations would
 receive the information broadcasteC | by wireless from Washington. This radio service MT. Hays plan to place under the direction of { new bureau of communications sooI to be created in the Postoffice De partment for the immediate purpose
 of systematizing governmental com
 munications.
 Radio telegraphy for the dissem | ination of market reports already i. being employed by the Postoffict Department At s o'clock every night the air mail radio station il
 the department transmits the agri cultural reports on grain and live stock and on fruit and vegetables tC the air mail radio stations at Gin
 cinnati, St. Louis. Omaha, Nortl | Platte, Neb., Rock Springs, Wyo.
 Elko and Reno, Nev. These stations
 having d radius of 300 miles, broad
 cast the reports into the ether ant
 they are received by such instruc ] tions and individuals as possess tn,
 requisite apparatus.
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