The Radio Corporation of America has obtained a preliminary injunction against Universal Wireless to prevent the establishing of a national service on the ground of infringement of Radio Corporation patents.
A long-drawn-out battle is pre-
Corporation patents has been in dispute in many instances of late and the Universal Wireless injunction is expected to provide a test case of considerable importanee.—United Press.
Radio Corpn. and I. T. & T.
Washington, Feb. 4.
Continuing his testimony to-day' before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, Mr. Hernand Behn, president of the International Telegraph & Telephone Corporation, said) that his organization had desired to pay the Radio Corporation of America 300,000 shares of I. T.
T. in order to acquire a radio communications branch.
London, Feb. 4.
The Air Accident Investigation Committee at Melbourne, Australia, thas reported regarding the seaplane tragedy on January 6, in which Captain Hugh Grosvenor, Flight-Lieut, Briggs and Leading Airerafteman Ewen were killed.
The report states.that the flight twas undertaken to give Captain Grosvenor instruction in operating an amphibian machine which was being. flown under dual control. Authority was not. obtained to make the.flight under such conditions and the flight was quite unauthorized, There was no evidence of engine failure or structural defect, and the evident was apparently due to, some "etisis in, the course of instruction.
"The, Air Board recommend -£600 compensation each for the widows of Mlight-Lieut. Briggs and Leading-Aireraftsman. Ewen—British Wireless through Reuter.
The International later agreed to pay 400,000 shares of, its own stock, in installments. Mr. Behn said that he believed the Radio Corporation's physical communications plant value did not exceed G.$15,000,000.
Senator Couzens of Michigan examined correspondence which was submitted to the committed, and said that he was convinced that the banking house of J. P. Morgan Ca, had used no coercion toward bringing about the proposed communications merger—United Press.
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