People: May 12, 1930

"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news:

Senator & Mrs. Guglielmo Marconi on his yacht Electra anchored off Civitavecchia, Italy, talked via wireless telephone with President Karl August Bickel of the United Press, President David Sarnoff of Radio Corp. of America, and President M. H. Aylesworth of National Broadcasting Co., all in Manhattan. The conversation was broadcast. After Senator Marconi had expressed confidence in trans-Atlantic telephone television, international broadcasting and had commented on the new radio station abuilding at Vatican city (TIME, April 21), said Dona Maria Cristina...

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