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Old journalistic hands in Rome can always tell the difference between a genuine Italian demonstration and one of organized "spontaneity." In the latter case each demonstrator has to bring to the scene a card which he received by mail, must give this to a Fascist Party official Censorship kills dispatches...
The first international underwater telegraph cable was laid in 1850 across 25 miles of English Channel from Dover to Cape Gris Nez, France. The first transatlantic cable was opened by Queen Victoria and President Buchanan in 1858. Since then, in all parts of the world, some 3,500 cables, totaling...
The thickness of cable covering depends on location. Near shore, insulation is heaviest, up to 4 1/2 in. thick; in midocean, a cable is just over one inch in diameter. Though no cables have worn out their hazards are many-earthquakes, marine worms, icebergs, anchors, wars, fishermen. Finding damaged cables...
Most troublesome single spot on Western Union's ten lines to Europe is on the Atlantic shelf, 500 feet to 2,000 feet down, off the west coast of Eire. There, halibut-fishers drag heavy iron-weighted nets over the ocean's floor, frequently break cables, sometimes hoist...
So timely were the remarks by U. S. Ambassador William C. Bullitt at a Washington's Birthday celebration in Paris last week that cables hummed. Excited French newsorgans reported that the U. S. had just come out firmly for opposition to foreign entanglements. Next day Ambassador Bullitt explained, and...