GREAT INVERTOR

Evening Star, Issue 20312, 22 October 1929, Page 9

GREAT INVERTOR

TRIBUTb TO EDISON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DEDICATED Press Association—By Telegraph -Copyright. VANCOUVER, October 21. (Received October 22, at 10.10 a.in.) A message from Dearborn (Michigan; states that Mr Hoover paid a tribute to Mr Edison on the fiftieth anniversary of the latter’s development of the in candescent electric lamp, which was also the occasion of the dedication of the Institute of Technology, which is Mr Henry Ford’s gift. Mr Hoover stated: “Mr Edison, using an organised system of laboratory research, has been one of the greal leaders who converted the pure physics of electricity into the taxable product of to-day. The Governments of the world levy upwards of sixty billions ol new wealth founded upon electricity, but the taxes on the new wealth are not the major accomplishments of this man of genius. They are the rivers of sweat saved from the backs of men and the infinite drudgery relieved from the hands of women. 1 ’ —Australian Press Association. VOICES HOUND THE WORLD NEW YORK, October 21. (Received October 22, at 10.20 a.in.) The voices of Mr Edison, Mr Hoover, and Mr Owen Young arc expected to be heard around the world to-night. Two huge radio networks will blanket the United Slates with their addresses, while short-wave stations will carry the messages abroad. They 7 will speak from the new Edison School of Technology at Dearborn. Professor Einstein will speak for two minutes through the medium of a Transatlantic telephone—for one minute in German, and the other in English.— Australian Press Association.