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Thursday, October 2, 1930 MARCONI MAINTAINS ~LABORATORY IN YACHT Famous Wireless Wizard Pracâ€" tically Lives on Board Ship; Talks to World The haunt of the magician of old was in a caveâ€"but that of the modern magician of radio is on the high seas. Aboard his yacht Electra, perhaps hundreds of miles out from shore Guglielmo Marconi, who made radio practical, still carries on his experiâ€" ments, working daily to push his deâ€" PE imy . m mt ming .A eP es io velopment of wireless still ‘another step onward, says an Associated Press dispatch from ‘Genoa, Italy, Isolated though he is from land, he is in more intimate touch with the wor‘!d generally than millions of land creatures. He sits at his telephone transmitter and from the Mediterranâ€" ean talks with Australia, North and South America, Asia and all of Eurâ€" ope. Marconi‘s yacht is his home. With him travels his wife, the former countess Bezziâ€"Scali. He sold his home in Rome when he purchased the Electra. This was just after the war. Since then the inventor has spent the major portion of his life aboard ship. Fow realize the part played by the Electra in the development of wireâ€" less. The man who transmits a mesâ€" sage from London to Australia â€" does he know that Marconi worked out .the â€"means for doing so? The man in New York who listens to a radio program in Chicagoâ€"does he know that Marconi experimented on the high seas are partly responsible for his entertainment? In April, 1923, Marconi, began exâ€" periments on short wave transmission aboard the Electra. Out of them sprang. "beam wireless," which conâ€" centrates radio waves in one direcâ€" tion rather than permitting them to leave the circle. This is just one of the few accomâ€" plishments in which the yacht labâ€" oratory has played an important part including one of the most recent ln‘ which the inventor conducted a twoâ€" way conversation from the Mediterâ€" rancan with America as a nation of listeners were tuned in viaa countryâ€" wide broadcast chain. Kings and queens and princes and princesses . of England, Italy and Spain have visited the Electra. Their autographed photos hang in the saâ€" lon. Nearby is a photo of Pope Pius Eleventh, with a blessing to the inâ€" ventor. The radio room is a large cabin 80 filled with apparatus that it is almost impossible to move about; the adjoinâ€" country‘s large airplanes to administer Everything is spotlessly clean. In order that certain minerals such as â€" realgar, _ proustite and others, which would fade or change color if continually exposed to light, may be exhibited and made available for study, a system of covers inside the cases which may be automatically liftâ€" ed by the student is installed at Field Museum of Natural History. antenna in an everâ€"widening Yacht Is Home One of Many is a large cabin so Signs on the highways guard the motorist. Sometime in the past a sign may have saved your life. A sign properly placed may save your life at any time â€" tomorrow perhaps. The Chicago Motor Club erects signs at dangerous curves or intersections, schools, railroads, hospitals, and through streets. fls aPo d 400A d c Feadaby Aaial wl hwas Lowd Mstvdsisaisebsd Insurance service, which provides the following features: The valued form policy, which in the event of total loss, pays the face value of the policy. â€" Accessories are covered without additional charge. Last year the "exchange" returned cash savings to subscribers amountâ€" ing to $711,332.11. Automobile insurance sales amounted to $3,894,706.04. Write or call for further information. Sixtyâ€"four branches: 34 downstate; 30 in Cook County. Dues per year $10.00. Enrollment fee (first year only ) $5.00. t Sometime a Sign May Save Your Life Chicago Motor Club THE PRESS CHARLES M. HAYES, President HIGHLAND PARK BRANCH (WIGHLAND PARK _ BRANCH) CHICAGO MOTOR CLUB 41 N. Sheridan Rd., Highland Park > Gentlemen: Please send me further information conâ€" cerning the many moneyâ€"saving services of the Club. Without obligation to me. Addréess City Name JOHN DIXON, Mgr. 41 N. Sheridan Road â€" Phone 105 j ATTORNEY FOR THE CLUB A. Miller, Waukegan National Bank Bldg., Waukegan MECHANICAL SERVICE STATION Automotive Repair Service, 133 North Second Street 27