New York Sees Wireless Telephony Advances Unveiled
War time secrecy lifts as General Electric engineers reveal barrage receiver and wireless telephony concepts. Experts discuss separate sending receiving antennae and home use, noting peacetime potential for silent, clear long distance communication and interlinked exchanges across nations.
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New Yorl
America
Genevalleetrie Company
Schenectady
Ernst ¥. W. Alesanderson
Caginet
Institute of Radio Engineers
West Chistynuth Street
A. Hoxle
General Electric Company
Alexanerson
Atlantic
Europe
Washington
New Brunswick
Alexanderson
Mrs. Jones
Str. Tones
Paris
Bartge
Nimgen
Germany
France
Paternot
Reuch
Ameren
Courtship by Wire Ends in Delaware Marriage
Ellendale telegraph operator Miss Ton Vensty and Edward Rust, Redden operator, wed after seven miles of wire courtship. The couple exchanged messages for hours, deciding to marry in Wilmington. Marcon notes that people can talk across the Atlantic, but the censor has the final word.
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Ellendale
Ton Vensty
Marcon
Atlantic
German Sapper Detzler Returns From New Guinea Jungle
Konrad Detzler, a German army engineer who hid in the New Guinea bush since the outbreak of war, surrendered to Australian forces near Miamis after four years in the jungle. He lived on yams and wild foods, endured scarce cartridges, and now wears a German uniform while awaiting internment in Australia.
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Konrad Detzler
New Guinea
Australia
Detzler
Ida
Deiter
Kaiser Witherstand
Gernen New Guinea
Detsler
Wat Missionaaries
Austen Nian
White
Mismia
Detxler
Java
Depth Bombs and Submarine Warfare Roles Highlighted
The article discusses the emergence of depth bombs used against submarines in anti submarine warfare. It references Rear Admiral William S. Shins and Sir Charles Howard Madden as key figures, noting their roles in shaping naval tactics and wartime authority.
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New York
William S. Shins
Charles Hdward Madden
Stat
Jellicoe
Wen
Admirral Sims Sudh
Seilicoe
Madden
Cruiser chases submarine. Admiral Madden backs new device
A sighted submarine prompts pursuit. Madden questions failure to engage. He advocates developing a device to drop on the Hun submarine. Officers approve, returning to port. Admiral Aeiliene endorses the plan and experts begin work on the weapon. The depth charge carries 200 pounds of trinitrotoluene for sinking subs.
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Admiral Madden
Sbmarine
Dulor
Aeiliene
Sketches by O Henry on Austin land office walls
Austin readers recall O Henry, then clerk Sidney Porter, drawing sketches on the land office building walls while Worland terrorized the area. The Rolling Stone linked author later produced stories for a wide army of readers as he toiled in anonymity.
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Hyrol
Sidney Porter
Annetiat
Hohenzollern Heir Plans Swiss Exile Then Emigration
Geneva reports Prince Joachim of the Hohenzollerns seeks emigration to America after signing. The former German emperor’s youngest son has received asylum in Berlin and plans to stay in Switzerland until postpeace. The family has bought a large estate near Turiguno where exile residence is hoped.
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Geneva
Joachin
Amertéh
Pace Ta
Joachim
Berlin
Switzerland
Hohenzollerna
Turiguno
Waited Forty Yeare for Gon e Return Barwick Pa
An elderly Barwick resident recalls Lawrence Boyd leaving in 1879 for Seattle and New York. His mother hoped for his safe return, and she lived to eighty six, seeing him come back just days ago on the Mert Fink after forty years. The tale ends with a prophet’s unlikely forecast about the next year.
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Barwick
Lawrence Boyd
Seattie, Wank
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