New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 4, 1929, Page 10

NEW CHURCH ORGAN| « Thi Years PLAYED FOR PUBLIC A rYy | at sea’ Carl L. Bloom At Console of| by CAPTAIN GEORGE FRIED Sonth Church Instrument | and rate. ary to wait icated the instrument's error t vas nes 1 which the personal | Of ~onrs for the correct tir Whoever carried the chronometer —in fact, 1905 wire n'it A few v ion with a re: ought a view of a rad r hero under circumstan se in wh in|he you would d much In| EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929, in the radio room 1o get these re- ports tirst hand. The news received would spread quickly throughout the ship. Introduction of this novelty cre- ated considerable excitement. Fre- quently messages written on radio- gram sheets would he found lying in different parts of the ahip. “hese messages would sometimes say that we were to head for a different port {or that we would turn about and |start at once for home instead of | following the original itinerary. These reports, of course, were er- roneous and were dropped on the decks with the idea of creating a sensation. It was not long before the hoax was discovered. The cap- for transmission in the early days about 1906, hut there was never any guarantee of delivery. Frequently it was neceasary to hold these mes, sages until the vessel reached port and they could then be sent by tele- graph or cable. While this made a tremendous im- preasion upon me, I realized the ad- vantages of this new development in sclence, particularly as it re- ferred to myself and other sea- tarers. The radio was first used in saving lives in January, 1909, when the steamer Florlda and the Repub- lc crashed during a fog off Nan. tucket Lightship. You will probably recall that the radio operator, Jack Binna of the Republic, was the out- The wireless has been used to great advantage n giving first aid to the Injured and sick on various ships that did nmot carry doctors. Every ship carries a medicine lock- er as part of its equipmerit. When a man ts injured or {s ill, the cap tain of the ship frequently commun- icates by radio with the nearest ves- sel carrying a physician. The symp- toms or description of the injury are given {n detall and the doctor prescribes accordingly. In this way the pain of the sufferer is relieved and cures are many times effected. Another thrill experienced with radio occurred when I was chief officer of the America in 1921. Ex- periments were being conducted in sons ashore. This was really s thrill. The America was 10 a heavy sea. The men with whom 1 spoke, some of whose voices | easily recognized. were sitting in offices or in their living rooms at home and told us how comfortable they were and how pleasing the weather waa. At sea it wag terribly cold and the ship was making only light headway because the sca was heavy. Conversations were conducted from the radio room of the America Into ordinary telephones and were trans. mitted by air to Deal, N. J., where there was a receiving station. The voice was carrled by land-wire to the home of the receiver. after a %0 that it will be possible to sit in the statercom of yoyr ship, pick up the recelver and call your home or friends in almost any part of the world. while (Tomorrow: My Early Reacues) Getting Up Nights It Bladder Weakness, Getting Up Nights, Backache, surning or Iitch- ing 8ensa‘'ion, lag or groin pains make you feel old, tired, pepleas, and worn out why not make the Cystex 48 Hour Test? Don't give This scheme proved practical but 1 have since been informed that be- cause of the heavy expense involved it could not be further developed so as to reduce the cost of the con- versations. However, this will come wireless telephony between the America and shore stations. The America was 450 miles off the coast approaching New York when Capt. Willlam Rind and I and several others talk#d to a number of per- up. Get Cystex today at any drug store. Put it to a ¢8 hour test. Money back If you don't soon feel like new, full of pep, sleen well, with alleviated. Try Cystex today. ly Coe. standing hero and when the res- cued crew returned to New York, I happened to be in port and made every effort to get a glimpse of Jack to find out what a hero really looked like. tain of the vessel than issued an order saying that anyone writing a false report or spreading rumors purporting to come from the radio | room would be severely punished. | Personal messages were accepted 1t was abso- PACKARD PRICES REDUCED Every night men would con gregate 10 get these reports. .” ation is described as a | lutely esse ep the chro y electrica ors and tro! to carefully cause the in- | y delicate FRIED ated Pres RGE t from as aboard Navy ALL STANDARD EIGHT MODELS T e B’Esfi;mcmm" A ‘ - NOW $16O LESS W ILLNESS | IR0y Jhro = HAVE just been advised by telegram from the Packard factory \N; that effective March 4, 1929, all models of the Standard Eight are reduced $160. The new prices are as follows: 126-Inch Wheelbase Models The SEDAN, 5 Passengers . . . 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