The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-06-13
Radio Ripples
Edited by
Leslie A. Gould
By L.. a. GOULD
local peOratOr Makes Record


Charles W. wight operator at sta
ton elk was the nrsI BridSep II
operator to receive and deliver the
Police Relay Message sent VIA rduIo
from San Francisco and reIayed py
amateurs operators to all parts OF the
United States. The message was as IoI-
lows QSr DE 2FZ ER Police relay
Message from San Frans-sco Cal. 10
al police chiefs and Snei1fIs please
attend convention Of police chiefs At
San Fraa.s.aco June nineteen, nineteen
twenty two Sig August VolImer me
transmission started about Twelve
twenty and was thru about twe;ve
twenty eight and delivered at twelve
thirty five on June fourth, morning
AS to your telehone receivers better
known to hams as cans Easy on
them buddy never treat EN- ruiz Tor
they're delicate and one drop may
mean the buying of new pair. A
notice posted over your set Gaining the
attention CT visitors to the right treat
ment OF them may prctoNg tnelr
life a bit and believe me they're hard
enuf to get these days.
"A Radio Detective Story.
William J. Burns Chief of the De-
paTtInenL of Justice Bureau OF lnVe5-
tigation told story in which radio
dapper and bright young man appear
ed ore day before the sales manager
of a large radio manufacturing, plant
and explained that he wanted to pur-
local high school. He was greeted
cordially and the best of the houses
sets were demonstrated. Ordering an
expensive set, he managed somehow
to secure delivery without pawn emit,
and then disappeared The set also
vanished from the place it had been
shipped to much TO the chagrin of the
manufacturers who decided to adver-
tise their loss thru radio itself, being
able 10 give a very accurate desrip-
ton of the young man, who had a
noticeable scar on his cheek. Chapter
two opens in an apartment where d
genial and fine appearing young man.
with scar on his cheek is entertain
ing his friends with a new receiving
set Suddenly the instrument begins
to tell of the manufacturers loss and
give detailed description of the
thief-unTnisxaken1y the host. The con-
sterllation Of the guest may be ina
gined- The next morning a very wor-
rfed mother paid for the instrument
which her son had wanted so badly,
he had involved the above scheme for
getting it, whereupon the manufac-
turer dropped the matter. (from
Radio.)
froSran1 For Saturday Evening
COD-New York-2:00 2. M. score
by innings, mutual Welfare League.
2:30 p m concert, The Cover Charge
of tie Light Brigade" by Head Wal
ters Male Quartet $3.50 D. m. address
by George Harvey diplomatic Sc
Stockings When Dressing for Il court
Function S>31 Protests at Harveys
Speech By United States Senate. A:3O
pm exhibition of fancy chrocheted
work 5>A5 p m, Juggling and wire
walking by Go1dbeFg Kelly and
Nran1zeir, direct from Shutages Cir
cEdt 7-S0, choir singing. Ohm. Sweet
oAIn,' by Westinghouse Double Quar-
tet- 300 p. m. Daily shooting quar-
tet from Hollywood. Cal.
Barbsion Wire to Catch Waves.
One Of the raio hounds suggests that
the aerial wires be fitted with barbs
to aid in catching the waves He pro-
BE- bly, remembers the results of climb
ing fence while stealing watermel-
ons-
An Air Education
We suppose that radio WIZ soon be
Responsible for a correspondence
school We have known educatfons
that were for the most part airy
ToIedo Times
INS Mfr. 4Iarconi
= counting we no longer go
Our k19s nov comes by radio.
Too 3iuc1l BroadcaSting
II 1t s TRUE. as one scientist SAYS
that every man IS potentially a Padf5
E'roacast.1S station. we shall have to
favos a law prohibiting some people
from broadcasttng themselves
Puts En- To Sleep.
Norus. d Hungarian hypotfst will
carry his work via radfophone' ac-
cording to the. Brooklyn Eagle and
aods he has already succeeded in
putting people TO sleep by telephone
some people can put whole audience
or radiophone-