Show Newest X-Ray X Development Permits i I Operator to See Through Brick rick Wall y r 5 5 S S il r j i 1 i t. t 1 t b 54 5 es courtesy of General Elec Eler Co I How the newly discovered portable ray X-ray can be used is illustrated I above while at the side is a portrait of Dr D P. P W W. Coolidge who I developed it I I I L wA 4 4 TS wt rI w. w d By GENE COHN CORN N NEA EA Service Writer SCHENECTADY N. N Y Oct 27 Thanks to Ito Dr W W. D. D Coolidge and his scientific colleagues at the General General General Gen Gen- eral Electric research laboratories here the advantages pf being on the outside looking In are now greatly increased ed The man with the is going to have a much a-much much more certain outlook out- out look And whereas the walls had ears earL the they now flow have eyes as well For the announcement has as been I made that the inventors have de devised devised devised de- de a portable X-ray X machine which will pierce walls alls and floors suit c cases es and trunks quite as ns readily read read- ily 11 as the X-rays X of old penetrated the bod body and revealed a broken rib But t to what extent is human Pu- Pu vacy yacy to be invaded That i is the question that that floods laboratory malls since the device was an an- flounced E. E Experiments thus far tar do not indicate indi cate that personal privacy will I be greatly endangered for the tIme at least I I Mr X A can go to the Wednesday night poker club with reasonable assurance that Mrs X is not on the outside tuning up the X ray machine machine ma ma- chine and looking in on him Nor or has it been perfected to that stage where it will be of material advantage tape tage to seekers of divorce evidence I j But Rut that day may come it is pret pre- pre t for the Instrument is still stilt stillI I arge a laboratory experiment and potentialities r can only be guessed at However it may be a a. saving life aid first to the overworked prohibition prohibition officer Trunks and suitcases suit suitcases ca cases es can be penetrated by the rays i and nd such laws of search rights as r visit f lna may have hwe to be changed to over ver rights peep-rights as well The little machine is so eo easily about that almost any pro- pro h ot officer revenue agent or ori i official could pack it about i Ii weighs but thirty pounds p pes es a space 9 f inches and anden C can en n be used by connecting it with iny ny extension cord lamp socket or 1 hare IJ jie plug Among its assured applications Sia ip if- if scientists explain are these Inspection of c canned nned goods after l ing been sealed b by automatic I i Inning f machines If internal de- de ts lc-ts ts exist they can be he r readily dis- dis j ered jered b by turning on the light Examination of or the tho interiors of trunks and suit cases Thus smuggling running booze and all that hat sort of thing can be detected while a commercial value is at attached attached attached at- at to this method of ot tion Walls Valls can be pierced for defects in j I pl plumbing or wiring plastering or woodwork All Internal ills of a ahouse I house house- can an be re readily diagnosed and corrected without ripping out great sections of the b building Jewelers can penetrate pe a a. gem and detect whether or 0 not they are rious Laboratory equipment can can be be searched for physical properties heretofore have defied dIscover dis dIs- dis- dis dIsI I cover covery Th This s generally generall Is Just a begin begin- i i i ni ning ngIt ng I i I It is quite likely that other practical practical applications not at pres present nt known will develop as more extenSive extensive exten exten- I I I sive use is given sa says ys s 's a I exten-I statement statement statement state state- I ment from the laboratory Meanwhile the poker club scenes scenes will have llave ito to be limited to cartoons I and bedroom s scenes enes to farces and i I divorce courts |