The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
DVEL USES FOR
 EMBELLISHMENTS IN HOUSEHOLD
|sdio May Be Vital Force In World Affairs
 In Few Years

,7adio--today looked of1 chiefly as D rec of entertainment-niay, ip fifty hundred years be most vital force the worlds affairs. <
 n peAce time and in war time, radio iksiS to take on more and moro i'm. tant duties.
 3attlss On land and sea may De kht entirely by radio, and men who se the greatest knowledge of radio N serve as generals, directing thou ds of skillful operators controlling
 nhaneuvers. of battleships and Afr hes and bringing death and destruc- 1 to the enemy.
 The only defense against .attack may
 the development of shields which l turn aside the ether waves and d them harmlessly to the ground.
 Directing warfare from points thou ids of miles away, the radio army y, nevertheless, be able to, see every ail of the battle.
 Taneiful as all this may seem, 1t is
 entirely without formulation.
 Many of the possibilities described Fe already been accomplished in ex- kimehtM work.
 Operation of a battleship By radio Ives was accomplished nearly four lrs ago by the U. s. navy, employ.
 apparatus invented by John Hays mmond, Jr.
 Hitheut a single soul aboard, the Etleship Iowa, once the pride of the ", was put through difficult mafieu- s, entirely controlled by radio waves It froEn it's sister ship, the Ohio. Lat
 1t served as running target fok
 fleet, while the gunners :. on. the Ter ship had their first opportunity, to
 their craftsmanship on moving hemy." ....,... Followed closely upon this, engineers keloped radio control of airplahes, h the system has been so perfected 1t long flights without a pilot aboard Ek been made possible. ..M, From this, it seems easy to conceive
 the further step-battleships con. He'd by radio from an airplahe. or -ther, both battleships and airplarles htfoiied- from a shore station miles ay. Two developments under study
 leading experimenters are the M- tti6f,8i control of ether waves. aritl bjection of scenes as well as sounds
 radio. Marconi, inventor of radio. working on the problein of control, radio waves so that they, can De NJ in one direction only. By use, of scial filters, it is said, he has already ttly accomplished this in Experiment. work. ,- More pleasant to contemplate, how br, Will be the developments which &l affect the home. .<.+
 Radio may be called upon to perform vast number of household duties Eich now require expenditure of hu' In effort. Actuated only by the human voice &ii6 may open and close doors, bring
 motor car to the door, cook meals d even rock the baby to the tune ot lullaby. ..r,.... |(f Improbable? We'll, so were cohcerts
 radio only few years agGt Nov 5 average citizen thinks nothing of keniiiE to stations several miles away 5th AfiAll crystal receivifig set. and 4 3th A more complicated set may De eky enough to hear concerts from bdsaiids of miles away. , ... And as further proof that these Angs Are not improbable it may be 3ed that the opening and closing of <ofs and the radio control of motor .rs has already been accomplished. he average individual could have these vices installed in his home, but at .esefit they are too expensive to come k6 any wide usage.