Word: radiomen
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...weeks, British radiomen had been trying to learn how to pronounce French ship names like Georges Leygues (rhymes with bag) while their French opposites set out to grasp the British pronunciation of Agincourt. For three days the Western Union fleet in Penzance harbor exchanged signals-and Pommery champagne for Haig & Haig for Bols gin. In Penzance, huge trilingual signs said: WELCOME-BIENVENU-WELKOM...
Made unhappy by one FCC announcement (see below), radiomen were overjoyed by another. FCC had finally voted to modify the eight-year-old "Mayflower decision...
...Radiomen were polishing their own "Os cars" this week as the annual Peabod. Awards* were announced in Manhattan For the first time, television was officially recognized and captured two awards. Win ners...
...sickroom air hung this week over Chicago's Stevens Hotel as 1,500 radiomen gathered for the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. Instead of milling happily in & out of hotel suites for three days with drinks in their hands, the delegates sat glumly and listened to disquieting speeches. An NAB veteran said he had never seen so sober a meeting...
...Having Taken an Oath." He was led out. On a lower floor a small army of newsmen, photographers and radiomen waited to hear the grand jury's decision. Hours later, the jurors emerged, filed into elevators which took them down to the courtroom of Judge John Clancy. Reporters were let in to hear the report...