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Show ,..,., ., & RADIO FLASHES It is now the thing for social j clubs to have "radio rommit- 1 tees." I An eastern institution for the blind has installed radlf for its boys. The boys receive lessons in the code and learn to copy commercial messages. Dry cells cannot successfully be used for the filamenr supply of vacuum tuh.es. The batteries will hold up for about fl-'e minutes, min-utes, and then they win' slowly die down, until nothing at all can be heard. Radio waves from Queenstown, Ireland, were amplified in New York with such success that they disturbed the proceedings of the Supreme court in a building build-ing opposite the receiving station. sta-tion. At present France has the most powerful radio station In the world in the American built Lafayette towers near Bordeaux. The station now being erected at Port Jefferson, Long Island, will by the cud of the year take first place. PJr. H. W. Nichols, an eminent electrical engineer, announces that the ether is not only not of use in radio transmission, but that It is au interference. Dr. I Nichols believes that much call 1 be done to remedy the static dis- j turliance by a means of sharper f tuning. Radio outfits have become so numerous In the apartment houses In New York that it lias become a problem to find space for the antennae on the roofs. A scheme Is being developed to have community sotvlce rendered ren-dered to tenants over the house telephone wires. p Marconi Is reported as saying that radio will result In the Junking of the ocean cables. Mr. Mackny of the Commercial Cable system, says Marconi "talks through his hat." It seems to us that neither could be called a disinterested witness. It is only fair to Marconi, however, how-ever, to say that It Is doubtful If lie uses his hat as a means of transmission; the ether Is too handy. ! " - " " """" - 'i |