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Show oo H Inventor Listens Hi to Love Talk on Telephone Wires PROVIDENCE. R. I . March 20. Albert E. Proffltt. discoverer of a new Hl link between the radio and the tele- phon. by which he c;m listen In on j neighbors' telephone lines, demon- 1 H etrated its efficiency when he and a newspaper man heard a I'awtucket swain in a supposed jnversatlon with l the Providence lady of his choice and H1 listened to two women discussing a I dress worn by a newly-wed at church. The receiving set used by Proffltt i located in the attic of his home. A H1 short aerial attached to "IS -foot poles on the roof arc used The apparatua H ! of the four-step audio frequency amplifier circuit type, home-made I with modifications, j Proffltt is a switchboard repairman ' in the Providence telephone ( change. |