Radio Everywhere

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 9, 13 September 1929, Page 26

Radio Everywhere

Position in America DURIN G a tour of the United States of America, the outstanding fact that faced one all the timie was the ubiquitous radio, says a writer in a Home journal. It could not be avoided anywhere-not even in one’s bedroom at the hotels, for there were earphones. In crossing the Atlantic one was constantly reminded of the linking-up power of wireless. Bach passenger was given a card which contained the terms for sending wireless messages anywhere. The third day out a wireless mesage came to me from Pngland direct, On the noticeboard on. deck was the daily reminder that our shir was, in constant touch with eight other ships, the names of ‘which were given. It was no stretch of the imagination to think of each of these eight ships in constant touch with eight other ships until the whole oceans and continents were linked up in a cob-web of radio designs. ; Every morning there was awaiting us at the breakfast table the "Radio Bulletin,’ which contained news gathered by the ship’s radio from the four corners of the earth. On the fast American express trains was the unavoidable radio. . Telegrams came and went all day long. The wireless operator on one train informed me that durjng one day the previous week fiftysix telegrams had passed through his hands, most of which were received for passengers. This wireless on trains is a great boon to busy business people, as it helps to facilitate appointments in particular. It has another purpose. There are many hoboes-knights of the road-who still travel via "sidedoor" Pullmans and who are frequently put off trains on which they are stealing rides. In the past these riders have been able to conceal themselves from the eyes of the train crew. oles