Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-08-13 | Page 1 | Edison Not Yet Ready to Follow Ford's Example and Make Flight

Edison Not Yet Ready Fords Ford's Example and Make Flight Inventor Talks on Politics Science and Aviation Aviation Avia- Avia tion on Phonographs Phonograph's Birthday WEST ORANGE N. N J. J Aug 13 On AP-On the fiftieth anniversary ot of the Invention ot of th the phonograph ph Thomas A Edison its Inventor briefly answered ans questions on politics aviation and Invention The questions question and answers answer were Q VIlI you follow HenrY Fords Ford's example by going up In an airplane airplane air air- plane I I I A Q-Do Q you believe radio will supplant sup sup- plant the he phonograph A- A A o Q Q Vho will be our next president dent I A-I dont don't know What Q-What lI lO you think about the next presidential race racel thinking on I 4 l dont don't do any that subject Has Q-Has a chance chanc despite his statement I do pot not ch choose ose to torun torun run In 1928 A It things thing come to a bock they may force him to run What Q do you think of the recent ye- ye cent transatlantic flights A which always v follo follow pioneering of new new- things What Q do you consider the most useful Invention ip In the world today A Electric A power system and Its appliances How Q-How did the Idea for the phonograph ph come to you Under tinder what circumstances I A-I was working working- on on a telegraph transmitter employIng a dIsc like the ph phonograph record disc Th rh dots and n dashes of the messa message e. e were Indented on n a paper disc Dy By un on page 2 2 j I I Edison Not Yet Ready to Follow Fords Ford's Example and Make Flight Continued from page 1 speeding up th the disc unduly the dots and dashes pro produced in place musical sounds so all that I had to do was to substitute a diaphragm with a point to record the voices What Q-What do you believe the phonograph has contributed to civilization It A-It lids made life a little more attractive and expedited busin business ss transactions Q Which of your inventions in your opinion ha contributed most to the comfort of humanity Incandescent A-Incandescent lights and power systems with moving pictures a good second In n a beautifully bound leather volume presented Mr Edison yesterday yesterday yes yes- by Governor A. A Harry Moore were contained congratulatory letters letters let let- from King Albert of Belgium President CO Cosgrave grave of the Irish Free State President Masaryk 1 of President Machado of Cuba Secretary of Commerce Hoover governors of states and other distinguished persons A I congratulatory from Mussolini was received