Pigeon Sends Message Across World From San Antonio Test
A U S Army Signal Corps experiment sent a message by carrier pigeon, radio, and wire through six communication forms. The note traveled from Brockp field to Alaska and back, completing a remarkable global relay and demonstrating multi form connectivity.
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Army Signal Corps
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Byooka Field
Welly Field
Alaska
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Barren County
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Western Union
Fragmented World War II Era Message Describes Signal Delays
An imprecise wartime report recounts a radio message sent from a San Antonio station at 4 07 Thursday morning after traveling through eight bands. The note addressed to General Jolly Li, commanding the Highth Corps, was relayed with delays and critiqued for ineffectiveness.
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Pigcon
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Blind Man Killed in His Home on Perea Street
Rubin Holly aged 60, blind, was found dead in his home at 203 Perea Street after a 38 caliber bullet pierced his brain. Police were alerted and the body was given to Hide Undertaking Company. Relatives in Los Angeles were notified.
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Hide Undertaking Company
Los Angeles
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Calomel dangers warn readers in old remedy piece
An eccentric old column warns against calomel a dangerous laxative and claims a vegetable tonic, Mrs Davis’s Taver Tone, can safely replace it. The piece touts the tonic as harmless, claiming it cures liver problems and prevents salivation, urging readers to skip calomel entirely.
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