Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1930, Page 54

14 ‘READING MACHINE' NEW AID T0 BLIND Development of Device Com- bining Principles of Phono- graph, Talkies Under Way. BY MARTIN CODEL. Out of radio and its kindred acousti- cal arts comes now the promise of a “reading machine,” a device which for hours without interruption will intone recorded versions of newspaper articles, magazine stories and even full length books. The device is being developed primarily as an aid to the blind, but its tremendous possibilities for general in- structional and entertainment purposes are readily apparent. In its proposed form, the reading ma- chine is a relatively simple adaptation of well known phonograph and talking film principles, but it is expected to be more simple of construction and more compact in size than any other talking machine ever devised. Hailled By Scientific Observers. Competent scientific observers hail it s the possible forerunner of a “reading robot,” which one day will be perfected to scan actual newspapers, magazines and books and read them aloud through eyes that are photoelectric cells capable of transforming printed words into speech by electrical and mechanical means. Development of the reading machine for the blind is being sponsored by wealthy patrons, among whom are said to be A. Atwater Kent, the radio manu- facturer, and Cyrus H. K. Curtis, the publisher. One of the inventors is Mor- Tis S. Frank, managing director of The Seeing Eye, an institution at Nash- ville, Tenn., devoted to the unique pur- Bose of training dogs as guides for the J ind. Himself blind for many years, Mr. Frank is well known throughout the country for his travels in behalf of his fellow unfortunates. He is always ac- companied by his police dog “Buddy,” ‘who has been trained to be the “eyes” of his master and guides him through traffic and around all manner of ob- stacles. Mr. Frank’s institution is sup- ported by benefactions, and his inven- tion is being developed with outside scientific and financial aid. Js Small Amplifying System. ‘The reading machine is a small am- plifying system that speaks out the recordings from rolled strips of an ex- ceedingly thin fllm substance called cellophane upon which the reading voice has been imposed. The film is like & motion picture reel, except that it is wider and carries only the sound tracks. oned.wtndlnl will carry thousands of ‘words. ‘Wide vistas are seen for its exploita- tion both among the blind and among people Tl-mnlly for, besides being is- wued dally to carry summaries or full weports of the day’s news, it can into the home full lecture courses, com- ?lm ret of articles and stories, full Terigth and books and in fact sny intelligence conveyable by the voice. ‘The supply of subject matter would be purchased just as piano player rolls or phonograph records are now purchased. Nor, it seems, is the THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FALE NOMNATON OBJECTION IS FILED | Charge Is That Dry Law Party Signatures Appear to Be Similar. By the Associated Press. | ALBANY, N. Y., October 11.—An ob- | jection was filed last night against the nomination of Grace Robinson Hale of |Canton, the dry law preservation | party’s candidate for attorney general. Bernar Marks of Rensselaer, N. Y., | who_filed it, charged many of the sig- | natures appeared similar and alleged other irregularities in the names, espe- cially attacking those from New York City counties. A similar objection had been filed with the Bureau of Elections of the De- partment of State against the nomina- tion of Prof. Robert Paris Carroll of Syracuse, candidate for Governor of the third party on its two-candidate State ticket. A" group of New York Demo- crats filed the Carroll objection. HORSEWOMAN RESIGNS Miss Daingerfield to Devote Time to Own Thoroughbred Interests. LEXINGTON, Ky., October 11 (#).— Miss Elizabeth Daingerfield, nationally known horsewoman, has resigned as manager of Faraway Farms and care- taker of Man o' War, “the horse of the century,” she announced here last night. She is leaving Faraway to devote her time to her own thoroughbred interests. Recently she increased her holdings in the blue grass by taking over the long- term lease on the John Gorham Farm on the Paris Pike and care of this farm and Haylands, her thoroughbred nurs- | ery, will occupy all of her tim MRS. JOHN J. CULLINANE With her baby daughter Marie, at home at 5103 Connecticut avenue. Cullinane was before marriage Miss Marion O’Connor of Washington. BAGBY IS ELECTED GLAD TO REDUCE SPEEDVE RAILROAD PRESIDENT Iowa Man Wrecks Three Autos in Succeeds Maxwell Byers as Head as Many Weeks. CLEAR LAKE, Iowa, October 11 of Western Maryland Railway. ¢ Greenway Inn Connecticut at Cathedral Mrs. N Sunday Dinner E Honey Dew Balls Roast L. I. Duck T Half Broiled Chicken Broiled Tender Loin Steak Fresh Peas Eggplants Whipped Potatoes Stuffed Tomato Salad Lemon Tart Fresh Peach Parfait Chocolate Sundae $1.00 1—7:30 P.M. E Our own delicious hot bread and pastries daily ANN TABER Soup (N.AN.A).—Speed is just what John Grubb of Clear Lake, Iowa, wants no | longer after wrecking three sport model cars in as many weeks. So now he drives a 1904 model one-cylinder auto which put-puts up to a maximum speed of 25 miles an hour. Grubb says he'll drive it until it can't g0 any more and then hell walk. The car used to belong to his father. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) U T A v 2 9 1 9 By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 11.