Show h DAnSONS DAnSON'S 1 t T AUTHENTIC L r It r RO Roger lr AV W. TV ies es I remember when I was a youth oUtIl what great news it was when Marconi the Italian inventor inventor in in- sent a signal across the Atlantic Ocean to io New New- Thus This Tl s was followed by the use of the Morse 1 Code and later b by the radio voice direct INVENTION OF TV The radio was then the invention invention in in- of the tile century and its development marked the Ule beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning of oC a great new indus indus- try Iry No one then imagined that TV would Come tome along and d develop into such a great business as it has become Sometimes when I watch TV I wonder wondel- whether it is doing more harm than good but the tile American people will vill make only good broadcasts pay in inthe inthe inthe the end TV will have ha the Ole same ups and downs a as the movies movies ies have ha had Both must greatly great great- ly improve to to to-be to le DC p permanent permanently ly l successful But today I wish to forecast that we are on the verge of oC great new developments in TV Just now we are using these same radio and television television i ion on waves to transmit not only sound but pictures all in inaction inaction inaction action of the most remarkable kind land Furthermore we do not need even an outdoor antenna as these waves which give us talking and action in pictures will pass through the walls of our houses In fact these waves waves have been passing passin through the walls of our our houses hous hous- es cs and the walls of oC ever every castie castle castic cas cas- tie tic in n Europe and Asia for thousands of years cars without t being used WHAT'S COMING AHEAD Just stop for or a moment an and d think what wonderful thing s radio waves are and realize e our debt to lo Marconi l for or discovering discovering discovering dis dis- covering them for us In thi this s column I am now mentioning g only one more TV development develop ment there are arc many morto more mor e to too follow This one is the prospect prospect pros pros- of oC being able to press pros buttons and throw light or heat hea t into our r rooms rooms oms For some time e I have been taking pictures picture s of the sun Someday I believe great grea th t TV cameras combined with wit h large magnifying glasses will transmit heat and or light I I directly into our homes This will surely require a new chemical and perhaps special new broadcasting stations for each community These healand heat heal and light TV broadcasts will no not be interrupted by adver adver- I Using The cost will be added to lo our gas or electric bill Special Special Special cial eyeglasses may be needed needed needed need need- ed to use in rooms so healed or lighted but I will not discuss discuss discuss dis dis- dis- dis cuss such details now WHAT OF EXISTING INDUSTRIES Of course such new developments developments devel devel- developments may have tremendous ous implications They would almost surely create new corporations corporations corporations cor cor- that would be listed on the New York Stock Ex Ex- change Est e n t of these corporations would result result result re re- sult in intense speculation Many of oC the new corporations corporations corpora corpora- Hans would pass through bank bank- bankruptcy bankruptcy but the stocks of a few would become very valuable We should remember that there were once WO different automobile companies in the USA USi which have finally been reduced to only about five I well remember when Henry Ford took ten tell years to raise to-raise raise his first but when he got started he lie built Tin and put the horses buggies and wagons out of business WATCH FOR OR 0 OT OTHER lER Ch CHANGES ANGES Edison's incandescent light bl bulb b made obsolete the kerosene kerosene kero kero- sene serve lamps such as my mother moth moth- er used to trim and clean every every ev ev- ery morning Think what the du Pont PontS did to lo the silk worms of Japan and the Orient manufacturing manufacturing man man- s synthetic materials from Irom a few chemicals Charles Hall HaIl a poor chemistry teacher teach teach- er at Oberlin College in Ohio discovered red a way of making aluminum from rom cIa clay a and n d sparked the present billion billion- dollar aluminum r y which now u r res e s goods used in ever every house house- hold Then along came Dr Einstein Einstein Ein Ein- stein stern unlocking the gr great power power pow pow- er cr o of the Ote atom atone which unfortunately unfortunate is not being used extensively ex ex- tens tensely ely for peacetime pur pur- poses In order to lo get this atomic power we are arc now using usI using us us- I ing the mineral urani u m which was considered worthless worthless worth worth- less 50 years ago FREE POWER FROM J THE TilE SUN OR SEA WATER Now further developments are on th the way and it may be safe to say that anything thing could happen The two biggest events will be securing power I direct from the sun and getting getting get get- getting ting it from rom sea water by breaking this water up into its components hydrogen and ox ox- This latter is surely coming some day The earth carth is now three fifths surrounded by bv free tree water What then will h happen to the puce price of gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line But greater than all nil is the power of sane religion to change the hearts of men and women of all nations races and creeds Oh I wish I were a young student |