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...military-minded, the demonstration proved that even a mobile enemy radio unit would have to be extremely laconic to avoid detection; to the airline safety-minded, it meant that a pilot off his course could orient himself almost as fast as he could tune in radio bearings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Finder, Feeler, Sounder | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

...world's most popular writer on aviation is Anne Morrow Lindbergh, whose North to the Orient has sold 250,000 copies in three years, has been translated into eight languages, and is still selling at the rate of 800 a month. The disarming candor of Mrs. Lindbergh's writing is probably the biggest reason for its popularity, since she combines technical discussions of flight with humdrum, housewifely confessions of her fears while flying. Listen! The Wind has the same engaging tone as North to the Orient, includes some vivid recollections of tense hours over the Atlantic which give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Take-off | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

Jerome D. Greene '96, Director of the Tercontenary and now secretary to the Corporation, discovered it in the Orient in 1931 and presented it to the University four years ago. Today it rests in the Treasure Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chinese Engraving Made In 974 A.D. Is Owned By Widener-- Greene Found It | 10/1/1938 | See Source »

...quotations are from A History of the Orient, by Professors Steiger, Beyer and Benitez, published...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 15, 1938 | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

Roving Prof (Tues. 7:45 p. m. NBC-Red). Northwestern's peripatetic Bill McGovern in the second of a 5-week series on family life in the Orient. Subject : In a Buddhist Monastery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Programs Previewed: Jun. 20, 1938 | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

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