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...Norwegian whalers, Norsk Telefunken Radioaktieselskap last week turned up a neat new wrinkle: a battery-powered radio transmitter sealed in a steel drum attached to a lance which is hooked to the floating carcass after a whale has been killed by harpooners in small boats. It will broadcast on the 600-to-800-metre band an automatically recurring signal so that a mother ship with a direction-finding receiver can track down and recover the catch. Since few household radio receivers tune much higher than 560 metres, the chances of an ordinary radio listener tuning in a dead whale will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: For Whales Only | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...stepped out of doors one bright morning and, with Mrs. Hoover ("the greatest Girl Scout of all") at his elbow, scrutinized the regimental front of 46 scout troops, Boys and Girls. Charles A. Miller, chief adult Scout of Dade County, made a speech. Then Adult Scout John C. Norsk saluted and presented wee Scout Charles A. Miller Jr. Gravely the little fellow saluted Mr. Hoover, drew himself up on tiptoe. Still he was too short, so Mr. Hoover bent down within reach of his shaky fingers, which fastened the gold fleur-de-lis emblem of a Tenderfoot into the blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Boy Scout | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

Particularly joyous was Norway's Oslo. There the Storting suspended all parliamentary business while Oslo's Hambro, the nation's stern speaker, led a barking Norwegian cheer. Appropriately enough; Norsk Kron Prins Olav was not there to hear. With gallant stealth he had slipped off to Stockholm and Sveriges Princessa Märtha Sofia Lovisa Dagmar Thyra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Olav to Martha | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...presentation of the Norsk Festdag at the Boston theatre Thursday, several Harvard men "super" as gods...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/1/1890 | See Source »

Those willing to serve as peasants in the Norsk Fest-tag should apply at Curtis and Weld's, Hayward place, as a change has been made in the costumer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/18/1890 | See Source »

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