The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-24
Short Flashes


feet of the daily health talks broad
casted by the General Electric
company, an upstate paper says,
"How valuable is this means of get
ting important facts to those not
in good health can be judged by the
report, that more than half a mil
lion receiving sets have been sold in
New York alone since this service
was inaugurated," which makes
New York look like anything but a
health resort.
Now the fans in England are
having a hard time with their air.
According to a recent report from
England there are only 5000
authorized amateur operators in
the United Kingdom. The London
Daily Mail states that the reason
for the arts tardy growth is the
fact that 'Hampering and sense
eSs restrictions in this country pre-
vent wireless amateurs from get
ting practice. The old fogies of
the army and navy air forces are
afraid of the amateurs and use
their influence in having the Post
Office authorities impose impossible
and veXatious restrictions that
limit the field"
1t is estimated that by using
radio to keep in touch with various
army headquarters and posts the
War Department will reduce its
communication expense more than
40 per cent. Formerly all official
messages were dispatched over
the wires of the commercial tele-
graph and telephone companies.
Radio is now used almost entirely.
More than 1880 interpretations
of radio companies were filed in
twenty states since January first
according to an estimate gathered
from various state capitals These
aggregate a capitalization of more
than $90,000,000.
From Atlanta, Georgia, we hear
that young lady was placed under
a hypnotic spell by a hypnotist via
radio. A little warning to the fair
sex to keep off this fellows wave
length or they might be acting like
goats, turtles or what not, under
his influence.
The first radio rate controversy
is on which proves that the new
art has advanced from the hobby
stage to the utility class Governor
W. R. Harrington of Hawaii has
communicated with Representa- tive
w. S. Greene, chairman of the
House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries a plea for a
lower radio rates to his territory.
The opening of the station at
Eiffel Tower for broadcasting pur-
poses brought much joy to the con-
tinent and England but not to the
French Department of Communica-
tons which controls the wire sys-
TENS there. In Paris alone it is
reported that more than 200 teIe-
phone receivers are Gifted" every
day and never returned. The ra-
dio fans are blamed.
The classes of New York Univer-
sity will be increased several thou
sand per cent when that intuition
starts to broadcast its courses. The
station is now being completed, at
the Washington Square division of
the university from which will be
broadcasted courses in Spanish,
French, Latin; lectures on econom-
les, law, mathematics psychology,
etc. and other subjects. The same
station will make it possible for
one professor to lecture in several
different class rooms simulta-
neously. May we now expect the
cooperative university with the
professor in mathematics in New
York, one of psychology in Boston,
another in Chicago, etc, each lee
turing for general reception by all
colleges?
The province of British Columbia
as established a transmitting set
with a radius of about $500 miles.
Ships $500 miles at sea have been
in communication with the station
which broadcasts a regular pro-
gram of music, health talks.