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Show Voices of Great Men Are to Be Perpetuated The piercing wail of a grief-stricken Korean, the merry song of a Rumanian Ru-manian tailor, the whoop of an American Amer-ican cowboy and the lingering call of a Spanish night watchman are some of the exotic sounds which the non-traveler will shortly be able to hear in an "audible museum" soon to be established in Berlin under the direction of the ministry of posts. A recently found primitive phonograph record of Count Zeppelin's voice in which tlie father of the airship appeals ap-peals to the German people for support sup-port of his project will also be Included. In-cluded. This record dates from 100S, . shortly after a disaster to one of his airships at Echterdingen and includes in-cludes the words : "In a few years my airships will conquer the world." Acting on the belief that appropriate sounds intensify tlie impression a visitor receives from displays, the ministry intends to incorporate a series of phonograph records with various exhibits, which interested folk may turn on and hear the voices of such men as Edison, Marconi, Lindbergh and of others of historical interest, as well as sounds from other oth-er lands and other times insofar as they are collectible and recordable. |