EDISON

Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1929, Page 6

EDISON

i'RiIBUTED ON 30th. ANNIVERSARY OF DEVELOPMENT OF INCANDESCENT LIGHT. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Cvyiyrignt). (Received this clay at 10 a.m.) . VANCOUVER, Oct. 21. Messages from Dearborn, Michigan, .states Mr, Hoover paid a tribute to Edison on the 50th. anniversary of the latter’s development of the incandescent electric lamp, which was also the occasion of the dedication of Edison Institute of Technology, which is Ford’s gift. '

Mr Hoover stated: “Edison, using an organised systematic laboratory for research, has been one of the great leaders who converted the pure physics of electricity into a taxable product. To-day, the Governments of the world levy upwards of sixty billions of; new wealth, founded upon electricity, hut taxes on the new wealth are not the major accomplishment of a man of this genius. They are the r.vcrs of sweat saved from the backs of men and in nite drudgery relieved from the hands of women.”

, a broadcast;.., (Received tins day at T 0 .30. a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 21. The voices of Edison, Hoover and Owen Young are expected to be heard around the world to-night. Two huge radio networks will blanket* United States with their addresses, while short wave stations will carry messages abroad. All, expent Einstein will be speaking from the new Edison School of Technology at Dearborn. Einstein ; will' be speaking for two minutes through the medium of the Trans-Atlantic telephone, for one minute in German, and the other in English.