—George P. Bagby, vice president of the Western Maryland Railway in charge of legal affairs since 1926, yesterday was elected president and general counsel at a meet- ing of the directors in New York City. He ‘succeeds the late Maxwell C. Byers, who was shot and killed September 23 by the traffic vice president, Dudley G. | Gray, who then committed suicide. The two had been at odds over business re- lations. by issued a statement here in which he said he would carry out the policies of Mr. Byers. The latter was chairman of the board of directors as | Col. 10118 is outstandingly pre-eminent or, strange as “reading robot,” which will read from e &o..x"“bm?""{i " auphc realm of y. Man upli- ecated or sharpened practically all the senses by electrical and mechanical means, for he now has a microphone that can hear, a photoelectric cell that “ean see and other devices, primarily mlfln‘ the electron tube, that veri- ly can feel, smell and taste. It remains only to co-ordinate these fremarkable devices along lines of the television scanner, the phonograph ” ler and the speech amplifier to ‘e an _electro-mechanical man who ean I'In’_::luh what his e":el'ee m‘!‘o speech, it a8 man's eyes “telegraph” impressions to his brain and thence to b ® (opyriant. 1930) _CHILD GAME KILLS MAN Overexertion at “Ring Around Rosie” Brings Heart Attack. LONDON, October 10 (N.AN.A).— ®A man is as old as he feels,” Christo- ‘Ward of London used to say often, it was feeling too young that caused his death recently at the age of 65. ‘He ‘was called from his' garden by a group of children to join in a game to over-exertion. (Copyright, 1930. by North American News- paper Alliance.) well as president. No action was taken | to fill the chairmanship vacancy. ‘The new president said the directors voted a substantial pension to the Byers family to be used in the education of Byers’ five sons. A resolution praising his administration was approved. | The Western Maryland, largely a coal carrier, operates approximately 800 miles | of trackage. It is controlled by the Baltimore & Ohio. AMERICAN GAMBLING DEVICES ARE INSTALLED Abyssians Prepare for Entertain- ment of Westerners at Corna- drapes itself most becomingly Lace adds a deft tone of richness A hat that possesses charm with sophis- tication—an air of aristocracy. with a deft note of youthfulness. An out- standing Ilarris model among a group of successful couturier adaptations, Other Models, 6.50 to 35.00 Millinery—Main Floor ¢JOSEPH-R-HARRIS (@ — (224 F STREET = tion of Emperor of Ethiopia. By the Assoctated Press. ADDIS ABABA, Abyssinia, October 11.—American gambling devices are be- | ing installed here in preparation for | the coronation on November 2 of Ras Tafari as Haile Sellasie, Emperor of Ethiopia. ‘The machines were bought in the United States by a special envoy of | the King, sent out with instructions to | buy everything Westerners used to amuse themselves. Hundreds of foreign guests have ac- | cepted invitations to witness the corona- tion. There are only three hotels and the housing of the guests is a problem the King must solve. Louis XVI Bedroom Suite The motif of this suite has distinct feminine charm, characteristic of the period which it simulates. Rich hand carvings, grooving of legs and columns—a combi- nation of simplicity and artistic enhancement. Produced in Australian striped walnut, crotch walnut, crotch mahogany with hand-carved overlays of satinwood. American gumwood furnishes the substantial foundation. The dressing table is equipped with a plate glass cos- metic tray; the finish of the entire suite is hand-rubbed to satiny smoothness, Chairs and benches have $395 IR BRALE. S oru nio mippsrois oibiaion s wiubio o wo b hsnbing ouse & Herrmann “Furniture of Merit” Seventh at Eye C. Hood College Girls Allowed Tub Baths Only on Week Ends By the Associated Press. FREDERICK, Md., October 11. —Girl students at Hood College here will be permitted to take tub baths only over the week end. The reason is the water shortage, which has kept this town on a re- stricted consumption basis all Summer. The order for the weekly baths was issued by Presi- dent Joseph H. Apple. “Notices have been posted re- questing students to take sponge baths, except over‘week ends,” he said today. OCTOBER 12, 1930—PART THREE. TWO DEER HUNTERS LOST IN MOUNTAINS Forest Rangers and Friends Seek Men Caught in Early Snow. By the Associated Press. YELLOW PINE, Idaho, October 11.— The wild, Winter-nipped mountains of Central Idaho today held secret the fate of two deer hunters, despite ef- forts of forest rangers and other hunt- ers to locate them. The pair, R. H. Robertson. Boise salesman, and Jimmy Mills of Emmett were engulfed in the mountain fast- nesses about the same time last Mon- day and since then efforts of hundreds of searchers have been unavailing. The first touch of Winter struck the mountains about the time the men be- came lost, rain and snow falling heavily throughout the day. Robertson was an experienced ~ woodsman and _friends feared his failure to return may indi- cate he was injured. Girl and Youth Rob Store. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., October 11 (®).—A youth and girl, both unmasked, held up salesroom employes of the Southern Saddlery Co. here yesterday and escaped with merchandise valued at_approximately $400. _ The girl entered the store first, pos- ing as & customer. Then the youth en- tered and held the employes at bay with a rifie while the girl collected two fur coats, several furs and pleces of lu They fled in an automobile. BANDITS WORK IN THREES Three Men in Three Hold-Ups Get Away With $7,200. NEW YORK, October 11 (#).—Pay- | roll robberies went by threes in New | York yesterday, and cost employers $7.200. Three men tied up three employes in a paint contractor's shop on upper Broadway yesterday morning and took & $1,900 pay roll. Three robbers held up a girl cashier three hours later in a cloak shop on lower Fourth avenue and got & $2,000 pay roll. 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