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Show Radio Phone Used by Daniels in Unique Test WASHINGTON, March 11. Secretary Sec-retary Daniels talked today by radio telephone Trith Ensign Harry Fagenwater in a navy flying boat en route from Washington to Hampton Hamp-ton Boads. Communication was established es-tablished at a distance of more than 150 miles, by far the longest transmission trans-mission of radio telephone signals with an airplane in flight ever achieved. The secretary used the ordinary desk telephone on bis desk at tbe navy department. Officers in charge of the department of radio signaling, signal-ing, including Bear Admiral Griffin, j chief of the bureau of steam engineering, engi-neering, were grouped around the desk. Mr. Daniels spoke of his pleasure I !n making a test of the constantly I Improving navy apparatus, and asked the ensign how far away his j machine was. After a moment's de- j lay, the officer replied that he was then more than 150 miles from Wash- ! ington and flying at a high altitude, j |