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...communion service - otherwise known as the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper-was conducted by radio for the first time in history. The service was broadcast from the West End Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, through WJZ, after a sermon by the British evangelist, G. Campbell Morgan. The elements, bread and wine, were blessed by the pastor, Edwin Keigwin.† The invisible audience did not partake until all had been served, so that all present in the church might partake simultaneously with those who served themselves bread and wine at home. While the elements were passed, the organ was audibly played...
Unquestionably, the phonograph manufacturers have been somewhat uneasy in watching the huge forward strides made by the apparently competing radio industry. Yet, judging from the experience of the Victor Machine Co. at least, the radio seems to be a friend rather than a foe. Victor's Camden (N. J.) plants are working at capacity to turn out enough machines and records to satisfy the demand. The Premier Graphophone Company's new plants are fully employed, and its production schedule is the largest on record...
There are several apparent reasons why the radio has stimulated rather than depressed the phonograph trade. First of all, retail dealers are equipping Victrolas as radio receivers and selling them. Secondly, the popularity of many songs and even classical music broadcast by radio has led to the purchase of the same selections in the form of permanent phonograph records. Lastly, many home audiences maintain a phonograph to intersperse favorite selections with the sometimes unattractive features of radio broadcasting programs...
Niela Assen, Norwegian inventor in the French service, has developed still another type of war machine, consisting of nests of explosive and gas bombs, operated by radio from a distance. These "mechanical soldiers" could hold a front of several hundred miles against enemy invaders with a small staff of engineers. Mr. Assen expects to present his scheme to the U. S. War Department...
...inventors are continuing their experiments in the hope of perfecting some practical application of radio communication with other planets. The principle is not new, for Alexander Graham Bell talked along a beam of light in 1882, and the similar nature of sound and light has long been an established fact...