Word: marconis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Nina last year. Then the 59-foot Marconi-rigged schooner, reversing the journey of the Nina of Christopher Columbus after which she was named, won the Queen of Spain's cup. There was a $20 gold piece nailed on the after-end of the dog house, a prize for the first to sight land after the U. S. coastline had narrowed to invisibility. Luis, the Norwegian cook, won it. When the ship arrived at Santander a smart swarthy person greeted her from the deck of his yacht and explained: "I am the King of Spain." The crew was embarrassed...
...concession was reported as won after prolonged struggles with "British interests." Chief such British interest is the British Radio-Cable merger, which owns the Marconi radio system and the most extensive cable system in the world. But with some 1,000,000 out of 1,500,000 South American telephones in U. S. control, and with the newest Behn victory in Peru and Colombia, it would appear that South American communications travel on the Eagle's wings rather than with the Lion's roar...
Guglielmo Marconi is clearly the father of wireless telegraphy, but between SOS. calls and the Happiness Boys lies a long period of experimental development. Many men have contributed to radio development; no one man can be called Father of Radio...
...first upset in the post-election bull market came last week over a matter of $3. Sir Joseph Flavelle, head of the Canadian Marconi Co., a Canadian radio stock listed on the New York Curb, announced that $3 was too high a price for Canadian Marconi shares. Inasmuch as Canadian Marconi was being quoted at $27, Sir Joseph's tow Opinion of -the stock shocked Marconi speculators. Dropping perpendicularly at a speed that left the ticker far behind, Canadian Marconi dove to 15½ before trading in it was suspended. The stock had been riding on a rumor that...
When news of the Marconi collapse spread to the Stock Exchange floor, a selling movement produced sharp declines in several of the favorite dull issues. The advance of call money from 8 to 10%, and the anticipation of large increases in loans to brokers also helped unsettle the market. Radio Corp. of America dropped more than 12 points, Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck, Wright Aero, Victor Talking Machine, Packard Motor and many another stock declined from 5 to 15 points. Other slumping stocks also began to climb back, the market finally re-asserting its prevailing bullish trend. Observers pointed out that...