Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-11-03 | Page 9 | Picture Beacon Inventor Opposes Its Use in N. Y.

i I Picture Beacon Inventor Opposes Its Use Usein in N. N Y NEW YORK Nov 3 AP AP The The use of ot a. a a four-billion four candlepower searchlight to flash lash the huge ad adVertisements advertisements ad- ad of a motion picture theatre upon theatre upon th the buildings of competitors com corn and upon skyscrapers In Inthe Inthe inthe I the Times Square district today brought ou t pr protests t fro from the thus inventor r on y 1 nt I on y 1 nt of the beacon H. H Grinnell- Grinnell Matthews British scientist 1 and engIneer engineer en en- known as us the the- inventor o of the d death ath ray In In expressing his disapproval of ot the tise Use of his invention in such sucha a fashion Mr Grinnell Matthews branded the tho practice a breach broach of pro property pert rights He lIe also said it might injure the vision of those looking looking- Into nto the giant g projecting machine from buildings a few hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- yard distant The true purpose purpose pur pun pose of the machine he pointed out was to throw messages es and pictures pictures pic pic- tures tunes against the sky The inventor president of the sky sly projecting corporation which is exploiting the Invention gaid ald that as internal troubles had aris arisen n nin in the company he was powerless to restrain General Manager Manag r Harry E. E Aitkens ens In whom is vested active control o ot of the searchlight Aitkens said that he had received no complaints from owners of buildings which had been Jeen used as screens The advertisements would continue to bo be flashed he said though when conditions were right the sky would be used as a back baek- ground g He denied the beams were to the eyesight The law on the point according to legal nl opinion Mr said he had obtained holds s It unlawful to project the the- advertisements on other peoples people's es e's buildings building's without their consent But this this' opinion he said did not settle the matter